At night, the wind blew across the city sky. The flames burned in the distance.
The woman in black clothes stood on the high roof with her hands behind her back, looking at everything with indifferent eyes. When the wind blew, her clothes flew up. Except for her relatively soft round face, her smug look was slightly diluted. The cold temperament, at first glance, really makes her feel like a goddess overlooking the world.
In the distance, there was still a lot of fighting on the city wall, and rockets were flying and falling like locusts in the night.
Occasionally, shrill screams were heard, and chaos spread. Some streets were filled with screaming crowds running through them, while other streets were dark and quiet. Bodies that had died at some point fell here, and solitary heads were buried in pools of blood and occasionally lighted up. Appeared suddenly in the flash of light.
There were not many civilians running around in the streets and alleys near this courtyard. Shortly after the chaos broke out, the army first took control of the situation and ordered everyone not to go out. Therefore, most civilians hid in their homes and dug cellars. He even hid underground, waiting to survive the sudden chaos. Of course, there are more complex reasons that can make the area quiet.
The messenger occasionally came over, walked through the streets, and disappeared by a door somewhere. Since many things had already been scheduled, the woman was unmoved and just watched everything in the city quietly.
The fragile and precious peaceful scene in Zezhou has finally passed away. It is not an exaggeration to say that everything in front of us is a loss of life. Every exclamation and scream in the city may mean a period of time. Life was turned upside down and life was cut off. Everywhere where fires rose, there were extremely miserable stories. The woman just watched. When another group of people approached from a distance, she jumped up from the building.
The light figure stepped on the protruding wooden beam in the middle of the house and looked at her husband who was walking into the courtyard. The man reached out to pick her up. By the time others came in, she was already standing firmly on the ground, and her eyes were cold again. Xigua has always been dignified and aloof towards her subordinates, and everyone has always been "aweful" of her. For example, Fang Shuchang and others who came in later were always obedient when Xigua gave orders, but the warm feelings in their hearts - well, then It's not easy to say it.
Seeing some ashes on the hands of her husband and other subordinates, she stood in the yard and paid attention to the number of people coming in with her peripheral vision. After a moment, she said: "What's wrong?"
"A street was on fire. I happened to pass by and helped save people. No one was hurt, so don't worry."
"Yeah." Xigua's eyes were hesitant, but she was also past the age where she could say "I haven't worried about this little thing at all." Ning Yi smiled: "Have you had dinner?"
"Eat." Her words had softened. Ning Yi nodded and pointed to Fang Shuchang and others: "On the street where we were fighting the fire, there was a butcher shop. After saving his son, he was not in a hurry anyway and grabbed some meat and salt. The vegetable jars came out and they tasted good. I spent some money to buy some. I’ll have a late-night snack later." After saying this, he paused and asked again: "Are you free later?"
Xigua said: "I'll do it."
Ning Yi smiled: "Let's go together."
Xigua nodded. Her cooking skills were not good, and she rarely ate with her subordinates. This may have nothing to do with not looking down on people. Her father, Liu Dabiaozi, passed away too early, so a strong girl took over Zhuangzi early. He tends to be stubborn in his understanding of many things: learn to speak with his father's voice, learn to act like an adult. As the owner of the village, he must arrange the lives of the old and young in the village, and he must also ensure his dignity and respect for superiors and subordinates.
Many things in this process were naturally supported by Liu Tiannan, but the girl's concern for everyone in the village was unquestionable. In her humble and majestic manner like a little adult, others could see her heart for fists and fists.
Later, many rules were consciously maintained by everyone. Now that the woman is married and has children, her horizons have broadened, but these rules are still engraved in her heart and have not changed.
The two have been getting along for a long time, and their tacit understanding has been deep. Although Ning Yi did not ask about the situation in the city, since Xigua said he was free, it proved that everything was still going according to the scheduled procedure, and there was no possibility of a sudden reversal. He
He returned to the room with Xigua, and soon went upstairs to talk to Xigua about the fight between Lin Zongwu and Shi Jin - the result must have been known to Xigua, but not the process.
"... From the results, it seems that the monk's martial arts has reached an advanced level. Compared with Zhou Dong, he is probably even better than Zhou Tong. He is probably the real number one in the world. Tsk..." Ning Yi admired and yearned for it, "
It was a beautiful fight... Shi Jin was also a bit disappointed."
Xigua's expression was indifferent: "Compared with Sister Lu, it may not be so."
"How could I let Hongti fight with him again? Hongti has children, and those who have concerns will eventually have to lower themselves to a lower level."
"You are a second-rate fool, how do you know the realm of a first-rate master?" Xigua said to him, but smiled gently, "Sister Lu grew up fighting in the battlefield. The world is cruel, and she knows best what ordinary people will do.
If you hesitate, Sister Lu will only become stronger."
"I remember that every time you played with her recently, it was a draw. Hongti told me that she tried her best..."
Xigua's eyes narrowed dangerously. She held it in for a while, and finally raised her head and waved her fists to the sky a few times: "If you weren't my husband, I, I, I - I would beat you to death." Then came the words.
