After teasing everyone, Lin drank the tea in the cup in one gulp. Then he took the cup in his hand, held it up before the crowd, and asked, "What is this?" Can anyone answer me? ”

Even though it was an obviously stupid question, the children raised their hands enthusiastically and replied, "That's a mug." "It's a cup." "It's a big teacup." ……

The thickness of the walls and the design of the ears that can be held in the cup are exactly the kind of cups that Lin saw everywhere before he crossed over—mugs. Because of the low cost of making it, which is also made of clay, and because it is not hot for hot drinks, and it can be industrialized, so the price is low, and it was very popular when it was launched.

Many of the answers are not problematic to refer to what is in someone's hands. However, Lin vetoed it, and at the same time threw the cup on the ground, breaking it into pieces, and said, "No, it's not a cup, it's just a piece of ground." ”

Looking at the stunned crowd, Lin showed a smug expression, and then pointed to the debris on the ground and asked, "What is this?" Is there anyone who can answer? ”

This time it wasn't as enthusiastic as before. There were only a few children who were not very confident, and cautiously said, "Is this a fragment?" "Pieces of a teacup?" ……

"No!" With another sonorous veto, Lin cast a spell and crushed the debris on the ground into ash, saying, "It's just a piece of dust, and there are no shards." ”

Instead of competing with the other children to show themselves, Ezio said, "Sir, we will never be able to answer the correct answer according to your approach. ”

"Hey, that's good. You don't understand the meaning of my first sentence. Lin praised.

"Nothing...... Is it true? ”

"What is true in your eyes?" Lin asked, scanning everyone's expressions. He continued: "In my mind, the so-called 'truth' should be something that is eternal and unchanging. No matter what time or perspective you stand on, it will always remain the same. But is there such a thing in this world? The reason why a cup is a cup is because we shape it like this and give it a function, so that it can be called a cup. But whether it destroys its form or abandons its function, the cup may no longer be called a cup at any time. ”

Whether they understood or not, adults or children, they all looked at the remains of the cup that had been dusted by magic on the ground, and thought about it. Lin continued:

"What's not like that around you? Let's not talk about these physical things, let's talk about our relationship. I will provide you with food and lodging in exchange for ten years of your service to me in the future. This is something that was agreed upon when you were sheltered by me. But will this never change? Maybe one day I wake up and my toes touch the bedside, my hair is split, my breath is choking, and in short, I am in a bad mood. Maybe I'll just decide, I don't want what you can do in the future, so I will reverse the previous agreement and drive you all back to the streets. Do you have what it takes to stop or change this? Maybe there is, maybe not. ”

There was the timid child, and even though he heard the words not carry much seriousness, one of them asked, "My lord, are you going to abandon us?" There are a lot of things I can do, and if 10 years is not enough, I am willing to extend it for a longer time. ”

"You're thinking too much, kid. I'm just talking about one possibility. But that's the second half of what I want to say – you can do anything. The cup is in my hand, and I can choose to hold it so that it can play the role of the cup. It can also be dropped to the ground, so that the cup is no longer a cup. I will take you in, and in the future, I may send you to do things to send you to death, or I may not care about you at all, and let you live like this; Of course, I can get rid of you now, but I won't have anyone to use in the future. There's nothing that limits what I can't do, at best, after I make a choice, things will turn out differently. This result can be good or bad. But when it comes to making choices, I'm free and there are no restrictions. You are the same, and no one can take away this freedom. ”

"But we are limited by you, we can't do this, we can't do that. Isn't that so. Ezio said dissatisfied.

"No, that's not a limitation. It's just that you have the right to choose freely, and of course I have the same power. When you make a decision, I will make a corresponding choice for your decision. If it is something that makes me unpleasant, of course I will make you as unpleasant as I am; If things don't concern me, I'm not nosy. All this is not who restricts whom. It is anyone's free choice, which will affect the choices of others and cause different consequences. Whether or not you are willing to swallow such a consequence is what restricts the choice. ”

Lin finished explaining once, but looking at the children's still blank expressions, he thought about it and could only continue: "It's like playing chess, I made a move, hoping to eat one of my opponent's pieces. But the other party will definitely have the corresponding means, and not let me capture the chess pieces. It is impossible to expect that my opponent is an idiot, and let me push forward step by step, eating son after son. Therefore, the phrase 'all actions are acceptable' not only illustrates the freedom you have, but also includes the freedom of others to choose. And things are not exactly what I imagined, because 'nothing is true'. ”

"What about kindness, sir." The child's head, Luo Wen, raised his hand and asked, "Isn't kindness true?" ”

"When you see an eagle hunting a rabbit and you save the rabbit, do you think that's kindness?" Lin asked rhetorically.

"yes, of course. Isn't it good that we saved the rabbit's life? ”

But the eagle has no rabbits to eat, so it starves to death. You showed your so-called kindness, saving a rabbit and killing the eagle at the same time. Is this still kind? Or is it that the eagle should die and the rabbit should be saved? ”

After thinking about it, Rowan said, "While saving the rabbit, we can feed the eagle with additional meat." Didn't that save two lives? ”

"Where does the meat come from? Which animal did you kill and feed the eagle with its meat? Lin continued to ask rhetorically.

Now I can ask Rowan down. However, looking at the other children, a few of them showed sly eyes, and it was estimated that some crooked reasoning would emerge. Lin didn't intend to mess with them, and said straightforwardly: "There is no goodness without a price, and there is no evil without reason. What I am telling you is beyond good and evil, and what is the most important thing that distinguishes man from beasts is thinking. Because nothing is true, all actions are acceptable, so you need to live with caution and fear. Every choice you make should be made as if you were walking on thin ice. Because every action you do will be transformed into results and fed back to yourself. The difference is, is that what you want? If not, how do you change? ”