Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Getaway
This is how learning begins.
Chu people have their own language and poetry, which are different from those of the countries in the Central Plains.Although Chu people claimed to be Zhuanxu Gaoyang, since King Wu of Chu established himself as king, he expressed the intention of fighting against the king of Zhou.But apart from his own domestic contacts, as a child of a nobleman, the first thing he should learn is Zhou Lilu poetry.
To study poetry is to start with "Poetry".
Miyue also learned some poems from Juji since she was a child, but she picked some short and easy-to-remember poems such as "Guanju", "Taoyao" and "Green Clothes", and they all recited them in Chu dialect. .When it was time to formally learn poetry from Qu Yuan, he had to start from the beginning.
The first thing to learn is Yayan, which is the language used by Zhou Tianzi Zhiji.This is the official language of communication between various countries, and it is good to start learning it around the age of ten. If it is earlier, children's ability to distinguish is low, and it is easy to confuse the dialect with the mother tongue.
What is being taught now is the first group of "Daya", a group of "Wen Wang Zhi Shi", a total of ten chapters, which describe the achievements of King Wen. This is Zhou people's praise of the ancestors of the Zhou family who created the king's career in different ways. In the end, it always comes down to So far as King Wen of Zhou.To learn this group of poems, one is to learn elegant dialect, and the other is to learn the history of how the Zhou people built their country.
Twelve sentences were taught on the first day: "Mianmian melons. The people are born from the soil and paint. The ancient father Danfu, Tao Fu Taoxue, did not have a family. The ancient father Danfu came to court. He led the west. Water Margin, as for Qixia. Yuan and Jiang Nu, Yu came to Xu Yu." Qu Yuan explained, talking about the ancestor of the Zhou people, Gugong Danfu, who led his tribe from Juqi to Qishan, married the Jiang people, and looked for a place to live. the meaning of.The content of these few sentences is very simple. Let me give a rough explanation. The point is to teach a few disciples to recite them repeatedly and correct their accents.
Mi Yue is a quick learner.The empresses and concubines in the Chu Palace were all from different countries, and the smart ones learned the Chu dialect early on, but Chu dialect was different from other countries, some with poor tongues were ashamed to pronounce strange accents, and most of them still used elegant dialects.
In such a few months, she has almost learned the "Daya" chapter. Miyue buried her head in the study and never let go of the scroll. She has an almost crazy enthusiasm for learning, and she can't wait to memorize all the bamboo slips she can find in her mind overnight. Going, even walking on the road, I often bumped into the pillars several times because of holding a scroll and studying hard.
She studied so hard, but Huang Xie was very unhappy.
Boys at this age have already begun to be interested in girls, but the way of expression is different, some are by bullying little girls to let people remember him, some are courting little girls.
Huang Xie has always been smart since he was a child, and his family has high hopes. He studied under Qu Yuan's school, and he is very sensible.Although he and Miyue met for the first time was not very pleasant, but when he learned that she was a little girl, his anger was already calmed down, and even from then on, he secretly paid attention to this unique little princess.
When he learned that the king had passed away and that she had lived in Li Palace, he couldn't help but worry about her fate.It's a pity that he is just a student of Qu Zi, and he has no ability in this palace, so he worries in vain, but there is nothing he can do.When he saw Mi Yue at Nanxun Terrace, he was really ecstatic at that moment.
Qu Zi accepted her, and she could be with him often in the future. Thinking of this, that day, the little boy was so excited that he lost sleep.
However, the next day, he found out aggrievedly that he was so excited and looking forward to this day, he had thought of many things to say to her, thought of many games to make her happy, but for her, his own It seems that it doesn't exist.
She comes every day, meets each other, salutes, and after saying "senior brother", she ignores him. Apart from burying her eyes in the scroll, she looks at Qu Zi and asks him. was ignored by her.She studied so hard and progressed so quickly, but in her life, it seemed that there was nothing else that could interest her other than these.
Huang Xie was very unhappy, Huang Xie was very unwilling, he wanted to do something so that she could see him in her eyes.When she came, he guided her, prepared a few cases for her, grinded ink for her, sharpened the small carving knife for her, and laid out the bamboo slips for her. She just nodded indifferently and ignored him.
The weather was hot, he fanned her, brought her spring water, and lowered the curtain for her, all she got in return was her voice without raising her head: "Don't block my light."
Huang Xie finally broke out.
Seeing that Qu Yuan was not around that day, he pulled her away to a place where there was no one around, and asked, "What do you mean?"
Without raising her eyebrows, Mi Yue said indifferently, "What do you mean?"
Huang Xie poured out all the depression these days as if venting: "Do you think you are a princess, so you can ignore people like this? Can you ignore people like this and bully people like this?"
