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Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy Part 7

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Chapter Seventeen: A Condemnation of Aggressive War.

[Our teacher Mozi says,] "Now suppose someone enters another's orchard and steals their peaches and plums. When the people hear about this they will condemn such a person, and if those above who administer the government get hold of him they will punish him. Why? Because he takes from others in order to benefit himself. Stealing another's dogs, hogs, chickens, and pigs is even more wrong than entering another's orchard and stealing their peaches and plums. Why? Because more is taken from others; it is even more inhumane and a more serious crime. Entering another person's stable and stealing their horses and cattle is even more wrong than stealing their dogs, hogs, chickens, and pigs. Why? Because more is taken from others. If more is taken from others, it is even more inhumane and a more serious crime. Killing an innocent person, stripping him of his clothes, and taking his spear and sword is even more wrong than entering his stable and stealing his horses and cattle. Why? Because more is taken from others. If more is taken from others, it is even more inhumane and a more serious crime. Up to this point, all the gentlemen of the world know well enough to condemn such actions and declare that they are wrong. But when it comes to the great wrong of attacking another state, they do not know enough to condemn it. Rather, they praise this and declare that it is the right thing to do. Can they be said to understand the difference between right and wrong?

"Killing someone is wrong and must be punished with execution. But if we extrapolate out from this view, then killing ten people is ten times as bad and must be punished with ten executions, and killing one hundred people is one hundred times as bad and must be punished with one hundred executions. Up to this point, all the gentlemen of the world know well enough to condemn such actions and declare that they are wrong. But when it comes to the great wrong of attacking another state, they do not know enough to condemn it. Rather, they praise this and declare that it is the right thing to do. They really do not understand that this is wrong. That is why they record their praise of such activity and hand down these records to later generations. If they really understood that this is wrong, why would they record their wrongs and hand them down to later generations?

"Now suppose there is someone who does the following: when they see a little black they say that it is black but when they see a lot of black they say that it is white. We would just have to say that such a person cannot distinguish between black and white. Or suppose that when they taste a little bitterness they say that it is bitter, but when they taste a lot of bitterness they say that it is sweet. We would just have to say that such a person cannot distinguish between bitter and sweet. But now people see a small wrong and know enough to condemn it but see the great wrong of attacking another state and do not know enough to condemn it. Rather, they praise this and declare that it is the right thing to do. Can they be said to understand the difference between right and wrong? This is how we know that the gentlemen of the world are confused about the difference between right and wrong."

Chapter Twenty: For Moderation in Expenditures.

[Our teacher Mozi says,] "When a sage rules a state that state will be twice as well off. When a sage rules the empire the empire will be twice as well off. But they are not made twice as well off by adding territory from without. It is rather by eliminating wasteful expenditures within the state that such rulers are able to make them twice as well off. When sage-kings rule, whenever they issue orders, undertake an enterprise, employ the people or expend their resources, they never do anything that is not useful. And so they never waste their resources or overburden their people yet are able to generate great benefits.

"What is the purpose of clothes? It is to protect us from the cold of winter and the heat of summer. The proper way to make clothes is such that they keep one warm in winter and cool in summer and that is all. Whatever does not contribute to these ends should be eliminated. What is the purpose of houses? It is to protect us from the wind and cold of winter, the heat and rain of summer, and to keep out robbers and thieves. Once these ends are secured that is all. Whatever does not contribute to these ends should be eliminated. What is the purpose of armor, shields, and weapons? It is protect us from bandits, rebels, robbers, and thieves. Should there be bandits, rebels, robbers, and thieves, those who have armor, shields, and weapons will be victorious, while those without armor, shields, and weapons will not. And so sages work to produce armor, shields, and weapons. Whenever they make armor, shields, and weapons they seek to make them as light, sharp, strong, and resilient as they can that is all. Whatever does not contribute to these ends should be eliminated. What is the purpose of boats and vehicles? Vehicles are used to travel over land and boats are used to travel over water such that one can bring together and exchange what is beneficial throughout the world. The proper way to make boats and vehicles is such that they are as light and easy to use as possible and that is all. Whatever does not contribute to these ends should be eliminated. In making these various things, sage-kings never add anything that is not useful. And so they never waste their resources or overburden their people yet are able to generate great benefits.

"If one could eliminate the fondness that kings, dukes, and great officials have for acc.u.mulating quant.i.ties of pearls and jades, birds and beasts, and dogs and horses, and use this revenue to increase the availability of clothes, houses, armor, shields, weapons, boats, and vehicles-could one double the numbers of these? Doubling the number of such things would not be hard. What then would it be hard to double? Only the number of people. And yet one can also double the number of people. In the past, the sage-kings established a law that said, "No man of twenty can be without a family. No woman of fifteen can be without a husband." Such was the law of the sage-kings. But since the sage-kings have pa.s.sed away the people have grown remiss. Those who want to start a family at an early age do so at age twenty while those who want to start a family late do so at age forty. If we combine these, it still means that men are starting families on average ten years later than the age decreed by the law of the sage-kings. If all of them have one child every three years, then two or three children should have been born during that ten-year period. And so is it not only by getting people to start families early in life that one can double the population?

"This is the only way to double the population, but those who rule the world today actually work in many ways to lessen the population. They overwork and overtax their people to the point where many lack sufficient resources, with the result that those who die of hunger and cold are more than one can count. Moreover, the great officers encourage rulers to raise armies and attack neighboring states. The longer campaigns take up to a year while the shorter ones last several months. This means that men and women don't see each other for long periods of time, and in this way the population is reduced. During these campaigns, some become ill and die because they lack a stable living arrangement with regular food and water; others die in ambushes, fiery a.s.saults, sieges, and battles. Together, their numbers are beyond reckoning. This is because the rules of today are finding more and more ways to lessen the population. Such things never occurred when the sages rules. Such is not the way sages rule. They find more and more ways to increase the population."

This is why our teacher Mozi says, " To eliminate everything that is not useful is to carry out the Way of the sage-kings and offer great benefit to the world."

Chapter Twenty-Five: For Moderation in Funerals.

Our teacher Mozi says, "The way benevolent people plan on behalf of the world is just like the way filial children plan on behalf of their parents."

Now how is that filial children plan for their parents?

Our teacher Mozi says, "If their parents are poor, they do what they can to enrich them. If the members of their clan are few, they do what they can to increase their numbers. If the family is in chaos, they do what they can to make it well ordered. In pursuing these ends they may find that their strength is insufficient, their resources inadequate, or their knowledge too limited, and that they fall short. But they would never hold back any of their strength or any scheme or advantage and not apply these in their efforts to realize their parents' well-being."

These are the three benefits that filial children plan for on behalf of their parents. And this is way they work to realize these ends. This is also the way that benevolent people plan on behalf of the world.

Our teacher Mozi says, "If the world is poor, benevolent people do what they can to enrich it. If the people are few, benevolent people do what they can to increase their numbers. If the world is in chaos, benevolent people do what they can to make it well ordered. In pursuing these ends benevolent people may find that their strength is insufficient, their resources inadequate, or their knowledge too limited, and that they fall short. But they would never hold back any of their strength or any scheme or advantage and not apply these in their efforts to realize the world's well-being."

These are the three benefits that benevolent people plan for on behalf of the world. And this is the way they work to realize these ends. But now the sage-kings of the three dynasties of old27 have pa.s.sed away and the world has lost sight of what is right. The gentlemen of later ages are divided in their opinions. Some maintain that lavish funerals and prolonged mourning28 are benevolent and right and the proper task of filial children. Others maintain that lavish funerals and prolonged mourning are neither benevolent nor right and are not the proper task of filial children.

Our teacher Mozi says, "These two groups contradict each other in word and oppose each other in deed. Both say, 'I am dutifully following the Way of Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu,' and yet they contradict each other in word and oppose each other in deed. And so people of later ages have become suspicious of the claims of both groups. If one doubts the claims of both groups then one should turn and consider them in regard to ruling the state and governing the people, to see whether or not lavish funerals and prolonged mourning promote the three benefits discussed earlier. If by following their words and implementing their plans concerning lavish funerals and prolonged mourning one really would enrich the poor, increase the population, bring stability to precarious situations and order to chaos, then these things clearly are benevolent and right the proper task of filial children. Those who offer counsel could not but encourage them. Benevolent people would work to make such practices flourish throughout the world; they would seek to establish them and bring the people to praise them and to follow them, to the end of their days. However, if by following their words and implementing their plans concerning lavish funerals and prolonged mourning one really cannot enrich the poor, increase the population, bring stability to precarious situations and order to chaos, then these things clearly are not benevolent and right or the proper task of filial children. Those who offer counsel could not but discourage them. Benevolent people would work to eradicate such practices throughout the world; they would seek to abolish them and bring the people to condemn them and to never follow them, to the end of their days. And so from ancient times until the present, it has never been the case that bringing the world to a flourishing state and eliminating what is harmful to the world has led the state and the people to disorder."

Now there are many gentlemen in the world who are still in doubt as to whether or not lavish funerals and prolonged mourning are right or wrong, beneficial or harmful. And so our teacher Mozi says, "Let us examine the case. Now if we were to implement the teachings of those who follow and uphold lavish funerals and prolonged mourning, then in mourning for a king, duke, or high official, they prescribe that there be several inner and outer coffins, a deep grave, many layers of burial clothes, elaborately and intricately embroidered funeral shrouds, and a ma.s.sive burial mound. Among common men and women this would exhaust the resources of entire family. And even a feudal lord would have to empty his entire state treasury before the appropriate amount of gold, jade, and pearls would adorn the body and the proper quant.i.ties of silk, carriages, and horses would fill up the tomb. In addition, since one is to see off the dead as if they were simply changing their abode, it is required that numerous draperies and canopies, offering vessels of various kinds, tables and chairs, pots and basins, spears and swords, feathered banners, and articles made of tooth and hide must be buried along with them. It is also said that when an emperor or feudal lord dies as many as several hundred and no fewer than several tens of retainers are to be sacrificed in order to accompany the deceased.29 When a general or great official dies as many as several tens and no fewer than several are to be sacrificed."

What are the rules for one who is in mourning?

Our teacher Mozi says, "Mourners are to cry and wail irregularly, at all times of the day and night, and to sound as if their sobs are choked off. They are to dress in sackcloth, allow their tears to run down without wiping them away, and live in a mourning hut made of straw, sleeping upon a rush mat and using a lump of dirt as their pillow. Moreover, they are to encourage each other to refuse food and starve themselves and to wear thin clothing in order to suffer from the cold, so that they come to have sunken faces and eyes, a sallow and darkened complexion, poor hearing and sight, and limbs too weak to function. It is also said that the most n.o.ble of people uphold the rites of mourning to the point where they cannot rise up without a.s.sistance and cannot walk without a

Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy Part 6

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163This book consists entirely of sayings from Kongzi's disciples. Many of these sayings are summaries or elaborations of themes already seen in earlier books.

164Cf. a.n.a.lects 15.37.

165Literally, "the branches" (mo ), contrasted with the "basics"-the "root" (ben )-below.

166That is, the true potential gentleman can be recognized by how he handles the small matters taught at the beginning of the course of instruction.

167Cf. a.n.a.lects 15.41 168Cf. a.n.a.lects 2.4.

CHAPTER TWO.

MOZI.

Introduction.

Mozi , "Master Mo" (c. 480390 B.C.E), founded what came to be known as the Mojia "Mohist School" of philosophy and is the figure around whom the text known as the Mozi was formed. His proper name is Mo Di . Mozi is arguably the first true philosopher of China known to us. He developed systematic a.n.a.lyses and criticisms of his opponents' positions and presented an array of arguments in support of his own philosophical views. His interest and faith in argumentation led him and his later followers to study the forms and methods of philosophical debate, and their work contributed significantly to the development of early Chinese philosophy. Mozi himself was probably of quite humble origins. He may have been a member of the craft or artisan cla.s.s, and his philosophy is distinctively antiaristocratic. Early in life, he may have studied with followers of Confucius. However, he went on to become a serious critic of the emerging Confucian tradition.1 Mozi was not just a philosopher. He led an organized utopian movement whose members engaged in direct social action, including the military defense of states and cities that he judged to be victims of wars of expansion. He was a strong and charismatic leader who inspired his followers to dedicate themselves to his unique view of social justice. This required them to lead austere and quite demanding lives under his direct control and command. Mozi could tax his followers, judge, and punish them; under certain circ.u.mstances he could even put them to death. The discipline that defined his movement is reflected in a number of his philosophical positions. His ideal state is highly centralized, orderly, and ideologically unified.

Mozi saw ideological differences and the factionalism they sp.a.w.ned as the primary source of human suffering. Therefore, he sharply criticized the family-based ethical and political system of Kongzi for its inherent partiality and advocated a strict chain of command leading up through a monarch and resting in Heaven. In place of Confucian ren , "benevolence," he advocated a form of state consequentialism, which sought to maximize three basic goods: the wealth, order, and population of the state. As an alternative to Confucian familial love, he argued for jian'ai , which is often translated as "universal love" but is better understood as "impartial care." In Mozi's view, the central ethical problem was excessive partiality, not a lack of compa.s.sion. His primary goal was to change and shape behavior- in particular the way people are treated-not to cultivate emotions, att.i.tudes, or virtues. He showed little interest in what one would call moral psychology and embraced a simple and highly malleable view of human nature. This led him away from the widely observed Chinese concern with self-cultivation. His general lack of appreciation for psychological goods and the need to control desires and shape dispositions and att.i.tudes also led him to reject categorically the characteristic Confucian concern with culture and ritual. These views are expressed in his arguments against elaborate funerals and musical performances, two mainstays of Confucianism.

While Mozi was not a self-cultivationist, he believed that human beings can change even apparently deeply held att.i.tudes and dispositions quickly and easily. For a variety of reasons, he maintained that people could be induced to take up almost any form of behavior, even behavior that was suicidal. He shared a commonly held early Chinese belief in a psychological tendency to respond in kind to the treatment one receives. He further believed that in an effort to win the favor of their rulers, many people are inclined to act as their rulers desire. Those who do not respond to either of these influences can be motivated and controlled by a system of strict rewards and punishments, enforced by the state and guaranteed by the support of Heaven, ghosts, and spirits. Most important of all, Mozi believed that properly crafted rational arguments provide strong if not entirely compelling motivation to act for anyone who is able to understand them; presented with a superior argument, thinking people act accordingly.

Mozi's later followers lasted until the time of the short-lived Qin dynasty when the movement seems to have suddenly come to an end. The reasons for this are not well doc.u.mented, but most likely a paramilitary group such as the Mohists would never have been tolerated by and could not survive during the centralized and militarized regime of the Qin. There is some irony in this as several prominent ideas in the Fajia "Legalist" thought that served as the state ideology of the Qin find clear precedents in Mozi's philosophy. The later Mohists continued Mozi's early interests and developed sophisticated systems of logical a.n.a.lysis, mathematics, optics, physics, defensive warfare technology and strategy, and a formal ethic based upon calculations of benefit and harm. All of these philosophical concerns can be found in the early strata of the Mozi that are represented in the following selections.

Chapter Eight: Honoring the Worthy2.

Our teacher Mozi3 says, "The kings, dukes, and great officials who now rule the various states all want their states to be wealthy, their populations great, and their administrations orderly, and yet instead of wealth they get poverty, instead of great populations they get meager ones, and instead of order they get chaos. In this way they fundamentally miss what they desire and get what they dislike."

What is the reason for this?4 Our teacher Mozi says, "This is because the kings, dukes, and great officials who rule the various states are not able to honor the worthy and employ the capable in carrying out their rule. And so in a state where there are many worthy men, good order will be secure, and in a state where there are few worthy men, good order will be tenuous. This is why it is the proper work of kings, dukes, and great officers to increase the number of worthy men in their states."

Since this is the case, what is the best way to go about increasing the number of worthy men?

Our teacher Mozi says, "It is a.n.a.logous to the case of wanting to increase the number of good archers or charioteers in one's state. One must reward and esteem them, revere and praise them; then one can succeed in increasing the number of good archers or charioteers in one's state. How much more should this be done in the case of worthy men-those who are well versed in virtuous conduct, discrimination in discussion, and broadly knowledgeable! Such men are state treasures, guardians of the altars to the soil and grain.5 They too must be rewarded and esteemed, revered and praised; then one can succeed in increasing the number of worthy men in one's state.

"This is why in ancient times, when the sage-kings ruled, they announced that: Those who are not righteous, I shall not enrich.

Those who are not righteous, I shall not esteem.

Those who are not righteous, I shall not regard as kin.

Those who are not righteous, I shall not get close to.

When the wealthy and eminent in the state heard this they retired and thought to themselves, 'At first, we could rely on our wealth and eminence, but now the king promotes the righteous and does not turn away the poor and the humble. This being the case, we too must be righteous.' When the king's relatives heard this they retired and thought to themselves, 'At first, we could rely on being royal kin, but now the king promotes the righteous and does not turn away the most distant relations. This being the case, we too must be righteous.' When those close to the king heard this they retired and thought to themselves, 'At first, we could rely on being close to the king, but now the king promotes the righteous and does not turn away those far removed from him. This being the case, we too must be righteous.' When those far removed from the king heard this they too retired and thought to themselves, 'At first, we thought that being far removed from the king meant we had nothing to rely upon, but now the king promotes the righteous and does not turn away those far removed from him. This being the case, we too must be righteous.' The word spread to those serving in distant cities and outlying regions, to the sons of n.o.bles serving within the court, to all those within the capital, and on out to the common people throughout the four corners of the kingdom. Hearing this, they all strove to be righteous."

What is the reason for such success?

Our teacher Mozi says, "Because those above employed those below for only one reason and those below served those above in only one way.6 This state of affairs can be compared to the case of a rich man who builds a high wall around his house. Once the wall is complete, he has it cut through in one place and uses this for his door. If a thief should enter, the rich man can close the door and search for the thief, knowing that he has no way to escape. Why? Because the rich man has secured what is most vital.

"This is why in ancient times, when the sage-kings ruled, they promoted the virtuous and honored the worthy. Even someone who worked as a farmer, artisan, or merchant, if they had talent they were promoted, given high rank and a handsome salary, entrusted with responsibility, and empowered to have their orders obeyed. The sage-kings said, 'If their rank is not high, the people will not revere them. If their salary is not substantial, the people will not put trust in them. If their orders are not empowered with authority, the people will not hold them in awe.' These three things were given to the worthy not as rewards but in order to help them complete their duties.

"And so, at that time, rank was awarded on the basis of virtue, work was a.s.signed according to office, reward was distributed according to the amount of labor done, and salary allotted in proportion to the effort expended. And so officials were not guaranteed constant n.o.bility and people did not have to perpetually remain in a humble state. Those with ability were promoted, those without ability were demoted. This is what it means to, 'Promote public righteousness and prevent private resentment.'7 "And so, in ancient times, Yao promoted Shun from southern Fuyang,8 entrusted him with the administration of his kingdom, and the world was at peace. Yu promoted Yi from central Yinfang, entrusted him with the administration of his kingdom, and the nine realms were brought to perfection.9 Tang promoted Yi Yin from among the cooks in his kitchen, entrusted him with the administration of his kingdom, and his plans all were successful. King Wen promoted Hong Yao and Tai Yi from their work with rabbit snares, entrusted them with the administration of his kingdom, and the western territories submitted peacefully.10 And so, at that time, even among those ministers with substantial salaries and prestigious positions, none failed to be reverent and cautious in carrying out their duties, and even among the farmers, craftsmen, and merchants, none failed to exert themselves in honoring virtue.

"And so good men should be employed as capable a.s.sistants and responsible agents. If a ruler is able to retain such men, then his plans will not be frustrated nor his body wearied with work. A ruler's fame shall be a.s.sured and his work successfully completed, his best tendencies will flourish and his worst shall not take form all because he retains the support of good men."

This is why our teacher Mozi says, "When things are going well, you must promote worthy men. When things are not going well, you must promote worthy men. And if you would reverently carry on the Way of Yao, Shun, Yu, and Tang, then you must honor the worthy. Honoring the worthy is the root and basis of good government."

Chapter Eleven: Obeying One's Superior.

Our teacher Mozi says, "In ancient times, when people first came into being and before there were governments or laws, each person followed their own norm11 for deciding what was right and wrong.12 And so where there was one person there was one norm, where there were two people there were two norms, where there were ten people there were ten different norms. As many people as there were, that was how many norms were recognized. In this way people came to approve their own norms for what is right and wrong and thereby condemn the norms of others. And so they mutually condemned each other's norms. For this reason, within families, there was resentment and hatred between fathers and sons and elder and younger brothers that caused them to separate and disperse and made it impossible for them to cooperate harmoniously with one another. Throughout the world, people used water, fire, and poison to harm and injure one another, to the point where if they had strength to spare, they would not use it to help each other, if they had excess goods, they would leave them to rot away rather than distribute them to one another, and if they had helpful teachings, they would hide them away rather than teach them to one another. The chaos that ruled in the world was like what one finds among the birds and beasts.

"Those who understood the nature of this chaos saw that it arose from a lack of rulers and leaders and so they chose the best person among the most worthy and capable in the world and established him as the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven was established, but because his strength was not sufficient for the task of ruling the entire world, they chose among the most worthy and capable in the world and installed the best among them as the three imperial ministers. The Son of Heaven and three imperial ministers were established, but because the world is so vast it was impossible for them to know and judge in each case what would be right or wrong, beneficial or harmful for the people of distant states and different regions. And so they divided up the myriad states and established feudal lords and rulers. The feudal lords and rulers were established, bu

Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy Part 5

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63This sounds like a formulation of the virtue of shu, "sympathetic understanding." See a.n.a.lects 4.15.

64The most plausible explanation of this reference is that of Bao Xian: "Old Peng was a great worthy of the Yin dynasty who was fond of transmitting ancient tales. In comparing himself to Old Peng, Kongzi indicates his reverence for those who merely transmit [and do not innovate]."

65Ideally, one's immersion in the culture of the Zhou is to be so complete that it penetrates even one's dream-life.

66There is some debate over the exact meaning of this pa.s.sage, with some (such as the Han commentator Zheng Xuan claiming that it refers to the fact that Kongzi would not deny instruction to anyone over fifteen years of age, and others arguing that the term (usually taken to mean "bundle of silk and cured meat" or "bundle of cured meat") actually refers to the bearing of the person seeking instruction-that is, an att.i.tude of respect and self-discipline. In either case, the point is that Kongzi does not select students on the basis of their wealth or social standing.

67The Shao is the court music of the sage-king Shun.

68"Improperly" is literally in a "not right (yi )" fashion.

69Chinese characters are not directly phonetic in the manner of an alphabet, and the same character can be p.r.o.nounced differently by speakers of different dialects. In Kongzi's age, people were apparently aware that the spoken languages of the various regions of China differed significantly from the "cla.s.sical p.r.o.nunciation," which Liu Baonan argues must have been the dialect spoken in the Western Zhou capital. We must a.s.sume that knowledge of these p.r.o.nunciations was kept alive, at least in the state of Lu, through use in formal and ritual contexts. This pa.s.sage suggests, though, that Kongzi's contemporaries had begun to ignore this tradition and eschew the cla.s.sical p.r.o.nunciations in favor of local dialect-a Christian a.n.a.logy would be the abandonment of Latin in favor of services in the vernacular. This represents a departure from the Way of the Zhou that Kongzi characteristically resists.

70Huan Tui was a minister in the state of Song who apparently wished to do Kongzi harm; cf. a.n.a.lects 9.5 and 14.36.

71This is perhaps merely a polite demurral (cf. a.n.a.lects 7.34), but it serves to emphasize the difficulty of obtaining in practice the proper balance between wen, "cultural refinement," and zhi, "native substance" (cf. a.n.a.lects 6.18), and is no doubt meant as a warning against falling into "foppish pedantry"-the more insidious and common of the two failings described in a.n.a.lects 6.18 above.

72The t.i.tle of a traditional prayer text.

73That is, through his life's work. Any sort of direct appeal for Heaven's aid or bartering with Heaven is unnecessary.

74That is, the influence of Yao's Virtue was so subtle and pervasive that the people were transformed naturally, without being aware of what was happening. Cf. a.n.a.lects 17.19, where Heaven is said to rule without the need for words.

75The name of a small hamlet.

76Kongzi's response is equally sarcastic, expressing his contempt for limited or merely technical skills. Cf. a.n.a.lects 2.12, 9.6, and 19.7.

77Kongzi is referring to ascending the stairs when approaching a ruler or other superior. To bow after ascending puts one on the same level as one's superior and hence is less respectful.

78The most common explanation is that the target of the Kuang troops was a certain Yang Hu, who had in the past caused some trouble in the state of Kuang. Kongzi apparently physically resembled Yang Hu and-to add to the confusion-one of Kongzi's disciples was a known a.s.sociate of Yang Hu's.

79Cf. a.n.a.lects 2.12, 9.2, and 19.7.

80As a sign of respect.

81"It" refers to the Way.

82That is, following the rites proper to a minister attending to a ruler-which, of course, Kongzi was not.

83As the Jin dynasty commentator Li Chong notes, Kongzi's concern over the ritual abuses of the Ji Family-who were usurping the ritual prerogatives of the Zhou kings in an attempt to impress their contemporaries and curry favor with Heaven (see a.n.a.lects 3.1)- no doubt accounts for some of the harshness in his rebuke of Zilu.

84The gentleman should surely share his Virtue with the world by taking public office. Kongzi, however, refuses to actively peddle his wares on the market, but rather waits for his Virtue to be recognized by the right ruler.

85The Yi were a group of "barbarians" (i.e., non-Chinese) who lived along the east coast of present-day China. Kongzi's comment is a testament to the transformative power of the gentleman's Virtue. Cf. Xunzi, chapter 2, p. 265.

86Many traditional commentators take this pa.s.sage to be a lament on the pa.s.sage of time (and perhaps a reflection of Kongzi's sense of personal failure). Others see the river's unremitting and thorough progress toward the sea as a metaphor for the ideal student's progress toward Goodness.

87A bit of encouragement to balance out Yan Hui's lament in a.n.a.lects 9.11.

88Nominal a.s.sent to the Way is insufficient-one must love the Way and strive to embody it in one's person. The problem is what the teacher is to do with a student who intellectually understands or superficially agrees with the Way but cannot summon up the genuine commitment required of the gentleman. Cf. a.n.a.lects 5.10, 6.12, 9.18, and 15.16.

89Based upon their style, lack of explicit subject, and parallels to be found in other early ritual texts such as the Record of Ritual or Book of Etiquette and Ritual, scholars have concluded that most of the pa.s.sages in this book were probably culled from a lost ritual text that provided anonymous guidelines and injunctions for the aspiring gentleman. From earliest times, however, this book has been viewed by commentators as an extended description of the ritual behavior of Kongzi in particular, and it was in fact probably intended by the editors of the earliest stratum of the a.n.a.lects (books 110) to be understood that way. Seen as an actual description of the Master's behavior rather than a set of impersonal ritual guidelines, book 10 serves as a sort of capstone for the first stratum, providing a series of descriptions of the Master effortlessly embodying in his words, behavior, and countenance the lessons imparted throughout the rest of the text. What is being emphasized in this book is the ease and grace with which the Master embodies the spirit of the rites in every aspect of his life-no matter how trivial-and accords with this spirit in adapting to new and necessarily unforeseeable circ.u.mstances.

90That is, he remained thoroughly focused in all of his activities.

91Considering that horses were quite valuable commodities and stable hands easily replaceable, Kongzi's response is both unexpected and moving.

92Being sick, he could not rise to greet his ruler or properly dress himself in court attire, but it would also be unseemly for him to receive his guest in civilian garb. He thus had himself arranged in bed so that he would be both ritually presentable and facing the door when the ruler entered.

93A sign of respect and humbleness.

94A gift of sacrificial meat carries with it a sort of ritual solemnity not possessed by a nonreligious gift, no matter how sumptuous it might be.

95As a sign of respect.

96As a sign of respect for Heaven's power.

97While it is not entirely clear why the pheasant is being praised for timeliness (perhaps because it knows when to arise, when to alight, and when to fly off), it would seem that the ideal of timeliness-according perfectly with the demands of the situation at hand-sums up fairly well what is, in one interpretation, the general theme of book 10: that the Master's actions accorded perfectly with the demands of ritual propriety, no matter what the circ.u.mstances.

98The comment would seem to be meant ironically-cf. a.n.a.lects 2.9.

99That is, you should continue to defer to their judgment and not take the initiative.

100This is a paradigmatic example of how the Master's teachings were variously formulated depending upon the individual needs of his students-a Confucian version of the Buddhist practice of upya, or "skillful means."

101According to traditional commentators, the Yi River was near Kongzi's home, and the Rain Dance Altar was located just above the river.

102The Master is thus equally disapproving of Zilu's, Ran Qiu's, and Zihua's aspirations-all of which are overly focused upon statecraft techniques-although only Zilu's response is audacious enough to provoke a smile. The point is that true government is effected through the superior Virtue gained by ritual practice, and the task of the gentleman is thus to focus upon self-cultivation and attain a state of joyful harmony with the Way. Such harmony with the Way is exemplified by Zengxi's musical bent, his reluctance to speak about his aspirations, and the sense of spontaneous joy in the cultivated life conveyed by his answer.

103A disciple of Kongzi.

104One interpretation is that the first set of advice concerns the virtue of zhong, "loyalty," the second that of shu, "sympathetic understanding." Cf a.n.a.lects 4.15.

