Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 72

This donkey-riding old man in a leather jacket is what Guan Lin called "Old Huang".

He is none other than Zhuge Liang's father-in-law, Huang Yueying's father, and a famous scholar in Miannan - Huang Chengyan.

In Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period, when it comes to celebrities, the first impression is often that it must be Sima Hui, Mr. Shui Jing.

In fact, although Sima Hui is famous, he is inevitably inferior to the two.

One is Duke Pang De, who lives in seclusion in "Lumen Mountain".

His son, Pang Shanmin, married Zhuge Liang's second sister;

His son, Pang Tong, was an important adviser around Liu Bei, and he made great contributions to the acquisition of Yizhou;
His other son, named Pang Lin, is Pang Tong's younger brother, and is currently serving as the governor of Jingzhou.

It is worth mentioning that Zhuge Liang's "Wolong", Pang Tong's "Phoenix Young", Sima Hui's "Water Mirror", these titles were all bestowed by Pang Degong.

This shows the reputation of this person.

The second is this Huang Chengyan. Speaking of Huang Chengyan, he is different from the "Pang, Ma, Xiang, and Xi" families who are the second-highest in Jingzhou. Huang Chengyan's lintel is not so prominent.

But he is the son-in-law of Cai Xi, the patriarch of the largest wealthy family in Jingzhou "Cai Family".

Cai Tun has one son and two daughters. Among them, the 'son' is Cai Mao, the former governor of Jingzhou soldiers and horses, and the second daughter is married to Huang Chengyan and Liu Biao respectively.

After such a calculation, Huang Chengyan and Liu Biao are still a good pair of "brother-in-law"!

Of course, with the rise of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei dominates the two states of Jing and Yi, and Huang Chengyan's status as Zhuge Liang's father-in-law has also increased.

Unfortunately, Huang Chengyan doesn't like vulgar things, he doesn't like temples, he is only interested in Qimen Dunjia and craftsmanship.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang asked him to come out of the mountain many times, but he refused them all.

Now, with the growth of age, Huang Chengyan suddenly felt a touch of infinite loneliness and loneliness after traveling around the world for some years, and his only daughter was not around.

He is too lonely, and he is too eager to communicate with others, but unfortunately, he doesn't want to talk too much with those fools!
So, he came up with an idea, he wanted to find a disciple who had the root of wisdom and was also interesting.

Usually, I can chat with him, chat, talk about Qimen Dunjia, talk about hundreds of crafts, and relieve boredom...

In return, he is also willing to impart this unique skill and all-hands-on skill.

Although there are many scholars, it is too difficult to find interesting disciples.

And this is the origin of Guan Lin's acquaintance with him.

That was half a year ago, Guan Lin had just come through soul transmigration, and was still in a dazed state.

Going out by chance, Guan Lin came to Desheng Bridge.

This is a wooden arch bridge. This bridge is located at the north of Jingzhou City Gate. The river under the bridge is parallel to the moat and flows into Changhu Lake.

The reason why it is called "Desheng Bridge" is because after the Battle of Chibi in the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao fled north in a hurry. .

Since the Battle of Chibi, there have been many wine shops and tea stalls here, and countless storytellers gathered here, telling stories of heroes with exaggeration.

This place has also become the most bustling and lively place in Jiangling City!

Of course, this is of great benefit to Guan Lin to quickly understand his situation.

However, right here, a strange thing and a strange person appeared.

There is an old man with white hair, long beard and crutches. He is unkempt and always sits barefoot on the bridge.

There was a donkey behind him, which was nothing at all, but there was a pair of worn-out straw sandals in the shallows of the river under the bridge, as if the old man had dropped them.

At first, Guan Lin didn't take it seriously, he just thought it was an old man who accidentally dropped his shoe off the bridge and was waiting for help from kind people.

But as the number of visits increased, Guan Lin noticed that the "old man" was there every day. He also found that many young Confucian scholars would go to pick up shoes for the old man, and then the old man asked these Confucian scholars to put them on for him.

Some Confucian scholars were not happy, turned around and left, and some Confucian scholars really put them on for him.

Guan Lin was still scratching his head at that time, thinking, why does this scene feel so familiar?
But what surprised Guan Lin was.

Even after putting on the old man's shoes, the old man not only didn't appreciate it, but kept shaking his head, threw the shoes into the shallows under the bridge out of the ordinary, and said something like "It doesn't fit, it doesn't fit..."

Guan Lin thinks this old man is quite funny...

