Fantasy: Starting out as a gigolo, born a Confucian sage

This Mohist gathering was held by Shangshu Zuocheng, and the venue was also in his mansion.

Because Shangshu Zuocheng was born in the Pei family of Zhongshan County, and the family was extremely powerful.

In the chaotic times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Pei family had already made a name for themselves by relying on their achievements in flood control, and now in the Northern Han Dynasty, they are even more prosperous.

The head of the family, Pei Mao, was promoted to Shangshu Zuocheng, and was also one of the nine calculations of the Mohist school.

Twenty years ago, Wu'an Hou, who was accepted as a confidant and beloved general by the previous emperor for "moving the capital with one sword", was also a disciple of the Pei family.

There is also a Qinzhou governor who is in charge of the 800-li Qinchuan military farming affairs, who is also a member of Pei Mao's clan.

In the entire Zhongshan County, even the prefect had to be humble in front of the Pei family.

For example, Chu Pingshan, the Marquis of Shouting, might have come if he had not resigned.

Now he only has a marquisate, and is not qualified to participate in this kind of gathering, and the Pei family did not invite him.

Song Nanzhu was obviously attending this kind of gathering for the first time, and he looked around behind Cao Zhuyu.

She looked like she had never seen the world.

Compared to her, Shen Wuming seemed much calmer, after all, he was not interested in such gatherings.

Moreover, although he was an orphan before he traveled through time, his grades were not bad, and he had participated in the university summer camp before the college entrance examination.

If he had not encountered such a thing as traveling through time, he would have been admitted to C9.

Cao Zhuyu showed the invitation letter and took the two of them into the manor and into the garden in the middle.

This is an open-air garden, but it is very large.

There are small bridges and flowing water, green forests and bamboos, pavilions and towers, and wine flowing in the winding water. I actually saw this kind of Jiangnan scenery in the north.

"Lord Cao."

As one of the four beauties in Zhongshan, Cao Zhuyu was also known as a new official and a genius of the Mohist school.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, many people looked at her sideways, and then saw Shen Wuming next to her, and turned to glare.

There have been rumors about Cao Zhuyu in Zhongshan County recently, saying that she fell in love with Shen Wuming, a married man.

Now seeing that she even brought Shen Wuming with her to the Mohist gathering, everyone believed it a little.

Then they were even more angry. It was fine that she had snatched their goddess Chu Youyi, after all, they were engaged in marriage.

But what was going on with Cao Zhuyu?

"Lord Cao!" A middle-aged man came over with a smile, "There are a few old friends over there, meet them?"

"Okay." Cao Zhuyu did not refuse, but turned to look at Shen Wuming and the others, "You just hang out here, I'll be back soon."

Shen Wuming nodded indifferently, found a seat and sat down, and began to show off the food in front of him.

After all, the Pei family is a noble family, and the food is not bad, with good color, fragrance and taste. It just so happened that he hadn't had dinner yet.

Shen Wuming remembered that he had participated in the summer camp before and attended some lectures.

The content of the lectures was mostly academic garbage... After all, the good things were waiting to be published.

But the tea break was really good.

This Mohist gathering was also quite similar.

Although there were many dignitaries around, most of them were Mohist disciples.

Many were discussing with each other, frowning and thinking, or writing and drawing.

Even though he looked at Shen Wuming coldly from time to time, he didn't do anything deliberately.

Song Nanzhu, however, seemed to be infected by this atmosphere when he came here for the first time, and he would go to the side to join in the fun from time to time.

After walking around for two rounds, he sat next to Shen Wuming and was about to pour a glass of juice to moisten his mouth, only to find that it was empty.

The plates on the entire table were clean, except for the pile of bones in the dish, all the others were swept away.

"Shen Wuming, this is a Mohist gathering, not a food competition. Are you here just to eat?"

Song Nanzhu put his hands on his hips and gritted his teeth.

This is too embarrassing.

Does the Shouting Marquis's Mansion starve this son-in-law every day? The shame has been brought to the Pei family.

Shen Wuming put the cleaned bones into the bone dish, and then wiped his hands with a towel, and said calmly: "Why not eat?"

When he attended the academic conference before, didn't everyone just go for the tea break?

No one really went to listen to the lecture, right? No way, no way.

Song Nanzhu was choked by his words. How could someone be so thick-skinned.

Just when Song Nanzhu was angry, a cute voice sounded next to him, "Yes, why not eat."

"Normally there are not so many delicious foods!"

"Grandpa and others don't let me eat so much, I must eat a lot today."

Song Nanzhu turned his head and saw a chubby face. It was a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old.

The little girl looked cute, with fair skin and two eyes wide open, but she was... very strong.

The first time Shen Wuming saw her, he thought of Nezha in 100,000 bad jokes.

Lolita face, strong man body!

Even an adult man might not be able to match her weight, especially since she is not simply fat.

From her rolled-up sleeves, you can see that there are some lines on her arms, which should be due to practice.

Song Nanzhu frowned and said, "But this is a Mohist gathering, and everyone is here to discuss the Mohist Way."

The little girl stared at her with a pair of eyes, looking at her cutely, "But we didn't affect their discussion."

"Let those who want to discuss discuss, and let those who want to eat eat, isn't this also the Mohist Way?"

"Mozi once said, love each other and benefit each other!"

"It means that we should love others as much as we love ourselves, so why can't we love eating as much as we love discussing the Way?"

The little girl's words were well-reasoned and made Song Nanzhu speechless. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

But the little girl didn't target her. Instead, she took her arm and sat down, then waved to the servant next to her.

"Go and bring some more food." The little girl ordered, and soon the food on the table was full again.

"Sister, try it, these things are really good, I can't eat them normally."

The little girl handed a piece of cake to Song Nanzhu with a sincere face.

Song Nanzhu finally took it, but after thinking about it, he said, "What you said just now is indeed right."

"But if it is according to the Mohist saying of mutual love and mutual benefit, then why do you use servants?"

The little girl was not stumped by her, but smiled and said, "The so-called servant is also a profession."

"He provides services for us, and we provide him with compensation. Isn't this a kind of mutual love and mutual benefit?"

"Mutual love makes us love people, so we have to respect servants or even slaves."

"But it doesn't mean that we want to destroy the profession of servants. When they have no work, where will they get food and clothing from?"

"In that case, it violates the principle of mutual benefit."

The little girl is not very old, but she seems to have a very deep understanding of the Mohist thought, which makes Shen Wuming look sideways.

But he didn't mean to join the discussion, but continued to eat.

But the little girl saw that he was working so hard, and looked at him with a kindred spirit, "Big brother, what do you think of the food at the Pei family?"

Shen Wuming stuffed a piece of meat jerky into his mouth, and then said, "It's OK, right?"

"It's OK?" The little girl seemed dissatisfied with this answer, pouted her lips, and took a bite of the fried vinegar fish in her hand.

"Have you ever eaten anything better?"