I remember a book on elementary school once said that spring is when a hundred flowers bloom.

Makes sense.

In the dusk, Chen Pingan and Mao Xiaodong have not yet returned to the academy.

Cui Dongshan's courtyard was crowded with people for the first time.

Li Bao**, Li Huai, Lin Shouyi, Yu Lu, thank you.

Plus Pei Qian and Shi Rou.

Lin Shouyi and Xie Xie sat at both ends of the green bamboo corridor at Qingxiao Crossing, each breathing in and practicing.

Shi Rou, who was tied up, felt that there was no place for her to stand in the academy, and she felt even more awkward in this courtyard.

Chen Ping'an has briefly mentioned some of the life experiences and cultivation abilities of Li Huai and others intermittently.

Shi Rou had known Li Baozhen, Li Baozhen's second brother, and he was a very ruthless man.

Li Huai's father is said to be a ten-level martial artist who almost killed Song Changjing, the king of the Great Li vassal, and even climbed a mountain alone with two fists to demolish the Tongye Sect's ancestral hall.

Chen Ping'an has not said Yu Lu's identity, but Shi Rou already knows that this young tall scholar is a pure martial artist in the eighth realm.

Xie Xie's current identity is said to be Cui Dongshan's maid. Shi Rou only knows that Xie Xie was once a monastic genius in a great dynasty.

Shi Rou stood at the entrance of the courtyard, intentionally or unintentionally keeping a distance from everyone.

Shi Rou knew that these people came to Sui Dynasty for the first time to study, and Chen Pingan was "the master" along the way. According to what Chen Pingan, Pei Qian, and Zhu Lian heard while chatting, Chen Pingan was only a second or third grader at that time.

Jingwufu?

Why do these people who are regarded as the pride of heaven in any great dynasty, seem to think that Chen Ping'an, a foreigner who has just arrived at the academy, feels that his arrangement is a natural and even natural thing?

Li Bao** was copying books in Cui Dongshan's small study.

Pei Qian and Li Huai lay on the green bamboo floor at the entrance of the main room, took out Cui Dongshan's favorite chessboard and chess jar, and started playing backgammon.

The rules are the same as the one Cui Dongshan used to trick Pei Qian.

Yu Lu sat cross-legged between the two of them. Pei Qian and Li Huai made an appointment. Everyone would have three chances to ask Yu Lu for help.

Yu Lu, who works in two boats and serves as a dog-headed military advisor, is more attentive than Pei Qian and Li Huai, who often bicker.

Shi Rou feels like an outsider.

But she is obviously the owner of a fairy's relic, and she has great prospects for success. Her future achievements may be higher than those of everyone in the courtyard.

If it were any Zongzitou Mountain Gate in Bao**zhou, shouldn't she be enshrined?

And here, everyone was polite to her, but that was all, the politeness revealed an undisguised alienation and coldness.

Shi Rou couldn't understand.

The Cai Mansion finally sent the cheap ancestor out with a gift like the god of plague.

Everyone from Cai Jingshen to the cook in the kitchen was relieved.

Probably the only ones who were slightly disappointed were the pretty maids who had the opportunity to serve that handsome god.

Cui Dongshan left the prefecture and did not go straight to the capital. Instead, he lived in a grand temple in the capital.

There was an old Taoist priest in the Taoist temple who presided over religious rituals and taught people to enter Taoism. Therefore, he had the honorific title of "Master" on the Taoist genealogy and came to visit him in the name of discussing Taoism.

Wei Xian knew very well that the old Taoist must be a Da Li spy planted in the Sui Dynasty.

This is not surprising at all. When Cui Dongshan had nothing to do, he showed Wei Xian a list of the dead soldiers and spies of the Sui Dynasty who are still dormant in Dali. The spies of the three religions and nine streams have not yet been discovered.

More. Many of the names circled in ink above are those that Cui Dongshan said specialize in selling information. They are double-faced spies. They are the most fun. They don’t recognize relatives and only care about money. Dealing with them is more refreshing.

It was just a little bit beyond Wei Xian's expectation. Although the old Taoist was undoubtedly a spy of Da Li, after giving a concise report, he and Cui Dongshan actually started to sit on a futon each and talk about Taoism and everything.

Hearing this, Wei Xian dozed off.

After the old Taoist left, Cui Dongshan pointed to the futon opposite and said, "Hurry up and sit down while it's hot."

Although Wei Xian sat down, he did not sit on the futon, but just sat on the floor.

Cui Dongshan took out an antique small table from something close by, which was filled with the Four Treasures of the Study. He spread out a piece of exquisite paper that was probably made by the imperial family and began to immerse himself in writing.

Wei Xian asked: "Why did Mr. Cui change his mind temporarily, leave the Cai family, and rush to the capital, but he stopped here?"

This is a question that Wei Xian is puzzled by.

Cui Dongshan didn't raise his head or give an answer. Instead, he digressed and asked: "Do you think people's hearts are not complicated anymore?"

Wei Xian nodded and said, "Of course."

Cui Dongshan was once a recognized master of calligraphy in the Middle-earth Divine Continent. His writing was so flowing that even Wei Xian found it pleasing to the eye when looking at it from a distance.

Cui Dongshan continued to write the summary of all the intelligence, and said slowly: "The human heart seems unpredictable. In fact, it is far less complicated than you think. Everyone in the world is greedy for life and afraid of death. This is human nature, even...

