Tang riddles

The pouring rain enveloped the world, pouring rivers and seas.The raindrops hit the snow knife and the purple sword, hit the back of the hand holding the sword, hit the two pairs of shoulders that were not broad, and hung down from the shoulders, from the wet clothes The edge of the hem of the robe dripped, and together with the water droplets rolling from the corners of the brows and eyes, it shattered on the stone bridge deck and merged into a trickle at the feet.

The sky is unkind, it lowered its eyes indifferently, watching the confrontation on the bridge.The rain curtain is the background it gives, and the sound of rain is the war song it plays.It is waiting for the moment when the opposing sides make their move.

Oddly enough, no one did anything.They just put their hands on the handles of their swords.Even Li Jinyue, who was as violent and angry as before, seems to be infected by the atmosphere at this moment, and has calmed down.She was quiet because she was actually infected by the person opposite her.The calmness of her body makes her like the most upright pillar in the world, without the slightest wavering.Standing there, she looked like a mountain without Zhou. If Li Jinyue could not become a Gonggong, it would be impossible to break such an upright pillar.

For the first time in Li Jinyue's life, she felt the feeling of meeting an opponent.This is completely different from how she felt when she led the army on the frontier and encountered a large number of Tubo or Turkic soldiers. On the battlefield, she completely believed in her own ability, and she firmly believed that she could defeat them, because their weakness was clear in her eyes.However, the person in front of her, Li Jinyue couldn't see her weakness, she seemed to have no flaws.The feeling she gave Li Jinyue alone surpassed the regular army of 1000 people.

She seemed to have felt this kind of feeling in some distant old person, but she couldn't remember it.At this moment, part of her anger seemed to have subsided, turning into admiration for the person in front of her.Such boldness is rare in this world.Perhaps, there is a reason for the lotus maid to want to marry him.

But she has already started to kill, she will not stop, this person will die today.

Thinking of this, without any further hesitation, she snorted coldly, grabbed the hilt of the big sword, and jumped up. At the same time as she jumped up, the sword had already been taken out of its sheath. "Om", Zijian let out a dragon cry, and was dragged backwards by Li Jinyue.Li Jinyue seemed to be flying in the rain, the moment she jumped up, the height and speed were shocking, she jumped in front of Shen Sui with almost one step.The big sword drew a lunar arc, and swung it out. The sharp blade split the rain curtain, and put a hood on Shen Sui who was standing silently.

The powerful sword force enveloped Shen Sui, and she seemed unable to dodge it.She didn't dodge it either, she just made a very simple movement.She raised the snow knife with sheath in her hand horizontally.The next moment, I heard a loud "clang".Shen Sui's body fell half short in an instant.

She was knocked down on one knee by Li Jinyue's powerful slash.

But her counterattack came soon.She suddenly pulled the Xuedao scabbard forward and slid out, the rain seemed to have turned into lubricating grease, under the sound of Jin Ming rubbing, her right hand had already formed a fist, hitting Li Jinyue's abdomen.

Li Jin gritted his teeth, retracted his stomach and turned sideways, and suddenly stepped aside, the blade swiped again, slashing at Shen Sui's forehead.Shen Sui was not in a hurry, he lowered his head to the side, and the sword edge brushed against her ear pinnae, cutting off a few strands of her hair.

Shen Sui made a wrong step, slid out sideways, and suddenly supported the bridge with one hand, exerted strength on his waist and abdomen, stretched his legs, leaped, and turned over.In mid-air, the snow knife with sheath and handle hit Li Jinyue's face.

Li Jinyue finally withdrew her sword and returned to defense, turning from offense to defense, the blade blocked Xuedao's attack.Taking advantage of her sight being blocked, Shen Sui's feet landed firmly on the ground, and with a twist of Xuedao's hand, the handle of the knife turned into the tail of the knife, hitting Li Jinyue's waist, and flying her obliquely.

Shen Sui put the snow knife on his shoulder, watched Li Jinyue roll in the stagnant water in embarrassment, stood up all muddy, couldn't help grinning, showing a mouthful of neat white teeth, smiling like a mischievous child.

Li Jinyue's complexion became even more gloomy.

"Heh~" Li Jinyue also laughed, she thought this man was really interesting, she wanted to kill him, but he didn't take it seriously, as if he was playing a game to tease her.Li Jinyue's smile was a sneer, because Shen Sui's attitude made her feel very angry, she wiped the muddy water from her face, her face became calm, and she didn't dare to underestimate this person's strength.

