Chapter 126: It is related to orthopedics, which is not a small matter
The pond reflects the blue sky and white clouds swim in the river.
Among the mountains and fields on the outskirts of Xiangyang, by the river, more than a hundred students were kneeling and sitting on bamboo mats.
There is a self-prepared table in front of everyone, and on the table there is a folded bamboo slip distributed by the book boy. The content on the bamboo slip is a test question set by Mr. Shui Jing.
What is somewhat surprising is that the owner of this place, Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui, as well as the hermit Pang Degong and Xiangyang celebrity Huang Chengyan who are rumored to have participated in the selection of younger brothers, did not appear.
Zhuge Liang was still a little nervous at first, but the eyes of each of these scholars who were similar to him showed infinite confidence and determination to win.
Of course, there is one person who stands out. He is not good-looking. His facial features are ugly when placed alone, but when put together they are even uglier. He looks like a joke.
Just listening to the conversation among the scholars, Zhuge Liang knew that he was a very talented and famous ugly man in Xiangyang City, named Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan.
"They are really gods from all walks of life..." Zhuge Liang groaned.
At this time, the book boy shouted, "You can open the book now..."
To open the book, unfold the bamboo slips and start answering the questions. The students who were still looking at each other or talking quietly suddenly became quiet and slowly unfolded the bamboo slips in front of them.
But...it's okay if I don't expand it. After I expand it, I immediately find that there are no test questions at all.
At the same time, the little book boy continued to speak loudly. "Sir, what you want to learn in this mountain bamboo house, you might as well write it down in this bamboo slip..."
Hmm...Zhuge Liang must have an eye for it. The little book boy said it simply, but he can sum it up in four words - why study!
And this is today's test question.
But...how to write it?
Zhuge Liang fell into deep thought. Normally, the written answer, the so-called learning content, should be about poetry and etiquette, the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams, Qimen Dunjia, and military strategies. But if this is the case, it must be similar to what others have written, and the ending will definitely be a failure.
Return.
Mr. Shui Jing announced in the past that he wanted to select eight disciples with wisdom, and to evaluate whether a person's wisdom...can be simply summarized as being different.
How smart is Zhuge Liang? With a simple analysis, he can already tell that there is a mystery hidden in this seemingly simple question?
As a candidate, if you only think about what you want to write, or write out your thoughts honestly, you will fall into a trap.
What you should really consider is what others will write.
With this in mind, Zhuge Liang stood around. Sitting not far to his left was Liu Qi, the son of Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou. As the eldest son of the princes, what he wrote must have been about sitting down and talking about the Tao, and influencing the people;
On the right is Cai Mao's son, and he can probably write and learn military tactics and command thousands of troops;
Not far ahead is the son of the hermit master Pang Degong. The son of the hermit came to pay homage to his disciples. What he wrote must be completely opposite to what is written in the hidden world, such as the method of saving the world, such as the way to be a minister...
Of course, almost everyone here is a descendant of aristocratic families in Xiangyang City. The content they can write is very different, nothing more than the few things I thought of before. So... for me, what should I write that is novel?
Zhuge Liang fell into deep contemplation, but the more he thought about it, the harder it became to figure out the answer.
Still too worried about gains and losses...
Huh... exhaling softly, Zhuge Liang tried hard to calm down and tried to face the blank bamboo slips in front of him with a normal mind.
It was during this exhalation that Zhuge Liang thought of the letter from his brother Jun the day before...
That's right, the so-called wise and foolish person, the most original and correct answer lies in the words of that letter.
Among them, didn't the young master named Lu Yu put forward unique insights in certain fields?
Why not…
With this in mind, Zhuge Liang raised his pen, and two big characters suddenly appeared between the bamboo slips -
——Baigong!
Who among the children of aristocratic families would take "Baigong" seriously?
And Mr. Shui Jing is proficient in the Eight Trigrams of Qimen, how can he not be proficient in the study of Baigong? This is a perfect "keystone"!
call…
Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang exhaled, and more than half of the stone hanging in his heart fell.