The nature of all living things is different from that of animals, because there are deep affection for licking calves, long-lasting love between children, passing on incense, and the rise and fall of family and country. Right? The more outstanding a person is, the more obvious a certain emotion will be.

"

Wei Xian thought for a while, "That's true, but there are also those vague and mixed balanced people."

Cui Dongshan stopped writing, put it on the porcelain penholder, shook his wrist, and sneered: "What's the balance? It's just a fool, with a vacillating mind, drifting with the crowd. When he sees beauty, he becomes interested, when he sees money, when he sees fame and fortune, he wants it all, wants it, wants it.

Yes, but I am afraid of overestimating my abilities. Liu Qingfeng, Li Baozhen, Wei Li, and Wu Yuan, these four people are smart people, but they also have shortcomings and shortcomings. Wu Yuan, who serves as the prefect of Longquan County, agrees with my achievements in his heart.

Xue Shuo is my nominal disciple, but I was favored by the empress who practiced Taoism in Changchun Palace in my early years. I believe that everything I have today is a reward from the empress, so I am constantly wavering between personal favors and state affairs.

, living a very tangled life.”

"What Li Baozhen wants is not unusual, and it is not as consistent with Confucian orthodoxy as Wu Yuan's. It is just to achieve meritorious service and one day become a very popular minister. But for the moment, Li Baozhen doesn't understand how great wisdom can be compared to foolishness. At the moment, he still only knows how to act stupid. But in the world

The so-called smart people are nothing but worthless."

"Huang Tingguo Wei Li, relatively speaking, is the most mellow among the four people, and the most important thing in his heart is the mountains, rivers, country, and common people. But the pattern is still small. After seeing the land of a country and the customs of a hundred years, I have not been used to seeing a continent.

land and a thousand-year plan.”

"Liu Qingfeng, the county magistrate of Xiaoxiao Qingluan Kingdom, I am the most optimistic among the four. It's a pity that he has no cultivation qualifications and has a life span of at most a hundred years. Is he really jealous of talents?"

Wei Xian was a little surprised when he heard this.

Mr. Cui is actually willing to describe others as "talents"?

In fact, Wei Xian has been chewing on Cui Dongshan's so-called theory of human heart.

Cui Dongshan grabbed a pile of intelligence classified as low-ranking from several cases and threw it to Wei Xian, "It is the latest failure poem of the imperial examination scholars from the Great Li and the Great Sui. It is one of the ways I use to relieve my boredom when I am bored."

"

After Wei Xian caught it, Cui Dongshan said: "You probably want to ask me how to determine the depth and direction of people's hearts. It seems feasible, but in fact, things are unpredictable and people's hearts fluctuate. Maybe an accident will cause many temporary changes.

, it is still extremely troublesome and extremely difficult to be accurate, so it cannot be regarded as real knowledge, right?"

Wei Xian nodded and did not deny it.

Cui Dongshan smiled and pointed to his head, "If you go to the mountain to practice, in addition to longevity, you will also have a spiritual light here."

Cui Dongshan then flicked his wrist and sprinkled a large amount of fairy money on several cases, "The division of people's hearts that I mentioned first can be supplemented by the counting techniques of hundreds of masters, from one to ten, respectively.

Judgment, you will find that the so-called ups and downs of people's hearts will not affect the final result."

Before Wei Xian could speak, Cui Dongshan smiled and said: "One to ten is still not accurate enough, so what if it can be one to a hundred?"

Wei Xian said with emotion: "This magician's method has always been regarded as a trivial way in the world. Hasn't it always been only praised by businessmen with a poor reputation? Sir, can it be used like this? In addition to Confucianism and Legalism, sir, is it possible?

One of the artist’s admirers?”

Cui Dongshan sneered and said: "Is an artist worthy of my respect?"

Cui Dongshan stood up and said, "I even want to explore the differences between gods and humans, the three souls and the six souls, and the most minute details in the world. A little magician can't do anything on paper."

Wei Xian was speechless as he held the stack of papers filled with poems about the defeat of scholars from both countries.

Cui Dongshan detoured a thousand miles and finally came back to the question Wei Xian originally asked, "I know everything about the academy, inside and outside. The only variable now is that the person who can't restrain the chicken with his hands is

Master Zhao."

Wei Xian wondered: "An old scholar and a Confucian saint who sits in a small academy are facing each other. How can the former cause trouble? What's more, according to Mr. Cui, Mao Xiaodong is not a rigid Confucian, so how can there be any mistakes? Furthermore,

,According to Mr. Sui’s explanation, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty would never dare to take action against Li Bao** and Li Huai unless he wanted to destroy himself."

Cui Dongshan stared at Wei Xian blankly, with a look of disgust on his face, "Think carefully, I reminded you before, stand taller and look at the problem."

Wei Xian was shocked.

Cui Dongshan stretched out his hand to rub his cheek and sneered: "The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty is Yu Guozuo, but do the people behind the scenes care about the life and death of Da Li and the Sui Dynasty? If they assassinate one or two people, they can decide a continent.

Will you, Wei Xian, be moved by the trend of the situation? Merchants and disciples will be happy to see the results. In war, you can make a lot of money by killing people. As for... the master politician who likes to be sneaky and hide behind the scenes, even more!

"

Wei Xian's mood was agitated, and his hands were actually trembling a little.

This is the world that the founding emperor of the Nanyuan Kingdom truly yearned for!

Big chaos!

Up and down the mountain, emperors, generals, ministers, immortals and gods are all caught up in the current, and they are all involuntarily pawns.
To be continued...