"...Liezi moved with the wind, and was very cool and good. He had been five days later. He had not counted the blessings. Although he was free from doing things, he still had something to wait. If he took advantage of the righteousness of heaven and earth, and controlled the debates of the six qi, he was afraid of waiting! Therefore, he said: The most man has no self, the gods have no merits, and the saints have no name..."

In the main house, Meng Zhong sat cross-legged in front of Zhuangzi, holding a bamboo slip in his hand and chanting loudly.

At this time, Zhuangzi looked at the disciples in front of him carefully.

Compared to two years ago, the disciple in front of him became much taller and stronger. Although he was not yet fifteen years old, Zhuangzi believed that he was heavier and more mature than ordinary adults.

Of course, this is also due to his teachings by Zhuang Zhou.

Among all the disciples, Zhuang Zhou had the strictest and most cautious requirements for Meng Zhong. Whenever the disciple had some signs of going astray, he would correct it in time, just like two years ago that Meng Zhong had been complacent about using the "propositions" of famous masters to fall down his companions in the house. At that time, Zhuang Zhou used the "Three Claws of Chicken" to persuade Meng Zhong.

But there is only one thing, even Zhuang Zhou, who is powerless, is the resentment in Meng Zhong's heart, about the grudge that his brother Meng Bo was killed by Teng Hu, the monarch of Teng Kingdom.

In fact, Meng Zhong never mentioned anything related to the matter in Juliet afterwards, but Zhuangzi knew that since Meng Zhong buried his brother Meng Bo, he began to read the military tactics of Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Sima Rangju, Taigong Wang and others, and often exercised physically and martial arts with Wu Ying, Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Hua Hu and others outside, and obviously prepared to avenge his brother one day.

Zhuangzi once wanted to go over and stop him, but in the end he gave up.

Because Zhuangzi knew very well that unless Meng Zhong took this matter lightly and let go of his hatred, no one could resolve the hatred in the heart of this disciple.

Although it violated Zhuangzi's previous principles, he still secretly hoped that the State of Song would conquer Teng and kill Teng Hu as soon as possible.

After all, only if Teng Hu dies can Meng Zhong be completely freed from this hatred.

But no one expected that, including Zhuangzi, the small country of Teng State would block the offensive of Song State one after another. Although behind this incident, Qi State and Lu State secretly assisted Teng State, even so, it cannot be denied that the Teng Clan was indeed the people in Teng State and the support and support of Teng State.

"Master?Master?"

Just as Zhuangzi was in a daze, he heard Meng Zhong's call.

It turned out that Meng Zhong had read the book "Xiaoyaoyou", but found that Zhuangzi was watching him get out of sight, so he called softly.

Faced with Meng Zhong's somewhat confused gaze, Zhuangzi nodded, picked up his pen and wrote the word "Xiaoyao" on the bamboo plaque, and asked Meng Zhong if he could understand the "Xiaoyao artistic conception" in "Xiaoyaoyou".

Since the age of ten, Meng Zhong has been studying around Zhuangzi, and has learned the latter's true teachings and taught the ideas of Taoism and the two schools. It has been four years since then. It is no exaggeration to say that Meng Zhong has mastered the ideas of Taoism and the two schools of famous schools.

But the problem is that Taoist thoughts are different from other academics. Whether they understand them or not is one thing, and whether they can get corresponding personal experiences is another matter.

Just like this article "Xiaoyaoyou", Zhuangzi has actually pointed out the highest realm of freedom, that is, forgetting the boundaries between things and me, reaching the realm of selflessness, selflessness, namelessness, and namelessness, and wandering infinity without any support. Meng Zhong can certainly understand the meaning of it, but this does not help him truly understand the essence of it.

Because he cannot reach the state of selflessness, incompetence, and innocentness. [PS: To be honest, the author does not think that anyone can achieve it. Taoist thoughts are too ideal. This is not to teach a saint, but to teach a higher level than a saint... I really don’t know how to describe it.]

Meng Zhong can't do it just by "no self".

The so-called selflessness means spiritually transcending all natural and social restrictions, eliminating the opposition between things and me, melting oneself into the world and all things, and achieving the state of unity of Tao and self, and communion with the spirit of heaven and earth alone.

Meng Zhong's persistence in avenging his brother Meng Bo is actually a restraint from excessive family affection, which is "unfree". Only by letting go of hatred in his heart can one obtain true freedom.

Meng Zhong actually understood these principles, but he couldn't do them.

Seeing Meng Zhong lowering his head and deliberately avoiding his advice, Zhuangzi sighed silently.

"Come on step by step."

He thought to himself.

Before dusk that day, Meng Zhong bid farewell to Zhuangzi. Zhuang Bo and the rest of the companions in Zhuang rode a donkey to return to the township.

Back to his hometown and back to his yard, Meng Zhong tied the donkey to the pillar in the yard, and then found some beans to feed the donkey that had accompanied him for two years.

At this moment, a crisp female voice sounded in the yard: "Brother, is it brother?"

Meng Zhong looked up and saw a girl of similar age standing at the door of the main house, so he replied, "It's A Yan, ah, it's me, is my mother in the house?"

"Well, my mother is resting in the house. I took a look just now and seemed to be asleep."

The girl nodded and ran over.

This girl was Meng Yan, who was holding her knees in the corner when Ge took Meng Zhong to worship his tribe two years ago.

