Confucianism in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 4
As the saying goes, the lights are on at three o'clock and the chicken is at five o'clock. Before dawn, Lu Nian got up to wash up and prepare for morning class under the service of his maid Shao Yao.

Cao Qiudao originally wanted him to lay the foundation of swordsmanship first, but seeing his diligence, in addition to practicing swords every afternoon, he specially taught him a set of inner skills and mental methods, and specially instructed his servants to prepare daily medicine for him according to the prescriptions he wrote. Medicinal diet, and after meditation every day, you must take a medicinal bath to cleanse your body, supplemented by medicinal pills, and practice both internally and externally.

This mental method is used for Lu Nian to build the foundation. He is required to spend an hour every morning and evening to meditate and adjust his breath, condense his inner breath in his dantian, and then refine it little by little to make his inner strength more pure and strengthen his inner foundation. .

Since the first time he practiced the mental method, he only felt the heat flow rolling in his body, forming streams of warm current condensed on the dantian, and then slowly spread to the limbs and bones with his guidance, and gradually spread throughout the whole body.

When the heat flow reached Zifu, it disappeared slowly like clear water flowing into the river.

Instantly, my whole body was relaxed, as if my whole body had been watered by a clear spring.

In order to understand the method of interior view of internal energy meridians, Lu Nian specially asked his father to find two volumes of medical books "Plain Questions" and "Lingshu" to study medical principles.

In his opinion, the internal force first enters the perineum and Changqiang acupoints from the dantian, and these two points belong to the two veins of Ren and Du respectively.

Afterwards, Ren Meridian goes straight up along Qugu, Guanyuan, Qihai, Shenque, Xiawan, Zhongwan, Juque, Zhongting, Yutang, Huagai, and Tiantu to meet at Baihui Point.

The Governor Meridian starts from Yaoshu, Yangguan, Mingmen, and Xuanshu acupoints, all the way up the spine, all the way through the main acupoints of Duren on the back, and then the center of the spine, the center, tendon contraction, Zhiyang, Lingtai, Shendao, Shenzhu, Taodao, Dazhui, Yimen, Fengfu, Naohu, Qiangjian, Houding, and Baihui acupoint on Dingmen.

After the two meet at Baihui Point, Zhou Tian's energy and energy are concentrated in Zifu, feeding back the eight extraordinary meridians and twelve serious meridians of the whole body.

As the book said, the ancients were innocent, and after practicing internal strength, his five senses, which were already keen, became even more sensitive.

He can hear sounds from far and near, see things like a mirror, observe subtleties, have clear ears and eyes, understand the seven orifices, and see the six consciousnesses.

After finishing the morning class and taking the medicinal bath, it was already Si time. When I came to the Xuege, there was already a teacher waiting for the lecture. Lu Nian first saluted and greeted him, then sat down at the table and began to listen to the teacher's lecture on today's teaching content.

In his spare time, his father Lu Yijian would personally teach him how to learn Chinese from time to time.

And such as Yi, Shushu, ancient secret texts "Yinfushu", "Hetu", "Luoshu", "Cangjieshu", "Xiayushu", "Lianshan", "Guizang", Luzhuan, etc. All techniques must be learned.

Today, the seven kingdoms of the world are competing with each other, and there are many kingdoms, and their scripts are also in the same line, each with its own spring and autumn.

Although the characters of all countries come from the same source, for hundreds of years, because no unified standard has been established among countries, the writing habits are different. do not communicate with each other.

As for Lu Nian, his father, Lu Yijian, demanded that he be able to speak all the languages ​​of the seven countries, as well as the official dialects of the seven countries.

Obviously, he put his own standards on his head, and coupled with the ancient secrets mentioned earlier, his studies are not insignificant.

Perhaps because of his rebirth, his spiritual consciousness is far superior to that of ordinary people. The knowledge learned in his previous life is presented in his mind like a memory palace.

With Lu Nian's photographic memory and his extraordinary comprehension, it's not very difficult to learn, but it's a bit tedious.

In his view, the languages ​​of various countries can be roughly divided into five factions: Qi, Yan, Jin, Chu, and Qin and Zhou.

As King Ping of Zhou moved to the east, the old land of the Western Zhou Dynasty was gradually owned by the Qin State, allowing both the Qin State and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to inherit the writing system and culture of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

It was not the six kingdoms of the Kanto that really inherited the Zhou system, but Qin.

