Chapter 96: Golden Body
Lü Desheng understood. His daughter knew what had happened to him this time. His illness wasn't just a case of anger and a cold. Doctor Zhou had been right when he'd said he was emotionally disturbed. He realized the danger of his situation.
To prevent Fan Quan from entering the government, he disrupted Zhang Yong's debate competition at the Hongsheng Restaurant, resulting in no one from this grand event becoming an official. Whether it was because the scholars thought he was intolerant and deliberately blocked the path to officialdom, or whether the Zhongzheng officials were following suit during their selection process, preventing even more disadvantaged students from entering the government, the blame would ultimately fall on him.
When the emperor is gone in the future, he will face public criticism from all over the world.
It was embarrassing to say, but he was actually quite worried. He thought about it again and again, but couldn't find a solution. He couldn't relieve the anger and irritability in his heart, and then the coldness would be triggered, which would make him sick.
All this the girl did was to build a golden statue for him, and for this purpose, she even brought so many people with her: the emperor, the great scholar Zhang Yong, and the two mountain masters Bai Lu and Songshan. As long as the Four Sentences continued to shine, he would always be blessed by them.
Lu Desheng turned around and hugged his wife, sobbing and saying to her that his daughter was so good, and that when she grew up, she would be able to protect him, her old father.
He is truly a passionate and kind person.
Lu Songli sighed. She had said her father was very clever. She and Xie Zhan could see the crisis under him, and he might not have been unaware of it himself. Moreover, he often accompanied the emperor. Aside from Wei Zili and others, among the ministers, no one knew Emperor Kangcheng's health better than him.
Mrs. Jiang comforted him for a while, then took the hot cloth handed to him by her youngest son and wiped his face.
Lu Desheng muttered, "Zhang Yong and others are right. Those four sentences are truly enlightening sayings. It would be a waste to use them on me." Lu Desheng had been immersed in officialdom for so many years, so he could naturally see the value of these four sentences.
It can be said that just a little bit of glory would be enough to eliminate the dissatisfaction of all the scholars in the world towards him and to keep him safe.
If it is not used in this way, with these four sentences in hand, if you put them into practice well, even if you cannot produce a saint, you can at least produce a great scholar or a great sage.
"Dad, it's not a waste. You are the most important person in our family. Any resources used on you are not a waste." Lu Songli said seriously. Talent is always the most important and precious resource.
These words moved Lu Desheng so much that he burst into tears. When he accidentally saw his two sons being unconscious, he paused, and his tears flowed even more fiercely.
Lu Mingzhi muttered to himself, his second sister's mouth is really deceiving. In this family, among the four siblings, the one who looks most like his father is indeed his second sister. No, his second sister should be better than his father. Didn't he see that his father was almost fooled by his second sister?
Lü Zhiyuan, who was watching from the side, was astonished. He approached Lü Mingzhi, nudged him with his arm, and whispered, "Little brother, when did your second sister become so eloquent? How can she coax our parents so well?"
"You will often see scenes like this in the future." Lu Mingzhi replied quietly.
Lu Zhiyuan was suffocating. There was no need to worry about the future. He had already deeply felt the squeeze of the food chain.
"By the way, my dear, who is this Zhang Zai?"
Lu Songli thought for a moment and said, "Zhang Zai, he is a great scholar with great ideas, great vision, and great mind." In fact, he is a great philosopher and educator. "He calls himself Mr. Hengqu."
Mr. Hengqu? Could he be from Hengqu, Ximei County, near Chang'an City?
"I'm not sure about that." Actually, it is true, but this place is too close to Chang'an City. If it is admitted, countless people will definitely go here to explore.
The Lu family's unanimous account is that Lu Desheng had the good fortune to meet Zhang Zai, the Master of Hengqu, and converse with him late into the night. Even more fortunate was to hear Zhang Zai discuss his life, describing the aspirations he had formulated in his fifties, based on his own life experiences and inner journey. These four lines of thought succinctly summarize Zhang Zai's lifelong pursuits. Zhang Zai shared them, and he didn't mind sharing them with others, inspiring even more Chinese.
Xie Mansion, Meeting Room
The meeting was headed by Xie Zhan, and the elders of the Xie family and the core officials of the entire Xie faction were in attendance. Xie Mingtang was the former, and Zhao Wenkuan, Ji Yongqing and others were the latter. These people were the leaders of the Xie faction.
But at this moment, everyone looked at each other in silence, and the entire conference room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Zhang Zai's four sentences were enough to make all the scholars speechless overnight.
The youth's passion and lofty ambitions are heart-shaking.
Xie Zhan was stunned for a moment.
In the conference room, someone sighed softly.
"Have you found out where Zhang Zai is?"
"I can't find any relevant information. Zhang Zai seems to be living in Lu Desheng's story."
"Hengqu Town in Ximei County was searched thoroughly by several waves of people, but no relevant clues were found."
"Dali is so big, and he calls himself Mr. Hengqu, which doesn't necessarily mean he's using the place name."
"Could this person be fictitious?" It's hard to believe that their people couldn't find him, but the people sent by the emperor couldn't find him either.
"That's impossible!" Otherwise, where did these four sentences come from? Such a person must exist, they simply haven't found him yet. Even more than this conclusion, they refused to believe that Lü Desheng was truly so talented. Perhaps, as the Lü family claimed, Lü Desheng had a chance encounter with Zhang Zai and had the privilege of a late-night conversation with him.
"What kind of luck does Lu Desheng have!" He actually met such a great sage.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh at Lu Desheng's good luck. It was really true that all good things happened to him.
Seeing Lv Desheng's continuous success and victories, they were a little annoyed. They had been watching the thief eat the meat, so when would they let them see the thief being beaten?
"He is indeed lucky. He is lucky that he has a good daughter who plans for him, not just bad luck." Xie Zhan's hands tapped the table unconsciously and he spoke slowly.
No one can always win by luck. Behind the luck, there must be hard work that is unknown to outsiders.
What does this mean? Everyone looked at him.
Rumors abounded that Zhang Zai's four sentences were relayed by Lü Desheng, who then had Lü Mingzhi pass them on to Zhang Yong and other mountain chiefs. But Xie Zhan, upon closer examination, found this to be untrue. If that were the case, why would Lü Desheng's face be as pale as a chthonic ailment? This was clearly a manifestation of fear. The Lü family then, and even now, hadn't faced any apparent crisis that could frighten him so much.
In addition, the internal cause of his illness this time was liver dysfunction, emotional distress, and restlessness.
He collected all this information through the Xie faction's information network, so it shouldn't be wrong.
He believed that Lü Desheng would understand the value of these four sentences. Given that he had instructed his youngest son to pass them on to the three chieftains, he shouldn't have reacted as he did. This didn't seem like the mentality one would have when victory was certain or secure.
Unless, Lv Desheng himself was not aware of this matter. This makes sense.
Another thing is that Lu Desheng is a very high-profile person, and it is not like his style to distribute profits equally.
Also, after Emperor Kangcheng left with his ministers that day, Lu Songli was waiting for Lu Mingzhi on the second floor.
All signs indicate that these four sentences were not handed over by Lu Desheng to Lu Mingzhi, but by someone else, who should be Lu Songli.
When Xie Zhan spoke out the conclusion he had deduced, everyone present gasped.
"Impossible? Where did she get the four-character sentence?" Rather than this guess, they were more willing to believe the explanation given by the Lu family.
"What difference does this make?" Whether it was Lu Desheng who gave it up or Lu Songli who gave it up, the final impact would be the same, right? What difference does it make?
The person who spoke was an elder of the Xie family, while the rest of the core members of the Xie faction were mostly silent.
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