Chapter 21 Sixth, the teacher

Under the cable bridge at the entrance of Linglong Valley, the water is still rushing and murmuring as usual.Sima Yi, Zhou Xuan, Hu Zhao, Fang Ying and others sent Huan Fan across the cable bridge, and bid farewell to the Jieshi at the mouth of the valley, unable to control themselves for a long time. "Brother Huan, what are your plans after leaving the valley?" Sima Yi said earnestly, "We will say goodbye from now on, I'm afraid we won't see each other again—oh! Yi really misses you, a stern friend!" "Brother Sima, Huan is also reluctant to break up with you! It's just that his father's order is hard to break, and Huan should go back to his hometown to fulfill the filial piety of a son of man." Above the torrent, he said leisurely, "According to Huan, now the emperor's seat is lost and the court is in chaos. Although there are many heroes in the world, it's just a snail's horn. We have learned the skills of all schools of thought." However, the Han Dynasty is precarious, there is no lord who cannot be assisted, and there is no virtuous minister below, Huan is afraid that after returning to his hometown, he will learn to fish in Weibin like Jiang Taigong..."

"In today's world, General Cao Cao is wise and wise, and Dr. Xun Yu is lenient and courteous. They are recruiting talents to revitalize the court and help the Han Dynasty." Sima Yi frowned slightly, and said in a deep thought, "Brother Huan can go and follow them." what!" "Yes! Yes!" Zhou Xuan, who was listening clearly, also interjected, "Brother Huan's family and General Cao have always had friendship in the same county and family. If you go to General Cao, you will be greatly valued. ——Senior officials and generous salaries are just around the corner!"

"Duh! Duh! Zhou Jun only knows how to persuade people to become officials!" Hu Zhao heard this, but he didn't take it seriously. "In the eyes of my younger brother, Brother Huan's upright, straightforward and sensitive disposition is like Han Fei reborn. Why do you have to be an official? ? Like Han Feizi, writing books and making speeches, his achievements are also great!" After Fang Ying listened to Zhou Xuan and Hu Zhao's advice to Huan Fan, she thought for a while, and then said calmly: "Brother Huan, before you leave the valley, Master must have given you some advice. You leave the valley Afterwards, you only need to do what the master told you, and you probably won't go wrong."

After listening to Fang Ying's words, Huan Fan, who had a calm face, felt a wave of turmoil in his heart: Indeed, Master Guan Ning had handwritten a book motto to him when he was leaving the valley: Husbands, monarchs and ministers are connected, and wisdom is served with foolishness. It is not easy, and it is difficult to do things that are bright and dark, but it is only possible to do things that are virtuous and holy.Therefore, the choice of assistant should not be careless.Remember, remember.He has decided to keep this motto in his heart, and never forget it.So, with a straight face, he said to Fang Ying, Sima Yi and others: "Those who serve the ruler with their own bodies, do their utmost to be loyal, do their best to be loyal, and serve the work of labor and humiliation. Those who do not say goodbye: Sincerely want to use peace to transform the people and promote virtue, so that the lord will be the sage of a generation and himself a good assistant for a lifetime. To assist Qiancheng is to read the merits of Guan Zhong and Yan Ying, and to assist the world is to think of defeating Lord Shun , The honor of Dayu, how can it be that a seven-foot body spoils an official, covets the family's salary, and the glory and glory! As far as I can see, General Cao has Dr. Xun Yu as his assistant at this time, Huan It would not be of much benefit to him to go to serve. After twenty years, when the troubled times are settled and the world is peaceful, Huan was just released as an official to assist the emperor and help the people!"

Since Huan Fan left, Sima Yi suddenly felt as if something was missing in his academy life.In school, without Huan Fan arguing with him tit-for-tat, his thinking seemed to be difficult to collide with shining sparks for a while, and he felt a little uncomfortable.On the other hand, Fang Ying played the piano so elegantly and well that he could get a cleanse of his body and mind from it every time, which was comforting and temporarily filled his sense of emptiness after Huan Fan left. Recently, Zhou Xuan's technique of divination and divination has become more and more sophisticated.He seemed like a lucky guy who suddenly discovered a treasure and got rich overnight. He couldn't hold back his vanity, and he jumped out among his classmates from time to time to show off his magic tricks.

On this day, he lined up copper baht on the desk in the school again to make calculations and brag to his classmates.Sima Yi was a little annoyed when he heard it, and couldn't help thinking of teasing him, so he put down the book, walked up to Zhou Xuan, and said with a slight smile, "Mr. Zhou, your divination and fortune-telling skills are certainly extraordinary. I have always admired her very much—but today, Yi can design a problem that you will never be able to figure out!" "Zhongda, you are exaggerating! Even though you are very resourceful and knowledgeable, Zhou's hexagram divination technique is an innate strange science and a unique skill in the Taoist sect. When the time comes, the reason is at the beginning of things', for the past, present, and future, it is better to look at the palm prints and 'see a thousand miles away'!" Zhou Xuan looked up at him and stroked the desk on the row of desks with his palm. With three copper bahts, a look of arrogance appeared on his face, "If you have any problems, just ask me, and Zhou will be able to test it!"

