However, Xin'er still did not give up persuasion, and said to Xiao Tou: "Brother Xiao Tou, can you promise me that you will never steal anything from now on?"

Xiao Tou nodded, and finally shook his head again.

Yuan Zina snorted coldly, "Hmph, look at what I'm talking about, this guy, after we found out, he didn't even bother to pretend, it was better to die." ”

Xin'er shook her head when she saw Xiao Tou, and she was a little disappointed in her heart, but she still said calmly: "However, stealing things is a very bad behavior! ”

When Xiao heard this, he suddenly straightened up, looked directly at Xin'er and said: "Thieves can be thieves, very thieves, thieves also have a way, they can also be thieves!"

Zhao Zixun was furious, and kicked Xiao Tou again, "There is a way to go to your thieves, this is just an excuse for you thieves! Thieves are the way! There is no reason at all!"

Xiao Tou quickly stood up and scolded Zhao Zixun: "Why! Why do I call stealing other people's things, and you people in the court don't call stealing people's things, if you really count it, those dog officials in the court and your dog sons are the real thieves!"

Zhao Zixun was immediately furious when he heard this, grabbed the collar of his penetrating clothes, and directly picked her up and said: "Waste, who are you scolding for being a dog official, and who are you scolding for being a dog son." ”

Xiao Tou was not afraid, glared at Zhao Zixun angrily and said: "Lao Tzu is scolding your father and your family! None of the students of your so-called Imperial Noble Academy on the second floor are good!"

"The money you used to build the academy was all snatched from the hands of the people, and your father will only oppress the people, and it will have no effect, it is all waste! Lao Tzu stole the things of your group of waste! Like you group of imperial moths, you deserve to die. ”

Xiao Tou immediately retorted: "You fart! We, the Emperor Heaven Academy, have never bullied ordinary people! The funds of the Emperor Heaven Academy are all obtained by the students and teachers of our Academy who work hard and take risks on the mainland!"

"My father Zhao Zhongxian is the Minister of Finance, the head of the household, he is honest and honest, he has never been greedy for a penny from the court, he has never taken a bag of rice from the people, Nana's father Yuan Mingzhe, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is also honest and honest!"

"When the Kaming Wall was built, the imperial court appropriation had not yet arrived, and when the funds were insufficient, Nana's father took out his own savings and advanced it!

"Our family, since my great-grandfather, has been living in a small house on the edge of the imperial capital, and Nana is in the imperial capital, and they don't even have a house, it is a dilapidated house built on the outskirts of the imperial capital. ”

Xiao Tou snorted coldly after hearing this, "Heh, can you guarantee that you yourself will not be corrupt, but can you guarantee that other people in the court will not be corrupt?"

Zhao Zixun was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then lowered his head silently.

Indeed, he could not guarantee that others would be like him and his father, that they would not be corrupt or corrupt.

When he was very young, his father told him about the darkness of officialdom and the suffering of the people.

Some people, the official position is not as high as his father, the power is not as great as his father, they are in a remote city, they have an official and a half-position, they oppress the people everywhere, they live more than their father, they eat better than their father, but their father is incompetent.

In this regard, Zhao Zixun felt a very good atmosphere in his heart, so since he was a child, Zhao Zixun hated officialdom villains very much and hated thieves very much. His dream is to eradicate all villains and thieves in the world and restore peace to the world!

However, as he grew older, he found that he could not do anything about the current state of the imperial court.

He has no power or qualifications to remove or report any corrupt official, because in this world, there is always more than one corrupt official, but a group, and it is a group of people, and if you want to go against a corrupt official, it is equivalent to going against a group, Zhao Zixun does not have that kind of strength at all, and as long as people still have desires, there will be no corrupt officials.

This can never be contained.

Gradually, Zhao Zixun saw the reality clearly, but he was unwilling to accept it, so he chose to give up officialdom, concentrate on cultivation, and implement the beliefs in his heart in another way.

Xiao Yong looked at Zhao Zixun's gloomy eyes, and said lightly: "A pillar, even if the top is clean, but if the middle is corroded, then this pillar will eventually be broken." ”

"Have you ever wondered why there is a shortage of funds when building the wall? Why is the empire still running a deficit every year when the taxes are so heavy? Why are the people of the empire decreasing? It is all because of the corruption and exploitation of the middle officials of the empire!"

"You have protected your own integrity and integrity, but have you protected the people who are suffering from the sufferings below? Those middle-level officials, how much money they have embezzled, how many people have been endangered, you rich children, *** know!" Xiao Tou looked at Zhao Zixun and roared.

