Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Meng Hong came to Wang Xinyu's room, handed over the letter from his brother to someone, and then told about her natal family.

When Wang Xinyu heard this, she felt unspeakably uncomfortable. When she was still a girl, her grandma loved her a lot. Now that she has gone like this, she couldn't accept it for a while.

Wang Xinyu's eyes were sore, and tears welled up. She hurriedly turned her back and wiped it quietly. Meng Hong didn't know how to comfort her when she saw it. Wang Xinyu, in case someone is too sad, it will be better if you get pregnant.

"Sister-in-law, you..."

Wang Xinyu wiped away the tears on her face, turned around and tried to smile: "Second brother, don't worry, I'm fine. Grandma is nearly seventy years old, and she has never experienced a catastrophe in her life, so it can be regarded as the end of her life. I have no regrets. I just remembered that my grandma loved me before, so I couldn’t help being sad for a while.” Speaking of the sad part, her nose was sore again, and she almost shed tears again, but because Meng Hong was in front of her, she didn’t want to make people worry , Trying to hold back.

Seeing that she didn't show too much excitement, Meng Hong felt relieved and said: "Uncle Wang wants my sister-in-law to come over, and my sister-in-law cleans up. I'll go with you."

Wang Xinyu said: "Okay, second brother wait outside, I will change clothes and come." When a person dies, those who mourn must wear plain clothes, and it is disrespectful to the deceased to wear too bright clothes.

Meng Hong went outside, after waiting for a while, Wang Xinyu came out in a different body, supported by two young women, Wang Xinyu wiped her tears, and followed Meng Hong out of the Meng Mansion, towards Wang's house.

But after Meng Hong and Wang Xinyu left, Meng Zhen sat in the study and read for a while, a little absent-minded, and asked Ah Qing to fetch his sword, and practiced it in the yard.

Seeing her master playing a set of smooth and smooth swordsmanship in front of her, Ah Qing couldn't help clapping her hands and instantly turned into a little fanboy.

"Wow, master is so powerful. Ah Qing is so old, and he has never seen such superb swordsmanship. Master is not only good at swordsmanship, but also good at reading. Master is the best in the world."

It has to be said that Ah Qing's rainbow fart is too much, but Meng Zhen didn't care much when he heard it, and walked up to the stone table under the jujube tree with his sword behind his back, casually put the sword on it, and asked Ah Qing to hold it for him Here comes the tea.

Hearing this, Ah Qing hurried to the house to make tea.Meng Zhen spread his palms and looked at it for a long time. He had to say that the aptitude of this body was extremely poor. He had been practicing swords on and off for more than a year, but the internal force in his body could not be released at all, as if it had been sealed.

Thinking that the sword in his previous life was one with his body, he used his thoughts to move out at any time, but now, every time he looks at this body, it just adds to his troubles.

Soon Ah Qing made the tea and brought it over, Meng Zhen took a few sips, Ah Qing saw that his master seemed not very happy, so he asked: "Master, you are also a scholar now, you should be very happy. "

Ah Qing has little knowledge, and thinks that Mr. Xiucai is already great. He doesn't need to kneel when he sees the magistrate, and he is respected when he goes out. How can he still have a sad face.

But what is the relationship between the troubles and worries in the world and status? The higher the status, the more troubles. On the contrary, Ah Qing, who is full of food and drink, carefree, is really a rare free person in the world.

"Do you think your master is old?"

"Ah..." Meng Zhen asked abruptly, and Ah Qing thought, when did the master start caring about his appearance, and this is going to be a grandfather, isn't it appropriate to say something old?

"Master, didn't you say that everyone will grow old one day, the most important thing is to have a good attitude, people are not old at heart."

Ah Qing has always spoken without falsehood, just now he praised his master to the sky, but now that the master asked him something, he didn't dare to boast too much.

"Master, in fact, you are in Ah Qing's heart..."

"Okay!" Meng Zhen seemed to be unable to listen anymore, and interrupted with a raised hand, "It's none of your business here, you can go down."

"Oh, good." Ah Qing was very conscious, turned around and left.Meng Zhen sat under the tree and drank tea for a while, remembering that he had looked in the mirror in the sun when he passed through the soul, but never again, thinking of his reputation as "beautiful ancestor" in his previous life, how could he be so rough in this life? own eyes.

After thinking wildly for a while, Meng Zhen got up and sat back in the study to read a book again.

In the evening, Meng Hong and Wang Xinyu came back.Meng Hong sent Wang Xinyu back to the house first, and then went to his father's house.Meng Zhen was copying the article. When he saw him coming in, he raised his eyes and asked, "What's going on there? Do you want to go tomorrow?"

