Chapter 586: Are You at Peace? (Part II)
Unexpectedly, from the mouth of the Great Elder, he personally told the fact that he was on the list of rebellions. At this moment, Yoshi didn't know how to describe the feelings in his heart, all the grievances, resentment, incomprehension and other emotions all disappeared, as if they had never existed, his heart had been quiet to the point of numbness, and the only thought that was still flickering was:
Ah, is this what it's like to be betrayed by the person you trust the most?
It turns out that his own master, has this been the feeling in his heart all along?
Yoshi and the Great Elder looked at each other quietly, and it didn't see a trace of dodging or guilt in the Great Elder's eyes, as if it was a matter of course for him to be on the list of rebels. At this time, it no longer wants this to be a misunderstanding, and it has not thought about anything to solve the misunderstanding and return to the old good, and now the only thing it wants to know is:
"Why?"
Why do you want to rebel against me?
I've received a very difficult task for the frog clan, I've been working in the mushroom kingdom for many years, I don't know how many times I've brushed shoulders with death, I'm used to Mario selling me again and again, I've made so much contribution to the race, even so, just because I want to seek further development, do you want to rebel against me?
I'm too cheap, right?
Am I really that cheap?
If so, Great Elder, I'd like you to tell me personally, tell me I'm just a piece of paper that wipes my ass and can be thrown away when I'm done, okay?
Yoshi's question was straightforward, but this time, the Great Elder didn't reply to it in the same straightforward way, pondered for a moment, and instead spoke about something else:
"Yoshi, it's my fault that you've grown up to this point and that you're in this state of mind. ”
"You are the child of a miracle, a miracle that can be born from the frog clan, and the only hope of the frog clan in the next generation that is about to begin, but you are not good at fighting now, not good at mentality, and not good at willpower.
It's my fault, I have a problem with the way you were raised.
Now that you are about to leave the group, there are many things that you will never have a chance to say again.
No matter how you used to look at me in your heart, and how you look at me now, I hope you can quietly listen to me, an old immortal, say a few words, and allow me to rely on the old and sell the old once, which can be regarded as making up for this "last lesson" for you.
Do you want to roar?"
Yoshidon stood still, neither nodding nor shaking his head.
The Great Elder took it as a default and continued to speak to himself:
"In terms of combat effectiveness, you are the strongest of the new generation of the human race, and sooner or later there will be a leap in strength, it's just a matter of time, I'm not very worried about this.
You have become his mount, I am very pleased, our Warcraft species, as early as tens of thousands of years ago, there was a tradition of being a mount for the strong people in the human race, such as the green ox, the six-tusked white elephant, the golden retriever, the golden-winged roc, the blue-faced lion, the nine-headed insect, etc., those names that were like thunder in the same era as me, it is estimated that no one knows them now......
Don't have any embarrassment, when humans gain power, becoming their mount as soon as possible is the only way to survive in the future and not be liquidated.
What's more, you also know that although our frog clan is young, and now calls the frog clan to be the first in the world every day, before Nesario was sealed, when the dragon clan ruled this mountain range, the females of our clan were proud to be by the dragon clan and conceive the child of the "foreign dragon".
It's only been a few years? Have the original atmosphere of first-class foreign dragons, second-class officials, third-class mixed-race and fourth-class frogs in our clan been selectively forgotten?
Oh, no, it's not forgotten, but in order to forget that humiliating history, there is a strong right-leaning trend of thought in the clan, arrogant, self-proclaimed to be the first in the world, and the dragons and lizards that rode on their heads in the past are extremely demeaning, and even proud of abusing those half-breeds left behind! And your little friend Pace has lived a hard life since he was a child, and he is a victim of this trend of thought and social movement.
Remember, Yoshi, this is the first truth I want to teach you:
The masses are very powerful, but the masses are always blind, so the power of the masses can only be used to do two things: the icing on the cake and the falling stone!"
Speaking of this, the Great Elder coughed violently twice, and his face turned abnormally rosy, but seeing the expression on Yoshi's face that seemed to be enlightened, the Great Elder nodded with satisfaction, glanced behind it slightly, and continued to speak in a voice that was even weaker and older than just now:
"You and your dad are fools, and you said that you haven't had a conflict with Pace since you were a child, so you two have a good relationship, and that's all wishful thinking.
