Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 11 Kong Sheng
Seeing the green fox flying away, everyone in the Li family was terrified.

"My son, if this kind of spirit escapes today, there is no guarantee that it will not bring future troubles to our Li family." Li Dafu came to his senses after a while, and said earnestly.

Li Xiuyuan turned back and said: "Not all mountain spirits are harmful. Although this fox spirit has attained the Tao, my son sees her as harmless, so my son can't bear to kill her and let her go."

"Mountain spirits hold grudges the most. Our Li family injured her leg today, how can we let it go in the future?" Li Dafu worried again.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Father, don't worry, if this green fox repays its kindness in the future and ruins our Li family's life, my son will definitely capture and kill it, so that there will be no future troubles. Besides, my Li family has a master in charge, how dare the monster take revenge?"

He also didn't fully believe in this green fox, after all, not all vixens in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio are good, there are also evil ones, who ruined people's lives.

He didn't kill the green fox today because he was afraid that he would kill the wrong monster, and he would regret it later.

"My son said that, and I feel relieved as a father." Li Dafu thought of the blind Taoist with great supernatural powers, and all the worries in his heart disappeared for a while.

Li Xiuyuan continued: "However, please take this matter as a warning to my father. There are many spirits and ghosts in the mountains and wilds. There are nine out of ten possibilities for too beautiful women to be transformed by spirits. The green fox of our Li family is fine, but if we encounter other harmful ghosts, it will be dangerous."

"What my son said is very true. As a father, I really need to pay attention to it in the future." Li Dafu became a little embarrassed.

I wanted to find a young and beautiful woman to be a concubine for my beloved son, but unexpectedly I recruited a fox spirit.

"But having said that, my son is fifteen years old this year. I didn't worry about being a father when I was young, but now my son has to consider accepting a few personal maids and concubines to add children and grandchildren to my Li family. Let the branches and leaves spread." Li Dafu immediately said: "It's not bad to look at the maids in the house for my father, and they are also girls who were carefully selected by my father in the past few years. Now they are also a sign of growth. I can't be a concubine, but it's still possible to be a personal servant girl, why don't my son choose a few in the house?"

It has to be said that Li Dafu is really scheming. When Li Xiuyuan was still a child, he bought maids outside, and they were all pretty. Now that many years have passed, the maids and maidservants in Li's mansion are quite out of date now. moving.

These maidservants are actually prepared for Li Xiuyuan in the future.

As long as Li Xiuyuan is willing, any maid in the house, the maid can pick them at will.

"It's not that my father doesn't know that the child has practiced martial arts for many years, and now he has achieved a little bit. He can't get close to women. I guess he will have to wait another two years. Moreover, the master also said that the young man's muscles and bones are not yet mature, and his blood is not stable. If he doesn't restrain himself, it will be easy. Injury." Li Xiuyuan said.

However, he also smiled wryly in his heart. The method of breathing and breathing that he practiced in martial arts was said by his master to be a child's skill, and he must not break his body before he has achieved great success, otherwise he will not achieve much in the future.

He hadn't developed it before, so he thought it would be okay to cultivate, anyway, he was still young, and he was powerless.

How could I know that I have practiced for more than ten years, and now I am 15 years old, but I have not achieved great success, so I am in a dilemma now.

If it was before, Li Xiuyuan felt that it doesn't matter whether he cultivates or not, and there is no need to achieve great success, but not now, after knowing that this is the world of Liaozhai, if he doesn't have the strength to protect himself, wouldn't he be seeking his own death?

Although a beautiful wife and concubine are good, one's own life is more important.

Hearing Li Xiuyuan's words, Li Dafu sighed helplessly: "My father's actions that day were very stupid, I shouldn't let my son learn this martial art from the Taoist priest, because our Li family is rich, even if my son is powerless and What's the matter, is it possible that I am still afraid of thieves? Although my son is brave today, he can carry a heavy gun and open a strong bow. Nothing else can compare”

As he said that, he babbled a lot of things in detail, saying what to do if you have such high martial arts skills, and you should marry a wife and take concubines when you are not too young.

Li Xiuyuan couldn't stand his father's nagging, so he could only say: "My son will only come today, before I go to see my mother, let my son go there first."

"That's right, all goodness and filial piety come first, so I won't keep you as a father, so go." Li Dafu said.

