Nightwatcher

The cold wind of the mountain swept across the forest, and the dead branches wailed mournfully.

On the path paved with bluestone slabs, Xu Qi'an turned his head and looked at Xu Xinnian, who was dancing with his black hair and clothes. This cousin, who was so good-looking that people were jealous, seemed to be a banished fairy.

Pointing to a waterfall hanging in the distance, he introduced: "This is the place where a senior from the academy got enlightened. There is a stone tablet beside the waterfall, which records the life of that senior."

There is a lack of water in winter, and the hanging waterfall is slender and weak, and it rushes into the pool listlessly, and the water in the pool is crystal clear.

There is a stele beside the pool, a bronze figure sitting cross-legged in meditation. The inscription on the stele is the life story of a scholar named Qian Zhong. This man was born six hundred years ago and was active at the beginning of the Great Feng Dynasty.

At that time, the king of the previous dynasty was incompetent, officials were corrupt, rich and powerful preyed on the common people, wars broke out all over the Central Plains, and the rebel army divided the regime.

At that time, the imperial court Da Zhou was engaged in a tug-of-war with rebels from all over the country for more than ten years, and the people living at the bottom were in dire straits.

Qian Zhong, a second-rank Confucianist, traveled abroad for three years and witnessed the scene of the people's desperation. He brought people's grievances to the capital of Dazhou with his flesh and blood, and smashed the fate of the country, which was one of the few in Dazhou.

Then Dafeng established the country, quelled the war, and made the world safe and healthy.

"Is the great Confucianism so powerful?" Xu Qi'an questioned: "Why didn't I see the word 'beautiful' on the three great Confucians?"

Xu Nian didn't know what "beautiful" meant, but there was no doubt that it was a vulgar language. Thinking of his elder brother's meritorious service in writing a poem, he resisted ridiculing him and replied:

"Who told you teacher that they are in the second-rank Confucian realm, but they are only in the fourth-rank gentleman realm."

Xu Qi'an couldn't believe it: "So you still have the face to call yourself a great Confucian?"

Xu Nian squatted down by the pool, washed his hands, and explained: "Great Confucianism has two meanings, one refers to a scholar with profound knowledge and reputation; the other refers to a second-grade state of Confucianism and Taoism. belongs to the former."

Bringing people's grievances to smash the luck of a country, even if the luck is weak at the end of the dynasty, it is still beyond human power. How strong is the second-rank state of Confucianism and Taoism? What about that product?

Xu Qi'an fell into contemplation for a long time, with a slightly respectful tone: "Is there a second-grade Confucianism in Yunlu Academy?"

Xu Nian shook his head and said with regret, "In the past two hundred years, at most there have been three ranks. The third rank of Confucianism is the realm of establishing life. I also heard it from the teacher when I sent off Layman Ziyang that day. The dean of our college is the third rank Liming."

Xu Qi'an's tone suddenly relaxed, and he commented casually: "Not bad."

The characters of the three old gentlemen seemed a little exaggerated and unprincipled, lacking a little calmness and seriousness. Xu Qi'an told Xu Erlang his evaluation.

Erlang pondered for a while: "They were not like this before. After the gentleman state, it is the third-rank Liming state. This may have something to do with the Liming state."

"Well, Layman Ziyang used to be like this, but recently he suddenly changed his temperament, like a different person. I heard from the teacher that Layman Ziyang is only half a step away from establishing his life."

The two brothers wandered aimlessly in the academy, and Xu Xinian took him to visit some places of interest. As an academy with a long history of 1,200 years, Qingyun Mountain would definitely become a tourist attraction if it wasn't for banning people from entering and disturbing students' studies. sights.

"Brother." Xu Xinian suddenly called out in a low voice while walking.

Xu Qi'an stopped to look at him.

Xu Nian glanced at him, turned his face away, and pretended to look around: "I thought about it for a long time yesterday. If it wasn't for you, my father would have been executed, and the female relatives would have been sent to the Jiaofang Secretary."

"If it wasn't for you, sister Lingyue would have been in danger yesterday. She might have been bullied by Zhou."

