Demoness, Where Are You Fleeing To?

Chapter 157 Neo-Confucianism and Legal Protection

After that, the atmosphere in the living room became extremely awkward. The three elders present, as well as the two daughters Xue Yunrou and Jiang Hanyun, all had strange eyes and changing expressions.

Li Xuan, on the other hand, acted like a dead pig and was not afraid of boiling water, and just immersed himself in eating and drinking. He thought that he had experienced such a cruel Shura field, and it would be a big loss if he didn't enjoy this Jin'ao soup.

After all, in this world, love and food are the only things you can’t live up to.

After adjusting his mentality, Li Xuan gradually felt that the soup in the bowl became delicious again, and he would praise Mrs. Jiang's craftsmanship from time to time.

In his previous life, Li Xuan went through college and the workplace, and was involved in major WeChat groups, but he still learned some real skills. His mouth seemed to be smeared with honey, and with just a few words, a smile gradually appeared on Mrs. Jiang's face: "Xiaoxuan, just eat if you like. I'll ask your uncle to catch a few more golden turtles later. This time It must be 300 years old, or look for some 600-year-old red gold abalone, that is the best ingredient."

Jiang Yunqi, who was eating vegetables, almost dropped his head into the bowl in front of him, thinking about this woman who talks nonsense! I didn't kill this kid today, which is already a good self-discipline. You still want me to catch golden ao for him and find red gold abalone? What do you think of your husband?

Three-hundred-year-old golden ao are hard to come by, and you may not be able to encounter one even a year; as for the red gold abalone, it is the best among abalones.

Before the Tumu Fort Incident, Wang Zhen searched all over the world for five hundred years for the red gold abalone, and wanted the Orthodox Emperor to taste it. He even offered a sky-high price of 50,000 taels of silver for it, but he couldn't get it.

You actually asked me to help this bastard find a six-hundred-year-old red gold abalone?

He finished the soup in the bowl in three or five mouthfuls, and then looked at Li Xuan: "Seeing that my nephew has almost eaten, why don't you and I go out for a walk to relieve our appetite?"

Li Xuan raised his head and clearly saw the flickering flames in the eyes of the great master across from him. He couldn't help but feel slightly frightened, and his scalp became numb again.

"This? But my nephew has other official duties in the evening——"

He had to go with Le Qianqian and the others to track down the ship full of weapons at night. As well as the money left by Shopkeeper Han, he also had to find time to take it out.

The invitation from Jiang Da's miraculous doctor was obviously ill-intentioned, and Li Xuan thought to himself that he would have to be stupid to jump into this trap. If you have this time, wouldn't it be nice to take out the gold and silver treasures hidden by Shopkeeper Han yourself?

But before Li Xuan finished speaking, Jiang Yunqi clapped his hands: "Here, bring the bottle of 'Purple Yuan Pill' that you took out earlier back to the alchemy room."

Li Xuan couldn't help but be stunned, wondering if he could take back what he had given away.

Jiang Yunqi sneered at this time and said: "Official affairs can be handled at any time, but our uncle and nephew rarely see each other. What do you think, nephew? Also, the prescription that I gave you just now, I suddenly felt inappropriate, Along the way, I can help you think about it a little bit more."

Li Xuan couldn't help but grumbled, swallowed, and then responded with a smile: "That's okay, then I will go for a walk with uncle."

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After the two of them went out, Jiang Yunqi had no intention of talking to Li Xuan. He only said coldly, "Follow me," and walked forward on his own. His steps seemed slow but were actually fast, and he seemed to be strolling leisurely, but in just a moment, he pushed Li Xuan away by a large distance.

This man kept running towards the south, neither throwing Li Xuan away nor giving him a chance to catch up, and finally jumped all the way to the southern city wall.

At this point, Li Xuan couldn't help but hesitate. In ancient times, the city wall was an important defensive area, and not everyone could climb up it. But then Li Xuan found Jiang Yunqi standing on the towering wall, staring coldly at him.

——That look seems to be saying, don’t you dare to follow me and give it a try?

Li Xuan had no choice but to follow with all his strength. He couldn't jump up once, so he could only climb up and down, and climbed up the 14-foot-high city wall of Nanjing with great difficulty.

Fortunately, the imperial camp general who was guarding the city wall ignored him after taking a look here.

Li Xuan estimated that this person probably recognized Jiang Yunqi, the Jiangnan miracle doctor and a great master under the throne.

Then he chased until he reached the Yuhua Terrace outside the city, and then he saw Jiang Yunqi slowing down in front of him.

When he arrived here, Li Xuan faintly heard the sound of reading in the distance. Li Xuan didn't care about this. He knew that there was a branch of the Nanjing Imperial College here.

