Thirty years ago, Dongdao invaded the Tianmang subject country for the second time 'Judao Country', the monarchs and ministers of the 'Judao Country' were panicked, the land fell, the people were slaughtered, the imperial court sent troops to reinforce the army on multiple fronts, and the 'Dongdao Moth Country' was to make the hermit as a middle, mixed in the army, and the military plane was waiting for the opportunity to assassinate the general, and the 'Golden Guard' fought with the martial arts people and the hermits of the East Island, and the warriors fought many times, and suffered heavy losses.

The three people of the sword and the sword took the initiative to ask for reinforcements to the 'Judao country', and before leaving, the military department Shangshu, the 'Golden Guard' and a group of martial arts people saw them off, and suddenly a child rushed out of the crowd and gave the poem to the swordsman with a childish voice, and the swordsman was very happy to touch the child's head and asked with a smile: "What is the left way, not the side?" The child said: "The sword goes to the side, so it is called the left way, the sword is a gentleman in the weapon, so the person who holds the sword is also a gentleman, and a person with bad conduct is not worthy of using a sword." ”

The swordsman was even more happy, poured a bowl of wine for the child, and said with a smile: "Since you have said that poetry and wine are often companions, how can you not match wine when you make poems?"

The child hugged the leg of the sword man and said proudly: "A manly man is not afraid of spicy. Master, I still have the last two lines of my poem, and I will read it to you when Master comes back, you can't die. The swordsman smiled and said, "Okay, for your two poems, Master will not die." ”

Zhuang Zejing's body trembled when he recalled the original scene, and his hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

The old man looked at Zhuang Zejing and said: "I have practiced swords all my life, studied swords all my life, and I always think that no matter how good the rhetoric is, no matter how beautiful the explanation is, it is far less thorough, crisp, and arrogant than the seven words 'do the left way, not to the side', but I don't know if the person who created these seven words is practicing for a lifetime or just talking?"

Zhuang Zejing's breathing was a little heavy, his expression was a little helpless, he stood in place for a long time, until his emotions were completely calmed down before he said to himself: "When I was a child, I watched "Lao Tzu" and thought that self-cultivation was not as good as "University" and "Analects", and I was not as good as "Mozi", Taoism was just empty talk, worse than Confucianism and Mo, and only after the fact did I know how helpless the world was, the more upright the conduct was, the narrower the road was, and the narrower the road was, so I knew that "Lao Tzu" was not a self-cultivation study, but a way to settle down and establish a life, "University", "Analects" Teach people to distinguish between right and wrong, whether "Lao Zhuang" is right or wrong, it is more important to live well in life than to do it right. ”

The old man said, "So you took refuge in corrupt officials and corrupt officials?

Zhuang Zejing said calmly: "Since there is no good reward, then we have to look at the interests and disadvantages, not to mention who can tell the good and evil things clearly? Taking this canal as an example, the crime of working the people and hurting money is in the present day, but how much convenience and how much benefit has this canal brought to future generations over the past thousand years? Today, the people of the world regard the governor as evil, and if the governor loses the oppression of those Jinshi champions who are full of benevolence and morality, the original form will inevitably be exposed, and the time may not be comparable to the governor. ”

The old man said, "This is the reason why you abandoned your original intention?"

Zhuang Zejing smiled bitterly: "I also insisted, but it's a pity that ...... Persistence is just a joke. At that time, my master was famous all over the country, and the people he rescued were not 1,000 but 800, but when he was attacked by a sneak attack and his life and death were unknown, all his enemies came to the door, but none of the people who received his favor stood up to protect his poor apprentice, and no one even gave him a full meal. ”

Zhuang Zejing shook his head and said: "Before the age of nine, I was also a person with parents and brothers, with the best playmates, but after the age of nine, it was not, once people praised the prodigy like fragrant and gluttonous dumplings became annoying in an instant, if it wasn't for my cousin who happened to be playing at my house that day, they mistakenly thought that my cousin was me, I didn't even have a chance to be disliked." Parents, servants, brothers and sisters, cats and dogs at home, and twenty-six people and animals could not even find the person who collected the corpse. ”

The stiff muscles on the old man's face jumped, and Zhuang Zejing continued: " Nine-year-old children do not understand the sophistication of human feelings, no matter how good the swordsmanship is, it is difficult to mix a full mouthful, see people selling art, I also sell art, but I don't know that I have blocked the way of other people's wealth, naturally I must not be bullied; martial arts road does not work, so I write and sell paintings, how do I know that hard work belongs to the name of others, the dignified contemporary masters occupy my paintings do not say but accuse me of stealing, I tore up my own paintings in a fit of anger and was arrested and imprisoned, after I was released from prison, I finally met a kind farmer to accept me as a son, and lived a life of eating the last meal without the next meal, but this is also a luxury, a village, half of the people resist taxes and do not pay, and the tax money is turned to my adoptive father and adoptive mother, these honest people, I don't know why the people who pay taxes every year are not only uselessI don't understand why the squire's taxes had to be paid for them, and that year my adoptive father hanged himself, and my adoptive mother committed suicide by throwing herself into the river. Later, watching others pirate novels to make money, I also pirated and printed, but the same piracy of others bought houses and land, and made a lot of money, but I had to go to prison with a lawsuit. ”

