Spring Breeze Crossing Guanshan

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"My lord, when the first emperor was here, all the kings had armies under their command, which can be said to be very powerful. But after the emperor ascended the throne, King Xiang, King Juping Nan, and the four kings of Gongjing and Suning were all silent. Since then, the emperor has gradually removed all the kings. The forces of the Flying Tiger, Goshawk, and Jinpeng in Fujian and Zhejiang have been gradually gathered. In today's domain, there is no power that can shake the emperor openly. It is as solid as gold, and a hard attack is absolutely impossible."

Guan Junchen did not expect that Xia Baimei, who was just a eunuch, could see so many things.

When he sent the "Loyalty Tie" to King Pingnan earlier, he had already noticed the great changes in Dazhou's seemingly peaceful rise, so he told King Pingnan not to be trapped in a cocoon, but to be a female. But it was much stupider than he thought.

Emperor Zhou Ying was indeed a talented man. He was not only a politician who was proficient in power and tactics, but also an emperor who could create the general trend of the world for himself.

Under such turbulent waves, even if he is a prince, he still feels that he is as small as a mantis holding a cart, but now that he is forced into this situation, even an ant has to muster up the courage to go against the current.

"You can't forcefully attack, and you can't enter the palace."

Guan Junchen replied in a deep voice.

"Exactly." Xia Bai nodded in disbelief: "This is a desperate attempt to find a chance of survival between the copper and iron walls. It must be rare and fast. The only chance is for the emperor to leave the palace."

"The emperor has already planned to go out of the palace to enshrine Zen in the spring of the next year, but this trip is of course heavily guarded, so it is absolutely impossible at this time." Guan Junchen pondered for a while before saying: "Master Xia, since you mentioned going out of the palace, you must have a plan. "

"Naturally." Xia Baimei's voice was hoarse, and she stared at Guan Junchen with straight and narrow phoenix eyes: "The humble official and the man who came to kill me hid and fought fiercely for several days, and suffered several serious injuries, and the waist and abdomen were even more deeply wounded." Fingering made a hole, even so, I still don't want to escape, I must survive until the poisoned man's lack of stamina shows his weakness, and I desperately catch him. Maybe the prince can guess why?"

"If it's not for the purpose of extorting a confession, it's for deceitful confession." Guan Junchen said flatly.

When the two of them talked, there was no hesitation in every word. It was obvious that his mind was like lightning, and he had already thought everything over.

Yan Chunxi knew half of what he heard, but he didn't interject to ask, but just listened quietly.

"My lord's prediction was right. I tortured that man and forced him to use a secret letter to pass the news of his death back to the palace. At that time, I had a plan in mind-if I die, the emperor will let me go. Be careful, secondly... I can be more sure that the emperor will leave the palace in subdued clothes this month. This matter is too secret, even Zhou Xingwei does not know, because in the past years, he was quietly accompanied by the emperor. Said, if the prince wants to break the situation, he can use the humble position."

"Are you sure?"

When Guan Junchen heard this, he raised his eyes suddenly, and there was a faint flicker of light inside.

"I'm [-]% sure of being humble." Xia Baimei said every word.

"Master Xia, this is a big matter."

Guan Junchen narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "The emperor is always cautious, how could he rush out of the palace without Zhou Xingwei? Don't come here to deceive me."

"My lord, I naturally understand your doubts." Xia Baimei continued with an extremely calm expression, "It's just that there are some things that can only be known by people who have been with the emperor for more than ten years."

Yan Chunxi had been listening quietly by the side, and only when he heard this did his fingers tremble slightly. He remembered that Xia Baimei had told him earlier that he had secretly left the palace in disguise with Emperor Zhou Ying many times——

He didn't know much about these things at first, but now that he thought about it, he felt apprehensive.

Those who love each other have such a deep bond, and every move is clear in their hearts.There are many things that should be secrets between two people, but if one day their hearts die, those intimacy and sweetness will eventually become sharp knives to kill each other.

"Why did the emperor leave the palace?"

Guan Junchen asked.

"for me."

Xia Baimei knelt on one knee, when he raised his head, a ray of skylight shone on his dignified and beautiful face, his expression was indifferent.

