"The predicate of the Mandate of Heaven is sexuality, the predicate of recklessness is the Tao, and the predicate of cultivation is teaching. Those who are in the Tao do not need to leave the Tao, but they can leave the Tao. ”

"Therefore, a gentleman is cautious of what he does not see, and fearful of what he does not hear. Don't see it, don't show it, so the gentleman is cautious. ”

On the bank of Zhongzhou, where the mountains and rivers are enclosed, you can faintly hear the sound of Langlang reading, follow the sound of reading and go forward dozens of steps, the bamboo forest is hidden, the winding corridor, a bamboo building stands here, look inside, dozens of young children recite the classics of the sages here, shake their heads, and are very focused.

A man in a green shirt dressed in Confucian clothes sat on it, listening to the childish voices of these children, and after reciting it several times, he dismantled it and told them in detail.

On the three poles of the day, the sound of the piano sounded in the backyard of the bamboo garden, and the master in the green shirt stopped talking, ended today's story with a smile, and left some homework.

The children dispersed.

Some of them have either started playing, or talking to each other about holiday arrangements.

There is no shortage of children who are wearing silk and have a good family, but the gentleman with the hairpin tied up turned his eyes to look at the side of the bamboo forest, and sure enough, he saw a wrist-thick green bamboo swaying slightly, smiling, and got up.

There is no one by the window, but there is a fat rabbit hanging six feet from the ground above the green bamboo, Mr. stretched out his hand and twisted it, this rabbit is fat, but it is a heavy hand, and now it is close to winter, the rabbit is in order to survive the winter, most of them are fat, cooked in oil, accompanied by winter bamboo shoots, the taste is excellent.

The sound of the piano gradually stopped, the footsteps gradually approached, and the voice of his wife came from behind:

"Is that kid again?"

"Called...... Qi is not confused? ”

Mr. Tsing Yi hummed, raised his head, and could vaguely see a young figure in the direction from the small bamboo building on the mountainside to the town below the mountain, wearing ordinary short fights and light brown clothes, and his back looked ordinary, but his body was straight.

There was already a faint wind and snow gradually rising, and the young man was gradually moving away in this wind and snow.

The woman, who was originally from Miss Everyone, and later became a little harsh and pungent because of her experience, pursed her lips slightly, and rarely showed weakness a little: "Why bother? Obviously, you have asked him to observe, but he refuses to accept kindness anymore, and he has an ordinary life, but he still wants to bring these things. ”

The voice paused, and then there was some remorse: "Does he still remember the things that I didn't treat him well back then?" ”

The man in the green shirt laughed and said with relief: "He is not such a character. ”

"I also asked him why he didn't want to come in, originally I thought it was just a child's face can't hang up, I was conceited and talented, and I also handled a hundred and ten cases for a county, and I could convince a small child, but in the end I couldn't do it, but he stopped me."

The voice was faint.

His wife looked at him suspiciously: "What did the child say?" ”

The man in the green shirt stroked his beard and said:

"He said that in all things, there should be fairness in all things, not in the absence of few but in unevenness."

"I have been bound by the families of many children to let them go to school, and some of the children are not very wealthy, and the family gritted their teeth to let them come to school, and if they let him go to the church out of pity, the families of those children should have some complaints."

"But it's also an obstacle to my reputation."

"He said that he learned literacy from me, but he wanted to harm me and benefit others, and he couldn't do it."

"And these things are the tuition fees he gave me."

His wife couldn't help but be surprised: "I don't suffer from widowhood but unevenness...... How could such words be uttered by a child in a small town? ”

The man in green shirt said: "It's true, but it's really stubborn." ”

"I asked the people in the town, and he wasn't from the area."

"It was ten years ago that the people who were displaced from the disaster in Jinzhou came here, the world is difficult, many people do everything in order to survive, and it is rare to see such a square and upright but good scholar."

He hesitated, took his wife's hand with one hand, and said softly: "Madam, I plan to let the students compete in the future, if he is really talented, he will accept him as a disciple, he will recommend him for the imperial examination one day, and there is no need to let such talents wander in the mountains, what do you think?" ”

The woman glanced at her husband and said, "It should be the duty of a scholar like you to recommend talents, if he is really talented, it would be a dereliction of duty for you not to recommend, and I am also willing to contact my relatives to find a good match for him." ”

The green-shirted scribe was overjoyed, hugged his wife into his arms, and didn't mention it for the time being.

The young man came out of the school, silently recited in his heart what he had said today, and silently reviewed the meaning of these words, and unconsciously walked into the mountains.

When he was young, his hometown suffered a catastrophe, there was no harvest, epidemics and demons were rampant, his parents gave him only food, so he barely survived.

Without the care of his parents and elders, he would have been reduced to those who were sloppy and ruined, but since he was young, he would dream of strange things in his dreams every day, and the world in his dreams had iron birds rising to the sky, everyone came and went, high-rise buildings were densely scattered in the city, and there were many square words.

Many things are forgotten in dreams, but there are also many things that are remembered.

Especially those square texts.

Learning is not a last resort.

Scholars can't do without Hongyi, and there is a long way to go.

It was as if some voice was chanting this, and he always felt that these things were extremely important to him in his dreams, so he was convinced of the truth of these words.

Today's weather is cold, and then I am more afraid of heavy snow to cover the mountain, I need to pick up more firewood, in order to survive the cold winter, Qi Wufu carries a back basket step by step to climb the mountain, and occasionally can pick up the fallen pine cones, luck, earlier than in the past, I have picked up a full back basket, about touch can get through this heavy snow, only to slowly turn around.

It's just that at some point, there was a night fog in the mountains at this moment.

Qi Wufu's physical body is mortal, and he can't detect it, but his soul is different from ordinary people, he notices something strange, frowns slightly, holds a long and neat branch, and slowly walks down the mountain.

Looking back, there is no way forward.

Walking only a hundred steps, suddenly I heard a desolate voice, singing with a beat, the voice is old and clear, like gold and iron, but there is the quality of jade, not harsh.

There are many strange places in Zhongzhou, there are insects in winter, bright as candles.

Spinning up and down, it's near.

Qi Wufu's footsteps paused slightly, unconsciously walked into the deep valley, he didn't know that the insects and birds around him followed, the tiger lowered his eyes in the night fog, and all the beasts and spirits were there, only the sound of the verse chanting was heard more and more clearly, and the palm of his hand beat the beat, and he sang loudly.

"There is no dust in the world, and the hall is full of 'people' who are learning immortals"

"The clothes are always smoky, and the cane and shoes follow the clouds and water."

"The iron flute blows across the sea and the moon, and the sleeve robe covers the cave and the spring."

"Now we gather guests from all over the world, and we can see who is Dongbin."

"Huh?"

"Guests!"

"Little guest, please come forward and talk about it."