Daqin Fusu: It is difficult to start the battle

Chapter 165

At noon, the sun struggled through the clouds and shone on the earth.

On the edge of Xi County, a bamboo forest near the imperial mausoleum is shrouded in a confused mist. The mist curls up, and the scenery on Lishan Mountain appears and disappears, like a fairyland.

The bird standing on the branch shaking its feathers chirped, and suddenly flew up alertly because of the sound of footsteps in the distance, flapping its wings and hovering in the air.

In the bamboo forest, the moist mist blows towards the face, refreshing.

A handsome figure with a white face, wearing a green scissors [mào], and a green curly train, followed by a strong man about ten feet tall with a flail in his arms, shuttling back and forth.

"Gentleman, won't that fellow deceive us?" The strong man asked in a low voice, referring to a man in black and white clothes waiting outside the bamboo forest.

The one who is called a gentleman is naturally Zhang Liang who traveled to Qinchuan after putting on makeup. He pinched his fingers and calculated the route, and answered with his throat without looking back:

"No! Go south for 120 steps, then turn to the northwest and walk another ninety steps, and then go south for a hundred steps and you will be there!"

"But you have to follow closely. The bamboo forest is full of Mohist mechanism techniques. If you are not careful, you will be disabled even if you are not dead!"

The brawny man was taken aback when he heard the words. Although he was a bit skeptical, he followed closely behind Zhang Liang, and suddenly he laughed: "Gentleman, there are no outsiders here, so you don't need to speak in this voice anymore."

Zhang Liang ignored him, just counted his steps silently, and without much effort, they saw a small farmyard hidden in the depths of the bamboo forest.

The wall made of loess is about five or six feet high, and outside the wall are mulberry and vegetable fields.

The most eye-catching thing in the small farmyard is the two courtyard doors, one black and one white, clearly separated.

Zhang Liang stared at the gate of the courtyard in a daze for a long time. He didn't expect Qin Mojuzi to stay at the foot of Mount Li to guard the mausoleum for that man after the world was unified...

However, this can be regarded as a certain degree of not forgetting the original intention.

After all, the patriarch of the Mohist family was from the Song Dynasty, and he was engaged in the job of being the gatekeeper of the Yin Shang Temple...

Zhang Liang slightly smiled and asked the strong man to knock on the door.

boom! boom! boom!
The wooden door made an overwhelmed sound.

Squeak!

The door opened, and the person who opened the door was about to yell and curse, when he saw Zhang Liang behind the strong man, he was slightly taken aback, and then a narrow smile appeared on his face.

Before he could speak, Zhang Liang bent forward and saluted and said, "Is Juzi here?"

Seeing Zhang Liang's seriousness, the man had no choice but to swallow his teasing words, and said politely: "Master Zhang, please come in, the teacher has been waiting for a long time."

"Oh? Juzi knows I'm coming?" Zhang Liang asked curiously while walking into the courtyard.

The man nodded and said nothing, just leading the way.

While walking, Zhang Liang looked around, and found that the whole courtyard was symmetrical, just like the gate, painted with white ash and black lacquer very evenly.

In a short time, he met Zhao Ping, the great son of the Mohist family of this generation, in the house.

"Learn from Zhang Liang, meet Juzi!"

Zhang Liang lay on the ground and paid respects.

This is because he studied under Zhaoping's school when he was a teenager, and he was counted as half of Zhaoping's students.

After Zhao Ping accepted it calmly, he let Zhang Liang sit on the mat, and ordered a student who had followed him for many years to boil water and make tea.

After a while, Zhang Liang picked up the pottery bowl and took a sip slowly, closing his eyes slightly:

"It's a little bit bitter, but I immediately returned to the sweetness. I said why the teacher is willing to live in this bamboo forest. It turns out that there are such beautiful things as companions!"

Zhao Ping smiled and said, "No, it's not. I live here just to be quiet. The beautiful thing you mentioned is called tea, and it's made by His Majesty today."

"I got some by luck. It is said that it is a top grade, one bud and one leaf... If you like it, let them pack some more for you to take away later!"

Hearing Zhao Ping's words, Zhang Liang put down the pottery bowl in his hand without saying a word, and turned to ask the young man standing at the door for white water.

Zhao Ping sighed heavily, shook his head and said: "Why is this so? You traveled in Qinchuan, the food in your mouth was cultivated by the Qin people, and the road under your feet was cultivated by the Qin people..."

Zhang Liang cupped his hands and bowed, and interrupted Zhao Ping: "The teacher is ridiculous. The students are in Qin. Although they eat the food of the Qin people and follow the way of the Qin people, they do it to live."

"As Mencius said, one sack of food, one bean soup, if you get it, you will live, if you don't get it, you will die."

"Tea soup, enjoyment. You can have it, or you can't have it!"

"That's why the students don't want to let it erode their determination to return to Korea. Zhang Liang offended the teacher today, and I hope the teacher forgives him!"

Zhao Ping sighed again and said: "After all, the way is different..."

Zhang Liang glanced at Zhao Ping, then signaled the strong man outside the door with his eyes, telling him to be ready for possible attacks at any time.

Since the death of Mozi, the Mohist school has split into three factions.

Among them, the ink of the Xiangli family lived in the west, and was called Qin Mo after entering the Qin Dynasty;

Mo of the Xiangfu family lived in the east, Panhuan and Jixia Academy, arguing with people all day long about "universal love", known as Qi Mo;
Mo of Deng Ling's family lived in the south. He was a knight-errant with a sword.

After Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, Qin Mo also used force to unify the Mohism, and Zhao Ping became a new generation of Mohism.

So Zhang Liang had to guard against his half teacher, who would attack him because of his different ways.

Zhao Ping saw it, and shook his head slightly. After all, Zhang Liang was influenced by Confucianism Xunzi, and he was more inclined to the theory of evil nature in his heart.

The young man who had led the way to Zhang Liang before broke the silence with a smile: "Why did Zhang Zi come here today?"

Zhang Liang smiled back and said, "I'm here today, one is to visit the teacher, and the other is to deliver a message for the Destiny One."

Zhao Ping asked, "What do you say?"

Zhang Liang glanced at the young man and said, "The Mandate of Heaven says that the White Emperor's son will die, and the Red Emperor's son will live. The Mandate of Heaven has been restarted, and a chaotic world is coming. But there is still an opportunity for the world to turn from order to chaos."

"The destiny...hehe." Zhao Ping sneered, "When Jie and Zhou were in power, the world was chaotic, and when Tang Wu was in power, the world was stable. This is all ruled by man, what has it to do with the destiny!"

"You keep talking about the destiny, but in the end, it's all about human effort?"

Zhang Liang bowed to the ground, then silently withdrew, and left with the strong man.

In a short time, the sound of shouting and killing and the sound of weapons clashing outside the courtyard gradually stopped.

The young man who had been standing by the side knelt down in front of Zhao Ping, saluted and said, "Teacher, please get on your way..."

Zhao Ping was silent for a long time, with a stream of blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth, he said softly, "Guang, is it finally the day for you and me, master and apprentice?"

The young man known as 'Guang' kowtowed again: "The destiny cannot be violated!"

ps: 'Zhaoping' in the Qin and Han Dynasties is like the later 'Wei' and 'Qiang', and the later 'Zi' and 'Xuan'...

(End of this chapter)