novelraw Chapter 84
Chapter 84
For several days after that, Yao Guang still preached to Princess Zhao Qian in the morning and King Zhao in the afternoon, but there was one more audience in the morning.
Yao Guang didn't know whether it was the girls from the Wu family who were particularly beautiful, or the girls in the entire Zhao country were very beautiful. Princess Zhao Qian, sister Wang Zhao Ya, and Wu Tingfang she had known so far were all first-class beauties, and the three had different temperaments. If summed up in one word, Zhao Qian's beauty lies in "nobility". Her background is doomed to possess the noble elegance that ordinary people cannot match. ", maybe it's because Zhao Ya was married, and even though she's been widowed for several years now, she still has a coquettish attitude that girls can't match. Dealing with horses, she is much more lively than the previous two, and her whole body is full of vitality and vivid beauty.
Zhao Qian sat upright and listened respectfully, but Wu Tingfang thought for a moment after listening, and asked: "Ask the real person Qingxu, the world is not benevolent, and treats everything as a dog; Why?"
Yao Guang put down the bamboo slips, looked at Wu Tingfang with a smile, and asked with encouragement in his eyes, "What do Miss Wu think?"
Wu Tingfang pondered for a moment, then answered cautiously: "I think... this seems to mean that the heaven and the earth are not kind, and treat all things as grass, and the saints are not kind, and treat the people as grass...? This seems to be the same as the Taoism that the real person said before It doesn't fit the purpose."
Yao Guang couldn't help laughing and said: "Ms. Wu learns and can think, which is much better than those fools who don't understand the brain. Then, let me ask Ms. Wu, do you think the world is benevolent or not?"
"This..." Wu Tingfang hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Should it be kind? Isn't there a saying that God has the virtue of loving life? Since loving life, it should be kind?"
Yao Guang smiled and nodded, and chanted: "The emperor's virtue is innocent, and he will be simple when he comes down, and he will be lenient to the public; the punishment will extend to the heirs, and the reward will be extended to the world. There is no big forgiveness, and there is no small penalty; the doubt is only light. Doubts are important; instead of killing the innocent, it is better to lose the scriptures; the virtue of good life is in harmony with the hearts of the people, and it is used not to offend the Secretary. This is a Confucian classic, in line with the "benevolence" advocated by Confucianism Confucianism is based on "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom", advocates "benevolence", and loves others with benevolence... This alone is quite similar to the theme of Mohism's "love life". However, my Taoism is not like this The difference in this fundamental meaning is exactly what Confucianism and Taoism often argue about. Just like "the heaven and the earth are not benevolent, and the sages are not benevolent", what Taoism advocates is not the "benevolence" of one flower, one tree, one person and one thing. Ruthless, the way is fair, so all things in the world are regarded as equal, people are no different from grass and trees, saints follow the example of heaven and earth, treat people as equal to grass and trees, without bias, this is not cruel and contemptuous 'inhumanity', but because of equality The indifference that comes from treating sentient beings.”
Zhao Qian seemed to understand, but Wu Tingfang frowned.
Yao Guang reached out and tapped the foreheads of the two of them, and said with a smile: "You two are not disciples of my Taoist sect, and it is common for them to be unable to understand for a while. Wandering between 'selfishness' and 'selflessness', 'me' and 'no self', even I dare not say that I have seen it through, I can only roughly tell you what I understand, you can understand, Just listen to it, if you don’t understand, you don’t need to force it. Confucianism teaches the virtuous, Taoism teaches the sage, the learning is increasing, and the Tao is deteriorating. Enlightenment of the Tao requires talent, hard work and chance, and it does not happen overnight. Let me make an analogy , do you have any favorite things?"
Zhao Qian and Wu Tingfang nodded one after another.
Yao Guang said: "If you have something you love, you naturally cherish it and pay attention to it all the time. Then, if the things you love change from one to two, will the effort given to each thing be divided in half?"
Zhao Qian thought of piano and chess, and Wu Tingfang thought of horse riding and singing and dancing, and they both nodded.
Although they are all hobbies, it is difficult to distinguish them, but the energy spent on each thing is always reduced, because it has to be distributed to others.
Yao Guang looked at the two with a smile, and said: "Then, what if the things you love change from two to four, to a million or one million? You still love these things, but has the effort allocated to each thing been gone?" Too small to notice?"
Zhao Qian and Wu Tingfang thought about it, and it turned out to be true.
Only then did Yao Guang conclude: "Heaven and earth give birth to all things. Even if there is thunder and rain, there is still rain and dew. He is impartial. The sage favors the world. He puts the world first and then himself, so he is selfless and impartial. , and to the supreme forgetfulness. The sage imitates the heaven and the earth, and achieves the virtues of the heaven and the earth, so it is called Taoist sanctification. It is also good to practice Confucian 'benevolence'."
Zhao Qian nodded deeply.
Wu Tingfang suddenly realized, and sighed: "It turned out to be like this—I still wonder why Taoism has such a saying that heaven and earth are not benevolent. I thought that the ruthlessness of Taoism means that there is no emotion... I can only know myself when I meet a real person today. How ignorant I was. If only I could have met a real person sooner... oh."
"Why is Miss Wu sighing?"
Wu Tingfang looked up at Yao Guang, and finally lowered her voice, her voice was like a whisper.
"Ting Fang dare not lie to the real man... Ting Fang originally just wanted to shelter the real man and seek a few days of peace, but she didn't want to... I don't want the real man not to dislike Ting Fang's background, and to teach him carefully. Ting Fang has benefited a lot, and wishes to serve the real man all his life ...But as long as I think that Tingfang will fall into the hands of others in a short time, not to mention hearing the truth, I am afraid that even such peace is delusional, and my heart feels more and more like a knife..."
