Dinghai Fusheng Records

In the magic palace.

The scribe held a glass bowl in his hand, which contained viscous blood, and the blood in the bowl was slowly wriggling as if alive.

On the platform in front of him lay Sima Wei, who was covered in black.

Not far away were three groups of burning black flames, within which appeared the scenery of Chang'an, Xiangyang and a green mountain peak.

"What's the plan?" The Central Demon God made a sound from his heart.

"Very well," replied the scribe.

Xinxin sneered and said, "Very well? The Yin-Yang Mirror, the Ferocious Drum, and the Luming Stick fell into the enemy's hands. Zhou Zhen lost his life. Not only did it not increase, but it became less and less, and the second of the eight guards has gone, Wang Hai, this is your "smoothness"?"

The scribe named Wang Hai seriously replied: "My lord need not worry."

He tilted the glass bowl in his hand slightly, and the blood in the bowl fell on Sima Wei's wreckage like a lump, and then wriggled and soaked in, starting to repair his body.

"At least so far, they haven't discovered the Ten Thousand Spirit Formation." Wang Hai replied confidently, "Although the number of the Ba army has dropped sharply, we can transform as many people as we need. There are people everywhere. On the contrary, it is not easy to arouse their vigilance... As for the three magic weapons, just find a time and take them back, and the seven spirit formations will be activated as scheduled."

There was a cold snort of disdain in the heart.

Watching Sima Wei's body being repaired, Wang Hai murmured: "The exorcists think they are smart, and they want to control the killing spirit of swords and weapons to drive the magic tools in the world, but they don't know that their cleverness is misunderstood by their cleverness, and their resentment will eventually come back...my lord. "

As Sima Wei's body that was burnt into coke by lightning continued to recover, Wang Hai turned around and walked towards the huge heart: "The battle in the north made me have a major conjecture. The magic weapon for reshaping the body will be an unprecedented and unprecedented weapon, so there is no need to use the lamp of the heart."

The heart did not answer, as if caught in doubt.

Wang Hai said: "My lord, please see, the Dinghai Pearl that you have been looking for for more than three hundred years may have appeared."

Wang Hai shook his sleeves, and a small bronze bell with the size of a palm appeared in his hand. With the sound of "Dang", the black fire around him transformed into an illusion, presenting a scene of illusion in front of him.

In the ice and snow, on the banks of the Salawusu River a few months ago, many crows were silently parked around the Akele camp.One of the crows turned into the tent.

"Xiang Yuyan's son...is, where?"

The beating speed of the heart suddenly increased, and the entire Magic Palace was filled with purple-red light.

Another black flame followed, and the figures of Xiang Shu, Chen Xing, King Akele, and Princess Wang in the king's tent appeared in the flames.

"When did she go to Barkol Lake?"

"22 years ago, before you were born." The voice of Princess Akele said, "The first time I saw her, she walked all the way north, saying that she wanted to find someone, a man."

"Bring this woman to me." Demon God Heart said.

Wang Hai replied: "This is the princess of the Akele clan. She is dead. She died at the hands of Che Luofeng. Her bones were burned to ashes by the exorcist."

"Stupid!" Demon God's heart almost roared, "300 years! It took 300 years to have a clue!"

"My lord, please don't worry." Wang Hai said seriously, "Xiang Yuyan is Shulukong's mother, the answer is ready, and I will try my best to search for Dinghaizhu. If it is not bad, your brand new His body will have a powerful force that even the ancient gods cannot match, even the ending of the Battle of Banquan can be rewritten."

A burst of wanton laughter suddenly broke out in the heart.

In the third month of Jiankang, thousands of willows are singing in spring, the gentle breeze is gradually rising, the palace is bright, and the palace is beautiful.

Chen Xing's first thought when he went ashore was: he's finally home.

Jiankang in front of us is quite similar to what Ban Gu described in his Liangdu Fu: "Etiquette officials and ceremonies, Cheng Yu is out, whales, Kenghua bells, jade scorpions, time dragons, phoenix covers and beautiful, and luan Linglong, The beauty of Tianguan Jingcong, sleeping majestic and majestic.

