In the village community.

The six fingers who dug a pit with Shi to know where the seeds were hidden, the skin that had been beaten was opened, and he still gritted his teeth and just cursed.

He has been with Shi for a long time, and he is also one of the people who most believe that Shi Shuo's ghosts and gods will not bring disaster to these people who have obviously corrected the righteousness of the ink man.

Even if there are no gods, there may not be no persistence between heaven and earth.

Six fingers tied to a tree, his face swollen high, thinking about the vow he had made, said in his heart that even if I died, I would never tell these bad people where the seeds were hidden.

He was sure that these seeds could only be relieved of the world if they were in the hands of the Mo.

For those princes and nobles, after they find that the yield per mu is extremely high, they will definitely increase their taxes, and it is impossible to simply maintain the original amount of taxes.

Six Fingers licked his chapped lips because he was sweating too much because it hurt too much, and said in his heart that if I died and didn't open my mouth, it would be worthy of the original vow.

The more it hurts, the more indescribable the satisfaction of a martyr in the heart and spirit will be.

This is not something that is advocated, but it is something that some people unintentionally pursue.

After all, Six Fingers is only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, and many of his thoughts have not really matured, and what he can hold on to at this time is this spiritual satisfaction to resist the pain that the body cannot resist.

It's not good, but it's understandable, it's just a kid after all.

Physical pain and spiritual satisfaction, two things that seem to be incompatible at all, have been unified here in the six fingers, although they are not suitable or not.

Now most of the men in the village community have followed Shi to Binshan to pull stones, and the remaining women are angry, not to mention the heartache of Six-Finger's mother.

But Lu Hua remembered what she told her before leaving, once something happened, don't fight with the prince and noble, just endure it first.

He said this before leaving, he was living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and the only thing he was worried about was that Gongsun Ze might be looking for trouble.

He was sure that only a gentleman was not afraid of provoking the ink and incurring retribution. And the day when his identity as an ink artist is exposed must also be the day he becomes an ink artist.

But he didn't expect that it would be the people in the village community who betrayed the hope of everyone in the village community.

Lu Hua let everyone endure at this time, and she had already run towards Shangqiu City in a panic, wanting to ask if there were ink practitioners in Shangqiu City, and if there was anyone in Shangqiu City who could help them.

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At this time, Shi drove the ox cart with the men in the village community, and it was only seven or eight miles away from the village community.

The pain is inflicted on others, and you will never feel it.

The men of the village community were still thinking about hope, unaware that a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child was suffering severe physical pain for their hope.

While Six Fingers was screaming because of the beating, the men were laughing and talking about the dream of wheat flour after returning, and singing another cheerful song.

There were several stones pulled on the cart, some of them were made of grinding discs, some were made of grain pressers, and some were made of small mills that leveled the land.

Every stone is an unprecedented hope.

The oxen pulling the cart were dissatisfied with the bullring on their nose and the heavy stones on the cart, but they were satisfied with the slightly modified harness.

Dissatisfaction and satisfaction converge to counteract each other, and the whip behind him becomes something above and beyond dissatisfaction and satisfaction.

Someone stared at the whip that Shi Gao raised high, and suddenly asked, "Shi, if one day the land of paradise is built, in whose hand will this whip be held?" ”

Shi didn't answer, but when he didn't hear it, he hummed a song.

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In Shangqiu City, Mozi and Bird Slippery took time out of their time to come to the shoemaker shop where they were born and raised, wanting to ask what kind of person they were on weekdays.

Muntjac is still as quiet as ever, he is a man who talks less and does more.

Although Shi's sister-in-law has a lot of teasing words on weekdays, she doesn't think much of the Mo family's idea of rescuing the world, and she often jokes that Shishi can't support herself, but she wants to help the world.

When Mo Zhai, who was regarded as a saint by everyone in Shangqiu City, came to her home, she still teased.

It's just that this kind of ridicule is a kind of cunning ridicule.

