There are precedents in the history of the Red Chamber

Shi Zhongzhu and his party took the Jialing River, took water, and left Guangyuan at the fastest speed.The fast horse galloped for four or five days, arrived at the ferry, and boarded the boat. Shi Zhongzhu's depressed emotions along the way finally broke out——Shi Zhongzhu fell ill.It wasn't a very serious illness, and the doctor only said that he was seasick, tired, and rested more. Shi Zhongzhu knew that he was not sick, but just lazy and unable to cheer up.

Nanshan thought that his master had dealt with the epidemic in Guangyuan and caused some sequelae. He was so nervous that he walked around Shi Zhongzhu for two days.Shi Zhongzhu couldn't bear to watch the people who grew up with him worry, so he finally persuaded Nanshan to rest for a night. Nanshan stayed in Shi Zhongzhu's cabin for the past two days, exhausted.

At night, the summer river breeze blows on the face with coolness, and the restlessness in the heart is soothed by such a refreshing cool breeze.While everyone was asleep, Shi Zhongzhu went to the deck, looked up at the sky full of stars, his neck was sore, he couldn't see enough, so he simply lay down and stared at the sky in a daze.

Kant said that there are only two things that people are most worthy of awe, one is the starry sky above our heads, and the other is the morality in people's hearts.Shi Zhongzhu didn't know that he was actually a moral dealer with a so-called "spiritual pursuit". In this world, his initial thought was just not to have his family ransacked and his family wiped out.

Shi Zhongzhu is now caught in the ultimate philosophical thinking, who am I?why am i aliveSuch a question, if you think about it seriously, you will never have an answer in your life.

When Shi Zhongzhu looked up at the starry sky, suddenly a black shadow came up, and that black shadow came to Shi Zhongzhu's side, followed his example, and lay down.

"Second young master, what are you thinking?" It was Master Dong.Although Master Dong has taught Shi Zhongzhu for almost ten years, he still calls him "Second Young Master".

"It's nothing, it's just that there are many problems that I can't figure out, um, many problems, as many as there are stars in the sky."

"Second young master, do you want to talk?"

Maybe Jiang Feng was too gentle, maybe the dark environment gave him a sense of security, maybe Master Dong's words just touched his heartstrings, Shi Zhongzhu slowly expressed his doubts.

"I always thought that the path I was going to take was very certain, and my heart was very firm. I passed the Jinshi examination next year, and I will be an official step by step. With my family relationship and my ability to be a second-rank official, I should have no problem. It depends on luck. I should marry a wife who is knowledgeable, knowledgeable, and understands me. I have two sons and two daughters. Then I will watch my son grow up and my daughter get married. Finally, I will die of old age under the bamboo forest with my wife. rocking chair."

"A high-ranking official with a generous salary, a virtuous wife and a filial son, that's very good." Master Dong agreed.

"But I'm suddenly not sure, Master Dong, do you know? Since my study tour, I have seen many people in the land of Kyushu, the poor, who don't have enough food and clothing, a serious illness, a natural disaster , can make them unable to live anymore. But is this their fault? They are also honest and willing to work, they have never idled, but their life is still not good. If it is not their fault, whose fault is it? Is it the imperial court? But the imperial court has Changping warehouses and a nine-benefit policy. In case of natural disasters, the imperial court will also provide relief. When I am around the saint, I always hear the saint sighing. Tired of running around. If it's not the fault of the people, or the court, whose fault is it?"

"I do not know."

"I don't know, maybe I won't know in this life. I can let go of the important affairs of the court and the people of the world. It's pure if I don't see it, but I have to live my own life. Marry a wife who thinks well." Why is it so difficult, sometimes I really don’t understand what women think.”

Master Dong speculated that the reason why Shi Zhongzhu had this disease was because of the Ji family girl. Seeing that he was willing to take the initiative to mention it, he also wanted to help him dig up the carrion to heal the wound. "You're talking about Miss Ji's family."

"Yes. I always thought Ji Mudan was a good girl. Of course, I think so now. But why didn't she choose me? Is it because I am not good enough? I promise that she will be the only one in her life, and I am willing to take care of her. All the wind and rain, why didn't she choose me?" Shi Zhongzhu was hit by a broken relationship and fell into a cycle of self-doubt.

"Second young master, how do you know that Ji's girl is a good girl?"

"Is there any need to ask? She is filial, knowing that Ji Jing will go to the city for treatment, she will go to the city to take care of her regardless of the risk of infection; she is kind, and she treats so many patients meticulously and patiently; she has the ability, a woman , Acquired good medical skills, how can such a girl be bad."

"Ms. Ji's family knows that Ji Jing has medicine in her hand, so why don't you care about life and death and follow her to show filial piety?"

"Jijing's medicine didn't know the effect at that time!"

"How can I not know that Ji Jing has already done experiments. Didn't the second young master decide to help him after finding out the experiments he had done and the precedents of cure?"

"I'm...I'm... Even if she knows, she still treats patients. Many people also know, but they don't believe it, and they are still afraid of death."

"Second young master, Miss Ji's family also collects fees for consultations. She uses other people's money to relieve disasters for others, doesn't she?"

"Hmm..." Shi Zhongzhu didn't dare to answer "no", the doctor did take money.

"Let's talk about another woman, she shouldn't have shown her face in the first place, so restless, how can she be considered a good girl!"

