After talking with the third commander of the Baibo Army, Chen Chong rushed to Hedong County.
Although the Hedong matter was supposed to be handled by Zhang Fei, Chen Chong was really worried.
After all, Hedong was not under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou, but because Liu Bei was unprepared, he sent a strange army to the city, and then used it to attack Dong Dayi, forcing Wang Yi to surrender. But now that the attack was defeated, the coalition forces lost troops and generals one after another, and Puban was captured by Dong Zhuo.
Zhan, Liang people can attack the county day and night. People in the county are panicked, which is expected. And when it comes to calming people, it is really not Zhang Fei's specialty.
So after Chen Chong thought about this, he simply asked Yang Hui for four cattail carts. He first called his clan brother Chen Qun, and then summoned Meng Jian, Shi Tao, Fu Qian, Yu Fan and other disciples, as well as Wang Ling and Guo Cheng.
Wen Hui and other young talents from the state, when they all arrived, Chen Chong bought two sets of robes, turbans and a three-foot long sword for each of them.
Everyone was confused. Chen Chong just smiled at them and said, "Follow me on a trip to see all the heroes in the east of the river."
On the third day of June, Chen Chong and his party of more than 40 people set off, with the ox reined in front of the cart and the green flag hung at the side of the carriage. They leisurely headed south to Zhongyang. They passed through Tongtian Mountain and followed the mountain road to Baiyuan Mountain. Then they turned back to the southeast and passed through the Red Mountain.
Huashan, Lutou Mountain, finally walked out of the vast mountains of Luliang and arrived at the foot of Pingyang City.
The people in Pingyang were all surprised when they saw a motorcade suddenly walking out of the mountain road. After all, excluding the servants between the trains, the accompanying people were either handsome young talents or energetic and high-spirited teenagers. They were all dressed in smart robes and silk scarves.
, it seems that they have a bookish look in their eyebrows, but the three-foot long swords on their waists make them look heroic, which makes people happy to see them.
Someone came up to ask about the origin, and the servant replied: "After Bingzhou Mu was reorganizing the army in Xihe, he often corresponded with Wangfujun. Recently, he occasionally talked about the handsome people in the world. Wangfujun regarded Hedong as the leader. Bingzhou Muyuan offered wine to the Imperial Academy, and he heard about it.
He was so happy that he led his disciples to Anyi in person, hoping to set up a banquet and an altar to see the talented people in Hedong and learn about the great weapons that would come later."
This word soon spread, from Gaomen in Hedong, to poor scholars in the county, as far away as hermits in the mountains, and as close as wanderers in rivers and lakes. After hearing about it, they all rushed to tell each other. There was a rumor in the countryside: Dong Zhuo
Since the usurpation of power, the culture has withered and the academic style has been stagnant. Today, I am lucky enough to have the dragon head host the banquet. I can have a meeting with the wise men of the two states to communicate with each other and talk about the right way. It can be regarded as a happy event in life.
So in more than ten days, Anyi was suddenly overcrowded. Wang Yi and Zhang Fei didn't know why for a while, but when they learned the reason, they couldn't help laughing. They hurriedly sent someone to contact Chen Chong. It turned out that Chen Chong and his party were traveling twenty-five miles a day.
They arrived in Wenxi County. Under their urging, Chen Chong speeded up a little and arrived in Anyi on the 24th.
When Chen Chong met, he first bowed to Wang Yi and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wangfu, for entertaining me." Wang Yi felt helpless and laughed at himself: "If Dragon Head can conquer Xijing, I will retreat to the mountains and forests and become a lone bird in the clouds."
." He also warned Chen Chong: "It is easy for the dragon leader to gather people, but it is not easy to convince them. You should prepare carefully."
Chen Chong smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. When I was teaching at Taixue, I did it normally. Now it's just a banquet, so why should I be so nervous?"
At this time, Wei Gu, the governor of Hedong County, took the initiative and offered to host a banquet at the East Lake building in the east of Anyi City as a place for Chen Chong to talk. Chen Chong readily agreed and asked him to invite the county's elite on his behalf. The time was set for the 25th.
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When everything was settled, Chen Chong immediately called his disciples and drove an ox cart to the Wei family manor in East Lake. He rested in a courtyard for the night. When he woke up the next day, the sky was full of daylight. The weather was so hot that even the water in the water tank was boiling hot.
Yes, he simply stayed in the room to study. It wasn't until the sun's shadow moved westward and the sunlight turned dark and hot that he came out of the courtyard, slowly passed through the verandah, and walked towards the small building.
It is said to be a small building, but it is actually a cooling courtyard built by the Wei family in Anyi. It is located on the bank of Qingxia Lake and among the willow trees. There is a shelf on it, covered with ivy, and the leaves are as shaded as water. The summer wind blows through the fence.