Only then did Li Xiuyuan leave as if he had been pardoned.

Seeing that Li Xiuyuan's footsteps were steady, his movements were agile, and he left like a dragon or a tiger, Li Dafu smiled and nodded again: "It's really my unicorn."

After going to the backyard to greet his mother, he washed up and went to rest early.

The next day.

According to the previous itinerary, this time is to go to the school in the county to study.

However, although Li Xiuyuan spent a lot of time practicing martial arts, his achievements in writing are not small. Now he is a child at a young age, and he only waits for the triennial provincial examination to start and obtain the title of scholar.

It has to be said that this ancient imperial examination system is indeed extremely disadvantageous. From reading and literacy to the examination of the number one scholar, it takes more than ten years to fail.

Li Xiuyuan can be regarded as an early reader, but now he doesn't even have a scholar.

If you want to take the examination of scholar, you will have to wait until this autumn to start the examination.

It's still early.

The school in the county, named Beilin Academy, opened in an elegant and quiet forest to the north of Guobei County. The teacher of the school was named Kong Sheng, a man of real talent. He was still a down and out scholar at that time, it was the Li family who helped him and funded him to open this Beilin Academy, so he settled down and took root here.

Fast forward to now, it has been more than ten years.

Now the originally young scholar is now a middle-aged man in his thirties.

Li Xiuyuan came to Beilin Academy today as usual.

When he came to the academy, he found that there were already many people sitting in the academy, many of them were former classmates.

"Teacher, the student is late, please punish him." Li Xiuyuan bowed his hands outside the academy.

Kong Sheng smiled and said: "I never came late, the teacher came earlier, please take your seat first, today the teacher happens to be speaking some sage's words, I hope you can get some benefits from it."

After Li Xiuyuan took his seat, he found that there was an unfamiliar face among the few classmates.

It was a young son, wearing brocade clothes, a jade belt around his waist, and holding a folding fan. He looked like a disciple of a rich family.

But he knew all the rich disciples in Guobei County, but this person didn't.

"Brother Zhang, is there a new classmate in the school?" Li Xiuyuan asked in a low voice.

Zhang Wen, a scholar next to him, replied: "Brother Li didn't come a while ago, it's normal not to know, that is the son of the county magistrate, named Liu Juncai, who also came to the academy to study, but this person is the same as Brother Li, Tong Sheng, who is going to take the township examination this year, because he doesn’t want to work behind closed doors, so he came here to learn and communicate with us, but this Liu Juncai is a bit arrogant and looks down on us county and township students, brother Li needs to pay attention.”

Li Xiuyuan nodded calmly when he heard the words.

This Liu Juncai is actually the new county magistrate, which is really a bit surprising.

"The ancients said, self-cultivation and family harmony, governing the country and the world." At this moment, Kong Sheng began to give a lecture: "But the full text of the words is like this. After knowing things, you will know them. When you know them, you will be sincere. If you are sincere, you will be sincere. When the heart is upright, then the body will be cultivated; if the body is cultivated, then the family will be in order; if the family is in order, then the country will be governed; if the country is governed, then the world will be peaceful.”

"It can be seen that sincerity is still in the process of cultivating one's morality and family, governing the country and the world,"

"But my teacher believes that sincerity and sincerity are nothing more than one word, that is virtue, the virtue of a gentleman. There is a saying in "Book of Changes", Tian Xingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement. Situ Kun, a gentleman carries things with virtue, today is What the teacher said was just one word, De."

Confucius is indeed very knowledgeable. He quoted scriptures and classics, and he came out of his mouth, and his words were reasonable and well-founded.

All the students also paid attention and listened carefully.

After some lectures, it is to let the students understand what is the virtue of a gentleman and what is the importance of moral character.

"Today I talked about morality for my teacher, and I have to ask a question, if someone has resentment with you, how should you respond?" Kong Sheng asked with a smile.

"Naturally repay him with kindness, so as not to lose the virtue of a gentleman." Immediately, a scholar's voice sounded, and everyone looked around, only to see that it was Liu Junsheng who opened his mouth to answer.

The scholars next to him nodded in agreement.

"Repaying grievances with virtue is indeed the style of a gentleman."

"Brother Liu is open-minded, I admire you."

(End of this chapter)