I lost, but not to the emperor, but to Wei Qing.

People who are new to Taiji, how can there be such a spirituality as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a strange person who can be understood at one touch, except for Zhang Wuji, I am afraid that I will never be able to find a second one, even I can't, but Emperor Wu imitates it vividly, so there is only one answer - Wei Qing.

In order to strengthen the body, I once privately taught Wei Qing and Xiao Huo a set of 55 styles of Yang's Taiji swordsmanship, but I didn't expect this kid to pass on the Han Wu Emperor privately without the permission of the master, Taiji swordsmanship is similar, touch the class can be bypassed, otherwise how can the emperor win me today?

I glared at Wei Qing hatefully, and he lowered his head to avoid my gaze, which just showed that my guess was correct.

This kid secretly betrayed his master, and he must be deprived of the title of chief disciple and driven out of Xiao Liu Pavilion.

Emperor Wu walked towards me with a smile on his face: "Mr. Liu, you lost. ”

I barely squeezed out a smile and said, "Betrayed by a traitor, there is a ghost if you don't lose." ”

The voice was neither high nor low, just enough for him to hear. Emperor Wu laughed and said, "Mr. is really a smart person, and he can guess it at the right time." Yes, if it weren't for Wei Qing, it wouldn't be easy for me to win against you. If you want to blame the gentleman, you can blame yourself for using the wrong method. Hahaha...... "laughed out loud, and his expression was wild and proud.

I had to laugh a few times, and I was very angry.

Emperor Wu suddenly stopped laughing and said loudly: "Liu Dan listens to the order......

I got down on one knee.

"Qin named Liu Dan as the Son of Heaven. ”

I really want to express my dissatisfaction with a negative attitude, but I think of the words of Confucius: Knowing and stopping and then having a certainty, being certain and then being quiet, being quiet and then being able to be peaceful, being at peace and then being able to worry, and then being able to get something, what the ancestors said always makes sense.

I still have to make up my mind before I act, so I simply said loudly with a lot of energy: "Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace." ”

He didn't expect that I would "gladly" receive the order, and he was slightly stunned, quite surprised.

I know the psychology of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the official position in the service is not high, but he often serves the Son of Heaven, what he thinks about is nothing more than my sophisticated weapons and equipment, even if he really can't make a gun, maybe he can still use me in other aspects, otherwise he doesn't bother to pay attention to me, to blame, can only blame me for being too useful.

I smiled wryly. People, sometimes it's better to be useless, at least you can spend your life in peace.

How many useful people in history are best at making the world chaotic. On this point, I agree with Huang Laozhi's statement: "It often makes the people ignorant and desireless." The wise man does not dare to do it. If you do nothing, you will not be cured. "I deeply miss the Empress Dowager and her old man. (In ancient times, there was no longer a long net and long learning.) Note: Empress Dowager Dou is a resolute implementer of "Huang Lao")

In short, after the death of the Empress Dowager, Emperor Wu decided to do only two things, one is to centralize power, and the other is to prepare for war. The emperor of the people thinks about "great unification" and thinks about "respecting the king's rebellion." Who can stop him, and who dares to stop him? If you want to live a few more years, you can save your saliva.

Whether I want to or not, from now on, I will also be an official of the Han Dynasty.

With a large number of attendants, the emperor went away satisfied.

Han Yan came to my side with a smile: "Mr. Liu, no...... Now I'm going to call you Lord Liu. Your Excellency is so favored by His Majesty, he will be prosperous and rich day by day, don't forget Han. ”

Look, how ambiguous and ambiguous this is, it is really worthy of transparent glass.

As soon as the emperor left, everyone's interest was not high, but after half an hour, the banquet was dispersed.

A belly of anger came out of nowhere, (Wei Qing left early because he served the emperor, otherwise he would have beaten him out of anger) bored walking on Zhangtai Street, from here turned Xiangshu Street to the west, it is Huayang Street, Xiao Liu Pavilion is located in the middle of Huayang Street.

