Chapter 37: Demonic Thoughts
"I have flowers on my face, why are you looking at me like this?" Bai Ya looked at Hu Sanniang and spread his hands a little strangely.
"That old gentleman is a great Confucian, how dare you...... How dare you treat him like that?" Hu Sanniang had a strange expression, and couldn't help but recall the previous scene.
Mr. Gongsun has already gone back, although Bai Ya proposed a martial arts competition, but with the old man's age and seniority, it is impossible to end up at all. As soon as Bai Ya proposed it, he was reprimanded by Old Taijun Fang, and gave the old gentleman a step to go down the donkey.
However, Mr. Gongsun had no shame to wait, and left after a few perfunctory words.
Before leaving, the old gentleman looked at Bai Ya with extremely strange eyes, as if he wanted to engrave his face in his heart. And after sending Mr. Gongsun away, Mrs. Fang also seemed to have reacquainted with Bai Ya, and her mind was a little uncertain, and she quickly ordered her subordinates to send them back to the room.
"What about Confucianism, that old gentleman is standing up for Feng Cheng. I have my back to Qingcheng and my head on the master's door, whether this marriage is successful or not, at least in terms of face, I can't lose the prestige of the master's door?"
Bai Ya asked in surprise, "Do you think I should show weakness?"
"No, that's not what the concubine meant......" Hu Sanniang shook her head and smiled bitterly, "It's just...... Don't you think this old gentleman's eyes are a little scary......? It's like stealing chickens and dogs and being caught by the elders?"
"He is strong, he is strong, the breeze blows on the hills, it is naturally wrong to steal chickens and dogs, but if stealing chickens and dogs is to save people's lives, it doesn't matter. ”
Bai Ya grinned and said indifferently, "He is a great Confucian, he speaks benevolently and politely, and educates all the people! But what does this have to do with me, don't forget that I was born in Qingcheng Daomen, and I have my own way!"
He said it messily, but Hu Sanniang had already understood, and said with some distraction: "So as long as you are a martial artist of the sect, it makes sense in your heart, and after years of martial arts, no wonder the martial artists of the sect are so strong......"
"You're right, the acquired martial artist enters the Tao with martial arts, and the innate martial artist returns to the basics and uses the Tao to transform martial arts!" Bai Ya said with a smile, "However, you look down on the martial artists of the sect, and there are also filthy disputes between the immortal martial sects, even the senior brothers will inevitably intrigue, not everyone is as bright and upright as my brother!"
"Poof!" Hu Sanniang was finally amused by Bai Ya and glanced at him.
"I've never seen such a stinky person as you, what he is strong and he is strong, the breeze blows on the hills. In my opinion, he is a ruffian at all, and Mr. Gongsun disdains to be as knowledgeable as you. ”
......
Bai Ya and Hu Sanniang were joking here, and when Mr. Gongsun returned to the Confucian Academy, he also ordered several disciples to be recruited into the study, one of which was Feng Cheng, who had just apprenticed.
"Master, the Qu family is ......"
After seeing Mr. Gongsun recruit everyone into the study, he has been sitting in front of the desk frowning and pondering, and several disciples are looking at each other. In the end, Feng Cheng was too worried about Qu Qiang's current situation, and finally couldn't help but ask.
"The Qu family did promise Qu Qiang to others, but it will not be married for the time being, and there may be changes in the future. It's just that it's inconvenient for the teacher to come forward again, and whether the Qu family is willing to recruit you as a son-in-law in the future depends on your own creation. ”
Mr. Gongsun woke up like a dream, and looked at Feng Cheng with a blank eye, his face was a little complicated.
He has been teaching and educating people for decades, and the young people's minds can't hide from him at all. First, I heard about Bai Ya's actions from a group of students, and then I understood the details of the young man, and met in person, and at this time I vaguely guessed Bai Ya's plan.
Baiya is backed by a large sect, and there is a difference between heaven and earth between ordinary people and ordinary people. If you really want to embarrass Feng Cheng, why do you behave so superficially and aggressively in public.
But since he really did this, it was naturally an ulterior motive. When Mr. Gongsun was in the Qu family, he thought that Bai Ya might be defiling himself, and even guessed the reason for this.
Since it is self-defilement, it means that Bai Ya has the heart to get rid of this marriage, at least the little lady of the Qu family will not marry in a short time. Although he hit a soft nail in the Qu family, he can be regarded as having an explanation for Feng Cheng.
"Thank you Master for your success!" Feng Cheng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but pay a big salute.
He didn't know the twists and turns in this, and he only thought that Mr. Gongsun had made a big effort, so that the Qu family had to give face to the Confucian Academy.
The old gentleman was ashamed of this, and unnaturally turned his body sideways.
"Alright, you've been too tired this time, go rest. You have to remember that you still need to be hard to strike iron, now you can't take the road of the imperial examination, if you can't study the Confucian scriptures, you can't be admitted to the Bailudong branch in Yizhou, and you want to marry Qu Qiang as a wife but it's also wishful thinking, you understand!"
Gongsun said that the back was already full of emotion and intolerant.
"Yes, Master!" Feng Cheng looked solemn and respectfully bowed and retired.
Seeing that the matter had a result, his senior brothers were also happy to hug him away, as long as an old and serious scholar remained in the study, this person was the eldest disciple of the Gongsun lineage, and the first to learn from the old man.
"Master, is this trip not going well?" Seeing that the other brothers had left, the middle-aged scholar made a bowl of tea for the old gentleman and asked with a smile.
