ca-book Chapter 25
Chapter 25
Outside Songhai City, there is a high mountain towering into the sky.A house is faintly visible between the clouds.Outside the stone gate, Han Fei was carrying his luggage, saying goodbye to his mentor Xunzi.
"The teacher's kindness in cultivation will never be forgotten by the students."
Xunzi had already seen his intention of parting, so he was not surprised. He raised his hand and stroked his beard, and said, "Hide your strengths and bide your time, just for the day when the sword is unsheathed. You can master everything that a teacher can teach you." Yu Xin. Fei'er, it's time to unsheath your sword."
Han Fei nodded, ambition lingering in his chest, "Yes."
Xunzi thought of the sword in the house, and he wanted to give it to Han Fei, but Han Fei couldn't practice martial arts, so he could only put it in the house to collect dust, so he regretted, "It's just a pity that you can't practice martial arts and sword. "
Han Fei is always open-minded in this regard, and said relaxedly: "Study is under the teacher's door, and students have no regrets."
Although Xunzi is a stubborn old man who likes to hold his temper, he is really reluctant to part with his disciples.Handed a snow-white horse to Han Fei, "This horse is called Treading Snow, and it can travel thousands of miles in a day. The head of the Gongsun family lost a debate with me a few days ago, and he paid me for it as a bet. "
Han Fei was flattered and took a step back, "Gongsun's Treading Snow is hard to buy. Students dare not accept such an expensive gift!"
Xunzi twirled his gray beard and said leisurely, "I'm getting old as a teacher, and I seldom go out. It's just in time for you to travel thousands of miles away."
"But--"
"——You want to be disobedient before you leave the school of being a teacher?"
Xunzi never liked being rejected when he decided on something.Han Fei's eyes were slightly hot, and he didn't refuse any more. He knelt down and bid farewell again, "Yes, Han Fei was disrespectful."
Xunzi tightened his cheeks, turned his back to Han Fei, and said in a stern voice as always, "It's getting late, so hurry up if you want to go. It's hard to make big things happen."
Han Fei stood up, "Yes, take care, teacher!"
Xunzi was stubborn and didn't turn around. He pretended to be indifferent, and only said: "If you have a chance in the future, come to Sanghai to see me, the old man."
Han Fei nodded, "Teacher for one day, father for life. Han Fei remember it!"
Treading Xue looked up to the sky and screamed, raised his front hoof, kicked the ground, and flew away in the dust.
The branches of the old trees intertwined withered, casting twisted and mottled shadows.Everything was completely silent, and there was no sign of a single bird, perhaps because of lack of food, they either died or fled.The strong wind was so bitterly cold that it chopped the three-foot city wall into cracks.Within 20 years, this deserted city will be swallowed up in the desert.
Everywhere you look, there are scars.
Han Fei sighed, pinched the horse's stomach, and stepped on the snow to let the horse's hooves gallop.After half a day, I finally saw people.Han Fei found a tea shed and took out his empty wine bag, "Shopkeeper, do you have any wine?"
The shopkeeper swung the sweat towel over his shoulder and patted the sign impatiently, "Only sells tea."
Over the years, Han Fei has had a bad habit of drinking, and if he doesn't drink for a day, he will feel like a pain in his back. "Don't ordinary people have alcohol at home? You can trade some with me, and I will pay a high price."
The shopkeeper looked him up and down, raised his eyebrows and asked, "How much?"
Han Fei was away from home for many years, and his life was simple, and the clothes on his body were not very valuable cotton clothes, not silk.Therefore, the store only believed that he was a passerby who cheated on wine.Run away when you get the drink, and people go far away, who wants to look for debts with a dog's nose?
Han Fei extended five fingers generously, "Five pieces of silver."
He still has a lot to spend, enough to return to Xinzheng.It's just that when he went to take out his wallet with confidence, he found that his usually bulging waist was empty.Turning left and right still didn't work, Han Fei was in a hurry.
The shopkeeper seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and sneered, "Yo? Lost the money bag?"
Han Fei nodded with a smirk, "Can you...can you pay me on credit?"
The shopkeeper drooped his face and mocked: "This month, you are the No. 13 person who said so."
The corners of Han Fei's mouth twitched, with [-]% sincerity in his mouth, "Believe me, I'm not cheating on wine."
The shopkeeper spread his hands, "Then take the money out!" He glanced at a white jade-like thing protruding from Han Fei's arms, "Or, exchange it with other things."
Han Fei pointed to Taxue, "Do you want it?"
Taxue stared back, farted loudly at Han Fei, and cut off Han Feidian's idea of buying wine.
"You see, it is not happy." Even if it is willing, it will not give it.
Seeing that Han Fei was unprepared, the shopkeeper quickly pulled out the thing from his arms, disappointed, "It turned out to be a broken belt, and it doesn't look worth much. Oh, forget it, let me have a cup with you when I suffer a loss." .”
He wasn't extorting people, but he really didn't see that there was a piece of white jade inlaid in the middle of the belt.I looked at it a few times in my hand, and planned to take it back to coax my wife.
Han Fei jumped in fright, and quickly stopped him, "Shop, shop, I won't change this thing."
The shopkeeper clicked his tongue, "You poor man is so ignorant of flattery! I'm willing to give you wine even if I'm at a disadvantage, but you don't want it yourself!"
