Chapter 188 Chapter Five: The End of the Five Virtues

When passing by Qin Mansion, Xiang Shaolong couldn't bear the pain of lovesickness even though he felt tired all over his body, so he slipped in to find the owner of the mansion. The family who guarded the door did not know about his relationship with Qin Qing, and welcomed him into the mansion without notifying him. The butler, Uncle Fang, led him into the main hall at the gate of the mansion, and was about to inform Qin Qing when Xiang Shaolong smiled and said, "I'm just passing by in a hurry, just let me say hello to Master Qin." Knowing where Qin Qing is, he walked through the corridor and walked to the back compartment.

Several pretty servant girls were making fun of snow in the garden, when they saw Xiang Shaolong, they all whispered to each other, pursed their lips and laughed, and pointed the way for him. After crossing the threshold of the East Chamber, I saw Qin Qing leaning on the bed, wearing a plain green skirt and gown, and a purple shawl with a phoenix pattern. Her hair was fixed on her head with a jade hairpin, and a few strands were hanging down, matching her peerless appearance , actually revealing a coquettish style that is rarely seen at ordinary times, with Xiang Shaolong's concentration, he still stared blankly.

Holding the silk in one hand and waiting for the needle in the other, she is concentrating on embroidery. Qin Qing never expected that Xiang Shaolong would suddenly appear in front of him, he was taken aback, stretched out his hand to brush his temples a little helplessly, sat up and said, "Oh, it's you!" When Xiang Shaolong saw her more charming movements, his heart skipped a beat, he quickly moved forward, sat on the edge of the bed, almost touching her legs, leaned forward and said, "Hello, Mrs. Qin! Please forgive Xiang Shaolong for being late in greeting." Qin Qing leaned back a little, widening the distance between the two faces, but she didn't blame him for being rude, it seemed to be angry but not angry, it was extremely touching.

Xiang Shaolong noticed the embroidery in her hand and put it behind her back intentionally or unintentionally, as if afraid of letting him see it!Da Qi asked, "What kind of patterns and decorations did Master Qin embroider?" Immediately, Qin Qing's jade cheeks burned, she lowered her head, and said angrily: "Master Xiang, please be more careful? How can I sit at the same table with Qin Qing?" Knowing that her face was tender, Xiang Shaolong secretly thought that the embroidery might have something to do with him, his heart was as sweet as honey, and he said softly: "I just came to say hello, I'm leaving immediately, even being rude is only a matter of a moment, Qin Can Tai Tu pamper you for a while?"

Qin Qing said embarrassingly: "You man! If you want to barge in like this, your clothes are disheveled." Xiang Shaolong beat him a little closer so that he could enjoy her fragrant scent like orchids, and said with a smile: "I don't think so at all. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be able to appreciate Mrs. Qin's delicate and charming posture at this moment." Qin Qing returned to her usual coolness, but the red glow still hadn't completely faded away. She got up from the other side of the table and put the embroidery into the lacquer box in the corner, folded it neatly and put it in a precious place. Finally, as soon as the lid of the box was closed, Xiang Shaolong had come to her side, knelt down like her and then sat on his calf, and said softly, "Are you happy to see me come back safely?"

From this angle, just admiring the classic and sensual beauty of this beauty's profile, Xiang Shaolong was fascinated, and naturally said provocative words. Qin Hua remained silent for a while, then took a deep look at him with a pretty face, then sighed quietly and said, "Master Xiang still has a lot of things to do? Don't waste your time here." These two sentences were like pouring a whole bucket of cold water on his head, Xiang Shaolong's mind immediately became cold, his enthusiasm faded away, after a moment of daze, he couldn't bear the awkward silence between the two of them any longer, and at the same time he was angry in his heart, Nodding his head, he stood up without saying a word, and after a little salute, he walked towards the door.At the same time, I swore in my heart that I would never set foot in Qinfu again.

