Chapter Eighty-Nine: Asking the Sword
"That's right!" Shu Qi, Shu Repentance, Shu Yu, and Shu Yu replied in unison.
"We have all been practicing swords since childhood, and when we first came out, we thought that the world was so big that we couldn't go! But today, I have seen Mr.'s sword, which is tantamount to a drop in the ocean, a pearl of rice! So I came to ask Mr., how to become a sword!" Among the four people, Na Shuqi said first, the other four all nodded, and then saluted Dugu together:
"Mr. Wang's teachings are not hesitant!"
"Hehe!" Dugu was about to answer when a voice disturbed:
"What are you pestering Mr. for?" But it was that Shu Qianxuan and Tie Linglong came out of the courtyard, and when they saw what the four of them were talking about around Dugu seeking defeat, he immediately said displeased, he knew Dugu's temperament to seek defeat, cold and not hot.
"Young Master, Miss!!" Shu Qi, Shu Cheng, Shu Yu, and Shu Yu immediately said respectfully to Shu Qianxuan and Tie Linglong, and then Shu Yu didn't dare to hide it and said to Shu Qianxuan: "We are asking Mr. how to become a sword!"
"Nonsense, wouldn't this disturb Mr. Qingxiu, why don't you hurry up and retreat?" Shu Qianxuan said to the four of them in a fierce voice, Shu Qianxuan was angry, and unconsciously exuded the power of the head of the family, plus he was already a master of the 'middle heaven', and the strength of the qi was naturally not something that ordinary people could resist, so not only the four of them, but even Tie Linglong on the side felt that the atmosphere was suddenly depressed, and he followed him tightly and couldn't speak.
"Okay, Qianxuan, you don't have to be so angry, it's just right, I'm in a good mood today, you guys should come over together, I'll tell you some allusions about the sword!" Dugu looked at the four people in front of him who were taught by Shu Qianxuan, and they didn't dare to say anything, but smiled lightly and said something that was unlikely to be said in ordinary times.
"Thank you, sir!" Shu Qianxuan's face immediately changed, with a sense of surprise, but when he saw the four people who were still stunned on the side, he said, "You haven't thanked Mr. soon! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
Indeed, in the past few months, Dugu has only guided Shu Qianxuan a few times, and every time he gets his guidance, Shu Qianxuan feels that he seems to have been reborn to produce huge changes, such an opportunity is really rare and unavoidable!
"Oh, yes, thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The four of them came to their senses under Shu Qianxuan's scolding, and immediately smiled at Dugu.
"Okay, you don't have to be so polite anymore, sit down"
After a few people sat down in front of Dugu seeking defeat, Dugu was defeated, and then slowly told everyone:
"Once, there was a country named Zhao State, and its lord was a man who was very fond of swordsmanship, and his disciples had 3,000 swordsmen, who performed for him day and night, and hundreds of people were killed and wounded every year! The crown prince of Zhao was very worried, and asked the left and right attendants to say, "Who can persuade King Zhao to stop the swordsmanship competition and give him a thousand gold." The attendants on the left and right said, "Only one man named Zhuangzi can take on this task."
"Mr. Zhao Guo, Mr. Zhuangzi, why don't we seem to have heard of it?" Shu Lu on the side listened to Dugu's words of seeking defeat, and couldn't help but interrupt Dugu's words and asked.
"Why do you talk so much!! Mr. said yes yes!" Shu Cheng listened with relish, and was suddenly interrupted by him at this time, he really wanted to strangle him to death, and the others were also glaring at Shu Yu.
"Okay, don't make any noise, listen to Mr.!" Shu Qianxuan glared at the two of them coldly, before turning his head to Dugu and saying, "Sir"
"Okay, it's okay" Dugu stopped what Shu Qianxuan was about to say, and continued to speak:
So the prince found Zhuangzi and asked Zhuangzi to persuade King Zhao, and on this day, Zhuangzi came to the palace, and when he saw Queen Zhao, he said: I heard that the king likes swordsmanship, and he specially uses swordsmanship to see the king. King Zhao said: How can your swordsmanship stop the swordsman and defeat the opponent? Zhuangzi said: My swordsmanship, kill one person in ten steps, and do not stay for a thousand miles. King Zhao was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "In this case, I'm afraid there is no one in the world who is your opponent!"
"Kill one person in ten steps, don't stay for a thousand miles? Is there really such a swordsmanship? It's so powerful!" Tie Linglong on the side said with envy, and even the other five people, including Shu Qianxuan, were all yearning, killing one person in ten steps, and not leaving a line for a thousand miles.
