Small boats glide down the streets, and the same narrow boats continue to crisscross fast and slow on both sides.

It's not cars on the streets, it's boats.

This is Venice, the city of water.

"You say, as long as you guess the box correctly, you can get that rich man's daughter?" Yue Lingshan asked, leaning against the body of an old Jewish man in his fifties.

The person who was asked was full of longing: "Yes, whoever guesses correctly about the box with the portrait can marry the beautiful and rich Miss Baucia." That's a lot of money, and I've heard that Miss Baucia's floor tiles are all made of gold, and all the flowers in the garden are gold, and the birds live in cages made of gold......"

Yue Lingshan interrupted the man's low-level obscenity and said, "Then why don't you go and propose?" ”

The man shrugged: "Me? It takes a lot of money to get to the island where Miss Baucia is, and you need a decent dress......"

Someone interrupted: "Hey, beautiful Miss Baucia already has a husband, and one of the lucky ones guessed the box correctly!" I just got back from there, damn it, my luck was so bad, I guessed wrong. ”

Yue Lingshan asked, "If there are three boxes there, with all due respect, this is a scam, you are not losing to luck, but to a well-planned scam." ”

It immediately attracted the attention of many people.

The failed marriage proposal said angrily: "You make it clear to me!" ”

Yue Lingshan smiled: "If I guess correctly, the portrait should be in a lead box." ”

The unsuccessful suitor's expression changed dramatically, and he exclaimed in surprise: "God, how do you know?" ”

Yue Lingshan laughed: "It's a very simple scam, and it can only deceive you honest people." ”

The failed marriage proposal hurriedly asked, and at this time, many people were already attracted to listen to Yue Lingshan's explanation, and several of them were even people who had also participated in the proposal.

"Look, there are three boxes, gold, silver, and lead, right?" Yue Lingshan said.

"Of course, everybody knows." The failed marriage proposal said anxiously.

"There are a lot of suitors, right?" Yue Lingshan continued.

"Of course, there are at least dozens of them." The failed marriage proposal is very impatient, why do you keep asking such nonsense. As long as you wear decent clothes, you can propose to Miss Baucia, and of course many people will come.

"The lucky one who guessed correctly was the last to choose, right?" Yue Lingshan said.

"It's not the last, but it's very backward, and most people have already chosen it." The failed marriage proposal got up this time, and you can guess it, is it really a scam?

"You see, there are dozens of people involved, and there are only 3 choices in total, how can someone who is almost at the end choose the lead box?" It's a very simple question of probability.

"It's not for sure, maybe no one chooses the lead box." The failed suitor sighed in disappointment, this speculation was not a serious accusation at all.

"Really? Let's make a real yàn. Yue Lingshan said with a smile.

Several people found three different boxes, one very beautiful, one ordinary, and one shoddy and extremely ugly, and then found 30 people who did not know the truth.

"One of the three boxes contains a gold coin, and whoever guesses it will own it." Yue Lingshan said.

30 people enter the second room from the first room in turn, and then, whether right or wrong, enter the third room and wait for the end of the practice.

Surprisingly, more than half of the 30 people chose the ugly box.

The failed proposal opened his mouth wide and stopped a person who had chosen the right one and asked, "Why did you choose this ugly box?" ”

The person who was stopped looked at it with disdain and said, "In all legendary stories, good things are packed in the cheapest and ugliest boxes, and I have never heard of choosing a beautiful box to get good things." ”

The unsuccessful proposer's jaw dropped directly to the ground.

Whether it's Aladdin's magic lamp, Zeus's axe, God's holy grail...... If you have to choose, which time is it not to choose an ordinary item to get the real prize?

"This kind of deliberately putting the best things in the worst box, and then saying that money can't be happy, diamonds can't be happy, only plain is a happy story, I grew up hearing it,

It's a pity that no one wants to hear him anymore.

The failed marriage proposal frantically grabbed another person who chose the right one: "What about you? Why should you choose the damn broken box? Have you heard the story of The? ”

"I just thought, there are so many people in front of me, they must have already chosen a beautiful box and a normal box, so I wanted to choose this ugly box to try." The man replied cautiously.

"Damn! Damn it! Damn it! More than one person scolded.

"Don't worry, I'll be a real yàn again." Yue Lingshan said.

The interesting real yàn spread quickly, and by the time Yue Lingshan did the second real yàn, more people had already heard the news and rushed to see the excitement, and many people who failed to propose marriage told each other and rushed over.

The difference between the second and the first is that after the 30 selections from the second room are completed, they return to the first room and stay with the other people who have not yet started to choose, and the gold coins are no longer hidden under the broken box, but placed in a normal box.

"Ahh That's how it was, there was no requirement that we had to leave immediately. "There are unsuccessful marriage proposals who lose their voices.

