Self-help guide for non-professional young masters

"No one cares whether you are willing to speak or not. You can call me Mrs. Wang, Shaoqing, or just by your first name. I called you all here today, and I didn't mean to preach to you..."

Speaking of this, Jun Ziyou coughed a few times, Xiao Junze noticed that his face was very pale, and there was a lingering black air faintly frowning between his brows.

I heard the old lady in the palace say before that people who are about to die can see despondency on their faces, and they can't escape even if they escape, and they will definitely die.

Thinking of this, he felt a little sad, and didn't insist anymore, following what Jun Zi You said, he bit the bullet and sat next to Li Ying, who was at odds with him.

But Xiao Junhan still didn't know what was going on, he didn't dare to trust others for a moment, thought for a while, not only didn't sit down, but took a step back, this behavior can be said to make Li Ying's heart cool.

"I really can't help you, Duh, that's all. You might as well teach your apprentice the way to secure the throne. This little bastard can't be raised well and can't be warmed up. No matter how good he is, he will be bitten back. Why bother?"

When it comes to the way to succeed to the throne, the eyes of the two brothers are red. It is like repeating the mistakes of the two kings Mu and Han. Even if one of them can successfully inherit the throne, they will still fight to the death and lose.

In the final analysis, it was Emperor Yuan's suspicion that harmed the two innocent teenagers, and Jun Ziyou wanted to completely put an end to these troubles at this moment.

"It's okay, don't force yourself, let's have some tea."

The court lady obeyed the order and brought the tea trays, among which the tea cups were of different colors, which shows that there are deep meanings.

The palace maid walked past Xiao Beicheng, Li Ying, and Junziyou, letting them choose tea as they wished, and finally delivered it to the two princes.

It is said that Xiao Junhan and Xiao Junze brothers are princes with noble status, they should be selected from them, but Junziyou took advantage of the fact that they are not yet on the throne, and forcibly reversed the order of seniority to seniority.

When their brothers choose tea, it is the time when they can really see people's hearts.

At the moment, there are only white pottery and ink porcelain tea utensils left on the plate. They are of flawless color, but pottery is low-grade. ".

Moreover, although they have selfish thoughts of monopolizing valuables, Zunyi always regards humility as a virtue, and order and choice are the key to success or failure. At this time, no matter who makes the choice first, it will face a severe test.

"The crown prince should choose first. As the master of the Eastern Palace, you are an honorable person, so you should have the right to choose first."

"No, no, it's better for the emperor to choose first. You are older than me, so you should choose first in order of elder and younger."

At this time, he became modest and pretended to refuse each other, which was really annoying. They didn't find it disgusting after going back and forth a few times, Xiao Beicheng was annoyed, put down the celadon tureen, and went straight to the two people who had their own concerns, and stood up for them. They made a choice, and handed over the white pottery to Xiao Junze, and the black pottery to Xiao Junhan.

It's not difficult to guess what these two little brats will think. Xiao Junze will definitely "thump" in his heart when he takes Baitao. Although he has no ambition to seize the throne, he doesn't want to die in the hands of his brother in the future. In order to protect himself, he has to fight for it.

And what about Xiao Junhan?He also had to "click" in his heart, what does black porcelain mean?Although he is a good talent, but if he is stained with taint, he will be smashed to pieces if he steps into the air, and his body and spirit will be destroyed, so he has no chance of fulfilling his wish.

However, in fact, Xiao Beicheng just made choices for them, even if they were switched, the result would be the same. As long as their brothers have their own ghosts, differences will still arise sooner or later.

I have to say that Junziyou's trick is really brilliant.

He returned to the man, took the tea bowl, and used a teaspoon to stir the black and hot "tea soup" to dissipate heat. When he could drink it, he brought it to the man's lips.

This is Jiang Yanqing's strong medicine prepared earlier, which is dedicated to "sell bones". The medicine is extremely powerful, and after taking it, it can force the Gu worms in the host's body to enter the turtle's resting state, gaining a few quarters of an hour.

Xiao Beicheng knew that once he drank the medicine, Junziyou would fall into a peaceful sleep. He knew that he was powerless to save him, and all he could do for him was to ease his pain...

——He will be tantamount to killing a loved one with his own hands.

Jun Ziyou pretended to be ignorant, saw that he handed the medicine, he opened his mouth obediently, was about to roll the medicine liquid into the tip of his tongue and swallow it, but missed.

Xiao Beicheng still couldn't make up his mind, the teacup slipped from his hand, knocked over and fell to the ground, falling into pieces.

Jun Ziyou smiled secretly in his heart, and deliberately looked at the Xiao brothers who were not very good-looking, their faces turned blue and white, "Yes, like this, if you are always sticking to the pros and cons of gains and losses, you are doomed to not be able to afford it, and you will let it go." No more."

"What do you mean..." Xiao Junze asked blankly, but Xiao Junhan seemed to understand the deep meaning of the words, after thinking for a moment, he dropped the tea cup and cover on the ground.

