Chapter 65 In the first quarter, young wizards meet unexpectedly

Fifteen-year-old Meng Tian knew for the first time what it was like to be tired on a pommel horse. After wading through a big water and climbing up a mountain ridge, when he suddenly saw the "Lanling" boundary marker standing on the top of the mountain, Meng Tian let out a cry of joy and collapsed on the hillside.He knew that the big water behind him was called Yishui, and the green mountain in front of him was called Cangshan Mountain, and the dream school was hidden in this pale yellow and green peaks!Although he was wet, hungry and thirsty, Meng Tian was so happy when he thought that he would meet the master he had admired for a long time and the rare scholar who had been looking for him, he jumped up and took off his inner and outer clothes together, laughing and shouting Feeling ashamed and ashamed, he wrung out one by one and put them on half-human tall grass, then took off the leather girdle from the horse's back and took out a linen toga that had never been wet to wrap around himself, and tied it around his waist with a big belt. Vigorously picked bluegrass on the hillside.

Lanling is the mountain of bluegrass.This Lanling is not only a famous county in Chu State, but also a famous county in the world.There are two names of Lanling: one is bluegrass and the other is fine wine.In terms of origin, the name of bluegrass is far earlier than Lanling wine.Bluegrass, the flowers are light yellow and the leaves are light green. The fragrance is faint and refreshing. It is also used as grass, flower and medicine.Chu people still love orchid grass, and they wear orchid grass ornaments in the Central Plains Peiyu.Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" says: "Ran Qiulan admires it." It is such a custom.Bluegrass benefits the world, and there is another major use, which is the beauty of blue cream.Blue cream is the oil refined from orchid grass. It is used to light lamps, which can not only produce fragrance but also repel insects; women's oil and oil can make hair moist like clouds and fragrant like stamens all day long. "Li Sao Calling the Soul" says: "Orchid ointment and bright candle, Huarong prepares some." From this, orchid grass is also called Zelan, which is what it is called!

Meng Tian has little knowledge and is versatile, and the beauty of landscape and scenery is the best.Seeing Cangshan orchid grass green and yellow in the setting sun stretching endlessly along with the mountains and valleys, Meng Tian's exhaustion, hunger and thirst have long since been thrown into the sky.Pick a few handfuls of orchid grass, weave it into a green and yellow corolla, and weave it into a knee-length Lanpei, with a crown on the head and Lanpee hanging around the neck, and then dance with hands and feet on the hillside Jumping and screaming and running wildly. "There is nothing to be enlightened by carelessness, nothing to be touched by words, and then to be extremely intelligent and debating..."

Suddenly, a long and clear chant floated faintly with the wind. Although the meaning of the words could not be discerned, the sonorous and frustrating rhythm was clearly very ancient.Meng Tian looked at it in surprise, but saw an ox-drawn cart at the foot of the mountain heading towards the mountain pass, the canopy flickered between the long wind and grass waves, the cattle were walking, and the bells of the car were jingling, and the clear singing was floating in the faint fragrance of boundless orchid grass middle.Suddenly, Meng Tian's childlike innocence was brightened, and he waved to the mountain pass and shouted: "Senior, master! You are so leisurely and carefree—"

The bullock carts still jingle and walk loosely, and the clear singing is still pervasive. Meng Tian rushed to the front of the car in one breath: "I dare to ask senior, is there a school in Cangshan?" The big yellow cow mooed and stopped leisurely, and the person under the car hood suddenly sat up—the loose clothes were thin and bony, and the young and bright eyes were a little dazed—suddenly woke up and chanted: "Whoever talks to me, is your foot?" Meng Tian cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Senior is obsessed with reciting, and I am asking for advice from senior." "Senior? No, no, I dare not do it." "What's the matter, but it doesn't matter." Meng Tian suddenly came to his senses and cupped his hands and said, "Brother is late in speaking, please forgive me for being disrespectful just now." The thin man in civilian clothes seriously looked up and down at the boy in front of him, and teased with a cold smile: " Young scholar, bluegrass merchant, do you want to find the county magistrate of Lanling?" Meng Tian couldn't help laughing and said, "This big brother is interesting, I have already asked, is there a school in this Cangshan Mountain?"

