Three Kingdoms

The white and slender fingers on Green Qi pressed it gently, and the beautiful melody began to float, finally blooming again in this small courtyard pavilion that had been silent for a long time.

Fei Qian sat, looking up at the sky slightly, and then sighed softly. Although he was reluctant to leave Pingyang so soon, the problem was that some problems had to be solved. Being able to fight his way out of the bloody storm, Fei Qian now had enough majesty and murderous intent, but in front of Cai Yan, he never showed these ferocious sides.

"There has been no news from the Huns. I am planning to go to the Yinshan Mountains as the spring plowing has just begun... In two days, I will set off when I am ready..." Fei Qian listened, and then During the break in the rhythm, he said slowly.

"Hun?" Cai Yan stopped involuntarily. If she hadn't had a very high attainment in music, it would have been impossible for this emotional fluctuation to cause the strings to break. After all, most of the strings in the Han Dynasty were made of silk. Not only would they easily become fluffy if played too much, but they would also get snagged accidentally.

"I captured Huchuquan before, so I sent him to the Yinshan Mountains..." Fei Qian said slowly, "According to the itinerary, it's enough for one round trip, but I haven't received any news so far... ...Although there are Captain Ma and others in Yinshan, I am still a little worried..."

The mobilization and assembly of an army cannot be completed as soon as it is completed. Although Yuvluo did not do anything to Huchuquan, under the supervision of Yinshan Ma Yue and others, there was no extraordinary move, so overall The risk is not great, but we cannot take it lightly, otherwise capsizing in the gutter may not happen.

Humphrey was obviously hesitating, but the question was also about hesitation. Fei Qian didn't know why Humphrey was hesitating?

Yinshan is also an important horse breeding and training ground, and will become a relatively qualified granary in the future, so it cannot be left to chance and ignored.

"The south side can generally keep things quiet for a while...and the west side and the east side can be left alone for the time being, so I can only have time to see what's going on in the north side now..." Fei Qian smiled and said more or less With some bitterness, he said, "I am a person who wants to have time but often finds it hard to do so. I guess all I have left is running around here and there..."

After Fei Qian said this, Cai Yan also fell silent, not knowing what to say.

"Senior sister, it's time to go out and walk around. We can't remain bored..." Fei Qian continued, "I have already given the manpower and supplies to Youruo. He will prepare them. If you need anything, you can also ask someone to help." Just go to him and ask for it directly... I also told Uncle Kong about the academy. He has been in the academy for a long time and is familiar with the situation. If you encounter anything inconvenient here, you can come forward. Find him..."

"...Junior brother, you don't have to think too much about me... I know..." Cai Yan smiled softly, and then said, "Junior brother travels a long distance and has many military affairs... Although I know that junior brother is in these aspects I have always been cautious, but I still need to be more careful..."

Fei Qian nodded.

Cai Yan stretched out his hand and plucked the strings a few times, and said: "I don't have anything to give to junior brother here, so I will play another song for junior brother. I hope junior brother will have a triumphant victory as soon as possible..."

Cai Yan gently rubbed the strings with catkins, sometimes sliding over them, sometimes gently picking them up. The sound of the piano was like pearls rolling in a jade plate, or like a clear and beautiful stream flowing down from the mountains jumping between the stones. , washing away the worries in my heart.

After the song ended, Fei Qian was silent for a moment, stood up, looked at each other with Cai Yan, nodded, and left without saying anything else.

Cai Yan stood up, her pink lips like peach blossoms trembling slightly, as if she had something to say, but in the end she didn't say a word. Cai Yan followed the steady-footed Fei Qian out of the corridor and out of the courtyard until he disappeared from sight. His originally upright shoulders and waist seemed to relax. He took a long breath and slowly spit it out and closed his eyes.

Cai Yan stood blankly in the pavilion for a while, listening to the sound of wind passing over the treetops around him, as if he was saying some unknown words. After a while, he finally called out: "Feng Shu... take the green Qi, please take it away...and bring me some books..."

"Yes, my dear." The maid came out from the back of the pavilion with the book and asked, "Then, what book should I bring for my dear while clearing away the green silk on the table?"

"The Book of Songs..." Cai Yan thought for a moment and said immediately.

After all, the Book of Songs dates from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and is also the earliest starting theme of poetry in China. Many things are even before Confucius and Mencius, and can even be traced to the Western Zhou Dynasty. Since we want to trace the origin, let’s start with the earliest documents...