It has been nearly 70 years since the Yongjia Rebellion that ravaged the Central Plains.The Han nationality crossed the south in full clothes, bringing the wonderful scenery of Chang'an and Luoyang.It was as if all the officials of the Jin court came with a huge picture scroll and spread it slowly to the south bank of the Yangtze River. The picture scroll was suddenly extended vigorously, and the splendid cultural inheritance of thousands of years was reappeared in glory.

Since the era of Sun Wu, Jiankang has been the residence of emperors. When Emperor Sima Yan of Jin ruled the world, Sun Hao, the Lord of Wu, surrendered the city.Clothes and crowns crossing south brought books and farming techniques, poetry, calligraphy and painting, and the way of casting. At this time, Jiankang City, sitting on the Huai River and east to Zhongshan Mountain, has become the center of China. The accompanying city Moling radiates to Xizhou City in the west, Danyang County and Langye County in the south, and then expands to the land of Shenzhou thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River. It has salt, iron, coal, and silk from all over the world. Medicine, medicine, calligraphy, painting, music arts, commerce and artisan workshops flourished to the extreme.

The south of the Yangtze River has been a land of fish and rice since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Books are expensive but grain and rice are cheap. At that time, under the rule of Fu Jian, the Northern Doumi was [-] renminbi, and Jiankang Doumi was [-] renminbi. Compared with the land of abundance in Shu, it was actually richer.Daowu starved and killed chaff and grain to feed livestock. If every county had a good year, the grain would be so rotten that it would be fed to rats in the barn.Such a low price of rice naturally supported a large number of entrepreneurs.In the early years of Taiyuan, there were a lot of talented people in the south, including the scholars who traveled to the south and the local gentry. Among the millions of households in the city, there were nearly [-] scholars who were not engaged in production. time.

When Xiang Shu officially came to the world of Han people for the first time, he was immediately stunned. The "South" that the Hu people had heard was even more glorious than what they had heard before.After Xie An received the two of them, he deliberately drove Chen Xing and Xiang Shu along the Qinhuai River around half of the city in an open-top car, and walked to the place where they stayed.

When Chen Xing saw Xiang Shu's eyes, he knew that he was shocked by Jiankang's weather, and he couldn't help but feel a little smug.Although Chen Xing came here for the first time, he was a little surprised.

"I received a letter from you on the way. I guessed that you would be here today, so I took the liberty to welcome you." Xie An laughed.

"Not presumptuous! Not presumptuous at all!" Chen Xing was very satisfied, he was really not presumptuous, he really gave enough pomp and made him vain in front of Xiang Shu, and he really liked it.But suddenly found that the scholars who came to pick them up seemed to use two kinds of eyes when they looked at themselves and at the statement?Those who looked at Chen Xing were curious and appreciative, and those who looked at Xiang Shu were amazed and admired.While riding in the car, I heard someone whispering: "There is such a beautiful man..."

"It's too loud!" Chen Xing said impatiently, "I heard it all!"

"Junior brother, how does Jiankang compare to Chang'an?" Xie An changed the topic and said calmly.

"That..." Chen Xing was a little dazed, and said, "By the way, I wanted to ask when I got off the boat, Mr. Xie, when did we become brothers?"

Chen Xing kept recalling that Xie An had studied under the famous scholar Huan Yi, and Huan Yi and Chen Xing's father Chen Zhe didn't seem to have a relationship with each other. If you have to say, maybe they were both scholars?

"The hero Baili once promised to take me as his apprentice," Xie An said with a smile, "You were still young at that time, so I thought I'd forgotten it."

"Is there?" Chen Xing's doubts have already broken through the sky. He does have a senior brother named Wang Meng, but he doesn't remember that the master accepted Xie An as an apprentice, but since Xie An insists, let's call it that, anyway, it's not bad.

Xiang Shu took a look at Xie An, and Chen Xing smiled casually: "Although Fu Jian has managed Chang'an well, it is still far behind Jiankang."

Not only is it far behind?It’s almost impossible to catch up with a horse. Fu Jian suffered a loss because of the loss. The previous northern monarchs Liu Yuan, Ran Min, Shi Chong, etc. killed too many people and drove all the Han people away. As a result, he was poor and useless when he took over Chang’an. Had to start from scratch.