"The academy doesn't care about bluegrass sales." Meng Tian smiled brightly: "Brother! Do you have to send me to be a businessman?" "Businessmen always act like this when they enter the mountain, dressed in vanilla!" The skinny man in common clothes looked cold. "Hate merchants and grass, brother, Fangzheng is going too far." "It's better to talk about the mind, and it's better to choose the technique..." "Although the appearance is good, but the intention is evil, harmless is a villain." "You, have you read this "Non-Phase" chapter?" The thin, cold clothed man was surprised.

Meng Tian smiled mischievously: ""Xunzi" is spread all over the world, so I can't recite a few words?" "No! The chapter "Fei Xiang" is the master's new work, when has it been spread around the world?" "No?" Meng Tian clapped his hands suddenly after learning a word, "That's right, you are Brother Han Fei!" "Who's next? I don't know." The skinny man in civilian clothes still said coldly. "Brother, do you know Lu Zhonglian?" "Just say who you are!" "In Xialutian, people from Lu in the Qi Kingdom travel to study and seek teachers."

"So that's why I offended you just now." The cold Han Fei smiled. "So, I am not a businessman anymore?" "Little brother is lovely." Han Fei smiled lightly, "Want to enter the Cangshan Academy?" "Exactly!" "This guest too!" Han Fei strode to the bullock cart, pulled out the umbrella cover in the car, turned around and inserted it on the grass, "Cangshan Fadu, whenever you meet a scholar who is seeking a scholar, immediately dump the cover to wash the dust. This is the cover of the master's car, I Let’s drink three bowls first with my little brother.” After speaking, he took a bulging skin bag and two wooden bowls embedded in the carriage from the bullock cart.Meng Tian jumped up and clapped his hands happily and said with a smile: "Lanling wine is wonderful! I have dried meat! Brother sit down, I'll come!" He brought a leather bag in front of the galloping horse and took out the sauced dried beef wrapped in two lotus leaves. Feibu brought a stone slab and placed it in front of the car, spread out the lotus leaves to pour wine, and everything was ready without Han Fei's hands being needed.

"When a wise son comes, he will be rewarded with fine wine!" "When you see a gentleman, you will never forget your virtue!" According to the ancient style, the two chanted a poem and sang a line, and drank the big bowl as soon as they touched it.Meng Tian blushed and picked up the skin bag to pour the wine again, held up the big bowl with both hands and recited a poem: "Although there are brothers, it is better to have friends!" Han Fei raised the bowl but sighed deeply: "Whenever there are good friends, the situation is also chanted!" After touching each other for another drink, Meng Tian smiled and said, "Brother Han Fei, why do you think you are a good friend?" It’s also fragrant from the air!” Meng Tian smiled and said: “The bluegrass has many uses, but it’s not from the air to make the fragrance empty. Brother Han Fei is serious.” Died today, my little brother has the heart of bluegrass!" Meng Tian's mind was quick, and he quickly changed the subject with a smile: "The Cangshan Academy is known as the Jixia Outer Academy, and I have admired it for a long time! I just don't know that the master collects disciples' testimonials. how?"

"If you go, you will know yourself." Han Fei suddenly stood up and cupped his hands coldly, "I'm going to Lanling for a drink, so I can't accompany you. Little brother crossed the mountain ahead, and you will see the Cangshan Academy." After speaking, he pulled up the hood of the car and put it in the ox cart, Then he went away with a bang. "Weird too!" Meng Tian muttered, unable to recover for a long time. The mountains are full of blue grass, the sky is full of rays of light, and the wind in the secluded valley is cool.Meng Tian's excited mood was disturbed by Han Fei's sudden outburst.Lu Zhonglian had already told him all about Master Xunzi, and of course he would not miss the master's two disciples, Han Fei and Li Si.Meng Tian had an idea at that time: if he persuaded Han Fei and Li Si to join the Qin Dynasty, it would be a worthwhile trip!However, when I saw Han Fei for the first time today, it was so embarrassing before I could say a few words. This person is really difficult to deal with!From this point of view, Xunzi's disciples must have a lot of wild and strange people, and it may not be an easy task to find a few upright talents.It's been a year since I left Xianyang, is it true that I'm going back empty-handed?Lu Zhonglian said that since the big tree in Jixia Academy has declined, the famous people in the world have fallen leaves, and the opportunity is over!Even so, Meng Tian can never forget Wang Jian's words, there are great men and women in the turbulent world, great talents are not looking for them, but meeting them!

