Chapter 012 Guilty
Since Liu Xiu came to this world, he had a good habit that he had never seen in his previous life. He started running every day when the rooster crowed and washed up. At first he ran empty-handed, but later he ran with two small stone locks. He didn't know the specific distance, but it was no less than five kilometers anyway. Although his home was not far from the county town, the population of this era was far less than that of the previous life. There were large open spaces between villages. He often ran around and couldn't even see a ghost. There were not many people who knew about his habit.
This habit was initially because Liu Xiu had made plans to escape for a long time, but later he gradually became addicted. Occasionally, he didn't run for a day, but he felt a little uncomfortable. When he arrived at Taogu Jingshu Temple, he couldn't bring a stone lock. Fortunately, there were too many stones on the nearby mountain, so he started running on the mountain road. The first time he ran on the mountain road, he was a little uncomfortable, and it took a lot of time to take it longer than before. When he ran back sweating, it was already dawn, and many early students were already reviewing their homework, and the sound of reciting in the peach forest could be seen everywhere. Seeing Liu Xiu running over in sweat, he nodded politely and frowned reservedly to express disdain.
Liu Xiu didn't care and walked straight to the temple. He saw a man practicing knife in the peach forest on the east side. The sound of shouting was clear. Liu Xiu was a little surprised. He glanced at him and found that it was Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan was very enchanting. Although there was nothing in front of him, he tried his best, making people feel as if he was fighting a very difficult enemy to deal with.
Although Liu Xiu was very curious and wanted to see what skills he practiced normally, he was afraid that Gongsun Zan would not like it. He laughed from afar and said, "Brother Bo Gui got up so early."
Gongsun Zan stopped his momentum when he heard the sound, raised his arms to wipe his sweat, and smiled a little reluctantly, "How could Deran, you got up early, you have come back after practicing martial arts."
"Hahaha, I'm just running, how can I practice martial arts?" Liu Xiu smiled half-truely and half-falsely: "Brother Bo Gui, if it's convenient, I'll teach me a few moves. I'll help you fight next time."
Gongsun Zan hesitated for a moment, his face a little embarrassed: "Martial Junhou talked with you for so long yesterday, didn't you ask him for advice?"
Liu Xiu remembered what the Martial Army said yesterday and asked again: "By the way, Bo Gui, is the Martial Army envoy the military's martial arts?"
"It should be." Gongsun Zan obviously thought about this question a lot and said without hesitation: "Although I have not been to the battlefield, I have come into contact with many warriors in the army when I was in western Liaoning. Their martial arts are simple and violent, very similar to the Wu Junhou. In fact..." He paused and said: "When fighting on the real battlefield, hand fighting is not very useful. Facing a large group of enemies with weapons, warriors who can kill people with bare hands are a minority. Of course, I suspect that even if this Wu Junhou is bare hands, it is not something that ordinary people can deal with. The military is still the five soldiers and formations. For the border troops in the northern border, they value cavalry skills more. Hand fighting is just a practice for daily life, which makes people more flexible. Even so, the hand fighting mentioned by the military still has a unique murderous aura. It is easy to distinguish the martial arts skills of the scholars and scholars. The martial arts of the Wu Junhou are like this."
Finally, he wanted to say that he saw the thick calluses on Wu Junhou's hands. If it weren't for Wu Junhou's mercy, he might have been strangled to death by him. But he thought it would be too embarrassing. Although Liu Xiu had extraordinary eyesight, he did not know martial arts skills, so he might not be able to see these things. He didn't need to make things boring, so he swallowed the words back.
Although he didn't say it, the heroic spirit accumulated from practicing martial arts has disappeared. He felt that talking about yesterday was very boring, so he put away his knife and walked back with Liu Xiu.
Back at the dormitory, Lu Min was sitting in the empty seat. Liu Bei bowed his hand and stood respectfully to him. When he saw Liu Xiu and the others, his eyes swept on Liu Xiu's face, and immediately hid with guilt, and smiled at Gongsun Zan: "Brother Bo Gui, I'm going to find you. The sir is here to find you and ask some things about the Xianbei people."
