In the open space in the bamboo forest.

At this moment, Concubine Zhao Ling ignored the gazes around her.

She shook her head and said bluntly:

"Mr.'s words... well, the words of that fellow Taoist mentioned by Mr. cannot convince Ling Fei."

Tao Yuanran smiled even more, and said kindly, "Miss Zhao, can you tell me why?"

Liu Kongyi in the back row couldn't help but frown, glanced sideways at the woman who was the center of everyone's attention, and turned his head away.

Concubine Zhao Ling pondered for a moment.

"Your Excellency seems to have confused a fact. Confucian scholars advocate morality, benevolence, justice and propriety, not because they advocate morality, benevolence, justice and propriety, but because people in the world lack morality, benevolence, justice and propriety, so they advocate morality. This is what Confucian scholars do."

"Teacher said before that the Xuanhuang Realm is gradually becoming chaotic and is evolving towards a chaotic world. However, the more rituals and music are destroyed, the more Confucian scholars should uphold rituals and music, and the more Mohist knights should uphold chivalry!"

“This context cannot be ignored.”

The beads in Tao Yuanran's hand stopped flowing, and he looked at the woman with autumn eyes standing like a sword among the autumn leaves with admiration.

And if this Taoist gentleman knew the pure desire in Zhao Lingfei's mind just now to resolve the doubts.

One cannot help but admire this woman's pure swordsmanship and exquisite intelligence. She is worthy of being the prodigy among the prodigies in Xiaoyao Mansion, and her future is immeasurable.

Outside the open space, a young Confucian scholar who was about to leave stared at the back of the woman on the field and rubbed his face.

He suddenly felt that he still didn't fully understand Qingjun.

Although the two grew up together and had a deep affection for each other, they were separated for several years and also had misunderstandings for several years.

Although the jade had been returned and the misunderstanding on the wedding night had been resolved, and now they were holding each other's hands with love in their eyes, they had only been together for a few months after all.

At this moment, Zhao Rong felt that Qingjun also had a side that he had never seen before.

Yes, Xiao Qian'er too.

Although she often acted childishly in front of Zhao Rong, her words and actions occasionally made him blink. How could this girl even understand this? Such a wild way...

Sometimes Xiao Qian'er's intelligence can give Zhao Rong a headache.

Therefore, it seems that there are many sides of Qingjun and Qian'er that he has not seen. It is not that they deliberately concealed something, but Zhao Rong has not yet discovered it...

He glanced at Qingjun's tall figure again, and heard her clear and decisive voice in his ears.

Zhao Rong felt that he should find a chance to talk to them when he had time...

At this moment, inside the pavilion.

Tao Yuanran nodded gently, "Miss Zhao is right, and I am not confusing the issue."

He said slowly:

"People's hearts have long since changed, and the world is sliding towards chaos. This is an indisputable fact. Because, if the great principles are abandoned, how can there be benevolence and righteousness? If there is discord among relatives, how can there be filial piety? If the country is in chaos, how can there be loyal ministers..."

When the world begins to promote benevolence and righteousness and educate people about benevolence and righteousness, it is often a time when the world is in chaos and lacks benevolence and righteousness. Because of unkindness and unjustness, we promote benevolence and righteousness and educate people about benevolence and righteousness.

Tao Yuanran was speaking when he suddenly changed the subject.

“So, if you abandon wisdom and debate, the people will benefit a hundredfold; if you abandon falsehood and deceit, the people will return to filial piety and kindness; if you abandon cleverness and profit, there will be no thieves.”

If we abandon clever arguments, the people can benefit a hundredfold; if we abandon hypocrisy and deceit, the people can restore their natural filial piety and kindness; if we abandon cunning and profit, thieves will naturally disappear.

The old man with the Nanhua crown spoke vigorously.

"When rivers dry up, valleys become empty; when hills are flat, abysses become full. When the sage dies, no great thieves will rise, and the world will be peaceful and without trouble! Even if the sage is respected and governs the world, he is still a profit-seeking thief."

The valley seems particularly empty when the stream has dried up, and the deep pool seems particularly full when the hills are flattened.

If the saint dies, the thieves will not rise again, and the world will be peaceful and free of troubles. If the whole society uses saints to govern the world, then this will also be the biggest benefit for thieves, because there will be thieves who will steal the saint's position!

As soon as Tao Yuanran finished speaking, the entire bamboo forest suddenly stopped moving. Every leaf was like a nail nailed to a wooden board, not moving at all.

Next second.

The old man with a Nanhua hat in the pavilion recited every word.

