Chapter 2024 (1/2)
I lit a cigarette and took a long breath and said, ”pockmarked, before that, I want to tell you a story.”
”What?” Looking around, Pockmarked Li thought he had heard me wrong. He stared at me in surprise and asked, ”tell a story?”
”Yes.” I nodded: ”in those years, the Mongol army invaded the Central Plains, burning, killing and plundering all the way, and all the places they passed were empty cities. Qiu Chuji, a Quanzhen Taoist, was impatient, so he went to the western regions to ask Genghis Khan to stop the Massacre... ”
”I know the story. Isn't it the legend of the shooting hero? After passing niujiazhuang halfway, Guo Jing was saved and handed over to the seven monsters in the south of the Yangtze River. ”
”That's a novel. I'm talking about the truth. Qiu Chuji is one of the seven sons of the whole truth.” I refuted him.
”Yes! Qiu Chuji's master is the leader of Quanzhen religion, who is called zhongshentong Wang Chongyang. He also has a martial uncle called the old naughty boy Zhou Botong. The old urchin has a nice old lady. What's her name? ” Pockmarked Li's thinking is very active, a series of thought so much.
”Those you said are all adapted by Mr. Jin Yong through legend. Qiu Chuji, as I said, is a real person in history. Until now, his position in Taoism is extremely detached.” I said with great seriousness.
When Pockmarked Li saw how serious I looked, he quickly shut up and stopped talking.
I stared at him and continued, ”Genghis Khan listened to Qiu Chuji's request, as if he didn't understand it, and pointed out from afar:” there is a big river three hundred miles to the south. I want to build a bridge there. ”After saying this irrelevant words, I turned around and left. I will never see him again.”
”Chuchuji had to travel another three hundred miles to the river. Although the river is not wide, it is surging abnormally. There are many stone and wood materials on both sides of the river bank to build the bridge. People sent by Genghis Khan to build the bridge sit around and frown. Even the soldiers who are guarding the bridge are listless. ”
”I just know that the reason why the river is so fast is that there is a demon tortoise making waves here. The people who built the bridge died one after another, but they couldn't even stand a pile! The bridge can't be built at all. Once the date is delayed, these civil servants and soldiers will be executed. ”
”So Qiu Chuji used Taoism to kill the demon tortoise and help them build a bridge to save their lives.”
”And then?” When Pockmarked Li was listening to my interest, I suddenly stopped, and he asked curiously.
”This bridge is the only way to get through the follow-up food and grass. If this bridge can't get through again, Genghis Khan's army building expedition may have failed. How much do you think this bridge will cost?” I laughed.
Pockmarked Li was stupefied. He didn't wake up until then. He waved his hand and said: ”this is two things! Qiu Chuji is for the common people in the world. We... ”
”Are we just making money?” I interrupted: ”it's true that when I first stepped into this business, I was just like you, trying to make money. But now it is not only our responsibility and mission, but also our morality and good deeds that are pressing on our shoulders. ”
”Maybe you are right. Guo Pang is a fake liar. But once the tunnel is built, no matter how much profit he gets, the benefits to the whole county are real! ”
”It's like when the bridge was built, Genghis Khan benefited the most. But Qiu Chuji also saved the migrant workers and soldiers, and then successfully persuaded Genghis Khan to stop killing and loving the people. Although the Song Dynasty was finally destroyed, but this is the return of heaven, the inevitable history, Qiu Chuji simply can not stop. Compared with those countries in the western regions that were completely wiped out, the whole Chinese nation lost the least in this historical catastrophe. It was because of Taoism that the Chinese nation was saved. ”
”Compared with these, everything else is insignificant!”