Chapter 1 Reading with the Fox in the Preface
"The Fu of the East Capital" says: Within the four seas, schools are like forests, and schools are full of orders.
This sentence talks about the grand education situation in Yuanshuo Kingdom.
Since Emperor Yuan, the Yuanshuo State has established official schools throughout the country. The official schools in the countryside are called Zhengxu, the official schools of counties, roads, towns, and marquis are called schools, counties and states are called Xue, and the official schools in Dongdu are called Taixu.
Qiu Shuijing came from Shuofang City to Tianshiyuan, but what he saw on the road was a different scene, which was different from the records in "The Fu of Dongdu".
The orders of the towns along the way are not only without students, but can even be said to be deserted. Some orders have gone bankrupt. There are weeds growing in the order, wild foxes everywhere, and many sperm are produced.
In the past thirty years, people in the countryside have run to the city, and only women, children, young and old are left in the countryside, and they live in some thin fields, which has caused many problems.
The countryside in Qiu Shuijing's heart carries the beauty of his childhood, and the countryside in his impression is beautiful, with outstanding people and beautiful places. But what I saw along the way was a scene of rituals, music, and moral disintegration.
Not to mention anything else, the teaching of the Order alone has a big problem.
The young and strong people in the towns went to the city, leaving some elderly and children. Couples with some money often take their children to the city and send them to the official school to study. The rest are all without money. Parents are working outside, so where can grandparents manage those children?
Children who stay in the countryside do not have parents to discipline them. Not only do they not study in the order, they even call friends, form cliques, and rush to neighbors.
In the past, the rural school where students were full of students was not bad. Now there are three or five teenagers who can study there.
"Without scholars, the order of the countryside can't be completed. Without the order, the children in the countryside will have nowhere to study, and more and more fools will be, and chaos will arise in the countryside."
After arriving at the no-man's land, Qiu Shuijing shook his head repeatedly.
However, his purpose of coming to Tianshiyuan this time was not to go to the countryside to understand the people's conditions, but to have other plans.
"Mr. Shuijing, it's getting late. Why not just stay in this order, eat something, and make plans until the Tianmen appears." A scholar spoke behind Qiu Shuijing.
Qiu Shuijing looked at the setting sun, nodded, and walked into a dilapidated preface with the scholars. He saw that there were thorns everywhere, and it must have been abandoned for some time.
Several scholars cleaned up and were about to cook, but suddenly they could hear the sound of reading coming from the inner hall of the Sutra.
Qiu Shuijing's expression moved slightly, raised his hand to make a silence, stood up quietly, followed the sound of reading to the inner hall of the Sutra.
Several scholars tiptoed behind him, and the sound of reading gradually became clear. Everyone wondered: "This order has been abandoned for some years, and there is an uninhabited area around him. Why are there still teachers here to teach and educate people?"
"The people who teach in the preface may not be people." Qiu Shuijing seemed to guess what they were thinking and sneered in a low voice.
The scholars were filled with awesomeness and looked into the inner hall. They saw an old yellow-skinned fox man more than half a person tall standing up, holding a teaching stick in his left hand and a book in his right hand, and walking around the hall.
There were a dozen foxes, yellow, white, red, and flowery, sitting upright, shaking their heads and reciting scriptures!
"The evil spirits are at work, and they are enlightened, and they understand the truth. When they start to recite the articles of saints, they will definitely turn into humans in the future, causing harm to the world, and even competing for the world with others!"
Qiu Shuijing was murderous and was about to take action. Suddenly his eyes paused, and the murderous intent in his heart gradually faded.
I saw fox demons everywhere in the classroom, and in the group of fox demons, there was a young man in yellow sitting upright, shaking his head with the foxes and reciting articles.
The boy was thirteen or fourteen years old, with clear eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and was studying very seriously.
In this class, except for this teenager, no one is a human!
"The people's livelihood in the sky is in decline, and the order of the countryside is broken. People no longer teach children, and children no longer study. Instead, the fox demon teaches and educates people, reads and writes."
Qiu Shuijing felt a lot of emotion: "And it's rare that there is a person who is eager to learn, just let them go. This young man actually studied with a group of fox monsters in the no-man's land, and he was not afraid. It's really weird..."
He turned and left.
The scholars were surprised and hurriedly followed him quietly and came to the courtyard of the Sutra.
Qiu Shuijing didn't speak, and the scholars didn't dare to ask.
After a while, I suddenly heard the bells coming, and the children's cheers and noises in the classroom were clamoring, and many fox monsters rushed out, making noise. When I saw the people in the courtyard, more than a dozen fox monsters stood there on two legs, staring at a loss.
The scholars looked at Qiu Shuijing one after another, and Qiu Shuijing smiled slightly, not caring about it.
In the sequence, footsteps came, and a slightly childish voice said: "Brother Hua, Brother Li San, don't run too fast, wait for me!"
The scholars followed the sound, but the human teenager was one step behind and had just walked out of the classroom.
A lady saw the boy's movements clearly, yelled softly, and said to the scholar beside her: "He is a blind man..."
The other scholars looked at each of them and suddenly realized.
The boy's eyes were snow-white, without pupils, and could not see them. He was indeed a blind man.
"No wonder he would attend class with the Fox Demon."
Everyone thought to themselves: "He could not see his eyes, but could only hear the sound. He mistakenly thought that everyone around him was full of people, but he didn't expect that those who studied with him were all demons!"
Although the boy couldn't see his eyes, his ears were very sensitive and he smiled and said, "Sir, sir, the guest is here in the sequence!"
Dear, dear.
The sound of the crutches falling to the ground came, and the old yellow-skinned fox who was teaching walked out of the classroom with a cane. An old voice came from his mouth: "The distinguished guest came from afar, and he was welcomed by mistake, and forgive him for his crime."
