Chapter 22 The Battle of Tongues
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The cold-faced young man stared at Du Shiyi for a long time, then squatted down and stretched out his fingers to gently press Xue Liulang's pulse. After a while, he checked his wound on his naked calf and then stood up. He didn't look at Liu Ximing, who was looking forward to the face, but nodded slightly.
"You are right. You should have been bitten by the non-venomous snakes commonly found in the mountains. Instead of taking those snake medicines with strong medicinal properties, it is better to clean up the wound and apply some trauma medicine. From the junior brother, Junior Brother Song, please send Junior Brother Xue to the Duizi's thatched house and apply the medicine from the first porcelain bottle on the west side."
"Yes, third brother."
Two seemingly older young men behind the cold-faced young man came up immediately. The strong one bent down and raised Xue Liulang's back, and the other was helping to help him. The three of them hurried to the thatched hut east of the waterfall. At this time, the cold-faced young man looked at Du Shiyi and Cui Jianxuan thoughtfully, and then asked, "Are you two men here to visit Master Lu?"
In the depths of such a mountain, the people who come here, whether officials, people, or young or old, are all aimed at the famous Lu Hong. Therefore, this sentence is almost the only opening remark of the disciples of Lu's family when facing outsiders. However, before Du Shiyi could speak, he saw Cui Jianxuan on the side smile and said without a smile: "No, we just heard that there is a waterfall in the mountain that is famous, so we came to see it for a while!"
As soon as these words were said, the other disciples around him looked different for a moment. Liu Ximing wanted to sarcastically say a few words, but he knew that he had done too many stupid things today, so he could only suppress the impulse. However, Du Shiyi did not expect that Cui Jianxuan would come, but when the matter was about to come, he was still stubborn. While annoyed, he had to smooth things over this damn guy.
He coughed dryly and immediately laughed: "Brother Eleven and I were naturally here to pay homage to Mr. Lu, but we just walked along the mountain road to the waterfall. We heard the sound and saw its shape again. We only felt that the flow of waterfall was three thousand feet down, and we suspected that the Milky Way fell to the sky, and we were robbed by it for a while, so we couldn't help but think about the whole view of the waterfall."
Seeing Du Shiyi say something while gouging her with warnings, Cui Jianxuan, who was still reluctant, opened his mouth. When he noticed that Du Shisanniang was also staring at him with an angry and annoyed eyes, he barely shut up and stopped talking. At this time, the Cui servants who had just been shocked by Cui Jianxuan's words were finally relieved. The Cui servant who had been used as a guide once hurriedly saluted to the cold-faced young man with crossed hands respectfully.
"I am a servant of the Cui family in Yongfengfang, East Capital. Today I will accompany my husband. I will come to visit Master Lu for study and ask Pei Sanlang to report it." At this point, he realized that if Du Shiyi had not rescued the siege, he would not know what would happen to Cui Jianxuan. He immediately added a hurried sentence, "The person who is with my husband is Du Shijiulang of Duling, Jingzhao..."
Only then did Du Shiyi know that the cold-faced young man in front of him was Pei Xingsan, who was pondering the name of others to his third senior brother. Because he was also ranked third among all the Lumen disciples, he heard a surprise sound from the people beside him: "You are the Du Shijiu of Fanchuan who has been exhausted?"
After this shock, another slight breathing sound was heard: "It's the Du Shijiu, who ran to the Dengfeng County Bureau and volunteered to capture locusts?"
"It's the bold guy who dares to swallow locusts in public and is not afraid of hurting Tianhe!"
"I heard that this trip of locusts that died in your hands were hundreds of thousands, and they were ruthless and cruel. You are not afraid of hurting the heavens!"
He just killed thousands of locusts. If this is considered cruel, he is even more unfair than Dou E! Is this just that good things don’t go out and bad things spread thousands of miles? But these people are all studying in the mountains, so it’s not so well-informed!
When Du Shiyi saw that everyone was looking at him, some were curious, some were surprised, and some were regretful. Pei Sanlang still had a cold face, without any movement at all, while Liu Ximing showed unconcealed gloating. He immediately understood. Needless to say, it must be this guy who added fuel to the fire and gave him some eye drops!
Just as he was calm and was about to speak, Cui Jianxuan, who was standing beside him sneered: "Even if he was cruel and ruthless in hunting and killing locusts, this sounds really fresh! If you want to say this, in the future, if you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, wouldn't you also have to be compassionate and become a deserter directly?"
The servants of the Cui family knew the nature of their husbands. At this moment, they heard that they were so rude. Seeing the few people who were talking about Du Shiyi just now, they suddenly turned green and their faces turned green. Everyone was pessimistic that the high hopes of the Grandma and his wife would inevitably fail, and they would be even more destined to be affected by the Chiyu after returning to Dongdu. They did not dare to be angry with Cui Jianxuan and could only look down on Du Shiyi quietly. They had to secretly blame their husbands for making a fool of themselves, but they did not expect that Du Shiyi himself was also angry.
