Sitting on the bucket, the green shirt bored and used a straw stalk to write and draw on the ground. From time to time, he would raise his head and look at the old man in the hall through the half-open door.

Most of the old man's body was shrouded in shadows, leaning on the back of his wheelchair and tilting his head and closing his eyes. Some of the worn blankets on his body had been hanging to the ground, wrapping the old man's unhealthy legs tightly. The old man folded his hands on his abdomen, and his hands were still pressed against the silver cigarette pouch.

Yun Xuelan lowered her head and drew a few little people on the ground. The villain is facing each other with four fists in twos and twos, and there are various martial arts moves. After a few paintings, they will be smoothed out with their hands, and the cycle will be repeated.

"Are you drawing a boxing book?" A slightly childish young man's voice sounded beside Yun Xuelan.

Yun Xuelan tilted her head slightly, and her gaze moved up from a pair of black cloth shoes. What I saw was a young man with a thin face, who was about a head shorter than himself. looked like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who was thin but not sickly, and a pair of eyes full of vigor stared at Yun Xuelan's "masterpiece". Seeing the painter looking up at him, the young man smiled apologetically, first gave a courtesy to his peers among scholars, and then said, "My name is Cai Jian, son, you are a foreigner?"

Seeing Yun Xuelan smiling and nodding, Cai Jian pulled the bucket that Ding Ye was sitting on before. The young man sat down and tidied up his clothes again, "Are you a martial arts cultivator?"

"Sort of. Yun Xuelan's voice replied softly. It's like asking yourself.

"Why is it so? I heard that martial arts cultivators are divided into three realms, which realm are you a martial artist?"

"I used to be a martial artist, but I couldn't cultivate without cultivation for a while, but now I can continue to cultivate. It's just that the realm is still very low, so let's say it's okay. The realm of a martial artist is very fine, do you want to cultivate martial arts?"

The thin young man thought about Yun Xuelan's words and nodded.

"Isn't it good to study, why do you want to practice martial arts?"

"Reading is something that can only be done in the Taiping world. Martial arts cultivation is something that can be done no matter what the world is. Seeing that the person beside him did not answer, the young man continued to take care of himself: "But people are all poor, rich and martial, and you have also seen our situation here, in addition to studying to gain fame, you can only swing a hoe in the field for a lifetime." For hundreds of years, the village has already formed a culture of reading, and even if the situation is difficult now, no matter how difficult the life is, it still has not lost reading. ”

"Where did the children in your village go when they grow up? Could it be that the children have gone to school, and when they grow up, they will marry a wife and have children, and let their children continue to study and so on?"

The young man shook his head, "You are studying for the sake of reading, if you are useless, why do you need to read? Who would regard reading as the only thing to do in a lifetime? Even those holy masters who have studied all their lives do not want to make their knowledge known to future generations, so they will write books and speak?" The young man sighed and continued: " I heard from the elders of the family that the people in the village who were slightly older than us, after studying with my husband, would leave us when they reached the age when they could take the meritorious examination, or join us or in other ways, and only re-participate in the scientific examination after changing their household registration, so as to join the WTO, but no one knows that their real ancestral home is with us. ”

"It's fine if it's incognito, but if it's a makeover, wouldn't it be sorry for your ancestors? For fame or for the identity of an official family?" Yun Xuelan's brows rose slightly.

"Mr. said that studying is not for someone, let alone for himself. Speaking of this, the thin young man actually stood up and straightened his clothes, but there was a solemn posture of discussing knowledge with the person in front of him.

"Mr. said that there are four classes of study, if it is for the purpose of gaining fame and fame in history or wearing official uniforms and being respected, this is the lowest; if it is for the purpose of glorifying the lintel, glorifying the ancestors as the champion or allowing the family to live a prosperous life, it is regarded as the second inferior; if it is for the purpose of defending or promoting some doctrine of the cultural context and Taoism, it is considered to be the upper middle and upper class. It's just that some people are trying to write some words that are not shocking or advocate some shocking views, and they may even know a little about it, but they still have to put on the appearance of a Confucian family, which is also the biggest drawback of this kind of people. ”

"So what does a first-class scholar look like?" Yun Xuelan asked with interest.