But under that plainness, it seemed that there were turbulent waves hidden.

"Ten years ago, the emperor promised me that every year on my birthday, no matter what, he would accompany me out of the palace and stay in Meiwu for three days. The emperor said that it is not humane to say that the predecessors had a paradise of peach blossoms to hide from the world, and he With me, there is Meiwu Xiaoyao - when the frost and snow first melt, red plums are beautiful, there are live fish under the ice stream, listening to the wind at night, singing in the daytime, in this world, only the two of us know where the fairyland is. After a while, ten years is not wrong."

"But this year is different from the past. It is my birthday and my death ceremony. If the emperor still has a little affection for me, he will definitely go. So the prince should understand why I have to capture the killer to fake death—I want the emperor. I’m ashamed, I’m thinking of my love. Therefore, I’m the only one in the world who can make this move. The opportunity is so fleeting, the prince must not miss it.”

Guan Junchen didn't know how to answer for a moment, he just looked at Xia Baimei in a daze.

Occasionally, a cold wind blows through the forest, which sounds dry and chilling.

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Xia Baimei was waiting for Guan Junchen's answer. At that moment, his heart was very peaceful, and he thought of the past again.

Ten years ago, he was already the chief eunuch of the Eastern Palace, so he was extremely powerful.

Although he was an eunuch at that time, he was still young, but his relationship with Guan Jinning was very difficult.

Guan Jinning couldn't afford to be depressed, and he was even more unbearable, and life in the palace was oppressive and depressing, with many unpleasant things.From then on, he started to go to Fireworks and Willow Lane like other eunuchs from time to time. Guan Jinning knew about this, but he didn't say anything to stop him, so he was relieved.

At the beginning, he was not for his own amusement, but just wanted to learn some tricks and half-styles from Fengyue Field, so that he would be more powerful when he was in the cloud with Guan Jinning, so he never took off his clothes and let the waiter serve him.

It's just that later on he was often accompanied by a beautiful young man who admired him and looked up to him. He didn't think he was an eunuch.

It was also his birthday on that day. When Guan Jinning didn't think of him, he couldn't bear to go to Nan Guan to relieve his boredom. He couldn't bear the soft voice of the waiter, so he took off his shirt for the first time and spent some time with the waitress. But the lower//body clothes are unwilling to take off no matter what.

This can be regarded as stabbing the basket.

He always thought that Guan Jinning didn't care about this matter, but he didn't expect that his every move was under surveillance. It was just this time that he went out of line at night, and Guan Jinning had already received the letter the next day.

After he returned to the palace, Guan Jinning tied him up and hung him up, and whipped him dozens of times with a horsewhip.

He was beaten until he was unconscious and dripping with blood, but he never thought that Guan Jinning would not let him go.

The young boy was also detained into the East Palace, and he was already frightened to the ground after seeing the battle. Guan Jinning knew that he loved the young boy, so he pinched the boy's life and forced him to take off his clothes.

He was extremely ashamed and horrified, but no matter how much he cried and begged for mercy and confessed his mistake, Guan Jinning would not let go. In the end he still tremblingly took off all his clothes, and stretched his legs in front of the young man to remove the most incomplete and invisible part exposed.

That taste was like a whip being whipped into his shame——

To this day, he still doesn't want to recall the look in that young man's eyes.

No matter how much he hated to admit it, he wasn't a man after all.

He can't have anyone else in his life, he can only and can only be related to Jin Ning.

After that time, he was seriously ill and had a high fever. Guan Jinning treated him very tenderly. Although he was the prince, he did everything about feeding medicine and scrubbing himself.

He thought he would hate Guan Jinning, but he didn't.

He was terribly afraid, but under that gentleness, he felt an unprecedented shameful sweetness.

Guan Jinning asked him that he went to Nanguan that day for his birthday.

He snuggled into Guan Jinning's arms and said yes timidly. He was thinking of Brother Ning, so he felt depressed.

Guan Jinning smiled, feeling sorry for him, kissed his forehead and said, "Good girl, I will be with you every birthday from now on, five years, ten years, every year."

Later, Guan Jinning would still let him go to Nanwan, as if he thought it would be interesting to ask him to be a man in those places, and he was imprinted in his heart, and he never crossed the rules again.