Chen Xing explained briefly, meaning that Xie An's identity was not an exorcist, and Xiang Shu didn't answer. He turned his eyes to the mansions on the street, and saw a row of hundreds of mansions passing by, which was much larger than that of Chang'an Tuobayan's. Home, but also a lot of style.

Chen Xing also felt that the buildings in Jiankang were really more luxurious than those in Chang'an, so he asked, "What kind of place is this?"

"I don't know." Xie An replied casually, "There are all the residences of the Han people nearby, just kidding, we live in Wuyi Lane."

Chen Xing: "..."

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Xie An is not confused in his old age, but he is well maintained, with a few strands of beard under his chin, and an ancient jade tied around his waist, unlike the barbarian who likes to wear all the accessories on his body, but it can be seen that everything is just right. The room is even more smiling.Men usually reach this age, and their temperament is still in their twenties and thirties. If they want to remain young and handsome, they can only rely on two things, one is reading, and the other is money.

"This brother..."

"I'm dumb." Xiang Shu said coldly.

When Chen Xing was in embarrassment, Xie An suddenly burst out laughing, and made a gesture to pat Xiang Shu on the shoulder, but paid attention not to touch him, and said with a smile: "The sound of the voice is rare, and the wisdom is as stupid as it is, it is the most reasonable thing in the world."

Chen Xing saw Xie An's movements, so he knew that Xiang Shu was a barbarian. Barbarian men don't like being bumped on the shoulder, and then Xie An looked thoughtfully at Chen Xing, with deep meaning in his eyes.

"Xiang Shu is my guardian." Chen Xing explained.

"It seems that the journey went very smoothly." Xie An said approvingly.

"Forget it," Chen Xing said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Life is really short, it's a long story..."

Xie An said again: "Senior brother guesses that you probably have to stay in Jiankang for a long time, it's not too late to talk slowly, come, come, I will welcome you first!"

When the carriage arrived outside Wuyi Lane, I saw that the door was very small, and the lintel was half a zhang long Kunshan jade. On the vermilion door, there were two characters of "Thank you" written in a straight and elegant style. Chen Xing couldn't help admiring, Xie An Turning around with a smile, he said, "Youjun? My junior praises you for your beautiful handwriting."

Following behind Xie An, the person who wrote for Xie An was called Wang Xizhi. He smiled and bowed his hands humbly, and said, "I'll go home first and change my clothes, and I'll have tea later."

Opposite Xie's house is Wang's house, Chen Xing happily entered Xie's house, Xie An was an official in the court, so he bought this mansion by himself, and did not live together with Xie's family.The children of the gentry who came to welcome him entered the Xie An Mansion one by one. The gate was not big, but after entering it occupied a vast area, complete with mountains, rivers, pavilions and pavilions. There is such a wide space in a small door.

Xie An first arranged for Chen Xing and Xiang Shu to take a rest in a guest room, and then invited him to serve tea in the main hall.

Xiang Shu looked around, Chen Xing came over and knocked on the door.

"You guys know each other very well?" Xiang Shu frowned.

"I'm not familiar with you." Chen Xing smiled calmly, he knew what Xiang Shu was thinking - such hospitality, there must be a conspiracy, related to the experience in Chang'an, Xiang Shu was somewhat wary.

Chen Xing explained: "When I was studying art in Huashan, he came to visit once, and he also mentioned that if there is a need, he is willing to give full support."

Chen Xing saw Xie An talk with his master once in the past, and later learned from his master that Xie An came to the door by himself.This man has been fond of wandering in the mountains and forests since he was a child, visiting famous rivers and mountains, and is full of longing for bizarre legends such as cultivating immortals, controlling swords, and catching monsters.

It's a pity that Xie An was not from a family of exorcists. After the death of all magic, there is no more power in the world, and many ancient deeds of exorcism have become legends.The great cause of searching for a reclusive cultivator has become more and more elusive as he grows older.Fortunately, one day, he finally found Huashan.

Based on his fanatical desire to become an exorcist, Xie An expressed to Master Chen Xing that he would do his best to support the recovery of the exorcist.

