Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 23 Young Master
morning.

Zhou Chang and other students held the sacrifice with great anticipation, but unfortunately it failed.

This made Liu Ling and others, who were originally a little worried, instantly relax and they couldn't help laughing.

"What if I let you offer sacrifice first?"

Liu Ling said to Zhou Chang and the others with a proud look on his face: "It seems that you have not been favored by the Mountain Burial God."

The students on Zhou Chang's side were dejected.

"Humph, you haven't won yet." A student retorted, "I don't think you can win either. How can the mountain god show up so easily?
"ignorance."

Liu Ling said with some contempt, "Please remember to move to the valley at the beginning of the hour of Wei to witness the meeting between Gongzi Shan and the Mountain Burial God. Bye."

Because the mountain temples built by the two groups were not in the same place, and they needed to be witnessed by both parties, they could only offer sacrifices one after the other. Helian Shan considered himself a disciple of the aristocratic family, so he gave up the morning sacrifice to the disciples of the aristocratic family. Although Liu Ling and others were somewhat dissatisfied, they did not say anything in the end.

When Liu Ling turned around, a student suddenly stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, Brother Liu, is Gongzi Shan a member of the Helian clan of Shanggu County?"

"if not?"

Liu Ling turned around and said with a smile.

At this time, some students couldn't help but gasp, some looked at Liu Ling in shock, and then another student asked: "Is Gongzi Shan a junior of the Grand Marshal?"

Liu Ling nodded and left. He was disdainful of communicating with the nobles and the poor disciples.

Since the collapse of rituals and music in the Zhou Dynasty, although the title of "gongzi" has become somewhat overused, not everyone is qualified to be called a gongzi, otherwise they will be laughed at.

Only the children of princes or great scholars are qualified to be called princes.

But now even some powerful noble families, the grandchildren of princes or great scholars, as well as some young talents famous throughout the world, are respectfully addressed as "Young Master".

Helian Shan is the grandson of the Confucian Grand Chancellor, so he should be called Gongsun Shan. If Helian Shan's father had a great Confucian, it would be nice to call him Gongzi, but there is no such thing...

So it's a bit overblown.

But even so, not everyone is qualified to be called a young master.

When some students heard that Helian Shan was the grandson of the world-famous Grand Chancellor, they couldn't help but back off. But when they thought that it was just a bet and they were not going against Gongzi Shan, they relaxed.

"I didn't expect that Gongzi Shan is actually the junior of Da Sikong. We should go and pay him a visit." A disciple from a poor family said this, which attracted the agreement of some other students.

"Yes, the Grand Marshal has traveled thousands of miles to build an academy for us, and we should be grateful." Another student said.

"We are not yet disciples of the academy." Some students couldn't help but say.

Zhou Chang couldn't help but purse his lips. He didn't expect that just a Gongsun could shock most of the students. Of course, it is also possible that the students respect the Grand Marshal. The Grand Marshal is not only a world-famous Confucian scholar, but also one of the Nine Ministers of Confucianism, with an extremely high status.

The Grand Marshal was in charge of the Winter Office among the six Confucian government departments.

He was in charge of the system of civil engineering, the use of tools, the method of dredging canals and dams, and the rules of mausoleums. He was in charge of all Confucian civil engineering, water conservancy projects, machine manufacturing projects, mining, textiles and other industries, and was in charge of some currencies and unified weights and measures...

He also built numerous academies for scholars all over the world.

It can be said that the merits are as great as a mountain.

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The time has not come yet.

Feng Qingyan, Zhou Chang and other students headed for the valley.

Although Zhou Chang and other students were unwilling to accept defeat, they had tried every possible means but still could not get the mountain god to appear and meet them. They had already run out of ideas and were helpless at this point.

Soon they arrived at the valley, and Helian Shan and others had just arrived.

"Chen Yan has met Gongzi Shan."

"Yan Fei has met Gongzi Shan."

At this time, many students ran up to salute Helian Shan, and Helian Shan did not show any airs at all, and returned the salutes to everyone one by one.

After Zhou Chang and Helian exchanged greetings, the sacrifice began.

The sacrifice held by Helianshan was much more formal than that held by Zhouchang, and was completely in accordance with the specifications of the sacrifice to the earth. Unfortunately, the mountain god was not buried in the mountain temple, which made Liu Ling, Bian Xing and others extremely shocked and even a little unbelieving.

How could this be?
No one said anything and continued to wait.

But after a long time of silence, the crowd gradually became agitated, especially the students who had been bullied by Liu Ling before, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"You look so confident, but the result is the same as ours, haha."

"I've already said that you may not succeed."

At this time, Liu Ling, Zhu Yan and others were a little anxious. With so many students witnessing, the young master actually failed. It was really embarrassing for the young master. Moreover, how could he fail? Wasn't the mountain god happy to accept the moonlight sent by the young master?
Although Bian Xing did not show it on the surface, he was extremely anxious and could not help but call out softly, "Young Master."

