After that, Li Jie lived in Baisha Village, except for one trip back for the annual examination, because if he wanted to participate in the provincial examination, he had to be among the top two in the annual examination held by academic officials in each province.
Only then could he take part in the provincial examination. The rest of the time Li Jie spent in Chunyang, making art or practicing martial arts. He benefited a lot whether he was in the art making class or the martial arts class.
Although Mr. Bai Sha failed the examination many times, this was not because of his poor craftsmanship. The main reason was that Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was deeply rooted at that time. Chen Xianzhang's external thoughts seemed not to be this way. His "respect for nature" and "knowledge"
The ideas of "doubt" and "valuing self-satisfaction" are not valued by those in power.
At that time, Yin, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs (the official minister of the Ministry of official affairs in "The old man of the three pavilions made of paper and the six ministers of clay sculpture") held a grudge because of a satirical poem written by Mr. Bai Sha. His son was rejected as a disciple, so he interfered and let Chen Xianzhang's examination paper
If you get stained, you will be dismissed.
At the age of forty-two, he still failed to pass the third national examination. After that, he gave up his thoughts on the scientific examination and hid in the countryside and devoted himself to studying. Except for that time in the 18th year of Chenghua, after the governor of Guangdong, Peng Shao and Du
The imperial envoy Zhu Ying recommended him to Beijing to wait for the official position. However, three months later, because his mother missed her son so much, she hurriedly returned and was unable to recommend him again.
In his later years, he devoted himself to making wedding clothes for others and imparting knowledge to his apprentices. Impressed by his high moral knowledge, more and more people from all over the world came to seek help from him.
"Everyone should pay homage to the master's house", which was very popular for a while. Regarding these guest scholars, Chen Xianzhang was knowledgeable and tireless in his teachings. Historical records record: "As for the Taoist priests of Futu, merchants, peasants, servants and humble servants who came to visit them, Mr. Xianzhang accepted them with all his heart.
Tell anyone who knocks on your doorstep."
As Chen Xianzhang's students graduated from high school, their reputation grew day by day, and they were called "Chun Confucians". In the 18th year of Chenghua's reign, he went to Beijing to apply for recommendations. When he passed through Guangzhou, the scholars in the city came here because of his reputation, "from the south of the city to
There are tens of millions of people watching the vassal tower, and there are hundreds and dozens of people who take pictures of its appearance." After entering the capital, hundreds of ministers and officials built hundreds of gates every day, and some people said that the saint was coming back.
That day, Li Jie returned to the small courtyard where he rented after school. He saw Fang Yi looking extremely happy, so he asked: "Why, what happened today to make you so happy?"
After seeing Li Jie coming back, Fang Yi's eyes lit up and she said happily: "I met my brother!"
Li Jie was worried that Fang Yi would be deceived, so he said, "Didn't you say you had no relatives before? Where did this brother come from?"
"No, no, there has been no news from my brother since he went out five years ago. Our whole family thought that he had met with misfortune, so I said before that I had no relatives. Who would have thought that I would see him again now."
There was a look of hesitation on his face.
Li Jie saw this and asked: "This is a good thing! Why is there anything else?"
The expression on Fang Yi's face changed. After a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, please promise me not to be angry first, and then I will tell you."
Li Jie smiled and nodded.
Then Fang Yi shouted: "Brother, come out."
He saw a young man in his late twenties walking out of the room. He was wearing a blue suit, carrying a long sword on his back, and had sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. The more Li Jie looked at him, the more familiar he seemed.
"It's you!"
Fang Kun clasped his fists and said, "I offended a lot that night, but I didn't know how to face my little sister at that time, so I had to protect her secretly. How could I have been discovered by the young master and ended up fighting each other instead."
Hearing this, Li Jie waved his hand and said, "Since it's a misunderstanding, forget it. We can't be acquainted without fighting."
Fang Yi smiled after seeing the two reconciled. One of the two was her close brother, and the other was the person she had secretly promised. Since the fight that night, Li Jie's behavior was completely different from the past.
