At the end of September, the first snowfall of the year fell in Beihai Town.
Under the pattering snow and rain, eight-year-old Li Wang stood outside the door of the Police Headquarters, hesitating whether to go in or not.
"Li Wang, come with your grandma quickly." An accompanying security policeman came up and was about to pull him away, but Li Wang stubbornly turned aside, allowing the security policeman to take advantage of him.
"Hey, you kid, be obedient! Don't make mistakes."
Li Wang looked up at the white-haired grandma in front of the police station, still hesitating. The old lady sighed, turned around, opened the door and walked in.
In mid-September, the sensational wife-murder case finally came to a verdict:
The murderer Li Youcai drowned his daughter and strangled his wife Li He to death. He was sentenced to death and awaits execution. Li Wang's grandfather, Old Man Li, who was also an accomplice in this case, was sentenced to ten years of hard labor. Although Li Wang's grandmother knew nothing about it,
He reported it, but Li Wang was exempted from prosecution because he was young and needed someone to take care of him. The security police chief who knew the law and violated the law was dismissed from the security police service and transferred to the Oha camp on Bitterleaf Island.
Not long after the verdict, Old Man Li died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage one night due to anger. Li Wang's grandmother was caught off guard by a sudden change, and her head turned gray overnight.
In order to protect Li Wang, Katayama and Zhou Weiguo did not disclose the information that Li Wang was the informant during the investigation of the case. Therefore, Li Wang's family did not know until their death that all this ended because of this eight-year-old child.
a letter of report.
His newly born sister is dead, his mother is dead, his grandfather is dead, and now his father is about to die. All this makes eight-year-old Li Wang at a loss. He didn't see his two younger sisters when they were gone, but only saw his grandmother.
With red eyes, he told himself that his sister had not survived.
But the mother who loved him the most suddenly disappeared, which an eight-year-old child could not accept no matter what, especially after he overheard what his grandfather and grandmother said.
Children from poor families have long been in charge. Although Li Wang is only eight years old, he has almost understood that the changes in his family are all related to his letter.
And this made him unable to face his father.
The cotton-padded clothes on his body were already wet. This clothes had been altered by his mother stitch by stitch. While he was hesitating, Li Wang suddenly felt a darkness above his head. When he looked up again, there was an umbrella on it. He turned around and looked again.
In front of me is a blue cotton robe, and on my feet are a pair of cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles.
Now in the entire Beihai Town, there is only one person who still walks around wearing a green cloth robe every day, and that is Wang Zhong, the current vice principal of Beihai Town Primary School.
"Sir." Li Wang looked at the middle-aged man with a tearful voice and asked, "Did I do something wrong?"
Wang Zhong knelt down, looked straight at Li Wang, and asked in a deep voice: "What do you think?"
"My father took my mother...I don't know."
Wang Zhongdao: "The sage said that if a father quarrels with his son, he will not fall into unrighteousness. Therefore, if there is unrighteousness, the son cannot but quarrel with his father, and the minister cannot but quarrel with the king."
Wang Zhong had spoken and explained this passage in class. When Li Wang heard it, tears flowed down his face.
What Wang Zhong was talking about was the "Book of Filial Piety". Teaching introductory Confucianism was also one of Wang Zhong's conditions for taking office as the vice principal of a primary school. Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism had its dross, but there were also many good things in Confucianism. Since Beihai Town wants to let people
If people are literate and become scholars, how can they be ignorant of etiquette, justice and integrity?
Wang Zhong put his hand on Li Wang's shoulder and explained patiently: "If a father has a son who dares to speak out and fight hard, his father will not be involved in injustice. Your father did something wrong, but you did not
Wrong. If you don't stop your elders when you see them making mistakes, that's not true filial piety. But Li Wang, even if he makes all kinds of mistakes, he has always loved you very much. After all, he is also your biological father."
Li Wang finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he lay on Wang Zhong's body and started crying loudly. All the fear, doubt, worry, and longing he had been feeling these days were intertwined together, and they were all released at once.
Wang Zhong comforted Li Wang for a while, and when the child gradually stopped crying, he said with a serious face: "Let's go see your father for the last time and kowtow to him." After that, he stood up and held out his hand.
Holding up the umbrella and holding Li Wang with one hand, he slowly walked into the gate of the Police Headquarters.
Li Wang's father, Li Youcai, is sitting in a small room wearing shackles, with two security policemen behind him. The furnishings of this room are extremely simple, with a bare wooden table and two chairs. Li Youcai's mother and son are currently sitting at the table.
In front of me, I burst into tears.
The door opened again, and Li Wang walked in with red and swollen eyes. He immediately saw the shackles spread out on the ground.
His father showed a hint of surprise at first, then became very weak and sad, and whispered in a hoarse voice: "Wang'er, let dad take a good look at you."
Li Wang walked up to his father. The two security policemen hesitated for a moment, but finally made no move.
The old lady wiped her tears and said to Li Wang, "Kowtow a few times to your father."