"As long as the saints live, the thieves will not stop!"

Crackle, clackle——

Rustle——

The entire bamboo forest exploded, like an old bellows, blowing out a noisy and restless gale.

The fallen leaves are all over the sky, like flowers scattered by fairies.

Everyone's clothes were fluttering and their sleeves were flowing.

Concubine Zhao Ling was still like a sharp sword, stuck in the same place.

Her black hair and dress were not blown up and did not move at all. Only the purple ribbon hanging from her black hair fluttered in the wind.

Soon, the flying end of the ribbon of "Pureness" revealed half of its shape.

Like a cat's tail, it turned into a hazy purple air.

As it flutters in the wind, it outlines the shape of the wind.

After the old man in the pavilion uttered those seemingly outrageous words, he sat on the ground like a statue, motionless.

All the students present couldn't help but stare with wide eyes at this Taoist gentleman who came all the way to Wangquezhou.

Is this... insulting the saint?

A saint is also a thief in disguise in the world?

Many people in the prefecture were shocked.

The saints of the Xuanhuang human race are those who are involved in the destiny of the human race and influence the general trend of the world. They are all powerful beings above the seventh realm.

And...Taoism also has saints.

Let’s get ruthless and curse together?

The fallen leaves fluttering in the autumn wind fall down again.

There seem to be more autumn leaves.

It covered the entire open space and fell on the shoulders of the students in the mansion. At the same time, a bamboo leaf with yellow edges and emerald green in the middle fell between the black hair of Concubine Zhao Lingfei.

Concubine Zhao Ling was like a three-foot-long sword, not moving an inch.

Her beautiful eyebrows were slightly frowned, her autumn-water-like eyes were lightly closed into a line, and her lacquer-like pupils were drooping.

Seems to be lost in thought.

On Tao Yuanran's withered face in the pavilion, a pair of old eyes were cloudy and his indifferent gaze passed over the shoulder of the stunning woman with purple hair who was standing quietly in the open space.

At this moment, the whole place was quiet.

No one spoke, and the students even breathed softly, for fear of disturbing the conversation between the old man and the woman.

The only sound in the open space was the monotonous sound of falling leaves.

No, there was also a small murmur.

"Hey, silly girl, what's there to fight about..."

This muttering sound, which seemed to belong to a male voice, came from somewhere unknown. In the silent air at this moment, it was amplified particularly clearly and fell into the ears of everyone.

Everyone was stunned.

Tao Yuanran's smile widened.

Concubine Zhao Ling’s eyes suddenly opened.

Zhao Qian'er straightened her back, and her originally pouty face suddenly became energetic. If there hadn't been so many fellow disciples from Xiaoyao Mansion present at the scene, and the little girl was too shy to maintain her image, she would have probably jumped back.

Just when everyone on the field was stunned with different expressions.

"In a paradise, two villages are next to each other, the chickens and dogs can hear each other, but the people never interact with each other until they die."

In the bamboo forest, there was a scholar in green robes walking on the fallen leaves, singing loudly.

"Is this what your sect wants, a world without saints or thieves, without wisdom or desire, a simple and honest world?"

Zhao Rong walked past Liu Kongyi, passed by the students of the Sword Cultivation Mansion who turned their heads, and came in front of Zhao Lingfei and Zhao Qianer.

He took a step forward, turned around and raised his head, with his back to Tao Yuanran, and looked at his wife who was staring at him with her lips slightly parted. He suddenly raised his hand, plucked the fallen leaves that were lost in her black hair, and shook his head gently:

"The world's wisdom has been awakened, chaos has died, and simplicity is hard to return to."

Looking at the familiar-looking scholar who had been standing outside the pavilion for a long time and listening for a long time before finally coming forward, Tao Yuanran smiled even more.

He turned around and smiled at everyone who came to class today:

"Everyone, this is the young Taoist friend I just mentioned. I'm sure some of you have heard of him. The words 'rule by doing nothing' were said by him when we were debating in Zhongnan Mountain."

Tao Yuanran paused, clapped his hands and laughed, "Miss Zhao, those words that you just thought could not convince you were all said by your husband."

This haggard-looking old man from Nanhuaguan laughed so happily for the first time today.

A Taoist gentleman, but as playful as a child.

Liu Kongyi had already stood up when Zhao Rong passed by her, and now she was looking at him with complicated eyes.

The other people on the scene looked at the man who was standing very close to Zhao Lingfei and raising his hand to pick leaves for her and tidy up her hair with different looks.