105Sima Niu came from a prominent military family in Song and in fact left behind several brothers when he went abroad. Huan Tui (a.n.a.lects 7.23) planned and carried out an unsuccessful revolt against the rightful lord of Song in 483 B.C.E., and was forced to flee the state. Another of Sima Niu's elder brothers, Xiang Chao, was also a military official (Minister of the Left) in Song; he was apparently a somewhat arrogant and self-aggrandizing man and was forced to flee the state after Huan Tui's attempted revolt, along with the remaining elder Xiang brothers. Sima Niu-apparently uninvolved in the revolt or its aftermath-resigned his official post in disgust and emigrated, ending up eventually in Lu, where he presumably had the conversation with Zixia recorded here. His comment that "he alone has no brothers" is thus not meant literally: the point is either that he has no brothers truly worthy of being considered brothers, or that all of his brothers are in exile or in constant danger of losing their lives, and therefore as good as dead. Sima Niu is thus bemoaning the fate that has left him effectively without family, an exile from his home state.

106"Within the Four Seas" means the entire world; China was viewed as being surrounded on all sides by oceans.

107Ji Zicheng is described as a minister of Wei, but nothing else is known about him. Zigong served as an official in Wei for some time, and this is probably when this exchange took place.

108Zigong's response invokes an interesting metaphor for the relationship of native substance and cultural refinement: although native substance is required (as an animal requires a hide), a gentleman possessing substance but unadorned by cultural refinement would be like a tiger or leopard shaved of its beautiful pelt-indistinguishable from any ordinary creature. Cf. a.n.a.lects 6.18.

109This was a traditional Zhou practice. According to the Annals, the traditional ten-percent t.i.the on agricultural production was doubled by Duke Xuan of Lu in 593 B.C.E., and then continued as standard practice. It is possible that this exchange between Duke Ai and Master You took place during the Lu famine of 484 B.C.E. (Year 14 of Duke Ai's reign), which occurred after back-to-back plagues of locusts in 484 and 483 B.C.E. Master You is thus suggesting a return to a taxation rate over one hundred years old-quite a radical cutback.

110In 516 B.C.E., Kongzi arrived in Qi to find that Duke Jing, near the end of his reign, was in dire straits. His nominal minister, Chen Qi, had usurped control of the state, and the Duke's plan to pa.s.s over his eldest son for the succession had set off contention among his sons. Kongzi's advice is thus very topical. His point is that if everyone would simply concentrate on conscientiously fulfilling their role-specific duties, order would result naturally-there is no need for some special technique or theory of "governing" (cf. a.n.a.lects 2.21). Many commentators have seen this pa.s.sage as concerned with the theme of "rectifying names" (zhengming mentioned in a.n.a.lects 13.3, whereby the actualities of one's behavior should be made to accord with the standard set by one's social role ("name").

111A member of the Ji Family (cf. a.n.a.lects 3.1), and senior minister in the state of Lu, who held power from 492 to 468 B.C.E.

112This probably refers to Zhe, the grandson of Lord Ling of Wei (who appears in a.n.a.lects 15.1 below), who took over the throne in 493 B.C.E.

113On zheng ming , "rectification of names" or "correction of names," cf a.n.a.lects 6.25, 12.11, and 12.17 as well as Xunzi's "On Correct Naming" (see Xunzi, chapter 22, pp. 29298). Reading this pa.s.sage in light of a.n.a.lects 12.11 ("let the fathers be true fathers, the sons true sons"), it can be seen as a barb against the ruling family of Wei, whose disordered family relations eventually threw the state into chaos. The Duke doted upon his notorious wife, Nanzi (see a.n.a.lects 6.28), whom his resentful son, Prince Kuai Kui, then attempted to kill. This attempt having failed, the son was forced to flee Wei, and the grandson, Zhe, subsequently took over the throne upon the Duke's death. Prince Kuai Kui then returned to Wei with the backing of a foreign army in an attempt to oust his son.

114The point of learning is not mere scholastic knowledge, but rather the ability to apply this knowledge flexibly in a situation-specific manner. Cf. a.n.a.lects 2.11.

115Because a true king rules through the gradual transformative power of Virtue rather than through harsh laws and punishments, which may achieve more immediate-but short-lived-results.

116Cf. a.n.a.lects 17.8, where the danger of an overly rigid or strict sense of honesty or uprightness is described as being "harmful"-the harm being, presumably, to such natural relationships as that between father and son.

117Cf. Mengzi 7B37.

118Most commentators identify him as an official in the state of Lu.

119Both Yi and Ao were legendary martial heroes of the Xia dynasty with questionable morals: Yi usurped the throne of one of the kings of the Xia dynasty, and Ao was the son of one of Yi's ministers. Ao himself subsequently murdered and dethroned Yi, and

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After Zai Wo left, the Master remarked, "This shows how lacking in Goodness this Zai Wo is! A child is completely dependent upon the care of his parents for the first three years of his life-this is why the three-year mourning period is the common practice throughout the world. Did Zai Wo not receive three years of care from his parents?"

17.23 Zilu asked, "Does the gentleman admire courage?"

The Master said, "The gentleman admires rightness above all. A gentleman who possessed courage but lacked a sense of rightness would create political disorder, while a common person who possessed courage but lacked a sense of rightness would become a bandit."

17.25 The Master said, "Women and servants are particularly hard to manage: if you are too familiar with them, they grow insolent, but if you are too distant, they grow resentful."153 Book Eighteen.

18.6 Kongzi pa.s.sed Chang Ju and Jie Ni, who were yoked together pulling a plow through a field. He sent Zilu to ask them where the ford was to be found.154 Chang Ju inquired, "That fellow holding the reins there-who is he?"

Zilu answered, "That is Kongzi."

"Do you mean Kongzi of Lu?"

"The same."

"Then he should know where the ford is."155 Zilu then asked Jie Ni.

Jie Ni also replied with a question: "Who are you?"

"I am Zilu."

"The disciple of Kongzi of Lu?"

"Yes."

"The whole world is as if engulfed in a great flood, and who can change it? Given this, instead of following a scholar who merely avoids the bad people [of this age],156 wouldn't it be better for you to follow scholars like us, who avoid the age itself?" He then proceeded to cover up his seeds with dirt and did not pause again.

Zilu returned and reported this conversation to Kongzi. The Master was lost in thought for a moment, and then remarked, "A person cannot flock together with the birds and the beasts. If I do not a.s.sociate with the followers of men, then with whom would I a.s.sociate? If the Way were realized in the world, then I would not need to change anything."157 18.7 Zilu was traveling with Kongzi, but had fallen behind. He encountered an old man carrying a wicker basket suspended from his staff. Zilu asked, "Have you seen my Master?"

The old man answered, "

'Won't soil his dainty hands Can't tell millet from barley.'

Who, then, might your master be?" He then planted his staff in the ground and began weeding. [Not knowing how to reply], Zilu simply remained standing with his hands clasped as a sign of respect.

The old man subsequently invited Zilu back to his house to stay the night. After killing a chicken and preparing some millet for Zilu to eat, he presented his two sons to him. On the next day Zilu caught up to Kongzi and told him what had happened.

"He must be a scholar recluse," the Master said. He sent Zilu back to the old farmer's house to meet with him again, but by the time Zilu got there the man had already disappeared. Zilu then remarked, " To avoid public service is to be without a sense of what is right. Proper relations between elders and juniors cannot be discarded-how, then, can one discard the rightness that obtains between ruler and minister?159 To do so is to wish to keep one's hands from getting dirty at the expense of throwing the great social order into chaos. The gentleman takes office in order to do what is right, even though he already knows that the Way will not be realized."160 18.8 Those men who went into seclusion include Bo Yi, Shu Qi, Yu Zhong, Yi Yi, Zhu Zhang, Liuxia Hui, and Shao Lian.161 The Master said, "Unwilling to lower their aspirations or bring disgrace upon their persons-such were Bo Yi and Shu Qi."

Of Liuxia Hui and Shao Lian he said, "Although they lowered their aspirations and brought disgrace upon their persons, at least their speech was in accord with their status and their actions were in accord with their thoughts."

Of Yu Zhong and Yi Yi he said, "Living in seclusion and freely speaking their minds, their persons remained pure and their resignations from office were well-considered."

He concluded, "I, however, am different from all of them in that I have no preconceived notions of what is permissible and what is not."162 Book Nineteen163.

19.6 Zixia said, "Learning broadly and firmly retaining what one has learned, being incisive in one's questioning and able to reflect upon what is near at hand-Goodness is to be found in this."

19.7 Zixia said, "The various artisans dwell in their workshops in order to perfect their crafts, just as the gentleman learns in order to reach the end of his Way."

19.11 Zixia said, "As long as one does not transgress the bounds when it comes to important Virtues, it is permissible to cross the line here and there when it comes to minor Virtues."164 19.12 Ziyou said, "Among the disciples of Zixia, the younger ones are fairly competent when it comes to tasks such as mopping and sweeping, answering summons, and entering and retiring from formal company, but these are all superficialities.165 They are completely at a loss when it comes to mastering the basics. Why is this?"

When Zixia heard of this, he remarked, "Alas! Ziyou seems to have missed the point. Whose disciples will be the first to be taught the Way of the gentleman, and then in the end grow tired of it? It is like the gra.s.s and the trees: you make distinctions between them according to their kind.166 The Way of the gentleman, how can it be slandered so? Starting at the beginning and working through to the end-surely this describes none other than the sage!"

19.14 Ziyou said, "Mourning should fully express grief and then stop at that."167 19.21 Zigong said, "A gentleman's errors are like an eclipse of the sun or the moon: when he errs, everyone notices it, but when he makes amends, everyone looks up to him."

Book Twenty.

20.3 Kongzi said, "One who does not understand fate lacks the means to become a gentleman. One who does not understand ritual lacks the means to take his place.168 One who does not understand words lacks the means to evaluate others."

SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Translations.

Ames, Roger T., and Henry Rosemont, Jr.

1998 The a.n.a.lects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation. New York: Ballan-tine Books. (Includes the Chinese text, extensive introduction, and bibliography, and notes upon recent archaeological finds related to the a.n.a.lects.) Brooks, E. Bruce, and A. Taeko Brooks 1998 The Original a.n.a.lects: Sayings of Confucius and His Successors. New York: Columbia University Press. (Follows the Brookses' radical reorganization of the text and includes commentary on individual pa.s.sages; the translation is at times awkward, but is perhaps the most precise and scholarly one available in English.) Lau, D. C.

1979 Confucius: The a.n.a.lects. New York: Penguin Books. (The cla.s.sic and most commonly read translation.) Slingerland, Edward 2003 Confucius: a.n.a.lects. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company. (Complete translation of the a.n.a.lects with selections from traditional commentaries.) Waley, Arthur 1989 The a.n.a.lects of Confucius. New York: Vintage Books. (Originally published in 1938, this is perhaps the smoothest and most literary of a.n.a.lects translations.) Secondary Works Eno, Robert 1990 The Confucian Creation of Heaven: Philosophy and the Defense of Ritual Mastery. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. (Portrays the early Ru-ist [Confucian] school as a tight-knit community concerned solely with the details of ritual practice.) Fingarette, Herbert 1972 Confucius: The Secular as Sacred. New York: Harper Torchbooks. (Emphasizes the communal and const.i.tutive nature of the rites.) Hall, David L., and Roger T. Ames 1987 Thinking Through Confucius. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. (Emphasizes the creative aspects of the Confucian tradition.) Ivanhoe, Philip J.

"The 'Golden Rule' in the a.n.a.lects." In Contemporary Encounters with Confucius, David Jones, ed. (La Salle, IL: Open Court Press, forthcoming).

Kupperman, Joel 1968 "Confucius and the Problem of Naturalness." Philosophy East & West 18: 17585. (Discusses the question of how conscious, artificial practice can ever produce "natural," spontaneous behavior.) Lin Yu-sheng 1924 "The Evolution of the Pre-Confucian Meaning of Jen and the Confucian Concept of Moral Autonomy." Monumenta Serica 31: 172204. (Cla.s.sic discussion of the evolution of the term ren.) Nivison, David S.

1998 The Ways of Confucianism: Investigations in Chinese Philosophy. Bryan Van Norden, ed. Chicago and La Salle, IL: Open Court Press. (A collection of essays on Confucianism.) Roetz, Heiner 1993 Confucian Ethics of the Axial Age. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. (Argues for the convention-transcending nature of the Confucian project and the autonomy of the Confucian moral agent.) Shun, Kwong-loi 1993 "Jen and Li in the a.n.a.lects." Philosophy East & West 43.3: 45779. (On the relationship between the virtue of ren and li , "ritual practice.") Taylor, Rodney 1990 The Religious Dimensions of Confucianism. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. (Emphasizes the oft-overlooked religious nature of the Confucian tradition.) Tu, Wei-ming 1979 Humanity and Self Cultivation: Essays in Confucian Thought. Berkeley, CA: Asian Humanities Press. (Includes essays on ren and li , "ritual practice.") Van Norden, Bryan W., ed.

2001 Confucius and the a.n.a.lects: New Essays. New York: Oxford University Press. (Wide-ranging anthology on various aspects of the a.n.a.lects) 1Some scholars have questioned the traditional view of the text as a unified work, arguing that it represents many different chronological strata and even incompatible viewpoints. The Chinese have nevertheless read it as a coherent whole for thousands of years, and this is the perspective on the text that we adopt here. This said, the reader will note that our selection gives greater weight to those portions of the text generally agreed to be earlier and most authoritative, books 19.

2By the time of the a.n.a.lects, the term ming had taken on the additional meaning of "fate" or "destiny," but was thought to be similarly decreed by Heaven. For a discussion of this term, see Edward Slingerland, "The Conception of Ming in Early Chinese Thought," Philosophy East & West 46.4: 56781.

3See Important Terms and a.n.a.lects 6.13 for Kongzi's criticism of the "petty Ru."

4Part of Goodness is caring for or love of others (a.n.a.lects 12.22). Later philosophers emphasized this aspect of Goodness, so in later chapters the same character is translated "benevolence." See also ren under Important Terms.

5Although the term "nonaction" is often a.s.sociated with "Daoism," it is found in the a.n.a.lects (15.5) and is arguably an important concept for many early thinkers. See Edward Slingerland, Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003).

6A disciple of Kongzi.

7Cf. 15.11 and 16.4 below. A suspicion of those who are overly glib or outwardly pleasing is a common theme in the a.n.a.lects, which is very much concerned with distinguishing genuine virtue from "counterfeit virtue"-that is, the outward appearance of virtue without the inner substance.

8A disciple of Kongzi.

9Both disciples of Kongzi.

10That is, Kongzi does not actively pry or seek out information but rather is so perfected in Virtue that what he seeks comes to him unbidden.

11In the standard received edition of the Odes, this poem is # 55. Zigong's point is that this Ode seems to describe metaphorically a person who has been shaped and perfected by a long, arduous process of self-cultivation.

12Odes (Mao # 297). The original reference is to powerful war horses bred to pull chariots, who are trained not to swerve from the desired path. The metaphorical meaning is that one committed through study to the Odes-"yoked" to them, as it were-will not be led astray.

13That is, through mastery of the rites; cf. a.n.a.lects 8.8, 16.13, and 20.3.

14Cf. a.n.a.lects 9.29.

15Cf. a.n.a.lects 16.8, 20.3.

16A disciple of Kongzi.

17A disciple of Kongzi.

18Kongzi's favorite disciple, who tragically died at an early age (cf. a.n.a.lects 5.9, 6.3, 6.7, 6.11, and 11.9).

19Cf. a.n.a.lects 4.2.

20Qi , literally a ritual vessel designed to serve a particular function, is also used by extension to refer to officials who are specialized in one particular task. The gentleman is not a narrow specialist (cf. a.n.a.lects 5.4, 6.13, 9.2, 9.6, 13.4, and 19.7).

21Lit., "doing government" (weizheng ). The reference is to Kongzi's lack of an official position.

22See Legge, The Shoo King, p. 535.

23The Ji Family had usurped power from the rightful authorities in Kongzi's home state of Lu and was for Kongzi representative of the ritual, moral, and political improprieties of his age. Later ritual texts describe the "eight rows of dancers" as a ritual prerogative of the emperor; presumably in Kongzi's time it was viewed as the prerogative of the Zhou kings. In either case, the Ji Family's use of eight rows of dancers is obviously an egregious violation of ritual propriety.

24Cf a.n.a.lects 3.12 and 17.11. a.n.a.lects 3.3 is probably also directed at the head of the Ji Family criticized in 3.1.

25Lin Fang is usually identified as a man of Lu and presumably shares Kongzi's concern that his fellow countrymen were neglecting the "roots" and attending to the superficial "branches" of ritual practice.

26The first two lines appear in the present version of the Odes (Mao # 57) while the third does not.

27That is, the adornment provided by the rites is meant to build upon appropriate native emotions or tendencies. Just as all the cosmetics in the world are of no avail if the basic lines of the face are not pleasing, so is the refinement provided by ritual practice of no help to one lacking in zhi , "native substance." Cf. a.n.a.lects 3.4, 5.10, and 6.18.

28An important sacrifice to the earliest known ancestor of the reigning dynasty, the performance of which was the prerogative of the presiding ruler. By Kongzi's time, the performance of this rite had degenerated to the point that he could no longer bear to look upon it.

29Although some commentators take "not fully present" in the literal sense (i.e., not being physically present at the sacrifice, and sending a proxy in one's stead), th

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The Master replied, "Know others."

Fan Chi still did not understand, so the Master elaborated: "Raise up the straight and apply them to the crooked, and the crooked will be made straight."

Fan Chi retired from the Master's presence. Seeing Zixia, he said, "Just before I asked the Master about wisdom, and he replied, 'Raise up the straight and apply them to the crooked, and the crooked will be made straight.' What did he mean by that?"

Zixia answered, "What a wealth of instruction you have received! When Shun ruled the world, he selected from amongst the mult.i.tude, raising up Gao Yao, and those who were not Good then kept their distance. When Tang ruled the world, he selected from amongst the mult.i.tude, raising up Yi Yin, and those who were not Good then kept their distance."

12.24 Master Zeng said, "The gentleman acquires friends by means of cultural refinement, and then relies upon his friends for support in becoming Good."

Book Thirteen.

13.3 Zilu asked, "If the Duke of Wei112 were to employ you to serve in the government of his state, what would be your first priority?"

The Master answered, "It would, of course, be the rectification of names."113 Zilu said, "Could you, Master, really be so far off the mark? Why worry about rectifying names?"

The Master replied, "How boorish you are, Zilu! When it comes to matters that he does not understand, the gentleman should remain silent. If names are not rectified, speech will not accord [with reality]; when speech does not accord [with reality], things will not be successfully accomplished. When things are not successfully accomplished, ritual practice and music will fail to flourish; when ritual and music fail to flourish, punishments and penalties will miss the mark. And when punishments and penalties miss the mark, the common people will be at a loss as to what to do with themselves. This is why the gentleman only applies names that can be properly spoken, and a.s.sures that what he says can be properly put into action. The gentleman simply guards against arbitrariness in his speech. That is all there is to it."

13.4 Fan Chi asked to learn about plowing and growing grain [from Kongzi].

The Master said, "When it comes to that, any old farmer would be a better teacher than I."

He asked to learn about growing fruits and vegetables.

The Master said, "When it comes to that, any old gardener would be a better teacher than I."

Fan Chi then left. The Master remarked, "What a common fellow that Fan Chi is! When a ruler loves ritual propriety, then none among his people will dare to be disrespectful. When a ruler loves rightness, then none among his people will dare to not obey. When a ruler loves trustworthiness, then none of his people will dare to not be honest. The mere existence of such a ruler would cause the common people throughout the world to bundle their children on their backs and seek him out. Of what use, then, is the study of agriculture?"

13.5 The Master said, "Imagine a person who can recite the three hundred Odes by heart but, when delegated a governmental task, is unable to carry it out, or when sent abroad as an envoy, is unable to engage in repartee. No matter how many Odes he might have memorized, what good are they to him?"114 13.6 The Master said, "When the ruler is correct, his will is put into effect without the need for official orders. When the ruler's person is not correct, he will not be obeyed no matter how many orders he issues."

13.12 The Master said, "If a true king were to arise, we would certainly see a return to Goodness after a single generation."115 13.16 The Duke of She asked about governing.

The Master said, "[Act so that] those near to you are pleased, and those who are far from you are drawn closer."

13.18 The Duke of She said to Kongzi, "Among my people there is one we call 'Upright Gong.' When his father stole a sheep, he reported him to the authorities."

Kongzi replied, "Among my people, those who we consider 'upright' are different from this: fathers cover up for their sons, and sons cover up for their fathers. 'Uprightness' is to be found in this."116 13.20 Zigong asked, "What does a person have to be like before he could be called a true scholar-official?"

The Master said, "Conducting himself with a sense of shame, and not dishonoring his ruler's mandate when sent abroad as a diplomat-such a person could be called a scholar-official."

"May I ask what the next best type of person is like?"

"His lineage and clan consider him filial, and his fellow villagers consider him respectful to his elders."

"And the next best?"

"In his speech he insists on being trustworthy, and with regard to his actions, he insists that they bear fruit. What a narrow, rigid little man he is! And yet he might still be considered the next best."

"How about those who today are involved in government?"

The Master exclaimed, "Oh! Those petty functionaries are not even worth considering."

13.21 The Master said, "If you cannot manage to find a person of perfectly balanced conduct to a.s.sociate with, I suppose you must settle for the wild or the fastidious. In their pursuit of the Way, the wild plunge right in, while the fastidious are always careful not to get their hands dirty."117 13.24 Zigong asked, "What would you make of a person whom everyone in the village likes?"

The Master said, "I would not know what to make of him."

"What about someone whom everyone in the village hates?"

"I would still not know. Better this way: those in the village who are good like him, and those who are not good hate him."

Book Fourteen.

14.1 Yuan Si asked about shame.

The Master said, "When the state has the Way, accept a salary; when the state is without the Way, to accept a salary is shameful."

" To refrain from compet.i.tiveness, boastfulness, envy, and greed-can this be considered Goodness?"

The Master said, "This can be considered difficult, but as for its being Good, that I do not know."

14.4 The Master said, "Those who possess Virtue will inevitably have something to say, whereas those who have something to say do not necessarily possess Virtue. Those who are Good will necessarily display courage, but those who display courage are not necessarily Good.

14.5 Nangong Kuo118 said to Kongzi, "Yi was a skillful archer, and Ao was a powerful naval commander, and yet neither of them met a natural death. Yu and Hou Ji, on the other hand, did nothing but personally tend to the land, and yet they both ended up with possession of the world."119 The Master did not answer.

After Nangong Kuo left, the Master sighed, "What a gentlemanly person that man is! How he reveres Virtue!"120 14.12 Zilu asked about the complete person.

The Master said, "Take a person as wise as Zang Wuzhong, as free of desire as Gongchuo, as courageous as Zhuangzi of Bian, and as accomplished in the arts as Ran Qiu, and then acculturate them by means of ritual and music-such a man might be called a complete person."121 He then continued: "But must a complete person today be exactly like this? When seeing a chance for profit he thinks of what is right; when confronting danger he is ready to take his life into his own hands; when enduring an extended period of hardship, he does not forget what he had professed in more fortunate times-such a man might also be called a complete person."

14.13 The Master asked Gongming Jia about Gongshu Wenzi, saying, "Is it really true that your Master did not speak, did not laugh, and did not take?"122 Gongming Jia answered, "Whoever told you that was exaggerating. My master only spoke when the time was right, and so people never grew impatient listening to him. He only laughed when he was genuinely full of joy, and so people never tired of hearing him laugh. He only took what was rightfully his, and so people never resented his taking of things."

The Master said, "Was he really that good? Could he really have been that good?"

14.24 The Master said, "In ancient times scholars learned for their own sake; these days they learn for the sake of others."

14.25 Qu Boyu123 sent a messenger to Kongzi. Kongzi sat down beside him and asked, "How are things with your Master?"

The messenger replied, "My Master wishes to reduce his faults, but has not yet been able to do so."

After the messenger left, the Master said, "Now that is a messenger! That is a messenger!"124 14.27 The Master said, "The gentleman is ashamed to have his words exceed his actions."

14.29 Zigong was given to criticizing others.

The Master remarked sarcastically, "What a worthy man that Zigong must be! As for me, I hardly have the time for this."125 14.30 The Master said, "Do not worry that you are not recognized by others; worry rather that you yourself lack ability."

14.34 Someone asked, "What do you think of the saying, 'Requite injury with kindness'?"126 The Master replied, "With what, then, would one requite kindness? Requite injury with uprightness, and kindness with kindness."

14.35 The Master sighed, "No one understands me-do they?"

Zigong replied, "How can you say that no one understands you, Master?"

"I am not bitter toward Heaven, nor do I blame others. I study what is below in order to comprehend what is above. If there is anyone who could understand me, perhaps it is Heaven."

14.36 Gongbo Liao submitted an accusation against Zilu to the head of the Ji Family. Zifu Jingbo reported this to Kongzi, adding, "That master [i.e., Ji Kangzi] has certainly been led astray by Gongbo Liao, but my influence with him is still sufficient to see to it that Gongbo Liao's corpse is displayed at court or in the marketplace."127 The Master said, "Whether or not the Way is to be put into action is a matter of fate. Whether or not the Way is to be discarded is also a matter of fate. What power does Gongbo Liao have to affect fate!"

14.38 Zilu spent the night at Stone Gate. The next morning, the gatekeeper asked him, "Where have you come from?"

Zilu answered, "From the house of Kongzi."

"Isn't he the one who knows that what he does is impossible and yet persists anyway?"128 14.39 The Master was playing the stone chimes in the state of Wei.

A man with a wicker basket strapped to his back pa.s.sed by the door of the Kong Family residence and remarked, "Whoever is playing the chimes like that certainly has something on his mind!" After listening for a moment, he added, "How despicable is this petty stubbornness! If no one understands you, just tend to yourself.

'If the river ford is deep, use the stepping-stones; If it is shallow, simply raise your hem.'"129 The Master [hearing these comments] responded, "Such resoluteness! Who could take issue with that!"130 Book Fifteen.

15.1 Duke Ling of Wei asked Kongzi about military formations.

Kongzi replied, "I know something about the arrangement of ceremonial stands and dishes for ritual offerings, but I have never learned about the arrangement of battalions and divisions."

He left the next day.

15.2 [When Kongzi was besieged] in the state of Chen, all of the provisions were exhausted, and his followers were so weak from hunger that they could not even stand. Upset, Zilu appeared before the Master and said, "Does even the gentleman encounter hardship?"

The Master said, "Of course the gentleman encounters hardship. The difference is that the petty man, encountering hardship, is overwhelmed by it."

15.3 The Master said, "Zigong, do you regard me as simply one who learns much and remembers it?"

Zigong said, "I do. Is that not the case?"

The Master said, "It is not. I string it together on a single thread."131 15.5 The Master said, "Is Shun not an example of someone who ruled by means of nonaction? What did he do? He made himself reverent and took his proper [ritual] position facing south, that is all."132 15.9 The Master said, "No scholar-official of n.o.ble intention or Good person would ever pursue life at the expense of Goodness, and in fact some may be called upon to give up their lives in order to fulfill Goodness."

15.11 Yan Hui asked about running a state.

The Master said, "Follow the calendar of the Xia, travel in the carriages of the Shang, and clothe yourself in the ceremonial caps of the Zhou.133 As for music, listen only to the Shao and Wu.134 Prohibit the tunes of Zheng, and keep glib people at a distance-for the tunes of Zheng are licentious, and glib people are dangerous."

15.16 The Master said, "I have never been able to do anything for a person who is not himself constantly asking, 'What should I do? What should I do?'"

15.18 The Master said, "The gentleman takes rightness as his substance, puts it into practice by means of ritual, gives it expression through modesty, and perfects it by being trustworthy. Now that is a gentleman!"

15.21 The Master said, "The gentleman seeks it in himself; the petty person seeks it in others."

15.24 Zigong asked, "Is there one teaching that can serve as a guide for one's entire life?"

The Master answered, "Is it not 'sympathetic understanding' (shu )? Do not impose upon others what you yourself do not desire."

15.28 The Master said, "When the mult.i.tude hates a person, you must examine them and judge for yourself. The same holds true for someone whom the mult.i.tude love."135 15.29 The Master said, "Human beings can broaden the Way-it is not the Way that broadens human beings."136 15.30 The Master said, "To make a mistake and yet to not change your ways-this is what is called truly making a mistake."

15.31 The Master said, "I once engaged in thought for an entire day without eating and an entire night without sleeping, but it did no good. It would have been better for me to have spent that time in learning."137 15.36 The Master said, "When it comes to being Good, defer to no one, not even your teacher."

15.37 The Master said, "The gentleman is true, but not rigidly trustworthy"138 15.39 he Master said, In education, there are no differences in kind."139 15.41 The Master said, "Words should convey their point, and leave it at that."

15.42 The [blind] Music Master Mian came to see Kongzi.

When they came to the steps, the Master said, "Here are the steps." When they reached his seat, the Master said, "Here is your seat." After everyone was seated, the Master informed him as to who was present, saying, "So-and-so is seated here, and So-and-so is

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7.33 The Master said, "There is no one who is my equal when it comes to cultural refinement, but as for actually becoming a gentleman in practice, this is something that I have not yet been able to achieve."71 7.34 The Master said, "How could I dare to lay claim to either sageliness or Goodness? What can be said about me is no more than this: I work at it without growing tired and encourage others without growing weary."

Gong Xihua observed, "This is precisely what we disciples are unable to learn."

7.35 The Master was seriously ill, and Zilu asked permission to offer a prayer.

The Master said, "Is such a thing done?"

Zilu said, "It is. The Eulogy 72 reads, 'We pray for you above and below, to the spirits of Heaven and of earth.'"

The Master said, "In that case, I have already been offering up my prayers for some time now."73 7.37 The Master said, "The gentleman is self-possessed and relaxed, while the petty man is perpetually full of worry."

