Huwa and the middle-aged man drank wine and ate meat. Every time the wine in the bamboo tube was empty, Gonghuan poured another cup and presented it to him. He and the middle-aged man each used two bamboo cups. The two drank several cups.
The more Huwa drank, the better it tasted. He really felt the smoky feeling. Sitting by the fire, there was a slight sweat on his forehead and the tip of his nose, and his face became red.
Is this the legendary power or strength of alcohol? It makes Huwa feel a little excited and feels good. The simple child who came from the wilderness also learned to drink for the first time today, and drank it with the rare and incomparable horse meat.
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The middle-aged man asked with a smile: "Son, how do you like this wine?"
Feeling excited, he spoke casually. Huwa shook the cup and replied: "Not bad, very good. This is my first time drinking wine! ... But the taste of the wine seems to be a bit weak. It should be more mellow."
, it can also be more intense.”
The middle-aged man also shook the cup and said: "Looking at your young age, you have quite good taste. Nowadays, this is the best and mellowest wine brewed by mortals. It is used by the king in ceremonies, and even the city lords usually drink it."
You can’t even drink a few glasses. If you want to drink better wine, you must either wait until people’s brewing skills become better in the future, or you can use your magical power to refine and purify it yourself.”
Although Huwa has never drank wine before, he has heard of these things. Monks use the magical power of refining tools or medicines to refine and purify the wine in the world, and can get stronger wine, or even pure wine.
Essence. This substance can be used to ignite fire, and it does not even leave any ashes after burning. This is beyond the sight and imagination of ordinary people in the world.
Huwa felt a little embarrassed as he was the only one drinking with the middle-aged man, but it was not appropriate to invite the palace lady who was serving the wine to drink with him, so he said to the boy Hou Gang: "Why don't you have a few drinks with me, sir?"
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Hou Gang quickly shook his head and said, "I won't drink."
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "If he doesn't want to drink, don't persuade him to drink. Wine is a good thing, but it is not a good thing. If you develop the habit of indulging in drinking, it will be really bad." Then he went to the palace again.
Huan said, "Hou Gang doesn't drink, but he eats meat with us. And you don't even have to eat meat. Do you know why?"
Gong Yuan replied pitifully: "Because I am serving wine."
The middle-aged man seemed a little drunk, shaking a piece of meat with a branch and shaking his head: "No, no, this has nothing to do with you serving wine, and it has nothing to do with the mistake you made today. It has to do with what we eat. It's you who raised us."
The meat of that horse. It is said that others can eat it, but you'd better not eat it because you can't bear it. In fact, if it were another situation, I wouldn't even let you look at it. This situation is also
Punishing you for your mistakes."
Gong Yuan had no choice but to lower her head again and said, "Thank you sir for the punishment."
Middle-aged man: "It is a pity that such a rare and exotic animal was slaughtered. It would be even more pity if the meat was wasted. It is seeking death on its own, but without your connivance, it would not have this end. You
My father told you to always be respectful when you are with me. Even though you appear to be so, you don’t really do it. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be what you are today.”
Gong Yuan quickly explained: "I am indeed sincerely respectful to you sir!"
But the middle-aged man shook his head and said: "Is that so? I am taking Hougang into the mountains and I don't want anyone else to accompany me. If you really respect your elders, you should continue to drive the carriage for me to ride on. It's not like Hougang doesn't know how to drive! But
You were thinking that you could finally breathe a sigh of relief while I was gone. You were already thinking about going on a hunting trip, so you left the horses behind. Otherwise, even if I don’t need your carriages and horses, you should at least ask, this is
Respectful etiquette!"
Gong Yuan lowered her head again and said, "It's true that Gong Yuan didn't think carefully, and that's what the teacher taught me."
This girl is so well-behaved at the moment. The middle-aged man doesn’t talk back to her no matter what he says. It’s almost impossible to talk about her anymore. Huwa looks on from the side and feels weird. This middle-aged man seems to be doing it on purpose.
He is looking for trouble with Gong Yuan and wants to see if she is willing to obey? At the same time, he is helping Gong Yuan get rid of the crime in front of everyone so that she will not have to be severely punished after returning to the capital.
Huwa's idea was indeed correct. At this moment, the fire was gradually dimming, and it was time to add more firewood. Huwa put down the cup and said, "Sir, I will go find some more branches."
But the middle-aged man waved his hand and said: "I'm drinking, just sit still!...Gong Huan, go chop up your car and use the wood as firewood."
Gong Yuan's luxurious carriage was knocked over in the afternoon battle, and it was lying in the field before being pulled away. The middle-aged man's request seemed a bit excessive, and Gong Yuan said in surprise: "Sir, you
Didn't I say that we should cherish things, respect the work of others, and not destroy and waste it at will? Why should a good carriage be chopped up and used as firewood?"
The middle-aged man said with a straight face: "If it were normal circumstances, I certainly shouldn't let you do this. But I came here in this car, and I don't want to drive away in this car again. This car has trampled on the young crops twice today, so
Even the horse that pulled the cart has suffered such a fate, so who should you leave this cart to look after? Use the wood of the cart to roast the meat of this beast, and warn others in the country not to imitate your journey today.
And your trip today should be punished by cutting off your legs. Although you have confessed and repented, apologized and compensated, you may not have your feet chopped off, but you cannot go without punishment! You usually travel by car, so today you will use this car instead.
With your feet, you can walk on your own from now on. If you don't have the strength to split the carriage apart by yourself, you can call the guards to help, but you have to do it yourself."