With a dumbfounded face: "I am also a first-rate master! But... Sister Lu is getting weaker and weaker when facing the people around her. If I risk my life, I am afraid of her."
If it were Xigua when she reunited with Ning Yi in Xiaocang River, she might have challenged Ning Yi to a duel because of such a joke and took the opportunity to beat him. At this time, she actually no longer takes such jokes seriously.
, the response was also a joke. After a while, the cook below had already started making midnight snacks - after all, many people had to stay up all night - and the two of them lit up a small fire on the roof, preparing to make two bowls of pickles.
Fried rice with diced pork in soy sauce, and occasionally talking during the busy period, the chaos in the city changed in this scene. After a while, Xigua stood by the earth building and stood on tiptoe to look out: "The West Granary has been taken."
"The food may not be as much as expected. Lou Shuwan will have a headache and people will die here."
"Zezhou is a big city. No matter who takes over, it will be stable. But there is not enough food in the Central Plains, so we can only fight. The question is whether we will attack Li Xizhi or Liu Yu."
"The King of Jin joins forces with Wang Juyun to defeat Li Xizhi. In this way, Zhu Biao can take the opportunity to do something. Wang Shanyue and Hu Sanniang may not miss this opportunity. Jurchen
If the action is not too big, Yue Fei will not let go of the opportunity. There is also a war in the south. Oh, Tian Hu, sacrifice him to benefit the world."
"...It's a disaster for everyone in the world." Xigua said.
"Yes." Ning Yi smiled slightly, but there was bitterness on his face. Xigua frowned and enlightened: "That's what they have to suffer. Is there any other way? It's better to do it sooner than later."
"Yeah." Ning Yi added food and nodded more and more depressedly, and Xigua comforted her a few more words. A woman's heart is actually not strong, but if the people around her are depressed, she will become truly strong.
The couple relied on each other like this, and Xigua actually understood it in her heart. After saying a few words, Ning Yi handed over the fried rice, and she just said: "I heard that you told Fang Chengye about the unkindness of heaven and earth."
The two sat down on the half wall at the edge of the earth building. Ning Yi nodded: "Ordinary people asking for right and wrong are essentially shirking responsibility. Fang Chengye has begun to lead the actions of a place, so you can talk to him about this."
"After what happened with Tang Minjie, you became very cautious when speaking."
These are just casual chats, no need to take them seriously. Ning Yi took two bites of fried rice and looked into the distance before speaking: "Existentialism itself... is a truth used for pragmatic development, but it is very harmful. For many people, once
Really understanding it can easily lead to the collapse of the outlook on life. Originally, this should be an area that people should be exposed to only after they have a deep foundation, but we have no choice. People who want to lead and decide things cannot be naive, and one will die for every mistake.
People, just watch the waves wash over the sand."
"Is this what you've been thinking about lately?"
"After what happened to Tang Minjie, I still had some reflections. When I realized those rules, I was confused for a while. In this world, the first thing people come into contact with is always right or wrong. Do what is right.
Avoid the wrong ones..." Ning Yi sighed, "But in fact, there is no right or wrong in the world. If it is a small matter, people can weave a framework and cover it, but if it is a big matter..."
He paused: "Throughout the ages, people have been looking for ways. Theoretically speaking, if you have strong computing power, it is possible to find a way to create peace for all eternity five thousand years ago. This possibility must exist in the world.
But no one has found it, not Confucius, not the later Confucian scholars, and neither can you or I. Are you sure you are right if you ask Confucius? This question has no meaning at all. It just chooses a sub-optimal answer.
That’s it, after doing it, you will accept the result, and all those who made mistakes will be eliminated. In this concept, there is no right or wrong in everything, only a clear purpose and a clear understanding of the rules are meaningful."
Xigua ate with big mouthfuls, and Ning Yi also ate for a while.
"After realizing that there is no right or wrong, people can only spend several times more effort than usual, and several times or even ten times more clarity than usual to do things. So existentialism is suitable for leaders, because it can really make people afraid.
To the extreme. Most people like to ask what is right or wrong, because once someone tells them what is right and they believe it, they will not think more about it. In fact, what is the truth of the world? Does the person who said it understand it? He is just summing up experience.
. Therefore, right and wrong are shirks of responsibility. You can talk about right and wrong when planting a seedling. Leaders go to war to earn their lives. No experience is enough, so we only talk about rules and purpose. Understand the rules objectively.
To achieve the goal as much as possible.”
"Does Tang Minjie understand this?"
"When I taught a class to a large group of people, he was the most astute and the first to talk about right and wrong. He said that right and wrong may come from who he is. He talked about it for a long time. After I understood it, I said you are just talking about nonsense. No.
That's so right. He was all wrong. I later told them about existentialism - the world is unkind and everything has animism as a guideline for doing things. He might...be the first to understand. Then, he loved his own people even more, but
Except for one’s own people, no one else is human.”
"This means that he still believes in that..." Xigua smiled, "...what kind of theory is that?"
