The Lord who use immortals as food

Yan Feiqing opened the door as usual and faced the first ray of morning light. There was only one breakfast left on the stone table in the courtyard. He walked over and picked up an apple. Pei Ye was leaning on the table, writing carefully on a piece of white paper.

Yang Zhenbing was sharpening his sword moves on the side.

"You seemed to have come back very late last night. Why did you get up so early today?" Yan Feiqing looked at the young man next to her lightly.

"Catching something." Pei Ye frowned without raising his head.

"You either sleep until noon or stay up all night. Your body is not coordinated and your meridians are easily disordered." Yan Feiqing said softly, "You can learn a set of Taoist health-preserving techniques."

Pei Ye's interest was aroused: "What kind of things are there?"

"What do you want?"

"Is there anything that can help the muscles and bones of people aged 17 or 18?"

“Physical appearance is your destiny, wealth is your destiny.”

"Why are you talking so much today?" Pei Ye lowered his head to write again. Next to him, Yan Feiqing finished eating the apple and picked up another plum.

"Master said, wake up and predict the world." The Taoist priest said calmly, "You must ask a few words about the world every day, so as not to be too pure and easily fall into evil. What did you write?"

Pei Ye rolled his eyes: "I didn't have to ask about it before."

"You're usually not here at this hour, so I always ask Yang Zhenbing." Yan Feiqing picked up a plum again and said calmly.

Yang Zhenbing was practicing his sword seriously beside him without saying a word.

"What about when we didn't come?"

"I asked about the plants, trees, insects and birds in the courtyard."

".I think you have become evil."

Yan Feiqing turned her head to look at Pei Ye's page and read slowly: "You should act according to the law."

Pei Ye quickly covered himself up and looked at him warily.

Yan Feiqing didn't care: "Is this a discussion of Confucius's way of kings and ministers?"

Pei Ye raised his eyebrows and hesitantly loosened his hands: "Well, what do you think of the writing?"

Yan Feiqing frowned and looked at it.

In fact, there are only a few sentences in total, because Pei Ye asked Fang Jidao that this thing should be written in classical Chinese, and it is best to include citations from other sources. It was really hard for him to hold back a few sentences, and Xu Chuo wouldn't blame him. .

As for the content, Pei Ye was more confident, because the question was very simple, even a multiple-choice question, and he had the options he wanted to choose.

But at this moment Yan Feiqing paused, which made him a little uneasy, thinking that something was wrong: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, the words are not easy to read." Yan Feiqing said softly, "It's good that your article is straightforward. If you want to change it, you can-"

Pei Ye was waiting for the Taoist priest to continue speaking, but when he saw him looking up at the sun, his words were cut off, and he turned back to the recliner.

"." Pei Ye was stunned for a long time before he realized that "a quarter of an hour" had arrived.

Sure enough, he opened the book and no longer cared about Pei Ye's sleeping problems or his schoolwork.

Pei Ye put away his books and ink pens with an angry smile, packed his things and left the courtyard.

Still listening behind him: "Yang Zhenbing."

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"The plums are good. I'll get some more tomorrow."

"Um."

Imperial College.

After many days, Xu Chuo finally gave a lecture again. Pei Ye came to the university hall where he had been when he first entered school. He arrived quite early today, and there were only a few people in the hall. There was still no Fang Jidao in this session, and he could only be seen in the afternoon session. Pei Ye sat down next to the second row and placed the books upright.

In fact, he was still thinking about that charming new sword. The new and cold feeling made him unable to put it down, and he kept imagining the different looks of it against his enemies today.

But soon a not unfamiliar discussion entered my ears again.

"There is no progress. I just went to Wuyun Tower last night, and the business is still booming. I also met with Director Zhao, a great cultivator of Qisheng, and he asked me if the fish soup is salty or not."

"You're not panicking at all?"

"If I didn't have the demeanor of a general, I would have been worried all day long if this matter had been left to me. This is the real master of the world."

"Actually, if you think about it, you know that the Taiping Cao Gang can take root in Shenjing and become prosperous and prosperous. It would be impossible for just a few people to overthrow it." Someone said, "Look at the number of people in the courtyard these days. A young man from Qingzi, a disciple of Wuling, who is not scornful of you. Just look at their attitude, and you will know where this matter will go in the court."

"Master Di shouted very loudly that day, which attracted everyone to look. Over the past few days, it turned out that there was thunder but no rain."

"Hahahahaha, don't tell me, I went to Xichi last night to see the excitement of the 'Ten Days Banquet', and I caught a glimpse of the big dragon head from a distance - he was really 'majestic and calm, with a face as flat as a lake'. If you don't go Look, I really don’t understand what kind of characters are written in the book!”

