Volume 1 The Hidden Movement of the World Chapter 13 Apprenticeship

Three days later, Qu Yuan found a fisherman as a guide and followed Hui Shi and others to Yunmengze. When the group arrived at the boundary of Yunmengze, they found that this place was not as simple as a lake and a river, but that the lake was connected to the lake, the mountains were separated from the mountains, the lake was open, the mountain peaks were looming, and the place was very big.

The group asked while walking, Qu Yuan nodded, and when he saw a place where a hermit master lived, he went to inquire, and inquired all the way about the whereabouts of Guiguzi Wang Chan, but found nothing for several days. Fortunately, there are often people in this Yunmengze, there are inns along the road, plus the scenery is beautiful, the climate is pleasant, Hui Shi and others do not feel fortunate. On this day, when they arrived at a place, the fisherman's guide pointed to a small island in the lake and said to everyone:

"There is Jun Mountain, legend has it that there are often immortals descending, and there are people living on it!"

"Oh, then we'll go and see!" Hui Shi said, looking up, but seeing a small island looming in the midst of the smoke and blue waves, it did feel like a fairyland.

At this moment, a boatman rowed up and asked in a loud voice:

"How many of you are going to take a boat to the island?"

"Exactly!Come here!" Qu Yuan shouted.

The man rowed the boat over, and when they were on board, he rowed them toward the island. After a while, the boat approached the island and arrived at a small wharf, where Qu Yuan and the others saw a stone standing at the wharf, which read: "The end of the road is here."

Qu Yuan paid a few copper coins to the boatman, told him to wait here, and went to the dock with everyone. Everyone took a few steps forward, and when they came to a flower, they suddenly found that the roads were connected, criss-crossed, and it was impossible to distinguish which road was the way up the mountain.

The flowers are mostly thorny shrubs such as laurel and firethorn, which are about a person's height and are very neatly trimmed. Everyone complained as they walked, not figuring out what was going on, and after walking for a while, it seemed that they had turned back to the same way.

Hui Shi remembered the words "the way is all here" just now, and felt that there was some mystery here, so he said loudly to Le Yi and Qu Yuan:

"Don't panic, look for the doorway, maybe we've come to the right place this time!"

As soon as the words fell, Qu Yuan was heard shouting loudly in the distance:

"Keiko-sama, I've already walked out, but I want to go in and take you out?"

When Hui Shi heard this, he was shocked, he didn't expect this Qu Yuan to be so smart, he touched the door in a short time, and was about to reply, only to hear Le Yi reply loudly:

"No need, I can do it myself, you can wait!"

Hui Shi walked for a while, but couldn't find the doorway, so he asked someone to follow Le Yi to see how he walked out. Le Yi thought as he walked, counted in his mouth, and after a while, he shouted happily:

"I see!

Hui Shi saw Le Yi counting his steps while walking, turning right all the way, and after a while, he came out of the flowers. Qu Yuan was already waiting impatiently, and when he saw Le Yi and the others, he said:

"Why is it so long? Red Flower turns left, Yellow Flower turns right, it's so stupid!"

When Le Yi heard this, he asked suspiciously:

"No, I also looked at the colors of the flowers, colorful, and I didn't notice that there was a difference between red and yellow!"

"Some monochrome, some multicolored, you naturally can't tell the difference!" Qu Yuan said.

"It's not early, let's go quickly!" Hui Shi was puzzled, so he urged the two to hurry up the mountain to find out.

The island is not big, and everyone walked for a while and came to the door of a house in the middle of the island, and a girl dressed as a Taoist aunt came up and said:

"Come in, my aunt is happy!"

Hui Shi led Qu Yuan and Le Yi into the house, and saw a Taoist aunt looking at them with a smile, so he took the lead and bowed:

"Hui Shi meets the fairy girl!"

"Keiko is polite, where am I a fairy girl!" After speaking, he turned to Xiao Daogu and said:

"Tea for the Prime Minister and the two sons!"

When Hui Shi heard that this Dao Gu actually knew his identity, he was shocked again, and said:

"I took the liberty to come and disturb the holy place, and I hope the holy aunt will forgive me!"

"Keiko doesn't have to be polite! I'm neither a fairy aunt nor a holy aunt! But Keiko is famous all over the world, and it's also a blessing to be lucky to see Poor Dao today!" Dao Gu said with a smile, and then asked Qu Yuan and Le Yi:

"You two, tell me how each of you got out of this 'Four Elephants Bagua' array?"

"Red left and yellow right, it's very simple!" Qu Yuan replied.

"Well, you are born with talent!"

"One horizontal meets four vertical, one vertical even four horizontal, so there are twenty-four walks, and it is divided into four squares and eight directions in east, west, north and south, so that hundreds of ways of moving are conjured! If you go down one by one according to these hundreds of ways, you can also come out, but it takes a long time! I walked out with sixteen steps to the left and thirty-two steps to the right!"

