After traveling for thirty-seven years, Confucius finally returned to his hometown of Lu!
"Teacher, there are still two days to go before we can reach Qufu Queli and go home!" Ziyu looked at Confucius with a smile.
"Are there two more days?" Confucius drank the water handed over by Zilu, a tenderness flashed in his eyes.
"Yes, the day before yesterday, I flew back and told the news to my wife and junior brother. They were so happy!" Ziyu suddenly laughed.
"Really?" Confucius' eyes flashed with tenderness.
"Yes, my wife went to the market to buy a lot of cloth, and she worked all night to make new clothes, and she was going to wear them for the teacher when she came back. My junior brother Kong Li also secretly told me that my wife went to the market and secretly bought some rouge and gouache. , Junior Brother said, Junior Wife hasn’t used these things for decades!” Ziyu said with a smile.
Confucius showed a gentle smile on his face, looking at the long road in front of him, as if he saw Qi Guanchi dressing up in front of the mirror. Confucius could feel Qi Guanchi's joy at this moment.
"Teacher, Kong Li also said that there is a bench under the big tree at the head of the village. The master's wife often goes to sit there, sometimes for the whole afternoon. One day, Kong Li asked the master's wife, and the master's wife said, as long as the teacher Go back, and under the big tree at the head of the village, you can see the teacher come back as soon as possible!" Ziyu said.
There was an urgency in Confucius' voice: "Get in the car, go back, go back!"
The teacher has just got off the carriage to rest. He has just got off the carriage and has not had time to eat. Do you want to continue on your way
To a group of students, it doesn't matter, because most of the students here have already practiced cultivation and have cultivation skills, but Confucius did not.
"Teacher, I'm getting ready to go hunting and grill some meat for you!" Yan Hui said with a smile.
"No, there is still dry food in the carriage. Let's go back and eat the barbecue. Let's go home and eat!" Confucius' voice was impatient.
When all the students saw that the teacher didn't want to stay for a moment, they suddenly smiled happily and were happy for the teacher.
"Walk!"
Ziyu led the carriage and shouted.
"Go home!" A group of students also shouted with a smile.
After getting on the carriage, Confucius realized that he might have been a little embarrassed just now and made a group of students laugh.
"Little guys!" Confucius looked at the students outside with a wry smile.
It originally took two days to reach Qufu Queli, but in Confucius' eager mood, it only took one day to reach Qufu Queli.
"Where are you?" In the carriage, Confucius had just been awakened by a stone. He opened the curtain and looked outside.
"Teacher, we have arrived at the village in Queli, Qufu. It's just that the fog is very heavy today. We will be able to go home soon!" Ziyu said.
"Cuntou?" Confucius was stunned.
"Stop!" Confucius shouted.
The carriage stopped instantly.
"Teacher, be careful, it's very foggy today! It's quite cold!" Ziyu immediately helped Confucius get out of the carriage.
When they arrived at the village, Confucius was no longer ready to take the carriage.
There is a big tree at the head of the village. Qi Guanchi often sits here in a daze for the whole afternoon, just because he wants to see himself first when he comes back
What happened to the fog
Confucius walked eagerly towards the big tree, as if in the heavy fog, Qi Guanchi's pretty face was waiting for him with a smile. It seems that he can hear Qi Guanchi running towards him excitedly and calling him "husband" sweetly.
Confucius walked through the fog and walked eagerly towards the big tree.
But when I got closer, it was empty.
Ziyu opened his mouth, and all the students also looked shocked. The master's wife wasn't waiting here
Master's wife didn't come
"It's foggy and cold today, maybe my wife...!" Ziyu comforted Confucius.
Confucius looked at the bench under the big tree, but he showed a warm smile. The bench had been polished extremely smooth. It was obvious that someone sat on this bench every day.
"Teacher, my wife may have cooked the food at home, after all...!" Ziyu said.
Confucius nodded, reluctantly touched the extremely smooth bench, and with the support of Ziyu and others, he walked towards his home in the heavy fog.
After walking these familiar roads, Confucius was eager to return home and walked faster and faster.
However, not far away from Confucius' house, suddenly, bursts of crying came from Confucius' house.
"Junior Brother Kong Li's cry?" Ziyu's expression suddenly changed.
Crying? How could there be crying in the place where Confucius lived
Behind Confucius, there was a sudden commotion among the students.
Zilu and Yan Hui rushed over anxiously.
Confucius suddenly felt something in his heart and rushed toward his home. Confucius suddenly felt something. For a moment, his face became extremely panicked.
Run, Confucius runs faster and faster!
