Coincidentally!My name is Liu Bian

Chapter 229 Reading words with Sima Lang

As Liu Bian's student, when He Xian saw all the students running away, he patted his head and said to Liu Bian: "... Young Master! You have to compete with Young Master Sima to decide which book to read. Woolen cloth?"

"Ah?" Liu Bian was stunned for a moment, then blurted out, ""The Book of Changes"?"

"The Book of Changes" is the sacred text of Confucianism, the first of the Six Classics. He thinks it is quite appropriate?
"Okay, Young Master! I will get the Book of Changes for you right now!" He Xian said.

After saying that, He Xian turned around and ran away before Liu Bian could even shout to stop.

"We...are we doing a good deed?" Liu Bian couldn't help but ask, dumbfounded.

Sima Lang was amused and said with a smile: "Isn't that a good thing? After all, everyone has to copy notes, so let's just practice it?"

Sima Yi curled his lips and complained: "Brother, you are so kind! Do you dare to buy paper and books to give to everyone?"

Sima Lang stretched out his hand, stroked Sima Yi's head, and said softly, "Buying books is worse than writing and practicing calligraphy. The latter will deepen your impression."

Zhuge Liang seized the opportunity and immediately complained: "Hey! Is your handwriting ugly, that's why you don't want to write?"

Sima Yi hummed: "No matter how ugly the handwriting is, it still looks better than yours."

"Ha! You admit that your handwriting is ugly!" Zhuge Liang laughed.

Sima Yi was furious and said angrily: "Nonsense! My handwriting is not ugly! If you don't believe it, let's compare it?"

Zhuge Liang is stuck.

Rolling his eyes, Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "Okay! But I have to customize the rules and time!"

Sima Yi's heart moved and he asked: "How...how do you say this?"

Zhuge Liang said: "If you want to compete in calligraphy, just pick "Guanzi"! As for the time?... I haven't decided yet!"

Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he was doing. He jumped up and said, "You are really making fun of me! Didn't you think of a good time? Wouldn't that make it impossible to compete? - You really don't dare to compete with me!"

Zhuge Liang blushed and said angrily: "Nonsense! I just didn't think about it well!"

"Then think quickly!" Sima Yi urged deliberately, "When do you decide to compete?"

Zhuge Liang pursed his lips, as if he couldn't avoid it, so he simply said: "Ten days later!"

ten days?

Liu Bian raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise: We will set off back to Nanpi County in ten days?

But he saw Zhuge Liang staring at Sima Yi, and Sima Yi said with high morale: "Okay! Ten days, ten days! Whoever dares to challenge then will be a puppy!!"

——so childish!

Liu Bian's face went paralyzed, and he sighed again: It was really interesting and strange to watch the scene where the boy Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang were bickering!

"Okay!" Zhuge Liang raised his head and said loudly, "That's it! In ten days, we will compete in writing!"

After saying this, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi unanimously extended their right little fingers and hooked each other.

Liu Bian: "..."

Sima Lang: "..."

Afterwards, Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bian: "Brother Bian, I'm going to compete too! Can you cheer for me in ten days' time?"

Not to be outdone, Sima Yi said to Sima Lang: "Brother! You have seen it all! I have a fight with that guy Zhuge Liang! You won't not come, right?"

Sima Yi also looked around at all the younger Sima brothers, with questions in his eyes that could not be provoked.

Before Sima Lang could open his mouth, he saw a group of junior Sima's hurriedly saying in unison: "Second brother is the most powerful!"

Hearing this, Sima Yi grinned.

Sima Lang opened his mouth wide and couldn't say a word for a long time!

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth and said to Xun Yu, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Cao Ang, He Bai and other companions: "——Huh?!"

Everyone: "..."

With a dumb look on his face, He Bai was the first to respond: "Master Zhuge will definitely win!"

Xun Yu and others simply held their foreheads, embarrassed to say those words.

Zhuge Liang ignored them and stared directly at Xun Yu and others.

In the end, Xun Yu and others said stiffly: "Master Zhuge...will definitely win."

It's almost there!
Zhuge Liang nodded with satisfaction.

But Liu Bian had already turned away, feeling that he was too embarrassed to see anyone - fortunately Zhuge Liang didn't pester him!
After Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi's fuss, Liu Bian, Sima Lang and others unknowingly spent the time waiting for the students.

Before long, He Xian returned first, holding two thick bamboo slips in his hands and shouting:

"Young master, luckily you did not disgrace your life!"

Liu Bian: "..."

