Chapter 35: Between Gains and Losses

As the protagonist of the incident, Zhao Ran was questioned in the most detail, of course, he honestly confessed everything he could say, including the previous fight with Zhang Ze and Gou Er over the purchase of ingredients - as for the greasy in the purchase of ingredients, he did not confide, this belongs to the "unspoken rules of the industry", although everyone knows it, but it can't be announced to the public, if he says it, he will offend the entire squatter up and down - even Gou Er didn't dare to say it.

Fortunately, in the whole incident, Zhao Ran was a passive copinger, and Li Fantou and Song Xunzhao were also quite protective in their words, so he did not receive any punishment, but verbal admonition was indispensable.

Gou Er patted his chest and assured Zhang Ze last night, saying that even if the incident was revealed, it would not drag Zhang Ze down, but today in the square hall, in order to share the guilt, Zhang Ze was dragged in. He said that Zhang Ze was the mastermind, and if it wasn't for Zhang Ze's instructions, he wouldn't have the courage to do such a big thing. This made Zhang Ze miserable, no matter how he explained it, almost everyone didn't believe that this matter had nothing to do with him.

Gou Er bit Zhang Ze as the main envoy, but it made it difficult for Wuji Academy, and it was difficult for him to be from the prison to the court below. Zhang Ze's identity is different from others, he is the son and nephew of the squire of the criminal department of the central government, and it is true that the Wuji Academy belongs to the Daomen, and he is not afraid of the government, but in the face of a high-ranking official like a squire, he must be carefully weighed in any case.

The prison complained to the "three capitals" in the courtyard, saying that if the Zhang family was in other counties, Zhang Ze would not enter the Wuji Courtyard to cause trouble for everyone. Of course, this is just a complaint, and no one has taken it to heart, there is no Zhang Shilang, and Li Shilang and Wang Shilang. Moreover, if Zhang Shilang really doesn't take Guyang County as his hometown, I'm afraid that the prison will complain more.

At this time, Zhao Ran, who knew the difficulties in the courtyard from the mouth of Zhiyuan, made an unexpected decision, and he came out to prove that when he heard the conversation between Gou Er and Zhang Ze that night, Zhang Ze clearly objected to Gou Er's behavior.

Guan Er was very dissatisfied with this, he came to Zhao Ran and asked Zhao Ran why he did this, why didn't he take the opportunity to bring down Zhang Ze together?

Zhao Ran explained that it is very unrealistic to want to use this matter to fight Zhang Zedou, after all, the Zhang family has a deep background, and with the strength of Wuji Academy, he is not willing to make a feud with the Zhang family. Rather than this, it is better to take advantage of the intentions of the prisons, I stand up and take the initiative to defend Zhang Ze, no matter whether Zhang Ze will be grateful in the future, at least solve the problem for the hospital. In addition, he also sued Guan Er that Zhang Ze did object to Gou Er's mention that night, which is a fact.

As Zhao Ran said, his evidence surprised the senior management of Wuji Academy, and in addition to being surprised, they were also very happy, so they immediately and decisively adopted Zhao Ran's evidence and extracted Zhang Ze from this matter. Zhao Ran's gain was that the prison said to Song Xunzhao in the dormitory afterwards, "This son can take care of the overall situation."

Three days later, Fang Tang and the squatter jointly came up with the final treatment of Gou Er and dismissed Gou Er from Wuji Courtyard. This treatment does not seem harsh, but it actually ruined Gou Er's life. After Gou Er returned to the township, the Gou clan soon discussed in the ancestral hall and removed him from the clan. Without the protection of his relatives, in this strict patriarchal society, Gou Er's future is unknown.

Zhang Ze did not take the initiative to come over to show favor because of Zhao Ran's testimony, but from this day on, Zhao Ran's days in the second room of the meal suddenly calmed down, and no one came to find him any trouble again.

For this matter, Yu Zhiyuan ignored his friend's affection and lectured Zhao Ran fiercely, which can really be regarded as a heart-to-heart, and Zhao Ran is also very grateful for this. Therefore, he decided to follow Yu Zhiyuan's advice and learn to contact the Taoist.

Zhao Ran's plan to contact Daoshu was actually from the time he dealt with Zhang Laodao, but because of inertia, it has been delayed until now. But Yu Zhiyuan repeatedly told Zhao Ran several times, asking him to read the Taoist book attentively, and even if Zhao Ran was dull, he was sensitive to something.

"Yu Mentou, if a fireworker monk like me wants to officially enter the Daomen, does he still have to assess his knowledge?" Zhao Ran finally threw out the doubts in his heart, he always felt that Yu Zhiyuan's bitter heart would not be untargeted.

