Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 491 Heavenly Law
Qu Xin raised his head and looked at him.

"In two days." Pei Ye said while lying on his stomach, "I'll buy some more things. Please bring them along."

Qu Xin lowered his head again.

Qu Xin kept him for a day, and Pei Ye slept peacefully in the medical building all night, completely resting his body and replenishing his spirit.

After the Qi was restored, the injury was just an injury and no longer affected the vitality of the whole body. Pei Ye got up and put on his clothes and boots. He still asked for the medical fee list. He gritted his teeth at the number on it and waved to the girl who was looking at him, saying, "Don't worry, it's not less for you!"

I made an appointment to come back for a follow-up visit in two days and then left the hospital.

Qi Zhaohua was already waiting in the car and had prepared tea and breakfast for him.

Pei Ye lifted the curtain and boarded the carriage, smiling, "Master Qi, are you not busy today?"

"My Lord said you were injured and worried that you might be inconvenienced, so he sent me to take care of you and even invited a royal doctor. But I found out yesterday that you came here by yourself." Qi Zhaohua looked at the back of the girl who sent him out. Several doctors were looking down at her and asking questions. He turned back to look at Pei Ye, "Who is this?"

"Qu Xin, the Little Medicine Master from Taishan Medicine House, I got to know her because she treated my injuries when I was in Shaolong before." Pei Ye put away the pill bottle that Qu Xin gave him and picked up a small bun.

"Oh"

After finishing his meal in no time, Pei Ye looked at the route the carriage was taking: "Where are we going?"

"Imperial Academy, isn't it time for Young Master Pei to attend class today?"

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"Young Master Pei, just rest assured. The case has made some progress. I will take Young Master Pei back to the library to meet with Enjun after class today."

The carriage soon drove into the Tang Dynasty academy. Pei Ye got off the carriage and was about to say goodbye, but he saw Qi Zhaohua also lifted the curtain and walked down.

"Young Master Pei, please go by yourself." Qi Zhaohua smiled and gestured, "I just happen to have something else to do."

Pei Ye tilted his head to look, and saw Fang Jidao in the pavilion not far away, holding two books and staring at the sky, his expression was very distant. At this time, as if he noticed the gaze, he turned around and a smile suddenly broke out on his face.

Pei Ye waved to him and left.

He wrapped his clothes tightly. The weather was still very cold, but there was golden sunshine. In the peaceful and harmonious academy, groups of scholars came and went, creating a vibrant atmosphere.

Qi Zhaohua was very thoughtful and brought him a writing brush. Pei Ye sighed and walked deeper into the classroom. The last mistake left a trauma on him, and he made up his mind not to hand in homework anymore. But it was still quite interesting to simply listen to the lectures and listen to the teachers citing examples and talking about profound things.

Just as he walked in, Pei Ye had vaguely heard his own name three times.

Even among groups of men and women, there were always tones of astonishment and looks of curiosity, and their conversations were filled with key words such as "Liguan", "Xi Chi", "Taiping Cao Gang", "Di Jiu", "Qiu Tianyu", and "Yan Feiqing".

He realized at this moment that after a day and a night, the matter had begun to spread and ferment in Shenjing.

From the common people to the literati to the officialdom, people's concerns are at different levels, but they are all triggered by this incident. It can be imagined that in the future, Xu Chuo will use this force to reshuffle many places.

But that was a topic for the evening. Pei Ye approached the school with his schoolbag and was surprised to find a circle of scholars gathered in front of the door.

Obviously, there were more than students from the four subjects, and obviously, there were more than students from their year. People were leaning into the classroom to look around. Pei Ye walked over blankly before he heard their voices, and his body paused.

"Which one is Pei Ye?"

"I don't know. I hope I found the wrong one."

"It is said to be at this level."

"Does he really know Yan Feiqing?"

".He is injured, so he may not come today."

“Ah, but the place is full.”

"Maybe I didn't see it clearly. Is that guy who kills people without blinking an eye really studying here?"