Because I was dressed in shabby clothes, I met a few soldiers on the road who came to make it difficult for me to patrol the night, and I scolded them for scolding me with my head and face, and they were so frightened that they apologized again and again when they heard that I was a distinguished guest at the night banquet in Han Yan's Mansion.

Hmph! The punishment is not for the doctor, the law does not blame the nobles, and this night ban system was originally forbade only for the people.

Venting on the soldier, this tone was smooth, and he was worried about his unpredictable future, the sound of the carriage behind him sounded, and then a beautiful "car" came, (the car that the noble princess of the Han Dynasty was riding was called a car, surrounded by a screen, and a special car for women) stopped beside me, and I was surprised, the door opened, revealing a beautiful and refreshing face, which was actually the lord Liu Ling. (The daughters of the kings of the Han Dynasty are called princesses in their subject countries, and they are called Weng lords when they come to the dynasty, and this article adopts the title of Weng lords)

As soon as I saw that it was her, I felt a sudden shock in my heart, and Liu Ling's happy voice had already sounded: "Lord Liu, I'll give you a ride." ”

I hurriedly excused myself: "The front is the humble house, don't dare to trouble the owner." ”

I can't afford to mess with this aunt.

Liu Ling not only didn't leave, but jumped out of the car and said with a smile: "Actually, Liu Ling has long admired the famous name of the adult, but he didn't have the opportunity to meet each other. ”

I looked at her face that was extremely similar to Zhao Min, and a strange thought came to my heart, could it be that she and Zhao Min were lost twin sisters?

Well, it needs to be verified.

So he pretended to be humble and said: "Under the fame, it is actually difficult to deserve, since the lord is so gracious, he is obedient." ”

The car was very spacious, Liu Ling looked at my patch suit with a smile in his eyes, and said jokingly: "In addition to the princes and nobles who participated in the banquet today, they are elegant and famous people, isn't it rude for adults to wear such clothes to the meeting?"

I looked down at the patched clothes and said with a wry smile: "I think it's a pity that Xiujiao is working so hard to dress me up." "I deliberately mentioned Zhao Min's original name and secretly checked Liu Ling's expression.

Liu Ling asked curiously, "Could it be that Lord Fei is deliberately dressed like this?"

I hurriedly waved my hand: "No, no, it's actually ...... Alas, all my clothes have been washed, and I can't find any clothes for the time being, that's why I'm like this. ”

Liu Ling pursed his lips and smiled.

Seeing that she behaved naturally and generously, there was nothing abnormal, presumably she had never heard of Xiujiao's name. I simply asked her: "I can't hide it, when I saw Lord Weng for the first time, I was really surprised, Lord Weng, you and a friend of mine look so similar, it's exactly the same." ”

Liu Ling was slightly surprised: "Is there such a thing?" said with a roll of his eyes. "No wonder I felt that the expressions of adults and General Wei were different when we met today, and my adult's friend General Wei must have known him, I don't know who it is?"

I smiled: "Her original name was Xiujiao, but now her name is Zhao Min, and she is living in Xiao Liu's Pavilion, so she is my good helper." ”

Liu Ling said with a smile: "He will definitely meet this girl when he has the opportunity one day." ”

Later, I talked with her about many irrelevant topics, Liu Ling was very good at talking, and told me a lot of local anecdotes in Huainan, and the witty words between the words were like beads, which made people involuntarily feel good.

Finally arrived at the door of Xiao Liu Pavilion, Liu Ling said: "It is very pleasant to talk to adults, he is free, Liu Ling will go to Xiao Liu Pavilion to visit adults." ”

Seeing the car leave, I was quite melancholy for a while, such a smart, beautiful, and hearty woman really shouldn't get involved in dirty politics, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely knock on the side to persuade her.

Xiao Liu's hall was quiet, the disciples had already fallen asleep, after passing through the martial arts training ground, they heard a faint voice, and when they walked in, they saw that it was actually Xiao Huo, a beloved disciple, who was practicing swords tirelessly. By the light of the oil lamp hanging on the tree, I saw that his face was sweating, his little face was tense, and he kept repeating the action of stabbing straight with his sword.