"Well, down-to-earth, thoughtful, although it takes a lot of effort, it is also a talent that can be created!" said Daogu.

When Hui Shi heard this, he felt that these two boys were indeed not simple, and thought that if he changed his young self today, he would probably be the same as today, and he would have no clue. Twenty years later, Lian Po, Zhao Hao and others arrived here, and they were no longer human.

"In the words of the Holy Aunt, she has excellent insight, and Hui Shi admires! Can you tell who set up this 'Four Elephants Bagua' array?" Hui Shi heard about it for the first time, and it was also the first time he saw this array, and he thought that the person who set up the array must be a master, so he asked.

"Xiaodao has lived here for a long time, and he has nothing to do to create this array, firstly, to prevent idle people from landing on the island indiscriminately to disturb, and secondly, it is also for people who are destined!" said Dao Gu with a smile.

"Then we are destined?" Qu Yuan asked happily when he heard this.

"Why did you come here?" asked Daogu.

"Keiko and Mr. Guigu have an old relationship, and both of us came here to learn from our teachers!" Qu Yuan replied.

"Since you are looking for Mr. Guigu, this fate is naturally determined by Mr., I don't count if I say it!" said Dao Gu with a smile.

"Does the Holy Aunt know where Mr. Guigu lives, can you introduce us to him?" Qu Yuan asked.

"Naturally, this is the fate of you and me!" replied Dao Gu.

When Qu Yuan and Le Yi heard this, their faces were overjoyed, and Hui Shi suddenly asked:

"I don't know if the 'Nine Heavens Xuannu' has anything to do with the Holy Aunt?"

"It's the family teacher! Mr. and Guiguzi have an old relationship, can they also know the family teacher?" said Dao Gu in surprise.

"The fairy girl is a master in the world, Shi only hates the shallow blessings, and has never seen it!" replied Hui Shi.

"The family teacher has been hidden in the world for many years, and the world knows very little! Lord Keiko can tell the name of the family teacher, which shows that he is well-informed!" said Dao Gu.

"We worldly people, who seek profit and power, indulge in wine, and are ashamed to say!" Hui Shi said.

"Out of the vulgar into the hidden, out of the hidden into the vulgar, the hidden is not high or low, not in the state, but in the behavior! The adult is for the country and the people, and he is also a character who is respected by the poor Tao!"

Tomorrow, you can go to Baqiu Mountain and Basheling to find Mr. Guigu, Mr. Wanghu Lake, a few acres of fields in front of the door, and a bamboo forest behind the house, it is not difficult to find!"

"Thank you so much!" said Hui Shibai.

"Thank you Holy Aunt for your advice!" Qu Yuan and Le Yi also bowed and thanked them.

The three of them went out and returned along the same road, Qu Yuan and Le Yi both asked Hui Shi who the "Nine Heavens Xuannu" was, and Hui Shi replied as he walked:

"It's the younger sister of Mr. Guigu, who founded the 'Xuanmen' and is proficient in the art of Qimen Dunjia and Yin and Yang Bagua!"

"What is 'Qimen Dunjia, Yin and Yang Bagua'?" Le Yi asked.

"Maybe this 'Four Elephants Bagua' array just now is one of them, I don't know the specifics!" replied Hui Shi.

"If you can learn this skill, it would be good!" Le Yi said.

"Let's go visit Mr. Guigu first, and he will come here again in the future, if there is fate, it will not be sooner or later!" Hui Shi said.

Then they went out of the island, found an inn to stay, and the next morning, they got up early and went to Ba Sheling. After about two hours, I found Ba Snake Ridge.

According to the words of the aunt, half an hour later, they saw a house, hidden in the middle of the mountain. Qu Yuan Dingqing saw that the house was surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by peaks and mountains, clouds and mist, and the scenery was beautiful.

Qu Yuan entered the house alone, and saw a scholar cleaning, so he asked:

"May I ask my brother, Mr. Guiguzi lives here?"

"Who are you, and what are you looking for my husband?" the boy asked rhetorically.

"I'm Qu Yuan, there is an old gentleman Huizi outside, and Mr. Guiguzi are old friends, I came from afar, and I came to visit!" Qu Yuan pointed outside.

The little scholar went out of the house, saw Hui Shi and Le Yi, and didn't ask much, but said:

"Wait here for a while, I'll come when I go!"

After the little scholar finished speaking, he walked to the back of the house, passed through the bamboo forest, passed through a cave, and came to a valley. The valley is surrounded by mountains, the empty valley is quiet, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, it is a unique and good place to live. Several thatched huts were built in the valley, and Mr. Guiguzi was among them. The scholar saw Mr. Guiguzi and told him about the situation, and King Guiguzi said:

"Please come in!"

