Half an hour later, Guo Kang left the mansion with a group of people.

There are still a lot of valuable things to take with you here. Many civilians asked him if he could give him more time to bring his things. Even the recruits felt a little pity.

But Guo Kang said that he had to leave immediately.

"If you want to stay here and get something, I won't care. But if you want to take revenge on me, don't bother with the property here. He said sharply to the crowd: "I know this is a loss for you, but you can only choose between fighter planes and money." And I just need to be a far-sighted warrior who knows how to weigh the weight. ”

In the end, the recruits stayed. And most of the other civilians were willing to go with him. Others, although they felt embarrassed and even dodged, decided to stay.

Guo Kang didn't make it difficult for them. He told the people to take away all the gunpowder and firearms that they had collected. The rest of the belongings were left to them as a thank you for coming to cheer them on.

After everyone had gathered and dispersed, the procession was led by the guides and headed straight to Alexander's house.

This time, the destination is far away, located in the "Golden District", that is, the rich and aristocratic areas in the western part of the city. But everyone is in the mood, and it doesn't feel far away.

However, upon reaching the main road in the middle of the city, several censors and guards hesitated.

"Childe, cross this road, it's another area." One of them said to Guo Kang: "Do you want everyone to stop, let's just go over?" ”

"Huh?" Guo Kang didn't know what it meant: "Why? ”

"The things in the slums are generally not taken care of by the higher-ups. But when you get there, someone will notice. Another said, "The people who live there are big men, and if they are frightened, I am afraid that there will be a series of troubles." ”

"It's just a road, not the Rubicon." Guo Kang smiled: "I'm afraid of what they are doing." ”

As he spoke, he took the flag from a big recruit next to him, strode onto the road, and waved the flag back: "Follow me!" ”

When everyone saw this, they no longer worried about anything, and they followed.

Guo Ponu quickly chased after him and ran to Guo Kang's side.

"Did you really not think about it, or did you deliberately want to make a big fuss?" She asked, lowering her voice.

"If you don't make a big fuss, you can't do anything." Guo Kang said bluntly: "Didn't you find that this kind of opportunity is rare? ”

"You think it's a big deal, but in fact, compared to the trouble we have to solve, this time it's very small." Guo Kang said: "Although what I did was violent, it was really within the rules when I checked it." ”

"The establishment of this brigade was applied for by the Queen Mother and General Cao, and was approved by the Khan of the Swing Sai and sent down by the Ministry of War. According to the requirements of the document, the target group of conscription is the Rus' people, and the Cao family did it first. You see, I'm here to call on people to join the army, and it's actually in full compliance with the regulations. ”

"Can anyone still accuse me? Accusing the conscription of going too well? He turned around and pointed to the back: "I want to make everyone join the army so enthusiastically, I still want to make a merit." ”

"The papers came down yesterday, right?" Guo Ponu thought about it.

"That's right. So, with the establishment, these people are not mobs, but regular troops that I have conscripted, and reservists who are ready to join the army. Guo Kang continued, as if he had been prepared for a long time: "Our army itself does not have the right to enforce the law in Dadu, but today, didn't my father give me the battle commander order flag?" You see, that's not it. ”

"We first investigated the problem of violating military discipline, and then exposed the possibility of cults and rebellions. Therefore, in the name of the commander's envoy, I urgently mobilized the recruits in the brigade, and even feared that there would be a shortage of manpower, and successfully called on those who were preparing to join the army to help. That's why I should ask for credit. ”

Guo Ponu hesitated, feeling that what he said did make sense.

"But you also have to think about it, these people don't follow the rules." She still reminded: "They will use their strength outside the rules to put pressure on us." If they make trouble together, my father will probably be in trouble. What do you think should be done? ”

"That's right. Aren't I doing it now? Guo Kang leaned over and whispered.

"Huh?" Guo Ponu didn't react this time.

"Let's give them their strength outside the rules first, ......" He put his fingers together and waved his palm.

"How did King Wu of Zhou deal with Yin Shang back then? Not a direct attack, but a constant takeout of his minions. We're doing the same thing now. The more minions we eliminate now, the more leaders we execute, and the more evidence we collect, the more favorable the strategic situation will be. ”

"So, come on, sister." He patted Guo Ponu: "We are not only going to use violent means now, but also the more intense the better-the more enemies we kill now, the less trouble will be on Dad's side." ”

"We have a fundamental conflict of interest with these people, and it is simply unrealistic to expect direct compromise between the two sides. Even if you want to be decent in the end, you must first beat them up and beat them before there is a need for dialogue. Guo Kang said firmly: "Don't worry, if we do well enough, the enemy will not only not fight, but will have to beg for mercy directly." ”

"In that case...... Indeed, there will be people who will swallow their anger and admit it because they have no confidence. But there will definitely be people who jump off the wall in a hurry, because of the huge loss so angry that they lose their minds. Guo Ponu reminded: "What if they have to work hard? ”

"Wouldn't that be better?" Guo Kang's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance: "People who can shelter this kind of cult are holding civilization back, of course, the less the better." I'm afraid they won't come out. ”

"Besides, if someone can take the initiative to break the rules, wouldn't it be more reasonable for us to do it within the rules?"