Zhuang Zejing still didn't look back as he spoke, he slowly untied his robe, exposed his back, only to see that the back was densely packed with concave and convex scars, all of which were countless scars, although the injury had long been healed, but there were still traces of insects in many places, this kind of wound was generally left after the flesh was turned white by the sharp weapon, Zhuang Zejing put on a robe and rolled up his sleeves, revealing his right elbow, only to see that his right elbow joint protruded from ordinary people, eighty percent of the bones were seriously injured and even broken. Zhuang Zejing looked back at the old man, at Shao Mingqian, at all the people in the courtyard, and said, "Master, Master Shao, Hu Shuai, Deacon Xiang, have you tried the days of carrying the black pot for your young master every day? Have you ever tried the days when someone cut off your head with an axe for half a piece of cake and didn't dare to fight back? If it were you, could you still stick to your original intention and not change it?" The four shook their heads.

The old man looked distressed, his eyes were slightly red, his dry hand was raised and slowly lowered, and after a while, he said, "Child, I've hurt you." ”

Zhuang Zejing put down his sleeves and shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Later, I figured it out, don't you just occupy two paintings, if you like it, you can take it, so I found the famous artist who occupied my paintings, and worshipped him as a teacher, and since then I have painted, belonging to his name, the same painting, in the past, I could only exchange a dozen or so cakes, and after changing the name, I could sell it for hundreds or thousands of taels of silver, and I could also get three or five taels of silver for a painting, although it was not much, but it was a windfall for me at that time, and it was because of this that I could continue to practice sword and martial arts, three years later,' The Dragon Guards recruited guards from all over the world, but I went to the capital to sign up but I wasn't even allowed to enter. After that, I stole paintings and bribed the county as my father, and then changed my surname to Zhuang, and then I got to know the prefect's son, and then through the prefect's son in the governor's yamen to get an errand, and through the governor's hand to know the 'inner governor's mansion', 'Jinyi Guard' people, only today's inner guard identity, the court has a law, all my people can run for the 'Dragon Guard' as long as they are innocent, the law is enlightened, but where is the way? I have read the books of the sages, learned etiquette, self-cultivation, knowledge of the law, understanding of affairs, fine swordsmanship, mastery of the six arts, and never harmed others, it stands to reason that I should have a bright future, but the truth is not as the sage said. I insisted on living a miserable life for many years, until I walked the so-called crooked way before I lived a human life, haha, what's the use of being a good person? In this world, if you don't harm people, you will be harmed by people. Master, with the strength of your swords, sticks and swords, if it weren't for some bullshit concept of protecting the family and defending the country, how could you end up like this?"

The old man quietly listened to Zhuang Zejing before he said, "You say the three of us deserve it?"

Zhuang Zejing said: "I don't dare, it's just that it's not worth it for you, how many ministers in the court are greedy for military salaries and refuse to contribute but push you to block arrows." ”

The old man said: "If you don't come out, I don't come out, someone will always come out, if everyone shrinks, who can stay out of the matter once the country is broken? ”

Zhuang Zejing sneered: "People, hum, it's just a group of ungrateful people, and it's not a pity to die." In recent years, the border affairs have been tight, the soldiers have used their lives, they are not hungry, they are not clothed, the military salary is becoming more and more scarce, but there are more and more people who resist taxes, and there is no money at home. In the end, it is an honest man like his adoptive father who is bullying, the world is not under my control, I can make a tael is a tael, and I will flee if the country is broken one day, and if I don't rebel, I am worthy of the court and the people. ”

The old man's forehead was full of bruises when he listened to Zhuang Zejing's words, his body trembled, and he tried his best to calm down and said, "Is this your sincere words or has I been worried about the matter of dragging down your family?"

Zhuang Zejing said: "You are tired of my family dying, but the ability granted to me also allows me to have today's scenery, I haven't seen you all these years just don't want to have anything to do with you, when I was a child, I don't know how to write poems and ask Master to forget it, I also changed the last two sentences, it's too naïve." ”

Zhuang Zejing's words choked the old man's anger, and after a while, the old man waited for his heart to calm down before he said: "Doing the left way has never been a last resort, not an end, you are not wrong, nor naïve, on the contrary, when you were eight years old, you are more sensible and older than now." ”

Zhuang Zejing smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong. ”

Shao Mingqian suddenly said: "Does it matter if Master Ling's hatred is in Lord Zhuang's heart?"