When the scholar heard this, he immediately returned to Qu Yuan and the others and replied:

"Master, please come with me, and the other idlers are waiting here!"

Hui Zi then took Qu Yuan and Le Yi to follow the scholar into the valley, Hui Shi walked all the way, looked around at random, felt that this place was very good, and secretly envied the life of this high-ranking hermit in his heart.

Keiko followed behind the scholar, and saw a person standing outside the door waiting from a distance, vaguely Wang Chan, so he shouted loudly in the air:

"It's Wang Chan in front?"

"It's Xiaodao! But Hui Shi is here?" The two of them haven't seen each other for 40 years, and they all call each other by name, just like they did 40 years ago! Guiguzi originally studied under Taoist Laojun, so he called himself "Xiaodao".

"Exactly! Exactly!" Hui Shi said and hurriedly ran over, and when the two saw each other, they first stared at each other, and then laughed together!

The two haven't seen each other for forty years, and there are inevitably a lot of sighs and sighs, and after some reminiscences and common words, Hui Shi pointed to Qu Yuan and Le Yi and said:

"This is the grandson Le Yi, after Le Yang, and this is the virtuous nephew Qu Yuan, the son of Qu Zheng. Both of them are talents that can be created, and I hope that my brother can give him advice and accept these two students!" Hui Shi is a few years older than Guiguzi, so he is called a brother.

"With the affection between you and me and Qu Zheng, how can I not accept it?" Guiguzi agreed, and then changed his words:

"The Tao is inherited from the sky, should be received by people, preach and teach art, when the sky should be obedient to people, teach people according to their aptitude, and only then can they achieve success! If they go against their nature and make it difficult, they will mislead people's children!"

"My brother is proficient in civil and military affairs, and he is both elegant and vulgar! He is proficient in politics and business, and he is strong in military and farming! Teaching his two sons is more than enough, so why is it difficult?" Hui Shi said.

"There is only one avenue, business, government, soldiers and farmers, but the application is different! I look at the appearance of the two sons, they are both geniuses, and they can't be idle! And let me take the test, how about it?" Guiguzi said.

"Sir, just ask the question!" Qu Yuan was the first to answer, and Le Yi also nodded in response.

"In the past, when the pipe was long, a gentleman twisted a farmer to complain. The scholar said 'three hundred and eighty-four' and the farmer said 'three hundred and eighty-twenty-seven', and the two could not fight, and the farmer was angry and beat the scholar, so the scholar took the farmer to complain to the pipe. If you replace the pipe with one of the two of you, how will you judge?" Guiguzi asked.

Qu Yuan replied without hesitation:

"I must first ask the farmer, 'Where did you come from?'"

"My father taught me personally, how could my father be wrong?" Guiguzi replied.

"I will call his father and make him count, and I will condemn him for foolishness, and for misleading his son."

"How do you treat the scholar?" Guiguzi asked again.

"Such a foolish person, but the scholar fights with him, and suffers humiliation from him, although it is not worth it, the spirit is commendable! When the world is clearly revealed, and the praise is great, firstly, it will be faced, and secondly, it will promote justice, so that the people of the world will respect and respect virtue!" Qu Yuan said in a heartfelt manner.

Guiguzi nodded after hearing this, then looked at Le Yi and said:

"Tell me more!"

"When a scholar fights with a farmer, it is in itself the fault of the scholar, not to mention that the farmer is clearly a fool! It is like a vicious dog biting a person, is it the fault of the man or the wrong dog? The gentleman does not stand under the peach and plum tree, and does not approach the vicious dog that will bite people, this is the common sense of man! If I were in charge, I would not avenge him, but would accuse him of losing his manners!" Le Yi said.

"No! No! Although it is in line with human feelings, it does not distinguish between right and wrong, and misleading the people of the world in this way does not encourage unhealthy trends and teach people to be sophisticated and slick!" Qu Yuan retorted.

"Reprimanding his father in front of his son, so bad Gang Chang ethics, and unsympathetic, how can he govern the township well?" Le Yi also retorted.

"Everyone in the world is on the right path, and it is naturally easy to govern!" Qu Yuan said again.

"For the sake of the right path, do you want to kill all the nerds and dogs in the world?" Le Yi immediately asked rhetorically.

"Alright, alright! Both of them have a point!" Guiguzi said with a smile, very satisfied with the answers of both of them, and then said:

"I'll ask you another question, you two listen well! Today, when the Seven Kingdoms are fighting, who will kill the deer? I have two students, one named Su Qin and the other named Zhang Yi, I think you all know. One of them advocates unity and the other advocates unity, and if people talk about it, Qin Sheng, and if they are united, Chu Qiang! Now that you two are placed in the Seven Kingdoms as generals, what should we do?"

Qu Yuan still replied first:

If I am the prime minister of Chu, I will be rich and strong, make peace with the Seven Kingdoms, and quietly enter the land of Bashu! If I get Bashu, I will guard the dangers of heaven and attack Qin! Qin and Chu will win the world!"

