Chapter 50 Do you know that the sky is high and the earth is thick?
Chapter 50: Can you know that the sky is high and the earth is thick?
If it is a general issue of the Book of Changes, it may be difficult for Yuan Tiangang to be unable to do so. However, there is a saying in China that is that you do not know that the sky is high and the earth is thick. Of course, there is a more implicit statement. How high is the sky and how thick is the earth? The subtle meaning is the same, and you are asking Yuan Tiangang whether he knows that the sky is high and the earth is thick.
Where can I come to ask questions? It is simply a provocation. If I just ask questions, the Taoist boy needs to be polite. After all, Li Jiancheng's face still needs to be taken into consideration.
However, Chen Ying was here to provoke, and that was the enemy, and there was nothing to be polite.
After the Taoist boy's sect, Li Jiancheng sighed long and said, "Chen Qing, you are reckless. When Master Yuan comes out later, you apologize to him!"
"Your Highness is not waiting for you!" Chen Ying said: "Your Highness really thinks I am not right or wrong, and I am insulting myself?"
Although Li Jiancheng did not say it clearly, the meaning was very obvious.
Although Chen Ying did not believe in Yuan Tiangang's Taoist and physiognomy, Yuan Tiangang had real talent and great influence. Even if he was alone, it would be enough to influence the trends of the court. There is no way to explain this superstitious thing. Even in the later generations of scientific development, the charlatan Wang Lin still had a reputation for making a fortune and had a net worth of billions.
But this was in the early Tang Dynasty. Yuan Tiangang's influence was simply at the level of nuclear weapons. Such a person could play a very important role if he wanted to recruit him. Even if Wu Zetian had already grasped the actual power of the country later, she still needed Yuan Tiangang to build momentum for her. Of course, such a person was actually unable to buy it with money.
Only by grasping his handle and forcing him to cooperate.
Li Jiancheng has a good knowledge and has also studied the "Yi" and although Li Jiancheng dared not say that his research on the "Yi" scriptures can surpass Yuan Tiangang, he also knew that Chen Ying's so-called problem did not explain at all, but was more like a nonsense.
Chen Ying patiently explained to Li Jiancheng: "Dare you ask the Crown Prince, what answer do you want to get from Master Yuan? Is it for peace of mind?"
Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying suspiciously and said, "How do you know..."
Chen Ying smiled and said, "Sir Yuan has never been a man. Can the Crown Prince know why he wanted to come to the door to ask His Highness for a visit and avoid him?"
Li Jiancheng said unanimously: "Maybe he is really in seclusion!"
"I smelled the conspiracy!" Chen Ying said: "Master Yuan is advancing, he is taking advantage of the reputation of His Royal Highness..."
Li Jiancheng had a slight head, thinking that if Chen Ying didn't mention it, Li Jiancheng wouldn't have thought about it, but when Chen Ying mentioned it, Li Jiancheng suddenly realized it. He was a little ridiculous and terrified. He originally thought that Yuan Tiangang was a person from the outside world, but he never thought that he had a utilitarian intention. Originally, Li Jiancheng thought that Yuan Tiangang was famous for his proficiency in the Book of Changes and was more than enough to destroy Chen Ying. Now Li Jiancheng discovered that Yuan Tiangang was also a vulgar person and immediately lost his interest in seeing Yuan Tiangang.
Just as Li Jiancheng was about to return, the Taoist boy opened the mountain gate again and bowed to Li Jiancheng and Chen Ying and said, "Members meet in the courtyard and the Mingtang."
Li Jiancheng was a little surprised when he heard this. Chen Ying's question was actually not a problem at all, he was just a mess. There was no need to ask Yuan Tiangang, and he didn't know how high the sky was. At least no one could answer this question. However, Yuan Tiangang actually opened the middle door and met in the courtyard and the battle was prepared for Chen Ying.
Under the leadership of the little Taoist boy, Li Jiancheng struded his head and walked inside. Chen Ying and Li Jiancheng were half-shouldered, followed closely behind.
At this time, on both sides of the corridor in front of the main gate, dozens of Taoist priests were wearing Taoist robes and holding swords in hand. Chen Ying laughed in silence. Could it be that Yuan Tiangang wanted to use these Taoist priests to put pressure on him? Although Chen Ying was not considered a battlefield for hundreds of battles, he could still handle such small scenes at will.
When the soldiers of the Eastern Palace Supervisor led the guards to see Yuan Tiangang in this formation, they were furious. They actually dared to give the prince a warning. How could they bear it?
