Chapter One Hundred: Seeking Knowledge

  Lü Yu waited for nearly an hour before a fleet of vehicles appeared in front of her.

  Most of the vehicles in this team are donkey carts, with scholars sitting on the back of a donkey, shaking their heads and reciting loudly, so eye-catching.

  As she watched, Lu Xuan's eyes lit up and she rushed out with the crowd.

  As soon as she left the city gate, a young man rushed up from behind on his donkey and called out to her: "Sister, sister!"

  The young man had a handsome face and was exactly the same as her black gemstone eyes with excitement, it was Lu Yun.

  Seeing her brother return safely, Lu Xuan let out a big sigh of relief at the same time, and her eyes turned red. She walked up to him and called out to Lu Yun: "A Yun———" Her voice was blown far away in the noise and spring breeze, and it's unknown whether Lu Yun heard clearly or not.

  Lu Yun, who had clearly become darker and thinner, stopped for a moment before taking a swift step forward to stand in front of Lu Yue. He grasped his sister's hand, first with tears welling up in his eyes, then proudly lifted his head and said, "Sister, I brought all the books from home without leaving any behind." It was clear that he had spent a lot of effort on these books, and when he got to this point, Lu Yun's voice became hoarse. He pursed his lips and continued, "I haven't slept well for several nights."

  Lu Xuan had already seen through it. Her bright eyes sparkled with a smile: "I knew it, my Ah Yun is the most formidable!"

  Although she was coaxing him, Lu Yun still felt very happy and chuckled for a while before saying, "Sister, many Confucian scholars are rushing to Chengdu. Look at them, we'll meet them on the road."

  When Lu Yun held hands with Lu Xuan and laughed together, many young men couldn't help but steal glances at Lu Xuan. Seeing her smiling back at them, they all felt embarrassed.

  These bookworms are lovely.

  Thinking of those rich young masters I saw earlier, Lu Xuan thought to herself in secret.

  After a brief conversation, the team that had just stopped moving again. Lu Xuan once again thanked Mr. Lu Yun and then hurriedly led the eight donkey carts loaded with books and some necessities to their new home.

  After a whole day of fuss, they even hired a few people. Only then did they manage to put the bamboo slips in order and move all the essential items back into their house. After paying off the donkey cart drivers who had accompanied them from Hanyang, the total wealth of the sister and brother combined was now only seven taels of gold and three hundred iron coins.

  After resting for two more days, Lu Yun had to apprentice again. At that time, the tuition and various expenses would exhaust the remaining money. Suddenly, the survival problem was in front of the sister and brother again.

  This time, Lu Xuan didn't cover everything. After telling Lu Yun about the difficulties of selling words in Chengdu, she went into the kitchen with a bitter face. Lu Yun had never seen her sister so worried and couldn't help but pace back and forth on the spot, thinking hard about how to make money.

  After putting everything in order, Lu Xuan spent the whole night writing sticky notes. In the sticky notes, she clearly wrote her new address and planned to send them to Ati and others in the next few days.

  A Yun has also arrived in Chengdu, so everything is on the right track now.

  After a comfortable sleep, the second day was overcast and rainy. Looking at the newly planted fruit trees starting to sprout new buds, Lu Xuan and his sister Lu Yun sat on their knees in the main room, beginning to plan for the days ahead.

  First and foremost, making money is an urgent matter.

  Two, Lu Xuan told her brother in detail about what she had done on this trip. Because next, she would hand over a part of the good karma she had accumulated to her brother, so he needed to know the situation. She carefully told him about Ati, Xiao Yan, Wang Shang, Wen Qing and the personalities, actions, family background of the Chen clan people again. After that, Lu Xuan asked about Lu Yun's experiences on this trip.

  Compared to Lu Xuan, Lu Yun's experience is much simpler. However, he has a good temperament and made several friends of similar age along the way. Although their family backgrounds are ordinary, according to Lu Yun, two of them have learned Confucianism that is not inferior to his own.

  Lu Yun also said that after Lu Ying left, the people of Ping's family found him twice and gave him Ping's residence in Chengdu, letting him come directly if he had any difficulties.

  After such a discussion, they talked until the afternoon when the spring rain stopped slightly. Then, Lu Xuan wanted to go to the market to buy rice, grains and meat, while Lu Yun had to make various preparations for visiting Mr. Xin tomorrow.

  The place where Lu Xiang and her brother are located is in the middle to lower reaches of the entire Chengdu area. Therefore, there are many ordinary families here, and small businesses and vendors are everywhere. For example, about 2,000 steps away from home, there is a small market.

  Lu Xuan's men's clothing was eye-catching, but women's clothing was even more inappropriate in this unfamiliar place. So this time when she came to the market, she still wore the old clothes left by Lu Yun.

  Although the market is a small one, it's more than ten times as lively as that of Hanyang. Along the street, there are stalls stretching for hundreds of steps, offering all sorts of goods to choose from, accompanied by the sounds of crowding and noise, as well as chickens and ducks, making Lu Yueming's eyes wide with wonder.

  She walked through the market from beginning to end and bought some rice, grains and vegetables before heading out.

  After thinking for a while, she still couldn't think of any way to make money.

  It was still early, so Lu Xuan took a basket and came to a bookstore about 500 steps away.

  After Your Majesty promoted Confucianism, many new bookstores were built here. On both sides of the bookstores, there are stalls selling calligraphy, jade, paintings, old books and bamboo slips. Although it's not as bustling as a market, it has its own unique charm. As soon as you walk in, the fragrance of ink hits your nose.

