the enlightener says

The old pedant's saliva was still pouring down from the top of his head like raindrops. After all, he was a scholar of Confucianism. Every sentence did not contain even a single vulgar word, but every sentence was like a knife and gun: "Since there is a chance When you enter the Imperial Academy, you should be grateful. Although the princes and generals in this world are not good, but compared to you, they have thousands of channels to get things done, but you only have this one. As long as you miss it, there will be no more, you If you are so lazy, let alone live up to the teacher’s teachings, even your parents will think you are unfilial and don’t know how to grasp this opportunity to honor your ancestors!”

This sentence is very serious, it is the parents who blame it, and it is the failure of the teacher's teachings. The previous dynasty taught the people the kingly way, which already emphasized filial piety. To accuse a person of unfilial piety is almost punishing.

"This old man." Qin Ke said suddenly, he didn't call teacher, because he didn't regard himself as a student yet.

"Grandpa?" The old pedant was taken aback for a moment, not expecting Qin Ke to call him that.

"What exactly is Guangzong Yaozu?" Qin Ke asked.

"Guangzong Yaozu... naturally..." The old pedant was about to speak, but he heard Qin Ke ask again, "My parents are dead, what do I do, will they really watch from the sky? Can they praise me?" Did you do well?"

Seeing the choked look of the old pedant at that moment, he said in a loud voice: "A shooter is the way of benevolence. Shoot to correct yourself, and then shoot if you are correct. If you fail to hit, you will not blame the winner, but ask yourself carry on."

His voice changed from peaceful at the beginning to loud and passionate at the end. There were people in the school who were quietly laughing at him, but after a while, those whispering voices seemed to disappear, leaving only his voice still. is constantly ringing.

Qin Ke closed his eyes, recalling what his master had taught him, he sank into his dantian, and let out a long breath.

"Say: If a gentleman has nothing to fight for, he will definitely shoot! If you let go and rise, and drink when you go down, you will be a gentleman if you fight."

"Say: Why do shooters shoot? Why do they listen? Those who follow the sound and shoot without losing sight of the target are the only ones who are wise! If a man is unworthy, then he will be able to hit the target safely?"

After the last sentence, everyone was shocked!

Chapter 79 Who did you learn from?

The old pedant stared, the original anger had already disappeared without a trace: "You...you..."

Probably too shocked, he pointed his fingers, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.His heart was already overwhelmed and he couldn't calm down.

What Qin Ke narrated is naturally the content of the etiquette "She Yi" he narrated in the past few days.

Since there is a righteous word in the opening chapter, it naturally talks not only about archery, but also about how to cultivate one's morality and how a gentleman should maintain himself.And these principles are all inseparable from the word "benevolence and righteousness".

Since the former Chaoji Shangxue Palace started to teach the study of "benevolence and righteousness", the theory of benevolence and righteousness has survived for hundreds of years, and even in such a long history, it shines brightly.

Jing Wu stood on the ruins of the state of Wu, relying not only on the just law, but also on the doctrine of benevolence and righteousness to educate the people.Wang Xuanwei's statement that Jing and Wu "use both kings and tyrants" is absolutely correct.

It is also because of the internal law and the foreign teaching of the people that Jing Wu was able to reunite the hearts of the people in the broken Wu country, and thus create a new peaceful and prosperous world.

So these things he taught are naturally the capital of these students in the future Jingwu Chaotang.

Of course, after all, Jingwu is still a short-lived country, and the establishment of a school is only a matter of recent years. It will still take a lot of time to teach these things to these students.

He never expected to make these students fat with one bite.But what he dislikes the most are those talented students who do not cherish such once-in-a-century opportunities. Qin Ke's muddle-headed behavior in his class today is equivalent to touching the heaviest part of his heart. the string.

It's just that it happened that such a student, who seemed to be unwilling to make progress, was able to narrate the "Shooting Meaning" he narrated so clearly.

"Who taught you this?" The old pedant sighed, put down the hand pointing at Qin Ke, and looked at him softly.

Qin Ke looked at him and replied softly, "Master."