If he hadn't seen Jundi's letter a day ago, if he hadn't seen Mr. Lu's unique views on "Baigong", Zhuge Liang would have fallen into the same routine as other students, or he would have been entangled and hesitant.
People say that among the six arts of a country, hundreds of craftsmen are the first, but now Zhuge Liang, who has unique insights into "hundreds of crafts", wants to modify it a little. The so-called - among the six arts of a country, hundreds of craftsmen are the first!
Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang wrote again. Under the two big characters "Baigong", he added these eight small characters in seal script. Among the six arts of the country, Baigong is the first!
Putting down the pen and getting up, Zhuge Liang was the fastest one here to answer.
Seeing him getting up, all the scholars around him looked at him subconsciously, a little surprised. Was such an important test handed in so quickly?
Zhuge Liang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he tightened his grip on the bamboo slip with more strength. He asked without hesitation, "May I ask this boy, if you can hand in your paper?"
Shocked everyone...
After being surprised, some scholars discussed one after another, who is this person? How many big characters can he write with so much effort? Hand in the paper, haha, are you afraid that it will be a blank paper?
Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan also raised their heads, looking at Zhuge Liang with somewhat ugly eyes, but muttering in their hearts, "What is he writing?"
He immediately glanced at Zhuge Liang out of the corner of his eye. When Zhuge Liang came closer to him, Pang Tong deliberately stretched his foot. Zhuge Liang stumbled due to carelessness and the bamboo slips in his hand fell out.
Pang Tong stood up premeditatedly, immediately picked up the bamboo slips...and handed them back to Zhuge Liang.
But just when he picked up the bamboo slip, Pang Tong saw the answer on Zhuge Liang's bamboo slip - Baigong, the six arts of the country, Baigong is the leader!
Is it so...simple?
"Brother, I'm sorry..." Pang Tong apologized deliberately...
"It doesn't matter..."
Zhuge Liang replied and immediately handed the bamboo slips to the little book boy.
The little book boy was also a little surprised, but since he had handed in the paper, according to the rules, he had to send the bamboo slips to the village house for Mr. Sima to review, so he immediately turned around and ran over quickly.
Zhuge Liang sat back in his seat and waited patiently, but Pang Tong's mind was filled with daydreams...
Hundreds of skills? Although it is a novel answer, the pattern is too small, haha... When a man lives in the world, he should make great achievements and reach the sky. How can he have the leisure time to do "hundreds of skills"?
The layout, the layout is too small!
With this in mind, Pang Tong withdrew his thoughts and concentrated on giving his answer. What did he want to learn? What he wanted to learn was the way of a man in the world...
And how can ordinary people, such as the children of aristocratic families, think of these things?
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The spring was still cold, and a few wisps of winter plum blossoms were still in full bloom. As more than a hundred celebrities were answering questions, three middle-aged men and an eight or nine-year-old girl were sitting in the bamboo house.
It seemed that... the three men were talking about something with great interest.
"Brother Shui Jing, your question is not easy." The man who spoke was the hermit Pang Degong who lived on Yuliang Island in Mianshui, south of Xian Mountain.
He has never entered the city. He works in the fields, plays the piano, and reads on weekdays. Even he and his wife treat each other as guests, once a year.
And he has a son who is quite tired of the secluded life, so he also came to participate in Mr. Shui Jing's test today.
After all, Pang Degong has always been reclusive, but when it comes to his son, Pang Degong inevitably says a few words...
"It's not difficult for those who meet, but it's not difficult for those who don't!" This time it was Huang Chengyan, a famous scholar in Xiangyang City, who spoke this time. His wife was the sister of Cai Mao, the general of Jingzhou. In addition, he himself was quite talented and learned, so he was quite popular in the entire Jingzhou.
Famous, he is as famous as Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui and Mr. Pang De.
This time, in addition to coming here himself, he also brought his nine-year-old daughter Huang Yueying with him, so that she could see how this young talent from Jingzhou came up with a brilliant answer.
"Hey!" Mr. Pang Degong waved his hand. "The question you took was so confusing. Not to mention this group of scholars, even an old man like me, I'm afraid the answer won't be what you want!"
