Gu Dan returned to the Gu family courtyard.
His return did not bring any new changes to Xia Dynasty.
Nowadays, the entire Xia Dynasty is prospering. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is changing with each passing day. Even Yuzhou can eat high-quality and cheap fruits brought back from abroad. Gu Dan no longer needs to worry too much about the mortal world.
The decadence of the past is gone forever.
This time, Gu Dan was the only one left in the Gu family's courtyard.
Thinking back to the last time the Gu family courtyard was so quiet, it was after the stars fell from the sky at night.
Different from the night falling star, this time it was not because of disaster, but because the people in the courtyard had grown up and started to shine in their respective fields.
Xiaoying had been married to Xunke for ten years and had a child, so she brought them over to visit Gu Dan.
Gu Dan seemed a little distant from the child and was not affectionate. He even never asked about their child's name from beginning to end.
He is deliberately distancing himself from the next generation.
Cutting off the mortal world, cutting off the mortal world, is simple to say, but who can wave his hand indifferently and completely let go of the past and say goodbye?
He is not a cold-blooded person.
Over the years, I have experienced too many lives and deaths, and even witnessed Xu Zhian's death.
Although my mentality is still young, my heart is already a little tired.
A black-haired person giving a white-haired person a gift is a blessing for most people, but for Gu Dan, it is just a complete tragedy.
He will not destroy the relationship established in the past, but he will certainly not leave too deep a bond in the mortal world.
This loneliness can only be endured by oneself.
Fortunately, he didn't have nothing to do.
So far, the realm of Xiantian is still a mirror. Gu Dan has already begun to study the notes left by Mr. Ji. When he has no way forward, it is time to head towards the entrance.
There is also the treatment of diseases and saving lives. Don’t forget this. If you accumulate less, you will be able to save enough for the next Aoki Transformation Art. When the Aoki Liquid accumulates to a certain level, Gu Dan will go out and transform into various forms. All kinds of people come together to give to the world.
Time rushes forward.
In the twenty-third year of the Xia Dynasty, something happened.
This matter may not be big or small, but the speed and impact of its spread are unparalleled and can be called extremely fast.
Mo's family members were reported, and after officials went to investigate, they found a hundred gold coins from their home.
A hundred gold is not the end, there are thousands of acres of fertile land, several cattle, and even a few mansions.
There is no doubt that these things are definitely not available to Mohists.
Because the Mo family was so miserable, even the clothes they wore were the simplest coarse linen clothes, and they almost never asked for payment for doing things for others. In many cases, they even had to pay for the costs themselves.
Of course, Mohists also have a salary. After all, a person can suffer for his ideals, but it is not good for his family to suffer because of his choice.
After all, the Mohist family was also the state religion of the Xia Dynasty. At this time, the Xia Dynasty was quite wealthy, and the Mohist family was not short of three melons and two dates.
But Mo's salary is not that big. It is not a problem to feed a family of three. It is also impossible to live a good life.
The origin of these things is not difficult to find out. It is nothing more than someone bribing the Mohist's family.
Because the Mohists and Mohists were involved, the officials did not dare to make decisions privately, so they began to report the matter to Wang Mang.
In the past twenty-three years, this was the first time that the emperor had to make a decision on matters related to the Mohist family. Countless eyes from top to bottom of the court were staring at this matter.
But Wang Mang did not deal with the matter himself, but simply handed it over to Qin Lisheng.
As a Mohist giant, Qin Lisheng needs to be responsible for the Mohist family. Of course, Mohists are also part of the Mohist family.
Qin Lisheng rushed there with a group of Mohists and personally investigated. The evidence was conclusive and it was definitely not a false accusation.
The Mohist involved is called Lin Fan. He has an ordinary name, but like all Mohists, he is simple and frugal. He works beside Qin Lisheng and is diligent and hardworking.
The Mohists who worked with him said that they had never seen him engage in any extravagant and lewd things, let alone violate any of the Mohist regulations.
In order to maintain the morality of the world, he did not even return home for three years - but it was precisely because of this that he knew nothing about the things at home, which ended up like this.
"My monthly salary is sent directly to my home. There should be no shortage of money at home. Why do I do this?!"
