I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 194
Toyosu.

"That's Wushu Building?" On the second floor, Zhan Feiyu looked through the window at the mansion not far away. It was only a three-entry mansion, but there was a five-story tower building in the southeast corner of the mansion. It is the most famous library in Toyosu.

Qi Heng nodded and said: "If you don't believe in books, it's better to have no books. That's why it's named Wushulou. Some people say that the library has five floors. The first one was Wushulou, but somehow it was passed down to Wushulou. "

Mingsan held his teacup and laughed, "How did I hear that whenever someone wants to borrow books from Wei Daru, the servants of the Wei family only say that there is no book in the Wei family, and they all say that there is no library, so naturally there are no books."

Regardless of the reason for the name, it shows that it is absolutely impossible to borrow or copy books from Wei Daru.

"This man has a very strange face, did he come from another place?" Suddenly, a scholar in green shirt came over, bowed his hands to Ming San, and continued, "I'm in Xiafengzhou Zhou Bingquan, don't you know your name?"

Mingsan sat lazily on the chair, half-closed his eyes and looked at Zhou Bingquan, but he didn't even return the gift, "What? You need to declare yourself when you come to a teahouse to drink tea? Is this the rule of Fengzhou?"

Uh... Not to mention Zhou Bingquan was taken aback, but the scholars at the other tables were dumbfounded.

Even if the other party is not a scholar, you can see Mingsan's demeanor, and then look at the two children beside him, they are obviously the children of rich families, and they are also Zhou Bingquan's target. Who would have thought that Mingsan's attitude would be so arrogant.

"Zhuzi is rude!" An angry reprimand sounded, but it was Zhou Bingquan's friend who stood up and looked angrily at the lazy Mingsan, "Brother Zhou is the youngest Juren in Fengzhou, how dare you be so rude?" !"

This time, not only Mingsan was surprised, Zhan Feiyu and Qi Heng looked over at the same time, Zhou Bingquan looked only 25 or [-] years old, and he was already a Juren.

In contrast, Ming San is just a scholar, Zhan Feiyu and Qi Heng are still children.

"Brother Huang, how can a gentleman's friendship be judged by status? I see this man is very elegant, so I have a heart for friendship." Zhou Bingquan smiled loudly, but he didn't care about Mingsan's arrogance at all.

Naturally, Huang Wen would not refute Zhou Bingquan's words, but just glanced at Ming San coldly, "A gentleman will not flatter his superiors, and his inferiors will not profane. Brother Zhou's character is noble and pure, you should understand it. I will serve tea instead of wine to respect Brother Zhou. "

All of a sudden, all the scholars who knew Zhou Bingquan raised their teacups, chatting and laughing with great Confucianism, and never interacting with each other, which made Zhan Feiyu and the three of them stand out.

Zhou Juren really just likes to make friends?For such a young Juren, Zhan Feiyu thought of Wan Yunhao, who could be called a virtuous corporal, but he would not rashly "strike up a conversation" with people in a teahouse and belittle Juren's worth.

Ming San was also a flirtatious talent who called friends and friends in Nanxuan Mansion. He was more popular than Zhou Bingquan, who was highly sought after. Why?"

Qi Heng, who was asked the question, immediately sat up straight, "This sentence comes from the "Book of Changes", Ziri: Knowing how much is amazing. A gentleman will not flatter his friends, and he will not prosecute his subordinates. How much does he know?"

It was not surprising that a group of students glanced at Qi Heng. Although Qi Heng was young, he was dressed luxuriously. Generally, children from rich families were enlightened at the age of four or five. Qi Heng might have been studying for three or four years.

Qi Heng continued to answer: "It means that a gentleman will not flatter and flatter people with a higher status than himself; It's like an empty valley orchid, which makes people dare not desecrate it, but it makes people happy when they hear it."

Ming San nodded, then turned to Zhan Feiyu and asked, "I'm still reading "Zhuangzi" these days."

Huh?This time, Zhou Bingquan and the others finally showed surprise on their faces.

It is normal for Qi Heng to answer correctly. The Four Books and Five Classics are must-read books for the imperial examinations, but Zhan Feiyu is an eight or nine-year-old girl. "Four Books for Women".

As for the book "Zhuangzi", the scholars present have also read it, but few of them are proficient. After all, Zhou Bingquan and others are the oldest ones in their thirties.

Zhan Feiyu faced the scrutinizing eyes of a group of people, and said crisply: "The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and the friendship between villains is as sweet as sweets. Gentlemen are indifferent to intimacy, and villains are willing to give up. Those who cooperate for no reason will love each other for no reason." Leave."

This sentence is from "Zhuangzi".

"Little Fatty, remember, making good friends is not about making many friends. Being close to a gentleman is far from being a villain." Ming San gave Zhou Bingquan a meaningful look. Even if it is a juren, it is not known whether it is a gentleman or a villain. .

