Chapter 98: The Question of Soul Torture
At that moment, Chen Ming said seriously, there was a feeling of 'is my senior sister hinting at something', and he began to be at a loss.
"Are you thinking about something, something strange?" Wang Xi looked at Chen Ming, then came to him and asked in a low voice.
"No, absolutely not!" Chen Ming hurriedly shook his head, feeling that he couldn't admit to being killed at this time.
"Well, you can have that. Wang Xi smiled, "Okay, I won't tease you, hurry up!"
"Oh...... Oh......" Chen Ming nodded, and then walked towards the place of assessment. On the way, I had to look back at Wang Xi, what did she mean just now. Can there be, or can't there be?
This feeling gave him a headache, and every time he encountered this emotional problem, he felt that it was more difficult than solving a dozen math puzzles on his own.
No matter how difficult the math problem is, there is at least a fixed answer, what is needed is to slowly find out the idea of solving the problem, and then find this answer. But emotions are different, and sometimes what you think is the best answer will have the opposite effect.
There is an unspecified number of answers, there is no standard answer, and the wrong answer will worsen the relationship between the two parties......
In a trance, he had come to the assessment office. His information in the Young Tiger Pavilion has been sent here in advance, and the person in charge of the review is the person in charge of the Battle Tiger Pavilion.
The members of the War Tiger Pavilion are the core combat force of the Five Tiger Gates, and they enjoy more treatment and have to bear more obligations. The task of the sect has also developed from the kind of work similar to miscellaneous work to the main business of Wuhumen.
"Sit ......" saw Chen Ming come in, and the examiner asked him to sit in front of him.
"Don't you need to assess martial arts?" Chen Ming asked curiously, feeling that it was just an ordinary discussion.
"You should also know that as a decent person, there is one thing that is more important than martial arts. The examiner looked at Chen Ming, "Can you answer me, what is such a thing?"
"Wude!" Chen Ming immediately replied, there was nothing to think about at all.
When I first started as a miscellaneous disciple, the first thing I took was a martial arts class. Martial artists who didn't even know martial arts didn't have the qualifications to learn martial arts at all, and the disciples who taught it at the time said so.
"Well, it's good that you know...... examiner nodded, "So, next, answer my ten questions." ”
"Okay. Chen Ming nodded, indicating that he was ready.
"So first of all, what is the purpose of our martial arts?" the examiner asked.
"Strengthen your body and protect your family and country. Chen Ming replied.
"Anyone can say the slogan. The examiner shook his head, "Be specific, of course, limited to two hundred words." ”
"We don't have the claws of tigers and wolves, we don't have the strength of elephants, we don't have the agility of cheetahs, and we humans are inherently inferior in nature. But we also have a key difference, which is that we think.
The birth of martial arts is to imitate the movements of beasts, developed the technique of defeating the strong with the weak, and winning more with less. In the era of underdeveloped science and technology, it is precisely because of martial arts that we can compete with wild beasts. Chen Ming replied.
"So what is the essence of martial arts?" the examiner asked, and that was the second question.
"The means of defeating the opponent can even be said to be a violent means to kill. Whatever the excuse to whitewash, martial arts itself is an act of violence. Chen Ming replied that he also had an impression of this.
At the beginning, I fought forty or fifty gangsters by myself, and I almost couldn't stop it several times. If you punch it out with all your might, then those gangsters who have never learned martial arts at all are estimated to really have problems.
And at that time, it was the martial virtues that restrained him, restrained, and had to restrain himself. Thanks to that too, otherwise he probably wouldn't be here at all right now.
"What is the essence of martial arts?" replied the examiner expressionlessly, he was actually quite satisfied in his heart, and he didn't even know the essence of martial arts, so he was not qualified to use martial arts.
"Martial arts are swords, and martial virtue is the scabbard. Chen Ming replied, "A knife that can't be sheathed will make the people around you feel frightened, and the key is that it will gradually make us warriors lose ourselves." ”
"Yes, facing the sharp blade all day long will immerse us in the jade hope of killing. Therefore, the essence of martial virtue is actually to let this knife be included in the scabbard. The examiner nodded.
Martial virtue is actually not a lofty thing, it can also be a disguise, and it can also really restrain martial artists. Whether it will be flexible or not is the behavior of the warrior himself, but those who ignore or ignore the martial virtue will definitely have an accident.
Wuhumen also doesn't like disciples who don't know how to be flexible, and martial artists only know how to learn rigidly, and if they don't know how to apply flexibly, then they are destined to not have too high achievements in the future.
"The fourth question, from here on, is the practical one. The examiner continued......
The next question is nothing more than the practical application of martial arts. At some specific times, how to implement martial virtues, and at the same time how to choose between martial virtues and law, martial virtues and human nature.
