Cao Thief

Chapter 281 Learning to Be a Man (Ask for a monthly pass!)

Wolongtan Academy is unique.

If you only look at it from the outside, the Academy is not very big.But when you walk in, you will find that the actual situation is not the case.

On the whole, Wolongtan Academy imitates the system of the front hall and the back bedroom in the Zhou Dynasty, and arranges the front and back halls and the mansion with the third and fourth entrances on the central axis.There is a courtyard through the door, which is the main body of the academy.According to the etiquette system, this is where the front hall is located.The room is divided into rooms and compartments, and there is Chengchen in the hall.This is also the main building of the house. It is tall and has two steps, east and west, and a horizontal wall separates it from the backyard.A door was opened on the horizontal wall, which is called the Zhongge.After passing the Zhongge, you enter the back hall, which is also Hu Zhao's home.

The academy and the mansion are integrated into one, forming the most stylish building in Wolongtan.

There are mountains and rivers in the back hall, steps, pavilions, and pavilions.There are courtyard walls on the left and right sides of the central axis, and a corridor is set up inside the wall. In the etiquette system, it is called "two verandahs".

Hu Zhao is 48 years old, but he seems to be in his early forties.

Maybe it's because he is devoted to mountains and rivers and doesn't care about world affairs, which makes him look much younger than his peers.At least from Cao Peng's point of view, Hu Zhao seems to be younger than Xun Yan.So much so that when Cao Peng took off his patterned shoes and walked into the room, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

It was near early summer, and Hu Zhao was dressed in a white dress with a wide collar and a large shirt, which made him stand out from the crowd.

"Student Cao Peng, see you sir."

Hu Zhao is not tall, with thin cheeks.

He was kneeling on the bed, flipping through a booklet.

Seeing Cao Peng salute, he put down the book and smiled slightly, "Cao Youxue."

"The students are here."

"I'm reading your [-]-character essay."

"Students panic."

Hu Zhao waved his hand to signal Cao Peng to sit down on the couch beside him, took the copper jue, took a sip of water, and coughed twice.

"Originally, I had no intention of accepting disciples, but after reading your two articles, I couldn't stop.

In addition, Mr. Cao personally recommended it, and I can't refuse it, so I let you come here... Cao Peng, I have little talent and little knowledge, and I have no intention of fame.In this troubled world, I just want to hide in a corner, and I want to be whole in the world.So, if you want to learn power and fame, I'm afraid I can't teach you, so please go back. "

The meaning of Hu Zhao's words is very clear.

Cao Peng was prepared, and he also knew that most of the celebrities in this era have some weird temperaments.Even if it is recommended by Cao Cao, it is only a stepping stone.If you want to join Hu Zhao's family, you have to pass Hu Zhao's exam.These words are also a trial.

"Students come here not for power, not for strategy, and not for fame."

"Oh?" Hu Zhao smiled slightly, "Then what are you asking for?"

"I just ask for the truth of being a human being."

This sentence made Hu Zhao's eyes light up.

"Being a man? Don't you know how to be a man?"

"In the past, Kong Zhongni only dared to say a few words about his merits throughout his life. How dare students claim to know how to behave?"

A smile flashed across Hu Zhao's eyes.

He was silent for a moment, and said softly: "Cao Peng was born in Zhongyang Mountain. Later, to avoid disaster, he went to Jiyang with his parents. On the way, he met Pang Yuan'an, and was favored by Lumen. It was only because he offended the nobles of Jingxiang that he almost His family was ruined and his family was destroyed. By coincidence, he went with Dian Wei and fled to Xudu. His father, Cao Ji, was good at smelting and broke twenty precious swords. He was appointed as the supervisor of Zhuye. His brother-in-law Deng Ji, a member of the Deng clan in Jiyang, was originally a small official in Jiyang. After he was attached to Duke Cao, he served as the order of Haixi. He went to Jiangdong with Xun Xiuruo and solved a murder case of the Lu family... Later he served as Hailing Captain and fought against Lu Bu in Quyang, but he was convicted of letting Lu Bu's family go without permission."

Cao Peng was stunned and looked up at Hu Zhao.

It is an extremely important matter for the ancients to accept disciples.

Humanity: the heaven and earth, the master, the master, and the master.

The importance of the teacher's way can be seen.The ancients often say that a teacher for a day is a father for life.When someone else's teacher, you have to work hard for the students' life.Since Hu Zhao wants to recruit disciples, he will naturally inquire about Cao Peng's deeds carefully.It's just that he didn't expect that he inquired so clearly.

Hu Zhao said: "Being a human being is more difficult than seeking fame... Cao Peng, what you asked for gave me a big problem."

"Students don't seek the way of the sages, they only seek this life, and they have a clear conscience."

"Do you have a clear conscience?"

Hu Zhao fell into deep thought.

"Youxue, do you have any ambitions?"