7.38 The Master was affable yet firm, awe-inspiring without being severe, simultaneously respectful and relaxed.

Book Eight.

8.2 The Master said, "If you are respectful but lack ritual you will become exasperating; if you are careful but lack ritual you will become timid; if you are courageous but lack ritual you will become unruly; and if you are upright but lack ritual you will become inflexible.

"If the gentleman is kind to his relatives, the common people will be inspired toward goodness; if he does not neglect his old acquaintances, the people will honor their obligations to others."

8.7 Master Zeng said, "A scholar-official must be strong and resolute, for his burden is heavy and his way [dao ] is long. He takes up Goodness as his own personal burden-is it not heavy? His way ends only with death- is it not long?"

8.8 The Master said, "Find inspiration in the Odes, take your place through ritual, and achieve perfection with music."

8.9 The Master said, "The common people can be made to follow it, but they cannot be made to understand it."

8.12 The Master said, "It is not easy to find someone who is able to learn for even the s.p.a.ce of three years without a thought given to official salary."

8.13 The Master said, "Be sincerely trustworthy and love learning, and hold fast to the good Way until death. Do not enter a state that is endangered, and do not reside in a state that is disordered. If the Way is being realized in the world, then show yourself; if it is not, then go into reclusion. In a state that has the Way, to be poor and of low status is a cause for shame; in a state that is without the Way, to be wealthy and honored is equally a cause for shame."

8.19 The Master said, "How great was Yao as a ruler! So majestic! It is Heaven that is great, and it was Yao who modeled himself upon it. So vast! Among the common people there were none who were able to find words to describe him.74 How majestic in his accomplishments, and glorious in cultural splendor!"

Book Nine.

9.2 A villager from Daxiang75 remarked sarcastically, "How great is Kongzi! He is so broadly learned, and yet has failed to make a name for himself in any particular endeavor."

When the Master was told of this, he said to his disciples, "What art, then, should I take up? Charioteering? Archery? I think I shall take up charioteering."76 9.3 The Master said, "A ceremonial cap made of linen is prescribed by the rites, but these days people use silk. This is frugal, and I follow the majority. To bow before ascending the stairs is what is prescribed by the rites, but these days people bow after ascending. This is arrogant, and-though it goes against the majority-I continue to bow before ascending.77 9.5 The Master was surrounded in Kuang.78 He said, "Now that King Wen is gone, is not culture [wen ] now invested here in me? If Heaven intended this culture to perish, it would not have given it to those of us who live after King Wen's death. Since Heaven did not intend that this culture should perish, what can the people of Kuang do to me?"

9.6 The Prime Minister asked Zigong, "Your Master is a sage, is he not? How is it, then, that he is skilled at so many menial tasks?"

Zigong replied, "Surely Heaven not only not intends him for sagehood, but also gave him many other talents."

When the Master heard of this, he remarked, "How well the Prime Minister knows me! In my youth I was of humble status, so I became proficient in many menial tasks. Is the gentleman broadly skilled in trivial matters? No, he is not."79 9.10 Whenever the Master saw someone who was wearing mourning clothes, was garbed in full official dress, or was blind, he would always rise to his feet, even if the person was his junior. When pa.s.sing such a person, he would always hasten his step.80 9.11 With a great sigh Yan Hui lamented, "The more I look up at it the higher it seems; the more I delve into it, the harder it becomes. Catching a glimpse of it before me, I then find it suddenly at my back.81 "The Master is skilled at gradually leading me on, step by step. He broadens me with culture and restrains me with the rites, so that even if I wanted to give up I could not. Having exhausted all of my strength, it seems as if there is still something left, looming up ahead of me. Though I desire to follow it, there seems to be no way through."

9.12 The Master was gravely ill, and Zilu instructed his fellow disciples to attend Kongzi as if they were his ministers.82 During a remission in his illness, the Master [became aware of what was happening and] rebuked Zilu, saying, "It has been quite some time now, has it not, that you have been carrying out this charade! If I have no ministers and yet you act as if I have, who do you think I am going to fool? Am I going to fool Heaven?83 Moreover, would I not rather die in the arms of a few of my disciples than in the arms of ministers? Even if I do not merit a grand funeral, it is not as if I would be left to die by the side of the road!"

9.13 Zigong said, "If you possessed a piece of beautiful jade, would you hide it away in a locked box, or would you try to sell it at a good price?"

The Master responded, "Oh, I would sell it! I would sell it! I am just waiting for the right offer."84 9.14 The Master expressed a desire to go and live among the Nine Yi Barbarian tribes. Someone asked him, "How could you bear their uncouthness?"

The Master replied, "If a gentleman were to dwell among them, what uncouthness would there be?"85 9.17 Standing on the bank of a river, the Master said, "It pa.s.ses on like this-does it not? Never stopping day or night!"86 9.18 The Master said, "I have yet to meet a man who loves Virtue as much as he loves s.e.x."

9.19 The Master said, "[The task of self-cultivation] might be compared to the task of building up a mountain: if I stop even one basketful of earth short of completion, then I have stopped completely. It might also be compared to the task of leveling ground: even if I have only dumped a single basketful of earth, at least I am moving forward."87 9.22 The Master said, "Surely there are some sprouts that fail to flower, just as surely as there are some flowers that fail to bear fruit!"

9.23 The Master said, "We should look upon the younger generation with awe, because how are we to know that those who come after us will not prove our equals? Once, however, a man reaches the age of forty or fifty without having learned anything, we can conclude from this fact alone that he is not worthy of being held in awe."

9.24 The Master said, "When a man is rebuked with exemplary words after having made a mistake, he cannot help but agree with them. However, what is important is that he change himself in order to accord with them. When a man is praised with words of respect, he cannot help but be pleased with them. However, what is important is that he actually live up to them. A person who finds respectful words pleasing but does not live up to them, or agrees with others' reproaches and yet does not change-there is nothing I can do with one such as this."88 9.28 The Master said, "Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and cypress are the last to fade."

9.29 The Master said, "The wise are not confused, the Good do not worry, and the courageous do not fear."

Book Ten89.

10.2 At court, when speaking with officers of lower rank, he was pleasant and affable; when speaking with officers of upper rank, he was formal and proper. When his lord was present, he combined an att.i.tude of cautious respect with graceful ease.

10.3 When called upon by his lord to receive a guest, his countenance would become alert and serious, and he would hasten his steps. When he saluted those in attendance beside him-extending his clasped hands to the left or right, as their position required-his robes remained perfectly arrayed, both front and back. Hastening forward, he moved smoothly, as though gliding upon wings. Once the guest had left, he would always return to report, "The guest is no longer looking back."

10.10 He would not instruct while eating, nor continue to converse once he had retired to bed.90 10.11 Even though a meal was only of coa.r.s.e grain or vegetable broth, he invariably gave some as a sacrificial offering, and would do so in a grave and respectful manner.

10.12 He would not sit unless his mat was straight.

10.17 One day the stables burned. When the Master returned from court, he asked, "Was anyone hurt?" He did not ask about the horses.91 10.19 When he was sick, and his lord came to visit him, he would lay with his head to the east, draped in his court robes, with his ceremonial sash fastened about him.92 10.20 When summoned by his lord, he would set off on foot, without waiting for his horses to be hitched to the carriage.93 10.21 Upon entering the Grand Ancestral Temple, he asked questions about everything.

10.23 When receiving a gift from a friend-even something as valuable as a cart or a horse-he did not bow unless it was a gift of sacrificial meat.94 10.25 When he saw someone fasting or mourning, he invariably a.s.sumed a changed expression, even if they were an intimate acquaintance. When he saw someone wearing a ritual cap or a blind person, he would invariably display a respectful countenance, even if they were of low birth.

When riding past someone dressed in funeral garb, he would bow down and grasp the crossbar of his carriage.95 He would do so even if the mourner was a lowly peddler.

When presented food with full ritual propriety, he would invariably a.s.sume a solemn expression and rise from his seat.

He would also a.s.sume a solemn expression upon hearing a sudden clap of thunder or observing a fierce wind.96 10.27 Startled by their arrival, a bird arose and circled several times before alighting upon a branch. [The Master] said, "This pheasant upon the mountain bridge-how timely it is! How timely it is!" Zilu saluted the bird, and it cried out three times before flying away.97 Book Eleven.

11.4 The Master said, "Yan Hui is of no help to me-he is pleased with everything that I say."98 11.8 When Yan Hui died, Yan Lu, his father, requested the Master's carriage, so that it could be used for Yan Hui's coffin enclosure.

The Master replied, "Everyone recognizes his own son, whether he is talented or not. When Bo Yu, my own son, pa.s.sed away, he had a coffin, but no enclosure. I did not go on foot in order to provide him with an enclosure. Having held rank below the ministers, it is not permissible for me to go on foot."

11.9 When Yan Hui pa.s.sed away, the Master lamented, "Oh! Heaven has bereft me! Heaven has bereft me!"

11.12 Zilu asked about serving ghosts and spirits. The Master said, "You are not yet able to serve people-how could you be able to serve ghosts and spirits?"

"May I inquire about death?"

"You do not yet understand life-how could you possibly understand death?"

11.17 The Master said, "The head of the Ji Family is wealthier than even the Duke of Zhou ever was, and yet Ran Qiu collects taxes on his behalf to further increase his already excessive wealth. Ran Qiu is no disciple of mine. If you disciples were to sound the drums and attack him, I would not disapprove."

11.22 Zilu asked, "Upon learning of something that needs to be done, should one immediately take care of it?"

The Master replied, "As long as one's father and elder brothers are still alive, how could one possibly take care of it immediately?"99 [On a later occasion] Ran Qiu asked, "Upon learning of something that needs to be done, should one immediately take care of it?"

The Master replied, "Upon learning of it, you should immediately take care of it."

Zihua inquired, "When Zilu asked you whether or not one should immediately take care of something upon learning of it, you told him one should not, as long as one's father and elder brothers were still alive. When Ran Qiu asked the same question, however, you told him that one should immediately take care of it. I am confused, and humbly ask to have this explained to me."

The Master said, "Ran Qiu is overly cautious, and so I wished to urge him on. Zilu, on the other hand, is too impetuous, and so I sought to hold him back."100 11.26 Zilu, Zengxi, Ran Qiu, and Zihua were seated in attendance. The Master said to them, "I am older than any of you, but do not feel reluctant to speak your minds on that account. You are all in the habit of complaining, 'No one appreciates me.' Well, if someone were to appreciate you, what would you do?"

Zilu spoke up immediately. "If I were given charge of a state of a thousand chariots-even one hemmed in between powerful states, suffering from armed invasions and afflicted by famine-before three years were up I could infuse its people with courage and a sense of what is right."

The Master smiled at him.

He then turned to Ran Qiu. "You, Ran Qiu!" he said, "What would you do?"

Ran Qiu answered, "If I were given charge of a state sixty or seventy- or even fifty or sixty-square li in area, before three years were up I could see that the people would have all that they needed. As for instructing its people in ritual practice and music, this is a task that would have to await the arrival of a gentleman."

The Master then turned to Zihua. "You, Zihua! What would you do?"

Zihua answered, "I am not saying that I would actually be able to do it, but my wish, at least, would be to learn it. I would like to serve as a minor functionary-pro

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READINGS IN CLa.s.sICAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY.

Philip J. Ivanhoe.

PREFACE.

This newly revised edition of Readings in Cla.s.sical Chinese Philosophy introduces the seven most familiar, widely read, and important thinkers of the "cla.s.sical period" (roughly the sixth to the end of the third century B.C.E.) of Chinese philosophy, as well as two critically important but often neglected philosophers of this period: Gongsun Longzi and Yang Zhu. Each of the seven chapters and two Supplemental Text sections of the volume begins with a brief introduction to the work and thinker it concerns and concludes with a short and lightly annotated selective bibliography. The volume is intended to serve as an introduction to and source book for these texts and not as a philosophical primer for the thought of these authors. Introductory and interpretive material is kept to a minimum, but the volume includes four appendices-Important Figures, Important Periods, Important Texts, and Important Terms-that describe mythical and historical figures, periods of time, cla.s.sical texts, and specialized terms that regularly appear in the texts translated here. There is also a Map of China during the Spring and Autumn Period, which shows the approximate locations of the major states and rivers. Readers are encouraged to turn to these reference materials whenever they encounter terms or names in the text that are not explained in footnotes. Explanatory notes are provided at the bottom of each page in cases of a single occurrence of an obscure term or name or when more explanation appeared to be warranted. Those who wish to pursue additional secondary literature in English concerning the texts and thinkers included in this reader are encouraged to consult the t.i.tle Web Site link that is maintained in support of this volume at www.hackettpublishing.com.

Knowledge of the Chinese language is not in any way required for making full and thorough use of this volume. However, Chinese characters are provided for important references and terms of philosophical art in order to help the beginning student of Chinese and for the common edification of all. We do not provide characters for textual emendations or other textual notes, as these issues require advanced facility in the cla.s.sical Chinese language and other basic research languages of sinology. Readers interested in pursuing textual issues are encouraged to consult the appropriate sections of the web page mentioned above.

We have used the Pinyin romanization system throughout this volume, although we have chosen to romanize the common formal names of Chinese thinkers-their surnames and the honorific t.i.tle zi (literally "Master")-as one word rather than two. So, for example, Zhuang Zi (literally "Master Zhuang") is written as Zhuangzi and Han Fei Zi ("Master Han Fei") appears as Han Feizi. All romanizations in the bibliographies and notes remain in their original form in order to facilitate locating these sources. We have provided a complete table comparing the Pinyin and older Wade-Giles systems of romanization following this Preface.

We, the editors, have tried to balance a desire for consistency in the use of specialized terms with the variety of senses many of these terms have within the range of texts presented here, as well as with the different sensibilities and styles of the individual translators. In cases where a certain important term of art is rendered in different ways, we have provided notes alerting readers and directing their attention to the other occurrences and translations.

We would like to thank the contributors to this volume for their work and their patience with us throughout the editorial process. Edward G. "Ted" Slingerland III, a member of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, translated The a.n.a.lects of Kongzi ("Confucius"); Paul Kjellberg, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Whittier College, contributed the selections from the Zhuangzi and on the thought of Yang Zhu; Eric L. Hutton, a member of the Philosophy Department of University of Utah, translated parts of the Xunzi; and Joel Sahleen, from the Department of Asian Languages at Stanford University, contributed selections from the Han Feizi. We, the editors, contributed the remaining translations of the Mozi, Mengzi (Mencius), and Laozi (The Daodejing), as well as the selections representing the thought of Gongsun Longzi.

We would like to thank Robert B. Rama and Jeremy R. Robinson for their help in preparing the ma.n.u.script for this volume. Denin Lee provided invaluable a.s.sistance in locating and helping to reproduce the ill.u.s.trations of individual philosophers that appear at the beginning of each chapter. Mark Csikszentmihalyi, Shari Ruei-hua Epstein, Eirik Harris, T. C. "Jack" Kline III, Pauline Chen Lee, Shuen-fu Lin, and Eric Schwitzgebel offered very helpful corrections and comments on various parts of earlier drafts of the ma.n.u.script.

COMPARATIVE.

ROMANIZATION TABLE.

The following conversion table is provided in order to allow the reader to keep track of and convert between the Pinyin and Wade-Giles systems of romanization.

INTRODUCTION.

Chinese history and thought extend much farther back in time than the period covered in this volume, though it is fair to say that philosophy-in the sense of self-conscious reflection upon, modification, and defense of one's views-begins with the debate between Kongzi and Mozi. Nevertheless, a general sense of the trajectory of Chinese thought prior to this period and some understanding of the shape of the intellectual landscape on the eve of the age represented here will help the reader to appreciate more deeply the views of the thinkers presented.

The earliest substantial written doc.u.ments we have from China are carved onto bone and sh.e.l.l or etched onto ritual vessels of bronze. These incised inscriptions, together with other modern archeological discoveries, have allowed scholars to reconstruct speculative yet intriguing pictures of very early Chinese society and culture.1 Most of the so-called "oracle bone inscriptions" date from around the twelfth to mid-eleventh century B.C.E., the closing years of the Shang dynasty.2 They record the queries of royal diviners-often the king himself-who sought the advice and a.s.sistance of various ancestral and Nature spirits. Ritual vessel inscriptions, which date from the Shang and continue, in their high form, on down through the eighth century B.C.E., in the period known as the Western Zhou dynasty, also provide a wealth of information concerning very early Chinese elite culture, particularly many of its religious views.3 These sources describe a precarious world, saturated with unruly and unpredictable spiritual powers. Above there was Shang Di , "The Lord on High," a powerful and only vaguely understood spirit who controlled the forces of nature and largely determined the fate of human beings. Unlike ancestral spirits and even the spirits of Nature, Shang Diw as so remote from human concerns and so far from human understanding that he could not be approached directly. Other spirits and particularly ancestral spirits, though, could appeal to Shang Di on behalf of their living descendants and solicit his support for their all-too-human endeavors.

The majority of oracular and bronze vessel inscriptions record attempts by the ruling members of Shang and Zhou society to influence the spirits through ritual supplication and sacrifice. Those appeals that are directed specifically at ancestral spirits are among the clearest early expressions of "ancestor worship," and, given our concern with the development of philosophy, it is interesting that even at this early stage we find an explicit concern with the inner life of the worshipper. For these inscriptions make clear that sacrifice was not simply an external behavior; in order for one's sacrifice to be accepted by the appropriate spirit, one had to offer it with the proper inner att.i.tudes and feelings of respect and reverence. Moreover, it was thought that with enough effort of the right sort, one could cultivate the appropriate att.i.tudes and feelings.

In early Chinese religious thought, ancestral spirits bridge what in other traditions often looms as an abyss between the spiritual and human worlds. There is no fundamental metaphysical rupture in the cosmos; at the very least, living human beings have concerned representatives in the spiritual world who can temper and appeal to more remote and recalcitrant forces. This gives early and even later Chinese religious thought a distinctively "this-worldly" orientation, and it had a profound influence on the shape and style of later philosophical reflection.

Another fascinating and productive aspect of this complex of beliefs, att.i.tudes, and practices is the attention early diviners paid to keeping track of their past interactions with the spiritual world. Shang diviners kept extensive records of their oracular activities; these included notes concerning the consequences that resulted from following the advice derived through divination. K. C. Chang argues that these records were kept in the belief that by studying these past records thoughtful individuals could discern the most reliable patterns of productive human-spirit interaction.4 He further suggests that such practices deeply influenced later Chinese conceptions of and att.i.tudes toward history and in particular the value and role of historical precedent.

Together, these beliefs about the role of ancestral spirits and the wisdom of history laid the foundation for beliefs and att.i.tudes that shaped and endured throughout the Chinese tradition, particularly in the tradition of the "Erudites" or "Confucians." They in particular preserved and elaborated on the idea that by keeping the lessons of the past in one's mind and the ancestors in one's heart, one could find a way through a dangerous and unpredictable world. These ideas find various expressions in the later philosophical literature. Different thinkers defend tradition on a variety of grounds, extending from a fundamental faith in a past golden age preserved in traditional cultural forms, to more subtle defenses of the acc.u.mulated authoritative force of efficacious precedents. As Benjamin Schwartz has pointed out, the unique part the ancestors played as mediators between the human and spiritual world lends itself to a form of life in which finding and fulfilling one's designated familial and social roles-whatever these might be in a particular case-allows one to take one's proper place in a harmonious universal scheme that worked for the benefit of all.5 The fact that such family-based roles also appear to be "natural" further reinforces this general conceptual scheme and opens up a way-that was taken by some of the thinkers we present here-to provide a more naturalized account of this early conception of the good human life.

When the Shang were overthrown and their conquerors founded the Zhou dynasty, we find the beginning of a tendency to "naturalize" and in a certain sense domesticate aspects of earlier Shang belief.6 By "naturalize" we mean a preference for accounts of actions and events in terms of systematic, natural phenomena rather than spiritual power. For example, while the early Zhou rulers appear to have promoted the idea that their supreme deity Tian (literally "Heaven" or "sky") was identical to the earlier Shang Di, with the pa.s.sage of time Tian came to be thought of as the structure or disposition of the universe itself, as opposed to an ent.i.ty or being with consciousness and intention. This transition is clear in texts like the a.n.a.lects, where one finds both conceptions of Heaven as an active agent and conceptions of Heaven as the natural order of things. Another idea that manifests what we are calling the trend toward naturalized accounts is the notion of Tianming , "Heaven's Mandate," which the Zhou invoked to justify their conquest of the Shang. The idea was that Heaven confers its "mandate" to rule on those who best represent its interests and concerns for humankind. The Zhou portrayed the last Shang kings as drunken, self-serving despots who had forsaken their role-specific obligations and indulged their pa.s.sions, thus bringing chaos to the world. As a consequence of this ethically reprehensible behavior, they were stripped of the mandate to rule.7 This "naturalizes" the earlier scheme in the sense that now an individual's intentional actions and chosen way of life directly define their relationship with the spirit world and determine who secures and maintains Heaven's favor. The shift to a new conception of Heaven and the appeal to Heaven's Mandate also domesticate earlier Shang beliefs in the sense that they open up the workings of the world to broader human understanding and control. In Shang times, the spirit world was largely beyond direct human understanding; oracular inquiries were like scouting parties, sent out into potentially hostile territory in search of strategically useful information. And even such indirect knowledge and partial control of the spiritual world was limited to royal diviners. In the emerging Zhou worldview, anyone was potentially capable of understanding and harnessing the ethical power of Heaven.8 Later thinkers offer very different and at times conflicting accounts of the Western Zhou and its exemplary individuals, but there is broad agreement that this period was one of remarkable internal stability, peace, and prosperity. And there is as yet no evidence available that would cause one to doubt such a claim. But given the newly developed views discussed above-which claim that an ethically superior ruler is necessary for sustained and successful government-such an age was destined to come to an end, for there is always the threat of moral rot. According to traditional accounts, the fall of the Western Zhou was the result of its last king's lack of virtue. It seems that King You was deeply enamored of his concubine Bao Si and indulged himself by amusing her. Bao Si in turn was terribly fond of having the king light the series of beacon fires that were supposed to be used to summon his va.s.sals from surrounding territories in times of attack. And so, even though there was no danger of attack, he would have the fires lit for her amus.e.m.e.nt. His va.s.sals would gather their forces and rush to the capital, only to find that it was a false alarm. After a number of such false alarms, they stopped coming and hence were not there when the real attack

Heavenly Genius Chapter 77

2023-02-04T03:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 77 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. The crushing defeat.

Broken cavalry still had no time to gather again to respond to the attack.

But the a.s.sembled cavalry of Chao Zong, not allowing them to catch their breath, again struck.

The difference in the location of the troops and their re-attack could be imagined.

Seeing that Chao Zong was attacking again, the commander of the cavalry bandits of wolf fangs shouted:

"Get ready quickly!" Faster ... "- he did not have time to command everyone, as he was frightened.

Chao Zong, holding the sword, flew up to him and immediately hit him. Behind him came bodyguards. The defenders did not have time to react, as they began to break again.

The formation of robbers was so in chaos, and here they began to attack again. Chao Zong seized the moment and decided to finish off the enemy. He goes and smashed everyone in a row. The opponent's fighting spirit has already fallen. Some even turned their horses and started to run away.

More than 1000 riders in front of the troop, which less than 500 riders, unable to withstand two attacks, were immediately defeated!

Seeing this ma.s.sacre, Niu Yu Tao was quite shocked. How many battles he saw! He saw about a hundred people crash. But to kill each other on such a scale and so ridiculously - this was beyond the reach of his understanding. They were like a crowd of boys who gathered and decided to beat. Only these fought to the death. However, he could notice that one side was scattered without proper command, and the other was as a whole and fast pa.s.sed in the ranks of the enemy. Especially where the was the banner!

And Feng Ru Nan was boiling. She clenched her fists.

"I have to get the teaching methods for the Wuli and Yinyang guards ..." - Feng Ru Nan talked to herself. Fewer than 500 hors.e.m.e.n defeated the cavalry of more than 1,000 horse riders - this also shocked Feng Ru Nan.

She admitted that if she led 1,000 horse riders, she would most likely also be defeated. Chao Zong skillfully attacked opponents twice and defeated.

She understood that on this level ground, the most potent weapon was the cavalry. And the cavalry of the enemy is already defeated by Chao Zong. Now they have to finish off all.

"The cavalry on the left to attack the enemy infantry on the left phalanx. Cavalry on the right to attack the enemy on the right phalanx. Take them in ticks!"

"Kill them!" - the cavalry on the left screamed. And their leader sent 200 riders.

"Kill them!" - the cavalry cried on the right, their commander led 200 horse riders and also went to attack.

"Everything to the attack!" Dressed in red, Feng Ru Nan shouted and, waving the hand, ordered the whole infantry to go into battle.

"This is the guard of Yinyang and Wuli! Shan Chao Zong indeed leads them! " - standing in front of the infantry, Xian Wu Ren identified Chao Zong. This is one of the reasons why he was called to identify Chao Zong.

Yang Duo and others were surprised. They did not even understand why Chao Zong in the front-line detachment began to attack them?

Xian Wu Ren quickly shouted:

"Grab it! Grab it faster! " "He knew the main thing was to capture Chao Zong." Then, even his loss in battle will turn into a victory for him.

"Come on!" - Yang Duo shouted, and dozens of cultivators fly up with him.

Bai Yao also saw the actions of rivals perfectly. And even with cultivators jumped to the top. Only one cultivator of Ji Dan remained to guard Feng Ru Nan. The rest went to save Chao Zong.

Two cultivators of the Heavenly Jade sect that have already been sent by Bai Yao. They flew up to Chao Zong. They stepped on the back of Chao Zun's horse.

"Take him away!"

Two cultivators took his hands and began to soar from the battlefield back.

"Princess, follow the prince!" - Lan Jo Ting shouted to Shu Qing.

Shu Qing immediately turned her horse and followed her brother soaring in the sky.

In the battle, little was heard. Therefore, the bodyguards who were away simply followed behind the banner. So it turns out they followed Shu Qing, who rode behind her brother soaring in the sky.

At the top, people flashed. Soaring at the head of their cultivators, Bai Yao and Yang Duo collided. Bai Yao drew his sword.

Ahh ...

A scream rang out, and Yang Duo's foot began to fall. Bai Yao, pushing himself from the back, Yang Duo went to another cultivator.

"Arrows!" - Xian Wu Ren shouted angrily.

Sandwiched infantry, put up shields cut. And inside it fired archers began to shoot at the advancing cavalry.

One could see how the cavalry on both sides put up shields too. However, at times it was possible to see how the horses fell, and the riders topple too.

The riders on the left launched meteor hammers.

("Hammer-meteor" (metal impact load fixed on a rope)

There was a roar. And warriors from the front line began to fall or drop their shields.

Many horses from the left flank squeezed into the ranks of the infantry. At high speed, the cavalry pierced the shields with hooves. At first, warriors fired spears against the cavalry from the rear rows of the infantry. The horses that were in front suffered. They either capsized or the riders themselves fell under the spears. Only the following riders went deep into and then pierced the soldiers at high speed.

A hole in the phalanx is a great danger. In such a situation, the infantry against the cavalry is weak. Again there was chaos among the robbers. The same situation was with the right flank. Rivers of blood flowed again, screams of pain rang out.

Leading infantry Feng Ru Nan did not pay attention to the following cavalry of Yinyang and Wuli. She as soon as she reached the zone of accessibility of arrows, she immediately ordered to blow the horn. Her cavalry immediately began to run out from the enemy infantry. 3 thousand infantry Feng Ru Nan shouted belligerently, and 1000 archers pulled a bowstring and immediately fired arrows.

"Sue, Ph'u, Sue!" - a rain of arrows appeared in the sky.

Bai Yao and others were fighting in the sky, and after the bugle, they began to fell down. Cultivators can protect the body with protective qi. But in combat, protective qi takes strength and reduces the speed of movement. Therefore, it is better not to fall under a hail of arrows.

The rain of arrows fell on the enemy infantry. One wave of arrows after wave attacked the enemy. It is not known how many people died and screamed in pain.

And when the enemy infantry began to react, raising the shields, two columns of cavalry again began to attack them, breaking into their location.

At this time, the robbers of the wolf fangs were simply in chaos. 3000 Feng Ru Nan infantry was already approaching here. Their fighting spirit was at its maximum. And their opponents, on the contrary, were not about to run away. The 3000 infantry surrounded the cultivators who went down. Single cultivators began to attack. Powerful streams of power emanated from them. They killed people in waves. Only there were too many people. You kill the first row, but that a spear will pierce you from the second row. If you kill the second row of people, they'll finish it with the third spear.

One thousand shooters next to Feng Ru Nan threw bows and, taking the guns, went to them to help.

Chao Zong's cavalry has already returned to Feng Ru Nan. Having already killed more than 10 cultivators, like the G.o.d of war, Bai Yao turned around and headed for the cultivators, who led for Feng Ru Nan.

The two cultivators who brought Chao Zong nodded to the Feng Ru Nan guard cultivator, the Ji Dan, and turned to stop the remaining cultivators. But they managed to stop only a part. Three more single cultivators continued to go to Feng Ru Nan.

Feng Ru Nan waved her hand in cold blood, and a hundred bodyguards standing next to her pulled their arrows and shot them at the cultivators.

Three cultivators in the sky used force to resist the arrows.

"Archers! Another wave of arrows! " - Chao Zong, standing next to Feng Ru Nan, shouted. And the bodyguards of Yinyang and Wuli started to shoot cultivators right on horseback, blocking their course. This was enough to bring Bai Yao back in time.

Seeing that the war's G.o.d Bai Yao was returning, those cultivators realized that they would no longer catch Chao Zong. Therefore, they scattered immediately went to the mountains.