"Then, I don't know which great Confucianism your master is?" the old pedant asked slowly with some respect.

Qin Ke thought for a while, then shook his head: "My master is not a great Confucian, and I never mentioned that he is a Confucian."

"People who are not Confucianists can actually have such a deep understanding of Confucianism?" The old pedant's eyes were surprised, almost shining, "Can I ask him for advice one day?"

Qin Ke lowered his head, shook his head, and said in a low voice, "He's gone."

In fact, when he said absent, he just meant that Master was no longer by his side.Of course, this old pedant who devoted himself to teaching sage books in the Jingwu Taixue Academy was naturally not aware of this point. When Qin Ke said the three words "not here", his eyes suddenly showed a bit of sadness.

He stretched out his hand, put it on Qin Ke's shoulder, and comforted him softly: "The dead are gone, and the living are like this. Let's mourn."

In fact, Qin Ke heard this kind of words a lot. After all, in those few years, Qin Ke really thought that his master died of illness on the bed. The villagers who had received his favor were very grateful, otherwise there would be no him. Master has such a good tomb in the mountains.

But now when he heard this kind of words, he only felt weird in his heart.

The old scholar looked at Qin Ke, and reminded him: "Although you have been taught by famous teachers and have enough qualifications and talents. But learning is by no means a day or two. You should not stop in this life. Don't take it lightly. Do not let your studies go to waste, otherwise you will still achieve nothing in the future. Remember!"

"I actually didn't expect anything to happen." Qin Ke said in a voice that he could only hear. He just came to Jingwu to find the whereabouts of his master, but last night he was shocked by the profundity of Zhuge Wanling's world after all. , so I still didn't dare to ask directly.

However, these things can only be buried in his own heart and cannot be known to others.

The old pedant sat back and continued to give lectures. The classroom seemed to have regained its original peace. It was still the sound of the old pedant giving lectures, and the sound of the students reading aloud like waves. Quite erratically, many people's eyes drifted back and forth on Qin Ke's body, some were curious, some were amazed, and of course, some were vigilance and disgust that he couldn't understand.

About half an hour later, the voice of the old pedant finally stopped. He rolled up the bamboo slip in his hand, put it on the table and tapped it lightly, and said: "Let's stop here today. There are some common things in Jingwu today. , and there will be no classes in the future. But you don’t want to run around, even if you don’t study, it’s good to practice calligraphy.”

However, these students are at the age of youth and activeness, so naturally they will not change their temperament simply because of the teacher's words.

The moment the old pedant walked out of the school, the whole school was filled with noise like boiling water.In just a moment, a thick wall of people gathered around Qin Ke, and the excited laughter of the students filled his ears.

"How did you do it?" Abu just thought that Qin Ke must be punished by the old pedant. Who knew that the next scene would happen, which surprised him and made Qin Ke happy, "It's true Well, it's just like the teacher said during the lecture."

Qin Ke knew who he was talking about, so he wasn't too surprised. He just said, "Maybe it's because the hero sees the same thing? Of course, I'm not saying I'm a hero, but my master."

"Your master is really powerful." Abu said, "I've never seen Old Master Huang speak like this. He is a respected senior in Jingwu. Few people can make him say the word 'ask for advice'."

"Master Huang?" Qin Ke asked.

"Huang Hansheng." Abu explained, but quickly shut up, just because according to etiquette, it would be disrespectful for a junior like him to directly name an elder. When you see him, you have to call out seniors, but don't look at him now as a teacher. It is said that he was a general on the battlefield riding a horse and holding a big bow in the early years. He led [-] troops and killed two soldiers. Where is the Enemy Army?"

"You're bragging." Some of the students questioned, but quickly retracted due to the glare of most people.

Qin Ke thought of the scar left by the sword on the old man's arm, and thought of his rough palms full of calluses, and he was already half convinced.And recalling the old man's broad shoulders and straight spine, he even felt that the old man was not old yet. Although his hands had held the manuscript for a long time, he would pick up the bow and arrow again one day and shoot through the sky with a hundred steps.