Yu Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "I heard that on the occasion of the Spring Festival, the West Zhenwu Palace will be equipped with a small number of places in the Wuji Academy, and this matter has not yet been determined." ”

According to Zhao Ran's understanding of Zhiyuan, since Yu Zhiyuan mentioned this topic, it means that the news is relatively reliable, and he immediately came to the spirit: "I will go to the Scripture Building tomorrow, no, today...... What are the contents of the assessment?"

Yu Zhiyuan waved his hand: "If you want to be educated, in fact, the most important qualification is the root, but there are so many secular jungles in our Daomen, and there are never as many people in the world as there are who can cultivate the Dao, so it is also an important channel to select capable people from among the fire workers." In addition to the family background, the study and understanding of the classics is also one of the contents of the assessment, but now it is more important to come from the background. ”

Zhao Ran frowned and said, "Yu Mentou, to be honest, if I look at my family background, I definitely don't have a chance...... Unless you can talk to me at the door......"

Yu Zhiyuan said: "I will definitely find a way to help you, but now I am just the head of the guest hall, and my position is low, don't have too much hope...... Speaking of assessment, although the learning and mastery of the classics is becoming more and more formal, it is an essential link, and if you can overpower others in this regard, it will naturally be beneficial. ”

Zhao Ran understood the meaning of Yu Zhiyuan's words, assessment is a form, although it is not very useful, but for Zhao Ran, a person with a shallow background and family background, it is an opportunity to work hard, even if this opportunity is small, but at least it can add points.

That night, Yu Zhiyuan finished the affairs in the back kitchen and went to the scripture building. It's a shame to say that this is the first time he has gone to the Scripture Building, and he has passed by countless times before, but he has never really entered it.

The scripture collection building of Wuji Courtyard is in the courtyard to the west of the Heavenly Master Palace, the building is only two floors high, and the real place to store books is only the first floor - the second floor is arranged in the form of a pavilion, which is unobstructed on all sides, surrounded by railings, and several rows of bookcases are placed in the middle, which is used by Taoist priests to read and discuss.

During the day, most of the scripture building is used by the chanting Taoist children in the scripture hall in the courtyard, which is also the reason why Zhao Ran chose to come at night, he is a fire worker, and being with those formal Taoist priests will make him very uncomfortable.

grabbed a handful of money and stuffed it to the fireworker who was on duty in the scripture hall, and Zhao Ran obtained permission to read books in the library at night. He carried a candlestick and walked into the dark one-story library. The library is roughly divided into two rooms, one larger and one smaller. Zhao Ran first took the "Wuji Yuan Library Collection" to see what books there were.

The Huimu is very simple, with two layers of hard kraft paper as the page and back cover, and seven or eight folded pages in the middle. In general, the collection of books in Wuji Yuan is not much, and it is divided into two categories, one is the basic Taoist classics, and the other is the Taoist precepts.

The basic Taoist classics include the "Tao Te Ching" and all kinds of annotations, such as "Lao Tzu Xianger Notes" and other true scripture notes, discussions, sub-interpretations, new notes, compilations, etc., "Nanhua Zhenjing" and various annotations, such as annotations, chapter and sentence meanings, gleanings, miscellaneous records, etc., "Chongxu Zhide Zhenjing" and its translations, explanations, notes, etc., in addition to "Lao Tzu Xisheng Sutra", "Tongxuan Zhenjing", "Yellow Emperor Yin Fu Sutra", "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed", "Huang Ji Jing", "Taixuan Sutra", "Baopuzi Shenxian Sutra", "Taishang Huangting Neijing Jade Sutra", The Jade Scripture of the Exterior ...... These classics are all in the Oma Shokaku.

The Taoist precepts are books that describe and standardize the etiquette and precepts of the Taoist sect, including "The Discipline of the Rites", "The Norms of the Precepts", "The Supreme Huang and the Great Lent Establishment of the Ceremony", etc., which are all in the small library.

The study of the Taoist scriptures naturally begins with the Tao Te Ching. "Tao Te Ching" is written by Taiqing Daode Tianzun, and Guan Yin, the real person of Wenshi, is the most basic and important classic of Taoism. Zhao Ran traveled through his previous life because he was curious, but except for the first two sentences, he couldn't remember it at all, but he had some impressions of the full text. At this moment, he first found this Taoist book, and hurriedly opened it to read it.

The preface tells the origin of this classic, well, the same as later generations. Flip down and then turn it to the text, "The Tao can be the way, the non-constant road is also; the name can be named, and the non-constant name is also ......" Zhao Ran looked at it, except for a few words that were different from the version he had seen before, it was roughly the same. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but he was curious again - since the scriptures were the same, why would there be cultivation in this life?

This question is very profound, and for the time being, it is not something that Zhao Ran can figure out at this moment, so he put aside these doubts and began to study them carefully.

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