The arrow swung away from the string, and a deer fell to the ground a hundred meters away. The shooter laughed heartily and said to his friends: This deer will be a great addition to the banquet in the evening. Although the shooter is outstanding in martial arts, he He does not have the toughness and courage of ordinary warriors, but instead has the elegance of E Guanbo, showing an elegant demeanor with an immortal spirit. He is Xu Xun, named Jingzhi, the order of Jingyang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Everyone held up their palms and praised, and immediately two servants rushed to pick up the prey.
However, at this moment, a shocking scene appeared: a doe returned to the fawn regardless of the danger, and sadly licked the fawn's wounds, as if expecting it to come back alive.
But that arrow had cut off all the vitality of the fawn. No matter how hard the doe licked it, the fawn still died. The doe whined and died beside the fawn, with its heart broken.
At this moment, Xu Xun clearly saw the doe's eyes filled with blood and tears. He felt a sudden sigh of relief in his chest, as if he had figured something out, and as if he had lost something.
He broke the strong bow in his hand with a snap and left resolutely in the strange eyes of everyone.
Xu Xun was hailed by his sect as a rare genius. Whether it was classics, history, astronomy, geography, medicine or martial arts, no one in his sect could surpass him.
Becoming an official is the last test for him by the sect. If he can pass it, he will be the next sect leader.
Xu Xun guessed that this was his master's attempt to accumulate merit, so when he first took office, he determined to serve the people wholeheartedly and help those in need. When the grain harvest in Jingyang was low and the people could not afford to pay taxes, Xu Xun even used what he had learned to turn stones into gold. , to help people pay their rent.
Some people ridiculed that turning rocks into gold is just a superficial trick. Xu Xun responded silently. He didn't even bother to do this kind of deception trick of a charlatan, and he didn't bother to respond. Only real experts know his Midas touch. It is a very advanced purification technique. Jingyang is rich in gold mines, but it is so poor that it is difficult to detect. Even if it is detected, the cost of smelting is far higher than the output. Xu Xun uses Xuan Gong to The gold in the stone is purified, giving people the illusion of turning stone into gold.
Everyone praised Xu Xun's kindness, but the strange thing was that he never passed the test of his master.
As soon as Xu Xun returned to the county government office and had not yet settled down, the government official came forward to report that there was another disaster year in Jingyang, and there was almost no income. The people crowded in front of the government office, waiting for Xu Xun to turn stones into gold to pay taxes.
Xu Xun couldn't help but wonder. Since he arrived in Jingyang, he has been in charge of nine disasters for ten years. Could it be that he is a disaster star?
After walking out of the county government office, Xu Xun found that, as the government official said, hundreds of people were gathered in front of the county government office. Everyone was looking at a stone in front of them. What made Xu Xun feel like he was vomiting blood was that each of these stones was bigger than the other, and some were even bigger. If it is bigger than a millstone, even if it shrinks greatly after the Midas touch, it will still be enough to pay taxes for more than ten years.
Seeing Xu Xun coming out, all the people knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged. Xu Xun felt helpless and ordered the Yamen to collect the stones before sending everyone away.
Looking at the large rocks all over the yard, Xu Xun folded his hands and sighed. The old porter of the county government came out tremblingly and said: Sir, there is something I don't know whether to say or not.
If the old man has something to say, it's okay to say it, Xu Xun said. The old concierge was over seventy years old and had served many times as a guard. Xu Xun respected him very much.
The porter paused the crutch in his hand and said: If you have time, you might as well go for a walk in the fields with me.
Xu Xun's heart moved. There was something in the old concierge's words. Could it be that the people lied about the disaster?
Following the old porter into the fields and ridges, Xu Xun found that the crop fields were knee-deep in weeds, and in some fields there wasn't even a single crop. This was an extremely serious famine.
Do you think this disaster is serious?
Such a severe disaster makes it difficult for the people to survive. Xu Xun replied. At the same time, he blamed himself for his thoughts just now. How could he doubt the simple people?
The old concierge smiled calmly and said: There is no drought or flood this year. It can be said that the weather is smooth, and there is no gathering of insects or locusts. Why call it a disaster?
The old man meant Xu Xun asked.
The old concierge pointed to the land with his crutch and said: The disaster is not here, it is in people's hearts.
Disaster in my heart
It was the old porter who said: All the other cities and counties adjacent to Jingyang have good harvests, but Jingyang has almost no harvest. It is not because of anything else, but precisely because the people of Jingyang have a parent official who can turn stone into gold.
Well, since you can get something for nothing, who is willing to work hard?
Xu Xun suddenly realized, and the depression in his heart was relieved. He finally understood that the test of his master was not to allow him to accumulate merit, but to allow him to explore human nature. Only in this way could he not be confused by the various things in the world, and could he transcend the world.
Be at ease
Xu Xun bowed his head to the ground in front of the old concierge and said sincerely: "The old man's kind words are valuable, I respect him and teach him."
On the way back to the county government office, Xu Xun felt relaxed all over, but a thatched hut made him stop again.
A young man was boiling medicine in front of the house. Steam was rising from the sand pot, and the aroma of the medicine overflowed.
From time to time, the old woman coughed violently in the thatched house. The young man gently fanned the fire in the stove with a cattail leaf fan, and said in a warm voice: Mom, the medicine is almost ready. You will stop coughing after drinking the medicine.
The young man's filial piety made Xu Xun feel compassion. He walked up to the young man and asked: "Other people have gone to touch gold with stones, why don't you go?"
When the young man saw that it was Xu Xun, he quickly stood up and said, "Sir, my mother is sick. I have to take care of her and I really can't leave."
Xu Xun smiled and nodded, stretched out his hand to turn a stone next to the stove into gold, and asked: Are you willing to learn my golden touch?
What Xu Xun didn't expect was that the young man actually shook his head.
Just when Xu Xun thought that the young man was not greedy and had a pure character, the young man's eyes showed greed. He pointed to Xu Xun's hand and said: I want this hand.
Xu Xun turned to stone on the spot, then laughed loudly and said: So that's it, that's it. I finally figured it out. After saying this, he stepped through the void and became an immortal.
Xu Xun stepped on the floating clouds and looked at the various situations in the world. Good thoughts, evil thoughts, beauty and ugliness were so tightly intertwined that even an immortal could not distinguish them all.
He looked at his right hand. Although turning stone into gold could relieve people's temporary difficulties, it could also easily breed greed and laziness. As a result, people often do bad things with good intentions, but they did not intend it.
Since what you have learned in this body comes from the world, let it stay in the world, and let it also leave the Midas hand that the world covets, and let it be destined.
He sealed what he had learned in his life in his right hand, slashed it with his sword, and his right hand fell in response, cutting through time and space, and finally disappeared.
Facing the direction where the severed hand was falling, Xu Xun muttered silently: Beasts are transformed by humans, and humans and animals have reincarnated throughout the ages. Without fur or horns, I advise you not to be a beast. Lucky boy, I hope you can take care of yourself.
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