Chapter 25 Twenty-two, Kuangdi is trapped

It may be because they are starving, their singing is not too loud, but it has an invisible deterrent force; although their descriptions are sleepy, their expressions are high-spirited, and they still hold wild vegetables in their hands... The soldiers who besieged them were stunned, and they all stared blankly... There was a political turmoil in the state of Wei. Gong Shushu, the son of the doctor Gongshuwen, became a nobleman after his father died.Dissatisfied with the arbitrary power of Nanzi's party members, he launched a rebellion in Puyi, his fief. After his defeat, he was forced to flee to the State of Lu.

Gong Shushu's father, Gong Shuwen, was very honest and good at admonishing talents. Out of respect for Gong Shuwen, Confucius often had contacts with his son Gong Shushu, so after Gongshu Shu's rebellion happened, he was usually jealous of Confucius People went to Wei Linggong to falsely accuse Confucius and Gongshu Shu. Therefore, Wei Lingjun sent a man named Gongsun Yujia to monitor Confucius. Confucius and his disciples were arguing about academic issues in the room. Suddenly, Zi Gong pointed to the window and said, "No, there are eavesdroppers." Zilu strode out and saw Gongsun Yu running away with his neck shrunk.

"Teacher, it was Gongsun Yujia who was eavesdropping, and he was also yesterday." Confucius' heart sank: "It seems that Lord Wei doesn't trust us anymore." "Teacher, what should we do then? Do we have to leave Weiguo?" Zigong asked. Confucius said: "Whether to stay or go, tomorrow we will consult Dr. Yun Boyu before making a decision. Dr. Yun Boyu has a long history with me, and he will help us find a way." The next day, Confucius and his disciples came to the residence of Dr. Yun Boyu. The old doctor Qu Boyu warmly received them. Confucius said, "Thank you for the dried meat and grain."

Yun Boyu hurriedly said: "No thanks, no thanks, is it convenient to live in Yanzhuo Zou's house? Or you can move to my place." Confucius said: "No, our master and apprentice are about to leave Weiguo, and I come here to ask for your opinion." "Ah, why are you leaving?" "Because of Uncle Shu's rebellion, and because I respect his father's kindness, I usually have some contact with Uncle Shu, and he often comes to discuss Zhou rituals with me, so Wei Linggong has doubts about us, and recently sent Gongsun Yu Xia came to monitor us. If we don’t leave, we might be harmed. Doctor Boyu sees, what should we do?”

"It's fine to go to another country to escape for a while. Lord Wei is old and fatuous now. He only listens to Nanzi and Mi Zixia. I don't think he has any signs of reusing you. Now there is a rebellion by uncle Shu in the country. So it’s better to avoid it first.” Confucius thought for a while and said, "Okay, then we are going to leave Weiguo." "Which country are you going to?" Yun Boyu asked with concern. "Chen Guo is not far from here, and there is no war now, so you can go." Confucius said again: "The king of the state of Wei will definitely not reuse me. You and Shi Yu are two loyal ministers who have been squeezed out. I am a foreigner, so they don't trust me even more."

Zilu asked, "Doctor Boyu, what happened to Shi Yushi's remonstrance?" Qu Boyu said: "Well, it's a long story. In order to recommend me to Wei Linggong, Shi Yu did not hesitate to die. , As a result, the power has fallen, and the country is declining day by day. I see no hope of serving the country, so I have no choice but to resign and stay at home." "Ah!" Confucius sighed, "It is really difficult for a person to serve the country. I am also like you. I left Wei when I had no hope of serving the country in Lu, and I still have no chance to show my ambition here. , now I have to leave Weiguo again.”

"It's a wise choice to leave Weiguo for a while now. After a while, Weiguo has calmed down and then come back. Maybe then you will have the opportunity to participate in politics." "Then... Doctor Boyu, let's take our leave." "Come back next time, you are welcome to live in my house." "Thank you, Doctor Boyu." "thanks." "Go slowly." As soon as the Confucius returned to Yan's residence, they got out of the car and saw five carriages parked outside the door, and a young and unrestrained youth stood outside the door and waited.When the young people saw Confucius, they hurriedly asked: "Who is Confucius?" The family members pointed.The young man quickly stepped forward and bowed down to Confucius with a "plop".

