The next day, Zhang Wen bid farewell to the Jihan court and returned eastward. Liu Chan gave gold and silk and ordered all officials to send them off, so Zhuge Liang held a banquet at the postal pavilion in the south of the city. After drinking for a long time, a drunk man came in and said:

After Zhuge Liang bowed to him, he took his seat at the table without being invited. Seeing that this man was rude, Zhang Wen asked Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, who is this?" Zhuge Liang replied: "This is a scholar from Yizhou. His surname is Qin and his given name is Mi.

Zi Zi Chi."

The visitor was none other than Qin Mi. He was having a drink at home, but for some reason Prime Minister Zhuge repeatedly sent people to urge him to come to the banquet. Although he knew that Zhang Wen, the envoy of Soochow, was leaving, he had no official position and did not know him before.

After finding this person, even if the Prime Minister had intended for him to leave Yizhou to serve as an official, he had not yet landed. Therefore, the Prime Minister's intention of urging him to come was very confusing to him. But after all, he was a free and uninhibited person, so he put aside these calculations and came directly.

When you go to a banquet, you only prepare to eat and drink.

Originally, Yang Qing was about to leave when he saw Zhang Wen, but Qin Mi hadn't shown up yet, so he thought that the famous scene of questioning the right person would not happen. He was still sighing and sighing to himself, but he never thought that Qin Mi would come after all.

. He went to Qin Mi's house two days ago to thank him for the recommendation, and today he met again, so when he sat down, Yang Qing quickly toasted to him.

Zhang Wen smiled and said: "You are called a bachelor, but I wonder if you have ever learned anything?" These days, hundreds of officials in Shu have been complimenting him constantly. Therefore, except for Zhuge Liang and a few others, Zhang Wen is quite arrogant towards others. Moreover, he himself

He was a talented and talented person who was also known for his rhetoric in Soochow. When he saw Qin Mi acting like a scholar and a famous scholar, he felt dissatisfied and wanted to discuss the merits of this Yizhou scholar so that he could promote Jiangdong.

of literary style.

Qin Mi picked up the wine glass and walked to Zhang Wen, shaking it, and said with a smile: "A three-foot-old boy in Sichuan is still studying, let alone one below?" Zhang Wen asked again: "What did you learn?" Qin Mi said seriously: "Your Majesty.

Astronomy, down to geography, three religions and nine streams, hundreds of schools of thought, all are omniscient. The rise and fall of ancient and modern times, the scriptures of sages, and everything." Zhang Wen thought to himself. This person has a very loud tone. He is either bragging about the wind, or he is really true.

Based on practical knowledge, this person is valued by Prime Minister Zhuge. I am afraid that he is really a great talent. I am afraid that such ordinary knowledge will not be a problem for him. I should ask him according to the way of heaven. Thinking of this, he cheered up and asked: "Since the Lord has made great words,

Please let Wen Yitian ask?" Qin Mi took a sip of wine, spread his right hand, and said please.

When everyone saw that the two were comparing their knowledge, they all lowered their voices, fearing that they would not be able to hear the high opinions of the two famous masters of the East and West. Zhuge Liang smiled and did not stop him. In fact, Qin Mi was invited by him on purpose. During these days, under his instruction

Everyone was extremely attracted to Zhang Wen. He was afraid that he would despise all the officials in Shu, so when he was leaving, he deliberately asked Qin Mi to come and prepare to suppress Zhang Wen in literature.

It could make this person have a better impression of Shuzhong. So he only waved his feather fan slightly and looked sideways at each other. Yang Qing also put down his chopsticks and listened. He had been looking forward to this scene for a long time and couldn't miss it.

Soon Zhang Wen asked: "Does the sky have a head?" Qin Mi replied: "There is a head."

"Where?"

"In the west. The poem says: I am looking to the west. According to this, my head is in the west."

Zhang Wen asked again: "Does heaven have ears?"

"Heaven is high but hearing is low. The poem goes: The crane crows in Jiugao, and the sound is heard in the sky. If it has no ears, how can it hear it?"

"Is the sky enough?"

"There is a poem that says: It is difficult to walk in the sky, but the son is not the same. If he has no feet, how can he walk?

Seeing that Zhang Wen couldn't stop the man with three consecutive questions, he thought for a moment and asked loudly: "Does God have a surname?" Qin Mi replied: "Yes."

"What's your surname?"

"The surname is Liu."

"How to know it?"

"The emperor's surname is Liu, so we know him by this."