Before stepping over the threshold, Qin Qing called out in a low voice: "Xiang Shaolong!" Xiang Shaolong stopped and said coldly: "What advice does Master Qin have?" With soft footsteps, Qin Qing came behind him and said softly, "Are you annoyed?" Xiang Shaolong smiled wryly, "If you were me, would you be happy?" Qin Qing bypassed him, moved in front of him, and said lightly: "Of course I'm not happy, but do you know that the behavior just now is really disrespectful to others!" Xiang Shaolong was stunned for a while, introspecting himself, thinking to himself that if there was no affection between the two, what he did just now was extremely rude to Qin Qing, but if the husband loves his concubine, what is it? ?In this way, Qin Qing seems to only regard herself as a confidant, not a lover, so he and Ji Yanran will be mistaken.Thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling disheartened, and thinking of Zhao Ya and Shan Rou, she was even more hopeless, and said dejectedly: "It's my fault! Mrs. Qin, please forgive me." After saying that, he bypassed her and stepped out the door.

Qin Qing's voice sounded from behind, "Xiang Shaolong, can you answer Qin Qing's question?" Xiang Shaolong stopped again, and responded coldly: "Teacher Qin, please ask me." Qin Qing hesitated for a while, then said quietly: "What trick did you use to make the Empress Dowager agree to make Mr. Changping the prime minister of the left?" Xiang Shaolong suddenly realized that Qin Qing had misunderstood him, because she had many eyes and ears in the palace, and after learning that she was alone with Zhu Ji, she immediately got Zhu Ji's support, so she thought that she was using a beauty trick, so she treated her He has contempt in his heart, so he has become so indifferent.

He couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly: "Teacher Qin has no confidence in me, Xiang Shaolong, that's all! You can guess as you like, anyway, I'm used to being misunderstood by you." Ignoring Qin Qing's call, he left quickly Qinfu. As soon as he and the Eighteen Iron Guards left the Qin Mansion, they bumped into Ying Ying and several girls from the Daughter Army head-on, and they couldn't avoid it even if they wanted to. The two teams reined in and stopped by the side of the road. Ying Yingxian felt both evil and guilty. Shenqian said awkwardly, "Master Xiang! Why haven't you come to see me after so many days?"

Xiang Shaolong was in a bad mood at this moment, and knowing that Yingying was fooling around with Guan Zhongxie all day long, he had no interest in perfunctory her, so he said coldly, "Will Miss Ying be free?" Ignore her and go flattering her. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Back in Wufu, he hurriedly looked for Ji Yanran. This talented girl has just finished her two most beloved things. After waking up from a nap, she took a hot bath and leaned against the small table, leaning against the soft cushion, and covered her body with a thin quilt. While reading the brief book, there was a crystal clear Wang Xiao in his arms.