, the warm wind is mixed with cool water vapor, and the wooden pillars in front of the hall are engraved with the words: "Tranquil and deserted, nothingness". At a glance, you can tell that this is the place where the Wei family's children studied poetry and talked all night long.
When Chen Chong arrived, the banquet table had been set up in the court. Guests from all walks of life were seated at the left table. Chen Chong's disciples were also seated at the right table. There were three soft couches in the center of the courtyard, obviously reserved for Chen Chong and Zhang Fei.
With Wang Yi.
However, there was one person in the banquet that attracted Chen Chong's attention. He was sitting on the left as the chief, but he was dressed in tatters and slovenly. His sitting posture was extremely inelegant, but his eyes were very clear and everyone treated him very politely. It was obvious that he had a very high reputation. Then
The man also looked at Chen Chong and shook his head slightly, while Chen Chong nodded to him and smiled.
Just as he was about to sit down, Chen Chong suddenly heard a loud shout, which turned out to be coming from outside the front door. He turned to Wei Gu and asked Wei Gu the reason. Wei Gu was quite embarrassed and replied: "Dragon Head has a good reputation, and there are so many people who want to climb the Dragon Gate.
The house is humble and humble, and can only accommodate a hundred scholars. We can only invite some well-known scholars to come here. Some knights and minor officials were dissatisfied when they heard about it, so they blocked the door and made trouble."
Chen Chong said "Oh", he raised the cup in his hand, looked around at the guests at the left table, and asked Wei Gu to introduce them to him one by one. The leader of the table was Jiao Xian, a famous hermit from Hedong, followed by Hou Wuyang and others who were accompanying him.
, followed by the county and township officials, such as Guanqiu Xing and Pei Mao of Wenxi County, Fan Xian of Anyi County, and others. Finally, there are a number of descendants of famous clans who have not yet reached the crown, such as Wei Qi, Du Zhi, Shangguan Chong.
et al.
With a smile on his face, Chen Chong greeted everyone one by one until he was at the last table in the court. Unexpectedly, he didn't drink any wine and kept walking. After the introduction to the right seat, he shook off Wei Gu and walked to the front of the court gate. The Cangtou guarding the door
Seeing Chen Chong at a loss, Chen Chong said warmly to them: "Please open the door, please."
With a "squeak" sound, Chen Chong stepped across the threshold. In front of him was a sea of heads. Looking around, most of them were aggressive young people. They were noisy and noisy, but when they saw Chen Chong coming out, they
Everyone fell silent. Chen Chong looked at them, and they looked at Chen Chong. Soon, someone whispered: "The four fingers on the left hand are Chen Shijun."
Hearing this, Chen Chong held the cup in both hands and smiled at everyone: "I am Chen Chong of Yingchuan." He paused slightly, and when he saw everyone's eyes turned to him, he continued: "When Chen Chong came, I didn't expect you to show your love so much.
, so that I chose the wrong place for the banquet, leaving you with no place to sit. This is my fault!" After saying that, he raised his head and drank the whole cup of wine, and showed the bottom of the cup to everyone.
At this time, Wei Gu caught up, and Chen Chong turned to him and asked: "Mr. Wei, I suddenly had a thought. Life in the world is like millet leaves floating in the ocean. There is a poem that says: flesh and blood are related to branches and leaves, and friendships are related to each other. We are brothers all over the world.
Who is a traveler? Anyone who has come a long way is my friend. It is not polite to refuse friends from the door. Why don't we just leave the hospital and have a banquet by the lake. I don't know what Wei Jun wants?"<
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Wei Gu sighed when he heard this: "The dragon head has an order, how dare you disobey it?"
So they moved all the banquet tables out of the courtyard and placed them by the lake. They were divided into two rows according to the old rules in the courtyard. Chen Chong was still sitting in the middle. Zhang Fei and Wang Yi also came. The knights and knights who came were separated in the forest.
There were as many as five hundred people present, and it was lively. However, this situation was obviously far from the banquet originally envisioned, and the relaxed atmosphere at the beginning was gone.
The conversation was finally hosted by Chen Chong. He first persuaded everyone present to drink a glass of wine, then introduced the younger generation he brought from Xihe, and then asked Wang Yidao: "Brother Wendu, what do you think?"
Wang Yi smiled slowly and said: "Many of you are elegant, but if you just bring a sword to the banquet, you may lose your harmony."
Chen Chong shook his head when he heard this, and then said: "That's ridiculous! Brother Wendu, a gentleman of this world, elegance is his appearance, and elegance is his inside."
"Nowadays, there is great chaos in the world. There are glaciers and roads, and there is nowhere to cross the river. It is just like the Spring and Autumn Period, when the Zhou rites collapsed and the music of the world was broken. If you think about your actions, you should have the universe in your mind, travel thousands of miles, and have a heart that lasts for a hundred years. With the king's house in mind,
Hard work, the thorns of Miluo, how can we do such a big thing without a sharp sword at our waist?"