  Even more, Lu Xun saw a bookshop where the owner had copied books himself and put them out for people to borrow in the shop. Although they couldn't be taken home, borrowing for a day cost ten iron coins, but the shop was still full of Confucian scholars.

  These people from Chengdu seem to have thought of all possible ways to make money.

  Lu Xuan furrowed her brow and walked through it again in detail, but still had no gain, and had to return home.

  The next day was the day Lu Yun would pay homage to his master, and on this day, not only did Lu Yun get up early with a tense mood, but also Lu Yue couldn't sleep. As soon as it dawned, she kept sweeping the house and tidying up the books, thinking over and over in her mind if there was anything else that needed attention.

  She had to worry that Lu Yun could not smoothly apprentice, affecting the future of the siblings. They had come to Chengdu with no turning back, if Lu Yun couldn't smoothly become a disciple under Huang Gong, then their future path would be much more tortuous.

  Just as the sister and brother were both engrossed in their own affairs, the sky quickly brightened up.

  See Lu Yun off at the door. Looking at his tightly pursed lips and slightly pale face, Lu Yue smiled at him and said in a clear voice: "Ayun, don't worry too much, no matter what, sister is here."

  It was just an ordinary sentence, but Lu Yun really let out a sigh of relief. He walked in front of his sister and, like when he was young, stuck his face against her neck and muttered: "Sis, I'll definitely be fine."

  "It's okay, you'll be fine."

  Lu Xuan sent Lu Yun out of the house.

  Next, Lu Xuan didn't go out. She read a book for a while, then glanced at the gate, and then read again, glancing up again.

  At that time, around noon, a series of footsteps came.

  Lu Xuan took several swift steps forward and pushed open the door with a creak.

  She saw Lu Yun with his head down, pale face and lifeless eyes. At this moment, Lu Yun was being supported by two young men. When they saw Lu Yue, the two young men were stunned for a moment before bowing to her and asking: "Is that Miss Lu?"

  Lu Yun pursed her lips and said: "Yes. I am Lu's daughter. Thank you both for sending my brother back." She reached out to support Lu Yun.

  As soon as her hand touched Lu Yun, Lu Yun rushed into his sister's arms and burst into loud sobs. Seeing Lu Yun crying so hard that he couldn't catch his breath, Lu Yue nodded at the two young men and forced a smile: "My brother is not feeling well, I'll thank you both another day."

  "You're too kind." "No need to be polite."

  After seeing off the two young men, Lu Xuan closed the door and led Lu Yun into the room.

  Put him on the couch, Lu Xuan supported his knee and sat well, and asked softly: "A Yun, tell your sister what Huang Gong asked you, and how did you answer?"

  Lu Yun covered her face and cried, and after a while she said: "Eight students from all over the world went to see Huang Gong. Huang Gong told each person many things. When he saw me, he only asked one sentence, 'Ke Ming Jun De, with relatives of nine tribes. The nine tribes are harmonious, and the people are peaceful. The people are enlightened, and the ten thousand countries are in harmony.' What can be done to interpret it?"

  This sentence is a quote from "Shang Shu", and Lu Xuan remembered discussing it with her brother. She asked, "How did you come up with this?"

  Lu Yun shed tears and said: "I say, this is the way to govern the world. First, 'be close to the nine tribes', manage your own clan well; then 'make peace with the hundred surnames', manage your own country well; and finally 'harmonize with all nations', make all countries live in harmony."

  "This answer is not wrong."

  Lu Xuan furrowed her brow and replied.

  Lu Yun shook his head and said with a sob, "Huang Gong listened to my answer and coldly laughed at that place. 'Since you also know that being human requires "being kind to nine clans", how did the Han Yang Ping clan come to have an evaluation of you as unkind and unrighteous?'"

  It's actually like this!

  Lu Xuan stood up.

  Lu Yun opened her big tearful eyes and said grievously: "Sister, how can Huang Gong say such things about me? How could I be unkind and unjust to Han Yang Ping Shi?"

  Lu Xuan walked a few steps and said lightly: "The key to the matter is not this, but how did Huang Gong know about your relationship with Han Yang Ping? Who wants to plot against you and me! Who wants to cut off their future prospects?"

  She turned her head and looked at Lu Yun, who was despondent and helpless, and said slowly: "Ayun, let sister handle this matter."

  Lu Yun opened his eyes wide.

  Lu Xuan looked at him and said softly: "You can now enter the Huadeng Academy to study. Go read first, the matter of Huang Gong, as well as the matter of paying respects to a teacher, leave it to sister to handle! In this land of Chengdu, there are not only Master Huang Gong who is a famous scholar, sister will have a way to let you pay respects to a teacher."

  Upon hearing Lu Yue's firm tone, Lu Yun slowly calmed down. After a while, he spoke in a low voice again: "But sister, Huang Gong's words this time are likely to spread to the academy."

  It will be passed on to the academy, and the four words "not good, not righteous" can completely cut off a person's future. Let Lu Yun, let alone being selected as a filial and incorruptible official, even if he is selected as a scholar, he will have no chance of success! Let him be ridiculed by his fellow students, and let him never be able to hold his head up again among the scholars in Chengdu!

  That Huang Gong, also don't know who deceived him, actually said such words to cut off Lu Yun's future!

  Thinking of this, Lu Xuan's eyes narrowed and he slowly straightened his back.

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