Chapter 47: The Chicken and the Egg

It took a lot of effort to shuttle through the crowd with Zhu Yingtai before he walked out of the crowd below the stage.

At this time, people kept gathering over, looking from the outside, a group of black presses, all gathered under the stage, looking at it with relish, the singing lyrics of the twelve excellent singers on it, from time to time applauding, commentators, coaxing, but immediately pressed down by the side, don't affect me watching the play!

This is very little entertainment time for the people at the bottom, and they can't be interrupted by these heartless guys.

Turning her head to look at Zhu Yingtai, she found that she was still reluctant to look at the twelve excellent lings, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Since Jiezhi wants to see it, he will stay there." ”

"I didn't say I wanted to see it. Zhu Yingtai stubbornly shook his head and said: "Compared to this play, it's also very good to hang out and play." ”

Liu Ping nodded and said: "That's what I mean, the lyrics of the twelve excellent singers, although they have some flavor, are not interesting." ”

Zhu Yingtai's eyes lit up and asked, "Fengchang, do you still know opera?"

Liu Pingdao: "I understand some, not too much." ”

Zhu Yingtai exclaimed: "Fengchang, you are really knowledgeable, I am really envious." ”

Liu Ping said: "Don't envy the wrong person, I only learned this point, and I don't deserve your envy." ”

"It's not a good habit for you to hurt yourself again. ”

"Alright, let's go to the flower temple and pray for blessings. Liu Ping pointed to the Flower God Temple Road not far away.

The temple fairs of this flower festival are all revolved around this flower temple. The temple is not big, but there are many people, coming and going, going in and out, men, women and children, powerful and poor, all of them. Walking in three or two steps, the full name of the flower temple is called 'Miracle Flower Temple', with a big plaque with gold characters on a red background hanging on the door, which makes people a little unclear.

The Flower Temple has a high threshold, and it is impossible to cross it from here, even if it is a showman, so Liu Ping and Zhu Yingtai can only enter with everyone at the side door.

As soon as you enter it, the first thing you see is a large garden, and then go a few steps further, there is a water pavilion, I have to admire, although this temple is not big, but this arrangement, but has a unique charm.

Walked a few steps from the corridor, came to a hall, on one side is the merit box for donating money, and in front of it are the twelve flower gods, with different expressions, but they are all charming and beautiful.

Liu Ping glanced at it and found that it was not as beautiful as Mengshang.

I can't help but be a little happy, and some regret for Mengshang, but more I miss it, I haven't seen Mengshang for many days, right?

A year in heaven and a day on earth, and a few days have passed, and how many years have passed in heaven.

Thinking of this, I can't help but be a little secretly depressed, so much time has passed, should I forget about it?

Finding that Liu Ping was looking at the statue in a daze, which was very rude, Zhu Yingtai hurriedly pulled his sleeve and gestured to him. Fang Cai's unscrupulous scrutiny has aroused the dissatisfaction of many devout flower farmers and believers, but because the other party is wearing a green shirt, he didn't say it.

Being pulled by this, Liu Pingcai came back to his senses, and knew that he was rude, so he lowered his head, took out a tael of silver from his bag, threw it into the merit box, and then prayed with Zhu Yingtai.

In fact, the two of them are not flower farmers, so even if this flower god is very effective, it is meaningless. But since it's a flower festival, even if it doesn't make much sense, you have to pretend to be a face, which can be regarded as giving this flower god a face. With this ridiculous thought, Liu Bing made a rather ridiculous wish, since he is the god of flowers, then let my peach blossom luck be more.

The probability that this wish will be known to the god of flowers is very small, although they do exist, but how many flower temples were there in the Great Xia Dynasty? There are only twelve flower gods, do they want to listen to the wishes of thousands of flower farmers in the world one by one?

Like the Mark Six lottery, although the odds are there, but they are pitiful, and this is generally the case with the Shinto system. Unless it is a small local god, there is that kind of patience, listening to the wishes of the believers one by one, trying to meet the help, expanding the scope of Shinto, the number of believers.

