Chapter 83 Chapter Eighty-Third: False Spitting and Nurturing Duke Zhou’s Trick to Attack the Altar of Apricots, Kong Qiu was Beaten

But when Hong Bo and Xiao Zhi arrived in the East Chamber, they saw Lin Se lying on the bed, with two candles in an oil bowl on the table, and their daughter, son-in-law, son, daughter-in-law, wives and concubines surrounded by them. Boss Lin was out of breath, his mouth was only open, and he was speechless for a while, with only two fingers on his left hand. The eldest son said: "Father means that the two mu of land west of the city belongs to me." The second son said: "Where, the father said that the two white geese behind the house belonged to the second son." The eldest son-in-law said: "My father-in-law must have said that I can marry two wives."

The eldest daughter said: "Don't talk nonsense, father means that I can have two good fathers." The second uncle said: "Come on, you are all wrong, what the old man means is that this property can be sold for two thousand yuan, and it will all belong to the second uncle." Boss Lin's concubine just trembled with anger and cursed: "Bastard, if the property belongs to you, it won't work if I let my old lady drink northwest wind. You guessed it wrong. I think the old man probably feels sorry for the lamp oil. I'm afraid it's a waste of money." , I have to use money to buy oil." As he spoke, he pinched out the two wicks in the oil bowl.When Linse saw it, she fell in love with her, nodded her head, and looked at the concubine gratefully, spread her hands, and died.

When Lin Se died, the whole family was in chaos. The eldest son rummaged through the box, the second son went to pick up the two white geese, the eldest uncle and the second uncle scrambled to grab the old man's shroud, the eldest daughter and the second daughter forced Lin to ask for the rent bill, but Lin just hugged Boss Lin's corpse was crying, the eldest daughter-in-law ran out with a bucket in her arms, and the second daughter-in-law went to grab the gold ring from Mrs. Lin's hand, and the whole family was in chaos. Hong Bo, Xiao Zhi secretly smiled, and hurriedly walked towards the middle of the street.

When I came to a place, it turned out to be an examination room, and a group of Confucian scholars were scribbling and spitting, and I saw one of the younger students holding a writing brush in one hand and holding a paper scroll in the other, and read: Chao is Tian Shelang, Mudeng Tianzitang. A purple python is not too short, Reading is fragrant since ancient times. Another old scholar read: Hundred years of bitterness, Smile to pay the old teeth. examination room wind and cloud guest, When nominated by Yanta. Another young man read: Yingxue Chunqiu is true, Scholarly and ten thousand li soul.

You look handsome, They are all readers. An old man read: Keep the wat jade belt floating, Long live the roar. Everything is inferior, Only reading is high. Another poor scholar stood up. Hong Bo and Xiao Zhi saw that it was the idiot who didn't run away in the rain, but he also chanted: Liang Shi's style is strong, High talent does not go to court, People are fighting, I have a pen like a knife. Hong Bo and Xiao Zhi listened to it for a while, and felt bored, so they came to the east of the street again.It turns out that this rotten Confucian country is divided into four districts, housing a total of 10,000 Confucian students; the west of the street is the examination room, the south of the street is the garden of the brothel, the north of the street is the market and bookstall, and the east of the street is the pulpit and desk.I saw overlapping pavilions on the east side of this street, forests of temples, connected high platforms, and green water surrounding the walls.Hong Bo and Xiao Zhi walked to a building, and saw three impressive gold letters written on it: Duke Zhou's Mansion

There are also couplets on both sides: The mountains never tire of being high and the water never tires of being deep, the Duke of Zhou vomited and nourished the world Books are not too much ink, not too heavy, a gentleman lives idle and talks eloquently It so happened that Duke Zhou was eating on the balcony, and he was spitting out fishbone. When he saw Hongbo and Xiaozhi, and saw that they were the wanderers Yi Minguo met, he couldn't help thinking about it, and spat out the thorn with a "wow"; the servant next to him knew that there was another famous person Come to see, hastily hand in hand.Duke Zhou straightened his sleeves, came to Hong Bo and Xiao Zhi, and said: "You two wanderers have come here from afar, and you are full of travel and dust. Why don't you let me know that I, Duke Zhou, will be a corporal and build a high-level recruiting platform to recruit talents."