After all, you two are frogs of the same age, just like Fa Xiao and classmates in humans. I haven't quarreled for so long, not because you two really get along, but because Pace is afraid of arousing the disgust of you or your father, so he will lose his source of livelihood and have to bend his mind to meet you.
This is called under the fence!
When I watched the live broadcast just now, I learned that you still think that Pace was woken up by you and got angry, it's ridiculous!
Pace was embarrassed and angry because you exposed his father as a watermelon seller in front of his classmates, understand? From Pace's point of view, in his youth, when he was the most vain age, he was nothing and destitute, how low and sensitive do you think he would be?
In order not to make fun of his classmates, he didn't know how many lies he told and how much useless work he did!
The path of following his father to sell watermelons is not a journey to hell for Pace, he is afraid that his classmates will see him, desperately hide himself, and his heart is beating all the way, and when he is about to get out of the sea of suffering, he is uncovered by you who don't know him...... How much do you think he will hate you?
It's just one thing you remember, and God knows how many times you've hurt Pace's sensitive and inferior heart over the years! What kind of mentality will you develop after living in this environment for a long time? Once Pace finds an opportunity to drag you off the noble clouds and step into the mud, do you think he will hesitate in the slightest?"
The Great Elder's heart-wrenching words one after another made Yoshi, who had already calmed down, throb again, cold sweat soaked through his clothes, and he opened his mouth like a fish about to drown:
"This ...... I didn't ...... Pace...... Thanksgiving...... It can't ......!!"
"How much of a deal?
You're trying to say that neither you nor your dad ever looked down on Pace, let alone squeezed it out. Taking a step back, Pace grew up in your family anyway, and it should be grateful for so much help, and it can't do this to you?"
Looking at Yoshi's flustered appearance, the Great Elder frowned slightly, reprimanded him with some displeasure, and then softened his attitude again, and said:
"Based on my nearly 50,000 years of experience, I know that there are frogs and people who are born bad in the world.
According to my observations, bad frogs and bad people, like all poisonous animals and plants, do not know that they are bad things and poisons.
In my observations, I also found that bad frogs and bad people will not change for the better.
Bad guys will always exist, and they will attribute their harm to other creatures to some very shallow and extreme reason, explaining that they are forced and helpless, and then they will further harm other creatures with peace of mind and righteous indignation.
Therefore, I have always been afraid to speculate on the frog clan with the worst malice. ”
I never thought that the Great Elder, who was the symbol of the Frog Clan and represented the top wisdom of the Frog Clan, would have such an inferior evaluation of his own clan, and Yoshi felt that his brain was running out of ideas. Seeing that the mosquito coil had begun to turn in its eyes, the Great Elder sighed and waved his hand:
"That's it, that's it.
You don't have to force yourself to understand, just remember the second truth I want to teach you:
Don't think that if you release kindness, you will receive kindness from the recipient, many times on the contrary, what you gain is often the deepest malice!
A girl who has been chased by a boy for so much tears at the wedding scene is unlikely to be because she feels happy, more likely, because she failed to marry the person she wanted to marry when she was seventeen.
At this time, the tears do not contain the touching of the groom's hard work, but more of sorrow for himself, sadness that he succumbed to reality, and sadness that he woke up from his dream. This sadness can easily be transformed into hatred for her husband, because it is difficult for any creature to hate herself, so once she has the opportunity, she will probably abandon her husband without hesitation. ”
Yoshi listened in silence, and this cold, vicious language made its body tremble slightly with fear, and it pursed its lips and asked hesitantly:
"Such as ...... If all the people of the clan are like the Great Elder, then doesn't it mean that we are always surrounded by malicious groups?
"Good will certainly exist, good will be everywhere, but there is a prerequisite. ”
The Great Elder grinned, this smile was not much better than crying, and Yoshi was creepy to watch:
"In life, a beggar is not jealous of a multimillionaire, but he is jealous of other beggars with higher incomes. So, between multimillionaires and beggars, there is sincere goodwill.
If you want to gain kindness, the premise is that there must be an obvious gap between you and the other party, no matter which of you is worse than the other! Just like in the previous example, the unwilling girl, if she was not "chased by a lot of hard work", but a rich second generation who got her hands at will, presumably her unwillingness will drop a lot, and she will not have any hatred for her husband.
