Chapter 842 (1/2)

Published at 25th of March 2019 09:20:04 AM

Chapter 842: 842

Ye Su was saving himself by preaching in streets and alleys . He was leading folks to save themselves . The change might look tiny, considering how long Haotian Taoism had lasted in this world . However, it was revolutionary because the wors.h.i.+p for Haotian had been replaced by the new doctrine, and the yearning for the Kingdom of G.o.d had been replaced by the love for living in the moment . That was what shocked Ning Que most .

Ye Su looked at Nin Que and said, ”Preaching is the process of gathering the people's will, and uniting their faith . I am still trying to figure out the details . You can go to the Book Hall in the West-Hill Palace, if you are interested . There are many examples in Haotian Taoism Cla.s.sics . ”

Ning Que settled in Linkang, and continued to discuss and study . The longer he stayed with Ye Su, the more he respected the man living in the shabby house . He was like a grindstone, round outside, but tough inside . He ground all the details from the scriptures into the tiniest powder, and made them his own .

During discussions of those days, Ye Su had kept silent on the character Ning Que wrote . Like at the beginning, he peacefully talked about the inspiration he had learned from his life and from traveling to all the countries . He had read many scriptures since he was young, so Ning Que learned the systemic theory of Haotian Taoism from him .

Ye Su put forward an interesting hypothesis during discussions, that if Haotian was the rule of the world, like the Headmaster once said, then how did the cold and impersonal rule gain life and strength? He thought it was possible that its life and strength came from the faith of people, which Ning Que found it reasonable . But when it came to the Everlasting Night which happened every ten thousand years, the hypothesis didn't make any sense .

Aside from discussions, Ye Su taught the neighborhood children every day . He taught them woodworking, weaving and wine-making methods, and sometimes he told them stories from the scriptures .

Lingkang City was rainy in midsummer . The district was full of temporary buildings and dilapidated old houses, which were so vulnerable in the heavy rain, that some collapsed every day .

Ye Su saved people everywhere with the children, and fixed broken eaves . He even planned to fix the drainage system of the block after winter .

Disciples from the Sword Garret dropped by from time to time, so Ning Que seldom went outside the shabby house, and he didn't help with those things, either . He was watching the process, and finally he learned something .

The rain had been pouring for three days, exhausting everyone . Just as they were about to lose all hope, the rain stopped, and the sky cleared up .

People in the soaked streets and alleys were cheering . Ye Su was worried about the plague after the rain because of increasing mosquitoes . So he carried his medical box and dropped by the neighborhood .

Ning Que poured away water in the three broken bowls before his bed; they were used to contain the leakage from the roof . He looked through the hole on the roof, and at the sun . Then he asked in silence, ”Why did you stop crying?”

Ye Su was exhausted when he returned . He handed a bowl of green vegetables and rice to Ning Que, saying, ”I'm not feeling well today . You may eat it alone . ”

Ning Que looked at his pale and bony face, and thought that he seemed weaker than most ordinary people; if he persisted, he would die before he became a sage .

”I won't eat it . ” He looked at the piece of blue sky on the roof and said, ”I've got to go . ”

Ye Su said, ”Of course, I have nothing left to teach you . ”

Ning Que looked back at him and slightly frowned .

Ye Su then smiled, saying, ”Don't hesitate . Mercy was delicious but poison to you now . I won't hate you for killing me . ”

Ning Que thought it for a while and said, ”I still feel it a pity . ”

Ye Su said, ”You'll die if I spread the news that you've left Chang'an City, no matter how diligent you were . ”

Ning Que said, ”I hope you can live as much as you hope me to . ”

Ye su asked, ”Why would I?”

Ning Que said, ”Because what you're doing and what you'll do are quite meaningful . And you'll face obstacles in the future; you will need me then . ”

Ye Su said nothing, and he smiled .

Ning Que looked at his eyes, and said, ”You need Tang and the Academy . ”

Ye Su didn't answer him directly . He said, ”If you don't kill me, then you'll have to pay the tuition fee before you go . ”

Ning Que didn't take it as a joke, he took out notes, and handed one of them to Ye Su .

Ye Su took it and found that it was 100 taels of silver . He smiled and said, ”Rumor has it that you and that man are misers . It seems to be true . ”

Ning Que said, ”Other students paid you with vegetables and rice, why should I be accused for giving one hundred taels of silver?”

Ye Su said, ”A bowl of vegetable and rice with fat dregs is more important to those children than 100 taels of silver to you, let alone that it was steamed rice . ”

Ning Que thought for a moment, and he found it reasonable . So he said, ”I'll pay you more . ”

Ye Su replied, ”Just go and buy something for me . ”

Ning Que came back from the market to the alley . He walked over the bricks soaked in waste water . Squeezing through the dense shacks, he arrived at the door of a house .

Several unkempt boys were eating sorghum rice from the bowls . Their mother was looking at the meat hanging on the stove, worrying because it was becoming thinner every day . Then the corner of the curtain was lifted up; a girl came in with her hands on her pants, saying, ”Teacher said you should buy me a belt . ”

Her mother said angrily, ”Where's the cloth belt I cut for you last night? Just keep playing on the street, and you'll tear all the tough belts apart! Where should I buy you another one?”

Ning Que called the girl wearing the reluctant face, and handed her some things .