Chapter 128: A glass of wine in the spring breeze of peach and plum
A rural school, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with gurgling streams nearby, water surging when it meets rocks, and green calamus bushes.
Chen Pingan, whose real body is located, is lying on a wicker chair, holding a cattail leaf fan in his hand, closing his eyes and meditating.
The road ends with clouds in the daytime, and the stream grows in spring and blue nights.
Zhao stopped walking under the tree and sat on a bamboo chair under the eaves.
Zhao glanced at the master who was lying down shaking the cattail leaf fan under the tree, and remembered Mr. Zhu's words for no reason. Yang and longevity vary, and they are not only in heaven. If you cultivate your moral character, you can live forever.
Chen Ping'an still closed his eyes and said: "If you want to laugh, you can laugh. You don't have to hold it back. But I have agreed in advance that today's events will not be spread to the other side of Luolu Mountain, especially Xiaomi Li."
Zhao Shuxia nodded with a smile on his face, but he didn't laugh out loud, which saved some face for his master.
The more I think about it, the more interesting it becomes. After all, this kind of thing happened to Master. No matter how honest and honest Zhao Shuxia is, he still can't help but want to laugh.
It turns out that during the day, there was a mother in the school who was a young girl. She looked like a shrewish woman. When she got here, she stood at the door and started to scream, asking her children to go home with her and stop studying here.
When the master asked about the reason, the woman just ignored her and just called her child's nickname. Meng Tong stood up timidly, as if he was ashamed and aggrieved.
The woman took the child's arm and asked the master to pay for it on the spot and return the money. In fact, the tuition fee was less than the "market price" and much lower than the next village.
The master was not angry, nor did he say anything to the woman. He just wanted to say a few words to the child.
As a result, the woman was irritated, and she started to push her. The master just raised his hand to stop her, and the woman started to act recklessly and shouted directly at the master's face.
Recalling what happened during the day, Chen Ping'an couldn't help laughing a little, "Maybe this is the gentle sweeping mentioned in the book."
Zhao Shuxia asked curiously: "Master, is using ten strips of bacon as a bundle of cultivators really the entrance ceremony for becoming a disciple prescribed by the Holy Master himself?"
The implication is, of course, does a saint need money to teach?
Chen Pingan smiled and nodded, "It's absolutely true."
Zhao Shuxia endured it, but still couldn't help asking: "Master, why did you let that woman take the child away?"
Chen Pingan opened his eyes, thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Since we can't stop it, what can we do? We can't fight each other. It's not about boxing. Whoever wins the fight has the final say."
Zhao Shuxia smiled from ear to ear.
In the end, the child became the first Mengtong boy to drop out of the village school.
The school had just opened a few days ago, so it would be an understatement to say it was a bad start.
I heard that the talkative woman who likes to chew her tongue has recently been throwing dirty water on the school and the master, making false accusations and daring to say any unpleasant things.
Although Chen Pingan here has deliberately put away all realms, magical powers and atmosphere, he is no different from ordinary people. Therefore, Chen Pingan did not hear the several times Zhaoxia said hello before, and that time the Fengxue Temple girl
Xiu Yu Huiting, she came here by chance, mistakenly thought that Chen Pingan was pretending to sleep on the wicker chair, and deliberately ignored her. She really wrongly blamed Chen Yinguan. But even so, even if Chen Pingan just glared at that time, he would probably be able to scare the person who came to the door.
What a careless country woman.
It's interesting, it's funny, it's funny, Zhao Shuxia still sighed, after all, he was fighting for his master. What a blessing it is to be able to study and work with him? I heard that many Confucian academies now hope that master will give lectures. Master
They all declined.
Chen Ping'an lightly shook his cattail leaf fan and laughed to himself, "I remember the first time I met Wei Xian back then. It was at a place called Hu'er Town on the border of Daquan. In the inn, we, the founding emperor of Nanyuan Kingdom, had a keen eye.
Duju, who just met me, remember Wei Hailiang's second sentence, which was "The master is very domineering". Ha, what do you think? In addition to being a good drinker, Wei Xian is also a good judge of people.
His vision is even more outstanding, both Lu Baixiang and Sui Youyou are far inferior to Wei Xian."
After all, Zhao Shuxia is not senior sister Pei Qian, let alone junior senior brother Cui Dongshan, so he cannot accept such words.
There was a moment of silence, and then Chen Pingan said two sentences without any reason.
