Changsheng has always been straightforward and decisive in doing things, rarely hesitating and entangled, and he himself hates unnecessary entanglement, because everything has pros and cons, and if you accept the pros, you must suffer the cons. After weighing the pros outweigh the cons, just do it. If the cons are Don't do it if it's more beneficial than anything else. It's simple and clear, and there's no need to hesitate or harp at all.
But there are always exceptions to everything. This matter cannot be weighed simply by the pros and cons. In order to send the general food back, he would not hesitate to kill an entire village of innocent people. It is reasonable for him to be undecided for a moment.
He is not afraid of being scolded, because he was already scolded by civil servants when he was an official in the court. Being scolded is not necessarily because he did not do well, it may also be because he did too well and outcompeted others. Or maybe you stand too high and others cannot understand what you do. The world is like this. You scold those who are not recognized by you, you scold those you don’t understand, and you scold those who are better than you. If you don’t want to be scolded, the only way is to scold them. One way is to be mediocre, but mediocrity also has its drawbacks, that is, it will be laughed at.
In life, you will either be scolded for being better than others, or ridiculed for not being as good as others. One of these two big scapegoats must be shouldered.
Changsheng is open-minded and transparent, and doesn't care what the world thinks of him, but he can't pass his own test. Those are living people. There must be at least a hundred people in a village, including old, weak, women and children. He will kill them at will. ?
Changsheng kept his head down, not looking at Zhang Mo or Chen Liqiu. He didn't dare to look at Zhang Mo and Chen Liqiu, because both of them knew the situation they were facing. If they couldn't make up their minds, they looked at others. What do you mean? Let others make decisions for you and let others take the blame for you?
Dilemma, to be precise, three dilemmas. No matter what decision you make, it will be wrong, and it will be a big mistake. If it is because you are soft-hearted and cannot bear to hurt innocent people, the military rations will not be delivered, which will eventually lead to Zhang Shan's 100,000-strong army. If the whole army is wiped out, then he is the eternal sinner of women's kindness regardless of the severity.
If innocent people were sacrificed in order to transport the general's food back, that would be a cold-blooded and ruthless act that only values gains and losses. If he thinks of this in the future, he will definitely regret it and never let it go.
But it’s not okay to just sit there with a gloomy face. As a man, no matter what you do, you should be clean and tidy. You can’t act like a mother-in-law. He has been unable to come up with an idea or make up his mind. He is very worried that Zhang Mo will treat him because of this. disappointment.
Changsheng originally wanted to buy himself time to think by going over to investigate the terrain in person, but the actual situation did not allow him to delay, because it was already close to the time of application, and there was only one hour left before dinner time, which was the time for his side to release the poison. An hour was barely enough for Chen Liqiu and Batulu to go out and buy herbs.
Zhang Mo and Chen Liqiu knew Changsheng very well, and Changsheng could make a decision quickly no matter what happened. It was the first time that he was frowning and thinking painfully like today.
In the end, it was Chen Liqiu who broke the deadlock, and he did not comfort Changsheng. His words were quite sharp, "You want to be a fool, and you want to build a memorial arch?"
"Third Senior Brother, do you think what I did before seemed like I wanted to build a memorial arch?" Changsheng shook his head and said, "I don't care at all what the world thinks of me."
"Then why are you lingering?" Chen Liqiu said seriously, "I think you still care."
There are not many people in the world who are qualified to criticize Changsheng, and Chen Liqiu is undoubtedly one of them. Regarding Chen Liqiu's criticism, Changsheng did not feel disgusted, but thought about it seriously and reflected deeply.
After a brief pause, Chang Sheng stretched out his left hand, opened his palm, activated the talisman box mechanism, and the talisman paper and talisman pen popped out at the same time.
Changsheng picked up the talisman pen and wrote quickly. Wisteria, castor, white snake root, acacia, and white sheep peach were all highly poisonous herbs.
Although he wrote quickly, Changsheng's hand was shaking slightly while writing. After writing the name of the medicine and the required weight, Changsheng added two herbs, Uncaria and Acorus, behind the talisman paper.
These two flavors are not poison, but herbs that can cause fainting. This is the limit of what he can do, let them go peacefully.
Chen Liqiu took the medicine list and kept it close to his body, "We will definitely get back before dark."
After Chen Liqiu finished speaking, he spit out the dog's tail grass that he had been holding in his mouth, stood up and walked towards Batulu. The poisonous grass needed for immortality weighed hundreds of kilograms, and was so bulky that he could not carry it himself.
After Chen Liqiu spoke to Batulu, Batulu ran over with half a bag of rice, put down his bag and whispered to Changsheng, "Don't move those two boxes of firecrackers until I come back."
"Okay." Chang Sheng tried his best to squeeze out a smile.
Watching Batulu and Chen Liqiu take off to the east, Changsheng turned to look at Zhang Mo, "Are you disappointed in me?"
"No," Zhang Mo shook his head sternly, "This is your first time experiencing something like this, so hesitation is normal."
"Is my decision right?" Changsheng asked again. He knew that Zhang Mo was his woman now, but in his subconscious Zhang Mo was always his elder.
Zhang Mo did not directly answer Chang Sheng's question, but said, "Actually, I can change the direction of the wind from the bottom of the wind, but if I do that, I will probably not be able to escape unscathed, so I won't do that."
Although Zhang Mo did not answer directly, her words already showed her attitude, which was the same as the choice Chang Sheng made.
Zhang Mo said again, "Zhuangzi said, "The perfect man has no self, gods and men have no merit, and saints have no name. What you do is to help the world and save people in need, but you don't care how the world evaluates you. You neither seek fame nor seek fame." You have lived a long history, and you have achieved that saints have no name and gods have no merits, but you have not yet achieved the perfection of others without self. You have a high level of understanding and should know what it means to have perfection with others without self."
"No self." Changsheng said.
"Yes, you haven't achieved selflessness yet, so although you don't care about external fame, you still care about inner feelings," Zhang Mo said, "Selflessness means the unity of heaven and man, the world is unkind, and treats all things as stupid dogs. Saints Unkind, treating the common people as stupid dogs. We are the people playing chess for the world, not the chess pieces on the chess board. When playing chess, we should look down with cold eyes instead of getting deeply entangled and troubled. You have played very well, but no matter how good you are, No chess player can win a game of chess without losing a single piece."
Changsheng knew that Zhang Mo's words were not to comfort him, but he still couldn't feel calm in his heart. This is indeed the truth, but as a human being, who can ignore his own feelings.
Seeing that his expression was still sad, Zhang Mo asked again, "Do you know why Tongchen lost?"
"I know, Fu Ren is undecided." Changsheng nodded.
"If they can prevent me from going to hell and whoever goes to hell, they won't lose," Zhang Mo said sternly, "Their mistake is that they can't pass the test in their own hearts.
"If I don't go to hell, who will?" Chang Sheng was in a daze.
"Take away the infamy and leave behind a peaceful and prosperous world," Zhang Mo held Chang Sheng's hand, "Don't be afraid, the world doesn't understand you, I understand you..."