"Is he really that powerful? Can Qisheng kill the Grandmaster? How did he fight that day?"

"Don't worry. Chang'an Sword Affairs published a news article yesterday saying Cui Zhaoye has already written a sword review."

“I’ve never heard of this person.”

"The lecture is about to start, let's go first."

Pei Ye lowered his head and squeezed through the crowd. For a moment, no one paid attention to him. Li Mingqiu also arrived at this time. The scholars who were watching bowed and saluted. Some dispersed, while others greeted him carefully.

Pei Ye first bowed to the old gentleman, and Li Mingqiu looked him up and down and nodded in response.

Pei Ye walked in, and from the first glance, a tide of silence quickly spread across the entire school. Hundreds of eyes looked at the figure who walked in.

Unlike the scholars outside the school who heard some rumors and rushed to watch the fun, everyone in the school knew him. I still remember clearly that the young man stood up from the back seat, looked around the entire school and said calmly: "I said I want to run the Taiping Cao Gang. It won't survive the tenth day."

At that time, people had different thoughts in their minds. Although they admired his toughness, few of them truly trusted him.

Who knew that he would really do what he said.

On the night when Di Jiu's life or death was unknown, the Three Departments were in name only, and the Taiping Cao Gang was at its peak, He Yan Feiqing and Yan Feiqing overturned this behemoth that was pressing down on Baifang with just two swords. Before that night, many people were proud to meet the heroes under the Taiping banner, and many people admired the name and demeanor of the Taiping Partridge, including many students sitting here.

People now know that his sword is actually ten times harder than his words.

At this time, the young man walked into the room. He was dressed cleanly, had an upright posture, and his expression was as calm and gentle as usual. It was hard to imagine that he looked like the general who glared at him and killed five people with one sword as rumored.

In fact, this is exactly what Shenjing is discussing now - a new name emerges, but how can people who have not witnessed the battle define his true position?

Not to mention that there are still too many people who don’t understand cultivation.

Therefore, many times, a cultivator's strength has to be explained to everyone through the Crane and Fu List or sword critics.

Pei Ye was somewhat surprised at the silence he had caused. He turned his head and glanced at the crowd. Many people looked away unnaturally, while many others looked at him with shining eyes. In the back seat, Tinghua raised her hand slightly to him.

Pei Ye nodded to these acquaintances, but he arrived late today and there were indeed no empty seats in the back. It was not until he moved his eyes to the front row that he saw the only empty seat next to Changsun Jue.

When the girl saw him looking at her, she was stunned for a moment, then moved her things back to make room for him.

Pei Ye had met this girl several times before. He walked over and sat down, but saw her looking up at him in a daze. Pei Ye nodded at her hesitantly, and the girl quickly returned the greeting and sat up straight.

But after a pause, the girl tilted her head and said, "Classmate Pei, have you recovered from your injury?"

"Ah, it's nothing serious." Pei Ye was stunned for a moment, "Thank you for your concern, classmate Changsun."

"That's good." Changsun Jue couldn't help but glance at his inconvenient right arm, but didn't ask any more questions.

At this time, Li Mingqiu finally walked in from outside, stood on the stage and slowly opened the book.

The atmosphere in the school finally returned to normal. Li Mingqiu was lecturing on the Spring and Autumn Annals as usual. Pei Ye could not help but frown, but there was no Fang Jidao for him to ask questions today. Pei Ye hesitated for a moment, but still turned his head to hand over the book and whispered, "Excuse me, classmate Changsun. I can't find the sentence that the teacher just said in the book." Changsun Jue was stunned for a moment: "'The Master's words about human nature and the way of heaven cannot be heard'?"

"Yep."

"This sentence was quoted by the teacher. It is a sentence from the Analects." Chang Sun Jue explained in a low voice, "It comes from the Gongye Chang chapter, 'Zi Gong said: Master's articles can be heard. Master's words on human nature and the Way of Heaven cannot be heard.' The teacher just talked about the theory of human nature and the Way of Heaven, but the sage thousands of years ago did not explain it, so the teacher quoted this sentence to sigh."