Mi Yue frowned and said: "You are so inexplicable, who bullied you? Don't make trouble for no reason."
Huang Xie was so angry that he pushed her hard and said, "You are so rude! Let me ask you, who sorted out your bamboo slips, who sharpened your carving knife, who served you water, and who If I set up the curtain for you, can you pretend you didn't see it?"
Mi Yue said coldly: "Who asked you to do it? I never asked you to do it?"
Huang Xie was so angry that he pointed at Mi Yue with trembling fingers and said, "You...you..."
Mi Yue turned around and said, "I'll leave if I have nothing to do, I still have a lot of homework to do!"
Huang Xiewan didn't expect that his usual thoughts would be so ignored by others, and he even said it face to face.After all, she is a child. At this time, she felt that she was being bullied, and she just wanted to get rid of the indifference and pride in her eyes, and said indiscriminately: "Hmph, schoolwork, schoolwork, do you think you are a boy, do you think you are Is it useful to learn these?"
Mi Yue was already about to leave, but when she heard this, she stopped, turned her head to look at Huang Xie and said, "Whether it's useful or not, what does it have to do with you? If you don't work hard, you're looking for me, aren't you?"
Huang Xie snorted and said, "You're just a girl, what do you do after learning so hard, don't tell me you still want to be a female doctor or female minister when you grow up?"
Mi Yue said coldly: "Although I can't be a doctor or a minister, my younger brother can be a doctor, a minister or even a king. If I finish my studies, I can assist him."
Huang Xie snorted, turned his head and said: "Your brother is not a fool. He wants to be a doctor, a minister, and a king, so he relies on his own efforts. From ancient times to the present, he has never had a husband. He relies on his own efforts. Based on my sister's talent."
Mi Yue was annoyed, and said: "Even if others have never done it, what's wrong with doing it myself?"
Huang Xie let out a sigh and said, "No matter how good you are, no matter how well you learn, can you take your brother's place in battle and kill the enemy? Or can you take your brother's place in the government?"
Mi Yue was taken aback for a moment, and said: "When he grows up, he will naturally be able to fight the enemy and establish a government. At that time, I will be his counselor and manage the fief for him. What's wrong?"
Huang Xie laughed and said: "How old are you and how old is your younger brother? By the time your younger brother can make meritorious service and become a knight, I'm afraid you will have married and had children long ago."
Mi Yue was taken aback for a moment, then turned her head angrily and said, "I don't want to marry."
Huang Xie curled his lips and said, "The marriage of a man and a woman is a relationship between heaven and earth."
Mi Yue stamped her feet and said, "I just don't want to marry, can you control me?"
Huang Xie said old-fashionedly: "I can't control it, but others will. Your brother will grow up in the future, he will make his own decisions, and will not listen to you forever."
Mi Yue raised her eyebrows and said, "Dare he?"
Huang Xie said: "He doesn't dare now, but he will become a great husband in the future, become a high official, and take a stand on the battlefield, how can he listen to a woman again? He has ministers and servants, how can he be made to obey a woman words?"
Mi Yue was stunned for a moment, she seemed to be a little stunned, then suddenly woke up, and said angrily, "What's none of your business?"
Huang Xie, however, became more and more complacent and said, "In the future, when your younger brother grows up, he will govern by himself. You will marry and obey your husband, and follow your husband to fief the land. But what you are learning now is not what normal women learn. Learn yourself to be a husband, how can your future husband like you?"
Mi Yue gritted her teeth, and said: "I am a princess, how can my husband-in-law control me?"
Huang Xie shook his head and said, "I heard that all princesses want to marry other countries."
Mi Yue said angrily: "You are not ashamed, at such a young age, you open your mouth to marry and close your mouth to get married."
When Huang Xie was told by Miyue, Fang realized this, blushed, and said stubbornly: "You can't say anything about me, so you use your words to be unreasonable."
Mi Yue said, "You're the one who makes excuses."
The next thing is the children's chezhilu talk, which is nothing more than "you are wrong" and "you are wrong". After a while, Miyue became impatient. Seeing that Huang Xie was unprepared, she pushed him to the ground, Pressed up, he said triumphantly: "If you admit defeat, if you don't admit defeat, I won't let you get up."
Huang Xie gritted his teeth and said, "No, you're cheating."
Mi Yue said: "Don't you know what it means to be a soldier who never tires of cheating?"
Huang Xie refused to accept it, and tried his best to overturn her and climb up. The two pushed each other. For some reason, Huang Xie's nose hit Miyue's head, and blood came out immediately.
Huang Xie was stunned, and Mi Yue touched her head. Although she also felt the pain, she was also shocked when she saw Huang Xie's face covered with blood.
