Zhao Rong returned to his seat with a straight face.
The little fox demon who had just done something she thought was the most daring thing in her life followed Zhao Rong silently.
Su Xiaoxiao had a sullen face, and after taking another peek at Zhao Rong's face, her eyes narrowed unconsciously, with a hint of a smile, and she coughed twice.
Zhao Rong did not turn around and walked forward.
"Zhao Rong, um... what is a furnace?"
Zhao Rong turned his head suddenly, stared at the little fox demon with his lips pursed, and remained silent.
Su Xiaoxiao pursed her lips, looked innocent, and stared at him with big eyes.
After a while, Zhao Rong was defeated.
The young Confucian scholar frowned and said, "You really don't know?"
The little fox demon's little head shook like a rattle.
Zhao Rong thought for a while, but it was difficult to say some words, so he could only say dullly: "It's a relationship closer than good friends."
Su Xiaoxiao blinked.
Zhao Rong couldn't bear it anymore, "Su Xiaoxiao, can you stop doing these things that you think are good for me?"
"Letting me use my friends as bets is the biggest insult to me, Zhao Ziyu!" Zhao Rong looked serious.
"Not a friend, a good friend." She corrected.
Zhao Rong nodded, "Yes, they are good friends... No, is there a difference? Can you grasp the point of what I said?"
"Yes, there is a difference." Her voice was weak but firm.
Thinking of her willfulness and stubbornness just now, Zhao Rong took a deep breath, stared into her eyes, and said word by word, "This is just this time, it won't be the same next time."
However, seeing Su Xiaoxiao lowering her head, Zhao Rong's heart softened slightly. Just as he was about to speak, he saw that the little girl had suddenly raised her head.
The two looked at each other.
"I know that disgusting insect has something you want, something you want very much, because... you just kept staring at him and ignored me, Zhao Rong, is it the imperial robe?
?”
"I made the clothes you liked so much that you didn't like them this morning. I want to give you one back."
Zhao Rong did not answer and sighed inwardly.
He was obviously going to gamble, but he went around and around and got this silly girl in.
Why are you so stupid? But he still didn't say anything.
"Xiao Xiao believes you can win!"
But in the next second, the little fox demon suddenly looked frightened and said timidly: "Zhao Rong, don't let Xiaoxiao lose."
Zhao Rong narrowed his eyes and nodded silently.
A bell rang, and the judge of this debate between Confucianism and Taoism, layman Liuyi, walked up to the high platform slowly with a wine gourd on his waist.
Lin Wenruo walked up to Zhao Rong and stood side by side with him. Neither of them looked at each other, but instead looked at the group of people opposite Chongxuguan.
The young Confucian scholar said with a cold face, "I want him to die."
Confucian scholar Xin Chang nodded, "Okay."
Then he continued, "But the premise is that the plan is successful and we must win."
"Definitely." He said firmly.
This is the first time he has been so serious since coming to this world.
"The bet has been agreed upon by both parties, and there is no objection. The old man announced that today's debate on Confucianism and Taoism has officially begun. In the first round of talks, the Lin family of Lanxi selected people to propose a topic for Chongxu Guan."
On the high platform, layman Liuyi said loudly, and the sound was so loud that the smoke on the platform instantly filled the air and echoed throughout the entire audience.
Under the stage, Chen Muzhi stood up while gently shaking a black feather fan. After showing a smile to Zhao Rong and Lin Wenruo, he walked on stage gracefully and said a few words to the Liuyi laymen.
Not long after, Qingjingzi heard the call from the Liuyi layman, curled up the corner of his mouth, stood up and went on stage.
Lan Yuqing and Qing Yuanzi, who were standing aside, looked at each other and smiled.
At this time, all the attention of the audience was focused on the stage, but the old man wearing a Nanhua scarf who stood in front of the Taoist audience in Chongxu turned his head and looked at the scenery outside the sermon platform with a calm expression.
A string of rosary beads inside rotates gently.
At a certain moment, he raised his eyebrows slightly, turned his head and glanced at a young Confucian scholar who had been looking at him, and then turned back and ignored him.
When Zhao Rong saw that the mysterious old man had discovered him, he did not hide it and continued to follow his gaze outside the stage. The field of view in that direction was wide and he could take in the scenery of the southern mountains of Zhongnan Mountain. The next moment, Zhao Rong raised his eyebrows.
, his lips pursed into a red line.
The two parties in the first chat were Chen Muzhi and Qingjingzi.
Before the conversation begins, both parties must identify themselves to each other, and there is no need to hide it at this time.
Qingjingzi is the main subject, and the topic is "The best is like water" in the "Tao Jing".
Qingjingzi's point of view is that "the best good is like water. Water benefits all things without competing for it. It is what everyone hates, so it is close to the Tao."
Therefore, as a guest, Chen Muzhi had to ask questions and could only passively insist on the opposite argument, that is, "the evil above is like water."
In this way, it is easy to see clearly the advantages and disadvantages at the beginning.
The supreme good is like water, which is one of the core ideas of Taoism. Although Confucianism and Taoism have many disputes, they are surprisingly consistent in their views on water.
Zhao Rong read the books of sages and sages and saw many praises for water, all of which were in line with the Taoist principle of "the best is like water".
