Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 164: Embedding Dark Sons (4K)

Zaiyu and Zigong turned their heads to look, and there was a woman with thin lips and beautiful eyebrows standing under the eaves of the inn.

She wears a Luoqi skirt and a Ziqi jacket.

Her jet-black hair was soft and shiny. Although she didn't wear many gorgeous hair accessories, and she didn't wear a long bun like Zhuxia women, but she just tied it into a ponytail with a cloth belt and hung down her side shoulders, making her look fresh and beautiful.

When Zai Yu saw her hairstyle, he was taken aback for a moment, then his brain twitched, and he couldn't help but read a sentence.

"What a dangerous hairstyle!"

Fortunately, these words did not reach the other party's ears. The woman moved her steps as fast as a flying mallard. She was not as delicate as most beauties, but instead had a sense of agility and agility.

The one who came out right behind him was a tall man with a strong figure and a brown complexion.

The two came to Ou Yezi together, and before Zaiyu could ask any questions, Ou Yezi was the first to introduce them.

"Zaizi, this is my daughter, Mo Xie, and my son-in-law."

After hearing this, Mo Xie looked at Jai Yu curiously before he could open his mouth, and asked without hesitation, "Are you the Tu Qiu Zai Zi that father mentioned?"

When she asked such a question, she couldn't fix Jai Yu in an instant.

According to etiquette, Mo Xie is a married woman, so she is not taboo to talk to a young, promising, handsome and handsome gentleman from Lu country in front of her husband?

Zai Yu glanced hesitantly at the general beside him, and found that the black man followed behind Mo Xie without saying a word, and he didn't look unhappy at all.

Zaiyu hesitated.

Could it be... your kid is also a son-in-law?
After thinking about it, Zaiyu seemed to have such a possibility.

Ou Yezi is a world-renowned swordsmith, no matter which country he goes to, he will always be treated with great courtesy by the monarch.

If he was willing to go to Tuqiu, Zaizi would have to choose him as a leader in sword casting.

Such a character can be said to be neither short of money nor short of fame.

Moreover, Mr. Ou seems to be just such a daughter, so it is reasonable to recruit a son-in-law to inherit the family business and pass on his sword-making skills.

Zai Yu looked at Gan Jiang's strong tendons, and he estimated that if there was a real fight, ten high sticks would not be enough for him to swing.

Zaiyu couldn't help sighing in his heart.

"What do you mean you need to be tough to forge iron? No wonder Ou Yezi recruited you to be your son-in-law. You're tough enough!"

Zai Yu kept staring at the general, and he didn't answer Mo Xie's question for a long time, which instantly aroused her dissatisfaction.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you want to look at me?"

Only then did Zaiyu come back to his senses, and he quickly replied: "It's not that I don't look at you, but my teacher taught me: Do not look at evil.

I heard that the women of Wuyue are the most beautiful women in the world, their looks are like goddesses who have fallen into the mortal world.

As the saying goes, Goddess Husbandhe is beautiful and beautiful, with the rich decoration of yin and yang.It is wonderful to wear blooming algae, like the wings of emeralds.

Wuyue women have such looks, but my virtue is so shallow.

If I look at it for too long, I worry that I will become addicted and lose the integrity that a gentleman should uphold.

So, I don't want to see you! "

As the saying goes, for most girls, as long as you praise her for being beautiful, you will definitely win her favor.

This sentence is applicable 5000 years ago and 5000 years later.

Beauty, misfortune, and overwhelmed country are obviously derogatory terms, but because they occupy a beautiful place, they have gradually evolved into commendatory terms.

Sure enough, after listening to Jae Yu's words, Mo Xie was finally happy.

With a smile in the corner of her eyes, she no longer bothered with Jae Yu about the past.

She raised her sleeves to hide her smile: "How can a woman's appearance be fixed?
Wuyue's women are also ugly and beautiful, but those are all misrepresented by people in the world, so you don't need to care about it.

But if you don't worry about virtue, I have some pretty friends.

You don't like beauties, but these beauties like gentlemen very much. "

Zigong heard this, and said solemnly: "My lord, Duanmuci, although he is not a gentleman, he can barely be considered a Hulian.

When you return to Yuedi, if you don't mind the trouble, you can ask me if anyone likes Hulian. "

"Hulian?" Mo Xie was taken aback when he heard the words: "Why are you Hulian? Isn't Hulian a kind of utensil?"

Zigong said: "Although Hulian is a utensil, it can still be used."

Zigong's words fell into Jaeyu's ears, and no matter how he heard them, he felt something was wrong.

