My apprentice is a little weird?

Jiang Yan raised his wine cup with an exaggerated expression:

"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk to me about any profound matters. I never had any other intentions when I discussed worldly affairs with you that time. I just treated you as a friend and used that to enlighten and advise you."

"After all, friends are there to chat about anything and everything."

"As for what you thought of, understood, and did through my words, none of that has anything to do with me."

Xin Lai was stunned for a moment, then looked at him with a smile in his eyes and stopped talking about this topic.

He raised the wine and clinked glasses with Jiang Yan.

"Okay, let's not talk about this~"

bang~

Gudong Gudong~

"Shh~ This wine... is really good..."

"How did you manage to turn the mild and fragrant bamboo leaf wine into the spicy and sour chili pepper? You are such a genius!"

Jiang Yan used a mask of pain to express his feelings at the moment.

Xin Lai wasn't in a much better condition either. He hadn't even finished his drink when his face turned red from the spiciness.

It took a while to calm down.

"Huh~ Isn't this just to deal with you~"

"Haha, thank you and your whole family..."

…………

The two of them clinked cups and drank together facing the bright moon.

At this moment, they had already had three rounds of drinks, and facing Xin Lai alone, Jiang Yan's mouth was completely opened.

I can also talk about the joys and sorrows I encountered along the way.

Xin Lai listened silently, sometimes laughing, sometimes frowning worriedly. He also enjoyed listening to what Jiang Yan had experienced outside in the past three years.

The moonlight sprinkled down like a veil, illuminating the two people drinking under the window. It was hazy and a little dreamy, like a beautiful painting.

.........

Late at night... all is quiet...

Jiang Yan leaned on the table with one hand supporting his forehead, his expression calm and a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"You want to drink me down... Even if I don't cheat, you can't... Don't even think about drinking me down~"

Xin Lai was lying on the table in a somewhat embarrassed manner, seemingly unconscious...

The table under the two of them was filled with empty wine jars~

And there are five or six unopened jars in the corner.

Xin Lai didn't move his head or open his eyelids, but he raised his hands and shook them weakly in claw-like shapes.

"Drink...drink...drink..."

"Haha~ Drink your ass off! If you can stand up now, I will do it right here! Give me this plate!"

Snap!

Xin Lai stood up, his eyes bright and blazing.

Jiang Yan silently swallowed the words in his mouth and burped.

"What did you just say?"

"You're so handsome, oh yeah"

Xin Lai waved his hand with a vague expression.

"So what if I'm handsome~ I'm not a perfect person anymore, so what... I'm a useless person now..."

As he said this, he fell back into his original position.

After hearing this, there was no trace of apology on Jiang Yan's face. He opened his sleepy eyes, tilted his head slightly, and just looked at him.

"So what if I'm useless~So what if I'm perfect? ​​Isn't this your own choice?"

Xin Lai covered his head in some pain:

"Wasteland... Very good. After becoming a wasteland... I can finally feel the state of mind of the saint you mentioned..."

"The mind is free from distractions... nothing is attached to anything... unity of knowledge and action... governing the country with reason... laws are impartial..."

"I am where I am today because of this... I never felt any regret at that time~"

"Because... I personally felt the happiness of the so-called saint's state of mind... the feeling of seeing through everything... the feeling of being the only one sober while everyone else is drunk~ hehe..."

"But I regret it... I regret it now~"

Jiang Yan looked at him with interest, holding his chin with one hand, and his tender red lips, which were tinged by the wine, moved up and down.

"Becoming a useless person is indeed the fastest way to reach the state of mind of a saint, but this is too direct and will completely cut off one's own desires~"

"That means you can't turn back~ But you've experienced it before, so it's not a big problem~"

"But if you use your heart as a perfect person to follow your conscience, and finally follow your heart, this is called the unity of knowledge and action. You are still a little short of it."

"But if we do this, we will eventually return to nothingness and tranquility, which is actually quite good~"

Xin Lai's body stopped shaking, and his eyes became as indifferent as snow, icy cold and biting.

There were no more emotional fluctuations in it.

Then he slowly sat up straight, raised his right hand, opened and clenched his five fingers one by one, without showing any expression on his face.

"Very good?~"

"Jiang Yan~ I can't remember how much blood is on my hands~"

“But I knew I had to do it, and I struggled, and I did it.”

"Faced with the mountain of books in the royal family, I knew I had to study. It was boring, but I did it."

"When I was weak, I needed to practice martial arts to strengthen myself. It was very painful, but I did it."

"When I was not yet firmly established and my family was captured by the eunuch family, I knew I had to abandon them. I was in pain, but I did it."

"I was already too drunk to even stand up, but I knew I should continue chatting with you, so I did."

"I can control my body with clear thoughts. I also know what I should do at every moment, and I will complete it without distraction, without being disturbed by any external stimuli or any inner emotions."

"Until it is completed, wait for new "knowledge", and then complete it..."

Xin talked to himself, then turned to look at Jiang Yan.

"Is this what you call the unity of knowledge and action? Is this the realm that Mr. Wang Yangming reached?"

Jiang Yan looked a little dazed, his eyes blurred, as if he was lost in his own thoughts. His black hair spread out like a waterfall, hanging down in front of the table.

"Don't ask me, I don't know~ It's just another story in my mouth~"

Xin Lai paused for a moment, his expression remained the same, his eyes slightly fixed, without a trace of emotion on his face.

"It was you who painted that splendid picture for me, and it was you who talked endlessly about that magnificent history. The characters in it were so dazzling that I couldn't believe that this was just a story from your mouth."

"Pfft~ Stories are just stories~ Have you looked through the history of Sanyuan? Have you found a similar one? No, so these are just stories I made up to cheer you up~"

Jiang Yan looked at him with amusement, and Xin Lai blinked lightly and didn't ask any more questions.

A voice inside him told him at this moment to stop and stop asking questions.

So he shut up, and even if he wanted to know, he would still keep his mouth shut.

He was already trapped in those four words Jiang Yan~

"I feel that this is not the unity of knowledge and action that Mr. Wang Yangming talked about. I am now like a controlled zombie, following instructions at every step, without making any mistakes or any disturbances."

"It is difficult for a perfect person to achieve unity of knowledge and action because worldly desires are too numerous and affect people's hearts."

"And I cut off my sexual desires, which naturally avoided most distractions."

"But after doing this, I found that my spirit, without the interference of lust, gradually lost its vitality."

"External stimuli have less and less impact on my emotions. It's hard for me to feel joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness~"

Having said this, Xin Lai paused slightly, then reached out for the wine jug and took a big gulp.

"Even when I first met you, I could only feel very few emotions~"