Pei Ye nodded somewhat dazedly.

However, the great scholar on the stage today seemed to be distracted. He just sighed, put his hand on the book, and remained silent.

After a long while, he raised his head and looked at the students in the room: "I won't talk about it today. I would like to ask you to talk about your views on sex and the way of heaven. How about that?"

The hall was quiet for a moment, with a slight commotion. Pei Ye subconsciously looked at Changsun Jue again. The girl whispered, "This is a very deep and big question, and there is an endless amount of discussion from definition to debate. Generally speaking, 'nature' refers to the essence of human nature; 'heavenly way' refers to the order and laws of the operation of heaven and earth, which is the theory of Confucianism."

But then Li Mingqiu called out, "Yuxian."

Lin Yuxian stood up, hesitated, frowned and said, "Life and nature are profound, and the way of heaven is obscure. 'The Master's words cannot be heard', because the Master does not talk about this. To learn Confucianism and govern the world, one must know the people, the ruler and the ministers, and cultivate benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, but not to talk about nature and the way of heaven."

Li Mingqiu nodded, without commenting, and looked around and said, "Those who argue from this point of view, please raise your hands."

Pei Ye turned around and saw that most of them were lifted up.

Li Mingqiu motioned to put it down, then turned his head to look at the girl next to Pei Ye: "Grandson, do you dare to speak?"

Pei Ye was stunned.

Chang Sun Jue slowly stood up, remained silent for a moment, and said in a clear voice: "Master, you rarely talk about human nature and the Way of Heaven, but that doesn't mean you don't talk about it."

The hall was quiet.

The girl said: "There is only one place in the Analects that mentions 'nature', which is in the Analects of Confucius - Yang Hu, where Confucius said: 'Natures are similar, but habits make them different'."

"There are two places where the "Way of Heaven" is mentioned. One is in The Analects of Confucius: "At fifteen I set my heart on learning, at thirty I stood firm, at forty I had no doubts, at fifty I knew the will of Heaven, at sixty I was able to listen to others, at seventy I followed my heart's desire without transgressing the rules."

"Second, in the Analects of Confucius, Ji Shi, Confucius said: 'A gentleman has three fears: fear of Heaven's will, fear of great men, and fear of the words of sages. A mean man does not know Heaven's will and does not fear it. He is disrespectful to great men and insults the words of sages.'"

Chang Sun Jue paused for a moment and said, "Strangeness, power, chaos, and gods are all things that exist in the world; heaven, the way, luck, and power are what the Tang Dynasty relies on. Therefore, I think we cannot avoid talking about them, but I am a student with shallow knowledge and dull eyesight, and I don't have any real knowledge."

The hall suddenly became dead silent.

Li Mingqiu nodded: "This is a sincere statement, let's try it."

Chang Sun Jue said: "For thousands of years, ancient sages have said that human beings are born from heaven and earth, and 'nature' is the 'Way of Heaven' projected onto human beings, so human beings should follow the Way of Heaven, which is called the unity of heaven and man."

"Is that what you are talking about?"

".The students could not find any rebuttal."

Li Mingqiu was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Those who agree with this, please raise your hands."

Many more people raised their hands.

Although there were still quite a few people who did not raise their hands, Li Mingqiu did not ask any more questions. Instead, he suddenly tilted his head and said, "Pei Ye, you are a cultivator, what do you think?"

Pei Ye was startled, then slowly stood up: ".What practitioners seek is mostly the word 'Tao'. The theory of 'the unity of man and heaven', the seven Taoist schools all hold this method of practice, and their achievements are also the best in the world. Swordsmen pursue moves, intentions, hearts, and Tao, and ultimately connect the 'heart' to heaven and earth, so I think this theory of Confucianism is appropriate."

Li Mingqiu was silent for a moment: "So, in cultivation, the 'Tao' is the highest pursuit of the cultivator, that is, the 'Heavenly Way'?"

"That's right..." Pei Ye nodded, but suddenly froze, a torrent rushing from his spine all the way to the top of his head.