The result was even more miserable.

Starting with the third person, all chose the right box.

The person who made the right choice generously shared his answers with others.

A group of unsuccessful marriage proposals have earthy faces.

Yue Lingshan said: "I guess, the truth is this, there is a beautiful young lady who wants to marry, but she wants to choose the one she likes, but she doesn't want to offend other suitors, so she decided to play a small trick in the name of fate." When someone she doesn't choose, all three boxes are empty, and when someone she likes, all three boxes have portraits.

In this way, she can easily reject the people she doesn't like and choose the ones she likes.

And among the suitors at that time, there must have been a trust arranged by this clever young lady, who could not only monitor you not to connect with each other's answers, but also constantly stimulate your feelings and prevent you from thinking rationally.

This little simple scam has been so successful. ”

The faces of the failed suitors were blue, white, black, and red.

"Thank you for solving my mystery and saving me from humiliation. I will try to reciprocate if necessary. "The failed proposals are full of resentment towards Baucia, and refusing to propose is not a big deal, so why not just say it? Just so that the suitors can still cherish her like a treasure after being rejected, and be driven by her forever?

No one wants to be fooled and conspired.

"You're the smartest person I've ever met, please help my friend Sherlock." An old Jewish man pleaded deeply in front of Yue Lingshan.

"They are all brothers who have been treated unequally, and your business is my business." Yue Lingshan said.

The world was extremely unfriendly to the Jews, who could only live in designated places, could not go out in public during the day, wore a small red hat on their heads, could not own their own property, could not buy houses, could not do business, and could not open shops......

Jews are the lowest animals in the world, and they cannot be counted as human beings at all, because Jews do not have the right that human beings can have.

Yue Lingshan was more than willing to teach the Venetians a lesson that they did not treat Jews as human beings.

In court.

“…… I ask again, are you sure you don't want to triple the money? Baucia asked.

"No, I just want a pound of flesh on his chest." Sherlock said firmly.

"Alright then, go ahead and cut off a pound of meat." Baucia was secretly proud that the Jews had fallen into her trap.

The contract only says to cut a pound of flesh, but it doesn't say that it can bleed.

She wants to let this Jew fall into the abyss.

Sherlock went to get a knife.

"Slow! Sherlock, you don't meet the law. Yue Lingshan walked out of the Jews.

Sherlock was inexplicable.

"When we accuse a man of owing us money, the honorable judge will take our money from that person and give it to us with his own hands; When we accuse robbers of taking possession of our house, the honorable judge will send soldiers to drive the robbers away and return the house to us; We accuse the murderer, and the honorable judge will put the murderer to death and give us justice.

Brother Sherlock, the law protects us who abide by the law, the law is our supporter, the law is the shield and the sword, since we have handed over a qiē to the law, we should obey the law, and ask the judge to give you a pound of meat that Antonio owes you. ”

Sherlock is inexplicable, does it make a difference? He prefers to cut off with his own hands the Antonio who despises him but asks him to borrow money.

But Sherlock wisely put down the knife, Yue Lingshan, the smartest of the Jews, must have a reason for what he said.

The judge said that Yue Lingshan's flattery was very useful, and besides, he held the court seriously and listened carefully to the replies of both sides, hoping to act impartially.

The judge motioned for the soldiers to cut the flesh.

"Wait a minute!" Baucia panicked, "According to the contract, you must cut the meat with your own hands. ”

Even Sherlock saw the flaw and stared gloomily at Baucia.

Yue Lingshan said: "Dear Judge, you can read the contract again, it only says that Sherlock will choose to cut off a pound of meat on Mr. Antonio's body, and it is not written who will cut the meat, Mr. Antonio must provide this pound of meat himself, if he is unwilling, please do it according to the law, our poor Sherlock only needs to get that pound of meat." ”

The judge nodded in agreement, and since ancient times, he has been in court, of course, the court directly came up with the results, and he has never heard of the bitter master doing it himself.

"No, that's not the case...... "Baucia panicked, "Your Excellency, the contract doesn't say that you can bleed, you can't let Antonio bleed!" Otherwise, it's a breach of contract! ”

The judge gave Bothea a look in disgust and said, "Are you crazy?" ”

As the defendant's lawyer, Baucia is incompetent if she loses the lawsuit, and she actually asks the judge not to do this and that, I have never seen such a lawyer.

The soldiers had already begun to tear off Antonio's clothes, and Sherlock waited quietly on the side, his eyes unexpectedly calm, no revenge pride, no bloodthirsty madness, like looking at a big tree, like walking in the street, his body standing in the courtroom, his heart had drifted freely into the distance.