Gong Yuan had no choice but to obey the order. She got up and called the guards to chop the carriage into a pile of wood. She also made a few gestures with a waist knife to do it herself. Then the guards put the wood next to the fire and went to the fire.
He added a few sticks to the fire before retreating, while Gong Yuan stayed to continue serving the wine.
The middle-aged man seemed to be getting more and more excited as he drank, and talked more and more with Huwa. They talked about various etiquettes in the country that Huwa was proficient in. As he was talking, he suddenly turned around and asked: "Gong Yuan, do you know about 'etiquette'?"
Where did it come from?”
The palace lady replied respectfully: "It was established by the ancestors of the past and the sages of the country. The power of the king is given by God, and he leads all the people to observe the etiquette and laws to respect God."
The middle-aged man asked again: "What is the basis for the etiquette and laws established by the ancestors of the past dynasties?"
This question was not easy to answer. Gong Yuan said obediently: "I just want to listen to your teacher's teachings."
The middle-aged man replied while drinking: "You only know that there are etiquette and laws in the country, but you don't know the basis for etiquette and laws, let alone why there are etiquette and laws. Our ancestors began to develop spiritual wisdom, establish education, and build cities from the wilderness people."
, setting etiquette and law to determine the order of the country, only then can we have the current climate in the world.
Today's etiquette is also different from the ancient etiquette. There are additions, deletions and repairs in the past dynasties, which are used to govern the world and teach people to behave and get along with each other. Although you know the etiquette and law, but you think that you can escape the blame, you can not abide by it, then you have forgotten the etiquette and law.
The original intention is that etiquette and law are not established just for you. Nor are they broken just for you. If they are determined but not implemented, then the country will be in vain and the king will be in vain."
Seeing the middle-aged man talking, who seemed to be eloquent after drinking, Huwa blushed and interrupted: "Sir, you have been talking for a long time. You haven't mentioned the evidence of etiquette yet."
The middle-aged man looked at Huwa again and said: "The basis of etiquette and law is the principle of all things. It is determined by everyone's wishes and the effect of governing the world. The world has changed, and the etiquette and law of the past dynasties are also different, but the basis is the same.
The principles of everything. First there are the principles of the world, and then there are the etiquette and laws of the country. If the etiquette and laws are not in line with the principles, they should be changed, otherwise the king and the people will be in danger; if the etiquette and laws harm the people, they should be abolished, otherwise the people will change and the king will be deposed."
Huwa shook his head and said, "Sir, I feel a little dizzy."
Not only Huwa was dizzy, but everyone around him was also dizzy. In this era, there was no systematic writing in Ba Yuan. If we only use words to describe, it would be difficult for people to explain the subtle differences of many things clearly.
The extremely profound and complex process of thinking requires excellent understanding and continuous thinking.
The "rituals" and "reasons" that the middle-aged man just mentioned have the same pronunciation in the languages used in the various countries in Bayuan, and most people in the world regard them as the same meaning. In some situations, the context may change the use of language.
There will be subtle differences, but it is difficult to explain clearly. When the middle-aged man heard Huwa say this, his voice was filled with spiritual thoughts when he continued to speak. It has a complex meaning that transcends language.
The "principle" he refers to refers to the cause, essence, laws, processes and results of everything, which is a complex abstract concept. If applied to the world, it is the judgment of the truth and the cause of everything.
The chief official in charge of litigation and punishment in the country is called Li Zheng, because he is responsible for such reasonable people and is also the one who enforces the etiquette and laws of the country.
And what he called "ritual", in the eyes of the world at that time, was not just the concept of politeness and etiquette. It was just a matter of attitude in people's interactions, but a whole set of rules and systems followed in social life, including various regulations.
Ritual, the most important of which is the worship of gods, which is the basis of etiquette in the country and also represents the dignity of etiquette.
The middle-aged man was so excited that he put down the tree branch with barbecued meat on it, stretched out his left hand to pick up a stone from nowhere, and with a wave of his right hand, the stone was neatly cut open in the middle like a knife, and then moved towards Huwa and Gong.
Yuan explained: "Etiquette comes from principles, and etiquette is the text of principles."
There is a metaphor in the spiritual mind. When you cut a stone open, you can see the texture and texture, which symbolizes the cause and essence of all things. This is "principle". Then people can guess the various lines and cracks seen on the surface of the stone.
Judging its internal texture is the "ritual" established by the world.
The so-called text, of course, did not refer to articles or words at that time, but the texture or lines that people saw. Text and text also have the same sound and the same meaning, but this middle-aged man gave a different and subtle explanation.
This very complex process of speculation and subtle differences in expressions are difficult to explain clearly using language alone. I am afraid it can only be taught through spiritual thoughts. Huwa frowned in thought, while others looked confused.
The soldiers in the distant woods who heard their conversation didn't even understand what the middle-aged man was talking about.
Huwa raised his neck and drank a full bamboo tube of wine, stretched out his hand to wipe his mouth and said: "Sir, I can barely understand your wonderful words, but how can you explain it to others?"
The middle-aged man glanced at Panhu with a drunken expression and said: "Beasts can still open up their spiritual wisdom; all peoples in the world also need to be more enlightened. Walking out of the barbaric wilderness and building a city-walled country is far from the end. Since you have this question,
We have to think of a way so that everyone in the world can understand it in the future."
PS: Who is this middle-aged man? In the previous articles of many chapters, there were very casual hints. This man is famous, and I was full of respect when I started writing. You book friends can guess and guess this man’s name.
name and his identity in the book. The first person to guess correctly will receive a signed physical book of "Shocking" as a gift. The time of posting or replying shall prevail.