About fifty years ago, during the Xuande period, the Nanjing Imperial College held a wine ceremony because the Imperial College was too small. It was also located in a prosperous area of ​​Nanjing, with materialistic desires and lavish spending. The prison students were so indulged in the feast that they had no intention of studying, so Another branch was opened in Yuhuatai outside the city. After that, several generations of Jijiu masters followed the previous method and managed to make this branch twice the size of the main Imperial College.

——This is the same as the reason why modern universities open branch campuses.

"uncle!"

Although Jiang Yunqi had slowed down, Li Xuan still spent half a cup of tea before catching up. At this time, all his true energy was almost exhausted, and he complained breathlessly: "Uncle, if you don't ask me to leave like this, half of my nephew's life will be ruined by you. Also, what do you want to say to me? My nephew said?"

Jiang Yunqi ignored it. He looked ahead with a cold face: "Do you know where this is?"

Li Xuan glanced around: "Of course this is the branch of the Imperial College."

Just now, the two of them had walked all the way into the depths of this Imperial College branch. Perhaps because of Jiang Yunqi, no one stopped them along the way.

"It's Wenxin Tower!" Jiang Yunqi pointed to a building in front of them: "The place where Confucianism selects 'Confucianism guardians'."

"Wenxinlou? Confucianism and Dharma protection?"

Li Xuan looked in the direction pointed by Jiang Yunqi and saw that the plaque hanging under the eaves of that building had the word 'ask the heart'.

What's strange is that all the buildings around here are bright and clean, fresh and tidy. But only the threshold and upper and lower window lattice of this building were covered with dust, and there were even signs of decay in some places.

"Uncle, my nephew knows Neo-Confucianism, but my nephew is ignorant about Neo-Confucianism."

According to Li Xuan’s original memory, the ‘Neo-Confucianism’ of this world originated from a great Confucian named Yu. However, the core idea is the same, which is "preserve the principles of nature and destroy human desires."

This great Confucian named Yu had the same status as Zhu Zi in the Jin Dynasty, and was respectfully called "Yu Zi" by contemporary Confucian scholars.

Different from the world that Li Xuan came to, Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism had long declined, even to the point where everyone was shouting for beatings.

In the Jin Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism was in its heyday and was the official school of the Jin Dynasty.

It seems that Li Xuan was once one of those angry youths who criticized Neo-Confucianism and Zhu Xi verbally and in writing. But now, although he does not like Neo-Confucianism, he does not have any bad feelings towards it.

This is because he later studied the classics and discovered that Zhu Xi's thoughts had indeed been misinterpreted by modern people.

Zhu Zi said, "Preserve the principles of nature and destroy human desires." This does not mean that people should not have any desires. He believes that "food and drink are the laws of heaven; delicacies from mountains and seas are the desires of man." Husband and wife are natural laws; three wives and four concubines are human desires. People's normal food, clothing, housing and transportation are all natural laws, and beyond that are human desires.

Of course, it is excessive to prevent others from eating or drinking, but it also depends on the social background at the time. Many people may not even have enough to eat!

This sentence is more aimed at the upper-class scholar-bureaucrats and landlords, because ordinary people can't even maintain the "natural principles", so how can they talk about "human desires"?

And if the 'meat-eaters' in the world are all greedy and unscrupulous in their 'desires', then what chance do the common people of Shengdou have to survive?

Zhu Zi believed that only when the upper class scholar-bureaucrats restrained their selfish desires could they maintain normal social order and regulations and free up more living space for the common people.

It is a pity that it was misinterpreted by later generations and developed to the point of restricting people's hearts and reduced to feudal dross.

The reason why Taizu of the Jin Dynasty in this world admired Neo-Confucianism and Yu Zi, and designated Neo-Confucianism as an official school, was definitely not because Yu Zi had the same surname.

——This Taizu's love for the people is unparalleled among emperors in the past!

"The so-called protector of Neo-Confucianism was set up by Yu Zi before his death, to 'uphold the principles of Neo-Confucianism and protect Yu Zi's learning' on his behalf. It has great authority in all branches of Neo-Confucianism, and even in the entire Confucian sect. Why didn't you listen? As I said, it’s because in the past twenty years, Neo-Confucianism and Dharma protection have been eliminated. But this has nothing to do with you——"

At this time, Jiang Yunqi flicked his sleeves, causing the door of Wenxin Tower to burst open: "Follow me upstairs!"

He walked into the building with his hands behind his back. Li Xuan behind him was stunned for a moment before hesitantly followed.