"If it weren't for you, the Xu family might still be immersed in the luck of the rest of their lives, and then one day, they would be wiped out suddenly."

After speaking, he strode forward, walked more than ten meters, and said silently: Thank you!

Yasheng School Palace.

Xu Qi'an followed his cousin up the steps, crossed the censer and entered the hall. The seven-meter-high red lacquered pillars support the dome, and the Yasheng enshrined in the academy is the founder of Yunlu Academy.

In the slender flame of the candle, the sub-sage was wearing a blue double-breasted Confucian shirt and a tall Confucian crown, with one hand behind his back and the other on his waist, looking into the distance.

Beside Yasheng was a smart and beautiful white deer, with cloud patterns faintly visible on the white fur.

Xu Nian pointed to the white deer and said, "It is the origin of the name of Yunlu Academy."

Xu Qi'an said: "Scholars are elegant, and the white deer is the mount."

Xu Nian glanced at his cousin and corrected him, "It's not the horse, it's the wife."

"!!!" Xu Qi'an re-examined Kia Sheng, and murmured: "Scholars are really elegant."

He didn't dare to say that.

Xu Xinnian seemed to know what his cousin was thinking, and said: "It is recorded in the academy's "Yunlu Zhi" that this white deer is a demon. It sat down and listened to the scriptures when the saint sat down, and then transformed into a human, and then accompanied Yasheng. A demon has been with each other since they were young, and they have a very strong relationship, and they became husband and wife."

"The love between humans and monsters was not allowed in the world at the time. But when the sage knew about it, he didn't beat the mandarin ducks. Instead, he agreed to their marriage. The sage said: Love has no boundaries. It can be seen that as long as there is love, humans and monsters can stay together forever."

Since ancient times, the love between shemale and monster has nicknames, such as the unity of man and nature. So, what is the nickname of this sub-sage?

A horse that refers to a deer as a horse? Xu Qi'an cupped his hands towards the statue of Yasheng.

When Xu Nian reverently paid homage to his disciples, Xu Qi'an turned his eyes around the hall, and found a stone tablet as tall as a person standing on the left and right sides of the hall.

One side is blank and the other side is engraved with writing.

He walked to the stele and read: "Repay the king's kindness on the day of righteousness and death, and his name will last forever—Cheng Hui."

The handwriting is neat, neither elegant nor scribbled nor exaggerated, giving people a sense of majesty and majesty.

"This is the sub-sage from the Imperial College who stayed here." Xu Nian came over and stood side by side with his cousin in front of the stele.

"The Yasheng of the Imperial Academy. By the way, I have never been very clear about the details of the grievances between the Imperial Academy and Yunlu Academy." Xu Qi'an was full of interest, with the words "eating melons" written in his eyes.

Xu Nian looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he opened his mouth and said in a low voice, "This matter starts with the fight for the country two hundred years ago."

"Struggle for the foundation of the country?" Although Xu Qi'an is a novice in history, he still knows the meaning of fighting for the foundation of the country.

The prince is the foundation of the country!

Fighting for the country is basically fighting for the position of the prince.

"At that time, Renzong was in power, and the position of crown prince had been vacant for more than ten years. The two princes were strong competitors at that time. One was the eldest son, and the other was the concubine prince born to a nobleman. That nobleman was very charming, Deeply favored by Renzong.

"Renzong planned to make the prince who was born a concubine the crown prince. At that time, he encountered opposition from the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. Renzong made many decrees, but they were all dismissed by the cabinet. At that time, the man who led the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty was a scholar of Yunlu Academy.

"Establishing the elders but not the young, establishing a son but not a concubine, the rules since ancient times, even the emperor can't violate it. Brother, you are right, etiquette is a dragon-slaying technique commonly used by scholars.

"In this national battle, both sides are unwilling to admit defeat. The two sides have been seeing each other for six years. During this period, the cabinet's chief assistant changed four people, and the officials in the court left one after another. The capital and localities, the officials involved As many as two hundred.

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