One Curtain Wind Moon Nine Heavens

Chapter 18
The first autumn is cool and the daytime heat is hot.

In the afternoon, the shade of the trees in the courtyard could not block the scorching sun, and the two masters and apprentices, who respected the nature of the Dao, had to take shelter from the edge and go back to the house to enjoy the cool air.

In the west courtyard of the General's Mansion, the room converted into a school is ventilated on all sides, with swaying curtains hanging from the eaves.The bamboo grove outside the house is lush and green, rustling with the light wind, which adds a bit of refreshing coolness.

In class, Yuan Zhao sat upright, looking like a good student who listened carefully.

In fact, the eyes are drooping, and sometimes the eyelids are opened in surprise. Fortunately, the master closed his eyes and recited with emotion, don't disturb.

Taking advantage of the coolness of this autumn day, just sleeping, the little child sits like a pine, and his mind is lost.

"...to the point of doing nothing. Doing nothing and doing nothing. Taking the world as a matter of nothing..." Gong Zhidao, who had read out of the manuscript, paused for a while, opened his left eyelid slightly, hum, "Teacher, tell me about you understanding of this sentence."

Being called suddenly, someone who was dozing off suddenly woke up.

It doesn't matter, she is a false sleep, her ears are not deaf, and she fell asleep with the sound of Master's chanting, ah no, she fell asleep.

"Isn't it still governing by doing nothing? But the students don't think so. The monarch does nothing but does everything, so what is doing or not doing? How can the king not care about state affairs and only have ministers?"

Just like her tyrant uncle, he does nothing!No, I took Jiangshan off.

"There is also the previous 'The song is perfect, the wrong is straight', 'The husband is the only one who does not fight, so the world cannot compete with it'." Yuan Zhao paused, and said, "Students disagree, I don't fight, others have their own. Way to force me to fight..."

Unexpectedly, I dug up an old event that I had never mentioned in the depths of my memory——

Back then, when she was little, she was very lonely in the palace.Erniang couldn't bear it, so she brought a little raccoon slave to relieve her boredom.

That was the first time she knew what happiness was, what it meant to be elated, and it often accompanied her around.One day, she and the little raccoon slave were playing among the flowers in the Houlin Garden, and the sixth princess brought the maidservants over with a smile:

"How can you, the daughter of a lowly slave, have the qualifications to own a raccoon slave? Come on, peel off that little bastard who doesn't know what's good..."

The scene of that year reappeared in her mind, a long-lost tear gushed out without warning, slipped silently across her condensed face, and fell to the ground.

That was the first time she knew what hatred was, and the first time she saw a bloody mass of meat and cried with indignation.Later, she was taken by His Majesty Uncle to watch the bloody scene where the palace servants were punished and made red. She felt happy and showed no mercy.

Perhaps, back then, she most hoped that the reward of a foot of red would be on that princess sister.But she knew it was impossible, the other party was the princess, the biological daughter of His Majesty's uncle.

In the eyes of everyone, the little raccoon slave is just a beast.

The princess only had to pretend to cry, and His Majesty's uncle's heart softened, and he was punished to go back to the palace to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors.In order to make up for the little girl, his uncle sent someone to find a new little raccoon slave for her.

She didn't want it, she cried for the original one.Unfortunately, her little raccoon slave will never come back.

This hatred has not disappeared.

With tears on his face, Yuan Zhao raised his sleeve and wiped it casually, and continued to refute with red eyes:

"In the previous text, if the king of Hou can keep it, all things will be transformed by themselves. If you don't want to be quiet, the world will be settled by itself. My father once sought the Tao with all his heart, but the Tao made him a golden weapon and an iron horse, killing people like hemp. Master, if he has no desire and no desire , put down the butcher knife, will the world let us go?
Is it up to the world to decide, or should my whole family become lambs to be slaughtered?
The whole scriptures are all about persuading downcast people to cultivate themselves and cultivate their character, to make compromises and save themselves, which is very boring. "

"Ignorant child, how many years have you been studying? How dare you speak nonsense?" However, Daoist Gongzhi was not angry, and after reprimanding him, he closed his eyes again and said slowly, "In this case, you and my teacher will give you a try... ..."

Try to do nothing, do nothing, let nature take its course, and see if the master and apprentice will die.

