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 the provincial academic officials. Only then can you take the provincial examination. The rest of the time, Li Jie spent time in Spring Terrace either making art or practicing martial arts. He benefited a lot from both the art making and martial arts courses.
Although Mr. Baisha 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 in the then dynasty. Chen Xianzhang's external thoughts seemed not to be this way. His "respect for nature" and "knowledge" The ideas of "doubt" and "priority and self-satisfaction" are not valued by those in power.
At that time, Yin Min, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel (the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in "Paper Paste Three Pavilions, Clay Sculpture Six Ministers") held a grudge because of a satirical poem written by Mr. Bai Sha, and his son was rejected as a disciple, so he obstructed Chen Xianzhang. When the test paper was stained, it was 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 concentrated on studying. Except for that time in the 18th year of Chenghua, Peng Shao, the governor of Guangdong, and Zhu Ying, the imperial envoy of the capital, recommended him to Beijing to wait for an official position. However, three months later, because his mother missed her son so much, she hurriedly returned. Since then, she has been repeatedly rejected. rise.
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 be courteous to the master's house" was very popular for a while. For these guests and scholars, Chen Xianzhang taught them well and tirelessly. Historical records record: "As for the Taoist monks, merchants, peasants, servants, and lowly people who came to pay homage, Mr. Xiang received them with all his heart and knelt down without hesitation."
As Chen Xianzhang's students entered high school many times, their reputation increased day by day, and they were called "Chun Confucians". In the 18th year of Chenghua's reign, he went to Beijing to apply for a recommendation. When he passed through Guangzhou, the scholars in the city came here in admiration, "from the south of the city to There are tens of millions of people watching the vassal stage, and hundreds and dozens of people are taking pictures of its beauty." After entering the capital, officials and ministers built hundreds of gates every day, and some people said that the saint had returned.
That day, Li Jie returned to the small courtyard he rented after school and 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 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," said. 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 don't know each other anymore."
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 that night's battle, Li Jie's behavior was completely different from the past. After that, he looked nervous and had a tense expression on his face. If the two conflicted again this time, she would be in a dilemma, not knowing what to do. Fortunately, the misunderstanding between the two is now resolved, and everyone is 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 received 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 wouldn't 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 really unknown how long the years are in the mountains.
After that, he returned home like an arrow, and rushed home covered with dust and stars. Unexpectedly, after returning to his hometown, the villagers told him that his family had moved to Nanjing two months ago. After Fang Kun learned the news, he followed him all the way and made various inquiries. When he arrived in Fuzhou City, he completely Lost trace of family members.
Then he went to his next stop, Jianning Mansion, but there was no sign of his family. He was very anxious and worried that something might happen. Then he rushed back to Fuzhou City and made inquiries in many 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. It was only two months before I was separated from my parents forever. After that, I drank every day to drown my sorrows. I was decadent for a long time. When I calmed down, I didn't dare to see my sister. I didn't know how to face it. to 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.
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 instead going out to do chivalry. For Li Jie He was even more satisfied with Jie. He had achieved the rank of military officer at a young age. He was self-disciplined and did not have any 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 that Li Jie was very powerful in martial arts at first, 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. .
After that time, Fang Kun became more cautious and never got too close. But later Li Jie went out to school, and whenever Fang Yi was alone, his face often showed a look of sadness, which made him feel uncomfortable. In the end, he couldn't help but miss his family, so he recognized Fang Yi. Seeing Fang Yi's happy expression made him feel that he should have known 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 falling, and support the building before it collapses? He will never allow future tragedies to happen again.
