There was a hero, named Meng Chao, who also came to join Zhou Hai.

Meng Chao is a native of Hezhou, not tall, with very small eyes, but very large nostrils and broad lips. Those eyes were small, but they were bright. It can be seen that he is shrewd and strong, and he is not cunning. When he saw injustice, he was chivalrous and courageous, drew his sword to help him, and supported justice.

He likes to travel, does not like to be restrained, and often travels everywhere.

Therefore, it can be called a hero who wanders around.

Speaking of Meng Chao's past experience. Meng Chao was hunted down by the government, and at that time, Zhou Xian was in Yunzhou, and he hid Meng Chao twice to avoid the catastrophe. Therefore, Meng Chao has always been grateful to Zhou Xian.

Previously, Meng Chao was not a hero; Later, after Zhou Xian's teaching, he slowly became a hero.

When Meng Chao was young, he had a short temperament, a ruthless heart, and vicious methods. For the life of upright, often righteous and angry. Be sincere to your friends, not false.

I would rather suffer for myself than for others to suffer. As long as he approves, is worthy of contact, and is worthy of his legal eye, no matter how good or bad, strong or weak, reasonable or unreasonable, once there is a difficulty, he will stick a knife in both sides and be willing to help.

For the sake of friends, he robbed property, minted coins privately, and dug graves...... He did almost everything he did against the law.

However, Meng Chao committed repeated crimes, carried several lives on his back, was wanted by the government, and became a hiding outlaw. The first few times, it was lucky. When hunted down, either get away with it or catch the amnesty and be safe.

Later, this time in Yunzhou, he was not so lucky, and he was finally arrested and caught.

When Zhou Xian heard this, he bribed the officials and acted as a guarantor to release Meng Chao from prison on bail.

Meng Chao was grateful and said, "You and I don't know each other, why did you spend money to save me?" ”

Zhou Xian said: "I know that you are a good person, in general, not bad in nature, worthy of the title of hero." So I'm going to save you. ”

Meng Chao said: "However, I have done a lot of bad things. ”

Zhou Xian said: "I know this. So I want to tell you that there is nothing wrong with helping others. However, ......" said that, he glanced up at Meng Chao.

Meng Chao waited for Zhou Xian and continued to speak, silent.

Zhou Xian affirmed first and then denied. After a pause, he changed the conversation and said, "However, whether it is good or bad, reasonable or unreasonable, anyone will help." That's not right. ”

Suddenly, Meng Chao's face was ashamed.

Zhou Xian said: "In the future, we must distinguish between good and bad, and distinguish between right and wrong." If you want to come forward to help, you must help the righteous, not the evil. Even relatives and friends who have evil and violent intentions and do things that should not be done cannot be helped. ”

When Meng Chao heard this, he lowered his head and said, "I will definitely correct it in the future." ”

Since then, Meng Chao has changed his original practice and strictly restrained himself.

Before you help, ask right and wrong. If it is righteous, it is worth helping, not blindly following it as in the past.

Some people don't understand and are often angry with him. But he doesn't care, he repays grievances with virtue, gives kindness to others, and never tries to reciprocate. saved other people's lives, and didn't show off.

Zhou Xian wanted to leave Meng Chao behind and help do something, but Meng Chao was used to running and didn't want to stay in one place.

So he said goodbye to Zhou Xian and traveled all over the world.

Zhou Xian didn't force him to stay, let him go, and said: "If there is any difficulty in the future, just come." ”

Meng Chao nodded and said goodbye with tears.

Helping justice is the only way to promote righteousness; Helping the evil is called aiding and abetting. Meng Chao always kept in mind Zhou Xian's teachings. Later, even if his nephew was killed because he was domineering for no reason, Meng Chao did not help.

Meng Chao's nephew, called Deng Ge, is unlearned and has a perverse and violent personality. Relying on his uncle, under the banner, he was rampant and domineering, and he did mischief.

One day, Deng Ge was depressed and asked Chen Man to drink. Chen Man and Deng Ge grew up together, they were childhood friends with each other, and they became friends when they grew up.

Chen Man is uncomfortable this day, he doesn't want to come out, and he doesn't want to drink. Deng Ge insisted on forcing Chen Man, he had to come out to drink.

If Chen Man didn't come out, Deng Ge would go to Chen Man's house to make trouble. Chen Man was forced to be helpless, so he had to come out and drink with Deng Ge.

In the tavern, they ordered a few snacks, bought a pot of wine, and poured a full glass for the two of them.

At the wine table, Deng Ge asked Chen Man to raise a glass and drink together. Deng Ge drank it all in one gulp.

Chen Man slowly swallowed the wine glass, only took a small sip, and perfunctory.

Seeing this, Deng Ge felt that Chen Man was not bold and uninteresting, and looked down on people, so he asked to finish the wine in the cup.

Chen Man is also a scoundrel, not such a character to mess with, where can he stand such coercion? Say, "I don't drink, I just don't drink." See what you can do to me? ”

When Deng Ge heard this, he was furious and said, "Drink it quickly." If you don't finish drinking, see how I clean you up? ”

Chen Man was also angry, pointed at Deng Ge and said: "You fuck, there is a seed, you will come, Lao Tzu will not kill you, I will have your surname Deng!" ”

Deng Ge sneered and said, "You dare to scare me, Lao Tzu is not scared." ”

After that, he walked in front of him, picked up his wine glass, and approached Chen Man.

Chen Man was timid, took a step back, and had to drink a little more.

Deng Ge was furious, drew his knife, and forced him to finish drinking.

