In the third dojo, a middle-aged Confucian with slightly frosty temples and a young man in a green shirt came to the lock dragon well.

It was Mr. Liu and Yao Fusheng.

The two came to the middle of a peach tree and a plum tree.

Suddenly, Mr. Liu asked a question: "Fusheng, the peach and plum do not speak, and the next is its own, what is the explanation of this?"

Yao Fusheng, with a gentle personality and introverted talents, is not only a disciple of the school, but also a scholar.

When Mr. asked this question, Yao Fusheng felt that Mr. was examining his own knowledge, so he didn't dare to take it lightly and carefully considered it.

Mr. Liu looked at Yao Fusheng's restrained appearance as if he was about to take the big test, smiled knowingly, and said, "Just ask casually, don't be nervous." ”

After thinking for a while, Yao Fusheng carefully said: "The student remembers that Mr. once said that General Li Guang fought more than 70 battles with the Xiongnu in his life, and his military achievements were outstanding, and he was deeply loved by the officers and soldiers and the people. Although General Li held a high position and commanded thousands of troops, he was never arrogant. Not only did he treat people well, but he was also able to share the weal and woe with the soldiers. Every time the court gave him a reward, the first thing he thought of was his subordinates, and he distributed those rewards to the officers and soldiers. When he was on the march to fight, he was faced with a lack of food or water, and he himself starved like the soldiers. In the battle, he took the lead, brave and tenacious, as long as he gave an order, everyone fought bravely to kill the enemy, not afraid of sacrifice. ”

Later, when the bad news of General Li's death reached the barracks, all the officers and men of the army wept bitterly, and even many civilians who were not familiar with General Li Guang mourned him. In people's minds, General Li Guang is their great hero. ”

"Later, when Taishi Gong wrote a biography for General Li Guang, he praised: 'Peach and plum do not speak, and the next is its own. It means that peach and plum have fragrant flowers and sweet fruits, and although they cannot speak, they still attract people to the trees to enjoy the flowers and fruits, so that there is a path under the trees, and General Li Guang has won the respect and love of the people from the bottom of his heart with his sincere qualities and noble personality. ”

Mr. Liu looked at Yao Fusheng, nodded, and then said: "Fusheng, you are very right, this is what the sages said, 'his body is upright, and he will not obey orders, and his body is not right, although he will not obey orders'." ”

On the second day of the second month of February, in the land of Qilu, spring has not yet fully arrived, and the branches of peach trees and plum trees have just budded and have not yet bloomed.

Mr. Liu muttered: "Winter is gone, spring is coming, will the flowers bloom for a long time?"

Then, Mr. Liu looked at Yao Fusheng and asked another question: "Fusheng, the world is full of peaches and plums, what is the solution?"

With the experience just now, Yao Fusheng's answer this time was much smoother, and he replied: "During the Spring and Autumn Period, the minister of Wei was rich and knowledgeable, and because he offended Wei Wenhou, he went to the house of an old acquaintance in the north to hide. This friend is not wealthy, and he does not want to increase the burden of life for his friend, so he wants to open a school and accept some students to teach and read, so as to make a living. There is a peach tree and a plum tree in this school. All the students who came to school knelt under the peach and plum trees to recognize Mr. Regardless of whether the students are rich or poor, as long as they are willing to learn, they can worship him as a teacher, without discrimination, and there is no class in teaching. In order to educate students into useful talents, the students also studied hard and learned a lot of real skills. These students have become talented people one after another, and in gratitude for Mr. Zizhi's teachings, they all planted peach and plum trees in their own homes. ”

"Later, when Mr. Zizhi traveled to various countries, he met students who were officials in various countries, and when he saw these two kinds of trees planted by the students, he proudly said, 'My students are really full of peaches and plums.'"

Yao Fusheng paused, felt that his words were still unfinished, and added: "The student remembers that later in the Tang Dynasty, Prime Minister Di Renjie had many protégés, and he was tired of recommending many generals to the emperor. ”

Mr. Liu patted the shoulder of the young man in the green shirt and said: "Fusheng, General Li Guang has made meritorious contributions, and Mr. Zizhi has made great achievements, this is the heroic spirit of my generation of scholars." A little haoran, a thousand miles of fast wind. ”

Suddenly, the breeze in the three dojos was blowing, the peach and plum were swaying, Yao Fusheng wrapped his arms around his chest, closed his eyes, silently felt some wonderful flow between heaven and earth, and then exhaled a breath of turbidity, near his hands and feet, there were wisps of invisible true qi stirring and drifting.

Sir is really sir.

The conversation with Mr. just now made Yao Fusheng cross the threshold of the first realm and enter the second realm.