The angry Lin Fan usurped his wife's collar. They all came from poor families and were in trouble. If Mo Qiu hadn't led Mo Zhe to help defend the city in Yangzhou, and even let them take the first step, they might have died there. in a monstrous flood.
After so many years, he has never forgotten the kindness of the Mohist family. With his own efforts, he has gloriously become a Mohist. With unparalleled piety, he has given up his small family for everyone, and has become a shield for others. umbrella.
But behind his back, he didn't expect it to be riddled with holes.
His wife just kept crying and shaking her head when facing the glances of many silent Mohists.
"Why?!"
Lin Fan grabbed her collar with one hand, breathing heavily in great pain, while the other hand had already pulled out the long sword from his waist, "Do you think I dare not kill my family for justice?"
"When you are not at home, I do all the farm work in the fields. Cao'er at the east end of the village just married an ordinary clerk, so someone will farm for her, so she doesn't have to do anything every day."
Lin Fan's wife cried and said: "I don't accept it! She just married a small official, but you are a Mohist! Everyone praises the Mohist! When you became a Mohist, I don't know how many people were envious and jealous. In our home, people from ten miles and eight villages will praise him when they see him, and some people have traveled dozens of miles to come to our home to see what kind of life a Mohist lived."
Lin Fan's wife finally broke down and cried bitterly: "But after you became a Mohist, you have not had much time to come back in these years. Things in the house are broken and can no longer be used. I have to find someone to repair them. Farm work in the fields My mother and I have been doing this for so many years. Ask your neighbors who still envy our family? They all say you are a fool!
I don't accept it, why should the Mohist whom everyone praises live so much worse than the family of a petty official? "
Lin Fan stared at his first wife in shock.
When he was working hard for his ideals, regardless of reward, his wife, who had never left him, seemed to have become a different person.
Jealousy and dissatisfaction blinded her eyes, and the original hardships and hardships had been completely forgotten in her mind, leaving only a person who was blinded by greed and made an extremely selfish cry.
It turned out that the people who had joined hands with him in scolding those silverfish did not really hate those silverfish from the bottom of their hearts.
She was just cursing why she wasn't part of the silverfish.
Those sufferings did not make her alert and aware, but made her yearn even more for the kind of life where people would be trampled under their feet.
When he also began to shine and save people who were as helpless as himself, his wife had begun to use his identity to secretly earn profits.
No wonder, no wonder she would often write letters asking Mohist what he was going to do and what he was going to do.
He thought at first that this was caring about his life.
"ha"
Lin Fan threw her to the ground in despair.
After all, he couldn't bear to kill his wife who had shared weal and woe with her, even though she seemed to be a different person now.
But he didn't have the face to face his former partners.
Facing those silent eyes, it was as if flames were igniting him from the inside out, making his whole body feel hot.
He was shaking.
The hand that had killed seven gangsters seemed to be completely out of control and could no longer hold the sword.
Emotionally and logically speaking, he cannot be blamed for this matter.
But his wife relied on his status to gain benefits that did not belong to them.
"I have no shame in staying in the Mohist family and treating myself as a Mohist."
Lin Fan looked into Qin Lisheng's eyes and said these words in great pain, cutting off his own ideals with his own hands, "I have damaged the reputation of the Mohist, and the crime cannot be punished. The crime committed by my wife"
His lips trembled, but he still said tremblingly: "I just ask you to give her a way to survive."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly put the long sword in his hand across his neck and committed suicide.
But no matter how hard he pressed his palm, the cold sword did not move at all.
Holding the long sword with two fingers, Qin Lisheng said calmly: "You live up to the name of the Mohist, and you have never harmed the name of the Mohist family. Why did you kill yourself?"
Qin Lisheng couldn't help but snatch the long sword from his hand. Facing the master, he couldn't even commit suicide.
"This matter should be handled in accordance with the national laws of the Xia Dynasty, and whatever should be done will be done."
Qin Lisheng looked around, "But since Mr. Mo has done nothing wrong, why does he need any punishment?"
In this way, it is considered to be qualitative.
Qin Lisheng doesn't blame Lin Fan, but he won't be extra merciful enough to forgive his wife who betrayed him.
Everything is left to the disposal of national law.
That must be a dead word.
If it ends here, it doesn't seem worth mentioning.
But no.
Because of the presence of the Mohist giant, the trial came quickly and the officials were very active.
