In just a few days, under Ye Xingyuan's deliberate friendship, he and Gao Huajun became friends.

Before being taught by the sage, Gao Huajun was actually a simple young man, he acted with a pure heart, and he was defenseless against people. Ye Xingyuan showed good intentions, and he quickly regarded Ye Xingyuan as a friend he could trust.

"I didn't see the potential of him to be called the four sages under the saint sect in the future," Zhu Ning'er quietly commented.

There are 3,000 saint disciples, of which 72 are sages, and there are only about a dozen of the most outstanding ones. Different characters in each dynasty and generation will also have different evaluations, but no matter who evaluates them, Gao Huajun, who puts filial piety first, generally does not fall out of the top four, and is a member of the four sages of the Holy Gate.

He didn't study when he was young, and he didn't get the saint to be included in the door wall until he was twenty years old, and at this time he was the same age as Ye Xingyuan, and his knowledge and literary talent were far behind. Zhu Ning'er couldn't understand how this person would grow up in the future.

Ye Xingyuan knew that this person was benevolent and sincere, which was a noble character, and learning the sage's knowledge of benevolence as the ontology was originally like a fish in water, and it could be said that he was born a sage. At this point, Ye Xingyuan, who is essentially a modern person, has mixed thoughts, and it is impossible to obtain his natural "purity".

He sighed: "The way of learning is first and foremost in the city, and Gao Huajun is not famous for his changes and words under the saint's door. But he has been practicing penance for more than ten years, and he has grown into a minister, successively serving as a state official, a doctor, a secretary, and a Lingyin. Governing one side and benefiting the people is a few disciples of saints who have achieved something in political affairs before the unification of the emperor. ”

Gao Huajun's life is familiar to Ye Xingyuan, although the sage's knowledge is profound, but at that time, the Warring States were chaotic, and he was deceitful, and he did not let everyone accept it at the beginning. Until the disciples took advantage of the heavenly opportunity intercepted by the saint to show the ability to enrich the country and strengthen the army. only to attract the attention of the princes.

And Gao Huajun is one of them, under his rule, the people of Zhao are rich and happy, the country is strong, and it is even regarded as the overlord who is very likely to end the troubled times.

If it weren't for Gao Huajun's short lifespan, Zhao would have declined after his death. After that, the human emperor was born, and it is still unknown who killed the deer.

They were discussing Gao Huajun, but Gao Huajun came to them very happily, "Brother Ye Xian, today my father ordered me to clean the well at the entrance of the village, do you want to come with me?"

Ye Xingyuan and the three claimed to be the children of the nobles, and they were very interested in the matter of crops and all kinds of farm work, so Gao Huajun was also very enthusiastic to come to him for everything.

Hearing Gao Huajun say that the well should be dredged, Ye Xingyuan and Mrs. Li looked at each other, knowing that this was another plot by Gao Huajun's stepmother to kill him. I can't imagine that it is so close to the arson house. Gao Huajun really didn't even have a little mustard and defense.

After he came back, as if nothing had happened, he still happily worked on the farm every day, and he didn't complain, I don't know if he was born stupid, or he didn't think badly of others at all, and it was no wonder that his stepmother couldn't make a plan so quickly.

Ye Xingyuan reluctantly smiled: "The well is deep, senior brother, you have to be careful!"

Gao Huajun carried a thick bundle of ropes. He didn't care, "I tied this rope around my waist and went to work at the bottom of the well." It's very safe. Brother Xian, do you want to go to the bottom of the well to play together? The bottom of the well is cool, you don't need to do anything, just talk to me. ”

If it weren't for Ye Xingyuan knowing that Gao Huajun was a real person, he would have almost wondered if he had also become suspicious, so he brought people along. Freedom from evil.

But looking at Gao Huajun's sincere expression, it really didn't look like it, Ye Xingyuan's heart moved, clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay! Then I'll go with Brother Gao, I haven't been to the bottom of the well yet." ”

Gao Huajun was overjoyed. "Don't worry, the bottom of the well is definitely a good place to cool off, I'll bring two more watermelons down. You are resting while eating melons, and you are as happy as a fairy. ”

Mrs. Li was in a hurry, and when Gao Huajun turned around and went out, she hurriedly pulled Ye Xingyuan and said: "How can you go with him? As soon as he gets off the well, his stepmother will send someone to block the mouth of the well, but he can escape with soil and water, what can you do? Even if we hurry up to dig and save people, we can't do it." ”

Gao Huajun went down the well, and his stepmother sent someone to throw a big stone down the well, and then sealed the wellhead, thinking that Gao Huajun would definitely die. Unexpectedly, he walked through the underground dark river, got out of the water spring on the top of the mountain, and returned to the village indifferently a few days later, which frightened his stepmother to think that he had seen a ghost.

Even if you are not stoned to death, the wellhead is closed, and ordinary people can't get out, and they can suffocate to death. Gao Huajun has the blessing of heaven and can walk through the soil and rocks, but Ye Xingyuan does not have this ability.

Even if Mrs. Li and Zhu Ning'er went to save people immediately as soon as they were born, they were afraid that there would be any accidents. Did he think that if he accompanied Gao Huajun there, his stepmother would not dare to do it?

Ye Xingyuan shook his head and said: "We have been here for a few days, although we have met Gao Huajun, but there is no chance to crack here, and I don't know when we will get the token." This is a rare opportunity, you have to try it, otherwise it will be delayed for a few days.

