Chapter 2, Chifengzhiqingcao
Duan Zhenghua still called Xi Xingchen "Brother Chen" as usual when they met, because he wanted to tell Xi Xingchen: "No matter what you have done, you are still my brother; no matter what you have done, I will support you.
Xi Xingchen, who had been armed with "Marxism-Leninism" and "Mao Xuan", subconsciously disapproved of this pure and blind brotherhood.
But it feels good, really good.
The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough waves know the sincere minister.
Xi Xingchen will never forget Duan Zhenghua's brotherhood in his life.
Xi Xingchen smiled slightly, patted Duan Zhenghua on the shoulder, and said, "Is your master okay?"
Duan Zhenghua said with a worried look on his face: "Juzi is not on the island to avoid suspicion."
This was something Xi Xingchen expected. Without any more words, he just nodded to indicate that he understood.
On the way here, Xi Xingchen compared this world with the world in his previous life and found that everything here was very similar to the world in his previous life, except that the times were set back more than a hundred years.
The country Xi Xingchen is now in is called Dayan, which is the largest dynasty on the southern continent. Dayan's current situation is equivalent to the late Qing Dynasty that Xi Xingchen is familiar with.
Foreign powers are rampant outside, and rebel armies are rising inside; there are droughts in the north and floods in the south, and the fields are harvestless; the people are wandering around and losing their homes, exchanging children for food; natural and man-made disasters, wind and rain, and dangers.
In this current situation, anyone who knows something about history will have a thought in their mind: the building will collapse and troubled times are coming.
The Dayan Dynasty, like the previous dynasties in the southern Xinjiang continent, only respected Confucianism.
Historically, when every dynasty overthrew, hundreds of schools of thought that had been suppressed by Confucianism for thousands of years would join the world one after another in an attempt to carry forward their own ideas in this round of dynasty changes.
Naturally, this time will be no exception. Xi Xingchen is sent by the Mo family to walk around the world.
It's just that Xi Xingchen's life was unlucky. He committed a killing as soon as he came out of the mountain and was summoned back to the Discipline Hall for questioning. If the Discipline Hall finds him guilty, it means that all the troubled times will have nothing to do with him.
Because he has to say goodbye to this world again.
"This evil feudal patriarchal system..."
Xi Xingchen wanted to scold the Mohist laws, but when he thought of the constitution in his previous life, he decided to forget it.
Stretching out is also a slash, and retracting is also a slash. Xi Xingchen took a deep breath, filtered the words he had thought of in his head, slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and gently pushed open the door of the Discipline Hall.
The Discipline Hall still inherits the minimalist style of the Mohist family. It has one tile-roofed room. A portrait of Mozi hangs in front of the lobby. Next to the portrait is a chair of the Imperial Master. Xi Xingchen knew that this was the chair of the contemporary great master - his master. In order to avoid suspicion, his master did not attend this interrogation, so the big seat was vacant.
On both sides of the Juzi seat, there are five chairs on each side. These are the seats of the ten elders of the Moh family. Xi Xingchen glanced at the upper right corner specifically, and couldn't help but secretly groan in his heart.
According to the order of the seats of the Mo family elders, the person sitting in the top right corner should be Ximen Zhaixing, the top master of the Mo family.
Ximen Zhaixing is an old man with a very weird temper. Whenever he sees someone he doesn't like, he will come to the door with his sword and try to reason with him. Of course, he is the kind of person who listens to me and if you are not convinced, just lie down and continue listening.
There is no way, even if you don't want to admit it, the way of reasoning is the same in every world: whoever has a strong fist has the right to speak. This principle is suitable for any place and occasion.
Ximen Zhaixing leads the largest killer organization in the Mo family, so his fists are definitely strong enough and his qualifications are definitely old enough. Therefore, the nine elders in this hall have basically listened to Ximen Zhaixing's reasoning. Even the chief of the Discipline Hall, who was second only to Ju Zi, was the first and second largest to see him and would hide whenever possible.
What is worth pondering is that such a stubborn old man, who is unkind and unsophisticated, loves Xi Xingchen so much that he even broke the rules of his apprenticeship and passed on his most proud Mozi swordsmanship to Xi Xingchen.
Ximen Zhaixing's move also directly pushed Xi Xingchen to the position of Juzi's heir.
The reason why Xi Xingchen decided to return to the head of the Mo family to stand trial was that, apart from having a master who was a great master, Simen Zhaixing was his biggest supporter.
Xi Xingchen carefully considered whether he could survive this time. Ximen Zhaixing might be more useful than his master. After all, his master couldn't do some things because he was a powerful son of the Mohist family and his actions could not make the Mohists in the world feel cold.
Ximen Reaching for the Stars is different. Nothing he does will surprise anyone, because he himself is a weirdo who doesn't play by the rules.
Now that the two major backers are not present, Xi Xingchen's not-so-strong little heart might have collapsed if he had not already thought of his words, and had repeatedly deduced the interrogation process and possible unexpected situations and dealt with them one by one. .
"The Mohist Xi Xingchen came to the Discipline Hall to hear the trial on Juzi's order." Xi Xingchen calmed down and said loudly.
Xi Xingchen's calmness obviously surprised the nine elders. After a while, Yuan Xingbang, the elder of the Discipline Hall, asked: "Xi Xingchen, in April this year, someone said that you were reported to have killed Yao Guoning, the owner of Dafa Rice Store in Wan County. The whole family, as well as Wan County Magistrate Dai Andong, a total of eight people, is this true?"
"true……"
"cough!"
As soon as Xi Xingchen said two words, he was interrupted by a dry cough.
The person who interrupted Xi Xingchen was a tall, bearded man.
This person is also very familiar to Xi Xingchen. His name is Wen Gaoming, and he is Ximen Zhaixing's junior brother.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Wen Gaoming quickly explained with a smile: "I'm sorry, I fell off the quilt on the floor yesterday and got a bit cold. I couldn't hold it back for a while, hehe!"
It's okay that Wen Gaoming didn't explain. Once he did, all the elders present couldn't help but roll their eyes.
This guy even exposed his chest and belly on a snowy day and never sneezed. How could he be exposed to wind and cold in June? Are you kidding me?
Not only did the elders not believe it, but Xi Xingchen also didn't believe it.
Since Xi Xingchen was very popular with Ximen Zhaixing, he naturally knew Wen Gaoming's personality very well.
As the saying goes, "What he looks like is who he is", he is talking about people like Wen Gaoming. Wen Gaoming's character and temper are just like his image, straightforward and casual.
To put it nicely, this kind of person is bohemian; to put it harshly, it means that there is a missing string in his mind.
The purpose of such a person interrupting Xi Xingchen at this time is naturally that "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone passing by." He is reminding Xi Xingchen to be careful in his words and actions.
According to Xi Xingchen's understanding of Wen Gaoming, it was impossible for him to have such good sense of proportion. The only explanation that made sense was that Ximen Zhaixing had warned him beforehand.
After thinking about this, Xi Xingchen's already cold heart couldn't help but feel a hint of warmth, and he looked at Wen Gaoming gratefully.