Before Chen Xing came out of the mountain, his master edited a book, and he quickly got Xie An's support.Not only that, the two masters and apprentices are practicing in Huashan, and they have to spend money on food and use on weekdays.Chen Xing's master's name is Bai Lilun, and he claims to be an assassin who has been favored by the Chen family. Assassins, how can they cultivate the fields?I can only occasionally kill corrupt officials for the common people, and I can't make a few small money, but I owe a lot after all.

Xie An came to visit once and learned that Bai Lilun and Chen Xing were struggling, so without further ado, he paid off the debts of the two masters and apprentices out of his own pocket, and there was still a lot left. The master praised them very much afterwards Chen Xing thought about it, but said that Sui Xing's fate was really good, so Chen Xing was very impressed, and remembered that Xie An gave Master 3000 taels of silver.

Xiang Shu: "He wants to be an exorcist?"

Chen Xing said: "It's a kind of beautiful longing. I have it since my youth. I want to be a hero, come and go with a sword, not in the world, to collect demons and eliminate demons, and to fight against injustice."

Being reminded by Xiang Shu, Chen Xing also felt that Xie An was a little too enthusiastic, but he had nothing for Xie An to plot against. If Xie An was with Shi Hai, he knew both the origin of his master and the location of his master, so he had to plot against him. I've already calculated, I won't wait until this time.

"Let's go," Chen Xing was a little suspicious by Xiang Shu's words, so he could only say, "Let's see what he has to say."

All the literati in the hall were already waiting for Chen Xing to serve tea. After the two sat down, Xie An first introduced his nephew Xie Xuan, followed by the descendants of the family, followed by Wang Xizhi and the Wang family's nephews.There were so many people here, Chen Xing couldn't remember who was who, so he had to exchange greetings one by one according to the etiquette. The host raised tea, and everyone started to drink tea. The tea was served in a large bowl, but there was only one bowl bottom inside. Served with a small piece of pastry.

Chen Xing thought that Xiang Shu was probably cursing in his heart that the Han people only had so little tea, which was not enough for him to drink in one sip.

After everyone praised the tea, they began to build relationships. Chen Xing first talked about his family background, and then everyone turned their attention to Xiang Shu.

"What's the name of this...beautiful boy?" Xie Xuan asked.

But people in the world always judge people by their appearance. From the moment Chen Xing came ashore, many people sneaked glances at Xiang Shu from time to time. When crossing the street, no matter men, women or children, they couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.

Seeing that Xiang Shu was handsome and handsome, and carried a big sword on his back, Wang and Xie's children felt like a chivalrous man, and they all liked him, and wanted to have a chat with him, but Xiang Shu was always by Xie An's side. , not convenient.They kept making eye contact, pretending that Xiang Shu couldn't see it, and now they finally waited for Chen Xing's official introduction, and they all sat upright, smiling at Xiang Shu.

"He is me..." Seeing that Xiang Shu had no intention of opening his mouth, Chen Xing had no choice but to introduce him. He wanted to make up a background for him and explain that "he is my Dharma protector, but Xiang's family in Kuaiji".The words came to his lips, but his heart moved for no reason, remembering that Xiang Shu once cared about his background. In this regard, Chen Xing felt that he understood Xiang Shu's heart, so he respected his original intention and changed his words: "He is my family. A friend from the Hu people, the double surname is Shulu, and the single name is an empty character, Chile Chuanxia, ​​Tiele tribe."

All of a sudden, the room was silent, but Xiang Shu was a little surprised. He cast a glance at Chen Xing, and there was a faint smile in his eyes. His lips moved slightly, making a mouth shape. Chen Xing understood. "Thanks".

When Xie An heard this, he knew something was wrong, and quickly winked at Chen Xing. At that time, the Hu and Han clans had a deep hatred, and the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River waited for the northern Hu captives to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin. What's the matter?

Sure enough, after a little silence, there was no room for three breaths, and the hall exploded.

"what?!"

"Human?!"

"How did the barbarian come in? Or the Tiele people?"

"Report to the officer! Report to the officer quickly!"

Xiang Shu frowned slightly, looked at Chen Xing, pressed his right hand on the hilt of his sword, and glanced at the hall, someone seemed to have been greatly humiliated, got up and was about to leave.However, there were also people who frowned slightly, and didn't care much about the Hu-Han dispute, and just wanted to see how Chen Xing resolved the crisis in front of him.