"Disciple Gong Liangru is here to pay homage to Master." The family said: "This son has been waiting outside the door for three hours." Confucius helped him up with both hands, and said: "Young master, please hurry up, which country are you from, and where do you want to go?" "The younger generation's name is Gong Liangru, a native of Chen Guo, who came here to join Master." Seeing his gorgeous attire, Confucius said, "Studying with me is going to take hardships and hardships. Can you, a kid from a rich family, bear it?" "Master, although I come from a noble family, my family education is extremely strict, and I am not afraid of suffering. This time I came to pay homage to my master, I also obeyed my father's instructions. I hope that the teacher will not leave the disciple with sincerity."

"Okay, I'll accept you." Gong Liangru was so happy that he bowed down to Confucius again, "Master, please accept my disciple's bow." Confucius helped him up again, and introduced the disciples standing beside him one by one: "This is your senior brother Zilu." Zilu bowed to him. "Yan Hui." "This is Zi Gong." "This is Ran Qiu." "This is Zaiyu." "This is Min Ziqian." "This is Ran Yong and Ran Geng." ... Gong Liangru saluted his brothers respectfully.All the senior brothers returned the gift to him one by one.

Gong Liangru said again: "My father specially asked me to bring five carriages and good horses from home, and follow the teacher on the road." Confucius smiled and said, "Okay, thank you father, we happen to be short of chariots and horses, and everyone can drive a chariot." Confucius and his party were about to leave the state of Wei, and Dr. Yan Zhuo and Zou sent them to the side of the road in the suburbs.Confucius said: "Please come back, doctor." Confucius bowed to Doctor Yan and said, "When Confucius came to Weiguo this time, I am grateful for your warm hospitality. Confucius will never forget it."

