Chapter 107 107: Book Gift
"Mr. Chen, will my father be fine?"
Chen Jin asked worriedly.
Chen Jin said: "It's not a problem, it will only make you feel uncomfortable for a while. It can also remove erysipelas from the body, which is a good thing."
Hearing this, Chen Jin immediately felt relieved and invited Chen Jin to dinner.
After waiting for a while, Chen Shizhen came back, feeling refreshed and with a better appetite, completely different from his previous sickly appearance.
After eating, he immediately invited Chen Jin to the study room and asked eagerly about Wuqi Jingyang Pills:
"Mr. Chen, after I took one pill, I felt so good, as if I was a few years younger. Could this be a magic medicine that can prolong life?"
Chen Jin smiled: "I said, this medicine can indeed regulate the body, refresh and replenish energy. As for prolonging life, it is a long-term curative effect, not an overnight success. The reason why you feel so different is rooted in this My body is weak and I am plagued by hidden illnesses. When the symptoms are gone, I will naturally feel relaxed and energetic.”
Chen Shizhen touched his chin: "Is that so?"
Chen Jin said: "I emphasize once again that there is no such thing as a golden elixir of immortality in the world. Whether it is refining or taking the elixir, you must be cautious. Especially ordinary people are more likely to have problems."
Chen Shizhen nodded slightly: "Actually, Song Xian... Taoist Song also reminded me at the beginning, but I was obsessed and didn't listen to advice."
Chen Jin asked: "So until now, you still don't believe that the other party has the intention to harm you, but you think it is your own problem and you are to blame?"
Chen Shizhen was silent for a moment and said slowly: "I know people's hearts are unpredictable. He said that in Dustpan Alley, the twelve houses of the Chen family were all brothers and sisters. But over the years, due to various conflicts between the houses, I don't know. There is so much filth and fighting that I feel so disgusted that I don’t want to get involved.”
Chen Jin smiled and said: "How can you stay out of the crime of having a jade? But the matters between your relatives should be settled by yourselves."
Chen Shizhen said nothing.
In fact, he already had suspicions in his mind that he was so obsessed with refining the Golden Elixir of Immortality that he bankrupted his entire family and was being set up to be slaughtered like a pig.
But what can be done?
Unfounded.
If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for getting dizzy and falling into the well step by step.
Fortunately, he was rescued before he completely sank.
Looking at the person in front of him, Chen Shizhen wanted to ask, "Who are you?", but he finally held back and talked about other topics: "Mr. Chen, in ten days, the provincial examination will begin. Regarding this examination, Chen is not talented, but he has participated several times. Although he failed, he has written a lot of notes and essays. If you don't mind, you can read it and review it, which may give you some inspiration."
Chen Jin smiled and said: "I can't get what I asked for."
In the imperial examination, the experience articles of previous generations cannot be ignored. Reading them thoroughly will be a great help.
Those scholars who came from a bad background, due to limited conditions, did not read many books, and their knowledge was narrow. If they wanted to break through the social class, they had to go out to study, find people to communicate with, find people to apprentice with, write endlessly, and copy articles one after another. .
However, for poetry and book heirlooms, for a family, one's own collection of books would not be easily lent to others for reading, let alone copying.
This principle is similar to the teaching of craftsmanship.
Now Chen Shizhen is willing to provide all his collection of books and imperial examination notes to Chen Jin, which is not only a way of repaying his kindness, but also a kind of expectation.
It's a pity that there is not much time before the exam, so I don't know how much Chen Jin can read.
So he acted immediately and quickly packed it into a heavy book box and handed it to Chen Jin: "It's all here."
Chen Jin took it and suddenly said: "Master Chen San, at your age, you can still take the exam."
Chen Shizhen said with a sigh on his face: "I have failed the test many times. I have exhausted my energy long ago and have no chance."
Chen Jin said goodbye and left, returning to the other courtyard.
Ye Yanke is practicing his sword. Neither of them are keen on socializing. The way they get along is simple and simple, trying not to disturb each other.
Chen Jin entered the room, lit the Kuixing Wenhuo lamp, then picked up the top copy of "The Interpretation of the Four Books" from the book box and started to read it.
The original length of the Four Books and Five Classics is actually not very long, and the number of words is not many.
Most of them are extended analysis from generation to generation, various theoretical viewpoints, etc. There are more and more people from your school and my school. First, we quote from scriptures and quote from scriptures, and then we inevitably over-interpret or even misinterpret its meaning.
In this regard, the development of humanistic Confucianism and Taoism and Buddhism are quite similar.
In the past, it was said that people in Confucianism could also develop supernatural powers. But gradually it stopped working.
The reasons vary.
One of them is more convincing, saying that the foundation of Confucianism lies in Haoran's righteousness.
However, with the resurgence of humanity, the imperial examinations were linked to fame and official rank. Scholars all over the world studied for fame, fortune, glory and wealth. How could they still gather righteousness?
Without Haoran's righteousness, there would naturally be no magical means, and one could only rely on the dynastic system and rely on the power of soldiers to exercise governance authority.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
There is no way to investigate this statement without discerning its authenticity.
Now Chen Jin is reading the text.
It’s really a page-turner.
He has a strong soul, an eye and a photographic memory, so he can read very quickly.
The palm-thick "Interpretations of the Four Books" can be read in less than half an hour, and then the next one...
Stay up all night, tirelessly.
The breakfast on the second day was obviously much richer. A pot full of chicken porridge was added with wolfberry, Codonopsis pilosula and other medicinal materials, and it was stewed deliciously;
In addition, there is also a whole cage of large meat buns, as well as cold dishes.
After breakfast, Chen Jin proposed to go out for a walk and take a stroll around Dustpan Alley.
In this regard, Chen Shizhen vaguely reminded that the provincial examination was coming soon, so he should stay in his room and seize the time to study poetry and books.
It’s not too late to take a leisurely stroll after passing the provincial examination.
Chen Jin said that just because he had to take an exam, he had to relax a little in order to enter the exam hall with the best attitude.
Seeing his persistence, Chen Shizhen stopped persuading him. I thought that Chen Zexiang, where Chen Jin was born, probably branched out from the prefecture and county. If Chen Jin could reach high school, he might be able to recognize his ancestors and return to the family tree, and add his family tree to Changle Hall.
Before that, Chen Jin couldn't control his inner emotions and wanted to visit Dustpan Alley, which was understandable.
However, Dustpan Lane is the settlement of the wealthy Chen family. Although Chen Jin also has the surname Chen, this Chen is not the other Chen, and he is still an outsider.
If he wants to walk around and watch, he needs to wear a wooden pass and be accompanied by someone.
Chen Jin immediately expressed his willingness to accompany him.
Chen Shizhen didn't want to compete with his daughter for a place, so he agreed. Before leaving, he repeatedly warned that Dustpan Alley is a very big place and there are many scenic spots to visit. But there are some places that you are absolutely not allowed to set foot in.
For example, the Chen Ancestral Hall located in the central area!
Little did he know that Chen Jin was going to see the condition of the ancestral hall.
(End of chapter)