The old man looked at Qin Chuan and fell into deep thought, coughed lightly, stretched out his hand and pointed to the distance, and said, "Baby, look at the lame man over there." ”

Qin Chuan raised his head, looked in the direction of the old man's finger with a puzzled expression, and saw that there were several houses built with loess not far away, and a small courtyard was simply enclosed with bamboo poles, and there was a middle-aged man in the yard, who was basking in the sun boredly, and there were three children running around the middle-aged man.

After looking at the changing sky, he didn't see any fame, so he looked at the old man suspiciously, his face full of puzzlement.

"That man's name is Ergouzi, he was carried back from the army a few years ago, and he finally picked up a life, and now he has married three daughters-in-law, have you seen it, these three children are not his, and now the three mothers-in-law are pregnant with cubs, and in a few months and a half, the village will be filled with people again." The old man seemed a little happy when he said this.

"That's a good thing, it seems that this uncle is also a capable person." Qin Chuan praised in his mouth.

The old man hesitated, sighed, and continued: "Ergouzi is a good man, he is a man who kills the enemy on the battlefield, it is said that he killed fifty or sixty people, and finally blocked a knife for a big official, lost an arm, and his leg was lame, and when he was carried back, he had half his life left. ”

A trace of admiration appeared on Qin Chuan's face, but the old man's voice changed and said: "Ergouzi was originally an orphan in the village, but when he was young, he was stubborn, he killed the other party because of a quarrel with someone, and he was afraid that the government would investigate him, so he joined the army, and he has not been heard from for more than ten years, and it was only when he was carried back a few years ago that the people in the village knew that he was still alive." ”

After the old man finished speaking, he stopped talking and just looked at Qin Chuan.

"Then the family that was killed by him didn't seek revenge on him?" Qin Chuan asked a little puzzled.

"Revenge? How can you not seek revenge, but seeing the miserable appearance of Ergouzi, more than ten years have passed, and the desire to seek revenge has faded, and in the end, I don't know what method Ergouzi used, and married a widow from that family. The old man said earnestly.

"How is this possible? Murder pays for life, is the family threatened? Qin Chuan still couldn't believe the old man's words.

"Hey, after years of fighting, there are few men, and most of the rest are some old and weak women and children. Is a home without a man? Besides, the old man and the children have to eat, what can a woman do, and in the end she has to rely on a man. The old man patiently explained to Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan still couldn't understand such a thing.

"Baby, the ravines are poor, human life is not valuable, and the second dog is actually not bad, although he killed people, but he killed fifty or sixty enemies for my Great Qin State, he is a hero, a hero of our entire village. Besides, if there were no two dogs, the three orphans and widows might not have been able to resist it a long time ago. The old man continued to say to Qin Chuan.

In Qin Chuan's heart, right is right, and wrong is wrong. You can't cover up other right things because of one wrong thing, and you can't cover up what you did wrong because of what is right. If you do something wrong, you should be punished. But after listening to the old man's words, and then looking at the middle-aged man sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun opposite, as well as the few children playing happily around the man, Qin Chuan suddenly felt a little confused.

"It's not right for Ergouzi to be young and ignorant and make mistakes, but it's right to go into battle to kill the enemy for the sake of Qin, and it's right to go back to Banju Village to marry a wife and raise children, so baby, your Ergou Uncle is a good person and a big hero in the village." The old man said with a smile.

"Baby, don't dwell on the question of right and wrong, whether it's right or wrong, you have to live, if your life is gone, whether it's right or wrong, it's all a hundred, human life is as cheap as grass, if your life is gone, then even grass is not as good." After speaking, the old man stood up and walked towards the outside of the courtyard with a wooden stick, greeting some acquaintances from time to time.

Qin Chuan continued to be stunned in the courtyard, thinking back to what the old man had said to him. In fact, the reason why the old man said so much was just to let Qin Chuan understand one thing, that is, living is more important than anything else, no matter whether the previous things were right or wrong, living is always right.

Subsequently, Qin Chuan thought of the deaths of the Yan Hui and the others, and thought of Gan Long's framing of himself. It was wrong for Gan Long to attack and kill himself and a few sergeants of Yan Hui, but was it necessarily right to seek revenge by himself? Even if he succeeds in attacking and killing Gan Long in the future, what can he do? Maybe it's just to vent the resentment in my heart.

Gan Long was wrong to frame himself, but how many right things did he do? It was right for Yan Hui to save himself with their lives, but how many wrong things they had done.

If you die, you will die, but if Ganlong is killed by himself, how many people will lose their lives because of this, and how many people will be ruined because of Ganlong's death? Are these really the results you want to see?

One question after another appeared in Qin Chuan's mind, but the tragic deaths of a few people still lingered in his mind, and he never forgot it.