Confucius was already sixty-seven years old. The mortal body in this era was already shriveled and old. How could he run fast
At this moment, he tripped on a stone and fell to the ground.
"Teacher!" Ziyu supported Confucius at the critical moment, which made Confucius fall less embarrassed.
However, Confucius, who was helping him up, pushed Ziyu past him and continued to run towards his home. He ran stumblingly and finally broke through the heavy fog and saw his home.
Yan Hui, Zi Lu and others who had just rushed back stood at the door. They were stunned for a moment and looked at Confucius who stumbled back in horror.
"Teacher!" Zilu and Yan Hui immediately faced Confucius with red eyes.
But Confucius stood at the door of his house and suddenly stopped.
Some more houses were built around Confucius' house, but Confucius's house in the past has not changed at all. Even the fence in front of the door is maintained exactly the same as it was decades ago. Only Qi Guanchi can be so careful. He made every place exactly the same as before Confucius left.
Exactly the same
No, at this moment, Confucius' house was surrounded by white cloth strips. Some of the village's neighbors came looking sad.
In the house, there is a big word "Dian", and a coffin is supported in the mourning hall.
A man in his forties or fifties, whose appearance vaguely resembled the outline of Kong Li back then, was kneeling at the entrance of the mourning hall. He was already wearing sackcloth and mourning. As a dutiful son, he was crying.
"Teacher, Mistress, Mistress is gone!" Yan Hui cried to Confucius, wiping his tears.
"Why, how is it possible? I came back the day before yesterday, and my wife was fine. I also bought cloth to make clothes, and rouge and gouache. I came back the day before yesterday, and my wife was fine! The fourth, the eighth, the ninth, you, what are you doing? Looking after the house?" Ziyu's hair suddenly stood up in shock.
When the students heard the news, they were even more shocked and trembling. Only the students knew how eager the teacher was to come back these days. Along the way, he lost his temper many times just because he wanted to see his wife!
Looking at the dying old man in front of them, all the students suddenly looked anxious and worried.
"Mr. Kong is back!" Suddenly, a neighbor of Youzhuang exclaimed.
"Mr. Kong is back? He, is he Mr. Kong?"
"Mrs. Kong has been waiting for so many years, but she couldn't wait for the last two days. It's really...!"
"Mrs. Kong is such a good person!"
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Confucius could not hear the voices of his neighbors at all. After standing still at first, Confucius walked towards the house step by step with an expressionless face.
"Teacher!" Yan Hui and Zi Lu supported Confucius.
However, Confucius broke away from the two of them and walked to the mourning hall by himself.
Yan Hui and Zi Lu, who were freed by Confucius, could feel the teacher's hands trembling just now.
Trembling
In the past few decades, Confucius has faced many difficulties and obstacles and encountered dangerous situations. Even in the face of Laozi's impact, Confucius remained calm, but this was the first time that the two of them felt trembling from Confucius's expression. Is this the teacher's fear
Confucius did not want anyone to help him, but a group of students kept rushing around to push aside the crowd for Confucius.
"Dad, you're back!" Kong Li was helped up while crying and looked at the somewhat unfamiliar Confucius.
However, Confucius could not hear other people's voices at all, but walked straight to the coffin mouth.
On the other side, Ziyu had already flown into the sky. Ziyu was the Golden Crow Crown Prince. At this moment, he was going crazy.
"Fourth, eighth, ninth, what do you think of home? How do you think of home? Get out, get out!" Ziyu roared with tears in his eyes, looking around for the other three The Golden Crow Prince.
In the mourning hall.
Confucius' hands hidden in his sleeves were trembling, but his face remained expressionless. Until he saw the figure in the coffin.
That's Qi Guanchi.
Still so beautiful, Qi Guanchi was wearing new clothes, there was still a little rouge on his face, his lips were painted bright red, his hair was tied up in a very beautiful style, and he still had the same smile on his face, but his face was a little pale, and he had no hair. Bloodless.
Obviously, Qi Guan Chi had dressed up carefully before his death. It was almost exactly the same as when I first met Confucius in Song Dynasty.
Confucius could feel that Qi Guanchi was as eager as himself before his return.
"Chichi, my husband is back!" Confucius held the coffin with his hand, and suddenly he couldn't help himself. Tears burst into his eyes, and his whole body began to tremble.
"Teacher! My condolences, teacher!"
"father!"
A group of people supported Confucius.
However, Confucius held on to the coffin mouth and refused to let go.
Zi Lu, Yan Hui and others also clearly saw that the remaining black hair among Confucius' white hair quickly turned white at a speed visible to the naked eye, and was completely white in an instant.