Qin Mi's answer coincided with Liu Han's destiny. Zhang Wen knew it, so in order to move back to the city, he asked again: "Where was he born in the east?" Qin Mi knew that the meaning of this question was that Sun Wu, whose destiny was in the east,

However, this did not faze him, and he immediately smiled and said: "Although he was born in the east but did not live in the west." Qin Mi's answer was also excellent, and it overwhelmed Soochow. Zhang Wen was speechless and could not answer. At this time, the two of them answered questions like a ring.

Everyone in the house was shocked, but Zhang Wen was greatly admired when he saw Qin Mi speak out in response, with sharp words and reasonable reasoning.

Qin Mi asked again: "Sir, since you ask questions about heavenly affairs, you will surely be able to understand the principles of heaven. In the past, chaos was divided into yin and yang. The light and pure ones floated up and became the sky, and the heavy and turbid ones condensed down and became the earth. To Gonggong

After his defeat, his head touched Mount Buzhou, the pillars of heaven were broken, and the earth was weak. The sky tilted to the northwest and the earth sank to the southeast. Since the sky was light and clear and floated up, why did it tilt to the northwest? And it is unknown what else is beyond the light and clear? I wish Mr.

Taught me."

It is possible that Qin Mi himself did not know the difficulty of this question. Zhang Wen was speechless and avoided the table to thank him: "I didn't expect that there are so many talented people in Sichuan. Now that I have heard the public opinion, I will enlighten you." Zhuge Liang was afraid that Zhang Wen would be ashamed, so he explained.

He said: "It's just a joke to ask questions during the dinner. Huishu knows the way to stabilize the country, so there is no need to worry about lip games." Zhang Wen was very grateful when Zhuge Liang saved him from the siege, and he toasted to Zhuge Liang frequently.

Qin Mi saw that the questions and answers were over, and was about to return to the table, but saw Yang Qing smiling and saying nothing, as if he had realized something, so he walked to Yang Qing's table again, poured him a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Kai Ming's expression seems to be able to answer

I just asked you a question, why don't you tell me." Everyone had thought about the answer to Qin Mi's last question, but they all found it difficult to answer it. At this moment, seeing that Master Yang, who had become famous recently, seemed to have the answer, they unconsciously read it.

Come here, even Zhuge Liang and Zhang Wen are waiting for Yang Qing's answer.

Yang Qing glared at Qin Mi angrily. The old man was sharp-eyed. Although he could answer with the knowledge of future generations, he did not want to be in the limelight at this moment. After all, Zhang Wen was the protagonist today, and Qin Mi came out to show Shuzhong's talents.

That's all, why should he do this more? But he couldn't. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on him, so he had to reply: "Mr. Zichi, I have some ideas, but I don't know whether they are right or wrong. Since you want to hear them,

Then let me try to tell you."

He stood up and said loudly: "Tai Shang Yun: Master Hongmeng divides the divisions, Yin and Yang first line up, the light and clear floating up is the sky, its quality is yang; the heavy and turbid thing that condenses down is the earth, its quality is yin. In fact, these are all

Generally speaking, as the saying goes, there is yang in yin and yin in yang. Heaven, which is light and pure, will also produce heavy turbidity, and earth, which is heavy and turbid, will also produce light and pure. Therefore, when the sky pillar of Buzhou Mountain in the northwest is broken, the sky will fall.

The northwest is also the natural ear. As for what is outside the sky? My master once said that there is still a sky outside the sky. All the turbulence of the heavens, combined with the Tao, gave birth to the sun, moon, stars, and countless living beings."

Everyone was surprised when they heard the words. They didn't know where Master Yang had learned his knowledge. After careful consideration, they found it quite reasonable. They all thought that although Yang Mingzhi was young, he was worthy of being valued by the prime minister. He was not convinced by Yang Qing in the past.

At this time, I had to admit that his talent was indeed extraordinary. After Yang Qing answered, Qin Mi was the happiest and kept pulling Yang Qing to drink. Zhuge Liang also secretly nodded with approval.

Seeing this, Zhang Wen couldn't help but sigh that there were so many great talents in Shu. There were Prime Minister Zhuge at the top, Deng Zhi, Qin Mi, Yang Qing and others at the bottom. This time he returned to Wu to remind his lord to form an alliance with Shu to fight against Cao Wei.

That's the right way. Seeing that it was getting late, he stood up and said goodbye. Zhuge Liang said a few more words before sending Zhang Wen and Deng Zhi off. Deng Zhi returned to Soochow to pay tribute and reiterate his good intentions for the alliance.

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