In the complicated world, how many benevolent people there are?
Are Jianghu heroes worried about the people?
On the surface, there are many people in this world who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality. But in fact, throughout the ages, there have always been only a handful of benevolent people with lofty ideals who "worry about the world's worries first, and rejoice after the world's happiness." It can even be said that it is rare to see it in the whole world.
In fact, people all have selfish motives. A benevolent saint who truly cares about the world will definitely be remembered by the world. However, there will always be people who have selfish desires and will reveal the true colors of those hypocrites, so that the world feels that the true, kind and benevolent people who "the world is for the public" do not actually exist.
Many times, people appear to be sanctimonious on the surface, but in fact it is because they are under the supervision of others. If we can still be a kind and noble person without the supervision of others, then we will be a true righteous person.
To extinguish desires, do not change your original intention.
Such people are the most rare and rare, they are true, kind and beautiful.
We can act sanctimoniously in front of the world and look like real living Buddhas in the world. But we cannot fool ourselves, because our own hearts can reflect our own ugly souls.
Under the mirror of the soul, all monsters and monsters will show their true colors.
This year there has been a severe drought and famine affecting several provinces.
Although the court vigorously provided relief, it could not relieve this severe famine. Especially during the autumn harvest, there was another locust plague. Grain production was insufficient. Grain prices in various places were increasing day by day. Not only did the famine not get better, it seemed to be spreading from Huguang to surrounding regions.
At this time, the court also stepped up its efforts to provide porridge and provide disaster relief in various places. However, there were so many hungry people and the sick were running around that the court could not take care of all the relief.
In addition, Japanese pirates were rampant in the south of the Yangtze River. They took advantage of the famine to cause chaos. It was unbearable for the court to suppress the bandits with all its strength despite the busy schedule of the court.
In the rivers and lakes, many martial arts sects are also helping the court to fight against the Japanese pirates at sea, but the Beggar Gang seems to be staying out of the matter.
However, this is not the case. On the one hand, the Beggar Clan colludes with Dushouxia to stir up trouble, and on the other hand, it continues to fight within its own sect, making it even busier than other sects.
"Brother, where is Elder Sha?" Wu Xing and Master Sun followed this disciple of the Jingyi Sect of the Beggar Clan for a long time, but still didn't see Sha Hailong, so they couldn't help but ask.
"Oh! Elder Sha is in Huaqing Town, which is twenty miles away from here." The disciple replied.
"What is he doing there?" the fifth line asks.
"Haha! Nowadays, the Beggar Clan is in a very different state. All major and minor matters have been abandoned. The head elders are at odds with each other. No one has been able to do anything serious. It is all supported by Elder Sha. What do you think he can do?" the disciple said in his tone. , seeming to be mostly dissatisfied with the current situation of the Beggar Clan.
Of course, the fifth line also knows that the Beggar Clan is currently in civil strife, and there seems to be no real benevolent person except Sha Hailong.
It turns out that since Xu Guohui was chasing his mentor Mu Qianzhi while trying to collude with the Japanese pirates and Dushouxia, the original business of the Beggar Gang had been ignored for a long time. Nowadays, there are more and more hungry people, and most of them are fleeing from Huguang area. When the court was unable to take care of it, the Beggar Gang was also trying its best to rescue him.
But as this disciple said, Xu Guohui and the elders of the Beggar Clan are all locked in internal fighting. The important task of rescuing the hungry people everywhere actually falls on Sha Hailong, an elder of the Dirty Clothes Sect.
Huaqing Town is the main road leading to Huguang Province, and it is also the place where the most hungry people live.
When Sha Hailong came here at this time, he was probably busy with similar beggars' affairs.
The group of four quickly arrived at Huaqing Town. Originally there was no branch of the Beggar Clan in this town. Generally, only in areas above the prefecture or county level, the Beggar Clan would have a branch. It's just that the situation here is special now, so Sha Hailong temporarily set up a branch to take care of the hungry people who are seriously ill and helpless.
The fifth group came to the temporary branch of the Beggar Gang in Huaqing Town, but they did not see Sha Hailong immediately, but only saw a whole group of hungry people.
The fifth line has traveled around the world for many years, and has seen similar situations. On the other hand, Zhizhi grew up in fine clothes and fine food, and had never seen such a scene of people dying of hunger. At this time, my mood was greatly touched, and I finally realized the real suffering in the world.
Half a year ago, although she had heard about the disaster in Huguang this year, she had never seen it in person. Occasionally, we saw some hungry people fleeing, but that was just the tip of the iceberg, not the majority.
It was only when I came to Huaqing Town today that I saw the real situation of hungry people homeless. It was even more miserable than corpses on the battlefield.
"How could this be?" Zhizhi looked at it for a long time and finally couldn't help but ask.
"All the people in the world are suffering, this has always been the case! What's more, the official silver for disaster relief in Sichuan was jointly robbed by Sheng Ling and Xue Qianhe. Although after the case was solved, the prince vigorously pursued the money, but the official silver was lost very quickly, and the pursuit Less than half of them returned, which made it even more difficult for the court to provide disaster relief." Although he didn't talk about the fifth line on weekdays, he was secretly paying attention to these things.
"Impossible! How come less than half of the official silver has been recovered?" Zhizhi was even more puzzled.
"I haven't had time to investigate this matter in detail. I only know that both the Kunlun Sect and the Holy Temple have confiscated all their family property, and I don't know where the remaining official money has gone. As for the details, I don't know." The fifth line answered.
"Who will take care of the funeral after the emperor brother settles the case?" Zhizhi, as the princess on the spot, finally couldn't help but ask.
"Eunuch Shi Zhong, Eunuch Shi, the eunuch in charge of etiquette in the East Factory!" answered the fifth line.