Xian Wu Ren saw that the fighting spirit of the troops fell, hit himself on the chest:

"Ah! The thousand well-trained cavalries, 10 thousand well-trained infantry, and so defeated! "

He knew that now everything could not be returned. Xian Wu Ren, leading more than ten scattered horse riders, headed back to the mountains.

Seeing that the enemy army was defeated, Bai Yao returned. The single cultivators were not persecuted by the students of the Heavenly jade sect. They began to protect the Chao Zong.

Seeing that the enemies started to run away into the mountains and were unlikely to gather again, Feng Ru Nan did not pursue them.

Lan Jo Ting went to Shu Qing and took the banner. However, he was scared. He saw that the princess was staggering. And one man shouted:

"Princess is injured!"

Chao Zong immediately turned and quickly ran to Shu Qing. He grabbed her and found that she was shot in the back with an unknown gun. Chao Zong was in battles and realized that his sister had lost a lot of blood. Only she did not attach any importance to this and continuously held the banner tightly. If only the flag fluttered in the wind.

Chao Zong's eyes turned red, and he shouted violently:

"Mentor!"

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 76

2023-02-03T21:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 76 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. Deserved Glory

Yang Duo did not find words. He could not prevent persecution. The trouble if he refuses to him, as this person will go and report to the ruler about it.

He did not know that earlier, Xian Wu Ren had sworn to Zhou Shou Xiang that he would fulfill the task.

Xian Wu Ren immediately began to collect all the warriors.

4 cultivators have already returned and reported:

"An ambush has been set up in the mountains. How many people are unclear, but many!"

"Really an ambush?" - Feng Ru Nan was surprised. She immediately waved a spear and shouted:

"Take a position!"

Pedestrian soldiers immediately take out shields and guns. Archers from the quiver took arrows and loaded the bows.

Chao Zong also gave the command to his troops to prepare guns.

Bai Yao bowed his head and looked at his people to get ready.

Not much time pa.s.sed, as it was possible to see the soldiers leaving the forest mountains. Experienced warriors roughly determined that there were more than 10 thousand soldiers.

Xian Wu Ren, holding a spear in his hands, jumped out of the mountain on a horse and rode in front of his people. Yang Duo drove slowly after him.

"As expected, they did not run away!" - Xian Wu Ren burst out laughing and, suddenly pointing the spear forward, said:

"Attack! You need to grab them! "

One man who was next to him pulled out a bugle from a bull horn and, puffing out his cheeks, began to blow.

"Wuuuuuuuu."

"Kill them!" The cavalry galloped first with battle cries. From their stomp, the earth trembled.

After the cavalry was marching pedestrian soldiers. Xian Wu Ren rode quietly in front of 9,000 pedestrian soldiers who followed him. They have already seen the enemy.

Those who saw many fighting positions could still hold on. And those who saw such a spectacle for the first time were simply afraid of such a scale. Niu Yu Tao also did not see in the past life, so that more than 10 thousand soldiers went on the attack on him.

Bai Yao and other cultivators strained their eyes as if they wanted to see something.

Feng Ru Nan looked askance at Chao Zong.

"Prince, these people have come for you. The opponent has an advantage in power. Are you afraid, not? If you want to run, you need to run early."

Chao Zong turned his head and looked at her angrily.

Feng Ru Nan continued:

"I have heard a lot about the military exploits of Ning w.a.n.g. However, this has nothing to do with you. If you stand in front, you will only interfere with us. Better go back! Do not worry. I will protect you!"

This time, she not only touched the pride of Chao Zong but also the pride of the guard of Yinyang and Wuli. When did they cowardly run away and were still under the protection of a woman?

Niu Yu Tao riding up to Chao Zong said:

"Prince, don't make impulsive decisions!"

Chao Zong did not pay attention to him. He turned and looked at his sister. Shu Qing herself took out zhanmadao from the back of her horse. (zhanmadao (sword dissecting a horse))

She took off her hat, exposing an ugly face, then pulled out a red cloth from a bag. When she unfolded it, you could see on this fabric a golden falcon, which looked like a phoenix.

There were several holes on this banner as if many arrows had already fallen into this banner.

Many bodyguards immediately turned their eyes to this banner. One could notice how their chests began to rise, and the inexplicable aura began to diverge here.

One bodyguard pulled up and gave a spear for a flagpole.

Shu Qing immediately put the banner on the spear and put it on top so that it flutters in the wind.

Feng Ru Nan and the other Kuangai warriors were surprised one by one, looking at this banner!

Bai Yao, looking at the fact that they are going to do rash things, shook his head: "Prince, the goal of the opponents, is you. Don't be rash."

Chao Zong did not pay attention to him. He looked ahead and saw that the distance between the opponents was getting smaller. Taking a long sword, he shouted:

"Who does not spare life?!"

Standing bodyguards shouted:

"Yinyang and Wuli!" - One by one, take out swords were drawn. The intention of the murder began to diverge from all the warriors.

Riders Feng Ru Nan were frightened by such a cry.

Chao Zong angrily repeated again:

"Who does not spare life?!"

Standing bodyguards shouted:

"I!"

Shu Qing also screamed: "I!" - at this moment, no one paid attention to her ugly face.

"Who does not spare life?!"

"I!"

"We!" - the question with the answer was repeated.

Even Lan Jo Ting - this cabinet scientist drew his sword.

Niu Yu Tao looked at them like crazy. Yuan Fang and the monks were also surprised. Yuan Gan strained his face.

"Prince ..." - Niu Yu Tao again wanted to dissuade the prince.

Chao Zong had already pulled the reins. His horse rose to his hind hooves. And when she again landed on the front, she instantly went forward with a bullet.

Shouting nothing, the remaining several hundred bodyguards went after him. The intention of the murder came from them.

The fragile Shu Qing also rode behind her brother, holding a banner. Lan Jo Ting also followed them.

For fame and honor! The remnants of Ning w.a.n.g's army, as if for the sake of the deceased owner, defended their former glory. The fragile girl, the cabinet scientist, all went forward no matter what. Even though the enemy was twice more.

They seemed to have lost their minds!

Niu Yu Tao drew his sword and blocked the path of Yuan Gan, who had almost galloped after them. h.e.l.l knows, they raced to what a mess. He was not going to let Yuan Gan go there.

The group of people went forward. Everyone understood where they were going. But this behavior left an imprint on the heart of Feng Ru Nan.

Feng Ru Nan, looking at the riders who left, twisted her mouth.

"Being a general, not controlling the warriors, he immediately went forward. Like a blind fly. And what is the use of demonstrative courage!" understood that in such a situation, you would not do anything else.

"The princess is not going to send troops now?" - Bai Yao asked displeasedly.

Feng Ru Nan: "Do not rush. Let them know what the forces of the enemy are. And we, if they will need, come in time. You just keep an eye on him!"

Bai Yao did not answer. Of course, he realized that it was necessary to monitor the safety of Chao Zong.

He waved his hand, and immediately two cultivators of the level of Jin Dan jumped on their horses and rushed after them. So that nothing happened to Chao Zong.

Cultivators rarely meet in the battle between warriors. After all, the effectiveness of their partic.i.p.ation in fighting is small. Well, can you kill a few people, so what? Can you fight with a ma.s.sive army? Especially when the morale of the military at alt.i.tude. During the battle, few will listen to you, when you alone fighting, especially in the thick of the fight. And the more significant the battle, the lower the effectiveness of the cultivator in the battle. Only a very high level of cultivators can dramatically affect the outcome of the battle. But these are already at the top of the food chain. They have no reason to get in such battles. As a rule, such cultivators have helpers, and this is enough for them.

As Feng Ru Nan said, the commander in chief is needed for command and for breaking the front line. The commander stands and manages the troops, and the cultivators stand nearby and protect his safety.

Bah! - two enemy cavalry collided together.

Chao Zong, holding a sword in his hands, collided with an enemy cavalry general. Having beaten off his spear, Chao Zong accurately immediately beheaded the enemy. One could immediately see that Chao Zong also knew martial art.

Chaos reigned among both sides. People fell from their horses, horses scattered around.

Chao Zong chopped everything on the left and on the right. Fresh blood flowed in the river. Bodyguards galloped around to protect him. They did not allow anyone to run into him. If one of them died, then immediately a new cultivator appeared behind him. The main thing for them is to continue to move forward and save the life of Chao Zong.

The Guards of Yinyang and Wuli knew the art of war well. Those who were dying always tried to take more lives with them or to shield their brothers from the most vigorous attack.

Among the crowd of men, one could see a fragile female silhouette. Shu Qing carried the banner on her shoulder and bit her lips. Although she spent a lot of time in a military camp, she partic.i.p.ated in the battle for the first time. Therefore, it can't say now that she was not afraid. Only now she had no choice. She had to follow her brother.

Looking at the cut hands and heads, hearing screams of pain, the grinding of armor and blades, smelling a thick smell of blood - all this made Shu Qing almost sick. However, she gritted her teeth and followed her brother. Putting the banner in her bosom, she grabbed the reins with one hand, took out the sword with the other, and repulsed the weapons aimed at her from time to time. It is good that the side guards repaid most of the attackers.

Lan Jo Ting even studied the art of wielding a sword, but he considered it only for self-defense and health support. And in this confusion, it's certainly not possible to show your tricks. Here you need to survive. It's good that there were also bodyguards next to him.

After the two cavalries met and parted, one could see complete confusion among the cavalry of wolf fang robbers. Their standard-bearer fell, so chaos reigned among them. And the cavalry of Chao Zong moved like a monolithic block. Everyone followed the banner.

One could immediately see the loss of both sides. After the first attack from the bandits of wolf fangs, 200-300 people fell, and Chao Zong apparently had small losses.

With a significant margin, and so it all happened? Xian Wu Ren with the pedestrian troops numb. And when he saw the military banner of Chao Zong, he was afraid:

"Guard Wuli and Yinyang? Not surprising…"

Also, standing behind Feng Ru Nan held her breath. She bit her lips and recalled the glory of the Guards of Yinyang and Wuli. They are worthy warriors and the best of all warriors! Did she have the right to insult them!

Bai Yao said:

"Then, Ning w.a.n.g led the 10,000th army of the Guards of Yinnyang and Wuli, and the former emperor was surrounded by the 100,000th army of the kingdom of Han. No one could break the ring except them. Today I found out that the glory of them is not fake! "

One could see that Chao Zong, making an arc, again went to attack the already defeated cavalry of the enemy. And after him, a frail girl, holding a battle banner, galloped ...

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 75

2023-02-03T15:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 75 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. Ambush

Qingshan County, the mountain ridge of wolf fangs.

High mountains and dense forests are scattered everywhere, which added features to this place.

In the depths of the mountain, forests were troops sent from the Southern province. Yang Duo just explained the situation to them.

They stood in the forest on the side of the mountain and looked around on soldiers lying on the ground. All were dressed in colorful clothes and did not wear imperial uniforms. And if it weren't for the nearby tools, then they couldn't be identified at all.

"The mountain ridge of wolf fangs because of the robbers began to be called the wolf fangs. I destroyed all the bandits yesterday. Then it will be possible to use their flag and impersonate the robbers.- Xian Wu Ren, dressed in multi-colored clothes, reported.

Yang Duo mockingly said:

"More than 10 thousand soldiers and more than 1000 hors.e.m.e.n dare to attack the army? Even I, without a military education, find out that these are not robbers."-

Xian Wu Ren shook his head:

"It does not matter. The main thing is to attack, whether they will guess or not, is not essential. This is just an excuse. Officially, it's better not to attack. I have long contacted the robbers, and the rest of the subordinates do not know the actual situation." He waved his hand and pointed to the other side.

In his direction, on the other side of the ridge, stretched mighty mountains. Xian Wu Ren pointing there, said:

"There is the road through which they will go towards Tsan Wu. Once their riders get there, we will attack them from all sides. As for the goal itself, it already depends on the masters of the mentors."

Yang Duo nodded a little to him.

Two people descended from the side of the mountain and climbed the opposite side. They didn't go even more profound as a man approached them. Yang Duo waved his hand so that Xian Wu Ren would go to his team and stay on that side of the mountain. There were just a few dozen cultivators. Each of them was dissatisfied and held in his hands' evidence of why they were here. Looking at this, Yang Duo sighed.

So in the mountains, they hid half a day. It was already beginning to dusk when suddenly a movement appeared.

All cultivators, laying their legs underneath, stood up. Yang Duo shot up and soaring in the wind instantly reached Xian Wu Ren. Before he could ask, Xian Wu Ren immediately began reporting to him:

"There was news from the first squad. The goal will arrive soon. Please prepare for all the mentors..."

A vast plain, abandoned, not plowed fields. Several thousand soldiers came here. These were 4,000 soldiers sent by Feng Ru Jie to Feng Ru Nan.

Sitting on a horse, Niu Yu Tao steadily looked around... Ever since they entered Qingshan County, he noticed that this county was much poorer than Kuangai County. There must be a ruler of the county, and the area here is much inferior to Feng Lin Bo. Often one could see the gnawed bodies of people, and no one cares about them. It is not surprising that many people fled to Kuangai County.

At the same time, Lan Jo Ting rode a horse and continuously looked at the map. He pulled up to Chao Zong and said something.

Chao Zong raised his hand: "Wait!" At the same time, he looked at Feng Ru Nan and signaled to her.

Feng Ru Nan also stopped her people and, waiting for Lan Jo Ting and Chao Zuyong, indifferently asked:

"What else?"

Lan Jo Ting, pointing to the mountains, said:

"Princess, in front of us the mountain ridge of wolf fangs. This is the place in which we will, in any case, pa.s.s on the way to the Tsan Wu. If someone wants to obstruct us, he will do it in this place."

Feng Ru Nan examined the area and said indifferently:

"Who dare to hide several thousand soldiers here. Besides the imperial warriors, who dares attack us? Do you think the imperial house will dare? Especially since the scouts went there, but found nothing. What do you think?"

Lan Jo Ting smiling said:

"Princess, it's better to be careful." He looked at Bai Yao and added:

"Maybe it is better to send high-level mentors?"

"Ah!" Feng Ru Nan sighed contemptuously. She also thought that excessive caution would not hurt. But she didn't like that Chao Zong's henchmen tell her what to do. Therefore, she showed on Niu Yu Tao:

"You have the same mentors. Let them go and check."

Niu Yu Tao turned to her and immediately grabbed his lower back:

"Long ride ... When I can get off the horse, the back is falling apart!"

Feng Ru Nan looked at him contemptuously:

"Trickster, scoundrel!"

"Ok, need to check ..." Bai Yao nodded.

After all, they work for a common cause. He turned back and said to the 4 cultivators of the Heavenly Jade sect:

"You go and examine everything."

4 students immediately took off and ended up 100 zhang away.

They turned out to be 200-300 meters with each jump. For Yuan Gang, this was simply unrealistic. He could not understand how this happens.

On the way, Niu Yu Tao already explained to him that due to qi, wings could be created that a simple person simply could not see. But Niu Yu Tao and other cultivators can see them. This qi is pale in color and directed outward. With it, they can soar high. This qi, as Niu Yu Tao said, is a kind of dark matter that a simple person will not see. For example, a simple person cannot see the spirit. In essence, this is a collection of dark matter, but the cultivator can. If a person does not see dark matter, then Niu Yu Tao and other cultivators can. This ability is called the all-seeing eye.

Far jumping people can be cultivators of the level of Lian ji. And those who can jump even further are already cultivators of the level of Zhu ji tribute. However, everyone has to land some time to again leap forward to jump high. The difference is that someone soars longer in the air and jumps higher.

And if they jump down from the mountain, then they will last longer in the air and fly on. However, the difference between Zhu Ji and Jin Dan is great. They have a difference in qi density, qi intensity, magic power, quality, and quant.i.ty. The cultivator Zhu Ji will spend a lot of magic power if he uses wings. After all, he will still receive the force of resistance and friction from the air when he flaps his wings. Therefore, Zhu Ji cultivators do not fly for a long time. When the Jin Dan cultivators can fly even longer. They have denser and more intense qi, also stronger and more magical power.

However, for the average person, there is no difference between the Jin Dan cultivator and Zhu Ji. They just bounce high and can already hit everyone.

As for cultivators even higher level - such as Yuan Ying cultivators. They are simply freed from the shackles of the body. They seem to be reborn. Their qi willfully unfolds in heaven and on earth. Cultivators of Zhu ji and Jin Dan, releasing qi, can spend it even on air resistance. And Yuan Ying cultivators are free of this. When they soar in the sky, they fly like G.o.ds. Ordinary people consider them G.o.ds.

Niu Yu Tao, of course, now could not jump as far as the cultivators who had run away. However, using force to jump several tens of meters - for him, it will not be a problem. He will also be able to run through the water smoothly.

Very quickly, the students of the Heavenly Jade sect hid in the mountains.

Here 4 students were hiding from view, and in the mountains, they appeared opposite.

"Bad!" Xian Wu Ren shouted plaintively.

Hiding near a th.o.r.n.y bush, Yang Duo looked at several initially confident generals:

"If they check even more in-depth, they will notice a lot of people in ambush!"

Xian Wu Ren clenched his fists. He was afraid that their ambush would open. Why did the opponents once again decide to let scouts out? Especially mentors! Previously, he took precautions and always kept people off the path.

Seeing that 4 cultivators mostly looked at the terrain near the road, Xian Wu Ren had hope. He immediately gave the order:

"It's good to hide!"

A man standing behind immediately pa.s.sed an order so that everyone would hide.

Not much time pa.s.sed before those 4 cultivators had already flown up. They just began to consider this grove. After all, birds suddenly took off here. Most likely, someone was hiding here. So many people immediately began to disappear - of course, someone would leave traces. One cultivator flew up here and noticed one soldier hiding.

"Jing!" One soldier immediately drew his sword.

"Beware, they set up an ambush here!"

The other three cultivators also discovered the strange and began to leave.

4 cultivators headed back. Yang Duo and the others also came out. Yang Duo, looking at the general, said:

"We are discovered. We disturbed the snake in the gra.s.s. Now suddenly, it will be impossible to attack. The goal will be challenging to get. They are careful. Well, explain everything to the governor of the region." - Yang Duo just found an excuse not to attack.

"How do you know that they will run away? Feng Ru Nan is not one to escape. There will be a chance!" Xian Wu Ren shouted, turning his head:

"Tell the order: everyone to pack up and prepare for an unexpected attack!"

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 74

2023-02-03T09:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 74 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. After crossing the river, destroy the bridge.

*Go to Shao Deng Yong?* The three people froze.

Tan Yi continued:

"Shao Deng Yong is a veteran of the former Ning w.a.n.g. He used to be a great general and knew well our sect of the Highest Purity. And now, the current emperor, to clean up the forces of the former Ning w.a.n.g, also wanted Shao Deng Yong to deprive him of power, which forced him to take the side of the enemy country. Now Shao Deng Yong has become the enemy country and occupies the area that was previously the province of the Yan kingdom. Now in the kingdom of Han, he can be said to have an independent position. Behind him are former sects from the Yan kingdom. If we go to him, then he will most likely receive us. Secondly, Shao Deng Yong occupies vast lands where new people will be needed. And now he needs helpers. And our position, Shao Deng Yong, knows well. Moreover, he once has a good relationship with us. The probability that he will accept us is good!

Tan Su Su, pointing her finger at Tan Yi, snarled:

"Who thought so? Isn't that the traitor by the name of Zhao?"

Luo Yuan Gun and Su Po only frowned and considered the feasibility of Tan Yi's plan. However, after being reminded by Tan Su Su, they immediately looked suspiciously at Tan Yi. Maybe that person from the werewolf ridge took advantage of the inexperience of the head of the sect?

Tan Yi shook her head:

"Patriarch Tan thought up a lot. No one told me to do anything. I thought it over myself. I always thought so, just did not say."

Tan Su Su waved her hand: "It's impossible! I saw how you grew. You couldn't forget so much about the sacred. It suits the traitor Zhao more!"

Tan Yi sighed and said slowly:

"I know that perhaps because of the death of the uncle and younger cousin, you hate him. You wish you could kill him. But I can swear before the altar of the founder of the sect that I came up with all this."

Tan Su Su twisted her face and suddenly said:

"I am against leaving teachers!" She quickly turned: "Brothers, can you want to quit the teachers?"

* quit the teachers?* - sounds pretty loud. Why did Luo Yuan Gun and Su Po change in the face?

In the eyes of Tan Yi flashed a solid gleam: "I ask patriarch Tan to monitor your behavior. Who, in the end, is the head of the sect - you or me?"

"You ..." Tan Su Su pointed her finger at her and almost said: *If not for me, then you would not be the head!*

She pointed to Tan Yi with her finger, and Tan Yi at that moment, pulled out the tablet of the head:

"I am the head of the sect, so now I officially declare that I am firing Tan Su Su from the post of the patriarch of the guardian of laws and demote to the student who protects the laws. And I will combine the position of the patriarch of the guardian of laws myself!"

Luo Yuan Gun and Su Po stared. They did not think they would see such a scene. Such a gentle and soft girl today showed such a character. After all, earlier, Tan Yi did not speak a word against Tan Su Su.

Tan Su Su also froze. Her grandniece? Her blood?

Luo Yuan Gun:

"Please, calm down. Patriarch Tan simply stated her arguments, which could simply be considered. Do not take such hard measures. We ask the head to cancel your decree!"

Tan Yi turned and looked at him, clearly showing him the tablet with the position of the head.

"Patriarch Luo, do you know that the decrees of the sect of the Highest Purity sect are not discussed?"

Luo Yuan Gun said with a friendly expression:

"Of course, I know. I just ask you not to solve everything quickly."

Tan Yi: "You know, according to the laws of the sect, I have the power to make decisions myself. If everyone believes that I am making erroneous decisions, then you can get all the students to vote on the removal of the chapter. And if more than 80% choose an offset, then I will immediately leave the post. In the meantime, I am the head of the sect. I will not cancel my decree! In general, either remove me from the post of head of the sect of the Highest Purity, or Tan Su Su is removed from the position of the patriarch of the guardian of laws. Students can choose!"

Luo Yuan Gun and Su Po simply trembled. They did not think that usually a calm, tender, and beautiful girl would become so cruel and want the position of Tan Su Su. It is not for nothing that the founder of the sect drafted such a rule to avoid possible harm to the sect from one person. And if at a meeting, more than 80% of students decide that the head should be removed, then the current leader cannot lead the sect and does not own their trust. So it's better to change it.

n.o.body knows that Tan Yi has long understood the obstacle emanating from the guardian of the laws of Tang Su Su, so Tan Yi was thinking about many things by herself. Yet she is her grandmother, and Tan Yi does not need a reputation in which she does not listen to the advice of her elders. And after her uncle told her a few phrases: that the sect no longer makes sense to protect, that the further, the worse it is for her sect, and now the sect itself must bravely face reality.

After his words, she became more determined and yet did not want to break off relations with Tan Su Su. She tried to allow Tan Su Su to listen to her. But in the end, Tan Su Su, not even listening to her, immediately began to confront her! Therefore Tan Yi did understand that some things could not be avoided? Thus, only by depriving Tang Su Su of his post, one can solve the obstacle on her part.

"Good good! Fine! I will not be the patriarch guardian of the law! "Tang Su Su said with a laugh. She never dreamed that the grandniece who she trusted most of all would stab a knife into her back. She waved her hand:

"Want to leave - leave. I will stay here and not leave the teachers!"

Tan YI staring at her, she said:

"We will all leave. If someone comes here, you think - you alone can cope with them? Why you want useless victims? Grandma, I will need your help!"

Tan Su Su grinning answered:

"What are such lofty words for? Crossing the river and burning the bridge, do you still want me to help you?"

Tan Yi pursed her lips and calmly said:

"You don't want to. You'll go anyway. If you don't go, then I will expel you from the sect, and you will never enter the sect of the Highest purity!"

Tan Su Su growled: "Why on earth?"

Tan Yi: "With the one that you hinted Song Yang Qing to go to the monastery on the southern mountain and ambush the student of the sect. This is not enough?"

From this, Luo Yuan Gun's mouth twisted, and Su Po rolled his eyelids. Two people noticed dramatic changes at her.

"You ..." Tan Su Su Su angrily pointed the finger at her and spoke in a trembling voice. She did her best to make Tan Yi take the post of the head. And now everything that Tan Su Su did, Tan Yi used against her.

As a result, Tan Su Su, smiling sadly and looking at the sky, said:

"A thirst for power dope man. Tan Yi, one day you will regret what you did!"

"Regrets are better than sitting here and waiting for death. I have already decided that for all the errors, I will be responsible alone. I alone will appear before the teachers!" - Tan Yi looked at the others:

"Who else wants to resist?"

Silent Su Po suddenly folded his arms:

"Su Po will follow the instructions of the head!"

Luo Yuan Gun looked at him in surprise. He did not think that he would agree so quickly. However, to oppose the decision of the head is still a serious matter.

Tan Yi looked intently at him.

Luo Yuan Gun eventually sighed. The sect of the Highest Purity seems to have no other way out, so he folded his arms and said:

"I will strictly follow the instructions of the head!"

Tan Yi relief nodded:

"We have a little time. It is necessary to collect students and stealthily move around. Along the way, it's better not to mess with the outside world so that rumors don't spread. And while it's better not to tell the students our true intentions. On the other hand, I need a man who will be the first to go to the northern region to meet Shao Deng Yong. First, we will need to talk to him well to rule out surprises."

There were several people in the palace. Luo Yuan Gun and Su Po understood that only they are reliable for this business here, and they don't trust Tan Su Su in this case.

Again Su Po folded his arms and said:

"I met Shao Deng Yong several times. We can say that we are well acquainted. I want to go to him to eliminate unnecessary risks for the head of the sect!"

"Good! Without breaking the old, you cannot build a new one! That's what we decide!" Tan Yi resolutely answered.

As soon as Su Po left the palace of the Highest Purity, he froze. He saw Tu Han standing outside. He came again.

As soon as the two people looked at each other, Su Po smiled slightly and said:

"I did everything well. Another business came up. Follow me on a long journey ..."

"Werewolf ridge, Zhao Xiong Ge? Is he?"

In the capital, the homestead of the Song family. Song Jiu Min went back and forth. His eyebrows frowned, and he said doubtfully:

"Was Zhao Xiong Ge not excluded by the sect of the Highest Purity? They said he was almost killed in a sect of the Highest Purity. He had to hate the sect, why did he intercede for it?"

Liu Lu, standing next to him, said: "This is unclear. The Liuxian sect says they dare not hurt Zhao Xiong Ge. Therefore, they asked for forgiveness. The forces of the sect Liuxian is not enough to confront Zhao Xiong Ge.

Song Jiu Min waved his hand:

"Zi Yu will still need to stay in the Liuxian sect. No need to bother them. You go to them yourself. Let them do nothing for now. However, it is inconvenient for me to report to the Minister of Public Works that it was not possible to carry out his orders. Only this Zhao Xiong Ge creates difficulties. He does not honor anything, does not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth. I lose my temper from it. On the other hand, few people dare to hurt Zhao Xiong Ge. Therefore, you need to say to the Liiuxiam sect have been keeping silent and keeping a secret all. Also, contact another sect, send them to the sect of the Highest purity. Just check the att.i.tude of Zhao Xiong Ge. If he appears again, then we will need to find a method to eliminate it!"

"Yes, sir." - answered Liu Lu.

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 73

2023-02-03T03:04:00.001-08:00

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When Tan Yi returned, the students had already left. Luo Yuan Gun, Su Po, and Tan Su Su stood still waiting for her.

Seeing Tan Yi with the jug of wine, Tan Su Su immediately asked angrily:

"Did he give you that?"

Tan Yi answered thoughtfully:

"Perhaps this jug was buried by my father."

Tan Su Su wanted to say something but said nothing. She wanted Tan Yi to throw this wine away, but when she heard that it was probably a relic of her father, she immediately changed her mind.

Su Po went to Tan Yi and asked:

"Head, and he?"

Tan Yi sighing said:

"He will not stay, gone ..!"

Tan Su Su said in a cold tone:

"Sc.u.m, how much trouble he brought the sect. If it weren't for the Head of the sect, who forgave him, he would already be dead!"

"Don't say such things!" - Luo Yuan Gun shouted at her again. Then he calmly asked:

"The Head, for some time, the sect will not be in danger. Now we need to put everything in order. Already sent students for several dozen traitors. Only in mountainous areas will it be difficult to catch them. I also ask the chapter to let out the rumor that some students betrayed the sect. Those other sects would eradicate them!"

Tan Yi replied:

Ran away and good. No need to trouble them.No need to disturb them. Leaving them is also useless. They can also be caught in an ambush. Besides, among them, there may be spies. So we will avoid evil deeds. Maybe it's for the best. Here would be no happiness, but misfortune helped."

As soon as she spoke, everyone either nodded their Head or agreed in silence. Indeed, the meaning to them is from these unfaithful students. Only three patriarchs noticed that Tan Yi had changed. She used to listen to their opinions, and now she began to speak her own.

Tan Su Su said:

"You definitely can't leave these traitors!"

Tan Yi: "Of course, can't. Only now this is not the main thing, and certainly not worth our current expenses. As elder Luo Yuan Gun said, after that person appeared, they will not temporarily touch us. Only temporarily. And we must prepare well for the time allotted to us. Call back our disciples. As for the traitors, I will send out a list of traitors. To make it difficult for them to live, and there was a terrible rumor about them. Besides, I will add Song Shu to the list. Song Shu sent the killer to kill fellow pract.i.tioner Niu Yu Tao. He also betrayed his mentors and conspired with the sect Liuxian to suddenly attack our sect. Let the whole heaven know about his atrocities!"

The three patriarchs were merely numb.

