At night, the stars and moon are like hooks, the bamboo forest is deep, and there are sporadic lights on the side, which is the thatched hut where Liuhe lives.

Zhao Kai, Peng Jiu, Liu He, and Gan Qi sat together, and they had been discussing for a long time, and after Zhao Kai and them came, the two fisherman disciples who had been waiting for a long time did not make many polite greetings, and directly cut to the point, and explained many matters in the academy that they knew.

This academy has a name, and there are a lot of people who do learning in it, especially the fisherman Laosuo's academic morality first, if there is no such incident, it is estimated that no one notices the various small actions in the Longyao Academy.

The academy claims to be Confucian orthodoxy, but it has won the support and applause of most people, and the reason is very simple, the Confucian semi-saints of hundreds of years ago were not blown, but they were indeed people, but the development of the academy after the demi-saints went to keep up with the rhythm.

I just heard Liuhe explain: " The two of them don't know, although our Longyao Academy is named a state, but it is not the most orthodox Confucian palace, because more than 20 years ago we set up the position of dean here, this is an experiment of my Chu State, I want to verify whether the country and Confucianism can be better connected, originally everywhere is safe, and the teacher does not reject this kind of practice, but when this villain Wang Qingyuan ascends to the throne, strange things are one after another, it is difficult to detect, and we can only communicate today, if it is not for this incident, we must have missed many details in the past。 ”

Zhao Kai and Peng Jiu are just five big and three rough practitioners, although Zhao Kaigui is the prince, the level is quite high, he grew up in the palace when he was a child, but he was very young at that time, and he didn't know much about things, that is, some simple getting along with his father, queen mother, and palace maids, and playmates, and he was quite discerning when it came to some luxurious things or utensils, but he didn't know so much about these delicate doorways in the underground Shura field, not to mention what was the use of palace life when he was a child.

Liu He and Gan Qi saw that the two of them were quite ignorant of this kind of doorway, so they slowly explained first, Zhao Kai and Peng Jiu just nodded on the side, they were extremely humble, and the curiosity in Zhao Kai's heart exploded, frantically extracting these rare knowledge.

This is an era of a hundred schools of thought, especially Confucianism, Mohist, Taoism, Legalism, soldiers, Yin and Yang, etc. are the most outstanding, in the past hundred years, there are inconspicuous people have laid the school, write books and speak, stand firm foundation, and naturally have the original outstanding, go to the next level, accelerate development, disciples all over the world, learning spread all over the world, Confucianism is the leader among the latter, the development of Confucianism in the past hundred years is obvious to all, although the situation of each country in the six countries is different, but there has been an era of respect for Confucianism, although soon after that, there are other schools of thought to be crowded out, after all, it is difficult to shake its vanguard status。

Under this general trend, Confucian palaces have been established in various places, with one person for the big sacrificial wine, several people for sacrificial wine, and several general teachers of all kinds.

And this famous Longyao Academy is not one of the Confucian palaces, which is intriguing in itself.

"The academy has also fought for or snatched the name of the academy, but the Confucian side is unwilling to give it, so it has to rely on the imperial court officials. Liu He said bluntly.

Zhao Kai asked even more simply, "In other words, although Longyao Academy once had glory, but now without the support of Confucian orthodoxy, it is gradually declining?"

It's just that the other two didn't get angry, and nodded quite sincerely, agreeing with Zhao Kai's words.

After talking so much, Zhao Kai and Peng Jiu both understood, although this academy is still not small, and there are many talented people among them, but without the support of Confucian orthodoxy, and the introduction of the official power of the imperial court, it has long been nondescript, and it is no longer a serious academy palace, and the word "decline" is not a lie in a certain sense.

"In such a situation, it does give those mercenary rats an opportunity. Peng Jiu shook his head helplessly.