After two crisp sounds, Xiao Junze panicked in his heart, and unconsciously squeezed his own cup tightly, as if afraid of being broken.

But soon, the two of them noticed the abnormality. A layer of white inner substance could be seen in the cracks of the shards of black porcelain. It turned out that the dark black color was just the glaze layer baked on the surface, but the inside was still white and flawless. of.

Seeing this, Xiao Junze also understood most of it, and dropped the white pottery together, as expected, the white pottery was only a layer of light color covering the outside.

Li Ying listened to the crisp sound, and gave a low "tsk", "Sui Sui is safe..."

The two brothers were a little dazed, they looked at each other subconsciously, then hurriedly looked away, looking at Junziyou who had to lie on his back on the wide chair like Lafayette, tensing his body to relieve the pain.

His eyes were a little blurred, and he kept himself up by biting the tip of his tongue. When he saw this, he secretly grabbed Xiao Beicheng's hand and hid it behind his back, gathering a trace of warmth.

"Prince, have you ever heard the story of Tian Ji's horse racing?"

"I heard."

Xiao Junze didn't understand why, so he glanced at Xiao Junhan who was beside him again, seemed to be quite scrupulous, and continued to speak bravely.

"Qi general Tian Ji took in prisoner Sun Bin, appreciated his talent, and regarded him as a guest of honor. Tian Ji usually likes to race horses with all the sons of Qi, and bets heavily. However, his grandson discovered that these horses are divided into three categories: top, middle and bottom. , So he presented Tian Ji with the method of winning, Tian Ji believed it, so he placed a thousand gold bet with King Qi Wei. The Si and the other's Si, and the king's Si and the other's Si." In the end, Tian Ji won two victories and one loss, won a thousand pieces of gold, and introduced his grandson to King Qi Wei, who later appointed him as a military advisor."

"Good, so what do you think of the story?"

"Sun Tzu wins with his wits, and his military tactics are unpredictable. He is indeed a master of his generation."

Junziyou looked at Xiao Junhan who looked displeased again, and the latter knew that he was asking his own opinion, snorted coldly, and replied awkwardly: "A high-grade horse is against a medium-grade horse, and a medium-grade horse is against a low-grade horse. This despicable method is really a cunning villain!"

What the two of them said is the truth, and it is also the two kinds of mentality that ordinary people generally have. Jun Ziyou was about to speak when he suddenly felt his palms go cold. .

Seeing Xiao Beicheng's serious expression, he also understood that with his temperament, it would be too much for him to watch the person he loves die before his eyes. At the last moment, that person was willing to run for him, seeking a way to survive. What else did he have? Reason to refuse?

Seeing Xiao Beicheng walk out without making a sound, Li Ying was deeply surprised, and stretched out his hand to stop him, but Xiao Beicheng didn't turn his head back, and didn't even have time to say a word.

Gentleman caressed the slowly entangled two-color Gu patterns on his neck, and murmured softly: "It seems that there is not much time left for you and me..."

The Xiao brothers didn't know why, they felt uneasy, they wanted to ask but they didn't dare to speak, so they could only silently wait for the man to speak.

Junziyou leaned against the edge of the table, unable to raise his hand to hold the teacup, he could only dip his fingertips in the tea soup and dab it on his lips to moisten his parched tongue.

"What you said is all right. From different perspectives and different mentalities, what you see is naturally different, but you have overlooked a very important point. This story comes from "Historical Records" Volume 65 "The Fifth Biography of Sun Tzu Wuqi". The first sentence of the opening sentence is "Qi envoys are like Liang, and Sun Bin said that he was a prisoner. The Qi envoy was surprised, so he stole it and shared it with him. Qi general Tian Ji treated him kindly." At that time, Sun Bin was a brother of the same school Pang Juan was framed, was persecuted and became a prisoner, secretly met with envoys, came to Qi State, was taken in by Tian Ji, and was treated as a guest of honour, but who is Tian Ji?"

Junziyou asked a question, his eyes did not stay on Xiao Junze too much, he watched Xiao Junhan from the beginning to the end, the latter was quite uncomfortable, and Li Ying's face was not easy to put on, so he had no choice but to answer his question.

"Tian Ji was born in an aristocratic family. He once won the battles of Guiling and Maling, and adopted his grandson's strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao. He is a famous general of his generation."

"That's right, but he has the surname of Wei, the Tian family, and belongs to the same royal family as King Qi Wei. Betting thousands of gold, it can be seen that there is no one in sight..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Junze questioned: "Why is there no one in your eyes? A thousand pieces of gold is not too much money, the king of a country can't afford to lose, right?"

"Before the first emperor unified weights and measures, 'gold' only referred to currency. When Qin was poor, the treasury only had ten thousand gold. It can be seen that 'thousand gold' was already a huge sum of money. As a subject, Tian Ji and King Wei of Qi bet against each other not only mercilessly, but also to maintain the king's prestige. On the contrary, with the speculative intention of making a fortune, his arrogance and arrogance are destined to separate from the King of Qi in his later years, and he was framed by the Prime Minister Zou Ji, so he had to flee to the Kingdom of Chu, where have you read all your books!"

