Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 520: Book and Sword

Pei Ye turned over the last page, and the first chapter of this story, "October Rope Weaving", ended.

"What a strange name." Pei Ye murmured and frowned, "It seems that the owner of the museum is not very good at naming."

The sky was completely dark at this time, the pale blue night sky enveloped the big city, the cold wind in the small courtyard gently shook the branches and leaves, the weather was just like the season in the book. Pei Ye looked at the sparse stars in the sky, the images of Zhao Baibi and Li Yao still lingered in his mind, but he didn't know when and where the story was, and what their later fate was.

The books written by Mirror Qingluan are always better than other books. Every smile and frown of the two people are as if they are in front of you, as if there are really two such people in the world. Every time you finish reading them, you will feel sad. Pei Ye reluctantly turned the pages back, but still sighed and closed the book.

"'Yu' is the beginning of the history book. 'Qian Yu' means that this dynasty did not exist. It is just a name, just like 'Mr. Zixu' and 'Mr. Wuyou'." The black cat seemed to know what he was thinking. "As for the name, if you are not satisfied, you can come up with it in the next article."

"I'll get up if I want." Pei Ye didn't feel shy and tilted his head to ask, "What story is 'Mr. Zixu' or 'Mr. Wuyou'?"

The black cat looked at him with green eyes: "Now I know you didn't read the Selected Works carefully."

Pei Ye was silent for a moment, then turned his head back as if nothing had happened and flipped through the newspaper aimlessly: "Mr. Li Mingqiu's article "On Morality" seems to be on this page."

Now he is no longer a humble man from Wu, and the boy is no longer completely confused about the previous content. At least in [The Rippling Waters of the Phoenix Pond], the line "Di Jiuyu carries a golden bag and wears purple clothes to enter the hall" indicates that he, Young Master Pei, is there in the bloody storm behind the scenes.

Soon, he saw the article that Changsun Jue had mentioned that caused a huge stir. It indeed occupied the most central space, and there were even several annotations by Xu Chuo on it.

Pei Ye glanced at it and was a little confused at first, because he remembered that Xu Chuo and Li Mingqiu were probably on the same side, but the woman's approval did not seem to be in agreement.

The first thing that came to mind was the eight characters "A gentleman cultivates virtue, while a villain is far from virtue", to which Xu Chuo commented: "What is virtue?"

The second thing that was brought up was "Heaven has endowed me with virtue", to which Xu Chuo commented, "Confucius' words cannot be changed."

……

From these evenly-drawn strokes and annotations, one can roughly trace the woman's thoughts, which actually have a lot in common with sword principles. The definition of each word is always the first and most important thing to understand.

Changsun Jue said that this was a major event in Shenjing at the moment, so Pei Ye no longer avoided it and looked at the words carefully.

The three words "what is virtue" are the key to this "On Virtue". Li Mingqiu holds the view that "virtue is not innate, a gentleman cultivates virtue, and a villain is far from virtue", but what "virtue" is is somewhat vague. He said that virtue is acquired through cultivation, so does a person who is just born have no "virtue"? Does a person who grows up alone in the mountains and forests and cannot speak have no "virtue"? Mencius said that people are born with four hearts: "compassion, shame, resignation, and right and wrong". Aren't they "virtue"?

Under the ancient tree in the quiet courtyard, Pei Ye tapped gently on the armrest of the recliner. Mr. Li Mingqiu regarded "virtue" as a set of acquired behavioral standards, which is actually close to the commonly said "morality".

Then there is room for discussion. Since the behavioral standards of "virtue" are all determined by human civilization, they must be changeable. Even if we don't need to extend it to several thousand years in the past, just looking at the world today, the "virtue" of the Tang Dynasty is different from that of the southern countries, and even within the Tang Dynasty, each path is different, so which is right and which is wrong?
Which kind of "virtue" is the "only virtue to support" destiny?
When Pei Ye thought of this, he was stunned. He felt that he vaguely understood what Xu Chuo was thinking when he wrote the three words "What is virtue".

In fact, he has always had a good understanding, but he is really unfamiliar with this world and is not very willing to approach it.

——The standard of "virtue" can, of course, only be determined by "Heaven".

That is to say, according to this argument, although "Heaven" does not "give virtue to man", it holds the standard for judging true "virtue".

Is this why Mr. Xu thinks this essay is not feasible?

This kind of comment was not like a rebuttal, but more like a colleague had made an attempt, and after she received it, she carefully examined the flaws in it, and finally thought it was a pity that it failed.

What does she want to succeed in?

The woman's eyes that seemed to be always thinking seemed to appear in front of him. Pei Ye's eyes moved to the back. Xu Chuo seemed to have added another sentence here a few days later: "It should still be attributed to 'sex'."

"We should return to our nature." "Confucius' words cannot be changed."

These two sentences can probably be considered the two signposts she has confirmed.

Pei Ye flipped through the pages and closed the local newspaper. It was the first time in all these years that he had finished reading it. He just felt that it was much more tiring than reading the theory of swordsmanship.

But then I had the fun of learning sword.

Pei Ye stood up from the recliner and walked towards the Cangjian Tower.

The moon was hanging high in the building. At this time, many sword students were still staying in the Cangjian Tower. Pei Ye nodded and greeted the fellow practitioners he met along the way. He went up all the way and came to the door of the dean's Jingge again.

As soon as he knocked on the door, the sound of flipping pages stopped, but no one called him in, so it was just quiet.

Pei Ye gently pushed open a crack and stuck half of his head in. Qiu Jizi was sitting upright and looking at him, with an open book in his hands and no expression on his face.

"If you want to learn a new sword, just look for it yourself facing the sword ladder. There is no need to always ask me." The old man said coldly.

"...No." Pei Ye was at a loss for a moment, then he touched his head and smiled, "How could it be so fast? You are such a joke."

Qiu Jizi didn't think he was joking.

"What's your business."

"I have just finished learning the Yanghua sword, and I plan to learn the Taohua sword these days. I heard that you know this sword, so I would like to ask you to teach me."

Qiu Jizi raised his eyebrows and adjusted his sleeves with dignity: "Come on then."

When Pei Ye returned under the moon with a full harvest, there were not many people left in the Cangjian Tower.

The candles in his courtyard should have been extinguished by this time, but when Pei Ye pushed open the door quietly, Yang Zhenbing was standing motionless in the courtyard.

It was rare for this young man, who had a very regular schedule, to go to bed late. Pei Ye asked in surprise, "What are you doing standing here?"

Yang Zhenbing said: "He won't let me go to sleep."

Pei Ye looked blankly towards the tree, where Yan Feiqing's quiet figure was standing, holding a piece of wet white cloth in one hand, with the bandage on the other hand not yet completely removed.

He said expressionlessly: "Someone is sitting on my recliner."

"..."

……

Four days passed in a flash. With the blessing of good fortune and the same fate as the divine dragon, the boy's recovery speed was as frightening as before, and he was almost full of energy again.

He and Cui Zhaoye had an appointment for a dinner, but this morning, Xie Chuantang was the first to arrive.

"Fengshuiwu has been almost completely checked," she said.

(End of this chapter)