Hong Bo said with a smile: "She and I are not just ordinary people." Duke Zhou chuckled dryly and said, "A thousand cups of wine are too few, come on, let's have a couple of cups." As he spoke, he dragged Hong Bo up to the balcony, and Xiao Zhi had no choice but to follow him up the stairs. The Duke of Zhou called his servants to bring more food and wine, but Hong Bo didn't want to drink and just watched from the sidelines.This week, the Duke of Zhou talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to Shang Tang and Zhou Wen.Hong Bo said with a smile: "I don't believe in Buddhism, faith, fame, or Confucianism. My original intention is to travel around the world. I can't accept Mr.'s entrustment."

Duke Zhou invited him again and again, but Hong Bo refused. Duke Zhou was helpless.He asked Hong Bo to stay for a few days before leaving, but Hong Bo bit the bullet and had to agree. Duke Zhou ordered his servants to take them to Nashi Pavilion to rest. That night, Hong Bo felt depressed, so he went out to admire the moon alone.A few young men walked in with lanterns, and then Duke Zhou walked in with the help of an old man.The old man looked rich, he was Confucius from the Kingdom of Saints.That Confucius said: "The kingdom of sages has come to the 'Black Whirlwind' to make a big fuss in the Confucian shop. If I hadn't run fast, this old bone would have been confessed!"

Zhou Gong sighed: "Nowadays, rituals are broken and music is broken, and the world is in chaos. The Jade Emperor's throne is becoming more and more unstable. Li Kui was killed in the east, and Sun Wukong was killed in the west. Then Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed Confucianism everywhere. Now the Confucian scholars are all bombarded." Come to this rotten Confucian country!" Kong Qiu looked around and said, "It seems that this corrupt Confucian country is not safe. I heard that Liu Xiazhi, Liu Xiahui's brother, rebelled nearby, and I heard that Qin Shihuang was going to send troops to attack. I will stay for a few days and live a few days later. Xiaodongtian started the test, I asked the Jade Emperor to go to Xiaoxitian to hide for a few days, that Sakyamuni treated me well, and he has magic power."

Kong Qiu continued: "Tomorrow morning I will give a lecture at Xingtan, to expose Li Kui's crimes of rebellion, and let Confucian scholars take up arms to defend themselves." Zhou Gong said with a smile: "Okay, good advice, old Kong! I have sent Liu Xiahui to find Liu Xiazhi to recruit him, and I have also sent someone to the hermit country to invite Jiang Ziya. After the matter is completed, we will also come to the fortified wall to clear the country, ha! Ha!" The two Said and walked away. After hearing this, Hong Bo went back to sleep and went to Xiaozhi's house early the next morning to wake Xiaozhi up.Hong Bo said: "I heard from Confucius last night that he went to Xingtan to give lectures early this morning. Let's go and listen."

Xiaozhi got dressed and got up, and the two left Nashi Pavilion, just in time to meet Duke Zhou.When Duke Zhou heard that they went to the altar to listen to Confucius' lectures, he was secretly delighted, thinking that the two of them had enlightened, he hurriedly called a servant to open the way, and the three of them came to the altar. This apricot altar is ten miles east of Duke Zhou's mansion. It is located at the foot of a mountain, with willows on both sides.On the high platform, Confucius had already sat down, with Zigong and Zixia sitting next to him, and there were many Confucian scholars listening to the lectures below. Hong Bo and Xiao Zhi chose an open space to sit, but they heard Kong Qiu weeping up to the sky and said: "I, a Confucian scholar, have believed in etiquette since ancient times. Mu Tang in ancient and modern times, praise Yang virtue in heaven. The Jade Emperor appreciated my virtue, and named me a teacher of benevolence and righteousness for thousands of years, and a model of teacher ethics for all ages. He allowed me to give lectures and recruit students all over the kingdom of heaven. But some people say that I am a liar, and I am a liar. Are you a human being?! If you study well, you will become an official! If you can’t bear it, you will make trouble! From Yi Yin, Lu Wang to me, from Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, Xie An, Wei Zheng to Liu Bowen, aren’t they all scholars? Didn’t Fan Li, Sun Bin, Han Xin, and Liu Bang all rely on perseverance? How can this be called a lie?! Now Qin Shihuang said that I, a Confucian scholar, is like a stray dog. Saint Country, if it weren't for my quick legs, I would have died a long time ago!" While he was talking, he heard a person below yell loudly: "Kong Qiu, don't talk nonsense! Liu Xiazhi came to settle accounts with you!" I saw a burly man leaping up to the high platform with several men with knives. The Confucian soldiers next to him hurriedly swung their arms when they saw it.Hearing a whistle, the ambushing rebels pulled out their knives and guns one after another, and there was a sudden killing sound, and the Confucian scholars fled in all directions, in a panic.Confucius fled under the cover of Confucian soldiers.