The examiner's questions were very tricky, and Chen Ming was almost out of breath when he was asked. Of course, there should be a correct answer to these questions, but Chen Ming doesn't think that answering the correct answer is the right answer.
If it's really that simple, why has the assessment of the Battle Tiger Pavilion always been considered very strict? The key is that the examiner has a poker face throughout the whole process, and you don't know where your answers are right and where they are wrong.
"One last question. In the blink of an eye, the examiner just wrote and drew on the answer board, but he didn't have any comments on whether the first nine questions were correct or not.
"Okay. Chen Ming nodded, and then waited intently.
"If your closest family members, friends, or even your lover and wife are found to be undercover agents of the sect one day, and have done a lot of things that are detrimental to the interests of the sect, what should you do?" replied the examiner.
When the examiner said this question, Chen Ming's first thought was not Yang Xiong, but Wang Xi.
After all, before coming to the assessment, she said such an ambiguous sentence, which made him really hard to forget, so he would give her priority. So if one day, I am with her, and one day I find out that she is actually an undercover agent of the evil sect.
All the happiness in the past, all the gentleness, and all the smiles were just to get close to the 'acting' I pretended, how should I choose.
The key to this question is that he found out, which means that he is the only one who knows about it. Whether they reported or did not denounce, or after they were informed, were they involved in arrest and interrogation...... This should be the difficulty.
There should be another hidden difficulty: will you be suspected at that time, and how to clear yourself?
"There should be no problem with this and martial arts...... Chen Ming looked at the examiner, "Of course, it can't be answered like this, right?"
"Yes, this can be your answer if you need it. The examiner nodded, indicating that this answer could also be considered an answer.
"Can you wait a minute? I'll think about it again. Chen Ming hurriedly replied.
"Yes, but as soon as possible. The examiner reminded.
"Actually, I already had an answer. Chen Ming sighed, "If, if my beloved person, my parents are actually undercover agents of the evil sect." And I am a disciple of the Five Tigers, but the premise is that I am a friend, a lover, and a child. ”
"So what's the conclusion?" the examiner clearly didn't intend to listen to the process of his analysis.
"Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been in dilemma, so let's change the angle. Chen Ming replied, "Collect evidence, submit it to the national judicial organ, and then hand it over to the judicial organ for processing in accordance with the law." ”
"You're such a cunning boy. "For the first time, the examiner gave an evaluation.
In this way, there is no need for both sides to be embarrassed, and the key can be avoided, the sect used some radical means and violated the law. I know that as a disciple of the Five Tigers, it is a bit cunning to say that, but this may be the best solution. After all, it is not easy to fill the part that has been lost. Chen Ming sighed.
"So, the loss of the sect is ignored like this?" the examiner asked rhetorically.
"Supposedly, this shouldn't be one of the ten questions, right?" Chen Ming asked.
"Of course not, it's just my personal curiosity. The examiner explained.
"I could have not answered, but I could. Chen Ming thought for a while, "If a person is still alive, then there is a chance to atone for his sins." Even if the undercover agent is undercover, the other party himself is still a disciple of the Five Tigers. After it comes out, find a way to make up for it. In addition, since it is my relatives and friends, then I should bear some responsibility......"
"This is your realization?" the examiner looked at Chen Ming.
"I think that's the kind of awareness you need to have. Chen Ming nodded.
"Your answer is very interesting. The examiner smiled, "Two years ago, your master almost answered the same way. ”
"Then it seems that I have passed the test?" Chen Ming asked with interest.
"Yes, you passed. The examiner nodded, "Congratulations, joining the Battle Tiger Pavilion." Your file will be officially promoted to the Battle Tiger Pavilion, and the monthly expenses and subsidies will be increased every month in the future. However, in terms of obligations, it has also changed from once a month to an unspecified number of times. ”
"In other words?" Chen Ming asked rhetorically.
"You may never be asked to do help, but you may be asked to do it several times a month. Of course, every time you complete a task, you can get a certain subsidy, and the more you complete, the higher the subsidy. The examiner replied.
To put it simply, it is a basic salary + subsidy system, if you want to make more money, then you have to complete more tasks.
"Having said that, do the disciples of the various industries under the jurisdiction of the Five Tiger Sect follow this model?" Chen Ming was a little curious, after all, those disciples who worked in the industry, who would pay their salaries, was really curious.
"Yes, excluding the part of the ordinary people recruited by the society, this disciple is like this. The examiner replied.
In other words, Wuhumen is using this method to control all industries. Maybe it's more than that, but Chen Ming finally understood why the Wuhumen shop was spread out so big, but no one had set up its own door......