Chapter 38: Master and Apprentice
Early the next morning, Temujin led 5,000 Mongol soldiers to escort the two Jin princes on their way north to the camp of Wang Han, the chief of the steppe tribes.
After seven days of continuous marching, when the army was about to reach the garrison of Wang Han, 30,000 barbarians attacked, during which Temujin was very powerful, and easily defeated 30,000 with 5,000.
Compared with the strength of the 5,000 Mongol soldiers, the performance of the 10,000 gold soldiers was really unsatisfactory, the Jurchens had superior conditions in the Central Plains, and lived comfortably, how could they dare to really fight to the death, so before they took the battle, the formation was scattered, and the faces of the soldiers were full of fear.
On the evening of that day, Wang Han held a feast in the tent, feasted the Wanyan brothers, accompanied by many Mongolian generals, and burned hundreds of fires outside the tent, the light was as bright as day, and the rest of the people gathered to drink in the firelight.
In the remote place where the bonfire can't shine, a group of sheep bleated endlessly, the sound was very poignant, and the two figures next to the flock, one big and one small, were drawn in the moonlight, which were Wang Churen and Xiao Guo Jing.
"Master, if I beat the little sheep like this, is it very painful for them, Torian replied that he laughed at me today, saying that it was a coward who bullied the sheep." A forty or fifty-pound lamb was slapped two steps away by Xiao Guo Jing's palm, let out a scream, and trembled into the flock, in order to avoid this vicious child.
"Don't listen to that kid's nonsense, he is envious of you, does he also learn your posture to beat sheep, is he not as far away as you!" Wang Churen said in a very affirmative tone.
"Master, how do you know, did you see it in the afternoon?" Xiao Guo Jing was very curious about how Wang Churen knew, and saw that he just shook his head and didn't say anything, and continued: "An replied that he couldn't bear to beat the little sheep, and the sheep would not resist, and he wanted to kill the fierce beasts and defeat the enemy's warriors like Temujin Khan." ”
"Did he ask you why you hit the lamb, who told you to beat the lamb, how you beat the lamb, did you tell him?" Wang Churen asked.
"An replied to his questions, Master, you said, don't let me tell anyone that you taught me kung fu, I told An A, I have to beat the lamb every day to practice strength, do this posture and slowly practice the strength can beat the lamb." Guo Jing replied.
As soon as the truth was omitted, Wang Churen found that Xiao Guo Jing's palm was getting smaller and smaller, and he was quite resistant to beating the little sheep who screamed in pain, and he didn't know whether he could bear it or worry about the coward's psychology, so he said: "Good apprentice, you see, although the sheep were beaten by you very painfully, they still don't forget to eat grass, and eating grass and living is the most important thing for them, don't you say?" ”
Xiao Guo Jing looked at the little sheep next to him who was trembling in pain, but he was bowing his head and grazing with relish, and nodded.
"So is it cruel to beat it, or is it cruel to not let it eat grass and kill it?" Wang Churen asked.
"Kill it and don't let it eat grass." Guo Jing replied.
"It's wrong, it's cruel to hit it and kill it!" Seeing that Xiao Guo Jing was confused, Wang Churen explained: "Whoever wants to beat you every day, don't give you food, or kill you, are you willing, do you think that the person who killed you is cruel, and the person who abuses you is not cruel!" ”
Xiao Guo Jing shook his head again and again, only to feel that it was very wrong for him to fight sheep in the past few days, and he no longer made his palms.
"Since the sheep is not happy, you are not happy, will others be happy, in fact, as long as it causes harm to people, it is as cruel as it hurts, some people say that killing is more cruel than beating, this is the sophistry of those cruel people." Wang Churen looked at him thoughtfully, his face was remorseful, he was not pure and unbearable before, most of them were afraid of being a coward, and he said: "Those who are willing to beat people and kill people are not heroes, no matter whether the opponent is as weak as a sheep or as fierce as a tiger!" ”
"Master, what is a hero?" Xiao Guo Jing was stunned for a moment, and then asked with bright eyes.
"A person who doesn't want to hit people and doesn't want to kill people, but has to go against himself in order to protect something in his heart, to beat people and kill people, such a person is a hero, when this kind of thing is needed by many people and he doesn't actually need it, or when many people get something and he loses everything, such a hero is a big hero." Speaking of this, Wang Churen sighed slightly.
How could Xiao Guo Jing, the central contradiction, understand, he understood the most simple meaning, and asked: "Master, isn't it very painful to be a hero, to do what you don't want to do?" ”
Wang Churen secretly said in his heart: "How can it be easy to be a hero, how can the people with simple and realistic thoughts willingly agree that happy and chic people are heroes, the more painful and tragic the more valuable the hero's name is." ”
Of course, this is not easy to say, Wang Churen asked: "If it will be painful to be a hero, do you still want to be a hero when you grow up?" ”
"Well, Master, I'm going to be a hero!" Xiao Guo Jing nodded persistently.
