The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 92 Wisdom in a Drop of Water
Zhuge Liang didn't say a word, picked up the teacup and sipped it slowly. After a while, a funny smile slowly appeared on his face: "I didn't expect the captain to know Liang so well."

Sun Shao was also not modest: "I am afraid that I know the general much better than the general knows me." He paused, before Zhuge Liang could speak, and sighed again: "Because I think that General Zuo's tent Although there are a lot of talents, only the general has the ability to control the world. Shao has admired the general for a long time, so he is not afraid of exchanging words, and is willing to ride with the general. It is a pity that the general is insincere and guards against me. It is really frustrating .”

Zhuge Liang was very pleased when he heard this, but he said with a calm smile: "The captain is serious, why did Liang ever guard against the captain? If he really guarded against the captain, how dare he dare to ask the captain to come to the humble house to talk about it. I just said it casually just now, please don't take it to heart, Captain."

Sun Shao waved his hand: "Don't worry about it, general. I can understand what you do. Let's not talk about current affairs or personnel affairs today. We will only talk about the way of heaven, so as not to have gossip, which is not good for the general."

Zhuge Liang was helpless, knowing that Sun Shao was blocking him with words, but he couldn't refuse, so he nodded and said yes: "Just Yi Xiaowei."

"Let's talk about the Mohism." Sun Shao picked up the teacup, poured some tea into the palm of his hand, then raised his palm, letting the tea flow down slowly along his fingers, and the tea slowly condensed into a droplet at the fingertips, dangling , but not falling. "General, Yi said, 'The way of heaven is vast and encompasses everything'. There are sages in the West who also said that 'one flower is one world, one leaf is one universe'. It is true that people travel far away, but people do not go far away. General, have you ever thought about this? Is there a Tao in a drop of water?"

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly. He understood most of what Sun Shao said. Although he hadn't heard of "one flower, one world, one leaf, one universe", he could understand it, but there was also a way in this drop of water. , is it too mysterious?He is a pragmatic person, and he doesn't like these things that are too mysterious. If Sun Shao wants to talk to him about these things, he is not interested.He looked at Sun Shao and said indifferently, "Dare to ask for advice."

"Come on, come and see." Sun Shao beckoned, beckoning Zhuge Liang to come over.

Zhuge Liang became more and more unhappy, but he couldn't refuse, so he leaned over and took a perfunctory look, but of course he didn't see anything.Seeing that he was absent-minded, Sun Shao smiled again, carefully moved his finger to his eyes, and then said with a mysterious smile: "General, please look at this scene through this water drop, it is different from usual."

Seeing that he spoke solemnly, Zhuge Liang was a little confused. He followed what Sun Shao said, and looked through the water droplets intently, but saw that there were strange lights in the water droplets, and there was nothing there.At this moment, Sun Shao approached the water drop slowly with his other hand, and picked up a piece of hair with two fingers: "General, please look at this hair through the water drop."

Zhuge Liang heard the words and took a closer look, and was taken aback when he saw it. The hair behind the water droplets obviously looked much thicker.

Seeing Zhuge Liang's astonishment, Sun Shao smiled, shook his fingers, dropped the tea, threw away his hair, picked up the teacup again and took a sip of tea, then looked at Zhuge Liang inscrutablely: "The general understands The reason for this?"

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a while, then shook his head, bowed his hands and saluted, with a respectful expression: "Ask for advice."

Sun Shao didn't give the answer directly, but continued: "The general has been in the army, so he must know the glazed beads used to make fire in the army?"

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and thought for a while, then realized something: "The captain is saying that this is the same as the principle of making fire with colored glaze beads?"

Glass beads refer to glass beads, but the glass production technology in the Three Kingdoms period was not good enough, not as pure as the glass of later generations, usually with some color, and some large and small pores.Even so, these glazed beads are also rare items. Apart from being used as decorations, they also have another function, which is to gather light to make fire. If there are suitable colored glaze beads, the effect is sloppy.

