People are often very open-minded when they reach the moment of life and death, and they are shocked to realize that except for life, everything is outside the body.

The Ding brothers decisively abandoned the house as an external object, and were tied up by Wuhua and locked up in the firewood room, Gu Qing and Song Gensheng worked together to drag them in one by one, and then carefully tied them to the pillars of the house, carefully checked the knots, and made sure that they could not untie and escape, Gu Qing returned to the middle of the courtyard.

Song Gensheng is setting up a pile of dry firewood in the middle of the yard, lighting a fire, taking down the rabbit meat from the Ding family's kitchen, smearing it with soybean oil, sprinkling a little coarse salt, and finally putting the rabbit meat on the fire to roast.

Gu Qing frowned, and then his brows gradually eased.

"In the future, barbecue cooking will go to the kitchen to do it, the yard must be neat and clean, forget it this time, roast it well, I'm hungry." Saying that, Gu Qing sat down beside Song Gensheng.

Song Gensheng pursed his lips and remained silent.

Gu Qing glanced at him, and suddenly smiled: "You seem to be more afraid of me?" ”

Song Gensheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes." ”

"Think my methods are too vicious and cold-blooded? Or do you feel pity for the Ding brothers? ”

Song Gensheng hesitated for a long time and sighed: "I am already a little black and white at this time, I find that I can't distinguish what is good and what is evil, and how to deal with good and evil...... The teachings taught to me by the sages seem to be out of place right now. ”

Just after rectifying the village tyrant, Gu Qing was in a very happy mood at the moment, and he didn't mind chatting about life with a simple silly boy.

"Okay, can you calmly recall, did I do something wrong tonight? If I'm doing it wrong, what's wrong? ”

Song Gensheng was speechless, from the time Gu Qing's house was on fire tonight until this moment, his mind had been in turmoil, and everything he experienced tonight had broken his clear definition of good and evil in the world.

He now knew that Gu Qing, a good man in his eyes, was more ferocious than a wicked man, and when he waved the door latch and mercilessly smashed it on the heads of the Ding brothers, his hideous face and eyes that disregarded life had nothing to do with the "good guy" in any case.

And the wicked Ding brothers who do evil on weekdays, but in front of Gu Qing, they are pitiful like two sheep that have fallen into the wolf's den, they beg for mercy, and cry bitterly, which is no different from those honest, kind and bullied villagers.

So, who is good? Who is evil?

"As I said, I can't tell the difference between good and evil. There's no way of knowing whether what you've done tonight is good or evil. Song Gensheng sighed, rubbing his aching temples.

Gu Qing also sighed: "In your opinion, it's best to put the knife on my neck and don't resist, so that I can be regarded as a good person through and through, if I resist, I will be the same as a wicked person, right?" ”

"I don't mean that, but I hope that when you punish the wicked, you don't ...... So ferocious. Song Gensheng paused, and then said: "Meng Ziyun, 'the gentleman is far away from the kitchen', because the kitchen kills, the gentleman can't bear it, so he is far away." With benevolence and righteousness, they don't see killing, even if it is a punishment, they should be given a decent punishment. ”

Gu Qing sneered: "Why didn't the gentlemen bear to see them when they ate meat?" Eat more deliciously than anyone else, but you can't bear to kill, such a gentleman is just a hypocrite. Gensheng, Mencius also said, 'It is better to believe in books than to have no books', it is good to read more, but don't be stupid to read. ”

Song Gensheng's expression was still confused, Gu Qing's words to him did not solve the confusion in his heart, and he didn't notice why Gu Qing, an illiterate person, knew what Mencius said.

Gu Qing didn't want to talk about it, this topic was too big, and it was meaningless after talking, he couldn't let himself have an extra piece of meat in his bowl, and he couldn't make more money, if the state of life had already satisfied his food and clothing one day, he could consider restarting this topic to eliminate food and drink when he was full.

Song Gensheng was thinking, and Gu Qing was watching.

Looking at the rabbit meat that Song Gensheng was roasting for a long time, Gu Qing said softly: "I now feel more and more that the phrase 'gentleman is far away from cooking' is poisonous......"