Feng Shu replied, and then packed up quickly with his hands and feet. He first put Lu Qi into a brocade bag, and then carried it back in small steps. Soon after, he came back with several volumes in his arms.

Cai Yan watched quietly, unknowingly overlapping the Feng Shu in front of him with the one in his memory. When Feng Shu was still young, he entered the Cai Mansion with little hands and feet, and no slaps. The scroll is large, and the scroll on the bamboo slips and wooden coffin is heavy, so it can only be held in a ring, so it is called "Feng Shu"...

"Feng Shu..." Cai Yan suddenly asked softly, "You... will you think of your parents..."

The action of offering the book paused for a moment, then he blinked, shook his head and said with a smile: "Mother, I can't remember..."

Cai Yan lowered his head quietly. After a while, he slowly walked over, took Feng Shu's hand, and then hugged Feng Shu without saying anything.

"...Miss..." Feng Shu's face was in Cai Yan's arms, and his voice was a little muffled.

After a long time, the two of them separated, both smiling sheepishly.

Cai Yan sat down again at the table, then casually picked up the Book of Songs brought by Feng Shu, spread it out and opened it, glanced up and down for a few times, then suddenly froze, his lips fluttered slightly, and he couldn't help but recite it softly. :

"I have so many children, but when I come to see you in the alley, I regret not sending them away..."

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Political Hall in Pingyang.

The political hall seems to be extremely lively no matter what time it is. It's not that it's noisy. In a place like this, even if the noise is louder, let alone shouting, it will immediately attract the vigilant eyes of the soldiers on duty on both sides. If there is a slight rudeness, there is no chance that soldiers will step forward and leave immediately...

But the flow of people here is indeed large, so the movement cannot be quieted down naturally. The officials and clerks coming and going are holding written documents in their hands, and their faces are written with "My matter is the most urgent, my matter is the most important". .

"...Brother Xun, what should we do about this..." Linghu Shao scratched his scalp with a headache, and said with a sad face in the endless flow of officials, "I wonder what the Lord meant...ahem... "

Seeing someone approaching again, Linghu Shao coughed twice and shut up.

Spring plowing has begun.

Near Pingyang, as the winter snow subsided, the officials responsible for various affairs began to rush around again. As the chief steward of Pingyang, Xun Chen was naturally busy for a while. Cattle cultivation, manpower deployment, production promotion, local coordination, etc., a stream of writings and officials poured into Xun Chen, and then flowed out again as if they had turned a corner...

Under such circumstances, Xun Chen could still do two things at once. He glanced up and down at the newly sent text, then wrote a few more questions, then picked up the pen to approve a few words, and then handed it over to the waiting officials. , the officials quickly took it, bowed their hands to Xun Chen and Linghu Shao, took a few steps back, and left the political hall.

Linghu Shao was also a little helpless. Cai Yong's death did have a big impact, but he originally thought that Fei Qian would not leave Pingyang so quickly. Therefore, Linghu Shao was not so anxious at first, but he didn't want Fei Qian to send troops north in a blink of an eye. , Linghu Shao suddenly had no confidence in his heart.

The average life span of ordinary people in the Han Dynasty is more than forty years old. Although Cai Yong died in a military disaster, on the other hand, he was still over sixty years old. He is a man who is rushing to reach seventy. Although it is a pity that it is inevitable. But birth, old age, illness and death are the normal course of life, so who can avoid it?

Linghu Shao almost fainted from grief on the day of Cai Yong's accident, but after all, he was also a son of a noble family, and he was not too young. He had seen a lot of storms in his life. Coupled with the backward medical conditions in the Han Dynasty, he had lost a lot of money over the years. Many relatives and friends, so after the initial heartache and sadness, as time went by, he slowly recovered and took the position of high priest to handle the affairs of the academy.

As for the matter between Fei Qian and Cai Yan, Linghu Shao was so old, how could he not see it?

But the problem is, Cai Yan is not an ordinary person. It would be easier if she had a lower status, like Pei's daughter. Not many people would pay attention anyway.

Although many people are keeping silent about Cai Yan, at least during the period when Fei Qian was in Pingyang. Ever since the Yang family invaded the Academy last year, there has been a lot of excitement about this matter in Pingyang. However, in the end, Zhao Shang was beheaded and publicly displayed. On the surface, it was for concealing military assets, voodoo and other charges, but in fact, what was the reason? Generally speaking, some people can guess it.