"He also said that you are talented." Abu patted Qin Ke on the shoulder, smiled and punched him, and said, "If you say you, you will become a genius in the eyes of the elders."

"What kind of genius am I?" Qin Ke couldn't laugh or cry, "I said it all, those words were only taught by my master. My master is a genius. He understood all these things early on. I have lived for so many years but still Big confusion."

Just when everyone was giving Qin Ke their thumbs up, there were a few strange voices in the school: "Hey. It's just an answer to a question, and I'm so excited as if it's such an honor. No embarrassment."

Chapter 80 Messenger from the Great Wall

Among the students in Qin Ke's room, the student nicknamed Da Da and named Yang Wan Lou had the hottest temper. He turned his head and knew without raising his eyes that this kind of yin and yang voice could only come from those gentry students. mouth.

He laughed a few times, and then taunted: "Answering a question is not an honor? I don't know how many times, who are the ones who can't answer the question of Old Master Huang and are sulking there. Zhang Mingqi, What's the matter? You can't do what others have done this time, are you jealous?"

"I'm jealous of him? What a joke!" The son of the aristocratic family called Zhang Mingqi was stabbed to the point, blushing and yelling angrily, "I just didn't review my homework that day, I don't remember so much. The six arts of a gentleman are just An archery skill, after all, you have to go to the shooting range to try it yourself to know who is a waste, what's the use of answering this kind of question? Could it be possible to let the arrow fly to the bull's-eye by talking?"

When Xiaoqian heard this, she couldn't stand it anymore, so she turned around and said, "Isn't it just archery, what's so great about it? Anyone can do it."

"Yes, it is indeed a shot." Zhang Mingqi laughed, "Speaking of Zhao Qian, what is your score every time you go to the shooting range? How many of the ten arrows hit the target?"

Xiaoqian was choked up for words, and then said angrily, "What's the matter? I just don't like archery, can't I? I'll be a county magistrate in the future, so I won't need bows and arrows."

There is already a clear boundary between the children of the poor family and the children of the noble family, and the resulting gap has continued to widen with the passage of time. At this time, it is natural to lose but not to lose, even if They poked each other at the wrong place, and the two sides refused to let go for a moment.

In contrast, only Qin Ke and Sun Qing, who sat quietly behind the gentry students and flipped through the books, were the only ones who could be quiet in the whole school.The breath on his body was still as cold as a piece of ice, proud and cold.

It's not that Qin Ke doesn't want to be silent, but he hasn't come to this school for a few days, and he really can't do it when it's his turn to expose each other's old things, and it's his turn to fight for what and why they have to fight. Not much concept either.

He could only listen in silence, and began to doze off again.

A Bu is different. Seeing that the battle between the two sides is becoming more and more fierce like dry wood, he began to worry, but he is not as influential as Sun Qing, nor can he speak eloquently, he can only be in the middle Constantly dissuading and repeating the three words "don't quarrel", it seems particularly aggrieved.

After arguing for a long time, some gentry children shouted loudly: "Since no one is convinced, let's go to the shooting range to compete and see who is the trash!"

Naturally, the poor boy replied immediately, "Compare! I'm afraid of you! Waste!"

"Who is the trash talking about?"

"Whoever talks nonsense is trash!"

"The loser is the puppy!"

However, this struggle between young people did not go so smoothly. Just when the two sides had already signed the "gentleman's covenant", Abu's weak voice was very clear among the crowd.

"Have you forgotten what day it is?"

"What day?" Qin Ke was still a little sleepy at first, but he couldn't help being stunned when he heard Abu's words.He began to think about various festivals related to today in his mind, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think of any festival that would be very important today.

However, the quarrel among the students in the school stopped because of this question. Afterwards, many people showed expressions of sudden realization.

"Oh. That's right, today is that day... No wonder Mr. Huang left so early. He is usually slow." Someone sighed.

"Of course, after all, Old Master Huang is not only the teacher of the school, but also the errand of Honglu Temple!"

"What do you mean?" Qin Ke looked at Abu and asked.