It's useless to talk too much, but true knowledge comes from practice, which convinces the disciples.

Just do it, Yuan Zhao pursed his lips, and unconvincedly fell asleep in front of the short-footed table, taking the opportunity to be lazy.

"No bones? Keep your back straight! Sit cross-legged! Lift your breath..."

A stern reprimand for being as fierce as a tiger completely dispelled the idea of ​​being lazy, and followed the master to experience the tranquility of "the great way is invisible" in this hot afternoon.

Time flies, and the sun is slanting towards the west, and the long shadow of the curtain is reflected on the master and apprentice.

On the stone path outside the hall, a female guard led several maidservants in one by one carrying melons, fruit snacks and honey syrup.Under the arrangement of the female guards, the cases were arranged in an orderly manner.

The female guard's name was He Chun. Seeing that one big and one small in the school were meditating, she didn't want to disturb her, but she was afraid of starving the little princess.

Steward Ji said that there is no one in charge in the princess courtyard, and she will take care of the chores for the time being.

"Master Dao, princess, let's have some snacks first." She asked the maids to leave quietly, she whispered.

The dim sum has been carefully inspected by her and another guard, it is non-toxic and safe to eat.

"Don't eat, you take it away." Yuan Zhao said childishly without opening his eyelids.

ah? !He Chun was slightly taken aback, and just about to persuade him, he heard the Taoist priest in front of the hall say:

"If you don't eat, you have something to do."

"If you don't eat and don't move, how can you do anything?" Yuan Zhao refused to accept, because the old Taoist is used to making strong arguments.

"God rains, and the bamboo forest outside has water to drink, so you can live. Otherwise, you will die, let nature arrange." Gong Zhidao still closed his eyes, and said, "And you are a human being, but you choose not to eat or drink to kill yourself , called promising."

Living with food and drink is called conforming to nature.Self-destruction is against the Way and will lead to bad results.

"..."

Seeing this, He Chun knew that the two masters and apprentices were fighting each other, so he hurriedly bowed and withdrew, quietly returned to guard outside the courtyard.

In the school, Yuan Zhao reluctantly ate some snacks.Gong Zhidao is used to two meals a day, and later saw that the snacks here are exquisite and delicious, so he occasionally eats some at will.

After eating, he flicked his long sleeves and strode out of the school:

"Let's go out for a stroll with Master Wei."

"Ah?" Yuan Zhao frowned, it was rare for him to be an obedient boy, "Father ordered me to stay home."

"With a teacher here, what are you afraid of? Let's go."

Hee hee, just waiting for his words, Yuan Zhao, who had been languid at first, suddenly became full of energy, and strode to keep up.

Sure enough, He Chun and the two knew that the chief was going to take her out, so they hurriedly informed Steward Ji.After about a stick of incense, the originally noble Yuan Zhao changed into civilian clothes and went out like a child from an ordinary family.

People rely on clothes, and her ordinary appearance makes the family's domineering spirit useless.Walking on the street, even the children who had fought would not recognize her as the little overlord of the General's Mansion.

The sea of ​​people is vast, and the civilians all look the same, a certain boy sighed.

"Master, didn't we come out for a stroll?" Yuan Zhao touched a wall in front of him, and sat under the wall with an inexplicable expression, "Why are you sitting here? I said I was going to beg for food, so I'll change into a beggar's outfit."

"What is a beggar?" The Taoist priest gave her a strange look.

"Beggar." Yuan Zhao corrected.

In a moment of carelessness, the cognition in the dream was substituted into the eyes.

This child is eccentric, and Daoist Daoist took a look at her, then closed his eyes, and said in a fairy-tale manner:
"Sit down and remember, let things take their course."

Hmph, wasting time, Yuan Zhao sat down as promised, did not close his eyes, and looked left and right with his eyes wide open.Watching people come and go from a different position, and observing all kinds of living beings, has a special taste and is full of freshness.

After sitting quietly for a while, a woman came over with a vegetable basket, looked at the two suspiciously, then took out two pieces of bread and three small coins and handed them to Yuan Zhao, and said in a low voice:
"Take it."

The Taoist priest is meditating, so don't disturb him.

Yuan Zhao: "..."

(End of this chapter)