She tightly grasped the hilt of the sword, standing in the rain, with her hair in a disheveled bun, hanging down, unable to see her face clearly, her killing intent was exploding exponentially.Shen Sui's mischievous smile gradually faded, he clenched the handle of his knife tightly, his sword eyebrows flew up obliquely close to his eye sockets, and his dark eyes condensed a cold light.

Do you really want to kill me?Okay, Maomao, then I won't joke with you.

"Shen Sui, draw out your sword, don't insult my sword." Li Jinyue said coldly.

"It's easy for my snow knife to come out of its sheath, unless you are my respectable opponent." Shen Sui said lightly.

"Oh, madman..." Li Jinyue smiled disdainfully.

"Li Jinyue, do you know that you are like a lost dog, biting people indiscriminately?" Shen Sui deliberately provoked her with words.

Li Jinyue stared at her with blood-red eyes, as if she was about to eat her.But Li Jinyue didn't explain, she didn't think it was necessary for her to explain anything to a dying person.

Shen Sui lifted the hem of his robe, tied it in his belt, put on his horse's stance, and stretched his posture.Still holding her own knife in her right hand, she raised her left hand, hooked her fingers, and signaled Li Jinyue to come quickly.

Li Jinyue seemed to be completely enraged by this contemptuous action, dragging her big sword and rushing towards Shen Sui. During the rush, she suddenly raised the sword to the tip of her eyebrows, raised the big sword horizontally, and pointed the tip of the sword at Shen Sui.

"Huh?" Shen Sui let out a light snort, why does this move look so similar to the sprint spear technique of the Fushi knight?

This time, without waiting for Li Jinyue to get close, Shen Sui moved ahead of time.Her shoulders trembled, and at the same time, her wrist pressed down on the handle of the knife, and the snow knife jumped up, and fell towards Li Jinyue's direction.Just in time to pinpoint the moment when Li Jinyue got close, Shen Sui pushed the snow knife with his right hand, and the tail of the snow knife's sheath stabbed straight at Li Jinyue's throat.

She thought that Li Jinyue would change her attacking route to avoid this move, so that she could take the next move she expected, but she didn't expect Li Jinyue to hit him straight.If this move is really successful, Li Jinyue's throat will be shattered, and it will be absolutely fatal.Shen Sui was startled, and hurriedly changed the scabbard's trajectory forcibly, leaning a few inches to the side. At this moment, the big sword in Li Jinyue's hand stabbed at an extremely strange angle, and Shen Sui couldn't dodge it abruptly. He watched helplessly as the blade pierced into his left shoulder like this.

She heard the sound of sharp knives cutting flesh, "poof", as if the broken leather was being torn.She instantly lost feeling in her left shoulder, which was sore and numb.

At this moment, Li Jinyue held up the sword expressionlessly, watching how the point of her sword pierced Shen Sui's flesh.She was thinking about how she should pull out the sword. If she pulled it out in an ordinary way, it didn't seem to be fun.But if the tip of the sword is turned, Shen Sui's entire left arm must be cut off, which seems too cruel.

While hesitating, Shen Sui resolved this choice for her.She struggled to raise her left hand, pinched the blade of the sword, and with a roar, she pulled herself out, stumbled a few steps backwards, and finally supported the bridge deck with the snow knife, standing brazenly not far away.

Li Jinyue frowned even tighter, silently staring at the person in front of her.

The belated blood spurted out, and instantly merged with the rain, dyeing her snow-white shirt red.She stood there, clenched her teeth.Severe pain also hit her, her whole body was trembling with pain, her complexion turned pale instantly, her lips were colorless, her left hand hung there limply, her palm was cut, and her trouser legs were stained red with blood.But she just stood there, didn't fall down, and her waist was straight.The snow knife in her right hand is firmly on the bridge, like her spine.

Li Jinyue suddenly felt a little timid, but this timidity passed in a flash.In the next moment, she overcame her weakness with the strong will she had trained in the army, and stepped forward with her sword ruthlessly again.

You have to make sure you kill your enemies, even if they are badly wounded.Li Jinyue never dared to violate this iron rule in the army, because she knew that on the battlefield, this was the iron rule to save lives.