The two of you looked at me and I looked at you, and were stunned for a while.Mi Yue suddenly became frightened, jumped up and ran away in a hurry.
She ran very far in one breath, and then stopped panting, but she was a little scared, and comforted herself: "It's okay, he will be fine." On the other hand, she couldn't help being afraid and said: "He's bleeding, Will he die?"
In this way, he was afraid that Huang Xie would die if he was injured, and at the same time he was afraid that if he ran back, he would be punished by his master. After conflicting for a long time, he slipped back quietly and hid by the door, but he could hear Qu Yuan talking to Huang Xie inside.
Qu Yuan covered Huang Xie's forehead with a silk handkerchief dipped in water, let the blood flow gradually stop, and asked him: "Zi Xie, you have always been well-behaved, why did you have to provoke her today?"
Huang Xie admitted honestly: "Master, I was wrong."
Qu Yuan said: "You never answered my question."
In the room, Huang Xie frowned, as if he couldn't find the reason for saying that, after thinking for a while, he said: "I just don't like her now..."
Qu Yuan asked, "So what about her current state?"
Outside the house, Mi Yue also held her breath, wanting to hear Huang Xie's words.
Huang Xie thought for a while and said, "Although she was naughty in the past, she was straightforward. Now she seems a little... a little uncomfortable. She doesn't talk to people, and she doesn't want to get along with people...Master, my disciple thinks, Disciple thinks...that she is like this, it seems, it seems, it is not good."
Qu Yuan sighed and said: "No matter how bad she is, she will always belong to a daughter's family. You are a man's family, why bother to make her angry."
Huang Xie said in a childish voice: "Even if she is angry, it is better than being so yin and yang."
Qu Yuan remained silent, Huang Xie said with some anxiety: "Master, did the disciple do something wrong?"
Qu Yuan sighed, but didn't know what to say.For Miyue, a female disciple, he felt a little bit at a loss to start talking.He could see her talent and hard work in learning, but she was still just a child after all, and she was too optimistic about some things, but she didn't know that things in the world were independent of people's will.This kind of smart person with too high talent and strong spirit is not uncommon throughout the ages.If you are too smart since you were young, think everything too easily, use your mind too much, and when things don't go your way, you will be more likely to be hit.The so-called extreme wisdom will be hurt, it is so.
Only in this way, among such children, you can’t tell her anything straightforward, because her cleverness and conceit often make her pretend to accept it happily after being taught, but in fact she will ignore your opinion after that.
He looked at Huang Xie, maybe only a child to a child can break the barrier in her heart.
Thinking of this, he said: "Since she is your junior sister, you can just tell me what you think about her in the future. The way of learning is not only learning, but also asking. Asking the world, asking about the world, learning and asking." Only then can we increase our knowledge. In the end, what we learn is just to experience the world situation and be used by the world.”
Huang Xie thought for a while, but raised today's question: "Master, the Ninth Princess treats herself like a son, what should I do in the future?"
Qu Yuan also let out a long sigh.
It was quiet inside and outside.
Although Huang Xie looked at Qu Yuan eagerly, even Mi Yue who was outside gasped, hoping to get an answer.
After a long while, Qu Yuan said: "I remember that the old king asked me to take her as a disciple, but I believed that..." He glanced at Huang Xie, swallowed the words of "destiny", and said: "The old king did see her. Clever, I can't bear to hide her talent, but I didn't agree with the late king. The reason is why, I once told her."
Huang Xie was puzzled and said, "Master, have you changed your mind now? If you accept her as an apprentice again, can she become an eagle?"
Qu Yuan shook his head and said, "No."
Mi Yue outside trembled.
Huang Xie couldn't help feeling aggrieved for Mi Yue and said, "Then why do you still accept her as a disciple?"
Qu Yuan said slowly: "I once said that the wise worry and the able work hard. If the princess can live a life without worries, why should she learn these things? One more resilience. It's a pity that she got it wrong."
"Wrong, why is it wrong?" Huang Xie asked.
Mi Yue pressed her ears tightly against the door, her heart beating violently.
Qu Yuan sighed: "Over the years, she has seen that the only people who can protect everything are the former kings, so when encountering things, she will only think about things based on the former kings. She wants to be like the former kings, thinking that she can learn from the former kings." That kind of talent is fine. I have never seen her extraordinary hard work these days. But I can't say, it's hard to say, sometimes people are in pain, if they can find a direction to work hard, it is also a good thing .”
Huang Xie lost his voice and said: "Then all the hard work she has learned now is useless? Master, how do you teach her again?"
