Luoyi! In the house of a merchant named Zi!
As all the students of Lao Tzu stood respectfully at the door and picked up Confucius, the merchant named Zi suddenly became crowded, with countless relatives and friends coming to inquire about the news.
Even some big families and officials in Luoyi sent people to find out the reason. The merchant surnamed Zi, who originally had a hard time doing business in Luoyi, suddenly gained countless customers inexplicably, which made the merchant surnamed Zi very excited.
However, the most exciting thing was that at noon, when the sun was shining brightly, a team of guards surrounded the door of the merchant named Zi, preventing anyone from getting close.
"Sir, it's bad, we are surrounded by people outside and are not allowed in or out!" A housekeeper rushed into the main hall anxiously.
In the main hall, the head of the family named Zi solemnly received some officials and family members!
"Brother, let me see who is short-sighted enough to seal your home!"
"That's right, I'll teach you a lesson for those blind things!"
"Brother Zi, let me help you solve the things that bother your eyes. Later, you have to help me introduce Confucius!"
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A group of officials immediately rushed to the door of the merchant named Zi, wanting to show off. After all, everyone came here just to establish a relationship with Confucius through the merchant named Zi. The most important thing was to establish a relationship with Lao Tzu. Naturally, they had to behave well at this moment.
But rush to the gate.
"Pfft!" The first Zhou official immediately knelt down.
The officials behind were still surprised: "Hahaha, Mr. Wang, you just said you wanted to vent your anger on me, why did you kneel down? Haha, I saw you were scared, I'll do it!"
"Plop!"
The official who had just laughed at the official in front also immediately knelt down. The people behind him became even more puzzled.
It wasn't until I got closer that I saw guards standing outside the door, and even the emperor's chariot approaching.
Emperor Zhou stepped forward and entered the home of a merchant named Zi.
Emperor Zhou
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" Countless officials suddenly shouted in horror.
Who would have thought that even Emperor Zhou would come
"Where does Confucius live?" Emperor Zhou asked in a deep voice.
The merchant surnamed Zi immediately stepped forward and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I sent all my students to pick up Confucius this morning!"
"Oh?" Zhou Tianzi frowned slightly.
"Your Majesty, Confucius is not here now!" the merchant surnamed Zi said respectfully.
"Where do they live? Are there others with you?" Emperor Zhou asked again.
"Ah?" The merchant named Zi showed a worried expression.
"Your Majesty asked you a question, why don't you answer it quickly!" The official who had just clamored to deal with Emperor Zhou immediately scolded the merchant surnamed Zi in order to offset the merit.
"Also, there is Mrs. Confucius and her students living in the backyard, but...!" The merchant named Zi said with a worried look.
"Lead the way!" Emperor Zhou said in a deep voice.
"Ah? Your Majesty, Confucius is not here, can you wait until Confucius comes back...!" The merchant named Zi suddenly said anxiously.
Confucius arranged his family in his own home. If they were to be disturbed, how could he have the honor to return to the Song Dynasty to worship his ancestors in the future
"What nonsense are you talking about, lead the way!"
"hurry up!"
"Your Majesty, I know the location, where it is!"
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A group of kneeling officials immediately stepped forward to point the way.
Emperor Zhou didn't pay attention to everyone's attitude, followed the leading officials and rushed inside.
"No, Your Majesty!" the merchant surnamed Zi said anxiously.
"Shut up, it's an honor for you to have your Majesty enter your house!" All the officials immediately shouted.
Zhou Tianzi quickly walked to the backyard.
In the backyard, Qi Guanchi, Ziyu, and Nangong Jingshu had already heard the sound.
When Emperor Zhou walked to the backyard.
Qi Guanchi had already come forward.
"Ji Zhu..., Emperor Zhou, this is my husband's temporary residence. Is it too rude for you to come in without telling me?" Qi Guanchi frowned.
"Bold, Your Majesty...!" An official was about to scold.