Qi Heng nodded in agreement, "Uncle, I remember."

"This man is also a scholar?" Zhou Bingquan said loudly, his attitude was more enthusiastic, but he also realized that Mingsan's character was not good, so he turned to look at Qi Heng and Zhan Feiyu, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the two friends are also I have read a lot of poetry and books, and I am here to take an examination of the school, two young friends, what is a gentleman?"

Zhou Bingquan is a Juren, so to be called a little friend by him, that status is at least a Juren, but Zhan Feiyu and Qi Heng are young, so what he said is just a polite way, no one will take it seriously.

As the leader of Qingya Academy, Qi Heng naturally can't fall into the prestige of the academy. It's just about the gentleman's remarks, no matter it is the Four Books and Five Classics, or the hundreds of schools of thought, all have their own descriptions. Qi Heng is thinking about how to answer .

Zhan Feiyu on the side has already spoken: "Dan can be ground but not lost its color, orchid can be burnt but not extinguished its fragrance, jade can be broken but not changed its whiteness, gold can be sold but not hardened."

Cinnabar can be ground, but its red color cannot be taken away; orchids can be burned, but its fragrance cannot be extinguished; beautiful jade can be crushed, but its whiteness cannot be changed; gold can be melted, but its hardness cannot be changed.

The so-called gentleman: the rich and the noble cannot be promiscuous, the poor and the humble cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be subdued.It's just that compared to the sentence in "Mencius", what Zhan Feiyu said came from "Liu Zi". If he hadn't read a lot of books, he might not know this sentence.

"I don't know if this sentence is appropriate?" Zhan Feiyu asked with a raised eyebrow.

Facing Shang Zhan Feiyu's black and pure eyes, Zhou Bingquan smiled a little far-fetchedly, "Young people are awesome."

Ming San was leisurely shaking the teacup in his hand, in fact, it is more appropriate to play with an ax in class.

Could it be that the elders of this little girl raised her as a man?Just when a group of scholars were shocked by Zhan Feiyu's talent, she stood up.

Contrasted with Mingsan's laziness and rudeness, Zhan Feiyu straightened his clothes, bowed to Zhou Bingquan to the end, his snow-white bun face was serious and serious, "Just now Zhou Juren talked about the friendship between gentlemen, I have something unclear, please don't hesitate to ask Zhou Juren Teach me."

Xiaoyu wants to make trouble?Ming San sat up straight in an instant, Qi Heng's eyes were shining.

There was an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, how could Zhou Bingquan be stage-frightened? Instead, he pretended to be generous and smiled, "You ask."

If there is no previous performance, everyone thinks that Zhan Feiyu can at most ask about poetry and poetry, but all talented women are basically poetic, or proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and there are very few well-read books, especially books related to imperial examinations. Very few.

Zhan Feiyu, who got serious, made people ignore her age and gender. "Generally, gentlemen and gentlemen make friends of the same way, and villains and villains regard the same benefits as friends. This is a natural reason. But the so-called villain has no friends, Only a gentleman has it. What is the reason?"

As soon as this question was asked, the teahouse fell into an eerie silence. At this moment, they seemed to see the teacher holding a ruler asking questions, and they were the students who were trembling because they couldn't answer.

"Party theory?" Ming San suppressed a smile, and looked at Zhan Feiyu with great admiration, the little girl is so ruthless, this topic can be put in the exam as a policy question.

After Qi Heng finished listening, he immediately frowned and thought about it. Unfortunately, he was just a boy after all, with limited knowledge and even more limited horizons. He was too small to know how to answer.

Ming San tapped Qi Heng's forehead with his fingers, "Don't think about it, I didn't see that Zhou Ju was still deliberating, you should stop doing indifferent struggles as a child."

Even though ice basins were placed in the four corners of the teahouse, Zhou Bingquan still felt his forehead sweating. If Ming San asked this question, even if he couldn't answer it, he could still say that Wen Wu was the first.

But looking at the little girl standing in front of her who was only waist high, she slightly raised her head, looking like she was asking for advice, Zhou Bingquan wished he could turn back the time, why would he provoke the big and the young, and force himself to Riding a tiger is hard to get off.

As Zhou Bingquan's loyal follower, Huang Wen couldn't help pointing at Ming San and angrily scolded: "I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen you so brazen! You deliberately asked this little girl to memorize questions, and then come to make things difficult for Zhou." Brother, a yellow-haired girl actually talks about friends without shame, she really doesn't know what it means!"

Looking at the angry Huang Wen, a group of scholars suddenly realized, and then looked at Mingsan contemptuously one by one, that's right, if he hadn't taught him in advance, how could a little girl ask this question?