I couldn't help frowning when I saw this, and pity and distress, as the saying goes, three years old sees old, this child is introverted, silent, more precocious than children of the same age, but after all, it is only a seven-year-old child, I really don't know how to have such perseverance and perseverance.

"Xiao Huo!" I shouted.

Seeing me, the little apprentice was very happy, with a tired smile on his little face, and immediately came to greet him: "Master, you are back. ”

I took the sword in his hand and put it on the weapon rack, then wiped the sweat on his forehead with my sleeve, and said: "My stupid apprentice, don't be so tight all day long, one by one, the way of civil and martial arts, the string will break if it is too tight." ”

Xiao Huo raised his little face and asked, "What is the way of civil and martial arts?"

I patiently explained: "Wen refers to King Wen of Zhou, Wu refers to King Wu of Zhou, this passage is to say: all the time to pull the bowstring very tight and not relaxed, is not able to do by King Wen and King Wu, on the contrary, has been relaxed and not nervous, King Wen and King Wu are not willing to do this, only sometimes nervous, sometimes relaxed, there is work and leisure, leniency and severity, this is a good way for King Wen and King Wu to govern the country." The same is true for practicing kung fu, you must know how to be relaxed, everything is done step by step, and you can't be too anxious, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Got it?"

As he spoke, he took his little hand and walked towards the bedroom.

When he looked up and saw the sky full of stars, his heart moved, and he said, "The stars are so beautiful tonight, Xiao Huo, why don't we go up to the roof and look at the stars." ”

Sitting on the roof of the house, looking up at the vast galaxy, I feel that every star is so close that it seems to be within reach. The North Star always stands due north, guiding the direction of the lost, in Sagittarius, Chillen still has the arrow shot at him by his friend on his chest, and the vast Milky Way separates a pair of infatuated men and women, Libra, Ursa Major, and Ursa Minor are dotted with stars, just like an unbreakable chess game of life.

The night, so quiet, soothed the impetuous heart, made me forget my troubles for a while, and told Xiao Huo who was leaning on me the wonderful or helpless stories of these stars, as if talking about myself.

When he heard that the Cowherd was forced to separate from his wife, Xiao Huo suddenly said: "The Cowherd is so incompetent, he is a useless man, and the Weaver Girl should not marry him." ”

I looked at him in amazement, people often have infinite sympathy for their love when they listen to the story of Niu Lang and the Weaver Girl, why does this kid have to be different.

Xiao Huo said as a matter of course: "As a man, he can't even protect his wife, isn't he a useless man?"

I frowned slightly and asked thoughtfully, "Then in Xiao Huo's heart, what kind of man is a useful man?"

Xiao Huo's chest straightened, and he said with infinite reverence: "To be as eloquent as His Majesty the Emperor, to govern the country and the country, to be as brave and decisive as Uncle Wei Qing, wise and brave, and to be as powerful and invincible as the master, a man should be like this, there is nothing that cannot be done in the world, so he can be regarded as a useful man." ”

This kid is young and has a chivalrous and willful mind, and the idea of making meritorious contributions is not bad, I am afraid that excessive will be utilitarian and frivolous.

I thought for a while and said, "Emperor, your uncle and me, we can be regarded as people who are more outstanding in a certain aspect, but there is one thing you must know, don't say that your uncle and me, even His Majesty the Emperor, there are many things that cannot be done." They can even do many things wrong, because as long as they are human, whether they are capable or ideological, they are limited. ”

Xiao Huo looked at me suspiciously: "Your Majesty can't do it, he is the emperor." ”

Teaching children is not my forte, so I had to try to explain to him: "Even if he is an emperor, he is not omnipotent, there is a greater ...... above him" I raised my hand and pointed to the sky.

Xiao Huo suddenly said: "Is it the Jade Emperor that Master mentioned just now?"

