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Volume 1: The Border Town of the Empire Chapter 683: Buy Words and Kill Dogs

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    Chapter 683: Buy words and kill dogs. Chaos in the country brings chaos to people's hearts.  I don¡¯t know who originally said this sentence. In my spare time, I felt that this sentence had a bit of arrogance and pedantry. When the world is peaceful, it seems pretentious to say this sentence. But when the world is in chaos, think about it carefully.  I think the truth is that people's hearts have always been in chaos. Otherwise, how could the chaos have happened so quickly and completely?  There is a ferocious beast hidden in everyone's heart, and it sleeps most of the time. Once you wake up to the smell of blood, it will be difficult to control this ferocious beast.  Because of the war, many innocent people have turned into murderous bandits.  Fang Jie once again launched a killing spree in the county army camp, and then sent capable generals from the Black Flag Army to reorganize the county soldiers. Since Fang Jie had obtained these 30,000 people from the three governors, he had no intention of returning them.  go back.  The generals leading the army were all close associates of the three governors. Just like the general roared before his death, Fang Jie would eventually kill them.  Fang Jie said, I won¡¯t kill you if you don¡¯t make a mistake. This is correct.  But how could they not make mistakes?  After leaving Yanzi Building, Fang Jie asked all his followers to go back, and then left Big Dog in a daze on the third floor of Yanzi Building. He went downstairs alone and planned to take a walk along the street.  After going downstairs, Fang Jie looked back at the big dog standing high up, and suddenly thought that he had made things difficult for him.  Da Quan has always said that he has no desire to restore the country, but that has been his knot for decades. If he doesn't have an explanation, he may not be at ease in this life.  He himself has been running away, and Fang Jie wants to help him face it.  But when he went downstairs, Fang Jie suddenly noticed that the big dog looked so lonely. Fang Jie shook his head and said that he hoped it was his imagination.  The blood of the Black Flag Army¡¯s massacre a while ago has dried up, and the people have resumed their normal lives.  On the crowded street, Fang Jie raised the collar of his black cloak to cover half of his face.  On the day of the big break, Fang Jie led the black flag army into the city and the streets were empty. This face is no longer unfamiliar in Yongzhou City.  Fortunately, the collar of the windbreaker designed by Fang Jie was large enough. When it was erected, it covered the nose and only exposed a pair of eyes. It was not easy to recognize it.  He stopped in front of a scholar's stall selling calligraphy and looked at the calligraphy on the table.  To be honest, Fang Jie¡¯s handwriting is ugly, so he looks at other people¡¯s handwriting as beautiful.  "Request a word?" A scholar who looked about forty years old was holding a book in his hand. He raised his eyelids and glanced at Fang Jie and asked.  Fang Jie shook his head, and the scholar snorted and ignored it.  "Why didn't you ask me if I wanted to buy it instead of asking?" Fang Jie asked him.  The scholar rolled his eyelids again and replied with a very natural emphasis: "I am a scholar, how can I be tainted with the smell of brass and white copper, so I can't talk about buying and selling. If you want words, you can only say begging. Character, character, do you understand?"  " Fang Jie shook his head: "I don't understand." The scholar curled his lips and whispered to himself, "If you don't even understand the word "character", what other words do you ask for?  Fang Jie took out a pile of banknotes from his sleeves, picked through them, found a one hundred tael piece and put it on the desk: "I want to buy a few words." The scholar was obviously moved when he saw the banknotes.  Confused, he opened his mouth and shook his head: "If you want to ask for something or buy, I can't write it." Fang Jie picked out a five hundred tael and put it on the table: "I want to buy a few.  The scholar licked his lips, and the smile on his lips became extraordinarily bright: "This guest, you are really discerning. Even Song Lanqiao, a great scholar in Yongzhou, praised my handwriting.  You know that people have character. Do you know that Song Lanqiao is one of the most knowledgeable scholars in the southwest, and he is famous for thousands of miles." "Writing a lot of money," Fang Jie replied, looking at Fang Jie in disbelief.  : "Are these four words a bit vulgar? I think you are a person of great status. If you are giving it as a gift, why not write some words?" Fang Jie found a thousand taels of silver note and put it down:  "Write it a hundred times." The scholar gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" Then he splashed ink with a brush. I have to say that this man's handwriting was very fast and very good.  Flying in the face, Gong Xi Fa Cai a hundred times was written in only half an hour.  There was a layer on the ground, and he picked up some stones to hold the paper down.  After finishing the last stroke, he raised his wrist and smiled proudly, seeming to be satisfied with the words.  "It's written, do you want me to deliver it to your house for you?" Fang Jie looked at the hundred pieces of paper, shook his head, then took back the three banknotes, turned around and left.  "Hello!"   The scholar was furious: "What do you mean? You said you wanted to buy my calligraphy, why don't you want it now? I'm going to sue you in the Yamen, don't leave!" Fang Jie turned around, glanced at the scholar and shook his head again  He shook his head: "I originally wanted to buy the strength of character, but I couldn't. In addition the Song Lanqiao you mentioned was confiscated a while ago and his family was exterminated. Before he died, he sacrificed his concubine to survive. He had some words of praise for you.  I can¡¯t say I¡¯m complimenting you on your character.¡± The scholar blushed and didn¡¯t know what to say.  When Fang Jie walked away, he spat and cursed.  Angrily, he sat down and cursed. A man came over and asked how he sold Caiyuan Guangjin.  The scholar casually replied that it was only one tael of silver a piece, but he would not sell it if it was less!  The man didn't say anything, took out a tael of silver, put it down, took one and left.  The scholar was stunned and looked at the one tael of silver and the wealth spread all over the floor.  I always feel like I understand something, but I¡¯m confused again.  On this day, he sold five pieces of Caiyuanguangjin and got five taels of silver.  In the past ten days, he hadn't sold a single copper coin.  The next day, he wrote the words "SELL" and hung it up, and then he felt a lot more relaxed and at ease.  ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ Fang Jie walked to the corner of the street and saw two old men playing chess, surrounded by five or six people watching, but they were all very well-behaved and no one said anything.  A few meters away from them, there was a beggar huddled under a big locust tree basking in the sun.  There is a broken bowl next to it. There is rice and vegetables in the broken bowl. It seems that the beggar's life is not too hard.  Farther away, there was a wild dog staring at this side, perhaps only looking at the broken bowl and the food.  Fang Jie did not watch the two old men playing chess. Instead, he sat down next to the beggar and asked, "Are the meals for sale?" The beggar opened his eyes and glanced at Fang Jie in surprise. After confirming that Fang Jie was indeed asking him,  After hesitating for a while, he tentatively answered: "Sell?" "How to sell?" Fang Jie asked.  "Fivefive coins?" the beggar asked tentatively again.  ¡°One hundred taels¡± Fang Jie handed the one hundred taels of silver note to the beggar.  The beggar opened his mouth so wide that he could swallow a goose egg. He stretched out his hand but did not dare to take it.  "Iwhat else can I do for you?" the beggar asked with trembling lips.  "Do you think this one hundred taels of silver is too much?" Fang Jie asked.  "Yes!" The beggar nodded vigorously: "If you give me alms, this one hundred taels is indeed too much. For someone like me, if I go to the bank with this one hundred taels of silver notes, I won't be able to exchange it for silver, or I will be  I'll take the banknote and beat it with a stick, or I'll be tied up and sent to the officer to say that I stole it I really want to take the banknote, but I can't hold it." Fang Jie nodded and touched the money bag.  Dozens of taels of silver.  "Twelve taels?" he asked the beggar.  "Okay!" The beggar nodded, took the money and handed over the broken bowl.  Fang Jie shook his head and pointed to the hungry wild dog not far away: "Feed it." "Feed it? Why?" asked the beggar.  Fang Jie didn't answer, and the beggar didn't want to ask any more questions. He put the broken bowl on the roadside and walked back. The wild dog hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't stand the temptation of food, ran over and started to devour it.  