Sitting at the tea stand every day, I couldn't help but pay more attention to the old man.

He wondered if the old man was waiting for a humble and patient young man to throw the shoe under the bridge, and then retrieve it for him to put on it?
This tests the patience of young people.

Once this idea surfaced, Guan Lin still felt that this old man was not simple...

Perhaps, he is an expert outside the world, so he can't keep it all... There are really young people who can stand the test and receive a book of martial arts cheats, strategies of war and so on.

——It’s not a loss.

Of course, even if he thinks this way, it is impossible for Guan Lin to do such a thing as picking up shoes. He has never been so humble in two lives.

Finally, after observing the old man for ten days, he finally found a young man.

After picking up the shoes for the first time and putting them on for the old man, the old man came as promised and said "doesn't fit" and threw them under the bridge again.

But the young man was very patient. He picked it up again and put it on the old man again, but the old man threw it off again.

——"Is this the third test? 』

Guan Lin pondered...

But soon, he realized that he was thinking too much.

Because the young man picked up his shoes six times and wore them six times.

There was even one time in the middle, when the old man said it didn't fit his feet, and the young man exchanged his shoes for the old man, but in the end, the old man still threw the shoes under the bridge.

And that young man, no matter how good-tempered he was, couldn't hold back at this moment.

He pointed at the old man and cursed: "You old dog bully me with a kind heart, you rascal!"

Everyone on the entire "Desheng Bridge" heard the scolding words clearly.

It was the old man, Guan Lin found out, he ignored him, just kept laughing, like a fool.

Not long after, the young Confucian scholar left cursing...

Guan Lin slapped the table, he felt, this old man really spoiled me...he can't keep silent like this, he has to do something.

So Guan Lin picked up the two pairs of shoes on the shoal under the bridge.

Then... under the expectant eyes of the old man, he was thrown directly into the rushing water, allowing the pair of shoes to be washed away by the river.

Because it wasn't a big deal, his actions naturally didn't attract too many people's attention, but the old man on the bridge was stunned.

Guan Lin was not used to him either, so he made a face at the old man in the spirit of "doing justice for the sky".

He smiled and said, "In the future, no one will pick up shoes."

Then, he turned around and left gracefully.

He felt he had done another good deed.

If he didn't wear a red scarf on his chest, he would definitely feel that the red scarf has become more colorful!
As a result... from then on, the old man never appeared on the "Victory Bridge".

Desheng Bridge also lacks this "weird" scenery.

It turns out that Guan Lin underestimated the old man!

He just changed places. He started to lead the donkey, guarding the gate of the Guan mansion in an unkempt way, for a whole day, and said to everyone that the young master of the Guan family threw his shoes, and he wanted to make the young master of the Guan family pay for it. shoe!

Guan Lin is also drunk...

In order to avoid the spread of the situation.

Also in order to get rid of this old man, he bought a pair of good shoes out of his own pocket.

But after the old man wore them, he came back the next day. He quit, saying that the shoes were not as comfortable as the original pair of straw sandals.

At that time, Guan Lin finally felt what a rogue is, what is a penci... He felt that he had been blackmailed by this old man.

This is no longer a question of disrespect for the old, it is a question of the "bad guys" getting old!
Guan Lin had no choice but to buy him another pair.

But on the third day, the old man came again, and he said they were not as comfortable as the original pair.

Fortunately, Guan Lin didn't know martial arts, otherwise, his clenched fist would have knocked the old man to the ground.

Of course, thinking about it afterwards, Guan Lin was very lucky.

It's a good thing he doesn't know martial arts, otherwise the old man would fall to the ground and "touch porcelain", saying that the young master of the Guan family beat someone, and he didn't know how much trouble he would cause.

Back and forth, another five days passed...

Guan Lin was overwhelmed.

He found the old man, and he directly showed his cards, "Just tell me how much you want! I'll go home to steal...ah no, I'll go home and collect!"

In the end, the old man was very happy. He said that he didn't want money, but he wanted his pair of shoes.

Guan Lin felt so speechless for the first time.

If it weren't for the tradition of respecting the elderly in the Han Dynasty, those who beat the elderly over 70 years old without any reason would be beheaded. Guan Linbao just picked up a stone and threw it on it.

He found that... once the old man becomes bad, or once the bad guy becomes old, it's really awesome, and he can't accept it.

Guan Lin asked the old man patiently, "Just say what you want? You don't want money, you always want something else?"