"Know that there is nothing you can do about it, and be content with it as if it were your fate."
"The moonlight and wind finally shine down."
Zhao Shuxia didn't know what was going on, but he noticed that tonight's master seemed a little... relieved, especially relaxed?
Chen Pingan chuckled softly and said: "You can send that letter to Luopo Mountain. Remember to choose a secluded landscape and walk along the way. On the way, you can experience the unusual physique of a martial artist in the Five Realms. When you get to Luopo Mountain, you don't have to rush back. Let's
The old cook will help feed the fist, and the place will be on the second floor of the bamboo building. After recovering from the injury, if you feel that the punch is satisfying, you can take a few more beatings. It is best to secretly learn a few more stances from Zhu Lian.
Guys like to hide their secrets. I guess there are a lot of secret skills that I have never had a chance to show off. You are also a swordsman, and Zhu Lian can also do swordsmanship. When you get to the second floor, you can shamelessly ask him to shake his hands. If you can in Zhulou
, it’s okay to hit the six realms by the way. Don’t worry about my food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Worrying about this kind of thing is better than worrying about being a bachelor when you are old enough. "
Zhao Shuxia was at the school. He had just advanced from the fourth realm of martial arts to the fifth realm. Because they were all within the body refining realm, it was not as difficult to break through as the third to fourth realms and the sixth to seventh realms.
Just now, the Taoist priest Wu Di was in the courtyard of the back alley in Yongjia County, asking Lu Chen about textual research. How did Zhu Lian's swordsmanship compare to Sui Youyou?
Lu Chen smiled playfully and only answered with two words, not low.
As for whether it was just higher or not lower than Sui Youyou, or in the eyes of his master Lu, Zhu Lian's swordsmanship was worthy of the word "not lower", Lu Chen did not want to elaborate at that time.
You must know that Lu Chen once wrote a chapter about swords. In addition, in Baiyu Jingyushu City, he borrowed a piece of land from the city lords Guo Xie and Shao Xiang to build a private study room, which he named "Guanqian Sword Studio".
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The two chief and deputy city lords are both Taoist great swordsmen among the Baiyujing Taoist officials.
Zhu Lian once let slip that the first time he traveled around the world was with a sword. Chen Ping would kill him for not believing that Zhu Lian was not proficient in swordsmanship.
Of the four people in the Ouhua Blessed Land Picture Scroll, to this day, it seems that only Zhu Lian has not accepted a direct disciple. It must be known that Zhu Lian is already a martial artist at the end of his life. Regardless of his early conversion to Taoism, Sui Youyou, who wants to be a female swordsman, is training in martial arts.
Wei Xian and Lu Baixiang, who have contributed more together, are now in the far-flung realm, as is fellow countryman Zhong Qiu, but Zhu Lian, who has been in Luopo Mountain for so many years, is more interested in replacing the young mountain master as a housekeeper.
On top of taking care of general affairs, Chen Ping'an was busy with everything and only had time to learn martial arts. Chen Ping'an didn't know what he was thinking. That's why the two sides met in the capital of Nanyuan for a boxing match. They chose a snowy day.
Don't spare any effort, just practice boxing vigorously and compete.
According to the years of "learning martial arts", you are a decade older than me, Chen Ping'an, and I am one level higher than you, Zhu Lian, in martial arts. This means that everyone should rely on their ability. When the time comes, whoever gets beaten down, don't blame anyone.
Zhao Shuxia nodded and agreed.
Indeed, in the thirty years since Master first left home, he spent almost most of his time traveling far away and in foreign lands, and it was not his turn to take care of Master's daily life.
I remember Zhu Lian once said that when we cannot be responsible for ourselves, it is difficult to be qualified to be responsible for others.
As for the impromptu letter delivery, it turned out that Chen Pingan had just written a letter during the day. He originally planned to ask Chen Lingjun to take it to Luopo Mountain and send it to Qingping Sword Sect the next time he came here for a stroll. The recipient of the letter was Cao Qinglang.
In the letter, Chen Ping'an suggested that this proud student, who was pleasing to his eyes no matter how he looked at it, should take the time to go to Tianmu Academy and listen to the lectures of deputy director Wen Yu while he was busy with the construction of Dadu.
Chen Pingan never hid these things, as well as some selfish motives, from Zhao Shuxia.
Zhao Shuxia asked curiously: "Master, it seems that you respect Chief Wen of Tianmu Academy very much?"
