After talking with the third commander of the Baibo Army, Chen Chong rushed to Hedong County.
Although the affairs in Hedong were supposed to be handled by Zhang Fei, Chen Chong was really worried.
After all, Hedong was not under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou, but Liu Bei forced Wang Yi to surrender because he was unprepared and sent a strange army to the city, and then used it to attack Dong Dayi. But now that the director was defeated, the coalition forces lost troops and generals one after another, and Puban was occupied by Dong Zhuo. People from Liang could attack the county day and night. The people in the county were panicked, which was expected, but when it came to calming people's hearts, it was really not Zhang Fei's specialty.
So after thinking about this, Chen Chong simply asked Yang Hui for four cattail carts. He first called his clan brother Chen Qun, and then summoned disciples Meng Jian, Shi Tao, Fu Qian, Yu Fan, as well as Wang Ling, Guo Cheng, Wen Hui and other young talents from the state arrived. After they all arrived, Chen Chong bought two sets of robes and scarves for each of them, as well as a three-foot long sword.
Everyone was puzzled. Chen Chong just smiled at them and said, "Follow me on a trip to see all the heroes in the east of the river."
On the third day of June, Chen Chong and his party of more than 40 people set out. The ox was buckled in front of the cart and the green flag was hung at the door. They leisurely headed south to Zhongyang. They passed through Tongtian Mountain and followed the mountain road to Baiyuan Mountain. Then they turned back to the southeast and passed through the Red Mountain. Huashan and Lutoushan finally walked out of the vast mountains of Luliang and arrived at the foot of Pingyang City.
The people in Pingyang were all surprised when they saw a convoy of vehicles suddenly walking out of the mountain road. After all, except for the servants between the trains, the accompanying people are either handsome young talents or energetic and high-spirited young men. They were dressed in chic robes and scarves, which made them look bookish, but the three-foot-long swords they wore at their waists made them look heroic, making people happy to see them.
Someone came up to ask about the origin, and the servant replied: "After Bingzhou Mu was reorganizing the army in Xihe, he often corresponded with Wang Fujun. Recently, he occasionally talked about the handsome people in the world, and Wangfu Jun regarded Hedong as the leader. Bingzhou Mu was originally offering wine to the Imperial Academy, and he heard about it Feeling happy, he led his disciples to Anyi in person, intending to set up a banquet and an altar to see the talented people in the east of the river and learn about the great weapons that would come later."
This word soon spread, reaching Gaomen in the east of Hedong, poor scholars in the county, hermits in the mountains, and wanderers in the rivers and lakes. After hearing about it, they all rushed to tell each other. There are rumors in the countryside: Since Dong Zhuo usurped power, culture has withered and the academic style has waned. Today, I am lucky enough to have the Dragon Head host a banquet. I can have a meeting with the wise men of the two states to communicate with each other and talk about the right way. It is also a happy event in life.
So for more than ten days, Anyi was suddenly overcrowded. Wang Yi and Zhang Fei didn't know the reason for a while, but when they learned the reason, they couldn't help laughing. They hurriedly sent someone to contact Chen Chong. It turned out that Chen Chong and his party were traveling twenty-five miles a day, and now they could hardly Arriving in Wenxi County. Under their urging, Chen Chong speeded up a little and arrived in Anyi on the 24th.
When Chen Chong met, he first bowed to Wang Yi and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wangfu, for entertaining me." Wang Yi felt helpless and laughed at himself: "If Dragon Head can conquer Xijing, I will retreat to the mountains and forests and be a lone bird in the clouds." ." He also warned Chen Chong: "It is easy for Longshou to gather people, but it is not easy to convince them. You should prepare carefully."
Chen Chong said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. When I was teaching at Taixue, I did it normally. Now it's just a banquet, so why should I be so nervous?"
At this time, Rong Weigu of Hedong County took the initiative and offered to hold a banquet at the small Donghu building in the east of Anyi City as a place for Chen Chong to talk. Chen Chong readily agreed and asked him to invite the county's elite on his behalf. The time was set at You hour on the 25th. .
When everything was settled, Chen Chong immediately called his disciples and drove an ox cart to the Wei Family Manor in East Lake. Rested all night in another courtyard. When he woke up the next day, it was full daylight and the weather was so hot that even the water in the water tank was boiling hot. He simply stayed in his room to study. It wasn't until the sun's shadow moved westward and the sunlight turned dark and hot that he came out of the courtyard, walked slowly through the verandah, and walked towards the small building.
It is said to be a small building, but it is actually a cooling courtyard built by Wei family in Anyi. It is located on the bank of Qingxia Lake, among the willow trees. There is a shelf on it, covered with ivy, and the leaves are as shaded as water. The summer wind blows through the fence. , the warm wind is mixed with cool water vapor, and the wooden pillars in front of the hall are engraved with the words: "Tranquil and deserted, nothingness". At a glance, you can tell that this is the place where the Wei family's children studied poetry and talked all night long.