Qu Yuan shook his head and said: "That's right, she is a daughter, and she can't be like a real son in her whole life, conquering countries and conquering the battlefield, but why should she know and face it now. She is still young now, wait until When she really grows up and her mind is tough enough to face all of this, it doesn't matter if she knows. There are many truths in the world, and if everyone has to learn it, it can't bear it. If you don't learn it, there is no loss But if learning can give her goals, happiness, and more wisdom to deal with future situations, why would it be bad?"
Suddenly there was a slamming sound outside the door, Qu Yuan was startled, and he was about to turn around to look, but he saw that Huang Xie had already removed the towel and ran out very nimbly.
But even Huang Xie could only see a corner of Mi Yue's sleeve as she went away, and couldn't catch up.
Mi Yue turned around and ran out with all her strength, the pillars, flowers and trees on both sides of the corridor quickly retreated from her two sides.Like flying against the wind, and riding a horse, the whole person seems to vent all the anger, resentment, grievance, and pain in this non-stop running.
She didn't know where she was going, she didn't want to go back to the Southwest Palace, and she didn't want to go back to Nanxun Terrace, but apart from these two places, she had nowhere to go.Her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't analyze and distinguish at all, but subconsciously avoided these two places, subconsciously avoided the palace, and subconsciously chose a place where there was no one to run to.
The Chu Palace was originally dominated by palaces and gardens, and some places were only isolated by flowers, trees and grass forests, not everywhere were high walls and deep courtyards.She originally lived in a side palace, so she ran a few extra steps through the forest and across the river, and unknowingly ran out of the palace through a small half-open door.
She kept running along the path in the forest for an unknown amount of time, and finally she couldn't hold on any longer, and fell down in a small forest with a thud.
She closed her eyes and lay still.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a burst of fragrance wafted over, very tempting.
She has been tossing and running for a long time, and the morning food has long been exhausted, and she just couldn't remember her emotions just now, but now she has been lying down for a long time, her excitement gradually calmed down, her mind is blank, only this fragrance lingers in her nose .
She sat up and was stunned for a while, the aroma became more alluring.She couldn't help but follow the scent, but saw several thatched huts not far away, and an old man in gray was roasting a pheasant in front of the hut.
Mi Yue walked up to the old man, looked at him curiously, and saw that the man had a handsome appearance, with three long beards floating in the wind under his chin, but his face looked like he was wandering away.But seeing that although he was roasting the pheasant, he half-closed it, did not turn the rack to make the fire more even, and even had a burnt smell coming from one side, and he did not regain his senses.
Seeing the fire, Mi Yue stepped forward and turned the rack so that the roast chicken on the other side could be roasted more evenly.
The old man in gray was not surprised when he saw a little girl suddenly stepping up to make a scene, and even gave up his seat by the fire, and continued to sit on the side with his arms folded in a daze.
Mi Yue ignored him, and concentrated on roasting the pheasant by herself. When the aroma was overflowing, she took the pheasant off the fire, and tore off the burnt part just now, and Fang wanted to tear the pheasant apart. Divide in half.It's just that she was small and weak, and she didn't tear it open for a long time. The old man in gray came back to his senses, stretched out his hand to take it, and tore the pheasant in half, handed half to Miyue, and took the half for herself first. stand up.
Mi Yue took it, but found that it was the side she wanted, she couldn't help but looked at the other side in surprise and said, "Hey, how do you know that I want to eat this side."
The old man didn't answer, but he just ate happily.
Seeing her like this, Miyue was already hungry in her belly, so she didn't care about talking, so she put her head down and ate first.The belly of the pheasant had already been rubbed with spices, although it was not roasted evenly, the seasoning was just right.
After taking a few mouthfuls, she felt her mouth dry. She turned her head to look for water, but saw a gourd handed to her.
Mi Yue pulled out the stopper of the gourd, Gulu Gulu drank several mouthfuls, wiped her mouth, and said, "Thank you."
The old man was still eating hard.
After finally both of them finished eating the pheasant, they both burped their bellies, and Mi Yue asked, "Old man, who are you and why are you here?"
The old man said: "This is the lacquer garden, and I am the caretaker of the lacquer garden."
Mi Yue asked in surprise, "Qi Yuan?"
The old man pointed to the forest and said: "There are sumac trees in this forest. These sumac trees can be used to cut lacquer and make lacquerware."
Mi Yue grumbled and said, "So the food utensils we use are painted with tree sap?"
The man nodded.
Mi Yue asked, "How long have you been here?"
The old man tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said in confusion, "I don't remember."
Mi Yue wondered: "How can I not remember?"
The old man said indifferently: "If you don't remember it, you don't remember it. What's so strange?"
Mi Yue asked again: "Then no one usually associates with you?"
The old man said: "It's quiet here, naturally no one comes and goes."