These guards led the guards to step in order, kicking their boots out loud. With the waves of soldiers and swords, the blades of armor rustled, and the Taoists' faces changed drastically.
The Oriental Palace Gate is equivalent to the samurai warriors in the court. No matter whether they can fight or not, they have strict height requirements. Each of them is an eight-foot-tall Guanzhong man. What they are best at is bluffing people.
Chen Ying followed the Taoist boy to the atrium Mingtang. Yuan Tiangang sat on the main seat in the middle of the Mingtang, wearing a Taoist robe. There was not one person in the Mingtang. Twelve Taoist boys knelt on the left and right sides, and in two bronze crane-shaped incense burners on the left and right sides of the Mingtang, sandalwood was swaying. Chen Ying looked at Yuan Tiangang secretly, and saw Yuan Tiangang's eyes wide and white bearded, and he was very refreshed. What was magical was Yuan Tiangang's hair. His hair was slightly gray and his beard was also, both white on the outside and black on the inside, and it seemed that he was wearing a gray hat on his head.
When Yuan Tiangang met Li Jiancheng, he did not get up to salute. He closed his eyes and looked stern with his hands. Although his expression was not strict, he was very solemn, tough but not fierce, and he was powerful without anger.
Those little Taoist boys looked at Li Jiancheng and Chen Ying who came in with different expressions, but many people's eyes lit up. The Tang Dynasty was not only an era of competing for fathers, but also an era of looking at faces. With a good facial features and elegant demeanor, his official career will be prosperous, and vice versa. For example, Xu Jingzong, this guy was displaced and had a bumpy life because of his poor appearance.
Although Li Jiancheng is already in his thirties, he has long beards and elegant demeanor. In terms of appearance, Li Jiancheng is actually the most handsome one of the three Li brothers, much better than Li Shimin. Of course, there is no handsome, only more handsome. Compared with Chen Ying, Li Jiancheng is still far behind.
Yuan Tiangang can still sit firmly in the middle, neither happy nor angry, as if indifferent. Chen Ying nodded secretly at Yuan Tiangang's calmness. In terms of showing off, Yuan Tiangang is indeed a master of showing off.
Chen Ying looked at the two empty seats in the middle, gave the left seat of the lower road to Li Jiancheng, and retreated to the lower right seat.
For a moment, countless eyes fell on Chen Ying. However, most of them were looking at the show, mostly gloating, and Chen Ying became more calm and unmoved.
Yuan Tiangang is very calm now because he has the confidence to be calm. Because of Chen Ying's sudden question of being a man of a sect, he can now admit that he doesn't know, but he can throw it to Chen Ying at will to see if Chen Ying can answer it.
Yuan Tiangang opened his eyes first and nodded slightly at Li Jiancheng. Then he stared at Chen Ying with a sharp look and said, "I don't know how high the sky is and how thick it is. Chen Lang Ning knows how high the sky is?"
Chen Ying said: "Of course I know!"
Yuan Tiangang smiled slightly, and Chen Ying fell into the trap. There was a saying of the Nine Heavens in ancient China, but these Nine Heavens did not refer to the nine layers wrapped in layers, but to different directions. For example, in "Lüshi Chunqiu", it says that there are nine fields in the sky, the center is called Juntian, the east is called Cangtian, and the northeast is called Biantian. The north is called Xuantian, the northwest is called Youtian, the west is called Haotian, the southwest is called Zhutian, the southwest is called Yantian, and the southeast is called Yangtian. The former Han Dynasty also says that the center is called Juntian, the east is called Cangtian, the east is called Cangtian, the northeast is called Xuantian, the northeast is called Xuantian, the northwest is called Xuantian, the northwest is called Xuantian, the northwest is called Xuantian, the northwest is called Xuantian, the northwest is called Xuantian, the northwest is called Yutian, the west is called Zhutian, the southwest is called Yutian, the southwest is called Yangtian, the west is called Zhutian, the southwest is called Yangtian, the southwest is called Yangtian, the southwest is called Yangtian, the southwest is called Yangtian. In line with the theory of the round and earth, there is no difference between the distance between the heaven and the earth, and it can even be said that there is no definite data. Even the same sky depends on where you are. The location is different, and the distance naturally does not last.
If Chen Ying is smart, he should admit frankly that he doesn't know. However, Chen Ying is smart, that's not scary.
Chapter completed!