Chapter 41: The Young Eagles Hid the Clouds, and the Fish Leaped Over the Abyss
It's early summer, and warm winds are soaking the streets and inner and outer walls of Luoyang.
The cicadas chirped on the branches, and the sound of "cicada, cicada" echoed in people's ears, making people feel sleepy for no reason.
"Brother!" Xia Houhui shouted loudly outside the east courtyard of the Hou Mansion in Pingling Township: "Get up quickly, you should go to Taiyuan University, you will be late!"
There was a vague response from the room, as if the people in the room were delaying getting up. After a while, Xia Houhui couldn't wait any longer. When he was about to knock on the door, he saw the door suddenly opened.
, then a white shadow rushed out, took the briefcase of calligraphy and ink that the younger sister Xia Houyu had already packed, and rushed towards the door of the east courtyard.
"You two, remember not to run around outside the house or get into trouble!"
The white shadow didn't seem to be at ease, and he didn't forget to explain something before leaving.
"I know." Xia Houhui shouted loudly. She watched her brother disappear outside the east courtyard door, then snickered and muttered: "That's weird."
I saw Xia Houhui turning to her personal maid and saying: "Zijin, go to the house of Lord Wei Zhen, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and tell Miss Wei Yuan that I am at the house outside Jinyang Gate at two o'clock in the morning."
The small tea shop is waiting for her, hurry up and go.
Wei Yuan is Wei Zhen's eldest daughter and Wei Lie's only biological sister. She has always played well with Xia Houhui.
"I understand, miss, I'll go right away." The maid Zi Jin took small steps while observing what was going on in the house to avoid being discovered by the housekeeper Gu Ting. After making sure that no one noticed, Zi Jin immediately rushed out of the house.
Go, and Xia Houhui immediately ran to his room and changed into men's clothes as quickly as possible.
"Yu, remember not to tell Uncle Gu. If he asks, just say that I am practicing calligraphy in Linzhixuan."
"I know, sister." Xia Houyu blinked his big eyes and nodded seriously.
Among the four gates in the south of Luoyang City, go out from the Kaiyang Gate closest to the east. Walk southward along the avenue for three or four miles. To the east on your left hand side, you can faintly see some simple and simple houses. This is the Wei Dynasty Gate.
Emperor Cao Pi rebuilt the Imperial College building on the ruins more than a year ago.
As early as the end of the Han Dynasty, the city of Luoyang had been washed away by blood and fire countless times, and the former Imperial College of the Eastern Han Dynasty was naturally not spared. From the end of the Han Dynasty to the fifth year of Huangchu in this dynasty, the country's Taixue
School has been suspended for more than thirty years.
It is precisely because of the years of war, the decline of people's livelihood, the country's primitive state, and the fact that the new capital has just been built and the treasury funds are insufficient, that the Taixue Academy rebuilt in front of us now looks extremely simple and shabby, and it does not look like the Palace Academy of the Central Plains Imperial Capital at all.
The first school in the world.
Since the scholars who came to study at the Imperial Academy were not only nobles and young masters from Luoyang City, but also people of all kinds from various counties and counties across the country, many simple school buildings were built near the academy for those who were studying in the Imperial Academy.
Students who do not have housing in the capital live and study abroad.
Not only was the newly built Imperial College not as big and grand as the Han Dynasty Academy, but even the teaching materials in the Academy were incomplete. They were all temporary Five Classics textbooks compiled by some officials with good memories based on their memories.
The emperor personally read all the current textbooks, gathered famous scholars from various places, and compiled more than a thousand chapters of the "Jing" and "Zhuan" as the new textbook for Taixue. This is the "Huang Lan".
At the gate of the Taipei School, you can also see a simple and old stone tablet with many damages and engraved with scriptures. This is the Xiping stone tablet carved during the Xiping reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. It was originally carved in the years of war.
, this stone tablet had long been smashed by the rebels, but Wei Emperor Cao Pi still sent people to search for many fragments of the stone tablet, and asked the craftsmen to repair it with all their strength, and only then did we have the stone tablet teaching materials in front of us.
Outside the academy, one can faintly hear the sound of books.
"Looking at the dry foothills, there are plenty of hazelnut trees. How can I be a younger brother to a gentleman? How can I be a younger brother?"
Sebi jade Zan, the yellow stream is in it. How can I be a gentleman, and my fortune and fortune will come down leisurely.