It has to be said that the father's unique school examination method has made them a success. On that day, the elder father asked him to give him some advice, and taught him to be a masked young Sima and compete with the prince Yingzheng in military art.Meng Tian felt that it was fresh and interesting, and Xin Xinran became the examiner of "Young Sima".Unexpectedly, after some contests, Meng Tian admired the young prince greatly, and immediately felt that the Qin State should treat such a prince as the heir apparent!Dafu and his senior ministers were too harsh and critical.After watching the fight between the prince and the masked young soldier, Meng Tian suddenly developed admiration for the prince.After the school examination, there were many rumors in Xianyang, and even the eldest father said that Yingzheng might not be the best candidate for the crown prince.Suddenly, Meng Tian came up with an idea: get to know this prince, and persuade him to travel around the world together and become a secluded hermit!As soon as the idea came out, Meng Tian wondered all day long how to find out the whereabouts of this prince who does not live in the royal city.He didn't want to find out the prince's residence through his father or any official office, but just wanted to find it quietly and leave Xianyang with the prince without anyone noticing.Not wanting to get nothing for ten days in a row, Meng Tian felt a little resentful.At this moment, a servant boy bumped into him under the Populus euphratica forest in the back garden, gave him something and ran away smiling.Meng Tian opened the parchment that was folded squarely, and there was a line of small characters next to the landscapes: "A masked face is also a bosom friend. Thank you for not giving up, please have a meeting. The next day after receiving the book, you can follow the map to find someone." In the early morning of the next day, Meng Tian met Prince Yingzheng in a small boat in the Reed Bay on the south bank of the Wei River.The two hit it off right away, drinking old Qin wine on the floating boat and sipping meat and dried pot helmets, and they still couldn't get enough of it until the sun set on the mountain.Meng Tian talked about all the rumors he had heard, and finally said with emotion: "Brother Zheng, leave it alone! Don't bother with the crown prince, you and I will travel the world together, and be Yu Boya Zhong Ziqi's high mountains and rivers, wouldn't it be wonderful!" Ying Zheng But he patted the boat gang and laughed and cursed: "Prince, you are a bird! I want to do something! My brother only said, if a big thing can be done, are you really willing to do high mountains and rivers?" Meng Tian said: "The so-called doing things is nothing more than a career! There are many generals in Qin Are you and I less important?" Ying Zheng said with piercing eyes: "Brother, what you said is that you value rumors. If the crown prince can do it, what should you do brother?" Meng Tian clapped his hands and laughed: "Brother Zheng If you really become the crown prince, you can do great things, and you don’t need to do high mountains and rivers!" Ying Zheng said solemnly: "Okay! Go back to the village to talk, there is one more person who came late!" "Is that the masked young soldier?" Meng Tian blurted out suddenly. "Brothers are amazing!" Ying Zheng laughed loudly, and Meng Tian went out with two oars, and they reached the shore in a short while. When I went to Nanshan in the moon, a capable person came leading a handsome man.Sheren is Wang Wan, and the heroic figure is indeed the masked young soldier.Without waiting for Wang Wan to introduce, Meng Tian jumped up: "I know! This elder brother is Wang Jian, a rising star in the Qin army!" Ying Zheng and Wang Wan laughed together, but the honest Wang Jian was embarrassed and at a loss.Unexpectedly, after drinking three bowls of wine, the young general's true qualities of a hero can be seen when the sea and the sky are bright.Meng Tian, ​​who is also judging the general situation and is familiar with the entanglement of power and officials, really has no bottom in his mind.Wang Jian was unusually calm: "Although there are many rumors in the government and the public, they can't be compared to the word of real talent. The trend of the times, the heir of the Qin State must be the prince!" Seeing Wang Jian's words, Meng Tian smiled and asked: "The prince is the heir. , what should I do?" Wang Jian paused every word and said: "But as the prince, he speaks quietly and acts swiftly, studies hard and thinks a lot, and responds to all changes with the same." "So what if he succeeds to the great position?" Meng Tian chased after him again. Wang Jian still said calmly: "The great position depends on the current situation. The time is different, the situation is different, and the strategy is different." "How about taking the throne in three years?" "The lord is less suspicious of the country, but only the ministers of power to overcome difficulties and