"The gentleman said that the first-class scholars have no selfish intentions. Selfless for fame, selfless for the prosperity of the family, and more selfless for the origin and inheritance of cultural culture. They must not only think about the king and the affairs of the heavens, but they must devote themselves to the whole world and the people of the world. Whether it is Bactria or Southern Liang, or other vassals or neighboring countries of Bactria or neighboring countries, whether they are good neighbors or hostile countries, the people are the same people. No matter what kind of scholarly viewpoint or way of governing the world, the reader should only choose what is useful to the people, not what is useful to himself."

But how can you make sure that the intellectual viewpoint adopted and promoted is not selfish? You must first agree with the intellectual viewpoint before you can judge whether it is beneficial to you or not. Isn't this process of screening and judging a process of favoritism?" Yun Xuelan's interest became stronger and stronger, and he also stood up solemnly to oppose the thin young man in front of him.

We also asked my husband, but he did not answer at that time, but only turned around and asked us, asking us what kind of scholarly viewpoint we chose and what was the basis and criterion. "The old master does not miss the opportunity, and the little Fuzi also sells the guanzi.

Yun Xuelan said to herself while thinking, "If it is for the sake of Great Xia, it is to seek knowledge that is beneficial to the people of Great Xia, if the people of the world do not distinguish between Xia Liang and Zhou Hanyan, as long as there is no difference, there is no difference, there is no division, there is no boundary, and if there is no boundary, where is the standard?

The thin young man sniffed, "Sir only let us think for ourselves, and when we figure it out, we don't have to talk to him, and we don't have to quit." As long as the elders in the family agree, they can go to other places like their predecessors, change their identities to participate in the scientific examination and enter the WTO, or go to a bigger and better academy to study. Three of us have already left, and we don't know where we are now. What you say makes sense, since Mr. said that I do not stick to the source of scholarly opinions, then I will use your knowledge as my answer. When the young man said this, he was still a little weak-hearted and didn't dare to look at the man in the green shirt in front of him.

"What if the elders of the family don't allow it?"

The young man named Cai Jian was stunned when he heard this, not only him, but also other children in the village had never thought about this problem, if the elders in the family did not allow them to change their names and surnames, what should they do if they studied and entered the WTO. Because the elders in the family have never thought of this.

Reading the answer from Cai Jian's expression, Yun Xuelan sighed heavily.

The thin young man seemed to have misunderstood Yun Xuelan's original intention, and he hurriedly explained: "Mr. said that the scholars who came out of the village have never been out of the lower two classes as he said. After that, Cai Jian, who thought that the other party would say that he was bragging and was ready to defend himself, saw the other party nod solemnly, convinced of his words.

"You are a martial artist and a scholar, do you think it is difficult to read or practice martial arts?"

"It's hard, it's not hard. ”。 Yun Xuelan sat back down in the bucket, but her expression was still solemn. "It's not difficult to say, it's just that you just need to persevere, and it's hard to say that persistence may not have results. Seeing the other party's serious doubts, Yun Xuelan rubbed her temples and explained, "If you just want to study and practice martial arts, and don't seek fame and realm, then you just need to stick to it." If you want to be the first type of scholar in your husband's mouth, you need talent, opportunity, and even luck with the help of nobles. If you want to become a martial artist, it depends on what realm you want to cultivate, then in addition to the above conditions, you need more money, maybe you scholars will think that it is very cheesy to raise money, but many martial arts cultivation realm bottlenecks are smashed by money. Otherwise, wouldn't there be great power everywhere that can soar through the clouds and fog and wave your hand?"

The thin boy sat on the bucket with some disappointment. He muttered a little dejectedly, "You said a lot, what's the difference between not saying it." ”

When Yun Xuelan saw the appearance of the young man, he thought of the childhood friend who was given a knife by himself to "curb the waves", he was not so obsessed with martial arts cultivation back then, and even did not hesitate to give up his excellent reading talent. It's just that now, what can be done now, the young man's heart is a little sour.

"You want to practice martial arts because you have read too many novels and pictures of Jianghu Ranger and are obsessed with rivers and lakes?"

The response to the young man was indeed another young man who shook his head firmly, "I want to be a general, like the general named Yunzhi in the Yun family's border army." A young age can deter a young age. The young man's eyes burned with burning yearning, and he seemed to have seen that in the barracks of the Tiger Leaping Pass, a merry young man who was standing but wearing cloud armor and crane feather silver armor was wiping the Zishuo "pawn" that was famous throughout the southern border.

