The little sister of the Zhou family silently recited Chen Wen's answer, as if she had found the answer to the difficult questions that always bothered her. It turned out that this kind of thing could not be entirely expected to be widely recognized by the society, but more of it was necessary to improve economic ability. Just as the sage once said - if you have enough to know etiquette, it turns out that it is also applicable to put it here.

Once she figured out this, the Zhou family's younger sister recalled the thoughts she had when she read Li Zhi's works. It turned out that most of them were just fantasies and were completely unrealistic.

The economic foundation determines the superstructure. If the economic foundation is not reached, no matter how gorgeous the superstructure is, it is just a castle in the air, which is unrealistic.

A trace of enlightenment suddenly appeared in my heart, accompanied by a sigh.

"It is indeed not a blessing that the King of Zhejiang can continue to grow in such a dangerous situation. Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, and I have received teachings."

After a moment, the woman smiled sweetly, her bright eyes were bright, and her clever smile seemed to be brighter than the entire hall. At this moment, Chen Wen felt his heart beat as if he had stopped.

In the hall, Chen Wen looked at the woman in front of him in a daze, as if he had fallen into his clear eyes like water. After a long time, with the look of the woman in front of him, Chen Wen withdrew his gaze awkwardly. He coughed lightly, and then changed to the question he was about to ask.

"I answered the question of Mrs. Zhou next. Can Mrs. Zhou answer the next question?"

Chen Wen had recovered from the embarrassment just now, but under the woman's shattered skin, the bright redness just now had not completely faded, and even better than before after hearing this.

"Mr. Just tell me, I should tell you this way."

The woman in front of her lowered her head shyly again, leaving only her smooth forehead and ink-like black hair that were still exposed to Chen Wen's sight. Even her voice seemed to be getting lower and lower, but I don't know if it was an illusion.

Chen Wen had roughly guessed what the girl was thinking about, but what he was asking now was not this.

"I'm brave enough to ask why Mrs. Zhou had this idea just because I've read Mr. Li Zhi's statement?"

A surprise appeared on the woman's beautiful face. When this surprise retreated, the eyes fell into memories.

"When I was young, I was in love with my two cousins ​​and elder brothers. Although it was a while, I could never fall behind. I remember that after the accident, I would start learning from my daughter. When I was in the training, Jia Yan once told Jia Ci privately that if I was a man, my Zhou clan would have a top scholar. Until today, the voice is still in my ears and has not dissipated at all..."

Who said that women are inferior to men? Originally, they only thought it was a joke in opera or a legend like Mulan, but who thought that there was indeed a woman with such thoughts in this world. When I think about it, it was normal. Otherwise, how could such a story appear in this world, and how could a heroine like Princess Pingyang Zhao appear?

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, with the development of the economy, thoughts were no longer imprisoned in the cage of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as before. The liberation of thought was all-round and was constantly repeated. Unfortunately, in one or two hundred years, a Chinese-style Renaissance might begin. However, once you think of the faces of those Confucian scholars and officials in the late Ming Dynasty, Chen Wen had a little doubt about this theory that won some people's hearts in later generations, and even the confusion in his heart was reflected in the eyes of a woman.

"Mr. Marquis, if there is, if there is anything, can you say it is with me?"

Hearing this, Chen Wen sighed and then asked, "Since Mrs. Zhou has this idea, isn't there any desire to compete in his heart?"

It is said that it is a competitive spirit, but it is better to say that what Chen Wen asked about is contempt. Even if people are slow, they can always feel how the other person views themselves over the past ten or twenty years. However, as Chen Wen knows, the men, women, young and old of the Zhou family care for this woman very much.

It is normal for Zhou Jingting to do this. My dear sister, and Zhou Jingting is a very protective guy. When the Qing army retreated from Jinhua under the Ming army's troops and set fire to the houses and houses in the city to avoid being used by the Ming army, Zhou Jingting joined the Ming army because of this.