After hearing this, Sima Yi just chuckled, without saying a word, turned around and walked slowly to the door of the school, stepped out his right foot and slowly raised it, hanging over the threshold, stopped, then turned to Zhou Xuan and asked: " Zhou Jun, please make some calculations at this moment—is Yi going to enter this door or leave this door in the current situation?" "This... this..." Seeing his actions like this, Zhou Xuan was immediately dumbfounded: If he is "out", let's say he is "out", and when he retracts his right foot in the air, it will be "in"; After "in", he stepped out with his right foot hanging in the air, and it became "out" again!At this moment, Zhou Xuanzong was proficient in fortune-telling, and he couldn't do anything with the three divination coins on the desk, so he said dumbfounded, "You...you...you are playing tricks!"

"How is it? Mr. Zhou—Your skill of divination is easy to measure and divination this week, but you are helpless when you encounter Yi's problem today?" Sima Yi looked at Zhou Xuan's embarrassed face, and he couldn't help but feel a serious look on his face. A strong color of pride.He looked up to the sky and laughed, and said to himself: "My wisdom is like a spring of thousands of dendrobiums. It comes out of nowhere and gurgles on the flat ground. It is not difficult even though it is a thousand miles a day. And with the passage of time, it is ever-changing and unpredictable. What we can know : You can do what you should do, you can stop at what you should stop, and you can do it when you think about it, that's all!"

All the students immediately applauded and cheered.Zhou Xuan blushed with embarrassment, shook his head and smiled wryly but didn't dare to say more. "Wait a minute!" A vigorous and powerful voice suddenly sounded.Sima Yi and his classmates followed the sound and looked back, only to see that Mr. Guan Ning had sat down on the square bamboo couch at some point, looking at him with piercing eyes. He stared at Sima Yi, stretched out his hand to hold a pen and wrote a large character on a piece of rice paper on the ebony table in front of him, and said slowly: "Sima Zhongda, why is your movement so unpredictable right now? Just take a look as a teacher." The word written..."

Ke Ling took the piece of rice paper to Sima Yi and his eyes lit up - there was a big and powerful character written on it: "Ka"! Seeing this word, Sima Yi turned pale with shock, hurriedly withdrew his right leg, plopped, and bowed down to the master from a distance. "Sima Zhongda, please tell me this: When the sage Cangjie created characters, did the character 'ka' mean to let it go up or down?" "Master...Master, disciple...disciple..." "You raised your legs in the air just now. It was just like this 'not up or down'. It can be seen that the word 'stuck' is the answer to your question. The pride of one thought, the pride of one's wisdom, and the show off of one's talent will eventually be If you are 'stuck' at a critical juncture, you can't go up or down, you can't succeed, you can't be defeated, you can't be holy or vulgar, and others can see through it at a glance, so why do you need divination?"