How did she live to this day step by step, will the man in front of her understand?What exactly he took away from her, this man will never understand.He laughed, but he still laughed, but he couldn't cry for a long time.He took his own life, the only hope he could see and feel for the rest of his life.He suffered from his own sword, but he still stood stubbornly.But he himself was already dead, killed by his invisible knife.

Then, to be fair, take your life too.

When the sword light came, Shen Sui gritted his teeth and raised the snow knife to block it.The sword finally collided with great joy.Shen Sui's saber was still not out of its sheath, she just raised the snow saber with her right hand, constantly resisting the rapid attacks of Li Jinyue's great sword, fighting and retreating. "Clang! Clang! Clang!", the sound of gold and iron crossing echoed in the heavy rain between heaven and earth.

Li Jinyue seemed to be wielding the big sword with all her life's strength, and every attack contained a huge force, which was full of sorrow and grief, full of the sadness of losing everything.She was on the south side of the bridge, pressing every step of the way; Shen Sui was on the north side of the bridge, retreating steadily.Just behind Shen Sui is the imperial city under the rain curtain, the pale yellow palace, and the Vientiane Shrine solemnly hidden in the mist, covered by thick and oppressive dark clouds.In a daze, Li Jinyue seemed to feel that she was swinging her sword at the pale yellow palace, at the identity of the royal woman who had suppressed her for nearly 30 years. She was in pain, so painful that she was about to lose consciousness.

"Ah!!!" She looked up to the sky in panic and shouted, the rain all over her face turned into tears that had dried up long ago, and the big sword in her hand slashed at Shen Sui fiercely with resentment all over the sky.Shen Sui couldn't accept this move anymore, but she didn't want to escape at all.Every move of Li Jinyue, she will follow, her pain and hatred, she will follow in full, and she will never evade.

Then with a sound of "Qiang", just like the sound of a phoenix, Xuedao finally came out of his body, facing Zilong's great sword diagonally upwards.

"Dang!!!", the loud noise shook the sky and the earth, Shen Sui's snow knife was bounced off, and the big sword slashed across Shen Sui's throat like a bamboo.Shen Sui turned around suddenly, and in a flash, he came to Li Jinyue's back, and the next moment, Xuedao appeared strangely beside Li Jinyue's neck.Clinging tightly to her skin made Li Jinyue feel a bit cold.

However, the knife did not cut her skin, because Shen Sui used the back of the knife.

A sword has two edges, but a knife has only one edge.Therefore, the swordsman is sharp, and the swordsman is vicissitudes.

Shen Sui knelt down on one knee slowly, and the snow knife fell weakly from Li Jinyue's shoulder. The tip of the knife rested on the bridge, supporting Shen Sui's body that was about to fall.

Shen Sui's hair bun came loose at some point, and the hairpin was long gone. His black hair fell down in the rain, soaking in the wet rain.The sword that Li Jinyue slashed across her throat was not fatal, the point of the sword missed by a few inches, it slashed through the clothes and skin under Shen Sui's throat, and drew a bloodstain on her collarbone.Her neckline was ripped open, turned out miserably, and stained with blood.Her upper body was red, and her white clothes turned into red clothes.Blood slowly overflowed from Shen Sui's mouth, but she spit it on the bridge.

Li Jinyue turned around, raised her big sword high, and stabbed downwards, towards the person who had circled behind her.Even though she knew that she would have lost in a martial arts contest, she still wanted to kill her because she was her enemy.

But at the moment when she turned around, seeing Shen Sui's appearance in her eyes, she suddenly widened her eyes, astonished beyond words.She tried to stop her sword, but her murderous intent was too strong the moment before, and she had no room to swing the sword, so she couldn't take it back.

"Get away!" she yelled.

Before the words fell, a figure flashed by beside him, and there was a sound of "clang". Li Jinyue's big sword was taken by another ordinary Confucian sword, and the edge of the big sword touched the ground. On the top of Shen Sui's hair, she was almost about to split her head.

I heard a leisurely male voice say casually:

"Princess, let me forgive you and forgive me."

"Who are you?"

"I'm next to Li Bai."

Li Jinyue ignored him, put away her big sword, knelt down and looked at Shen Sui carefully.The blood-stained clothes had a jade pendant hanging in the open collar, which was also stained red by the blood.The loose long hair lost her heroic and unrestrained style in the past, leaving only a kind of feminine softness.She was too familiar with the phoenix notch on the handle of the long knife in her hand, she had clearly seen this knife before.

So she is still reluctant to draw the knife?