As soon as he said this, Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui, finally spoke. He smiled and said: "Haha, that's good. It's good that it doesn't suit your liking!"
Hey…
Mr. Pang Degong shook his head. "I asked Brother Shui Jing to evaluate whether this question is difficult or not, but Brother Shui Jing said it was good or bad? How can this be done?"
Sima Hui nodded and continued to answer: "What you just said is also very good..."
Good, good, good...it's good for him and good for you!
Huang Chengyan really couldn't listen anymore...
Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui, has a habit of saying "good" whenever he talks. For example, asking him how a certain person is? He never criticizes directly, but just says "this person is good, very good"... If it were the next person, it would still be the same.
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Huang Chengyan was used to it, so he gave him the nickname "Mr. Hao Hao". Everyone in the Xiangyang scholar circle knew this - Mr. Hao Hao Sima Hui.
The three of them were chatting happily, "Sir, someone handed in the paper?"
Hmm... Now, Sima Hui didn't agree. He was a little surprised. Not only was he surprised, but Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan were also surprised. For such a serious assessment, it would be a bit too confusing to hand in the paper so soon, right?
"Give it to me." Sima Hui ordered...
The child hurriedly held the bamboo slip in both hands and handed it over.
Huang Chengyan and Pang Degong on the side also came over, and the answer that caught their eyes was the huge word "Baigong", accompanied by a line of small characters below - the six arts of the country, Baigong is the first!
Huo...there are students who want to learn a hundred trades?
Before Sima Hui could speak, "Hahaha..." Huang Chengyan laughed out loud with a wisp of beard. "This scholar and Yueying actually thought of going together."
Speaking of this, Huang Chengyan stroked the head of his daughter beside him and continued. "What Yueying wants to learn the most is your Mohist machine skills. To learn Mohist machine skills well, Baigong is the foundation of the foundation."
...Haha...Brother Shui Jing, it seems that Yueying has a companion!"
As soon as he said this...haha, Sima Hui also laughed out loud. He glanced at the name on the bamboo slip - Zhuge Jun!
That's right, Zhuge Liang deliberately filled in his name as Zhuge Jun, which was a kind of protection for his younger brother Yanzhou Jun.
As for Mr. Sima Hui, this time, he did not just give a "good, excellent" evaluation like before. He nodded, looked out the window, and said.
"This boy named Zhuge Jun is a bit interesting!"
Almost at the same time, Huang Yueying beside Huang Chengyan also blinked.
She murmured in her heart that there were actually people who valued all kinds of work among the scholars. It seemed that...Uncle Sima was going to have like-minded friends to learn the mechanics of the Mohist school.
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Xuzhou, outside Xiapi City, Cao Ying Dazhai.
At this moment, Cao Cao was pacing left and right in the Chinese army's tent. He still couldn't make a decision whether to fight or retreat.
News came from Xiapi City that Tao Qian's condition has worsened again. As Tao Qian's condition worsens, the game between the eldest son Tao Shang and Liu Bei will also enter the most critical period.
As for Cao Cao, he feels a bit like he is riding a tiger.
We should withdraw our troops, but we are a little worried about Liu Bei. We should attack the city, but we are also worried that Lu Bu has not yet been pacified in the backyard, and it borders Yuan Shu's territory and there are always troubles.
In addition, there is a new difficulty.
In the past two days, Cao Cao simulated the strategy of governing Xuzhou after withdrawing his troops countless times in his mind. He didn't want to think about it. Thinking about it was not only nerve-wracking, but also made his head hurt.
The more I know about Xuzhou, the more I know that there is no peace of mind inside Xuzhou... In every state and county, there are numerous factions and complicated forces.
Especially led by the Common People Faction, the Celebrity Faction, and the Danyang Faction. Before Tao Qian governed Xuzhou, they were all in peace. Cao Cao used an overwhelmingly superior army to suppress the situation and could barely hold the situation back. But if... he led his army back to Yanzhou to aid
back.