Song Gensheng was stunned: "Why do you say this? ”

"If a gentleman is far away from the kitchen, and he can't even roast a rabbit, what do you say is the difference between a gentleman and a waste?" Gu Qing calmly pointed to the rabbit meat in Song Gensheng's hand and said, "The meat, it's burnt." ”

"Ahh Song Gensheng jumped up, took the dead rabbit away from the fire, and looked at the rabbit that was almost charred, Song Gensheng looked distressed and blamed himself.

"There's still one in the kitchen, you take another one and grill it, and if you burn it again, I'll roast you, so that you can experience for yourself what a 'skewer with a soul' is."

Song Gensheng got up aggrievedly, and just took a step, Gu Qing suddenly grabbed him, gestured to the door with his chin, and said, "Wait, you go and open the door first, there should be many people outside the door who want to see me." ”

Song Gensheng was stunned for a moment, and walked quickly towards the gate.

Gu Qing muttered, "I have seen myself, and I can see all beings." ”

The gate opened, and in the open space outside the door stood many villagers, old and young, the first of whom was an old man in his sixties, standing in front of him with a cane, his long beard under his chin was half white, his eyes were cloudy and still shining, and he was lame on one leg, standing in front of the crowd but still like a spear that was constantly folding.

Gu Qing could see at a glance that this should be a veteran who had survived a hundred battles.

The old man headed by Song Gensheng saluted: "Gensheng has seen Feng Aweng. ”

Feng Aweng nodded and smiled at Song Gensheng, his eyes were very kind. It seems that Song Gensheng, as the only young man in the village who has ever read a book, is still quite valued.

Gu Qing also got up and walked to the door, and saluted Feng Aweng: "Gu Qing has seen Feng Aweng. ”

When Gu Qing appeared, the crowd suddenly became agitated, and some timid people were even so frightened that they took a few steps back.

Feng Aweng should be a character like an old man in the village, Gu Qing doesn't know him, but he can see that this old man has a strong personality, but he is old and old, and he is no longer as brave as he used to be, and he has a little more twilight on his body, and all kinds of injustices in Shiqiao Village, he is powerless at his age.

I can't get used to it and can't help it, many people are walking towards the end of their lives in such a contradictory mood.

Feng Aweng's demeanor was very serious, this was originally the house of the Ding family brothers, but it was Gu Qing and Song Gensheng who came out of it, but the Ding family brothers, who had always been domineering, were nowhere to be seen, Feng Aweng didn't seem surprised.

Maybe it was because when the Ding brothers were rectified just now, the screams of the two goods were too high-pitched.

"The old man is gone, I didn't expect the Gu family baby to be so bold, okay." Feng Aweng nodded at Gu Qing.

Gu Qing smiled: "I was forced to have no way out, I had to fight back, the kid caused trouble to your neighbors." ”

A strange look flashed in Feng Aweng's eyes, and he stared at Gu Qing up and down seriously.

Feng Aweng is a veteran, he has seen the enemy on the battlefield, and he survived with a crippled leg. In his life, he had seen too many arrogant people, both in the robes in the barracks and on the battlefield, but he had never seen a person like Gu Qing who was still polite and polite after being strong.

After looking at Gu Qing, Feng Aweng's gaze turned to the courtyard inside the gate of the Ding family and said, "The Ding family brothers have been punished by you?" ”

Gu Qing shook his head: "It's cured, but I keep my life, and the person is tied to the firewood room." ”

The crowd suddenly stirred, and an angry voice came from inside: "Kill them!" ”

"I have been bullied too much by the Ding family over the years, and today I will seek justice!"

"Let's go!"

Gu Qing frowned, standing motionless at the door, his expression becoming more and more cold.

The situation gradually got out of control, and Feng Ah Weng suddenly turned to face the crowd, and the crutches slammed into the ground with a loud sound.

A knock on the hearts of the people, as if knocking on people's hearts, the crowd slowly quieted down.

Feng Aweng sneered: "On weekdays, I was bullied by the Ding family brothers and didn't see you come out to resist, but today the Ding family brothers were rectified by Gu Qing and people were tied up, but you suddenly have the courage to seek justice, and you are really promising." If you want to kill the Ding brothers, you can. You first put out a person who confessed the crime, and after the death of the Ding family brother, he went to the government to surrender. ”

The crowd looked at each other, returning to their previous weak appearance, and no one squeaked anymore.