Dao fruit.

On the official road not far from Yuanning, a carriage drove slowly.

There were three people sitting in the car, all dressed as Confucian scholars, with different manners.

The man in the middle with his shoulders flat, holding a book and reading silently, giving people a sense of rigor, is Zhen Zhizuo.

On both sides of Zhen Zhizuo, sat two slightly younger men.

The man on the left is dressed casually, and his body is swaying with the bumps of the car. The man on the right is dressed a little loosely, with a feeling of being forward-facing, with his eyes closed, looking contemplative, as if he is thinking about a problem. forget.

The atmosphere in the entire carriage was a little dull.

Suddenly, the swaying man seemed unable to hold back any longer, and said: "Senior brother, is Qiu Sheng really that outstanding? Didn't you only meet him once?"

As soon as Zhen Zhizuo said this, before Zhen Zhizuo could answer, the man with closed eyes said slowly: "Chen Jing, when will you be able to calm down? Studying and cultivating your character, you have to calm down your heart, calm down and then be quiet, and only when you focus on other things can you learn."

That Chen Jing frowned and laughed: "Lin Jue, that's not right. The sage said that there are three precepts. Young people's blood energy is not fixed, and the abstinence is in the sex. The man's blood is vigorous, and the abstinence is fighting, and the old blood is declining, and the abstinence is in it, but he didn't say it." If you have no temperament, no thoughts, what kind of knowledge do you have to stop reading and quitting? Wouldn’t they all become old antiques? How different from stones?” [

Lin Jue opened his eyes, revealing a pair of indifferent eyes, as if without the slightest human desire. He glanced at Chen Jing and shook his head: "Uncertainty, restlessness, how can you worry, and how can you gain anything?"

Chen Jing suddenly became interested, and wanted to stand up, but stopped when he saw the roof of the car, and then said: "This is your understanding, not the sage's statement. The sage's meaning is that you can learn something and get rid of impetuousness in the end. , To realize the true meaning of life is not to force people to eliminate impetuosity. This is putting the cart before the horse, you, you, have always been like this, distorting the meaning of the scriptures, if you get the inheritance, you must not distort the world!"

"Chen Jing, don't say unnecessary words."

At this moment, Zhen Zhizuo interrupted suddenly, glanced at Lin Jue, and said calmly: "Junior brother, don't fall into Chen Jing's scheme, he can't settle down, he's just talking about it, that's why he provokes you to discuss with him."

"Brother, don't worry, I know it well." Lin Jue heard this and closed his eyes again.

"Fun, fun, brother, why bother to tell the truth, alas." Chen Jing saw this.Sighing, showing regret, then pretending not to care and asking, "That's right. I haven't said how that Qiu Yan got into your eyes."

Zhen Zhizuo glanced at him and said: "When you get to the place, you can talk to him and you will know. Why do I have to repeat it? If you can't bear the journey, you might as well read a book quietly. You are so active. No matter how smart you are, it is inevitable been criticized."

Chen Jing said with a smile: "Even the teacher said that 'the end of movement and stillness is the beginning of yin and yang'. The movement of the sun and the moon, the exchange of cold and heat, and the change of rigidity and softness are all movements and stillness. This is the law of heaven. Human desires are just as reasonable. force?"

Zhen Zhizuo shook his head, ignored Chen Jing, and looked down at the book.

When he went to Yuanning again this time, he wanted to use a small gift to welcome Qiu Yan to the door. Although the small gift has a small character, it is not impossible to show it. It will take a big battle, but it will be held in the academy. It still has to be handed over to the disciples of the academy, and the disciples of the disciples of Mr. Chen, big and small, have to greet them in person.

However, because of Mr. He, several students who stayed in the academy were recruited out. After some selection, Zhen Zhizuo found two people around him.

Lin Jue was Mr. Da Chen's disciple, but he was too rigid and unsmiling, so people didn't like it. Of course, it was not his fault to welcome Mr. He, and he was finally arrested by Zhen Zhizuo.

As for Chen Jing, like Zhen Zhizuo, he is a disciple of little Chen Xiaosheng, but his behavior is escaping, he is determined, he is not liked by his husband, and he is faintly isolated by others, so he can be pulled by Zhen Zhizuo.

Zhen Zhizuo also had some considerations in choosing these two people. The students who welcome the new students are not just a ceremony, they also have to talk on the way. At this time, some astute and knowledgeable disciples are needed to show the advantages of the academy.

Although Lin Jue is old-fashioned, he has profound knowledge. Although Chen Jing is out-of-the-box, he is quick-witted and extremely intelligent. [

On the subsequent road, Chen Jing also found it difficult to calm down and made movements from time to time, but the other two didn't seem to see or feel it.

About half an hour later, the car suddenly shook, then stopped, and then the coachman's voice came in through the car board: "Three gentlemen, something happened ahead, it may take a while to pass. "

"What happened?" Chen Jing jumped up immediately, and ran out without waiting for the other party's answer. The goal was a city wall. There were several carriages parked in front of the city gate, surrounded by many people. The most central place was A well-known official man was talking to an old man.

The crowd scattered in twos and threes on the road in front of the door, blocking the road, so it was difficult to move forward.

Chen Jing looked up, his eyes fell on the top of the city gate, and he saw the word "Yuanning".

"Isn't it here? Why are there so many people suddenly in front of the city gate? It's blocking the way." Wei Wei complained, but Chen Jing's face was dissatisfied, showing excitement instead.

At this time, a voice came from the carriage behind him——

"Huh? The old man is Zhao Bingcheng from Quanyou Academy!" There was a hint of surprise and urgency in these words.