Since then, Guan Jinning has never broken his promise, even after he ascended the throne, he would still go out of the palace quietly with him in subdued clothes, and spend the three days like a fairy.

Last year, for unknown reasons, Guan Jinning seemed to be quite moved when he was in Meiwu, holding his hand and sighing: "There is no sun and moon in the mountains, one year old and one year old. Meier, ten years, like dew and lightning , actually think about it, if I can melt into a piece of loess with you here in a hundred years, it would be a good place to return to."

Now, thinking of the scene at that time again, Xia Baimei's eyes couldn't help but get slightly moist.

Later, he went to the eminent monk of Dayan Temple specifically for this reason.

But the eminent monk told him that his love was so deep that he couldn't bear to break through his karma, so he felt that life was suffering——

The way you come from is suffering, and the place you are going to is also suffering. The suffering is endless, and it is speechless.

I never thought that it would be absurd.

It is said in the Diamond Sutra: All conditioned dharmas are like dreams or bubbles, like dew or electricity, and should be viewed in this way.

Everything in the world is an illusion, like a dream, like an illusion, like a bubble, like a shadow, like dew, like electricity.

He should have known, he should have known.

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……

Guan Junchen finally complied.

No matter how shocking this matter is, even if he has no way out from now on, if he makes a wrong step, he will be doomed forever.

His decision was not based on his trust in Xia Baimei, nor his confidence in his own strength, but he had no choice but to fight desperately.

The deployment of Meiwu cannot be delayed, Guan Junchen does not have much time to delay, before the matter is completed, Xia Baimei is naturally unwilling to let Yan Chunxi go with him.

He knew it well, so he didn't do more useless work, and he didn't need to plead with Xia Baimei.

Before parting, Yan Chunxi stood up reluctantly, and asked Xia Baimei: "Lord Xia, I want to say a few words to the prince, okay?"

"Of course it doesn't matter." Xia Baimei nodded.

He was very tactful, upon seeing this, he bowed to Guan Junchen and then slowly backed away, leaving the open space to Guan Junchen and Yan Chunxi.

Although Yan Chunxi and Guan Junchen hadn't seen each other for only a few days, the current situation was turbulent, and the two of them had so much to say in their hearts, but now that they were alone for the first time, they didn't know how to say it.

"Brother Cheng..." Yan Chunxi held back, his eyes turned red, and said softly, "I'm sorry."

Before he said this, he actually didn't know why he said it, but after he said it, he couldn't help but choked up slightly: "Always, always make things difficult for you."

After hearing this, Guan Junchen didn't rush to ask why, but just untied his loose fur robe, and wrapped the young man's thin and slender body inside.

"I miss you very much." Guan Junchen said softly.

Yan Chunxi had a sore nose, and lowered his voice a bit: "Brother Cheng, they all want to use me to control you. The Emperor wants you to be the Taibao, and Master Xia wants you to kill the king with him. They all push and force you. Tell you that you can't always do what you want, I, I..."

"En." Before he finished speaking, Guan Junchen's low voice cut him off: "I know, only Xi'er loves me."

Yan Chunxi looked up at Guan Junchen's deep eyes.

He left the palace because he didn't want to be a weight to restrain Guan Junchen, but he didn't want the chaos in Chang'an to be far beyond what he could have expected. He was always the one who was the most powerless in many competitions, being pushed back and forth , Let mermaid meat.

Many things cannot be solved by him leaving.

He originally wanted to say that he was useless, but at this moment, he felt that it was too much to say to Guan Junchen.

Yan Chunxi hugged Guan Junchen's waist tightly, and he shrank into Guan Junchen's arms like a petite chick covered by the wings of a big roc, muttering: "Brother Cheng, I miss you too."

They hugged each other for a long time in the withered forest, fine snowflakes fell from the branches and buds, sprinkled on Guan Junchen's eyebrows.His expression was gentle, even though he was covered with icy frost and snow, he still couldn't hide it.

Guan Junchen patted the young man on the back lightly, and said: "Xi'er, when I rode here today, I suddenly couldn't stop thinking - I really have no regrets in this life with you by my side. Then I will marry you, grow old together, and never be separated from life to life, okay?"