Ning Yi shook his head: "It's not about talking about things, it's about the real inhumanity of heaven and earth. If the matter goes deeper, it goes like this: If there is no right or wrong in the world, and what is right and wrong now are all the laws of human activities, then human beings'
It is meaningless in itself. If you are a person for the rest of your life, this thing is right or that thing is wrong. Living this way is meaningful and meaningless. In fact, after a lifetime has passed, or ten thousand years have passed, it will not matter.
Will there really be something to admit it, to acknowledge your thoughts... If you truly understand this thing, all your concepts from childhood to adulthood will have to be rebuilt... and animism is the only breakthrough."
Ning Yi patted Xigua's contemplative head: "Don't think too deeply... The meaning of animism is that human beings have tendencies in nature. This is a tendency given by the world. Admit this, it just cannot
Breaking truth. No matter how evil a person becomes due to the environment, one day he will feel the love of family and will still be addicted to it and not want to leave. A robber who kills people for food will also want to
Live well. People will say irony, but the essence is still the same. Therefore, although there are only objective laws in heaven and earth, it is meaningless for us to extrapolate them in the direction of evil."
"The first is the rules, and the second is the purpose. If we take good as the purpose, one day in the future, our hearts will be truly satisfied. It's like we are sitting together now."
Ning Yi leaned his shoulder against Xigua and laughed, and Xigua bumped into him: "But there are also people who always want to be bad guys."
"Yeah, but it's usually because of pain, a bad life, and a distorted life. If this kind of person distorts himself again, he can kill people and destroy the world, but even if he does, the dissatisfaction in his heart is essentially
It can't be made up for. It is an unsatisfactory state after all. Because satisfaction itself is positive..." Ning Yi smiled, "It's like bad things happened around us in the peaceful and prosperous times. Corrupt officials were rampant and unjust and false cases made us feel uncomfortable.
Swearing and getting angry, many people will do the same thing as the bad guys, and things will get worse, and we will only become angrier in the end. As the rules work, we will only become more and more unhappy, so why bother."
"Then I will rebel!"
"Haha, yes, so we rebelled because there is no other way but to rebel. If we don't rebel, it will only make things worse." Ning Yi laughed for a while, "But what if we haven't reached that level yet. Let's go
Being a good person may not make sense, or it may only have a little effect, but it is the only way. After you understand the rules, try to push it. This is the only direction that makes sense."
He looked at the burning city in front of him: "...otherwise who would want to choose this result..."
Xigua was silent for a long time: "Then Tang Minjie..."
"The inhumane nature of heaven and earth is backward compatible with the animism of all things. Even if all things are animistic, compared to the absolute meaning of right and wrong, it has finally fallen down a level. For people who can't figure it out, it is more like a kind of helplessness.
Everything is just our exploration in this world. Anything is possible. It is normal for everyone in the world to die all of a sudden. The essence of this statement is too cold, so he is truly free and anything is possible.
Done……"
Ning Yi sighed: "The ideal situation is to let people read more and be exposed to these things. It is also a good thing for ordinary people to believe in right and wrong. After all, it is still very early for them to decide on pioneering events together. Tang Minjie
…It’s a bit of a pity.”
He paused: "So I thought carefully and sent him to the Kingdom of Jin."
The night was still very long, and the lights and shadows in the city were floating. The couple sat on the roof of the building and watched all this, saying very cruel things. However, this cruel world, if you can't understand everything about it, how can you let it go?
Really getting better. The two of them came all the way, bypassing Xixia, and then went to the northwest. They saw the real death place, the poor people who were so hungry that they were so thin that only their skeletons were left. But the war came, and the enemy came. This
How can everything be changed by one person's kindness, anger or even madness?
People can only find their way carefully, and in order to prevent themselves from becoming crazy, they can only lean on each other and support each other under such circumstances.
The night gradually deepened, and the chaos in Zezhou City finally began to stabilize. The two of them cuddled up on the roof of the building and squinted for a while. Xigua whispered softly in the darkness: "I originally thought you would kill Lin Echan.
You go there in person this afternoon, I'm a little worried."
Ning Yi gently patted her shoulder: "He is a coward, but he is very powerful after all. In that situation, if you take the initiative to kill him, the chance of him running away is too high, and it will still be very troublesome later."
After a while, he added: "I originally thought that if he really came to kill me, I would keep him at all costs. He didn't come, so it's a good thing... It's not worth it for the time being to be afraid of dying. Besides, I'm also afraid of him."
Manichaeism is dead and replaced.”
Xigua cupped his chest: "Yes. Uncle Wang Yin."
"Uh...haha." Ning Yi laughed softly, remained silent for a moment, and muttered softly, "Oh, the best in the world...I'm actually quite envious..."
"Ning Yi." At some point, Xigua whispered again, "You were like that when you were in Hangzhou, right?"
"Um?"
"You understand everything, but you feel that the world is meaningless... That's why you got married."
"Uh... just take it as... more or less."
He looked up at the deep night sky with only a few stars twinkling, and thought of many things. That happened a long, long time ago.
The sky turned, and the night gradually passed. In the early morning, the water evaporated due to the burning of the city turned into mist in the air. When the first ray of fish-belly white appeared on the sky, the white mist floated, and the ghost king Shitong was in ruins.
Along the way, I met the legendary inner demon. (To be continued.)