Chen Pingan thought for a moment, carefully weighed his words, and said slowly: "How should I put it? Wen Yu is very close to what I have in mind... the image of a scholar in an ideal state. He has a strong character and a kind of scholar who is naturally better than me."
He is energetic and energetic, but at the same time very pragmatic, ambitious, thoughtful, and prudent in doing things, and he always has a strong compassion for the weak. Therefore, in my opinion, Wen Yu deserves to be called "Pure Pure Confucianism"
' of praise."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "As my husband said, 'A gentleman is a gentleman if he is determined and practical.' Wen Yu is such a gentleman."
Perhaps he was infected by the atmosphere brought about by his master's change of mood. Zhao Shuxia rarely joked: "How does Master Wen compare with Mr. Liu of Taihui Sword Sect?"
Chen Ping'an laughed dumbly, and lightly flapped his cattail leaf fan with a leisurely expression, squinting his eyes and smiling, "It's not quite the same. I feel more at ease when I get along with Liu Jiuxian, but I feel more reserved when I get along with Mr. Wen Shanchang."
Zhao Shuxia was a little shocked. The master had never seen any big storms, but he still felt cautious when getting along with others?
Although Zhao Shuxia does not belong to any mountain in Luopo Mountain, the atmosphere of Luopo Mountain is there. Everyone is more arrogant in their words. A lot of news is exchanged with each other, just like no one is a marginal figure. So he knows it very well.
, Master often goes on a long trip and returns to Luopo Mountain, as if he carries a basket of stories with him. After returning to his hometown, no matter what magnificent things he encounters, whether he has experienced them personally or watched them from the sidelines, he rarely mentions them to anyone repeatedly.
A certain person just said that the master opened a school here to teach, and he mentioned Wen Yu many times under the Zhao tree.
The first time Chen Pingan met Yu was on his family's Feng Yuan ferry. Although it was their first meeting and the two parties didn't talk much, Chen Pingan made no secret of his admiration for this gentleman from the academy under the Zhao tree.
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For example, Wen Yu had an idea and planned to use a certain mountain sect as an example. The first condition was that the number of people in the ancestral hall must be an odd number. Before that, there would be a smaller-scale internal discussion to judge certain important decisions.
Whether it needs to be put on the agenda. The number of people is also an odd number, ensuring that there will not be a situation where the number of people with positive and negative opinions is the same. In this way, any resolution on the table, yes or no, can be passed quickly. Regardless of whether it is vaguely divided into "
"Big and small", there are two council halls inside and outside. If you always hold dissent, you can clearly request that your negative opinions be recorded in a book and kept for record for future "auditing" and verification. At the same time, a similar
The role of "historian" has responsibilities similar to those of daily life.
Chen Ping'an extended his fingers together and gently raised them in circles, "Wen Yu said, the whole world is showing an upward spiral. The lines are like sheep's horns, all going upwards. It doesn't just rely on some strong people.
Taking the lead in paving the way requires a stable yet flexible system. He thought that the quality of the world cannot always depend on the decisions of a small group of people. There needs to be a way for more people to take responsibility for themselves. During this period
, we can correct mistakes at any time. We are not afraid of making mistakes, but we are afraid of procrastination. We use the appearance of inaction to cover up neglect of government. We should make every mistake and correction become a small step on the rise of the world. Over time, we will build a road.
People can
Go. In this way, just like the academy provides a well-documented manuscript and template for the secular world, and then the more joint resolutions are passed, the more cases can be read from scratch, and the more problems are discovered and corrected.
If you correct the calligraphy, the original copy will become more and more rare, and eventually the world will be stable, but in this process, there will definitely be some mistakes.
Chen Pingan sighed softly, "It takes ten years to grow trees and one hundred years to cultivate people. There is a long way to go."
Zhao Shuxia blushed and said, "Master, by telling me this, are you playing the piano to a cow?"
Chen Pingan smiled and asked: "Do you feel annoyed?"
Zhao Shuxia shook his head and said: "Of course not."
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "When we know more 'whys' one by one, it will make us more patient and normal. If a person can be calm, he has succeeded in cultivating his mind. When encountering things in the future, it will not be easy for him to deal with them.
People speak angrily and harshly."
The knowledge of the three religions and hundreds of schools of thought seems to all focus on the word "heart", and they work hard, even to the extreme.