When Yan Chunxi had just left, it was the time when Guan Junchen was most in despair. Not only did he lose his power, but he also lost his yang energy as a man. The two seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact they seem to be intertwined. .

Although he knew that the young man didn't leave because of his indolence, there was always a trace of resentment and resentment in his heart. If he was asked to say these words at that time, although his love for Yan Chunxi would not diminish, it would be Absolutely refused to say these words at this time.

But he never imagined that after Wang Jinzhi and Cheng Yixuan were magnanimously fulfilled, the depression in his heart suddenly disappeared. He was at the bottom of his life, but he also found clarity and peace at the bottom of the valley.

The big Zhou Gangchang, one ring is surrounded by another ring, the monarch, the minister, the father, the son, the son, and the father and the son are closely connected, like an endless prison.

But Yan Chunxi was the only one who told him that he wanted to get out of this ring and find a carefree world.

Now, although he failed to get away as he wished, he actually raised his hand to release Wang Jinzhi from the intertwining——

With the raising of the hand, there was a slight possibility of freedom because of the tight fit.

He has achieved unlimited achievements in his life, but he has reached middle age, and he no longer cares about the lost glory, but he is the most proud of this raising of his hand.

That's why he loves Yan Chunxi, not because of his appearance, let alone the pleasure of bed, but because of the truthfulness, harmony and harmony that the two of them have long echoed in their hearts.

They are a match made in heaven, and they will spend together as white heads together.

Yan Chunxi raised his head, his throat was choked up, and he couldn't speak for a while.

He and Guan Junchen had made a heart-to-heart relationship a long time ago, and they had talked a lot about their lingering love, but this was the first time Guan Junchen had heard of the vow of never being apart.

This sentence came as it should be, but it was still soul-stirring in my ears.

He had previously wanted to be a couple with Guan Junchen for the rest of his life, although he has suffered a lot with Guan Junchen now, no matter how hard it is, he will always seek benevolence to obtain benevolence.

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Yan Chunxi originally wanted to send Guan Junchen away, but he was injured on his foot, and Guan Junchen refused to allow him to go any further, so he followed a few steps stubbornly, knowing that it was time to say goodbye, but what happened to the hand holding Guan Junchen's palm? I don't even want to let go--

It's just a few steps away, and I really wish I could never finish it.

Guan Junchen tied the collar of his own fur robe on the young man tighter, and said: "Your own fox fur is torn, so use it as a quilt to cover at night, so don't freeze. Xia Baimei didn't dare Embarrassing you, but you still have to take care of yourself, you know?"

"I……"

Tears welled up in Yan Chunxi's eyes.

Guan Junchen's heart trembled, how could he be willing to part with this young man, but at this time he was not a mother-in-law, so he made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Go back, my darling."

With tears in his eyes, Yan Chunxi let go of Guan Junchen's hand. Seeing Guan Junchen turn around and take two steps, he suddenly couldn't help but staggered two steps forward and grabbed a piece of Guan Junchen's sleeve.

"Brother Cheng!"

The young man hugged Guan Junchen's waist tightly from behind: "I don't want you to be the emperor."

"Lord Xia has been with the emperor for more than ten years, but he still ends up like this. I'm afraid that you and I will also..."

His voice was choked, thin, and drifted away in the wind.

Guan Junchen stopped in his tracks, he was silent for a long time, he didn't know how to answer after much deliberation.

Is Emperor Zhou Ying born like this, or the person who sits on the Dragon Throne will eventually be like this?

Guan Junchen held Yan Chunxi's finger, slowly pulled it up, then lowered his head and kissed the young man's cold fingertips, he didn't say anything, and strode out of the dry forest without looking back.

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On the way back to the city, Guan Junchen was quite silent all the time, it was Guan Shanyue who held back all the way, and finally couldn't hold back when he reached the city gate, and said, "My lord, don't you ask me how I got to know Master Xia?"

Guan Junchen glanced at him, and said indifferently: "Based on the friendship between the two of us, the crown prince never mentioned the slightest thing before, so I guess he didn't want to talk about it. Even so, it's inconvenient for me to force it."

"No." Guan Shanyue pulled the reins and stopped on the spot.

Hearing what Guan Junchen said, he knew that this old friend was really angry.

