53: Chapter 48: Ushering in Peace!
(Seeking First Subscription!)_3 53: Chapter 48: Ushering in Peace!
(Seeking First Subscription!)_3 Emperor currently reigns?
Li Guanyi didn’t answer.
He couldn’t praise him, the one hundred and thirty-five coins from Qian Zheng were still neatly wrapped.
If he were to meet that Emperor, he wanted to smash those one hundred and thirty-five coins in his face.
Clutching a knife, he said, “Are the ancient sovereigns’ achievements still around?”
“Thousands of royal mansions have turned to earth.”
The young man replied, “Prosperity, decline, either way, it all boils down to just one saying.”
“In prosperity, the commoners suffer; in downfall, the commoners suffer.”
Upon turning to leave, Wang Tong’s footsteps came to a sudden halt.
Xue Shuangtao said, “This is…”
Most people would say that when a nation falls, the commoners suffer, but the weight of the four words in front is even heavier.
Li Guanyi said with a smile, “It was when I was on my way…”
Xue Shuangtao took over the conversation, “Passing by an elderly man who was chanting it, right?”
Li Guanyi clapped in approval:
“Miss Bingxin is smart, having already jumped in with an answer.”
“That old gentleman’s surname is Zhang.”
Xue Shuangtao didn’t believe these things, looked at Li Guanyi, and then said, “Then look at that other question, Mr.
Wang Tong said, ‘For a scholar to pursue greatness, he should first understand artifacts and then literature.’ It is called the scholar’s first knowledge of artifacts.
It’s about your ambition and caliber, and every student can answer a few sentences.”
Li Guanyi flicked his finger on the knife, smiling, “I am a martial artist.”
“Not adept with words.”
Xue Shuangtao gently kicked the young man’s calf.
Then she saw her own grandfather, saw Xue Daoyong taking the initiative to reveal his face, frantically signaling with his eyes.
Li Guanyi, with his back towards the elder, didn’t notice due to Mr.
Wang Tong’s Literary Energy covering and Xue Daoyong holding back on his own.
Xue Shuangtao thought about it and reached out her hand.
On her fair palm lay a gold and jade ring, smiling, “Then, Guest Elder sir.”
“A gold ring inlaid with jade, buy your ambition, and tell me.”
“Such trade, is it worth it?”
The young man laughed, “Alright.”
“When I arrived, I happened to meet two masters, and those two masters happened to each say a phrase.”
“I wonder, Miss, would you like to hear of literature or of martial arts?”
Xue Shuangtao said, “What if it’s martial arts?”
Li Guanyi pondered and then said, “A true man born between heaven and earth.”
“Should wield a three-foot sword to establish dominance over the Four Seas, to achieve an immortal deed!”
His teasing tone didn’t conclude with the phrase, ‘How could one languish below others for long?’
Merely wielding a three-foot sword to achieve an immortal deed was already grand and upright.
A glint passed through Changsun Wuchou’s eyes.
Xue Shuangtao nodded naively with curiosity, “And if it’s literature?”
Li Guanyi held his knife; considering what he had seen and heard during this time, his ten years of wandering experiences, he leisurely said, “To set the heart for heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people.”
With just one sentence, there was already a boundlessly open vista.
Fang Ziqiao’s smile came to a slight pause.
“To follow the ancient saints, to inherit their Absolute Skill.”
Du Keming raised his eyebrows.
The young man was about to naturally voice the last phrase as if to amuse a friend.
But suddenly he stopped; not knowing why, something clogged his heart.
The pile of letters from Qian Zheng, that old farmer who sold his daughter, this damned world, flashed before his eyes, then tumbled like flames in his chest.
At that moment, the last phrase seemed not so simple to recite.
The reason was laughable.
Because Li Guanyi truly understood the meaning behind that last sentence.
While the previous three were just rote learning.
When you study, you don’t understand the power of words; only after lengthy years, having seen many things, does a moment come when education forms a closed loop.
The words you recited in your youth will strike as precisely as a sword to the brow.
Li Guanyi raised his black knife, pointing at the sky and earth ahead.
In that instant, he grasped the weight of those words, so the final sentence, like a flame, burst from his heart, he softly spoke, as if addressing the world for the first time with his own voice—
“To begin an era of great peace, for all generations.”
Thus the distinguished scholars were left speechless.