"Long Shou's words are misleading." The speaker was the hermit Jiao Xian. It was hot and humid in the mountains. He grabbed the cattail leaf fan and exposed his chest. While shaking it, he said: "I often heard that Long Shou is a great scholar in the world, so he came out of the thatched cottage.
I went under the fence and listened to Long Shou's eloquent remarks, but I didn't expect it to be such a foolish statement."
Chen Chong was criticized, but he didn't feel angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "What is Mr. Jiao saying?"
Jiao Xian stood up on his knees, stretched his arms and said with a smile: "The existence of the Tao is dim and dim, and the place of the Tao is dim and silent. Although it is a time of great chaos, it is actually because people's hearts are in turmoil and seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."<
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Chen Chong immediately heard the three-point smell, and he asked with a smile: "Jiao Jun is trying to say that the human heart is moved by things, and I am armed with a sharp weapon and have the intention to kill myself, which is the way to cause disaster?"
Jiao Xian looked at him in surprise, then nodded and said: "The sage has a saying: presence and absence complement each other, difficulty and ease complement each other, long and short complement each other, high and low are in harmony with each other, sounds harmonize with each other, and follow each other before and after. The sage also said:
When the great righteousness fails, there is benevolence and righteousness; when wisdom emerges, there is great hypocrisy; when relatives are in disharmony, there is filial piety and kindness; when the country is in confusion, there are loyal ministers."
"Dragon Head prides itself on being a talented person and has the ambition to save the country, which can be called majestic. But it is a small way, and people's hearts are in chaos because of it, and the world's ways are in vain."
"Small road? What is the main road?"
"The first is: If a great achievement is lacking, its use will not be harmful. If the great success is overwhelming, its use will be endless. The second is: Defeat its sharpness, resolve its confusion, and reconcile its light with its dust. The third is: Absolute sage and abandon wisdom, and eradicate it.
Benevolence abandons righteousness, and cleverness abandons profit. The fourth saying is: the best is like water."
At this point, Jiao Xian described his ambition again: "Now that the world is in a state of confusion, I want to give up the taste of glory, take off my clothes, leave my house, and cut off my relatives. Then I will keep silent, swallow pills and medicine, gradually go without food, and climb mountains to admire the clouds."
, collecting dew near the abyss, gradually absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, eating the wind instead of the grains, using the heaven and the earth as a building in the openness, entering the secluded silence, and returning to the embrace of Lao Zhuang."
When everyone heard the words, they looked at his unruly clothes, revealing hemp and chest, his clothes were stained, and his feet were wearing torn straw sandals, but this did not diminish his elegant demeanor. It was obvious that what he said was not lies, but his actions, and his heart was full of emotions.
I sincerely admired him. Even Chen Qun sighed in his heart: This is an ordinary person like Xu You!
After hearing what he said, Chen Chong had a look of sadness on his face. He sighed and said: "Jiao Jun has passed away! It really makes me sad. The affairs of the world have always been about the fading of wisdom. How can we abandon the present and start from the past? It should be noted that
People are born for hundreds of millions of years, and there is a country for thousands of years. A country has righteousness for thousands of years, and righteousness can only exist for hundreds of years before we can become the great man we are today."
"A bright head cannot be rejuvenated, and it is difficult to be young again when old. Time is short, and years are always urgent. Isn't it wrong for Mr. Jiao to use his aging body to seek new buds?"
"Now that the sword is about to come out, we can only hold it in hand to welcome it, cherish the strategy of the king, spread the way of wisdom, protect the living and the people, bring peace, and know the great righteousness in future generations."
When everyone heard this, they were all excited and cheered loudly, especially the poor scholars and knights from far away. In their hearts, they compared Chen Chong to Yi Yin and the great talent of the Grand Duke.
At this time, Jiao Xian looked at Chen Chong, nodded slightly, and then said slowly: "Longshou indeed has great ambitions. I want to make an appointment with Longshou."
"What's the deal?"
"Thirty years later, I want to talk to Longshou again."
Chen Chong was quite surprised. He laughed, nodded and said, "Jiao Jun wants to do something good, how dare I refuse?"
Jiao Xian also laughed, and then he grabbed his friend Hou Wuyang and left on the spot.
I saw him with disheveled hair, and his hair danced wildly in the wind as he walked. After walking for a while, I heard him roar suddenly, and then sang in the wind:
"Life and death are neither things nor me."
"Go alone, come alone, go out alone."
"The swan flies high and the fish swallows the boat."
"There is no joy in life, and death has the name of eternity."
The figure gradually moved away and disappeared.
Chen Chong was fascinated by what he heard. He suddenly had a hunch that they would indeed meet again thirty years later.