Look here, grinning at people passing by from time to time.  The beggar walked back, thinking that he had really met a weirdo. He spent money to buy the beggar's leftovers to feed wild dogs. No one would believe him even if he told him.  Fang Jie looked at the wild dog and shook his head.  He remembered this dog. On the first day after he woke up, when he was standing by Luofuku Lake, there was a dog in the ruins in the distance that kept wailing.  Later, Fang Jie sent people to dig up the ruins and found an old corpse inside.  The old man did not follow the advice of the Black Flag Army to leave his home, and as a result, the house was shattered by Luo Yao's King Kong Realm and buried inside.  "There is still some money here." Fang Jie handed it to the beggar: "Look for five people on the street. Go west and turn around and there is a scholar selling calligraphy at the corner of the street. Ask them to help buy five paintings and make a lot of money." The beggar was startled again.  Live, I said in my heart that I have seen a lot of weird people, and this is the first time I have seen such a strange person.  But he didn't dare to refuse. Who knew who this man was, so he got up and begged a few people on the street to sell the letters, and kept the few taels of silver he had left.  "Let me ask you a question." He waited for the beggar to come back before explaining.  "You said, I walk around the streets and don't know which widow has a concubine or whose man has a concubine.When it comes to women, I've heard a lot about this.  " Fang Jie ignored it and was silent for a while before asking: "Someone is causing chaos, so the world is in chaos, and then people are in chaos.  When people's hearts are in chaos, good people become evil people.  Many simple people have become bloodthirsty and are willing to kill their former compatriots and friends.  How to prevent this kind of thing?  " The beggar was completely dumbfounded and asked blankly: "Are you asking me?  " "Yes" "This" The beggar thought for a while, then sat up straight and replied: "Actually, it is not the world that is in chaos that causes the human heart to become chaotic. The human heart is the most ruthless thing.  Just like that wild dog over there, it is too hungry to eat people now, but if one day it is really hungry and goes to the graveyard to eat dead people, then it will dare to eat living people the next day.  The same is true for people. They always have evil thoughts in their hearts, but they are just not hungry at ordinary times, so there is no need to do evil.  If you are very hungry, your owner will bite you.  " "How to explain?  "Fang Jie asked. "Kill him." The beggar replied naturally: "In this kind of world, there is a lack of a cold-blooded person who can kill from beginning to end until everyone's heart trembles. No one dares to oppose him. He said  What is what is, then order will be restored.  Although I haven't read any books, I know that among the founding emperors of the past dynasties, which one didn't have millions of lives in his hands?  There are probably tens of millions of them.  " "As for the evil in people's hearts, we can teach them by promoting good in times of peace. If everyone promotes good, the evil will hide obediently and not dare to wander around.  People are always imitating each other, and everyone will be like one.  This dog is like a dog, it follows a good person and keeps doing good.  If you follow evil people, you will only bite.  But in troubled times, is there any use in promoting good deeds?  "The beggar said something rude, and quickly shut up and smiled apologetically. "Kill the dog. There is a new grave to the west of Luoyao Mansion. Bury the dog next to the grave.  "    "Why?  " "Shou Shan" Fang Jie stood up and put down the one hundred tael silver note: "Thank you" "Thank you?  " The beggar was extremely surprised: "Thank me for killing this dog?  " "All of them" Fang Jie patted the dirt on his clothes and glanced at the dog with a fierce look on his face. "You, what's wrong?  "The beggar couldn't help but asked curiously. Fang Jie straightened his clothes and walked away slowly. The beggar kept watching him leave until Fang Jie completely disappeared from his sight. Then he walked out of the haystack next to the big locust tree  He dug out another bowl of leftovers and whistled at the wild dog. The wild dog hesitated and finally came over tentatively. When the wild dog lowered its head to eat, the beggar quickly hit him with a rope.  He strangled the dog's neck and dragged it away. After a while, the dog lost its breath. The beggar was good at killing dogs.
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