Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 16: Mountain God Makes Trouble
Under the night.

Che Gai ran all the way to the wooden house by the mountain stream, crying bitterly, admitting his mistake and asking for forgiveness.

Feng Qingyan said gently in front of everyone, "No one is perfect. But if you can correct your mistakes, there is nothing better than that."

"Brother Feng is so righteous." Some students who came to watch the fun shouted.

"Brother Feng is too kindhearted. How can you forgive someone who hurt you so much just by crying? Doesn't that mean you are not responsible for the wrong you did?" A student was filled with righteous indignation and could not help but stand up and say, "Brother Feng, how can you repay kindness by repaying evil with kindness?"

Another student shouted: "The Master said: Repay evil with justice, and repay kindness with kindness!"

"It's really inappropriate to forgive with just one sentence."

"So what do you think we should do?" Feng Qingyan asked with a smile.

"The academy is a holy place. How can we allow someone with bad morals to defile it? This person should be expelled from the academy!" A student shouted, "What do you think?"

"As it should be!"

"Expelled from the academy, we are ashamed to be associated with this."

Upon hearing this, Che Gai's face turned pale and his whole body trembled. He looked at Feng Qingyan with some despair, while the other party smiled and said, "This is the voice of all the students. Do you know what to do?"

After hearing this, Che Gai's body began to stagger and then he fainted.

Fu Lin, who was standing by, sighed deeply. After bowing to Feng Qingyan, he and a few others carried Che Gai into the carriage...

If you had admitted your mistake earlier, why would this have happened?

After a while, everyone dispersed.

Feng Qingyan sat in the living room with a puzzled look on his face. He hadn't even taken action to find out the person who spread the rumor, but the person came out crying and admitting his mistake?

What's happening here?
He couldn't quite understand, did Che Gai really realize his mistake?
Regardless of whether he truly admits his mistake or apologizes sincerely, since he has been expelled from the "academy", let's forgive him for the time being.

Feng Qingyan thought so.

At this time, the evil spirit that had been pressing on Che Gai's "head" finally retreated in a moment of his thought. When it was just dawn, Che Gai did not say goodbye to Fu Lin and others, but left in a hurry with his servants.

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Early morning, thatched cottage.

An Xiu looked at Feng Qingyan in surprise.

He was not surprised that Feng Qingyan was protected by ghosts and gods. Although it was very rare for people in the world to be protected by ghosts and gods, it did exist.

But what is strange is that under the illumination of the Confucian Star Flag, there are actually evil spirits entering Bo City.

Logically speaking, it would take at least a very vicious level of evil spirit...

It seems that the ghosts and gods who are protecting us are not simple.

After the class, An Xiu paused for a moment and said, "Qingyan, you have the protection of ghosts and gods. You can only use it to intimidate the scoundrels. You must not use it to do evil, and you must not use it to do whatever you want. Do you understand?"

Feng Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "What ghost or god protection do you mean?"

"You don't know?"

An Xiu was a little surprised and said, "It's not surprising that you don't know." Then he explained what the protection of ghosts and gods is.

"Most ghosts and gods approach humans with evil intentions, taking advantage of people's greed and gradually tempting them to do evil..."

"Qingyan understands." Feng Qingyan bowed and said.

"Also, don't think that everything will be fine if you have the protection of ghosts and gods." An Xiu added, "The Holy Way has many means to suppress ghosts and gods. It can be a pen used by a great scholar, a torn book left by an old scholar, or a casual word from a great sage. All of them can suppress many ghosts and gods. No matter how powerful the ghosts and gods are, they can only be suppressed in the Holy Way world..."

"Please rest assured, sir. Qingyan will not use this to do evil, nor will he use it to seek profit." Feng Qingyan said respectfully.

An Xiu nodded and said, "A gentleman should respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them."

"Qingyan understands." Feng Qingyan bowed and said.

An Xiu didn't say much. ...

Noon.

Feng Qingyan was reviewing the "Ya Jing" in the wooden house.