"I know that I can't hide it from you, this matter has indeed been temporarily resolved, but it has nothing to do with the old man. Mr. Gongsun remembered the previous scene in Qu's house, and immediately smiled indifferently, and talked about his speculation in a deep voice.
"Master, in this way, the young martial artist who married the Qu family has no intention of beating the mandarin ducks?" the middle-aged scholar asked in surprise.
According to the old man's guess, it is true. It's just that I don't know if he is dissatisfied with this marriage, or if he doesn't want to ruin the marriage. Mr. Gongsun held his long hair and said slowly, "However, in any case, you must not spread this matter privately in the future, so as not to be ridiculed by my colleagues for being blind to Confucian scholars." ”
"Yes, the students will warn the other juniors. The middle-aged scholar respectfully responded, and then asked, "In that case, why didn't Shizun speak to Senior Brother Feng just now and untie his knot?"
"What is a heart knot?" Mr. Gongsun glanced at the middle-aged scholar lightly, "I am a Confucian inner sage and outer king, self-denial and revenge for benevolence, first cultivate oneself and then govern others." If Feng Cheng can understand the Confucian truth, how can he leave a knot in his heart?"
"Master, do you want to test Feng Cheng with the demons in your heart?" The middle-aged scholar was startled, and couldn't help but be terrified.
"Yes, Feng Cheng has been able to enter the Hanlin Academy of Shu Kingdom in terms of his academic attainments, and he has also cultivated a thin Haoran righteousness, but if he can't see through the obstacles, his achievements will still be limited in the future, and the old man will not recommend him to enter the White Deer Cave Branch. Mr. Gongsun said slowly with his eyes closed.
"Don't you think that the old man treats him unfairly, great achievements need big tests. As long as he can understand it by himself this time, and give up the small to see the big, he will be able to practice a thousand miles in the future. If you can't see through it, your achievements won't be high in the future, so what's the point of abandoning your official position now?"
"Feng Sheng, this is much more difficult than the imperial examination, the master has good intentions, but I don't know that you may break through the cocoon and turn into a butterfly!" The middle-aged scholar raised his head involuntarily, his gaze seemed to pass through the wall, and he threw himself at Feng Cheng's residence in the distance.
Feng Cheng no longer has two parents, and the remaining distant relatives are not close, and the little lady of the Qu family can be said to be his only concern now.
This incident is already the biggest setback he has encountered in this half of his life, and he would even rather give up his ideal of being an official, and the devil in his heart is not small. With his cleverness, in fact, as long as he meditates carefully, he can see through it, but the magic idea lies in whether he can give up the entanglement, calm down, and think about the problem from the other party's point of view.
Sometimes, things are so simple, but the parties have never been able to see through them, otherwise there would be no idiom of "obsessed".
"It's just that if it's really as the master said, Feng Sheng can give up the small and see the big, and relax his mind, then the weight of that Qu Qiang girl in his mind may not be so heavy. The middle-aged scholar withdrew from the study, and there was another realization in his heart.
Senior Brother Feng gave up being an official, and he is a descendant of the Confucian Holy Dao, and he is already different from Qu Qiang. Even if she is reluctant to give her a name in the future, it will be a hundred years of hurry, keeping the green light alone, and the poor beauty will cry!"
......
"Are you willing to leave without seeing the outcome of this matter?" Hu Sanniang looked at Bai Ya with interest.
On the third day after Mr. Gongsun's visit, the atmosphere of the Qu family became more and more strange.
The truth is in the hands of a few people, except for some older shrewd old people such as Old Taijun Fang, the others don't know that Bai Ya is acting, and their senses will naturally not be too good for him, and they even feel that he has lost the face of the Qu family in Fuling Shilin.
Although Bai Ya didn't care much about other people's eyes, he also felt uncomfortable. Anyway, now that the matter is almost fermented, he simply left a letter for Mrs. Fang and said goodbye without saying goodbye.
"Why are you still following me, aren't you going to Jingzhou?" Bai Ya stared at her helplessly.
"Hey, the old lady is naturally leaving, but there is still a good show I haven't watched!" Hu Sanniang squeezed her eyes playfully, and snorted at the intersection ahead, "Look, the main man is here!"
"Huh, Miss Quke......" Bai Ya looked up, but saw a familiar figure coming in front of him.
Qu Ke is still dressed in a strong suit, with a long sword at his waist, a veil and hat on his head, and a white horse in his hand.
"Are you leaving?" Qu Ke asked softly as he approached, lifted his veil and revealed his delicate face.
"Yes, it's time to go!" Bai Ya replied with a smile.
"What do you do...... They don't know, but I do!" Qu Ke raised his head and stared at him with a pair of water-cutting eyes.
"What the girl said, I don't understand!" Bai Yamu pretended to be stupid with a face.
"Anyway, thank you!" Qu Ke was stunned for a moment, and smiled at him for the first time, his delicate face was like a hundred flowers blooming, like a phantom like smoke, and he was stunned to see Bai Ya.
"Hey, everyone is far away, it's time for you to come back to your senses, right?" Seeing that Bai Ya was still looking into the distance, Hu Sanniang pursed her lips and shook her hands in front of his eyes, "The old lady understands now, you are not happy with this marriage, it is simply that the drunkard does not mean to drink!"
"Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, ......" Bai Ya glanced at her and said lightly.
"What?" Hu Sanniang didn't understand and frowned.
"It's your business!"