"Don't the Jews have eyes? Do Jews have no senses, no feelings, no anger? Didn't he eat the same food, the same weapons that could hurt him, the same medicine that could heal him, the same cold in winter and the same heat in summer, just like a Christian? If you stab us with your sword, won't we bleed too? (Note 1)

A low and slow voice sounded softly in the courtroom, and the people who heard it involuntarily quieted down, and the courtroom was silent, listening to Yue Lingshan standing in front of Antonio and speaking seriously.

"Phew! Talking to you is an insult! Antonio said disdainfully, calmly facing death.

Otonio died before he could be lifted out of the courtroom. With the medical technology of this world anesthesia relying on stunting with a stick, Yue Lingshan judged that there was a group of doctors standing next to Antonio, and it was impossible to save him after a pound of flesh was cut off from his chest.

"Dear Miss Lawyer, forgive me for retiring." Yue Lingshan bowed and prepared to leave.

"Miss Lawyer?" The judge looked at Baucia carefully, and it was very easy to identify a woman disguised as a man after being reminded. Considering the person who wrote the letter of recommendation, the judge intended to ignore the matter.

"You're Baucia!" Bassanio recognized his wife.

"Miss Baucia, you're still taking pleasure in fooling people as always." A well-dressed young man nodded.

Another young and wealthy man said politely: "We will definitely repay you the qiē you have given us." ”

Baucia recognized who it was and shuddered.

"Do you need me to sue your daughter and that kid?" Yue Lingshan asked Sherlock.

Sherlock shook his head slowly.

"You're a good father, but you're not necessarily doing the right thing." Yue Lingshan said.

“…… At least there's a little bit of hope. Sherlock said.

Why did Sherlock's daughter elope with someone? Why not choose a Jewish guy to marry? Why take Sherlock's property? Doesn't she know that the man who will elope with the girl is unreliable? Didn't she know that the man who would ask the girl to elope with money was even more unreliable?

Sherlock's daughter knows, Sherlock knows.

But Sherlock's daughter still chose it that way.

Because Shylock's daughter is Jewish. Jews are discriminated against from birth, have no future, no guarantees. Shylock's daughter did not want to live like this again, much less for her children to continue like this, and she desperately hoped to marry a non-Jew and thus change her fate, even if it required a change of religion.

It was impossible for the Jewish ghetto to accept Shylock's daughter's conversion.

Sherlock's daughter's only option is to elope.

Even if there is only one in 10,000 chance of being happy.

Sherlock understands his daughter and wants her to be happy, even if her daughter abandons him as an old father, even if her daughter is only one in 10,000 people who are happy.

This is the fate of the Jews.

Yue Lingshan asked at the Jewish gathering place: "Since the Jews can't get by, why don't they find a place where they can live?" ”

The Jews replied, "It's the same everywhere." ”

Yue Lingshan said: "Then, let's build a different one ourselves." ”

Jew look, insane!

Yue Lingshan began to smuggle weapons, there were many people who hated Jews, and there were even more people who liked money, and Yue Lingshan soon had enough weapons.

Yue Lingshan began to train Jewish men.

"Whoever wants to take away what we have, who wants to oppress our brothers and sisters, we will stop it with the sword!"

A Jewish elder advised Yue Lingshan: "It's useless, we have few people, even the army in the city can kill us all." ”

"You can choose to stand and let them kill, and I can choose to let them bleed the same way." Yue Lingshan's answer attracted a lot of young people.

Jews want to be able to live on an equal footing.

Five years later.

The Jews of Venice demanded to leave Venice and re-establish the Jewish state.

The Venetian Christians refused and agreed, and the Venetian court held that the law did not allow Jews to move freely.

Jews are very oily dogs, and some will be happy that the dog is gone, and some will be angry that they can't eat dog meat.

Venice sent troops to stop it.

The Jews drew their swords.

Yue Lingshan cut down hundreds of people in one go, and the Jews won.

The water in Venice is all red.

When he was about to leave the Italian border, Yue Lingshan was chased by thousands of heavy cavalry and was killed in battle, and nine out of ten Jews accompanying him died.

Sherlock's body lay in the green valley, clutching one of his daughter's old clothes tightly in his hands.

The Venetian Jewish revolt failed, Italy lost thousands of Christian lives, and Italy began a deeper oppression of the Jews, which grew fiercer in the decades that followed.

"Since the Jews can't get by, build a state of their own." The rebellious Jews said so.

"The brothers of Venice almost succeeded, and we will definitely succeed!" The Jews who resisted encouraged it.

"We're going to our country!" The Jews said this to their children.

In 1758, the Jews established the Jewish State on the site of the Jewish State.

In the center of the capital of the newly established Jewish state there is an unnamed monument with no portrait on it, no ornate decoration, just an inscription of a dialogue.

"If the Jews can't get by, why don't they find a place where they can live?"

"It's the same everywhere."

"Well, let's build a different one ourselves."

Signature, The Merchant of Venice, 1597.