Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 528 Students
  Gu Xun on the other side successfully got Xunzi's reply that he agreed to meet the guest.

"Should I go in too?" Standing in front of Xunzi's cabin, Yan Lingji folded her hands on her chest and asked Gu Xun.

"Why don't you go in?" Gu Xun stopped, turned to look at Yan Lingji, and asked.

"Confucian people don't seem to like us... how do you say that word... barbarians from other countries? I guess Mr. Xun may not be willing to see me, right?" Yan Lingji put down her hands, pinched her waist with one hand, and pinched her waist with the other. He smoothed his hair and answered casually.

When the little book boy guarding the door heard this, he didn't dare to rush in to refute. He could only show a stiff fake smile, trying to prove something - you are a guest now. Even if I, a Confucian, don't like the barbarians, I won't be like this...

"Uh... To be precise, all ethnic groups are very repulsive to foreigners. Don't you also like to... mock the Central Plains people indiscriminately?" Gu Xun pointed out and corrected.

As far as Gu Xun's knowledge is concerned, Confucianism should be regarded as a relatively mild attitude towards foreigners among all the scholars. It cannot be said that they are not discriminatory, nor can they be said to be hostile. It is more that they don't want to deal with these uncivilized barbarians.

The core of Confucian academic thought is to serve the king. As long as the king is in need, the bottom line of Confucianism... cannot be said to be very low, it can only be said to be very flexible. Therefore, their attitude towards foreigners largely depends on what the king thinks. Coupled with Confucius' slogan that there is no distinction between education and discrimination, the overall policy is to adopt a tolerant policy.

Of course, the current mainstream thinking in the seven kingdoms' courts is not Confucianism. They don't care about things, so it doesn't matter what they think.

"Hmph!" Yan Lingji snorted lightly at Gu Xun's statement, looking like she didn't agree with it.

Gu Xun waved, "Let's go, don't keep the old man waiting."

Yan Lingji thought for a while, and considering that she might hear something interesting, she followed Gu Xun in.

Xunzi was sitting in front of the desk just like he had seen Fu Nian before. He was wearing a sky blue robe, a red inner coat, a black belt, a high crown on his head, his beard and hair were all white, his face was thin and strong, and he looked energetic. Yiyi has the appearance of an immortal and a Taoist.

This is exactly the same as the image in the anime in Gu Xun's impression.

"Gu Xun, I have met Mr. Xun Kuang." Facing the old man, who was one of the seven sons of the pre-Qin Dynasty, Gu Xun's attitude was unexpectedly more respectful, and he greeted him politely.

Yan Lingji was a little surprised around her. This was the first time she saw Gu Xun behave like this to others. If we talk about respecting the elderly, she didn't do this last time when she saw Gui Guzi? Because Han Fei...that's not right, Guiguzi is still Wei Zhuang's master.

Unable to figure out the reason, Yan Lingji was too lazy to struggle and nodded casually along with Gu Xun as a greeting.

Gu Xun didn't say anything about Yan Lingji's casualness. He paid Xunzi three points of respect because he knew the history. Yan Lingji didn't know. As for whether Xunzi himself would mind...if he did, it wouldn't be worthy of his respect. .

Xunzi really didn't care. In the small sage village without Han Fei, he was the one who paid the least attention to the red tape of Confucianism. Besides... Yan Lingji was from Baiyue, and he would not have anything to do with the barbarians. Etiquette requires it.

"You two, please take a seat." Xunzi casually asked the guests to sit down. Although Xunzi did not smile, his expression was not harsh either, and overall he seemed quite amiable.

When Gu Xun and Gu Xun sat down, Xunzi spoke first, but he did not address Gu Xun by his official title like Fu Nian did, "Little friend Gu, do you like tea?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the tea stove beside him.

Seeing this, Gu Xun nodded and took the initiative to bring the teapot over, "Let me do it, Master Xun." Xunzi did not refuse, stroking his long beard and watching Gu Xun take away the water that had not yet been boiled. There was still a faint smile on his face.

I saw Gu Xun's free left hand gently brushing across the bottom of the teapot. The warm water that had not yet boiled suddenly emitted billowing white smoke, and there was also a gurgling sound from the pot. Then Gu Xun used this The boiling water was instantly poured into the small teapot on the table, and a light tea fragrance suddenly filled the air.

Gu Xun poured out the first brew of tea with a technique that could not be called skillful at all, made another pot, and then poured a cup of tea for Xunzi and himself.

"Huh..." Xunzi remained silent the whole time, and finally picked up the teacup and took a sip. "The taste of the blue sea and blue clouds is the weakest, but the aftertaste is long. I like it quite a lot. I don't know if little friend Gu likes it."

Then, without waiting for Gu Xun to answer, he said very bluntly, "But let's not talk about tea for now. My little friend's tea-making skills... still need to be improved."

In fact, it's not that Gu Xun's tea art needs to be improved, but that he doesn't understand it at all and is just copying a cat and imitating a tiger.

When Yan Lingji heard this, she burst into laughter, "Haha."

This was the first time she had seen an outsider trying to discredit Gu Xun like this. This old Confucian man was indeed as eccentric as rumored, and his words were straightforward.

Gu Xun grinned and could only respond with a mocking smile. Well, he shouldn't show off.

Xunzi didn't mean to dwell on Gu Xun's tea art. He smiled and changed the subject, "I don't know, how is my useless student doing in Korea?"

"Han Fei..." Hearing this, Gu Xun quickly pushed away the tea matter and replied, "I don't know much about it recently, but it seems... not bad. The position of Sikou is going smoothly."

"Really..." Xunzi's old palms stroked his gray beard again and again, his eyes a little wandering, "With his temperament, if he can go so smoothly, he still has to thank little friend Gu for his help."

"We are friends, we can't help each other." What's more, his sister and I are still a bit confused.

Xunzi smiled at this and said nothing.

His student knows that Han Fei may be witty and intelligent enough, and he is well versed in Legalist theory and is decisive. However, there are some things that he cannot decide without hesitation, which will make him have countless troubles in the Korean court. The twists and turns, if it weren't for Gu Xun's mischief in Xinzheng, Han Fei would never be so relaxed at this time.

Of course, Gu Xun's actions also laid the foundation for many disasters, but in Xunzi's view, the gains and losses were still worth it.

"So... where is Li Si?" After asking Han Fei, Xunzi of course also wanted to ask another student.

"He... I think his life is going more smoothly. The court should be like a fish in water to Mr. Li." Gu Xun said frankly without much thought.

Li Si is now highly regarded by Yingzheng, and has recently become a man of the hour in Xianyang, attracting much attention. As for the reason, it took Qin State ten years to build it. It started when Qin Wangzheng ascended the throne, and it is only about to be completed today. Zhengguo Canal is a huge water conservancy project.

(End of this chapter)