After saying that, the old fox's face darkened and he said to the little foxes: "It's over, it's too late, you guys hurry up and go home."
The little foxes hurriedly dispersed.
Qiu Shuijing looked at the blind boy, but saw that although the boy was blind, he seemed to be able to see the surroundings clearly, and bowed slightly to him and the scholars, as the foxes left this dilapidated preface.
Qiu Shuijing was a little surprised and turned her head to look at the boy's back, thinking about something.
"His name is Su Yun."
The old yellow-skinned fox coughed, raised his hand, and led Qiu Shuijing to the inner hall, saying, "He is from Tianmen Town, Tianshi, and he is thirteen years old this year. When Su Yun was seven years old, something happened at home, and his eyes were blind for some reason. He was quite pitiful. However, he was a studious child. When he arrived here one day, he couldn't walk when he heard the sound of reading and insisted on listening. Seeing that he was studious, he let him stay."
Qiu Shuijing said oh and said lightly: "He is from Tianmen Town? As far as I know, Tianshi Yuantianmen Town has long been living. Not only is there no one in Tianmen Town, but Tianmen Town is also an unmanned area within a radius of 100 miles."
The old yellow-skinned fox stopped and looked at him. The fox smiled and his beard shook slightly: "Most of what he heard was a rumor."
Qiu Shuijing looked at the inner hall and saw a painting hanging on the main hall. It was painted with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemums, corresponding to the Four Gentlemen. There was an inscription on it, with the words "As a Model" written on it. There was no signature, so I don't know who painted it.
The old yellow-skinned fox came to the painting, sat upright in front of Qiu Shuijing, placed his crutch on his knees, and said solemnly: "Sir from the city, please leave a whole body."
Qiu Shuijing withdrew her gaze from the painting and asked, "What do you call me?"
The old fox said, "They called me Mr. Wild Fox. What do you call me a gentleman from the city?"
"Qu Shuijing."
Qiu Shuijing bowed slightly: "Shuijing led the students to pass by the treasure land, and the boats were exhausted. He borrowed the treasure land of his husband and asked to stay there, and please be content with me."
The old fox raised his head and looked at him in surprise: "Don't you kill me to subdue demons?"
"Zi said that there is no difference in teaching. Isn't it what Mr. Wild Fox did?"
Qiu Shuijing said solemnly: "Mr. Su Yun is a human being. Mr. did not teach him because he is not a similar person. This is the teacher's behavior. Now the countryside is disordered and education is difficult to carry out. People may not be able to teach without distinction, let alone monsters? Therefore, Mr. Wild Fox's actions seem extremely precious."
The old fox breathed a sigh of relief.
Qiu Shuijing changed his tone and said, "But I just listened to Mr. Yehu's lecture, and I was talking about the classics of the old saints, the old classics from thousands of years ago. Although the classics of the old saints are good, they are no longer suitable and cannot keep up with the current era."
The old fox was surprised: "Why did Mr. Shui Jing say this? Didn't this be taught in the preface in the past? Isn't it these books that I have learned for thousands of years..."
"In the past, it was, hundreds of years ago or even thirty-five years ago. But now..."
Qiu Shuijing showed a hint of bitterness, and paused, saying, "Sir, the times have changed."
He repeated: "Times have changed, hehe, eating the past without changing will only lead to be beaten, but now it is no longer the past..."
He shook his head and didn't continue talking.
The old fox stood up tremblingly and said in a daze: "I dare to ask Mr. Shuijing, if you don't teach the old saint's scriptures, then what should you teach? The old saint is said, is there a new saint now?"
Qiu Shuijing shook his head and showed a sarcastic look: "New Saint? There are no new Saints in the world today... Maybe there are, but they are not in Yuanshuo..."
He calmed down and had no mood to continue speaking, saying, "The order of the countryside cannot keep up with the times. If you want to learn useful things, you still have to go to the city. Learning from the old Bible will only be beaten, and what you learned is only from thousands of years ago. Mr. Wild Fox, although you have no distinction in teaching, your continued teaching will only mislead people's children. The things of the old saints cannot survive in the city."
The old fox was dumbfounded.
Misleading children?
Where do you start with this?
Has the knowledge of the old saint declined to this level?
After a while, the old fox bowed to Qiu Shuijing, turned into a demonic aura and disappeared.
Qiu Shuijing stepped out of the hall.
At the third update, Qiu Shuijing was meditating and pretending to sleep. Suddenly, he was energetic and opened his eyes and whispered: "Wake up! The gate of heaven is open!"
In the preface, all the scholars were sleeping on the ground, and when they heard this, they all turned over and showed excitement.
"Extinguish the bonfire!"
Qiu Shuijing ordered, and a scholar immediately put out the bonfire.
call--
Qiu Shuijing jumped up and jumped to the roof of the Sutra. Several scholars and rabbits rose and fell, falling beside him.
There are no lights in the villages in Tianshiyuan at night, which is completely different from the city’s bright lights and wine. Only the stars and crescent moons in the sky embellish the night sky.
The cold wind is bleak.
Qiu Shuijing whispered: "Open the eyes of the sky, otherwise you will not be able to see the sky gate!"
The scholars behind him took out a jade leaf, which was in the shape of eyes and was pressed against their eyebrows, like a vertical eye.
"Open!" The scholars shouted softly.
The jade leaves on their eyebrows gradually disappeared under their skin and disappeared.
Something rolled under the skin between a scholar's eyebrows, and then the skin cracked to both sides, revealing a rolling eyeball.
The other scholars also opened their eyes and looked around, and their bodies were shaking, and they shouted in a low voice: "The Heaven Gate is really open! The Ghost Market, and the Ghost Market also appeared!"
Chapter completed!