It didn't take long for Lin Fan's wife to be convicted. The most serious charge was not corruption, but using her identity to inquire about internal affairs of the Mo family and then sell the information. This is intolerable.
In the end the penalty was set.
Sentence: beheaded.
On the night of Lin Fan's wife's execution, Lin Fan also died.
suicide.
The suicide note left behind said: He has never failed the morality of the Mohist family, nor has he failed the responsibility of a Mohist, but he has failed his family and his wife.
If he had not become a Mohist, with his company, his wife would most likely not be what she is today.
Moreover, because of his incident, the Mo family was humiliated. He had no face to face his former partners. He felt that he had failed, and he had failed both the family and the Mo family. No one could blame him for this. He could only use his own life to do it. repay.
A Mohist died like this.
Of course it is not that the Mohist cannot die. Many of the Mohists who followed Mo Qiu died, but they could not have fallen on the path of their ideals.
This is the first person to die by suicide.
It was also because of Lin Fan's death that this incident was instantly detonated.
After the news spread, it became a talk and topic for countless people after dinner, and it has remained popular for a long time.
This matter seems simple, but it involves human nature, interests, ideals, relatives, and family. Countless conditions came together, and finally it was completely fermented and heated up.
Whether it's pity for Lin Fan's wife who can't live a good life after marrying a Mohist, or scolding Lin Fan's wife for being lucky enough to marry a Mohist and wanting more, or regretting a woman who has the instinct to continue. The radiant Mohist commits suicide like this, and even some women hate the man who becomes a Mohist and no longer cares about his family. They all have enough fans, and no one can convince anyone.
This seems to have become a matter of public opinion, and even the idiot at the head of the village can express his opinion.
But no one can give an accurate answer.
Gu Dan also heard about this incident when he was out treating patients. In addition to those disputes, he also saw other things.
If we don't debate the rights and wrongs of this, this matter actually creates hidden dangers.
If a close relative uses his identity to obtain benefits without the client's knowledge, is the client guilty?
If you say there is no sin, will anyone follow suit?
Qin Lisheng did not pursue Lin Fan's responsibility and no one questioned it because of the prestige and virtue left in the hearts of the people through the Mohist family's day-to-day efforts. They believed in the Mohist family, so they believed that the Mohist family would not protect bad people.
The Mohists said that Lin Fan didn't know anything about this, but the people believed it.
But what if the Mohist is replaced by another official?
Can the people still be convinced?
If there are officials who allow their families to make profits through this and live a life of luxury and fine food, and then claim that they did not know anything after being caught, will they also be sentenced according to this "old practice"?
If we don't follow this example, are we saying that Mohists and Mohists are inherently superior to others?
This mine has not detonated yet.
But this already involves the key to whether the law tolerates mercy or the law tolerates mercy, and whether the sentence can be imposed as appropriate.
When it develops to a certain level and meets the lowest limit of supplies, Xia Dynasty still has a long way to go.
One seemingly inconspicuous issue after another will truly affect the final development of a country and even determine future achievements.
When each choice is placed in front of you, every decision will become crucial in the days to come.
Gu Dan saw this, he was definitely not the only smart person in this world, and someone in the Xia Dynasty would definitely find out.
However, the court's attitude was strange.
Regarding Mo Zhe's death, which was widely discussed among the people, the court showed no reaction at all.
It's like not seeing or hearing.
But this is impossible. Before the incident, Wang Mang was the first person to get the information.
And the aftermath of this incident is not over yet.
After Lin Fan, other Mo Zhe's family members were also reported one after another.
There are more than a dozen.
Compared to thousands of Mohists, this ratio can be described as selfless and extremely honest.
If all the officials of the Xia Dynasty were punished according to this ratio, Wang Mang would be able to laugh out of his dreams.
And among the dozen or so Mohists' family members who were reported, there were only a very few who were as covetous as Lin Fan's wife.
The most ridiculous thing is that one of the Mohist family members who was reported used the water for irrigation because they always irrigated their own fields first, which was not in line with the spirit of the Mohist family.
This thing is ridiculous.
However, the time has come when it has to be dealt with.
The Mohist family must also give a positive enough response so that Lin Fan's tragedy will not happen again.
Gu Dan was in the small courtyard, watching all this quietly, experiencing the changes in the world.
(End of chapter)