At the end, Wu Tingfang was on the verge of tears.
How could she not notice that Zhao Mu was getting closer and closer?Every day between the palace and Wujiabao, she would often "encounter" Zhao Mu, if it wasn't for the fact that Daoist Qingxu sent her servants to accompany her all the way back to Wujiabao, Zhao Mu probably couldn't wait to do it up.
Yao Guang pondered for a moment, by "escorting" Wu Tingfang in the past few days, she had put Xiang Shaolong, Yuan Zong in contact with the Wu family. Explaining the strength of the Wu family in detail, he said that only when the time comes to rescue Zhu Ji and the hostage, the Wu family can move the whole family.Although Wu Tingfang was the only girl in the Wu family, she was kept in the dark. Not only did she not know this, but she also didn't know that she was half of the Qin family.That Zhao Mu is in charge of Zhao Guo's government, he is a lustful and cruel villain, and he has an ambiguous relationship with Zhu Ji. If he wants to rescue Zhu Ji, he may not be able to bypass Zhao Mu.
Yao Guang made a plan and then said: "Miss Wu, don't worry too much, let's rest in the palace today, what does Princess Qian think?"
Zhao Qianben's eyes were also red. Hearing this, she immediately raised her head with joy, and said happily, "Excellent!"
So Yaoguang sent someone to send a letter to Wu's house, on the surface it was written that the girl from Wu's family was staying in the palace today, but in fact it was conveying a message.
The next day, Wu Yingyuan hosted a banquet and invited Zhao Wang, Juluhou and others, saying that Wu's ranch had produced some good horses and wanted to present them to the nobles.King Zhao readily went to the banquet, and kindly invited Yao Guang to go with him, but Yao Guang could not refuse, so he had to set off with Xiang Shaolong and Yuan Zong who turned into Taoist servants, Princess Zhao Qian and Wu Tingfang who were like maidservants .
Yao Guang and the two ladies naturally rode in the carriage, Zhao Qian was very happy because of the rare opportunity to go out of the palace, and Wu Tingfang introduced the Wujia Ranch as a "master" with high spirits.
"This year, there are a few excellent horses. When they are tamed, they can be given to the real person for transportation."
Yao Guang smiled and said, "I'm very picky about horses, I only like horses without any color."
Wu Tingfang clapped her hands even more, and said with a smile: "It happens that there is a white horse that is extremely handsome, and my father is also very happy." Then she said sadly, "I don't know if there is that white horse among the horses that will be presented today. Among them, it is not easy to handle.”
Yao Guang said disapprovingly: "If it is among them, you can point it out to me, and I will ask King Zhao for it."
Wu Tingfang was taken aback for a moment, and then sighed enviously: "Only real people can say that. I want to ask my father for something, but my father may not even allow it, let alone open my mouth to His Majesty."
Yao Guang chuckled, "Father, daughter, monarch and minister are naturally different from the guest of honor. I am a distinguished guest of King Zhao, not a subject of King Zhao."
Wu Tingfang pursed her lips, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Really...you see, can I join your sect? I don't want to be a true disciple, but I just want to be a Taoist servant."
Yao Guang smiled and said: "After half a month, if Miss Wu has not changed her ambition, maybe I can consider it."
Wu Tingfang was overjoyed when she got this promise, and threw herself at Zhao Qian excitedly.
Yao Guang looked at the two of them, but his mind had drifted to another place.
Three days to find out the news, three days to find out the terrain, three days to contact Zhu Ji, three days to rescue people out of the city, three days to rush on the road, fifteen days later, if there is no accident, she and the Wu family should have reached the border of Zhao State .Wu Tingfang was just trying to escape from Zhao Mu, and if she really had the heart to seek the way, she would definitely give up at that time.
And today's banquet is an opportunity for her to contact the Wu family openly.
The main gate of Wujiabao is wide open to welcome distinguished guests.
King Zhao sat at the head seat, Zhao Mu was on his right, Zhao Ya sat next to several noble women, Wu Yingyuanjing, who was the host of the banquet, accompanied the last seat, Yao Guang was respected by King Zhao because of his sermons during these times At Zhao Wang's signal, the Wu family specially added a seat next to the main seat, as if above Zhao Mu. Zhao Qian should not have attended such an occasion, but she is still standing in front of Yao with the bamboo slips as in the past few days. After she was naked, Wu Tingfang refused to go back to the Wu family's side when she saw this. She looked around and picked out a roll of bamboo slips from Zhao Qian's holdings. Xiang Shaolong and Yuan Zong and Zong could only step back and stand behind.
Everyone congratulated King Zhao first, and then the beautiful servants came with wine, and dancers came in to add to the fun.
Wu Yingyuan waited for ten days to drink before standing up, and said with a long laugh: "The Wu family has been raising animals for many years, and this year, thanks to God's blessing, they got a few exceptionally handsome BMWs. His Majesty."
Zhao Wanglong was overjoyed and said with a smile: "This attack on swallows can be successful. If Mr. Wu did not provide horses and food, and Mr. Guo provided weapons and ships, it might not be possible. Today, Mr. Wu also presented a BMW. I have an idea. Since ancient times, swords are given to heroes, and good horses are given to martyrs. These horses are not as good as being given to the heroes of Zhao Guo."
Wu Yingyuan was happy in his heart, and thought that I didn't mention that you bumped into him by yourself, and said happily: "The Wu family has a swordsman who has been promoted, and his swordsmanship is outstanding. He can be called a hero. I wonder if he can win the favor of the king."