Song Shu to be included in the list of traitors? Of course, they knew that Song Shu was behind the actions of the Liuxian sect. However, he certainly was not involved in an attempt to a.s.sa.s.sinate Niu Yu Tao. It's Tan Su Su's fault, and then she shifted everything to Song Shu. However, if Tan Yi takes the initiative on himself, then who will believe Song Shu later, when the whole celestial will know about his actions.

Nice method. She took and transferred all the blame with Tan Su Su to Song Shu.

Tan Su Su was shocked. And looked at Tan Yi, a soft look. Nevertheless, it was not in vain that she spent a lot of effort to make her the head of the sect. After all, they are one family!

As a result, everyone noticed a change in Tan Yi.

Luo Yuan Gun replied restlessly:

"The Head, this method is useful. Only in this way will we finally sever all relations with the Song family. And then it will be difficult for us to hold out."

"I made the decision!" -Tan Yi looked towards the palace of the Highest Purity. Determination shone in her eyes. She took the jug and went there. She said to patriarchs:

"Need to light the founder of the candle!"

Light the candle founder? Three patriarchs numb. They looked at each other but followed her. Who refuses to light candles to the founder.

They came to the palace of the Highest Purity. Tan Yi, she took and lit three candles. And she stood in front of the founder. Three patriarchs also came up and lit candles, and then stood behind the Head.

Tan Yi looked at the founder's large sculpture for a long time and suddenly knelt. Therefore all have changed in the face.

It is not strange that if you kneel in front of the founder, only ... they usually do it during a big ceremony.

However, if the Head knelt, would the patriarchs not be?

Tan Yi held candles with her hands and looked up at the founder's sculpture, she sincerely spoke:

"The founder above, the ancient teacher above, the 11th Head of the sect of the Highest purity Tan Yi guilty! Today, sects of the Highest Purity are in critical danger. The student is helpless now. Today, when the sect of the Highest purity is in danger, the student takes an oath to the founder. That will give all the strength to raise the sect of the Highest purity. If I do something wrong, then I will accept all responsibility. Heaven will be witnesses!" - After what was said, she humbly bowed her head three times.

Three people were surprised. Everyone knew that the current situation of the sect did not appear in one day. And this is not the fault of Tan Yi. But Tan Yi now, before the founder of the sect, she took full responsibility.

The three looked at each other, and also began to bow.

Tan Yi stepped forward and put three candles in the censer, then fell into place.

The three patriarchs then came too and laid their candles in the censer and stood behind Tan Yi. After waiting for them to fall into place, Tan Yi turned to them and looked thoughtfully at them.

"The Sect of the Highest Purity is now in such a difficult situation. Do the three patriarchs now know any method to get out of this situation?"

Three people were silent. If he would, wouldn't they talk about him?

Luo Yuan Gun tried to ask:

"Did the head come up with something?"

Tan Yi: "We have no good way out, but we should not stay here and watch the sect perish. We cannot stay and expect death. If we do this, then others will remember us without good words!"

WIthout good words? The three immediately became severe. Because few people want to stay in memory with evil deeds. Especially their generation, how then will they meet their ancestors in heaven?

Luo Yuan Gun: "Head of the sect, what shall we do then?"

Tan Yi: "I do not need to say what is happening with the sect of the Highest Purity. Even if no one attacks us, we are now left without resources. Now we can no longer feed the students. And what is the point then? Then there will be more traitors than today. A tree, if moved, it will die. But man will live. I want to temporarily leave that place and go to other lands in search of resources. Try to revive the sect!"

Luo Yuan Gun and Su Po stared.

Tan Su Su seemed to slap in the face. She shouted:

"You are the high-ranking Head, and you want to leave the sect? I didn't think how the celestial would look at you? Everyone will laugh at you! You did not think that the bones of the founder and ancient teachers were buried here. Even your father is buried here. And you want to let anyone get on their graves? How can you say that to the founder?!"

She also wanted to say about her husband and son. They are also buried here. And how can she allow other people to walk and trample on their graves?

Besides, the remains of some teachers have simply stratified that you can't even transport them if you want. What is the point then? Then it's possible to leave the sect.

Only the Linshan Mountains, this earthly paradise, if you leave, someone will take this place. How will you return it later?

Leaving a place is easy, but returning with the power of the sect of the Higher Purity will be difficult. Do you want to leave, leave, but why force others?

Tan Yi objected:

"No one can protect the sect of the Highest purity. If no one will guard us, then what shall we do, wait for our death? We only need to find an opportunity to rise. To develop. And when we have the strength, we can return. I also do not want to see how the graves of our ancestors will succ.u.mb to insult. But it will be the price of our rise. The founder and ancient teachers must understand us!"

"You..." - Tan Su Su pointed her finger at Tan Yi, and angrily said:

"Good. Good good! As long as you speak correctly. I am the older woman wrong. But the kingdom of Yang is enormous. Where do we go? To your Niu Yu Tao to the rebel Feng Lin Bo?"

Tan Yi: "Before such difficulties, I also thought about it and racked my brains in the evenings. I considered the option of switching to Feng Ling Bo's side, to Shan Chao Zun. Only Feng Lin Bo is unlikely to accept us. Especially the sect of Heavenly jade. They are already under heavy pressure because they received Shan Chao Zun. And they are unlikely to want to accept us. Even if they accept, it will still be complicated for them. And now everywhere in the Yan kingdom is unstable. We also need to find a place where the imperial house will not get us.

Moreover, it will be necessary to arrange so that other kingdoms do not recognize the precarious situation of the country. Otherwise, many states will attack us. And from this, no one will benefit."

Tan Su Su mocking said:

"Do you propose to lead sects of the Highest Purity to another country? So that strangers will accept as well?"

Tan Yi: "I prepared to lead the sect to the north. To the rebel army of General Shao Deng Yong!"

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 72

2023-02-02T21:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 72 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. Uncle

Seeing this beast, you could think of only one person. In the last generation of the Devil sect, there was a beautiful outstanding sorceress. She just always rode a gold-haired howler. Somehow she encountered one student of the sect of the Highest purity, and the young fell in love with each other. It was only forbidden love, because of which the sorceress died. The sect of the Highest purity drove that disciple out of this love. After that, the gold-haired howler consistently followed that apprentice. Now, this rare beast has reappeared in the sect of the Highest purity. This means that the Man from the Werewolf ridge came! At this time, Bold and the self-confident people of the Liuxian sect froze. They are puzzled. Tan Su Su also felt mixed feelings. After all, most of all hated the owner of this beast! The beast appeared at a critical moment for the sect of the Highest purity. However, Luo Yuan Gun also felt mixed feelings. "Uncle!" - Tan Yi spoke to herself. She did not expect him to come. After all, this Man since childhood was next to her. And she greatly admired him. Su Po was also happy. He did not expect this person to come. He just tried to send Tu Han to him. But it turned out he really came. Obviously, he had long been prepared. And he was always near the sect of the Highest purity. Otherwise, would he have appeared at such a time? He must have heard the whistle of slinging arrows and the ringing of a bell. It is said that when the sect of the Highest Purity had difficulties, the sect always had a guard nearby. On this account, Su Po was delighted. *Brother, brother. You are still wise. Of the three students, you are the most gifted.* Some people thought that this beast was just a pa.s.serby. Such a beast was very rare at present. They did not understand where he came from. Shao Huang now clearly did not look so joyful. He looked around and looked for the werewolf master. However, he could not see it anywhere. After exchanging glances with fellow pract.i.tioners, he decided not to act rashly. That madman from the werewolf ridge defeated more than ten sects alone. Moreover, not weak sects were crushed. This madman is on the 9th place of the list Dan. Sect Liuxian is too weak for him. Wu Shao Huang did not think at all that this exile disciple from the sect would appear. He took the sickle with both hands and said with displeasure: "Leave!" Some students of the sect Liuxian were surprised. They did not understand what was happening. Someone wanted to ask what was the matter. However, the patriarchs immediately waved hands and looked quite dangerous. People sect Liuxian began to leave. And Tan Yi, who steadily looked around, suddenly said sternly: "All wait!" That Man came, she immediately believed in herself! The people of the Liuxian sect stopped. Wu Shao Huang turned and gloomily asked: "Our sect, Liuxian, is a little guilty. We apologize." Tan Yi said in a stern tone: "You broke into our sect of the Highest purity, killed our sentinels. And say you are a little guilty?" "..." - Wu Shao Huang did not know what to say. As a result, he took a sickle and put it in one hand. And immediately, he waved his hand with a sickle and cut off his second hand. Therefore did the hand fall to the ground, and blood begin to flow like fontan. "Brother!" Patriarchs, Liuxian, immediately cried out. They ran to him and tried to close his wound, stop the blood. Many students did not understand what was happening. Disciples of the Liuxian sect use two hands to attack with a sickle. And losing one arm is like losing half your strength. Why did their patriarch level Jin Dan cut off his hand? A pale Wu Shao Huang pushed everyone away and, bowing to the sect of the Highest Purity, said: "Sorry!" After what was said, he turned around and left with the disciples of the Liuxian sect. Many students of the Liuxian sect did not understand what was happening. However, everyone looked at that proudly standing gold-haired howler. After he appeared, Wu Shao Huang began to act differently. Someone was starting to understand something. The disciples of the Higher Purity sect watched as the Liuxian sect retreated. They looked at Wu Shao Huang's hand. Someone also did not understand what happened. Someone stood with complicated feelings. Seeing that the sect Liuxian was leaving, that beast growled again, looking into the sky. And he began to go back into the depths of the mountains majestically. Tan Yi soared to the top. And immediately turned out to be over 100 Zhang. She went straight towards that beast. "Head, come back!" - Tan Su Su angrily shouted. She knew that Tan Yi was looking for him. Tan Su Su only wanted to follow Tan Yi and stop her, as the nearby Luo Yuan Gun immediately grabbed her hand and firmly stopped: "Sister. It doesn't matter what it was. But now he saved the sect. You need to thank him." Tan Su Su became severe... she wanted to say something but said nothing ... Tan Yi quickly raced towards the peak of the mountain. She ran through the trees and already overtook that place from where the beast disappeared. A moment after, she found a beast standing near a mountain river. He was just swimming in the cold, bubbling river. And next to him, a sloppy man sat on a large stone. He held a jug of wine in his hands and poured wine into his mouth. Yes, he did not drink wine, but simply poured it on himself. At that moment, a gold-haired howler shook himself from the water, causing his drops to fall on the Man. They even got into his mouth. Only he did not pay attention to it at all. Having swallowed the wine, that Man burped, laid the wine on a stone, and looked smiling at Tan Yi. Seeing this Man again, Tan Yi hardly recognized him. After all, in her memory, there was one intelligent Man, in white clothes looks like a celestial, who regularly wrote delicious poetry. And now in front of her was some kind of ragged Man, with dirty, disheveled hair. His face was dirty as if he had not washed for months. His clothes also blackened because he did not wash them. Remembering the Man whom she saw in childhood and looking at the Man who is now standing in front of her, Tan Yi did not know what to say. Initially, the most gifted student of the sect of the Highest Purity, the most promising student, the most potent candidate for the head of the sect, eventually fell in love with the sorceress from the devil sect. Because of what he was expelled from the sect. Tan Yi later heard that it was not in vain that he was revered so. After all, he later began to rise rapidly in cultivation. He shook the celestial Kingdom and inter the top ten list Jin Dan. Father, Tan Mu, continually sighed. He said that the third student was wrong on the path. Otherwise, the head of the sect was not Tan Mu, but the third student. Tan Yi did not understand, is it possible, because of one demonic girl, to abandon a bright future. And now live in poverty, behave like a ragged man. Is it good? "Uncle!" - Tan Yi gathered courage and greeted him. "Eeeeeee" - That sloppy Man burped and shook his head, said: "Girl, your uncle is not here. No need to scream like that." Tan Yi still stood her ground: "Thank you, uncle. You saved our Highest Purity sect from death." The sleazy Man pointed to two jugs of wine that were next to him: "Then, I, your father, and Dong Guo Hao Ran buried wine together here. And agreed that when the time comes, we will drink it. I heard that your father and Dong Guo Hao Ran died. So I remembered about the wine. I thought, did this wine here or not.? Maybe he is already gone.? It turned out here. Cool wine, good wine! I came because of the wine, not for the sect of the Highest Purity. You thought a lot!" Seeing that the uncle refuses to admit, Tan Yi did not argue with him. She folded her arms and said: "The Sect of the Highest Purity is now experiencing difficulties. And the uncle is very popular in the Celestial Kingdom. Now the sect of the Highest purity can rely on you. May you stay!" The sleazy Man shook his head and said, smiling: "Girl, I hear you got married?" From these words, Tan Yi became embarra.s.sed. She blushed. "I am now without money. I have nothing. Nothing to give you. Only this wine thirty years ago. Take it as a wedding present!" - A scruffy man waved his hand, and one jug of wine immediately flew up to Tan Yi. Tan Yi accepted him and was silent. Who knows, maybe her father was digging this wine. The sleazy Man, again taking the jug of wine smiling, said: "Dong Guo Hao Ran, this talker, and the harbinger of misfortune, once said that my character does not match my name. In the end, I changed. I did not think that he would be so accurate. Did your husband hear the last student of Dong Guo Hao Ran? Although Dong Guo Hao Ran took him to him before his death, he has a keen eye. He could not take anyone horrible. There must be a reason for this. You need to find methods to get your husband back. Then everything will be fine." After what was said, he jumped to the top and landed on a gold-haired howler who rushed along a mountain stream. Seeing that he was leaving, Tan Yi: "Uncle, do you want to see how the sect of the Highest Purity falls?" "The past in the past, it will not be returned. What happened yesterday, today you will not return it, everyone now needs to look only forward. The sect of the Highest Purity has survived to the present. You can't support it anymore. Then it will only get worse. Girl, you're not stupid. No matter how you became the head of the sect, since you became the head of the sect, you must act as the head of the sect. Do not obey everyone. Do what you think. Feel free to make decisions and act according to your mind. I went!" The scruffy man said the last words, and on the back of the beast rode up against the current. Splashes of water flew to the sides, but the Man managed to drink wine along the way. He drove further and further ...

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 71

2023-02-02T15:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 71 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing.

Attack on the sect of the Highest Purity!

He knew what the consequences of his failure would be. He continually being in the subordination of the governor received profit. But how did he meet the problems, he could not cope with them? Is it going to be okay? After Yang Duo refuses the ruler, who will look at him well. Other people will just despise him.

The consequences will be severe. However, he knows that if he takes up this business, then he certainly will not succeed in it. He will simply die. Although he is also the cultivator of the level of Jin Dan level, Yang Duo clearly understood that he was far from an opponent of Bai Yao. And even more so, he is not an opponent of the sect of Heavenly jade. If some sects do not want to offend the sect of Heavenly jade, then How he, the lone cultivator, dare offend this powerful sect?

Decline to Zhou Shuo Xiang, he will at least remain alive, and then something can come up with. And he agrees, then he will simply go to death. And what can the dead do?

Zhou Shou Xiang waved his hand and said with a kind expression:

"First, listen to me to the end. We will send not only you. I have already sent the 10 thousandths selected army to ambush them in one section, which they will undoubtedly pa.s.s. Besides, there will still be 50 cultivators, among them Jin Dan level cultivators, if, including you, we get 10 Jin Dan level cultivators. And so, you will are more strong, that will be enough to detain the warriors Kuangai and Bai Yao. And during this time, you will have to kill Shan Chao Zun."

Yang Duo froze. 10 thousand warriors and 50 cultivators, including 10 Jin Dan. And is it just to kill Shan Chao Zun? You will not call it a small army. However, after a little thought, he folded his arms and said:

"Ruler, still forgive me!"

The most important reason why he refused is precise because of the sect of Heavenly jade. How would he, alone cultivator, dare to confront the sect of Heavenly jade?

Zhou Shou Xiang narrowed his eyes and said slowly:

"Yang Duo, a certain Zhou, has he mistreated you all these years?"

"Zhou Shou Xiang is generous. Henceforth I will thank the ruler. Bow out!" Yang Duo folded his arms, and turning around was about to leave.

Zhou Shuo Xiang shouted:

"Do not rush. Some things need to be given to you. Look, then you'll go." - Outside, two people entered, namely the governor's mentors.

Yang Duo, when I saw them, was taken aback. He stepped back a little and took precautions. He believed that they want to kill him as an unnecessary witness.

Who knew that Zhou Shou Xiang would throw him two jasper pendants. Yang Duo immediately caught them and looked at them. He immediately raised his head and asked:

"Ruler, what do you mean by that?" - If someone else looked at them, then he would not have suspected anything. But Yang Duo knew that these jasper pendants, the pendants of his wife and daughter.

Zhou Shou Xiang smirked to himself. *I fed you all the time, and when you ran into business, you immediately decided to leave. Am I the kind of person you can come to when you want and go when you want?* However, outwardly, he calmly said:

"Calm down, your wife and daughter are now in good condition. They are in the southern province, enjoying the beautiful scenery of nature. They don't know anything. And I will be waiting for you to come back."

His thoughts were clear; he directly warned him. Yang Duo was immediately angry, what a pity that you can't seize the ruler and exchange for his wife and daughter. However, he knew that this was now impossible. He had already prepared and called on his mentors. Not only daughter and wife, but even he also will not be able to leave if he wants.

Yang Duo clearly understood that he would now have to agree.

He said in a weary voice:

"I do not know who these 50 cultivators are? What schools are they?"

Zhou Shou Xiang: "Like you. Lone cultivators. They do not yet know what they need to do. They were not told, for not to divulge the secret."

Lone cultivators? "Yang Duo said in a trembling voice: "The ruler is sure that after they find out, they dare to go against the sect of Heavenly jade?"

Zhou Shou Xiang: "How do they get together? You throw them some things. They will then listen to you." - Two mentors to the side of the ruler threw him bags.

Yang Duo caught the bags and looked at what was in them. Inside, he also saw jasper pendants, or hairpins, and the like junk. Everything was clear. They were like him. Their weaknesses seized them. And they will have to do what is required of them. Most likely, only people from other sects did this to them. The sects themselves are afraid to attack the Heavenly jade sect. Therefore they are forcing lone cultivators to attack the Heavenly jade sect. And it must be not one or two sects. Many sects have done this.

"The ruler has excellent methods!"

"For the salary of the ruler, you must be faithful to the ruler! His Highness pointed out. Ministers can only follow directions!" - Zhou Shuo Xiang closed his eyes, and without paying attention reminded:

"All who will attack must hide their position. It does not matter whether you decide this matter successfully or not. To the emperor and us, these matters should not have ties."

Yang Duo: "The ruler once said so. We dare not disobey!"

Zhou Shou Xiang:

"Do not be late. Immediately go. Then proceed based on the situation." - It was clear that few people knew about their tasks.

After what was said, one mentor approached Yang Duo and, holding out his hand, said:

"Brother Yang, please!"

Yang Duo clasped his hands, bowed to the ruler, and turned around and left. In his eyes, he struggled to suppress anger ...

Sue! Sue!

One singing arrow took off in a mountainous and wooded area.

Then another singing arrow flew up and exploded. They are notifying of danger.

Bang, bang, bang! The enemy suddenly attacked!

How many years the bell did not ring. Now he warned all students about the danger. All students gathered together.

Tan Yi, Luo Yuan Gun, Su Po, Tan Su Su, and a group of students of the highest purity sect gathered in an open area. Everyone was puzzled like never before.

The consequences of the death of Song Yang Qing came. What the entire upper stratum of the sect was worried about has now come.

A group of people was approaching from the back of the mountain. At times you could hear the sounds of battle. Those who stood guard over the sect fought with the attackers. It was possible to imagine the difficulties of the defenders.

"Sneaky, student!" -Tan Su Su shouted cursing.

Luo Yuan Gun and others understood who she meant. Except for Song Shu, no one else could attack.

However, they did not know that the Song family didn't plan to attack. They just decided to watch from the side calmly. Nevertheless, the sect of the highest purity was drawn into a ma.s.sive chess game, in which someone could only destroy the sect of higher purity with just one word. And besides the Song family, some people did not want to see the sect of highest purity at all.

"Sect Liuxyan!" - Luo Yuan Gun said in a grim tone.

It was already possible to make out the attackers. There were at least a thousand people. They flew along the treetops. They had implemented in the form of a sickle, like a moon.

Shuh! Tan Yi as the head of the sect, she drew her sword. And she looked pretty serious. She stood in front of everyone.

They were ready for a deadly battle.

The enemy was more than 1000 people. And the sect of the highest purity could come out only a few hundred people. And retreating is like accepting a crushing defeat. If they run away, then students who are weak in cultivation will not have time to run away. They will simply perish. Moreover, it is not known how many people from the enemy's side came, and didn't they ambush them? Therefore, it was too late to think about running away.

The sect of the Highest purity, though doomed, but in such a situation, they will abandon their students.

However, some students could not restrain the onslaught. Seeing a powerful enemy, someone slowly began to retreat. Someone turned his head and suddenly began to run away.

One ran away before the battle. After him, the others immediately ran away.

"Traitors!" - Luo Yuan Gun, turning his head, said in a trembling voice.

Then he turned his head and looked at Tan Yi. He felt sorry for her. What is it like when your sect is already left without a livelihood. And then, when a powerful enemy came to you, your disciples scatter who is where? And not one student, but several dozen. What then did the head of the Tan Yi sect feel!?

However, at this moment, they could only boldly meet the enemies.

More than 1,000 people in the Liuxian sect, with patriarch Wu Shao Huang, surrounded the disciples of the highest purity sect. Now the opponents were standing opposite each other.

Luo Yuan Gun holding a sword shouted:

"Wu Shao Huang, our sect of the highest purity, has no enmity with your sect Liuxian. Why did you invade our mountains today?

Wu Shao Huang calmly said:

"Brother Luo, the Lingshan Mountains are so beautiful. And the sect of the highest purity has long been using the benefits of this place. Are there too many blessings for you? Used for so long, now let others take advantage. Our sect Liuxian is not looking for problems for you. Just leave the mountains, and we will not pursue you. How do you like it?"

The sect of the Highest purity took a better place. When the founder of the sect, was the mentor of the founder of the kingdom of Yan, then, of course, he chose the best place for the sect in the kingdom of Yan. And after his death, how many people have plunged into these places.

The founder and all the heads and ancestors were buried here. How can their students leave these places now? If they give these places away, how can they look at other cultivators? Wu Shao Huang knew that they would not agree to this condition.

"Want to pick a place, come. Try your luck!" - Tan Yi spoke in a stern voice.

Wu Shao Huang laughed: "Should it be the head of the Tan sect? It seems that in the sect of the Highest purity, there are no people left. Once such a girl is now the head of the sect. I see…"

"Aarrr!" - There was a terrible roar from the mountain.

A lot of people got scared and looked around. One could see that on one side of the hill, one beast like a lion and not a lion, completely covered with a golden ray, was going down.

"Gold-haired howler!" - One man screamed in fright.

Many people of the Liuxian sect have changed in the face.

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 70

2023-02-02T09:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 70 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. Kill Shan Chao Zong!

The so-called the list Dan is a list that publishes the Palace of ice and snow from the world of cultivators. It includes 800 of the best cultivators of Jin Dan celestial kingdom!

Once this list is called the list Dan, of course, it includes cultivators who have reached the level of Jin Dan level. In fact, in China, there are more than 800 cultivators of Jin Dan level. They just enter the strongest. Of course, this list is volatile. If you defeated someone from this list, you might be included in this list. Or if someone died from this list, then someone else will take his place.

However, many do not particularly believe that the strongest Jin Dan cultivators are on the list Dan. After all, some cultivators do not seek fame and sit at home. Although who knows how strong they are. Some fight with others and win, but do not tell anyone about their victories. And those who lose do not say that they lost. In general, the integrity of this list is very doubtful.

The Palace Ice and Snow took this into account, also made up the top ten most powerful cultivators. And the remaining 790 cultivators could only be content with the fact that they are on this list. However, the first ten usually don't change. Few dare to challenge the cultivators of the top ten.

800 cultivators of the list Dan are famous throughout the Celestial Kingdom. Everyone should respect them, some like it or not. No one dares to provoke them if he does know their exact position. Such cultivators easily find a source of resources. They can quickly become essential mentors. Especially those who occupy the highest places. They have a lot of support for cultivation, so they are so strong.

At the same time, provoking people from the list is a fairly common occurrence. Especially for those who were left without resources for cultivation. Indeed, those cultivators of Jin Dan level that are not on the list are not revered as such. And the price of their services is already becoming different. It's the same that one will take the same product in a branded store and a simple shop. The product is equally good, but prices can be very different.

Of course, usually simple cultivators of Jin Dan level do not cause the Jin Dan to fight, which are coming from the sects. After all, even if you defeat the Jin Dan level cultivator, then that sect can secretly kill you. And cultivators of Jin Dan, who have a path to resources at the expense of the sect, do not need to call other Jin Dan level cultivators. What can they get from a simple Jin Dan level cultivator? And even more so, they will not cause cultivators of Jin Dan cultivator to other sects, so as not to bring enmity among the sects.

Thus, the list Dan is somewhat dubious. Of course, if you want to say that someone is not worthy of this list, you can also go to the Palace of ice and snow. Only then will you have to show your capabilities.

However, disgruntled people will not be able to say anything to the Palace of ice and snow. After all, the head of the Palace of ice and snow is the granddaughter of the powerful Yuan Ying grandfather Xue, which can be counted on fingers. And the list Dan was created by a student of grandfather Xue.

Even the rest of Yuan Ying does not dare to say something about the list Dan. What can mention other simple cultivators?

No one dares to say anything to the man of grandfather Xue. After all, the grandfather Xue is at the top of the cultivating world. He has enough fame and strength.

It's also not easy to keep track of the list Dan. After all, how many fights take place in the Celestial Kingdom, and how many need to be tracked? Therefore, grandfather Xue connections are enormous, much more than pure sects. When someone was beaten somewhere with someone, many still do not know that there was a battle, and changes are already appearing in the list Dan. Then a lot of people will find out that someone defeated someone in the battle.

Why is there no list for the rest of the levels? The reason is simple. The Palace ice and snow do not dare to compare the forces of other Yuan Ying openly. As for the level of liang qi and zhu ji, cultivators of such a level soo many. Can you keep track of everyone?

Seeing the contents of the report, Lu Sheng Zhong smiled bitterly:

"A master from the list Dan, Bai Yao personally accompanies them. It seems that Feng Lin Bo pays special attention to the prince."

An Xiao Man scratched his chin and said sadly:

"It is right too. This Feng Ling Bo is very overdoing it. He sends not only his daughter but also Bai Yao sent with him. Okay, maybe Ning w.a.n.g influenced Feng Lin Bo in those days. But how could Ning w.a.n.g affect the sect of Heavenly jade? I don't understand..." - he spoke, shaking his head.

"Brother Lu, in this case, I suggest you think well!"

Lu Sheng Zhong sighed heavily:

"Our sect of Ulyanshan is not so big. And we cannot exist on our own, but can only rely on others. Otherwise, someone may simply displace us. Wan Hen does not know about Feng Lin Bo's army. What do we do? What can we do? If we can't pa.s.s him Niu Yu Tao, then with his connections, Wan Hen can influence not only me alone!"

An Xiao Man was silent.

Indeed it was so. Wan Hen and his master Zhou Shou Xiang are subordinates of the emperor and are closely related. Therefore, if Lu Sheng Zhong fails, then not only he can lose his place, but also An Xiao Man. And there are a lot of willing cultivators to take their place.

"Only this thing is impossible. Not that you and I, even if our entire sect Ulyanshan goes to attack them, will still not be able to cope with Bai Yao alone. Bai Yao is a man who can cope with a sect in one." An Xiao Man said with a sigh.

Lu Sheng Zhong said with a sigh: "Success depends on the person. Since we cannot defeat the enemy by force, we need to do it with our mind and cunning!" He took the gla.s.s, drank it, and laid it on the table. Then he swore:

"d.a.m.n! This Niu Yu Tao is some kind of moron! Found someone to kill !? Why kill Song Yang Qing? He knew perfectly well who was behind him, and yet he dared to kill."

The capital of the kingdom Yan. Hall of the Public Works Advisor.

Song Jiu Min just entered inside and respectfully welcomed Tong Mo.

Tong Mo signaled that everyone else should leave. And bypa.s.sing Song Jiu Min, he went outside under the eaves of the roof.

Song Jiu Min followed him and patiently awaited instructions.

Tong Mo was silent for a long time before he spoke:

"From the Palace, it was decided to eliminate Shan Chao Zong. We won't get anything, but Feng Lin Bo shouldn't too."

Song Jiu Min froze: "Feng Lin Bo, would agree to this?"

Tong Mo: "His Majesty is afraid that Feng Ling Bo might reveal secret information. And Feng Lin Bo is not afraid to do this. The imperial house does not need the external enemy to know about internal unrest. Therefore, Feng Lin Bo feels support. But if you manage to destroy Shan Chao Zong, then Feng Lin Bo will not lose anything, and we will calm down. If he loses anything, he will not dare to attack back. And if he divulges information, then for him, it will not bring any benefit."

Song Jiu Min thought a little and nodded. Feng Lin Bo thinks that having received those troops, he will be able to dictate rules to the imperial house. But the imperial house does not need this. And when he finds out that this, he will bother.

"Therefore, we will only have one chance now!"

Tong Mo nodding said: "It's only one chance ..."

The southern province, the Palace of the governor of the province.

In one pavilion on the water, ruler Zhuo Shou Xiang stood in a dressing gown with a jasper belt. He looked into the distance and thought.

One healthy man ran up and folded his arms and said:

"I don't know why the governor of the region called me?"