Li Jinyue's heart was cold, her mind went blank, and her lips were trembling.

Then Shen Sui slowly raised his head, those black eyes that Li Jinyue always felt familiar with were full of complicated emotions.She pulled out a smile, her white teeth were stained red by the vomited blood, making her look even more miserable.But she smiled so innocently, like a white silk handkerchief, spotless, just like she was back then.

"Maomao, you are my king, and I am your subject. The king wants the subject to die, but the subject does not want to die. Is the subject... can I not be a subject anymore? As I said, no matter what you want to do in the future What, I will help you achieve it. Now, does this still count? Is it because we prayed twice at that time, and God thought we were too playful, so it really didn’t count..."

Her hoarse voice was speaking intermittently, Li Jinyue's disappearing tears suddenly overflowed violently, she covered her lips in disbelief, unable to utter a word.

Shen Sui fell silent, hanging his head as if falling asleep.Li Jinyue panted heavily, as if she was about to suffocate in the next moment, she grabbed Li Bai who was silent by the side with trembling hands, and said:

"Take...take her away, take her...to heal her wounds."

Li Bai didn't talk too much nonsense, he directly set up Shen Sui, and took her to the south of the bridge.

Li Jinyue was standing on the north side of the bridge. At this moment, the pale yellow palace became her back. She stood alone in the sky and earth, watching the two figures staggering towards the distance.The big sword in his hand was stained with that person's blood, and was gradually washed away by the rain.

"Brother Taibai, my wine..." Shen Sui said weakly.

Li Bai untied the wine jug around her waist, and found that the cork flew off at some point, and the wine spilled half of the jug.He silently handed it to Shen Sui's mouth, and fed her a sip of wine.

"Cough cough cough... good wine..." She choked.

"Hahahaha..." Li Bai laughed wildly, grabbed the jug and gulped down a few mouthfuls, then suddenly sang loudly:

"The road is difficult! The road is difficult! There are many divergent roads, where are you now?

There will be times when the wind and the waves cleave, hang the clouds and sail straight to the sea! "

The author has something to say: a poem appears in this chapter:

The Difficult Journey Part One (Tang·Li Bai)

There are tens of thousands of sake bottles in Jinzun and tens of thousands of dollars in jade dish.

Stopping the cup and throwing the chopsticks, he couldn't eat.

To cross the Yellow River Bingsaichuan, will climb Taihanghang snow-covered mountains.

Come leisurely fishing on Bixi, suddenly take a boat dream day.

Difficult to travel!Difficult to travel!Duoqilu, where is it today?

There will be times when the wind and waves break, and the sails will be hung upright.

After finishing this chapter today, I have some ideas that I would like to share with you.The theme is - Confucianism.

Many people in modern times think that chivalrous men are handsome, why are they so handsome?Because knights have their own set of very upright moral concepts, and they are not bent by vulgar world conditions and immoral laws, uphold the righteous way, uphold justice, and draw swords to help when encountering injustice.But how many people know that the spirit of "Xia" actually comes from Confucianism?

Han Feizi criticized Confucianism: "Confucianism uses literature to disrupt the law, and chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban." Confucianism and chivalry are both promoted, which is one of the evidences. One of the characters in the famous "Biography of the Ranger" in "Historical Records" is named "Yuan Xian". He is a disciple of Confucius and one of the 72 sages.The "Biography of Rangers" is generally recognized as the root of Chinese martial arts, and this is the second evidence.The redundant ones are not listed one by one.

Since the New Culture Movement, Confucius and his Confucianism have been criticized in every way, and after "□□", they even insulted the ancestors with foul language.So that modern and contemporary people are not interested in Confucius.Many people say that Confucius is a fool, and a fool preaches a foolish way to make troubles for the future.Those who say this really do not understand Confucius.The dross in Confucianism is definitely not the original intention of Confucius, but is caused by the misinterpretation of mediocrity in later generations.

There is no evidence to say it, and I will give an example to demonstrate it.Everyone has studied the first chapter of "The Analects of Confucius" in school-Xueerpian. "Learning and practicing it from time to time, isn't it easy to talk? Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar? People don't know, but they are not stunned. Isn't it a gentleman?" In the textbook, we are required to read "Shuo" as Yue, and explain it For fun, there's basically nothing wrong with this.But the textbook interprets the first sentence as "Isn't it a joy to learn and review often?" This is a great misinterpretation of this sentence, and even caused many young people to completely lose interest in the Analects root cause.