Chen Xing didn't expect that everyone's reaction was more violent than he imagined. He immediately slapped the tea bowl on the table and said, "Wait a minute! Hold on, everyone!"

The literati had already got up, Xie Anxin read the telegram and was about to persuade him, but seeing that Chen Xing opened his mouth instead, he kept silent for a while.

Chapter 49 Qing Tan┃I didn’t expect that this group of people’s fighting power seems to be limited, and they are ready to admit defeat so soon

"Brother, I would like to ask all the brothers present here," Chen Xing said with a smile, "Who has any enmity with the Tie Le clan? If there is any enmity, you might as well draw your sword and come here, and I will pay for my friend's life."

Everyone was asked this way, but they couldn't say a word. The Shulu clan to which Xiang Shu belonged had never killed Han people, and they entered the customs several times, all of which were to help Fu Jian calm down the internal troubles among the Hu people.

A literati sneered and said: "Hu people have deer heads and mouse eyes, and snakes and mice greet each other. Whether it is Tie Le people, Xiongnu people, Di people, Xianbei people, slaughtering our Han people, they are all our enemies in the Jin Dynasty. What is the difference? Tie Le Is he a barbarian? Since he is a barbarian, why should we wait for revenge?"

Chen Xingxin said on the road just now that I clearly heard you praise Xiang Shu as a gentleman like jade, but now he has become a deer-headed rat, and scholars are really fickle, so he said sincerely: "According to Brother Xian, Hu people are human beings, and Han people are also human beings. If you want to Revenge, kill people directly, why bother?"

As soon as the words came out, some of the seat holders couldn't help laughing, and the scribe suddenly became angry, and retorted: "Nonsense! How are the two equivalent?"

"Naturally they can't be equated." Chen Xing thought for a while and replied, "According to me, Hu people and Han people are not human. Are you going to sit down and talk?"

Xie Xuan couldn't help asking: "What's the explanation for this statement?"

"Human beings, that's why they are born," Chen Xing said calmly, "Hu and Han are two names, so they are destined to belong to the family. A white horse is not a horse, and a barbarian is not a human. There is a reason."

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Immediately the audience roared with laughter, Xie An narrowed his eyes a little, knowing that this was Chen Xing's intention of going to the countryside to do as the Romans did, so he took the initiative to ask for a meeting.The meaning of Chen Xing's words is that Hu and Han are ethnic groups, which is a general term and cannot specifically explain the definition of "human".This is the ability of false speech and the art of sophistry, which evolved from Gongsun Long's "white horse is not a horse" during the Warring States Period.Jiang Dong advocated clear talk, and he was very familiar with this proposition. Chen Xing's move was like sending someone to his door to hang him, so the people who got up before sat down one after another, intending to refute Chen Xing into silence.

"Hu people are a kind of human beings," another scribe said, "just as Han people are a kind of human beings, like the Jiangna River, clear talk is not sophistry, little brother, this is all left over from our play."

Unexpectedly, Chen Xing changed the subject and asked back: "Then let me ask you, what is a 'person'? We have to figure out the definition of a person before we can argue whether the Tiele people are barbarians or not, and whether they have any enmity with everyone here. stop."

As soon as these words came out, they suddenly fell silent. It is not difficult to explain the question "Is a barbarian a human being?", but very few people have seriously thought about what a human being is.

At the beginning, Xiang Shu guessed that things could not be done well. He only waited for someone to report to the officials, and he rushed out with Chen Xing. Although there were many people in the hall, they were all literati. That's all.Unexpectedly, Mr. Chen Xing asked all the people present with a few words without using his words. It seemed that the situation was not too bad, but the question and answer really made Xiang Shu a little puzzled.

Wang Xizhi smiled and said, "Everyone here is human, so is there any need to ask?"

Chen Xing thought for a while and said, "I don't think so. If you want to know what you are, you must first clarify the definition of this thing, otherwise how can you use it to define yourself?"

"That's right." Xie Xuan was also fooled into the ditch by Chen Xing. Human beings are the spirit of all things. This has been said since ancient times, but how to give people a clear and accurate definition, even if it is The sages and great sages can't do anything.

So the hall was quiet for a while, and someone said: "The seven-foot skeleton, the difference between brothers and feet, wearing hair and teeth, and those who lean on and play are called people."