On the way, she looked nervous and her face was tight. If the two conflicted again this time, she would be in a dilemma, not knowing what to do. Fortunately, the misunderstanding between the two was resolved now, and everyone was happy.
In the subsequent conversation, Li Jie learned that this person's name was Fang Kun, the brother of Fang Yi's mother. After he left home at the age of seventeen, he accidentally entered the forest and fell off a cliff. Not only was he lucky enough to survive, but he also got a gift.
The extraordinary inheritance of the "Sword God" of Yizi Huijianmen.
Because the cliff was so high and steep, I had been practicing martial arts hard at the bottom of the valley. Fortunately, there was a deep pool at the bottom of the valley so that I would not starve to death. After several years of living like a savage, I was able to get out of the valley after mastering my martial arts. After I came out of the valley, I found that five years had passed.
, It is true that time does not last long in the mountains.
After that, he returned home like an arrow, and rushed home under the dust and stars. Unexpectedly, after returning to his hometown, the villagers told him that their family had moved to Nanjing two months ago. Fang Kun learned the news
After that, they followed him all the way and made many inquiries. When they arrived in Fuzhou City, they completely lost track of their family members.
Then he went to his next stop, Jianning Mansion, but there was no trace of his family. He was very anxious and worried that something might happen. Then he rushed back to Fuzhou City and made inquiries in various places in the city. He caught a glimpse of Fang Yi's figure by chance and felt a little bit.
Like his sister, after some investigation, she learned what happened to Fang Yi. At that time, Fang Kun learned that his family had been murdered. For him, the bad news was like a bolt from the blue.
Fang Kun felt regretful in his heart. He only regretted that he had not devoted himself to practicing martial arts in the past. In the past five years, he only had to practice for one more hour every day. As long as he returned home as soon as possible, the following things would definitely not happen. There was only two months left.
Time separated him from his parents forever. After that, he drank every day to relieve his sorrow. He was decadent for a long time. When he recovered, he didn't dare to see his sister and didn't know how to face her.
Fang Kun, who had come back to his senses, secretly made up his mind and decided to protect Fang Yi secretly in the future and never let tragedy happen again. Seeing that Fang Yi from the Lin family was pretty good, he did not regard Fang Yi as an outsider. In addition to his usual observations, Fang Yi looked at
Li Jie's eyes were obviously unusual, and he completely gave up the idea of meeting him.
On the days when Li Jie and Fang Yi were traveling to Xinhui, when Li Jie went out for the first time, he followed Li Jie from a distance and saw that Li Jie was not out looking for flowers and asking for help, but out to do chivalry and justice. For Li Jie
He was even more satisfied with Li Jie. He had achieved the rank of military officer at a young age. He was self-disciplined and had no rotten Confucian habits. His martial arts skills were also high. He thought to himself that he would be very satisfied if his sister married Li Jie. Later, every time Li Jie went out,
He protects his sister secretly.
Until that time, he was discovered by Li Jie because he was too close. After a fight between the two, Fang Kun knew at first that Li Jie was very powerful in martial arts, but he could still defeat him. After all, Li Jie was so young.
There, who knew that after the fight, he realized that he was completely wrong. Li Jie's martial arts skills were so high that he was exhausted. If it weren't for Fang Yi who allowed him to escape, he would have revealed his identity to Li Jie that time.
Already.
After that time, Fang Kun became more cautious and never got too close. However, later Li Jie went out to school, and whenever Fang Yi was alone, a look of misery often appeared on his face, which made him feel uncomfortable. In the end, he felt
Unable to restrain his longing for his family, he met Fang Yi. After they met, he saw Fang Yi's happy expression, which made him feel that he should have met her earlier.
After listening to Fang Kun's experience, Li Jie sighed. Everything in the world has its destiny, but isn't what he is doing now to break the destiny, turn the tide from collapse, and support the building from collapse? He will never let the tragedy of the future happen.