Xiaqingshan

鸿渐

Don't use Qianlong

Xuanwu Avenue runs from east to west, and the innermost house belonged to a family named He many years ago, but during the Five Kings Rebellion, the whole He family died for the country.Later, when it came to the dynasty, the house had already been refurbished and divided into two smaller houses, which were used for other purposes.Arranged by the Queen Mother, Li Zishen lived at the western end of Xuanwu Street.

There is a plaque hanging on this house, but there is no word on it, and the door is not too big, and it has nothing to do with the word "magnificence" in the capital. No one who passes by will think that this is the place where the emperor's grand tutor lives.

Last night there was an urgent report from the south, Li Zishen went to the palace overnight to discuss matters.The carriage that came to pick him up when he was going out was going too fast, and bumped into the night watchman in the city, and the lamp in his hand fell to the ground.

The little servant Ping An told Li Zishen about this when he came back the next day, and Li Zishen was naturally upset, and asked Ping An to buy it separately and send it to the night watchman tonight, and he must apologize.

After saying this, he said that he would stay overnight in the palace for the next few days and he would not be able to come back. He told him to pay attention to the lights of the doors, windows and candles on Christmas Eve, and left in a hurry after explaining.

He met Ping An by chance after he became the Taifu.That day, Ping An's father wanted to sell him to be a slave, and abruptly dragged him away who was secretly listening under the window of the private school.Li Zishen couldn't see the suffering in front of him, so he stretched out his hand to stop the old father, gave money, and brought Ping An back.

Seeing that he was bought back by Li Zishen, the young child was already disheartened and accepted the fate of being a slave to others.However, when he returned to the house at the west end of Xuanwu Street, Pingan was wondering which high-ranking official in Beijing could live here, and he heard the person in front of him say that he would be in charge of the house in the future.

There are very few people living here, except for them, there are only servants who cook and clean, and the guards, all of whom live in another small courtyard.Li Zishen asked Ping An's name, arranged a place for him, and said that Ping An could read in the study in the future, as long as he helped organize the books and papers.The rest of the things are gone here too.You don't have to regard yourself as a humble person, if you have to say it, you are the book boy who lives here.

The young man thought that he would never have the chance to study again, but Li Zishen gave him another chance in a blink of an eye.He didn't dare to ask other questions, not even Li Zishen's identity, for fear that such an opportunity would be lost in vain.Kneeling on the ground, choked up and wanted to cry, but Li Zishen didn't want Li Zishen to think that he was a childish child, so he gritted his teeth and held back the tears.

Li Zishen noticed his trembling shoulders, stepped forward and squatted down, and gently touched the top of Ping An's head.

"Get up, don't kneel in the future."

Later when Ping An waited for the carriages in the palace to arrive at the gate of the house, they found out that Li Zishen was only a weak crown at that time, and he was already the crown prince and grand tutor.Li Zishen seldom interacts with other dignitaries in Beijing, and usually reads and writes at home, or meditates.

Li Zishen often wears black clothes when he is not in the palace. It is said that this is his habit for many years.Every morning, Li Zishen would get up early to practice martial arts. He seldom wore silk and satin on his upper body. He often wore shoes on his bare feet and went out to meet his friends to play chess with his hair untied.Over the past few years, the neighbors only knew that there was a Taoist leader living here, but did not know Li Zishen's other identities.

After Li Zishen entered the palace, Ping An found the night watchman from last night, handed over the new lantern to him, and apologized: I was in such a hurry yesterday that I broke your lantern unexpectedly. This is my young master's compensation to you Yes, I hope to forgive you.

The night watchman didn't expect that someone would come to pay for it, so he asked, where is your lord?

Ping An thought about it and said that my son is just an ordinary person.

Li Zishen can be regarded as a teacher that the young emperor respects very much. As soon as the urgent report from the southern border arrived in the palace, he summoned the young and old masters to the palace to discuss matters.

This matter cannot be delayed.

This year there is an unusual amount of rain, last year's harvest was not good, and the southern border is a land of many rivers, lakes and swamps.Li Changying issued an order early on to prevent flooding, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has already allocated the money.Unexpectedly, the officials working below embezzled silver taels privately.Not only was the embankment not strengthened, but the situation was concealed after the refugees became disasters.Later, from the area most affected by the disaster, someone suddenly rose up, seized the local barracks, and formed an insurrectionist.

When the imperial court received the urgent report, the rebels had already headed towards Canglan City in the south. Several urgent reports ran on the road and killed several fast horses and sent them to the capital. Canglan City was actually captured.

Li Changying, the emperor, is really troublesome.It wasn't long before the Queen Mother finished her political training, and all the ministers in the court were against him, and the people below didn't see the little emperor in the same way as his wise and powerful father.When the civil official group united to fight against the emperor, the majestic emperor did not seem to have a good time.

He studied with the Taifu, went to court to listen to politics, and was smart, and he was already at the age of some ideas.However, several other grand scholars in the cabinet still often objected, wanting to manipulate the young emperor.

Li Changying was so angry that she had to call Li Changying and Xu Shoufu into the palace.