dangers." "How about ascending the throne in ten years?" "The distant period is beyond what can be planned at this time." Meng Tian remembered very clearly that the prince Yingzheng, who was listening attentively, got up and left his seat and bowed down to Wang Jian: "The general is my teacher! Yingzheng would like to be taught!" Wang Jian was so panicked that he quickly bowed down and helped him: "I'm only a few years older, how many years?" With a heart of ordinary people, how dare you be a prince with such a great gift!" Yingzheng supported Wang Jian solemnly and said: "The general is honest and truthful, and he should not be vain. Yes!" Meng Tian came over to support the two men's arms and said, "Brother Wang Jian, don't refuse, just talk about what I should do now? If it's right, I will also apprentice!" Ying Zheng nodded and smiled: "Okay! The general said , accept another student!" "How dare you dare!" Wang Jian was as mature and honest as a farmer when he was doing vulgar rituals, and as sharp and steady as a celebrity when he was talking about business, the two of them changed suddenly.The mischievous Meng Tian rubbed his eyes in surprise: "Yes! The celebrity has changed into a villager again! You can't change, you can be dazzled!" The whole audience laughed, but Wang Jian blushed for a moment and raised his head. After drinking a bowl of old Qin wine, he thought about it: "For now, there is really something to do." "What's the matter?" Ying Zheng and Meng Tian said in unison. "Looking for Wang Zuo's talents!" Wang Jian said with great emotion, "A major event must have a long-term plan. With the power of Qin's ruling and opposition parties, it is only a matter of time before the prince becomes the heir apparent! The King of Qin made an exception to test the school for the young prince to consider the candidate for the crown prince. There must be some variables here One of the variables is that the prince may not be expected to become a heir, or may not be expected to ascend the throne..." The audience suddenly held their breath, and Wang Jian gasped heavily. Urgent work too!" "Didn't you just say that you can only get together with powerful ministers to survive the crisis?" Meng Tian laughed. "What should we do after the crisis?" Wang Jian didn't smile at all. "Meng Tian is convinced, as long as he relies on his master's account!" Ying Zheng smiled lightly and turned serious, "The general's words are deeply in my heart. I don't live in the royal city, and I originally wanted to make friends with others. If it wasn't for the sudden school entrance examination, I originally planned to travel around the world for three years... but the world is so vast, where did the great talent go to look for it?" "It's okay for a prince to have such a heart!" Wang Jian said with great emotion, "In the world of drums and waves, there are heroes! Great talents are not looking for, but meeting! But if you have the heart to seek talents, you will meet unexpectedly!" "Well said!" Meng Tian clapped his hands and laughed, then lowered his voice quickly, "I am the only one who can do this. The prince cannot leave Xianyang. Brother Wang Jian cannot leave the barracks. I am the only one who has nothing to do, but? I will go find A well-known and well-known scholar in the world, this person is related to various university schools, and he will definitely be able to point the way for the search for great talents! How about it?" Yingzheng thought for a moment and suddenly said: "A famous man in the world? Lu Zhonglian!" "Of course!" "But how do you know Lu Zhonglian?" Wang Jian was surprised. "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed!" Meng Tian smiled complacently. ... In this way, Meng Tian hit the road at the beginning of winter last year.The well-known reason is that the Qingming solar term of the Qi people is earlier than that of the Qin State, and Meng Tian will set off in the winter of the previous year when he returns to his hometown to worship the ancestors on behalf of the Qi family.To be honest, Meng Tian did pay homage to the tombs of his ancestors in Qi State during the Ching Ming Festival in the coming spring, but he quietly went to the coast of the East China Sea after worshiping the ancestors.In a group of small islands in the old country of Yue, Meng Tian finally found Lu Zhonglian who had lived in seclusion for many years.Meng Tian took out a three-inch-wide single slip.Lu Zhonglian looked at it for a while and laughed: "It's God's will! Twenty years ago, it should be here today! The boy is lucky, and the old man recognizes it!" Meng Tian remembers clearly, when Lu Zhonglian led him to the top of the mountain. When he was at a lonely peak on the island, the woman on the top of the mountain sang so beautifully that he was intoxicated: "Qizi is back, and I will give you Qiongyao. The fish are hunting and the crops are plowing, and the rain is beating the fluffy grass. There is a paradise in the world, but I am an isolated island." The