However, Emperor Zhou waved his hand and stopped a group of officials.
"You all get out!" Emperor Zhou ordered.
"Your Majesty?" All the officials asked in confusion.
"Huh? Can't you listen to what I say?" Emperor Zhou said coldly.
"Yes!" All the officials withdrew with confusion.
In this way, only Emperor Zhou was left.
Qi Guanchi still looked at Emperor Zhou coldly.
Emperor Zhou ignored Qi Guanchi and looked towards the back room.
"Si'er, are you right here? Why don't you want to see me?" Emperor Zhou suddenly shouted eagerly.
However, there was no sound in the house.
"Emperor Zhou, Bao Si is not here!" Qi Guanchi said again.
"I don't believe it!" Zhou Tianzi stared.
Qi Guanchi smiled slightly and said: "It's useless if you don't believe me. Besides, if my husband intends to hide Bao Si, do you think you can find her?"
"You!" Zhou Tianzi's eyes turned cold.
"Bao Si is not here! You'd better look elsewhere!" Qi Guanchi shook his head.
Emperor Zhou stared at Qi Guanchi coldly.
Ziyu and Nangong Jingshu immediately stepped forward to protect Qi Guanchi.
Just as the atmosphere in the backyard was solemn.
"Bah!"
Above the sky, there was a sudden sound of phoenix chirping.
As soon as Feng Ming came out, the entire Luoyi city burst into exclamations of surprise.
"Ah, phoenixes, so many phoenixes!"
"That's, that's a phoenix? A phoenix chariot?"
"How come there are so many phoenixes?"
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Countless voices sounded.
But he saw that in the sky where the scorching sun was shining, there were hundreds of phoenixes flying around Luoyi.
And in the center of the flying phoenixes, there are nine phoenixes of different colors pulling a chariot.
The chariot was parked high in the sky, looking so noble and gorgeous.
Hundreds of phoenixes transformed into human forms, stood respectfully near the chariot and bowed to the chariot.
The curtain of the chariot opened slowly, and a woman in colorful robes stepped out.
The woman is high up, so sacred and dazzling under the light of the scorching sun.
"Ancestor Phoenix?" Emperor Zhou's expression suddenly changed.
Standing on the terrace of the Nine Phoenix Chariot, he looked down at Luoyi coldly.
"Ancestor Phoenix, are you here?" Qi Guanchi's expression changed.
"That's the Phoenix Ancestor?" Uncle Nangong Jing said in shock.
Just when everyone was worried, a Phoenix guard next to the Phoenix Ancestor pointed downwards.
Phoenix Patriarch's eyes followed the guard's pointing and instantly looked at the small courtyard where Qi Guanchi was.
From a long distance away, he looked coldly at the small courtyard where Emperor Zhou was, looking down from a high position, as if he were an emperor!
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North of Luoyi, on the top of Mang Mountain!
Beside me, the water of the Yellow River roared, and Laozi and Confucius sat quietly on the big rocks.
The two of them didn't let out the slightest breath, nor did they show off their respective avenues. However, just sitting like this, I let my students feel the mood of a peak duel.
No one dared to make a sound for fear of affecting the two peak people.
There was a small stove boiling tea next to it, but the two of them had no intention of drinking it. Just cook it.
One of my students wanted to come forward and pour tea for the two of them, but was stopped by Lie Yukou, who shook his head and refused to disturb them.
After sitting for a while, I finally spoke first.
"Under the Yellow Emperor's tent, when Cangjie was making characters, obtaining the Heavenly Book of Humanity, and achieving great merits from the human race, he had something to say to Shennong, the Yellow Emperor, and Emperor Donghua. Do you still remember?" Laozi looked at Confucius and asked.
"Cangjie promises that we will protect the Yellow Emperor's bloodline with a Yuanhui!" Confucius nodded.
"One Yuanhui lasts one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years, the time has come!" I said with a smile.