Whoever said that women should stay at home, I like girls who are capable, and it is not wrong for women to be capable.Shi Zhongzhu found the words to refute Master Dong, and was about to open his mouth immediately. He suddenly realized that in the mainstream consciousness, Ji Mudan’s behavior was deviant. It is natural to think that others also approve of Ji Mudan's doing so.In fact, Master Dong's opinion is the opinion of most people. If it is really so upright, why does Ji Mudan use the pseudonym Ji Mu?

"Uh..." Shi Zhongzhu got stuck all of a sudden. Could it be that Ji Mudan is really not that good?

"I know what the second young master wants to say, she is a woman with great faith and a broad mind, but I will make a bet with you that when she gets married, she will not practice medicine again." Master Dong said firmly.

"Is it because her husband doesn't let her practice medicine?"

"No, many women study medicine in order not to be plotted against in the back house."

"Ah?" Shi Zhongzhu couldn't imagine how anyone in the world could study medicine just for this purpose.

"Aren't all the men's back houses in the world as peaceful as the Hou Ye's family. Don't you believe that the palace will soon want such maids and officials?"

"That's the palace!" The palace maids, medical ladies, and female officials are professional doctors.

Master Dong rolled his eyes at Shi Zhongzhu, who was rare and strange, "The imperial palace is the largest back house in the world."

Don't you think it's strange that you are a master of martial arts, and you know more about the affairs of the back house than people with previous life experience?Shi Zhongzhu decided not to entangle this issue, and changed the subject, "Master Dong, don't you think women like infatuated people? Zhuo Wenjun's "White-headed Song" hopes to win the hearts of the people, and the white head is not separated. It should not be everyone. Longing for it?"

"Everyone? Women probably believe in this, but second young master, you are a big man, shouldn't you think it's a blessing for everyone?"

Shi Zhongzhu turned his head sideways, looked at Master Dong seriously and said, "That's what I believe."

Master Dong smiled and said, "Master Hou has only his wife in the backyard. Does the second young master think that all the men in the world live with a woman? Let's not talk about it, your third uncle, Lord Zhongjing Hou has an aunt , I think you are very kind to Miss Shi Xiangxia, the concubine born by your aunt?"

"It's different. Sister Xiangxia is also the third uncle's child. I should be nice to her. I should be better to Xiangxue, who was born by my aunt."

"Second young master, according to what you said earlier, you should only like Miss Shi Xiangxue. The concubine was born by my aunt, don't you just dislike my aunt?"

"But the child is innocent!" Shi Zhongzhu emphasized, how can a person choose his own birth?What's more, who can bear to inflict cold violence on a child.

"Innocent? She was born with original sin!" Master Dong said coldly.

original sin?Shi Zhongzhu didn't expect Master Dong to say such a meaningful term. Isn't original sin a Christian term?Why does Master Dong also use this word.

"Original sin?" Shi Zhongzhu couldn't help asking.

"Bloodline has been doomed for a long time. Compared with heirloom, concubine is inferior!" It turned out that Master Dong was talking about bloodline.

Shi Zhongzhu didn't know what to say, to refute the theory of blood, or to popularize equality for all?Neither fit.There was a moment of silence between them.

"Second Young Master, I have taught you martial arts for ten years, and I have to say, you are the most contradictory person I have ever seen." Master Dong said with emotion.

"How do you say it?" Shi Zhongzhu always thought that he was very methodical in his work, and that he became famous and had a bright future as a young man because he followed the plan and got it down to earth.

"You were only six years old at the time, and you were ruthless to yourself. You worked hard to learn literature and martial arts. It would be fine if you were serious and dignified, but you obviously have a gentle temperament and live a peaceful life. Now I also believe in Taoism. Learning this and learning that, it seems like something is chasing and urging me behind, how can it not be strange?" Master Dong said the long-standing doubt.

Shi Zhongzhu smiled wryly. He was afraid of being ransacked and dying in this era. He always thought about working harder, and in case something happened in the future, he would also learn more crafts to eat.

Seeing that Shi Zhongzhu didn't answer, Master Dong continued, "It's like raising funds for the children of Xuejiaji to go to school this time. You said that you must give the opportunity to the elder brother when you say 'the disadvantaged are first', but you said 'survival of the fittest and survival of the fittest' ' As for the words, when Lord Hou heard this, he called out the successors of the historians, do you think you are contradictory?"

contradiction!Shi Zhongzhu answered himself in his heart, the growth environment in his previous life, the society changed every 20 years, the most stable traditional Confucian culture was fragmented, and the market economy only took more than ten years to brainwash him into a "profit first" When he grows up again, the country is already guiding him that "money is not everything". Don't think that people who study science and agriculture are pure technicians. No matter how simple a person lives in the world, he must be influenced by others , his own views are all messed up, and he has only a vague feeling.

If you don't understand yourself, how can you express your point of view to others?Shi Zhongzhu didn't speak.

Master Dong didn't come to listen to Shi Zhongzhu's answer either. He didn't want to see his disciple who had been teaching for ten years, helpless because of a woman. Think clearly.

"Second young master, you still want to figure it out for yourself."

After Master Dong finished speaking, a carp stood up, and Shi Shiran went back to his room, ignoring Shi Zhongzhu.

Shi Zhongzhu lay on the deck, looking at the sky full of stars and thinking.