Mi Yue asked, "Wouldn't it be lonely to be alone with no one around?"
The old man chuckled and said, "There are breezes, white clouds, leaves, grass and insects, they all talk to me, how can you be lonely? But you, how can you come here?"
Miyue recalled her sadness, and lowered her head in annoyance, "Old man, why do you divide people into men and daughters? There are some things that men can do, but women can't?"
The old man sneered and said, "What nonsense is this? Heaven and earth are born of man, what's the difference? It's just some boring people who draw the difference themselves."
Mi Yue said with a low mood: "This is the etiquette in the world."
The old man continued to sneer and said: "Three hundred etiquettes, three thousand majesties, grandiose, all bullshit. Life is between heaven and earth, just like all things grow, and they come and go freely. No matter where the etiquette and rules came from, the ancients lived very freely. When the living people in the world are governed by these bullshit etiquette rules, their appearance will become more and more wretched, and their hearts will become more and more ugly."
Mi Yue stood up in shock and said, "Old man, do you mean that you don't need to learn the rules and etiquette?"
The old man said: "That's natural."
Mi Yue said: "But if there are no rules and etiquette in the world, wouldn't it be a mess?"
But the old man slowly lowered his head to pick up the remains of the pheasant, picked out half a perilla leaf and said, "This perilla leaf is originally for barbecue. If there is no perilla leaf on the side of the barbecue, it must be ugly, but..." He took the purple perilla Su Yezi put it in his mouth and ate it, "Just remove the perilla leaves, the taste of the barbecue may not be affected."
Mi Yue shook her head blankly and said, "I don't understand."
The old man continued to clean up.
Mi Yue suddenly asked: "Since rules and etiquette are bullshit, why can men go to war, set up courts, and confer fiefdoms, while women, no matter how talented and knowledgeable they are, never have these opportunities?"
The old man laughed, but said: "Ridiculous!"
Mi Yue didn't understand, and asked in surprise, "What?"
The old man said: "It's ridiculous that you are sad because you can't get this kind of thing."
Mi Yue jumped up and said angrily, "Why do you say that?"
The old man turned his head and asked in surprise: "Then do you get happiness from studying? Or from fighting on the battlefield? Or from standing in the court? Get happiness from governing the fief? You get happiness from these things. Have you been happy?"
Mi Yue was stunned and said, "Have I ever gained happiness from these things? Actually, I have never fought in the battlefield, nor stood in the court, and have never governed a fief...but..."
The old man asked her, "What were you doing when you were the happiest?"
Mi Yue couldn't help asking herself: "When I was the happiest..."
She was happiest when she was hunting birds with golden pills, when Xiang Shi was so noisy, when she bullied Mi Rong, when she acted like a baby in front of King Wei of Chu, when she secretly did bad things behind Ju Ji's back, but such happiness , she can never get it again... "My happiest time is gone..." Mi Yue murmured: "Those are only the ignorance of childhood, which makes me happy, and now, it is no longer possible. "
"Then what do you want?" the old man asked.
Mi Yue said: "I want... I want our family to be together safely and not be hurt again."
The old man smiled and said: "The place with the most dead people in the world is the battlefield, the most terrifying place is the court, and the most difficult thing to do is to manage the fiefdom. You chose these three to go, like someone who threw himself into a trap." Is it ridiculous for a bird to want to be safe."
Mi Yue asked, "Then what should I do?"
The old man raised his head, looked at the forest, and said for a while: "I went to the forest yesterday and saw many trees were cut down. I asked the remaining trees that were not cut down, why didn't they cut you down?" The tree said that those shrubs were cut down because they were waste materials, so they could only be cut down for firewood, and the tallest tree was because it grew too well to be a pillar, So people cut it down and took it back as a pillar in the palace. And the tree was not cut down because it was right between the good and the bad."
Mi Yue asked suspiciously: "Isn't it better for trees to grow bigger, and isn't being a pillar a compliment?"
The old man smiled slightly and said, "Then do you like compliments that kill you?"
Mi Yue shook her head.
The old man stopped talking.
However, Mi Yue thought about this story carefully, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something seemed to have a clue, but she still couldn't see clearly in the fog.
Mi Yue suddenly raised her head, and asked the old man, "Old man, what do you mean, if my brother and I want to survive, we can't do too well, we have to be between good and bad?"
The old man picked up the gourd, took another sip of water, and stared blankly ahead. In the woods, for some reason, flocks of birds flew away.
The old man said: "Once upon a time, there was a sea bird that flew to the outskirts of the capital of the State of Lu and stopped. The people of Lu saw it and thought it would be the king of the country. The Marquis of Lu took the bird to the Taimiao with his royal chariot and offered wine as a tribute. Playing Jiushao thought For people, it is extremely honorable. But what this bird likes is to fly in the sea, and what it eats is fresh small fish. The sky is dead."
