I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 3 A Night Visit to Ma Rong
In Ma Rong's opinion, this kid was really a little beyond his expectations.

He thought that this boy was just a rebellious troublemaker who was not tolerated by his family, so he came to him to seek refuge and gild himself.

But now it seems that this kid is a piece of gold covered with feces. If he is really washed and tidied up, he will definitely shine.

He understood so many things at such a young age, so did he also understand a lot of other things?
Has he read all the Five Classics and Fourteen Schools of Law? Does he have his own opinions on them?

Does he have his own opinions on the interpretation of ancient Chinese classics?

Ma Rong suppressed the doubts in his heart and nodded under the gaze of everyone.

"It seems that Shu has indeed learned something. However, when a teacher is teaching, students need to be solemn and quiet and not act recklessly. This is something that should be paid attention to. So, Shu, do you know your mistake?"

Yuan Shu grinned.

“If the students are wrong, the teacher is not wrong?”

When these words were spoken, everyone in the hall was shocked.

The little dancer who had just exchanged glances with Yuan Shu was even more shocked. She unconsciously clenched the scarf in her hand and stared at Yuan Shu.

They didn't understand the profound academic issues that the old and young couple were talking about just now, and they were helpless, just like watching gods fighting. But now, this is...

"Is the teacher wrong?"

Ma Rong narrowed his eyes and looked at Yuan Shu: "What's wrong with that?"

"The classroom should be solemn, and the students should be serious, but it is inappropriate for the teacher to have more female musicians in the classroom. The students have nothing to say if the teacher has them, but if the teacher does not allow the students to watch, this is really too difficult for the students."

Ma Rong was delighted when he heard this. He chuckled and felt that this boy was becoming more and more interesting.

How dare you fire at me?
The old man's uncultivated thoughts immediately prevailed, and Ma Rong immediately launched a new round of attacks.

"Confucius said, 'At thirty one is established, at forty one has no doubts, at fifty one knows the will of heaven, at sixty one's ears are obedient, at seventy one follows one's heart's desire without transgressing the rules. If a teacher is over eighty, even if he transgresses the rules, what does it matter? The sage has never said, if he does not say, then there is nothing to worry about. If there is nothing to worry about, then even if I put a female musician in front of you, what does it matter?"

Yuan Shu was overjoyed, thinking, is there such a good thing?
"Then why don't you place the female musician in front of me? Before, she was too far away and I couldn't see her clearly. Only by placing her in front of me can I appreciate her carefully!"

"????"

Ma Rong was stunned.

Everyone was stunned.

Although Xu Chong did not understand the meaning of the previous academic confrontation between Yuan Shu and Ma Rong, he understood the current situation.

The boss is doing this for the benefit of everyone, so that everyone can watch those graceful women dancing and singing up close!
What a good boss!

I will follow you all my life!
So Xu Chong looked at Yuan Shu with great anticipation and admiration as he fought for his interests.

Ma Rong was stunned for a while before realizing that Yuan Shu was actually using his strength to his advantage, and he immediately became annoyed.

"You're rude!"

Yuan Shu was not afraid at all.

"How is the disciple rude?"

"To contradict the Master is disrespectful!"

"I am just following Master's wishes to make a request. How can this be considered rude?"

Yuan Shu spread his hands and smiled, "Besides, Confucius said, 'I was fifteen and I was determined to study', which means that Confucius started to study after he was fifteen. We, the younger generation, should also be determined to study and correct ourselves after we are fifteen. Now I am only ten years old. Before fifteen, the saints never said anything, and if they didn't say anything, then there is no scruple."

Ma Rong was stunned again.

Okay, okay, I use my oldness to suppress you, and you fight back at me with your smallness?
You use my magic to fight back against my magic?

This kid is really interesting!
Ma Rong put on an angry face, stood up tremblingly with the help of people around him, came to Yuan Shu with a ruler, raised the ruler, hit him on the head three times, then walked out of the church with his hands behind his back, announcing the end of today's class.

A group of young disciples with extraordinary backgrounds looked at Yuan Shu with complicated expressions and left the stage one after another.