Xu Shoufu is old and not very familiar with military affairs. Li Changying called him here mainly because he wanted him to negotiate with other ministers. At this time, it is time to jointly resist the rebels, resettle the refugees, and comfort the hearts of the people.

Li Zishen had also learned some art of war when he was in the division. Now that he saw the map and the location of Canglan City, he suddenly found that Canglan was actually very close to Mount Gaotu.

How could a group of little refugees seize the barracks and capture Canglan City in the south?However, if there are people who help each other, it is not impossible to win more with less, like a god.

But such a person... who would it be?

That night, Li Zishen stayed in the palace, where he lived in Wenhua Hall.

He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he got up and found a lamp and lit it again.He seldom calculates destiny and human affairs, one is because Xu Daogan didn't teach him much, and the other is because he had a serious illness a few years ago, and before that, he was depressed and lingering in the sickness for a long time. root cause.Divination is to spy on the secrets of the sky, and it must affect the body and reduce the life expectancy. He still has unfinished business, and he does not want to be so terminally ill.In addition, his nature only wants to hold fate in his own hands, and does not believe in the predestined destiny.

However, this night, he got up alone and made a fortune.

It was not himself, not Li Changying, not the current war, but a person.

A person who should have been on Mount Gaotu.

The day Li Zishen left Gaotu Mountain was his 19th birthday.

That morning, he went to Xu Dao's dry room and knelt on the ground to bid farewell to his master.

"Master's kindness can no longer be repaid in this life, but people who practice the Tao don't worry about the afterlife, feel guilty, but don't want to look back. Zishen doesn't demand forgiveness from the master. From now on, no matter when and where, never talk about the master to others The door, the consequences of this body are borne by one person, and it will never affect a single cent of Guanzhong."

After Li Zishen finished speaking, he kowtowed three times to Xu Daoqian, fell on the ground, and did not get up for a long time.

Xu Daoqian knew he couldn't persuade him, so he waved his hand to get him up.

"I know I can't persuade you, but after you go down the mountain, no one will protect you anymore, do you understand?"

"clear."

"Zi Shen, Zi Shen...I named you this name for your father. Today is the decision you made after thinking about it yourself. From now on... you can only bear it yourself."

"Zishen understands."

Xu Daoqian sighed, looked at Li Zishen, bowed to him again, and left the room.

Zishen, Zishen, why can't you really be "shen" and put yourself in your heart and forget about the rest?

If you live less than a hundred years, you often worry about a thousand years old.Worry comes and goes, and I forget myself.

After several hours, the second disciple Song Huaijin returned from the back mountain, and Li Zishen had already gone down the mountain alone.

"Today is brother's birthday. I picked fresh bamboo shoots from the back mountain, and I'm going to cook soup." Song Huaijin was the turn to cook that day, and he went into the mountains to find fresh ingredients, hoping to make a stew for his brother. Pot of good soup.Unexpectedly, he wanted to go back to Baiyun Temple, but Xu Daogen said no, your senior brother has already gone down the mountain.

Song Huaijin was stunned immediately, as if he had an answer in his heart for a moment, but he was unwilling to face it, turned around and lowered his head and said, "Brother has gone down the mountain, when he comes back, the soup will be ready."

Xu Daoqian knew that he was lucky, so he said: He will not come back.

Having said that, the old Taoist sighed.

Song Huaijin wanted to cry, but couldn't cry.He gritted his teeth, recalling that he was fine when he got up early in the morning, and that his senior brother told him to be careful before entering the mountain, but now that he thinks about it, it's not just to take care of him, but more like an order before leaving.

It's just that Song Huaijin pretended to give her senior brother a surprise, but she didn't even say a birthday blessing, so she entered the back mountain early.

Why is it today?

Why is it today?

He would practice martial arts with his senior brother every day, if it wasn't for today's birthday, when the senior brother was about to leave, he would definitely be watching.

A voice in Song Huaijin's heart kept telling him: he's gone after all, he doesn't want you anymore, he doesn't want you anymore!

He couldn't help clenching the rope of the back basket tightly in his hands. When Song Huaijin came back to his senses, his eyes were already red, his teeth were clenched, and his figure was trembling.

Seeing this, the master slapped him over, causing him to temporarily lose consciousness.Xu Daoqian had already reminded Li Zishen to take care of this junior brother, since he was brought back, this kid is stubborn, so he needs to take good care of him.However, Xu Daogan was wrong. What Song Huaijin wanted was not the kind care of his senior brother.

Li Zishen can give him a lot like an elder, but what he wants most is what Li Zishen cannot give.

Yeah, they all did all the things they were supposed to do.How to ask for more?But it just happened, it just happened to be a little bit worse.

After the hexagram was finished, Li Zishen suddenly felt his head go numb, and something suddenly rushed up in his chest, and when he realized it, he felt a fishy sweetness in his mouth.

Whether everything seems to be a bit late.

he asked himself silently.

Today's hexagram, Hongjian, is still the beginning.But Li Zishen understood that it was already too late.

The author has something to say:

It was written indiscriminately, and the plot of raising troops should not be taken too seriously.