"ambition?"

"If you want to be a man, you need to be determined... Why do you learn to be a man?"

Cao Peng's expression was solemn and dignified, "Students study, seek to establish a heart for the world, seek to establish a life for the people, seek to inherit the knowledge of the past saints, and seek to create peace for all generations."

Cao Peng, 16, is in the stage of changing his voice.

The voice was a little hoarse, and every word was heavy, but there was a lot of weight.

He had said this to Hao Zhao and Dianman Xu Yi at the Zushui River, and he was almost struck by lightning at that time.Now, he said these words again, but it contained confidence.In order to travel through the crowd, I not only ask for a name in front of me, but also for my back, otherwise it will be a waste of time?Therefore, when he said these words, every word came from the heart, which also made the words more dignified.

The smile on Hu Zhao's face stopped abruptly.

He stared blankly at Cao Peng, and after a while he stood up from the bed, looking up to the sky and laughing.

"Cao Peng, you are trekking all the way, go down and rest first. I heard that you brought the servants with you, but you just entered my academy, but you are not allowed to accompany them. If you live in the academy, you can only send the servants back to Lu Hun; if you stay with the servants, You have to arrange it yourself? How do you choose?"

Cao Peng thought for a while, "Students are so quiet, let's live outside the academy."

"Then arrange it yourself."

Cao Peng got up, raised his fists with both hands above his head, bowed to the ground, and then left.

When he was about to go out, he heard Hu Zhao say from behind him: "There is still an open space outside my back pavilion, beside the Wolong Lake. If you want to build a house here, you might as well arrange it there. Tomorrow, I will open a class to explain the "Lun", and then I will make a proposition to all students. If you can write a good work, you can enter my door; if you can't write...Cao Peng, you can return to Xudu by yourself. "

"Here!"

Cao Peng obeyed his orders and left the house.

The interview should be regarded as passed, and there will be a written test next.

Cao Peng scratched his head at the door, and smiled wryly in his heart: It's really troublesome to ask a teacher.

Speaking of it, Hu Zhao seems to have a lot of rules.

But if you think about it carefully, celebrities in this era all have this problem.

When he was in Jiyang, Lord Pang De gave him the "Shangshu", but he never deciphered it.It is only said that if Cao Peng can read through, he can enter the mountain gate.

How to judge whether Cao Peng can read well or not?

After all, Cao Peng is not the same as ordinary students in Wolongtan Academy.Hu Zhao opened an academy to teach students with a radius of three hundred miles to read and write. This is called enlightenment; whether it is Cao Peng or Sima Yi, its nature is to preach and teach, and the requirements are naturally different.

Sima Yi was waiting at the door, and when he saw Cao Peng coming out, he came forward with a smile.

"My dear brother, how are you doing?"

"Sir asked me to build a house outside the back pavilion, and said that there will be an exam tomorrow."

"Oh, it's nothing... Mister's proposition, most of them have rules to follow. It's like when I was apprenticed to a teacher, I happened to meet Mr. explaining "Filial Piety", so the proposition is also based on the content of "Filial Piety". By the way, sir, I can tell you that tomorrow What article will he explain?"

"Argument."

Sima Yi smiled and said: "That's easy, sir. Tomorrow's proposition must be related to "On"."

Easy fart!

Cao Peng felt a little headache.

That's right, he is not unfamiliar with "On", but it doesn't mean that he can write excellent works.

This matter is really troublesome...

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As Hu Zhao's direct disciple, Sima Yi accompanied Cao Peng very enthusiastically to the open space that Hu Zhao mentioned.Cao Peng discovered that this open space was only a few hundred meters away from the back pavilion of Hu Zhao's mansion.A piece of open space is a peach forest...

There is an open space of more than 1000 square meters in the middle, adjacent to Wolongtan, and the scenery is very moving.

In two days, it will be early summer.

But in Luhun Mountain, there is a cool breeze, and you can't feel the slightest bit of heat.

Cao Peng scratched his head and said to Sima Yi: "How do we build houses here?"

Sima Yi thought for a while, "Anyway, there are trees and moso bamboos all over the mountains, so it's not too troublesome to ask the local villagers to help build them.

It doesn't need to be built too well, just live in it first.

Well, but you have to be careful, the folk customs here are very aggressive, don't conflict with the villagers.Ask them for help, don't talk about money, just invite them to drink.How about this, let them make do with it first, and I'll take you to the head of the village. "

"So, trouble brother."

Fortunately, although Xia Houlan and the others abandoned the car battle, their luggage did not leave behind.

Under Cao Peng's instructions, Xia Houlan ordered people to set up a few small tents in the open space, while Guo Huan and Bu Luan were in charge of preparing meals.

Although Cao Peng was Sima Yi, he visited the head of the village and told him about the matter, and the head of the village readily agreed.