Mi Yue muttered, "This Marquis Lu is really a tosser, no, a tosser."
The old man asked: "Then tell me, how should we treat this bird?"
Mi Yue said: "Either let it go, or eat it."
The old man laughed loudly and said, "It's the extreme, it's the extreme. How can you know the joy of a fish if you're not a fish, and how can you enjoy the joy of a bird if you're not a bird?"
But Mi Yue asked: "Old man, what do you mean to say, I am not my younger brother, I cannot decide his life for him, and it is wrong for me to depend my life on him, right?"
The old man turned his back and didn't answer, just lowered his head to pick up the pheasant bones on the ground, but he sighed and said: "Oh, if Pao Ding sees this pheasant, he must feel sorry."
Mi Yue asked in surprise, "Paod Ding?"
The cook was the cook, and most of the servants at that time didn't have many proper names, but they were called Jia, B, B, B, Ding casually according to their status.
The old man said: "Pao Ding is a Pao, his name is Ding, he is a very outstanding Pao, he specializes in the skill of cutting cattle, and he has reached the state of perfection."
Mi Yue curled her lips in disapproval. No matter how powerful a Pao Ren is, he is just a Pao Ren. Does he deserve the reputation of "reaching the realm of perfection"?
The old man continued: "A common butler needs to change his knife a month to unravel cattle; a good butler also has to change his knife a year; the knife in his hand has been used for nineteen years and has killed thousands of heads." Bull, the knife is still as clean as new."
Then Mi Yue asked curiously, "Why?"
The old man said: "Ordinary butchers cut cattle by cutting the bones with a knife; some cooks cut cattle with knives by cutting the tendons; but when Pao Ding cuts cattle, he cuts through the joints and tendons. No matter how big a cow is, just see where its joints and tendons break down, and then cut in, you can dissect a cow lightly."
Mi Yue thought about it, and then she shook her head and said, "Old man, what you said is so strange!"
The old man laughed, stood up, shook his head and said, "Little girl, I really hope you don't understand it all your life. Because when you understand, you will shed too many tears!"
Seeing him tidying up, Miyue also helped to tidy it up. When the ashes were scattered, she realized that there were not only tree branches but many bamboo slips that were burned underneath.
Mi Yue was greatly surprised, she pushed aside the fire, took out half a piece of unburned bamboo slips, read a few sentences carefully, then asked in surprise: "Old man, where did these bamboo slips come from?"
The old man pointed to the room and said, "Is there a pile inside?"
Mi Yue stamped her feet, turned around and ran into the cottage.
After entering the thatched hut, she was stunned, but saw that the hut was very simple, with only one seat and a few seats, but there were many bamboo slips piled up next to it.She picked up a roll of bamboo slips, only to see that it said: "My life has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit. If there is a limit, follow the limitless, it is all over! Those who have already known are all over..."
Her heart moved, as if she had heard this passage somewhere, but she couldn't remember when she heard it.So he put it down and picked up another roll, but saw that there was written on it: "There is a fish in the North, and its name is Kun. The size of Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles away it is. When it turns into a bird, its name is Kun. Peng. The back of a Peng does not know how many thousands of miles it is; when it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky..."
After reading this paragraph, she couldn't bear to put it down, so she sat on the shabby mat and watched it intently, and even unconsciously read aloud: "The sky is blue, it's righteous and evil. It's far away and infinite. Evil. It looks down, and if it is, then it is over. Moreover, the accumulation of water is not thick, so it is powerless to carry the big boat. Cover the cup of water on the col hall, and the boat will be mustard, and the cup will be glued , the water is shallow and the boat is big. The accumulation of wind is not thick, so it will have no strength to bear the big wings. Therefore, for ninety thousand miles, the wind will be descending, and then today is Peifeng; the blue sky is on the back, and Mo Zhiyao will die And then it's Jiang Tunan..."
She was fascinated when she saw the old man walk in, picked up a bunch of bamboo slips and went out.She suddenly thought of those charred bamboo slips just now, and suddenly felt a bad feeling, she quickly put down the bamboo slips in her hand and asked: "Old man, what are you doing with these bamboo slips?"
The old man was surprised and said: "Naturally it is used to light a fire."
Mi Yue jumped up and said, "Why did you use these bamboo slips to light a fire?"
The old man said indifferently: "What is it worth, the branch is too wet, I can only use this thing to start the fire."
Miyue jumped up and rushed to the pile of bamboo slips and shouted: "No, no, you know how important these scriptures are? How dare you use them to start a fire?"
The old man remained silent, as if frightened by her attitude.