Meng Hong replied: "I'll go tomorrow, my sister-in-law will not go." Today he accompanied Wang Xinyu back to Wang's house, Wang Xiucai's wife scolded Wang Xiucai, saying that her daughter is pregnant, calling her back at this time is not harmful What about it? He also said to tell his daughter to go back quickly. This kind of place is not for people who are pregnant. There are many people coming and going to express their condolences. It would be bad if they bumped into it.

Meng Hong also thinks so, crying and crying in Wang's yard, from the time they pass in the morning to the time they come out in the evening, the chaotic noise never stops, it is really not suitable for pregnant women to come.So Wang Xinyu will not go tomorrow, he will go over to help the Wang family on behalf of his elder brother.

Meng Zhen said: "Since you are going tomorrow, you should rest earlier."

Meng Hong also said: "Okay Dad, you should go to bed early, and you have to go to school tomorrow." Back in his own room, Meng Hong first wrote a letter to his elder brother, planning to send the letter tomorrow before going to Wang's house, There is also Wang Xinyu's letter. On the way back, he told Wang Xinyu that he would send the letter tomorrow, and if she had anything she wanted to say to his elder brother, he would write it down tonight, and he would send it out tomorrow.

After the matter of the letter was settled, Meng Hong lay on the bed, tossing and turning, and even suffered from insomnia.

For some reason, he thought about his father again. Although Meng Zhen didn't say why he took the imperial examination, Meng Hong could tell from his words and deeds that this man was indifferent to fame and fortune, and he probably wouldn't be an official in the future.

Since he is not an official, why do he take the imperial examination? Meng Hongsi thinks about it and there is only one possibility. His father must be bound to some system. He was forced to take the imperial examination. After passing the exam, he will be rewarded. world.

What kind of world did Mengzhen live in in his previous life? He has worked so hard to go back even though he did not hesitate to study hard. His identity in his previous life should not be simple. He must not be an ordinary person. What could it be...

Naturally, Meng Hong couldn't think of it.The next day, enduring his headache, he first sent a letter to Meng Qing, and then rushed to Wang Xiucai's house without stopping.

At the same time, Meng Zhen, who had been fancied by Meng Hong all night, came to the school and started a day of county school life.

Today is the archery class, and the teacher is Instructor Li.

Practice archery is archery. In the morning, everyone followed instructor Li to the Shepu field. Several targets were placed in the center of the field. Every group of four people, the more arrows shot in the yellow part of the center, the higher the score and the better the score. good.

Mengzhen was assigned to the fifth group. After the first four groups finished the competition, there was a student who hit nine out of ten arrows, the best result.

When it was Mengzhen's turn, he tried the bowstring first, it was strong and flexible, and felt good in the hand, then he took the arrow, put it on the string, drew the bow fully, loosened his hand, and hit the first arrow.Then came the second arrow, which hit several times in a row. When it was the ninth arrow, everyone's eyes were on him. Even the three students in his group lowered their bows and arrows to see what he was going to do next. Performance.

The ninth arrow, of course, also hits the target.The students immediately cheered. Amidst the cheers, Meng Zhen picked up the last arrow. The students immediately held their breath and watched quietly.

"Shu..." Yu Jian flew out with lightning speed, and hit the bull's-eye impartially.

"Wow..." The crowd immediately erupted, and Meng Zhen was also a little shocked. In his previous life, he could shoot ten arrows together without any problem, but in this life, he is obviously an ordinary person, and he can't use his internal strength at all. Ten hits out of ten...

He hadn't recovered from the shock when suddenly a group of students rushed in front of him, directly set him up, then threw him away, repeated several times, and Mengzhen almost cried out.

No one has ever dared to treat him like this, no matter in his previous life or in this life, no one has ever dared to treat him like this.

Mengzhen was thrown into a dizzy state, and when he was put down, there were still stars twinkling in front of his eyes.He straightened his appearance, and his face was a little worried.

But at this time, some students laughed: "Student Meng is so good at life, this age is actually more useful than young people like me. It is true that people can't be judged by appearances. I am very impressed."

It was a compliment to him, but Meng Zhen didn't say anything.Even Instructor Li praised: "You will grow stronger and stronger when you grow old, and your style will not diminish."

Next came the remaining three groups of competitions. After the competition, there was no perfect score like that of Meng Zhen.

After this archery class, the students all looked at Mengzhen with admiration. As long as they are good enough, no matter how old or young, they are the objects of their study.

Chen Qiushi didn't take it seriously, although he didn't say anything, he hated Meng Zhen in his heart.

In the afternoon self-study class, students don't have to stay in Minglun Hall, they can go to Zunjing Pavilion to read books or other places in the school.There is a purple bamboo forest in the school, behind the Zunjing Pavilion, students often come here to study during self-study classes.