"Now the real high-level in the academy includes more than a dozen chief teachers and six sacrificial wines, as for the character and morality of all of them, etc., there are also high and low, uneven, especially with a short teaching surnamed Han outstanding, before Wang Qingyuan came, this person was not conspicuous, just a year to become famous, although his moral character is corrupt, but the article is quite profound, and there is no too excessive behavior, the scholars only dare to discuss in private, but they don't care too much. ”

"From this point of view, this Han surnamed Jiaoxi and Wang Qingyuan are in cahoots, which can be regarded as a breakthrough. Peng Jiu replied.

"Well, the situation is almost understood, let's find some breakthroughs, and then discuss the details of tomorrow's actions. ”

Everyone talked about it, they are all people who are quite wise and do not lack life experience, and the conversation is smooth, the four of them brainstormed, first found a few breakthroughs, the degree of difficulty is uncertain, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages, Zhao Kai summarized slightly, said: " First, find the Han surname Jiaoxi, coerce and lure, and force him to directly confess the hidden situation, the advantage is that it is accurate and direct, and the disadvantage is that it is quite difficult, and it is necessary to guard against people's eyes and ears. ”

"Second, by spreading the news of the last letter in the academy, building momentum everywhere, forcing the other party to take a position indiscriminately, and then merging with other teams and slowly advancing the progress, you can always get some useful information. The disadvantage of this method is that it is too curved to save the country, it is estimated that it will take a lot of time and effort, but the disadvantages are also obvious, you can hide in the dark and continue to work slowly and quietly, you can always see some truth, and at the same time avoid some unnecessary wind and rain. ”

"Thirdly, and what I just thought of, is another breakthrough, that is, who discovered this desperate letter, and who finally revealed it again? ”

Zhao Kai said, Liu He hurriedly said: "I forgot this, the teacher did not live here the day before he died, he said that he went to visit friends, but who knew that in the end, the visiting friends did not return for a long time, but the bones sank to the bottom of the river." ”

Speaking of this, Liu He's eyes flashed with tears again, Gan Qi also drooped his face, and the atmosphere was quite silent for a while, and the sadness spread to Zhao Kai and Peng Jiu.

Zhao Kai patted the shoulders of the two opposite sides and said: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to be sentimental, we continue to discuss the details of tomorrow's operation, I don't know where the two of you have gone to visit your friends?"

"We don't know that the death of the teacher hit the two of us hard, and we don't have the heart to think about those details for a while, but this matter is not difficult to investigate, the teacher has always been kind to others, and there must be many conversations with people along the way, we just need to ask more students, or farmers in the villages outside the academy, and we can also know a general situation by following the path. ”

"It works. Peng Jiu nodded in agreement.

Zhao Kai looked at the moonlight outside the window, this quiet night can't stay here for too long, he said: "Then it's decided, we will make the news of the last letter directly public tomorrow, the two of you go to chat with classmates or familiar farmers, and then go to find the route of Lao Suo's trip to visit friends, find the destination of visiting friends, as for the Han surname sacrificial wine, don't think about it first, it's really not good, let's do extreme things." ”

After speaking, Zhao Kai had already stood up, Peng Jiu followed and stood up, the two of them said goodbye, and quietly returned to their residence while the night was dark.

In the inner room, there were more than ten people crowded together, listening to Zhao Kai's narration and arrangement by candlelight.

"Probably these things, everyone should discuss and discuss the places that should be paid attention to, and strive to make fewer mistakes, more than a dozen people in our line have already made progress quite fast, as for the other teams, everyone in the Tingwei Mansion on the surface is blocked everywhere, needless to say, there are still a few waves of us who are also pretending to be scholars, we all contact us, gather our strength together, and we must find out the secret behind the letter, and it is not in vain that this young man's blood is in vain. ”

At the same time, Ling Ping City, where the Jiashen account is hidden, Qu Huang and Elder Zhou are sitting at a stone table, the surroundings are quiet and deep, the manpower has already been emptied, there is wine and food on the table, the wine glass is shaking under the moonlight, the elixir and jade liquid in it are fragrant, the moonlight in the sky is cold, the stars are horizontal, and the shadows of the trees are swaying, like a swaying pool, this environment is quite elegant, but the two of them only care about eating and drinking, and their faces are not the slightest joy.

