Be a master through ancient times

This punch is no less effective than stabbing a hornet's nest.The surrounding scholars immediately talked about it.

As the saying goes, a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands.They are scholars, and they call themselves gentlemen on weekdays. How can anyone beat someone if they disagree?

The scholar who was beaten had a look of disbelief at first, and then burst into anger. He was about to come up and tear up Chu Ci, but the people around him immediately pulled him to comfort him.

Chu Ci stood there with a sneer, then bent down to pick up the few books, and dusted the dirt on them with his hands.

"People must humiliate themselves and others will humiliate them. I hope you will remember today's lesson and don't try to stand up for others." After he finished speaking, he went to the county school.

The scholar's chest heaved violently, seeing everyone looking at him thoughtfully, he suddenly felt completely humiliated.With a loud cry, he broke away from the others, clenched his fists and ran towards Chuci.

Chu Ci was caught off guard, and when he heard the exclamation and looked back, his fist had already reached the door.He only had time to curse you in his heart, and the rest he could only close his eyes and accept the fist kiss.

Chu Ci couldn't feel the pain on his face for a long time. He opened his eyes and saw a hand stretched out from behind him, pinching the scholar's fist.

This hand looked vigorous and powerful, and the scholar's face was twisted when he squeezed it, he almost cried out in pain.

Chu Ci's face was pressed against the man's arm, and a wave of heat was transmitted along his arm through the clothes. It seemed that if he got closer, he could feel the beating of the pulse above.

Chu Ci hurriedly turned around, but bumped into the man's arms because he was standing too close.Chu Ci took a step back in a calm manner, and cupped his hands in a bow: "Thank you, brother, for your generous help. I am very grateful."

"It's okay, it's just a matter of raising your hands." The man's voice sounded like the morning bell in the academy, dull but sweet.

Chu Ci raised his head, and only then did he see the man's appearance clearly.Two sword-shaped eyebrows fly into the temples, a pair of deep eyes, a nose like gall, and a thin upper lip.There is a scar on the side of his face, but this scar not only does not affect his appearance, but makes him more masculine.

For a moment, Chu Ci seemed to see a general in heavy armor, but when he looked closely, he was in ordinary clothes, and his eyes looking at Chu Ci were gentle and calm.

"Brother Tai raised his hand to save me from the pain of flesh and blood, which is already a lot of kindness to me. I am writing Chu Ci, and I have not yet crowned the name. Dare I ask Xiongtai Gao's name?"

"Don't dare to take it, I'm Kou Jing, and I'm silent."

"But the Jing of 'Shi Chu Jing, Respect the Elderly and the Noble'?" Chu Ci asked.

"It's quiet." Kou Jing explained.

Kou Jing came to the county school today because of his little nephew.When he returned home from the military camp a few days ago, the first thing he did was to pay respects to his parents and sister at the ancestral grave.

His sister's beauty was unlucky, and only her little nephew's blood was left behind.According to his sister's last words, his little nephew had to stay in Yuanshan County for three years before returning to the capital.

During this period, studies must not be interrupted.

Although his family can hire a teacher to teach alone, Kou Jing thinks it would be better for him to have classmates.So early this morning, he went to the county school to visit his former husband, hoping that the county school would allow his nephew to enroll.

His husband, who is now the head of the mountain, asked Kou Jing to wait for him because another guest came suddenly.

Kou Jing sat for a while, then walked around and looked around, thinking that he had stayed here for a long time back then.Regarding the present matter, he has actually been listening to it from the very beginning, but don't listen to it, it's not easy for him to come out.Moreover, the scholar seemed to be able to fight the Confucianists with his tongue, and he didn't need others to say anything for him.

Seeing that this eloquent scholar was about to suffer, he acted rashly.

The two of them chatted happily, but the scholar Zhu Jie who was grabbed by the hand quit.

"Who are you? Why do you help him deal with me? We don't need you, an outsider, to take care of our county school! Get lost!"

"Zhu Jie, don't talk nonsense! This is the son of Mr. Kou, a 16-year Jinshi in Xian Jiayou, and he also studied in the county school." An old man with a serious face came out.

Kou Jing used to be a Juren, but unfortunately because of the scar on her face, she couldn't take the exam after all.He could have gone home and become a dignified gentleman, but the young man's ambition did not allow him to spend his days idle, so he abandoned his pen and joined the army and became a military household.

With the development of the Wei Dynasty to the present, it has placed more emphasis on civility than military affairs, and Kou Jing's choice seems to them to be self-willed and depraved.The chief examiner of the rural examination saw that this student had no literati character, so he dismissed him with a swipe of a pen.Therefore, when Director Kong Shan introduced it, he did not mention this matter.

Kou Jing let Zhu Jie go, turned around and confessed to Kong Shanchang: "Jing was rude in a hurry, and I hope you will forgive me."

"It's none of your business. You acted in time to prevent the situation from getting worse. You two, come in and talk to me." Kong Shanzhang looked at Zhu Jie and Chu Ci angrily, and dared to call Zhu Jie and Chu Ci at the gate of the county school. Get up, it's really insulting!

Kong Shanchang walked in front, looking very angry with his hands behind his back.Zhu Jie snorted and walked ahead, presumably he wanted the villain to file a complaint first.Chu Ci smiled wryly, it seemed that he was mostly at fault for this matter, but he didn't regret what he did by himself at all.

Kou Jing glanced at Chu Ci, then pointed at a building beside the stone bridge, seemingly casually.

Chu Ci followed his hand and looked there, and found that it was a tower with a hexagonal column shape, small holes on it, and traces of burning around it.The whole tower looks simple and simple, and it seems to have been around for many years.