Chen Wen remembered it very clearly that because of this, Zhou Jingting was quite resentful to Zhu Zhixi, and even once believed that Zhu Zhixi was betrayal and wanted to kill him by the Qing army. Later, with the victory of the Ming army, Chen Wen captured Ma Jinbao and Zhang Guoxun one after another. Both parties were downplaying the blame on each other, but they both mentioned that Li Zhifang and Zhu Zhixi were opposed at that time. This case had become like a Rashomon, but Zhou Jingting's hatred for Zhu Zhixi was not reduced at all, even if this could basically rule out the suspicion of Zhu Zhixi as the mastermind.

As for the reason, it is very simple. Their old house was destroyed, and some of the family were older. Seeing his growing up servants die in the fire, even he almost failed to escape. Since the Qing officials could treat scholars as grass, it would be natural for him to come over to resist the Qing Dynasty's rule.

From this, it is not abnormal that Zhou Jingting, who regarded the family as heavy as Mount Tai, almost attacked Chen Wen because of a sentence yesterday, was his own sister after all.

Even if Zhou Jingting is not mentioned, according to Chen Wen's information, the two sons of the Zhou family's younger sister's uncle were even not long ago, because a classmate from a civil servant training class drank some wine in the food shop and said something chaotic about their cousin. As a result, they were blatantly beaten by these two guys, and even the person who brought out the words was not spared.

If the Zhou sister despised her two cousins ​​and elder brothers because of her talent for studying, Zhou Jingting was fine, but Chen Wen would not believe that her two cousins ​​who had always been timid would react so fiercely. She should go back home and stay home.

"It's a bullying thing to say no. I thought about it when I was young, but after thinking about it, what can I do? Since I am a daughter, it's useless to expect to be the top scholar. With this time, it's much better to respect my parents, be harmonious with my brothers and sisters, and do what a woman should do well is much better than to complain about the world or blame others."

In one breath, the Zhou family girl felt much more relaxed, and what she welcomed was Chen Wen's puff.

"Miss Zhou has achieved this enlightenment far better than many bearded men. Even if she is at the bottom, she will be less than that."

"The Marquis praised me, it's just a little bit of random thoughts in my boudoir."

"Miss Zhou doesn't have to be too humble."

It is indeed not necessary to be too humble. For a long time, in order to unite more people, to prevent China from being too rich in vitality in this catastrophe, and sometimes just to be famous behind him, he compromised and had many concerns, but instead put some more important things in a secondary position.

Nowadays, although the Qing Dynasty suffered consecutive setbacks in the sixth year of Yongli and this year, its overall strength is still at an overwhelming advantage. This time, Hong Chengchou organized the capital of four provinces to suppress the four provinces, but it was not the best of the four southeastern provinces. It was more of a global consideration to determine that the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Qiantang Navy revitalize the overall situation and eliminate the Ming army in Zhejiang as soon as possible. Otherwise, if it was simply consumed, the chances of winning of the Qing Dynasty would be higher.

Today, the four provincial capitals have ended, and the southeast war situation is offensive and defensive. The Qing Dynasty is in a passive situation on the battlefields of the southeast and southwest, which is much stronger than in history. This is the time when the heroes rise up. If we still take into account the influence of this aspect, take into account the view of that aspect, and keep our hands on it, when will the Qing Dynasty be eliminated?

"Miss Zhou is right. When should I do my best to do something. I think too much and trap myself in the same place."

As the depression in his heart opened, Chen Wen's eyes couldn't help but become a little hot, and the woman was so shocked that she couldn't help but take a step back.

"Honor asked me to come here just to answer my question that time?"

Xifeng Temple is located on the back of Xifeng Mountain, in Jinhua Prefecture. This place is where the incense is extremely popular. Even due to the mass grave behind the temple, it is more or less gloomy, and there are not even many monks. In the past, if the incense was inauspicious, the Zhou family would have gone to Tianning Wanshou Temple, and they would never come here.

In fact, the Zhou sister wanted to ask about this question for a long time, but she didn't have time. At this moment, the heat wave in Chen Wen's eyes made her quite scared, and she just took the problem out and changed the topic.

When Chen Wen heard the woman in front of him ask this question, he sighed. He seemed to have been a bit too much just now. At least in this era, a girl who has not yet been married is willing to come to the appointment, which can be understood as being mentally prepared for some things. However, what we talk about these days is based on emotions and only politeness. The impulse to hold it in a moment is indeed very rude.

