Hui Shi left the state of Chu and returned to Wei via the state of Song, intending to go to the state of Song to visit Zhuangzi first, and then return to the state of Wei. Hui Shi arrived in Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Kingdom, and it happened to be late and he was a little tired, so he decided to stay for the time being and go to Mengdi tomorrow to visit Zhuangzi. Hui Shi found an inn opened by Bai Gui in Song Guokai and prepared to stay here. Hui Shi entered the inn, asked for a room, and said casually to the shopkeeper:

"Your master hasn't been here for a long time, hasn't he?"

"Oh, my master has just arrived, and he's resting upstairs!

"Really, tell him to come down and see me!" Hui Shi said happily when he heard that Bai Gui was actually here.

"Sir, sir, do you really know my master?" the man hesitated.

"Your master, Bai Gui, is from the same Liang as me, go and call him!" Hui Shi said impatiently.

The man saw that Hui Shi was the same age as Bai Gui and seemed to have some identity, so he immediately went upstairs and called Bai Gui. Baekyu went downstairs, and the two were overjoyed when they saw it.

Bai Gui asked people to clean up a room, and the two got some wine and food, and chatted while eating. Hui Shi and Bai Gui are both elderly people, and both of them have been prime ministers of Wei State, and now that they meet in a different place, they are very emotional and excited in their hearts.

Bai Gui learned that Hui Shi was going to Mengdi to see Zhuangzi, so he said:

"Monte is not far away, I will go to Dingtao tomorrow, after Monti, let's go together!"

"At this age, I don't have a good rest, and I'm about to leave just now?"

"If I can see a master like Zhuangzi, I naturally want to go with you!"

"Now that I'm old, he's still in the prime of life!

"It's okay! My son-in-law Lu Zhen also happened to be in Dingtao, so I stopped by to see him!"

"But the Puyang merchant Lu Shi is old and has a bad memory!"

"It's the Puyang Lu family, I made an appointment to meet in Dingtao a few days ago!"

"Okay, let's go tomorrow!"

Bai Gui was the largest merchant in the world at that time, and he had business in all major cities in the world, and Lu Zhen was his son-in-law, who also had business in several big cities in the Central Plains. Bai Gui mostly operates businesses related to people's livelihood, often with small profits but quick turnover, but Lu Zhen only deals in jewelry and jade, buying and selling, mainly to make huge profits, both of them are businessmen, but the business way is completely different. Although the two sons-in-law have different business practices, Bai Gui attaches great importance to this son-in-law, and is very close to him, often getting together to talk and talk about his heart.

At noon on the second day, Hui Shi and Bai Gui had lunch early and went to Monti together to visit Zhuangzi. The two arrived at Zhuangzi's house, and when they asked, Zhuangzi had not returned for half a year, and he didn't know where he went.

Hui Shi was extremely disappointed, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and his face showed displeasure. When Bai Gui saw it, he said to Hui Shi:

"Let's go, follow me to Dingtao! Now you and I are at this age, earn a day by day, go to a place is a place, if there is nothing to do, let's go to Linzi again, go to Jixia School Palace to see old friends!"

"It's also true, if you don't go today, you won't be able to go in this life and this life!"

Hui Shi heard Bai Gui talk about Jixia School Palace, remembered a group of old people in the past, and they had nothing to do, so he casually agreed to Bai Gui's proposal.

Hui Shi and Bai Gui arrived at Dingtao and met Lu Zhen, Dingtao was the largest city in the Song Kingdom at that time, and it was even more prosperous and lively than the capital Shangqiu. The three of them spent a few days in Dingtaopan, chatting together every day, which made Hui Shi feel a lot more cheerful. On this day, the three of them drank a little wine, were commenting on politics, and spoke energetically, Bai Gui remembered that Wei Yun came to ask Qiyin about that day, so he asked Hui Shi:

"Keiko, brother has an inquiry, do you know what kind of skill the 'Yishu' and 'Phase' are?"

When Hui Shi heard this, he was shocked: Why did Bai Gui know about the Seven Secrets?

"Are you talking about the 'Yishu' and 'out-of-phase' two hidden mentioned in the 'Seven Hidden'?"

"Exactly, you also know about Qiyin?" Bai Gui exclaimed, and then told him about the day when Wei Yun and Wei Wuji's child went to him to ask about Qiyin, and then sighed:

"Alas, there is no one in Dawei, and now it is sandwiched between the powers, and it may be difficult to establish a country!"

