Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 95

As soon as it landed, the rat demon tried to escape again by using the ground escape technique regardless of the pain.

If it was lucky at the beginning, it thought that it might be able to win a round on its territory.

Now, he just wanted to escape with his life.

How can you not escape?
The ground escaping technique, which has always been very good, is not working well, only one head is stuck in.

The rat demon was not convinced, and cast the spell again: "Hunting!"

This time it finally worked, and I arched in a few inches.

"call……"

Suddenly, a gust of wind hit.

After all, the Rat Demon has practiced for many years, so his senses are quite keen and his reactions are quick.

In a crisis, he didn't even bother to pull out the rat's head, kicked his hind legs suddenly, and immediately moved his exposed body a foot away, finally avoiding the tragic end of being decapitated.

However, the long rat tail was not spared and was cut off by the roots.

"squeak……"

The mouse demon jumped violently in pain, and abruptly pulled out the mouse's head.

No matter how stupid it is, it also understands that it has hit the opponent's way. Before Zhou Xin fiddled with the stone from time to time, it was still puzzled, but now it finally figured it out, it must be playing tricks.

Otherwise, how could its escaping technique fail?

Since he can't escape, this guy can only do his best...

His eyes became blood red, and his body swelled several times like a balloon, like a fat pig.

"squeak……"

The Rat Demon didn't attack recklessly, but opened his mouth and let out a long scream.

Their high-pitched voices can be described as piercing clouds and cracking stones, and they gathered in a bunch, and the target was Zhou Yu.

This move is a housekeeping trick of the rat demon, a sonic attack move, which can damage the opponent's spiritual foundation, and even make him lose his soul.

Even Zhou Yu felt a little dizzy and tinnitus, which shows that this mouse monster still has some real skills.

"Heaven and earth have righteousness, and there are manifolds. Below is Heyue, and above is Sunstar..."

Just as the rat demon's sharp and strange cry echoed in the valley, a loud voice of reciting poetry also echoed, instantly suppressing the rat demon's voice.

Now, it was the rat demon's turn to suffer.

The sound of Zhou Yu reciting poems not only interrupted its spellcasting, but also caused its sea of ​​consciousness to vibrate, like a lightning strike.

"Monster, die!"

Taking advantage of the moment when the mouse demon lost his mind, Zhou Yu suddenly drew out his sword.

"call……"

The sword light passed by, and although the rat demon subconsciously dodged for a while, he still couldn't completely dodge it, and was chopped off half of his body.

Frightened, the rat demon fled desperately, dragging its bloody remains.

It can't beat it without injury, let alone with such a serious injury.

It's a pity, there's another thing it didn't expect, it couldn't escape without being injured, let alone with such a serious injury.

Zhou Yu chased after it with strides, swiped his sword again, and cut the rat demon into two pieces.

Finally, a fire was set to burn it to ashes.

"Shangxian..."

As soon as Zhou Yu appeared, the four goblins waiting at the mouth of the canyon surrounded him in surprise.

Zhou Yu smiled: "It's okay, the rat demon has been destroyed by me."

"Great, thank you Shangxian, thank you Shangxian."

"Shangxian's great kindness and virtue, our sisters must always remember it in our hearts, and we will never forget it."

"exactly……"

"Okay, you don't need to be so polite. In the future, you can practice well and don't do things that hurt nature and reason. That's the best reward."

"Yes, Xiuniang remembers the teachings of the immortals."

"Remember Shangxian's teaching..."

……

It was dawn.

Zhou Yu came to a small market town in the mountains.

As soon as he entered the entrance of the town, he couldn't help being stunned... In front of him, there was a group of people standing in a dark place.

"Sir, you are finally here."

Ying Ning jumped up and down to meet her.

Afterwards, an old man also led a dozen people to walk quickly to Zhou Yu, and then they knelt down on the ground in unison.

"May Lord Hou be respected by the little old man and the whole family."

"Please, Lord Hou, accept my worship!"

The whole family kowtowed their heads in an orderly manner.

"Old man, you must not..."

Zhou Yu stepped forward to help the old man up, and asked with a look of surprise, "Old man, why are you doing such a big gift?"

Ying Ning answered first: "Sir, among the women we rescued last night, one is the old man's daughter."

That's it!

Afterwards, under the kind invitation of the old man, Zhou Yu came to his home as a guest.

Along the way, many people gathered around both sides of the street to watch the excitement, and some even knelt on the ground to pay homage...

Because many people have heard about Zhou Yu's killing of rat demons to save people, and they also know that he is the famous Marquis of Jing'an.

Not long after arriving at the old man's home, several well-known local gentry rushed over... Firstly, it was a courtesy, and secondly, they wanted to take the opportunity to make friends.

Needless to say at noon, it is naturally a sumptuous feast.

After eating and chatting for a while, Zhou Yu got up to say goodbye: "Okay, the Marquis has to hurry, so I'll take my leave."

"Master Hou, please wait a moment..."

The old man hurried to the back room and took out a cloth bag, and opened it carefully.

"Master Hou saved my little girl's life, so the little old man doesn't know what to give as a thank you.

Fortunately, there are a few ancient books left by my ancestors. Hou Ye is a well-learned person, and it may be useful. "

"Impossible..." Zhou Yu subconsciously stretched out his hand to decline.

"Master Hou, just accept it. We don't need these ancient books. It would be a pity to keep them at home and get eaten by moths."

The elder son of the old man also stepped forward to persuade him.