Coming out of this flower temple, Zhu Yingtai asked with a smile next to him: "Your smile is very shameless, but what kind of improper wishes did you make?"

"What do you mean by an unserious wish?" Liu glanced at this guy and muttered, "Is this the kind of person I am in your heart?"

"What kind of character is Feng Chang, do you think I don't know?" But she didn't want this to be useless, she lived with Liu Ping for many days, and she naturally understood what Liu Ping's character was, so when she looked at him, she was eight points sure, it was not a serious wish.

These words made Liu Ping very depressed: "Don't say it so bluntly?"

After coming out of this flower temple, my ears were filled with all kinds of shouts again-all kinds of hawkers selling rock sugar gourds, flowers, sugar people, ice water, and baked cakes.

Liu Ping threw five copper coins, took a wildflower hat in the hands of a little girl, turned around and put it on Zhu Yingtai's head.

Zhu Yingtai's cheeks suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly took the flower hat off his head, protesting: "What are you doing in Fengchang, what are you doing with this on my head? I'm not ......"

Liu Ping said: "This is for you." ”

"Send me to say it first, so that people are a little mentally prepared. Zhu Yingtai complained quietly beside him, but did not throw away the flower hat.

Liu Ping walked forward for a while, and suddenly stopped.

"Fengchang?" Zhu Yingtai almost hit Liu Ping's back, and asked with some confusion.

Liu Ping didn't speak, looking to the side.

An old peasant woman from the countryside set up a stall selling some antiquities dug up from the soil.

The peasant woman noticed these two talents, and then showed a sincere smile, and said: "These are all antiquities from the previous dynasty, they are very precious, come and see them, they are very cheap." ”

There are also many people who stop to stop and go, just look at it and don't have much interest, they are antiquities, but they are all broken, that is, garbage is tattered, and there is no value at all.

Zhu Yingtai couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Although they are all from the previous dynasty, this is too broken, it is not worth anything at all, and it will not be thrown to anyone." ”

As soon as these words came out, the woman suddenly showed a sad look, and what this handsome young man said was too sharp and merciless.

These are all antiquities dug out of the field, at first ecstatic, privately thought that they had made a fortune, but later found that they were worthless, but they were not reconciled, and came to this temple fair night market to sell, hoping to have a big wrong. But so much time has passed, but there is no one who has been wronged, and I am a little disheartened.

Now listening to this again, he was suddenly unhappy, and said: "If you don't buy it, don't hinder the old decay from doing business." Hurry up and get out. ”

Liu Ping said with a smile: "Jiezhi, what you said is good, but there are still some interesting things." ”

As he spoke, he squatted down, took the half of the ancient seal in his hand, weighed it, and asked, "How much is this?"

"Five taels of silver!" the woman thought for a moment, and then opened her mouth and said greedily, she was almost eating people.

Liu Ping said with a smile: "Only I, the wronged boss, will buy it." ”

After speaking, he took out five taels of silver and handed it to the peasant woman, then turned around and left.

The peasant woman looked at the silver in her hand, couldn't believe it, her eyes widened, and she said in disbelief, "This is ...... What's going on??!"

After a while, he hurriedly raised his head, looked at the back of the two Xiucai leaving, and suddenly felt empty in his heart, as if he had lost an extremely important thing, but soon, he was washed away by the joy of getting the five taels of silver, and he didn't think about it anymore, and shouted again. Just sell a few more!

Zhu Yingtai walked behind, and after a while, the two came to a bridge, and finally couldn't help complaining: "Fengchang, Fengchang, you are really wronged, even if you really like it, bargaining, you can buy it for a maximum of fifty pieces of silver, but you spent a hundred times the price." ”

Liu Ping said with a smile: "I am willing to be the boss of this wrong." ”

Zhu Yingtai asked with some doubts: "Is there any origin of that mark?"

