At this moment.

A young girl stumbled in from above the venue.

She was dressed in a female Confucian dress, and was pretty and delicate. She was fifteen or sixteen years old, innocent and romantic like a flower bud, especially her pair of bright eyes, clear and bright as stars, which made people marvel at her elegant and graceful light.

Perhaps because she was in a hurry along the way, she stood still and panted after landing, and frantically used breathing exercises to restore the spiritual energy in her body.

It took a while to recover.

She smiled, her eyes curved like a crescent, as if the spiritual charm was overflowing, and she looked around the huge venue and murmured in a low voice: "It is worthy of being a book-asking conference. It is really a grand event. Fortunately, I caught up!"

Everyone looked at her, cast surprised eyes, and guessed the identity of this girl.

She was dressed in a female Confucian dress, but her manners were not at all scholarly, which was completely different from the temperament of this group of scholars.

The girl didn't care about their gazes, and then she set her eyes on the old men in the front desk. When she saw Kong Li, her smile became even wider, and she slowly bowed and said, "Student Mu Xiaoxiao, meet the teachers, I hope the teachers will forgive the student for being late."

"Xiaoxiao, you..."

Several Confucian and Taoist masters looked at the girl helplessly without saying anything, and one of them frowned immediately, wanting to punish her.

But Kong Li, who was beside him, stretched out his hand to stop him. The Confucian and Taoist master looked at Kong Li in confusion, and Kong Li just shook his head silently, and then looked at Mu Xiaoxiao with an elegant smile.

"Xiaoxiao, it's okay, it's fate that we just happened to catch up."

Kong Li, with a kind face, said softly to Mu Xiaoxiao.

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

Mu Xiaoxiao bowed again, then found an empty seat in the front row and sat down. She couldn't sit still, looking left and right at the pen and ink in the hands of the people sitting next to her.

The two people sitting next to her even covered their faces with their hands, fearing that their answers would be seen by Mu Xiaoxiao. Mu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but curl her lips in dissatisfaction.

"Xiaoxiao, didn't Grandpa ask you to come earlier a few days ago? Why are you late?"

Kong Li looked at the innocent and romantic girl, but didn't stop him. He just smiled helplessly and asked her.

"Ah? Grandpa."

Mu Xiaoxiao was playing around when she heard Kong Li asking. She sat up straight and explained, "Grandpa, when Xiaoxiao came here, she met a little beggar who asked me for food. Xiaoxiao took him to the food inn for a full meal."

"But when Xiaoxiao saw him eating, she thought that I had given him a full meal today, but after Xiaoxiao left, would he go back to beg for food again? Would he have to eat this meal and not the next one?"

"After that, Xiaoxiao thought about how to get him out of this predicament. After seeing the waiter, Xiaoxiao had an idea. If he became an apprentice in the food inn and found a job, he would not only be able to eat every day, but also make some money. Maybe he could open his own food inn in the future."

Mu Xiaoxiao told the reason.

Kong Li thought for a moment and said, "So you went to the inn to ask the boss to accept the little beggar as your apprentice? That's why you wasted time?"

"Grandpa, yes!"

Mu Xiaoxiao smiled embarrassedly and continued, "The boss saw that the little beggar was thin and afraid that he couldn't work, so I pawned a health pill and gave it to the little beggar. After he took it, he recovered a little health, and the boss accepted him."

After hearing this, Su Changqing's eyes, which were originally bored and absent-minded, regained their spirits and looked at Mu Xiaoxiao, even with a little admiration in his eyes.

Although no one in this world has said the famous saying "It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish".

But Mu Xiaoxiao's approach is exactly the same as his. It is hard not to be moved by the wisdom and agility of this girl. Perhaps this girl is the apprentice destined for him.

After hearing this, several Confucian and Taoist masters cast admiring glances at Mu Xiaoxiao. They almost blamed Mu Xiaoxiao for some reason.

Now, after hearing what Mu Xiaoxiao said, they finally knew her story, and this short and ordinary story was somehow related to the topic they were working on today.

What is the self-strengthening of the Way of Heaven?

Several Confucian and Taoist masters knew the origin of this girl very well.

She was an orphan without a father or mother picked up by Kong Li on the roadside more than ten years ago, and then Kong Li brought her back to the academy to raise her.

One was a semi-saint of Confucianism and Taoism, and the other was an orphan of the world. Kong Li loved her very much and took good care of her growth. For more than ten years, the relationship between the two was like a pair of grandparents.

For some reason, the orphan Mu Xiaoxiao was smart and clever, and her comprehension was extremely high, far exceeding her peers.

She studied Confucianism and Taoism in the academy since she was a child. In the semi-saint of Confucianism and Taoism, Kong Li was very fond of her and took good care of her growth. For more than ten years, the relationship between the two was like a pair of grandparents.

For some reason, the orphan Mu Xiaoxiao was smart and clever, and her comprehension was extremely high, far exceeding her peers.She was well-read in the books of sages and had achieved the state of Tuxia with Confucianism and Taoism at an early age.

She was romantic and free by nature, and was very thoughtful, but her liveliness and activity made these Confucian and Taoist masters very helpless.

In class, while others were concentrating on studying, Mu Xiaoxiao looked out the window and was restless, asking some strange questions from time to time.

"Teacher, you are knowledgeable. Can you tell me why it takes a month for a tree to grow ten centimeters, but only one night for a bamboo to grow one meter?"

This question stumped these Confucian and Taoist masters. After thinking about it, they could not find the answer from the books of sages.

When Mu Xiaoxiao grew up, she was even more excessive.

When others were studying honestly in the academy, she secretly ran out to play in the city, saying that she wanted to learn from her grandfather to travel thousands of mountains and rivers.

This made these Confucian and Taoist masters feel troubled, and they went to Kong Li to complain several times.

Kong Li just said cheerfully: "She has my merit and virtue ruler by her side, so she can protect her safety. Don't worry."

Is this the reason for the complaint?

Although he was worried about her, he wanted her to sit in the study room and listen to the lessons!

"By the way, Grandpa, what is the topic of today's interpretation? I can't guess what the topic is after seeing the answers of these two brothers."

In the meeting, Mu Xiaoxiao asked Kong Li and other Confucian and Taoist masters curiously.

"Hahaha."

When this was said, everyone in the meeting, including Kong Li, laughed out loud. The two scholars sitting next to him were embarrassed and hurriedly took their pens and hid to the side.

"Xiaoxiao, the theme of today's book-asking conference is the interpretation of the four characters of Heavenly Dao and Self-strengthening."

A Confucian and Taoist master smiled and explained to Mu Xiaoxiao, and another Confucian and Taoist master followed and said: "Xiaoxiao, can you give your own interpretation of this question?"

After hearing this, Mu Xiaoxiao quickly put away her smile, supported her hands, frowned, and looked up at the sky and fell into thought.

After a moment of silence, Mu Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, and she stood up happily and said: "Teacher, I have thought of my answer!"

"Xiaoxiao, you say."

Kong Li extended his hand to make a gesture of invitation, and was also very much looking forward to what answer Mu Xiaoxiao could give.

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