The more Mi Yue spoke, the angrier she became: "Where did you get these bamboo slips?"
The old man was confused and said: "Where did you come from? It's always been here? But it's almost burned."
Mi Yue said excitedly: "Always here? Who lived in this house before, do you know who wrote these?"
The old man looked at Mi Yue, suddenly smiled, pointed at the pile of bamboo slips and said, "Do you want these things?"
Mi Yue hurriedly nodded desperately, fearing that if she was a step too late, these things would be turned into firewood and burned.
The old man clapped his hands suddenly and said: "If you want it, then I will give it to you..."
With that said, he walked to the door, took down a wine gourd hanging behind the door, and walked away.
Mi Yue was startled, but before she recovered, she saw that she was the only one left in the room.
She hurriedly chased out the door, and the clothes fluttered in the distance, indicating that the old man had already gone far.
She hurriedly called out: "Old man, who are you, where did you go, and are you coming back?"
But the old man drifted away without turning his head, and his groaning voice came faintly in the wind, saying: "There is a fish in the north, and its name is Kun. The Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles away it is. It turns into a bird." , whose name is Peng..."
Mi Yue stood there in a daze, and she didn't know how long it had passed, when suddenly a cold wind picked up, her thin summer clothes couldn't help being cold, she shivered, and then realized that it was already sunset.
It had been a long time since she had realized that she had to go back. Thinking of this, although she knew she had to go, she still couldn't let go of the scriptures in the thatched cottage. Wrapped up several volumes, carried them on the back, and returned to the palace with difficulty.
At this time, the copper lamps were already lit in the Li Palace, and Ju Ji and the others had also used their astern food. She herself ate half a roast chicken just now, and she was not hungry, so she slipped into her room without a word and lit the lamps. Oil lamp, continue to look up.
This look was like looking at it all night, until the sky was bright, she rubbed her red eyes and put down the bamboo slips.Nv Kui knew that she had always had her own ideas since she was a child, and even though she saw her like this, she was secretly anxious, but she also knew that she was being persuaded not to move, so she had to let her.Only when it is very bad, do you dare to tell Ju Ji.At this time, he brought a pan and helped Mi Yue to wash up.
Mi Yue put her hand in the plate, and the female Kui Tixi poured water into the plate, and Mi Yue finished washing.Nv Kui brought the bronze mirror again, and untied Miyue's total horns from yesterday, reorganized them, and then formed the total horns.
Mi Yue stood up, looked in the mirror and saw that nothing was wrong, then went to Ju Ji's room to have dinner with Ju Ji and Mi Rong.
Ju Ji then asked, "Where did you go yesterday? Qu Zi's servant boy came to me twice and asked me twice. If you have nothing to do today, go and explain to Qu Zi earlier."
Mi Yue nodded and said: "When I left yesterday, it was still early in the sky, so I went for a walk in the woods on the west mountain side, so I came back late. I think Qu Zi didn't know, so I will explain to Qu Zi today."
Ju Ji lowered her head and only fed Mi Rong, and she had no time to take care of it, so she just groaned and said, "Don't do this in the future."
Mi Yue wanted to go to the thatched hut to bring back those bamboo slips, but after listening to Ju Ji asking about Qu Zi twice, she had to go to Nanxun Terrace first.
She had just left the palace, and she saw Huang Xie waiting anxiously at the door from a distance. When she saw Miyue, she ran up quickly, took her hand and asked, "Where did you go yesterday? How many times have I looked for you?" I haven't seen it either."
Mi Yue's mood has changed, seeing him, she felt a little guilty, and said: "I left the palace yesterday..." Suddenly thought of something, she grabbed Huang Xie's hand and said: "You come..."
Huang Xie was pulled forward by her, not knowing why, so he asked, "Where are you going?"
But Mi Yue didn't answer, she just dragged him and ran out, Huang Xie asked several times, but couldn't answer, and didn't ask any more, just ran away with her.
When I came yesterday, I didn't feel much running. When I came back, I felt that the journey was long, but because I was so excited, I didn't have time to look around.At this time, with Huang Xie, I just feel that I can't wait to get there in one step, and Huang Xie keeps asking, and Mi Yue has a heart that wants to show off immediately, I just think how this little grass house is so far away.
After finally arriving, Mi Yue took a look again and saw that it was still the same as yesterday, and the old man obviously never came back, so she was relieved, and hurriedly dragged Huang Xie into the thatched cottage, and wanted to move these bamboo slips away together.
The two started together, naturally much faster, Huang Xie simply packed a big bag, and the two of them carried the pile of bamboo slips back together, and then took two volumes of bamboo slips, and went to ask Qu Yuan.