He was originally a very tempered person, and he never let others go, but at this time he had to sigh, and his tone softened: "Of course I won't hide anything from you, but this one, I didn't say it at the beginning... …Actually, it’s not for anything else, it’s really embarrassing.”

"face?"

Guan Junchen raised his eyebrows, quite puzzled.

"That's right." Guan Shanyue paused before saying, "When I talk about Xia Baimei, I always talk with disdain and disgust. Even you said that I had a relationship with him at Nanguan, which is actually true. It's not all a lie... At the beginning, I was indeed jealous of that beautiful young man, and I had a feud with Xia Baimei, but later..."

He was twitching and hesitating when he spoke, quite different from the past, Guan Junchen frowned, and couldn't help but asked urgently: "What happened next?"

"Later, I ran into Xia Baimei on an errand in Kansai. You know, I was at odds with him at that time, and there were conflicts between words. He took out the sword and forced it on me, I, I am the son of the dignified prince, and I want to salute him respectfully and greet him, how can I bear it?"

"I'm afraid you're going to ask for trouble."

Guan Junchen narrowed his eyes and said.

He knew this playmate who grew up with him quite well, Guan Shanyue was very arrogant, she lost face in front of Xia Baimei several times, and she definitely wanted to get it back.

It's just that Xia Bai's eyebrows are so scheming, I'm afraid Guan Shanyue is not the opponent.

Guan Shanyue couldn't help turning pale when she heard this, and said: "Well, I know he is a castrated eunuch, and I wanted to give him some love potion so that he couldn't ask for it, so he would make a big fool of himself. But for some reason , that night he unknowingly changed the package of medicine, but actually, it turned out that he had been tricked..."

Guan Junchen was speechless for a while. Although Guan Shanyue was lazy, she was by no means an ordinary idiot, and her mind and scheming were also excellent, but she never expected that Xia Baimei would calm her down so clearly. Ask for trouble.

"The medicine I'm looking for won't make people drowsy, but it will make people feel hot when they are awake. I am clear-headed and know that this is not good. I wanted to find a random woman to purify my fire. It's just that I didn't expect the medicine to be so weak that it took too much effort to walk a few steps, and before I got out of an alley, I was caught by Xia Baimei."

"Your status is precious, I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to do anything wrong to you."

As soon as Guan Junchen said it, he suddenly thought that if nothing happened, Guan Shanyue might not say it on purpose, and immediately felt something bad: "Could it be that you and him...?"

Guan Shanyue was silent for a while, then shook the reins, raised her head and said, "Yes."

Guan Junchen couldn't help being stunned, and subconsciously said: "Xia Baimei, he, he really let you in?"

He couldn't believe it.

"Well, not really."

Guan Shanyue seemed to feel embarrassed when thinking about this matter, she cast her eyes into the distance, took a breath and said: "Xia Baimei told me that since I really can't get angry with the young man, he will take good care of me once and make amends." Yes, so that I can calm down. I am deeply in love, and I really, really can't bear it...so I'm with him..."

Guan Shanyue is a dude of a family, and she is a romantic person, and she and Guan Junchen are friends who talk about everything.

Therefore, the two had talked a lot about Fengyue before, and it was not a big deal, but Guan Junchen had never seen Guan Shanyue like this before, and there was a hint of shame on his melancholy face.

This prince was already quite feminine, with red lips and white teeth, but now his face was as flawless as white jade in the cold wind.

Guan Junchen looked at Guan Shanyue, and suddenly understood, and asked tentatively: "I heard that Mr. Xia's hand skills are excellent, everyone in the capital knows it, could it be...?"

"I won't talk about the details."

Guan Shanyue blushed, and shook her head: "Anyway, I didn't intend to hide the fact that I knew him from you."

Although Guan Shanyue didn't answer, Guan Junchen already had the answer in his heart.

He couldn't help being very surprised, Guan Shanyue has always been proud, but he never thought that he would commit himself to Xia Baimei and Chunxiao once.What's even more strange is that after that, she never wanted to kill Xia Baimei to avenge her shame.

Now that I think about it, although Guan Shanyue has always been disdainful and hostile towards Xia Baimei, it is probably just an excuse and a disguise to deceive people's ears.