The kite flies to the violent sky, and the fish leaps into the abyss. How can you, a gentleman, not be a human being?
..."
In a simple school room, I saw an energetic master with a long beard and a white t-shirt. He was holding a book in his hand, sitting on a bamboo mat, and explaining something with great energy. In the hall
There are dozens of scholars sitting in front of the case. Some of them are deep in thought, some seem to have doubts, and their expressions are different.
That Master was the backbone of the Imperial Academy, a great Confucian teacher and Ph.D. Le Yang. At this moment, he was carefully and in detail explaining the chapter "Daya Hanlu" in "Poetry".
"Se Bi Jade Zan, Huang Liu is in the middle. In this sentence, Se means bright light and color, and Jade Zan is the wine vessel Gui Zan used in the emperor's sacrifice, and Huang Liu means...
..”
In the seat, Xia Houxuan was stunned when he heard what his master said about the Gui Zan vessel. The Gui Zan wine vessel was a sacrificial vessel used by the emperor. The master's name is Gui, which shows Grandpa Jin's expectations for the master.
Grandpa Yu Jin has served the country all his life, and he also hopes that his master can become an important weapon of the country and assist the Wei Dynasty, but it is a pity that his master...
"Xia Houxuan, why are you distracted and not taking the lessons seriously!" I saw Le Yang, who was so kind and cheerful just a moment ago, clasping his fingers heavily on the case, with a majestic look on his face, and scolding sternly.
I don't dare to go out.
Zhuge Dan, Wei Lie, Gao Xun, Cao Xi, and Xia Houxuan's new friends in Taixue, Xun Yu's youngest son Xun Can, Fu Xun's nephew Fu Gu, and Yu Huan were all looking at him with worried faces.
Xia Houxuan, they know that Master Leyang has always been strict, and A Xuan may be in trouble this time.
Looking at Le Yang's piercing eyes, Xia Houxuan felt a little ashamed.
"Master." Xia Houxuan's face did not change, he stood up calmly and replied: "The student just listened to what the master said, and couldn't help but think of an old friend..."
"Old friend..." Le Yang lightly twirled his beard and relaxed his frown. After pondering for a long time, he continued: "What I'm talking about today is the main theme of Hanlu Chapter.
It also means to cherish the memory of an old friend. What you just thought is not wrong. I was distracted during the lecture. I should have copied the teaching content 200 times as a punishment, but I think you usually performed well. This time,
I will only punish you by copying the Hanlu chapter a hundred times. After school today, you can finish copying in the school building and then go back to your home. Sit down and continue to listen."
"I will obey the teacher's orders." Xia Houxuan understood that if he made a mistake, he would be punished, so he had no complaints.
"I just said, 'Kite flies to the sky, and fish leaps into the abyss. How can you, a gentleman, not be a human being?' All of you here today are like the fish in the abyss, and one day, you will be like the fish in the sky of the Wei Dynasty, soaring in the nine heavens.
Eagles of prey, the mountains and rivers are high, the sky is high and the sea is vast. If you work diligently today, you will be able to fly freely across the sea and sky in the future. Okay, that’s the end of today’s lesson. When you go back, don’t forget to familiarize yourself with this chapter on Dry Land.
Only by reciting it can you gain some understanding and gain your own insights. Let's all disperse."
Le Yang stroked his long, flowing beard and looked at the young student in front of him with a kind expression, just like a farmer looking at the green wheat seedlings in his field.
"Master, walk slowly..." The students present saluted Le Yang and said goodbye.
Outside Kaiyang Gate, some of the scholars who have returned home after classes are going back to their palaces in the city, and some are going back to the Imperial Academy. At this moment, there are students gathered in twos and threes outside the city gate, some are saying goodbye, and some are saying goodbye.
We made an appointment to have some fun in the city before the curfew. There were also some very studious scholars discussing unanswered questions in class. The setting sun stretched the silhouettes of the teenagers longer and longer. There was also laughter outside the city.
Gradually it dissipated and returned to the silence and desolation of the imperial capital.
"Axuan, tonight we go to Mang Mountain in the northern suburbs to drink and admire the moon. What do you think?" Cao Xi held the book in his hand, stretched and let out a long yawn: "My father is hiding.
There's a lot of good wine, I'll steal a jar tonight, and by the way, let's call out Xun Can, Fu Gu, Wei Lie, and Gao Xun as well."
"Can I come along?"
Yu Huan asked cautiously.