Zhou Shuo Xiang lowered his hands and, clasping his hands behind his back, went inside the pavilion:

"Yang Duo, there is one business!"

The man in black clothes immediately followed him and said:

"Ruler, say what you have in mind!"

Zhou Shou Xiang continued with a little doubt:

"His Majesty issued a decree: Shan Chao Zong should not be left. And we need to eliminate him!"

Yang Duo thought for a moment and then continued:

"I heard that Shan Chao Zong became Feng Lin Bo's son-in-law. If you go to him, you will need a large army. And such actions will make a fuss, and then all the surrounding kingdoms will look at us predatorily. They may even begin to attack us. Is it worth it?"

Zhou Shou Xiang stopped slowly:

"You can't start a war with Feng Lin Bo. Therefore, this is a secret decree. We need to kill Shan Chao Zong secretly!"

Yang Duo inquiringly asked:

"To stab?"

Zhou Shou Xiang did not answer, but simply continued:

"I just got the news that Shan Chao Zong reached Qingshan County. With him 1000 horse riders and 4 thousand foot soldiers. About 30 cultivators of the Heavenly jade sect and Bai Yao!"

"Bai Yao?" - Yang Duo froze and said, bitterly smiling:

"Bai Yao - this is one of the outstanding cultivators of the Heavenly jade sect. He has listed on the list Dan. This man once smashed one sect alone. With him another 30 cultivators and several thousand warriors? It will be difficult for them to arrange a trap. Ruler, if you do not ask the cultivator Yuan Ying or Jin Dan from the top ten of the list Dan, it is hardly possible to fulfill the decree."

Zhou Shou Xiang: "Cultivators Yuan Ying has departed from worldly concerns. Even if His Majesty himself will ask them, they are unlikely to pay attention to this. As for the Jin Dan from the top ten, they need to be attracted to something of value. As for the remaining sects, they are afraid of the sect of Heavenly jade and do not dare to attack."

Yang Duo understood him and immediately said with a sigh:

"Ruler, not that I do not want to carry out the decree. It's just that my possibilities are limited. Not only will I not do it; on the contrary, but I can also only jack up the great. I ask the ruler to ask for a more enlightened person!"

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 69

2023-02-02T03:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 69 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. Now? Won't go!

Bai Yao was silent. Although he was willing to stop these fights and avoid all the tricks of Feng Ru Nan, he is also the man of the Feng family. He can appease Feng Ru Nan in plain sight, but cannot take the side of Niu Yu Tao in front of everyone.

However, the fact that he was silent - spoke just about the fact that he tacitly agreed.

Niu Yu Tao certainly understood this and continued:

"Everyone is probably interested in what is happening. Many do not know the cause and effect. The princess borrowed money from me - that's right. Indeed, without money, I was forced to borrow money from the princess. And not a little, but 10 thousand gold! The princess demanded money back, but I did not refuse to return. Only I had no money, and I borrowed them for the prince. I did not waste a single drop of money on personal needs. As for the money itself, the great ruler has already forgiven us for it. Although the ruler said so, the princess still demands them back. Then I have no choice but to ask the elder Bai to be the judge here. I don't have that kind of money now, and the prince doesn't. Maybe we can wait until we reach the city walls, and there we can sell war horses to return the money to the princess. How do you like this option?"

Chao Zong and others did not find words. Especially, Chao Zong, he was most embarra.s.sed. However, he had no right to deny this.

Bai Yao twisted his mouth. Feng Ru Nan almost began to spit blood. Niu Yu Tao here said so as if he was really going to return the money and still made such a fuss. If Feng Lin Bo had heard him, he would have been angry. It was evident that Niu Yu Tao was not going to return the money.

In truth, Niu Yu Tao was not originally going to return the money. He is, in principle, not a borrower. After all, he did not spend a coin on himself, but everything for the prince. As a result, the prince with Feng Ru Nan is a husband and wife. What are their debts among themselves? Niu Yu Tao owes nothing to Feng Ru Nan.

Bai Yao looked askance at Niu Yu Tao. This man is shameless, why be surprised!

And the rest of the people did not know what happened. Therefore, most people talked among themselves and believed that Feng Ru Nan makes noise out of the blue. They are now with the prince husband and wife, what money?

Especially Chao Zong's bodyguards were outraged. Sell warhorses, and then they will go on foot to Tsang Wu County?

Feng Ru Nan almost spat on blood because the case disgraced her. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't.

It was from the day when she met with Niu Yu Tao at the military camp that her unpleasant days began. When would she, as a woman commander, endure such insults?

Bai Yao said: "Once the ruler said - do not need money, then do not."

He knew that he should not demand more money. After all, this shameless Niu Yu Tao can bring to the point that it will encourage everyone to sell horses. If such a rumor reaches Feng Ling Bo, then his anger will not be limited. And when he finds out, Feng Ru Nan will be to blame for everything.

"Good! "Once the elder Bai said so, the younger generation will not mention it anymore." - Niu Yu Tao folded his arms and thanked Bai Yao.

Lan Jo Ting helplessly raised his hand to stroke his forehead. He did not know how to resolve the contradictions between Niu Yu Tao and Feng Ru Nan!

Feng Ru Nan gritted her teeth in anger and wanted to rush to kill Niu Yu Tao!

Niu Yu Tao only continued to say:

"Also, there is another thing. It can be said that this is the cause of today's conflict. Perhaps everyone is wondering what happened? Nothing special. Just when the prince spent his wedding night with the princess, the princess did not want to fulfill her marital duty. Therefore, I had to go for a trick so that a significant event happened between the young. And now, the princess wants to settle scores with simple subordinates!" - Of course, Niu Yu Tao missed little details about the medicine.

Both sides were opposite each other. And here it turns out that the matter is only in conjugal duty? Some riders could not resist and laughed.

Chao Zong was embarra.s.sed. How could anyone say that to everyone?

"Shameless!" Feng Ru Nan was furious. She did not think that Niu Yu Tao would dare to say such a thing to everyone. Now, how many people behind her will laugh at her. She drew her sword and headed for Niu Yu Tao.

Bai Yao nodded his head, and Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Chu from all sides immediately stopped Feng Ru Nan.

Niu Yu Tao: "Elder Bai, you were there, and everyone saw correctly. I won't talk anymore. In general, the princess only now wants to settle accounts with past affairs. If the princess wants to settle accounts, then let him look for the prince. Why recoup on subordinates. I ask the elder Bai to be fair in this matter." - Then he turned to Chao Zong:

"Prince, I borrowed money for you, you took the princess as a wife, you had fun in the chambers. Why should we take responsibility now? Decide this matter now. It makes no sense to continue these games." - After what was said by Niu Yu Tao, without paying attention to anyone, he called Yuan Gan and Yuan Fang. They left, leaving those with their problems and resentment in front of them.

He always believed that if you are weak, then you need to know the time when it is worth leaving.

Chao Zong was biting his lips now and wished to grab Niu Yu Tao right now and kill him. How dare he tells everyone that he, a healthy warrior, could not cope with his wife!

Bai Yao, too, at that moment hated Niu Yu Tao. He mentioned such a case and also called on Bai Yao to be a judge?

Niu Yu Tao did not care what they thought. The affairs of women and men need to be decided among themselves. Why rush on others?

"I swear I will kill you!" Feng Ru Nan screamed angrily.

Today, she not only dropped her face but also fell in the eyes of the warriors. All these years, she deliberately renounced women's things, so that her warriors respect her as a warrior. Indeed, soldiers often believe that women have no place in war.

"Enough! On this and finish. Don't make a fuss anymore! Whoever violates, then do not blame my tactlessness!" Bai Yao shouted and looked coldly at both sides. Then added: " All Remove!"

Lan Jo Ting waved to the bodyguards, and they quickly dispersed, laughing to themselves. The Feng Riders also disbanded soon.

Feng Ru Nan blushed and held her sword, panting.

"Don't make a fuss." Bai Yao warned her again and approached her and said:

"I know that you have endured so many insults. Only you should understand that if you interfere with a significant cause, then you nor I can bear the responsibility. I will give you one promise, as soon as we find what we need, you can do with them what you want."

Feng Ru Nan bit her lips. She was forced to marry. For the sake of a great cause, she agreed to fulfill her duty, but she did not want Shan Chao Zong to marry her. For this dog without a master. Yes, and he did not want to marry her. She understood that he married her out of necessity. Therefore, she initially believed that they would have a fict.i.tious marriage. And when they find what they need, then she can leave him or even kill him. She will kill him when she already has an army, and who then will tell her something? No one will pay attention to the prince.

So the comedy ended.

Everyone understood that now that Bai Yao knows everything, nothing should happen.

Due to rain, the group stayed for the night.

And when the dawn came, everyone again sat on the horses. Wen Xing sat on the horse, only her hand was dislocated again, but she immediately straightened her hand back.

Yuan Fang has always been with Niu Yu Tao all this time. According to Feng Ru Nan, it was clear that she had not calmed down yet, only temporarily under pressure from Bai Yao did not dare to do anything.

However, Yuan Fang was very grateful to Niu Yu Tao, because he, risking his life, stood up for him. Moreover, he even began to treat Yuan Gan differently. After all, without thinking for a long time, he grabbed the man Feng Ru Nan and beat her in front of everyone, forcing Feng Ru Nan to free the people of Yuan Fang. But now Yuan Fang was still looking for a chance to escape. However, the thought of running away was already sad for him. And if he runs away, what will he do?

Having experienced this incident, he still began to relate to them differently and began to feel safe among them.

Monks also began to relate differently to Niu Yu Tao and Yuan Gan. They now thought that these people are not bad.

Along the way, they were now more approached to Niu Yu Tao and Yuan Gan, when they had previously tried to avoid them. Yes, with these two, it seems a lot safer.

Southern province.

One boat sailed on the lake with emerald water.

On a small table was a snack and drinks. Lu Sheng Zhong and An Xiao Man sat opposite each other and drank. Two people were mentored-brothers. Although they did not have the same teacher, they are all disciples of Ulyanshan.

Having reached the southern region, Lu Sheng Zhong decided not to go to Qingshan County immediately. At first, he decided to find out the news from his brother-student. Although he had the order of Wan Hen, he did not dare to go on a rampage to the sect of heavenly jade.

An Xiao Man is a mentor to Zhuo Shou Xiang, ruler of the southern province. One subordinate of Wan Hen, the other a.s.sistant of Zhou Shou Xiang. And Wan Hen and Zhou Shou Xiang are close people of the emperor.

One young man quickly ran across the water and pa.s.sed the notice, then immediately ran back.

An Xiao Man opened the notice, read it, and then handed it to Lu Sheng Zhong.

"Brother Lu, you got the news you wanted." Feng Ling Bo seems to attach great importance to Shan Chao Zong. He sent a tribute cultivator Jin Dan level with him, and not one. Moreover, there is a Jin Dan cultivator from the list Dan, Bai Yao. And he led their guard. It will be difficult for you to cultivate Zhu Ji to get the head of this Niu Yu Tao!

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 68

2023-02-01T21:04:00.001-08:00

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Yuan Fang was so scared of such a terrible situation that he hid behind Niu Yu Tao and did not dare to stick his head out.

"What does the princess want to do?" Niu Yu Tao calmly asked.

Feng Ru Nan, taking a step, crossed the threshold:

"Do you want to know what I want to do?"

Niu Yu Tao: "Really to kill me - matchmaker?

"Matchmaker?" Feng Ru Nan remembered how he borrowed money from her, thereby greatly disgracing her. Barely suppressing anger, she calmly said:

"Do you think I dare not?"

Niu Yu Tao: "I think that the princess will not dare. Otherwise, you need to think about the prince. And the prince still your husband."

Feng Ru Nan put her hand on the hilt of the sword that hung on her belt, and looking askance at him said:

"First, I will kill the matchmaker, and then the prince. What then?"

Niu Yu Tao was amazed at her insanity, and Yuan Fang trembled with everything. Yuan Gan slowly moved to take a more advantageous position.

Feng Ru Nan, pointing to Yuan Fang, said:

"If you do not give him, then you will die!"

Niu Yu Tao looked at Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Chu, standing on her sides, who also held a sword.

"The prince instructed us. If you want to do something, then first go to the prince. No need to pour out anger on subordinates. Otherwise, I do not agree!"

After their words, there was a clatter again.

Feng Ru Nan made such a noise that Chao Zong and others came running here.

"What is it?" Chao Zong shouted. Lan Jo Ting, Shu Qing, and others came running after him.

Niu Yu Tao looked at them, and calmly explained:

"The princess doesn't distinguish white from black and wants to take my subordinate!" - saying this, he pointed to a person standing behind.

Chao Zong turned and said displeasedly to Feng Ru Nan:

"What are you up to?"

Feng Ru Nan drew her sword and said: "Let him give him to me!"

Chao Zong angrily: "Do not give up what?"

Niu Yu Tao, having heard this, immediately approved the reaction of Chao Zong. He, in such a situation, did not understand who was right, but quickly began to protect his people.

"You won't give him back, let's see it!" Feng Ru Nan pointed to him with her sword. She was also angry. Pictures of that night appeared before her. Shame on him.

"Princess, do not make noise!" Bai Yao's voice came from outside: "Did you gather there to kill each other?"

Although he was not visible, May, Lan, Zhu, and Chu were immediately worried. His voice influenced them more than Feng Ru Nan, so they immediately left. Only Wen Li and Wen Xing remained near Feng Ru Nan.

At that moment, Bai Yao appeared in the doorway with a sword in his hands. He said again loudly:

"The princess!"

"Wait and see!" Feng Ru Nan said, pointing to Chao Zong, and turned around and left.

Lan Jo Ting immediately clasped his hands and bowed to Bai Yao, expressing grat.i.tude.

Bai Yao looked indifferent at everyone present and then slowly walked away.

Niu Yu Tao turned and said, Yuan Fang:

"Now, you are by my side. If someone wants to harm you, let him hurt me first!"

Yuan Fang nodded his head. He didn't want to go anywhere now.

Lan Jo Ting stepped forward and clasped his hands asked: "Lord Tao, what happens in the end?"

Niu Yu Tao, pointing to Yuan Fang, said:

"This guy learned bad manners at the monastery. So when the prince spent his wedding night, then this bear negligently poured something into the food so that the prince would succeed that night!"

Anyway, sooner or later, everyone will find out about it, so there was no point in hiding everything anymore.

Yuan Fang silently bowed his head and cursed to himself: *And what does negligence mean?* Only in the current circ.u.mstances could he not say anything to Niu Yu Tao, who was now the only one who defended him. Therefore, he had no choice but to admit guilt.

Chao Zong immediately flushed: Wretch!" He waved his sleeve and left.

Lan Jo Ting and Shu Qing exchanged glances. They certainly understood. Although Niu Yu Tao threw all the arrows at Yuan Fang, in this case, he is the primary initiator.

Lan Jo Ting smiling bitterly said:

"In the current situation, I ask Lord Tao to be more patient. No need to increase the contradictions."

Niu Yu Tao smiling answered: "Mr. Lan, don't worry. What is needed - I will tolerate what is not necessary - I will not tolerate it."

Lan Jo Ting did not find words. What did he say, didn't say - what's the difference? Therefore, he only shook his head and also left.

After they left, it became a little quiet. However, Yuan Fang decided that he would follow Niu Yu Tao wherever he went.

However, not much time pa.s.sed before one monk ran in and said perplexed:

"The Head, bad! The princess grabbed our two people..."

He explained a little, and Yuan Fang immediately understood everything. These two monks were just those whom he took with him to the Chao Zong affair.

Yuan Fang immediately began to pray to Niu Yu Tao:

"Lord Tao, please save them. These two monks were with me and helped me toss some medicine to the princess. As soon as they just say something, I will die!"

He knew that talking to his monks would not be so easy. However, he could not just watch how his people who followed him would suffer like this.

Niu Yu Tao understood him. They wanted to capture Yuan Fang, but they did not succeed. Now they want to grab Yuan Fang subordinates. This Feng Ru Nan has shown her att.i.tude and does not seem to put up with this. Therefore, she needs to prove the guilt of Yuan Fang.

Yuan Gan, who was standing at the window, suddenly leaned over and jumped off the second floor.

Niu Yu Tao quickly ran to the window and looked forward. He saw that Yuan Gan rushed to one man.

Outside the post station, returning Wei Xing was scared. Yuan Gan ran to her and immediately grabbed her by the neck, then leaned the dagger against her neck.

Wen Xing said in horror:

"You, what do you want to do?"

Niu Yu Tao and Yuan Fang also jumped and came here.

The actions of Yuan Gan attracted the attention of many people. Even Bai Yao stood up on the roof.

As soon as Niu Yu Tao approached Yuan Gan, he turned his head to the monks and said:

"Where are the captured monks?"

That monk pointed to one tent and said: "In that tent."

Niu Yu Tao, raising his sword, went there. Yuan Gan, holding Wen Xing, also led her along. They were thus warning the rest that the wrong movement and Wen Xing will be killed.

At this time, Chao Zong and others ran up. They, seeing the situation, asked: "What happened?"

Niu Yu Tao did not pay attention to them. This man cannot control his woman, and now he is still asking what happened.

Lan Jo Ting only sighed heavily. Everything has not calmed down yet, but then something happened again.

Yuan Fang waved his hand, and a crowd of monks ran up too.

From the noise, Feng Ru Nan left the tent and, seeing the situation, angrily said:

"How dare you grab my man? Let her go."

Niu Yu Tao stopped, holding a sword in front of him: "No question, I let her go. Only you first let my people go."

Hearing this, Chao Zong and the others understood what had happened. Chao Zong gradually began to get angry.

*This girl is crazy.*

Feng Ru Nan angrily said: "There's no place to bargain. I tell you, let her go, otherwise do not be offended!"

Niu Yu Tao did not answer. He just raised his head slightly.

-Psh! -Psh! Baam ... - there was a loud sound.

Yuan Gan grabbed Wen Xing by the hand, and with his other hand, gave her several slaps in front of a crowd of people. So much so that she went bleeding from her nose and mouth. The poor girl sobbed.

Feng Ru Nan's eyes widened and looked at Wen Xing. This was beaten not only by Wen Xing but also gave a good slap to Feng Ru Nan herself. She immediately told two people to pull out the monks. When they were brought out, one could see their battered faces. After that, Feng Ru Nan angrily said: "Quickly let her go. Otherwise, I will kill them!"

The subordinates immediately put the knives to the stomachs of the monks. However, the monks did not dare to say anything.

Niu Yu Tao was still silent. And Yuan Gan immediately wrapped Weng Xing's hand, making a ringing sound. He dislocated her hand.

"Ahhh!" Wen Xing screamed in pain in front of a crowd of people. And standing behind Feng Ru Nan, Wen Li turned pale. Chao Zong and the others only now realized how cruel Yuan Gan can be!

Feng Ru Nan shouted angrily: "Are you tired of living?"

Yuan Gan immediately released his hand and took Weng Xing by the other forearm.

"Stop!" Bai Yao, standing on the roof, shouted loudly.

Niu Yu Tao raised his chin slightly, and Yuan Gan immediately stopped. However, he immediately raised the dagger to Wen Xing's neck to restrain the others.

At this time, Feng Ru Nan, with people and Chao Zong from the other side, stood and looked at each other.

Bai Yao quickly flickered and was between the two sides. He said in a cold tone:

"Everyone quickly lets people go!"

Feng Ru Nan bared her teeth. Bai Yao told her, and she would not dare to ignore him.

Feng Ru Nan, pointing to Niu Yu Tao, growled:

"Cattle, you first repay my duty to me!"

"Once the elder Bai said, then I will not say anything. I believe the elder Bai!" - Niu Yu Tao waved his hand: "Let her go!

The situation gradually began to discharge. Bai Yao looked at Yuan Gan.

Yuan Gan removed the dagger and pushed Wen Xing.

Wen Xing staggered to her own. Someone ran to her and grabbed her.

Bai Yao also looked at Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Chu. They no longer paid attention to Feng Ru Nan and also pushed two monks.

Niu Yu Tao looked at the two and noticed that nothing serious had happened to them. He said again:

"Once the princess mentioned the duty, while the elder Bai is here, I want to clarify so that henceforth both parties do not heat the situation and do not violate our peaceful att.i.tude. I don't know how senior Bai looks at it?"

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 67

2023-02-01T15:04:00.001-08:00

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"Uh ..." Yuan Fang glanced sharply at him

He had long doubted Niu Yu Tao. But now Niu Yu Tao is so frankly telling him about it that it was hard for him to believe. He began to think about the reason for this att.i.tude and, bowing his head, asked:

"Lord Tao, why are you harming me so much? At the monastery on the mountain, I didn't do everything on purpose. Then Song Yang Qing forced me to." He thought that Niu Yu Tao was angry with him because of that incident.

Niu Yu Tao patted him on the shoulder:

"You thought a lot. I do not hurt you, but I help you."

Yuan Fan raised his head in amazement: "Help me?" - at that moment on his face, as if it was written: *But you are setting me up!*

Slime appeared on the hand of Niu Yu Tao, and he found a clean place on the clothes of Yuan Fang and rubbed his hand there while saying:

"You know, sooner or later, you would be discovered. One way or another, it's better to let them find you now and solve this issue right now."

*Die!* - Yuan Fang spoke to himself and continued to pray: "Lord Tao, you better let me go. If you let me go, I will put your tablet in the monastery, and I will pray for you every day so that you have a long and bright life. Okay?"

Niu Yu Tao leaned on his sword and sincerely said:

"Want to go-go. Just listen to my bitter words before you leave. As soon as you leave the post station, our relationship with your breaks. And again, it will be complicated to build them."

*d.a.m.n you and your relationship! I pray that this relationship will end. Beating every day - is it better? * thought Yuan Fang to himself, and clasped his hands he said:

"I ask the lord Tao, help. I need to keep my word. Otherwise, burn me in h.e.l.l."

Niu Yu Tao nodded his head:

"Forcibly be sweet, you will not. If you want to leave, then leave. Some Niu wish you happiness. Be healthy! "He waved to Yuan Gan, and he came up.

Niu Yu Tao sighing said: "Monkey, you need to forgive people whenever possible. No need to trouble them. Let them go. Give them one horse." After what was said, he took his sword and left.

Yuan Gan was surprised, but released them and still gave them a horse. He did not believe that Lord Tao decided so, and was surprised. However, if Lord Tao said so, then you must do so. Therefore, letting the horse down, he said to Yuan Fang:

"I will not accompany you!"

Yuan Fang bowed gratefully and folded his hands: "Buddha Amitabha! Great, great! I will put a nameplate in front of the temple, and I will not forget lord Yuan."

*A nameplate?* Yuan Gan certainly did not believe him. This werewolf wouldn't curse him all right.? Therefore, he turned around without ceremony and went to Niu Yu Tao.

When Yuan Gan entered the room, he immediately began to change clothes.

But Niu Yu Tao did not change clothes. He stood leaning on a sword with his eyes closed, and steam came from his wet clothes, and over time it became quite thick.

Yuan Gan, changing clothes, asked:

"Lord Tao, do you want the werewolf to leave?"

He did not want Yuan Fang to leave. Yuan Gan realized that the bear is capable and can be taken along with him, as well as his monks. Extra people running errands will not bother them.

Niu Yu Tao, who closed his eyes, calmly said:

"Let him go? Where will he go? You can climb onto my boat, but you cannot get off it. Believe it or not, he will be soon begging us to stay him."

Yuan Gan numb. *How is this possible?* However, after a little thought, he understood lord Tao and smiled a little. Niu Yu Tao especially betrayed him to Feng Ru Nan. Where can he escape now?

Indeed, the clothes of Niu Yu Tao dried directly on it, and at that moment, there was a knock. There was a faint voice from Yuan Fang:

"Lord Tao, lord Yuan, can I come in?"

Yuan Gan came up, opened the door, and saw Yuan Fang, who was standing smiling. Yuan Gan said displeasedly:

"Want to leave, so leave. No need to bother. Get out!"

"Wham!" He closed the door so that he nearly hit Yuan Fang in the face.

Niu Yu Tao smiled a little. He opened the window, looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and said:

"That sudden rain. What weather is changeable!"

As soon as he spoke, Yuan Fang's weak voice came again:

"Lord Tao, Lord Yuan."

Tidying clothes, Yuan Gan shouted again:

"Get out!"

Only Yuan Fang not only did not leave but also dared to open the door and enter.

Yuan Gan, holding wet clothes in his hands, immediately threw it away and, clenching his fists, wanted to hit Yuan Fang.

Yuan Fang immediately stepped back and waved his hand said:

"Lord Yuan, do not rush. Listen to me first. Lord Yuan, Lord of Tao."

"Monkey, when will you stop being so hot-tempered? Although relations had already ended, and he was about to leave, would there be problems if we listen to him? First, we listen to him." - standing with his back to them and facing the window, Niu Yu Tao spoke calmly.

Yuan Gan only waved his fists and yet then released them:

"Speak quickly and on business."

Yuan Fang, clutching his head with both hands and hiding in a corner, immediately began to thank Niu Yu Tao:

"Lord Tao is a great man!"

Niu Yu Tao, looking out the window, asked:

"Are you not going to leave? Why come back?"

Yuan Fang was delighted when they mentioned the departure. He gathered the monks, and with one horse, they were going to leave the post station. However, they noticed many of the views of the soldiers on themself. Can they escape somewhere under such supervision? Especially in the county of Kuangai.

He understood why Feng Ru Nan did not immediately execute him. After all, he is the man of Niu Yu Tao, and therefore the man of the prince. This means that she will not attack the prince's man in plain sight, because then they will have a conflict. And if they go to deserted places, then it will be easier for Feng Ru Nan to deal with them. Especially when many masters next to her are much stronger than Niu Yu Tao.

Moreover, they have one horse for 20 people. How far will they go on foot?

Therefore, when Niu Yu Tao let them go - it was the same as going to die.

Having discovered the trap, Yuan Fang hesitated. Is it not specifically that Niu Yu Tao wants to expel him so that he is not considered his man? After all, now does he useful for Niu Yu Tao?

"This is ... lord Tao. We don't want to leave yet." Yuan Fang said, smiling.

"You just said that it's vital for you to leave." Now do not want? And then you want it again? Bear, do you want to play with me like that?" Niu Yu Tao still spoke calmly.

"I don't dare. I don't dare!" Yuan Fang immediately, neglecting Yuan Gang, went to Niu Yu Tao:

"Lord Tao, I didn't mean it."

Niu Yu Dao did not listen to him and said:

"Usher the guest. Get them out of the post station and tell everyone that he has nothing to do with us. If he wants to come here again, then kill him without pity!"

Yuan Fang was scared at that moment:

"Lord Tao, aah ...

Yuan Gan went up to him and hit him on the stomach so that he would shut up.

"Lord Tao, you really can't do that. You cannot cross the river and burn bridges behind you!" Yuan Fang grabbed Yuan Gan by the hand and began to fight him.

He was not going to leave. Previously, for the safety of the monks, he did not dare to resist. But now, when they are sent to death, he already began to use all his strength and was not inferior in force to Yuan Gan. What you won't do when life is at stake?

Niu Yu Tao turned and, looking at the bear, said:

"Burn one's boats? Good. Then do not say that I am not merciful. I give you another chance. You can choose again - leave or stay!"

Yuan Gan held Yuan Fang, and Yuan Fang said in a weak voice:

"Now, I won't leave!"

Niu Yu Tao: "Now? Will you stay with us like a parasite, and then, ignoring the problems, will you just leave? Where it is seen? You choose now. Say one word. Look, my patience has borders too!"

Seeing that Yuan Feng was thinking, Niu Yu Tao said to Yuan Gan:

"Go away him."

Yuan Fang immediately shouted: "I will stay! We will stay!"

Niu Yu Tao lowered his hand, and Yuan Gan released Yuan Fang. Niu Yu Tao approached him:

"Bear, it's your choice. You have chosen your path. You are responsible for it. Are you sure you choose to stay?"

Yuan Fang, bitterly bowing his head, said: "I will stay!

But in his heart, he determined that as soon as a chance appeared, he would immediately run away.

At that moment, somebody knocked on their door and immediately opened the door. Wen Li stood outside the door. She walked over and, looking at Yuan Fang, said:

"You follow me. The princess wants to see you!"

Yuan Fang was immediately scared. That woman even beat her husband, how can he go? He directly looked imploringly at Niu Yu Tao:

"Lord Tao!"

Niu Yu Tao, holding a sword, stepped forward and blocked her path:

"He won't go!"

Wen Li froze and said displeasedly:

"Didn't you hear? The princess told him to go!"

Niu Yu Tao indifferently said:

"The prince said that in any case, his consent is needed. Especially in the affairs of the princess."

Niu Yu Tao was not interested in what the prince would say. After all, what the Niu Yu Tao will say, the prince will say. And he was not afraid that he would shoot arrows at the prince. Feng Ru Nan does not dare to kill the prince. At most - she will beat him, and that's it.

Wen Li did not find words. She turned and growled before leaving:

"Wait!"

Niu Yu Tao turned and said, Yuan Fang:

"Nothing. While I am here, she will not touch you. Today I will tell you that from today we will share food and booze too. We will share all the blessings and troubles."

"Thank you, Lord Tao, thank you, Lord Tao!" Yuan Fang immediately began to thank him. If it weren't for Niu Yu Tao, then he probably would have died.

Only at that moment, there was a clatter.

"Booh"

Someone opened the door from his feet, and several people came in with Feng Ru Nan at the head.

Seeing them, Niu Yu Tao frowned.

*Does this male girl know the sh.o.r.es?*

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 66

2023-02-01T09:04:00.001-08:00

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When they were in the city, Feng Ru Han could not find that older man with a white beard. Yes, even if she found it, then what's wrong. She can't do anything anyway.