Zhuge Liang had been in the army for a while, and he was no stranger to this kind of colored glaze beads. He also thought about the reason behind it, but he didn't get anything. Now that he saw this water drop, he suddenly thought of colored glaze beads, faintly I feel like I've caught something, but it's not clear.

"Even if you miss it, it's not far away." Sun Shao squinted his eyes, looked at the pensive Zhuge Liang with a smile that was not a smile, and said: "Since the general is familiar with the mechanics of the Mohist school, he must also know that there is such a passage, 'Jing Dao , In the afternoon, there is Duan, and Jing Chang. Talk to Duan.' There is another passage, 'Jing. People of light, if they shine, those who are below are also high; , so the scenery is formed above; the head covers the upper light, so the scenery is formed below. There is an end in the distance, and it is in the light, so it is also in the scenery storehouse.'”

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, then nodded excitedly: "Yes, there are these two sentences."

"In these two sentences, half of the truth is explained." Sun Shao said with a smile.

"Half the truth?" Zhuge Liang was really a little confused. He had read Mo Jing, so of course he knew the meaning of those two sentences, but what did these two sentences have to do with the ability of the water drop in front of him to thicken hair?And what does it have to do with the glazed beads being able to gather light to make a fire?He looked at Sun Shao with a calm demeanor, and suddenly he was full of curiosity. Does this young man really know the truth, or is he playing tricks?

"Yes." Sun Shao lifted the teapot on the case, filled the cup with water, then pulled out the hairpin from his head, and placed it in the tea, "General, what's the change with this hairpin?"

"It seems to be broken." Zhuge Liang was already attracted by him, and murmured.

"Well, that's the other half of the truth." Sun Shao laughed, fastened his hairpin again, then poured the tea away, looked at Zhuge Liang with a smile, but didn't speak.Zhuge Liang waited for a long time, seeing that he was silent and a little bit impatient, so he had to bow and salute, and said in a deep voice: "Please advise the captain."

Sun Shao was very proud. Watching this wise man who was described by later generations of literati as so wise and almost a monster bow down in front of him, this feeling was as refreshing as hugging a peerless beauty in his arms and teasing him.I can't play tricks against you, but these are my strengths.Aren't you smart?Explain one to me.

Zhuge Liang couldn't explain it, so he had to ask Sun Shao for advice sincerely.

Sun Shao raised his hand, rolled up his sleeves, exposed most of his arms, and shouted happily, "Bring a pen and paper."

Zhuge Liang didn't bother to ask what he wanted the pen and paper for, so he got up and entered the room quickly, and just took two steps when he got up, his wife Huang Yueying came out holding the pen and ink, Zhuge Liang took it, turned and put it in front of Sun Shao, then thought Get up and introduce.When I looked up, I saw that Sun Shao had already avoided the table and saluted: "Dare to ask, but the general's wife?"

Huang Yueying hurriedly saluted: "Kong Ming is just my concubine's humble husband. I heard the captain explain the way of heaven. The concubine was delighted to see Lie, and lost his composure for a while. Please forgive me."

"I have heard for a long time that Madam does not give way to women. It is really a joy to see you today. It is a great honor to be able to discuss the way of heaven with Madam."

At this time, Zhuge Liang came back from the struggle for knowledge, seeing that his wife had already met with Sun Shao, so he didn't want to say much, but fortunately, Sun Shao didn't take offense, he and Huang Yueying glanced at each other, and they both looked at each other Surprise was seen in the eyes.

Holding the pen in his hand, Sun Shao glanced at the bamboo slips with some embarrassment. The bamboo slips were thin and long, so it was fine for writing, but not for drawing pictures.He looked up at Zhuge Liang, but before Zhuge Liang could react, Huang Yueying immediately understood what he meant, turned back into the room, took a piece of silk and spread it in front of Sun Shao.

(End of this chapter)