Zhao Shuxia has a deep understanding of this.
The first floor of Luoluo Shanzhu Building is both a residence and a study room. As one of the avatars, Chen Ping'an in green shirt is reading at night, flipping through a book repeatedly. The content is a summary of the last chat with Wen Yu. There are other books on hand
The eight volumes vary in thickness and have different contents. They include geographical records like a travelogue of mountains and rivers, excerpts of Buddhist precepts and Taoist classics, and Zhuzhici's personnel and experiences in Yushan, etc., and are compiled into books one by one.
If the talisman paper clones attached to the seven-manifested, two-hidden and nine-grained minds are regarded as jointly compiling a book, then Chen Ping'an, who stayed in Luopo Mountain and never moved away, is a bit similar to the chief editor or chief compiler.
This Chen Ping'an walked out of the house, hung up a sword charm, and headed for Huaihuang County against the wind.
According to the resolution of the Confucian Temple at the last meeting, in the future, all ministers of the Ministry of Rites in various countries must be disciples of the Seventy-Two Academy. In Wen Yu's view, scholars who become officials must not only have solid knowledge of personal cultivation, but also need to be proficient in the law.
Laws and calculations have pragmatic skills in managing the world and benefiting the people. They must be sincere and honest, constantly enrich their knowledge, and be good at solving problems, or at least understand the operating principles of specific money, food, litigation and other matters. At that time, Wen Yu and
Chen Pingan gave an example. When officials from the Ministry of Rites and Household Affairs quarrel in court, one cannot only talk about etiquette and morals, while the other only talks about his own money bag. This is a chicken-and-duck argument.
Since the students who enter the academies are well-deserved seeds of learning in various countries, the academies must take on the responsibility of cultivating the seeds. The academies must focus on studying more than a dozen issues, open up channels of speech, and allow Confucian scholars to participate in policy discussions, such as how to be a king in the true sense.
Governing from the ground up, the academy strives to make these unresolved issues or issues with relatively vague answers so that the Confucian scholars in the academy can understand them all as soon as they enter the academy, instead of just reading their own books and immersing themselves in their own knowledge in the academy. The family law of a country's ancestors
, even the Confucian etiquette of the Confucian Temple, whether it is unchangeable or can be modified, whether there is the possibility of perfection, and how to improve it, were all explained clearly during the period of studying in the academy, so that everyone can understand it.
There are many, even if everyone still has the answer, let's seek common ground while reserving differences for the time being, leaving it to the students to leave the academy, in the family, in the court, and the specific personnel they will encounter in the future to support or overturn their earliest views... To talk about any truth,
There must be a series of rigorous inference processes, and any point of view must be supported by sufficient reason. Wen Yu said that for all scholars, reasoning is like writing a book. The argument is just the title and preface of the book, and the argument is the bibliography and the main text.
Step by step, every link can withstand scrutiny.
Establishing aspiration is emotional, romantic, and can be lofty and lofty. Doing things at hand is rational, must be sequential, and pay attention to clear context.
In addition, Wen Yu also said that he planned to take the lead of the academy and cooperate with the courts of various countries to compile a general medicinal book in an official capacity, and also to enhance the status of hundreds of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.
He also wanted to compile the famous reforms in Haoran's history, regardless of success or failure, as well as the evaluations and different opinions of later generations, into a book for reference by future generations of scholars.
This coincides with many of Chen Pingan’s views.
And it is obvious that Wen Yu thinks more deeply and takes careful steps than Chen Ping'an.
Perhaps this is what is called falling in love at first sight and becoming close friends instantly.
In addition to being a Confucian gentleman who serves as deputy mountain chief, Wen Yu is actually a genuine swordsman.
Just like the genealogy monks in Qingming World, of course they are all Taoist priests at their core.
But this does not prevent them from each having their own path of cultivation and having additional identities. For example, Xuanduguan is a lineage of Taoist Sword Immortals, and Difei Mountain Huayang Palace also has a side branch that is a sword cultivator.
Wen Yu had previously joked with his friend Wang Zai who was visiting his study, saying that if he went to the Great Wall of Sword Qi, he would definitely be able to enter the Summer Palace.
This is not Wen Yu's words that deliberately belittle his friends and elevate himself.
This Chen Pingan quietly came to the main street of the town. The restaurant where Aunt Feng was the manager behind the scenes was still brightly lit and noisy at this time.