This is a sentence in "Liezi·Huangdi". Chen Xing refuted him without thinking: "What about the eight-foot one? What about the three-foot one? Isn't a villain a human?"

"He who is born with hands and feet and a head is called a person." The literati who were the first to clamor for "reporting to the official" said.

"Then what do you say about those who were born lacking a limb?" Chen Xing laughed, "If anyone says that a soldier who has lost his limbs on the battlefield is not a human being, I will be the first to disagree."

Xie An said: "Those who are born with three souls and seven souls, regardless of their shape, are called human beings."

Xie An's sentence can be said to point out the essence of "human" in metaphysics, and the audience immediately had an epiphany and were amazed.But Chen Xing said: "Then for a person, if the three souls and seven souls no longer exist, he is no longer a human being."

Xiang Shu thought to himself, isn't this nonsense?

Xie An said: "That's the skin."

"It's time to take revenge." Someone said.

"Wait a minute," Chen Xing said, "People who have lost their three souls and seven souls, if I remember correctly, are called 'dead people', right? So are dead people human?"

Everyone began to scold Chen Xing, but Chen Xing said in relief: "'Death' is a name, and a person is named and shaped. If a dead person is not a person, then of course a barbarian is not a person."

Everyone: "..."

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"How can a dead man be the same as a barbarian?" The Han people were quite dissatisfied with Chen Xing's sophistry.

"Are you cursing me around the corner?" Xiang Shu was also quite dissatisfied with Chen Xing.

Chen Xing hurriedly said: "Then, let's put it another way, do cats and dogs have three souls and seven souls?"

Xie An: "..."

Chen Xing asked suspiciously: "If cats and dogs have three souls and seven souls, can cats and dogs be considered humans? If not, who will prove that other than humans, there are no three souls and seven souls?"

This time Xie An was shooting himself in the foot. Originally, if he forced himself to say that everything except human beings does not have complete three souls and seven souls, it could barely be justified.But what about the evidence?To prove that the only creature with a soul in the world is a human being, one must first prove that no animal other than a human has a soul.

The theory of the soul is still false. Not only does it have no theoretical support to force it to prove nothing, Chen Xing can even give a lot of counterexamples—such as the theory of six reincarnations, the theory of yin and yang, and the theory of reincarnation. After death in this life, people may be reincarnated as animals in the next life. In this way, animals, like humans, have souls.

Chen Xing added another sentence, saying: "There are also people who are born lacking in spirit, so we must treat these people as human beings? Regardless of this, there are legends that there are fox monsters in the world, who cultivate to be human, just like human beings, except for a little bit of animal nature. Not off, so, is a monster that becomes a human still a human? Why don’t the world treat monsters as human beings?”

Xie An said decisively: "This theory is different. After all, I have never seen a fox demon before, so I cannot study it."

"Since this is the case, everyone has never seen the three souls and seven souls," Chen Xing readily agreed. "As soon as the soul is mentioned, it can be excluded from the scope of discussion."

"Yes, yes." Everyone wiped off their sweat one after another.

But then, the hall was silent, and after the topic came back, it was even more impossible to answer Chen Xing's definition of "person".

"People are just conventional references," Xie An thought for a long time, and then said, "It's up to us how to call them. It doesn't make much sense to dwell on one name."

Chen Xing continued: "However, no one has ever told us how this name came about. I'm curious about it. It's understandable that I want to discuss it clearly and clearly with my brothers."

Xie An's strategy of slowing down the army didn't work, he scratched his back a few times, thinking what to do?

Xie Xuan said: "Then Brother Tianchi, what do you think?"

Chen Xing said in surprise, "So it's my turn again?"

Chen Xing dealt with literati, just like Xiang Shu dealt with warriors, even more neatly than Xiang Shu. After all, Xiang Shu was able to defeat thousands of troops, and he had to fight them one by one. Typical group attack.Originally, Chen Xing also prepared a lot of immortals. Are they human? If "immortals" are not human, why are they called "immortals"?After solving the problem of immortals, there will be "ancestors" and "gods", orangutans who have their own sign language and can communicate with each other through calls, monkeys, talking parrots, etc.

