Raging waves!
Whale waves and crocodile waves!
The waves are surging!
Shen Tang's heart at this moment was so shocked that it could not be described in words. She blinked blankly, wanting to complain.
"Ah... This scribe path is hard to get an offer."
"Oh... what?"
Qi Shan was misled by her irrational response.
"It's just an offer letter, but that's not important." The offer is not the point, the point is - "Forgive my lack of imagination, but I can't think of any use for your literary skills. Who would have nothing better to do than to find an aide to kill him?"
Pray for good without saying a word.
He didn't say anything, but Shen Tang had a mouth that never stopped talking: "Let me think about it - yes, being a spy is like being a spy. If you place someone under someone else's command and use your literary skills, wouldn't the enemy leader die quietly?"
Qi Shan's face turned black: "You can even think of this way, Mr. Shen, should I praise you for your quick wit?"
Shen Tang saw his expression and gradually fell silent.
While feeling embarrassed, she also guessed that the "master-killing" mentioned by Qishan was not the same as what she thought, and that it would not work to place her as a spy in the enemy's camp. She subconsciously sat down and pretended to listen attentively, which made Qishan laugh and cry.
Qi Shan didn't want to elaborate, but seeing how well behaved Shen Xiaolangjun was, the depression in his chest seemed to be relieved by 70% with his sigh. He said, "In fact, it's not difficult to explain it in detail. As long as you are loyal to the master and trust him, it will be a win-win situation. If the master is suspicious, then you can 'kill the master'."
Shen Tang: "... What kind of win-win situation is win-win?"
I thought to myself: The monarch trusts his subjects, and the subjects are loyal to the monarch. This is how it should be between the monarch and his subjects. I don't know if this scholar's way is to constrain the monarch unilaterally or to constrain both parties. Otherwise, if the monarch unilaterally trusts his subjects and they harbor evil intentions, no one would feel at ease.
Qi Shan saw that Shen Tang's attention was on "win-win" rather than the latter's "killing the master", and some complex emotions flashed in his eyes.
He sat down, bent over, in a more relaxed posture than usual.
"The Way of the Scholar will improve and grow. I don't know what will happen in the future, but the current 'win-win' situation is more beneficial to me. If a prince comes to me, I will serve him as my master. Then I can borrow his literary mind from him and obtain a part of the 'Way of the Princes' and merge it with my own 'Way of the Scholar' to gain new abilities. The price is that I cannot betray my master. If the monarch is suspicious, it is equivalent to breaking a promise, which will backfire on the monarch's literary mind."
Shen Tang: “…”
Qi Shan smiled and asked, "Young Master Shen, don't you have anything to say?"
Shen Tang said sincerely: "This scholar's way is really domineering."
The price Qishan paid was loyalty. He could not stab the monarch in the back before he became suspicious. Once he became suspicious, he would be retaliated. Although he did not know how serious the retaliatory effect of Wenxin would be, since he had "killed his lord", he would be crippled if not dead. No wonder he was feared—
Which company would dare to hire such a person
Once the boss becomes suspicious, the company will go bankrupt...
Qi Shan asked again: "Don't you think it's scary, Mr. Shen?"
Shen Tang said: "It's not scary at all."
These are things that Qishan, the future master, should worry about. Whether she knows about it or not doesn't affect anything, so he naturally won't care.
but-
Shen Tang winked at him and teased him, with an expression that said, "I discovered your big secret," "Yuanliang really wants others to trust him."
This sounds like a child who longs for recognition.
Qi Shan's expression suddenly changed, and he said sternly: "You are talking nonsense!"
"I was just talking nonsense! As I said before, the way of the scholar is related to the scholar's own personality or certain qualities, and Yuan Liang's way of the scholar requires absolute trust from the one being loyal, which is easy to understand. However, the best state between the monarch and his subjects is mutual trust, and your request is not excessive." Shen Tang patted his shoulder, "It's just a little overbearing in power, I really don't find it scary."
Qi Shan sighed, "This is none of your business."
It wouldn't be so easy if it happened to you.
Human hearts are inherently complicated, but he hopes that a profession that is inherently suspicious can be pure. This demand is fundamentally contradictory.
Shen Tang said with a smile: "That's exactly the reason."
Qishan snorted.
The atmosphere completely relaxed.
The topic of the scribe's way should have ended here.
but-
Shen Tang said suddenly: "Yuan Liang must have kept something else."
"What?"
She said cunningly, "The way of the scholar is so important that it is impossible to hide it. How could you confess it to me for no reason? With your temperament, you must have something else to hide. It must be disadvantageous to you but beneficial to those who are loyal to you. It is also your Achilles' heel."
Qishan did not comment.
Shen Tang was still guessing: "I guess I was right? I always felt that the way of the literati is something that has gains and losses, and the gains and losses should be roughly equal. For example, Mr. Gu was able to listen to other people's voices, but he was also tortured by them, and his body became emaciated and his life span was not long. Yuan Liang's way of the literati is so overbearing that he forcibly restrains the monarch, and the gains and losses are not equal..."
Qi Shan's eyes flickered, with a look of expectation and threat, and even he himself couldn't explain the complex emotions: "So what?"
Shen Tang shrugged: "I was just talking nonsense, don't mind it."
"Master-killing" uses one's life to restrain the monarch's absolute trust
This is the “gain” of praying for good.
So, is the “loss” also his own fate
Shen Tang speculated in his heart but didn't say anything.
Her focus is always biased.
"Yuanliang, I'm still curious—"
Qi Shan rolled his eyes: "Just ask, Mr. Shen."
"The Way of the Scribe can have two more abilities?"
She had not forgotten that Qi Shan said that if he pledged allegiance to someone, he would be able to obtain that person's "Way of the Princes" and merge his own "Way of the Scholar" to gain new abilities. He said it with such certainty, which showed that he had experience. In addition to "master-killing", there was a second ability
"Usually there is only one, except in special circumstances."
Shen Tang nodded rapidly and took notes seriously.
I learned something new|?ω?｀)
Qi Shan took back the half-finished bamboo strips and continued to work, saying as he wove: "The 'Mr. Gu' you mentioned, if I'm not mistaken, should be that person. I didn't expect that he was also in Xiaocheng..."
Shen Tang was shocked: "Do you really know that person?"
Qi Shan said casually: "Not really acquaintance, at most we have met once and fought each other. There are so many scholars with the surname 'Gu' in the world, and I know quite a few of them, but he is the only one who meets all the requirements - he should be called 'Gu Chi'."
But Shen Tang heard it wrong.
"Gucci? Gucci? GUCCI? This name..."
It's somewhat magical.
Qi Shan thought that Shen Tang had a problem with his accent, so he didn't correct him and continued, "Gu Chi, also known as Wangchao, is also a tough guy. I only knew that he was good at reading minds, but I didn't expect that was his way of being a scholar... Humph!"
Shen Tang was still struggling with the name: "Wangchao, Octopus???"
Qishan: “…”
How can he look at this name directly in the future
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