After Dongfang Shuo finished reading it, he didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

What the heck?

How did I, Nima, become a national thief? Why did I bring disaster to the country and the people?

And what kind of mess are you remembering here, it's obviously a chessboard, okay, obviously the turtle didn't speak, okay, what are you remembering?

I have the heart to theorize with this product, and then I see that this guy is working hard to write a book, and at this time I am theorizing with him, it is no different from playing the piano to the cow.

Dongfang Shuo glanced at the eldest brother Cao Jianren next to him, and Cao Jianren next to him also looked pale, and his face was so gloomy that it was about to rain.

Seeing that Cao Jianren was also gloomy, Dongfang Shuo felt a little better, threw the bamboo slips into the book basket, and pulled out another volume, only to see that it was written:

"A certain year, a certain month, a certain day: Dong Zhongshu Dongfang Shuo and a woodcutter met on a dangerous bridge, the bridge was cramped, and only one side had to pass each other. The woodcutter was paid and refused to give in, and the two refused to let in, until the woodcutter stumbled and fell into the stream and died.

Afterwards, the two of them wrote an essay to pay tribute, saying: Mourning the death of the king, it is a pity and a pain.

[Taishi Gong said]:

Why don't you take a step back early?

The traitor seems to be loyal, the big hypocrisy seems to be true, and I am not deceiving!"

When Dongfang Shuo saw this, he couldn't bear it anymore, snatched the pen in Sima Qian's hand, and roared angrily: "You bastard still write?! Don't you look at what bastard you write here?!"

Dongfang Shuo's fierce actions frightened Sima Qian.

He raised his head blankly and looked at Dongfang Shuo, and asked, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" No, you should wait for me to finish writing this article, you know that I can't just disturb when I write." ”

Dongfang Shuo's face twitched when he heard this, if it weren't for the people from the Han family next to him, he would have slapped him earlier.

"Little Four, you can write something, but you can't write scribble, and you can't draw conclusions about nonsense!"

Dongfang Shuo reprimanded with a dark face.

As a result, Sima Qian did not admit the account at all, and Zhengse argued:

"Second brother, you can take medicine indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. We are historians, and we have never scribbled word by word, article by article, and everything we write must come out, and everything we talk about must be based on. Where I scribbled, I would like you to point them out one by one. ”

"You're still hard-mouthed?!" Dongfang Shuo was furious, took back the previous roll of bamboo slips, and unfolded:

"Here, what are you talking about, Xu Jia spat out his words, and it is clear that the boatman asked us to ask us for a large amount of countless shipping fares to fill the chessboard, and you only need a penny here, and the eldest brother just sealed that guy's mouth with [coinage], how come we got to you, we will become a disaster to the country and the people, and we will become national thieves.

There is also the matter of the rope bridge woodcutter, obviously it was the two of you and the broken bird, which scared the woodcutter so much that he fell into the stream, but you blamed us, my eldest brother and I kindly wrote a sacrifice to him, but you said that we are traitors and hypocrites.

Is there anyone like you?

Is that how you remember history and history?"

Dongfang Shuo pointed to Sima Qian's nose and asked.

Sima Qian didn't see any anger at all, let alone shame or panic, he was unhurried, and said:

"Second brother, you are a literati, your words are only your words, you can't do a lot, I write these two things, not only to listen to you and the eldest brother, but also to listen to the other side, and more importantly, I also have to conduct field investigations to determine the authenticity. It's not that you say what you say is what you are. ”

These words made Dongfang Shuo's head flutter.

Without waiting for him to have a seizure,

I heard Sima Qian continue:

"The boatman said it was a penny, the boatman said it was Xu Jia's mouth, and the boatman still had the edict drafted by you and your eldest brother in his hand, saying that it was to pay the ship's fare with [coinage].

You say it's not a penny, so how much do you say?

Since it's a lot of money, and since you can't afford to pay it, why do you have to get on the boat?

Since you should pay the fare when you get on the boat, if Xu Jia doesn't talk about people, how can he be greedy for your gold and silver? What kind of chessboard on the back of the turtle, do you think I'm stupid, do you think I haven't seen a turtle?

If you have to pay the ship's fare, why do you have to use the imperial court's [coinage] to offset it? Is the [coinage] your private property? You can sell the [coinage] for a penny, even if it is not a penny, it is a lot of money, even if you are talking about a large amount of money, but is the [coinage] your private property, why do you say that you will pay the ship's fare?

Do you say that you have brought disaster to the country and the people, and that you are a thief of the country and have wronged you?"

After talking about the ferry, Sima Qian continued to talk about the woodcutter falling into the stream:

"Let's talk about the woodcutter's matter, I haven't wronged you at all, I can see it clearly, the bridge has rules, the morning is from east to west, and in the afternoon it is from west to east, you have to go against the grain, it is you who break the rules, it is you who rely on your power and wealth, you have to block the middle of the bridge and not give way, and as a result, the woodcutter fell into the stream and died. It's good for you, when a person dies, an innocuous sacrifice is all it takes.

Why do I say that you are hypocritical, that you hypocrites, that you have been wronged?"

Sima Qian also recognized the truth.

Boom, boom, a word, Dongfang Shuo didn't know where to start.

"You, you, you..."

Cao Jianren also felt that Sima Qian was a little too much.

You can write, but you can't write blindly.

"Fourth brother, you have to write history realistically, you have to write clearly about the causes and consequences, you can't write in isolation, let alone ..."Cao Jianren wanted to say that you can't write blindly, but after thinking about it, he changed his words:

"Don't believe people's words, just listen to one side of the word and put it down, you have to verify it in many ways. At least about crossing the river, you didn't ask me and your second brother beforehand, no matter what, we are also the parties. Also, we didn't use the [coinage] for our own personal gain, and we also used [Guanshanhai] to make up for it afterwards.

As for the woodcutter, no matter how you say it, he himself stumbled, and it wasn't us who pushed him into the stream, and it would be unfair for you to blame him on us, right? Why didn't you write that we almost fell into the stream, why didn't you write that we had urgent business and should give us way?"

Cao Jianren can be regarded as a bitter woman.

Sima Qian was blank, and after listening to Cao Jianren's defense, he tilted his head and asked with an unrepentant look: "Then, eldest brother and second brother, what do you want?"

Several brothers of the Cao family were infighting, and they were a little confused when they saw that Wei Yinggong and others were losing class.

I didn't expect the Cao family to quarrel a little bit over this little thing.

Of course they enjoyed the excitement.

Sima Qian's words made Cao Jianren and Dongfang Shuo suffocated, what else can you do, of course, you have to write according to the truth, at least you can't talk nonsense. What are you [Taishi Gong said] We can't stand it.

"Little Four, we are in a trial, you should write more about the other side, and less about our side, even if you want to write, you must praise the Lord positively, and the whipping is the vice, you can't take it too seriously, if you are too serious, you just wait to be punished by the palace! At least, don't say it!" Dongfang Shuo said in a low voice.