"Uh......" Guo Ponu was speechless for a while.

"And if someone is going to jump over the wall, then we have to knock out all the teeth in the dog's mouth first." Guo Kang shrugged.

"But, don't worry, I said Sima Yi or something just now, I set the tone high first, so as to facilitate follow-up processing." He looked at Guo Ponu and comforted again: "How can these people have Sima Yi's ability? It's just a bunch of silverfish in the court. They did not dare to rebel. ”

"Okay......" Guo Ponu looked at the two crosses in the team, surrounded by everyone: "No wonder, you are imitating King Wu of Zhou......"

"Huh?" Guo Kang didn't react.

"I remember saying that when King Wu of Zhou conquered Chaoge, he hung the head of King Zhou under the big white flag and the heads of his two wives and concubines under the red flag." Guo Ponu pointed to the head of the god hanging on the cross made of spears; He pointed to the heads of Sergei and his mistress hanging on the cross tied with bamboo poles next to him, and commented.

"You can still remember the stories in the classics." Guo Kang was surprised.

Guo Ponu gave him a blank look: "I said it all, I just don't like to read very much, and I'm not a fool......"

"No, no, nothing. I didn't think of this allusion myself. I'm just trying to make it convenient,......" Guo Kang had to explain: "But it doesn't matter, anyway, there will be more in the future." How could there only be these three? ”

Seeing that he had obviously made a full plan, Guo Ponu nodded and said nothing more.

However, after walking in silence for a while, she couldn't help but open her mouth and asked, "Can you tell me?" Are you really not scared, or do you just not care? ”

"What's the problem?" Guo Kang said with a smile.

"I used to think you were stuffy, and you didn't have enough contact with everyone. Looks like a timid introvert. Guo Ponu hesitated, but decided to tell the truth: "But today I found out that you are actually very bold, even too big." ”

"If a husband wants to achieve a career, he can't be cowardly and cowering, this is what you told me." Guo Kang asked rhetorically: "Isn't it good to pluck up courage?" ”

"But your performance doesn't look like you're really brave, it's more like it doesn't matter at all." Guo Ponu pointed out directly: "Originally, I seemed timid because I didn't care about everything around me and didn't want to get into trouble." Now he seems bold, also because he doesn't care about everything, not even his own life. ”

"Now that I think about it, you've always given me a ...... Feelings of detachment. It's not even just alienated from me, it's alienated from the world. She said, "When I was a kid, I was angry about it, and I thought you were too ignorant. But now that I think about it, it's also my fault. ”

"I don't know what you think, but I, and my parents, have always cared about you." She grabbed Guo Kang's hand and looked at him sincerely: "I didn't want you to play with those things at the time, it's not that I can't accept your hobbies, it's that I think they are very ...... Uncanny. ”

"Weird?" Guo Kang was a little surprised.

Before Guo Ponu, he had always been unhappy with Guo Kang's behavior of going to the church and tinkering with all kinds of things. Guo Kang only felt that it was simply that she didn't like that she didn't do her job, but she didn't expect there to be such a show.

"Ah, that word might be a bit heavy." Guo Ponu added: "To be more precise, it's a bit of a disobedience. I feel that those things don't belong to us - even yourself, they give me this impression. ”

Guo Kang thought to himself, she is quite sharp.

"No wonder you don't want me to do those studies." He probably understood Guo Ponu's mentality: "How many other people, Theodora and Shi Huizhen? That's the way it is? ”

"Theodora certainly not." Guo Ponu directly denied: "I guess she's just jealous, and I don't want you to focus on those things, not on her - unless you explicitly say it's for her." ”

"Don't look at this woman pretending to be honest and pure, her possessiveness and desire for power are actually very strong. Like her distant ancestors on both sides of her parents, she was a robber and a pirate. Guo Ponu blamed mercilessly, and finally persuaded: "It's better to stay away from her if it's okay." Boys should also protect themselves. ”

"Uh......" Guo Kang felt that she was saying this a little too much. But Guo Ponu looked a little excited, and he didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only forcibly divert the topic: "What about Shi Huizhen, she often comes to toss my things, what kind of psychology is this?" ”

"She? What kind of psychology does she have? It's just a simple hand. Guo Ponu said without thinking.

"......" Guo Kang was really silent this time.