In this matter, there is no difference between the ancient Chinese and later generations. Secretly discussing the top three ways and the bottom three ways of leadership in private is also a cultural inheritance and leisure mode in the workplace. However, most people basically have an understanding attitude towards this matter. Of course, Fei Qian's method of dealing with Zhao Shang may not necessarily be clever, but no matter who is put in that position, I'm afraid he can't do anything better. Decide to come.

Xun Chen turned to look at Linghu Shao, frowned and thought for a moment, then stretched out his hand to signal the attendant on the side to postpone the official's entry, expressing his willingness to chat with Linghu Shao for five baht.

"Brother Xun..." Linghu Shao pinched the beard on his chin and said, "Your Majesty ordered me to take care of the academy. This is my duty, but I also mentioned that the Cai family's daughter was appointed as a female doctor... This matter, tsk... …Please also ask Brother Xun to give me some advice…”

"Yes. What's wrong?" Xun Chen was probably tired from dealing with official duties continuously, so he picked up the water bowl, took a sip, and then said lazily.

Linghu Shao glanced at Xun Chen and said: "It doesn't matter if you are a female doctor... But after hearing the emperor's wishes, the Cai family's daughter will come forward to teach and compile scriptures. This... scripture has been passed down from ancient times to this day. It has been revised several times, intermittently, and it is normal for there to be many ambiguities... The kings and princes want to imitate the Xiping Stone Classic and revise the Pingyang Stone Classic. This is a grand event in the world of classics... However, there are often disputes over the conflicting meanings of the words in the same scripture. , arguing endlessly every day... If this young lady from the Cai family takes charge of this matter, the rest will be easy to talk about, and conflicts between scriptures will inevitably be inevitable..."

Linghu Shao's words were already very tactful. Women in the Han Dynasty didn't mind showing off very much, and there were no hard requirements in this regard. However, after Cai Yan became the female doctor of the academy and presided over the compilation and revision of scriptures, it meant that she had to meet many other men, and even They argued with each other, did Fei Qian really not mind, or did he have other plans?

This is what Linghu Shao is trying to figure out. At present, Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, is becoming more and more powerful, so it has become a compulsory course for the officials under him to gradually learn to figure out Fei Qian's thoughts.

"There are so many fools in the world..." Xun Chen said slowly, "The writings of sages also seek to eliminate ignorance and darkness, and find a bright road... Hundreds of thousands of years have taught people how to look at things, and nothing else is better than this. The scriptures have some meaning. The difference is that it covers the length of the eyes. Zigong redeemed people and did not reward them. He thought he was a gentleman, but Confucius did not take it seriously. He said that Zigong's actions were harmful to the country, and it was necessary to repay hatred directly and repay virtue with virtue. Therefore, the words in the world, in the countryside In theory, most people are thieves of virtue. The so-called morality means that virtue is based on Tao, and this is also the reason..."

Xun Chen was not a fool. How could he tell Linghu Shao straightforwardly how to do this? Being able to talk about it is pretty good.

"Brother Xun's intention..." Linghu Shao frowned. Xun Chen suddenly talked about a long list of great principles, and Linghu Shao believed that they must be more than just general talk.

Who is Zigong talking about? Are you talking about me? My guessing about Fei Qian's meaning is just like Zigong's guessing about Confucius's meaning. Will I end up doing something wrong?

Repay vengeance with straightness, repay kindness with kindness? What is the theory of country and morality? What does Xun Chen mean?

Linghu Shao pondered for a moment, nodded slowly, cupped his hands towards Xun Chen and said, "Well, I know...Thank you, Brother Xun..."

Xun Chen nodded and asked his attendants to summon the next official who was waiting to handle matters. He said to himself as well as to Linghu Shao: "My lord, your mind is broad-minded, tolerant of hundreds of rivers, and encompassing the whole world. We should encourage you to do so." , the key is to work hard."

"I would like to be taught by you." Linghu Shao bowed his hands again, then said goodbye to Xun Chen, turned around, took a long breath, nodded to the oncoming officials, said hello, and then slowly He slowly left the political hall.

While Xun Chen took the text delivered by the official and unfolded it, he listened to the official's brief narration. He took the time to look up at Linghu Shao's back and saw him walking upright and confidently under the sun. He nodded slightly. , lowered his eyes and returned his attention to the matters at hand...