"A Yuanhui?" Confucius stared at Laozi with a complicated expression.
The former Cangjie, later Lao Dan, now called Lao Tzu, has indeed fulfilled his promise in the past. For a Yuanhui period, he kept his promise and guarded the bloodline of the Yellow Emperor until today's Emperor Zhou.
I gently picked up the tea on the small stove beside me, poured a cup into the teacup in front of me, and then placed the tea stove on top of the small stove.
Just one cup of tea!
I handed the cup of tea to Confucius.
This is a cup of tea, more like a promise. Taking this tea and returning it to Confucius seems to say that this promise ends here.
Looking at the tea handed over by me, Confucius took a deep breath, took it solemnly, and took a sip.
Seeing Confucius drink the cup of tea he poured, I smiled slightly and was quite satisfied. Because of this, I no longer have to be fettered by Da Zhou.
"You will gain a lot from taking care of Ji's bloodline, right?" Confucius looked at Laozi.
"A Yuan Hui made me calm down and I did understand a lot! I also understood a lot! I saw a lot more clearly!" I nodded.
"What do you see clearly?" Confucius asked.
"I have seen clearly the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, I have seen clearly the Sword Spirit clan of generals, I have seen clearly the fight between the saints, I have seen clearly the Battle of the Gods, I have seen clearly the chaos outside the Sword Spirit Sect, and I have seen clearly the Seven Saints of the past!" Calmly.
"Oh? You have seen this Yuan Hui clearly? What do you think?" Confucius asked curiously.
"It's easy to break through hard times! It's inevitable that they will become history! It's inevitable that they will become the past! The way of heaven and earth depends on great virtues! They? In the end, they will sacrifice great virtues for small merits!" I said calmly.
"Ha, hahaha, it's easy to break if you go too far. Are you willing to sacrifice great virtue for small achievements? I would like to hear my advice! What is great virtue?" Confucius stared at Lao Tzu, with a hint of calm dissatisfaction flashing in his eyes.
Are the generals and the seven great saints not worth mentioning in the eyes of Laozi? You, this old man, have such a strong tone.
I pointed to the rushing water of the Yellow River beside me.
"This is a great virtue! You should learn from it!" I said solemnly.
Water from the Yellow River
Confucius looked at the rushing water of the Yellow River and frowned: "What virtue does water have?"
"The best is like water. Water benefits all things without fighting. It is the virtue of humility when it is disliked by everyone. Therefore, the river and the sea can be the king of hundreds of valleys. If they are good, they can be the king of hundreds of valleys. No one in the world is soft or weak to water. And no one who attacks the strong can win, this is the virtue of softness; therefore, softness overcomes hardness, and weakness overcomes strongness. Because it has no existence, it can enter the non-existence. From this, we can know the benefits of teaching without words and doing nothing. !" I said solemnly.
Laozi used water as a metaphor for Tao, and explained to Confucius that his Tao was very different from the ancient battles between the Seven Sages. In all ancient battles, the strong were the strong ones, but Laozi used the soft and the weak as the strong ones. He used softness to overcome hardness, and the weak defeated the strong. , The best is like water, explaining the chaos of ancient conflicts.
But when you get to the level of Confucius, you can naturally hear the profoundness of Laozi's Great Way. I also felt a great sense of confidence from his words.
Compared with today's Laozi Dao, the ancient generals and seven sages competing for power are indeed easy to break, just like the quarrels of reckless men who sacrifice great virtues for small merits.
Taking a deep breath, Confucius nodded. He picked up the tea stove beside him and poured me a cup of tea.
With this cup of tea, Jing Lao Tzu opened up a formal path.
I smiled slightly, took a cup of tea from Confucius, and took a sip.
It seemed that the two of them just poured a cup of tea to each other, but the students of Laozi not far away understood that the battle of ideas between the two had already begun.
The dispute between Confucianism and Taoism! The dispute between Kong and Lao!