Long Chen was extremely annoyed by these trolls. He originally wanted to keep a low profile and first look at the situation in the Suzaku Empire, and then study how to give a betrothal gift. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you survive a hundred battles.
At this time, he was targeted by this group of brainless scholars. Long Chen was immediately angry. He didn't care about it anymore and just sat on the stage and looked at these guys:
"Why can't a frog in a well talk about the sea, or a summer insect talk about the ice? My hands are stained with blood, so what does the chicken, duck, and fish you eat mean? Are you also stained with blood?"
"I'm sorry, I'm a vegetarian and don't eat meat." The scholar seemed to have been prepared and sneered directly.
"You are a vegetarian and don't kill animals? Lift your feet and take a look." Long Chen said disdainfully.
The man was stunned. Seeing everyone looking at him, the man sneered and said, "I don't know what to say."
But after saying this, he still raised one foot. The shoes were clean, and the soles were as white as jade, without a single flaw. Suzaku City was indeed spotlessly clean.
"Then what? Do you want to buy Xiaosheng's shoes? Sorry, unless you have the status of a scholar, you will not be qualified to wear these shoes for the rest of your life." The scholar mocked.
"Idiot, can one pair of shoes lift you to the sky? I'm talking about your other shoe." Long Chen said calmly.
Hearing this, the scholar changed his feet and lifted up the other foot. The sole was also clean, but there was a small black spot on the white sole. If he looked carefully, he saw that it was an ant the size of a grain of rice.
He was trampled to death and his body was stuck to the soles of his shoes.
"Tell me now, are you also stained with blood?" Long Chen said.
"You... this is just an accident!" the scholar said angrily.
"Accident? Accidents can take away lives at will. Since that fat white man said, all living beings must be reasonable throughout their lives.
This ant is also a living being, and it also has relatives. It has seven aunts and eight aunts. Perhaps it has a higher wealth and status, and has three wives and four concubines. If it works hard, it may have hundreds of descendants.
And you, trample it to death, and then say something unexpected and it's over? Do you know how distressed its parents, wife and children are?
If you are really reasonable, you should sacrifice your life and apologize with death in front of everyone present! Otherwise, where is the justice? If you are not reasonable yourself, who will listen to your reasoning?" Long Chen said.
"you……"
That scholar was so angry that his face was livid, and he accidentally stepped on an ant, so he had to pay for his life? Is this sick?
"What are you doing? Are you being unreasonable? I am trying to reason with you from the perspective of an ant. Why are you not being unreasonable now?" Long Chen said with a puzzled look on his face.
The practitioners present all had smiles on their faces. This Long Chen was so interesting. Among the practitioners, there were few people who were so smooth-talking. Looking at the group of scholars, they felt as comfortable as swallowing a mouthful of iced honey on a hot day.
Cool.
"Ants can't speak, so why should they be reasonable?" Another scholar couldn't help shouting.
"What did you say?" Long Chen pretended not to hear.
"An ant can't speak, so why should it be reasonable?" The scholar thought his voice was weak, so he shouted loudly.
"What did you say?"
"Ants can't speak, so why should they be reasonable?" This time the scholar yelled.
"What did you say?"
"I said ants can't speak, so why..." The scholar shouted fiercely. Because he was not a practitioner, his voice became hoarse in the middle of the shout, and he couldn't say the rest of the words.
"I can't hear what you're saying, so that means I don't need to reason with you, right?
You can't hear the ants' cries before they die, which means you don't need to reason with the ants.
Doesn't this return to the previous problem? The power is not on the same level, and there is no way to make sense.
You say that ants can't speak, and I say that I can't hear your voice. The truth is the same. To put it bluntly, it's just to hide one's ears and deceive others. Let's see who is more shameless.
So, don’t pretend to be arrogant. Seeing how proud you are, I just want to slap you in the face. For no other reason than to feel good." Long Chen spread his hands and said, as if I have spent all my time with you today.
, what can you do to me?
Long Chen's words are a bit like a scoundrel, but the truth is the truth. Long Chen continues to use this trap to trap them firmly. If they can't get over this trap, they can't continue to be reasonable.
"It is simply unreasonable to ask me to pay for my life. You have killed so many living beings, what qualifications do you have to criticize me?" the scholar said angrily.
"I didn't talk about you, you were the one who talked about me first. I have killed living beings, and you have killed living beings. Although the proportion is very different, in essence, there is no difference. Isn't it interesting to laugh at fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps?
"Long Chen said calmly.
The scholar's face suddenly became gloomy, and so did all the scholars present. Long Chen was too insidious. If this matter was not resolved, he would not continue to reason with them. In this case, they would be disgraced.
"Then according to what you said, how to solve this kind of thing?" The scholar who crushed the ant to death said coldly, and then threw the problem to Long Chen.
Long Chen chuckled and said: "I also like to be reasonable, so asking you to pay for your life is indeed a bit too much.
However, it shouldn’t be too much for you to put away its corpse, kneel down and kowtow three times, wear sackcloth and mourn for it, and keep vigil for seven or forty-nine days!
If you agree, then our matter will be over, and we can continue to reason with each other, how about that?"
"you……"
The scholar was furious. According to the rules of the empire, only when a close relative or elder of the family dies, they will wear sackcloth and wear filial piety to keep vigil. Moreover, ordinary relatives can only keep vigil for seven days. Forty-nine days, this is done only after the death of the parents. After forty-nine days of vigil,
You will have to observe mourning for three more years.
Although Long Chen did not ask him to observe mourning for three years, but keeping vigil for seventy-seven forty-nine days was tantamount to giving this ant a grand burial like his parents. This was simply humiliating.
"Those who humiliate others will humiliate themselves. Those who step on others will be stepped on by others. As soon as you come up and sneer at Mr. Long, you are not being reasonable at all, but you want to make Mr. Long look embarrassed to show how knowledgeable and noble you are.
Since you want to step on other people's shoulders and raise your own height, you must be prepared to fall down and lose your shit.
I am a person who never tolerates anyone's faults. If someone respects me, I will respect him a foot. If someone bites me, I will serve him with a big mouth.
Anyway, you are shameless, and I don’t need to save any face for you. If we agree, we will continue. If we don’t agree, that’s the end of it. You can decide in full screen.” Long Chen looked at a group of scholars and said calmly.
typical.
From their eyes, Long Chen saw full of anger, but he didn't care. If you make me unhappy, I will also make you unhappy. It's only fair that everyone is unhappy.
"Okay, I agree!"
The scholar actually took the ant off the sole of his shoe in full view of everyone, and kowtowed to the ant three times in front of everyone. Everyone was stunned for a moment.
While shocked, they also looked at the smiling Long Chen: This guy may have completely offended the Confucius Institute.