In teaching, Lu Nian can often draw inferences from one instance to another. His father is very satisfied with this precocious son, and he is stricter with him.

After Lu Nian finished his daytime class, he returned to the house, tidied up his appearance, and prepared to visit Lord Xinling.

He has a crush on the two of them.

This trip is to make amends on behalf of his teacher for the matter of Sunset Peak more than ten days ago.

When he arrived at Lord Xinling's mansion, after his servants informed him, he was immediately led to the inner courtyard.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Xinling and Ji Yanran have come to welcome them.

"Nian, if you don't come to look for me, I would like to visit your residence." Lord Xinling said with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Xinling praised me, but I had a secular business and I didn't get away from it. Whenever I have free time today, I came to visit Lord Xinling." Lu Nian said modestly.

"Wuji said earlier that you and I are good friends, since we are equals, you can call me Wuji." Lord Xinling said.

Lu Nian saw that Mr. Xinling's words were sincere and did not seem to be fake, so he stopped insisting.

"Sir, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you have grown a lot taller." Seeing that the two had a good talk, Ji Yanran teased.

At this time, Ji Yanran had a scarf wrapped around her head and was dressed in a black palace attire. She had a graceful figure, eyebrows like ink paintings, and a face like peach petals. She was still beautiful and charming.

"Everyone Ji is joking." Lu Nian slightly understood.

When they came to the court, the three of them took their seats, and the servant girl who was waiting on the side immediately offered cakes.

Lu Nian got up and held the score in the box to Lord Xinling with both hands, and said, "There was some conflict between Uncle Sunset Peak and Master Ji before, and I am here today to apologize to Master Ji for uncle. This score, It is a high-quality qin piece I found in an ancient book, and I know two good temperaments, so I dedicate it to Lord Xinling and Master Ji."

Lord Xinling took it, unfolded it, and was immediately surprised: "I never thought that besides the mountains and rivers, there are such piano music in the world."

When Ji Yanran heard the words, she leaned forward and took a closer look, her eyes also involuntarily lit up.

"This "Guangling San" is really wonderful!" Ji Yanran praised, "Who wrote it?"

Lu Niandao: "It's just that I found it by accident in an ancient book, but I don't know who made it."

This qin melody is exactly the "Guangling San" played by the later Ji Kang before his execution. Lu Nian was fond of ancient music in his previous life, and he is most familiar with this melody.Knowing that the two like temperament, they wrote a copy based on the "Lulu Zipu" of the five-tone and twelve-temperament that is currently circulating.

"It was recorded in the ancient books that there was a person who was born to know in ancient times. Now that I see you, I believe it, but I have some doubts that this song was composed by you." Lord Xinling said.

"Mr. Xinling praised you absurdly. It is true that I did not compose this song, but I got it from an ancient book." Lu Nian did not dare to accept this big hat, and argued.

.........

In the backyard of Lu Mansion, in a green bamboo forest, a man hides in the bamboo forest.

He has a burly figure, with tight muscles, and looks extremely strong, but at the moment his face is pale, his eye sockets are sunken, and his eyes reveal a kind of dead gray.

The old woman with a stooped waist and hobbled steps passed by him, with a precarious attitude, as if she would fall when the wind blows. The two looked at each other, and they both understood the meaning in each other's eyes.

Outside Lu's study, a servant said: "Lu Zi, this is the Huo Ke specially prepared for you by the inner chef."

"Come in." Lu Yijian said.

The servant opened the door and entered, and put the guigui in his hand on the table.

"Lu Zi, please..."

The servant's eyes flashed, and the dagger with a cold light was already in his hand, stabbing towards Lu Yijian.

In an instant, a human head rolled to the ground, and blood flowed from his head and splashed on the ground, forming a pool of bright red blood, which was shocking.

Everything was far from over, and four more masked men in black flew out of the darkness and killed Lu Yijian.

Lu Yijian snorted coldly, waved his sleeve robe, and an invisible air gushed out, instantly knocking the four men in black into the air, spitting blood, and fell heavily to the ground, unconscious.

"The nets are all-pervasive. I underestimated the nets and found them so quickly." Lu Yijian said flatly.

"Why don't you two show up and talk about it?"

