Chapter 1686 White Bull Runs South

"Master, master, what kind of person do you want me to be?" On the southbound oxcart, Chu Yao lay on the car window and looked at it for a long time, then suddenly came back and asked.

We were on the way to Jiange at this time.

A group of tykes led the way in front, and a group of tykes guarded the car behind.

When the dignified Marquis Wu'an patrols southern Xinjiang, nothing unpleasant will happen.

Even those who care about their homeland would not be stupid enough to disturb the military meritorious prince who defeated the regular army of Guxia.

Jiang Wang separated his mind from practice and smiled: "Why do you ask so suddenly?"

Chu Yao shook his head and said: "I heard them talking about you, Master, and they all said that you are amazing. How can I be as amazing as you?"

Jiang Wangdao: "If you make a lot of money like me, just pay them."

Chu Yao suddenly opened his eyes wide and felt enlightened.

"How can I make a lot of money?" he asked excitedly.

Jiang Wang thought for a while and felt that he still couldn't mislead his disciples. So he stretched out his index finger and tapped the boy's forehead: "What are you thinking! Master is telling you not to listen to those flattering voices. The evaluation of me will not be true until a hundred years after my death. Now they praise me, What I tell you is ultimately what I want to hear.”

Chu Yao rubbed his forehead: "Then are they bad?"

"Why do you say that?" Jiang Wang asked with interest.

"Because they are not sincere and said those words sincerely." Chu Yao said: "Didn't you say that you should treat others sincerely?"

"Sincerity should be a requirement for oneself, not an obligation imposed on others." Jiang Wang said with a smile: "They work under the Hou Mansion, want to show up in front of me, and want to get my approval. These are the characteristics of human beings." It’s normal. How can it be called ‘bad’?”

"But it's always wrong to lie, right?" Chu Yao said.

Jiang Wang said slowly: "For example, you have two friends. One says that you are smart, cute and talented every day. The other says that you are dark and thin, like a piece of burnt wood. Who do you like to play with more?"

Chu Yao said seriously: "None of my friends will scold me."

"So isn't it obvious who you like to play with?" Jiang Wang said with a smile: "Everyone likes to hear good things, so lies are inevitable in this world."

Chu Yao touched his chin as if he were a young adult and said thoughtfully: "So Master, you also like to hear good things, so that's why they praise you like that, right?"

Jiang Wang laughed hahaha: "This is called 'what is good above, will be bad below'. Chu Yao, you must take this as a warning."

"Master." Chu Yao asked seriously: "What kind of person do you want me to be? You have never told me."

Probably out of repayment, he wanted to work hard to become the person Master asked him to be. He wanted to satisfy Master, but Master never seemed to make any demands on him.

This is the second time he asked this question.

So Jiang Wang thought about it seriously, and then said: "Well... Actually, Master doesn't necessarily want you to be a certain kind of person. There is no goal or responsibility given to you. As long as you don't commit crimes or harm, You can be whoever you want to be.”

"But you are the Marquis of Daqi Wu'an."

"So what?"

"You don't want your disciple to embarrass you, right?"

"How could you embarrass me?"

"For example, I can't beat others, I'm not as smart as other people's apprentices, and I'm not as talented as other people's apprentices... You are the Marquis of Wu'an, you must feel embarrassed, right?"

"If you think these are embarrassing things, it's only embarrassing for you, not for me, Master. Because you have your life, and I have mine. If you can't beat others, and you can't work as hard as others, that's your fault. Why is Master so embarrassed?"

Jiang Wang looked at him and said: "Master, tell you, under what circumstances will Master feel ashamed - if you commit crimes outside under the name of Master. If you learn from Master, but lose your good moral character . If you are hurt and Master cannot protect you...it is at these times that Master will feel ashamed."

Chu Yao said: "Master, you are different from them."

"What's the difference?" Jiang Wang asked.

Chu Yao said: "My mother told me that I have to work hard, I have to be very sensible, and I have to pay special attention to my words and deeds, so as not to bring shame on your face. Uncle Lian told me that you are a great person, I Since I have become your apprentice, I can't do too bad, otherwise I will embarrass you."

Jiang Wangyu said sincerely: "Your mother is a good mother, your Uncle Lian is a good friend, but your master may not be a good master. Of course we all wish you well, but you don't necessarily have to listen to everything we say. Because we also all We are very ordinary people, and we may not all be right.”

Chu Yao looked at him half-understanding.

Jiang Wang thought for a while and then said, "How did you feel when your aunt and her people scolded your mother at the door of your house?"

Chu Yao said: "I am very angry."

"When you grow up, if you see a lot of people bullying a child, how will you feel?"

Chu Yao thought for a while and said, "I'm also very angry."

"What about the kid who was bullied?"

"I feel sorry for him."

"What would you do? I mean, if you couldn't beat those guys."

"I will report it to the official secretly."