Gongsun Zan was stunned and quickly accused him of the crime: "Please allow me to wash first, and then listen to the teacher's inquiry."
Lu Min smiled, stood up and said, "No, you go to have a meal first, and then come to my room together."
"Yes." Liu Xiu and the other two bowed to each other and sent Lu Min out. Liu Bei poured water quickly, first asked Gongsun Zan to wash it, and then asked Liu Xiu to wash it. While Liu Xiu was washing, he ran to the cafeteria to bring breakfast. The Mao family was rich and the food was not bad. In addition to a large bowl of porridge, each person had two steamed buns. Although Liu Xiu didn't take it seriously, he had lived in this era for several months. It was very difficult to know that ordinary families could eat steamed buns. Although his new family was in a good financial situation, it was only a few days before they could eat steamed buns. There were also reasons why Tang took care of his health.
Liu Bei never talked to Liu Xiu, and accompanied Gongsun Zan to have dinner. Occasionally, he looked at Liu Xiu with a little dodging. When Lu Min came, Liu Xiu and Gongsun Zan were not in the house. Liu Bei spoke with him and did not dare to inquire about Liu Xiu's personal injury. Lu Min just said to ask Gongsun Zan about some things about the Xianbei people in Liaoxi. After asking Liu Xiu, he never mentioned it again. Liu Bei felt even more wrong. On the one hand, he regretted it, but on the other hand, he was worried about how to face his mother's sigh and Tang's scolding after he went back. A thick cloud of sorrow was shrouded in his heart.
After dinner, Liu Bei took the initiative to pick up the meal tables of the three of them to wash, and then carefully followed Liu Xiu and walked towards Lu Min's house. The monastery was divided into four fronts and backs, divided into three yards. The last yard was owned by the Mao family, and the largest and most refreshing yard in the middle was where Lu Zhi and his son lived, and it was also where Lu Zhi taught and taught. The outermost yard was where students came to study. Those who were not good enough and those who could only teach Lu Min could only listen to the class in this yard.
In this era, teaching is mainly self-study. Once every five days, the teacher will teach in the classroom to solve doubts, which is called "Main Teaching". If you have any questions, you can only go to the teacher's house to ask for advice. Of course, it depends on whether the teacher is free. Liu Xiu and the others are new. According to the convention, the teacher wants to see them once and get familiar with the situation. The location is in the hall in the front yard. Now Lu Min takes the initiative to ask them if he has something to ask, and it is not convenient to be with other new students, but asks them to go to his residence, which is the room in the second yard.
When Liu Xiu and the others arrived, Lu Min was already sitting in the hall and asked someone to prepare three straw mats. Liu Xiu glanced at Liu Bei and turned a wink at Liu Bei. When Liu Bei saw it, he also recognized that these straw mats were made by them, mother and son. They made a living by weaving seat mats and straw sandals on weekdays. Because they did a good job, they were also well-known in Zhuo County. In order to prevent others from counterfeiting, they usually marked the place where the mats were placed at the mat corner.
Liu Bei grinned silently, sat on the table in a regular manner, holding his knees with his hands, listening to Lu Min's inquiry. Lu Min first asked about their reading situation, but he had read literacy books such as "Qiujiu", "Cangjie", and arithmetics such as "Nine Chapters", and then asked a few words in "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Book of Filial Piety".
Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei answered one by one, but Liu Xiu didn't say anything. Although he knew a few words about "The Analects of Confucius", he was not sure, so he told him that he only knew the words roughly and did not understand the meaning of the scriptures, and even knew only about the "The Analects of Confucius". Lu Min had already intentionally asked him to do a book to help Lu Zhi copy it. There were opportunities to ask him in the future, so there was no need to ask more questions at this moment. He said lightly and began to ask Gongsun Zan some questions about the Xianbei people.
Chapter completed!