What kind of tower is this?Chu Ci frowned at first, then he had a flash of inspiration, looked at the book in his hand, and suddenly smiled, he understood.

"Thank you very much." Chu Ci opened his mouth and expressed his thanks to Kou Jing.

Kou Jing smiled and nodded slightly towards Chu Ci.As he saw, the scholar was indeed very intelligent.

Director Kong Shan led them into a classroom, then lifted his robe and sat down in front of the classroom, "Why did you two fight?"

"Shan Zhang, the student just argued with this surnamed Chu, who would have thought that he would not be able to refute, so he would attack someone. Look at my face, I let him beat me. Not only that, but he also taunted me after hurting someone, The students are really angry, so they want to fight back." Zhu Jie changed his previous arrogance and became a little white flower in front of the head of the mountain.

"Chu Ci, is there such a thing?" Kong Shanzhang didn't directly draw a conclusion, he turned his head to look at Chu Ci who was standing aside, wanting to hear his answer.

"The head of the mountain is polite." Chu Ci bowed his hands first, "It is true that the students started what happened today. The teacher once taught us to treat people with sincerity, so the students would not dare to lie to the head of the mountain. However, to find out the reason , but it’s not like what brother Zhu said just now, it’s for a moment of emotion, but for another hidden reason.” After Chu Ci finished speaking, he looked at Master Kong Shan respectfully, waiting for his permission.

"Tell me slowly." Kong Shanchang's face turned pale, and his tone became more gentle.

"Yes, please take a look at these books first." Chu Ci took the books in his hand and placed them on the desk next to Kong Shanchang.

""The Analects", "Mencius", "The Book of Songs", you can still keep reading the books at home now, that's good." Kong Shan stroked his long beard with a satisfied look on his face, and when he turned to the back, his face suddenly darkened: " Hey, why is this page so filthy? How can you be so careless?"

These books are regarded as sacred scriptures by those who read them, and Kong Shanchang is no exception.He found that the book was stained, and he was in a bad mood all of a sudden.

"Students disagree with Master Shan's words." Chu Ci expressed aggrieved expression, "Students have always cherished the pages of books and never dared to damage or make them dirty. Students remember the teachings of the teacher when they entered school, and always 'respect the paper', Don’t dare to forget. Even if the family is poor, the students don’t dare to use the waste paper after practicing calligraphy every day. Every once in a while, they will go to the library tower and burn it. How dare the students insult the book of the sage? ?”

The Ziku Tower is also known as "Xi Zi Pavilion" and "Burning Zi Furnace". There is one in every town.Even some rich people's homes will enshrine such a one.Naturally, the county school also has it, just beside the stone bridge not far from the entrance, for the students of the county school to burn manuscripts.

"Then what are these books?"

"Student Ben was talking to Brother Qi and Brother He in front of the door. The two of them misunderstood the student. It was only after the student confessed to them that they cleared up their misunderstanding about me. Just as the two of them were about to apologize to the student, Brother Zhu suddenly rushed The general came up and wanted to make a move. Regardless of the student holding the book of the sage in his arms, he knocked the books to the ground and made them fall into a filthy place. The student was frightened and angry, and just moved his hands on Brother Zhu. Now that I think about it, the student really I was too impulsive, I should have handed over this disrespectful person to the head of the mountain, please punish the head of the mountain." Chu Ci said with a face of shame.

Zhu Jie's face instantly became ugly, this Chu Ci is really eloquent!

But the one with the worst expression was Kong Shanzhang. He looked at Zhu Jie fixedly, and said in a deep voice, "Is there such a thing?"

"Student... The student didn't know that he was holding these books in his hand before. I... I thought it was his own homework."

"Snapped--"

Kong Shan slapped the table: "Absurd, even if it is his own homework, you can't knock it down! When you first entered school, the enlightened teacher should have taught you to respect the writing paper and never forget the past. The merits of man-made characters! After entering the county school, your husband will take you to the character bank tower to burn manuscripts once a year, where have you read all your books?"

Zhu Jie's complexion was pale, and he hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed: "Students dare not forget the teacher's instruction! What happened today is my mistake. Please don't be angry with the head of the mountain. I will apologize to him right away."

He thought that if Chu Ci was the first to attack today, he would be punished, but who would have thought that Chu Ci would get involved in that, and now he is the one who steals the chicken and loses nothing.

"Brother Chu, I was obsessed with ghosts and polluted the book of sages in the next moment. Please forgive me for once, my lord."

His attitude was very low, and he thought: If Chu Ci is still aggressive, Kong Shanchang will definitely think that he is a narrow-minded villain.

How could Chu Ci be fooled?

He smiled lightly and said: "Brother Zhu doesn't need to apologize to me, as long as you can remember the admonition of the head of the mountain today. Of course, I also have to apologize for beating you, because Chu Ci was impulsive."

Chu Ci's good demeanor made Zhu Jie even more vulgar, and Kong Shanchang's favor for Chu Ci inevitably increased a lot. It's a pity that this son has never worshiped him, otherwise, with his boldness, he will surely be able to do so in the future. Make a career out of it.

Director Kong Shan made a summary, and finally asked Zhu Jie to copy all the books that were polluted today, and then went to the Ziku Tower to burn them to plead guilty.As for Chu Ci, although impulsive, it was to protect the saint, so he was not punished.

Zhu Jie was punished listlessly, but inside he held a grudge against today's shame.He secretly glared at Chu Ci, his eyes full of threats.

Chu Ci said that he was not afraid of him at all, and he could use any tricks, and he would write Chu characters upside down if he could not kill him!

When the matter came to an end, Shan Chang and Kou Jing went to the study, and Chu Ci went to his husband to ask about poetry and fu.