Jiang Wang smiled: "You are already the person that Master wants you to be. Keep the courage to be angry, don't forget the feeling of compassion, do good things within your ability... This is what Master expects of you."

"Don't you need me to be like you in the future, win the Yellow River and become the best in the world?"

Jiang Wang shook his head.

"Don't you need me to be a marquis and a prime minister like you?"

Jiang Wang shook his head.

Chu Yao blinked: "A few days ago, I read about 'sacrificing one's life for righteousness' in a book. The book said that it was the behavior of saints. Why do you only teach me to do what I can?"

Jiang Wang said seriously: "Sacrificing one's life for righteousness is of course great, and I admire such people. But I won't ask you to be that kind of person, and I won't ask anyone to be that kind of person. That kind of great spirit should come from inner enlightenment, not the discipline of others."

Chu Yao said again: "I heard them say that the time you blocked the disaster, you sacrificed your life for righteousness and did a great thing."

"Great is not great? Great and two things to say. At that time, I didn't think too much about it. I might not dare to do it again. Master is alive and carries the concerns of many people, so I can't throw it away lightly. What Master wants to tell you is that if you have the highest moral standards in your heart, you should only use them to demand yourself. A senior once told Master, 'It is too demanding to demand others by your standards. If you demand the world by your standards, then you are evil and don't know it. You are the devil among the devils.' Master often reflects on himself and gives this sentence to you. "

Jiang Wang didn't have a strong purpose in teaching. He just tried his best to take care of Chu Mi's family.

He never thought that he was an absolutely right person, and he was not even sure whether he could be a good master.

He never intended to use himself as a template to carve Chu Yao. In addition to practicing, he usually just told Chu Yao "what not to do" and rarely told Chu Yao "what you must do".

He didn't think he was a person who had a thorough understanding of the world and the truth of life. He was only 21 years old. Only his art was verified by countless fights. He asked himself that he could teach, but not preach. So when he talked about life with Chu Yao, he would be very cautious.

But as these conversations with Chu Yao unfolded, he could clearly feel that the four star towers he stood in the distant starry sky became clearer and more vivid.

The Big Dipper star field has its own starlight flowing.

He was talking to Chu Yao, and the Starlight Holy Tower conveyed his Tao to the universe.

Explaining the Tao is also practicing Tao.

The process of preaching is also a review of the past Tao.

He was teaching Chu Yao, and wasn't he also examining himself?

…

The unimpeded road to the south came to an abrupt end in Jin'an Prefecture.

For well-known reasons, Jin'an Prefecture has now been assigned to Liang State.

The one guarding this place is Liang State's first-class duke and veteran Huang Deyi.

When Kang Shao raised the flag to restore the country, he was Kang Shao's most powerful supporter, and he was respected by the country for his great contribution to restoring the country.

Of course, in a small country like Liang State, the weight of the dukes is far less than that of Xia State.

Although Huang Deyi was made a duke, his cultivation level was limited to the divine presence, and he was unable to break through to a higher realm.

National power can help practitioners break through realms, but it does not necessarily allow practitioners to break through. No matter how good the system is, it needs outstanding talents to support it.

Therefore, Qi has dominated the Eastern Region, but it still needs to embrace the world.

Speaking of which, the only intersection between Jiang Wang and Huang Deyi before was probably Huang Su, the grandson of Huang Deyi, who also participated in the Yellow River Meeting in the 3919th year of the Dao calendar.

"My Lord." The leader of the Ti cavalry who opened the way led his horse back at this time and reported in front of the ox cart: "The people of Liang said that our army is not allowed to go there. You can only go to Jiange by yourself... Do you think we should rush to the checkpoint?"

The driver lifted the curtain of the carriage.

Jiang Wang looked at the eager look of the cavalry general outside, and said with some amusement: "Why do we have to rush to the checkpoint? I am here to lead you to attack the city?"

Jiang Wang's so-called old subordinates in the army were all those who followed him to rebel against Xia at the beginning. Therefore, in this southern border, the sense of belonging to Qi is the highest.

The cavalry general scratched the back of his neck and said embarrassedly: "It's mainly because of the little Liang people who are too ignorant. They even dare to cut your ceremonial guards. Can a guard of 200 people be considered an army? Why are you so cautious?"

"Okay." Jiang Wang waved his hand: "You go to Mingkong Hanshan to camp, and I will go to Jiange by myself."

"My lord, how can you not have a few followers around you?" The cavalry general said anxiously: "I will negotiate with them again. I don't believe they are brave enough to eat a leopard!"

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Since this place is already Liang, it doesn't matter if you abide by their rules..." Jiang Wang looked at him calmly: "Go back."

As the saying goes, the master humiliates the minister, and he was of course angry about the targeting of Jiang Wang, but he dared not disobey Jiang Wang's orders. He had to pull the horse's head with resentment, raise his arm and lead the team, ready to go to Mingkong Hanshan.

"You go back too." Jiang Wang smiled and patted the driver.