Han Fei carefully took back the jade belt, put it in the skirt of his clothes, and said with an apologetic smile, "I mean, I don't need to change it." He took off the necklace from his neck, and the gems on it were particularly dazzling in the daylight, "This necklace is not worth more ?"
The shopkeeper rubbed his eyes, he still recognized things with shining eyes like gemstones, "You kid, are you crazy! This chain is more than enough to buy my tea shed!"
Han Fei smiled calmly, and put the necklace into the other party's hand, "Of course it's not a real exchange. I'm keeping the necklace here for now, and someone will come to redeem it in the future, and the money will not be less. Please also ask my brother to keep it for me for a few days .”
The shopkeeper's hands holding the necklace were shaking, "It's easy to say... easy to say..."
In the end, the shop gave Han Fei two sachets of wine and a big fat grilled fish.
Han Fei raised the grilled fish like a sword, pointed in Xinzheng's direction, and vowed:
"Those who want to see me and those who don't, I, Han Fei, are back."
When Han Fei returned home, the situation was as expected.He reported the results of these years of study tours to King Han, and expressed his ambition to dedicate himself to the country.Han Wang put it aside without looking at it, and said lightly:
"Gu knows. The official position is not in a hurry. You have traveled a long distance, so go back to the mansion first to rest."
Don't be in a hurry, just can't be in a hurry anymore.Back then in Sanghai, he was the most outstanding among his peers, and Xunzi also valued him the most.He once commented that his knowledge "begins with Confucianism, not limited to Confucianism", implying that he will have great achievements in "governing the law".
Unexpectedly, my own father didn't buy it.
Han Fei touched his nose and left the palace angrily.It is more or less mirror-like, smooth from head to toe, with no ups and downs.It has nothing to do with those big storms.
..........The dividing line between high ambitions and unrewarding goals...................
Speaking of Zhang Liang, since he gave advice to Zhang Kaidi, Han Wang really gave up the idea of abolishing the reserve.The prince kept his reserve position, and he was very grateful to Zhang Kaidi for a while, so he specially set up a banquet at the mansion to entertain him.
Zhang Kaidi intentionally let Zhang Liang get in touch with the royal family, so as to open up contacts for his future official career, so he let him go alone.
It's just that the crown prince is a rough jade that can't be carved, and the queen ordered that he must win over the big boat of the Zhang family, but he completely forgot about it. He kept on drinking at the banquet, not talking about politics at all, and only talking about romance.In the end, the idea came to Zhang Liang, saying that he had a good-looking face, no less than a woman.If it wasn't for a few cronies to stop him, probably the obscene language about bed/handover/coitus would also be blurted out.
Zhang Liang still smiled slightly, looking at the immovable landscape, he leisurely cupped his hands at the prince, "His Royal Highness is in high spirits today, and friends from all over the world also came to celebrate. It's getting late, so I don't want to bother you. "
The prince waved his hands with vacant eyes, his face was flushed by the alcohol, "Don't bother, don't bother! Zhang Liang is the grandson of Lord Xiangguo, and he has helped the prince a lot this time, and the prince has not treated you well!"
Zhang Liang lowered his eyes and refused: "Your Highness's kindness has already flattered Zifang. But please forgive me, Grandfather is very strict. If you go out for entertainment, you have to go back before Haishi. The prince is so kind, Zifang may only Can live up to."
The prince was still holding the wine bottle and smiling, but his face was a bit darker, "Zhang Liang, do the food and wine not suit your taste? Or are you and this prince's friend not flirting with each other?"
Zhang Liang heard the accusation in the words, and quickly knelt down, "Your Highness, calm down, Zifang is only acting according to the family rules, and there is absolutely no disrespect to His Highness and all the young masters."
The prince staggered over, "I was just kidding, I scared you! Get up quickly." Eyeballs rolled in the narrow sockets, "Master Xiangguo asked this prince to make friends with you, and you are allowed to wait a while later." Time to go back."
Zhang Liang fell on the ground, his knuckles slightly bent, "Really..."
The prince laughed evilly twice with a sharp voice, "Can there be any truth to what the prince said?"
A circle of nobles burst into laughter after hearing this, and one of them laughed out loud, "Xiao Ai-sun of Xiangguo is too obedient, just come out a few more times. In fact, the family rules are just a decoration, and obedient Yes, if you don’t listen, you won’t.”
The prince felt the same, and nodded again and again, "Yes, that's right, that's the truth!"
The gray-robed man said again: "Why don't you take little brother Zhang Liang to visit the Xiaoxiang Pavilion? You're not too young now, it's time to see new things."
Zhang Liang didn't know Xiaoxiang Pavilion, so the prince patiently explained it to him.His face was thin, his cheeks flushed immediately, he refused and said: "Everyone is having fun, and the ovary will—"
The crown prince raised his hand to interrupt him, "- Zhang Liang, don't worry, let's go and have a look, if you don't like it, just turn around and leave. With this crown prince here, what are you afraid of?"
Zhang Liang: It's because of you that I'm afraid...
But when he met the prince for the first time, it was always unjustifiable for him to save face in full view.Although helpless, he had no choice but to nod.
The author has something to say:
I’m so used to losing 2018 when I release v●
ps: The stalk of Han Fei exchanging necklaces for wine comes from "Nine Songs of the Sky", which is not original~