Dugu seeks defeat and ignores them. Continued:
"King Zhao heard that Zhuangzi has such a powerful swordsmanship, immediately arranged his own swordsman competition, seven days later, dozens of dead and wounded, finally selected five or six people, ready to compete with Zhuangzi, at this time, Zhuangzi came to King Zhao again, said: King, I have three swords in my hand, let the king choose, please listen to my explanation first, and then compete!
So King Zhao agreed to him and said, "Then you can tell me about your three kinds of swords!" Zhuangzi replied: I have the sword of the Son of Heaven, the sword of the princes, and the sword of the people!
"The sword of the Son of Heaven, the sword of the princes, the sword of the people" Everyone muttered to themselves, and Dugu continued to preach:
Zhuangzi replied: The sword of the Son of Heaven should be made of Shicheng Mountain in Yanxi, the sword of Mount Tai of Qi as the blade, the Jin State and the Wei Kingdom as the sword spine, the Zhou Wangji and the Song Kingdom as the sword ring, and the Korea and Wei States as the hilt; the four realms outside the Central Plains should be bandaged, the four seasons should be wrapped, the Bohai Sea should be entangled, and the Heng Mountain should be used as the tie; the five elements should be used to control and the criminal law and morality should be judged; the advance and retreat should be carried out according to the changes of yin and yang, the spring and autumn seasons should be extended, and the arrival of autumn and winter should be followed.
This kind of sword, stabbing straight forward without hindrance, holding up nothing high, invincible according to the sword downward, swinging it as if there was nothing next to it, cutting the floating clouds upwards and cutting the earth downwards. Once used, this kind of sword can correct the princes and make all the people of the world submit. This is the sword of the Son of Heaven."
"Ah!" Everyone who listened to the sword with great interest obviously didn't expect Zhuangzi to say such a thing, they all stayed there for a while, thinking quietly, and after a long time, Shu Qianxuan let out a long breath and said meaningfully:
"What a sword of the Son of Heaven! What a sword of the Son of Heaven!"
Dugu waited until several people recovered from the shock of the 'Sword of the Son of Heaven', and then continued to preach in the expectant eyes of several people:
After listening to Zhuangzi's remarks, King Zhao was at a loss, and after a while, he continued to ask: What about the sword of the princes?
Zhuangzi replied again: For the sword of the princes, take the wise and brave for the tip of the sword, the honest for the blade, the virtuous for the spine, the loyal and wise for the sword ring, and the heroic for the hilt. This kind of sword is unhindered by stabbing straight forward, and there is nothing above when it is raised high, and it is invincible when it is pressed downward, and it is as if there is nothing next to it when it is waved; it follows the sun, moon and stars in the sky, and conforms to the four seasons in the order of the four times when it is taken from the earth, and it is in the center and settles the four directions in accordance with the will of the people. Once this kind of sword is used, it is like a thunderbolt that shakes the four realms, and there is no one who does not obey the king's orders. This is the sword of the princes"
Speaking of this, Dugu stopped talking again, looking at a few people, although a few people were still shocked this time, they woke up much faster than after hearing about the 'Sword of the Son of Heaven' just now, Tie Linglong urged again: Sir, quickly talk about the sword of the people!
Dugu smiled lightly, nodded and continued:
The king of Zhao then asked Zhuangzi, "What about the sword of the people?" Zhuangzi replied, "The sword of the people is all unkempt hair, protruding hair, low hats, thick hats, tight clothes, wide eyes, and panting. Fighting and assassinating each other in front of people, the upper can cut off the neck, and the lower can cut the liver and lungs, this is the sword of the people, no different from cockfighting, once the life is exhausted, it is useless for state affairs. Now that the king has the position to seize the world, but he likes the sword of the people, I privately think that the king should despise this practice!"
"After King Zhao listened to Zhuangzi's three swords, he did not leave the palace in March, and all his swordsmen killed themselves"
After listening to the story, Shu Qianxuan and the others were already stunned, and sat in place gloomily, unexpectedly, the sword path that he and the others had always respected turned out to be only the end of the three swords, and they were reduced to inferior! What a blow this was for several people!
"I can't think of it, I can't think of it" Shu Qianxuan's eyes were full of tears, he shook his head in pain, his sword heart for more than ten years collapsed overnight, and there was no longer a pillar in his heart!
The same is true for several other people, only Tie Linglong, who was looking at Shu Qianxuan beside him in a daze, with a sense of sadness, and also cried with him, but it was not so sad!
There is a way that men don't flick when they have tears, just because they haven't reached the sad place!
Dugu looked at the few good men who were crying in front of him, sighed lightly, and said:
"But in fact, I don't think that's what Zhuangzi said is true!"
"What!" Shu Qianxuan and the others looked at Dugu blankly, not knowing what else he would say, but an urgent hope suddenly appeared in their hearts, quietly waiting for him to continue to explain!
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