He also heard that Cao Peng was an official of the imperial court and came to learn from his teacher.So it was done very seriously.As for Cao Peng, following Sima Yi's persuasion, he ordered Xia Houlan to take a few people into the deep mountains to hunt.Then he ordered people to ride horses to buy wine outside the mountain.

After going back and forth, when night fell, the two simple bamboo houses had already taken shape.

The head of the village also brought the quilts from home, saying that the night wind in the mountains is very cold, so they might as well use them to keep out the cold.After Cao Peng thanked him, he let Guo Huan and Bu Luan live in the bamboo house first, while he stayed in the military tent with his followers.Distributing the hunted game and the bought wine to the villagers, the villagers in Wolongtan were overjoyed and left happily one by one.Mountain people don't value money and silk, they are hospitable and hospitable, not seeking money.If you give them money and silk, it will make them feel that you look down on them and insult them.

Cao Peng couldn't help but secretly thank Sima Yi, if Sima Yi hadn't reminded him, how would he know the secret?
Sima Yi lived in the school dormitory, and after nightfall, he bid farewell and left.

After dark, the temperature dropped sharply.

Sitting in the military tent, Cao Peng took out a volume of "Lun" from his luggage and read it at night by candlelight.

God knows, what kind of moth will come out of Hu Zhao tomorrow?
In my heart, I can't help feeling a little panic...

The next day, at dawn, Sima Yi ran to Cao Peng.

"Why, does class start so early, sir?"

Cao Peng had just finished practicing boxing and kicking. When he saw Sima Yi coming over, he couldn't help asking curiously.

"No, no!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "Our academy starts classes every morning. However, the master has set a rule. Every morning, everyone must gather together to exercise their muscles and bones. Moreover, the master personally teaches, and it is also The habit of our academy."

Scholars in the Eastern Han Dynasty did not want that kind of sick child.

If you want to read well, you must also have a strong body.

Cao Peng and Sima Yi entered the mansion from the back pavilion, left the middle pavilion, and came to the front hall.I saw dozens of young people exercising with Hu Zhao.

Hu Zhao's fitness technique was a very popular guidance technique in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with a total of [-] movements, imitating birds and animals.

A thousand-year-old guidance technique was unearthed in Mawangdui in later generations, which is similar to the fitness technique taught by Hu Zhao.

Like yoga?Like Tai Chi?Like Wuqinxi?

Anyway, Cao Peng couldn't tell.

He and Sima Yi practiced with the students under the corridors of the two verandahs.

"Brother, why don't we go practice with them?"

Sima Yi shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile, "It's not that I don't want to go, it's that they don't accept me...By the way, when you came yesterday, did Zhou Qi make things difficult for you?"

"Uh……"

"He is a local, and he is the leader of all the disciples in the academy.

This person... I can't say how bad he is, but he is a little narrow-minded.When I first entered the academy, I had a little misunderstanding with him, so we never got along well.In addition, the disciples of the academy are also very repulsive to me, so I have to exercise here alone. "

Ha, I didn't expect the famous Sima Yi to eat this kind of turtle?

Cao Peng subconsciously looked at Zhou Qi, but found that Zhou Qi was also looking at him.

The eyes of the two met, and Zhou Qi smiled at Cao Peng as a greeting.Cao Peng also responded with a smile, and then looked at Sima Yi, as if realizing something in his heart.

It may not be that Zhou Qi is narrow-minded, it may have something to do with Sima Yi himself.

Sima Yi was born in a high family, and this high school boy always has some arrogance... or rather, arrogance.

Perhaps, it is this kind of arrogance that makes the misunderstanding between the two sides deepen.Cao Peng thought about it, but he didn't tell Sima Yi...

Why offend Sima Yi for such a thing?

Even though he is very enthusiastic about me now, if he is annoyed, he might hold a grudge.

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After the morning exercise, the disciples dispersed in twos and threes.

Hu Zhao ignored Sima Yi and Cao Peng, and returned to the room on his own.

When it was nearly ten o'clock, Sima Yi called Cao Peng, and they walked into the front hall together.This is a hall with an area of ​​more than 400 square meters. Hu Zhao is sitting upright, with futons and desks underneath.The disciples of the academy sat down in their seats. Hu Zhaochong beckoned to Cao Peng and pointed to the desk next to him.Cao Peng saluted respectfully, then walked over and sat down.

He sat next to Sima Yi, facing the podium sideways, separated from the disciples.

Many people did not recognize Cao Peng, and Hu Zhao did not deliberately introduce him.But everyone knows that sitting in this seat means that Hu Zhao has accepted Cao Peng.In the eyes of many people, there was a look of envy, and some people whispered to each other in the classroom.

Hu Zhao ignored it, picked up the gavel, and slapped it on the table.

In an instant, there was complete silence in the hall!

Cao Peng sat on the mat, in a daze, he seemed to have returned to the classroom of the school in his previous life...

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