Chapter 27: The Literate Beggar
Mo Xiaofei called Liao Dayong aside alone and began to teach, Liao Dayong is good at everything, but his temper is too gentle, and he is too honest, and he has been a servant for some days, not to mention being domineering and doing evil, at least he is also majestic and feared by everyone, but he still hasn't changed these honest and honest problems.
Yes, being honest is right, but then who is it right, being honest to friends is to be able to suffer losses and be able to pile up, and being honest to enemies is cruel to yourself, as the so-called horse is good to be ridden, and good is bullied.
"Brother Liao, if you want me to say something good about you, sometimes people have to be ruthless, such as what happened just now, why is the fat man Wang will just detain you, Tie Er, why don't you keep him."
Mo Xiaofei wanted to improve Liao Dayong's IQ through questions and answers.
Liao Dayong's IQ is worrying, scratching the back of his head with a serious thinking look, and replied in the end, "Brother Mo, I think this is intentional by Wang Youcai, he must have inquired, and he knows that our two brothers have a good relationship, so I want to kill the chicken ...... and kill me as an example!" ”
Liao Dayong was very full of his own answer, this deep meaning he had pondered, from beginning to end he had been thinking, why he didn't accept his own money before, and now he suddenly forced himself to cash in, and soon saw the clues from Wang Youcai and Mo Xiaofei's words and deeds, this matter is not aimed at himself.
Mo Xiaofei nodded, and when he was about to praise Liao Dayong for being smart, he suddenly recalled that it was wrong, he obviously didn't want to hear this answer, and was fooled to an insignificant point by Liao Dayong's honesty.
Mo Xiaofei patted Liao Dayong's waist and said in a serious tone, "Brother Liao, I know how to find trouble with Wang Youcai, in fact, I want to say, why Wang Youcai will find you, it is precisely because of your kind and kind temperament, people, you can't be too honest, do you know Lu Dao, take a little temper out, you dare to use a knife, do they dare to stop you, right?" ”
Because he was honest, he was chosen as the target by Wang Youcai, which is what Mo Xiaofei wanted to express.
However, Liao Dayong's character is innate, and he also knows that Lu Dao sometimes suffers, but there is no way, it is deeply rooted and not easy to change.
Liao Dayong said, "Brother Mo, isn't it good to be honest, I don't know what others think, but I think it's very easy, no need to intrigue, no need to have a conscience, so don't persuade me, I still want to be an honest person." ”
There is indeed nothing wrong with honest people, but it depends on who is right, Mo Xiaofei is determined to defeat the root of Liao Dayong's unwittiness today, Mo Xiaofei said, "Brother Liao, it's no problem to be honest with friends, and I don't feel anything if I suffer some losses, but if I am honest with bad people, then it won't be done, like today, you almost implicated me, you say, don't you treat me as a friend and brother." You know the way of me, for the sake of friends and brothers, I will definitely come out in your business, but what about you, do you feel that you have become a burden. ”
Mo Xiaofei looked at Liao Dayong seriously, and said these words not to tell him how angry he was, he was already annoyed and angry, but to let Liao Dayong understand that if he is not afraid of a god-like opponent, he is afraid of a pig-like friend, and if he doesn't work hard to improve his cleverness, it will only bring instability to the people around him.
Liao Dayong's guilt was written on his face, he was indeed very self-blaming, yes, Mo Xiaofei was right, it was because of his honesty that he almost hurt Mo Xiaofei, and today's matter seems to be over, but in fact, Wang Youcai hates Mo Xiaofei even more.
Liao Dayong rubbed his hands, his expression was extremely embarrassed, he lowered his head for a while, and a sentence came out, "Brother Mo, let's not get too close in the future, so that I won't be angry and I will burden you again, if Master Dian Shi thinks it is feasible, please go to the magistrate to ask for me to be replaced, and I will patrol the street in the future." ”
Mo Xiaofei had an expression of hatred after hearing this, why didn't he understand, no one around actually called himself a master of the history, Liao Dayong was too composed, and wanted to clear up the relationship?
Mo Xiaofei shouted, "Brother Liao, kindness and honesty are not directly connected, don't confuse being down-to-earth with honesty, I need a friend like you, I need you to work sincerely, and I also need your wit and bravery, so you have to change!" I command you, in your capacity as a historian, to collect three taels of silver from the beggar's den. ”
Beggars are the most inferior group of people, and the reason why they are inferior is that they are penniless, and even if a beggar picks up a few taels of silver one day, it will not be used up on the same day.
Liao Dayong shook his head, "Master Dianshi, is this difficult for some strong people." ”
Mo Xiaofei has never been so serious in front of Liao Dayong, and said sharply, "Yes, it is indeed difficult to be strong, I don't care what method you use, let them kill people and set fires, cheating, coercion and temptation, three taels of silver will have to be placed in front of me tomorrow, if you can't do it, we will no longer be brothers." ”
Mo Xiaofei pinpointed Liao Dayong's weakness, this person is too emotional, usually not stupid or stupid, not to provoke him, how can he give full play to his wit and flexibility.
"This ...... Dian Shi Adult...... Alas, what about people. ”
Mo Xiaofei only had one back left for Liao Dayong, this trick still worked very well, Liao Dayong beat his palms, and hurriedly began to think of a way, just for today's Mo Xiaofei's help, Liao Dayong can't break off the brotherhood with Mo Xiaofei.