For example, "A wise man is like water, and water has a Confucian style", such as "A gentleman must look at a great river"; such as "A man who lives in water, how can a gentleman be more virtuous"
Even the theory of "human nature is inherently good" by a certain Confucian sage is another expression of "the highest good is like water".
The root of all this is recorded in the books of sages. At an unknown age, the sage of Confucianism once met the Taoist ancestor by a large river, held the disciple ceremony, and listened to the Taoist ancestor talking about water...
Therefore, Qingjingzi was indeed smart in choosing this debate topic. After all, there are countless discussions about water in the book, and they can easily be used as evidence.
The debate begins.
After both sides explained their arguments, Qingjingzi held the rosary in his hand but did not move it, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone is above, but the water alone is down; everyone is easy, but water alone is dangerous; everyone is clean, but water alone is filthy. Wherever there are people, it is evil.
, Husband, who can argue with me? This is why it is the best thing to do.”
Chen Muzhi raised his chin slightly, shook his feather fan lightly, and said leisurely: "Nature is like turbulent water. When it crosses the east, it flows east, and when it crosses the west, it flows west. Human nature has no distinction between good and bad, just like water, it has no distinction between good and bad.
Something."
…
Although Chen Muzhi was at a disadvantage at the beginning because of his arguments, Qingjingzi lost in less than half a quarter of an hour.
Zhao Rong and Lin Wenruo looked at each other and smiled as they looked at Qing Jingzi, who was stunned and speechless by Chen Muzhi's argument on the stage.
Chen Muzhi adopted the style of Confucian debate and seized a loophole in Qingjingzi's argument, using Zi's spear and attacking Zi's shield.
Didn't you say that "the best thing is like water? Water is good for all things without dispute. It is what everyone hates, so it is close to the Tao." In other words, water actually has only one quality, and that is "benefit" and is beneficial to all things.
Therefore, Chen Muzhi summarized the other party's point of view as "the best is like water, only seeking profit".
However, water does not intentionally "benefit all things". It just flows according to its own laws. As a result, it "benefits all things" accidentally. It is precisely because of this accident that it has become the best good in your mouth.
So the water just takes its course.
Then the contradiction came.
If people want to be as good as water, they must first be profit-oriented; then "not fight"; and then "do what everyone hates"; but these are all self-sacrifice for the sake of reputation, and sacrifice of oneself in order to please everyone.
Instead of following nature, it goes against nature.
If water is called the "Greater Good", then these people can be called the "Greater Evil".
Chen Muzhi seized on the opponent's small loophole, expanded it continuously, pursued him fiercely and aggressively.
In fact, from the perspective of Zhao Rong's past debate experience and the perspective of an onlooker, Chen Muzhi's logical inference is weak and cannot withstand too much scrutiny. However, Qingjingzi could not react to this on the stage.
If you passively respond to the attack, you will lose half of your momentum. In less than half a quarter of an hour, you will lose your armor.
The first round of talks was an easy victory.
After the Liuyi layman announced the winner, Chen Muzhi faced the applause of the audience and stepped off the platform with a glowing face.
Zhao Rong and Lin Wenruo looked at each other and stepped forward to greet them with smiles.
Chen Muzhi took a few deep breaths and tried to speak as calmly as possible: "Idiot, luckily you have fulfilled your mission."
Zhao Rong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The first game was actually the part that he was most worried about. He was worried that Chen Muzhi would be too proud to underestimate the enemy. Now it seems that this has not happened and everything is developing for the better.
As for the second game, the wily Lin Wenruo was scheduled to take the stage, but he didn't have much to worry about. He was only afraid that the opponent would directly choose him as a "high-quality horse" in the second game, which would disrupt the plan.
Soon, the second chat began.
Chongxu Guan selected the people, and Lanxi Lin chose the topic.
The other party sent Qing Yuanzi, who had a very long beard on his chin, to take the stage. After a while, Master Liuyi slowly announced the name of Qing Yuanzi's chosen opponent.
"Lin Wenruo."
Zhao Rong curled his lips slightly, and the opponent really regarded him as a top horse. They chose Lin Wenruo in the second game. Everything was as planned!
During these days, both Lin Wenruo and Chen Muzhi were studying their opponents carefully, studying almost every conversation their opponents had in the past to know themselves and the enemy.
Now, according to the dinner discussion that night, the plan has been more than half successful.
As long as you win one more game, you will be able to achieve a complete victory and change the fate of Zhongnan Kingdom, which has been suppressed by a Taoist temple for thousands of years!
Lin Wenruo heard this, straightened his clothes, and solemnly took the stage. Even though he knew his opponent very well, he did not slack off at all and went all out.
Zhao Rong showed a slight relaxed smile, but then restrained himself and calmly waited for the round of applause and the final victory.
But what he never expected was that when thunderous applause broke out a quarter of an hour later, a tall Confucian scholar staggered off the stage.
Confucian scholar Xin Chang was on the verge of collapse and murmured distractedly: "He, he has been to Jixia Academy..."
The second round of plain talk was a debate about yes or no, and we lost.
Ps: Sword Girl has changed the cover~ I don’t need to say more who she is...she is your wife.