"Oh, this is suitable, Mr. Mo Zhai, you must talk about him. He is a person, he is not at home to help his brother do things, but he runs outside the city to do something righteous. I'm just a woman, how do I know what is the righteousness of the ink master? He wasn't a good boy in my eyes. ”

"He sold the clothes I had made for me, and used the money for righteousness, and wore them in tatters. Let the people in the city see it, and they all think that I, who is a sister-in-law, is the kind of person with a bad heart, and I am reluctant to make a new dress for my uncle. ”

"Last time, I had to shoot with a son, and asked his brother to make some leather finger sleeves for him. When he came back, he carried two rabbits, and he was bitter and black, but he was reluctant to eat them. If you don't know, you must think that I, the sister-in-law, and his brother are reluctant people, and they need two rabbits to be a finger sleeve. If you call the neighbor in and see me and his brother eating rabbits, and then see him black and thin and it makes people feel distressed, what do you think of us? ”

"When you are away all year round, you must carry some firewood and grass when you have time to come back. I just said that he, being an elder brother and a sister-in-law, will definitely support what you do, and if you do this, let others think that we are the kind of people who always let him do things and not do things and will be scolded. Where are we like that, and he has made us like that. ”

"This time I went outside to pull stones, and I said that I would come back and make something, so that I could sell a new kind of food. He also said that his parents died early, so he was grateful to me and his brother for raising him, and he didn't say such things before because he felt that doing it was more useful than talking. It's going to be done soon, that's why I said. I was not happy at the time, but if I had said a few more words on weekdays, I would have felt more comfortable...... I'm a stupid woman, how can I understand what he does first and then what he says? Isn't he stupid when he treats me like my husband? ”

A few words, all full of accusations, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction between the eyebrows.

But these accusations are all praised, and they are alive and well, and they are like a market ranger-like character who has affection and righteousness to do first and then talk.

The sister-in-law's vision is at ease in the market, and she doesn't know much about what the ink practitioner does, but with a kind of cunning in the market.

That's always the case when the women of the market praise their children.

rarely praises directly, but seems to say something angrily, telling people to quickly respond to the words "this is a good thing", and then pretending to realize it after listening to others to persuade it to be a good thing, in fact, I am happy in my heart.

The muntjac did not speak, but let his wife speak.

What kind of person is Mozi? He has been a craftsman, a craftsman, a Confucian, and a prince......

He couldn't understand the meaning of such words.

Although the skills are shallow, I also believe that he is also such a person in normal days.

Everyone has the heart to praise their relatives. Even if the skill of praise is not good, the things that can be praised can exist.

People like Mozi, the prince and the prince can talk to him, and the butcher in the market can also talk to him, and he will not feel that the skills of one kind of praise are higher than the skills of another, and he will only care about the things that are praised.

Hearing this, Yu Huali smiled, saw Mozi nodding, and said in her heart that this is suitable, I really want to become a member of my Mo family.

It is best to have such a person to defuse the aftermath of the victory incident.

Just as Mozi was about to ask who Shi had traveled with before and who he had learned from whom, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door.

A girl of fourteen or fifteen years old rushed in recklessly, saw the bird slippery and Mozi, and made a salute that only a man can do, and asked, "Is Mr. the giant of the Mo family?" Someone on the street asked someone to say you're here. My name is Lu Hua, and I am also an ink person, and someone is going to rob the Mo family to help the world's treasures! ”

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In front of the village community, Gongsun Ze stopped the carriage and saw clearly that the child tied to the tree and beaten was the six-fingered child who was compared to the person he taught last time and the gentleman ten years later.

The man who whipped him, he had seen, was unfamiliar.

Whipping the man next to him, he had seen, some familiar, not the friend who rode with him that day, but also a friend who hunted racing together on weekdays.

The friend saw Gongsun Ze and came to greet him, and after Gongsun Ze returned the salute, he asked, "What is this child's crime?" ”

"Grant land for private use, do not pay taxes, confuse people's hearts, and do not abide by the law of Tianzheng."

