lit. even if a rotten tree cannot be carved, a summer insect cannot talk about ice
Miles and miles of talented students in Zhu Pingan here to find a full sense of superiority, one by one, confidence is bursting, feel that their own designation this year can be three in a row, like a confident smile, waved a sleeve, embarked on the journey to the county town.
All the way to play in the mountains and water, poetry, as if walking fast can pull the egg, completely tortoise speed forward there are wood. No wonder it is said that the rebel showman, ten years can not be.
Zhu Pingan followed these people, look at the egg pain, then in the heart of the four books, try to break the content of which, but also not like these students to waste time.
Eight-legged essay, big not easy. A few years of study in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Pingan feels that its difficulty can be much more difficult than the modern college entrance examination essay and civil servant’s essay. Although the eight-legged essay topics are restricted to the four books of the University, the Medieval Times, the Analects of Confucius, and Mencius, there is no restriction on the number of words or the form of the topics, and there are many ways to come up with the kind of topics, with a wide range and many variations in the form. The topic can be a complete chapter of the book, a complete paragraph, or a sentence, a word. Breaking the question is very difficult, the eight-legged essay requirements are strict, pay attention to can not “offend”, also can not “commit”, such as the Analects of this sentence: knowers do not confuse, not worry about benevolence, courageous people do not fear. If the eight-legged essay question is “benevolence is not worried”, you think of breaking the question, you can not think of “knower is not confused”, think of you is to commit; Similarly, you think of breaking the question, you can not think of “courageous people do not fear Similarly, you cannot think of “the courageous man is not afraid” when you think of breaking the problem, for to think of you is to commit a crime.
Zhu Pingan walking while thinking about the problem, originally very naive looks, this is more obvious naive.
Playing in the mountains and water students occasionally look back to see Zhu Pingan’s, see the situation so called peers, from time to time there is laughter.
“Swine child, the road ahead is very far, you are young and weak, and you will put your valuables in the things handed over to uncle, uncle and you get to the county town, and then handed back to you. You can also take it easy.” Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren quietly came to Zhu Pingan’s side, speaking with great righteousness, stretching out his hand to take the small baggage that Zhu Pingan was carrying, very much in the style of elders.
Zhu Pingan was interrupted by the words of his eldest uncle Zhu Shouren to break his thoughts, seeing that his eldest uncle was going to reach out to relieve himself of his small bundle, he could not help but slightly sidestep to avoid it, looking at his eldest uncle Zhu Shouren, the corners of his mouth clustered up with a naive smile and said aloud:
“Hundred good filial piety first, uncle elder, and do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you, peace and quiet, how dare you labour uncle.”
Zhu Pingan’s words attracted the attention of the people in front of the line, have turned their heads to look over, uncle Zhu Shouren was rejected by Zhu Pingan, at this time is also a celebrity style, face is a Confucian smile, generous elders look, “no harm, both the swine want to work out, then it is so, if it is tired, straight to the uncle to speak, uncle with you to share the bag.”
“Brother Zhu, truly a kind and generous elder as well.”
“Brother Zhu, the love of licking the calf is truly a model for me.”
More than ten students have praised uncle Zhu Shouren benevolence, uncle is also modest straight say dare not be, what old ox licking calf, human nature and so on.
So, uncle and more than ten students in front of the mountains and water, poetry, a piece of literary spirit.
Zhu Pingan looked faintly at the eldest uncle from behind, the corner of his mouth curving up. If you really want to help me take things to share, why not take a heavy backpack, a small baggage are less than two pounds in total, you share what strength, is to want to God unknowingly will be my travelling inventory for their own right. Before the trip, my father was forced to grandfather’s face at the risk of angering Chen’s, has given the eldest uncle five taels of silver, did not mention the matter of repayment, the eldest uncle still do not know enough.
A group of people walked for two or three hours, only seven or eight miles, someone proposed to find a place to avoid the wind, eat something to rest before going.
So, a group of people looked for an abandoned mountain temple, step into it, laying hay or blankets and so on, there are rich students let the accompanying boy will carry meat and wine on the ground, greeted the crowd to drink wine and poetry and music.
Of course, Zhu Pingan this number of people to come to the children’s test was ignored, even “licking the calf” uncle at the moment also simply do not have “licking the calf” of the meaning of these people sitting around a group of people simply no one to greet Zhu Pingan together, and did not give Zhu Pingan to stay as a position. Zhu Pingan only and those people’s book boy the same treatment, leaning corner.
Zhu Pingan also blissfully unconcerned, walked to the corner of the temple laying hay, sit down, from the accompanying baggage out of the mother Chen’s before the trip specially branded egg flour pancakes, clip a piece of mother Chen’s learnt from his grandmother pickled tender cucumber, on the waist of the bamboo tube of water, flinging open the cheeks, and ate up with gusto.
Crispy melon cake, taste great.
Just at this time, suddenly outside the Mountain God Temple, came a young girl weak and pitiful call for help voice:
“Help, help.”
The young girl’s voice is weak with pity, pity through the shock, shock with trembling, trembling with helplessness, helplessness in the clip a few minutes crying crying to your heart, anyone but just hear this helpless voice, chest will burst out a sense of justice.
What’s more, accompanied by this young girl’s weak, pitiful and helpless crying call for help sound came or a dishevelled clothes, with crying red innocent eyes, appearance of a weak look of letting people oppress, all over the body exudes a kind of temperament of the delicate beauty of the girl I see pity it.
Helplessly crying for help, the young girl stumbled and stumbled inadvertently saw the temple in the rest of the students, the I see pity on the delicate face of a trace of poignant hope, stumbled to the temple jogging.
This helpless voice, this I see pity for the maiden
And so it was that the ten or so scholars who were flooded with sympathy and bursting with a sense of justice shouted out the famous line that had been sung for thousands of years:
“In broad daylight, in a clear sky, what miscreants dare to rob the people’s daughter!”
Sitting in the corner eating cakes and chewing pickled cucumber Zhu Pingan, heard this sentence, almost did not spit out a mouthful of cakes, busy drinking a mouthful of water to suppress the shock.
For the young girl outside the door calling for help, Zhu Pingan just swept a glance, then the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up, but then he did not move, and proceeded to gnaw on his own egg pancakes, chew on his own cucumber, and drink his own water.
The ten or so sympathetic and righteous students shouted out which of the thousand old sayings, and then one by one, they came out in a line and started their heroic journey to save the girl.
Clothes scattered helpless young girl eyes full of gratitude, stumbled and ran to the dozen or so schoolchildren behind, also all trembling and helpless grabbed a certain schoolchildren behind the corner of the coat, shivering.
Chasing behind the young girl are five greasy head, thieving eyes, a glance can be seen is not a good person of the ruffians.
“Hand over that girl, or don’t blame the brothers for being impolite.”
The five gangsters stood not far away and paused, seemingly fearful of the crowd, yet deliberately displaying an arrogant appearance, wanting to scare off the crowd.
Hearing the words of these gangsters, the young girl hiding behind a certain scholar trembled even more, with a tremor in her voice:
“Eunuchs, be careful, slave, slave is afraid.”