Zigong is really a good driver!

But when he saw that everyone around him looked normal, Jae Yu couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Is... am I unclean?

Why am I the only one who hears something wrong?
Just when Jai Yu was debating whether to explain to the big guys, the sound of wheels turning suddenly came from his ears.

He looked back, and at some point behind him came a carriage.

A middle-aged man in his 30s was sitting in the carriage. When he saw Zaiyu and Zigong, he got off the carriage with a smile and saluted them.

"My son, Zi Gong, long time no see!"

Zaiyu and Zigong also exclaimed: "Brother Yan! Why are you here?"

The person who came was Yan Zhuozou, a disciple of Confucius. He was a student that Confucius accepted when he accompanied Lu Zhaogong in exile in Qi State.

Speaking of the story of Confucius accepting him as an apprentice, it is another legendary interpretation.

Yan Zhuozou was originally a bandit in the Taishan area, and there were more than a thousand people who followed him to make trouble in Father Liang.

But then I don't know how Yan Zhuozou figured it out, and actually put down the butcher's knife and became a Confucian immediately.

He came to the master's school to learn art from a teacher, and after he finished his studies, he became an official in the state of Qi.

Later, when Master left Qi State, Yan Zhuozou did not go with him, but he would go to Lu State to visit Master every now and then, and Zaiyu and Zigong also met him a few times because of this.

Yan Zhuozou scolded, "You two never came to visit me when you arrived in Qi.

I still received the order from the monarch, and only then did I know that you two have arrived in Linzi. "

Zigong smiled and said, "It's not that we don't visit you, but we don't know where you live!"

When Yan Zhuozou heard this, he thought about it.

Although he was an official in the Qi State, he was not a high-ranking official, and his residence was not so easy to find out, so he forgave them both.

Zai Yu asked: "You just said that you received an order from the monarch. Is the Marquis of Qi planning to invite us over?"

"That's not true." Yan Zhuozou shook his head and said, "The monarch and Tianzi ordered me to take you to the iron smelting workshop."

"Ironworks?"

Upon hearing these four words, smiles immediately appeared on the faces of Ou Yezi and Fan Li.

Unexpectedly, Jae Yu actually managed to get things done for them.

"It's not that I'm going, brother, please arrange for Mr. Ou and the others beside me to go there."

Zaiyu didn't come to Qi State this time to observe Qi State's iron-smelting technology, he just wanted to ensure that Gan Jiang and Mo Xie would be willing to go to Tuqiu.

And visiting the iron smelting workshop in Qi State is just to make them give up.

If you want to get tough steel, it depends on Zaizi's methods.

As for establishing contact with Marquis Qi, getting acquainted with the Tian family, and getting acquainted with Yan Zi, these are purely accidental gains.

Now that the task was completed, Zaiyu was naturally happy to rest in the hostel, waiting for Ou Yezi and the others to return disheartened, and then gave them the last glimmer of hope.

Fan Li and Ou Yezi thanked Zai Yu first, and then led Gan Jiang and Mo Xie into the carriage arranged by Yan Zhuozou, and drove towards the iron smelting workshop.

But Yan Zhuozou did not choose to go with them, but stayed in the hostel, intending to contact Zaiyu and the others to get in touch with each other.

He came to the inn and sat down, before Zaiyu and Zigong could speak, he heard him sigh.

"Ugh……"

Zigong poured him some physalis to quench his thirst, and asked, "Why are you sighing, brother?"

Yan Zhuozou asked with a complicated face, "Zilu...is he alright?"

Zai Yu replied with a smile: "He is still the same, he is happy every day, but recently he is happier than before."

"Why are you happier recently?"

Zigong couldn't help laughing when he thought of Zilu wearing a ragged jacket to train soldiers every day.

"Isn't it because of the meritorious service that I have made that the skills I have learned can be used?

Zilu made great contributions in the Battle of Yun half a year ago, and was promoted to a sergeant by the monarch.

Now he manages a hundred soldiers under his command, practicing sword training every day, what could make him happier than this? "

Yan Zhuo and Zou heard the words, lowered his head in depression and took a sip of Physalis: "Zi Lu... back then, there was clearly no big gap between me and him, but now... well, if you want to blame, blame yourself.

When the Master left Qi State, I had not yet cultivated my virtues and talents, but because I was greedy for money, I did not go back with him.

The result... It has been 12 years since Master left Qi, and my talent and learning are still humble, and my conduct has been questioned.

Twelve years ago, I became Tian's retainer.