She clearly understood that although she was disgraced, it was the husband and wife's business. She could not do anything. She will simply be told that she is wrong. So her parents stopped her and told her not to disturb all. But here everything is different. Here she is herself mistress. Here she has power. And she will decide how and what to do!

They did not find that man in the city, but she was silent and did not want to frighten him away. He probably hid there. But now, when they leave, he should appear.

Wen Li and Wen Xing walked around and looked for a man.

Niu Yu Tao noticed this and occasionally glanced at them. Then he turned and asked Yuan Gan:

"Bear, where did he go?"

Yuan Gan: "Back, in the second row, that black-faced.

Niu Yu Tao turned and looked at the black-faced bodyguard. If Yuan Gan had not told him, then he would not have recognized Yuan Fang.

He immediately asked: "And what about his face?"

Yuan Gan: "He says that I beat him and that's why he is trying to recover with medicines... He took the sauce in the kitchen and covered his face."

Niu Yu Tao smiled: "This bear is still very skilled."

Yuan Gan did not answer. He also understood and admitted that this simple-minded bear is not so simple and very cunning. Realizing the danger, he shaved off his beard, which the monks do not like. He also borrowed clothes from bodyguards and painted on his face, referring to Yuan Gan. Like this, he wants to avoid retribution from Feng Ru Nan. If it were not for lord Tao, who said that he would not run away without monks, then Yuan Gan would always guard him.

Yuan Gan allowed him to escape. However, he will leave 20 monks. Yuan Fang went out to town to shop and, to his surprise, returned. He did not leave his monks, and this aroused the admiration of Yuan Gan. Now he did not think that he was a cunning sc.u.mbag. Otherwise, he would have left 20 brothers.

Yuan Gan, of course, understood that Yuan Fang was not a good person. However, it can still be fixed. On the way, faced with many dangers, with swords and pikes, people just become close. In such situations, people begin to believe each other.

And as Lord Tao said, this bear's worldview is merely small, and its value systems are wrong. And so one can make a good person out of him.

Chao Zong and others also noticed that Feng Ru Nan still couldn't calm down and was always looking for someone.

"Bah!" There was thunder.

Clouds suddenly appeared in the blue sky.

Although they have not yet traveled half a day from the city. Large drops of rain began to fall from the sky.

The riders accelerated to get to the post station faster. Because they did not bring a convoy with them, they did not have tents to shelter from the rain. Yuan Fang could be under the rain for some time, but not so long. Therefore, he had to fall to the horse and pray to the sky.

It was already visible postal stations, but the clouds quickly clouded the sky, and the rain became stronger. However, when they drove closer to the postal station, the rain stopped.

Crouching to the horse, Yuan Fang lifted his head. He looked at the blue sky and said: "Great Buddha!"

All the postal stations in Kuangai County were already used by Feng Lin Bo. They were not intended for an imperial house. Therefore, the postal station already knew that Feng Ru Nan would arrive. Because of the rain, they are unlikely to go any further and are likely to remain at the station, so postal people began to install tents. They managed to install many tents, as the weather cleared up.

Only tents are not enough for 1000 people. Feng Ru Nan and other main people will go there, but the rest of ordinary soldiers are not so lucky.

Knowing that Feng Ru Nan would come, everyone was moving fast. The postmaster ordered the subordinates to cook soup. Although it was spring rain, it was still cold. Especially the riders who were riding in front, the wind beating in their face.

Indeed, not much time pa.s.sed before the approaching clatter of hooves was heard.

Feng Ru Nan did not wear armor this time, she was in simple women's clothing. From the fact that the clothes got wet and covered the body of Feng Ru Nan, her outstanding charms, covered with clothes, attracted men's attention well. Wen Xing trembled all the same and quickly threw a cloak over Feng Ru Nan.

Only Feng Ru Nan was in no hurry to climb into the tent. At first, as a decent military leader, she examined everything. She watched what consequences of the rain fell on the army and then was about to return. Only then did she smell a terrible stink.

The wind carried one specific thick smell, which attracted the attention of a considerable number of people. Many people turned their heads and looked at Yuan Fang.

Yuan Fang cried bitterly to himself. He noticed that from the rain, his whole sauce on his face began to drain down his neck onto his clothes. A thick stench emanated from him, plus he had a healthy physique. Among all, he was - like a crane among chickens.

And without the sauce, it was hard not to notice.

Although he could hide for a while, he could not always hide. Therefore, sooner or later, he would have been discovered. However, Yuan Fang still wanted to postpone the case. Who knows, maybe he will have the opportunity to take the monks and escape.

Initially, he did not think that the case would be dangerous. But when at night he heard Feng Ru Nan beat the prince, then he understood what he had gotten into.

There was nothing to blame him. He was brought from the temple, and he knew nothing about the situation.

Feng Ru Nan looked at him and turned her head and asked:

"Is it he?"

Wen Xing and Wen Li carefully looked at him, but could not admit. And it was not only the missing beard but the fact that when they saw him, he was completely bruised. And after that incident, Yuan Fang always rubbed his face so that the blood would dissolve. Therefore, after that incident, he had a different look.

"It seems the eyes are alike ..." - Wen Xing and Wen Li stood there and couldn't identify him accurately.

Chao Zong and others also noticed a strange thing. They looked at Yuan Fang and wondered why they look at him. However, they also noticed it was strange that Yuan Fang shaved his beard.

Only Yuan Gan, who knew the matter, stood with a stony expression on his face, and Niu Yu Tao especially smiling loudly asked:

"Bear, what about your gray beard? Have you shaved it off? And why did you color your face?"

As soon as he said this, a cold smile appeared on Feng Ru Nan's face.

Yuan Fang nearly fainted. He shouted bitterly to himself: *Lord Tao, what are you doing?!*

Yuan Gan even twisted his mouth. He now perfectly understood what Yuan Fang was feeling.

Feng Ru Nan did nothing. She found out, and that was enough.

Several tents were set up, but not all.

And in one tent somebody cooked soup. Feng Ru Nan understood that this was no time for revenge, especially not far from the city. And along the way, she noticed that the head of the post station did an excellent job.

Therefore, looking at the head of the post, she calmly said:

"Report to the county so that this person will be appointed an official of the postal setup!"

That man understood that these words changed his life. It is not to say an official of the postal setup was not an important position but is good for him.

Therefore, as soon as he heard this, he immediately rejoiced.

And Feng Ru Nan strode inward with a wide step.

First, the girls went to change clothes, and then the rest.

Niu Yu Tao noticed that even though there was good rain and everyone was almost wet through. However, Bai Yao and other cultivators were completely dry, as if the rain had pa.s.sed them by. When Niu Yu Tao himself was also wet.

"Lord Tao!" Yuan Fang stood aside and asked Niu Yu Tao to leave.

Niu Yu Tao, covering himself with a fan from the smell and frowning, asked, pretending to know nothing:

"What smells of you?"

Yuan Fang clasped his hands, began to beg:

"Lord Tao, please let me go with the monks. If I do not leave, then I am afraid I will not live!"

Niu Yu Tao was amazed: "Why do you say that?"

Yuan Fang, pointing to Yuan Gan, whispered in a whisper about what Yuan Gan had asked him, and at the end, he whispered:

"If I don't leave, the princess will kill me!"

Niu Yu Tao calmly said:

"Is that what? I told Yuan Gan about this business, so he said you to do it."

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 64

2023-01-31T21:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 64 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. Did I Do Something Wrong?

Feng Ru Nan did not touch food in her marriage chamber. The only thing is, when they went the official part, she drank from the mating goblet. Is this it?

Wen Xing replied:

"They sent everything from home."

Feng Ru Nan: "Have you checked them?"

Wen Xing: "The landlord personally checked them. There should be no problems."

Feng Ru Nan silenced. From home, they should not have treated her like that. And definitely, everything was well checked. Then what is the problem?

She asked again:

"Did anyone check on the way?"

Two girls shook their heads:

"No." The rest checked everything at the banquet.

Feng Ru Nan paused a little and asked again: "Inevitably, no one touched to food?"

Two girls did not understand what was happening. *Did someone add poison?* However, they shook their heads again.

What then?" Feng Ru Nan whispered to herself.

She looked at the candle and slowly approached her. However, she was in no hurry. Yesterday she weakened so quickly, and this morning, while chasing Chao Zong, she did not notice that this candle was somehow strangely burning.

She reached out, raked the wax a little, and was about to smell it. Suddenly, Wen Li said:

"Mistress, yesterday it seems like one person was touching food."

Feng Ru Nan immediately turned her head, and Wen Xing asked in surprise:

"Who?"

Wen Li: "Have you forgotten? Yesterday, an older man with a gray beard, didn't he block our path?"

Wen Xing froze. She remembered and immediately nodded to Feng Ru Nan.

Feng Ru Nan, grinding her teeth, said:

"What older man came here?"

Wen Li: "The servants do not know. He said that he was the prince's bodyguard."

As soon as Feng Ru Nan heard about Chao Zong, she immediately began to interrogate:

"Quickly say how it all happened?"

"Yesterday, as soon as the servants got here ..." Wen Li outlined what happened yesterday.

After listening to everything, Feng Ru Nan quickly went out into the street. She brought a kettle of wine with her. She opened it and sniffed, but felt nothing. She looked inside, but she didn't notice anything extraordinary either.

Then she returned to the room and gave the kettle to Wen Xing:

"Drink!"

"Uh ..." Wen Xing was amazed. She looked worriedly at Feng Ru Nan. What could be wrong with him? However, she won't go against Ru Nan, and she had to drink.

After that, Feng Ru Nan sat next to her and closed her eyes while waiting. She slowly calmed down.

After a while, Wen Xing said in a weak voice:

"Mistress ..."

Feng Ru Nan immediately opened her eyes and saw Wen Xing fall to the floor.

"Sister!" Wen Li screamed and went straight to her.

Feng Ru Nan walked over and began to examine her. Wen Xing's arms and legs went limp. She was falling asleep, and her eyes were half-open.

As soon as she looked at her, she immediately realized that it was the same with her last night.

"Mistress, what's the matter with my sister? "Wen Li asked hastily.

Feng Ru Nan helped lift Wen Xing and laid her on the bed. She told Wen Li:

"Calm down. It's okay with her. I ask you what the name of this old man is?"

Wen Li shook her head. "The servant does not know."

Feng Ru Nan: "If you see him again, can you identify him?"

Wen Li nodded. "I can."

Feng Ru Nan, angry, went to pack her things.

Today, when she was chasing Chao Zong, she put on only the top set. And so she ran out into the street, not as befits a girl. Indeed, she is an educated girl among the soldiers.

The ruler's palace.

Feng Lin Bo and Peng Yu Lan at breakfast listened to a report on the young.

And when they heard that the daughter ran after Chao Zong in the morning and wanted to kill him, they stopped and did not know what to do. The couple opened their mouths and staring. Of course, they knew that their daughter was so fierce, but not so much.

However, Feng Lin Bo waved his hand and continued to eat, smiling bitterly and shaking his head.

Peng Yu Lan was still worried. She reached out and laid it on Feng Lin Bo, stopping him:

"Yesterday they fought, this morning she wanted to kill him. But you eat so calmly?"

Feng Lin Bo loosened his hands and put down chopsticks:

"And what else to do? They are spouses. Where are we going to intervene? Because of them, are we not eating now? Besides, Chao Zong is not the opponent of your daughter. He lost to her. So he will not offend our daughter. What else do you have to worry about?"

Peng Yu Lan: "You say so. But can not it always be so?"

Feng Lin Bo sighed: "I told you that it wasn't necessary to train her like that initially. It's good that Chao Zong married her. A simple person would have long died in her chamber. Then there would be a joke!"

Peng Yu Lan, frowning, said:

"Now, what is the use of these words? Do you better think about whether Chao Zong will treat her well later?"

Feng Lin Bo closed his eyes: "Do you think... Chao Zong took Ru Nan clearly because of what. You and I clearly understand this. He took her because of us, because of our support. Besides, we will follow him. He will not be able to harm Ru Nan in any way. Ru Nan is now keeping his distance with him — excellent too. But when that incident happens to them, then you will need to teach your daughter how to behave..."

The sun was rising, and Niu Yu Tao stood in front of the flower and looked at it. He leaned over, picked a flower, and sifted through it. He had not seen such yet.

"Tuck!" One bag fell at his feet.

Niu Yu Tao turned his head and saw Yuan Gan. He asked:

"What is it?"

Yuan Gan: "Look at it."

Niu Yu Tao thought: *What is this precious thing since Yuan Gan himself personally brought it.* By the sound, he realized that there was something loose in the bag. He kicked the pouch with his foot and lift some of the contents into his palm. And asked in surprise: "Soy?"

Yuan Gan: "There are not many such things here. When I was in the village, I did not see it. Yesterday, when they brought food from the ruler, I noticed these beans. Because a little soy is obtained, it is not planted in large quant.i.ties. Few have tried it, and few eat.

Niu Yu Tao said suspiciously: "In no case, don't think to plant it, or do you want to give it to people from the village? If so, then it's not worth it. I convince you. You said that it bears little fruit. Especially in a turbulent age when people are starving. It will be of little use. Save strength."

Yuan Gan: "I asked the cook. He did not hear about tofu. Can you make tofu?"

Tofu can be made from bristled soy. Only Yuan Gan himself cannot. He exclusively heard how they make it, but he did not try it. And Niu Yu Tao can. He always liked objects of art and traditional things.

"Here is no tofu?" Niu Yu Tao was amazed. He looked at the soybeans and shook his head. Yuan Gan reminded him of the taste of how tofu smells. He now understood what Yuan Gan wanted to say, and nodded to him:

"I'll tell you the other day. It's not yet in a hurry."

While they were talking, Shu Qing came. Upon learning the news from Lan Jo Ting, she immediately ran here. She noticed from afar how two people were looking at the bag so seriously. And when she saw it closer, she was surprised.

Niu Yu Tao: "The Grand d.u.c.h.ess looks calm. Everything must be in order with the prince."

Shan Shu Qing: "Have you poured the medicine?"

*Looks like they already know! *

Niu Yu Tao knew that sooner or later they would find out. However, he still shook his head:

"Not I." He cannot confess to this matter.

Shan Shu Qing: "Lord Tao does not want to confess?"

"Do I need in a confession? Firstly, I didn't do it. Secondly, even if I did this..." - he turned to Yuan Gan: - Did I Do Something Wrong?

Yuan Gan certainly understood what he meant. He did not mean how they did, but what they did. So he shook his head: "All right!"

Niu Yu Tao immediately looked at Shu Qing:

"Then, the Grand d.u.c.h.ess should not think that I did everything wrong?"

If only Shu Qing says what he did wrong, then for him, it will be even better. He will no longer need to say anything. He was looking for a good chance along the way to take Yuan Gan with him. Just have not yet found. They need to help the brother and the sister. However, he is only interested in cultivation and resources for cultivation here!

He is not interested in which prince of the land belongs to, what the emperor is sitting on the throne, who will be defeated for the dominion. All this is not his business. He stayed to help them only because of Yuan Gan. Because he sent Yuan Gan to work, but there Yuan Gan owed a man. And so that Yuan Gan did not feel guilt on his heart and soul, he remained to help. Therefore, he is trying so hard for this brother and this sister.

He already helped them in full - paved the way for them, built bridges, drew them the future. This is more than enough to pay the debt of Yuan Gan. But if they still say that he does everything poorly, then they already have nothing to stay with them. Even then, they certainly owe nothing to them. Why then should they stay if they are spoken like that? Of course, he will then lead Yuan Gan away.

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 63

2023-01-31T15:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 63 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. Unclean business

"What?" - Bai Yao did not understand. The newlywed ran out in this form. Now the bride is chasing to kill the groom? Hearing the noise, Shu Qing and Lan Jo Ting also came running. Seeing Chao Zong naked, they even did not understand what was happening. Only they were even more surprised when they saw Feng Ru Nan chasing after them with a sword in their hand. What is she wearing? She seemed to hastily put on the dress that one could see her bare legs. Apparently, she hadn't even put on her knickers and had not yet fastened the collar in front. Therefore it had possible to see slightly swaying white b.r.e.a.s.t.s. Shu Qing could not believe her eyes. For her, it was over, not chaste. How can a girl run around and show her charms? She simply could not imagine such a thing. If her parents had seen that their daughter would run like this, they would have shot her right away! Lan Jo Ting also opened his mouth and staring. For him, too, this kind of activity was a shock. Such an act simply violates all the moral principles of girls. How could a wealthy Feng family have such a daughter? He also could not imagine it. Chao Zong fled to this side. He, with bare hands, was not an opponent of Feng Ru Nan. Not to mention the fact that she had a sword in her hands. Therefore, he immediately ran away. "Shameless dog! Wait, I'll kill you!" Feng Ru Nan ran from behind and screamed furiously. Around cultivators and standing on the roof, cultivators also did not find words. Bai Yao immediately flickered. Felt a gust of wind, Feng Run Nan quickly turned and waved her sword. She did not even pay attention to whether this is her people or not. Bai Yao waved the sheath of his sword and hit him with the sword. Then he grabbed Ru Nan by the shoulders and stopped in place: "Ru Nan, don't make any noise!" Bai Yao safely took the sword from Ru Nan. "Let me go! Let me go! I have to kill him! I have to kill him ..." Ru Nan screamed hysterically, and her eyes turned red. What could even be seen as tears began to drain from her eyes? She stared at Chao Zong. Bai Yao frowned. "Ru Nan, what happened?" She spoke through her teeth: "He's a shameless man..!" Seeing what she says in riddles, Bai Yao already guessed what had happened. Only he smiled bitterly and said: "You already married. Why get angry now? What has been done is a regular thing. In the whole of heaven, after the wedding, this is a natural and self-evident matter!" Only he was surprised. After all, last night, she did not allow herself even to touch. Why did this happen? Did he take advantage of the fact that she fell asleep? However, he was embarra.s.sed to ask such things. She did not tell. Bai Yao did not ask. He only gave a sign to Wen Xing and Wen Li to help Ru Nan get back. He, covering her, pulled into the house. Lan Jo Ting, Shu Qing, and several other bodyguards sighed in relief when they saw that Ru Nan was being returned. In this life, they were not so embarra.s.sed. Lan Jo Ting turned his head and saw Chao Zong half-dressed. He immediately ordered the bodyguards to give Chao Zong a cloak. Someone from the bodyguards gave their boots so that the prince would not go barefoot. Lan Jo Ting and Shu Qing quickly led the prince into the courtyard. On the way, Lan Jo Ting tried to ask: "Prince, did everything goes well?" He meant the first wedding night. It was difficult for Chao Zong to talk about this, but he nodded slightly, admitting that he managed to achieve what he wanted. Only before unmarried Shu Qing how will he talk about it. Shu Qing, noticing his nod, immediately blushed. Only she did not understand to herself - after all, Ru Nan made it clear that she did not want this. Why did she give up? As soon as they returned to the courtyard, Lan Jo Ting invited the prince to go inside and change his clothes. And then wanted to talk. Chao Zong coughed dryly and then said: "Mister, You come in too." Lan Jo Ting understood him and went in without saying anything. As soon as the door was closed, Shu Qing also realized that her brother was avoiding her, so she left. Inside the room, Chao Zong found his clothes and changed clothes. He was frowning all the time, and Lan Jo Ting stood aside and was silent. As soon as he changed clothes, Chao Zong put his hands on the table and bowed his head. A lot of time pa.s.sed, as he perplexedly said: "Mister, This is a strange thing." Lan Jo Ting went up to him and said: "Tell me." Chao Zong: "Last night, Feng Ru Nan defeated me. Only then did her hands loosen. I initially thought that she was just taking her breath. But after a while, she completely loosened her grip. I broke free and seized the moment. Only after this ... this, I thought that she humbled herself and surrendered at will. However, then she said that they had put medicine for her ... And after that, you saw." "A cure?" - Lan Jo Ting hesitated. "Are you sure?" Chao Zong said quietly: "Last night, when I was busy with business, I did not pay attention. But after... Later ... later I realized that she was telling the truth by 80-90%." - He turned his head and asked inquiringly: "Could it be that somebody has poured the cure on our part?" Lan Jo Ting waved his hand and said: How could we? Besides, all the food brought from the ruler. We wouldn't have time to do anything." Chao Zong grinned bitterly: "Well, did Feng Lin Bo himself do this?" "It is right too. If so, then who? " Lan Jo Ting did not understand. Suddenly a sparkle appeared in his eyes. He recalled yesterday's events. When everyone was worried about the prince, only Niu Yu Tao behaved calmly and urged everyone to disperse. He was still wondering how he was not worried about the prince. Thinking about this, he continued: "Maybe this is that person." Chao Zong looked at him and asked doubtfully: "Who?" Lan Jo Ting said with a sigh: "Who pushed the prince to fulfill his marital duty? Besides him, who else can?" Shan Chao Zong was surprised: "Does Mr. believe that this is Niu Yu Tao?" Lan Jo Ting: "Last night, he behaved strangely. I am 80-90% sure that this is due to him." Chao Zong hesitatingly said: "Mr., how could he do this without our knowledge? When would he have a chance? Besides everything that was there, I also ate. Why didn't anything happen to me?" Lan Jo Ting sighing said: "I do not know this. The snake has its path, the mouse has its own, and their ways are different. This lord Tao is not distinguished by decent behavior. He takes money from the princess and bought them gifts for her. Such an act does not exactly paint a decent person. And he is not a respectable person. However, his methods are effective. Perhaps there are no things that he cannot. He is an outstanding person. I still can't understand how, at his age, he can be such an intelligent person? How could such an educated, broad-minded person come from the village? I also do not believe that they could teach him this in the sect of the Highest purity. Especially when they kept him in custody. I don't know whether it's good or bad that we keep such a person with us. However, for these few days, although he did not always use suitable methods, his goals were useful. While he helps us." Chao Zong sadly twisted mouth: "And now what? How will I look in her eyes..." Having discussed everything, Lan Jo Ting left the lonely prince and went outside. When he saw Shu Qing, he went to the side with her to talk. "Nothing with my brother?" Shu Qing asked immediately, worried. Lan Jo Ting shook his head and seemed to want to say, but on the other hand, he was not comfortable talking. Seeing his expression, Shu Qing immediately said: "Mister, If you have something to say, then say it. We do not need to ceremonies with each other." We do not need to ceremonies with each other." "I want to warn the princess. In no case, be alone with the lord Tao." Shu Qing was surprised: "Mister, Why says so?" Lan Jo Ting thought and said in a whisper: "In the chambers of the newlyweds, Feng Ru Nan seems to have added medicine. Otherwise, the prince would not have succeeded yesterday." "Ah ..." Shu Qing cried out in surprise, and noticing that she had lost control, she covered her mouth: "How is this possible?" Lan Jo Ting: "It must be like that. The prince after..." - Lan Jo Ting vaguely everything and explained how and what happened. Shu Qing, after listening to him and also linking everything, thought that most likely, it was Niu Yu Tao. She understood that Lan Jo Ting was afraid that the same thing would happen to her as Feng Ru Nan. Only she said lightly: "Mister thought up a lot. No one dares to do so. Should I be afraid of this?" By this, she meant that she was ugly. Lan Jo Ting: "I ask the princess to be more attentive. This person uses low methods." He folded his arms, bowed, and left. Shu Qing watched him and thought... Yuan Gan came to the courtyard of the monks from the monastery of the southern mountains. Yuan Fang smiling again, greeted him with bows, and prepared for the next beatings. Only Yuan Gan was in no hurry to beat him, but, on the contrary, examined his face with curiosity. Having shaved off a gray beard, this werewolf has considerably grown younger. That it's will hardly recognize him ... Chaos reigned everywhere in the bridal room. Chairs, furniture, and utensils were broken, and Feng Ru Nan lay on the bed. The pictures of last night kept popping up in her head. She recalled how tightly she held Chao Zong and how her grip loosened, and then unpleasant scenes began. From this, she again became hurt and hurt. Wen Xing and Wen Li walked carefully cleaned everything. Only by negligence did they touch a golden gla.s.s of wine. Feng Ru Nan came to herself from the resonant sound, wiped away her tears and, looking at the wine kettle, asked: "Where does this wine come from?"

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 62

2023-01-31T09:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 62 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. Scream!!!

"In the rooms of the young and soo disgraced!" - Bai Yao sighed and said to himself: *It is not surprising that a girl who always did not want to get married would behave like that. What husband wants to marry her? Moreover, you do not say that the first beauty, what are you doing then?*

"Did the bride grab her husband like that at night? This is a shame! "Niu Yu Tao shook his head too. It seems that Yuan Gan spoke correctly. Chao Zong is really not a rival to Feng Ru Nan. He looked at Yuan Gan.

Yuan Gan immediately grabbed Yuan Fang and took him aside for a conversation.

Lang Jo Ting and Shu Qing heard how Feng Ru Nan twisted Chao Zong.

Shu Qing was worried about her brother's safety.

Lan Jo Ting frowned. If this happened today, then most likely, Feng Ru Nan will not respect her husband. How then can they then take troops and control them? Even if they manage to make troops to Tsang Wu County, it will still be difficult for them together.

"Do you let go!?

"I will not let go, and what? You dared to touch me. I didn't tear off your skin, and this is my courtesy to you. Do you think you can offend me at any moment?"

"Just a joke. You are my wife…"

"Wife, and what? Do you think you can touch me at any time?"

Hearing her brother's tormenting voice, Shu Qing shouted:

"The bride, today, we have all become one family, but there is no need to make a fuss!"

"Outside, sister Shu Qing? How could I so fuss? This is your brother's hands. Don't worry. I will teach your worthless brother well. I guarantee that he will behave himself later pretty well. "Feng Ru Nan was quite respectful of Shu Qing. Because she knew that even though she not so beautiful, Shu Qing was all the more not beautiful. If Feng Ru Nan can also show his face, then Shu Qing always walks under his hat and is afraid to scare people with his face. People say she is horrid. Therefore, Feng Ru Nan was sympathetic to her. Also, Shu Qing was left without funds, and Feng Ru Nan, as a girl, understood her and felt sympathy for her. She realized that she was much luckier in life than Shu Qing.

Yuan Gan went to Niu Yu Tao and whispered in his ear:

"She already drank the drink, and he warrants that the action of the drink is about to take effect."

Shu Qing went to the door of the bride and groom's house and said Bai Yao:

"Senior, let me in and talk."

Bai Yao, immediately holding the sword moved away. He hoped that this comedy would end soon. After all, he thought about how to report everything not only to the ruler but also to the sect?

However, Feng Ru Nan immediately warned:

"Sister Shu Qing, you better not go in. Your brother and I make love, and we're not dressed. This is not a good time for you to enter."

Shu Qing knew that Feng Ru Nan seemed to be talking nonsense:

"Bride, I'll come for a short while..."

Feng Ru Nan interrupted her:

I say you don't come in - so don't come in. I am now tense, and if anything, I can do something wrong. If you enter, then I can accidentally deprive your brother of offspring. Should you come in?"

Niu Yu Tao, when he heard this, smiled. Yet this girl is still that tigress!

Only Feng Ru Nan could p.r.o.nounce such words. What can you do, she steadily grew up among the warriors and often heard their conversations. And how can warriors talk? So she involuntarily picked up from them that's words, and she sometimes forgot that she was a woman. In general, a woman with male habits.

She decided to torture Chao Zong. Recently, she cried out of resentment for several days. How many years she did not cry, and these days she cried. Now the culprit of her tears was served to her on a silver platter. Now she wants to take revenge on him for everything.

"M ..." - Chao Zong groaned painfully.

Shu Qing hurriedly said: "Bride, don't do anything horrible. You better talk."

Feng Ru Nan replied: "Sister, you don't understand. Your brother and I are fighting. If we swear, then we love each other. This is not your business. I don't want to harm you, so it's better to leave calmly. Otherwise, do not blame me for my rudeness."

"Sc.u.m!" Chao Zong swore.

"Bah!" The slap rang across Chao Zong's face.

Feng Ru Nan: "You shut up. Otherwise, I'll count all your teeth!"

Bai Yao shook his head. Indeed, Chao Zong needed to be silent. Why does he vex her even more?

Yuan Gan said to Niu Yu Tao, and Niu Yu Tao calculated everything to himself. Indeed Chao Zong deservedly receives. He clearly knew how Feng Ru Nan relates to him. Why was he in such a hurry? He would have wait until she calms down, and he had tactfully begun to approach her.

He imagined the situation inside the house and said with a sigh:

"Grand d.u.c.h.ess, the princess, speaks correctly. These are the affairs of the husband and wife. No need to bother them outside. Let them frolic themselves. If they don't come out in a day, then we'll enter."

Shu Qing looked at him in surprise, and Lan Jo Ting frowned.

And from the room came the loud voice of Feng Ru Nan: "Niu Yu Tao, you are a cheater and a scammer! Wait, I'll settle my scores with you!"

Niu Yu Tao was silent. It looks like Feng Ru Nan remembered his voice.

"Oh, princess, you're having a lot of fun. We won't bother you." Niu Yu Tao sighed and waved Shu Qing:

"Great d.u.c.h.ess, let's go!"

Shu Qing did not understand and doubted. *So we will let go, my brother? What if something happens?*

Niu Yu Tao waved his hand again.

Shu Qing doubted, but still trusted him and then left.

Niu Yu Tao also waved his hand at everyone: "Go away. All go away. They are inside. They have their affairs. Why bother them?" He nodded gravely to Bai Yao and said to Wen Xing and Wen Li:

"They don't need your service today. Go away too."

After his words, everyone began to disperse, and Yuan Fang, dangling his head, followed Niu Yu Tao.

Seeing that everyone had dispersed, Bai Yao again said:

"Ru Nan, I'm telling you again. Know the measure!"