My stepmother is ruthless, and she will not take the lives of a few of us strangers to heart, but firstly, I am also a person with magical powers, and I have a certain amount of self-preservation, and secondly, Gao Huajun will never sit idly by and watch me have an accident, maybe I can take this opportunity to break the situation. ”

Ye Xingyuan has a mighty body, and he can call the wind and rain, as long as he has sufficient spiritual power, even if he is sealed at the bottom of the well, he has a way to save himself. As long as you bring more dry food, at least you won't die.

And being in this predicament with Gao Huajun may be able to explore the truest thoughts in his heart, and thus get his approval and obtain one of the five moral tokens.

Zhu Ning'er listened to Ye Xingyuan's reasoning, and praised: "The lord's move is really a clever plan to put him to death and live later, but there is always a way back, once the lord and Gao Huajun are sealed at the bottom of the well, we will not act for the time being, and if there is no movement after three days, how about digging to save the lord?"

Three days later, Gao Huajun should almost come back, and Ye Xingyuan hadn't gotten out yet, so he had to be rescued. Ye Xingyuan thought to himself that in the worst case, Gao Huajun left him at the bottom of the well and ran away, and it should not be too stressful to support it for three days, so he nodded and agreed.

The three of them had already decided, so Ye Xingyuan put some more dried cakes and dried meat in his arms, went out to meet Gao Huajun, who was holding two large watermelons, and walked towards the well behind the village together.

When he arrived at the well, Gao Huajun used a rope to tie it firmly around his and Ye Xingyuan's waists, and the other end passed through the well fence to tie a dead knot, and pulled it hard, proving to Ye Xingyuan: "Look, this rope is very strong, you don't have to be afraid." ”

If no one is doing ghosts, then of course this kind of rope will not break for no reason, but unfortunately people are using knives to harm you, so even a strong rope is useless, Ye Xingyuan sighed secretly in his heart, and only said with interest on the surface: "Then let's climb down the rope? The bottom of this well is deep enough!"

Gao Huajun said with a smile: "This well is several feet deep, I'll hang you down slowly first, and then I'll climb down myself." ”

He was afraid that Ye Xingyuan would be pampered and weak, and he was worried that he would be tired, so he first slowly lowered Ye Xingyuan to the bottom of the well by the well, and then he slid down the wall of the well dexterously.

Ye Xingyuan stepped on the well water with both feet, the clear water just touched his knees, and the cool soaking was very comfortable, and sure enough, as Gao Huajun said, the bottom of the well was cool. If it is a hot day, as long as there is no claustrophobia, it is very pleasant to look up at a round of skylight.

Gao Huajun soon went down to the bottom of the well, soaked two watermelons in the well water, and sat down in the water with a big grin, only exposing his head on the water, and let out a cheer: "I didn't lie to you, did I? When I was a child, I liked to hide at the bottom of the well, which was both hidden and comfortable." My father and mother couldn't find me, looking up at the sky, only to feel that they were one with heaven and earth, which was a place of peace of mind. ”

Sure enough, he was a born sage, and he could realize the unity of heaven and man by hiding at the bottom of the well, Ye Xingyuan smiled and said: "Brother Gao is like this, it reminds me of a fable in the countryside, the so-called sitting in the well and watching the sky, isn't that what it is?"

"Sitting in a well and watching the sky?" Gao Huajun asked with interest: "What kind of fable is this, but I have never heard of it."

Ye Xingyuan then remembered that the era in which Gao Huajun lived was still before the fable of "sitting in a well and watching the sky", and it was normal for him to have never heard it, so he smiled and said: "This is a joke, saying that there is a frog in a shallow well, and it boasts about its life with a turtle from the East China Sea, saying that this well is its world, how wide it is, and inviting turtles to come in and visit."

The turtle got stuck before it could climb into the well, and sighed, "Have you ever seen the real sea?" A thousand miles is indeed far away, but it cannot describe the vastness of the sea. Qianren is indeed very high, but it cannot control the depth of the Ming Sea. Nine out of 10 years of floods do not appear to be increasing, and seven of eight years of drought do not appear to be decreasing. How can you understand the vastness of the sea when you are in the well?"

Although Gao Huajun is simple, he is smart by nature, and he understands the meaning of this story after just listening to it, and laughs and said: "Brother Xian is ridiculing me for being a dirt bun who has never seen the world? The narrow place is also the sea, if you can't get through it in your heart, it is a vast world, and he is just a dry well. ”

His words were frank and came from his heart, Ye Xingyuan listened to his two words, and suddenly realized in his heart, and finally had a guess about why Gao Huajun's ideal world after his death was here and now.

As Gao Huajun said, there is a world of his own where his heart is wide, and when he was young, he was bullied and framed by others, but for the broad-minded saint disciple, it is nothing at all.

For him, he never blamed his parents, and he always maintained this respect and affection for them. What seems to others to be a sad plot is just a harmonious family happiness for him.

After all, only at this time, Gao Huajun is with his parents and brothers, even if others want to harm him. If he didn't know and wasn't victimized, wouldn't it still be a happy world?

Ye Xingyuan himself would never approve of this kind of "Holy Mother"-like three views, but people like Gao Huajun are really possible! (To be continued......