"Poof!"

Zhao Zixun put down Xiaotou, knelt on the ground, covered his ears and said, "Don't, don't say it, please don't say it." ”

He was already tired of the court, and he didn't want to hear about the darkness in officialdom anymore.

Xiao Tou stood up and said coldly: "Let me tell you, from now on, I will steal all the families of the court officials, and I will not even return to your family! Your father is in an important position and has a high and powerful position, but he can't even control a group of ordinary officials, and he thinks that he can protect himself, but I don't know how many people have been harmed! I will definitely find justice for the people of the world, and take back all the money and property that you officials have squeezed the people back to the innocent people. ”

Xin'er looked at Xiao Tou with a full look of energy, and said lightly: "That's why you came to the second floor, and you want to steal the things of our Imperial Academy students, in order to repay the people?"

Xiao Tou nodded, and said with great pride: "That's right! Before that, I had already stolen ten storage rings! When the beast tide was over, I bought the contents for money and gave them to those in need. ”

"Is this what you call a thief?" Xin'er smiled.

"Exactly!"

Xin'er slowly restrained her smile, looked at Xiao Tou, and said with a serious expression: "Brother Xiao Tou, let me ask you, if those oppressed people become officials, can they all be honest and honest?"

"I ......" Xiao Tou was stunned at first, and after thinking for a long time, the answer was no. Because among the officials he has come into contact with, there are some poor people who have been oppressed, because after becoming an official by chance, not only did he not think about the people, but also bullied the people who had a tragic experience with him, and the methods were very cruel, which made Xiao Tou feel very angry and powerless.

Xiao Tou shook his head very reluctantly, lowered his head, and remained silent.

"Let me ask you again, did all the money you stole in exchange for giving it to those in need, and leaving nothing for yourself?"

Xiao Tou was once again overwhelmed by Xin'er's question, and shook his head again. Every time Xiao Tou steals the finances of some nobles, he will leave some of them for his own personal use, and the rest will be used to help the poor, and Xiao Tou has never felt that there is anything wrong with doing this, but when Xin'er asked this, Xiao Tou instantly poured his own behavior, which seems to be no different from a real corrupt official.

"You said that the things of those officials were obtained by oppressing the people, that is to say, these things were originally the things of the people, and after you took the things of the people, you did not give them completely, but swallowed part of them, doesn't that mean that you also embezzled the people's things?" Xin'er said lightly.

"I ...... I just ......"

"What's it? Is it just a thief?" asked Xin'er.

Hearing these four words, Xiao Tou was speechless.

Xin'er faced Xiao Tou, sat on the ground, and said softly: "When I was young, my grandfather once told me that the higher you go, the greater the power, the more temptations, and the fewer people who can resist the temptation, the reason why this is so is not because of power, but because of human nature, which is the case." ”

"As human beings, we can't escape the six realms of reincarnation, we can't escape the seven emotions and six desires, these are the most fundamental things for us as human beings, everyone has greed, everyone has desires, this thing, just like our internal organs, has existed in our body since we were born, we can't eliminate it at all, unless you are already dead. ”

"Therefore, it is not the officials who are really wrong, but human nature. Greed, sexuality, non-official, desire instructions, heart's desire, officialdom disturbances, are all floating clouds. ”

"The world cannot be without officials, the world cannot be without the people, the officials and the people are all the sons of the world, and they are all born for the world, so it is inevitable that there will be contradictions between the officials and the people. Only for the government and the people, for the people and for the official, can it last for a long time. ”

"Nowadays, although the Ming Empire is full of corrupt officials and wicked people, it has not yet reached the point where the country is broken and the people are not living, and the balance between the government and the people has not been broken, and I believe that the emperor of the Ming Empire has realized this and is making every effort to maintain the balance between the government and the people. ”

"So, I think, what we have to do now is not to criticize anyone, nor to help anyone, but to let it be, everything has spirituality, everything has a trajectory, we should not change the trajectory of others, but pave our own path, this is the most important thing!"

Xin'er's words not only woke up Xiao Tho, but also woke up Zhao Zixun and Yuan Zina.

"Pave your own path......"

Zhao Zixun and Yuan Zina repeated Xin'er's words, only to feel that their hearts suddenly opened up, and the problems that had been bothering them for many years gradually became clear.

Standing up slowly, Xiao Tou said to Xin'er: "Your words have reminded me, but I still won't give up my position! But next time, when I steal something, I will definitely find out my identity!"