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Chapter 17 Cultivating the Heart

"Zuo Ning, what do you have to say?" Faced with the questioning of Zuo Xiaoyou by the minister, the current emperor did not react extra, but just asked Zuo Xiaoyou with interest what he thought?

Zuo Xiaoyou glanced at the emperor and said lightly: "Eat the king's salary, and is loyal to the emperor. But Zuo Ning is just a commoner, and does not eat the king's salary, but he does a few things loyal to the emperor. Is it important for the emperor to be respectful on the surface and speak slander? Or is it important for the emperor to keep silent and work hard?"

After hearing this, the emperor laughed and waved his slander to the slander: "Zu Xiaoyou is indeed extraordinary, but today I can't let you get confused like this. If you can write a poem on the spot and get praise from me and all the civil and military officials in the court, I will not only forgive you for being innocent, but also give you a great reward. But if you can't satisfy me and all the officials, then I will punish you with multiple crimes! Do you understand?"

Zuo Xiaoyou sighed in his heart that this superior likes to do whatever he wants. When he is in a good mood, everything will be good. If he is in a bad mood, he may suffer. He has been the emperor for two lifetimes and knows it well.

The emperor has no malice towards him, he just wants to make fun of him and write a good poem to listen to.

Zuo Xiaoyou was a little overwhelmed. If you couldn't become the one above ten thousand people in the court, it would be meaningless.

If he hadn't just wanted to relax in this world, and the world was still peaceful, he would have joined King Ning's team and rebeled.

As for King Ning above his head after the rebellion, it was just about the time to kill him. It was very simple.

Zuo Xiaoyou has too much experience in rebellion.

"Persist in the green mountains and do not relax, the roots are originally in the broken rocks; thousands of blows are still tough, no matter how winds are east, west, south and north."

Leaving this poem, Zuo Xiaoyou bowed his fists, left the palace hall, and turned back to Suzhou.

His disrespectful attitude of the emperor was naturally attacked by countless slander ministers. Even the emperor was a little unhappy. But when he looked at Zuo Xiaoyou's new poem, he sighed. In the end, he just took back the reward he had prepared to Zuo Xiaoyou and revealed it.

He made great contributions, but because of his bad attitude towards the emperor, he was deprived of his due reward. This is the feudal imperial power!

...

After Zuo Xiaoyou returned to Suzhou, he lived in seclusion in Zuo Mansion without leaving. He played the piano and painted every day, or communicated and had fun with talented men such as Tang Bohu, and lived a leisurely and joyful life.

There is no pressure, just simply enjoying life and cultivating your mind and nature.

Zuo Xiaoyou found that his strength had improved rapidly, but his mood did not keep up. Because he found that he was completely disrespectful to others now. He thought he was self-righteous and killed someone like crushing an ant, and he had no choice but to bear it.

Of course you can do whatever you want if you have strength, but having strength does not mean you can do whatever you want. Thanks to Zuo Xiaoyou likes to read, his mind is calm and he constantly improves his mood through reading.

A person with poetry and calligraphy is naturally elegant. Reading can not only improve knowledge, but also improve temperament and cultivation, so that a person's internal and external appearance can be sublimated.

Zuo Xiaoyou became the emperor for two lifetimes, killed countless monsters and monsters, fought with the god of death, and was also separated from many people. If an ordinary person had experienced so much, he would have been perverted in his heart. Zuo Xiaoyou was able to maintain a rational and stable life like he is now because he reads many books.

The book contains thousands of years of human wisdom and thousands of years of insights from sages. Even if he only gains one or two points of insight in the book, it is enough to improve his spiritual realm and resist the invasion of inner demons (perverts).

Because I know the benefits of reading and I also like reading. Zuo Xiaoyou can always maintain a good attitude. Even if I find some problems, I will stop in time, and then improve my spirit and mind through reading and understanding, so that my body and mind can achieve the best balance and will not be impetuous.

He acted in the Golden Palace to despise the imperial power, not because he was noble and arrogant, but because there was something wrong with his mood. Otherwise, he would recite a poem and say a few good words to the emperor, and he would be good to you and everyone, so how could he embarrass all parties?

So after Zuo Xiaoyou came back, he kept his door closed and wanted to improve his mood through art.

Recently, the word he wrote long-term is to endure the calm and calm for a while, and take a step back and the sky is wide open.

Zuo Xiaoyou did not hide the problem of his mood from Zhizi and Nie Xiaoqian. He knew that he could overcome difficulties, so he said it was quite calm.

Zhizi and Zuo Xiaoyou have been together for hundreds of years, and they are the most caring. They have taken care of him meticulously during this period. Nie Xiaoqian is also trying to integrate herself and accompany Zuo Xiaoyou to write poetry and painting. In this regard, she has more advantages than Zhizi.

Two months after Zuo Xiaoyou returned home, Mrs. Hua brought Sixiang to visit her.

The Grand Master’s wife came in person, and Zuo Xiaoyou went out to greet him: “Madam, I have missed the invitation and welcome him, please forgive me.”

Mrs. Hua smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for many days, and Mr. Zuo's style remains the same, so I feel relieved."

"If Mrs. Lau is concerned, please come in to serve tea."

Zuo Xiaoyou invited Mrs. Hua and Sixiang into the main hall, and the maid in the mansion immediately brought tea.

When Sixiang saw that the maids in Zuo Mansion were comparable to them in terms of beauty, she couldn't help but feel nervous. Even Mrs. Hua was very surprised: "Mr. Zuo, I didn't expect that the maids in your mansion were so beautiful. Are your two ladies and the Hu Ji whom you raised as beautiful as a fairy?"