"But uncle, isn't this bad? Since this is a place where Neo-Confucianism selects Dharma protectors, I'm afraid we can't come in and out at will? And what are we doing in a place like this?"

"We are here for a reason."

When Jiang Yunqi said this, he had already stepped onto the stairs inside the building.

Li Xuan also followed suit, but when he stepped on the first step, his whole body suddenly stopped.

His mind was in a trance for a while, and then he realized that the world in front of him had completely changed.

Jiang Yunqi, who was in the Wenxin Tower at this time, looked back at Li Xuan, whose eyes were distracted and confused, and then raised his hand: "Protect him!"

Beside him, a two-foot-long black tiger suddenly appeared out of thin air, bowing in the direction of Jiang Yunqi.

Afterwards, Jiang Yunqi climbed up the stairs and went directly to the top floor of Wenxin Tower.

This place is different from the lower floors that are full of cobwebs and dust. It has been kept very clean and tidy. At the left window railing, there was an elegant man in his forties, holding a book and wearing a coarse cloth, looking at him with a frown.

"What are you doing here? You brought people in."

"I won't come here if I have nothing to do."

Jiang Yunqi's tone was also very rude. Half annoyed, half helpless, he walked up to the elegant man and sat down: "Old Quan, do me a favor and adjust the difficulty of the 'Questioning Heart Bell' to the lowest level."

After hearing this, the elegant man glanced downstairs: "Is that Li Xuan? I remember he is your daughter Jiang Hanyun's subordinate?"

Jiang Yunqi couldn't help but be stunned: "How do you know?"

The elegant man sneered "ha": "Of course I know! The next generation successor of Duke Wen Zhong, Haoran is the most orthodox and pure young man in the world. As early as ten days ago, our Imperial College had already recorded all his past Everything has been checked clearly.”

He then thought thoughtfully: "Old friend, you brought him here, did you want to test his character? Is it to find a husband for your daughter? Old friend, since you care about his past misdeeds and don't trust him, then What he was thinking was, why do you need to do this?"

"I also want to do that." Jiang Yunqi looked out the window with helplessness in his eyes: "You know, since Hanyun was born, this is the first time I heard her say that she doesn't hate a man of her age. It makes me even more confused. What makes people speechless is that my wife, for some reason, also took a fancy to this person.

"That's it! Your daughter's situation is indeed difficult, and it is even more difficult to find a suitable person for her."

At this time, the elegant man's expression was extremely strange: "Well, old friend, do you know the reason why one of our Neo-Confucian Dharma protectors has been vacant for more than twenty years?"

Jiang Yunqi was stunned when he heard this: "Isn't it because the younger generations are unworthy and no one can pass the torture of Wen Xin Ling?"

"The younger generation is unworthy? So what does Brother Yunqi think of me? But twenty-two years ago, I also encountered a setback in Wenxin Tower and returned home."

The elegant man then explained the reason: "Old friend, you should know the origin of the Heart Bell? It was the sect-suppressing weapon of the Lianxin Sect one thousand two hundred years ago. The Lianxin Sect was destroyed by Yu Zi, and this divine object was also destroyed. Yu Zi transformed it into an instrument for selecting 'Neo-Confucianism and Dharma Protector'. However, more than twenty years ago, due to the sword demon Li Zhetian, the spirit of the Wenxin Ling was out of control."

"Out of control?" Jiang Yunqi changed his color slightly: "How to lose control?"

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The elegant man smiled bitterly and said: "In the past twenty years or so, there have been so many talented Confucians from all over the country. But no one can walk out of the Wenxin Tower. Anyone who breaks into the tower must either be mentally disturbed or have a supernatural spirit. Damaged, in short, no one escaped unscathed. Let’s talk about my eldest disciple Luo Yun. Although he was still intact that day, he walked out of the building naked in front of the public. Friend, wait a minute—"

He called Jiang Yunqi, who stood up hurriedly and was about to walk downstairs: "If you plan to forcefully wake him up, it will only damage his spirit, which will never heal."

Jiang Yunqi's face turned pale: "What should we do? Is there nothing we can do?"

"The only way is to directly destroy the Questioning Heart Bell, but I definitely can't let you do that."

The elegant man sighed: "So now, either he was frustrated in the Heart-Questioning Bell and his soul paid an unknown price; or he walked out of this building intact and became the new protector of Neo-Confucianism."

Jiang Yunqi's expression changed immediately after hearing this, "Confucianism and Dharma protection?" Even his good friend couldn't do it, let alone Li Xuan?

He just wanted to see if Li Xuan had really changed his ways. But if something happens to Li Xuan today because of his reckless behavior, how should he explain to his daughter?

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