Ran Shu said: "Lord Wang, General Wang, as an official of the imperial court, should be a Confucian, but how can he believe in the Five Buckets Rice Sect and be willing to be a Taoist?"

Shi Ning, a teenager who spent his childhood in a primitive tribe, heard that Ran Shu was both an adult and a general, and he had long been unable to figure out the object, let alone understand what a "Confucian" was.

Although he didn't understand, he was happy that Ran Shu asked such a high-level word, and the expression in his heart was just a more advanced expression of Ran Shu.

Shi Ning added, "I have also dealt with those Five Doumi Sect disciples a few times, but they are all sneaky and abductive. ”

Wang Xianzhi: "Although the Wudou Rice Sect is also a Taoist sect, since the death of Du Zigong Du Tianshi Xian, Sun Tai, who took over, changed the doctrine of the Five Doumi Sect back then, and the head is no longer called the Heavenly Master, but the leader, and the nature of the religion has changed since then. In recent years, there have often been cases of Wudoumi disciples oppressing the people, sneaking and abducting, but they are all in the minority, which does not affect the prestige of Wudoumi in the rivers and lakes. ”

Wang Xianzhi said: "My brother did not believe in religion before, and the death of his sister-in-law gave him a certain mental blow, and even had an impact on his life, but Confucianism could not bring him liberation, only by believing in Taoism, can he talk about self-comfort." ”

The world is torn apart, wars are raging, the people are living in dire straits, miserable, with religion to comfort the suffering soul, relieve the pain of the body, how can Wang Ning be one of them?

After three rounds of drinking, with Ran Shu's participation, Shi Ning no longer fell into the embarrassing situation of not being able to chat, and the topic between him and Wang Xianzhi became more and more extensive, and the two talked happily and drank freely.

It's a pity that the "book saint" Wang Xi had passed away the year before, otherwise Shi Ning and Ran Shu would have been able to catch a glimpse of the demeanor of celebrities. Wang Xianzhi did not disappoint the two, he completely inherited the noble and elegant temperament of the Wang family, among Wang Xizhi's many children, Wang Xianzhi is the most brilliant.

After the banquet, Wang Xianzhi took two more VIPs to visit their study.

Ran Shu's family used to be a scholarly family in the north, so she knew how to appreciate calligraphy and painting, she glanced at Shi Ning, who was holding a calligraphy and painting called "Huang Tingjing" and frowned for a long time and couldn't see any clues

"Huang Ting Jing" is the original manuscript of the "Dadong Zhenjing" of the Shangqing School, although it is not a pure martial arts classic like the "Dadong Zhenjing", but the martial arts of the Shangqing School are all realized from the essence of the scriptures.

Ran Shu suddenly came up with an idea, she thought: Brother Shi Ning used to be a disciple of the Shangqing Sect, why don't I ask Wang Xianzhi for some words for Brother Shi Ning? Maybe it will come in handy in the future!

So Ran Shu said: "Lord Wang, I love these paintings and calligraphy very much, I wonder if you can give me a few as a souvenir?"

Wang Xianzhi saw that Ran Shu was carefully watching "Huang Tingjian" written by his father Wang Xizhi, and he said: ""Huang Tingjian" and "Orchid Pavilion Preface" are both my father's favorite works during his lifetime. ”

Since the Five Hu Chaohua, the Western Jin Dynasty and the East Crossing Jiankang, the war has destroyed many scriptures in the war, and the long scriptures such as "Huang Tingjian" are preserved in the form of calligraphy works in the Wang family, and the number is not much, and it is not a whole book, but only a few classic chapters.

Prepare the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Wang Xianzhi shows his skills, one breath and success, flowing clouds, worthy of the world's famous calligraphers.

The work was completed, and Wang Xianzhi used it to thank Shi Ning and Ran Shu for saving Wang Leshan's gift to the two. Shi Ning and Ran Shu were both overjoyed.

Wang Xianzhi left two more people to live in the palace, and Shi Ning and Ran Shu were worried that they had no fixed residence, and it was not too much to live in the palace for a few days.

Wang Xianzhi sent someone to take care of Shi Ning and Ran Shu's daily life, and took care of them very thoughtfully, and he didn't want them to live in the palace for the third day.

Ran Shu came to Shi Ning's room on this day to discuss bidding farewell to Wang Xianzhi and going to the north as soon as possible.

Shi Ning also wanted to arrive in Xiangguo County in the north as soon as possible to find the descendants of the Shi family, but because the search for the Liangyi Sword was delayed for some time, now that the Liangyi Sword has been found, and there are three days of eating and drinking in the palace, Shi Ning decided to say goodbye to the king at the luncheon.

Shi Ning wanted to leave, but Wang Xianzhiqiang couldn't stay, so he put on a farewell banquet.

At the banquet, Shi Ning raised his glass and said: "Lord Wang, please! Thanks to Lord Wang's warm hospitality, the younger generation has not been able to work for the house, I am really ashamed!" Listening to Shi Ning's stiff words, Ran Shu couldn't help laughing, these words were naturally taught to him by Ran Shu before.

Wang Xianzhi also raised his glass and saluted back: "Shi Gongzi, please! If it weren't for Shi Gongzi to beat away those Wudou Mi Sect rebels, maybe my niece Le Shan's whereabouts are still unknown from now on, Shi Gongzi's kindness to my Wang family, but Wang Mou can't repay him, he is really guilty!

