After Gao Jianli left, Jing Ke also ran away with his head down.
There is no destination, no use of internal energy, just physical running, venting his inner chaos.
Just like what he said, deep down in my heart, I actually haven't achieved the Mohist ideal of equal love at all.
Also, now Yan Dan has become the king. Among the leaders, such as Xia Fu and Qin Wuyang, they are both Yan people. Although they usually call each other brothers, there has already been a gap in identity.
In the Mohist theory, no one has ever achieved the universal love for all living beings that transcends bloodline and status.
No wonder the Mohist mentality has never been heard of, except for the founder Mozi, who else can practice to the state of universal love. The descendants of our generation are really unbearable!
"Uh~huh~" The violent fluctuations in his mind made Jing Ke feel very tired. He fell down beside the damaged city wall, panting non-stop.
Coincidentally, Gao Jianli's figure appeared not far from him.
A caravan is slowly entering the city, and the leader is taking care of it with the officers stationed there.
After the businessman finished packing, he urged the team to move quickly and saw Gao Jianli waiting in front of him.
"It's you again, take it. I think you are also a ranger. It's really weird to buy books at ten times the price..."
Gao Jianli and the merchant skillfully handed over the money and delivered the goods.
"Thank you. Um, I'd like to ask if you have any music knowledge?"
The businessman weighed the money and waved his hand and said, "You've almost got it. As for Lu Yan, he's very famous. You can still buy his books in Songhai just by asking around. Music? We don't have time to look for it for you."
Let’s go~”
"I'm leaving Yan State, so I don't need to trouble the shopkeeper next time." Gao Jianli stepped back consciously and let the caravan vehicles pass by. Holding these books in one hand, he turned around and walked away.
But Jing Ke suddenly appeared next to him, "It seems that this is not the first time you have asked the shopkeeper to bring you something from Qi."
Gao Jianli didn't think it was a coincidence that the two of them had met not long ago and bumped into each other now. He asked coldly: "Are you following me?"
"How is that possible?!" Jing Ke denied decisively.
"snort."
Gao Jianli took action.
"Hey! You—" Jing Ke was in a panic and got into a fight with him.
During the fight of fists and kicks, Gao Jianli was no match for Jing Ke. The package containing the books was knocked away and the books were scattered on the ground.
Jing Ke himself had no ill intentions. He knew that he had knocked over something important, so he stopped. He glanced at the books and asked, "Hey, why are they all Lu Yan's books?"
Gao Jianli knelt down, picked up the books, and said without looking back: "Because I can't buy other people's books."
Jing Ke was stunned by these words.
"Papermaking and printing, Lu Yan could have easily made a fortune by relying on these, but he chose to share his knowledge with the world. He was the only one who did this."
"As a Yan native, you actually admire Lu Yan? Don't forget, there is not a single war in the past years that was not planned by Lu Yan, the Qin State's national advisor! He helped the evil and killed many people!"
Gao Jianli stood up, dusted off the bag, looked at the other person and said, "I know."
Jing Ke couldn't believe it, "You know? Even so, you still-"
"Without him helping Zhou to do evil, would the war not exist? Without him helping Zhou to do evil, would the people of Yan have enough to eat?"
"this……"
"I heard from businessmen in Qi that you can't make any money selling books."
"Ah?" Jing Ke didn't quite understand the jump in this guy's words, but he still asked, "Why is that?"
"Because the people don't even have enough to eat, they can't afford to study. But Qin is different. Even civilians can study and take exams and then become officials."
"That's just hearsay..."
"Have you been to Qin?"
"No."
"I do not have either."
I knew I had to do this. I should go and see for myself how the people in Qin, the most powerful country, are living.
Gao Jianli was ready to leave.
Jing Ke stopped him and said, "You just said you were leaving Yan State. Could it be that you are going to Qin State?"
"It's none of your business."
"You're such a cold person. We don't know each other until we fight, so we can be considered friends."
"It doesn't count."
"Hey~ I'm really..."
The colder Gao Jianli became, the more Jing Ke wanted to make friends with him. Moreover, what the other person said left a deep impression on him.
So he chased after him and said, "You said you were going to Qin, but I guess your expenses are not enough. Could it be that you are going to play the piano for those nobles?"
Gao Jianli was so entangled that he had no choice but to stop and asked, "Do you know me?"
Jing Ke rubbed his nose and smiled, "Brother, I'm not blind. A guy named Gao Jianli is carrying a piano, and with your knowledge and conversation, you must be that famous musician."
I think you most likely won’t be willing to play the piano for a noble gentleman. How about you play it for me and I’ll pay you?”
These days, actors and musicians rely on the patronage of nobles to earn a living. As a wandering violinist, Gao Jianli naturally cannot avoid selling music to those people, no matter how much he dislikes nobles.
He immediately agreed, "Deal."
"happy!"
Jing Ke was overjoyed and was about to invite him to have a drink with him, but Gao Jianli immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and put the piano on his back on his lap.
"Hey, if you want to play here, it's too..."
“This is just the right place.”
Xiao Xiao and sad wind passed away, and a faint cold wave emerged.
Jing Ke seemed to see himself confused in Gao Jianli's piano music.
He has a simple concept of justice, and he also hopes that the world will be peaceful and all people will live in peace. However, after traveling for so many years, he can only watch his fellow travelers die one after another. The war is still there, and the people are still in dire straits.
With a three-foot sword in hand, there is no way to save the common people.
Is the path chosen by the Mohists really wrong...
As a Yan native, Gao Jianli grew up in this land, but he also resented that he had no way to serve the country. He was just a wandering piano player, not a soldier, and he did not know how to govern the country.
The love and pain I experienced personally in my motherland in the past twenty years are all told to a passerby who meets me by chance in the music of this piano.
It seems very lucky that this passerby can really feel the sorrow placed in the music.
"I've made a lot of money with music like this." Jing Ke murmured, drew his sword, and danced in the air.
Gao Jianli devoted himself wholeheartedly, and the two people's piano sounds and sword intentions converged, forming a white rainbow that gradually rose into the sky.
After the song was played, Gao Jianli was playing the qin and panting lightly. Jing Ke flicked the sword flower and put the sword back into its sheath.
"Now, this is what I reward you for, big brother. When you become a world-famous music master like Kuang Xiu, you must remember to pay it back to me."
Jing Ke threw away all the money he had.
Gao Jianli took the bag with one hand and tied it around his waist.
"I heard that Master Kuang Xiu is in the mountains and rivers, and it is hard to find a true friend. In this regard, I am luckier than him." He stood up, put his piano on his back and turned around to leave.
"Tch, a grown man is really dishonest." Jing Ke muttered and shouted at his back, "Hey, your hobby is playing the piano, and my hobby is drinking. Next time we meet, you have to drink with me.
"
Gao Jianli waved his hand, not sure whether he agreed or not.
Jing Ke crossed his arms and sighed, watching his new friends drift away, and said to himself: "Go to Qin... If Qin is really ruled by a tyrant and the people are in dire straits, how can it become the most powerful country?
?Perhaps, I should also read the book written by Lu Yan."