"God's Coming"
When Chen Chong arrived, the banquet table had been set up in the courtyard. Guests from all walks of life were seated at the left table. Chen Chong's disciples were also seated at the right table. There were three soft couches in the center of the courtyard, which were obviously reserved for Chen Chong and Zhang Fei. With Wang Yi.
However, there was one person in the banquet who caught Chen Chong's attention. He was sitting on the left as the chief. He was dressed in tatters and slovenly, and his sitting posture was extremely inelegant. However, his eyes were very clear and everyone treated him very politely. It was obvious that he had a very high reputation. The man also looked at Chen Chong and shook his head slightly, while Chen Chong nodded to him and smiled.
Just as he was about to sit down, Chen Chong suddenly heard a loud shout, which turned out to be coming from outside the front door. He turned to Wei Gu and asked Wei Gu the reason. Wei Gu was quite embarrassed and replied: "Dragon Head has a good reputation, and there are so many people who want to climb the Dragon Gate. The house is humble and humble, and can only accommodate a hundred scholars, so we can only invite some well-known scholars to come here. Some knights and minor officials were dissatisfied when they heard about it, so they blocked the door and made trouble."
Chen Chong said "Oh", he raised his cup, looked around at the guests at the left table, and asked Wei Gu to introduce them to him one by one. The leader of the banquet was Jiao Xian, a famous hermit from Hedong, followed by Hou Wuyang and others who accompanied him, followed by the township officials from various counties in the county, such as Guanqiu Xing and Pei Mao from Wenxi County, Fan Xian from Anyi County and others, and finally returned. There are a number of descendants of famous clans who have not yet reached the crown, such as Wei Jian, Du Zhi, Shangguan Chong and others.
With a smile on his face, Chen Chong greeted everyone one by one until he was at the last table in the court. Unexpectedly, he did not drink a glass of wine and kept walking. After the introduction to the right seat, he ditched Wei Gu and walked to the front of the court gate. Cang Tou, the gatekeeper, looked at Chen Chong at a loss. Chen Chong said warmly to them: "Please open the door, please."
With a "squeak" sound, Chen Chong stepped across the threshold. In front of him was a sea of heads. Looking around, he saw that most of them were aggressive young people. They were noisy and noisy, but when they saw Chen Chong coming out, they Everyone fell silent. Chen Chong looked at them, and they also looked at Chen Chong. Soon, someone whispered: "The four fingers on the left hand are Chen Shijun."
Hearing this, Chen Chong held the cup in both hands and smiled at everyone: "This is Chen Chong of Yingchuan." He paused slightly, and when he saw everyone's eyes turned to him, he continued: "When Chen Chong came, I didn't expect you to show your love so much. , I chose the wrong place for the banquet and left you with no place to sit. This is my fault!" After saying that, he raised his head and drank the whole cup of wine, and showed the bottom of the cup to everyone.
At this time, Wei Gu caught up, and Chen Chong turned to him and asked: "Mr. Wei, I suddenly had a thought. Life in the world is like millet leaves floating in the ocean. There is a poem that says: flesh and blood are connected to branches and leaves, and friendships are related to each other. We are brothers all over the world. Who is a traveler? Those who come from afar are all my friends. It is not polite to refuse friends from the door. Why don't we just leave the hospital and have a banquet by the lake. I wonder what Mr. Wei wants?"
Wei Gu sighed when he heard this: "The dragon head has an order, how dare you disobey it?"
So they moved all the banquet tables out of the courtyard and placed them by the lake. They were divided into two rows according to the old rules in the courtyard. Chen Chong was still sitting in the middle. Zhang Fei and Wang Yi also came. The knights and men who came were separated in the forest. There were as many as five hundred people present, and it was lively. However, this situation was obviously far from the banquet originally envisioned, and the relaxed atmosphere at the beginning was gone.
The conversation was finally chaired by Chen Chong. He first persuaded everyone present to drink a glass of wine, then introduced the juniors he brought from Xihe, and then asked Wang Yidao: "Brother Wendu, what do you think?"
Wang Yi smiled slowly and said: "Many of you are elegant, but if you just bring a sword to the banquet, you may lose your harmony."
Chen Chong shook his head when he heard this, and then said: "That's ridiculous! Brother Wendu, a gentleman in this world, elegance is his appearance, and elegance is his inside." Gu
"Nowadays, there is great chaos in the world. Glaciers block roads and there is nowhere to cross the river. It is just like the Spring and Autumn Period, when the Zhou rites collapsed and the music of the bells and bells died. If you think about your actions, you should have the universe in your mind, travel thousands of miles, and have a heart that lasts for a hundred years. With the king's house in mind, Hard work, the thorns of Miluo, how can you do such a big thing without a sharp sword at your waist?"