"There is a great deal of good and evil, and when the saints are still wrong, the wicked also have good deeds...... The good of a moment is not the good of a lifetime; Evil for a while, not evil for a lifetime......" Qin Chuan kept muttering in his mouth, and then seemed to have figured out something, the confusion in his eyes disappeared, and he said in a low voice: "At most, don't kill people, just make some trouble for them, this can't be wrong, I don't let Gan Long pay for his life, because I don't want more people to lose their lives because of this matter, but I also have to let me out of this evil breath." ”

Thinking through the key point, Qin Chuan naturally felt comfortable in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face, he stood up, walked out of the old man's yard, and kept walking along the path in the village.

The village is not big, there are only a few dozen households, there is a big open space in the village, several children are constantly running and chasing in the open space, and several women are sitting on the side and talking about the shortcomings of the family, the village is remote, and there is no farm work in winter. After several women saw Qin Chuan, they kept pointing at Qin Chuan and saying something.

When Qin Chuan walked in, several women pulled Qin Chuan closer, constantly praising him for his handsomeness, and even breaking his hands to count which girls in the village were not married, thinking that Qin Chuan would marry and give birth to cubs, and they would definitely look as handsome as Qin Chuan in the future. Hearing this, Qin Chuan was so frightened that he fled in the wilderness, and when he saw Qin Chuan's embarrassed appearance, the sound of several women laughing suddenly came from the clearing.

No, hurry up, otherwise you will have to give birth here for the rest of your life.

Back in the courtyard, the old man had already returned, Qin Chuan hurriedly explained to the old man what he meant to leave, the old man was very surprised, but when he learned the reason why Qin Chuan was leaving, he really laughed heartily.

"There are poor people in the ravines, and there are no handsome offspring, and the girls in the village are not willing to marry those half-cut people, so it is normal for those women to have these thoughts. Baby, don't you think about it? The old man smiled and quipped at Qin Chuan.

But Qin Chuan shook his head like a rattle, and refused to agree.

The old man asked Qin Chuan to wait outside for a while, turned around and entered the house, and after a while, he was carrying something wrapped in a long cloth in his hand, which seemed to be a sword, but it was slightly shorter than the crimson long sword on Qin Chuan's back.

"This sword was brought back from the battlefield by me, and I originally wanted to be a family heirloom, but I have no children or daughters, so I gave it to you." The old man handed the sword wrapped in a long cloth in front of Qin Chuan.

"Old man, how can this do you?" Qin Chuan shook his head and rejected the old man's kindness.

"Baby, you have to remember that you will go to the national disaster together. A sword is useless in the old man's hand, but in your hand you can kill a few more enemies and cut off a few more heads. Our Great Qin Kingdom will be able to die a few fewer men, and we will be able to have fewer orphans and widows. The old man said with a serious expression.

Although people are old, they can't lift a sword, and they can't kill the enemy, but the old man's heart has always been on the battlefield, fighting bravely for the Great Qin State.

Qin Chuan had no choice but to take the long sword, then tied the two swords together, carried them on his back, picked up the package and saluted solemnly to the old man: "Old man, the grace of giving the sword today cannot be repaid, and I will definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy in the future." ”

"The baby is good, if you don't want to leave that day, come back, half of the female babies in the village will let you marry alone." The old man waved his hand and said to Qin Chuan very arrogantly.

After listening to the old man's words, he was so frightened that he quickly turned around and left, for fear that the old man would change his mind and leave him behind. Seeing Qin Chuan's reaction, the old man laughed, his eyes were unconsciously a little moist, and he quickly stretched out his dry hand to wipe it, but said in his mouth: "Why is the winter wind so strong." ”

The old man's home is at one end of the village, and if you want to get out of the village, you have to go through the whole village. Qin Chuan walked quickly on the path, constantly spreading around, and after finding that no one was stopping him, he was also relieved in his heart. But when he walked to the entrance of the village, he found a group of women standing at the entrance of the village, as if waiting for him.

When Qin Chuan saw this situation, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still stepped forward head-on.

"Baby, it's not peaceful outside, I'll come back if I can't survive." The fat woman who treated Qin Chuan stood in front and said to Qin Chuan.

"Baby, why don't you look down on my daughter... Take this bread, and it will be the dowry of our family. A woman smiled and stuffed a piece of bread into Qin Chuan's hand.

"Take this egg, eat it hungry on the way..."

"This is your water bag, take it, my girl will fill it for you personally...."

"This is the straw sandals made by my daughter, holding ......"

One thing after another was stuffed into Qin Chuan's arms. Such a result was something he did not expect. Watching the women stuff things into their arms under the pretext of giving dowry gifts, Qin Chuan suddenly felt a little unable to move.

In the end, he walked to the entrance of the village, looking at the smiles on the faces of the women, Qin Chuan's heart seemed to be touched, standing at the entrance of the village, bowing to everyone, and said solemnly: "Aunts, I Qin Chuan must remember today's kindness." ”

"I'll just say that the baby is different from the people in the ravine, what I said is that if you have a level, you will definitely be worthy of my second child."

"Baby, when you come back, let the most handsome girl give birth to you."

"Baby, remember to come back alive...."

"Baby......

Qin Chuan walked a long way, until he could still hear the woman's special blessing, and only then did he feel the weight of those things in his arms.