Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 182 A True Gentleman! (3K)

Zai Yu walked out of Yang Hu's garden, his face was still a little drunk, his eyes were half-opened and half-closed, as if he was a little drunk.

The drunken uncle and grandson helped him out the door, saying words of thanks as he walked.

"Zaizi, without you today, I..."

Jai Yu raised his arm to break him.

"Hey! I just figured out the deep meaning in your words.

Your words are sublime and have far-reaching meanings, but the truth in them is slightly tortuous, and it takes some thinking to understand your deep meaning.

I realized it before Yoko, not because I was smarter than Yoko, but because I didn't drink much at that time.

Yangzi didn't understand your deep meaning, and it wasn't because Yangzi was stupid than me, it was just that Yangzi had drunk several cups at that time, so his thinking was chaotic.

It's just that when you're having a banquet, chaotic thinking always takes the majority, so uncle and grandson, you'd better say some blunt and joyful words in the future. "

Hearing the words, the uncle and grandson nodded to Jai Yu gratefully.

"I will definitely keep your teachings in mind."

As he said that, he personally helped Zai Yu to board the carriage, bowed to him twice, and then watched him leave.

Uncle Sun's servant walked up to him and asked cautiously, "Master, who was that just now?"

When the uncle and grandson heard the words, he smiled and sighed: "The one just now is Zaizi Tuqiu!"

The servant asked in surprise, "Is he the Zaizi Tuqiu?"

At this time, Gong Shan Buxuan also came out of the garden. He looked at the number of carriages at the door and asked, "Has Zaizi left?"

Uncle Sun Zhe nodded and said, "Just left."

Gongshan Buxuan asked, "Then why don't you go back?"

Uncle Sun recalled Zai Yu's help to him and his humility just now, so he made up his mind to do something for him.

He sighed, "I didn't leave because I was admiring Zaizi's virtue!"

Gong Shan was puzzled and said, "Virtue? What kind of virtue?"

Uncle Sun Zhe then stepped forward and told Gongshan Buxuan exactly what Zaiyu had said to him just now.

After Gongshan Buxuan finished listening, he couldn't help sighing: "It is said in the "Book of Rites": A gentleman shows respect to be modest, and a retreat is to show courtesy.

A gentleman always treats others respectfully and restrains himself, and when he has made merit, he can show etiquette with a humble attitude.

I used to hear slanderous remarks in Qufu, saying that he violated the rules of etiquette and was not a gentleman.

Looking at it now, it was nothing more than a framing speech by some villains!

If such a person is not a gentleman, then what kind of person can be considered a gentleman? "

As soon as Gongshan Buxuan finished his sentence, Uncle Sun Zhi and others walked out of the garden together.

They saw that Gongshan Buxuan and his uncle Sun Zhe were here, so they came up to pay their respects.

Uncle Sun Zhe repeated Zai Yu's behavior to them again.

Uncle Sun Zhi, who is of the same family as Uncle Sun Zhe, also praised it.

"It is said in "Poetry": 喓喓薓虫, 趯趯芽螽. I don’t see a gentleman, and I am worried. I see it, and I stop it, and my heart drops.

Listen to the katydids chirping, watch the grasshoppers bouncing around.

I didn't see the gentleman, and my heart was sad and anxious.

If I have seen him, if I have cuddled with him, all my worries will be gone.

Zaizi is probably such a gentleman who people yearn for and is worth relying on! "

Gong Ji also echoed: "It is said in the "Poetry" that there are bandit gentlemen, such as gold and tin, such as jade and jade. They are broad and generous, and Yi is heavy.

The character of a gentleman is as strong as gold and tin, and as gentle and dignified as jade and jade.

This probably refers to people like Zaizi, right? "

Ji Wei said: "I heard that a gentleman must respect and respect those who are higher than himself.

And when receiving people whose status is not as good as his, he is humble and kind.

A villain who serves someone with a higher status than himself must flatter and curry favor.

And to receive people whose status is inferior to your own, you must be arrogant and ignore the feelings of others.

We should all take such villains as a warning, and learn from a gentleman like Zaizi! "

As soon as Ji Wei said this, the expressions of everyone present became subtle.

Everyone is smart, who can't understand what Ji Wei means?
On the surface, he was praising Jai Yu.

In fact, he secretly stepped on his uncle and grandson, scolding him for being a shameless villain.

Of course, everyone wouldn't really think that Ji Wei was some sort of moral guard.

Those who can come to the garden as guests are either Yang Hu's loyal allies, or minions picked up by Yang Hu.

Uncle Sun Zhe and Ji Wei were both born as concubine sons of the Sanhuan family, and they were also disliked in the family, and their career paths were also very similar, and now they are both serving as brigade commanders in the upper army under the control of the Ji family.

But Ji Wei's role as the commander of the upper army can be said to be justified.

After all, the Shangjun has always been controlled by the Ji family, so it is quite reasonable for him, a concubine of the Ji family, to serve in the Shang army.

But Uncle Sun was born in Uncle Sun's family, and people from Uncle Sun's family put their hands in the army, which made Ji Wei very upset.

He has often run on his uncle and grandson in front of Yang Hu, and because his uncle and grandson are dependent on others, he has always been patient with Ji Wei's provocative behavior.