Xu Chong immediately rushed over and looked at Yuan Shu's head left, right, up and down.

"Boss, are you okay? Does it hurt? The old guy is really cruel. He actually hit me on the head! Should we retaliate?"

"Revenge on you! He's already half buried in the ground, do you still need my revenge?"

Yuan Shu gave Xu Chong a chestnut in annoyance, then turned around and looked at Ma Rong's gradually receding back, as if thinking about something.

That evening, Yuan Shu did not secretly ask the little dancer out to chat, talk about life, and ideals as he did in the previous few days, but quietly entered through the side door of Ma Rong's residence, went to Ma Rong's room, avoided the sight of the night watchman, and crawled forward little by little to the door.

Looking at the two night watchmen who were dozing off nearby, Yuan Shu curled his lips, and with his nimble little body he quickly reached the door, gently pushed it open, and squeezed his body in smoothly.

Ma Rong's bedroom was very luxurious, with silks and satins everywhere, and even the floor was covered with cushions.

I heard that this cushion was bought from the Western Regions and it was very expensive. It makes no sound when you step on it and it is soft and very comfortable.

There were a few red candles lit in the room, and the whole room was filled with dim light, which created a feeling that was conducive to sleep.

Besides that, it has a nice incense smell.

These accommodation conditions were several times better than those Yuan Shu had in the Yuan family. Yuan Shu couldn't help but feel extremely envious and jealous, and even couldn't help but have the idea of beating the local tyrants and dividing their land.

But he didn't come here for this, so he suppressed his unhappiness and quietly approached Ma Rong's bed. He heard someone breathing on the bed, and the sound was very light.

but……

Huh?
Why does it feel like there are several people breathing?
Did Ma Rong sleep with two people?
That's not right. Ma Rong had many romantic affairs when he was young, but that was no longer the case when he got older. His wife died a few years ago, and he didn't take many concubines after that.

He is old and in poor health, and he doesn't have any impulses in that direction. He keeps a group of beautiful girls at home purely for his own enjoyment, and there is really no romantic scandal.

and so……

Yuan Shu stretched his neck and raised his head. Through a layer of bed curtains, he could vaguely see that Ma Rong was indeed the only one sleeping there. However, the quilt was too big, and there seemed to be too many things inside...

Ma Rong is eighty-seven years old and his body has shrunk a lot. How could he support such a big quilt?

So he turned his gaze to the end of the bed and saw two long-haired girls sleeping there, breathing one after another, and they seemed to be sleeping soundly.

"Warm bed".

This word suddenly appeared in Yuan Shu's mind.

Then he got a little confused.

No, you old man called me over in the middle of the night. Not to mention you were soundly asleep, there were also two maids warming your bed. How could you be so... unreasonable?

Thinking of this, Yuan Shu suddenly became furious and shouted.

"Teacher, disciple Yuan Shu comes to see you!"

The sound was not loud, so the two maids who were sleeping soundly at the end of the bed did not wake up. However, Ma Rong was old and did not sleep easily, so he woke up when Yuan Shu shouted.

He rubbed his eyes sleepily, yawned, then turned his head and opened the curtains, but he did not see the dim light of day that he could see in the past.

"It's not even daybreak yet? Then why am I awake?"

"It was your disciple who woke you up, Master."

Yuan Shu stretched his big head in front of Ma Rong and grinned. His big white teeth reflected a strange light.

When Ma Rong saw Yuan Shu's smiling face and big white teeth, he was stunned for a moment, then opened his mouth as if he was going to scream, but no scream came out and he was actually scared.

Yuan Shu noticed that Ma Rong looked unwell, so he quickly stepped forward and rubbed his chest.

"Teacher! Teacher! Are you okay?"

"I...I...I...why are you here?"

Ma Rong finally came back to his senses, staring at Yuan Shu, and angrily said, "What time is it now? This is my master's bedroom! How did you break in? Do you know what you are doing?!"

"It's three o'clock in the morning now."

Yuan Shu looked at Ma Rong's angry expression and found it incredible: "Didn't the teacher ask the disciple to come to you at midnight?"

"I?"

Ma Rong was stunned and asked in confusion, "When did I ever let you come to my bedroom?"

