801 Persuasion (2/2)
Dog Butcher was at a loss what to say, and had to think for a while before saying, ”What you did before is evil… What Marshal Yang did is good.”
Old Man Mu nodded. ”Well said. Let me ask you this again. Are you and your sister good or evil?”
”Good,” Dog Butcher answered at once as if saying it even a bit slower would make him a bad person.
”Then that's strange. How could you call yourself a good person if you haven't done anything like what Marshal Yang has done, like helping those in danger, or relieving those in need?”
Mouth agape, Dog Butcher didn't know how to reply. He had joined the Kongtong Sect at a young age, and had spent most of his life practicing martial art skills. Even after he had left the Kongtong Sect, he had only wandered from one famous sect to another. Everything had taken place under rules, and there was always someone to look after him. He indeed hadn't done any chivalrous deeds so far. ”But my sister and I haven't done any evil deeds so far either. Right, doing no evil is the same as doing good.”
Old Man Mu nodded again. ”I see. But I still want to ask you this: the Central Plains people have come to the Royal Court to kill and also to steal the head of the Khan. Are they doing evil?”
”Of course not. We are following the order from the Imperial Court…”
”You mean the Imperial Court of the Central Plains?”
”Mmm.”
”So the people loyal to the Imperial Court of the Central Plains are all inherently good and people like us from the Norland and the Western Regions are inherently evil? Because in our eyes, the Emperor of the Central Plains is nothing more than a fart in a windstorm.”
”How dare you?!” Dog Butcher angrily grabbed the hilt of his saber. Insulting the Emperor was tantamount to committing high treason in his eyes.
”That's strange. Why are you able to snatch the Khan's head, but I cannot even abuse the Emperor of the Central Plains' name ? Shit, piss, fart, son of a bitch …”
Old Man Mu's foul words came out thick and fast. Dog Butcher's face turned pale, but he finally understood Old Man Mu's point and anxiously waved his hand, saying, ”Stop, stop. I am wrong. Please do not insult the Emperor anymore.”
”You are wrong?”
”Yes.”
”Do you know why you are wrong?”
”Everyone has their own lord to serve; thus, there's no clear line between good and evil.”
”That's right. In the Western Regions, your lord is the Dragon King. Kill whoever he asks you to kill and you are good. Otherwise, you are evil. As for Meng Yuzun, who cares if he's good or evil.”
Frustrated, Dog Butcher didn't know what to say. He felt that something was wrong with Old Man Mu's words, but he couldn't find a loophole.
Old Man Mu had won the battle of words and was in a very good mood. He comforted the other side, saying, ”You can think of it this way. As the saying goes, the rich are all heartless. Meng Yuzun's money is enough to crush an army, so he must be very cruel. And you are going to get rid of the cruel and pacify the good.”
”But this Meng Yuzun is a fake.”
”Isn't it wicked enough to be cruel, rich and practice fraud? Then why don't you just go kill the Unique King? He's paid to kill others and never asks why. He's definitely a villain.”
Dog Butcher had finally been convinced. ”Okay, let's go.”
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”No, let's go kill Meng Yuzun.”
Old Man Mu was entertained, musing that if the good girl had been so easy to deceive, he would not have fallen into this miserable situation.
The two were just about to leave when Tie Linglong pushed the door open and glanced at them. Her eyes finally fell on Old Man Mu. ”There's something very strange going on. Could you help me look into it?”
Among them, Han Wuxian was still sniffing out the disciples of the Waning Moon Hall in Jade City like a hound. Nie Zeng and Tie Linglong had went out separately to spy on the people of the Central Plains in the Four Noble Truths Temple, and on the Heavenly Mountain Sect in the southern part of Jade City.
Luo Qibai's death was a great blow to the people of the Central Plains. Nie Zeng had went out several times, but found nothing. It seemed that all the disciples of the major sects had fled from Jade City overnight.
Tie Linglong, however, had observed a strange behavior from the Heavenly Mountain Sect, ”The Heavenly Mountain Sect has recruited a lot of sabermen in the past two days.”
”That's quite normal,” Old Man Mu analyzed in earnest. ”Many experts of the Heavenly Mountain Sect have died, so of course they will recruit new people.”
”But the salary is only fifty taels of silver a month.”
”It's not bad in other places but in Jade City… It's a bit too little.” Old Man Mu didn't know the market very well.
”The hired sabermen all look like experts, but none of them bargained.”
Dog Butcher suddenly thought of something and interrupted their conversation. ”Could they be golden roc killers who were asked to join the Heavenly Mountain Sect?”
Old Man Mu laughed at him loudly. ”You are imagining things… Ehh, actually, it's possible.”
The three of them were not good at identifying killers. Old Man Mu clapped his forehead and suggested, ”Dog Butcher and I have a task to do. Little girl, you can go to Shangguan Fei and ask for help. He can help you find out the truth. Well, you've done a pretty good job already. What does the Heavenly Mountain Sect want to do? Are they also aiming at the Meng family's property?”