"I heard a story before, and it is said that it happened here. I planned to come here a long time ago, but I had no time. Today I finally gave myself a vacation and just asked Mrs. Zhou to come and listen to this story."

Chen Wen can tell stories, and the Zhou sister knew about this. Zhou Jingting even told her some stories about Chen Wen telling ancient stories in Dalan Mountain. It is said that she, a local woman in Jinhua, has never heard of it.

"When I was heading south from Tianjin Wei, I passed by the ground in Shandong. I heard an old master telling the story of the Xifeng Temple. However, in the old master's mouth, the Xifeng Temple seemed to be called Lanruo Temple before, but I don't know if it is really the case."

The Lanruo Temple mentioned by Chen Wen is from "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" by Pu Songling, a famous novelist in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It is the place where Nie Xiaoqian's story takes place. However, in the original text, this Lanruo Temple is located in the north of Jinhua City, and there is a high pagoda that can overlook the whole city, more like the Yongfu Temple north of Zhejiang Wushu Academy. However, among the local people in Jinhua, because there is a mass grave behind Xifeng Temple and rumors of haunting here, this Xifeng Temple is also very likely.

"During the Song Dynasty, there was a scholar from Zhejiang named Ning Caichen..."

I remember that I had watched Nie Xiaoqian’s original text, but I had long forgotten all of it. Fortunately, he had watched some movies and TV series, among which the version of Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong is a classic, and I still remember it freshly, so I said it to relieve my boredom.

"Seeing that Ning Caichen is upright, the woman revealed her own life experience. It turned out that the woman's surname was Nie and named Xiaoqian. She died at the age of eighteen and was buried in the mass grave behind the temple..."

Just now Chen Wen said he wanted to tell the ancients, so the little sister of the Zhou family found two cushions in the hall, one placed behind Chen Wen, signaling him to sit down, and the other placed opposite Chen Wen, kneeling there on his own. But at this point, Chen Wen saw that his pretty face was pale and his body seemed to be shaking. He realized that the sad and beautiful love story he remembered was actually a ghost story, especially when he told a girl in this place, it was a bit too much.

As he got up and approached, Chen Wen's tender gushes were held in his hands and said softly: "I'm really sorry, I only remember that this story is very touching, but I forgot that there are some unsuitable places. I won't tell you anymore, don't be afraid."

"I'm fine, the marquis should tell the story. When I was a child, I also heard stories about ghosts and monsters. I know that if I can't finish listening, I will always feel scared. Besides, with famous generals like the marquis, I don't need to be afraid of anything."

Chen Wen's soft voice or the warmth gave the Zhou family some courage. After hearing Chen Wen's apology, her body no longer trembled so hard, and her little face also regained a little bloody color, but her hands still did not dare to fade out of the warmth.

"Okay." Sitting on the ground, Chen Wen continued to tell the story. "By the way, Nie Xiaoqian had never thought of harming people, all because of a thousand-year-old tree demon called her grandmother in the temple..."

As Chen Wen told the story step by step, the story unfolded step by step. The love, hatred and hatred between Ning Caichen, Nie Xiaoqian, Yan Chixia, grandma and other characters came to an end in a while, which was much faster than his previous talks about ancient capitals.

"The human world is too complicated and it is difficult to distinguish right from wrong. When you are with ghosts, you can clearly distinguish black and white. This Yan Chixia is indeed not an ordinary person, and Ning Caichen is also a rare sincere gentleman. The story of the Marquis is really very good."

"Miss Zhou praised me, but I am just a picky person. It's just that many years have passed, and I don't remember clearly whether this is the case. I hope Mrs. Zhou won't mind it."

This story did not originally appear for the purpose of scary people. After hearing the story, Ning Caichen sent Nie Xiaoqian back to his hometown, Yan Chixia killed demons with righteousness, and also responded to the moral concept of punishing evil and promoting good. The little sister of the Zhou family was originally a little scared, but when she heard that the bearded Yan Chixia was a Taoist practitioner, her fear was no longer as it was just now, and she had obviously guessed the direction of the story.