Walking all the way to the Mud Bottle Alley, Chen Ping'an stopped at the entrance of the alley for a moment, then walked slowly in the alley, and walked to the door next to his ancestral house. Facing the house that seemed to have been abandoned as long as he could remember, he walked to the left hand side of the alley.
Glancing somewhere, Chen Pingan crouched down with his hands in his sleeves, as if there was a still young child rolling on the ground. Then he glanced to the right, and saw a Rouge buried underneath the dirt outside his ancestral home.
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Just like the question asked by "Taoist Wu Di" and Lu Chen, the world's affairs are all complicated. Are they man-made or determined by nature?
If everything is determined by God, it would be an unchangeable fate. But if not, then there will inevitably be many coincidences in life, and the gains and losses are up to you.
Judging from Lu Chen's tone, it seems that the majority of them are the latter.
Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment and followed Lu Chen's example before climbing over the wall and entering. Behind him was the courtyard door. After taking a few steps, he wanted to open the door of the house in front of him and go inside to see if there were any clues. But he just stretched out his hand.
, he stopped, thought about it or gave up, held the wall with one hand and turned over again to enter his house, took out the key and opened the door, sat at the table, took out the fire folder from his sleeve, and lit an oil lamp.
This "Chen Ping'an" was actually the scholar he once thought of as a scholar. He studied and studied when he was young. After leaving school, after working hard to make a living, he had his own study when he was older.
This was probably the kind of life that his parents hoped for for Chen Ping'an, a life of peace and security, no worries about food and clothing, and a family and career.
There are some simple truths. Parents don’t need to nag their children over and over again. Be kind to others and be polite. Don’t be a mute when you meet your elders on the road. Call them. Be an honest person and do your duty...
Because what parents and elders do, children can always see it clearly. Perhaps this is real tutoring.
Over at the village school, Zhao Shuxia asked: "Master, why do you deliberately act like... an ordinary person?"
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Opening a teaching school at the foot of the mountain is to teach and educate people. What can you do with the magical powers and techniques on the mountain?"
Zhao was speechless under the tree.
Chen Pingan sat up and murmured: "Teaching and educating people cannot be separated."
If one day schools are all about teaching, and the parents, elders, and teachers who send their children to schools all think so, there will be problems.
Chen Pingan was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "I also have selfish motives and want to learn from Mr. Qi."
After hearing what the master said and what he said in his heart, Zhao Shuxia understood it immediately.
It seems that Master has always called the young senior brother of the Literary Saint lineage "Mr. Qi" instead of "Senior Brother Qi". It was the case before, it is still the case now, and it may be the case in the future.
Chen Ping'an suddenly smiled and said: "Under the tree, you may have a junior brother soon. He is fourteen years old, and his surname is Ning Ji. For the time being, it is just a possibility, but it cannot be said that it will definitely be the case, because before this, Ning Ji also had a disciple.
The master's process is between Lu Chen and me. Let him calm down and think about it for a few more days before making a decision."
Zhao Shuxia mistakenly thought that he had heard something wrong, "Who?"
Chen Ping'an said: "You heard it right, it's Lu Chen."
Previously in Yongjia County, Chen Ping'an explained to the young man in detail the weight of Lu Chen's and Headmaster Bai Yujing's statements. At that time, he used many metaphors that the young man could understand.
Of course Ning Ji was shocked when he heard this, but both Lu Chen and Chen Ping'an noticed one thing. The young man did not feel any joy at all. Instead, his face turned pale and he fell into a huge instinctive fear.
When a person has a deep-seated distrust of the world, it must come from all kinds of heart-wrenching sufferings on the road of life.
The young boy has experienced many ups and downs, life and death, so his mental state is gray and almost colorless.
Lu Chen actually wanted to imitate Chen Pingan, and explain to Ning Ji in detail, Chen Pingan, Yin Guan, the Lord of Luolu Mountain, the future national master of the Great Li Dynasty, a close disciple of the Wen Sheng lineage, and
Future Master Ning Yao and others said...
It's just that Chen Ping'an couldn't help Lu Chen do this, and used his eyes to signal Master Lu not to...cheat.
Originally, Lu Chen asked the young man to bring a bowl of plain water to replace the tea. According to Lu Chen's wish, as long as Ning Ji nodded and agreed, he would drink the water.
Even if Lu Chen drank the apprenticeship tea, he and Ning Ji had the status of master and apprentice.