"Madam praises me." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled faintly: "My two ladies are indeed as beautiful as fairies, and Hu Ji is quite beautiful, but the maids in the mansion are just like me using the 'refighting of my beauty'. They are not like this in their original appearance."

"Give me a beautiful fist?" Mrs. Hua and Sixiang were incredibly surprised: "What kind of fist is that?"

"It is a long-lost boxing technique that quickly hits the face with two fists, thus changing its appearance." Zuo Xiaoyou said: "It is extremely difficult to practice this boxing. I barely practice this boxing because of the guidance of a famous teacher. In order to practice this boxing, the servants in the mansion were hit by me with their fists, and the punches were almost unrecognizable. It was not until after I practiced that they beat the servants and the maids one by one. They were considered as compensation for them."

"So that's it!" Mrs. Hua exclaimed: "I don't expect that there are such boxing techniques in the world. If they are spread, I'm afraid that those ugly-looking daughters will line up to ask Mr. Zuo to beat them."

Zuo Xiaoyou smiled: "I don't want my wife to be so funny too. Madam, please use tea."

"please."

After drinking a sip of tea, Mrs. Hua said, "Your Madam Zuo, when you left the capital, it made Tianyan angry. If my master had not pleaded with you, I was afraid that the emperor would have cured your great disrespect long ago."

After two months of cultivating the mind and cultivating nature, Zuo Xiaoyou no longer felt like he was impulsive. Hearing this, he clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Master, for letting go of Zuo Wen, I am very grateful to Zuo Wen."

Seeing Zuo Xiaoyou so smart, Mrs. Hua was very surprised and said, "If Mr. Zuo was so smart in the Golden Palace, why would he have been like this?"

Zuo Xiaoyou smiled bitterly: "If Zuo Ning had not had enough sleep, his temper would be a little irritable. In order to enter the palace to see him, he got up before dawn, and he was full of anger and sent it out without hesitation." He paused and clasped his fists to the sky: "It's thanks to the great spirit of the emperor, and he didn't care about Zuo Ning, otherwise Zuo Ning would have already fallen to the ground and no corpse would have died."

Mrs. Hua and Sixiang were stunned, and never dreamed that Zuo Xiaoyou confronted the emperor in the Golden Palace because of his lack of sleep. If it was spread, wouldn't it be a big joke?

"..." Mrs. Hua was silent for a long time and could only smile bitterly: "Young Master Zuo can only be an idle cloud and wild crane. If you enter the court, you are afraid that all the civil and military officials in the court will be offended by you."

"Shame." Zuo Xiaoyou was very 'shame'.

Mrs. Hua shook her head and sighed, "As long as Mr. Zuo has no other thoughts, my master is worried that Mr. Zuo will have excessive thoughts, so he asked me to come and take a look. Now it seems that my master is worried about it."

"So that's it." Zuo Xiaoyou suddenly realized, clasped his fists and said, "I'd like to ask my wife to return to Master Xie on behalf of Zuo Wen."

"I will definitely bring you my thanks to Mr. Zuo." Mrs. Hua smiled and said, "But it is rare to come to Taohuawu once. I wonder if Mr. Zuo doesn't mind how many days we stay here?"

"Of course I don't mind." Zuo Xiaoyou said: "I can't ask for it."

It is no trivial for Mrs. Hua to stay in Zuo Mansion for a few days.

A Grand Master’s wife visited a Buyi and stayed at Buyi’s house for a few days. The powerful and powerful people in Jiangnan knew it very well. This was Grand Master Hua’s attitude.

Even though Zuo Xiaoyou contradicted the emperor, my Washington still supported Zuo Xiaoyou.

After Mrs. Hua lived for three days and left, except for those who did not care about fame and fortune, in the future, the Zuo Mansion gate became a lively place. Almost every day, some powerful people from Jiangnan came to visit and make friends with Zuo Xiaoyou.

Zuo Xiaoyou finally realized the biggest purpose of Mrs. Hua coming here. It turned out that she was bringing warmth to herself in the "down-and-out" situation. This is like when Xi Dada visited a poor mountain village in later generations, the mountain village will be immediately given the key attention of the local government, and it will change from a poor mountain village to a Huaxi village in just a few years.

It's a bit exaggerating to say this, but it's basically this routine.

Facing the big gift Mrs. Hua gave him, Zuo Xiaoyou didn't like it very much. It was rare that he offended the emperor and gave himself a space for a leisurely life, but Mrs. Hua was kind-hearted to do bad things. Not only did he not let him relax, but he became even more irritable.

After being frustrated, three days later, Zuo Xiaoyou chose to thank the guests in a closed door, and at the same time hang out a first couplet in front of the door, indicating that whoever can match it will be qualified to enter Zuo Mansion.

The first couplet is: I am Russian, riding a strange horse, taking a long bow, and fighting with a single sword, and the eight kings of qin, si, pipa, and the king is on top.

Once this first couplet was released, it made the powerful and nobles very angry.

Zuo Ning, what do you mean? If you don’t want to see us, just say, “Hey, you’re so stupid? You look down on us!

Well, this person must have been transferred from Northeast China.

No matter what, since the first couplet was hung out, the front of Zuo Mansion was finally purified, and Zuo Xiaoyou's life has returned to normal.

But after Master Hua and Mrs. Hua learned the news, they were both angry and funny. (To be continued.)
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