Chapter 29: Life is as light as a feather, and some are heavier than Mount Tai

"Come on, Xiaozhu, you put on this, pretend to be my sister, and then, I'll make it like this. Remember our disguised identity - we are also a wealthy family, and our family is in a bad situation, and we have flattened the original. He Hanwen asked for some civilian clothes from Wang Wencai, changed them first, and then asked Xiaozhu to fiddle with them.

Who knew that Xiaozhu was familiar with the road, faster than him, and he looked like a civilian, so he asked, "How can you be more like me?"

Xiaozhu "poofed" for a while, and then said: "Didn't you forget, young master, the peasant girl who sells beans at the door of our house is dressed like this!"

As soon as He Hanwen heard this, he remembered that there was indeed a brother and sister selling mung beans around the corner of Luoyang Hefu, and he could often meet them, so he sighed: "Alas, it seems that there is such a person, but I have forgotten it." So, I need to change it a little more, I remember the man wearing straw sandals. With that, he kicked his boots and asked for a pair of straw sandals to change into, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"These straw sandals don't feel safe!" he muttered.

"The young master is saying strange things again!" Xiaozhu reminded.

He Hanwen waved his hand, showing that he didn't care, and then said, "It's all said, don't call it young master." Now you're my sister!Li Shen, what are you doing so far away from me?"

"Stupid guy! you stink to death! stay away from Meow!" Li Shen landed on all fours in disgust and jumped out of the way. He Hanwen rolled up his sleeves and sniffed it, but he didn't feel a very serious smell, and he had no choice but to express his helplessness about Li Shen's behavior of picking bones in his eggs.

In order to cooperate with He Hanwen's actions, Wang Wencai also specially prepared more than 30 soldiers, dressed in disguise, and blended in with the flow of people going out of the city to the small temple. On the one hand, it is to protect He Hanwen's safety, and on the other hand, it is to see if there is a chance to arrest those two demon paths.

There were not many refugees who left the city to participate in the "preaching" of the Taiping followers, but as they approached the small temple, displaced and hungry people gathered in all directions.

He Hanwen limped forward with the flow of people, and only walked a distance of two miles, and his straw sandals were already rotten. He Hanwen felt that his feet must have blistered, so he simply threw his rotten shoes aside and walked barefoot in the team, which made him look dirty, really like a homeless person.

"Hey, brother, where are you coming from? Are you also going to listen to the "preaching" of the elders?" He Hanwen grabbed a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old and accosted him.

The man replied, "What kind of sermon, we and our father have just come from Yecheng, and we heard that there is a soup kitchen here!"

"Oh, Yecheng is not far from here, brother, you haven't been able to enter the city?" He Hanwen pulled a handful of small bamboo while carefully thinking about how to extract more information from this person, and then kept up with the man's pace-He Hanwen has short legs.

"Well, why don't you enter the city! When we get to Yecheng, we can't enter the city at all. The man said with a sigh.

"No, brother, why don't the officials let you enter the city?" He Hanwen asked with an exaggerated expression.

The man replied, "Of course you can get in on the surface! We don't have any food, how can we have money with him!"

He Hanwen was deeply impressed when he heard this, and then said: "Brother, why don't you go to Handan City and take a look, the official master there has opened a warehouse to give porridge! There are still some hard-working jobs in the city that can be done, and you can take care of a full meal every day! What about your father?"

The man was silent for a moment, and then muttered in a whisper, "Our father... I starved to death halfway through, I wanted to find some wild fruits, grass roots in order to satisfy hunger, who would have thought... Alas, so fate was. ”

He Hanwen was silent, not knowing how to answer. He thought that there must be no shortage of refugees who would die of starvation, but he didn't have anything he could do. This is the case in this era, these people who live on the land, once they are hit by a disaster, if they meet officials who love the people, they will live, and if they meet those who have fat livers and brains, they will just die!

For a moment, he seemed to understand why the Taiping Sect was able to recruit so many refugees to work for them: in fact, what kind of human life is so-called? It is not valuable, in the eyes of the government, it is just a number, a drag. Those who can't collect taxes are like mustard. I am afraid that these refugees are not loyal to anyone, but whoever gives them a bite to eat, they will die for whomever they want.

Ho Hanwen came from a relatively affluent era, at least in his country, where people did not starve to death casually. When this chaotic era gradually revealed his cruel side to He Hanwen, He Hanwen suddenly wavered about whether to arrest these Taiping Taoist priests, so he pretended to be tired, separated from the man, and rested next to a stone on the side of the road.

The man only glanced at He Hanwen, didn't even have too much expression, didn't say anything, didn't say goodbye, and continued to rush him.

He Hanwen smiled bitterly, and then relieved - there is nothing more important than feeding a hungry person. In that man's heart, I'm afraid that the fate of these words is not worth keeping in his heart.

"Less... Brother, are you tired?" Xiaozhu saw He Hanwen stop, thinking that he was tired and needed to take a break, so he was about to take out a bucket and give it to him—He Hanwen refused, he didn't want to miss a horse's feet.

"Well, I'm a little tired. However, the heart is more tired. He Hanwen squinted his left eye, and his right eye was slightly raised, which was a unique little habit when he was thinking, and he liked to squint.

"Your mind is upset — you don't get upset often. Li Shen jumped in front of He Hanwen, squatted down elegantly, and whispered.

"Li Shen, you say, if there is a value for people's lives, then how much is the value of human lives?" He Hanwen looked at the flow of people who had gone away and asked.

Li Shen: "Meow doesn't know how to answer your question. ”

Ho Hanwen: "I know it's a difficult question to answer. I also know that we don't have the power to save these starving people from suffering. However, I don't think human life should be so frivolous. ”

Li Shen: "You're shaken. ”

Ho Hanwen: "Yes. I didn't really think about these things in the light of these hungry people. It is true that those Taiping Sect guys are indeed not righteous men and gentlemen, but it is precisely these people who are trying to give these hungry people an excuse and a chance to live. Should I deprive this group of people who want to live?"

Li Shen: "Meow doesn't know. Meow said I don't know, why are you stupid guy still asking meow these deep questions? Meow is not a compassionate meow, meow's master teaches meows to do whatever they want. In this era, there are too many shoulds and shoulds: those that should not be and those that should not should be should be, and who can grasp them? Perhaps only the way of heaven can do it! Instead of speculating about the will of heaven, it is better to do everything as you like. Do what you think is right. ”

He Hanwen: "I'm thinking about a question: if I want to save my life, then I want to weaken the power of the so-called Taiping Sect that wants to kill me. However, this could lead to more deaths because of me. Actually, I also know that this group of people is just being used, and don't these Taiping Taoist priests also have their own purpose in it? For this purpose, they don't really care if this group of refugees will die, and how much they will die - it's just that it's profitable. But should I choose to be a selfish person?"

Li Shen was speechless, she really couldn't answer this question this time, but she was now curious about what choice He Hanwen would make.

Xiaozhu: "Less... Alas, brother. Since human life is destined by heaven, it is lighter than a feather, and naturally heavier than Mount Tai. My brother wants to achieve great things, why is he indecisive and indecisive inside and outside? My sister has felt that my brother must have achieved something from many years ago, isn't it?"

He Hanwen gasped heavily, and then sat still, and Xiaozhu and Li Shen did not interrupt his thinking.

After more than ten minutes, He Hanwen exhaled a breath of turbidity, got up, and said, "My life is up to me, Xiaozhu, you are wrong." But you're right, I'd rather be responsible for others than for others. Let's go. ”