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This is not the first time I heard this kind of discussion. Pei Ye has almost figured out their reasons these days. Some people naturally have different positions. They are on the side of Nan Ya. When talking about these three isolated people, they are naturally sarcastic;

Some of them were discussed by passers-by. Now that a few days have passed, the Taiping Cao Gang has become more and more powerful. During the ten-day banquet, dignitaries came and went, and it felt like "everything in the capital is helping", especially [Taiping Partridge] Qiu Tianyu, who seemed to remain unmoved. The ten-day banquet brought a grand and distinctive atmosphere to Shenjing. Shenjing has always rewarded heroes. In contrast, the three investigators were naturally lackluster.

There are also those who are opportunistic and adapt to the situation, taking advantage of conflicts to step on the other side, to curry favor with the powerful people around them, and so on.

This kind of voice inevitably spoiled the mood. Pei Ye came out of his sword thoughts. At this time, the school was almost full. Pei Ye recognized many familiar faces of his peers. At this moment, he was dressed in light blue and white clothes. The girl in the silk shirt walked in with her book in her arms. She immediately looked around the school, and her eyes fell on the seat next to Pei Ye: "This classmate, is this seat occupied?"

"Ah, no."

"Thank you."

The girl nodded, gathered her train and sat down upright, her temperament and upbringing from a noble family were quite outstanding. But she is not like the Lu Xiu that Pei Ye saw, who seems to come from a higher world, but more like a scholarly family with a strong family background.

Pei Ye actually recognized this girl who seemed to be of the same age. She was in the same class, and she always sat in the front row or two. Because she was similar in age and had a unique appearance, he was impressed.

And Pei Ye clearly sensed that as she sat down, some people talked louder, some stopped their voices, and some became gentle.

At this time, I saw her lowering her head to straighten the books, and then turned around and said clearly: "Hello, classmates, several teachers have left articles in the past few days. Those who have completed it can write the title and submit it to me."

Pei Ye was startled, and there was a sudden silence in the school. Then soon someone came over, straightening their collars and clothes. They handed over the scriptures in order. The people who delivered them all bowed very politely, and all of them whispered: " Thank you for your hard work, my eldest grandson" or "I would like to ask my eldest grandson to submit it."

The girl returned the favor one by one.

Not long after, three piles of different sizes appeared on the table. The girl moved the heaviest pile to the ground with some difficulty, while Pei Ye was a little confused.

He looked at these little book-like things. He didn't come to the previous few classes, so he didn't know what they were handing in, especially the heaviest pile. The thinnest one among them also had fifteen or sixteen pages. I don’t know which teacher left it.

Seeing that no one came to deliver it, he finally couldn't help it anymore: "...this classmate."

"Huh?" The girl looked back with a pair of warm and bright eyes in surprise.

"Well, I have an assignment here for Dr. Xu Chuo. It's about Confucius's way of kings and ministers. I wonder if you will accept it?" Pei Ye asked hesitantly.

"Collect it, classmate, just leave it to me." The girl nodded seriously.

"Oh, that's good." Pei Ye quickly went into the bag to flip through the white paper with one-third of it written in large characters, and said with a smile, "I didn't come to the first few classes, so I didn't even know what you were handing in. What."

The girl's bright eyes were confused: "You didn't hand over anything?"

"It's this theory of monarch and minister." Pei Ye still smiled, "Didn't Dr. Xu Chuo's have been collected once? I don't see it here."

"Yes, classmate."

".ah?"

The girl pointed to the heaviest pile and said, "This is Dr. Xu's 'Theory of Monarchs and Subjects'."

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The girl's bright eyes looked at him with some doubts. Pei Ye stopped taking out his bag and looked at the girl in front of him quietly.

"That." He was silent for a while and said, "I remember when she left her homework, she said that in the "Bayi" chapter, it is said that 'the king entrusts his ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the king with loyalty', and in 'Advanced' it says, 'do things with Taoism' "Jun', you should write it with loyalty or Tao. I don't know, classmate, how do you solve this question?"

The girl tilted her head: "There is nothing easy to answer about this question. It only has three meanings."

Pei Ye stiffened for a moment.

"The first is to examine the meaning of the scriptures. Although we say 'loyalty or Tao', in fact, they all have the same meaning in Confucius. The so-called 'ministers serve the king with loyalty' is not to flatter the monarch himself, but to govern the country based on Tao. To govern and fulfill one’s duties is to be loyal to the king.”

"In the "Zilu" chapter, Confucius said, 'If you are not good and don't violate it, won't you lose the country with just one word?', the same two principles. If you really choose one side to refute the other, it is the meaning of the classics It doesn’t make sense.”

Pei Ye was silent.

"The second is to criticize the current politics. It is said that 'serve the king with the way, and stop if you can't do it. Now you can be called a minister.' Now the political arena is turbulent. Who should be a 'official minister'? Master Xu depends on the insights of his students." "

"The third is a self-statement of emotions. These are two sentences from Confucius talking about the way to serve as a minister. From this, scholars can speak freely about whatever way they want to follow. It is a layer that widens the gap between the articles." The girl said Qingwan, " In short, the title of this article is very simple and clear, and the difference depends on how well it is written - classmate, don’t you have to hand in your homework?”