A gloomy man and an old woman floated out from the darkness, and said, "My lord, I would like to invite you to come."

"I'm afraid I have no choice." Lu Yijian said.

The woman with a stooped figure was the first to strike. I saw that she was short, and there were at least thirty kinds of hidden weapons on her back, and they shot at Lu Yijian at the same time. The tip of each hidden weapon shone with a faint light, which was obviously painted. The extremely poisonous ones are all fired by powerful crossbows. They are fast, fast, accurate, and poisonous, which is exactly what cannot be avoided or dodged!
With Lu Yijian's body together, the table in front of him was lifted by him, and rolled in mid-air, blocking the hidden weapons.

At this time, the hazy man had already approached him, and he slapped Lu Yijian with a palm. A black poisonous snake was wrapped around his right arm. The poisonous snake opened its fangs and mouth, revealing the white barbs in its mouth.

Lu Yijian made a false move with his left hand, and that hand flicked out as if playing a piano, calmly.

Waving, pointing, pushing, holding, kneading, pinching, each stroke was just right to defuse the offensive of the hazy man, making him unable to get any closer.

The rickety woman came to kill her when she saw this, but there was a bright red bloodstain on her neck, her body stopped stiffly, her eyes were wide open, her throat made a puffing sound, and her body was limp. Collapsing to the ground.

The next moment, the gloomy man's head flew out from his neck, and a line of blood sprayed out. After landing, he rolled a few feet away, and the blood splashed on the ground, forming a pool of shocking blood stains.

"What's the matter with you?" A cold voice sounded, it was Cao Qiudao, his sword seemed to have never been drawn, but he had killed two people.

"I'm fine." Lu Yijian said, "It's just that this matter has to be brought forward."

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Lu Nian had a great chat with the two of them, and he felt so happy that he forgot to leave, but he still had to practice swords in the afternoon, so he had to say goodbye.

He felt a little bit disappointed, because Lord Xinling and Ji Yanran were going back to Daliang tomorrow.

Except for his father, although Cao Qiudao and him have only been together for a few months, they are more like relatives.But Mr. Xinling and Ji Yanran, in his heart, are the only two friends he has made so far.

When Lu Nian stepped into the mansion, he suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the mansion today was a bit strange, as if someone had been there.

He frowned, and was about to ask, but he heard that the butler Tu Su came looking for him: "Young Master, the master told me that if you come back, you should go see him immediately."

Lu Nian nodded, and went straight to Lu's study.

Lu Nian pushed the door open and entered, but there was a faint smell of blood, his heart suddenly shook, and an ominous premonition came to his mind.

In the room, Cao Qiudao and his father Lu Yijian were both there, and both of them had solemn expressions.

"Daddy, what happened in the mansion?" Lu Nian asked.

Lu Yijian glanced at Lu Nian, and said in a deep voice, "Nian'er, today may be the last time you and my father and son meet."

"Father, what do you mean by that? Do you want to abandon me?" Lu Nian was very anxious when he heard this.

Lu Nian has never met his mother, and was brought up by his father since he was a child. It would be a lie to say that there is no father-son relationship.

Lu Yijian sighed: "Listen to me, it is a last resort for a father to make such a decision. From now on, you are no longer Lu Nian, and you are no longer my son. I have entrusted my old friend before, and he will come to find you by then." You, go with Brother Cao, and you will treat him as a righteous father in the future."

"I took a surname for you, Fu, which means incognito, also known as hibernating and diving into the abyss. From now on, you will be Fu Nian. If you have the ability to take on this matter in the future, you will know the truth by yourself. On the contrary , as a father, I only hope that you can spend the rest of your life in peace without being involved in these disputes." Lu Yijian said earnestly.

Lu Nian knew that his father was a human being, and he had no room to change what he said, so he said: "My child understands, Daddy, please accept my child's worship."

After he finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed nine times.

"Let's go." Cao Qiudao said.

Lu Nian got up, took one last look at his father, and left with Cao Qiudao.

Lu Yijian looked at the direction in which they were leaving, and sighed. He also knew that after leaving this time, it would be rare to see them again, but he had to do so.

Although he couldn't bear to sacrifice those children, but in order to protect Lu Nian and get out of the trap and the Yin Yang family's investigation, he had to do this, and he did the strategy of Li Daitao stiff.

(End of this chapter)