These three forces are very lively...Which one to win over? Which one to suppress? Is it possible that some of them stabbed each other in the back? These are all questions.
And if you ignore them and send a few state pastors randomly, they will most likely be squeezed out by the three forces of the Xuzhou Gang, or even die!
By then, Xuzhou will no longer be a big granary, but a big dyeing vat.
"What to do?"
The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more headache he got...
At that moment, Cao Cao felt that his head was going to explode. Speaking of which, this was an old problem. Since he was in his twenties, Cao Cao would have a headache every time he thought about troubles...
As for the reason, we have to mention an unbearable past incident when Cao Cao was a teenager.
When Cao Cao was in his early teens, he was still growing taller, but he was as tall as a wheat sprout.
He has a dark complexion, is short and lean, and is two years taller than other children of the same age. He is exactly the same as his eunuch grandfather Cao Teng.
Cao Song was worried. His adoptive father, Cao Teng, lost his "little turtle" in childhood, which affected his development. However, his career was to be a eunuch. It didn't matter if he was shorter. But Cao Cao couldn't do it. He couldn't reach the stirrup when riding a horse. Being an official and governing the world was stressful.
Unable to control his aura, even Yuan Shu and others gave Cao Cao a nickname - "Big Half"!
In order to make Cao Cao grow taller, Cao Song followed a simple method. He called the housekeeper in the mansion every night. One person held down Cao Cao's head and the other grabbed Cao Cao's feet. The two of them pulled hard to stretch Cao Cao's body.
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It was a very gloomy day for Cao Cao. The twinkling stars in the sky were like Cao Cao's eyes filled with helplessness, but the result was still little success. Cao Cao still couldn't grow taller, and he was jokingly called "most of them" by Yuan Shu.
Son".
A year later, Cao Song gave up, but the side effects of pulling appeared. For a year, Cao Cao was pulled on his head and feet every night, and his whole body was pulled, leaving him with hidden dangers of headaches!
To this day, whenever he feels melancholy and has many thoughts, Cao Cao gets headaches easily.
Now, it started happening again.
Seeing the uncomfortable look of his elder brother, Cao Hong said:
"Brother, I actually don't think this matter is that troublesome." He seemed to have a unique insight and said loudly: "Let's capture Xiapi City in one go and take the military power and political power of Xiapi City into our hands. Who dares
If you don’t accept it, kill anyone!”
"As for Yuan Shu, let him come as he comes. Leave me, Cao Hong, to guard the city. I'll keep him here once, and I'll beat him back once. When one day my elder brother gets unhappy, he gives the order and I lead my troops to take Nanyang directly.
Cut off Yuan Shu's escape route!"
Well…
I originally thought that Cao Hong was a man of true knowledge and insight, but that Daoqing was a wild and reckless person.
Cao Cao was also drunk. If it were so easy, how could he have wasted so much time under Xiapi City?
This feeling is like, I thought you were the strongest king, but... you are just a bronze, alas...
Cao Cao felt his head hurt even more.
And just then.
"Report to Duke Ming..." Several soldiers hurriedly entered the tent. They took a few steps closer to Cao Cao and lowered their voices and said, "Brother, there is a middle-aged man outside the gate of the village. He claims to be a merchant from Taishan County, and he is with Duke Ming."
What do you call the irreversible friendship...Weide!"
Weide? Taishan County?
At first, Cao Cao didn't react, but after "swiping", he suddenly remembered that he had previously sent a letter to Xun Yu, asking him to change the names of his younger brothers Cao De and Aweng Cao Song, and his younger brother Cao De was not upright.
Did...renamed Weide?
But... in this important military camp, there are so many people and so many eyes... He... why is he here?
Cao Cao suddenly broke into a cold sweat. Not to mention, once the cold sweat broke out, his head no longer hurt.
But think about it again.
No, Cao De wouldn't come for no reason, something big must have happened somewhere.
Haha, didn't something big happen?
Cao Cao doesn't know yet, but his wife is about to betroth his daughter to his son! This matter is related to orthopedics, it seems... quite big!