At this point, Wang Churen said his original intention: "Sheep are weaker than beasts, but killing all animals and killing people is cruel to heroes for you, if you want not to be cruel at all, then you can only do nothing, but you want to be a hero, so you have made a choice now, whether to kill sheep or kill people, then it is not cruel for cruelty." ”
Seeing that Xiao Guo Jing didn't understand this sentence, Wang Churen said simply: "That is to say, you don't go to fight sheep because you like to fight sheep, you go to fight sheep because you don't want to hurt people, your purpose of fighting sheep is to practice your skills, and then like the great hero Grandpa Yue, protect many things and protect many people, although it is not a heroic act now, but when you grow up, your kung fu is strong, and you help more people, don't hurt innocent people, that's what heroes do, how can it be a coward." ”
Afraid that there would be a legacy of Xiao Guo Jing's ideological pressure, Wang Churen walked to a little sheep, slapped it with one palm, and the little sheep flew a few feet away, and there was not a single call, still calmly bowing his head and grazing.
Then he turned his head to Xiao Guo Jing and said: "You hurt the lamb, because you haven't practiced kung fu yet, when you practice, you can't beat the sheep like me, you don't want to practice with the lamb in the future, do you don't want to be a hero, or do you want to fight and practice with people like those Mongolian children!" ”
After a mouthful of words, Xiao Guo Jing understood the seven-seven-eighty-eight, and no longer felt that it was a very shameful and cruel thing to abuse the lamb, and continued to wave his palms to practice "Kanglong has regrets", and the screams of "baa" continued.
After practicing for nearly half an hour, Wang Churen only heard a "boom", and the soldiers and generals who gathered outside the tent to drink and carnival were suddenly quiet, and turned their heads to see that countless soldiers were standing one after another, among which a large group of soldiers in the west were already standing neatly and solemnly, and a burst of cheers sounded from time to time.
"I don't know what happened? Didn't you drink and make trouble and have a conflict? Wang Churen's mind turned, and he told Xiao Guo Jing not to practice anymore tonight, and walked straight to the big tent.
In the firelight, Temujin was holding an iron helmet in one hand and a wine jug in the other, and was pouring the wine in the jug into the iron helmet.
The black-robed general's face was full of excitement, he knelt down on one knee, took the iron helmet handed by Temujin, raised his head and drank it in a few sips, and whispered a word, Temujin took the iron helmet with a smile and put it on his head.
The turning Wang Churen wanted to gag when he saw this scene, stinky sweat, dandruff, iron filings, hair, bloodstains, turbid wine, the mixture of these things kept hovering in his brain, maybe there were lice, how the man could get his mouth, he didn't understand, and the Mongolian generals around him cheered loudly, as if they were very remarkable.
Seeing that Temujin had such a means to win people's hearts, Wanyan Honglie's worries were even worse, and he felt more and more that Temujin was in great trouble in the north of Dajin, and he didn't even notice that Wang Churen came to his side.
The people around were chattering and didn't know what they were talking about, and Wang Churen asked Wanyan Honglie, who was staring in a daze, "What's going on here?" ”
Wanyan Honglie woke up when he heard the sound, turned his head and saw that it was Wang Churen, who was difficult to see, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Mr. Unknown, Xiao Wang originally wanted to invite Mr. to go to the banquet together, but I heard that Mr. was repairing, so he didn't dare to disturb, so he let people choose a few dishes to send them, and Mr. was satisfied with what he ate!" ”
"What's going on here, why doesn't the prince think about it?" Wang Churen didn't like to participate in the inexplicable feast, and he had been with Guo Jing for more than a few days, so it was strange that he could meet him, so he didn't want to be polite to Yan Honglie, and asked directly.
Yan Honglie has a deep understanding of Wang Churen's temperament and preferences, and he only behaves as a master, and is not annoyed, and replied softly in Chinese: "Wang Han praised Temujin and his subordinates for their bravery, and his son Sang Kun was angry and humiliated the black-robed general Jebe, so there was a good show of the iron helmet just now!" ”
Glancing at Wang Churen, seeing that he disagreed with the Mongols, seeing that all the Mongolian magnates were swept away, there was a hidden disdain in his eyes, and his words were even lighter: "I see that Temu is really a man, treacherous, and his subordinates are all warlike, brave as a tiger, not the blessing of my Dajin North, so I am slightly worried in my heart, but I am Dajin, the army is strong, the male army is million, and there is a master like Mr. Unknown to help, as long as Mr. helps a little, the little Mongolia is just a disease of ringworm!" ”
Wang Churen sighed in his heart, although this Zhao Wang Wanyan Honglie has the means and vision, but he does not have a large amount of tools, he is a person who is afraid of illness and avoids medical treatment, lacks rigidity and spirit, and it is difficult to become a promising king in troubled times.
If he just bluntly said that the border of the Jin Kingdom was bad to win his trust, and then tempted himself with a sky-high price that he could not refuse, and let himself assassinate an important Mongolian person, he really wanted to try it, this method is an effective solution, and the ancient kings invited each other with affection, and became the story of killing Qingji and Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, but now he is talking lightly, and he wants to use the power trick to solve the problem by turning big things into small ones, but it is just an empty dream.
Just waiting for Wang Churen to answer, Wanyan Honglie planned to lure him into assassination at the cost of bearing the weight of gold, but he didn't know that he didn't answer when he heard it, and he was silent, but Wanyan Honglie didn't know whether to open his mouth for a while, and how to say it.
After a while, I suddenly heard the roar of a fierce beast, and two big leopards with colorful brocade hair came out from behind the tent, and the two pairs of leopard eyes in the dark light were like four small lamps with clear oil, slowly moving closer, and many people in the field who did not know the situation were suddenly startled by the evil beast.