On the second day, Tie Er got a temporary task - to monitor Liao Dayong's every move and report to Mo Xiaofei at night.
There is a place called the beggar's nest not far from Wuxian County, where almost all the beggars in the county are concentrated, not to mention there are hundreds of people, the earth is covered by the sky, here is an abandoned building in the county, only the wall began to be built, and even the roof beam was not erected, so the project was stopped.
After a long time, there was no movement here but it was remembered by the beggars in the vicinity, and slowly the beggars in the county gathered here, and I heard that the owner of this place tried to drive out the beggars to continue the construction, but several times failed to succeed, so this place became a veritable beggar's nest.
The beggars have built some tents here, which is also a good place to shelter from the wind and rain.
The number of beggars reaches their greatest number at night, and during the day all of them go out of the cave en masse, except for a few who are of higher status who remain in the beggars' dens to eat ready-made, excluding those who are sick.
Why don't beggars with disabilities or diseases stay in the nest, because all such beggars, they can win the sympathy of ordinary people, begging for money and getting twice the result with half the effort.
Liao Dayong went out of the city gate alone, and when he arrived at the beggar's den, he met such a person, but at first Liao Dayong didn't know it, because this person was sick, and there were two beggars by his side to take care of him.
In this forgiving place, Liao Dayong said with full anger, "Why just the three of you, I heard that you beggars took advantage of your illness to go outside and pretend to be pitiful, what's the matter, you don't go out to beg for food with such a good opportunity, it's really a chance to beg for food." ”
If this is said to others, people will definitely scold Liao Dayong for having the wrong brain, but the identity of these three people is a humble beggar, Liao Dayong's words are really hurtful, but they don't dare to have any resentment, and they don't even dare to be embarrassed by their expressions.
One of the beggars looked quite frightened, the medicine bowl in his hand was also shaking slightly, and one of the beggars hid ten feet away with a smoke.
The remaining beggar was relatively calm, took the medicine bowl and took it, wiped the torn and dirty sleeves hard, and said, "Official, although we beggars have no dignity, but we can't insult our personality too much, in your opinion, kneeling and begging for food is not dignified, but in our opinion, these have not touched the bottom line of our personality, but what you said just now is a bit excessive." ”
Liao Dayong spoke very straight, but he didn't have any bad intentions to raise his children, and when Mo Xiaofei and Liao Dayong met, they were not kicked several times.
Liao Dayong's face must be darkened today, so after listening to what this beggar said, his heart was a little angry, and the little beggar also wanted to save face, and also talked about personality, and his tone in front of him was not small.
Liao Dayong said, "Oh? If my words touch the bottom line of your personality, then I would like to ask, the beggars who are not sick pretend to be sick to ask for food, and the sick people even exaggerate their illness and ask for money, these are not your usual tricks. ”
The behavior of some beggars is very hateful, so Liao Dayong thinks about the bad in his heart, so that he can be ruthless today.
The sick beggar stood up with a wooden stick, his back was a little hunched, but his hands looked very white, "This official, don't generalize from a point, some beggars have such unscrupulous behavior, it doesn't mean that all beggars are like this." ”
Liao Dayong laughed, "Interesting, if beggars are so noble, then these beggars will starve to death first, Ha Luha, I hate some shameless and scoundrel beggars to the extreme, but I also know that they are also forced to survive in order to survive." ”
The eyes of the sick beggar are very focused, if he is not sick and painless at the moment, he is definitely a very temperamental person, his eyes stared straight at Liao Dayong, and said, "Actually, the official's heart is very soft, not an evil official who oppresses the people, I also use the meaning of the official, the official, to describe this Qing officialdom." ”
"The Qing Dynasty has unified the central country for more than 300 years, and the Manchurians have done unconscionable things to our Han people, and it has also brought a prosperous Spring and Autumn Period to our Han people. Now that Emperor Shangde has ascended the throne, he has not done a good thing for the benefit of the people in the past 12 years, the court is corrupt and incompetent, and officials of all sizes are mercenary and use power for personal gain, in such an environment, I dare not call the officialdom full of moths, and I do not take most of the points to generalize, I believe that there are still good officials in the court. ”
Liao Dayong looked at this beggar incredulously, where is he a begging for food, obviously he seems to be a well-organized cultural person, Liao Dayong can't be soft-hearted because of this person, and he can't listen to him anymore, this person is obviously a highly respected and well-worded person in the beggar group, or he will definitely go out to beg for food.
Liao Dayong waved his hand, "Don't tell me any big truth, the county government has an order to pay the cleaning fee of three taels of silver on the same day, so that you can stay overnight, and you will collect it every month in the future, if you can't pay it, all the beggars who come here tomorrow will be arrested!" ”
"We are all slow homeless and penniless people, if you county government really want to do this, don't find us a shelter, hundreds of people will all go to sleep at the door of the county government, don't scare us, just how many people your county jail can hold, besides, stable prison food is much easier than begging."
Not at all afraid, the beggar stared at each other, his shabby clothes fluttering in the wind, and there was a pair of determined eyes in his infinitely depraved image.