"Where, where, Yan is just doing something for the saint. If there is something that is not well taken care of, I still hope Master Haihan. If you come to Wei again in the future, please stay in my house. My whole family welcomes you." "Thank you, thank you." Confucius cupped his hands again. Zilu smiled and said: "We are all one family, why are you being polite, if you come again next time, you will naturally stay at Brother Yan's house." "Okay, okay, brother is right, you are right, although brother's family is not as rich as others, but it is a family after all, so it is more convenient." Confucius said hurriedly, "What the doctor said is true." In this way, Confucius had two original carriages, one from Zigong, and five from Gongliangru, and a group of eight carriages. A dozen people all got into the carriages and drove towards Chen Guo, talking and laughing all the way. go.It was autumn at Hu time, the westerly wind was blowing, and the fallen leaves were falling. The carriage of Confucius and his party speeded up and drove towards Chen Guo.Although Confucius felt a little lonely, he still had hope for becoming an official after all, so he was in a good mood. In the evening, when he came to a small hillside with red leaves, Confucius lifted the curtain and saw the red scenery of the mountain under the setting sun. He thought of his repeated political setbacks, and thought that he was fifty-seven years old, just like The setting sun seemed to be getting closer to the sunset, and he felt a little tragic, so he asked Yan Ke, a new disciple who had been recruited in Weiguo, to stop the car. After Confucius got off the car, he climbed up the hillside to watch the imaginative sunset. When other disciples saw Confucius get off the car, they all jumped off and followed the teacher to watch the red leaves in autumn. Confucius sat down on the hillside, and Yan Ke who was beside him pointed to a place in front of him and said, "Teacher, that's where Yang Hu invaded Kuangdi the year before last." Confucius didn't seem to hear it. He was staring at the red clouds in the western sky and daydreaming... However, at this time, there was a man who looked like a woodcutter, and after hearing this, he ran to Kuangdi quickly... Of course Confucius did not expect that the disaster was about to come. Zigong asked, "Teacher, where do you stay tonight?" "Let's stay in the town in front of us!" "That's Kuangdi." Yan Ke said. "Kuangdi is the place where Yang Hu went when he defected?" Zilu asked. "Perhaps enough. Later, Yang Hu fled to the state of Jin." Confucius said. While the masters and apprentices were talking, they suddenly saw a large group of people with sticks and spears swarming up from the town in front of them, shouting: "Don't let Yang Hu escape!" "Catch Yang Hu!" "Ah, how did Yang Hu get here?" Confucius was wondering when he saw hundreds of people running up and surrounded them. Confucius stood up, saluted the leader, and said, "I, Kong Qiu, is going to Chen State, passing by here, got out of the car for a rest, I don't know your name, sir, why did you surround us?" I saw the leader yelling: "I am Jianzi, the magistrate (county magistrate) of Kuangdi, and I have come here to arrest you, a villain. Tell you, Yang Hu, don't pretend to be stupid. You think you are pretending to be Confucius and you want to deceive me." I. Tell you, I know Confucius, he is a great sage, don't defile him." Confucius didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and Zi Gong stepped forward to argue: "Lord Yizai, this is obviously our teacher Confucius, but you say he is Yang Hu, and Yang Hu committed a crime. Our teacher hates him the most." "Don't talk nonsense with them." Zilu rushed forward and raised his knife and shouted, "Whoever dares to touch my teacher, I will fight him desperately." "Zilu, stop being unreasonable, put down the knife!" Confucius ordered. Confucius said to Nayizai: "We have misunderstood, please don't kill good people unjustly." The man looked on suspiciously. "He's lying. I heard this man say just now," he pointed at Yan Ke, "they entered through the gap in front of the attack." With a sound of "wow", Jian Zi drew his sword out of its sheath and approached Confucius: "You still want to lie to me?" The crowd behind him also raised their swords and spears, approaching the dead disciples of Confucius, the situation was extremely critical. Confucius suddenly remembered what Yan Ke said just now, and suddenly realized, he smiled at the "woodcutter": "It turns out that you misheard, it is the person you went to call, in fact, he was talking about Yang Hu, not me, Kong Qiu. " After hearing this, Yan Ke quickly said: "That's right, you got it wrong, I mean, I heard that Yang Hu once attacked Kuangdi, I don't know the details." Confucius took a step forward and bowed his hands to Jian Zi: "I misunderstood, I am indeed not Yang Hu, you can go and investigate first, so as not to kill the wrong person." Jian Zi said: "Do you know how many people Yang Hu killed and burned our houses, so I can't let him go, now I have to wrong you, please wait here, we will investigate, If you are really not Yang Hu, I will let you go." Confucius said: "It is convenient to listen carefully." Jian Zi arranged for some soldiers to guard Confucius and the others, and then told the others to go back and stand by. When it got dark, Confucius and the others had to rest in the car and eat some dry food to satisfy their hunger.After dawn, Jian Zi came to release them. The disciples were exhausted all night, and they all seemed very anxious. Confucius sat on the hillside, and the disciples followed him. They sat around Confucius and listened to his lecture. Confucius was not discouraged and said: "After the death of King Wen and Duke Zhou, the mission of spreading Zhou culture remains on us. If God does not want to destroy this culture, then what are we afraid of? Can Kuang people do anything to us?" Yan Hui said: "The teacher is right, God will not abandon us, because we have to complete the mission of continuing Zhou culture." Zigong also said, "Teacher, don't worry, we are not afraid." Zilu held a sharp sword in his hand and his eyes wide open, guarding Confucius. After being besieged for three days, the dry food ran out, and Confucius said, "Let's dig wild vegetables to eat." Confucius was digging wild vegetables on the hillside. He sat down with the wild vegetables in his hands, and said while digging: Bi Cai Ge Xi!She went to the mountains to pick Ge! Not seeing each other for a day, not seeing each other for a day. Like March!It's like three