When he heard the earnest admonition that the master had left for him, he really felt a little remorseful. He regretted that he was one step late to let the hateful Chen Jiannan take the lead, he regretted that he failed to see the essence of Chen Jiannan early, he regretted that he failed to avoid the trap set by Chen Jiannan in time, and regretted that his "heart of prevention" was almost not enough to protect himself! However, at this time, the third prince was harmless, he was unwilling to inform the master of Chen Jiannan's wanton troubles and frame-ups; He would rather endure it alone than worry about him, and he didn't want Master Cao to be angry for himself and go to Chen Jiannan's theory; Because Yahweh knows in his heart that not only will it not help at all, but it will make the conflict more intense and things worse!

Therefore, the third prince Ye harmlessly smiled and said, "Master don't worry, after all, Chen Jiannan and I used to be classmates, and I don't think he will have harmful intentions towards me." Peace is the most important thing in everything, even if there was a grudge in the past, it can be so, there is no need to make a grudge, and I don't have to avoid this person. What's more, I still want to make a close friend with him! ”

"No! Cannot! Never! Cao Luzhuang waved his hand in horror and said, "This person must not be a friend!" You must stay away, stay away, and never be friends with wolves and snakes. There is a saying that 'people's hearts are sinister and unfathomable', and in vain they should be more guarded against others, and never take them lightly to cause trouble. ”

At this time, Ye Wuwu saw the master's frightened and anxious expression, and he really couldn't bear to say any more. But in order to show his personality, he still insisted: "In order to clean people's hearts, you must not be afraid to deal with the devil and the enemy." When necessary, and ultimately, enemies and demons can be friends! ”

Cao Luzhuang looked at the apprentice's ambitious and foolish appearance, and he was angry and funny in his heart. There was no other way, so he had to sigh and say, "I didn't expect the apprentice to be so broad-minded, it's really rare!" You have great ambitions, and I am naturally happy to be a teacher. If he succeeds in his ambition one day, I will be satisfied with my teacher even though I am in Huangquan. However, I would like to remind you that you should be more careful in everything. ”

"The words of the master must be taken to heart by the apprentice. I know how to deal with these demons and enemies, at least I understand the truth that 'the devil is one foot high, and the way is one foot higher.'" ”

"In vain! You don't have to say it! Cao Luzhuang said impatiently, "I talked to you about Confucianism, but you came to say, but don't go crazy!" I think you'd better go with me where you should go! ”

After Cao Luzhuang finished speaking, he walked forward without looking back.

Seeing this, the third prince Ye was harmless, so he took the little donkey and went with Master Cao......

"Master, where are you taking me?" Ye Wuwu thought about it as he walked, but when he looked at Master Cao's contemplative face at this time, he had no choice but to stop talking.

"Do you know where I'm going to take you?" I only listened to Cao Luzhuang say as he walked.

At this time, Ye Wuwu heard the master's rhetorical question, and his heart was in the middle, so he hurriedly asked: "The apprentice really doesn't know, please be clear to the master." ”

"Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

"Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion?!" Ye Wuwu was simply surprised, this should be an unattainable place of right and wrong for him, how could the Prime Minister's Mansion be the place where their master and apprentice intervened? Besides, what is the matter with the master taking him there? ……

"What? Don't you believe it? Cao Luzhuang looked at Ye harmless eyes and said, "To tell you the truth, I have had an old friendship with the right prime minister Wang Wenyuan for many years. I have brought you to my old friend, that you may present your poems to him. Let the prime minister appreciate your talents, and it will also help you to test the palace of the capital in the future! ”

"Could it be that Master Fei wants to use this to let me submit the line scrolls and warm scrolls to the dignitaries and dignitaries to win their praise?" Ye Wuwu was obviously angry, he felt that he would be able to pass this big test with his talents, why bother to go through this "climbing the door and handing over the text"?

"What? Don't you want to go? Cao Luzhuang said lightly, "Tell you, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" The trend of the world is like this, those who know the times are handsome! You don't have to be stubborn! The master is all for your own good, you must come with me. ”

Ye Wuwu heard Master Cao's cold tone, and didn't dare to say more, so he had to follow silently.

They rounded the winding alleys and alleys, and walked through a few more intersections. At this time, they had come to a "sand bank" that led directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion and the West Market. Speaking of this "sand embankment", this is the best road in the capital of Ruoda; The rest of the streets are wide, but all are dirt roads. After every heavy rain, the roads in Chang'an City are muddy, and even the upper court has to stop, and the only way to go is this section of the "sand bank" road paved with sand that connects the east and west cities, the left and right prime minister's mansions and the imperial city.

At this moment, Cao Luzhuang and Ye Harmless Master and Apprentice walked on this "sand bank", and their hearts couldn't help but wave a burst of relaxed and heroic artistic conception, and even the steps of the two of them changed on this "sand bank" like flowing clouds and water, butterflies and bees love flowers......