Unexpectedly, this group of people seemed to have limited fighting power, and they were ready to admit defeat so soon.

Xie An made a gesture, meaning to let Chen Xing say it himself, if Chen Xing wants to prove his point of view, he must give a strong argument to convince everyone.

"It's my humble opinion," Chen Xing said earnestly after drinking the last bit of tea left in front of him, "He who possesses 'original heart' is called a person."

The literati booed disdainfully, but after booing, they suddenly fell silent again, and no one could refute Chen Xing.

Because the word "original heart" is quite complicated to explain, Mencius said that "I have what I want for fish, and I have what I want for bear's paw". The act of "sacrificing one's life for righteousness" is the original heart, but what Chen Xing said, Obviously, the scope of this term is wider than that of Confucianism.

"What's the reason?" Another person said, "Is it time to start talking about it? Going around and around, how..."

"No." Chen Xing said, "the heart to distinguish right from wrong, the firmness not to be thwarted by external objects, the clarity not to be blinded by selfish desires, the freedom not to be restrained, the innocent disposition to walk alone without being influenced..."

When he was talking about this, Chen Xing accidentally glanced at Xiang Shu and found that Xiang Shu was always watching him. The two of them looked away unnaturally when they touched each other for a while. Chen Xing almost forgot what he was going to say next.

"...Well, so, I can't describe all these things in detail at the moment. You have read them in the book, so I won't go into details. It is difficult to clarify the so-called 'original heart', but this word, I think everyone My son is still clear in his heart, knowing what the "original heart" is, that is to say, it is the result of the original heart."

"Then here comes the question," Xie Xuan said, "Can a person who loses his heart be considered a human being?"

"Of course." Chen Xing laughed, and out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Xiang Shu was still looking at him, so he had to pretend not to see, "It shouldn't be a joke when we accuse others of being 'no different from a beast' or 'you are not human' ?”

A disciple of the Wang family said: "If a child has not been enlightened, can he not be considered a human being? In this way, I am not convinced."

Chen Xing asked back: "Who said that children have no heart? What is the meaning of 'innocence'? The heart is like a light in the heart, and what should be naturally exists."

"The world is in chaos," another humanely said, "There are often those who change their sons and eat them, and who recognize thieves as their fathers. Can you say that they are not human? I think it's just that human nature is inherently good, and human nature is inherently evil."

Chen Xing said again: "Those who are inherently evil, think about it, before I speak, they would have been expelled from their membership a long time ago."

"What about those who lose their original intentions and then abandon evil and become good?" asked another Xie family disciple.

Chen Xing: "If you can forgive this person, of course the sea of ​​suffering knows no bounds, and you will be re-joined as a human. This is the so-called 'convention', right? This is the definition of 'person' by 'intention' The way."

"So, the original heart is also the evidence of a person, and you can recognize it from a long distance. My brother Shulukong has always been able to distinguish right from wrong, sacrificed his life for righteousness, never killed innocent people, and never had sex with Han people. The enemy. Among the Hu people, there are those who kill innocent people indiscriminately to satisfy their cruel desires, and there are also people who have the world in their hearts and save the country and the people. Otherwise, how could he follow me to Jiankang, to be ridiculed by you, to be criticized? Isn't that fun?"

After making such a big detour, Chen Xing finally got back to the topic and read the statement with a smile.At this time, Xiang Shu finally did not evade, but his expression became a little complicated.

Everyone's hostility towards Xiang Shu has been diluted a lot, and Chen Xing rambled about, and they were dizzy. They didn't know what to say immediately, but the situation was awkward for a long time. Finally, the master Xie An coughed and broke the situation. silence.

"I don't think it's getting too early today," Xie An said, "Why don't we... talk about it another day?"

"Okay, okay." Everyone wiped off their sweat. Seeing that Chen Xing was calm, he gave him a case and a folding fan. Maybe he could talk about tomorrow morning. Thank you, and leave one after another.

Chen Xing quickly winked at Xie An, indicating that it's time to end, otherwise the guests would go out later, come back to their senses and come in again, dragging him to talk endlessly.

Xie An also winked at Chen Xing, meaning to come to the study with him.Chen Xing glanced at Xiang Shu, Xiang Shu's expression was as usual, Chen Xing was expecting him to praise him a few words, but seeing that Xiang Shu still had that indifferent expression, he asked angrily, "How is it?"

