Chapter 229: The Behavior of a Gentleman
Lu Siyi touched the bright red gongsand on her arm, and her heart was full of melancholy. She let out a long sigh and said softly: "I was close to Shi Jingtang back then, just to avenge my brother, how could I give it to that old man?"
Yelu Ruan didn't know the details. He looked at the beauty who looked like a fairy, and said frankly: "Although the girl is in the palace, she is not the royal family of Jin. I, Yelu Ruan, have a clear grudge against you and will never let my subordinates make things difficult for you. I just heard that you were trying to avenge my brother, but I don't know why my brother has a grudge with Shi Jingtang?"
When Lu Siyi remembered the past, tears couldn't help but shed. Yelu Ruan gently handed the handkerchief. Lu Siyi looked at him and took it without thinking. Bi Yuanqing found that his master was not disgusted with Yelu Ruan. It seemed that he was a little intrusive to stand here, so he walked away tactfully, stood twenty or thirty feet away, and watched the movements in the alley vigilantly.
Lu Siyi slowly revealed what happened more than ten years ago. When talking about Lu Guanyan's death, his heart felt sad and tears kept flowing out. Yelu Ruan hurriedly comforted: "Girl, Ling is a great hero who stands tall. If it weren't for the fate of fortune, he would probably be a prince now." Lu Siyi smiled bitterly and said, "Famousness and fortune are just clouds and smoke. As the saying goes, a general's success has been undone, let alone those who failed halfway. My brother has not yet been able to make achievements, and those who follow him have died in the encirclement and suppression."
Yelu Ruan nodded and said, "Miss is right. I have always opposed war. If the emperor had not ordered me to fight in the south, I might have lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests of Shangjing." After hearing this, Lu Siyi looked puzzled and said, "The prince is the mainstay of the Khitan, and he actually had the idea of retiring from the world. This is really unbelievable." Yelu Ruan smiled slightly and said, "Although I am below one person and above ten thousand people, I am still suspicious." Lu Siyi said, "The Khitan Emperor is your uncle. He will not even feel at ease with you, right?"
Since the death of Emperor Yelu Abaoji of the Khitan, the royal family has been in chaos. Now Yelu Deguang is over forty years and the crown prince is not yet weak. Yelu Lihu and Yelu Ruan are both likely to become the emperor's heirs. Yelu Lihu is Yelu Deguang's younger brother, and is favored by the Empress Dowager Shuluping. In addition, he is kind and has gained support among ministers. Yelu Ruan is not like that. His father Yelu Bei fled from the Khitan to the Later Tang Dynasty and finally died in the fire in Luoyang. Shuluping was resentful about this matter and regarded Yelu Bei as an unfilial son. Yelu Ruan was innocently implicated and was neglected by the Empress Dowager for a long time.
Yelu Ruan was very self-aware. In order to eliminate the doubts of the emperor and the empress dowager, he often handed over the training of troops to Xiao Yejin and Chamuhe, and he indulged in the mountains and rivers and was concerned about the affairs of the palace. During this Khitan Southern Expedition, Yelu Deguang specially asked someone to go to promulgate the imperial edict to name him as the commander of the former camp. Yelu Ruan sent the imperial edict to send the imperial edict to the south, and it would be difficult to retreat in the future. If he did not respect the imperial edict, he would be blamed by the emperor. After thinking about it, he finally decided to lead his troops to fight to avenge his father and annihilate his old enemy Jin State in one fell swoop.
After hearing Yelu Ruan's life experience, Lu Siyi sighed and said, "Prince, I didn't expect our circumstances to be so similar. You have now conquered Jin and made great contributions. What are your plans next?"
Yelu Ruan took a deep breath and said, "I have read the Central Plains since I was a child. I remember that in "Records of the Grand Historian? The Family of Goujian of Yue" there is a passage that Fan Li said: Birds are gone, good bows are hidden; cunning rabbits die, and lackeys are cooked. The emperor has always been wary of me everywhere. If I don't retreat bravely, I may not even be able to save my life. When the emperor moved to Kaifeng, I resigned from the position of commander of the former camp and returned to Shangjing Palace to be a hermit, cultivate oneself and cultivate one's nature, and no longer care about the troubles of the world."
After Yelu Ruan finished speaking, he took out a piece of white silk from his arms and handed it to Lu Siyi, saying, "Girl, thank you for sacrificing yourself tonight. I have nothing valuable to me. This volume of article was written by me. I have always put it on myself to warn you. Now I will give you a souvenir. I hope we will meet again in the future." Lu Siyi wanted to reject him at first, but when she thought of the other party being so sincere, she stretched out her thin hand like white jade. After taking it, she slowly spread the silk and looked at it with the help of the moonlight, she found that there were several passages written in Khitan questions and Chinese.
Lu Siyi thought to herself: "This is an article written by Yelu Ruan himself. He has never abandoned it in the military. Now he has given it to me. I don't know what he has in mind." Yelu Ruan is good at calligraphy and has copied Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection", but it has reached the point of being fake and real. Yelu Zhongying is a princess and has a very talented and talented person. Even after seeing her, she couldn't help but applaud her.
Lu Siyi looked at the beautiful words written in small regular script and couldn't help but chant gently: "A gentleman's behavior is to cultivate oneself. It is good inside and reveal it outside, which is extremely. However, it is not a fool who can understand it in the world. I heard that Sanlu officials are knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and are skilled in words, but they never use it. Why? The world is turbid and I am only clear, and the world is drunk and I am only awake. It is not a place for the wise and foolish people to talk to. It is clear and clear, and it is turbid and turbid, and it is still the same as it is to descend thousands of times. With the obviousness of oneself, I am trapped in others.
Is it okay to be confused? Believe in the wrong. It is suitable for what a gentleman does, not to be in the ordinary. Perhaps, because of the poor man, Confucius praised it; Xu, Tao, who is not the timely good at making praise, has been passed down for thousands of years. Examining it, it is clear. Do not fool your own wisdom, do not filth your own wiseness, and seek what you want. In this way, even if you say inaction, I will say that I have done it." After reading it, I praised it repeatedly: "A good article "The Good Deeds of a Gentleman"! I didn't expect that the prince would write such a refreshing and vivid text!"
When Yelu Ruan heard Lu Siyi's praise, she said excitedly: "Thank you for your praise! Being inaction is the highest state of life. I often encourage myself with this. Whether it is a temple or a river or a lake, it is just the difference between being active and being inaction."
Lu Siyi smiled and said, "Prince, these principles are too great, I, Lu Siyi, don't understand. If you give me the self-warning thing, what should you do?" Yelu Ruan accidentally learned her name and was very happy. He pointed to his chest and said softly: "Miss Lu, I have already remembered these words in my heart with you." Lu Siyi understood immediately, but remembered that there was still something important to do, so he hurriedly said, "Prince, Siyi is flattered. When she was leaving, Siyi asked for something, and she hoped that the prince could agree."
Chapter completed!