In fact, on this "sand bank", the artists and talents who came for their fame and fortune are not only their masters and apprentices? From ancient times to today, I don't know how many talented people have stayed here, traveled here, they have fallen and got up, and they have also been rich and glorious here and lost their souls; Of course, among them, there are also bachelors and talents who are "doing nothing" and "famous Sun Mountain" on this Chang'an Road, and the joys and sorrows are naturally innumerable. Although Cao Luzhuang's master and apprentice also knew that they had many talented people who had entered Beijing to rush for the examination and were busy with the pre-examination work, they did not know how much hardship many of these literati had to pay to set foot on the road of Chang'an today; They also don't know how many literati will repeat the tragic scene of losing their souls, and one of them, Zhang Xu, a talented man from Ji'an, Jiangnan, is one of the people who suffered from the turmoil and fog manipulated by those in power; They didn't even know that in this bustling Chang'an Avenue, there was a huge murderous demon king walking on the road of "black and white civil and military"!

However, although there have been many pitiful bones buried in this bright and sinister career path, whether it is for fame and fortune, or people with lofty rewards, they still come one after another. It is no wonder that in the Yuan Dynasty, which was three hundred years after the end of the chaotic Tang Dynasty, there was a composer named Chen Cao'an who made a spicy and highly accurate argument on this, called "Sighing the World".

However, in this desolate era, Cao Luzhuang's master and apprentice and many civil and military scholars did not know Chen Cao'an's "Sigh of the World" that has been passed down through the ages! I don't know what kind of lamentation he made.

If someone asks how this Chen Cao'an's "Sigh of the World" is, then please see, what a thought-provoking tune it is-

The first rooster crows in the morning, and the crows compete for their voices, which one does not go to the red dust.

The road is far away, the water is long, the fame is all in Chang'an Road, today's young people will be old tomorrow.

Mountains, still good; People, emaciated.

Indeed, as mentioned above, on the "sand embankment" of Chang'an Road, there is no day to go, and there are "civil and military talents" who will come to make "red dust". However, how many of them can get rid of this fog and shackles, and how many people can see through this "rolling red dust" and transcend the ordinary? Among all living beings, who is willing to abandon this "red dust" and return to the "mountains and forests"? Even though they are young and old, and they are also haggard, they are still willing to make "red dust"! This is really a shameless human thing, but at least their deeds will be praised and deprecated by future generations, and some people may think that this is the normal feeling and the righteousness of heaven for people who are understandable! Because after all, the world still has to "people go to high places, and water flows to low places; If you want to be poor, go to the next level".

However, now the soldiers who set foot on the "sand embankment" with the intention of making trouble are full of ambition, how do they know that their fate will be so tragic? And they didn't know that the past of their running and toiling for their lives and fame was depicted in such a meaningful tune in the afterlife.

It goes without saying that those who understand will see that one of the protagonists of this story, the third prince Ye Wuwu, and his Confucian teacher Cao Luzhuang are still in this ranks; However, who knows how many literary talents have passed away in this turbid current, who knows how many human affairs and grievances have been swept away in this turbidity, and who knows how many people can stand on top of themselves in this endless turbidity?

To tell you the truth, don't worry, in the tortuous years of the big waves and sands, the third son who was crowded in this turbid current was harmless After a major blow, he finally woke up like a dream, and he retracted his feet and started his new course again!

As for how the third son of the Ye family, Ye Wuwu, got rid of this turbid current "out of the mud without staining", and what kind of course he sailed towards, I hope you can savor this bleak and long story. Let's see if this bleak story is really singable, crying, lamentable, and sad, and is it really so soul-convincing?

At this point, let's not talk about it. Look at Cao Luzhuang at this time, the master and apprentice have come to the red gate of the right prime minister's mansion - here, there are still two "evil shocking" stone lions checking left and right! Just like the two "evil-shaking" stone lions in front of the "Flying Dragon Inn" in Yejiazhuang, they are always "doing their duty"! It's just a pity - they haven't started roaring at the sky yet! What will the world be like when that happens? Maybe in the near future, you'll see!

At this time, I saw that after Cao Luzhuang handed over a hexagram letter to the gatekeeper, the gatekeeper entered the door to make a report.

Although the time is not big, Cao Luzhuang is also very patient; However, the third prince Ye is harmless, but he can't hold back the boredom in his heart. I only heard him sigh and said: "I think back then, Du Fu's predecessors once wrote a poem and said, 'Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. 'Is this crimson gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion the place where you and I approach? Master! I think we'd better go back! ”

"In vain!" I saw Cao Luzhuang reprimanded angrily, "Don't talk nonsense here!" I have a deep friendship with Wang Cheng, according to the generation, you should call him uncle, and I know him very well as a person, he is by no means the greedy and ungrateful dignitary! ”

Hearing this, Ye Wuwu was about to speak, but at this moment, he saw that the gatekeeper had pushed open the door and said, "There are two officials!" ”

Between the words, a doorman had already come to the third prince Ye harmless to take the reins in his hand, and tied the little donkey to the big stone lion on the west side of the door. So, Ye said thank you harmlessly, and followed Cao Luzhuang to the house.

Under the leadership of the gatekeeper, Cao Luzhuang's master and apprentice came to the front of the Heart Cultivation Hall in the back garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Just as the gatekeeper was about to step up the steps to make a report, the sound of a long, flowing guqin suddenly sounded in the Heart Cultivation Palace. Suddenly, the gatekeeper stopped his feet and said to Cao Luzhuang and Ye Wuwu: "Please wait here!" The prime minister was playing the piano, and when the sound of the piano was broken, the two of them could enter the hall. ”