Yuan Shu was also stunned. "During the day, you hit your disciple on the head three times with a ruler, and then left with your hands behind your back. Wasn't that a hint for your disciple to enter your bedroom through the side door in the middle of the night to ask you questions?"

Ma Rong blinked.

"Is that what I meant?"

Yuan Shu blinked.

"Isn't that what you mean?"

The old man and the child looked at each other in bewilderment, with nothing to say. An awkward atmosphere gradually filled the air.

After a while, Yuan Shu couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere anymore and had to speak up.

"Isn't that what the teacher meant? Did the disciple misunderstand?"

"Compared to this, I am more concerned about how you figured out that I wanted you to come to my bedroom to see me in the middle of the night from the fact that I hit you with a ruler and then left with my hands behind my back..."

Ma Rong said in a deep voice, with a very resentful look on his face: "I am an old man in my eighties, and I am a very sleepy person. It is difficult for me to fall asleep at night. I finally fell asleep, but you woke me up. Now, in this long night, what can I do?"

Yuan Shu felt a little embarrassed.

"Teacher, you are so famous and your knowledge is so profound. The starting point of our study is to understand the profound meaning of words, so I think that everything you say and do has a profound meaning and needs to be carefully considered."

Ma Rong couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

You kid are really like an old woman crawling into bed - you made me laugh!

How can we use subtle words and profound meanings in this kind of things?
Are you too sensitive or am I too rough?
Ma Rong just felt that he had a lot to say and a lot of dirty words he wanted to curse, but he didn't know how to say them, and he felt very uncomfortable.

But after all this, Ma Rong was completely sober.

The noise of the two people talking woke up the two young maids who were responsible for warming the bed at the end of the bed. They thought Ma Rong was going to get up at night, so they rubbed their eyes and got up, and then saw Yuan Shu, the uninvited guest.

Before they were about to scream, Ma Rong explained the situation and told the two maids to continue sleeping and not to bother with the master and disciple.

The two little maids looked at each other, and could only obey Ma Rong's order with a confused look on their faces and lay down again.

This surprised Yuan Shu a little.

"Teacher, don't you want to drive away your disciples?"

"Rather than driving you away, I think it would be more interesting to keep you and chat with you. Otherwise, I will have to endure the long night."

Ma Rong sighed and said slowly, "Shu, I have taught disciples for decades. Some are naughty and some are brilliant. But you are the first one who makes me feel both naughty and brilliant. Perhaps, you will be the last one."

Yuan Shu rubbed his head embarrassedly.

"I am not as good as you say..."

"I'm not complimenting you!"

Ma Rong rolled his eyes again: "You must listen to me completely. Before you become brilliant, you are just a naughty boy!"

"When have I ever been so naughty as to be unruly?"

Yuan Shu spread his hands and said innocently, "Even in the Yuan clan, I am famous for my love of reading and not getting into trouble. Other disciples are bullying boys and girls and doing evil, but I am the only one who is obsessed with the ocean of knowledge and cannot extricate myself.

My father and uncle were so worried that the student would become stupid because of studying that they asked him to go out and cause trouble and bully boys and girls, but the student would rather die than obey and insisted on studying! How could such an excellent student be said to be naughty? "

"When I say you are naughty, I am not referring to what you do, but what you think!"

Ma Rong glared at Yuan Shu and said, "What you think is more important than what you do! You come from a family that inherits the classics of modern literature. Your family is very powerful. You are not at home studying your family's teachings, but you have a dispute with the elders in your family. You came to me to avoid trouble. For you, this is much more serious than bullying men and women, isn't it?"

Yuan Shu was about to retort when he suddenly felt a little cold. His eyes rolled and he put on a bright smile.

"Teacher, I am cold. Can I go to bed to keep warm?"

"???"

Ma Rong looked at Yuan Shu in surprise: "You... went to my bed? To keep warm?"

"Teacher, you love your disciples so much, you won't mind, right?"

Yuan Shu laughed, took off his shoes and coat, climbed onto Ma Rong's big bed in a few seconds, quickly squeezed in between the two maids, and lay down.

Ah~~~
comfortable.