Pei Ye lowered his head in silence and took out the white paper with less than half written on it. He covered the first sentence with his hand, "Everything should be done according to the law."

The girl looked at the paper blankly for a while for the first time, then glanced at the boy's face as if to confirm, and then took it hesitantly.

"...Well," the girl said after being silent for a while, "If you give it to Master Xu, you must write down your name."

"oh oh."

Pei Ye's face was red and her ears were hot. She only heard a very small voice in the back two rows, which would never be heard by others, but could reach the ears of Six Lives cultivators: "Damn it, how can you pretend to be a fool and still strike up a conversation? !”

"Master, if you have any questions about "The Analects of Confucius" in the future, can you tell me about it before I write it." After the morning class, Pei Ye still followed Xu Chuo to the quiet room. Said in a muffled voice.

Xu Chuo looked at him suspiciously: "What?"

"There are so many twists and turns in these things." Pei Ye sighed, "I'm too stupid."

Xu Chuo looked at him again: "I didn't expect you to be so frustrated."

Pei Ye shook his head silently without saying a word.

Xu Chuo smiled lightly and opened the door: "I think you are accustomed to the sword. You want to know the classics and meanings in just a few classes. Others don't need to learn."

".Maybe."

The two walked into the room chatting, and the topic came to the carp museum case.

"The people from the Criminal Department that night can't take any more action recently." Xu Chuo said.

Pei Ye looked at her.

"If he is targeted, the assassination attempt on me two years ago will happen again immediately."

Pei Ye frowned solemnly.

"But as long as Di Jiu is here, we can leverage some normal forces, such as Dali Temple or the Sixteenth Guards." Xu Chuo scalded the tea cup and continued, "This is the reason why I asked him to take over the case - as long as the case is indeed Once it is found out, a young minister from Dali Temple is enough to push it forward to the end.”

"But I don't know how Master Di is progressing now."

"Be trustworthy when employing people."

"Um."

The two of them were quiet for a while, and Xu Chuo suddenly said, "Would you like to read your article for me?"

".Leave it to that eldest grandson classmate."

At this moment, the door was knocked politely and gently. Pei Ye answered the door and was startled to see that it was the girl who was the accomplice in the school.

With a somewhat labored expression, she held a large stack of books, and Pei Ye's page was gently and thoughtfully sandwiched between the two volumes.

The girl was a little surprised to see him here, but she shook her head and did not ask Pei Ye for help, and walked in with him in her arms.

".Young Master."

"Put it down." Xu Chuo raised his eyes, poured three cups of tea, and gestured to Pei Ye, "Just in time to introduce me, this is Taichang Qing's grandson, eldest Sun Jue, the youngest Five Classics Master in the Imperial College. Tong', he is very serious in his studies; Changsun, this is Pei Ye, he is very good with the sword. "

The two of them bowed to each other. As soon as Pei Ye raised his head, he saw that Xu Chuo had already keenly pulled out the blank paper from the pile of folding papers.

"Is this yours?"

"Yes." Pei Ye used his zhenqi to avoid the heat and drank the tea in one sip. He said politely, "Master, there is another class over there in the afternoon, so I will go there first."

"Go ahead."

Pei Ye rushed out of the door.

"Is it so unsightly?" With only two people left, Xu Chuo unfolded the page with a smile, glanced at it twice and smiled, "It seems that he has indeed read Mencius."

Changsun Jue looked curiously, and Xu Chuo signaled to her the young man's "extraordinary evidence."

Changsun Jue nodded hesitantly, but saw that Xu Chuo calmed down after laughing. He looked at these words quietly with his eyebrows and remained silent for a long time.

Changsun Jue rarely saw this overly beautiful face showing such an expression as if he were leaning on a railing and looking into the distance. It was usually calm and calm, with a light smile.

After a long time, the woman closed the page and sighed softly: "It's so good, the sword-eyed Snow God, the words can't be concealed. It should be like this. This article is selected as exquisite, and it can be passed on to the school."

Changsun Jue was stunned, not expecting such a comment, but he saw Xu Chuo handing it to her: "The whole thing is filled with all the different things he did. Just look at the first and last two sentences, that's his emotions."

Changsun Jue lowered his head and looked, it was: "You should treat each other as different from each other and do not seek each other."

The girl was stunned for a moment.

But the next moment when the room was quiet, she suddenly noticed a heart-stopping silence.

"No more transmission." Xu Chuo looked at the last page and calmly corrected himself, "If the writing is unclear, I will be punished by copying it ten times."

Changsun Jue was completely stunned, and then he turned his attention to the "name tag" that the boy behind him had cleverly added.

"Pei Ye discusses Confucius's way of kings and ministers."

"——Submit to industry master, Xu Chu."