I shook my head: "The Jade Emperor is nothing but a myth and legend, he is an immortal created out of thin air according to his own temperament, this immortal has a lot of human colors, and human nature is flawed, so he also has flaws." The ...... I am talking about," I thought about it, "is what people usually call God, and he should be the Haotian God mentioned in "Zhou Yu Li Min, there are relics, Haotian God, then I will not leave it" (The Book of Poetry, Daya, Dangzhishi). ”

I was an atheist, but my life was completely out of my hands, and despite trying to take charge of tomorrow on my own, everything backfired.

The feeling of extreme weakness made me gradually believe that there is a force in the underworld, a force that cannot be explained by rational thinking, which has pushed me to the situation I am in today, what "wormhole" or "beyond the speed of light", after nearly a year of thinking, I decided that it cannot be established, and the reason why it cannot be established is very simple -- according to the theory of logical thinking, there will be a paradox through time and space, and this paradox is:

Suppose someone can travel back in time and see his five-year-old father, and this person kills his father without knowing it, then the paradox comes out: his father died at the age of five, there must be no birth of him, and there will be no existence of this person, since he did not exist, where did he come from to travel through time and space to kill his father? Everything is illogical, and even the "wormhole theory" cannot explain this paradox.

I could give a bunch of examples of paradoxes like this, and the fact itself is not scientific. (Of course, I'm not a scientist, so I can't argue this with a deeper scientific point of view.)

But now that I have really crossed over, how can I explain this? There is no explanation, and in the case that my limited scientific knowledge cannot justify itself, I can only think in the direction of religion, so I think about it and come to the conclusion that this -- there is an irrational supernatural existence that the human mind cannot understand, that existence dominates everything, and if you must find a suitable name for this existence, it can only point to the oldest and simple object of Chinese worship -- Haotian God. (I don't know if he's the God of Christianity)

Although this is just a kind of idea out of desperation, I believe that the world really needs to have this kind of existence, otherwise after so many ugly evils of oppression, deprivation, killing, and injustice, where will people find the last comfort and sustenance?

If there really is no such existence in the world that represents justice and benevolence, the bad people can just run amok and do wrong, because there is no retribution.

However, the Chinese, especially the ancient Chinese, believed in retribution, so they must believe in the Haotian God, who is in charge of retribution.

I said to Xiao Huo: "The Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, since he is the Son of Heaven, he has to inherit the will of God to govern the country, which is called conforming to the mandate of heaven, and the mandate of heaven represents justice and benevolence, and rewards the good and punishes the evil according to this.

If you obey the destiny of heaven, the country will be rich and the people will live and work in peace and contentment, but if you do something perverse, you will summon the punishment of heaven. Therefore, when you read history, you will see that all the worlds are governed because of a wise and benevolent monarch who inherited the mandate of heaven, such as Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing of our dynasty, and at the beginning of all troubled times, there was also a tyrannical and unkind monarch, such as Shang and Xia Wei.

Whether it is the common people or the Son of Heaven, after all, people's abilities are limited, and many things are powerless, and they cannot act arbitrarily according to their own will, if they do something wrong, even if the laws of the world cannot do anything to him, God will not let him go, not that he will not be repaid, and the time has not come. ”

Ouch, I feel like I'm about to become a sour person.

After saying a lot, Xiao Huo still looked up and seemed to understand, I scratched my head, admitting that I was not the material to be a teacher, but thinking that Huo would kill Li Kang with an arrow in the future, and then die mysteriously, I don't know if it was retribution, I didn't feel a chill, and tried my best to add: "In short, a really useful man is not only a right or ability, but more importantly, he must have a generous and benevolent heart." Master wants you to be like that. ”

Xiao Huo thought for a while and said seriously: "Okay, I will definitely become a useful man with both power, ability, and a generous and benevolent heart in the future." ”

The process is not good, but the result is okay.

I smiled and patted his head and said, "You can teach." ”

Xiao Huo Hu asked again, "Master, are you also such a useful man?"