Yun Xuelan's father is four brothers and sisters, his father Yun Jinhe is the owner of Yunyin Mountain Villa and the helmsman of Yunwang Mansion, and his second uncle Yun Jinshan is the master of Yunyin City. Zhou Cheng, who has a deep friendship with Li Hanren, but has little contact with Yunwangfu, is Yun Jinchuan, which ranks third. And Yun Xuelan's aunt is the youngest of the four. This woman's personality is not at all as delicate and charming as her appearance, but a straightforward and temperamental and even a little fiery heroine. She is the most talented in martial arts among the four brothers and sisters, and now she is also the person with the highest realm, and she has already crossed the threshold of the fugue realm with half a foot. Because of this, she was able to command the 100,000 border troops of the Yun family stationed at Tiger Leaping Pass as a woman, which was seventy percent of the army under the command of the Yun family.

The cloud embroidered cicada is over 40 years old, but it is the same as 278 years old. At that time, ordinary men in the world could not enter the eyes of women, and she did not find a lover. mixed with more than 100,000 rough men all day long, and the woman didn't feel awkward at all. The woman herself is not hypocritical, and these men in the army have already let go more, but no one dares to have the slightest disrespect for their beautiful general, let alone have any evil thoughts. Even if everyone drinks together, some of them are red-faced, and they will inevitably say some meat jokes, although they will not shy away from the woman who sits in the first place, but no one dares to eat her tofu in words. I really don't dare, the woman is really ruthless, both ruthless and precise, to ensure that you can't sleep all night because of the pain, but the next day you get out of bed as usual to practice, and at night it will hurt inexplicably. The people who were taken care of by the female general couldn't sleep in pain for three or five days and nights, and they were already light-hearted.

Although Yunxiu Cicada has no marriage match, it has accepted two sons and one daughter. Although several people have changed their surnames to Yun, they are used to calling Master Yunxiu Cicada on weekdays. The woman's reason is that this is in the army, so that the stepmother has more family warmth, and what is needed in the army is iron and blood. But her daughter-in-law, a girl named Yun Xuan, said that the reason why the master didn't let them call her stepmother was because she was afraid of being called old. No matter how much a woman's temperament looks like a man, she is a woman after all, with the happy moments and worries of her daughter's family.

Among the two names, the oldest is Yunzhi, the people in the army have forgotten the real name and origin of the youth, only the old people in the army remember, Yun Xiu Cicada has not yet taken over as the general of the Tiger Leaping Pass defenders, when he returned from a long trip, he hugged back Yunzhi that was still in swaddling clothes, the woman did not let Yunyin Villa or Yunyin City raise, but took it with her personally, she didn't care about the discussion or pointing behind the backs of others, and she didn't care whether she would be criticized for being a yellow flower girl with a child.

Some people speculate that Yunzhi is the orphan of her beloved man, and some people talk that the boy is the illegitimate child of her and the negative man. But the people of the Yun family have the blood of Jiangmen in their bones, and the people of the Yun family don't care, and the woman ignores it.

Yunzhi did not disappoint the woman, she became the captain of the scout before she was twenty years old, and she has become the captain of the scout by virtue of her military merits. The young general was good at wearing snow and white cloud armor, and renamed Changshuo, who had a good background in his hand, as a horse pawn. Indicate that no matter what position you are in, you are willing to take the lead.

The young man's romance and frequent victories on the battlefield have made him a well-known new leader in the entire Great Xia military force. Therefore, Yun Xuelan was not surprised by Cai Jian's answer after being stunned for a moment.

"Maybe you'll be more famous than him in the future, he's a scout, a scout with his head on the waistband of his pants. If you really want to surrender, you don't have to really give up your pen, you might as well read more books, read more military books, what Daxia lacks most is not a fierce general who charges on the battlefield and disregards life and death, what Daxia needs is a Confucian general who can immediately bend his bow and determine the situation, and the horse swings to guide the country. The boy watched as the boy fell into deep thought, and he also fell into deep thought.

Yun Xuelan never thought that today's casual conversation between herself and the young man, a casual remark about academic judgment, would become the reason for the resignation of a young man named Cai Jian. A casual word of encouragement made Xie Yan, the most famous Confucian general in Great Xia.

Bound to travel far away, picking up time and learning. Soldiers on the field, thank you for the grace of words.