Seeing the situation stabilized, Abu finally felt a little more at ease. Although he knew in his heart that even if the poor students and the nobles really quarreled, the responsibility might not fall on him, but he always felt that he should be responsible for Zhuge. What Wanling can do, no matter how small it is, is within his capabilities.

"Oh, you just came to Jingwu for a few days, so I don't know. This afternoon, it happened to be the day when the missions from Canghai and Great Wall arrived in Jianye City. At that time, the missions from both countries will enter through the Wuyang Gate of Jianye City. After being greeted by the officials of Jingwu Honglu Temple, they went to rest in the post house." Abu explained, "This is a rare scene, everyone wants to see it."

Qin Ke frowned, but Cang Hai knew it well, and the books left by his master had mentioned it.

After the world was divided into four parts, Cang Hai, Mohist, Tang Guo, and Jing Wu each dominated one side.Both the Tang State and the Mohist School inherited a part of the Ji Dynasty back then, with a profound foundation, and Jing Wu now knows a lot, probably knowing that Jing Wu actually inherited the Wu State that was torn apart back then.But Canghai is the only outlier among the four kingdoms. It is said that the father of the lord of Canghai, Cao Meng, was just an adopted son of a former eunuch. Fame, too, quickly faded with his death.

But when the Ji Dynasty fell, Cao Meng suddenly emerged in this troubled world, and set up a banner of "spreading family wealth, rebel army", and in just a few years, nearly [-] people gathered He has [-] soldiers and horses, and relying on these [-] soldiers and horses, he forcibly conquered the mountains and rivers of the whole country, occupying the north like a tiger for a while.

I remember that Master once wrote in the dossier and sighed: "The hero of the troubled times, the future powerful enemy of the Mohist school."

Qin Ke was fascinated, but he quickly realized, the Great Wall?Missions from the Canghai and the Great Wall?

The Great Wall is different from the Canghai, and even the three schools of Tang, Mohism, and Jingwu are fundamentally different from it.Although the foundation of the Great Wall is still inherited from the previous dynasty, they have never had the idea of ​​​​dominating the world, and they have never even had a single war against any country.

And other countries have always kept a respectful distance from the Great Wall, and have never let their soldiers set foot on the territory of the Great Wall.

In the troubled times, there can be such a pure land that is not invaded by war, it is really surprising.

But the Great Wall is not without enemies.

The enemy of the Great Wall lies outside the towering Great Wall.

I don't know when it started, there is a mysterious and dark land in this world. This land is located in the north, and people in ancient times called it "the land of the netherworld".This is not to say that this piece of land is barren and not suitable for human habitation. On the contrary, the land here is unbelievably fertile. Even the Mohists, who own the most fertile black land in the world, have to admit that the land of the Nether The soil of the land is far more fertile than it is.

But such a fertile soil, no one dared to plant it at all, because as early as thousands of years ago, a group of monsters would flood into this land every once in a while.

No one knows where these monsters come from, and no one knows what these monsters rely on to grow, but when these monsters rushed out of the Netherland crazily and attacked towards the north, it became a terrible catastrophe.

The grass and trees are eaten up, and the flowers, birds, insects and fish are not spared.The stomachs of these monsters seem to never be satisfied, they devour all living things greedily, until in the end, because their bodies eat too much, they are stretched until their intestines burst, and finally they are gnawed by their own kind Food.

At that time, the humans in the north had never expected that they would encounter such a terrible thing. When they trembled and wanted to resist, they found that they only had the simple and rough farm tools in their hands.

Wives are torn apart, babies are swallowed alive, and the farmer's tools don't even keep him alive for a day.

According to historical records, just six years after those monsters entered the north, the north lost nearly a million people.Although these monsters were finally repelled later, it can be said that everyone in the north was empty at that time.

The women's husbands went out to fight and died, so they farmed with the strong, weaved with the weak, and raised their children with hard work.Afterwards, holding knives and wearing common clothes, they gathered together in silence and formed an army to avenge their husbands.

and die...

But the monsters seem endless, always coming back.