After this trip to Haoran has completed its merits, Lu Chen will of course be able to return to Qingming Tianxia and Bai Yujing.
The reason why Lu Chen suddenly had the idea to repeat his old tricks and wanted Ning Ji to switch to Chen Ping'an's sect, of course Headmaster Lu had his own plan.
First of all, there are too many causes and effects involved in choosing Ning Ji as his direct disciple. It’s not that Lu Chen can’t handle it, it’s just that he has always been lazy. Disciples Cao Rong, He Xiaoliang, and Lu Chen are all very casual when it comes to preaching in person.
After being accepted as disciples, they threw away a few spiritual books and secrets, taught a few Taoist techniques, and then gave up. What's more, Ning Ji's origin determined that the young man was different from all the direct disciples before Lu Chen. Lu Chen had to keep him with him until the young man
Only when you reach the upper five realms can you come to an end. It can take as short as a few decades or as long as a hundred years, and you will have no rest at all.
Furthermore, the benefits of recruiting young people as disciples are actually not as great as imagined. Lu Chen had already made some rough deductions outside the alley. If Ning Ji, the young man from Shan Ze Ye Xiu, had no regard for heaven or earth and had no mentor,
Without Taoist friends on the road, it is indeed very possible to become an extremely young fourteenth realm monk. Then when he has a master, even if Lu Chen personally preaches, Ning Ji's Taoist achievements will begin to decline. Will there be fourteenth realms in the future?
It's time to put a question mark.
Therefore, Lu Chen did not want to mislead himself and recruit a mess that he had to do personally, nor did he want to mislead others and delay Ning Ji's practice.
In fact, Lu Chen has three candidates in his mind who are completely qualified to serve as Ning Ji's mentor, senior brother Kou Ming, Li Sheng, and Baidi City Zheng Juzhong.
But the senior brothers have not yet joined the Tao. The Lisheng is very busy, and Zheng Juzhong is, after all, a master of the demonic way who can do whatever he wants. Even if he, Lu Chen, dares to send him there, the Confucian Temple will probably not agree.
Chen Pingan is ranked fourth.
As a result, the young man was bored for a long time before he asked Lu Chen a question.
, since Taoist Master Lu has such a noble status, why would he choose to accept him as his disciple?
Lu Chen choked for words and felt extremely aggrieved.
Could it be that you should tell the truth and be honest with the young man and say that your child has a bad background and a bad destiny, and is born to collect debts. He is destined to be a troublemaker who will give the Confucian Temple headaches for many, many years? Someone must take care of you? And this
A person's realm must be high enough, his patience good enough, and his preaching skills and methods must be correct and etiquette enough. Only then can he lead your "crooked neck tree" to the right path little by little and practice the right way? Otherwise, you kid, as expected.
, will it be a confirmed, extremely young monk of the Fourteenth Realm, who will bring a huge unknown to the Haoran World and the Wild World?
Lu Chen's eyes were filled with resentment, he raised his chin and nodded towards Chen Ping'an, "Ning Ji, don't you have anything to ask Daoist Master Wu?"
The young man asked Chen Ping'an, "Taoist Master Wu, are you willing to accept me as your disciple?"
Lu Chen almost spit out blood on the spot.
It's like a person who first asks someone else what the weather will be like today next year, and then asks another person whether the weather is good or not with clear skies today.
Can two questions be of the same difficulty? Can they be considered equal to each other?
Lu Chen was almost so angry that he recognized this disciple directly.
In the night, on a country road, a young Taoist priest took a thin boy and walked towards the rural school where Chen Ping'an was.
Having previously made an appointment with Chen Pingan and letting Ning Ji think about it for a few days, Lu Chen thought it would be better to bring the boy to meet the real "Taoist Wu Di", so he took Ning Ji and used the shrinking method.
In the blink of an eye, as soon as Ning Ji stepped into the alley from the courtyard, he found himself walking on a completely unfamiliar yellow mud road, and asked: "Master Lu, isn't Master Wu a Taoist priest? How can he be a teacher?"
Lu Chen smiled and said: "Being a teacher is a bad habit that cannot be corrected. I always want to be a good person and make the whole world better, even a little bit better."
Ning Ji asked: "Does the Lu Zhang Church want to make the world a better place?"
Lu Chen was slightly embarrassed, "I'm a lazy person and don't particularly care about the ups and downs of the road I'm walking on. I wrote a book a long time ago. Everything I want to say to the world is in the book."