At this moment, Guan Lin recognized it, and bowed his head on things like "bad guys getting old".

Never thought, the old man said, he doesn't want anything, just a reason.

Guan Lin was dumbfounded, and quickly asked, "What's the point?"

The old man asked, "Why don't you play by the rules?"

The implication is to ask him why Guan Lin doesn't play cards according to the routine?
Guan Lin asked back, "What's the rule?"

The old man looked contemptuous at Guan Lin, "Your son of the Guan family, have you never read a book? Don't you know the story of Liu Hou Zhang Liang picking up shoes at the bridge in the "Historical Records" compiled by Sima Qian?"

Guan Lin asked, "Couldn't it be that Zhang Liang met an old man wearing a coarse cloth short robe at the head of the bridge? The old man deliberately took off his shoes and asked him to pick them up. We will meet at the bridgehead in five days!"

"As a result, Zhang Liang was late twice, and the third time he was one step ahead, so the old man passed on Zhang Liang's "Taigong Art of War". Later... Sima Qian recorded that the old man was none other than Huang Shigong, the legendary "Gao Shi" who was hidden in the cave, also known as "Old Man of Dishang! "

Before time travel, Guan Lin was doing "Baidu Encyclopedia", wouldn't he know this?

After hearing this, the old man nodded again and again, but angrily reprimanded Guan Lin: "You know this, and you still don't pick up the old man's shoes? You know this, and you still throw the old man's shoes into the river?"

Guan Lin smiled, "Don't talk about it, there are not a hundred people who have picked up your shoes for you in the past 20 days, and there have been eighty. Since I sat there, in more than ten days, at least seventeen people have picked up your shoes twice. Shoes! There is another idiot... ah no, there is another Confucian scholar who picked it up for you six times, but what did you pass on to them? You passed on loneliness!"

The old man's eyes must have been fixed, he stroked his beard, and argued, "These are all traffickers, fools and idiots, without roots of wisdom...I don't like this old man."

Speaking of this, he also pretended to be profound and said: "Liuhou Zhang Liang is not just picking up shoes and putting them on, he has also experienced four meetings with the 'Old Man of Dishang', which is why he has to pass on "The Art of War of the Grand Duke"!"

"Forget it!" Before the old man finished speaking, Guan Lin interrupted subconsciously: "We have met not ten times, but seven or eight times. In addition to asking me for shoes, you also What did you do? When people saw it, they thought I was bullying the old man!"

"That's because the shoes you gave me are uncomfortable!" The old man bit his tongue.

"What's uncomfortable?" Guan Lin asked back.

The old man pointed at the shoe and said, "This shoe is too big!"

"Big sister!" Guan Lin didn't care whether the old man could understand, and directly retorted: "The shoes don't fit at all!"

"You are unreasonable!" the old man objected, "Have you ever read 'Zheng people buy shoes'? Don't let the old man try on my feet, just buy shoes according to the size, can you buy shoes that fit your feet?"

"Hehe..." Guan Lin smiled, "——'People in Zheng who want to buy shoes should first save their own feet'" He read out a sentence first, and then changed the subject: "This "People in Zheng buy shoes" written by Han Feizi This is a misinterpretation. People in the world say that Zheng people buy shoes "rather trustworthiness than self-confidence." In fact, people in the world have wrongly blamed Zheng people! According to me, people should rather trust their own size than their own feet? "

"Why is this?" The old man opened his eyes wide, Guan Lin's words successfully aroused his curiosity.

Guan Lin pointed to his feet and said, "I'm afraid you don't know? People's feet are big in the morning and small in the evening. If you buy shoes at night, they will naturally be small, and if you buy shoes in the morning, they will naturally be big. Shouldn't you just learn from Zheng people?" , measure it at noon and take an intermediate value, otherwise, if you buy a big one or a small one, will you refund my money?"

This means that Guan Lin had just crossed not long ago.

Otherwise, he would never have argued with an old man like this.

Fortunately, Guan Lin was not led astray by the old man... and even successfully led the old man into a trap.

Sure enough, the old man was furious: "You are bluffing me!"

Guan Lin didn't explain, he stretched out his hand, "Take two steps, if you don't believe me, take two steps!"

"From morning to night, you measure and see if the size of your feet has changed!"

The old man was still stubborn, "Look at it..."

Therefore, the two agreed that if people's feet were not the same size, the old man would not provoke Guan Lin anymore. If they were the same size, then Guan Lin had to find shoes that fit the old man.