No, that's not right. There is one thing that is not right.
"Sword." Pei Ye said suddenly in surprise, and the whole room fell silent.

"The way of the sword is not the way of heaven." Pei Ye raised his head and looked at the great scholar on the stage, "The sword is the sword of man."

This profound and somewhat solemn lesson finally ended, but this was the class that Pei Ye devoted himself to the most, because for the first time he realized that the things discussed in these books were not just about learning to read and write, but were so closely related to his practice. They were in the same world because they followed the same rules and were concerned with the same issues.

This class made him ponder for a long time. He spent the second half of the class and even the whole afternoon asking questions to the girl next to him eagerly. As expected of a student who was also proficient in the Five Classics, the girl's explanations were just as thorough as Fang Jidao's, and even more detailed. She even took the initiative to ask him about things he didn't understand.

But when the class was over and Pei Ye stood up, he was stunned again when he looked at the school entrance.

The densely packed figures blocked the area, leaving only one passage in and out, and the words "Pei Ye" were repeatedly heard coming in.

Pei Ye stood there in a daze, and Changsun Jue was also holding a book in a daze. He looked at the young man next to him, then at the figure at the door, and was stunned for a moment.

But soon her eyes lit up and she whispered to Pei Ye, "Wait for me at the back door."

Pei Ye was startled, but saw the girl walked out of the door with the book in her arms. Naturally, she was not stopped by people. The back door was diagonally opposite to the main door, and no one knew where it led to. Pei Ye came here with his schoolbag on his back and saw that it had been locked from the outside for many years and was covered with dust.

He waited here, and soon a soft panting sound was heard from behind the door. After a rustling, there was the sound of unlocking the door. Changsun Jue opened the door from the outside with a smile, his eyes bright and his cheeks slightly flushed.

Pei Ye hurried out of here and said with a smile: "Thank you for running so fast, classmate Changsun."

Chang Sun Jue locked the door again and said seriously, "If you are slow, and there is no one in the school, they will see you at a glance."

Pei Ye looked around and found that it was the road that Xu Chuo had taken to the library. It should be the resting place for the lecturers. The girl was trusted and close to them, so she had the key.

It was naturally inconvenient to stay for long at this time. The two of them walked around and went out of the Imperial College. It was already dusk, the lights were on, and sparse stars were hanging in the dim sky. Pei Ye looked at the girl beside him gratefully and said, "My classmate Changsun, thank you for your explanation today."

He benefited a lot at the end of the day, and the girl's voice sounded a little tired, but there was no impatience at all. Pei Ye believed that Fang Jidao had the patience, but not the time.

Chang Sun Jue shook his head: "No, next time if classmate Fang is not here, classmate Pei can come to me for explanation."

Pei Ye said apologetically, "I am so ignorant that I know almost nothing. You are a first-class scholar, and I am afraid that I will hinder your class."

Chang Sun Jue shook his head, looked at him seriously and said, "Classmate Pei, you are also a first-class swordsman with both courage and strategy in the world."

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Chang Sun Jue lowered his head and paused for a moment, then raised his bright eyes and looked at him: "Classmate Pei, can you tell me how you practice sword every day in the sword training academy?"

So Qi Zhaohua leaned against the carriage and waited for a long time, and finally saw the familiar figure walking towards him, talking and laughing with a beautiful and elegant stranger girl. The girl was dressed elegantly and sophisticatedly, and her demeanor showed that she was from a wealthy family. She always looked at the boy seriously when he spoke.

They nodded to each other and separated until they reached the door. Pei Ye walked over. Qi Zhaohua tilted his head and watched the girl's back, then looked away: "Who is this?"

"Chang Sun Jue, my classmate." Pei Ye smiled, "He is a very nice person and he explained a lot of scriptures to me."

But the woman looked at him silently, her eyes quite calm.

".What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Qi Zhaohua sighed, "I just feel that I was giving advice to Young Master Pei on his love affairs in Bowang. Now, it seems that I have brought shame upon myself."

(End of this chapter)