Qu Yuan looked at the bamboo slips, was taken aback, and asked Mi Yue, "Where did you get these bamboo slips from?"
Mi Yue then told what happened yesterday, and Qu Yuan remained silent after hearing this, but just looked at the bamboo slips in his hand, with an expression of infinite regret.
Mi Yue asked curiously: "Master, who is that old man?" She observed Qu Yuan's expression and said, "Master seems to know him?"
屈原没有说话，只是抚着竹简上的字，似要把这些字都记到心里，过了好久才道：“这些竹简既是他送给你的，你便要好好保管才是。”
芈月点头应是。
屈原又沉默良久，道：“你可否将这些竹简借我抄录一遍？”
芈月连忙点头道：“夫子既喜欢，拿去便是。”
屈原摇头道：“人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。他天性聪明，能悟自然之道，顺手而作，既作之，便置之。既置之，无所用，竹简既可引火，便用来引火。偏你恰好与此时到这草屋，又喜欢这些，那便是自然之道，他遂留与你，此皆自然之道也。我求之录之，便是刻意！”
他想了想，忽然又笑了道：“我若不能录之，便会辗转反侧，思之念之，若为了成就他的自然，而让自己刻意拒之，岂非又是矫情。罢罢罢，我观之即可，何必录之。”
芈月虽不明其意，却也看出屈原的心思，便道：“很是，我喜欢这些文章，我便想要把他们留下来，这又有什么错呢？”
黄歇也连忙点头，却又道：“夫子，上面还有许多字我们不认识，许多句子也不懂，还要请夫子教我们呢。”
屈原看着眼前两个弟子，点头微笑。
屈原接下来便抛开原来的课程，先将这些竹简上的文章让两人一边抄录，一边讲解。
如此，《逍遥游》、《齐物论》、《大宗师》等数篇讲过以后，芈月再也按捺不住好奇之心，背地里怂恿黄歇，好几次逼他去问。
终于在某日屈原讲完一篇以后，黄歇忍不住问道：“夫子，我们既学了这位贤人的著作，岂可不知道他是何人？”
此时窗外春柳低垂，黄莺百啭，屈原心情正好，听了这话，终于道：“此人原也是我楚国公族之后……”
芈月咦了一声：“也是出自我芈姓吗？”
屈原点头道：“他乃是庄王之后，因此这一分支，便以庄为氏，名周。因吴起变法，诸公族于悼王灵前射杀吴起，因伤及先王遗体，肃王继位以后，追究这些公族之罪，于是庄氏先人避难到宋国，代代相袭芈姓庄氏之族。到庄周之时，因他有大才，于列国周游之时，颇得美名。先王曾请他这庄氏一族回迁，授封就爵，他虽然拒绝先王之聘，却也数次回到楚国，我与他便是当日认识的。”
芈月一边听着，一边悄悄地又在身后扯了扯黄歇的衣袖，黄歇只得又问道：“夫子，他是个什么样的人呢？”
屈原叹息道：“他……是我所见过的最聪明的人，只可惜，太聪明了……”
芈月忍不住问：“聪明不好吗？”
屈原道：“过于聪明，看得太透，就太过轻易地把自己游离于尘世之外……大王无法聘他，列国诸侯皆无法聘他，他的眼睛看到的不是地上的事情，而是穿过云天之外，九霄之外……”
芈月听得心驰神往：“那岂不更好？”
屈原叹息：“是，很好，只可惜……”
黄歇见屈原眉头深蹙，他作为屈原的入室弟子，知道的倒多一些，便接口道：“身处乱世，一人独善犹可，家国安危却不能不顾。屈子身为楚国公族，楚国兴亡，自是责无旁贷。”
屈原却看着芈月道：“你就见过他这一次吗？”
芈月点头道：“夫子，那位老伯去了何处？”
屈原叹息道：“我也不知道，那日你们回去以后，那间草屋再也没有人去过。”
芈月啊了一声，顿足道：“好可惜。”
屈原看着芈月道：“那日你跑出去以后，这段时日以来，我看你似乎有所转变？”
芈月有些不好意思地低下了头，想了想还是老实承认道：“从前我只想努力以后，就不以不教别人看不起我，欺负我。后来，我觉得，只要自己成为鲲鹏，一飞千里，那么燕雀如何看我，又能怎么样呢？”
屈原长叹一声，这个女弟子的聪明，让他隐隐有所不安。庄周的话，似乎是为她找到了另一个出口，但又似是给她不同的影响，到如今他也不知道，这种影响是好是坏。但转念一想，乱世之中，一介女流之辈，又能希望她如何，她能够懂得自保，便是最好的结果了，而庄周的“独善其身”，对她来说，应该是最好的方向了吧。