The three of them took a detour to Green Deer Cave Academy. The three of them stopped at the foot of the mountain and gave the horses to the academy's odd-job workers to feed them. Then, they walked up the stairs. Although Hsu Fengnian was in a hurry, he climbed the mountain slowly. It was on this mountain path that he once had a thrilling battle of life and death with Gao Shulu. After that, he obtained the Celestial Physique. Hehe, Miss Wang Xianzhi also wore that inappropriate mink hat to stop her. It was like throwing an egg against a rock. When Hsu Fengnian rested in a pavilion halfway up the mountain, he looked at the mountains and rivers of Youzhou. For some reason, he remembered the scholar who said, "Ancestor, please die." Hsu Fengnian leaned against a bright red pavilion pillar that the academy had repainted at the beginning of the year. He muttered to himself, "Xuanyuan Jingcheng, I gave books to Mount Hui last year. Perhaps your daughter was suspicious and thought that I wanted to do some business with her. In fact, I just wanted to have more jianghu seeds. Xuanyuan Qingfeng thought that I didn't know what Zhao Huangchao did before he died. I just didn't want to pursue the matter. If she wants to be the Wulin Alliance Leader as a woman and be Mount Hui's Wang Xianzhi, then let her be. In another hundred years, the number of Heavenly Phenomenon cultivators will probably be rarer than the current Earth Immortals. There won't be any scholars who can read books and reach the Confucian Saint realm. Back then, you said, 'An ant trying to shake a tree is worthy of respect and overestimation.' I didn't feel anything back then. Now that I think about my situation in Beiliang, I can't help but feel sad. "
Lu Yunzhang, whose bruises hadn't completely disappeared, whispered, "Master, it's fine to go to Bishan County. After all, there's such a beautiful woman like Aunt Pei. It's not good to be left out. But here in Green Deer Cave Academy, I can hear the sound of those scholars even from halfway up the mountain. My head hurts. Master, what do you think you're doing here? I'll tell you in advance. If there's no second Aunt Pei and you're only here to listen to people recite books, I'll really get angry. When the time comes, I'll raise my sword and slash it down again and again, chopping those scholars into pieces. "
Hu Yulong said angrily, "Lu Yunzhang, haven't hit me enough? Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death! "
Lu Yunzhang also stomped his feet and looked at Xu Fengnian with a resentful expression. He said aggrievedly, "Master, you're biased toward Eldest Senior Brother. It's fine that you gave Old Monster Wang's secret manual to him for safekeeping, but you even gave your grandfather's saber manual, which he painstakingly worked on for his entire life, to Eldest Senior Brother. I was picked up by the roadside and given to my stepmother to raise, right?
Xu Fengnian bent two fingers and gently knocked on Lu Yunzhang's head. He smiled and said, "It's not that I'm stingy or biased towards Yu Dilong. It's just that those two items are not to your liking. When I have some martial arts insights in the future, as long as I have the opportunity to compile them into a book, I will only give them to you and not Yu Dilong and Wang Sheng."
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Xu Fengnian said softly, "Continue up the mountain."
Lu Yunzhang, who was following behind Hsu Fengnian, glanced at Hu Yulong smugly. The latter rolled his eyes.
Hsu Fengnian asked with a smile, "Have you ever thought of a question? Why are Buddhist temples built at the foot of the mountain while large Daoist temples are at the top of the mountain? As for Confucian academies, they tend to be halfway up the mountain."
Lu Yunzhang said without hesitation, "Bald donkeys like incense money. They're afraid that pilgrims will be too tired from climbing the mountain. Those Daoists seek immortality and ascension. Naturally, they have to choose a place closest to the immortals. They recite sutras and flatter them every day so that the immortals can hear them. As for what the scholars think, it's probably because the foot and top of the mountain have been occupied, so they can only build houses halfway up the mountain. Master, isn't my explanation very reasonable? "
Hsu Fengnian didn't comment and continued asking, "Dilong, what do you think?"
Yu Dilong was just a shepherd boy. He had never seen any Daoist temples or academies in his life. He had no understanding of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, so he was naturally confused. However, since his master had asked, the child could only bite the bullet and think about it. He finally understood what Lu Yunzhang meant by having a headache. Thankfully, his master was understanding. He quickly turned his head and said with a smile, "If you can't figure it out for the time being, don't think about it. But when you grow up and encounter something that you can or can't think about, think about it more. If you can or can't do it, there's no harm in doing it. In life, when there's no need to worry about self-preservation, you only want to have a clear mind and ignore the wishes of others. It's fine if you don't want to be a land immortal. "
Yu Dilong nodded vigorously and said, "I'll remember."