months have passed! Zigong laughed when he heard this, and said, "Is the teacher homesick?" So he continued to sing: He Cai Xiao Xi!She went to the mountains to collect wormwood! Not seeing each other for a day, not seeing each other for a day. It's like three autumns!It's like three autumns! "Zigong misses his wife, right?" Zilu laughed. Yan Hui also sang: Zilu smiled and asked Yan Hui, "Hui, who do you miss?" "I miss my parents." Confucius said with a smile: "Hui is a filial son." So, the disciples also happily dug up wild vegetables. They set up copper pots, cooked wild vegetables, and then ate wild vegetables while listening to Confucius' lectures. On the fifth day of being trapped, Confucius and his disciples were sleepy and hungry. Everyone's face was obviously thin, but they still ate wild vegetables, played the piano and sang.Jian Zi's people felt very strange, so they ran back to report to Jian Zi. Kuang Jianzi said that the person who went to investigate hadn't come back yet, but he also heard that Confucius was the most respectful person, and that he and his students were good at poetry, calligraphy, and zither, so he also wondered if it was really Confucius?I thought that if it was really Confucius, it would be troublesome to starve them to death, so I invited two old men to judge together. When they came to the foot of the hill, they heard the very beautiful sound of the piano.Walking over, I saw Confucius sitting on a small hill playing the piano, and the students sat around him singing.It may be because they are starving, their voices are not too loud, but they have an invisible deterrent effect. Although their descriptions are sleepy, their expressions are high-spirited, with wild vegetables in their hands... They were stunned, and his soldiers were obviously also shocked, and they all stared blankly. "It's not Yang Hu, it's not Yang Hu, you can't wrong a good person." The two old men invited by Jian Zi both said that it wasn't Yang Hu, they had seen Yang Hu before. After hearing this, Jian Zi hurriedly bowed in front of Confucius and said, "Master, I misunderstood, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "Hurry up and serve the meal to invite the master and the others to eat." So the soldiers served their meals to Confucius and his disciples, and Jianzi gave them some food, and sent Confucius and them out of the country. Confucius and his disciples never expected to go out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den.After Confucius and his party left Kuangyi, they encountered difficulties again in Pudi.It turned out that Gongsun Shu, a rebel minister of the state of Wei who fled to Pucheng, heard that Confucius had come to Pudi, and sent people overnight to surround the building where Confucius' master and apprentice lived. The next day, Confucius and his disciples found out that they were imprisoned again.In the morning, Zilu wanted to go out, but was blocked by a guard with a knife block. "Why are we detained?" Confucius heard the shout and came out to look. Only then did he realize that the post where they lived was surrounded by soldiers. He asked in surprise, "Who are you? Our teachers and students passed by here and did not break any law. Why did you arrest us?" The leader said: "We are ordered by Lord Gongsun Shu, please don't come out." "It's unreasonable, get out of the way, or you will be the ghost of my sword." Zilu roared, drew out his sword and cursed. The guard also drew his sword. Gong Liangru said righteously: "We have just escaped from Kuangdi, and now we have fallen into your clutches. Rather than being trapped to death by you, it is better to fight." Then he raised his knife and slashed at the guards.So Zilu and Ran Qiu raised their swords and killed them. When the two sides were about to fight, they suddenly heard: "Hugh is rude! Let me down." The master and disciple of Confucius turned their heads and saw that it was Gong Bushu coming with his entourage. He saluted Confucius and said, "Master is frightened. I definitely don't want to hurt my life. I just want to ask the sage to help me. As long as I win the guard The government of the country, I must value my master, I have always admired my virtue and ability..." "Shut up, a rebel and defector, you are also worthy of talking about virtue and talent, let us teachers and students go!" Confucius said loudly. Seeing that Confucius refused, Gongsun Shu said loudly: "If you don't eat the toast, if you eat the fine wine, then don't blame me, Gongsun Shu, for being rude, and show them to me." After saying this, he left aggressively. So Confucius and his disciples were surrounded in the building.On the fifth day, Confucius was about to break out of the siege, so Zilu, Gong Liangru, and Ran Qiu fought with the guards. Gongsun Shu knew that Confucius could not be kept, so he came out to make peace.He brought his entourage to the building and said to Confucius: "As long as the master makes an oath with us that he will not go to the Weidu Diqiu, I will let him go." Confucius thought to himself that it was important to escape first, so he made an oath with them.Confucius and his disciples finally left Pudi. After walking for a while, Confucius said to Zigong, "Hurry up, go to Diqiu." Zigong said: "Teacher, didn't you make an oath with them? If you return to Diqiu, you are not breaking the agreement." Confucius said: "What breach of contract? The oath was forced by Gongsun Shu. He didn't let us assist Wei Linggong. We still want to go. I hate that kind of traitor." Zigong said: "The teacher is right, go back to Weiguo." So as soon as the whip was raised, the car quickly drove towards Diqiu. Before arriving at Diqiu City, he saw a crowd of people in the distance, but when he got closer, he realized that it was Duke Ling of Wei leading his ministers to greet him outside the city. Confucius hurriedly got out of the car, walked towards him, and gave a big gift to Duke Ling of Wei. Duke Ling of Wei said: "We already know about Master's distress in Pudi. Master deserves to be the next saint today. I admire you very much. Welcome to the Kingdom of Wei." Dr. Yun Boyu standing next to Duke Ling of Wei said: "It is an honor for Master to come to Wei State. This time, please invite Master, Teacher and Students to live in my house. Although the humble house is simple, it can still shelter Master from the wind and rain. " Confucius said: "Thank you, Dr. Yun, for your care. Then we will not bother you much." So the master and apprentice of Confucius stayed at Dr. Yun Boyu's house, giving lectures while waiting for Wei Linggong's reuse.