Yoshi, you are now using that Terran powerhouse as a mount, but always keep in mind that the gap between you and him is too big, and you can only release your sincere kindness to him, only in this way can you barely guarantee that the other party will not ...... you."
"Shouldn't I thank you for helping me train my mount and planting the seeds of foolishness and loyalty to me in his heart?"
Before the Great Elder could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a rough male voice, and on the sofa next to the coffee table in the office, a strong figure with muscles exploding slowly emerged, it was Ling Mo!
He played with the crocodile head of Pace in his hand, and while caressing it with his hand, he closed Pace's big eyes that were not blind, and turned his head to the Great Elder and smiled:
"A lot of what you taught Yoshi, it's quite reasonable, it sounds absurd at first time, but you can taste it when you taste it carefully. But what makes me a little curious is, how do you listen to it, it's like you're insinuating about me, are you educating Yoshi, or are you educating me?"
"Educate you, Lord Watcher, you are laughing, you are now the strongest person in the Noahfa Continent, and you are already immortal in your normal state. The combat effectiveness is so strong, as long as you wave your hand, you can wipe out our frog clan. How dare I live with the intention of educating you and living a good teacher?"
For Ling Mo's sudden appearance, the Great Elder did not have any surprise on his face, as if he had known that Ling Mo was there, and he didn't even change his tone at all, still slowly:
"This is just a little experience that the old man has accumulated over tens of thousands of years. As you know, my body in the last years of life has no combat power, and I can only rely on wisdom to maintain my rule.
To put it bluntly, wisdom is to understand enough of the dark thoughts in people's hearts, and to be able to follow the trend and take advantage of the situation, creating the illusion that they are the guide. In fashionable terms, I am now a "representative of the people's will", and I am just a "representative of the people". Once I can't represent the people anymore, I will be cut off in minutes, walking on thin ice, walking on thin ice!"
"Oh, isn't that right?"
Ling Mo raised his eyebrows:
"If you care so much about public opinion, when Yoshi was tried in public just now, the public opinion was so angry, why didn't you follow the public opinion and put Yoshi to death, but instead want to keep him? Isn't this openly working against public opinion and disintegrating your own ruling foundation?
Is it worth it? Is Yoshi that important? Is it your illegitimate child?"
"On the contrary, I saved Yoshi, and I really obeyed the wishes of the frog people and won the hearts of the frog people!"
The Great Elder burst out laughing:
"What I want is the hearts of the people, as long as the people want it, I will always be the great elder of the frog clan.
And public opinion is not the will of the people, public opinion is only a one-sided embodiment of the people's will, and sometimes even the negative embodiment of the people's will, and conforming to the will of the people may not necessarily win the hearts of the people!
Just like Yoshi, each of the frogfolk knows that there is no sin in individuals seeking a higher level of good life, and each of them yearns for a better life. However, they are bound by the rules of society, but they must spurn Yoshi's behavior, otherwise they will be easily labeled as a "spiritual traitor" by people with ulterior motives.
If I had complied with the public opinion that had been coerced on the surface and killed Yoshi, wouldn't it have extinguished the hope of the frog people in their pursuit of a better life? They would shout long live to me on the surface, but in fact they wanted me to die immediately!
And now, I saved Yoshi at the last minute, and I was like a god who saw through the fire! After this, instead of being weakened, the foundation of my rule has been strengthened!"
After the Great Elder laughed, he looked at Ling Mo, who was ridiculed for his IQ and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, his smile narrowed little by little, and he said softly with an unprecedented serious demeanor:
"You were worried about me just now, but now it's my turn to worry about you.
Lord Watchman, your understanding of the will of the people is still very shallow, and you can't even tell the subtle difference between the will of the people and the will of the people!
If you are an ordinary person, it is the same thing whether you understand the people's will or not, but you are so powerful, and I have heard that your great power is attributed to yourself, and you do not have the constraints of the mages, right?
Forgive me, I have a question for you:
With such a powerful power in your hands, but you don't understand the will of the people at all, you ...... Is it really peace of mind?
Even if you are at peace, humans other than you ...... Is it really peace of mind?"