"Long Shou's words are misleading." The speaker was the hermit Jiao Xian. It was hot and humid in the mountains. He grabbed the cattail leaf fan and exposed his chest. While shaking it, he said: "I often heard that Long Shou is a great scholar in the world, so he came out of the thatched cottage. I went under the fence and listened to Long Shou's eloquent remarks, but I didn't expect them to be so foolish."
Chen Chong was criticized, but he didn't feel angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "What do you think Mr. Jiao has to say?"
Jiao Xian stood up on his knees, stretched his arms and said with a smile: "The Tao exists in the dark, dim and silent. Although it is a time of great chaos, it is actually because people's hearts are in turmoil and seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."
Chen Chong immediately heard the three-point smell. He asked with a smile: "Jiao Jun wants to say that the human heart is moved by things, and I am armed with a sharp weapon and have the intention to kill myself. This is the way to cause disaster?"
Jiao Xian looked at him in surprise, then nodded and said: "The sage has a saying: presence and absence complement each other, difficulty and ease complement each other, long and short complement each other, high and low are in harmony with each other, sounds harmonize with each other, and follow each other before and after. The sage also said: When the great principles fail, there is benevolence and righteousness; when wisdom arises, there is great hypocrisy; when relatives are at odds, there is filial piety and kindness; when the country is in chaos, there are loyal ministers."
"Longshou prides himself on being a talented person and has the ambition to save the country. He can be called majestic. But it is a small way. People's hearts are in chaos because of it, and the world's ways are in vain."
"Trail? What is the avenue?"
"The first one is: If a great achievement is lacking, its use will not be harmful. If the great success is full, its use will be endless. The second one is: Defeat its sharpness, dissolve its confusion, and reconcile its light with its dust. The third one is: Absolute sage and abandon wisdom, and eradicate it. Benevolence abandons righteousness, and cleverness abandons profit. The fourth saying is: The best goodness is like water."
At this point, Jiao Xian described his ambition again: "Now that the world is in a state of confusion, I am about to give up the taste of glory, take off my clothes, leave my house, and cut off my relatives. Then I will keep silent, swallow elixirs and medicine, gradually go without food, and climb mountains to admire the clouds." , collecting dew near the abyss, gradually absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, eating the wind instead of the grains, using the heaven and the earth as a building in the openness, entering the mysterious silence, and returning to the embrace of Lao Zhuang."
When everyone heard this, they looked at his unruly clothes, which showed hemp and chest, and his clothes were stained, and he was wearing torn straw sandals on his feet. However, this did not diminish his elegant demeanor. It was obvious that what he said was not lies, but his actions, and his heart was full of emotions. Sincerely admire. Even Chen Qun sighed in his heart: This is an ordinary person like Xu You!
After hearing what he said, Chen Chong had a look of sadness on his face. He sighed: "Jiao Jun has passed away! It really makes me sad. The affairs of the world have always been about the fading of wisdom. How can we abandon the present and follow the past? It should be noted that People are born for billions of years, and a country is born for thousands of years. A country has righteousness for thousands of years, and righteousness can only exist for hundreds of years before we can be the great man we are today."
"A bright head cannot be rejuvenated, and it is difficult to be young again when old. Time is short, and years are always urgent. But Mr. Jiao uses his old body to seek new buds. Isn't it wrong?"
"Now that the sword is about to come out, we can only hold it in hand to welcome it, cherish the king's domineering strategy, spread the way of wisdom, protect the living and the people, ensure peace, and know the great righteousness in future generations."
When everyone heard this, they were all excited and cheered loudly, especially the poor scholars and knights from far away. In their hearts, they were regarded as the talents of Yi Yin and Taigong compared with Chen Chong.
At this time, Jiao Xian looked at Chen Chong, nodded slightly, and then said slowly: "Longshou indeed has great ambitions. I want to make a date with Longshou."
"What appointment?"
"Thirty years later, I want to talk to Longshou again."
Chen Chong was quite surprised. He laughed, nodded and said, "Jiao Jun wants to do something good, how can I dare to refuse?"
Jiao Xian also laughed, and he immediately grabbed his friend Hou Wuyang and left on the spot.
I saw his disheveled hair, which danced wildly in the wind as he walked. After walking for a while, I heard him roar suddenly, and then sang in the wind:
"Life and death are neither things nor me."
"Go alone, come alone, go out alone."
"The swan flies high and the fish swallows the boat."
"Life has no joy for one day, and death has the name of eternity."
The figure drifted away and disappeared.
Chen Chong was fascinated by what he heard. He suddenly had a hunch that they would indeed meet again thirty years later.