"Don't mention this! I went to look for Zhuangzi some time ago, and I also wanted to ask about the seven hermits, but unfortunately I have never been able to see others! Today, how many people can know about these seven hermits?" Hui Shi said.

"What 'Seven Hidden Things'? How come I've never heard of it?" Lu Zhen interjected and asked.

Bai Gui then took out a brocade silk from his body and handed it to Lu Zhen. Bai Gui values his son-in-law, and originally wanted to hand over this Qiyin brocade silk to his son-in-law, even if he is useless, he can give it to his children and grandchildren, or it is impossible to say whether it can be used for other purposes. Lu Zhen was silent after seeing it, listening to his second elder.

"At my age, I can't know everything about this kind of knowledge, so it can be seen that the seven hermits who can say that they are also extraordinary!"

"You said that in the Jixia School Palace, is there anyone who can exhaust these seven hermits?" asked Hui Shi.

"I don't think so, the people in the palace of learning, all of them regard themselves as academic authentic, most of them are literati and scholars, although there are miscellaneous schools, they may not be able to do it all!" Bai Gui said.

"Brother's words are not bad! Brother is from Guigumen, and he can't tell the whole story! Except for the 'Intention Technique' and 'Out-of-Phase' two hidden, can the other brothers know?" asked Hui Shi.

"Not to mention Guigu and Xuanmen, I also know a little about the others!" Bai Gui replied.

"Maybe someone in the school palace can also name a few of the seven hidden, everyone knows a few of them, and they can all be together!" Hui Shi said.

"Well, I can't say for sure! Like Chun Yu, Song Yu, Yin Wen, and Su Zheng, maybe they can say a thing or two about 'Yishu' and 'out-of-phase'!" Bai Gui said.

"Alas, you said that I have no one in Dawei, and it is not bad at all! This treasure bag of the Seven Hidden Heavenly Machines, which was originally Zhou Tianzi's last words, was obtained by the son of Qin, and then came to my hands, I dedicated it to the king, but I didn't expect the king to let a fool handle this matter!" Hui Shi said.

"He will definitely be known to the whole world one day, and I'm afraid it won't be a secret!" Bai Gui said.

A few people talked for a while, and after a day, Hui Shi and Bai Gui really set off to go to the Qi Guoji School Palace.

After King Qi Wei returned from Zhao, he was tired of saddle horses all the way, and was frightened again, and since then he has been ill for a long time. King Qi Wei was old, so he asked Prince Tian to open up Xinjiang to supervise the country and deal with all kinds of state affairs. Soon after, King Qi Wei died of illness, and the crown prince ascended the throne as King Xuan of Qi. When King Qi Xuan was the crown prince, he often came to the Jixia School Palace, and mingled with a group of so-called sages all day long. The crown prince ascended the throne and became the king, and naturally many people in the school palace were stained, so people came and went in the school palace, and the excitement was better than in the past.

Hui Shi and Bai Gui arrived at the Jixia School Palace, and they were very relieved to see that the school palace was as always, full of children's vitality and scholars' scholarly energy. The two of them then visited some old people one by one, and met a few young people, and passed for three days.

In the afternoon of this day, when the two were about to leave the inn, one of Bai Gui's attendants came back from outside, hurried over and said:

"The master and the old gentleman are going to the school palace to take a look, something strange is wrong!"

"What's weird?"

"Tian Ying rebelled!"

"Tian Ying rebelled, what does that have to do with the Xue Palace? Don't panic, make it clear!"

"It's not Tian Yingcheng who is plotting rebellion, I'm wrong! Go and take a look, I can't tell, anyway, I heard something strange happen!"

When Bai Gui and Hui Shi heard this, they immediately hurried to the school palace. As soon as the two arrived at the gate of the school palace, they saw several soldiers standing on each side of the gate guarding the gate. The second elder finally explained, and when he entered the school palace, he found that the atmosphere was completely different from the past. The two then asked, and walked towards the children's school, and when they entered, there was a room of people standing inside, a group of children standing in a row obediently, as if they had made a big mistake and were punished by the teacher.

Hui Shi saw that he was so cautious that he was sitting on the main seat, and he was frowning sadly, as if he was trying a case, so he pulled Bai Gui over to say hello. When Shen saw the two of them, he immediately said happily:

"The second elder is here, I'm worried!