gray-haired Lu Zhonglian roared at the sea and sang happily: "The mountain is high and the water is far away, my heart is intoxicated. Where is my home and country, an isolated island beyond the sky—" Along with the singing, faintly appearing A slender, rosy and plump woman with long hair in common clothes, with a small bamboo basket on her back, and a small curved hoe in her hand, sometimes dug up a few herbs and threw them into the basket.At that time, for the first time, young Meng Tian's heart fluttered in front of a woman... The root of the small island is the home of Lu Zhonglian and Xiao Yuenv.A row of thatched wooden houses and a courtyard surrounded by logs.There is a canoe being built in the courtyard, and a large piece of fishing net being weaved.In the middle of the courtyard is a large fire pit that is always smoking and can be lit at any time. There is a barbecue hanger high in the pit, which is like a fishing and hunting camp for ancient tribes.In the small fishing and hunting courtyard, with a clear moon hanging in the blue night sky, Lu Zhonglian lit a bonfire, hung up a huge pottery pot, and opened a pottery urn half a person's height.Xiaoyuenu took down the pottery pot from the hanger, took a small fish out of the pot with a long wooden spoon and put it into the pottery pot in front of Meng Tian with a smile. With Daoshan herbal medicine, the fragrance appetizer nourishes the soul, removes dampness and reduces dryness, my little brother is free to eat." As kind and loving as a mother, Meng Tian's heart trembled again. It was that night that Meng Tian first tasted the blissful drunkenness, and accompanied Lu Zhonglian to drink bowl after bowl, his heart stretched like it was going to fly.The young man's heart was so moved that he said that he would worship Lu Zhonglian as his teacher to learn the vertical and horizontal art and live in seclusion on the island!Lu Zhonglian laughed and said, the kid is drunk!Live in seclusion vertically and horizontally, with one spear and one shield!The kid is contradictory!Meng Tian shouted loudly, fighting first and then backing up, like a teacher!Xiaoyue girl couldn't help admiring, the little brother is so smart, he is really a thousand-mile horse!Lu Zhonglian laughed loudly with tears in his eyes, Laoji saw Qianliju again, how lucky I am!It's a pity that the old man can't make a thousand-mile horse gallop all over the world!Meng Tian asked each other.Lu Zhonglian sighed for a while, and a word he said still shocked Meng Tian.Lu Zhonglian said, the situation is different today, one strong dominates and the six kingdoms fall. At this time, learning the art of a political strategist is still waiting for a sword! "The views of the predecessors, what should we learn now?" "Only Xunzi's learning is worthy of today's world!" "It is said that Xunzi followed in the footsteps of Confucianism, why did the predecessors say so?" "Laughing and joking!" Lu Zhong shook his white head again and again, "I have been proud of the world all my life, and I have never admired anyone! Only this old Xunzi, I have to say today: I am not qualified to be his student!" During the days of wandering on the island, Lu Zhonglian often talked about Xunzi with emotion: "I met Xunzi in Jixia Academy back then, and my friendship has not been broken for fifty years! If I hadn't escaped from the princes, I'm afraid I would also be with old Xunzi. Come to Cangshan Mountain!" Meng Tian asked Xunzi about his style of study, and Lu Zhonglian only said a few words in a deep voice: Xunzi studied heaven and man, penetrated the past and the present, has the foundation of Confucianism, the vigor of Legalism, the love of Mohism, and the love of Mohism. The transcendence of Taoism; however, it criticizes the scholars, and it is a family of its own, which can be called the pinnacle of today's schools of thought!However, Meng Tian was always a bit disapproving: "Xunzi's knowledge is as good as what Mr. said, how can he be a small county magistrate?" Lu Zhonglian was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "The mystery of creation and the hardship of life are not for you and me. It can be exhausted! From ancient times to the present, it is difficult for academic giants to be accommodated in official careers. Confucius was displaced, Mencius wandered all his life, Laozi went to the quicksand in the west, and Zhuangzi disappeared in the mountains. They all served as officials. Guo Sikou, Mencius was a guest official in Jixia, and Zhuangzi was a small official in the lacquer garden. No matter how big or small, they all end with the word "ci". The reason and reason for this can be called a big article in life! Little county magistrate, how can this old man speak clearly?" One month later, Meng Tian reluctantly left that island, left the pair of natural lovers that will always be engraved in people's hearts, left the dream life that almost conquered and melted him, and trekked mountains and rivers to find the Lanling Mausoleum of Chu State.