I was embarrassed by his question, and I couldn't help but roll my eyes and think: Your master and I are not a man at all, even if we can't be useful men, it doesn't matter.

I only heard Xiao Huo ask himself and answer: "Master is naturally a useful man. ”

Alas, it is warm and interesting for people to accompany children to watch the stars, I look at the stars with Xiao Huo, it is dull and boring, alas, poor Xiao Huo, poor me.

That night, I almost didn't sleep all night, thinking about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, thinking about Liu Ling, thinking about the piles and piles that had been like a mess for nearly a year, and I couldn't figure it out, until the day was about to dawn, and I fell asleep in a daze.

I had a dream, dreaming that I was back in the 21st century, I was excitedly holding Xiao Jian and crying, suddenly "Dangdang ......" The rapid and loud sound was deafening, I instinctively reacted to sit up from the bed, and saw Zhao Min holding a copper basin in one hand and a wooden stick in the other, knocking hard in front of my bed.

Looks like I'm sleeping too hard.

"What are you doing?" I closed my eyes with a bitter face and burrowed into the bed.

Zhao Min grabbed me unceremoniously: "Lord Wei Qing has been waiting for you outside for a long time. Something so serious happened, didn't Brother Dan tell me?"

I scratched my hair and said impatiently, "What's wrong? Why is he waiting for me?" Let him take his juniors and disciples to practice first, and I'll go in a while. ”

Zhao Min suddenly shouted in my ear: "Lord Shizhong, it's time to go to the court." ”

At this time, I was completely sleepy, and then I remembered the events of last night, raised my wrist to look at the list, and sighed in my heart at nine-twenty: It's over.

Anyway, it's late, let Wei Qing wait, I didn't hurry to wash my face, took a quick toothbrush with hair removal and brushed my teeth with green salt, Zhao Min combed my hair, and then put a weird thing on my head.

"What is this?" I asked, grabbing it.

Zhao Min said with a smile: "Brother Dan is now a waiter, this is naturally the crown worn by the waiter, and this official uniform is sent by Lord Wei Qing." As he spoke, he brought a set of off-white robes, which looked quite beautiful.

I sighed and said, "Xiaomin, do you think there is any hope for my head to be saved?"

Zhao Min smiled, and said: "The only way to do this is to be cautious, in short, don't let anyone know your identity as a woman." ”

I laughed twice with a "hehe" face: "As long as you don't say it, I won't say it, no one will know." ”

Zhao Min said worriedly: "I heard that the emperor is very, Brother Dan, you have to be careful." ”

I got up and patted her on the shoulder and comforted, "Don't worry, with me being so smart, I will definitely turn evil into good fortune and be lucky in trouble." ”

Wearing that wide official uniform and a bronze mirror, it was really beautiful. I couldn't help but get angry: It's okay, why are you doing so beautifully in official uniforms? It's not acting.

Wei Qing sat quietly in the living room, with a calm expression, and when he saw my eyes, he said, "Sir's outfit is really different. ”

I resisted the urge to beat him up and sneered, "This is all from General Baiwei." ”

Wei Qing ignored my cynicism, bowed me deeply, and said solemnly: "As a courtier of Your Majesty, Wei Qing naturally has to be loyal to Your Majesty. ”

Seeing that he was so humble, he seemed stingy no matter how much he cared, so he flicked his sleeves and said, "Forget it, everyone can't help it." ”

The apprentices knew the news of my official appointment early in the morning, and at this time they all poured into the living room, some excited, some regretful, but they congratulated me together.

instructed Meng Fu to inform Guo Xie of this, (although I don't say that he will know, but etiquette is still necessary) I followed Wei Qing out of Xiao Liu Pavilion.

Riding on the horse and looking back, the three big characters of Xiao Liu Pavilion are still burning, and I am about to enter another new stage after coming to the Han Dynasty -- out of politics and politics!

Fortune, woe, and uncertain future......