As soon as Six Fingers heard this, they immediately scolded them in the words that Shi Zeng had taught them: "Brother Shi said, the tithe tax has already been fixed, and one stone of corn will be taken from ten acres." We have already paid these taxes, and what we grow is ours, and no one can rob it. Brother Shi said that even if he is a monarch, he should be trustworthy. He gave us the fields, and we paid a tax of ten acres and one stone, and this was the covenant. The power of the king! The courtier's covenant is also! ”

Gongsun Ze originally thought that these people did not pay taxes after listening to the appropriate bewitchment, but when he heard the words of the six fingers, he suddenly understood that this was not the case.

He glanced at his friend and asked in a cold voice, "What do you want?" ”

When the friend saw this, he had no choice but to say, "I want the seeds mentioned in "Promised Land." You see, these lands are not theirs, they are planted on them, and according to the law, they must take one out of ten. In the past, when planting millet, of course, it was ten acres and one stone. Nowadays, they should also take one out of ten of the black jade and sweet potatoes they plant, and we just want to get back the part they should pay. ”

Gongsun Ze has heard "Promised Land" I don't know how many times, I thought it was a demagogic thing, but now it seems that there is such a thing.

Whether there is such a thing or not, for him it is a dispute between Confucianism and Mo, and it is only a dispute of ideas.

Even if it is the Mo family, if it is not your own, you can't take it.

Originally, Confucianism was quite dissatisfied with tithes, and at this time, when he saw that the child was covered with whip marks, his heart was even more angry.

He said coldly: "I'm afraid that the husband is innocent and guilty!" Duke Yu went to the country because of greed, don't you know such a story? What will you covet tomorrow if you covet this person's bread now? Isn't this chaos in the world caused by greed? To take what is not your own is for greed and the source of chaos! ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at the friend coldly and said hatefully: "You understand the reason, so you and I are friends." You and he are also friends, and if you see the other person making a mistake but don't stop it, then how can you stop me when I make a mistake in the future? Can such a person be friends? ”

The friend's face flushed, and he was about to plead.

Gongsun Ze took out his sword, cut off the long sleeves of the Chinese costume with a brush, and threw it directly on the ground.

Zi said: There are three kinds of bad friends, friends will be clear, friendly and soft, friends will be good, and they will be damaged. Knowing its losses and not ending, you also! Between you and me, there is no more righteousness of friends! ”

"My father-in-law Sun Ze, there is no friend like you anymore!"

The sleeve robe fell to the ground, and the friend who said it was red-faced, looking at the sleeve robe on the ground, his face was like a fire.

Seeing this, the little nobleman on the side sneered: "You don't know what to do." I heard that these men insulted you the other day and put you to shame. Are you a person who knows no shame? ”

Gongsun Ze looked at the six fingers that had won him, and laughed loudly: "Confidant is not enough and ashamed, almost brave!" A loss is a loss, and what am I ashamed of? My shame, don't put it together with the shame of you flies. I do things, I am right, worthy of my heart, whether I am ashamed or not is not something you can evaluate! ”

The little nobleman sighed and asked, "You want to take care of this business?" Why do you care? You're not a coward, what power do you have? ”

Gongsun Ze glanced at this person and said disdainfully: "It has nothing to do with this child, and I don't want to care." I just borrowed this child and recognized a bad friend. Please don't say anything about what I have been ashamed of, it has nothing to do with me! ”

He glanced at his six fingers and said in a low voice, "This child, the Tao is your choice, and you need to bear the pain." I don't save the world, I only correct my heart. The Tao is your choice, I won't save you, but thank you for making me recognize a friend. ”

After saying that, he withdrew his sword, sat on his knees, crossed his sword on his knees, and said no more, nor did he look at Six Fingers and his former friends.

Bow your head for a moment and write a line on the ground with a branch to correct your heart.

"Zi said, see the unvirtuous and introspect."