"Of course!"
Cao Xi touched Yu Huan's little head.
"Okay, okay, but today I have to copy Hanlu Chapter fifty times in the school building. Don't you forget?"
Xia Houxuan sighed helplessly.
"Yes, I actually forgot about it." Cao Xi frowned for a moment, then immediately smiled: "It doesn't matter, it's just copying fifty times, I will stay with you in the school building, and when you finish copying, we can invite them out again.
Not too late."
"Why, you only invited Xun Can, Fu Gu, Wei Lie, Gao Xun and the others, but why did you forget only Brother Zhuge?" Xia Houxuan asked with a smile.
"I have forgotten, but our brother Zhuge has a sullen face all day long, as if he is our father. He knows how to teach us all the time. Why would he go out of the city to drink with us?"
"Don't worry." Xia Houxuan gave a rare warm smile: "He will come."
"Let's go, Tiger and I will accompany you to the school building first." Cao Xi smiled, carrying his book bag, and walked towards the south.
In the school building, many studious foreign students were holding letters and reading on the Luoshui waterfront. Of course, there were also some idle students who bought fighting cocks from unknown sources and gambled on fighting cocks not far away.
Xia Houxuan and Cao Xi chose an empty school building.
"I think this is it. It's empty and quiet, so it's suitable for reading."
Xia Houxuan took a general look at the environment of the school building and nodded with satisfaction.
Cao Xi couldn't help but smile and said: "You really regard this place as a monastery for studying and practicing. Hurry up and copy it. Don't forget, we have a drinking date at Mangshan tonight."
"I know, I know." Xia Houxuan smiled, went to the desk next to the hall pillar, and took out the pen and ink and books he had prepared.
"Looking at the dry foothills, there are plenty of hazelnut trees. How can I be a younger brother to a gentleman? How can I be a younger brother?"
Sebi jade Zan, the yellow stream is in it. How can I be a gentleman, and my fortune and fortune will come down leisurely.
The kite flies to the violent sky, and the fish leaps into the abyss. How can you, a gentleman, not be a human being?
..."
Xia Houxuan had long ago mastered calligraphy that was elegant, strong and upright, like bamboo or orchid. Now he was copying it word by word without any slack or impetuosity.
Amidst the fragrance of books and ink, Cao Xi, who was watching the cockfight outside the door, suddenly wanted to open a book, so Cao Xi also took out his own slips and began to review them. The Master has a saying: review the past and learn the new. Cao Xi felt that,
This is not true at all.
Yu Huan also chose a quiet place and reviewed his homework.
One of them copied and the other read silently. Before they knew it, an hour had passed.
Xia Houxuan's Hanlu Chapter has been copied ninety-eight times now.
At some point, there was a thunderstorm outside the house. Cao Xi felt a little cold, so he got up and closed the door. Xia Houxuan was too serious and didn't react at the moment. It seemed that he didn't notice that it was stormy outside.
At this moment, a burst of lightning flashed, followed immediately by a burst of thunder, which caught people off guard.
"Stab it!"
The thunder was lightning fast, and the lightning was even more fierce. Xia Houxuan was relying on the wooden pillars to copy the 100th chapter of Hanlu. But what he didn't expect was that the lightning actually penetrated the roof of the school building, causing it to be split.
This wooden pillar was scorched!
"Axuan! Axuan! Run!"
"Brother Xuan, be careful!"
When Cao Xi saw that the wooden pillar Xia Houxuan was leaning on was on fire, his face turned pale with fright. He pulled Xia Houxuan over and put out the burning white robe of Xia Houxuan with his sleeves. Yu Huan also used his short
The sleeves of his Hufu flapped against Xia Houxuan's burnt clothes.
A heavy rain extinguished the burning wooden pillars in the school building.
"Axuan, you're not even afraid?"
Cao Xi was a little unbelievable. He looked at Xia Houxuan, who looked calm, as if he were looking at a monster.
Xia Houxuan looked up at the dark clouded sky. For no reason, he thought of his master Yu Gui again. After a long time, he answered:
"Destiny is inevitable. If you really want to take my life, even if I am afraid, what's the use?"
After Yu Huan heard Xia Houxuan's words, he didn't quite understand. Cao Xi shook his head and sighed. After cleaning up for a while, the thunderstorm outside the house suddenly stopped in a hurry.
"It seems that I can still go to the cocktail party in the evening." Cao Xi couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.