"Is Brother Feng here?" Zhou Chang's voice came from outside. When he saw Feng Qingyan coming out, he said, "Brother Feng is reading? Did I disturb you? Please forgive me."

"Not really, it's a good time to relax." Feng Qingyan said with a smile.

"The way of literature and martial arts requires alternating between tension and relaxation. Brother Feng doesn't need to study hard all day. In his spare time, he should enjoy the mountains and rivers to relax his mind and body, which is more beneficial to his studies." Zhou Chang said, "Let's go and see the mountain god."

"Mountain God?"

Feng Qingyan was startled and asked quickly, "What mountain god?"

"You do not know?"

Zhou Chang was a little surprised and said, "Brother Feng, look at you. You just study hard all day long. You don't even know what's happening around you, right? Although there is a saying that you should turn a deaf ear to the outside world and focus on reading the books of sages. However, as a Confucian disciple, you also need to know everything in the world..."

After a long speech, Zhou Chang finally stopped.

Feng Qingyan saw the opportunity and quickly said, "Brother Zhou, what exactly do you want to do when you go to see the mountain god?"

"In the past few days, strange things have happened from time to time on the west side of the academy. For example, a newly built pavilion suddenly disappeared the next day, or a red pillar suddenly turned green at night, or a good attic suddenly split in half, or grass and trees grew wildly and turned into a dense forest overnight..."

“In addition, there were even landslides and cracks in the ground, which caused many craftsmen to panic and think it was haunted, so they were unwilling to work on the west side.”

Zhou Chang talked as he walked.

"Of course, it's impossible to be haunted. I really don't know which evil ghost has the guts to cause trouble in the academy. It's simply courting death."

Zhou Chang said with a smile.

Indeed, no evil ghost dared to come to the academy to cause trouble, not even the most evil ghosts at the level of great scholars dared to do so. A star flag could turn all the ghosts into ashes.

All the evil ghosts who dared to come to the academy to cause trouble have been scared to death.

"Since it's not an evil ghost, it could be a monster in the mountains. But Dean An has not taken action to suppress it, which shows that the monster has no ill intentions." Zhou Chang said with a smile.

"What kind of monster?" Feng Qingyan asked.

In fact, at this moment, his tense heart relaxed a little. Fortunately, Dean An did not take action to suppress it, otherwise Jiuge might...

"I don't know."

Zhou Chang shook his head and whispered, "However, some students have speculated that it might not be a monster, but a mountain god."

"Mountain God?" Feng Qingyan asked.

Zhou Chang nodded and said, "In fact, many students go there just to meet the mountain god, hoping to gain his favor or get a chance from him."

Favor can be explained, but what is the opportunity of the mountain god?
Feng Qingyan couldn't help but ask.

"I heard that a ray of mountain essence from the mountain god can cure a person of all diseases, make a person's thoughts flow, make a person's eyes see clearly at night, and many other wonderful benefits." Zhou Chang shook his head and said, "But I don't know whether it's true or not, I just follow what others say."

Feng Qingyan was a little surprised. Could the Mountain God have such an opportunity?

"Has anyone seen the mountain god?"

"No, the mountain god has been hiding and has not come out to meet the students." Zhou Chang said, "In fact, it is more likely to be an ordinary mountain spirit. How can a mountain god be born so easily? I am afraid that those students who want to seek the opportunity of the mountain god will not be able to achieve their goals."

At this time, Feng Qingyan was a little confused. Why did Jiuge come out to cause trouble?
Or they were causing trouble at the Confucian 81st Academy.

"By the way, the students also made a bet that whoever gets the favor of the mountain god first will get a piece of snowflake paper." Zhou Chang said. Perhaps knowing that Feng Qingyan didn't know much about snowflake paper, after all, it was not produced in the north, he explained it briefly, "This snowflake paper is a good thing. It is one of the four treasures of the study that scholars dream of. It cannot be burned by fire or soaked by water. It will not rot for a thousand years and will last for ten thousand years. It can calm the mind and soothe the spirit. It is in short supply and cannot be bought no matter how much money you have. It can be said that one page is worth one gold..."

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(End of this chapter)