At this time, Zhou Yu glanced subconsciously, and his eyes lit up involuntarily.

He could tell at a glance that these books were quite old, and one of them was even a silk book.

So, I browsed it... Now, I was even more pleasantly surprised.

According to his judgment, four of them are likely to be orphans, or even lost books.

At that time, Qin Shihuang burned books and buried Confucianism, and burned a large number of classics from hundreds of schools.

However, after all, it is still unavoidable that some classics are lost among the people, preserved or copied and bound into books for inheritance from generation to generation.

Since it was determined to be an orphan, Zhou Yu was not polite.

After all, what the other party said was correct. These books are useless in their hands. At worst, they can exchange them for some money, and they may be destroyed at some point.

The important thing is that these books triggered Zhou Yu's inspiration, which was the Yongle Grand Ceremony in the history of his previous life.

This is a set of "a collection of classics and history, books of hundreds of schools, and even astronomy, topography, yin and yang, medicine and divination, monk Taoism, skills" and other contents.

There are more than [-] volumes and about [-] million words in the book, which can be called the most complete document in history and a classic handed down from generation to generation.

Compiling the "Yongle Canon" is the meaning of Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty. He wanted to show the prestige of the country, benefit all generations, and become the name of a generation of Mingjun.

In order to compile this set of documents, it took about five years and more than [-] people participated in the collection, editing, copying, and proofreading...

Afterwards, Zhu Di personally wrote the preface and named it "Yongle Dadian".

So what Zhou Yu meant was that he wanted to emulate Zhu Di to compile a set of literature and spread it in the world today.

To be precise, in the current world it is not called imitation, but founder.

After all, no one in the world has ever done this before, and he was the first to eat crabs.

Of course, Zhu Di was the emperor, and he could mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources with a flick of a pen, so Zhou Yu couldn't compare with him.

But since he had such an idea, he naturally had a solution.

In the future, you can order the students of the academy to collect all kinds of ancient books, and help organize and edit them. If you persevere, there will be a day when they will be compiled.

Besides, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait that long. Once there is a movement, the imperial court will probably not be indifferent, and will definitely intervene...

But that's better.

"Thank you so much, old man!"

Zhou Yu didn't refuse anymore, handed the book to Ying Ning for safekeeping, and then cupped his hands to thank him.

After leaving the market town, Zhou Yu was in a good mood and couldn't help humming a little song.

Ying Ning couldn't help asking: "Sir, what's so good about those books that Mr. is so happy?"

"Haha, you don't understand this, there are four books among them, if there is no accident, they are the only ones left.

In other words, ancient books that have been lost in the world today. "

Upon hearing this, Ying Ning's eyes lit up, and he looked like a little money fan: "Wouldn't it be worth a lot of money?"

Zhou Yu raised his hand and patted Ying Ning's head amusedly: "Little girl, when did you learn how to calculate? The value of these ancient books cannot be measured by money."

"Oh, I see, it's like the Tao Te Ching, right?"

"Well, although it's not as good as it is, the truth is similar."

Ying Ning giggled, "It seems that doing good deeds will pay off."

"Ying Ning, although your words are not wrong, but you must remember one thing in the future, if you do good deeds with the intention of repaying them, it is not called doing good deeds, it is called utilitarianism."

"Oh, the little girl is educated."

Ying Ning nodded obediently.

After another day of rushing, he finally arrived at the well-known Gusu Mansion.

Here, there are delicacies represented by "Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs";
There is Huqiu Mountain, which is known as "No.1 victory in Wuzhong";
There is a unique "Gusu Garden";
Small bridges and flowing water with ancient charm;

There is also Hanshan Ancient Temple, which is famous all over the world for the poem "The moon is setting, the sky is full of frost, the river and the fishing fire are facing melancholy. Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, and the bell rings to the passenger ship at midnight".

Li Bai also wrote a poem here:
"When Wuqi was on the stage of Gusu, Xi Shi was drunk in the palace of King Wu. Before the Wu song and Chu dance were over, Qingshan wanted to hold half the sun.

The golden pot of silver arrows leaks a lot of water. It looks like the autumn moon falls on the river waves, and the east is getting higher and higher. "

In short, Gusu has been a place where talented scholars have gathered since ancient times, and many literati have also come here admiringly, leaving behind many famous works through the ages.

Of course, there are also many legendary stories about gifted scholars and beautiful ladies.

After entering the city, Zhou Yu inquired all the way to a courtyard in the south of the city.

According to the previous correspondence between the two, this should be Ge Dongming's home.

The original owner arrived in Yuhang Mansion one year in advance when he was taking the Juren examination, and went to study under a famous scholar in Yuhang Mansion, and became classmates with Ge Dongming.

At that time, the relationship between the two could not be said to be very good, and they only got together occasionally for a few drinks.

Later, the original master passed the Juren examination, but Ge Dongming failed.

After that, the two passed several letters to each other, and then gradually lost contact.

"strangeness……"

Zhou Yu raised his head and looked at the plaque hanging on Kanmenfang, it was not Ge's Mansion, but Liu's Mansion.

"Sir, what's the matter?" Ying Ning asked suspiciously.

"The address should be correct, did Brother Ge move?"

"What should I do?"

Zhou Yu spread his hands: "What else can I do? Ask the owner first."

……

[There are a lot of things at the end of the month. Today and tomorrow will be updated one chapter a day, and the normal update will resume on the 1st. I will try my best to make up when I have the opportunity]

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