After arriving at the first store, the first thing Sun Yixie did was to send a letter.
Who is this letter addressed to? Send it to the family of Yu Qing, the foot trader.
For some reasons that everyone knows, the letter was written by Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai. The general content is: I regret to tell you that Yu Qing, the family members of Yu Qing, is in trouble because of his death. When there was wind and rain on the river, I lost my footing and fell into the water and drowned; and "I", the "Anonymous" who wrote to you, found this guide in Yu Qing's luggage and learned his name and household registration. , all I can do is exchange the goods he left behind for money, and send them to you together with this road guide and a funeral letter, asking you to express your condolences and accept the change.
Of course, Sun Yixie did not actually take Yu Qing’s goods, and Yu Qing’s goods were not worth much, at least compared to the amount of banknotes that Sun Yixie stuffed into the envelope. It's far from worth it.
Furthermore, Yu Qing did not slip and drown...
But as for doing his best, Sun Yixie did this kind of easy and reasonable lie.
His understanding is: long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. It is better to tell his family directly about Yu Qing's death and give them some money to live a good life in the future than to let them wait at home without knowing anything. Be strong.
However, Sun Yixie can only take care of this step. As for what will happen to the family in the future, he will not care about it.
This... is pretty good.
Some people may think that since Sun Yixie is so rich, doing such good deeds is natural and not worthy of praise.
But if you think about it carefully, it is not like this...
There is a saying that "good money is hard to part with." No matter how rich you are, it will allow you to do so without asking for anything in return. It is also difficult to use money to do a good deed.
Many unkind people in this world also donate money and do charity. Some of them do too many bad things and want to buy themselves peace of mind in this way. Others want to buy a reputation and do something good. Make gestures.
Sincerely want to help others without asking for anything in return. Neither leave your name nor talk about it everywhere. After doing it, you don’t take it to heart at all, and there is no advantage. Feeling... That's what is called a pure "act of kindness".
And such people and such things are always very few.
Because of the nature of this kind of thing, it also limits its wide spread.
Of course, Sun Yixie has not reached this level, but he has done a good job in this matter. After all...even if he didn't pick up the guide in the first place, so what?
Therefore, even Huang Donglai couldn't help but admire afterward: "That's right, Brother Sun, he is so benevolent and righteous, with a bodhisattva heart, righteousness as high as the sky, helping those who are suffering..."
Anyway, things like that To describe it, Lei Buji will believe it after hearing it.
Sun Yixie's reaction was the same as usual. Whenever Huang Donglai praised him, he took it as sarcasm: "Shut up, I! This is called worldliness."
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The three of them didn't talk too much about this matter. After resting for a day in the town, they bought three horses and several sets of clothes, and then they continued on their way.
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As mentioned before, there are no big towns on this road from the Shihe River to Wuchang.
The mountains here are high and the roads are dangerous, so there are bandits in the mountains and thieves hidden in the mountains.
Shuangxi is not stupid. He knows that this road is not easy to walk, so the horses they bought this time are of inferior quality, and the clothes on their bodies have also been changed into coarse cloth. , very cheap stuff.
In this way, the three of them look less conspicuous, at least they don’t look like the kind of "fat sheep".
In this way, at the beginning of the journey, everything went smoothly, and the three of them traveled more than ten miles in the blink of an eye.
After passing Longpo Mountain and reaching the foot of Jigong Mountain, it was getting dark. They arrived at a village at the foot of the mountain and stayed overnight.
This village is very small, so small that it doesn’t even have a name. The government may not even know it exists. There are only a dozen households in the village, most of them are woodcutters and hunters.
There is only one house that can accommodate three people at the same time... that is the village chief's house.
The village chief’s surname is Wu, and he doesn’t have a serious name, so he is called Boss Wu. Because he was the strongest and most capable fighter in the village when he was young, he was selected to be the village chief. Now that he is older, he can no longer fight, but he also has two sons, whose fighting ability is as good as their father's back then.