Yao Fusheng, who was relaxed, smiled slightly, and said to Mr. Liu: "Thank you Mr. for your advice." ”

Mr. Liu nodded and said, "Fusheng, you have stayed on the threshold of this first realm for too long, this is a good thing or a bad thing, today it is a matter of course, and you will enter the second realm." In the future, you have to light a lamp with one breath. ”

The two walked through the wooden sticks tied between the two trees and came to the well, where Mr. Liu pointed to the well and asked, "What is the explanation if the two of them don't look at the well?"

Yao Fusheng said: "The two of them don't look at the well, mainly because the wellhead is very small, but the square inch of the area is just enough to accommodate one person, if someone falls into the well, it is difficult to rescue." So if two people are standing at the mouth of the well, don't look at the well, because you don't look at the well to ensure your own safety, because if the other party deliberately harms you, you can't escape. Second, don't let others see the well, in order not to let yourself fall into the right and wrong without circumstantial evidence, because if the other party accidentally falls into the well, you can neither rescue nor defend yourself. Others must think that you pushed others into the well, because according to general logic, no one is stupid enough to throw themselves into the well in front of others. ”

Yao Fusheng glanced back at the well, and suddenly felt a little cool.

Mr. Liu said: "Fusheng, you are right, this is what the Holy Master said, 'A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall'. In the future, you need to be cautious in your words and deeds. You must remember that you must stay away from danger and not make sacrifices lightly, only by living can you succeed, and only by staying alive can you have hope. In this way, you can contribute your own strength when you are really needed. Mr. believes that there will come a time when you will work with your friends to protect the people of the world and the Confucian benevolence, righteousness and morality, and then you will be able to go thousands of miles to the country and see death as if you were going home. At that time, heaven and earth will work together. ”

Yao Fusheng felt a little confused, and couldn't help asking, "Sir, why are you saying this today?"

Mr. Liu looked open-minded and said with a smile: "You have a gentleman, there are brothers like Li Quzhi, and I naturally have a husband, and naturally I also have brothers." And one of my senior brothers, who was your Mr. Zhang back then, forget it, don't talk about it. You Mr. Zhang, I can't compare to ten gentlemen, and when you grow up, you will know. ”

After saying this, Mr. Liu sighed, as if he was a little proud, as if he was a little self-blaming, but these expressions disappeared in a flash.

Then Mr. Liu continued: "In the past three years, I have been letting you bow down in the town to do good deeds, no matter who you treat with courtesy and sincerity, just to let you practice the five virtues of gentlemen such as 'gentleness, kindness, courtesy, thrift, and letting'. ”

"Back then, there was a great sage of the eighth realm in Xiniu Hezhou who taught his disciples and students, and this great sage wanted his disciples and students to shake their hands nine hundred and ninety-nine times a day. The Great Sage said, 'If you persist for a few years, you will be beneficial', and one of his disciples did it and successfully entered the Eighth Realm, and later his disciple taught another disciple and also succeeded in reaching the Eighth Realm, which was recited by later generations as 'One Master and Disciple Three Sages'. ”

Talk about peach and plum under the peach and plum tree, and release the lock dragon next to the lock dragon well.

Is it an omen?

A scholar named Liu Zuozhan waved his hand and shouted: "One master and apprentice, three saints, two masters of eternal articles." Fusheng, you have to work with your fellow disciples and brothers to show the way of the world that is getting worse and worse, and in the end, there will be the mainstay, the wave to stop the flying boat. ”

The young scholar nodded vigorously.

I don't know when, there are two oriole birds, stopping on the plum tree, singing a heart-warming melody, a line of egrets, flying over the top of Yaojia Town, chanting poetry and going up to the blue sky.

After the middle-aged Confucian scholar sent Yao Fusheng all the way from the three dojos to the Yao family's mansion, he slowly walked back to the school.

I saw the feet of the Confucian scholars, one step at a time, one step at a time, step by step, overflowing, flashing, scattered into the heaven and earth.

After Liu Zuozhan returned to the school, he sat in front of the desk and carefully looked at the secret letter on the bookcase that had just arrived.

Yaojia Town, in everyone's eyes, is like a rice field, and now it's the harvest season, and everyone is here. Some people brought sickles to cut the crops, others brought baskets to gather ears of wheat, these people were hateful, but in the end, they did not hurt their bones and bones. I'm afraid, someone snatched the deed and said that the rice field was his.

Thinking of what happened with Yao Fusheng in the three dojos just now, Liu Zuozhan said sadly: "The peach blossoms are dying, scorching their blooms; Will we never see each other again?"

A glass of wine in the spring breeze of peach and plum, and ten years of night rain in the rivers and lakes.