"I didn't expect that Shuxue was so caring, it was actually Zhao Bingcheng who came out in person." Saying that, Zhen Zhizuo got out of the car.

"That person is Zhao Bingcheng from Shu School?" Chen Jing sized up the old man in the crowd curiously, and sensed a literary spirit from a distance. He settled down a bit, and then thought of something, "Is this person here to invite Qiu?" Said to enter Quanyou Academy?"

After saying this, he chuckled: "Wonderful, because Qiu Yan is a humble scholar, that Zhang Huazhang didn't take it seriously, he blocked it and didn't send any manpower, while Quanyou Academy even the old Confucians in the school went out to greet him in person. , High and low judgement, this Qiu Yan can attract Mr. Zhao's welcome, I guess he is really talented, but his reputation is not as good as that of He Shuchang."

Suddenly, another voice came from the car——

"Then Zhao Bingcheng has not been able to fulfill his wish."

"Why do you know that?" Chen Jing turned his head and looked back, frowning, Lin Jue didn't get out of the carriage, how did he make a judgment?

Ke Linjue didn't answer.

Zhen Zhizuo didn't ask too many questions, but said: "In any case, I still have to go to the city to have a look. In addition, although Zhao Bingcheng's inheritance is different from ours, and there are disputes among schools, but those who have mastered it come first, so they should go to see the ceremony." He led Chen Jing and Lin Jue over.

When Zhao Bingcheng saw the three of them, his complexion changed continuously. After saying a few words to each other, he said goodbye to each other.

"Sure enough, Zhao Bingcheng's complexion changed just now, and he was frowning. He really didn't get what he wanted..." Chen Jing said, and gave Lin Jue a weird look.

Afterwards, he shook his head and guessed: "I understand, since Qiu Yan has received Lizong's door invitation, of course he will not go to the declining Quanyou Academy, so even though Zhao Bingcheng came to the door in person, he still did not have any problems." Promise, after all, I, Lizong, are now famous all over the world, and I am the leader of Confucianism..."

Chen Jing spoke confidently, but this confidence disappeared when he arrived at Liu's residence and saw the letter Liu Yue handed over.

"Going out to study?"

Zhen Zhizuo looked at the letter in his hand in astonishment, and frowned.

Hearing this, Lin Jue, who was following silently, moved in his eyes, and a light flashed, but it disappeared immediately. Not long after, Zhang Yu and Liu Fang got the news and ran over in a hurry.

As soon as the two arrived, they first praised Li Zong, and said that they had studied Mr. Chen's works for a few days and had gained a little. It was not until Zhen Zhizuo stopped them that they said a little uneasy: "Young master Zhen, we don't blame us for this matter." These days, the two of us have been by Qiu Yan's side, but it's not convenient for him to follow him when he goes home to sweep the grave. Who would have thought that when he came back, another Xingtan disciple would pop up and warn the two of us, even more... ..."

Zhen Zhizuo interrupted the two of them suddenly, his face showing shock: "Wait, what are you talking about? A Xingtan sect?"

Not only was he surprised, even Chen Jing and Lin Jue also showed strange expressions.

"That's right, a disciple of Xingtan called Ji Zheng came and said he wanted to invite Qiu Yan to participate in some Xingtan discussion. He also warned us and advised us to go back to study..."

They still couldn't finish their words. This time it was Chen Jing who interrupted him, and he exclaimed in a low voice: "Xingtan Discussion? Good guy, who is this Qiu Yan? What background? Someone invited him to Xingtan Discussion? If this is the time of discussion, if you can enjoy the scholarly forest, there is really no need to join our Lizong."

"Did you hear wrong?" Zhen Zhizuo frowned and asked in a deep voice.

The complexions of Zhang Yu and Liu Frame changed drastically, they waved their hands again and again, and said like a cannonball: "No, no, I will wait to confirm, so that I can report to you, son, and write it down."

"Could it be true?" Zhen Zhizuo frowned more and more, "There is no sage hall, no sage paper, how can we talk about it? After all, he is going to enter the first academy, but I don't know which school Qiu Yan went to , could it be all the way to the east, directly to Qilu? Impossible, he will try again next year..."

Zhang Yu took advantage of the situation and said: "I don't know which academy Qiu Yan is going to, but I probably know where he is going. Go to Dongdu."

"Dongdu?" Zhen Zhizuo was taken aback when he heard that.

At this time, Lin Jue suddenly said: "If you want to recruit Qiu Yan, you might as well ask these two people to go to Zhang's mansion to inquire again. However, the discussion on the apricot forum is no small matter, and Qiu Yan has talent. If you write corresponding articles, it will only increase your laughter. I think After reading his articles and life, his literary heart is not obvious, his experience is not rich, and he seems to know too much about folk affairs, I am afraid that it will be difficult to impress the sages."

"Alright, let's go find out again." Zhen Zhizuo nodded.

However, Chen Jing laughed: "This Qiu Yan is really good at acting, which has left Quanyou Academy and us all in vain. I don't know what reason is hidden in his actions."

………………

At the same time, Qiu Yan, who was going north, came to a small town, and there was a disturbance in the town, and many people surrounded the town, among them was an old woman, who was sitting on the ground and crying bitterly.

"My lord, the town is not peaceful, let's take a detour." Hu Qi and Dai Guo have traveled the rivers and lakes for many years, and persuaded them when they saw this, but Qiu Yan shook his head, got off his horse and moved forward.

"This trip is just to gain knowledge, how can I bypass it?"

While Qiu Yan was talking, he was thinking of another matter——

"In this town, the power of fire is so strong!" (To be continued...)

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