Outside.
Ziyu shouted loudly into the sky, and the fourth, eighth, and ninth sons of the Golden Crow Prince flew back from all over the horizon.
The three of them were quite embarrassed at the moment.
"Brother, are you back? Where is the teacher?" Lao Si asked anxiously.
"Pah!" Ziyu slapped Lao Si suddenly.
"boom!"
The fourth child was like a cannonball, which was hit by Ziyu with an angry palm and hit a mountain in the distance.
"Brother!" Lao Ba and Lao Jiu showed bitterness.
"Crack!" "Crack!"
The two of them were immediately beaten away by Ziyu.
"We nine brothers took turns to follow the teacher, take turns to station at Qufu Queli, and take turns to station at Zhanlu Mountain. This time it is the turn of the three of you to station at Qufu Queli to protect my wife's family. You three bastards, you three bastards!" Ziyu! A ferocious roar.
"boom!"
Ziyu rushed to the place where the three golden crow princes fell, and beat the three brothers violently.
At this moment, the three brothers allowed their eldest brother Ziyu to beat him without making any move of resistance. No matter what the reason was for the death of the master's wife, he could not absolve himself of the blame.
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Confucius had great perseverance. No matter how sad he was at the moment, he restrained himself two hours later.
Ziyu also returned to the house with the three Jinwu princes who had bruises and swollen faces.
No outsiders can enter the mourning hall.
The three Golden Crow princes were kneeling in front of Confucius. No one cared about their injuries. They just hoped that their kneeling would make the teacher feel better.
"A black Qilin appeared in Qufu Palace the day before yesterday? You didn't do anything? Did you let him get close to the master's wife?" Ziyu looked at his three younger brothers and said angrily with red eyes.
"Master's wife didn't want us to disturb her. She said she knew her and asked us to leave it alone! We, we didn't expect that the Qilin would drain all of Master's wife's blood and all her heart's blood! The Master's wife died on the spot!" The fourth child cried.
"We came here when we felt something was wrong. Master's wife is already dead! The black unicorn energy also disappeared into the ground!"
"In the past two days, we have been searching all over the Lu country like crazy, but we still haven't found it!"
The three Golden Crow princes cried very sadly.
"Black unicorn energy?" Confucius looked at the three of them with a hoarse voice.
"Yes, that black unicorn energy seems to be very weak, very weak. I vaguely heard the master's wife shouting...!" The fourth child showed an ugly look.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What did the master's wife shout?" Ziyu glared.
"Shout 'Grandpa'!" said the fourth child.
"Fourth brother, do you want to die?" Ziyu glared and was about to step forward and kick him.
Confucius waved his hand and stopped Ziyu.
Confucius already knew who it was, but he didn't expect that he would repay kindness with hatred and chase him to Qufu.
"Teacher, that black unicorn energy is very weak. It must not have escaped from the Lu country in the past two days! It must not have!" Lao Jiu immediately said eagerly.
Confucius looked at the three students and closed his eyes for a while before a flash of resentment flashed across his face.
"Ziyu, why should you complain?" Confucius took a deep breath and asked.
"The teacher said in the Song Dynasty, how to repay kindness? Repay grievance with straightness, repay kindness with kindness!" Ziyu said immediately.
"Yes, repay kindness with kindness! Repay grievance with straightness! Repay grievance with straightness!" Confucius had a cold look on his face.
"boom!"
Behind Confucius, a burst of white air suddenly appeared and reached the sky. Confucius's sea of great avenues spread out over Qufu Queli. The sea of three hundred thousand miles of great avenues was extremely vast and divine.
Outside, everyone in Qufu Palace, and even everyone in Lu State, looked shocked.
"Lock!" Confucius snorted coldly.
The flat sea of righteousness suddenly fell from the sky and turned into countless awe-inspiring pillars of righteousness, falling down like a super huge cage that enveloped the entire Lu Kingdom.
"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!"
With a loud noise, all the air pillars fell to the ground and rushed into the depths of the ground. The entire Lu Kingdom was enveloped in this awe-inspiring righteousness.
"Teacher, are you using your awe-inspiring righteousness to lock down the entire Lu Kingdom?" Ziyu looked outside.
"If that black unicorn is still within the territory of the Lu Kingdom, his demonic energy will not be able to escape from my righteousness blockade. Find it for me! Find it, find it, find it!" There was a heartbreaking resentment in Confucius' voice.
"Yes!" All Confucius students shouted in response.
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ps: A little historical knowledge: Confucius’ wife Qi Guan died when Confucius was sixty-seven years old.