The three of them arrived at the entrance of the Green Deer Cave Academy. There was a rule that martial artists had to take off their armor and sabers. Of course, it was set by Hsu Fengnian himself. However, Yu Dilong was unwilling to take off the big saber, and Lu Yunzhang was also unwilling to part with the long saber he nicknamed "Big-footed Wife". The two of them could only wait in the open square outside the academy. Hsu Fengnian took off the Beiliang saber from his waist and placed it in a large bamboo basket placed on both sides of the entrance. There were already six or seven luxurious long swords with beautiful sword tassels inside. Now, Beiliang didn't allow private individuals to carry sabers. Otherwise, they would be thrown into prison by the Roaming Cavalry. There was no mercy. Otherwise, Hsu Fengnian estimated that there would be six or seven Beiliang sabers inlaid with pearls and jade in the basket. The Liyang imperial court didn't forbid academies from all over the world. Shangyin Academy was the most famous "private school" in the world. However, the Zhao clan didn't support it. The founders of the academies were mostly local famous scholars and scholars. Very few local officials were appointed as "mountain elders" or "cave masters". Beiliang was an exception. Under the personal supervision of Hsu Fengnian, the current dozen or so academies in Beiliang, Youliang, and Lingling were not only funded by Mount Qingliang and the local government, but officials were also not allowed to obstruct or suppress the academies. For example, the Cave Master of the Green Deer Cave Academy was the leader of the local imperial censors, Huang Chang. Although these academies were the pure land established by Hsu Fengnian, the northwest vassal king, those scholars didn't care about the "milk is the mother". When the war in Youzhou was urgent, especially when the two cities of Crouching Bow and Xiaguang were conquered, the academy's curses and criticisms were the loudest. Then it more or less spread to the common people and people's hearts wavered. Not only did the meritorious generals like Yan Wenluan hate this, even the Youzhou Provincial Governor Hu Kui and the Liangzhou Provincial Governor Tian Peifang, who was born as a scholar, both expressed their concerns to Deputy Administrator Song Dongming. However, the "insightful people" like Administrator Li Gongde knew that the direction of the academies depended on how the King of Beiliang would decide. Of course, most of the local officials in Beiliang felt that these embroidered pillows who dared to embarrass the King of Beiliang would not have a good ending. Especially when Yu Luan Dao and Wan Qi made contributions outside the gourd mouth and eased the war in Youzhou, they all felt that it was time to kill the chicken to warn the monkey and kill the evil wind and rain.
Then, Hsu Fengnian walked into the Green Deer Cave Academy which was full of books. Because he had only met Huang Chang and the others at the gate of the academy, and there were many foreign scholars in the academy, no one in the Xanadu recognized him. They only thought that he was a Beiliang aristocratic family who came to the academy to study. Hsu Fengnian entered a library. The lectures in the academy were mainly about Confucian classics, history books, poetry and literature, and sometimes about current politics. Today's lecture was hosted by a great Confucian scholar. The library was spacious, and there were more than 100 futons on the ground for the scholars to sit on. However, there were still not enough futons, so Hsu Fengnian, who entered from the back door, could only sit casually at the back. The great Confucian scholar, who was only a Juren in the imperial examinations, was explaining the art of making. It was a little suspicious that a ninth-level master was wantonly commenting on a grandmaster of martial arts. However, after Hsu Fengnian listened carefully for a moment, he still felt that he had benefited a lot, especially when it came to guessing questions. The scholars of Liangdi were going to the capital to take the imperial examinations in the spring. Perhaps there would be a few more people who could pass the imperial examinations. Ever since Xu Xiao, Beiliang had turned a blind eye to the scholars flowing out of the capital. From Yan Jiexi to Yao Baifeng entering the capital to take up a post, Xu Xiao did not purposely make things difficult for them. Hsu Fengnian was also happy to see Sun Yin succeed. The reason was simple. Li Yishan had once made an analogy. When a baby bird grew up, it would feed its mother, let alone a human. At the time, the youth His Royal Highness was still puzzled. Li Yishan smiled and said that perhaps only one or two of the ten people would be grateful to Beiliang, but that was enough. If the ten people were confined in Beiliang and cut off their path to fame and official career, then eight or nine of them would harbor hatred towards Beiliang.
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