He had already experienced Cui Shiyilang's unforgiving tongue, but Du Shiyi had to be amazed at his current ability to raise hatred. Even if this hatred may be just Cui Jianxuan's own selfish intentions, he just gave up and did not want to succeed in this study. Faced with those more or less hostile eyes, he simply took the initiative and said quietly: "Although Brother Eleven is radical, he is now in a situation where he is not willing to eliminate it, it is like an enemy attacking the city. The defenders do not want to attack and retreat to the enemy, but think that they will cultivate virtue and respect the heavens. The enemy will retreat without fighting."
"Questions! Master Lu often warned us that we should respect the heaven and the ancestors of our affairs, and be diligent and cautious in our own reflection. Locust plagues are natural disasters and cannot be stopped by human forces. In ancient times, sages in sages did good governance, and locusts were not invaded by the prefectures and counties. Now, locusts have been blocking the sun for two consecutive years, so we should reflect on ourselves and cultivate virtues. If we kill animals and seek temporary safety, catching locusts last year was the best example! If we don’t know how to learn from the lessons of last year, then we will not be at ease next year and next year, and even in the future!"
Seeing that the person who suddenly pointed at him was not these people just now, but a middle-aged man in gray who strode from Liu Ximing and spoke harshly. Although Liu Ximing, who was standing behind him, did not speak, he had a look of approval and respect. It was obvious that this person also had a reputation in the Lu family's cottage. Du Shiyi raised his eyebrows and simply took a step forward without panic.
"Before the locust has not been done, cultivate virtue to stop it. Once the locust has been done, it will be killed. It is like a cervix has already appeared on the back and is advanced to regulate the vitality, but without using a sharp needle, the vital energy has not been adjusted, and the poison has been attacked internally and the heart and lungs will die! These two things are different but the principles are the same. Only despicable, lazy and cowardly men regard the life and death of the people and the survival of the country, and they have no way of doing it. Instead, they are silent about the ways of ghosts and gods, fearing that if there is a slight rebellion, disaster will come. But they do not know that if they are upright, ghosts and gods will not invade! As for killing, can they not bear to be locusts, but to endure the hunger of the people and die?"
The man in gray was speechless for a while, but Du Shiyi did not stop here, but took advantage of the situation and said: "When Brother Zun said that last year, I might as well say a few more words. Because I tried my best to catch locusts last year, although they were not well-educated in Shandong, Henan, Hebei and other places, there was no hunger! If this year is as last year, it is very likely that no one would starve to death. As for next year and the next year, how can I be afraid of preventing locusts like guarding tigers and treating them as usual? To say the simplest words, just one person should be united, and a mere locust is just a dish!"
"What a dish!" Cui Jianxuan smiled and nodded repeatedly, "It's not worth my time following you for more than ten days, and also performed a good show of driving away ducks and killing locusts!"
At this time, Pei Sanlang, who had just watched coldly, finally spoke: "Fourth Junior Brother, Master Lu has always said that everyone has their own ways, don't impose it on others with your own ways!"
After saying this, seeing that the man in gray was a little dissatisfied, he still stopped talking. Pei Sanlang looked at Du Shiyi thoughtfully, and then said lightly: "You are here to pay homage to Master Lu, please wait. Today, Master Lu is speaking the Analects of Confucius. After the lecture, I will report to you."
Cui Jianxuan thought that he had been chaotic today. Even if they didn't drive them away, Lu Hong would definitely not meet him. He would be able to go home naturally at that time, but he didn't expect that this guy who seemed cold and difficult to deal with was easier to talk to than others! Seeing that everyone else had dispersed, no one paid attention to his group anymore, he didn't care. His eyes flashed and he smiled and said, "Du Shijiu, since he is here, let's go to the waterfall to see it. This is the first time that Shisan Niang has seen the scene of the waterfall falling straight down?"
The scene when his brother almost became the target of public criticism just now, Du Shisanniang was so nervous that she thought about Du Shiyi's journey back early and late for more than ten days, but she was still misunderstood and slandered. No matter how beautiful the scenery was, she had no intention of watching it again. She bit her lip and stepped forward and gently pulled her brother's sleeve.
"Brother, if everyone else looks down on you like them, it would be boring even if Mr. Lu is willing to include you, otherwise... he'd better go back."
"Don't worry." Du Shiyi gave Cui Jianxuan a warning look, and then said gently, "It's rare to see the beautiful scenery of this waterfall, and it doesn't matter if you are traveling around today."
Without saying a word, he pulled Du Shisanniang to the waterfall. Seeing that he was absent-mindedly looking at the tall silver-white horse, and gradually relaxed under the mist of the water and making jokes with him, he smiled and said, "No matter what, if we see this beautiful scenery today, we will not waste the hard work of the rugged mountain road."
"Well... by the way, those two sentences just now flowed down three thousand feet. I suspected that the Milky Way fell to the sky, but what brother did it?"
Seeing Du Shisanniang suddenly looking at him with a flash of eyes, Du Shiyi couldn't help but cough. However, before he could answer, he suddenly got an elbow hit for no reason. He was glaring at the black-handed Cui Shiyi, and saw the other party whispering at him. He looked in the direction of his eyes, but he saw that Pei Sanlang in white had already walked towards him.
"Du Langjun and Cui Langjun, do you two have any recommendations?"
"Of course not!"
Chapter completed!