Hello!Look at what you said, it sounds like you are some kind of general or bodyguard, your identity is revealed too easily!

outrageous!
Liu Bian glanced at Sima Lang, Sima Yi and the others, and he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party didn't show any signs of strangeness.

He Xian handed two copies of "The Book of Changes" to Liu Bian and Sima Lang respectively.

Liu Bian discovered that the contents of the two Zhouyi were completely different.

He Xian explained: "The Book of Changes has too much content. It is divided into three volumes: upper, middle and lower. I only brought the upper and lower volumes! This is the upper volume. I give the upper volume to you, Master. The next volume is given to Mr. Sima Lang."

Liu Bian understood, but Sima Yi stretched his neck curiously, flipped through the second volume of "Zhouyi", and asked: "Why don't you bring the middle volume as well?"

He Xian didn't squint his eyes, consciously stood in a corner and ignored Sima Yi at all.

Zhuge Liang laughed and said: "There are only two people reading the words. There is one more volume. Do you want to divide the middle volume of "Zhouyi" into two? - You still ask such a simple question!"

Sima Yi said angrily: "Then why do you bring the first volume and the second volume? Can't you bring the second volume and the second volume?"

This time, it was Zhuge Liang's turn to hesitate and be unable to answer.

Zhuge Liang glanced at He Xian and whispered: "Brother He Xian...?"

He Xian hesitated for a moment, not wanting to say that he just took the two volumes, which happened to be the upper and lower volumes... "Second brother, don't make trouble." At this time, Sima Lang's voice sounded, "No matter which volume the other party takes, I am confident that I will not lose.”

Sima Yi: "..."

Zhuge Liang: "..."

To be honest, Zhuge Liang's mood is very subtle.

Just after Sima Lang stabilized his second brother with just one word, a group of students finally came over one after another, holding paper and pens in their hands, and raised their voices:

"Brother He! Brother Sima! We are here!"

Liu Bian and Sima Lang looked around and saw a group of students running towards them. They all took their places, put paper and ink in front of the desk, sat down on their knees, held brushes in their hands, and were ready to take dictation at any time.

At the same time, Xun Yu and other onlookers, who did not bring any paper or pen, also stood up and pretended to listen.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bian and Sima Lang unanimously picked up their respective copies of "The Book of Changes" and were about to read——

But before reading, Liu Bian coughed a few times and announced: "Everyone, the book that Brother Sima Lang and I will use for this competition is "The Book of Changes" - I am in the first volume, and Brother Sima Lang is in the second volume. !
Brothers He Bian and Sima Lang simply read the words. They not only need to be able to read the words, but also need to read the words correctly - whoever is illiterate or pronounces the wrong words will lose! "

Huh?
When everyone heard this, a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes: Is this different from what was decided before?
Someone immediately said: "Senior Brother He, our aptitude is mediocre, many of us are not familiar with "Book of Changes", in case you and Brother Sima Lang mispronounced a word, and we don't know, how should we deal with it?"

Xun Yu stepped forward and said loudly: "I am Xun Yu, whose writing style is Wenruo. He is from Yingchuan. He is slightly proficient in the "Book of Changes" and can distinguish between one and two."

"Xun, Xun Yu?" The students were startled, "Is this student Xun Yu or Xun Wenruo? The one who is known as the "talent of Wang Zuo"? "Yes, yes!"I have also heard of this person’s name!This person is a famous person!If this person is supervising the pronunciation of Brother He and Brother Sima Lang, then everything will be fine! ""Ha ha!I guessed that this person was Xun Yu!Didn't the Tang Dynasty's female minister also mention Xun Wenruo, Wang Zuozhi's talent?Yes or no, Miss Tang? "

Tang Nuchen: "..."

Silently, Tang Nuchen nodded gently, but held the pen in her hand, put aside distracting thoughts, and concentrated on dictating.

Call ~
Liu Bian let out a breath: With Wen Ruo's guarantee, this competition can finally go on... He never expected that it was just a simple word-reading competition, but there would be so many twists and turns.

It's his own fault, too simple!

Good thing we can start!

Taking a deep breath, Liu Bian read aloud, word for word.

And a group of students also buried their heads and took notes quickly.

After Liu Bian successfully read a piece of difficult-to-understand text, he looked at Sima Lang.

Sima Lang paused for a while, then held up the book and recited a paragraph.

A group of students then copied down Sima Lang's content one by one.

In this way, Liu Bian read a paragraph, Sima Lang remained quiet, and the students diligently took notes; and vice versa.Liu Bian and Sima Lang's readings came and went, and it was the students who were tired after all.

What is gratifying is that many students said they enjoyed it...

(End of this chapter)