When Guiguzi heard this, he was secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect such a young man to have such a far-sightedness, and he was loyal, he was really a natural genius! Hui Shi on the side was also very surprised, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the land of Bashu was indeed extremely important to Qin and Chu! Guiguzi looked at Hui Shi, and the two looked at each other, as if they wanted to go to one place, and then said:

"Le Yi, you say!"

"In the past, the strength of the Jin State was the most of all countries, and it no longer exists, the Qin State was originally a small border country, since the filial piety, it has jumped to strength, so the strength of the country is only temporary! If Mr. is willing to teach me the art of war, he will be the general of the day, no matter whether it is strong or weak, only choose the master! If my monarch and ministers are single-minded, discipline the world's soldiers and horses can not be bullied!"

"Well, very good, very good!" Guiguzi praised and continued:

"The last question, listen carefully! I have a basket of peaches here, give each of you four peaches, three peach pits can come and exchange one peach for me, how many peaches can each of you eat at most?

Qu Yuan pondered for a moment, and then made a "six" gesture sideways, although Le Yi was slow for a moment, he also got the result of "six". Guiguzi nodded and said to the two:

"You two tell me the truth!"

"This is a way to repay profits, which can be used for business and other things, very ingenious!" Qu Yuan said.

"This is a way to make something out of nothing, such as using soldiers, you can be empty and full, and hide people's eyes and ears!"

When Guiguzi heard this, he smiled and was overjoyed. In later generations, Sun Ce borrowed troops from Yuan Shu, and also used this way of borrowing to make profits, while Zhuge Kongming often made something out of nothing and used his strength to fight.

"How about the second son? Can you get into the eyes of Mr.?" Hui Shi asked Guiguzi with a smile, secretly proud in his heart.

"Le Yi is wise and knowledgeable, calm and tenacious, and can be a general, I will accept this student!" Guiguzi looked at Qu Yuan and said:

"Childe is a natural jade, rare in the world! Not only is he quick-witted, but he also has a righteous spirit in his chest, burning in the world, emitting dazzling light, which shocks Xiaodao! Such good materials and beautiful qualities, natural and natural, can not be carved! If it is carved, it will be dull!"

"Yes, I didn't expect Qu Zheng to give birth to such a good son!" Hui Shi also felt that Guiguzi was reasonable.

"The two gentlemen praised it falsely, they were all Qu Yuan's frivolity!" Qu Yuan said modestly when he heard the two seniors praise him like this.

"The child's frivolity is the reason why his talents are surging, and he can't hold back it, and he is not an ordinary frivolous and arrogant person! In the world, no one can carve and decorate, and the trail is difficult to do! However, I have something to give, and I will send it in one word!" Guiguzi said and took out a jade talisman carved from black jade, and said to Qu Yuan:

"In the past, I met Mozi in Yunmeng Mountain, and I was given this ink talisman, with which I can exchange the life of a man with ink!

"Thank you, sir!" Qu Yuan thanked, then took the ink talisman and put it on his body.

"'After leaving a name for a thousand generations, you will live in the East China Sea Mushroom Mountain', you need to remember this sentence for the rest of your life, and after many years, you may be able to resolve the disaster and prolong your life!"

"Sir's sincere words, Qu Yuan remembers them in his heart!"

Although Qu Yuan was puzzled by this sentence, he vaguely felt that it was quite profound, and although he regretted that Guiguzi did not accept him as a disciple, he could also understand it.

Hui Shi didn't know the true meaning of this sentence, and suddenly remembered the saying of "Seven Hidden", so he asked Guiguzi:

"People say that there are seven hidden in the world: Guigu, Xuanmen, Moxia, Charming Attack, Yishu, Heterogeneous, and Upper and Lower. My brother is addicted to the world, and he only knows one or two of them, can my brother teach him?"

When Guiguzi heard this, he pondered for a while:

"Who said this, and why?"

"I don't know who said, but he said, 'These seven hermits, if they get three or four, they can win the world!'" Hui Shi replied.

"This is a heavenly opportunity, and it cannot be said lightly!" Guiguzi then looked at Qu Yuan and Le Yi and said:

"Now that you know it, don't leak the secret of heaven to the outside world!" Qu Yuan and Le Yi nodded, and Guiguzi said to Hui Shi again:

"The heavenly machine is solved by the destined person!

"Brother understands! Today's trip, I know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky!" Hui Shi sighed.

Although Qu Yuan and Le Yi were young, although they didn't understand the words of the "Seven Hidden", they also secretly remembered it in their hearts. Hui Shi and Guiguzi Wang Chan talked for a while, left Le Yi, and left Ba Sheling with Qu Yuan, preparing to return to Qu Zheng's house in Danyang.