In the council hall, Liu He and Gan Qi were full of doubts, they had never heard of the name of Linglong Pavilion, but from Qu Huang's tone and the expressions of the people around them, they knew that this must be a huge force that could not be easily shaken.

Qu Huang looked at the two of them, didn't do much to consol, just said, "Wait until your strength is enough to talk about others", which is also very pertinent, but it is undoubtedly a huge blow to Gan Qi and Liuhe.

Everyone continues to talk about the handling of public opinion on this matter, this is not a problem, Linglong Pavilion can succeed in the dark, then Qu Huang and their official forces on the surface are undoubtedly more influential, whether the method is tougher, or a little tricky, in short, it is not difficult to reverse public opinion, the difficulty is that the matter has already risen, which means that it will leave a big lump in the course of time, as if it can never be washed away, and the reputation of the fisherman Lao Su has always been affected.

That's why Liu He and Gan Qi, who are students, were so angry when they first came, and after hearing about the domineering power of Linglong Pavilion, when they left the official mansion, they all drooped their heads, and the resentment and helplessness in their hearts could not be resolved, more of a hatred for their own incompetence, they had never been so eager to improve their strength as they were at this moment today, eager and anxious, there is no doubt that this blow had a great impact on the two.

Everyone in the conference hall looked at the backs of Liu He and Gan Qi, who left early, lonely and depressed, like a rabbit that had been broken, causing people to feel distressed, everyone felt guilty, but there was no better way to implement it, so they could only start to control public opinion step by step according to the negotiated arrangement to prevent the fermentation of slanderous remarks.

As for the people of the Tingwei Mansion, they joined forces with the local government to post notices and also talked about it everywhere, defining an official truth for those people who swayed with the wind, and even went to some places to personally arrest those scum who followed the trend and slandered the fisherman Lao Suo, and the crime was more serious.

Such a thunderous method frightened many people, so those who were caught were caught, convicted and convicted, and those who were lucky enough to escape the catastrophe did not dare to be demons again, and they were all silent, and they did not dare to make trouble, perhaps these people still do not understand why the people of the government treat this kind of gossip that can be seen everywhere so seriously, and they have never taken the fisherman Lao Suo jumping into the river in their hearts, this kind of person is finally ignorant, but it is also the scourge that needs to be vigilant the most when the rumors come.

If you have to seriously break it down, you can only say that the Great Chu is not educated enough, but I really can't complain about these foolish people who think they are right, after all, which dynasty and which country will be missing this group of people, they are just temporarily standing on the opposite side of morality, and when things are calm, they may still be a simple and honest people.

"It's these things that need to be carefully considered, under Confucianism, it shouldn't be what it is now, our Longyao Prefecture is not good, and Wang Qingyuan and others ruined the heel of the academy, after all, it is a little bit of talent and luck, which also can't blame the people. ”

"I know. ”

In the bamboo forest, Liu He and Gan Qi sat at the same table, the two Confucian scholars in the Great Chu teenagers can be described as geniuses, but now their faces are full of sadness, like a cloudy sky, in addition to the fact that it is about to rain, there is also the possibility of lightning and thunder, these two brothers have changed and struck, they can no longer continue to live according to their previous expectations, the dreams or wishes they once recognized in their hearts have changed, and the two of them happen to be the opposite.

They didn't mention the word Linglong Pavilion again, but they all remembered the name, they understood that what Qu Huang said was true, and they didn't have the strength to act impulsively, so they could only choose to forbear.

The turning point of life will always come quietly, it is a kind of incomprehensible charm, and no one can refuse this turning point, which is why the whole world is worthy of nostalgia, and memories are worth recalling.

On this day, there was a fire in the bamboo forest, but only one room was burned, Liu He burned his house full of books, packed his bags, traveled lightly, and left the academy, realizing that it was useless to be a scholar after all, he decided to take a walk around the rivers and lakes, to see the mountains and rivers and rivers at a higher place, he understood that the Confucian education needs to be implemented, and to complete such wishes, he also needs to have more skills and stronger strength, he suddenly felt that learning martial arts practice is not so annoying.

It is also this day, Gan Qi's temperament has changed, the past lively jump, chic and casual are all converged, become calm and indifferent, in addition to hard practice, he picked up the scriptures in his house again Thank you for thinking that he has already memorized them in the past, but also understands the meaning of the scriptures, he wants to start from scratch, he wants to have a more complete concept of the Confucian system, a deeper understanding, he wants to find the sage classics recorded in the real can be used to implement the method of education, he suddenly found that those scriptures he thought he knew completely before now seem how strange and profound, he understood that in the past he looked up to himself, underestimated the books。

The two were quite silent when they separated, and Gan Qi couldn't see the cold scene, even if it was quite inappropriate to ridicule, he tried his best to do it, because he knew that Liu He had no return date.