Helian Shan remained calm. He stepped forward, saluted and said, "Shan, please ask the mountain god to appear and meet the students." Everyone looked at him nervously.

Some people hope that the mountain-burial god will show up, while others do not.

The students on Zhou Chang's side were relieved to see that the Mountain Burial God had not appeared for a long time.

There is no winner or loser this time, which may be the best outcome.

"Please ask the Mountain Burial God to show up."

At this time, Liu Ling, Zhu Yan, Bian Xing and other students from aristocratic families all performed rituals to ask the mountain god to appear, but unfortunately things did not go as planned.

More than half an hour has passed since the sacrifice.

"Yangzhi, how about this bet without a winner or loser?" Zhou Chang took the initiative to walk up and said, trying to save face for Helian Shan.

Helian Shan sighed inwardly. Although the Mountain Burial God did not show up, he did not mean to blame him. It seemed that he had no choice but to take it slow. After a moment of silence, he turned around and said, "This is the only way."

"I am not able to overestimate my own abilities, and I am sorry to see you all laugh at me."

He bowed slightly to everyone. Although he failed to suppress the nobles, he could not lose the demeanor of a disciple of an aristocratic family.

Some poor disciples were highly praised when they saw it.

However, Liu Ling, Bian Xing and others felt deeply guilty. It was because they did not share the worries of the young master that he failed. They all bowed and said, "Please blame me, young master."

"What does this have to do with you?" Helian Shan shook his head.

When Feng Qingyan saw this, he couldn't help but look at Helian Shan differently. Although Helian Shan was a little younger, his every word and action showed the style of an aristocratic family.

He is worthy of being a disciple of an aristocratic family.

If it weren't for the Twenty Knife Snow Flower Xuan, Feng Qingyan would have wanted everyone to end it peacefully, but for the Twenty Knife Snow Flower Xuan, he had to stand up.

"Everyone, the time has not yet come. It's too early to say it's over now." Feng Qingyan hesitated for a moment and then stood up and said, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

"Brother Feng, do you have a solution?" a student asked happily.

Many students felt that it was a pity to end it like this, and they were looking forward to it. If Brother Feng could find a way to make the Mountain Burial God appear, not only would he get twenty Snow Flower Xuans, but he could also slap the faces of the disciples of the aristocratic families...

Although the aristocratic style of Helian Shan made them feel inferior, they felt even more unhappy in their hearts.

"Who are you?!"

Liu Ling's face was somewhat gloomy, and he shouted: "You are just a commoner, what qualifications do you have to talk to the young master? This is not a place for you to talk, get out!"

"Ling, don't be rude." Helian Shan shouted, and then he looked Feng Qingyan up and down, frowned and said: "Please forgive me, brother, Ling, I have no other intentions."

"Why forgive me?"

Feng Qingyan frowned and looked at Liu Ling coldly.

"This is my good friend Brother Feng." Zhou Chang's face also darkened. "How can you, Liu Ling, humiliate him? Humph! A disciple of a noble family, you speak so rudely, do you know how to be polite, righteous, honest and shameless? Do you know how to be gentle, kind, respectful and modest? Do you know how to be filial, brotherly and loyal?"

Liu Ling's face suddenly turned red and he looked at Zhou Chang angrily.

There was tension on both sides.

"Brother Zhou, you are too harsh." Helian Shan frowned and said, "Ling, I didn't mean any harm. I just spoke my mind at the time."

"I am also a person who speaks frankly and means what I think." Zhou Chang sneered.

Helian Shan's expression changed slightly.

"Can you cover up your mistakes with a simple statement that you didn't mean anything and that you speak your mind? Can you just let it go? If someone scolds and insults you so rudely, can you just let it go?" Feng Qingyan glanced at Liu Ling coldly and questioned Helian Shan, "If you say so, I, Feng, will pretend that this incident never happened and turn around and leave."

Helian's expression changed involuntarily.

"You once said, how do you repay kindness, and how do you repay grievances?" Feng Qingyan asked again, "You want me to get over this, but you want me to repay grievances with kindness? Are you asking me to go the other way?"

The expressions of Helian Shan and others suddenly changed. Wouldn't going against the trend mean that people would turn away from the holy path?
"Brother Feng, you can't say this casually."

Helian Shan quickly clarified that if this word got out, it would really be a taboo. "How could we let you repay evil with kindness? How could we let you go against the grain?"

"You also know that you shouldn't talk nonsense?"

Feng Qingyan snorted coldly, then turned to Zhou Chang and said, "Brother Zhou, I would like to ask the Mountain God to show up." He no longer felt that he should give face to Helian Shan.

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

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PS: Thank you for the reward from “His Majesty the North Star of All Heavens”!

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