The driver was a capable man, and he was surprised when he heard this: "Will they stop the driver?"

Jiang Wang smiled gently: "They said that we can't bring soldiers, so we won't bring soldiers."

The driver had no choice but to loosen the reins, jumped behind a Ti rider, and rode back.

Jiang Wang then said: "Chu Yao, can you drive a carriage?"

Chu Yao said loudly: "Of course I can, Bai Niu is very smart, I don't even need to drive it!"

"Very good, Master's pomp depends on you." Jiang Wang touched the back of his head: "Go drive the carriage, follow the map, you won't go wrong?"

"Don't worry, Master!" Chu Yao got out of the oxcart with great enthusiasm, sat in the driver's seat, pulled the reins, and shouted happily: "Go!"

The oxcart moved forward along the main road.

This road that used to connect Shaokang and Jin'an has now been cut off. A checkpoint was erected at the border of Jin'an, and fully armed soldiers guarded the checkpoint.

The Liang people also knew whose carriage this was, and seeing that there was only a nine-year-old child driving the carriage, they did not stop it.

The checkpoint has been opened.

But the soldiers on both sides of the main road pointed their long spears diagonally.

In this way, they formed a small gore forest path.

The cold light flashed, and it was murderous.

When Chu Yao drove here, the excitement of driving the carriage had passed. He looked back nervously and found that the master had even closed his eyes to rest.

"Master's pomp depends on you."

The thin man thought about this sentence in his heart and helped the master pull down the curtain.

"Brother Niu, Brother Niu." He whispered, "Don't be afraid. You'll embarrass my master!"

This white bull is the most spiritual one on the grassland. If it really goes crazy, ordinary inner court monks will find it difficult to control it. Of course, it will not be afraid of these soldiers on guard.

It proudly "mooed" and stepped forward with its head held high.

Chu Yao also sat up straight, looking straight ahead, recalling the scene of his master reviewing the Laoshan Iron Cavalry in his mind, imagining that he was also reviewing the troops.

Thinking of this, he was really not nervous.

He could even look around and cast a look of approval or criticism.

Those soldiers, who were either indifferent or fierce, could not help but be surprised. They just thought that they were worthy of being people from the Wu'an Marquis Mansion. Although they were young, they were also very courageous.

It was either to show military power or to show attitude.

The three hundred steps of the war road did not take long under the hooves of the white bull.

Soon the ox cart officially entered Jin'an Prefecture, leaving several checkpoints far behind.

There was no need for the master to say much. Chu Yao took out the map, carefully compared it, and walked forward with the white cow.

The scenery along the way in late summer and late autumn was imprinted in the slender eyes of the child.

It was quite comfortable to travel south like this.

Not long after, an armored general led a team of hundreds of cavalrymen from a distance, approaching in dust and smoke, and galloped straight towards the ox cart.

Chu Yao was a little nervous, but did not say a word.

The white cow stopped its hooves, lowered its horns, and made a threatening long moo.

"Whoa!"

The leading cavalry general pulled the reins, and the horse stood up and stopped on the spot, showing good military qualities. The cavalry behind him did the same.

This posture was indeed intimidating.

At least Chu Yao was a little stunned.

The cavalry general in bright helmet and armor bowed to the carriage and said in a loud voice: "Kang Wenhao, deputy general of Xiuping Prefecture of Daliang, requests to see Wu'an Marquis of Qi!"

Xiuping Prefecture was the new name given to Jin'an Prefecture by Liang State. They changed their names quickly.

And the cavalry general who came at this time was able to serve as the deputy general of Xiuping Prefecture at a young age. His surname was Kang, and he was probably from the royal family of Liang State. No wonder his arrogance was so obvious.

However, he bowed to the mountain gate.

There was no sound in the ox cart.

Kang Wenhao was also waiting there, without speaking.

Hundreds of cavalry soldiers were silent.

Chu Yao couldn't help but turn his head and whispered: "Master, someone wants to see you. It seems to be a high-ranking official!"

The silence lasted for a while, and a reply came from the carriage-

"Chu Yao, did I ask you to do anything else?"

Although it was a somewhat critical word, Chu Yao felt very powerful when he heard it.

The little hand shook the reins: "Make way, my master doesn't want to see you!"

The white ox also pulled the cart forward, as if he didn't see anyone blocking the road ahead.

Kang Wenhao's face was not very good. Although the cavalry he led at this time was only 300 people, they were drawn from the most elite army of Liang State.

As the saying goes, "with a sharp blade, the desire to kill arises naturally." He has a strong army in his hands, and it is difficult for him to have a good temper. And as the fifth son of the current Emperor Liang, when has he ever been ignored like this?

But after a long silence, he just turned his horse's head and made way.

A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow.

The famous Wu'an Marquis left all the ceremonial cavalry outside Jin'an Mansion, which was his willingness to cooperate.

If he didn't want to cooperate.

From here to Liangdu Biancheng, who dared to stop him in such a big Liang State?