"Senior brother, when you burned the book, you didn't expect that your junior brother and I might also use your book, so I burned it all in one go, don't you feel distressed?"

"It's distressing, but you have to be ruthless to make changes. ”

The two looked at each other, Liu He patted Gan Qi on the shoulder, he is still Gan Qi's senior brother after all, and his personality is more deep and introverted, so at this moment he is also comforting Gan Qi's emotions.

And Gan Qi, who is lively and jumping off on weekdays, couldn't help the sadness of parting, there were crystal tears flashing in his eyes, he held Liu He's arm, and wanted to say something, but in the end he still couldn't open his mouth, so another unbearable silence hit.

Finally, Liu He shook his sleeve robe and made up his mind, he turned his head in a chic manner, never looked back, put his hands behind his back, raised his head and chest, and strode away, he told Gan Qi with this gesture, there is no need to worry about this trip, and told his best brother, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, and there is a period of meeting, and he told his little brother that he should have confidence in himself and the other party!

"Don't be too sad, don't give up your chic and freehand personality in the past, and then have a long way to go, until you live up to the righteousness of Confucianism, the way of your teacher, and the changes we have today!"

The voice came from afar, and the figure faded away, never to be seen again.

At this moment, the full moon is in the sky, and everything is silent, but there seems to be a silent chant between heaven and earth, which is an indescribable beauty, and it seems to be very sad, very distant, it seems to be very familiar, hearing this song, someone's heart becomes very thorough, and they think about a lot of things clearly, they feel some kind of calling, so they all set off.

On the bank of the Hanling River, ushered in an elderly man with a cane, the lonely figure of the old man was slightly abrupt, under the moonlight, the old man's beard was more snow-white, the shadow was stretched out by the riverside, there was no wave in the ancient well on the face, there was no joy or sorrow, and there was no way to know the meaning of his late night, but he could feel the vicissitudes of the old man's face, indescribable, but he could not solve it, although he was on crutches, but he walked extremely seriously on the riverside in the middle of the night, as if he was walking these steps with all his strength, so he walked very steadily, but slightly slowly.

He faced the cold and wide river, the dark and deep black seemed to engulf everything, but he still walked on his own, without flinching, without stopping, without looking back, and he walked slowly and alone into the river.

When his body went deeper into the river step by step, the expression on the old man's face finally fluctuated, it was an unpredictable comfort and relaxation, abrupt and unreasonable, but it really appeared, as if the old man was going to the river to find an old friend, calm and calm.

Eventually, he was inevitably submerged by the river, and the cane, which had been held in his hand, was now held in the old man's arms, and sank to the bottom of the river with his body, the whole process was calm and soothing, and finally it only left a circle of ripples on the water, which gradually spread and then gradually disappeared, and everything was silent again under the full moon, as if nothing had happened.

On the second day, someone came to report the disappearance of the old city lord, Qu Huang sent someone to investigate, but there was no clue, until a few days later, a fisherman salvaged an old man's body in the Hanling River, so the disappearance case was solved, Shuxiang City was shaken, and those who were still curious about the negative news of the fisherman Lao Suo were completely dead.

The old city lord was already highly respected, and for a time the crowd was once again angry, and for those little people who had been rumoring about the reputation of Lao Suo, the people spontaneously began to spit and boycott, and in this way, the turmoil of the entire Shuxiang City finally ended completely with the loss of another human life, which is quite ironic.

In a secret site somewhere in the Shadow Killing Palace, several people gathered together, and now they are discussing something, if Zhao Kai appears here at this time, he should be able to recognize many faces, the hall master of the Shadow Killing Hall who had met at the beginning of the opening of the underground Shura Field, and many deputy hall masters, including Liu Qing, everyone gathered here.

Someone opened his mouth and asked, "Hall Master, since Wang Qingyuan is dead, isn't there no need to continue to complete the previous agreement?" After all, doing so will inevitably expose some of the arrangements of my Shadow Killing Palace. ”

In the first place, there was a handsome young man who looked like he was unlearned, and his every move was quite jumpy, he was the current generation of hall masters of the Shadow Killing Palace, and his real age was unknown.

After that, a rather green voice sounded: "Liu Qing, you tell them." ”