Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 62
Outside the academy, Yang Hu was pacing in front of the door.

The party members at the side saw that the gatekeeper who had gone to deliver the message did not come back for a long time, so they moved closer and whispered.

"Yangzi, why don't you go back first. It's fine if we're here to guard, and I'm just going to ask Confucius a few questions, and you don't need to go out."

Yang Hu raised his hand to signal him to shut up.

"Zhongni is going to be the little Zongbo soon, it's always good to be close to him. Besides, I'm not here all because of him."

"Oh? Do you have anything else to do?"

Just as Yang Hu was about to answer, he suddenly saw the doorkeeper coming back, so he immediately silenced and greeted him solemnly.

The door servant bowed respectfully: "Yangzi, Master invites you in."

Yang Hu laughed loudly, and raised his hand to signal the party members behind who were holding gifts to come forward.

He smiled and said, "Ni Zhong runs education and cultivates talents for the country. I, Yang Hu, sympathize with Ni Zhong, so I specially prepared a small gift for the purpose of running a school, as a token of respect."

The doorman glanced at the presents, there were all kinds of grains and meat.

If these items are said to be expensive, they are not considered expensive, but if they are said to be cheap, they are indeed not considered expensive.

The doorman hesitated for a long time, and didn't know how to define the value of these things, so he said, "Put these things in the courtyard first, and I will take you to see the master right away."

"It's work."

Yang Hu took a step to follow behind the doorman, turned around the corridor, and soon came to the door of the classroom.

Confucius had already been waiting there with his students, and Yang Hu hurried up to him when he saw it.

"Zhongni! Why is there such a relationship between you and me? Come, come, let's sit down and talk slowly."

Confucius looked at him, his lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he swallowed the words.

"Okay, let's sit down and talk."

Confucius and Yang Hu walked ahead, and the students also filed in and returned to the classroom.

Yang Hu invited Confucius to sit at the top, while he sat down in the first row next to Zaiyu, Zigong and others.

Jae Yu was taken aback by his sudden action.

He raised his head to look at this attendant who was twice stronger than himself, unexpectedly Yang Hu was also looking at him.

"My son, Zhongni praised you very much in front of me, saying that you are a rare eloquent, so I recommended you to the king to be the husband. After the summer solstice ceremony, you will go to the post. You must not disappoint Zhongni looks forward to you!"

At the beginning, Zaiyu didn't understand Yanghu's implication, so he could only nod his head in thanks and said, "Yangzi's lesson is, I will definitely keep it in mind."

Yang Hu nodded slightly to express his approval, and then began to call other students' names.

Among them are Zi Gong, Yan Hui, Ran Qiu and so on.

When Zai Yu heard this, he found out that Yang Hu had recommended five students to take up official positions in the Lu State. Besides, some people would join the Ji family under his introduction.

After arguing for a long time, Yang Hu is trying to buy people's hearts!
Zai Yu felt a little more at ease.

When Yang Hu finished these students one by one, he did not forget to continue painting cakes and encouraged the remaining Confucian disciples who had not been recommended to make persistent efforts.

"I, Yanghu, are in power, unlike in the past. The official positions in the Lu Kingdom are reserved only for those who are capable.

As long as you follow Zhongni's teachings carefully and hone your skills, I believe that all of you present will have a chance at the next promotion ceremony. "

After Yang Hu finished speaking, he thought that there would be bursts of applause. Unexpectedly, most of the students present did not say a word, such as Qi Diao Kai and Zi Lu, who were so stubborn that they were not even willing to give Yang Hu a good look. .

The atmosphere was awkward for a while.

Seeing that Yang Hu's face was cloudy and turning cloudy, Confucius hurriedly made a sound to relieve the siege.

"I heard from the doorman that a strange thing happened in Ji's mansion. I don't know what kind of strange thing it is, so that you can go there yourself?"

Yang Hu was scorned by many academic societies, and he was in a very bad mood at the moment. He happened to meet Confucius asking a question, so he started to make things difficult for him, and took the opportunity to show off his authority and punish this group of arrogant corrupt scholars.

With a thought, Yang Hu changed the question he was going to ask to deceive Confucius.

"Ji's family is digging a well recently, unexpectedly, when digging the well this morning, they dug a belly-sized earthen pot with a dog-like thing inside.

I heard that you are a world-renowned polymath, so you must know what this is, right? "

Confucius listened, first frowned, followed by a long silence.

Seeing this, Yang Hu laughed loudly: "Zhongni, you don't know what this is, do you?"

Confucius shook his head slightly and said, "As far as I know, if it was dug out of the soil, it should contain sheep, not dogs."

Yang Hu's expression changed when he heard the words: "Oh? How do you say that?"

Confucius said: "I heard that the monsters in the mountains are a one-legged beast called 'Kui', and a mountain spirit 'ghost' who can learn human voice.

The monsters in the water are Shenlong and a water monster called 'Wangxiang'.

The monster in the soil is a kind of 'ben sheep' of unknown sex.

As for the dog in the dirt, please forgive my ignorance, I have never heard of such a thing.

If you will allow me to go to the place where the well was dug, I may find some answers. "

When Yang Hu heard that Confucius planned to go and have a look in person, he had no choice but to admit it.

"You don't have to look over there, just like you said, what was dug out was not a dog, but a sheep!"

But Confucius was not stumped, which made Yang Hu very unwilling, and he continued to ask.

"I heard that there are spirits appearing, which is a sign that something abnormal is about to happen.

Just as the appearance of the phoenix bird, there will be a saint coming to the world.

So is Ben Yang's presence in this world a warning? "

Confucius said calmly: "The sex of the sheep is unknown, and its appearance symbolizes the chaos of the country's future! Yangzi, you need to worry about the country's great politics and the Ji family's family affairs!"

Yang Hu's smile froze suddenly, but it returned to normal after a while.

"Hahaha, Zhongni, you really are a rare and well-read person in the world! Now that the answer has been asked, then I won't bother you any more, and I will leave."

Yang Hu got up to bid farewell to Confucius, and Confucius also got up to return the salute.

Before leaving, he took a meaningful look at Confucius and all the disciples, and then left quickly.

After Yang Hu left, there was an astonishing cheer in the academy.

"Master is worthy of being a master, you can turn around those accompanying ministers in a few words!"

"With little knowledge, he dares to deceive his master, but he doesn't know that he is bringing shame on himself."

"Okay! Have fun!"

When everyone cheered, only Zaiyu looked like he was having a headache.

After finally mediating the relationship between Master and Yang Hu, why did they go back all of a sudden?
Seeing that Yang Hu had returned, the servants waiting in front of the academy immediately went forward and asked, "Yang Zi, how is the matter going?"

"Hmph!" Yang Hu glared, flicked his sleeves and boarded the carriage: "Kong Qiu, how dare you tease me!"

"what?!"

The servants looked at each other, and no one knew what was going on.

"Yangzi, what happened?"

Yang Hu said impatiently: "Don't ask, just drive away!"

The wheels were rolling, crushing the streets of Qufu after the rain, leaving ruts that were neither deep nor shallow.

Yang Hu's face was hidden under the canopy of the car roof, no emotion could be seen.

Suddenly, he said, "Slow down."

The driver hurriedly tightened the reins and stopped the carriage: "Yangzi, what's the matter?"

Yang Hu frowned and thought for a while, and finally said: "After I get out of school, you can find someone and invite him to my house for a talk."

　Most authors are afraid to approach readers who have votes, so authors who can really muster up the courage to come forward and talk to them have the most advantage.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)