That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 698

After Xu Beiyou was silent for a moment, he saluted respectfully and sincerely, and said, "Mr. is worthy of being a Confucian sage. Today's words made Beiyou suddenly understand. Beiyou would like to thank the old gentleman for his guidance."

The old man waved his hand and said: "The word "sage" is ashamed and dare not be taken. My little friend praised it. My Confucian saints have the most holy teacher, the Zongsheng, the Fusheng, and the sub-sage. In addition, Mr. Shouren may be expected to be here again." After thousands of years, he will be revered as the Sage of the Heart, but there is no such thing as Lao Shi, if Lao Shi can be called a sage after a hundred years, then he will be satisfied."

Xu Beiyou asked curiously: "Even if the old man is not a saint, he should be more than enough to be the leader of the Confucian school. Why is the position of the leader of the Confucian school still vacant?"

The old Confucian scholar smiled back and asked: "My little friend, do you really know who this old man is?"

Xu Beiyou frowned and said: "The Confucian school pays attention to the three immortalities of meritorious service, morality, and words. Zhang Jiangling was the leader of the Confucian school back then. In terms of meritorious service, no one in the world can stand by him, but he is helplessly obsessed with power. As far as Lide is concerned, The white jade is flawed, and the matter of Liyan is also a little lacking. Therefore, the Confucian three immortals are divided into three, Zhang Jiangling made meritorious service, Fang He Lide, and Zhang Zai Liyan. Now these three people are no longer alive, and only one of their peers is left. An old chief assistant, Sun Shiwu."

The old Confucian scholar laughed, "Three Immortals, I don't own any of them, how can I be the leader of the Confucian sect? Besides, the old man is already old, even if I try to be the leader of the Confucian sect, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it for a few years, it's better Give the opportunity to those young people, especially Chen Gongyu and Li Qingyu, the next leader of the Confucian sect should be among them."

Xu Beiyou saluted respectfully again, and said in a deep voice, "Xu Beiyou has met Mr. Sun's chief assistant."

Sun Shiwu shook his head and smiled, "You don't have to be polite."

During the nearly 50 years since Emperor Shenzong of the Great Zheng came to the throne, and Emperor Ai of the Great Zheng took the Zen throne at the Huanqiu Altar, there have been four leaders of the Confucian School, namely Zhang Jiangling, Fang He, Zhang Zai and Sun Shiwu. After the death of Mr. Hengqu Zhang Zai, Sun Shiwu, the oldest, became the leader of Confucianism as a matter of course.But then Xiao Yu entered the Eastern Capital, deposed the Prime Minister's Mansion that had only existed for four years as the regent, restored the cabinet, and made Sun Shiwu the chief assistant of the cabinet.

At that time, the Northwest Army headed by Xiao Yu was far from being able to return to the world, and even Jiangnan Shilin still regarded it as a rebel, so when Sun Shiwu became the first assistant of the cabinet, he immediately attracted most of the Confucianism. Verbal criticism, and he is indeed not as righteous as the previous three leaders of Confucianism, so he can only step down as the leader of Confucianism as a last resort.

Later, Xiao Yu replaced Da Zheng to establish the country and Da Qi, and Lan Yu became the chief assistant of the cabinet of the new dynasty. Sun Shiwu retired from his old age and returned to his hometown and retired to the city of God. In order to compare with the appearance of wealthy families such as the Xie family in the south of the Yangtze River, their status in the imperial court is even more respected. Every time there is a grand ceremony of the country, His Majesty the Emperor will never forget this old chief assistant who has retired.

Xu Beiyou asked: "The old man went to Wei Guo to see the King of Wei, but because of the incident at the Circular Mound Altar not long ago?"

Sun Shiwu nodded and said with emotion: "This trip to the Wei Kingdom, I dare not extravagantly hope that His Royal Highness the King of Wei, who is determined to go his own way, will stop and turn around. I just want to talk to him about the truth of the year and try my best. After all, ten years The smoke of the competition has just dissipated, if there is another large-scale war, causing the world to suffer, it is really against the principles of the saints."

Xu Beiyou nodded, pointed at those pirates and said, "If you want to solve the problem of bandits at sea, just killing these few pirates won't help. The key lies in the leader, the Dragon Lord."

Sun Shiwu smiled and nodded, "That's exactly the reason."

After the words of the old Confucian scholar fell, the mysterious situation between the two of them no longer maintained, and everything around them became alive again. The pirates and pirates on the boat still maintained extremely shocked expressions, while Xu Beiyou and Sun Shiwu's A conversation seemed to take a long time, but in fact it was just a flick of a finger.

Xu Beiyou glanced at the pirate leader who was completely dead, completely dissipated his murderous intentions, stepped aside, and said to the pirates, "Go, tell your Dragon Lord what happened here."

After looking at each other for a short while, many pirates immediately lifted the leader's body quickly and withdrew to their clippers, for fear that the young sword fairy would repent.Everyone can see that the human sea tactic will not work at all, it can only be sent to death in vain. As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of no firewood. They naturally understand this simple truth. The prince tipped off the news that even if the innocence really collapsed, there would be a tall man to hold it up.

The reason why Xu Beiyou didn't kill him was that apart from Sun Shiwu's reasoning, he also wanted to use this matter to draw out the Dragon Lord Zheng Kuiqi, and also to see what kind of hero this sea prince was.

The old scholar who is not the leader of the Confucianism sect but is better than the leader of the Confucianism sect said slowly: "There are three realms in the world. Mountains are mountains, mountains are not mountains, mountains are mountains. Now, my friend is in the second realm. I can’t come to it. As the saying goes, people’s nature is good at the beginning. Everyone is born with a heart of innocence. Heart, that is the best mind in the world."

Xu Beiyou smiled helplessly, "More than one elder once said to me four words, not to forget the original intention, I have also woken up from time to time during this period, often thinking about how to keep my original intention and never forget."

The old Confucian scholar sighed softly: "Don't forget the original heart, this is something that many gods in the sky may not be able to do, and you don't have to worry too much, just let nature take its course. Take the old tenant as an example. In the two words of fame and fortune, I am often fascinated and mistaken by it. How should I let go? I have thought about this truth for most of my life. If my little friend can fully understand it in just a few years, then the old man will There's nowhere to put this old face."

Xu Beiyou frowned and said, "Let nature take its course?"

The old Confucian scholar smiled, "Taoism calls it natural, Buddhism calls it letting go, and my Confucianism calls it the same goal through different paths."

Xu Beiyou said thoughtfully: "The sword of my master's ancestor is called Special Return, which comes from the meaning of the same return through different paths."

Sun Shiwu said with a smile: "Isn't the two schools of swordsmanship leading to the same goal?"

Xu Beiyou hesitated to speak.

Sun Shiwu said softly: "The old man is just guessing, and I can't give you an accurate answer. I hope you will forgive me."

Xu Beiyou nodded, and swallowed back the question about Biyou Island.

Immediately afterwards Xu Beiyou said to himself: "Heaven asks, and I return."

(End of this chapter)