Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 138: Sharing the worries of a gentleman (seeking recommendation votes)

Clear in the afternoon.

The news that Feng Sanding would sit on Dongpo Mountain to discuss Taoism for three days tomorrow spread throughout northern Shu like wildfire, making many young people in northern Shu very excited.

When they heard the news, they packed their bags and rushed to Wugong City, fearing that they would miss the opportunity to discuss Taoism with Feng Sanding.

An hour later, the news reached Shuzhong.

The news reached southern Shu in the evening, and even the State of Ba to the east of Shu heard about it. Some young people had to rush here, hoping to catch up on the last day.

The Zhou empire was so vast that the world-famous Feng Sandu rarely came to Bashu.

If they missed this opportunity, they might never have the chance to meet again in their entire life, so some young people had to come from the State of Ba, two thousand miles away.

"It would be great if the gentleman from Sanding could come to my country of Ba to discuss the Dao."

The young man who was on his way sighed.

At noon, when Du Wang was entertaining Feng Qingyan and Zi Yaqin, he became quite excited when he heard that Feng Qingyan was going to sit and discuss philosophy with the young talents of Bashu on the Dongpo Mountain outside the city.

Not only him, but all the young people present were excited and expectant.

So Du Wang immediately ordered people to build wooden houses, bamboo houses, straw pavilions, thatched huts, etc. on the east slope, so that Feng Sanding and Gongzi Qin could live temporarily, and sit and discuss Taoism with other outstanding people.

Although Du Wang earnestly invited him to live in his mansion or in a courtyard in the city, Feng Sanding insisted on living in Dongpo.

Du Wang had no choice but to agree.

After the banquet, Du Wang and other scholars from Wugong City accompanied Feng Qingyan to tour Wugong City and introduced the customs and culture of Wugong City.

As for Zi Yaqin, he simply disdained to associate with others and sat on a cliff outside the city.

Before evening, the wooden houses, bamboo houses, etc. in the east city had already been built.

This was all thanks to Du Wang mobilizing hundreds of people.

At this time, Feng Qingyan, Du Wang and others came to the east slope and saw that many wooden houses, bamboo buildings, thatched pavilions and thatched cottages had been built in the blink of an eye. They bowed and said, "Qingyan would like to thank Brother Du here."

"Haha, Brother Feng, you're too polite. It's just a small matter."

Du Wang smiled and shook his head.

"It is an honor for our Wugong City that you can come to our Wugong City." A scholar with burning eyes said, "It's just a few wooden houses and bamboo buildings, which is nothing."

"In the future, this wooden house, bamboo building, and thatched pavilion will surely be a place where gentlemen can discuss philosophy." Another young man with burning eyes said.

"You guys are overly complimentary."

Feng Qingyan smiled, then sighed helplessly.

"Why are you sighing, sir? Have we done anything wrong?" Du Wang was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "I hope you can point it out. We will definitely correct it and will not let you down."

"What's wrong with you?"

Feng Qingyan shook his head, looked into the distance and said: "The cliffs here are like mountains, the plains are undulating, the grass and trees are misty, it is really beautiful. If I can discuss Taoism with you here tomorrow, it will definitely be a blessing and it can become a beautiful conversation. What a pity, what a pity..."

"What do you mean, sir?"

Everyone became anxious upon hearing this.

"The gentleman said at the banquet that he would sit here and discuss the Dao with us tomorrow. Is the gentleman going to break his promise?"

A scholar said anxiously.

"A man without integrity cannot stand, how could I break my promise?"

Feng Qingyan shook his head, his face still full of sighs, and he even looked a little helpless.

"Could it be that the gentleman is too disdainful to discuss the Dao with us?"

A young man said quite unhappily.

"How can I, Feng Qingyan, dare to look down on all of you heroes?"

Feng Qingyan couldn't help but laugh.

"What is it that prevents you from discussing the Dao with us tomorrow?" Du Wang said anxiously, "I hope you can point it out, and we will do it." Feng Qingyan looked at the dozens of young people around him, and when he saw that they were almost done, he said, "Yesterday, Brother Zi Ya and I got lost in the mountains. When we passed by a village, we wanted to stay overnight, but the village elders told us to leave quickly, otherwise there would be trouble."

"Brother Zi Ya and I were puzzled, so we secretly inquired and learned that the son of a ghost in Youdu saw a beautiful young lady in the village and wanted to force her to marry him. If the young lady refused, he would threaten the lives of hundreds of people in the village..."

"What? Is there such a thing?"

A young man said indignantly, seemingly unable to believe it, "Do whatever you want, do whatever you want!"

"When my brother Zi Ya and I saw this, we stayed behind secretly."

Feng Qingyan waited until everyone quieted down before continuing, "That night, the ghost uncle's son really sent ghost messengers to forcibly abduct the young lady."

"He dares!"

Some readers said angrily.

"He certainly dares."

Feng Qingyan nodded and said, "My brother Zi Ya and I were furious when we saw her, so we rescued the young lady. During the fight, we accidentally injured the ghost messenger..."

"The son of the ghost uncle is an extremely lewd and evil person. When he saw that the ghost messenger did not bring back the young lady, he was furious and personally led thousands of ghost soldiers and ghost generals to kill me and Brother Ziya, and to destroy the entire village, leaving no one alive..."

"Dare he?"

“How abominable!”

“It’s so brutal!”

On Dongpo Mountain, a group of young people were filled with righteous indignation and started cursing, not even sparing Gui Bo.

"Seeing this, Zi Yaqin and I had no choice but to take action in order to protect ourselves."

Feng Qingyan sighed, looked at the extremely angry young man and said, "Brother Zi Ya and I accidentally killed the ghost uncle's son."

"Good fight!"

"How can we allow such a cruel person to remain in this world?"

Everyone applauded.

"But he is Gui Bo's son after all, and Gui Bo has absolute power in Bashu. He threatened to kill me and Brother Zi Ya to avenge his son."

Feng Qingyan said helplessly.

"He dares?!"

"Junzi and Gongzi Qin are chivalrous and righteous, helping the weak and the poor, what's wrong with that? That ghost uncle can't distinguish right from wrong, allowing his son to do evil and harm the people. I'm afraid he is not an honest ghost uncle..."

"This is not the fault of the gentleman, but the fault of the son of the ghost uncle!"

"How can a ghost marry a living soul?"

"absurd!"

Feng Qingyan saw the crowd was in an uproar, so he stretched out his hand to calm them down and said, "That's why I'm worried. I'm afraid I won't be able to discuss the Dao with you tomorrow. No matter what, Brother Ziya and I made a mistake and killed Gui Bo's son by mistake. Even though Gui Bo killed the people, bullied the villagers, and even took the souls of the living as his wives..."

"Gentlemen, do not be afraid!"

"With us here, that ghost uncle won't hurt a single hair of a gentleman."

"If a gentleman offends Ghost Lord for the sake of benevolence and righteousness, how can we just ignore it?"

On the Dongpo, many young people were angry and cursed Gui Bo for being immoral and cruel, and threatened that if Gui Bo dared to come to Wugong City, they would destroy his soul.

"Everyone, we cannot compare to the righteousness of the gentleman. Now that the gentleman is worried, how can we turn a deaf ear to it? And watch Gui Bo do evil?"

"cannot!"

"Okay! Tonight we will sit on the Dongpo Hill and share your worries. If that ghost dares to come, we will spit on him to death and make him infamous..."

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