People are terrified, saying that the greed of this terrible monster will never end, and it will even eat its own flesh as food because of hunger and thirst.

The ancient sage king ordered to build a thousands of miles long city wall outside the Netherland, and stationed troops to garrison it. Since then, no matter how difficult it is in the past dynasties, repairing the Great Wall and sending more troops has become the most important mission.

But today the world is divided into four parts, but no country has the idea of ​​building the Great Wall. Naturally, the existence of the Great Wall itself is the guarantee of their survival. If one day, the Great Wall collapses, no matter who will rule the world in the end, it will turn into nothingness .

It's just that the Great Wall, which has always only cared about its mission for thousands of years, has now sent envoys. What happened to make them make such a change?

Chapter 81 Ascent

"Come on, Ake, don't get lost." Abu shouted from the front, and Qin Ke chased after him, but the crowd was a little crowded, and the two had to hold hands to prevent getting lost.In front of Abu, there are people such as Xiaoqian, Dalou, etc. They are obviously used to swimming among the crowd. Qin Ke can't even understand how Xiaoqian's fat body can swim like a fish in such a walking among the crowd.

"Where are you going?" Qin Ke asked while running, gasping for breath, and couldn't help laughing.

"You'll know when you get there." Abu also laughed. Although the two teenagers haven't known each other for a long time, after all, they have similar temperaments and ages, and they lived and died together in the tomb of King Ye. I am naturally happy in my heart.

The missions from the Great Wall and Canghai united into Jianye City, which can be said to be the rare excitement in Jingwu in the past few years.

Jing Wu has not established the country for a long time, and the exchanges with several foreign countries are not deep. Although several countries have sent envoys to send congratulatory messages, it is just a formality, not very unusual.

Even shortly after the congratulatory message was sent, Tang Guo took the initiative to take advantage of Jingwu's unstable foothold and sent troops to continuously provoke Jingwu's border defenses.

Although the Tang State finally recalled the army back to the territory after Gao Changgong went down to the city, and wrote a letter to repair it with Jing Wu.But the people of Jingwu have never paid for this account. At first, they broke into Jingwu without saying a word, and then they said it would be repaired?Can our father and brother who died in battle come back to life after repairing it?

Naturally, the relationship between Jing Wu and Tang State was as bad as it could be.

But the Canghai and the Great Wall are different. The Canghai is located in the north and rarely intersects with Jingwu, while the Great Wall is in the northwest. For thousands of years, it has devoted itself to guarding the dark place in the world, and even the people of Jingwu have to admire it.

The location of the two countries is destined to make the customs and customs between them and Jingwu very different. Naturally, the people of Jingwu are also very curious about what the people from the sea and the Great Wall look like?Naturally, from the streets along Wuyangmen, there are huge crowds of people, and the congestion is unbearable.

Qin Ke followed Abu, starting from the main street, and gradually entered the narrow alleys.In the afternoon, the sun that should have been warm shone on the eaves, and the shadows fell on a few poor students. There was a breeze passing through the alley. Qin Ke felt a bit of refreshing coolness, and said curiously: "It's not about going to see the mission Is it? You can't see anything from here."

"That's not necessarily the case." Abu chuckled, turned a corner, and a choking smell of horse manure rushed to his face.Just under the wide eaves of a building, Abu let go of his hand.

"Xiaoqian, go up quickly, go up quickly." Several poor children laughed hahaha, while Xiaoqian struggled to follow the structure of the stable, trying to lie upwards, just because his figure was really fat Some, so from below, his posture is like a ball of mud slowly squirming on the stable shelf, which is very indecent.

However, Xiaoqian obviously crawled through this stable more than once. Although his movements were not elegant and his movements were not very brisk, he stepped on each foot in a safe enough position, and he supported himself with his hands. After getting into the stable, Qin Ke looked up, and found that he not only wanted to climb the stable, but also climbed up the high roof along the roof of the stable!

Birds are chirping and chirping at the top of the eaves, and in the nest under the eaves, the young birds are spreading their sparsely feathered wings. It seems that these young birds will start their first flight in their lives in a few days.