The two little maids were stunned by Yuan Shu's sudden attack. They screamed and hid on both sides, looking at Ma Rong together.

"Come closer, I'm still cold, don't be afraid of me, I don't eat people."

Ma Rong was about to say something, but when he saw Yuan Shu smiling and greeting the two maids, he suddenly felt mixed emotions and didn't know what to say...

So he sighed and nodded.

"Just do as he says. Don't worry, he is only ten years old and still a boy. He is very safe."

The master had spoken, so the two maids had no choice but to move over obediently regardless of what they were thinking.

Feeling the sweet, soft and warm body leaning towards him, Yuan Shu was immediately intoxicated.

"Ah, with this beautiful girl in my arms, my life is complete..."

"You rascal, you are only a few years old, and you say you have no regrets in life!"

Ma Rong was so angry that he laughed and said hurriedly, "Shu, you haven't answered the question I asked just now."

Yuan Shu chuckled.

"There are few serious people in the family. The books in the large rooms are all covered with dust and no one knows how to take care of them. From top to bottom, few people study Meng's Yi all day long. They all study prophecies and ways of scheming. Many children in the family only learn some superficial things.

Apart from that, he just wielded swords, rode horses and chariots, practiced archery, and interacted with local heroes. All he talked about all day were shabby and scheming things, such as land, houses, shops, industries, and the court. I really had no idea what to say to them. "

Ma Rong felt heavy-hearted when he heard this.

In recent years, the cultural aristocracy represented by the powerful families have paid less and less attention to the cultural heritage of their families. Instead, they have turned to crooked ways such as prophecies and intrigue, all in order to seek benefits for themselves.

The Yuan family, as one of the most powerful families in the entire Han Dynasty at this time, has actually stopped attaching importance to family knowledge and instead focused on scheming and making a living, and has become more prosperous because of this. Is this a good thing?
A distinguished family, instead of teaching their children real academic knowledge, has focused all their attention on gaining personal benefits and becoming more prosperous because of this. This can only mean that the entire Han Dynasty is heading down a terribly wrong path.

Learning cannot prosper.

You can prosper by being humble and scheming.

This is wrong!

This also shows one thing -

The big man is sick, very sick!

Hearing Yuan Shu say this, Ma Rong felt very heavy.

"Shu, has the Yuan family... really reached this point?"

Yuan Shu nodded immediately.

"I'm still talking about the good side of things. I started reading when I was two years old and I loved reading. On the one hand, my family thought this was a good thing, but on the other hand, they were also worried that I would read too much and become stupid. So from the age of four or five, my father and the elders in the family kept telling me the stories behind the books.

They tried to use this to warn their disciples not to be obsessed with books, but to pay more attention to the present. They seemed to be really worried that their disciples would become fools who only knew how to study and nothing else, so they encouraged their disciples to go out and do evil and have fun.

Not only that, they also told the disciples to make more friends with the powerful and vagrants outside, to interact with them more, to give them gold, silver, treasures and women in exchange for their services, thinking that doing so would be better than staying at home and studying hard. Teacher, what do you think, shouldn’t the disciples leave the Yuan family and come to the Ma family? "

Ma Rong had no idea what Yuan Shu was up to. Listening to him say this, he felt extremely heavy.

The Yuan family has actually reached this point...

He could only lie on the bed, staring at the ceiling, shaking his head and sighing.

"Over the years, the political situation in the Han Dynasty has become increasingly corrupt. The emperor has been manipulated by his relatives and eunuchs. Uneducated people have the power to depose and enthrone. The emperor's majesty has been completely destroyed, and the world has become increasingly turbulent. If this continues, something bad will happen...

Fortunately, the emperor is wise, calm and resolute. He eliminated the Liang family's relatives in one fell swoop and regained power. Now he is working on eliminating the five marquises. I think if the emperor is given some time to rectify the government, the Han Dynasty will gradually become peaceful, and the world will be much more peaceful in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu grinned.

"Teacher, it's easy to get rid of the Five Marquises, but I'm afraid that after the old Five Marquises, new Five Marquises will appear, and the medicine will remain the same."

(End of this chapter)