Chen Man glared angrily, his heart became more and more angry, and finally he couldn't hold it back, and pulled out the short knife he was carrying.

Deng Ge didn't expect that Chen Man would have this hand. Suddenly, defenseless. was stabbed in the chest by Chen Man, and Deng Ge fell to the ground and died.

Chen Man stabbed him, fled elsewhere, and hid.

Meng Chao's sister, named Meng Shu, is pampered by her son on weekdays. Now I heard that my only son was stabbed to death, and I was heartbroken. Don't think about it, think about it. begged Meng Chao to arrest the murderer back.

Meng Chao did not allow it.

When Meng Shu heard this, she complained angrily to her neighbors: "I also said that my brother has prestige outside, but in fact, prestige is a fart." Someone else killed his nephew, but he couldn't even catch the murderer? Are you angry? ”

When the neighbor heard this, he came up with a bad idea and said to Meng Shu: "Don't bury your son's body first, but leave it on the road for a few days and nights." When his uncle heard about it, he promised to take action. ”

When someone saw it, they came to tell Meng Chao and said, "This is here to humiliate you." When Meng Chao heard this, he paid attention to it and secretly sent someone to inquire about the whereabouts of the murderer.

Chen Man was hiding in the field, clearly knowing that Meng Chao was Deng Ge's brother-in-law, and he was a powerful character. also clearly knows that Meng Chao's friends are everywhere.

No matter where he is hiding, even if it is the end of the earth, as long as Meng Chao mobilizes his friends to find him, he will be found. If you resist, you will either die or be injured.

After thinking about it, in desperation, Chen Man had to come back, kneel in front of Meng Chao, and plead guilty. Tell the truth what happened, and let it be disposed of.

Chen Man originally thought that Meng Chao would be furious. Who expected Meng Chao to hear this, but he was unexpectedly calm.

Meng Chao helped Chen Man up and said, "Chen Man, hurry up, you are not at fault." But it's my nephew who offends you first. He really deserves to be killed. ”

After that, he let Chen Man go.

Meng Chao asked someone to collect the body and bury his nephew.

Even if this matter is over, Meng Chao will no longer pursue it. Chen Man was shocked, worked hard, changed his idle habit, and made a fortune with one mind, and later became the leader of the Chen family.

Meng Chao upholds justice and does not protect evil, even his nephew. Such a high-winded festival quickly spread all over the world.

At that time, when everyone heard about it, they all respected it and were willing to follow it. Usually Meng Chao goes in and out, no matter where he goes, he casts an admiring eye.

However, there is one man, named Gao Ji, who is different. On the road, when I met Meng Chao, I didn't look up to Meng Chao like everyone else, but looked at him with arrogance.

Meng Chao felt very strange and asked someone to ask the reason.

Gao Ji said: "Meng Chao is the oldest, why should I respect him?" ”

After hearing this, he came back and said to Meng Chao: "That person's name is Gao Ji, and he is disrespectful to you." It's better to kill him. ”

Meng Chao hurriedly stopped and said, "People always have to be reasonable. I am respected because of my virtues. Gao Ji disrespects me because I am of low morality. So, you can't blame Gao Zheng, but only me. It doesn't make sense to kill him because of that. ”

At that time, according to the regulations of the imperial court: the common people performed military service, alternately, at least once a month, called "pawn shift". If you don't want to accept it, you can hire someone else to replace it. But he has to pay a commission of 500 taels of silver every month, which is called "practice".

Meng Chao secretly went to the yamen and instructed the lieutenant in charge of the conscription, saying: "Gao Ji is the person I want to take care of, and when it is his turn to be on an errand, I will give him money and dismiss him first." ”

After that, take out five hundred taels of silver and ask someone to replace him this time. Since then, whenever he sends a mission, Meng Chao always takes out five hundred taels of silver, and the government has exempted Gao Zhi from military service.

Gao Jiqi found the lieutenant and asked him why. only to know that it was Meng Chao who made him exempt. So, I was deeply impressed, and hurriedly ran to Meng Chao's house, kneeling down and thanking him.

Under the influence of Meng Chao, Gao Ji changed. Become humble and virtuous become noble. Later, he became a highly respected leader in the Gao family.

As soon as this matter spread, those admirers admired Meng Chao even more.

At that time, there were two families in the city, both surnamed He, who were originally the same family, and were originally relatively harmonious.

Later, because of the comparison, they hated each other and had a deep grudge. There are virtuous people, who value harmony and mediate from it, no less than dozens of times.

However, the mediation failed and was inconclusive.

Someone told Meng Chao about this. When Meng Chao heard this, he came forward in person. Take advantage of the night to visit separately. met the pair of enemies and reasoned.

After hearing this, the two enemies were reconciled as good as ever for the sake of Meng Chao's face.

Meng Chao thought to himself, the sage in the city has mediated many times, but he has not listened. Listen to my words today and be reconciled to one another. It is not only my honor, but also the basis of the original mediation.

Nowadays, if you deny others, affirm yourself, and take the good of others from them, it is immoral.

What should I do? You can only act as a behind-the-scenes hero, obscure and unobtrusive, which is the right thing to do.

After thinking about it, before leaving, he instructed: "Since you have been reconciled, do not listen to me for the time being." ”

The He family asked puzzledly, "Why?" ”

Meng Chao said: "The credit should be on their heads, I just did what I had to do." After I leave, tomorrow will be mediated by the sage. Listen to his advice, shake hands and make peace. ”

The He family sent Meng Chao out of the door, and Meng Chao told him again: "Don't mention that I came to persuade peace." ”

Anyway, take advantage of the night and leave quietly without letting outsiders know.