"You tell me the truth." Guo Ponu lowered his voice again: "I see that you don't even feel jealous of this evil god. Even if others knew that this was a false god, they would be a little jealous. I am afraid that the only people who can do this to your level are fanatical believers who are extremely firm in their faith in the Father. That's why you cut down the idol directly, and everyone will be shocked. ”

"This ...... I'm really not that superstitious. Guo Kang thought for a while and explained: "Compared to the people here, I am more like the people of the Central Plains." ”

"It's not a matter of superstition. Those who are not superstitious will also believe in others. Even the orthodox Central Plains people are like this - it's not that I haven't seen them. Guo Ponu didn't believe it, and shook his head: "You may not have noticed it yourself, and those other friends and acquaintances probably haven't noticed it." But we are too familiar with each other, and I can still see the clues of this kind of thing. ”

"I'm more ...... Well, some of the ideas are more akin to that kind of atheistic heresy. Guo Kang had no choice but to continue to give in and admitted: "In short, it's not a strange thing, right? ”

"Atheism is also a belief." Guo Ponu ruthlessly rejected his explanation: "It's not a question of which faith you have, it's that any faith is too indifferent." ”

"What do you think of it?" Guo Kang didn't know what to say.

"It is impossible for one to believe nothing. If you don't believe anything, it means that you believe ......" Guo Ponu knocked on his breastplate: "Yourself." ”

"Huh?" Guo Kang really didn't think about this.

"Do you think of yourself as a god?" Guo Ponu asked bluntly.

"You regard yourself as a god, so you are not afraid of other evil gods at all, and the fear of the Father is only superficial and ceremonial." She said: "You think you're here to fix it, so there's no euphemism at all; I also feel that I am destined to succeed, so I am full of confidence. I think that makes sense. ”

"Sometimes I wonder if you're a goblin." Guo Ponu stretched out his hand, successfully bypassed the helmet ear protection this time, pinched Guo Kang's exposed face, and dragged it a few times: "Seriously, this kind of alienation with a bit of superiority doesn't look like a normal person anymore." How the hell did Daddy pick you up? ”

"This, that's too exaggerated......" Guo Kang muttered as he broke free.

But if you think about it carefully, Guo Ponu's questions did ask the key point.

Whether Guo Kang believes in God or not, he himself doesn't know.

Believe it, he doesn't take it very seriously; But let's not believe it...... Truth be told, the crossing has all happened, what else can not be acceptable? If there is a white-bearded old man who comes one day and claims to be Heavenly Father Huohua, he will not be too surprised......

"I think it doesn't matter if there is a god or not, and what God is like." He thought for a moment and said truthfully: "What exactly God is and what his intentions are, the church has been arguing for thousands of years, but it is not very clear, and the gap in understanding between different religions and sects is even greater. ”

But what we do know for sure is that God has not intervened in so many things that have happened since time immemorial. Doesn't that mean that God doesn't have the will to interfere with it whether it is a natural law or something else, whether it is simply a natural law or something. ”

"Confucius said that when dealing with ghosts and gods, we should respect and then stay away. Because these ghosts and gods don't really have any effect. And if Xunzi thinks about it, then instead of worshipping God and thinking of Him, it is better to treat Him as an object and an animal, so as to control Him. Instead of obeying Heaven and singing His praises, it is better to grasp His laws and use Him. For example, he said, "I think he's a lot more proud than I am." ”

"So I think you still look down on the people of the Central Plains - even if there is really a god, the first thing the Confucians think about must be how to arrest this god, control it, and let the god follow the will and orders of people and use it for people." He concluded: "Everyone has faith, and it is true; Many people believe in external things, and it is also true. But just now these are the beliefs of the most orthodox Central Plains scholars. ”

Guo Ponu was silent for a while and nodded.

"As for me, what I believe in is probably human civilization." Guo Kang raised his head and looked at the distant place: "Since I have come here, whether it is because of some natural law or the will of the gods, I will definitely do something." And now that I've made up my mind, I'm going to do my best, because that's what I'm all about. ”

"Then you can rest assured." Guo Ponu also nodded: "We don't know our own world, whether it is Zhuang Zhou's world or the butterfly's world, but in the world, all this is real and meaningful." ”

"I have been angry with you, and I have respected you; I have fought with you, and I have helped you kill the enemy; I've experienced joy and regret in these relationships. But I think it's all worth it. She grabbed Guo Kang's hand, frowned, and said in one breath.

"That's all I have. It doesn't matter where you're from, who you are, or what you're going to do, I just want you to spend more time with me. So, even if you don't care about your safety and your life, you have to protect yourself. Please, do it for me? ”

"Don't worry, I'm not stupid." Guo Kang comforted.

"Hey." Guo Ponu shook his head: "You have been stupid several times." Remember, when you need to charge into battle, you don't have to be strong. What does Dad want you to take over as the commander in the future, what do you think the commander should pay attention to? ”

"Uh......" Guo Kang really didn't think about this question, so he replied casually: "Don't treat yourself indiscriminately if you are injured?" ”

"What's the matter...... Guo Ponu said speechlessly: "You are the commander, don't rush around." Got it? ”

"Okay, okay." Guo Kang could only hurry down.

Thanks to his gags, Guo Ponu's inexplicable sad atmosphere just now has dissipated a lot. However, she still grabbed Guo Kang's hand, as if she was afraid that he would run away, and refused to let go. Guo Kang had no choice but to let her continue to march like this.

(End of chapter)