Confucius' Confucianism is a process of learning principles, establishing ideals, and constantly practicing.Confucius' teaching method is to discuss with his disciples sentence by sentence to improve some points of view.This is the teaching method of Confucius, and it is also the learning method of his disciples.

Therefore, in the first sentence, Confucius clearly explained his own research method of this subject: after learning the truth, and practicing it at the right time, at the same time, he can also review and consolidate the knowledge he has learned. Isn’t this a very happy thing? thing? "Time" is not always. Looking at the whole Analects of Confucius, all occurrences of "time" do not mean often, but are interpreted as "at the right time".That is to say, Confucius believes that the greatest joy of learning your own knowledge is that you can apply the knowledge you have learned at the right time and consolidate it for review.What is the right time?Maybe it's when someone values ​​your talent and uses you.To study Confucianism is to establish oneself and govern the country.This is the greatest ideal and what Confucius pursued all his life.Throughout Confucius' life, he was displaced and unwelcome, but he upheld this principle from beginning to end. The first sentence of "xueer" is his pursuit.

The second sentence is "Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?" The textbook interprets the word "friend" as a person who shares the same goals.But in fact, we need to understand the deep meaning of "like-minded".What is a like-minded person? The original meaning of "peng" in bronze inscriptions and oracle bone inscriptions is two strings of shells placed side by side. In the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it was basically interpreted as a person with a blood relationship.For Confucius, "friend" refers to fellow students, people who share the same knowledge as your classmates and have the same aspirations.Isn't it very happy to have such people who gather together from far and wide because of the same ambition?Yes, of course it was fun.

Continue to look at the third sentence, "People don't know, but you are not stunned, so you are not a gentleman?" If others don't understand your character and ambitions, but you are not angry, isn't this a gentleman?This sentence is a light and fluffy explanation, but we need to see the deep meaning behind it.You don't get angry when others don't understand you.Why not be angry?It is because you always insist on your own ambition and moral conduct, and you don't care about the eyes of others.His body is upright, his behavior is also upright, such a person is a gentleman.

Confucius used his whole life to interpret the Analects of Confucius.When I was young, I studied literature and set my ambitions.Traveling in the middle age is ideal.There have been times when he was successful, when he flexed his muscles to practice what he had learned and thought.And most of the time it is a time of frustration, because what the monarch wants is domineering, but he can only give domineering.Although he was frustrated, he was able to uphold his integrity and be strong and unshakable.He was the earliest teacher and gathered a large number of disciples. These disciples all had the same ideals and aspirations as him, and they supported each other in the hardships of traveling around the world.In his later years, he became a kind and gentle old man. He stopped traveling and returned to his hometown to write books.He is not angry when others don't understand him, and he still compiles his books and is his man.

What kind of person is this!He is not a born saint. He used his own life to interpret the essence of Confucianism and the process of becoming a saint step by step that his knowledge advocates.

"The Analects of Confucius" is a collection compiled by later generations after a hundred years of Confucius.This book records all quotations, but these quotations are by no means put together randomly, there is an internal logic in it.The reason why the "Xueer" article is put in the first article is precisely because this is the general introduction, the general introduction of the introduction.

Many people always say that Confucianism belongs to us Chinese.I think no, if you don’t inherit it, don’t learn it, Confucianism is not your thing, even if you are Chinese. "Learning while learning" is a challenge that Confucius sent to all disciples who want to get started: whether you can "learn while learning" and whether you can get "friends" when you can't "learn while learning" The joy of coming from afar?If you can't even "have friends coming from afar", then can you "not be stunned when people don't know it"?If after endless frustrations and blows, you can achieve "people do not know but not stunned", then you are a gentleman.I put all these hardships and hardships in front of you at the beginning of the chapter. Do you dare to enter my door? If you dare, you are a Confucian scholar!

This kind of spirit is like the uprightness of heaven and earth added to one's body.Confucian scholars wear swords, literature is used to convey Taoism, and martial arts is used to convey chivalry.This is the spirit of our ancestors!Xia is just a branch of Confucianism.If you think that Shen Sui or Li Bai has a chivalrous spirit, you should know that whether it is Shen Sui or Li Bai, they both inherit the spirit of Confucianism, the spirit of our ancestors, the spirit of the Tang Dynasty, and the spirit of Confucianism. I, creating such a large plot, want to convey the spirit and energy to everyone.

Wish I did.