On the surface, this village is nothing special, but in fact, it is just a bandit's den.
All the villagers here are half citizens and half bandits. When no pedestrians pass by, they are citizens and have normal means of livelihood. But when there are passers-by, it depends on the situation... ...If it suits them, they will do some banditry.
Village Chief Wu is both the village chief and the boss of this group of village bandits. His two sons are his right-hand men.
Under normal circumstances, they don't kill people, they only rob money; they don't do sex acts either, because most villagers have wives and children at home, and many of them have wives who are better than them. The men in the house are still rough, and they don't dare to mess around.
As for robbing wealth, it is not just about grabbing it with a knife, but there are other ways...
No, after a night's rest, Sun Huanglei and the others were just about to As soon as we set off, we encountered the routine of this village.
The three of them got on their horses and walked to the entrance of the village. Suddenly a child ran out of the roadside. He looked to be eleven or twelve years old. When he came to his senses, he was already lying on the ground.
Immediately after hearing the sound of "Ao Lao", a middle-aged shrew suddenly rushed out, blocked the road, picked up the child and started shouting.
The child was also very cooperative and started crying without even a single tear. His hands followed the feeling and found a place on his abdomen to cover it, while still crying in his mouth.From time to time, he would say: "Mom! It hurts me so much!"
As soon as the two men woke up, before the three people on the horse could dismount and check, dozens of people suddenly poured out from all directions. ...
Needless to say, all the men, women, and children in the village have been hiding there for a long time.
Under the leadership of the village chief, they surrounded the three young heroes in the open space at the entrance of the village and began to curse.
It’s all there. Anyway, the general meaning is that you have injured someone now, you can’t leave, and you have to pay for it, otherwise we will never end with you. The people in our village are not easy to bully.
Everyone should understand after seeing this. To put it bluntly, this is just a fight.
However, these village bandits' pengci are a bit different from the pengci we are familiar with today. If they can't extort money, they won't go to the yamen to argue with you, but they will really do it. you.
Of course, they are not stupid. If they think you are a master in the world of martial arts or green forest, they will not take action easily, because they cannot afford to offend someone who has martial arts skills and is used to killing people...
But ordinary people will definitely lose some skin if they go here.
It was a coincidence today, because Sun Yixie and the others were well disguised (Huang Donglai’s sword was wrapped in cloth and hidden in his luggage, and Sun Yixie’s trident was shrunk), which caused these villagers to disappear. He didn't regard them as figures in the world, so he took action.
"Ha... It's a porcelain thing, right?" Huang Donglai laughed when he saw this, "Okay, let me see who dares to come up, just let me try my current skills..."
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When he was about to say the word "strength", Sun Yixie slapped his hand on his shoulder and stopped him with a wink: "Hey, Brother Huang, don't be busy, let me do it, let's It's better to be polite first."
"Oh?" Huang Donglai read something in Sun Yixie's eyes and words, and quickly smiled, "Oh...Okay, please, Brother Sun."
Looking at the expressions on the faces of these two guys, Lei Buji rolled his eyes, thinking that these villagers were going to be in trouble again.
A few seconds later, Sun Yixie got off his horse and walked up to the village chief with his head held high: "Village chief, what do you mean? Do you... think we are young children? We are still stupid. Are you trying to extort money?"
" Huh?" Village Chief Wu glared and replied fiercely, "I don't understand what you are talking about. Did you hit me? You still want to deny it?”
“Yes! You want to deny it?” The village chief’s eldest son said this almost out of habit in the next second to add to his momentum. .
When he shouted, other villagers around him also started to boo.
For a while, there was another commotion and chatter, but it stopped only after Village Chief Wu himself waved his hand to silence them.
“I said to the village chief, if you really want to play this trick, it’s not impossible. You are just making a living, but you are taking advantage of all the children. Isn’t it a bit shameless? "Sun Yixie didn't even think about it.He was afraid of them, so he spoke rudely, "This child has been led by you to do this since he was a child. Will he be able to behave like a man in the future? Don't you regret that you brought your own two sons like this?" Do you want your village to do this in the mountains for generations?”