"I don't know, but I think this ancient seal should be very precious...... By the way, Jiezhi, do you believe in cause and effect?"

"Letter. ”

"If I buy this ancient seal, if I bargain, this ancient seal, because of cause and effect, the old woman will probably refuse to sell it, and even if she gives thirty taels of silver, she will never sell it. ”

Liu Ping took out the ancient seal from his arms, it was shining brown in the moonlight, it was very ancient and mysterious, and there were crooked ancient characters written underneath, which should be the three characters of Zhenshan River.

"However, when I bought it in one bite, all cause and effect were gone, and this ancient seal immediately belonged to me. ”

"What kind of cause and effect is this?" Zhu Yingtai asked with some incomprehension, "I've never heard of it." ”

Liu Ping said with a smile: "This is the 'cause and effect' of Taoism!"

The word cause and effect originates from Buddhism, which means karma and karma. And Taoism, some of them are the saying of luck and fate, but they also have the same effect.

While he was talking, a painting boat came from below, and a student greeted him: "Brother Liu, Brother Zhu, I don't want to meet you two here, why don't you get on the boat quickly?"

This is actually a local tyrant classmate who chartered a painting boat to play, and if you look closely, there are many familiar ones with you, including Lu Liang.

The two of them got on the boat, the space inside was not small, the decoration was very luxurious, the soft carpet, exquisite furniture, a faint fragrance wafting in the air, and there were countless candles next to it, illuminating the whole room as if it were day. At a round table, more than a dozen students gathered together and drank and talked.

"I didn't want to be able to meet Brother Zhu and Brother Liu!" the students stood up one after another and said with a smile.

Then sit down, chatting and getting up, there is a beautiful woman playing the guzheng pipa next to her, and from time to time she comes to toast, if the student has a fancy to it, you can even go to the room with him. This is the corrupt life of local tyrants.

Lu Liang stood up, looked at Liu Ping next to him, suddenly sneered, and said, "These two are great talents, do you have any opinions?"

Hearing this, the crowd roared: "No opinion! No opinion!"

This made Liu Ping very depressed, is this Lu Liang still targeting himself?

Zhu Yingtai hurriedly waved his hand next to him and said, "Where am I considered a great talent? Brother Lu praised it." ”

Lu Liang said: "How can it be a false praise? Brother Zhu, you are too modest! By the way, we are discussing a topic just now, but we have not come up with an answer, can you ask for advice?"

Before Liu Ping and Zhu Yingtai agreed, Lu Liang said directly: "The question is - first chicken or first egg?"

"Oh, of course, the two of you may not have understood, let me say it again, the chicken lays eggs, the eggs break and give birth to chickens, but in the end, there is a chicken, or the eggs come first? If there is a chicken first, then where does this chicken come from? If there is an egg first, then where does this egg come from? I have been distressed, there is no answer, I have long heard that Brother Liu is a genius, I think I can definitely give an answer. ”

Hearing this question, Zhu Yingtai frowned beside him, thinking quietly, chickens lay eggs, eggs break and give birth to chickens, but in the end, there is a chicken or an egg first? This seems to be an endless cycle, so no matter how you think about it, you can't come up with an answer, and you can't help but be depressed. Subconsciously looked at Liu Ping, seeing that his expression was a little complicated, as if he knew something, he hurriedly asked, "Do you know Fengchang?"

"How could I know?" Liu Ping shook his head, the truth of his complicated expression was just because it was very painful.

He never expected that this Lu Liang would come up with a philosophical question.

"How could Brother Liu not know?" Lu Liang asked in disbelief beside him, this fault finding was already very obvious, "You are such a genius, you should have your own opinions, right? Why don't you say one or two?"

Liu Ping stood up, shook his head and said, "I don't have the answer, and I can't have it, because you have no answer to this question at all." ”

Na Lu Liang had a tiger face, and was just about to say how could there be no answer? Ridiculous, I don't know is I don't know, don't talk nonsense.

