Chapter 101, Order
But Xi Xingchen really couldn't do that, because in Xi Xingchen's eyes, it was an abuse of lynching.
"Although I really want to kill him, I can't." Xi Xingchen said with a bitter smile.
"I don't understand!" Lian Yutang said a little strangely, "He colluded with the bandits, acted rampantly, and preyed on the common people. Shouldn't he die?"
"Damn it! But I shouldn't be the one who killed him." Xi Xingchen said.
Lian Yutang smiled when he heard this: "Yes, with us here, you really shouldn't be allowed to do anything."
The reason for the existence of Nanmo Shadow Hall is to serve as the knife of the Mohist family, eradicating those who cannot be brought to justice by formal means.
For example, there are high-ranking officials with great power, wealthy gentry, and ruffians who bring trouble to others.
Just like people like Wan County Magistrate Dai Andong and Dafa Rice Store Yao Guoping, if Xi Xingchen had not done it himself at that time, but reported it to the Mohist General Forum, and the Commandment Hall confirmed that it was correct, Ximen Zhaixing would have sent people from the Shadow Hall to take action. .
Seeing Lian Yutang pull out his long sword and about to chop off Duan Derong's head, Xi Xingchen quickly stopped him and said, "It's not you either!"
"I really don't understand this." Lian Yutang's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled.
Who is Lian Yutang? He is the sword wielder of Nanmo Shadow Hall. His style of acting has always been to act willfully. As long as he thinks there is something unfair or someone who deserves to be killed, he will not hesitate to draw his sword and kill them quickly. When will he be like Xi? Like the stars, this won't work, that won't work either, it's so anxious that my balls ache.
Seeing Lian Yutang's displeasure, Xi Xingchen knew that if he didn't explain the truth clearly, he would most likely leave Lian Yutang with a melancholy and indecisive impression.
Xi Xingchen has been with Ximen Zhaixing and Wen Gaoming for a long time, and knows that although the people in Nanmo are generous, their views are a bit extreme. If Lian Yutang has a prejudice against Xi Xingchen because of this matter, he will have a negative impact on the management of Nanmo Shadow Hall in the future. A special power creates great obstacles.
"Senior Brother Lian, what do you think is the necessary condition for the people of a country to live and work in peace and contentment?" Xi Xingchen did not answer Lian Yutang's question directly, but asked him.
Although Lian Yutang didn't like Xi Xingchen's way of talking, he still thought about it seriously for a while and said, "It's peace and stability, no war!"
Xi Xingchen shook his head.
"Then what do you think it is?" Lian Yutang became a little impatient.
"It's order!"
"Not the law?"
"Law is just a means to maintain order." Xi Xingchen said, "If a society wants to be healthy, it must have order. Although sometimes, those who enforce the order deviate from the direction of the order."
"I know this. It is never the order that is bad, but the people who enforce the order." Lian Yutang said.
Xi Xingchen nodded: "Once there is a problem with the executor of order, power will become a dragon that oppresses the people. This does not mean that this society does not need order. On the contrary, when the national order system collapses, it becomes even more important. Order is needed.”
“A society without order, where rituals and music are broken down, where the weak eat the strong, and everyone acts according to primitive instincts, and where civilization regresses, is doomed to have no future.”
"If a person or a society is without moral restraints, the strong will have no one to check and balance, and the weak will become lambs to be slaughtered, it will be a catastrophe for the entire human race."
Speaking of this, Xi Xingchen couldn't help but think of the society he lived in in his previous life and the darkest period that all mankind had experienced.
It was a time of global war.
The world is too big to accommodate a quiet desk; the years are quiet, but sometimes mountains and rivers are broken, and flesh and blood are separated.
Although Xi Xingchen did not experience those years, due to his major, he had a comprehensive understanding of those years from his ancestors, books, historical materials, memorials, and movies.
It was at that time that Xi Xingchen understood how terrible the old society without order was; and how valuable the new society was that insisted on order in everything it did.
Xi Xingchen knew very well that an orderly society would save many people.
Xi Xingchen asked himself that he was not a saint, nor did he have such great ideals and ambitions. After coming to this world, he became the leader of the Mo family and had the ability to decide the life and death of others, but he did not want to become a destroyer of order.
"I also know that Duan Derong colludes with bandits, preys on the common people, and is tyrannical. Death is not a pity. But we really can't kill him, at least we can't kill him like this."
"Then tell me, how can I kill him?"
After listening to Xi Xingchen's explanation, Lian Yutang suddenly had a headache.
From Lian Yutang's point of view, it was obviously something that could be settled with a single blow. The Nan family had been doing this for thousands of years, but when it came to Xi Xingchen, it suddenly didn't work, but it seemed to make sense.
To be honest, if possible, Lian Yutang would rather practice the sword a thousand times than listen to Xi Xingchen's big talk.
"The state has national laws, and families have family rules. No matter how much of a bastard Duan Derong is, one thing cannot be ignored. He is now an official of the imperial court, and on the surface he is still a defender of order."
"Yes!" Lian Yutang nodded in agreement.
"Therefore, we can collect Duan Derong's charges and hand him over to the government, and the officials will handle it, but we cannot kill him ourselves. Because it is the law for the government to sentence him to death; if we kill him, it is a crime. Both of them There is a fundamental difference between them.”
"According to your opinion, aren't we in Nanmo wrong for thousands of years?" Lian Yutang asked reluctantly.
"That's what you said!" Xi Xingchen said with a smile.
Lian Yutang's expression suddenly brightened.
In fact, the question Lian Yutang asked has actually been debated within the Mohist family for thousands of years. Both sides of the debate have different opinions, and there is still no conclusion.
Lian Yutang asked Xi Xingchen this question, which seemed speculative. He wanted to see Xi Xingchen's embarrassment, but he didn't expect Xi Xingchen's answer to be so rogue.
"Just a little joke!" Xi Xingchen said with a smile, "Now, we can indeed kill Duan Derong with one knife, but together with Duan Derong, there is also order! Just imagine, if everyone thinks that they are right and just If you can just end other people's lives, what kind of society will it be?"
"What is justice? Who sets the standard of justice?"
"Why is it that what you are talking about is justice, but what I am talking about is not justice?"
"Since everyone is talking about justice, why do you use your justice to kill my justice?"
Xi Xingchen's series of questions not only confused Lian Yutang, but even himself.
At this time, Xi Xingchen finally figured out why the Mo family, who was possessed by Xi Xingchen and killed Dai Andong, drowned himself in the river.
"Say one thousand, say ten thousand, you just want to say one thing, that we can't kill him?" Wang Dabao, who had been listening for a long time, pointed at Duan Derong, who was sleeping like a dead pig.