Seeing Guan Shanyue's expression on mentioning Xia Baimei now, don't say that he doesn't have the slightest intention of revenge, but the admiration in his heart is more definite.

"Since you've told me everything about it, I believe you."

After pondering for a while, Guan Junchen said in a low voice: "It's just that you probably know about the secret meeting between Xia Baimei and me. This matter is hidden and dangerous, so I'm not in a position to discuss it with you in detail. If you know... I'm afraid you will suffer a disaster for no reason. , so it's safer to know less. It's just that you have a lot of affection for Xia Baimei, and you are willing to take the risk to help him spread the word."

What he said at this time, after all, still contained a hint of the meaning of testing the relationship between Guan Shanyue and Xia Baimei.

Because he didn't know whether Guan Shanyue was still infatuated with Xia Baimei after the night of being drugged with love drugs.

Thinking about it carefully, Xia Bai's eyebrows were seriously injured, and what he thought of was secretly contacting Guan Shanyue. The relationship between the two of them may be far more than just that one time.

Guan Shanyue's beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly, as if she was a little worried, she sighed and said sadly: "I don't ask, and you don't say it's the best. I shouldn't get involved in this matter, but I can't bear to see that eunuch injured like that. He shouldn't have come back, if he doesn't come back, maybe one day..."

When Guan Shanyue said this, she suddenly stopped talking, let go of the reins, and rushed towards the official path at the head of the horse.

"Not much else to say, I just hope that you are all safe."

His voice drifted away from the front.

Guan Junchen's expression was complicated, until the end, he didn't know what Guan Shanyue meant by "one day".

So what?

Xia Baimei is really a strange person.

Passionate but also infatuated, weak and powerful.

He has a cruel and scheming side, and after closing the door, he is also proficient in ventilating the joy of the moon.

Sometimes he would obediently lie beside Zhou Yingdi like a woman, but when he stepped out of the palace and galloped through the mountains and rivers of the Great Zhou, he was as chic as a knight in the rivers and lakes. Prince Gong's son, can still have a heart to play with.

The only true love in his life is clearly the emperor, but he can't help being merciful everywhere, such a flamboyant scene is really rare in the world.

Guan Junchen gradually understood Zhou Yingdi's love for this eunuch.

Xia Baimei is a mystery that can never be understood in this imperial city.

……

After Guan Junchen returned to the mansion, he began to deploy intensively.

The first thing he should pay attention to is naturally the emperor's movements.

Strange to say, since Xia Baimei left the city, Emperor Ying of Zhou seemed to have suffered a sudden serious injury, lingering on the sick bed intermittently, unable to go to court many times, it was really unprecedented.

But at this moment, Guan Junchen didn't want Emperor Zhou Ying to be too sick to get out of bed, because if it was so serious, he was even more afraid that Emperor Zhou Ying would delay his trip to Meiwu.

While sending people to closely monitor the movements in the palace, he took the topographic map of Meiwu from Xia Baimei and began to ponder.

At this time, one morning, a boy in Tsing Yi riding a gray donkey came to Prince Ning's Mansion to hand over invitations.

The porter saw that the boy was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and was about to drive him away immediately, but after all, he was an old fried dough stick who had been in the capital for a long time. After thinking about it, he suddenly thought of someone.

He trembled with fear when he got there, he hurriedly saluted the little boy respectfully, and rushed into the palace with the ordinary thin letter paper.

……

Seeing this servant's recklessness, Guan Junchen was quite displeased at first, but before he could reprimand him, the man fell to his knees with a plop, and breathlessly said: "My lord, my lord, the grand master's residence is here to invite you."

"Teacher Yan?"

Guan Junchen was taken aback, and quickly walked down the steps, took the letter and opened it.

There was a faint fragrance of plum on the plain white letter paper, just looking at the handwriting on it, one couldn't help holding one's breath.

There are only a few lines of writing that flow like clouds and flowing water, and the pen moves like a dragon and snake, and the gestures are elegant. It is quite leisurely and interesting like cooking tea and appreciating plum blossoms.

This handwriting cannot be faked.

Master Yan——

The teacher of the emperors of the Three Dynasties, a great Confucianist in the world.