"This fisherman Lao Suo is really a rare benevolent person, in the past, I half-believed, and there is no intention of intercourse, but now he has gone, through a unique letter, a word of the people, but let me choke and regret, after all, it is difficult to calm ah. ”

"Wang Qingyuan can't escape. ”

"But so what, the real Confucian has already passed away, too late. ”

"The things of the world are hard to hide the desolation outside of the heat, who can avoid it, can only hope that the world will get better and better in the future. ”

"With your means, why don't you understand if you check it yourself, why do you risk being detected by others to let those young people in the pioneer camp come forward?"

"Jiashen's experience of Lingping's battle is already unconcealable, and now, my Jiashen's account doesn't have to be hidden from the world anymore. ”

"At that time, when you and I were created by the emperor's order, didn't Your Majesty say that you should not remember to conceal the existence of the Jiashen account at a critical juncture, and not let it appear in front of the world, so as to create a sharp sword that is unexpected, isn't it?"

"It's going to change the sky, isn't this just about to tell you, when Liu Yunshan left, he confessed a secret message passed down by His Majesty. ”

Hearing this, Elder Zhou immediately put down the wine glass and silver chopsticks, changed his previous expression of emotion, and his face was dignified and serious.

"Your Majesty said, now that the chaos has appeared everywhere, Ling Ping's Lu Shen Demon Sect is in turmoil, so far we haven't caught up with the real mastermind behind the scenes, this already explains the problem, and Bai Mo is about to lead the troops to attack Zhao, at that time all kinds of forces under the light and darkness will surface, when the time comes, tens of thousands of Bai family troops on the border of our Longyao will leave, although there will be soldiers from other places to make up for it, but in the face of the fierce Dafeng, it is still difficult to maintain the previous situation, Jia Shen account, these swords that have been polished by the empire for a long time, although they are far from reaching the extreme sharpness that they can reach, but there is no time to polish them again, and they must be unsheathed。 ”

"In the end, it's going to attack Zhao. Is this a blessing or a curse?" Elder Zhou shook his head and sighed.

Qu Huang couldn't agree with Elder Zhou's shake, " This is imperative, today's saint is a male lord with great ambitions, my Great Chu as a strong country, if you want to go further, attack the Zhao State that is adjacent to us and is stepping into the abyss step by step, it is an excellent opportunity, and if I Chu State does not make a move, it is estimated that those powerful big families in Zhao State will also fight for it, and they will not rest in peace, and finally end up with a Zhao State from the internal army, and then all kinds of benefits will be shared in the hands of other countries, it is better for us to help them, accelerate the decline of Zhao State, and then monopolize their own interests。 ”

It can be seen that Qu Huang is also a very insightful attacker, and he is also a real main battle faction, but he is in line with the thoughts of the Great Chu Emperor, no wonder he has always been deeply favored by the emperor, Elder Zhou saw that Qu Huang said so much, even if he was refuting his old thoughts, he was not angry, but continued to say flatly: " I just don't want to see war anymore, life is not just an idiom for me today, every time I think that the world will really be like this again, these four words are like spikes in my heart, I am not worth it for the people of the world!"

Qu Huang looked at Elder Zhou, who had white temples in front of him, who had worked state affairs all his life and was worried about Li Min, unconsciously straightened up, and once again thought of the deceased fisherman Laosuo, he picked up the wine cup on the table, drank it all, and said: "It's a pity that I can't intersect with the fisherman Laosuo in this life, but it is also a relief to meet a benevolent and wise man like the elder." Rest assured, elders, I will live up to my expectations, I will definitely return the innocent truth to the fisherman Laosuo, and I will do my best to protect my Great Chu land and protect my Great Chu Li people!"

The two touched another glass and drank it all in one go, both a little drunk.