"Master...Master, I know I was wrong..." Sima Yi fell on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed to admit his mistake.The students saw that the master's words and actions were very severe, and they all hurriedly pleaded for Sima Yi: "Senior brother Zhongda knows that he has made a mistake, so please calm down, master." Guan Ning waved his right hand, stopped the persuasion and pleading of the disciples below, slowly closed his eyes, and said coldly: "Sima Zhongda, I am afraid that you are not willing to be in my purple abyss because of the desire to itch in your heart. The academy is doing ascetic practice. Forget it, forget it. There is a saying in the saying: 'There is always a feast that comes to an end'. You have been in my Spirit Dragon Valley for four full years, and it is time to come out..." "Master! Master...Master..." When Sima Yi heard this, his face turned pale as if he had been struck by five thunders, and he hurriedly choked up and cried out in grief, "Disciple, please...please take back your life..." Guan Ning didn't answer any more, and left the bed with his figure. The night is already very deep. On the cold bluestone floor, Sima Yi was kneeling motionless.Since noon, he has been kneeling like a stone statue in front of the stone steps outside Guan Ning Abode, waiting quietly. "Senior brother—" Fang Ying also stood behind him and waited with him, and repeatedly advised him, "Don't wait here anymore, Master will not see you again tonight. You should go back to the dormitory and have a good rest first." .” Sima Yi bit his lips tightly, shook his head silently, still knelt on the spot and refused to get up. At this moment, the moonlight in the sky was getting darker, and thick clouds were slowly pouring in from all directions. "Oh! It's going to rain!" Fang Ying felt that the moonlight seemed to be darkening, and when she looked up, she couldn't help but exclaimed. Sima Yi seemed to be deaf, still standing upright and kneeling, indifferent to everything around him. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew up all around, and with a whistling sound, a cloud of dust swept across Sima Yi's face, fascinating his eyes.Fang Ying groaned, but hurriedly leaned over to block him, and at the same time reached out to wipe off the sand on his eyelashes! This was the first time that Sima Yi got so close to Fang Ying - he felt that Fang Ying's palm was as warm as jade, and when he gently wiped his face, it seemed to leave an inexplicable faint fragrance on his cheeks! ——This delicate fragrance reminded him of the faint body fragrance on Diao Chan when his skin touched her when he rescued Diao Chan in Dong Zhuo's green bamboo pavilion that day! Sima Yi's mind fluttered slightly, and he woke up in a daze. He hastily stretched out his hand and pushed Fang Ying away, and said in a loud voice, "Brother Ying! It's going to rain! Don't worry about me, go and take shelter from the rain!" "Brother Sima, if you don't get up to take shelter from the rain, I will never go to take shelter from the rain!" Fang Ying stared at him brightly, with a hint of firmness and determination in her tone!Sima Yi let out a sigh, and hurriedly turned to call Niu Jin and Lin Qiaoer, and ordered, "You two, why don't you get Brother Ying out of here? Yi knelt here to sincerely reflect on his mistakes to Master, and Brother Ying doesn't need to be here. Accompany Yi to suffer together!" When Niu Jin and Lin Qiaoer heard the words, they hurried over to pull Fang Ying away.Just as they were pushing and pulling, there was a clatter of thunder in the sky, and raindrops as big as soybeans fell down with a crackling sound! At the moment when the torrential rain fell, the wooden door of the monastery opened gently with a creak.Ke Ling walked out quickly, and went down to help Sima Yi, saying: "Brother Sima, Master told you to enter the house. Fang Ying, Niu Jin, you all go back." "Master is finally willing to see me?" Sima Yi showed a look of surprise on his face, not caring about the wet clothes on his body, he quickly got up and started to enter the monastery.When he approached the threshold, Ke Ling suddenly reached out behind him and grabbed him.Sima Yi turned around in astonishment, only to see Ke Ling taking off his green clothes and handing them over: "Brother Sima, my brother, these clothes are dry, just change them and put them on before you go to see Master!" Sima Yi's eyes became hot, and he didn't say much, just squeezed Ke Ling's extended hand tightly, then took off his wet gown, put on Ke Ling's green clothes, and went straight into the house.Ke Ling did not follow in as usual, but stood under the eaves of the abode and gently closed the wooden door for him.He turned around and looked at the dense rain curtain that was rushing down in the sky, and for some reason, he let out a deep sigh! On the couch in the abbot, Guan Ning was sitting cross-legged, holding the mutton fat jade handle as usual, and sitting cross-legged, his eyes seemed to be closed but not closed, as if he was in a state of concentration. "Master..." Sima Yi hastily bowed down in front of his couch. After a long time, Guan Ning opened his eyes slightly and said slowly, "What? At this moment, don't you want to leave Spirit Dragon Valley?" "Master... this disciple is willing to study under Master's school for another three years, and when he becomes more mature, he will go out to help the Han family and help the world and the people!" Sima Yi said humbly, "The frivolous act of disciple this morning is really a big mistake!" You are wrong, but please punish me severely, Master—but, you must not expel the apprentice from the academy!" After hearing his words, Guan Ning raised his eyes slowly, stared at his face for a long while, and then said solemnly: "Sima Zhongda——how long are you going to lie to me as a teacher? Just tell me frankly." , Did your elder brother Sima Lang write you a letter home three months ago?" "Family letter?" When Sima Yi heard it, it was like thunder piercing his ears, shaking his whole body, "This... this, how did Master know?" "A few days ago, your elder brother Sima Lang wrote a letter to Wei Shi. He said in the letter that he had been made the master book by General Cao Cao more than four months ago, and his father was naturally