Chapter 30: The Sword of Taia
"You!" Chunyu Yue was so angry that he was shaking all over. He pointed at Xunzi and was speechless for a while.
"Pointing at the elders, is this how Chunyu Kun (kun) taught his disciples?" Xunzi's venomous words are also eye-opening.
Han Fei, Li Si and other disciples of Xunzi looked at their teacher in confusion. It turned out that their teacher, who usually spoke slowly and with deep ancient connotations, had such a side to him.
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Ziyao. Well, it's nice to recall the high spirits of our youth occasionally. That's why I like to be with young people like you." Xunzi ignored Chunyu Yue who was about to explode with anger, and whispered to Jin Yao.
If Chunyu Kun were here, he would still call him "Master Uncle" or "Master Uncle", but Chunyu Yue was not qualified to have a conversation with him, even if he was the leader of the Confucian school, but who made him a generation younger? I am old and I am right, what can you do to me?
Jin Yao thought about it, and it seemed that Xunzi really liked to stay with children. Li Si and Han Fei were also thrown out when they grew up, and then Xunzi's servant was always a child. Later, he couldn't play with Fu Nian, Yan Lu, and Zhang Liang, but became a close friend with Jing Tianming regardless of age difference.
"Ziren, Zilun, Fuhua, do you recognize this sword?" Xunzi signaled Jin Yao to open the sword box.
He also gave the sword box to Jin Yao when he came up.
Jin Yao decisively opened the sword box. A long sword with a bronze cylindrical hilt, a chiseled sword tip, and an ancient and golden blade lay quietly in the sword box.
"What a domineering sword!" Just one glance at it and Jin Yao was shocked so much that the sword box flew out of his hand. Such a sword can only be placed in a sword box and cannot be put into a scabbard.
As the sword box was opened, a majestic aura filled the entire hall. Even King Qi Jian, the king, had to bow his head in front of the sword.
"Tai'a!" Zuoqiu Ren, the head of the Zuoqiu lineage, Gongyang Lun, the head of the Gongyang lineage, and Fu Hua, the head of the Fu family, all began to breathe rapidly.
"It's Tai'a!" All the big shots present stood up.
There are too many legends about Tai'a, but there is no doubt that it is the national treasure of the State of Chu. It is rumored that the State of Jin brazenly attacked Chu just for this sword. When the city was destroyed and the country was perished, the King of Chu wanted to sacrifice his own blood to the sword and sink Tai'a in the lake. He would rather die than let Tai'a fall into the hands of the State of Jin.
In the end, Tai'a took the initiative to draw his sword against the enemy. Suddenly, sand and rocks flew everywhere, covering the sky and the sun. It seemed that there was a roaring beast in the sky. The soldiers of Jin State were in chaos. After a while, the flags fell to the ground, blood flowed for thousands of miles, and the whole army was annihilated...
Feng Huzi commented that the Taia Sword is a sword of power, but the power within is the real power.
Swordsmiths Ou Yezi and Gan Jiang also said that the Tai'a Sword is a sword that carries the power of the princes and has existed for a long time, but it is invisible and traceless. However, the sword energy has long existed between heaven and earth, just waiting for the opportunity to condense. When the three elements of time, place and people come together, the sword will be completed.
Therefore, there is no doubt that Tai'a is the national treasure of the Chu State and also a powerful sword.
No one knows how Tai'a fell into Xunzi's hands, but there is no doubt that the sword is now Confucian and may even become a token of the leader of Confucianism.
The sword box was thrown out by Jin Yao, but no one dared to catch Tai'a, and no one thought they could control Tai'a.
"Ding~" The long sword fell to the ground and pierced straight into the ground, and in front of it was the young man Fu Nian who had just been brought back by Fu Hua.
"Huh~" Xunzi was a little surprised. Once Tai'a was unsheathed, its majestic aura would not be restrained. Only when it met a master it recognized, would it take the initiative to retract its aura. Now Tai'a actually took the initiative to restrain its aura, which proved that among the people present, there was a master it recognized.
Xunzi's first reaction was to look at Jin Yao, because from the beginning till now, only Jin Yao had come into contact with the Taia Sword.
"It's not me, it was just rejecting me!" Jin Yao shook his head decisively. He was actually threatened by a sword just now. He just thought about taking it away and selling it for money, but he was forced back by a sword.
Xunzi frowned, then looked at the Tai'a sword, and then looked at the group of Confucian disciples around the sword. In fact, he didn't quite believe that the owner of Tai'a would be a Confucian disciple.
Because Confucianism respects the king, and Tai'a is a sword of power and the sword of the monarch, the mentality of Confucian disciples is not suitable for Tai'a.
"He seems to be calling me!" Fu Nian whispered to his father, then looked at the Tai'a Sword uncertainly.
"Are you sure?" Fu Hua couldn't believe that his son would be the Lord of Tai'a?
"Let him try and know!" Gong Yanglun said. It was impossible for him to give it to others anyway.
Fu Hua nodded and asked Fu Nian to step forward and draw out Tai'a.
Fu Nian stepped forward cautiously and grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands in awe.
With a clear "clang" sound, Fu Nian slowly pulled the Taia sword out from the bluestone floor.
"He is actually a disciple of Confucianism!" Xunzi narrowed his eyes slightly. He took out the Tai'a sword in order to gain the support of the neutral faction, but he didn't expect that there was really someone who could make Tai'a recognize his master.
"The Fu family is the descendant of Fuxi. Only the descendants of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors can be recognized by the Sword of Might!" In the crowd, Heguanzi calmly explained why Fu Nian was able to pull out Tai'a and make Tai'a recognize him as its master.
"The Fu family is so powerful?" Jin Yao was a little scared. They are real descendants of Fuxi, not just a general term like the descendants of Yan and Huang. They are the real direct bloodline.
"It is a blessing for Confucianism that Tai'a has recognized his master. Ziqing just wants to ask you, does Confucianism want to reform?" Xunzi looked at the three heads of the neutral faction and asked seriously.
"That's your business!" Zuo Qiuren did not want the Zuo Qiu lineage to get involved in this kind of fight. The Zuo Qiu lineage originated from their ancestor Zuo Qiuming, a great Confucian scholar of the same era as Confucius. Even in that era, Zuo Qiuming's power and reputation were higher than Confucius.
In addition, Zuoqiu's school worshipped hegemony, which was inconsistent with Confucius' respect for the king. Therefore, Zuoqiu's school was also called the left-wing Confucianism, and was not in the same boat with other Confucian schools.
"If we need to change, we will change ourselves!" Gong Yanglun spoke, as violent as ever, representing the consistent style of the Gong Yang lineage.
Xunzi had expected this and looked towards the third family, the Fuji family.
"How to change it? Open another school besides Mencius School in Confucius Temple. Are you sure you have the qualifications and ability to do so?" Fu Hua did not give an accurate answer.
It's not that they looked down on Xunzi, but how difficult it was to start a new school within a school. After Confucius, only Mencius, who ended the chaos of 72 rebellions in Confucianism, did it. But what about Xunzi? What achievements and qualifications did he have to be comparable to the two saints and start a new school?
"Should we let Confucianism live in dreams forever and become dead bones in a tomb only able to daydream?" Xunzi was very disappointed. Confucianism disappointed him so much. There was not a single school of thought that could muster up the courage to explore a path for Confucianism's goal of serving all the people in the world.