His words are quite heartbreaking from a modern perspective, but in the current situation... it works. Doesn’t make sense.
What is it that out of poor mountains and rivers, unruly people come out? The people in this village are typical. From top to bottom, from old to young, they didn't feel anything at all after hearing this.
Because they really have no regrets...
They don’t think there is anything wrong with their children being taught like this. Their own pursuit in life is to be able to live in this village. The "wife and children are on the hot bed" has been together for a lifetime, and I have never thought about giving my children the opportunity to receive an education or leave this kind of environment.
These people always have an extremely pathological selfishness and distorted collective consciousness; they are full of contradictions, sad, but not pitiful.
"What the hell did you fart? You little bastard, you don't even have a hair on your mouth, why are you trying to teach grandpa a lesson?" Village Chief Wu felt that Sun Yixie's words sounded like "A chicken talks like a duck", and seeing that the latter's attitude was not afraid of him at all, he became angry and said bluntly, "Today we are just blackmailing you, so what!"
" That's it." Sun Yixie still looked confident, "Okay, I'll give you the money." As he said that, he stretched out his hand.
"Huh?" At this time, Village Chief Wu was stunned.
Why did the person who was so arrogant just now suddenly give me money again?
But then he thought about it and thought: Oh~ I understand, it turns out that this guy was bluffing, and he gave up after being scolded and frightened by me.
Thinking of this, Village Chief Wu spoke again and added: "Boy, don't think that you can get rid of this matter just by bringing out three melons and two dates. Today you At least this number must be left."
When he said the last three words, Village Chief Wu raised his hand and made a "ten" gesture.
According to his opinion, this is to extort ten taels of silver.
When the surrounding villagers saw this, their faces changed one after another. They said to themselves: The village chief is really angry today. In the past, extorting five taels of silver was considered a big deal, but now he is actually Knock twelve.
In these days, who would go out and carry ten taels of silver with them for travel expenses? Look at the tattered clothes on these three boys and the three old horses. They may not all be worth ten taels.
Of course, they also know that the price is too much or too little...that's all.
There are rules for robbing in this village. You will not rob people with nothing, but at least leave something so that they can continue on their way. If you really rob others and leave them with nothing, the other party will Maybe I'll just stay here and not leave, or I'll fight you.
“Village chief, take this bank note."After a few digs, Sun Yixie took out a silver note.
The village chief took it and saw that the note from Baichuan Bank had a denomination of one thousand taels.
< p>He was shocked at the timeFor a moment, he suspected that it was fake, but he looked carefully and couldn't find any flaws.
"You..." Village Chief Wu's eyes changed when he looked at Sun Yixie, and he couldn't even form a complete sentence, "This..."
"What? Too little? Sun Yixi smiled and took out another identical thousand-tael silver note, "Then I'll add another one, two thousand taels, is that enough?" "
When he took out the first banknote just now, the surrounding villagers were either too far away to see the denomination clearly, or they were illiterate and didn't recognize it, so they didn't react much. , I just thought the village chief's reaction was a bit strange.
But then Sun Yixie himself said "two thousand taels", an amount that sounded astronomical to the villagers, and everyone was confused. .
This feeling is like a thief breaking into a house. He originally thought it would be good to steal a few thousand or even tens of thousands, but then he opened the door and found billions of cash piled in the house. What do you think? Did he have to be so frightened that he called the police?
"Isn't that enough? Seeing that the village chief didn't respond, Sun Yixie said again, "Then three thousand?" "As he said this, he wanted to pay again.
"No! Don't... don't take it out. "Village Chief Wu finally came to his senses at this time and quickly stopped Sun Yixie from taking out any further money.
