Chapter 86: Undercurrent [Second update, please read]

Style: Historical Author: Sweet and sour wage earnerWords: 2419Update Time: 24/01/12 18:09:53
"Dong dong dong"

Waves of drums or other sounds sounded noisily, and Chen Ke sat up from the bed in a daze.

He was covered with a quilt and his eyes were sleepy.

"what's the situation?"

At this time, there was another sound outside the hall.

"Chen Shaofu, Your Majesty has ordered that if Chen Shaofu wakes up, he must go to Zhangtai Palace as soon as possible."

The voice was sharp, yet humble and respectful.

And this voice and the word "Your Majesty" in it also made Chen Ke wake up quickly...

He looked at his surroundings and sighed. How could he be urged to get up and work just now?

For a moment, Chen Ke felt a little sad...

Why is it so difficult to be lazy?

But he was not idle: "I understand, please report back to Your Majesty, Chen Ke will be here soon."

While packing up, Chen Ke put on his clothes and headed into the distance.

...........

in a garden

Zeng Lu, Shi Xuanni, and Meng Qiu were sitting in the garden with calm expressions.

The autumn colors are thick in the distance, and some autumn leaves fall on the lake and flutter, looking very casual.

"Brother Meng, I didn't expect that you would choose to break away from Confucianism."

Meng Qiu looked calm.

"The "righteousness" mentioned by our ancestors back then was not something people could use. "

There was sarcasm on his lips: "What's more, our ancestors never wanted to become a 'saint'. "

"The ancestor has always been just an ordinary person."

When Meng Qiu said this, he sighed.

"It's just that my father really wanted to make our ancestors like Confucius."

"That's why I joined the Kong family's plan."

He looked at Shi Xuanni and Zeng Lu in front of him and said, "On the contrary, it is these two who surprise me."

"What you can get from following the Kong family and Duanmu family is always more than what you get yourself, right?"

"Why did you two get off this boat now?"

Zeng Lu did not shy away from saying: "If it is like previous years, although there are wind and rain in the sky, there will be many sunny days, sufficient sunshine, and calm seas."

"The two of us might just continue taking the boat."

"It's just that now a young man is stirring up the wind and rain, and the clear sky has turned into a haze."

"Countless storms are coming."

"Whether the boat is still stable or not, no one knows."

Zeng Lu sneered, and then said: "But if that's all, we can try to stabilize the boat."

"But here's the thing."

"Now the helmsman of this ship is shouting for us to move forward in the wind and rain."

"While putting his favorite little son into another stable boat, he tried to let him go first."

Zeng Lu looked at Meng Qiu and said, "Brother Meng, if it were you, would you like to continue taking this boat?"

Meng Qiu smiled slightly: "Of course I don't want to."

Shi Xuanni also smiled and said: "Now that the descendants of Zengzi and Mencius are here, you and I can also represent Confucianism."

"Why do we have to stay on Confucius' ship?"

Shi Xuanni's expression was very solemn: "We worship the master Confucius, but we worship our ancestors even more."

"Meng Ru and Zeng Ru were born out of Confucius and are also a type of Confucianism."

"What your Majesty wants is just some Confucian scholars, so that you can appease everyone and calm down the things that happened back then."

"You didn't say that this Confucian scholar could be a serious Confucian Confucian?"

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and they all saw the look of pride in each other's eyes.

When a ship is about to capsize, everyone looks for another place to stay.

At this time, although they didn't know what would happen to the big ship that stayed there in the past, the three of them were feeling lucky.

They can drive their own boat.

........

In an elegant small mountain village

With the mountains at its back, there is a gurgling stream in front of the village.

The water above the creek is so clear that it illuminates the shadows in it.

Xiang Ji stood by the lake, looking at the shadows in the water, with a slightly cold look in his eyes.

He felt a little uncomfortable when he thought about his uncle's previous instructions...

He pressed his forehead.

"Forget it, listen to uncle!"

...........

Han, hometown

Zhang Liang was holding a book in his hand, with a slightly tired look on his face.

His eyes were hazy, as if flashing memories of those years.

"Master, Master?"

Zhang Liang woke up from his memories and looked at the strong man beside him: "What's the matter?"

The strong man lowered his head and said respectfully: "There is news from the Kong family that the matter is about to be carried out."

"Ask Young Master, what's the time?"

Zhang Liang put down the book in his hand and frowned.

"Now?"

He sighed softly: "The time I calculated at that time was not this time."

"Could it be that something happened in Xianyang?"

Zhang Liang stood up and looked at the sky.

"Get ready, let's go to Xianyang."

He squinted his eyes slightly: "I really want to know what happened in Xianyang."

"That's why Kong Xian had to advance his plan..."

"Did that tyrant do something again?"

Since hibernation, Zhang Liang has been living in a humble place in the mountains. Even if he has a servant, he only does daily shopping.

What he was waiting for was an opportunity.

But now this opportunity has come, but it seems...

There were changes that he didn't expect.

.........

Zhangtai Palace

Chen Ke, Fu Su, Li Si, and Ying Zheng were still sitting there, reviewing the papers in their hands.

Time passed by, and when Chen Ke finished reading the last paper in his hand, he stood up.

"Ah, I finally finished reading it."

He shook his neck.

At this time, Fusu and Li Si had also finished reading, but still picked out Ali's paper before reading.

Within a moment, Ying Zheng also finished reading the things in his hands.

He put down the paper in his hand with a look of admiration on his face.

"Sure enough, most of the talented people in the world are those who have been left out in the countryside."

"This essay competition has discovered a large number of useful people for Da Qin."

There was a little bit of pride in Ying Zheng's voice.

Nowadays, the Qin Dynasty has just been unified, and there are too many places to employ people.

Whether it's Xianyang or other places...

But the problem is, there are too few people who can make great use of it...

As in the middle of the court

That is, only a few people such as Li Si, Mengtian brothers, Wang Jian, and Wang Guan are available.

Now, these talents that were buried in the countryside in the past are about to be discovered.

Forcibly suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Ying Zheng raised his head and looked at the three people.

"Who do you think will be ranked first in the first round of this essay contest?"

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly became quiet.

However, Ying Zheng did not think this silence was anything strange, because storms often appear after silence...

Sure enough, the next moment, a dispute broke out.

Li Si took the lead: "Your Majesty, I think this volume should be number one!"

PS: I don’t like to point out time very much, but sometimes...this ellipsis just shows the passage of time.

But I think some gentlemen are wondering why Black Ice Platform is so fast.

In fact, there is a time difference.

Also, please keep reading... I feel like Sanjiang is definitely out of business, so let’s just put it down and keep up the good work with the next book and prepare it for release on Friday.