Shi Ning was at a loss for a while, and it was not that he would not take it, if there was this one hundred taels of silver, it would be enough for the two of them to go to the north, and they would no longer have to live as beggars all the way.

Ran Shu kept wincing on the side, and replied for Shi Ning: "Thank you, Lord Wang!"

Only then did Shi Ning react and took the silver tael.

I only heard Wang Xianzhi say again: "Shi Gongzi and Miss Ran left the mansion this time, are they going back to their hometown? Wang is presumptuous, may I ask where is Shi Gongzi's hometown?"

Shi Ning said: "The hometown of the younger generation is in Xiangguo County in the north. ”

Wang Xianzhi: "Xiangguo County was originally my homeland of the Great Jin Dynasty, but now it has been occupied by the Hu people, and the Han people in the northern counties have also crossed east with the emperor.

Shi Ning said: "It's not a secret, the younger generation is not Han, but the Hu people in the north. ”

Wang Xianzhi was shocked when he heard this, and he dropped the wine glass with some mistakes, and his face changed: "Could it be that Shi Gongzi is a descendant of the Zhao Kingdom of the Shi clan of the Qi clan?"

Shi Ning said proudly: "Taizu Wu Emperor Shi Hu is the great-grandfather of the younger generation, and Emperor Renwu is the grandfather of the younger generation!"

Wang Xianzhi's face became deeper after hearing this, and he carefully looked at Shi Ning's appearance, with a high nose, deep eyebrows, and many beards, which was indeed slightly different from the Han people.

I don't want Shi Ning to ask: "Lord Wang, the father of the younger generation has told the younger generation about the heroic deeds of the ancestor Shi Hu and other emperors of Zhao since he was a child, but some Han people say that the Shi Emperor of Zhao is vicious and cruel, I want to verify Lord Wang, is it the father of the younger generation who deceived the younger generation or the slander of the ancestors of the younger generation by those Han people?"

Wang Xianzhi is a famous person in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his prestige is naturally not small, but this question is indeed a difficult question for Wang Xianzhi to answer.

Wang Xianzhi paused and said solemnly: "Do you want the truth?"

Shi Gongzi said: "The younger generation believes what Lord Wang said, you might as well say it directly!"

Wang Xianzhi sighed and said, "Alas, Shi Hu is indeed a tyrant!" Wang Xianzhi didn't expect that he would invite the Shi tyrant who was hated by the Han people!

Celebrities and gentlemen don't lie, Shi Ning heard Wang Xianzhi's denial of his ancestors, just like hearing the judge announce his death sentence, he "pounced" and sat down on the ground.

"How could it be like this!" The wine bottles were scattered on the table, and the liquor dripping from the table seemed like his heart was crying。。。。。。

"That's the way it is! You go, I don't make friends with foreigners!" Wang Xianzhi didn't expect that the murderous Shi Hu would have such a simple and benevolent descendant, but as a Han Chinese, how could he comfort a foreigner with a deep hatred?

Just as Wang Xianzhi frowned and shook his head to leave the banquet alone, the family outside the door suddenly reported that Sun Tai, the leader of the Five Doumi Sect, asked to see him.

"What did Wudou Mi teach Sun Tai to do in my mansion?" Wang Xianzhi regarded himself as a traditional Confucian and never made friends with people in the rivers and lakes, "Could it be that he is here for his brother?"

Wang Xianzhi thought that his brother Wang Ningzhi was a member of the Wudoumi Sect, so he said, "Please invite Sect Master Sun!"

Sun Tai led all the disciples of the Five Doumi Sect into the palace, but he did not see Wang Ningzhi.

Wang Xianzhi hurriedly welcomed Sun Tai in, and said, "Sect Master Sun came all the way from Bashan, I don't know what happened, but why didn't I see my brother Ning Zhi?"

Sun Taidao: "General Wang stayed in Bashan to wait for the convening of the church, in early September, the ninth double yang was the time when my Wudoumi sect held the church, I was supposed to preside over the meeting in Bashan, but there was a big incident in the church, so I resigned from the church, I came to your mansion to find out the accident, please forgive me for disturbing Lord Wang!"

Wang Xianzhi: "I don't know what happened to your sect?"

Sun Tai let out a long sigh and said, "The disciples of this sect were brutally killed on the outskirts of the capital three days ago, and more than 20 people died, including Nie Han, the third disciple of Sun, were killed. Only the fourth disciple Lu Xun survived, and Sun learned that the sect had encountered this catastrophe!"

The disciples carried out a stretcher, and the hands and feet of the people on the stretcher were injured and bandaged, and the scratches on their faces were still stained with blood.

This person was Lu Xun, the fourth disciple of Sun Tai, and he said with a sad face: "Master, you have to avenge the third senior brother and all the murdered senior brothers!"

Shi Ning recognized Lu Xun at a glance, it was he who led the abduction of Wang Leshan and other women that day, if he didn't guess wrong, the third senior brother who was killed by Lu Xun should be the scar-faced man who used the big knife.

Shi Ning said in his heart: I obviously let Lu Xun and the others go that day, but who killed more than 20 of them?

Just as Shi Ning was wondering, Lu Xun pointed to a person and said firmly: "Master, the master who killed the third senior brother and others is him!"

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by Lu Xun's finger, it was Shi Ning!