"Oh, that's enough. Sun Yixie said in a very calm tone, "Okay, keep the money and we're leaving." "
"Wait a minute! When Village Chief Wu saw that the other party was about to leave, he quickly stepped forward to stop him, "Young Master, we don't want this money... we don't want it anymore." "Not only did he dare not accept any more money from Sun Yixie, he also handed back the two thousand taels of silver notes in his hand.
"Master? Sun Yixie glanced at him and sneered, "Isn't he a 'little bastard'?" "He didn't accept the bank note, but waved his hand away from the other party, "I think you'd better take it." ”
“Ouch! " Village Chief Wu was now anxious. He ran forward quickly and knelt down in front of Sun Yixie, "Little old man, I can't see Mount Tai. Master, don't blame me! "Puff puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff, puff puff out out of his mouth," he began to knock his head, and while knocking back, he shouted, "Young master, you don't care about the faults of villains, please spare us!" "
His two sons were also dumbfounded. They couldn't turn their heads for a while. The two of them quickly stepped forward to support their father.
The second son also said: " Dad, what are you doing? Why are you being so polite to him..."
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Before he could finish his words, Village Chief Wu slapped him with a big mouth: "You are so stupid. ah! Also said! Why don't you kneel down! ”
The second son was stunned by him and stood there at a loss.
Dozens of villagers were similar to the two brothers and still didn’t understand. What's going on?
"Huh...Okay. "Sun YixieSeeing that it was almost done, he stopped embarrassing them. He took back the money and put it in his arms again. "Village chief, explain to them slowly, we are leaving first."
That's it. In this way, the three of them remounted their horses and walked out of the village without anyone daring to stop them.
After they were far away, the village chief stood up and breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, his eldest son asked again: "Dad, what's going on?"
Several villagers standing close also wondered: "Yes, village chief, why did you return so much money to others? Even if you keep 20%, it will be enough for our village to live happily for several years."
"Hi !” Village Chief Wu was really angry, “Are you all stupid? How can you be an ordinary person if you can just take out a few thousand taels? That’s money you won’t be able to earn in ten lifetimes!” he said. , spat, "I'm confused too. Yesterday I saw that the looks and demeanor of these boys didn't look like they were from poor families. Their shabby clothes were all just pretending. In my opinion... these guys must be grown-ups." If you have a background, it's possible for the emperor and his relatives... If we take their money today and offend them, don't you think about it... They hired a charlatan to slaughter our village. How much money can I spend? Do you need three thousand taels? "
How about saying that this man is old and slippery, and the rabbit is old and the eagle is hard to catch? The village chief is old. He can no longer fight, but his brain is still good.
After he made such a point, the villagers were also scared. They were all glad that they just cursed a few words and didn't take action. If he did, it would be another beating. If there is retaliation afterwards, all the people in their village will die; even if they kill people here today, it will be useless, because if the big shot disappears, no matter what, someone will come to trace it, and if the people in their village disappear, there may not be anyone care.
This is the way the world is. Without strength, you can only do evil things to poor people like you.
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After leaving the village, Huang Donglai opened his mouth and said to Sun Yixie: “Brother Sun, what if someone really takes your money? What to do?"
"Impossible." Sun Yixie replied leisurely, "They don't have the courage."
"What if?" Huang Donglai argued.
Sun Yixie smiled: "Then you can beat them down and get the money back...it won't be too late." He shrugged, "Of course, judging from the results , Didn’t this solve the problem without fighting? "
"Brother Sun." Lei Buji seemed to have learned something again, and immediately said with a smile, "Gao, I learned it."
"What have you learned?" Sun Yixie asked.
"When you have an absolute advantage, you can show courtesy first and then attack." Lei Buji said.
"Hey, you are very enlightened." Sun Yixie said, "Then let me ask you, what about when the power is balanced or at a disadvantage?"
Lei Buji has not been in this situation yet. Draw inferences from one instance to anotherAbility, so after thinking about it, he replied with a universal answer that was difficult for Sun Yixie to refute: "Change?"