"It's not ridiculous!" Liu Ping said as if he knew: "I still have something to say, don't be impatient, this fruitless question, since this is more than this, let me tell you to listen-"

Everyone didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, then you can talk about the question that can be compared with 'this came first, or did there come first, or did there come first', so as to prove your words." ”

"Well, let me casually say, the first one -- did the offender come first, or did there come first, or did there come first? If there is no law, how can the offender be considered a criminal? Because if he has not broken the law, he is not a criminal. Yes and no?"

Everyone nodded and said, "Yes, that's true, but can this be compared to the chicken or the egg?"

Lu Liang answered: "Of course it can't be compared with the chicken or the egg first, Brother Liu, what do you mean by this?

"How can it be to change the subject?" Liu Ping shook his head and continued: "Then let me ask you again, if there is no criminal, will the law be customized?"

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback, and after thinking about it, it was indeed the case. Without the perpetrators themselves, the law would never have been possible!

He changed his words again and again: "Then there should be the criminals first, and then the law!"

"Definitely. Liu Ping shook his head again and said: "In ancient times, in primitive society, there was no state, only tribes, there was no law, everything was determined by customs and customs, but when the rule of the state appeared, the law as the means and tool of the state to realize its functions came into being - from a certain point of view, the law was created to prevent those who break the rules, that is, the criminals. ”

In other words, there is legal prevention first, and then there are criminals who do not know what to say and break the rules. ”

"So, did the law come first, or did the perpetrators come first?"

These words made many students' eyes widen, and they just wanted to refute, but the words were stuck in their throats, and their ideas had been overturned by new ideas. I subconsciously began to think carefully.

Liu Ping did not stop, and continued to ask: "Is there a novelist first, or is there a reader first?" From a common sense consideration, there should be a novelist before there is a reader, and if there is no novel, what kind of reader is it?"

Listening to the new question, everyone subconsciously nodded: "Yes, if there are no novelists, how can there be readers?"

Liu Ping smiled slyly and said, "But there is also a situation where there are readers first, who want to know the interesting stories of novelists, so they urge the formation of novels. Others saw that the man was famous for his stories, and they followed suit, and then there were novelists. ”

"So did the novelist come first, or did the reader come first?"

How can this question ......be solved? The people's minds were a little unable to turn around.

Liu Ping still did not stop, and continued to ask: "Is there a celebrity first, or is there a praiser first?" If a celebrity is nameless, there is no praiser, but if there is no praiser, what kind of celebrity is this celebrity?"

If there is no master, the servant cannot be regarded as a servant, if there is no servant, the master cannot be regarded as the master, is it the master who wants to find someone to summon and thus produces a servant, or does the servant want to find a backer and thus produce a master?"

Listening to a series of questions, everyone hurriedly shouted: "Brother Liu, stop, stop, there are enough questions, don't say any more." ”

Liu Ping said with a smile: "This is a lot of questions, it's not over yet, there are too many, I'll give you a brief example." ”

"Is there a king or a minister and a people? If there is no king, then what are the ministers and the people? But if there are no courtiers and people, is the king still a king?"

"Is there a butt or a head first-oh, you may not understand, the ass is the position, the head is the thought, is the status determines the thought, or the thought determines the status?"

"Also, did the Father come first, or did the Son come first?......

"It came first......

When everyone was stunned, Liu Ping had already said more than a dozen questions in one breath.

At this time, everyone was completely shocked by Liu Ping's series of questions.

They had been struggling with the question of whether the egg or the chicken came first, and they didn't think of it at all.

It's unimaginable that Liu Ping can think of so much in such a short period of time!

I have to admit that this Liu Ping is indeed different!

Liu Ping looked at the shocked crowd and said with a smile: "You are still entangled, first the egg or the chicken?"

Everyone's brains were in a mess, wailing: "Brother Liu, stop, stop, if you keep talking, my head will crack open, don't get entangled, don't worry about the egg or the chicken first, okay?"

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