Mengzhen and Deng Bowen also came here with a book. Perhaps it was boring to read the Confucian classics and historical classics every day. Deng Bowen had a whim and asked Mengzhen to explain the Daoist scriptures to him.

Meng Zhen didn't refuse, and began to talk about the Taoist scriptures in a steady stream.It happened that there were quite a few students around the two of them reading books, and some students heard that what they said was not Confucianism, but after listening carefully, it was actually related to Taoism.

The culture and thinking of this dynasty are relatively open, and the rulers favor and respect Confucian culture, and they are quite tolerant to several other schools, among which Taoism and Buddhism have more supporters.

There are quite a few students in the school advocating the Tao, and when they heard Meng Zhen preaching, they gathered around to listen carefully.

"The way is big, the sky is big, the earth is big, and people are big. There are four great things in the domain, and people live in one of them. People follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature."

As Mengzhen’s sermon unfolded, more students gathered from all directions in the bamboo grove. Most of them were just curious about what this man was talking about sitting on a big rock, and why so many people came to listen. Listening carefully, it turned out to be Taoism. .The students were so surprised. They grew up so old, and no one had ever taught them morality. Because of this curiosity, they insisted on listening.

From Lao Tzu to Chuang Tzu, Meng Zhen spoke more and more vigorously. Seeing that the students were listening carefully, he worked even harder, and the afternoon passed in a blink of an eye.

Meng Zhen got up and packed up his books, and when he was about to leave, he heard the students talking endlessly, with no intention of leaving at all, he listened attentively, and these students argued about Confucianism and Taoism.

The students who respected Confucianism were very loud: "What's so good about Taoist culture? It's illusory, too egoistic, it only pays attention to personal cultivation, and asks immortals and medicines all day long. You must know that there is no immortality in this world. They are all a group of people. It was conjectured by the stinky Taoist priest."

This is not pleasant to say, so students who advocate Taoism don't follow it, instead of refuting: "What about Confucianism, they only know how to study hard, and they don't understand the relationship between interests and interests. , There are no boundaries and differences in all things in the world, including human beings, who are born equal, how can they be divided into different classes."

Confucianism supporters: "Hey, you are slapping yourself in the face. Dare to ask where you are studying now, and which school you are receiving. Dare you say it is Taoism or not Confucianism? How can you learn Confucianism one by one? But support Taoism, if Taoist culture is so good, why it has not become the mainstream for thousands of years, and there is no reason why the rulers have favored Confucianism for so long. Confucianism is the mainstream, and Taoism is not mainstream. If you refute it, then don’t worship the saints of Confucius and Mencius. Go pay homage to Lao Zhuang instead."

There are few supporters of Taoism, but now they are being scolded by Confucianism supporters, and they immediately blow their beards and stare: "Confucianism governs the world, if you become an official in the future, I am afraid that it will not be governed by your mouth."

Confucianism supporter: "Since you come here to study, don't you also want to be an official? Don't you Taoists often say that Taoism follows nature, governs by doing nothing, and does not compete with the world. Since it is so noble, it is all out of the world." There is no need to contend, what do you want to do with fame, hurry up and escape into the Taoist sect and become a god to live forever. I am afraid that you are duplicity, talking about adoring the Tao, but in your heart you can’t let go of fame, and you don’t know how to fight us behind your back..."

"Who told you not to argue!" A vigorous voice cut a hole in the crowd, and Meng Zhen walked up to these Confucianism supporters with his hands behind his back, "Since everything exists in the world, it has its own reason for its existence. With its Don't fight, so the world can't compete with it. Not to fight is itself a kind of competition. You are reading to death. Do we fight together?"

"Confucianism and Taoism are originally a family, and today's Taoism ends here. If you still want to hear it in the future, then keep your ears shut and be truly 'indisputable'."

After Meng Zhen finished speaking, he left. The students behind him were still chattering, but he didn't hear what they said.

Five days later, when Meng Zhen returned home from school as usual, Master Liu came to visit unexpectedly. As soon as Master Liu saw him, he hurriedly said, "Master Meng, I heard that you preached in school?" There is something wrong with Master Liu's mouth.

Meng Zhen nodded: "Yes, what's the matter?"

Mr. Liu was angry: "You said you, go to school as soon as you go to school, and preach well. My son has listened to your teachings, and these days he came home from school without reading any books. He bought a lot of idle books, and unexpectedly Let's study it!"

Meng Zhen was slightly startled, his first reaction was, who is this man's son.

The author says:

1. The Tao is big, the sky is big, the earth is big, and people are big.There are four major domains, and people live in one of them.Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. —— "Tao Te Ching"

2. Because it does not compete, the world cannot compete with it. "Tao Te Ching"

3. A sage does not compete with ordinary people. If there is a dispute, he avoids it and dies. How can ordinary people compete with it? —— "Laozi Xianger Notes"

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