Now, 12 years later, although they helped me get a corporal, what's the use of it? "

When Zaiyu heard this, he couldn't help asking: "Why did senior brother say that? Could it be that Mrs. Tian didn't pay you enough?"

Yan Zhuozou shook his head and said, "Master Tian has always been generous to his retainers and diners.

Although my status is low, after 12 years, I have accumulated hundreds of acres of land.

If it is calculated, this salary is already more generous than that of sergeant sergeants in some small countries. "

Zi Gong was puzzled, "Then why are you still sighing?"

Hearing this, Yan Zhuozou felt depressed. He raised his head and asked the shopkeeper, "Is there any wine? Serve me a jar!"

Soon, the house servant brought him wine, and Yan Zhuozou drank it in one gulp, feeling that the depression accumulated in his chest was finally released.

He said: "Master once taught me "Yi" before, saying: There is no calamity. If the cattle are tied, the pedestrians will gain, and the townspeople will suffer.

Unexpected disaster.It's like someone tied a cow to a place where it shouldn't be tied, and the passerby took it away, which is an unexpected gain for him, but it is a disaster for the person who lost the cow.

At that time, I thought that Tian's inviting me to be a minister was a windfall for me, but I didn't expect it to be a disaster that I didn't expect!
When the master was in Qi State, he was squeezed out by many officials including Tian, ​​so he had to leave Qi State.

At that time, Mrs. Tian spent a lot of money to hire us students who were studying with the master. Zilu withstood the temptation, but I turned my back on the master.

Although the master didn't blame me, how could I not feel guilty?
You may know that when I was young, I was a bandit entrenched in Father Liang's area.

Therefore, I fully thought that Tian's hiring me would definitely entrust me with a heavy responsibility and let me lead the army under Sima Rangju.

Unexpectedly, after letting me serve as a soldier for a few years, they just found an excuse to transfer me away. "

Speaking of this, Yan Zhuozou stretched out his palm and put it in front of Zaiyu and Zigong, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Look at the palm of my hand, it's been a long time since I held the rein, and I haven't practiced sword skills for a long time, it's actually become much more delicate now.

If Zilu saw it, he would have to laugh at me again. "

Yan Zhuozou shook his head, and suddenly saw a gray hair falling into the ceramic bowl in front of him.

Seeing this white hair, Yan Zhuozou couldn't help but burst into tears: "If I had determined my ambition at that time and continued to stay with my master to cultivate virtue and learn the six arts, how could I have fallen into this situation today?

After 12 years, I finally understood the principle of a gentleman helping the world.A man, you should make contributions to the world and establish a career for generations to come. Why do you deviate from the Dao for a morsel of food? "

When Zaiyu heard Yan Zhuozou's words, he also felt very uncomfortable.

If you want to say that Yan Zhuozou did something wrong, it seems that he did nothing wrong.

He was originally born in poverty, an old bandit, and was afraid of poverty.

So after graduating from Master's undergraduate degree, I didn't choose to continue my studies, and directly chose a large company that had a problem with Master to join.

But I didn't expect that this big company hired him to bring down his master. As soon as his master left, he was transferred to a marginal department to herd sheep.

A lot of money is paid, and there are not many things to do. It stands to reason that it can be regarded as a good job for the elderly.

But Yan Zhuozou came to work in the company with the intention of doing something big, but he wasted more than ten years in the company all of a sudden, and a well-behaved gentleman was directly turned into a Buddhist old fritter.

Now that he has already married and established a career in Qi State, it is unrealistic for him to change jobs.

Besides, even if he is gone now, where would you let him go?
Zilu was able to become an official in the State of Lu in his 30s. It was because Zilu was already well-known, and he had not slacked off in the past ten years, and he had a letter of recommendation from his wife, so he had such a result.

And at Yan Zhuozou's age, he still hasn't developed his talents for more than ten years, and coupled with his reputation of betraying his mentor, which company would want it!

Yan Zhuozou also knew that his life might be like this, so he persuaded him with a forced smile.

"That's all, the two junior brothers are here today, so I won't mention these depressing things, let's drink."

He was about to drink heavily, but he saw Jai Yu suddenly raised his hand: "Wait a minute! What is the position that senior brother is doing in Tian's now?"

"Position?" Yan Zhuozou laughed at himself: "You may not think that I am a luthier now."

"The pianist?"

When Zai Yu rolled his eyes, he thought of another trick.

He smiled and waved at Yan Zhuo Zou: "Senior brother, come here with your ear, I have a plan to turn things around."

　I want to take a long time to get to know a reader, not easily together.I want a long-term monthly pass, and I will not give up easily.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)