"I'm sleepy from what you said." Xiang Shu replied.

Chen Xing: "..."

in the library.

Xie An showed a thankful expression, stared at Chen Xing, and in a short while undressed in the study, removed the robe, took off the jade pendant and threw it aside, wearing only unlined clothing, took off his shoes and socks, and walked towards the study couch. As soon as you sit down, lift the pot to your mouth and start drinking.

"Talk about it, talk about it," Xie An said casually, "I know about it all day long, you bunch of trash!"

Chen Xing: "..."

"What are you doing in a daze?" Seeing Chen Xing and Xiang Shu standing in the study, Xie An said, "Sit down! What do you want for dinner? Shall I ask them to bring you a roasted pig?"

Chen Xing: "That...uh...didn't cause you any trouble, did it? Xie Shangshu?"

"Now it's Zhongshujian." Xie An complained, "Little brother, you are really not a fuel-efficient lamp, that's all, let's not mention this matter. How is the situation? There is time to talk about it."

Chen Xing held his forehead with one hand, and said, "Master Xie, uh, I recalled it carefully, it seems that you and I are really not from the same family."

Xie An got up and said, "The last time I went to Huashan, I worshiped the hero Baili as my teacher, and I was fully prepared when I came back. You see, I have searched everywhere for these years, and finally God rewarded me—"

Saying that, Xie An turned around, pushed the bookshelf in the study to the side, and a shelf in a large dark compartment appeared with a crash. The shelf was full of swords, bottles, jars, jade rings, and eighteen kinds of weapons. .Chen Xing almost fainted when he saw that scene.

Xiang Shu frowned and said, "What is this?"

Xie An said earnestly: "This is the magic weapon that I spent my whole life searching for after Master Baili told me to exorcise demons."

Chen Xing: "........."

Xie An motioned to Chen Xing and said, "Junior Brother, why don't you give a tasting?"

Chen Xing: "You...you tell me to calm down."

Xiang Shu walked to the shelf in the dark compartment, picked up a halberd, and glanced at it.

Chen Xingdao: "You should have said it earlier! There are so many scholars who are still drinking tea and talking about it. After tossing me, can't you take it to the study to have a good talk?"

Xie An said helplessly: "You don't know, the children of the gentry in Jiankang City are now following the trend, if you don't take over for you first, who will know your name? You see, after such a toss today, after a few days, His Majesty will definitely summon you , won’t the name be passed on automatically?”

"Thank you sir!" Someone outside preached, "Master Wang is here."

Xie An quickly put the robe on his body, pulled the cabinet, adjusted his appearance, and restored his previous appearance, and said: "Come in."

It was Wang Xizhi who came, so Xie An smiled politely, nodded, and said, "I'm chatting with my junior brother while holding the lamp."

Wang Xizhi held a letter and said with a smile: "It will be cold food in a few days, and I would like to invite little brother Tianchi and Xie brother to go for an outing in Nanping Mountain. I wrote a post and thought it would be impolite to send someone to deliver it. Why don't you bother me again to show your sincerity."

"Okay, okay." Xie An smiled.

Chen Xing hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Xizhi, closed the study door, Xie An took off his robe again, sat down on the couch, and asked, "What did you just say?"

Xiang Shu: "You have two looks, are you tired?"

"Tired!" Xie Anyu said earnestly, "I can't help it. All the civil and military officials in the dynasty only know love and beauty. What do you want me to do?"

Chen Xing: "Not at all!"

Xie An raised his hand and pointed to the north: "Fu Jian is about to cross the Yangtze River, everyone is in danger now, what do you think?"

"Not so fast," Chen Xing said, "He's too busy with his own affairs...just thank you, senior brother, you..."

Chen Xing looked Xie An up and down, sat down beside him, and explained, "It's like this..."

Chen Xing told Xie An the story of what happened in Chang'an and Chilechuan. Xie An was silent, nodded after listening, and sighed: "I can't see such a scene!"

"It's a good thing you can't see him!" Chen Xing said frantically, "If this kind of thing happens in Jiankang, it will be over!"

After much deliberation, Xie An seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Staying in Jiankang is not expedient after all.