HLnovel Chapter 261 If words don't work, try force!
Chapter 261 If words don't work, try force!
"Are so many people coming to participate in the Fengshan ceremony?"
Jia Hu asked curiously, since he had never been to Mount Tai before. With so many people, wouldn't there be enough room to stand up?
"Wow, there are so many people! It must be so lively!"
Jia Zhen likes lively gatherings; the more people there are, the better. His former friends no longer come out to play.
Jia Daishan:
"Not everyone is qualified to go up; some are at the bottom of the mountain, and some are halfway up."
"Do you think this is a place anyone can go up to?"
Jia Daihua also laughed.
Upon arriving at Tai'an Prefecture, the group rested there first. It would be more respectful to wait until everything was arranged, and everyone had freshened up, washed, and dressed properly before heading to Mount Tai.
Tai'an Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province. Tai'an Prefecture is named after Mount Tai. The saying goes, "If Mount Tai is safe, the whole world is safe, and the country is prosperous and the people are at peace."
Jia Hu thought that once they arrived in Tai'an Prefecture, there would be nothing more for them to do. They just had to wait for instructions on what to wear and what etiquette to observe, and wait for someone to come and teach them.
Who knew that after arriving at Mount Tai, his two grandfathers would be extremely busy. It turned out that masters and scholars from all over the country had already arrived and were already having daily academic discussions while waiting for them to arrive.
Calling it an academic discussion is an exaggeration. Jia Hu was fortunate enough to see it once, when they had just arrived. They were playing with the young prince, who asked them if they wanted to see what scholars and great figures were like.
Jia Hu was naturally curious. In ancient times, anyone who could become a faction leader and be respectfully addressed as a master or Confucian scholar was a formidable figure.
The young prince, along with his younger brother, secretly went to the place where everyone was discussing matters. Goodness, it was truly terrifying!
A group of people sat around, initially in a friendly atmosphere, sharing various articles and opinions, but Jia Hu couldn't quite understand what they were saying.
Jia Zhen couldn't understand any of it and found it very boring, so he wanted to go back. Jia Hu, looking at the young prince listening, asked:
"Brother Minghe, what are they talking about?"
The young prince had also participated in these lectures while in the palace, and although he could understand the general outlines of the lectures given by the teachers, he couldn't explain them clearly in detail.
"I could only get a general idea from what I heard; it was about the etiquette and rituals of the Fengshan ceremony as described in various ancient books and historical materials."
No sooner had the young prince finished speaking than a sudden change occurred. The masters stood up, and the group of people spoke passionately, their faces flushed, looking as if they were about to come to blows.
As soon as it came to watching the excitement, Jia Zhen immediately became clear-headed.
"Are the brothers about to fight? I didn't know even masters could argue and even fight!"
Jia Hu was also surprised; they were really going to take action!
Fortunately, the people serving nearby immediately stepped in to break up the fight, each taking charge of one of the members.
Looking at the servants' practiced steps, Jia Hu figured this wasn't the first time they'd done this.
"Oh, what a pity!"
Jia Zhen was somewhat disappointed. He wanted to see which of these masters was more skilled, so why was he stopped? Since the literary approach wouldn't work, why not try the martial one?
If neither explanation works, why not have a competition? Whoever wins will get their way.
His grandfather often told him that a person can't just have martial arts skills, but also brains. His brother also said that a person is the most powerful if they are proficient in both martial arts and literature. Since these people can be called masters, they must be very powerful!
Jia Hu grabbed his younger brother, who was always eager to watch the drama unfold, and the little prince, who felt inexplicably embarrassed, and told them to go back. It wasn't appropriate to let the children see this situation.
When the two grandfathers returned in the evening, the great-uncle looked very tired, even more so than when he had stayed up all night to hear the case. Jia Hu asked, puzzled:
"What did you do today, Grandfather? You look so tired."
Jia Daihua felt a little better when he saw his two grandsons obediently massaging his legs. As a military officer, he had been forced to stay indoors all day listening to those scholars chattering away, and his head was throbbing.