He is very weak now, even if he swears seriously, he has no momentum, not enough to intimidate people, and he is coughing half to death.

Li Ying felt a little helpless, pressed down on Xiao Junze who wanted to get up to check on the man's condition, turned the wheelchair in front of him, and helped him to catch his breath along his chest.

"Teacher, don't worry. The students know their mistakes. In the future, I will study history carefully and avoid detours. I won't disappoint you, Brother Jin, and the ancestors of the Xiao family."

Jun Ziyou's wry smile climbed to the corner of his mouth, but he didn't express his deep meaning.

"But in the end King Wei of Qi knew that Tian Ji and Sun Bin were playing tricks under his nose, so he still handed over the bet. It can be seen that his majesty is not as great as we thought." Xiao Junhan said aggressively.

Xiao Junze immediately retorted: "A gentleman promises a thousand gold, King Qi Wei is the king of a country, how can he break his trust with his subjects because of a trivial matter, it is clearly the brother of the emperor who treats the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"

"You only see the intrigue between King Qi Wei and Tian Ji, but you never think about what role the grandson plays in this."

The gentleman leaned forward slightly, unable to hold the teacup, so he approached the mouth of the cup, drank the cold tea, regained some strength, and continued: "He was once taken under surveillance by Pang Juan in the State of Wei, and then he was persecuted and left for life. Disability is just a fugitive for Qi State, and King Qi Wei will never go to war with Wei State for him alone. If he wants to stay, he must get the approval of King Qi Wei and Tian Ji, but it is really difficult to be caught between the two. Survive."

This statement finally aroused the approval of the two, and the two princes who had just insisted on their own opinions were dumbfounded, unable to utter a word of refutation.

"Grandson throws bricks to attract jade, just look at Tian Ji's 'a thousand pieces of gold' bet, and whether King Qi Wei accepts the move, you will know who is better. The result can be imagined. Tian Ji's performance confirmed his guess in his heart. He knew that Tian Ji It is the key to determine whether he can stay in Qi."

Hearing this, Li Ying couldn't help but sigh, he was able to taste such a truth from such a story, and lamented the mystery of the vertical and horizontal way.

"The outcome of the horse race is two wins and one loss. Compared with the result of having to lose the next game against the inferior horse against the superior horse, I believe that Sun Tzu left a line to save King Qi Wei's face. His strategy counts It is not impossible for Tian Ji to win a thousand pieces of gold with an overwhelming advantage of three victories, but he took care of it and did not let King Qi Wei lose face, which is also an important reason why King Qi Wei admired his grandson and "wanted to marry Sun Bin."

Seeing that his breath became weaker, his eyes were heavy, and he hesitated when he spoke, as if his mind was wandering, Li Ying knew that he was at the end of his strength, so he continued to speak for him.

"If you want to make your grandson a general, you will promote your grandson to the same position as Tian Ji, but the grandson is grateful for Tian Ji's life-saving grace, and does not want to be an ungrateful person. At the same time, Tian Ji is also a clan noble. He is a prisoner. How can he be with him? Head-to-head confrontation, so he had no choice but to decline King Qi Wei with his physical disability, which also reflects his wisdom."

"Another point……"

Although Junziyou's voice is false, his profound analysis has already attracted the young people who didn't think deeply about it, and attracted the two princes to come forward to listen to what he had to say.

"The grandson knows that King Qi Wei promoted himself because he wanted to use him to check and balance Tian Ji, but King Qi Wei even chose to give in to Tian Ji's small bet of a thousand dollars. , then the person who is destined to become a victim will only be..."

"Grandson himself!"

"...Afterwards, with the assistance of his grandson, Tian Ji defeated Guiling and Maling in World War II, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Wei state. However, when celebrating the victory, his grandson said: 'The general can be a big deal?', Tian Ji said: 'What can I do? ', in fact, Tian Ji also revealed the meaning of helplessness. Although he is arrogant, he has no intention of rebelling. He was defeated by King Qi Wei and Zou Ji in the game, and had to flee to Chu State to save his life..."

After finishing speaking, Jun Ziyou remained silent for quite a long time, not only recollecting the hidden deep meaning, expressing his grandson's extraordinary wisdom, but also trying to adjust his state, his lips trembled, and after several attempts, he changed himself The tuned voice uttered the last complete words.

"This is... the way of vertical and horizontal, and it is also the last lesson I can teach you."

The author has something to say: Ziyou did not go into detail about how Sun Bin and Pang Juan killed each other, but analyzed the deep meaning contained in the story of Tian Ji's horse racing, which is enough to show his original intention of hoping for peace in the world. The family feud hates Xiao's descendants, but because of his feelings for the prince, he loves the house and the crow, and teaches the way of survival to the two young men who will determine the fate of Dayuan in the future, which can be regarded as a kindness to the prince.

Therefore, love is always greater than hatred.

Thank you for reading the text, the little cute duck~