This moving picture of a peerless beauty resting came into view, Xiang Shaolong immediately forgot about today's unhappiness, unceremoniously got into her brocade quilt, and buried him in her fragrant arms.Ji Yanran happily put down the brief book, let Xiang Shaolong inhale her body fragrance, and said slowly, "Have you been frustrated, my lord, otherwise why would you be so angry?" Xiang Shaolong sighed comfortably, and first told about Lu Buwei's bounty offer to Shimen. Ji Yanran frowned, crossed her legs, brushed a few weeping cherry hairs, and said calmly: "Lu Buwei's hand is indeed very powerful, shaping himself into a new saint. But it's not all The way to deal with it, oh! Don’t stay with your relatives, okay? How can I teach others to plan for you?” Xiang Shaolong moved his big greedy mouth away from her chest, sat up reluctantly, carefully examined his beautiful wife's black and white beautiful eyes, and said happily: "I knew you would have a way." Ji Yanran rolled his eyes at him, a smile appeared in her beautiful eyes, and she said spontaneously: "I have also read Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals, it is indeed an immortal masterpiece, but the weakest link is Lu Buwei's theory of picking up people's wisdom. Dad, he is really far behind. The fatal point is that it is out of time! As long as I bring out my godfather's five virtues, Bao Bao can overshadow his high-profile empty words." Xiang Shaolong frowned and said, "Isn't godfather's five virtues a kind of prophecy? How can it be useful?" Ji Yanran fell into his arms, and said with a charming smile: "My lord, you are so cutely confused. The purpose of Lu Buwei's excerpts and compilation of "Lushi Chunqiu" is to create momentum for his own saint status, so as to overwhelm the centralized monarchy of the Qin people. As long as we Putting the five virtues into practice, for example, Zhou obtained the virtue of fire, and Qin obtained the virtue of water. Water can overcome fire, so they are invincible. Naturally, the crown prince can be transformed into a saint born according to the times. When will it be Lu Buwei's turn to rise up? " Xiang Shaolong was overjoyed, he hugged Ji Yanran, who was exuding the fragrance of body after bathing, and limp, and laughed loudly: "Ji talented girl will accompany me to the palace to see you." Ji Yanran protested: "He's so comfortable now, why don't you enter the palace tomorrow?" Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "No! Married and obeyed husband, Ji talented girl must accompany me immediately." When there was a lot of trouble, Tian Zhen came to report, and Qin Qing came. Ji Yanran broke free from his embrace, kissed him and said, "Go and greet Sister Qing, she will change her clothes! I will accompany you into the palace! Who told me that Ji Yanran married you!" Smiling and slipping away. When Xiang Shaolong stepped into the main hall of the main house, Qin Qing was watching the snow-covered winter scenery in the garden with his back behind his back. His graceful and elegant body was so real, with indescribable pride, untainted by the world. When he came behind her, Xiang Shaolong felt apologetic, secretly blaming himself for being too narrow, and she was so tired that she wanted to condescend to come to him. He sighed softly, "I'm sorry!" Qin Qing's delicate body trembled, took two deep breaths, and seemed to try her best to suppress the fluctuating emotions, and said surprisingly calmly: "Xiang Shaolong! Qin Qing came to visit today to clarify something with you. thing." Xiang Shaolong really wanted to grab her fragrant shoulders and pull her into his arms, but Qin Qing's solitary and noble beauty always had a taste of repelling others thousands of miles away, so he didn't dare to do anything wrong. He sighed again and said: "If it's just against your will, don't say it, I don't lie to myself anymore, but Taifu Wangqin also learns a lot from my good example, ha!" Qin Qing turned her delicate body, her beautiful eyes were shining brightly, and said angrily: "When did Qin Qing say something against her will?" Xiang Shaolong knew that after this misunderstanding, the relationship between the two became much closer, but because Qin Qing had been a widow for a long time, it was difficult for him to accept the offense of "making progress" both psychologically and physically, so he said in moderation: "That's the best, now I want to enter the palace with Yan Ran to have an audience with the Crown Prince, will Mrs. Qin want to go with us?" Qin Qing forgot about her own affairs, and said in surprise: "What is it that we need to work for our Ji talented girl?" At this time Ji Yanran arrived in her best attire, the three of them talked and walked, got into the carriage, and went to the palace. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ In Xiaopan's study, the most important people in Xiaopan's power group gathered: Xiang Shaolong, Li Si, Lord Changping, and Wang Ling.Qin Qing, together with Xiao Pan, listened to the talented girl Ji who had received Zou Yan's true biography, explaining the five virtues in detail. Ji Yanran sat at the chief seat on the right side of the small pan, and with her usual unrestrained and comfortable demeanor, she eloquently explained to everyone: "The five virtues are transferred, each has its own suitability for governance, and the talisman should be like a god. Therefore, those who can rule the world must obtain Only one of the five elements can become a virtue. The five virtues are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Each virtue will decline after a certain period of time, and another virtue will rise instead. The Yellow Emperor got the earth virtue; then wood restrains the earth; therefore Xia Yu