Early the next morning, the old man came to the alley opposite Guan's mansion as scheduled, and first measured the size of his feet. After Guan Lin verified it, he went back to the mansion to sleep, and the old man began to "walk two steps" continuously!
For Guan Lin, this is a rare day of peace...

At night, when Guan Lin went out, the old man was still there.

only…

The old man's original arrogance and stubbornness were gone, as if he had been covered by a huge astonishment.

He stared at his feet in a daze, and stared blankly at the newly measured size, and fell into a huge daze for a while.

It seems that even now, he still cannot accept the fact that human feet are "small in the morning and big in the evening".

Guan Lin walked up to him in embarrassment, "I remember the story of 'Zheng Ren Buys Shoes', which means that you should not be too rigid in doing things and only believe in dogma. Old man, old man, do you understand? Zheng Ren buys shoes. Is the shoe right or wrong? You are concerned about his feet, but have you ever tried your own feet!"

This is out of the way...

The old man's outlook on life has been subverted.

He grabbed Guan Lin, and he exclaimed: "The old man finally found a disciple who is intelligent, interesting, and not rigid!"

Guan Lin quickly shook off the old man's arm, "Don't... look for your disciple, you look elsewhere, I'm not your disciple! Besides, you don't even understand "Zheng people buy shoes"? The two of us Who teaches whom?"

It's okay if Guan Lin doesn't say that...

After saying that, the old man insisted again, "There are too many people in Jingzhou who are begging and rushing to be my apprentice. The old man made an exception to accept you as a closed disciple. Are you not happy? You are not, This old man insists on accepting you as a disciple!"

When Guan Lin heard these words, he was stunned again.

He felt that he was also stupid, tossing around with an old man for so long, with this skill, wouldn't it be nice to go home and sleep well?

But obviously, the old man is relying on him...

If you don't let him give up, it's impossible for him to let it go.

So Guan Lin asked, "You say you are my master, you have to let me know, what do you know?"

Speaking of this, Guan Lin tentatively asked: "Don't fool me with a copy of "Taigong Art of War", I know more about art of war than you!"

The old man stroked his beard and leaned on his donkey.

It seems that when it comes to the things he is good at, he has changed from his indecency in the past, and his speech has become more elegant.

"This old man can't teach you the art of war!"

"Then what can you teach?"

"Hundreds of tricks!" The old man's tone was calm and confident, and he didn't seem to be fooling anyone.

Guan Lin's eyes must be fixed, "It's not that just any cat or dog can be my master. Well, since you are so confident, then tomorrow morning, I will draw a blueprint. If you can make a When the real thing comes, I will worship you as my teacher, how about it?"

The old man was happy to hear this.

——This kid can also turn blueprints?
Immediately agree...

So, the next day, Guan Lin gave the old man a manufacturing drawing, which was the most complete manufacturing drawing of the "Qin Crossbow" dismantled from the terracotta warriors and horses in the previous life.

You must know that in the Warring States period, the reason why Qin soldiers were invincible and invincible was because of the Qin crossbow and the distance it shot!
It is recorded in "Warring States Policy Han Ce", in conversion, the maximum range of the Qin Crossbow can reach more than 800 meters!
Of course, this is somewhat bragging!

According to Guan Lin's thinking, similar to the god arm crossbow in the Song Dynasty, the problem of 300 meters is not a big problem.

The picture drawn by Guan Lin is the "stretched crossbow" in Qin's crossbow. It needs pedals and the strength of the whole body to wind the string. The process of making the picture alone exceeds a hundred steps.

In addition, many sizes and proportions of Guan Lin are also drawn in an extremely general manner, making it extremely difficult to manufacture.

Of course, Guan Lin's purpose was just to make the old man quit.

only…

It seems that because the powerful "Qin Crossbow" has long been "lost" in this era, when the old man got the "manufacturing plan", his eyes glowed green.

Guan Lin thought he was afraid, and said shyly, "It's too late to give up now."

The old man just put away the drawings and left without saying a word.

Then it will be ten days or 20 days, when Guan Lin thought that this old man couldn't do it, he would have no face to see him again, and the world would be quiet.

The old man appeared again.

The first thing he said when he saw Guan Lin was, "Liu Xiang's "Strategy of the Warring States" is not rigorous. It's a random fabrication. How can the Qin crossbow shoot 450 steps? At most [-] steps!"

This is out of the way...

Guan Lin was dumbfounded.

——No way, no way, did this old man really make a Qin crossbow?

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(End of this chapter)