Ning Ji said: "I heard an old saying on the road before, you should die in the water, not on the shore. Is it because old gods like Master Lu don't think much about it because they have seen too many things?
If you save that person, you will only watch the life and death of ordinary people like us, thinking that we are asking for it, or simply don't bother to watch?"
Lu Chen smiled and said nothing.
As expected of Ning Ji, he seems to be a boring gourd. As long as he asks questions, the questions are always so tricky and big.
Lu Chen noticed that the young man was in a dull mood and asked, "What about you, before you met Daoist Wu and me, had you ever thought about how to live your life?"
Ning Ji said softly: "Live, live well, take revenge when there is hatred, and repay kindness when there is kindness."
Lu Chen asked: "You have only met Daochang Wu for the second time, how come you are so close to him? Are you not afraid that you have met a bad person with ulterior motives?"
It was also the first time for the young man to think about this question. He thought carefully for a moment and answered honestly: ""
The young man hesitated for a while and asked in a low voice: "Taoist Master Wu, like Master Lu, did you come looking for me from the beginning?"
Ning Ji was not a fool. Since he was able to let Headmaster Bai Yujing visit the alley, there must be some unknown reason.
Lu Chen shook his head and said: "Unlike me, he is not. It was just a chance encounter with you. Taoist Wu and you have similar tempers. The reason why he appeared in the capital of Yuxuan Kingdom is just like what you said just now
That sentence belongs to the category of repaying kindness with kindness and revenge with hatred."
The young man's mood suddenly improved.
Ha, as expected, I guessed it again, that Taoist Wu is different from Headmaster Lu.
Lu Chen was so angry.
Taoist Wu Di is just Chen Ping'an's clone. As a result, as far as the boy is concerned, every fart seems to smell good. Comparing people with each other can make people angry. However, a poor Taoist will announce his identity as soon as he meets him. How can he not treat others with sincerity?
As promised, true love exists in the world.
So Lu Chen asked with a smile: "What if Daoist Wu has the same original intention as mine? Will you be disappointed when you find out the truth?"
Ning Ji thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I won't be disappointed."
Maybe, on the contrary, you will feel that it is a kind of luck that must be cherished. Just like a poor guy who was afraid of poverty. One day, he was hungry and his eyes were blinded by hunger, and he suddenly picked up a piece of silver on the ground?
Lu Chen rolled his eyes and brought a pot of wine from the Qingmei Temple in Nantang Lake. Lu Chen took a sip of the green plum wine and felt that his teeth were sore.
The young man felt surprised.
Lu Chen asked: "Whether you want to learn this immortal magic or not, you can learn it very easily. You can drink alcohol for free in the future."
The young man shook his head and swallowed his words back.
Even if you are Lu Chen, whom Taoist priest Wu said is "the person who all scholars in the world can't get around", and you are Headmaster Bai Yujing, it is not good to just jump over the wall, and it is even worse to steal things without paying.
Lu Chenxiao asked: "Ning Ji, haven't you stolen anything during this escape?"
Ning Ji answered honestly: "I stole it, more than once or twice, but I really couldn't live with it."
Lu Chen sighed, "No wonder you fell in love with Taoist Wu."
Ning Ji wondered: "Taoist Master Wu also came from a miserable background...have you ever stolen anything?"
Lu Chen answered the question, "Many times, when you make a mistake but realize it, there are two possibilities. One is that it becomes a habit and you are too lazy to deceive yourself and others. You just learn to use excuses to pave the way to happiness. The other is that it is like building a happy path in people's hearts."
If you build a dam, the floods will not overflow or go to extremes. That’s why the Holy Master said, don’t be afraid to correct your mistakes.”
Ning Ji said: "So you also stole it?"
Then the young man added, "Daochang Wu must have been very miserable when he was a child."
Lu Chen had no choice but to raise his head and raise his hands again, and took a deep sip of green plum wine.
Glancing at the young man beside him, Lu Chen has occasionally regretted in recent years. He regretted not beating Chen Ping'an directly with a sap and putting a sack on him and throwing him away to Bai Yujing. Whether he threw him in Nanhua City or learned from his senior brother and accepted his apprentice as his master,
Maybe there won’t be as many worries as there are now.
Sensing the strange look in Headmaster Lu's eyes, Ning Ji slowed down intentionally or unintentionally, but quickly returned to normal. This was a mysterious and mysterious intuition.