Because she felt sorry for the situation at her family, and considering that her eldest son Meng Bo had died, and that her son Meng Zhong was not around for a long time because he was studying with Zhuangzi, Ge asked Meng Yan's advice to the clan to accept this son as his adopted daughter.

Of course, the clan would not refuse. After all, all the tribe members knew the character of the Ge family. Naturally, they would not have taken this daughter as their adopted daughter in order to swallow the fields of Meng Yan's family.

At that time, on the third day after Ge adopted Meng Yan, Meng Zhong happened to go home to visit his mother, so Ge ​​introduced Meng Yan, the sister of Meng Zhong, and asked them to be called brother and sister in the future.

At the beginning, both Meng Zhong and Meng Yan were a little uncomfortable, but over time, the former alienation naturally disappeared.

"Brother, how many days can I stay at home this time?"

Running to Meng Zhong and feeding donkey Huihui with this brother, Meng Yan asked happily.

"It's better to have two or three days." Meng Zhong said with a smile.

"It's only two or three days..." Meng Yan pouted and said with some dissatisfaction: "You can't stay for a few more days. I still want to hear you tell me the story of Master Zhuang..."

Meng Zhong smiled and said, "It would be great if I could last two or three days. After all, I am going to serve the Master."

"No!" Meng Yan corrected: "Brother, you are the disciple of the Master, and everyone in the clan said so."

Meng Zhong shook his head.

To be fair, what Meng Yan said is indeed true. After all, Zhuangzi treated him like a disciple - although there was no such thing as a disciple in the world.

However, so far, Zhuangzi has not recognized Meng Zhong as his disciple to the public, so Meng Zhong cannot regard himself as Zhuangzi's disciple.

Just as the brother and sister were chatting while feeding donkeys, a whistle came from outside the yard, and then a frivolous voice greeted him: "Oh, isn't this A Zhong and his bride's wife? Why, it's intimate here in broad daylight?"

Meng Zhong looked speechlessly at the direction where the sound came, but saw Meng Hu, who had been close since childhood, lying on the fence of their house, looking at them with a smile.

"Don't make such a joke, Ah Hu." Meng Zhong greeted Meng Hu.

And beside him, Meng Yan blushed and stomped her feet and cursed a few words like "Die Ah Hu".

"A Zhong's bride-raising wife" is a joke within the Meng clan. The reason is that when Ge adopted Meng Yan, a clan member made a kind joke to Ge, saying that Meng Yan is just as old as your A Zhong. Could it be Ge, you are going to raise a daughter-in-law for your son?

Because they were close to each other, Ge did not think about it carefully at the time and said casually: "Yes, I see this girl is quite smart."

As a result, this joke was heard, so that sometimes Ge took Meng Yan to the fields to do farm work. When they met their tribe members on the way, those tribe members would tease them casually: "Ge, where did you take your bride?"

Every time Meng Yan blushed with shame.

Of course, the joke is just a joke. The tribesmen forget it after laughing. After all, this is not a big deal. So what if Ge really likes Meng Yan? Although both families are from the same clan, they are separated by more than ten generations in terms of relatives, not to mention that the Meng family has the rule of "not marrying the same clan".

"I just heard that you are back today, so I'll take a look."

While explaining, Meng Hu pushed open the yard door and walked in.

Two years later, Meng Hu was even more burly and looked like a fierce man. Unfortunately, Meng Yan kicked him in the calf. He held his calf in pain and screamed, completely destroying his momentum when he walked into the yard.

"Brother, I'll go and see if my mother is awake." After making a face at Meng Hu, Meng Yan ran back to the main house.

"This hateful girl!"

Looking at Meng Yan's departure back, Meng Hu gritted his teeth and said, "If it weren't for your sake, I would have beaten her long ago!"

"You want to beat a woman?" Meng Zhong asked casually.

Hearing this, Meng Hu's face was filled with anger. He blinked his eyes and thought for a while, then changed his words and said, "Then I won't beat him up."

Meng Zhong shook his head speechlessly, then asked angrily: "What's the matter with me?"

Hearing this, Meng Hu put away the laughter on his face and lowered his voice and said to Meng Zhong: "If you don't come back today, I will go to Zhuangziju to tell you about this matter tomorrow... Yesterday, my grandfather received a letter from my uncle to send someone to him. I secretly read it. The letter said that King Song had been impatient with Teng Kingdom for two years and was preparing to recruit soldiers again and attack Teng Kingdom. In the letter, my uncle wrote with concern that he was afraid that this war would completely destroy my Meng family..."

Speaking of this, he looked around and said in a low voice: "I will tell you another thing, don't make a statement... Last night, the elder Meng Jian came to my grandfather, and the two of them discussed in the house. I secretly heard them discussing the relocation of the clan."

"Moving the clan?" Meng Zhong asked in surprise.

"Shhhh." Meng Hu hurriedly made a gesture of silence for Meng Zhong, and then lowered his voice and explained: "Elder Meng Jian said, he said that I, the Meng family, have sacrificed too many tribe members for this war. If King Song still insisted on launching troops to attack the countries, then we can only move the tribe and defect to other countries... I dare not tell anyone about this, don't say anything."

Meng Zhong frowned slightly and was about to ask more details, but saw Ge and Meng Yan coming out from the direction of the main house, and said happily: "Zhong'er is here, hurry up... Ahu is here too, come in, come in quickly, come in quickly."

Seeing this, Meng Zhong and Meng Hu exchanged a wink, and then both of them smiled.

"Mom, I'm here to see you."
Chapter completed!