"It's a pity that lovers will never get relatives. If Nie Xiaoqian is reincarnated and repays his kindness, I think it might be better."

"In fact, if Yan Chixia had the ability to live dead and have flesh and bones, maybe..."

When the story came to an end, the two of them were still savoring the thoughts of the story, the Zhou sister first reacted and pulled out the weak and boneless pair of Chen Wen's hands that were used to holding the spear and blade.

"The Marquis did it on purpose!"

"Well."

The look of shame and annoyance in the woman in front of her made Chen Wen feel a little at a loss. Maybe she was kneeling for a long time and her bloodline was not very smooth, but she was a little helpless to stand up. Seeing this, Chen Wen quickly got up and helped the girl up, but her hands were tightly pressed and refused to let go.

"Marty, you are a famous title in the court. You should set an example for the world. How can you do this?"

"There is a question. I am afraid that Mrs. Zhou will not answer, so I have to do so. I hope to forgive me."

As soon as this said, the woman in front of her was stunned. However, before she could react, Chen Wen asked: "I am interested in asking Lingzun for a marriage, so I want to know what Mrs. Zhou means. If I think it is okay for me and I am worth entrusting my life, I will look for someone to be a matchmaker; if I think it is not easy to get along with me, or if Mrs. Zhou already has an interest in me, I am afraid to force me."

If I had known this might be the case, but when things were about to come, the little sister of the Zhou family still felt that there was a deer bumping in her heart, which made her unable to even have a basic idea or reply. In fact, she had not had a good impression of Chen Wen, at least she could not say that sentence. However, after several encounters, especially this time, she realized that Chen Wen was not what she had thought before, at least she was not an ordinary person who despised women.

"Marriage is the order of parents and the words of the matchmaker, how dare I make a decision?"

The woman's arms no longer struggled, but just quietly lowered her head, so that she could not see clearly her pretty beauty that had already been blushing.

After hearing this mosquito-like answer clearly, especially this expression, Chen Wen had already understood the meaning of it, and then let go of his hands. However, as soon as he let go of his hand, he immediately raised his head, and his eyes were filled with panic.

"Mr. Marquis, I..."

After gently embracing the girl in his arms, Chen Wen said softly: "I have understood your thoughts. Since I have made an appointment, I won't say much today. Choose an auspicious day and I will look for someone to be a matchmaker."

"Um."

After hugging each other for a moment, the Zhou sister began to help Chen Wen clean up the wrinkles of her clothes, and then cleaned up her own clothes before turning to the outside of the hall.

As she watched the woman leave the hall, the virgin fragrance was still wandering in her breath. For a moment, Chen Wen seemed to have forgotten that this was a Buddhist temple, and behind her was smiling and watching all this was a kind-hearted Bodhisattva.

The woman got on the carriage, and her brother didn't ask any questions along the way. Until she returned to the small courtyard where the boudoir was located and waved away the servants who were serving her, Zhou Jingting dared to say softly, not daring to be too loud, for fear that someone would hear it.

"Sister, is that guy rude?"

It has been done for more than a year under Chen Wen, but this "righteousness of the monarch and minister" is far less than the honor and disgrace of the family and relatives in the eyes of Confucian scholars like him, especially his own sister. In fact, if it weren't for the rumors and rumors spread outside, it had affected her sister's lifelong affairs. After getting along during this period, Chen Wen left him a very good impression, otherwise he would not have agreed to this appointment.

But when his sister entered the hall, the regret and absurdity in his heart always lingered in his heart. Even if the little sister of the Zhou family walked out of the hall, she did not retreat at all.

"Brother is too worried. The Marquis is a gentleman. He just answered a question about me and told me a story."

"Why."

Another sigh, Zhou Jingting felt that the sighs in the past few days seemed to be more than the previous twenty years combined. I hope that his sister would have a good home after this incident, and she could be carefree and happy.

Coincidentally, Chen Wen, who had just returned to Anyuan Marquis' Mansion from Xifeng Temple, was just immersed in the beauty of men and women's love, but when he stepped into the Marquis' Mansion, he heard a personal soldier who stayed in the mansion mention that Huang Zongxi had been waiting in the Second Hall for a long time.
Chapter completed!