Feng Ru Nan: Uncle Bai, don't worry. I won't do anything wrong, or else I won't be able to command the army."

Bai Yao shook his head with a sigh. He flew up and landed on the roof, staying on the roof under the moon and listening to the sounds in the newlyweds' room.

Not much time pa.s.sed before the noise rose again in the room. It seems that they began to fight again. However, the battle seemed to cease quickly, and yet there was silence inside.

Bai Yao shook his head: "This girl is hard to convince ..."

"Lord Tao, nothing will happen to my brother?"

Niu Yu Tao walked, looking at the three-story palace. He walked with his hands behind his back. Lan Jo Ting and Shu Qing followed him. Shan Shu Qing was worried about her brother.

Niu Yu Tao smiling said: "Death from a beautiful woman is a worthy death!"

Shu Qing did not find words. So she couldn't find a place for herself because her brother was suffering there, and Niu Yu Tao was joking here.

Lan Jo Ting sighing said:

"Lord Tao, now is not the time for jokes. However, returning to the main theme, will Feng Ru Nan do nothing with the prince there?"

Niu Yu Tao smiled:

"What can happen? Would she kill him? The prince can get a little beating and all."

Lan Jo Ting and Shu Qing thought that if Niu Yu Tao recalled every one, then he had a reason for this. Lan Jo Ting said:

"Lord Dao, death is not death, but you must not allow her to turn the prince into an invalid. Will it be late then?"

"Nothing will happen." Niu Yu Tao shook his head and said:

"Mr. Lan, we will need to think about how to rectify the situation upon arrival at Tsang Wu County."

Having not received an answer, two people left disappointedly. Niu Yu Tao stood and watched them go. Then he turned his gaze to the moon, leaving his thoughts far into the distance ...

"Knife, who has a knife?" Having returned to the courtyard, Yuan Fang immediately began to question the monks. Everyone just did not know what happened. Why does he need a knife?

One took out a dagger and asked: "The head, will this come down?"

Yuan Fang looked at the knife. His eyes flashed, and he immediately nodded:

"Ok, good."

He sat down in front of a candle and, pointing to his gray beard, said:

"Help me shave my beard..."

Dawn rose on the horizon, and one piercing cry broke the silence of the morning:

"Shameless!"

This scream belonged to Feng Ru Nan.

Around all the cultivators immediately turned their heads towards the bride and groom's house. Lan Jo Ting and Shu Qing, who were on guard outside, also woke up and opened their eyes.

Standing on the roof, Bai Yao opened his eyes and immediately went down to the door.

Yesterday it seemed to calm down, what happened again? Have they started a fight yet?

One silhouette crept in and jumped out the window, and behind it, something wooden flew.

Shan Chao Zong broke through a papier-mâché window and ran out through it, followed by the naked leg of Feng Ru Nan.

On the torso, naked, Chao Zong, with bare feet, ran forward without looking back.

"Buh!" The front door was pushed open, and Feng Ru Nan's bare feet could also be seen. Her hair was tousled. She looked pretty crazy. It's good that she wore some clothes. She threw on her formal clothes. Only she had not yet had time to b.u.t.ton up the collar, because of which it was possible to make out the whiteness of her skin.

"Ru Nan, what is it?" Bai Yao blocked her path.

Ru Nan, as if she had no time to explain anything, immediately extended her hand and grabbed a sword from Bai Yao.

"Jing!" Came the sound of a sword drawn from its scabbard.

And she, too, ran after Chao Zong.

"I will kill you!"

And Chao Zong ran away, without looking back!

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 61

2023-01-31T03:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 61 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. He Will Regret that he has married me!

"Bride couples have arrived!"

On this side of the house, bodyguards have already gathered to meet the young. Chao Zong got off his horse and walked over to the newlywed's decorated palanquin. Everyone approached and began to congratulate the prince.

The military had other laws, not like civil ones. The commander could not call his subordinate brother in front of a crowd of strangers. But when they celebrated something - for example, weddings, birthdays, then all the warriors could relate to each other on an equal footing, without observing the ranks and position. Even Ning w.a.n.g could eat together with simple subordinates, cuddles, and bets. That was normal.

Chao Zong was always next to his father and, of course, received his father's influence, so he did not keep his distance from the soldiers.

A crowd of bodyguards, seeing for the first time that the prince took his wife, immediately began to scream joyfully. Right, everyone was surprised by the physique of the prince's wife. It turns out to be so big?

Standing in the distance at the ornamental garden, Niu Yu Tao smilingly watched everything. Yuan Gan quietly approached him and put the pill in his hand. Yuan Gan silently approached him and put the capsule in his hand.

"Take her in your arms and go to the honeymooner's room!" - it is not known which of the bodyguards shouted this. Then many soldiers supported him and began to cheer joyfully.

"Take her in your arms and go to the bridal room!" Everyone shouted.

Lan Jo Ting waved his hand to stop them. But could the crowd be stopped? Therefore, he could only smile bitterly.

Shan Chao Zong also helplessly asked everyone to stop, but the joyful crowd and he could not stop. As a result, he had no choice but to take Feng Ru Nan in his arms.

But who knew that at that moment, Feng Ru Nan would sharply stick his foot out from under the dress and hit the prince. *Why does he stagger back?* If the crowd of soldiers did not support him, then he might have fallen.

From the actions of Feng Ru Nan, everyone immediately did shut up. There was silence.

She made clear her att.i.tude towards him, which made many bodyguards embarra.s.sed. They all stepped back, giving way to them.

Chao Zong also did not know what to say. And Lan Jo Ting frowned.

Shan Chao Zong seemed to be hurt by this blow. His lower leg hurt. But looking up and looking at the soldiers, he noticed that these soldiers, who were ready to give their lives for him, they feel worse now.

Therefore, he suddenly angrily grabbed Feng Ru Nan by the hands.

Feng Ru Nan first struggled hard, but later, maybe because she was a military woman and understood the military man, therefore she did not actively resist. Chao Zong grabbed her in his arms.

"Into the bridal room!" Chao Zong shouted and went toward the bridal room.

"Egegegei!" The crowd of warriors screamed again joyfully. They were pleased with the rudeness of the prince and followed him screaming and whistling. It was noisy again.

Feng Ru Nan did not yet understand what to do. After all, there were so many strangers around.

"You underestimated the prince, and you forced him to exert force!" Niu Yu Tao, standing in the arbor, shouted cheerfully.

Nearby, Yuan Gan also looked at the prince's contented gaze He admired him.

Taking Feng Ru Nan, Chao Zong entered the room. He put her down and went out.

He waved to his people and shouted: "All drink and eat meat. Celebrate!"

"Raaah!!!" - all the bodyguards screamed again and, accompanying the prince, began to leave joyfully screaming.

Later, silence fell in the courtyard. Several silhouettes appeared on the roofs of the courtyard houses; they had swords on their belts. And among them was Bai Yao. He calmly looked around.

Around everyone rejoiced and shouted. The bodyguards behaved freely and relaxed. Initially, they did not know what to do and how to be. And now they had hope. Now they have a future. How can they not be happy after that? Especially when their prince so boldly seized his wife.

Crowds of people consistently went back and forth.

"Do you respect me?"

"I respect you!"

"So, let's drink!" They guttered.

Chao Zong also went and drank wine with everyone.

He was a little awkward in front of the warriors for the recent scene, so he was drinking with everyone now.

Shu Qing, Lan Jo Ting, Niu Yu Tao, and Yuan Gan also sat at the table. Even Yuan Fang was here. Niu Yu Tao specially called the monks to sit here and to be addressed as equals. Yuan Fang was embarra.s.sed by this att.i.tude. He noticed that Niu Yu Tao is still a good person. And the difference between him and Yuan Gan was like between heaven and earth.

It was possible to notice how Chao Zong gradually got drunk. Niu Yu Tao, sometimes smiling, raised a gla.s.s for him. However, he also had a good appet.i.te, just did not like to eat soo much, and did not like to get drunk too much. He also did not want to go completely into fun and recklessness. He always loved to comply with the measure.

"The prince, if he continues to drink, I'm afraid that he will get drunk." Niu Yu Tao said, smiling to Lan Jo Ting.

Lan Jo Ting understood him. He felt that the prince was already drunk much. Therefore, he got up from the table, went up to the centurions, and talked something with them. It is not known what he told them, but after returning, they began to refuse Chao Zong to drink.

When Chao Zong approached the table, Niu Yu Tao himself poured wine from the teapot and invited the prince to drink:

"Prince, I will drink for you!"

If he wants to drink, then Chao Zong will drink with him all the more.

Niu Yu Tao smiled.

After that, Lan Jo Ting spoke with Chao Zong. He again urged the prince not to drink and reminded him of the vital matter in his chambers.

Chao Zong was embarra.s.sed to think about this matter, especially since Feng Ru Nan angered him with his act. Therefore, he decided to drink his anger and part-time to give himself courage and determination. After drinking a little, he went to his chambers to relax!

Niu Yu Tao, too, had no interest in remaining at the feast. He also got up from the table, followed by Yuan Gan and Yuan Fang. They all left.

In the honeymooner's house, everything was already laid out.

Wen Xing and Wen Li left the house, closing the door well behind them.

Leaving the young alone, Wen Xing stood at the door, waiting for orders. And Wen Li left the yard and told the governor that everything was going well enough. Yes, Feng Ling Bo himself knew that everything was already going well, and the official part was already over. After all, he knew the character of his daughter well and was afraid that Feng Ru Nan might throw something away. Therefore, he regularly monitored the situation.

Wen Li left the yard and just came across Yuan Fang pa.s.sing by. And when she saw him, she was immediately surprised to say:

"What are you doing here?"

Yuan Fang replied: "Tonight, I'm guarding the prince! By the way, is everything okay inside? Did they drink marriage gla.s.s?"

"Things are good. They drank, calm down. It's all okay." Wen Li laughed.

"Ah, then right. Well then ..." Yuan Fang nodded his head. Suddenly, a noise came from the side of the newlywed house.

Further, Wen Xing ran out and hurriedly said: "Bad! Madam, with the son-in-law, seems to be fighting!"

"Eh ..." - Yuan Fang froze and turned his head to run.

The bodyguards at the door also quickly reported everything.

And standing with a stone expression, Bai Yao, frowning, looked toward the bride and groom's house. He flying down and landed on the roof of the bride and groom. He wanted to listen to understand what was happening there. Only it was not necessary to listen. One could hear how the blows were heard, and the dishes were beating.

Bai Yao came down and wanted to open the door, but was afraid. If there will take a wrong moment. So he shouted:

"Ru Nan, what happened?"

There was a loud laugh from Feng Ru Nan:

"Uncle Bai, none of your business! Since he dared raise his hands on me, I began to teach him a lesson. He Will Regret that he has married me!

Bai Yao did not find words. He shouted again: "Ru Nan, don't be silly!"

She continued:

"Uncle Bai, the rooms of the bride and groom, are here, I'm not dressed. You should not come in," she said, laughing.

Just about to push the door, Bai Yao stopped. He did not know if Ru Nan was telling the truth or lying. He thought that 80-90% of her lies. But if she is undressed, she will surely be awkward how awkward. But on the other hand, suddenly she will beat to death the prince? Indeed, for Feng Ru Nan, ordinary men are not rivals. And it seems that the prince is also inferior to her in power.

Bai Yao was feeling a headache: "Ru Nan doesn't make any noise. This is too much!"

"Don't worry. I won't kill him." She shouted.

Bai Yao slapped his forehead. He did not know what to do with her. At least she won't kill the prince - this already rea.s.sured him. After all, the main thing is that nothing terrible happens.

Wen Xing and Wen Li exchanged glances with each other. As if nothing happened to the son-in-law.

Not much time pa.s.sed before Yuan Fang reported everything to Niu Yu Tao and Yuan Gan and immediately brought them. After receiving news from the bodyguards, Lan Jo Ting and Shu Qing came running.

Through the flickering of shadows in the window, one could see how the fight was going.

Shu Qing could not stand it and ask:

"Brother, what happened?"

Before she could finish speaking, the voice of Chao Zong came from the room:

"Let me go! Let me go!"

Feng Ru Nan said with a laugh:

"More modest, more modest. If you'll still move, and I'll break your arm!"

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 60

2023-01-30T21:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 60 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. We are the bodyguards of the prince!

After the conversation, Yuan Gan, without answering anything, turned and left.

Niu Yu Tao only watched Yuan Gan and said: "This werewolf will probably no longer be able to tolerate beatings."

In the small courtyard, a bunch of monks did not sleep and support the monks' lifestyle. They read canonical books and swept the ground. Although it was not necessary to clean the land, however, they did it for themselves.

As soon as Yuan Gan arrived, they all froze at once, like clay roosters. It doesn't matter what they do, they all immediately abandoned their cla.s.ses. They looked at Yuan Gan, like on a fox entering a chicken coop. It was never possible to read Yuan Gan's face whether he was glad or not. He can say nothing and strike.

These days they saw him beating Yuan Fang. Each time he hit the head. And today he seems to want to beat the head again? Does he want to beat him twice?

Hearing Yuan Fang also came out. He only did not want to meet Yuan Gan, but he could not do not meet him. Didn't he beat him today?

He was terrified of him. However, bracing himself, he bowed:

"Lord Yuan, what will be the instructions?" He spoke like the head of the monks, but his battered physiognomy was not at all like the head of the monks.

He even began to call him, as well as Niu Yu Tao. After all, twice calling him a monkey, he was twice beaten by Yuan Gan.

"Come in." Yuan Gan entered the room where there were no people. In the same room, he beat him for the first time.

Yuan Fang was scared. He did not want to go in. However, Yuan Gan did not like to repeat anything, so he was even more afraid of perpetrating a blunder in front of him. Therefore, clenching his fists, he nevertheless entered the room. And the door closed behind him.

The monks in the yard looked at each other and listened. Someone began to sort out the rosary in his hand and pray for the chapter. Although the head was the werewolf, even for a monster, it is challenging to endure beatings twice.

Then they noticed that the prayers seemed to work. After all, there was no sound of beatings.

However, soon one could hear the surprised voice of Yuan Fang:

"Lord Yuan, I will not do such things."

"What did you say? I did not hear. You will repeat it."

"This is ... lord Yuan, I really do not have these things! A ..."

All the monks again felt gooseb.u.mps. They heard the sounds of blows again. Boom. Bam. Bam ... - and sometimes mournful cries of Yuan Fang.

"Lord Yuan, do not need the knife, do not need the knife. You can kill the man."

"Are you a man?"

"Lord Yuan, there is! I have!"

"Do you fool me?"

"I swear to heaven there. Indeed there is.

"Do you?"

"Lean on me, Lord Yuan. If I don't, I will come to you for confession!"

Silence returned to the room, and occasionally one could hear a whisper. Later, Yuan Gan came out as if nothing had happened and left.

When Yuan Gan left, all the monks quickly rushed inside. They saw the battered Yuan Fang. His nose was bleeding. Two monks supported him and put him on a nearby chair.

"The head suffers resentment for us!"

"Nothing!" Yuan Fang looked at the blood from his nose and said in a trembling voice:

"This Monkey is too offend others. Good thing, it's temporary. Sooner or later, I will remove his skin and tear his muscles ..."

There was a roar outside.

Bam!

Therefore Yuan Fang immediately jumped up and was very scared.

All the monks also trembled with fear. They thought that Yuan Gang was back. But then one monk said: "Only the broom has fallen. Nothing wrong."

-Fuuuuh, - all sighed in relief.

Yuan Fang folded his arms: "Buddha Amitabha, evil thoughts appeared in the heart. I'm sorry Buddha, I'm sorry!"

"Buddha Amitabha!" All the monks folded their hands and spoke.

Yuan Fang dropped his hands and, glancing at everyone, waved his hand so that everyone would come closer.

"There is an important matter that must be done. Otherwise, the Monkey will again look for problems for us ..."

On the main street, Shan Chao Zong rode a decorated large horse. Bodyguards rode from two sides of him and threw coppers from the wallet into the crowd. The people rejoiced and in response shouted *bravo*

The ruler's palace was also noisy. Many guests and all essential figures of Kuangai County gathered here. Ordinary rich people of the city should not go in. They should only make a banquet outside in honor of the holidays.

In addition to the garrisons set up, which were on opposite sides of the county, all the important people arrived here.

The hors.e.m.e.n finally arrived at the newlyweds' palace.

All men and women.All men and women. Everyone shouted at him: "Congratulations to the prince!"

Chao Zong looked in different directions and smiled. It doesn't matter if he knew them or not.

And when he reached an important place, his tension had already subsided. Nevertheless, from childhood, he revolved in the circle of the aristocracy.

When he reached the palace, then one man took him to the newlyweds' house. It was there that he first saw Feng Ru Nan. However, behind the red veil, he could not make out her face.

However, Chao Zong could make out her physique. The physique of Feng Ru Nan was as healthy as a man. However, what surprised him the most was that she seemed to be even taller than him. Maybe it's because of the wedding headdress. But Chao Zong in itself was a healthy physique and tall. Is she really taller than him?

It is good that he had already psychologically prepared himself for this sacrifice. Also, Lan Jo Ting reminded him of the important work that he must perform tonight.

A pair of young people went out to the solemn hall for worship. The official part began. Feng Ling Bo and Peng Yu Lan sat in the highest places.

Watching her daughter get married, Peng Yu Lan began to cry. She constantly wiped them.

After the official part ended, Feng Ru Nan left the house on a wedding palanquin, and Chao Zong on the horse went on the return trip. On the way back, people congratulated them.

The ruler's palace was lively. The owner called the guests and feasted, and the newlyweds escorted a lot of people. Among them were many warriors and cultivators. Everyone was afraid that nothing unexpected would happen. And ordinary people shouted congratulations ...

Chao Zong had no friends here, so he called his bodyguards for refreshments.

Behind the main palace had just prepared a room for the newlyweds. Two maids prepared drinks and food for the young, and then several people appeared in front of them. At the head of them was an older man with gray hair. His face was completely bruised. It was none other than Yuan Fang.

"What are you doing?" - the two girls were also from wealthy families and therefore were not very scared.

"Who are you? Soon the newlyweds will come. You need to prepare everything in the room. Rinse gla.s.ses, put wine, and tea. And what are you doing?"

Before that, they often went here, preparing everything, but they had never once seen these people in hats.

Yuan Fang calmly replied:

"We are the prince's bodyguards and are responsible for the security of the courtyard."

Two girls looked at each other. However, they did not suspect them. After all, the yard was well guarded. Aliens could not get here.

"This, we must check." Yuan Fang pointed to clay bottles of wine and other foods.

One girl shook her head: "Not necessary. Products have already been tested several times. So there should be no problem."

Yuan Fang said in exasperation:

"The ruler checks on his side, and here we check on behalf of the prince. Is it not clear?"

The girls did not know how to answer this. And Yuan Fang did not give them a chance to respond. He immediately signaled, and several monks took their belongings.

"You ..." the two girls got angry and only wanted to blame Yuan Fang, as he immediately asked:

"I doubt your position. Who are you, and how can you prove your position?"

Two girls found this question ridiculous. One immediately said:

"Does Mister need more evidence? If it weren't for the ruler, could we have come here?"

Yuan Fang asked: "What is your name? I have to check."

"Wen Xing, Wen Li." The two girls, although angry, answered nevertheless.

After this, one monk nodded to Yuan Fang and said: "Nothing.

Yuan Fang waved his hand: "Turn back and ask others, should only two girls have come?"

Having returned the trays to the girls, several monks went back.

And while they waited for the monks to return, one girl could not stand it and asked:

"Honorable gentleman, what about your face? Have you been beaten?"

"Eh ..." - Yuan Fang touched his face and felt pain, which is why he immediately dropped his hands:

"Fell down," he said and began to read prayers to himself.

Wen Li said: "And how did you fall so hard?"

Yuan Fang: "Rode on a horse and fell."

Then he realized that why on earth would he report to them? And he immediately said:

"Why are you asking so many questions?"

Wen Li answered smilingly:

"We are the servants of the lady, and you are the people of the prince. Now we will see each other often." She hinted that this was their first meeting.

Yuan Fang was timid. He did not think that here they would still be kind to him.

At this time, the monk came running and told Yuan Fang: "Yes, precisely these girls."

"Good. Let's go then." Yuan Fang waved his hand, and he and the monks left.

Wen Xing and Wen Lin also turned around and went about their business.

As soon as they left the yard, Yuan Fang sent the monks to himself courtyard. Yuan Fang himself ran to Yuan Gang ...

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Heavenly Genius Chapter 59

2023-01-30T15:04:00.001-08:00

If you are looking for Heavenly Genius Chapter 59 you are coming to the right place. Heavenly Genius is a Webnovel created by Traversing Thousand Sorrows, Yue Qianchou, 跃千愁. This lightnovel is currently ongoing. Important business!

From these words, Song Jiu Min became uneasy. The fact that the sect of the Highest purity gave mentor Shan Chao Zong is one thing. But the fact that Song Yang Qing is here is another. He did not know that news of him would leak out quickly.

Tong Mo said:

"Evnuh Shui, these are all petty matters. Young people quarreled over the girl - you can understand it. Moreover, they have already paid the price. Let's think about how to solve the pressing problem."

From these words, Song Jiu Min felt cold inside. Has the Advisor even found out about such details? How did he find out? Song Jiu Min realized that the possibilities of the eyes and ears of the adviser are much more extensive. With this speech, the adviser on one side defended him. On the other hand, he warned him that it was not worth doing something behind the adviser!

Ga Miao Shui also wanted to ask Song Jiu Ming about this case, but since Tong Mo protects them so much, he did not insist.

"Feng Ling Bo already knows, there is no need for the sect of the Highest purity. So that they do not communicate again with Shan Chao Zong, everything must be decided with them ultimately!" Tong Mo said indifferently.

"Yes, sir!" Song Jiu Min bowed.

He, for this purpose, sent Cheng Gui Shuo to warn Tan Su Su. Nevertheless, he did not want to destroy the sect himself. And now, when it became clear about Shan Chao Zong and Feng Lin Bo, the sect of the Highest purity has lost its value ...

Kuangai County.

Here the festive atmosphere was up to standard. People walked along all the streets and announced the wedding day of Prince Shan Chao Zong and Feng Ru Nan. Business people came and gave gifts or decorations to Feng Ru Nan. They wanted to please Feng Lin Bo. Of course, their efforts did not go unrequited. Feng Lin Bo halved their tax this year, which is why everyone was delighted and praised his ruler.

Of course, an imperial house agreement is needed to reduce taxes. Only the imperial house did not interfere in their affairs. Somehow or another, Feng Lin Bo has already decided that he will not give taxes to the imperial court. Feng Lin Bo pointed out difficulties, it was his reason. So both sides pulled, not breaking off relations entirely.

Shan Chao Zong stopped in the palace, where he arrived. The ruler also allocated money for this place to decorate the house of the daughter's husband.

Today is the holiday. The ruler of the house, Show Nyan, was most involved in the business. He walked and watched the decoration of everything here and there. In the palace of the ruler, he had already prepared everything. Then he headed to the palace of Shan Chao Zong. Where something hung crookedly, he immediately directed people to eliminate everything. Feng Ling Bo only has one daughter, and she is forced to marry. Can he even show a terrible wedding?

After all the preparations, Show Nyan again met with Lan Jo Ting, and they agreed on other wedding matters. He also conveyed congratulations from Feng Ru Yi and Feng Ru Ze. He hoped that the other side would not be angry and take such a compliment to heart.

To this, Lan Jo Ting did not pay attention. After all, the brothers defend the borders and lead the troops. And who knows if the imperial house would dare to act rashly. On the contrary, they strengthened their troops.

After Show Nyan left, Lan Jo Ting pa.s.sed his words to Shan Chao Zong. And he nodded, although his thoughts were not here. He should get married in an hour, for the first time in his life. Therefore, he was tense. What worried him the most was that he hadn't seen Feng Ru Nan. They say that she was like a man, especially her character. Niu Yu Tao - well done, planted a pig for him. Only, on the other hand, Niu Yu Tao behaves as if the prince still has to thank him for this continually. Although the prince understood that even Niu Yu Tao had so deceived him, he did it all for his good.

Only thanks to his deception did the prince look differently at the disciples of the sect of the Highest purity.

Niu Yu Tao, leading three people, appeared in front of Shan Chao Zong and others. He was followed by Yuan Gan and the whole battered, bruised Yuan Fang.

Chao Zong and the others noticed that more and more bruises appeared on Yuan Fang every day. It was not difficult to guess who beat him. They were constantly perplexed when this bear made a false move in front of Niu Yu Tao. Why did Yuan Gan hit the bear every day?

It was clear that Niu Yu Tao was behind it. Would Yuan Gan do anything without a hint of Niu Yu Tao? And Niu Yu Tao, in turn, was a man who is hard to figure out. You will never know what he is thinking. He consistently behaves politely, showing decency and manners, why the bear began to reach for him.

"Prince, today is an idle day for you!" Niu Yu Tao came in and spoke joyfully.

Somehow gathering his thoughts, Chao Zong said helplessly:

"Lord Tao, stop joking with the prince."

They had already spent so many days together, and both had already recognized each other a lot.

"The prince didn't seem to rest yesterday?" Niu Yu Tao looked intently at the prince's face and saw that he again had black circles under his eyes, which were covered with powder. All these days, the prince could not sleep.

Lan Jo Ting grinned bitterly:

"The man marries for the first time. He can be understood."

Shu Qing smiled under the hat and again looked at Niu Yu Tao. She saw him holding his sword tight as if he was afraid to part with it.

She certainly knew this sword. After all, she carried it to him. Once upon a time, Mr. Dong Guo pa.s.sed it on to her father as a symbol of duty and appreciation. And now, Niu Yu Tao wears it.

"Lord Tao, you wait a little while, and let's go together." Chao Zong invited him to the wedding.

Niu Yu Tao knew that he had done a lot for this marriage, but did not want to go there. Therefore, waving his hand, he said:

"I will not go. It will be necessary to keep an eye on everyone." He bowed and pointed to Yuan Fang.

"A bear has no social status. Perhaps because of this, then he will have problems. Mr. Lan, I would like to ask you to speak with Feng Lin Bo. Maybe they can give a position for the bear so that he can then go outside and travel.

The whole bruised Yuan Fang smiled and thought to himself that this man is still good.

*Bear?* Three people were surprised. That monkey, then the bull (p.p. Niu in translation means bull), now also a bear has appeared. Their organization is strange.

Lan Jo Ting nodded his head:

"Then I will find the manager of the Show Nyan. There should be no problem with that."

It was not difficult for them to come up with a position for Yuan Fang. Niu Yu Tao waved his hand, telling Yuan Fang to go, and then said to the prince:

"Prince, I don't know whether to tell you or not?"

Chao Zong immediately said: "Don't be shy."

Niu Yu Tao: "Today, during the wedding night, you will need to do everything sincerely and believably. Be sure to take Feng Ru Nan."

All were adults and understood what he was talking about.

Shu Qing, being a girl, immediately blushed. She was disgusted by the thoughts of Niu Yu Tao, and Chao Zong was embarra.s.sed. He wanted to ask Niu Yu Tao: *What's your business?*

Lan Jo Ting sighing said:

"Lord Tao, this is a private matter. It's indecent to talk about this." He hinted that Niu Yu Tao must know his place.

Niu Yu Tao waved his hand: "Don't need to think a lot. I am telling the truth. This girl will have a big difference between whether she has a connection or not with the prince. Prince, if you want to take people from Feng Lin Bo, then you need to take Feng Ru Nan. Without it, it will not work. And the faster, the better."

Several people were silent. Although it was an exciting topic, however, the words of Niu Yu Tao made sense. Feng Lin Bo forces Feng Ru Nan to go to Tsang Wu County, and Feng Ru Nan will most likely command the army. And of course, they will still be following Feng Ru Nan. If something goes wrong, especially when they don't find a hundred-thousandth army, then everything will be complicated. The business with Feng Ru Nan is quite essential.

At that moment, a man came and broke off an awkward moment. He announced the time of the meeting of the newlywed. Shu Qing and Chao Zong came forward, and Lan Jo Ting was a little delayed. He went to Lord Tao:

"Lord Tao, this business bothers me. During these days, I noticed that Feng Ru Nan is a hot girl and does not feel sympathy for the prince. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him."

Niu Yu Tao said in a whisper:

"This bothers me too. In the bridal room, he will have an occasion. Otherwise, after tonight, I believe that Feng Ru Nan will not want to sleep in the same room as the prince. Therefore, today it will be necessary to seize the moment! The prince will need to take Feng Ru Nan!"

Lan Jo Ting smiled bitterly. When would he think that such things would be seriously discussed? He shook his head: "Do not the prince need to use force in this case?"

Niu Yu Tao coughed:

"There will be candles during the wedding night. The prince marries Feng Ru Nan, what is wrong here? And if anyone sees, then what will he say? These are the rules. There is nothing to blame for this prince!"

"Ah!" Lan Jo Ting sighed and nodded.

When he left, the remaining Yuan Gan came up and said:

"In a military camp, when a spear flew to Lord Tao..."

Niu Yu Tao knew that Yuan Gan just didn't say anything for the h.e.l.l of it, so he turned and asked:

*What?*

Yuan Gan: "Feng Ru Nan is powerful. As I believe, the prince is unlikely to be her adversary."

Niu Yu Tao understood him. Then the prince may be beaten tonight, and this cannot be allowed. Therefore he said:

"You need to find methods to weaken her, make her softer, and more flexible."

Yuan Gan, as he heard him, stared.

"No need to force me to do such vile things."

Niu Yu Tao also looked at him:

"Such questionable things, and I do not." Even when he was in the underworld. "I didn't say that you do it. The one who does this, look among the people of the monastery of the southern mountains. They have a lot of experience in such matters."

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