"This old eunuch, is he trying to deceive his superiors and secretly use his official money?" Zhizhi said bitterly.
"Not necessarily! The truth about this matter is unknown, and I dare not speak nonsense. Besides, it is normal for money to be lost and lost in the rivers and lakes. This batch of disaster silver has been flowing into the rivers and lakes for several months, and has also experienced youth It is difficult to know the actual number of the Cheng Sect, Kunlun Sect, Shengsheng Sect, Dongchang and other sects, and even if there is loss, it is difficult to investigate in detail. Dongchang used this as an excuse to report to the emperor, and it was difficult for the emperor to trace the truth. "The fifth line of mantra said.
When Zhizhi heard this, it was indeed the case: "However, in less than three months, more than half of the official banknotes were lost. Doesn't it seem too unreasonable?"
"Haha! I can't say for sure how many people are behind the scenes here, and whether there are people who are trying to deceive them?" answered the fifth line.
"Why?" Zhizhi was puzzled.
"Because there is no way to reconcile the accounts; therefore, there are people fishing in troubled waters, and there is no way to know!" The fifth line answered.
Indeed, the court immediately lost its accounts after it entered the Jianghu, and no one has ever checked the real figures. Although it was only three months, many people had the opportunity to embezzle it privately, and no one ever posted it. It is really not easy to find out this matter seriously. In addition, there is no account in the first place, and there is no purpose in the first place, so even if it is misappropriated after the case is solved, no one will know.
"After returning to Beijing, I must ask the emperor to investigate this matter thoroughly!" Zhizhi said bitterly.
"I've already said that there are no accounts to check, so why check like this?" the fifth line asked rhetorically.
When Zhizhi heard this, she was immediately speechless and didn't know how to answer.
"Fifth Young Hero, Miss Zhizhi, why are you here? I'm busy with my affairs, so I missed my welcome. I'm sorry!" At this time, Sha Hailong, who looked tired and haggard, finally came back.
"Brother Sha, you're welcome. You have big things to do, so naturally you're not as free as the two of us." Zhizhi said with a smile.
"By the way! The old man who treats the homeless at the door is your friend?" Sha Hailong asked.
After Sha Hailong reminded them, they realized that Master Sun was missing, but it turned out that he had gone to cure the illnesses of the refugees.
"Oh! By the way, Brother Sha, didn't the court open a warehouse to release grain? Why are there still so many hungry people?" Zhizhi couldn't help but ask.
"Ha! The court did release grain, but it was only a drop in the bucket. In addition, the drought has not been resolved, and this year's autumn harvest, the locust plague is raging, and there is almost no harvest in many places. As a result, the people are in dire straits, and the number of hungry people has increased instead of decreasing. , it was expected." Sha Hailong said, then led Zhizhi to the door of the sub-rudder.
Because there were too many hungry people, the beggars here were divided into groups, so they only took in those victims who were seriously ill and had no money to save them. The sub-rudder was already full of patients, so Sha Hailong had to build a straw shed at the entrance of the sub-rudder to accommodate as many patients as possible.
Sun Xiaowu not only knew Taoist alchemy, but also practiced medicine to save people. At this time, he saw that there were many patients in the branch, so he abandoned Zhizhi and Wu Xing and went to help the Beggar Clan disciples to rescue the patients.
"Master, how are you?" Zhizhi asked.
"It seems to be a plague!" Sun Xiaowu replied.
"Famine and plague, what should we do?" The fifth line was also very worried for a while.
"It's true that it's a plague. In years of famine, plague is indispensable. I've visited famous doctors, but I've never seen a solution that would have both ends." Sha Hailong said.
"I have a method that can temporarily alleviate their illness, but it cannot eliminate the root cause." Sun Xiaowu said.
"That's very good. Please teach me, sir. It's just that this medicine is hard to find." Sha Hailong said.
"That's natural. But if you want to eradicate the root cause, do you need to ask someone to come out?" Sun Xiaowu said.
"who?"
"The people from the Mad Palace Inn, the crazy doctor!" Sun Xiaowu replied.
"He? How could he come out of the mountain?"
"Is there any way I can get him out of the mountain?" Sun Xiaowu replied.
"What method?" everyone asked.
"In the early years, I had a chance encounter with him, and we still had some affection for each other. If Zhizhi and the others hadn't mentioned it after they came back from Crazy Evil Island, I would have never known that the Crazy Doctor had been hiding in the Crazy Palace Inn. I Now that you have a letter, you only need to send someone to Yumu Village and ask the old man on the ferry to send the letter to Crazy Evil Island, and the Crazy Demon Doctor will naturally come out to help you." Sun Xiaowu said.
"I didn't expect that Master Sun actually knew Mr. Cai, the crazy doctor? As everyone knows, I went to Crazy Evil Island that day specifically to look for him. How great would it be if I had known Master Sun earlier?" Sha Hailong said.
"Okay! Without further ado. I'll write a letter right away. You can send a capable person to Yumu Village and hand it over to the old man on the ferry." Sun Xiaowu said, then he took the paper and pen, wrote the letter, and asked Sha Hailong to send someone. Send it.
Sha Hailong had been to Crazy Evil Island and was familiar with it, so he explained it clearly to his capable subordinate, who immediately set off.
"By the way! Why did you remember me?" Sha Hailong sent someone to deliver the letter first, and then came back and asked.
"To be honest, I asked them to bring me here. I wanted to ask Elder Sha about someone." Sun Xiaowu said straightforwardly.
"who?"
"Elder Sha, have you ever met Snake Addict Taoist Master?" Sun Xiaowu asked.
"Master Snake Addiction Taoist? I have never heard of this person's name, nor do you recognize him?" Sha Hailong answered.
"That's strange. How could he get involved with your beggar gang?" Sun Xiaowu asked even more puzzled.