gained the virtue of wood; gold conquered wood, and Shang Tang gained the virtue of gold; fire conquered metal, and King Wen of Zhou gained the virtue of fire; now that the Zhou Dynasty is in decline, it is the virtue of water that overcomes fire." Xiao Pan's eyes shot strangely when he heard this, and he murmured: "Water beats fire! Water beats fire!" Wang Ling was cautious by nature, and said: "The old minister knows that everyone in Zou is pedantic about heaven and man, but in the end it is a family statement. I don't know if there is any basis for it?" Ji Yanran's beautiful eyes flowed around, immediately fascinated all the men in the room, including Xiao Pan and Xiang Shaolong. He said indifferently: "The theory of the five elements was first seen in the "Shangshu". It is said that the sun moistens the water, the fire rises, the wood sings, the metal follows the leather, and the earth grows and grows. Since ancient times, there has been' There are six qi in the sky, and the five flavors are born'. The five flavors are gold is pungent, wood is sour, water is salty, fire is bitter, and earth is sweet. Therefore, there are five sounds, which are Jiao, Zheng, Gong, Shang, and Yu; The flavors are sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, and salty; the colors are green, red, yellow, white, and black, all of which are in harmony with the five elements, which generate and restrain each other, and the cycle is endless." Qin Qing, who was sitting beside her, interjected: "Mencius also said: 'There must be a king in five hundred years'. Therefore, 'From Yao and Shun to Tang, there are more than five hundred years old; Five hundred years old' is exactly the phenomenon of the alternation of the five virtues." Li Si said: "Confucius is only a sage at most, so he is qualified to be called king. I think it's the prince's turn." Xiao Pan was overjoyed, but a little worried that he was the "new sage", and said wrinkledly: "Who is the king who is born every five hundred years that Mencius said? Nonsense?" Xiang Shaolong said with a smile: "Of course it depends on the method of publicity and the authority of Mr. Zou, a talented godfather. Who is more qualified to judge who is the new saint than Mr. Zou? How can others not be convinced." Said: "We will use these five virtues to continue to say, and at the same time push Mr. Li to discuss the new official system of the three lords and nine ministers, which will definitely reorganize the government and prevent Lu Buwei from going on unscrupulously." Ji Yanran smiled and said: "This is called using the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son, because "Lu's Spring and Autumn" adopts the opinions of various schools, including the five virtues of the godfather. Among them, "Ying Tong "The article records that "every emperor and king will be prosperous, and the sky will see the people first. When the Yellow Emperor, the sky saw the big gnats and the big mole first. The Yellow Emperor said: "The rustic air is superior. The rustic atmosphere is superior, so its color is still yellow. , Its work is earth' and other words. It is also said that "the one who replaces fire must use water, and the sky will see the victory of water vapor. Water vapor prevails, so its color is still black, and its affairs are water." So as long as we use Lu Buwei Hongyang's " The trend of Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals only adopts the theory of the five virtues, and clearly praises but derogates, so Lu Buwei has no choice but to know for himself." Xiaopan slapped the case and exclaimed: "It's easy to handle." Wang Ling still has reservations and doubts: "Didn't the talented woman just say that when the five virtues are transferred, the new sage is born, there must be a sign of Furui. For example, when the Yellow Emperor saw a big mole, and King Wen saw that the fire red bird titled the alchemy book was collected in the Zhou Society, If the crown prince doesn't get Fu Rui, I'm afraid he still won't be able to convince the people of the world." Xiang Shaolong comes from the 21st century, and he is most aware of this kind of propaganda and ignorance of the people. He thought to himself that the Han Emperor Gaozu's uprising was nothing more than this kind of method. When offering sacrifices to a certain river, we asked people to concoct a black dragon that could roll over the river, like the Lake Nils monster... Hey! It’s nothing, as long as the back is slightly exposed, we can refer to it as Furui, all that is unreasonable Everything is backed up.” Lord Changping frowned and said, "It's easy to say, but if someone exposes it, wouldn't it be a big joke." Xiang Shaolong thought of Zhou Wei's elder brother, Zhou Liang, an expert shipbuilder, and also thought of Ji Yanran's craftsman group from the Yue Kingdom, and said with a smile: "This matter is on my shoulders, as long as the black dragon makes a few movements, it will disappear quickly, and we will immediately It’s done, and no one can see through it.” Xiaopan smiled and said, "Please leave this matter to the master." Turning to Ji Yanran, he said, "If a widow can gain the virtue of water, there must be rituals and the cooperation of all aspects. Please ask the talented woman to draw up a plan for the widow, so that it can be implemented in due course. Alright." Xuan You said solemnly: "This matter is only known to those who attended the meeting today, if anyone finds out that anyone has leaked information, they will definitely investigate and never forgive." Everyone bowed their heads. Xiang Shaolong felt absurd again, he never expected that the fight with Lu Buwei would turn into propaganda and promotion, this could be said to be another psychological and spiritual battle.