May I ask how the river tide and the sea water are like the love of a king and the heart of a concubine?
Shanhai Academy.
Ah Bu felt a little awkward standing in a hall. A steward led him in, just said "wait" and left.
I don't know who he is waiting for. The young master told him before setting off.
This old man appeared countless times when he listened to the bragging of the men at the dock. It should be said that no one in Zhao State did not know him.
Every Zhaoguo person talks about this man with an air of dignity on his face. The previous generation, the generation before that, the old man was a legendary figure in every era.
It's hard to describe how powerful the old man is in words. Let's put it this way: in the last dynasty, the old man was an old man, and at that time he was already the dean of Shanhai Academy.
Most people in the world call him dean.
Shanhai Academy has existed for a long time, even before the founding of the Zhao Kingdom.
"Have you been standing there for a long time?" The old man walked out of the room: "As you get older, you forget things easily."
Abu shook his head quickly: "I didn't stand for long." He didn't dare to look at the old man and lowered his head.
The old man had a smile on his face: "Are you wondering why I don't have three heads and six arms?"
"I didn't think about it." Abu's face turned red and he shook his head quickly.
"You kids are so easy to guess your thoughts, you have to learn to hide them." The old man paced to Abu's side with his hands behind his back.
"Okay, let's talk about business. Now that you have entered my Shanhai Gate, you will naturally be protected by an old man like me. You don't have to worry about what will happen in three years. The emperor is scaring people. You just need to stay here with peace of mind.
, I will take care of the other things."
Ahbu said gratefully: "Why are you so nice to me?"
The old man looked at Abu complicatedly: "You have suffered since childhood, so being cautious is your greatest ability to survive, but it is also your biggest problem. In this world, there are not only unprovoked malices, but also unprovoked malice.
Kindness, the most important thing you need to learn is to accept them and keep them in your heart, that's enough."
Ah Bu didn't quite understand. He nodded, then shook his head again: "I can't."
The old man wondered: "Why not?"
"Before I came here, someone taught me that I must be responsible for what I have done. I killed the person, so I have to bear the blame. This is his way of being a human being, and now it is my way as well." Ah Bu lowered his head.
He spoke softly, but a hint of firmness could also be heard.
The old man turned around and motioned back to Ah Bu to follow.
The two of them walked to the back hill of the academy. There was a small courtyard filled with piles of wood.
"Since you have to take responsibility, you will naturally be punished. There is no heavy work in my academy, but I have to burn a lot of firewood every day, so you can stay here and chop firewood. If you are free, you can go to the front to listen to the lectures.
, you can read books here casually, there are no other rules." The old man stroked his beard.
Ah Bu nodded in agreement.
The old man smiled and patted Abu on the head, and then said: "Everyone who enters my door, I will ask him a question, and he must have an answer before he leaves. Do you want to try to answer it?"
Ah didn't understand, so he quickly knelt down and said, "Disciple is willing!"
The old man seemed even happier. He had lived for countless years, and what he wanted to do most now was to teach others what he knew.
"Now there are two tigers who want to eat people. There is a child on your left. This child is very naughty and does not like to study. He is usually very annoying. And there are five children on your right. Each of these five children is very naughty.
Be obedient, everyone is cute. You can only kill one tiger, and you can only save one side. If you hesitate, both sides will die, so what are you going to do?"
The old man left after saying this: "Think carefully and then answer me clearly."
Ah Bu knelt down for a while and then got the answer. He raised his head but didn't see the old man. He thought about it and decided to wait before answering him. He still had three years to stay here, so there was no need to rush.
When Ah Bu walked into the small courtyard, it was empty. The previous owner had probably left, but everything was complete.
After tidying up a little, I walked out of the house.
I picked up a hatchet next to the wood. There were several notches on the blade. I swung it around a few times, but it didn't work very well.
The old man didn't say how much firewood he wanted to chop, but it was always right to chop more.
Ahbu decided to find someone to change his knife in a few days. But he thought that he was here to be punished and couldn't be picky, so he might as well wait until it broke.
With this thought in mind, he picked up a piece of wood, raised the knife high, and swung it down.