Ming San, who was pointed out by Qianfu, laughed loudly, swayed his wide sleeves lightly, pushed Huang Wen away and pointed at his hand, "In that case, why don't you ask a question and test this little yellow-haired girl, I can't Teach her the Four Books and Five Classics, a hundred schools of thought, a collection of classics and history, poems and songs in advance."

Huang Wen couldn't help snorting, if he could teach him, he wouldn't be a child prodigy!
"In that case, we were all talking about a gentleman just now, little girl, what do you mean a gentleman is not good?" Huang Wenju looked down at Zhan Feiyu with a critical and disgusting look, and wanted to see if she could tell why. Come.

Zhan Feiyu replied without thinking, "This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius."

Zhan Feiyu was able to speak "Liu Zi" before, and it is not normal for her to be familiar with "The Analects of Confucius".

Huang Wen's face was a little ugly, and Zhou Bingquan's eyes were even more annoyed. Since he wanted to ask, he should ask tricky ones. Such a simple question is just asking for humiliation.

As if not aware of everyone's expressions, Zhan Feiyu continued: "To enter the way of a gentleman, to learn the way of a gentleman, the realm of a gentleman is also divided into high and low. To be a scholar is to find the way of a gentleman. Those who have achieved and achieved That is, entering the realm of the unarmed."

With this explanation, all the scholars present knew that Zhan Feiyu had real talent and learning, and it was not just a few books and a few words that were memorized.

Ming San's smile remained unchanged. It would be strange if Xueshi Gu's young disciple was stumped by a few so-called scholars.

Huang Wen's face turned red, and he wanted to ask again, but he said that he was a scholar, and he didn't even have a childhood name, so he was so confused that he didn't know how to ask.

"What is a weapon?" Zhou Bingquan asked with a livid face. Even if he was suspected of bullying the small, he won, but his reputation would be hindered. Juren actually lost to a little girl in terms of talent and learning.

"The "Book of Changes" has a saying: what is above the metaphysical is called Tao, and what is below the meta is called utensils." Zhan Feiyu's answer was still crisp and neat, ""Book of Rites": Dao is not utensils."

Zheng Xuan's note: "The way of a sage is not as good as applying a tool to one thing."

He Yanji quoted Bao Xian as saying: "Warriors use them every week, but as for gentlemen, they use them for everything."

Zhan Feiyu talked about three allusions in a row, and then made the final conclusion, "The so-called gentleman is not a weapon, which means that a gentleman should be knowledgeable and multi-faceted, not limited to a certain aspect. Wen Ke Anbang, Wu Keding country, do not disgrace the king's life!"

After a while, the second floor was cleared.

Huang Wen hid his face in embarrassment and ran away. Zhou Bingquan was "worried" about his friend, and even chased after him regardless of the gentleman's etiquette, and the others also left one after another.

Qi Heng blinked blankly, "Little uncle, aren't we being too aggressive?"

"Nothing to be courteous to, rape or steal!" Ming San glanced out of the window, this Zhou Bingquan was a little strange.

"But what if Zhou Juren just likes to make friends? As the saying goes, is it a pleasure to have friends come from afar?" After Qi Heng finished speaking, he shrank back, fearing that Ming San would slap him.

Mingsan looked at Mingsan critically, "You are so stupid, I am already worried that you will lose your name in the August court test."

"I..." Qi Heng's neck twitched, but he was afraid of being beaten, so he could only shut himself up aggrieved.

"Zhou Juren came here after looking at me and Qi Heng. It stands to reason that the third son should be the first one he noticed." Zhan Feiyu is not a real ignorant child after all. Zhou Bingquan's eyes were full of malice, as if He and Qi Heng are commodities that are up for sale.

Just now she "showed off" her knowledge, in fact, it was to prove that Zhou Bingquan is a man of integrity. Even if the theory of cronies is a bit out of line, it is not impossible for a dignified man to answer, at most, his answer is good or bad.

It's like Zhan Feiyu is a child, even if she doesn't have poetic talent, she can still write a poem on the spot as long as she asks a question. Say.

Ming San smiled knowingly, "No matter what his purpose is, if he comes again, he will definitely be able to find out. It's just that the soldiers came to cover up the water and the earth."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a sudden noise downstairs. Ming San and Zhan Feiyu looked out the window, but saw a group of arresters in official uniforms pushing away the crowd and approaching the teahouse fiercely.

"Is this coming too fast?" Zhou Bingquan didn't just leave, Zhan Feiyu looked at the group of policemen who had rushed to the second floor speechlessly, with sabers on their waists, it was obvious that the comers were not friendly.

"Ming Maoze, a scholar in Nanxuan Mansion, I don't know what we have committed?" Ming San stood up and stood in front of Zhan Feiyu and Qi Heng. At this moment, he once again regretted that he didn't take the exams back then, and the name of a scholar couldn't hold back the scene.

(End of this chapter)