your father Sima. Mr. Fang has also retired and returned home...Your Sima family has always attached great importance to filial piety. Now, as the second son in the family, you should return to Wen County to serve your father and guide your younger brothers in place of your elder brother!" Guan Ning said calmly. He said, "Actually, he wrote to you three months ago, asking you to go back to your hometown - but you haven't replied. As a last resort, he wrote a letter to tell the teacher about the situation. Zhongda, for Did the master drive you out of the valley just because of your little mistake this morning? It is indeed time for you to leave the valley and return to your hometown." He was talking, when he saw Sima Yi raised his eyebrows and wanted to argue, he lightly lifted the whisk in his hand, stopped him, and continued: "Your mind, as a teacher, naturally understands - you are indeed there." I intend to continue my studies in Spirit Dragon Valley. As a teacher, I will tell you directly today. In the past four years, you have studied all the books with words in my huge Purple Abyss Academy in Spirit Dragon Valley, up to From astronomy, middle to the human world, down to geography, the knowledge of the Three Realms that I have cultivated all my life as a teacher has been taught to you. I am not afraid of making fun of you when I say it, as a teacher has nothing more to teach you.” "Master... why did Master say such a thing?" Sima Yi was terrified when he heard this, and hastily prostrated himself on the ground, "You are so knowledgeable that the depths of the sea are vast, how can you be able to hold it all with mere mere fighting stick? Disciple There are still many things I can't understand in my own thinking, and I need to be taught by the master..." "Zhongda, you are already the source of the academic knowledge of various schools of thought, and now it's time to apply what you have learned and sharpen your edge in the competition field." Guan Ning shook his head with a smile, "You should come to the competition now." In the brand new world that belongs to you, go to study and study the brilliant wordless book of "Investigate things to gain knowledge, be honest and sincere, cultivate one's morality, govern the family, govern the country and the world". This is your most urgent task right now! I hope you can truly read through this wordless book." "Master..." When Sima Yi heard Guan Ning say this, he immediately understood that he had made up his mind and that he was absolutely determined to let him leave the valley to be a teacher. "Okay, okay, a wonderful man with a great husband has ambitions all over the world, why bother to follow the cries of ordinary people in one room?" The expression on Guan Ning's face was so calm that it was almost indifferent, and he just said leisurely, "There is an old saying: 'A gentleman gives words to others.' When I leave as a teacher, I have a few words to give to you, and you should write them down." "Yes...Master..." Sima Yi wiped the tears from his cheeks with his sleeve, and replied in tears. "After Shang Tang destroyed Xia, his left minister Zhong Hui wrote "Shang Shu · Zhong Hui Zhi Gao" and warned him: "The king who can learn from himself will die. If you ask others, you will be rich, and if you use it yourself, you will be small." "Guan Ning said slowly, "This commandment is the key for you to study and study any wordless book in the world. If you abide by this statement, you will surely achieve everything and achieve nothing!" "Yes! I remember it!" Sima Yi kowtowed heavily. "Also, according to my teacher, this catastrophe in a chaotic world cannot be put down without the help of great sages and great sages." Guan Ning said slowly again, with a very solemn expression, "You have cultivated the foundation of helping the world and calming the people. Dayuan must set up the grand plans and ambitions of great sages and great sages. It is said: "A husband and a lord are in harmony with the heaven and earth, with the sun and the moon with their brightness, with the order of the four seasons, and with ghosts and gods with their good and bad luck." , do not disobey the innate and the heaven, the acquired and obey the heaven', this is the realm you have spent your whole life pursuing! As for being a general or a king, as long as it is beneficial to the common people in the world, you have to do your part. It is incumbent!" "Master, you have such high expectations for your disciple, how can this disciple bear it?" Sima Yi's eyes turned with crystal light, and he was choked with sobs and couldn't continue speaking. "The last point, you must never forget it." Guan Ning stared deeply into Sima Yi's eyes, still expressionless, "Zhongda, you have schemes in your chest. According to my teacher, there are few rivals in this world. However, the art of intrigue is an extremely sharp double-edged sword—it can hurt others as well as oneself; The great sages and great sages with great benevolence and virtue can hold on to it and use it! The more sinister, dangerous, and powerful your schemes are, the more you need to be kind and compassionate to subdue the hostility! "Remember! Remember! Virtue is the real gain, no virtue is no gain, small virtue can be small, and great virtue can be great! Blindly relying on small wisdom and small schemes to benefit yourself at the expense of others is in vain. Nothing! The fate of Pang Juan, Su Qin, Zhao Gao and other treacherous gangsters is a lesson from the past!" "Yes! This disciple will definitely keep Master's words firmly in his heart and never forget them!" After hearing this, Sima Yi broke out in a cold sweat and kowtowed repeatedly on the floor. "I've told you everything I want to say as a teacher, you can go on your own." Guan Ning seemed to be very tired after speaking on the phone, and closed his eyes slightly.Sima Yi didn't say much, kowtowed nine times on the ground, and then walked out slowly with his hands down. The moment Sima Yi walked out of the Jingshe door, Guan Ning suddenly opened his slightly closed eyes, staring quietly at his back.His pupils are like ancient ponds, with layers of waves slightly shining, like joy but not joy, sadness and not sorrow, as if they contain infinite meanings, which cannot be clarified for a long time.