Hui Shi looked at the group of silent children, and then asked:

"Does it have something to do with these children or does it have something to do with Tian Xiang?"

"It's all related!, you two old people sit down first!" Shen was so cautious that he moved a chair, invited Hui Shi and Bai Gui to sit aside, and then said:

"Today, the children handed in their homework, and four words were written on the hemp pulp cloth handed in: Tian Ying rebelled! Only this one was not written!" said cautiously, pointing to another child standing.

Hui Shi looked at the child, and he seemed to be very clever, and he looked unconvinced. I only listened to Shen Zhi and then said:

"Do the second elder know who this child is? This child's name is Tian Dan, and he is Tian Pan's grandson! Tian Pan and Tian Ying have always been at odds, everyone knows it, but several children have written about Tian Ying's rebellion, but he didn't write any of them, why do you say this?"

"That's it, how big of a deal should I be?" said Hui Shi disapprovingly.

"Don't worry, listen to me slowly! There are a total of eight children, and seven of them wrote 'Tian Ying rebelled', and Tian Pan's grandson didn't write it, so I naturally want to ask one child after another! Some of these seven children said that they wrote it unintentionally, some said that they didn't write it, and none of them said that it was instigated by Tian Dan!" After finishing speaking, he pointed to Tian Dan and said to Hui Shi:

"Ask him for yourself and hear how he justifies!"

"Your grandfather is a great character, you will be as good as him when you grow up!" Hui Shi then touched Tian Dan's head and said.

"Who is this grandfather?

"Oh, tell me, what's the difference?"

"Why can't I be as good as my grandfather, but as good as him?

"Hahahaha! You have ambition! This time you admit it!" Bai Gui immediately laughed when he heard this.

Hui Shi was shocked in his heart, this child is really different! Then he continued:

"If you really have the ability, help yourself clear your grievances first!"

"Answer me, who are you?" said Tian Dan.

"Old Hui Shi is an old friend of Teacher Shenzi!" Hui Shi heard him ask, thinking that this kid is quite interesting!

"Teacher Hui Shi, today I would like to ask your old man to find the seven children, see if you can move them to write the words 'Tian Ying rebelled' at the same time, if you succeed, then ask Teacher Shenzi to ask these seven children, to see if it is the same as today, and they are sure that this matter has nothing to do with you!" Tian Dan said.

When everyone heard this, they were shocked, and thought: This is a good statement! Not to mention how difficult it is to say that it is necessary to move the seven children, that is, if it is moved, someone among them will inevitably tell the truth afterwards, after all, they are all children, how can they be tight-lipped? Hearing this, he was so cautious that he interjected on the side:

"That's not what you justified just now, did you?"

"It's useless to talk too much! Such a simple truth, if you wait to ask each other many times, I will be annoyed!" Tian Dan said disapprovingly.

When the people in the house heard it, they felt that this kid was right, not to mention that Tian Dan's previous justification was reasonable, just this one analogy alone could not have been more clear!

When Hui Shi heard this, he was also at a loss in his heart, and he felt that such a smart child as Tian Dan was very similar to his grandson Le Yi!

At this time, a gentleman standing on the side, who was the teacher of the children at that time, explained the situation at that time to Hui Shi and Bai Gui in detail, and indeed these four words were written by seven children, and there was no other possibility!

"Your second elder is well-informed, can today's events be called strange?" Shen Zhi saw that Hui Shi and Bai Gui were speechless, and said.

"I think this matter is really strange, there must be some traces!" Hui Shi said thoughtfully.

"Today's events, if we and a few others can't break off their eyebrows, I'm afraid he will be talked about by the world one day!" Shen Zhi sighed.

"Let's let the children go back, and I'll invite Su Zheng, Yin Wen, Chun Yuji and others to come over for a drink and catch up in the evening, I have my own theory!" Bai Gui said.

was so cautious that he had no choice but to listen to Bai Gui's words and let these children go back for the time being. Besides, the children who can come to the Jixia School Palace to study are not ordinary children, they are all high-ranking officials and nobles of the Qi State, and these children cannot be neglected. The three of them then invited the sons one by one, and the restaurant got together in the evening to drink and catch up with the old days, the restaurant is the largest restaurant in Linzi City, and it is also one of the industries under Bai Gui's name.