You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others.
And the young man was indeed using his own way to carefully observe a "Master Bai Yujing".
Lu Chen nodded secretly, the so-called Taoist embryo and genius are nothing more than that.
Lu Chen asked: "Did you go to a private school when you were a child?"
Ning Ji looked sad and said: "I only went to private school for a few days and learned a few dozen words."
Lu Chen asked again: "Since there is a private school, it means that the family is well off. On the first day of school, have you ever worshiped the portrait of the most holy teacher and kowtowed to the master of the private school?"
Ning Ji shook his head and said: "I was very young at that time, and my uncle served as a teacher temporarily. It was not considered a formal enrollment, so I didn't have these details."
Secular clan schools at the foot of the mountain are usually set up in clan ancestral halls and do not accept children with foreign surnames. Private schools like Chen Ping'an's, regardless of surname, mainly teach children to read and read, mostly for long-term studies. School starts after the Lantern Festival in the first month of the year.
When the school closes in winter, the academic requirements for private school teachers are not high, as long as they are proficient in writing and calligraphy. Of course, there are also teachers who are aspiring to make a career. They are more knowledgeable and have more ink. They will gain fame while teaching. Many of them are in wealthy families.
Most of the private schools or scripture schools taught by famous local teachers were Confucian scholars. There were both long-term studies and short-term studies.
Generally, on the first day of school, children from well-off scholarly families, or places with a strong literary style and education, have to "invite" the county government ceremony room and the county teaching edict to "invite" the tablet or portrait of the most holy teacher.
, let the children kowtow and bow to the most holy teacher and the teacher responsible for teaching, and they are considered to be enrolled in school.
Lu Chen stretched out his finger, used his hand as a pen in the air, and quickly wrote two words, "Do you recognize it?"
Ning Ji nodded and said: "Vulgar, immortal."
Lu Chen smiled and said: "It's a common word for people to add grains. When people are in the mountains, they are immortals. Isn't it easy to understand? Humans eat whole grains, and immortals refine their Qi in the mountains. There is a difference between immortals and mortals."
Ning Ji silently wrote down these two words and these sayings.
Lu Chen said: "I agreed beforehand that I am not poaching or boasting. If you accept me as your master, you will be freer. If you accept that Taoist Wu as your master, one day you will find that you are at least part of yourself.
You need to hide from someone for a long time."
Ningji asked curiously: "Who?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "In the future, you can slowly find the answer yourself."
Ning Ji kept it in mind, raised his head and asked, "Is the school where Master Wu teaches coming soon?"
Lu Chen said: "We've arrived."
The young man took a step forward, and in a trance, the night turned into day, and the sound of books was ringing.
Ning Ji looked around and saw that he was outside a school?
The teacher in the room was a strange man in a blue shirt and long coat.
But the young man recognized at a glance that the man was none other than Taoist Master Wu without his robes.
Lu Chen smiled and said: "There is spring water in the south and north of the house, and the willows are the most tender green. It is a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. It is really a good place to cultivate one's mind and body, and to preach and teach!"
There was a gurgling stream next to the school. Lu Chen listened intently and nodded, "Famous paintings should be read as poems, and the sound of books should also be listened to as the sound of water."
Lu Chen walked into the room with the ignorant young man, walked straight to the back, and explained with a smile: "Don't worry, Taoist Master Wu can't see us, and we won't disturb his lectures. According to the mountain top, this is called
It’s like entering a deserted place.”
Ningji stood almost leaning against the wall, still extremely cautious.
Lu Chen was leaning against the window, with a lazy expression, and said with a smile: "By the way, Taoist Master Wu's real name is Chen Ping'an, Erdong Chen, Ping'an'an'an'an."
Ningji nodded.
This young man in the city has never had the opportunity to know that this very ordinary name is extraordinary.
In the school, the man in blue shirt said: "My name is Chen Ji, Erdong Chen, and I am the trace of my footsteps. From today on, I will be your teacher."
"The first sentence I want to teach you has five words, which is 'learn and practice from time to time'."
The teacher paused for a long time at the word "learn" and said slowly: "For the time being, the word 'learn' will be interpreted as reading."
Lu Chen was lying on the window sill, drinking wine. He didn't know when he had a celadon wine glass in his hand. He put the wine bottle aside, held the wine glass in his hand, and drank by himself. A cup of wine with a pure spring breeze.