In fact, being the brigade commander of the upper army was not the original intention of Uncle Sun Zhe. He wanted to serve in the lower army jointly controlled by Uncle Sun and Meng, but the lower army didn't want him!
Although Uncle Sun was born in the Uncle Sun family, but because he is now loyal to Yanghu, the Uncle Sun family no longer regards him as their own family.

As long as the Shusun family and the Meng family did not let go, no matter how hard Yang Hu tried, he would not be able to arrange him into the army.

That's why at today's banquet, he was the most eager to show his loyalty among the crowd.

Because everyone's positions are very stable, but his position is the most precarious. If Yang Hu is not happy, he can remove him at any time.

But if Yang Hu wanted to withdraw the others, it might not be so easy.

The cloud on Uncle Sun's face changed, and he opened his mouth to say something, but Ji Wei didn't wait for him to speak, he snorted and walked away.

When Gongshan Buxuan and the others saw him, they could only say a few words of comfort to his uncle and grandson, and then left.

Uncle Sun stood silently for a long time, then clenched his fists and glared at the direction of Ji Yu's departure, then boarded the carriage and shouted at the driver: "Let's go!"

……

While Uncle Sun and Ji Wei were fighting each other, Zai Yu's carriage had already returned to Qufu.

As soon as he entered the city, he ordered his stewards to go directly to Zigong's residence.

Perhaps it is inappropriate to call that place the Zigong Mansion now.

Because it has basically been converted into a printing workshop now, and only a few rooms have been reserved for domestic servants to live in.

And because Zigong had to run between Qufu and Tuqiu every month, this kid even remodeled his own room.

Now, every time Zigong returns to work in Qufu, he lives in a hostel.

After dealing with the business at hand, he would leave Qufu overnight and return to Tuqiu in a carriage to engage in private business.

Anyway, there is only a hundred miles between Qufu and Tuqiu, and Zigong will arrive there in half a day if he walks along the Zhou Road with a light car.

In a sense, if this kid is not too tired, he can even live a two-point and one-line blessing life of "working in Qufu and living in Tuqiu" 500 years in advance.

At first, Zigong didn't care about this kind of blessed life, but when he saw Jaeyu's little life, he had a mentality of comparison.

Zaiyu was previously promoted to the rank of doctor in the battle of attacking Ju, and was also given the position of a small pedestrian.

The duties of the little pedestrian mainly include receiving guests and going abroad.

Because the Lu State has no diplomatic missions recently, Zaiyu has spent the year quite leisurely.

Usually, there are some irrelevant official affairs, and all of them can be handled by the subordinates.

Unfortunately, Zigong is the one in charge.

So after half a year of being used as a horse by the superiors, Zigong finally couldn't take it anymore.

So he made a report to the superior and asked for a change of position.

But such a useful subordinate, how could Jae Yu let him go so easily?

So after Jae Yu proposed that he would hand over the exclusive franchise of soy sauce to him, and said "the future is yours", Zigong finally suppressed his complaints.

Zaiyu was thinking about these things when his carriage had already arrived at Zigong's house.

Before getting out of the car, he saw Zigong standing by the door talking and laughing with Gong Liangru and other classmates.

When everyone saw Jai Yu's car, they greeted him with smiles.

"My son, today is different from the past. After becoming a doctor, the whole person's demeanor is different!"

"I knew you were right to squat here at Zigong, you see, you really are here!"

"Long time no see. You're back too. Zijian and Zimie are also back to report on their duties. Shall we have some fun together?"

Zai Yu supported Che Shi, looked around and said, "Why didn't you see Bo Yu?"

Sima Gengwen said in a low voice: "Bo Yu took Zijian and the others to the wine shop to hold a banquet first. Seeing him like that, he should be privately wanting to ask Zijian about blind date skills."

When Gong Yechang heard this, he suddenly laughed loudly: "Hahaha!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at him: "Bo Yu is on a blind date, what's so funny about that?"

Chief Gongye shook his head slightly, pointed to the little bird standing by the wall and said, "I'm not laughing at Bo Yu, I'm laughing at this bird!"

Zigong asked curiously, "What's so funny about this bird?"

Gongye said, "It's the end of spring and the beginning of summer, but this little bird only knows that spring is coming, how slow it is!"

When Zaiyu heard this, he quickly rolled up his sleeves and gave him a compliment: "Yin is yang! Yang is yin! Yin and yang are really yin and yang!"

"Let's go! Let's not speak human words again."

"You have the ability to say this in front of Bo Yu."

"Tall! I'm done for you! Zichang, why don't I say it's you."

"This sentence is equivalent to the height of three lambs."

"Dare to scold Zigao? You don't want your knee anymore, do you?"

Everyone laughed and chattered all the way to the wine shop in the West Market along the Qufu Street.

They opened the curtain and walked into the wine shop. As soon as they entered, they saw Kong Li and Shang Qu sitting opposite each other in the corner.

Kong Li looked worried and said: "Zimu, look at my face, how old do you have to be to marry a wife?"

Shang Qu looked at it for a while, then suddenly sighed: "I... I think it's not enough."

　Do you understand everything, but just can't vote?

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)