Li Wang knelt down in front of his father obediently and kowtowed three times. Then Li Youcai helped his son up and held him in his arms.
"Mom, if your son is unfilial, Wang'er will have to work hard for you in the future."
"Don't worry, I will work hard to raise this child. When he gets married and has children, he will continue the family lineage of the Li family."
When the visit ended, Li Wang's grandmother changed from sobbing to wailing, and Li Wang was pulled out of his father's arms by the security police. At this time, he suddenly understood what it meant to lose his father.
"Let me go! Let go! Dad!"
In the corridor, Wang Zhongtie had a livid face and closed his eyes in silence. He thought of his father who died young and his mother who worked hard to raise him. When he heard about what Li Wang's father had done, he also talked to Lao You and the others.
I denounce those bad habits in the countryside, but there are too many such things among the people!
The reason why Wang Zhong is willing to be the vice principal of a primary school is because he actually wants to join the officialdom of Beihai Town. Scholars always have ambitions. A few years ago, he wrote an article "Diao Huang Zu Wen", intending to defend the man who had long been notorious for killing Mi Heng.
Huang Zu Zhaoxue reversed the case.
It is said that people in later generations deplored the talent of Zheng Heng and condemned Huang Zu for being narrow-minded. However, Wang Zhong believed that if Ni Heng could be appreciated by Huang Zu in this life and gain such a confidant, he would die without regrets. Wang Zhong believed that because of Huang Zu's
It is common in the world for people to fight against each other after a glass of wine when they are frustrated. This is not the only case. It is a misunderstanding caused by a moment of anger in a hazy consciousness. It is understandable. However, Huang Zu can have far-sightedness and sincere appreciation.
Ni Heng's talent and courteous corporal are even more valuable.
"The remaining strands of hair are attached to others, and the learning and staggering are self-effective. When they grow up, they watch the masters several times. Why don't they give parrots to the wide banquet, and recognize the monuments on the left side of the road? But when they are drunk and full, they are as narrow as they are. Flying and arguing. I haven't heard of the words and I appreciate them. For Huang Zu, I still got the bad things and left the good things behind."
This is a true portrayal of Wang Zhong's heart. His character, talent, and experiences are all similar to Cheng Heng, but the people he met are not as good as Huang Zu. They only have Huang Zu's shortcomings and none of Huang Zu's strengths in appreciating talents. It is very regrettable that he will not meet him. The meaning of Huang Zu.
This shows Wang Zhong's desire for Bole's confidant, and his inner loneliness and depression can be imagined. When Zhao Xin asked Shen Jingdan to invite him, the reason why Wang Zhong dared to come was to see if Zhao Xin was the one he was longing for. Bole, even if he is a traitor, he will admit it!
But everything he saw and heard after arriving in Beihai Town was incompatible with his talent, which made Wang Zhong feel helpless that a hero had no place to play; he even wanted to say goodbye and return home for a time.
Zhao Xin's original explanation of the "Hua-Yi Debate" was refreshing to him. Later, after visiting the military parade, Wang Zhong was even more surprised by the powerful force of the Northern Navy. He felt that Zhao Xin's current hegemony had been established and he would conquer the world. It's so easy. I hope that like Zhuge Liang, I can devote my life's talents to helping the world and saving the people.
Now, he finally understood what people like Zhao Xin were doing. This was definitely not to find a group of peasants who were about to starve to death to help them rebel against the Qing Dynasty, and then continue to be emperor himself, and then hire a group of Confucian scholars to help them. King, they are trying to create rebellion in the hearts of the world!
It is easy to break the thief in the mountain, but it is difficult to break the thief in the heart. If you want to achieve great things, you must first break the thief in the heart.
With the verdict in Li He's case, the draft reform plan for civil affairs was finally released. A notice jointly signed by the Civil Affairs and Public Security Police Department was posted in various communities in Beihai Town.
In this notice, Beihai Town made it clear that it will gradually open medical stations in various residential areas, requiring all families of pregnant women to be registered, and medical station personnel will regularly visit the homes to check the condition of pregnant women. If the child is confirmed by two-level medical personnel, Those with congenital deficiencies can be treated with the consent of their families.
In addition, all acts of killing female infants by drowning will be regarded as murder, the family will be deprived of land rights, the principal culprit will be shot, and the accomplice will be sent to Ezo Island for ten years of hard labor. The leader of the resident group where the household belongs will be guilty of the same crime as the accomplice.
This announcement once again shocked all the residents. They did not expect that Beihai Town, which governs heaven and earth, would now even have to control the birth of children.
"Let me tell you, even the officials turned a blind eye to this matter before. Why should the gentlemen here have such leisurely thoughts? Whether it's a son or a daughter, they all belong to my family. Whoever can support me is willing to do that? Immoral thing!"
"What a fart! If you want a son instead of a daughter, will your son be a bachelor for the rest of his life when he grows up?"
"How about that? There is always someone who will give birth to a daughter."
"Oh, if I put it in your house, I will lose money. If I put it in someone else's house, I would have to raise it to be your son's wife? How can there be such a truth in the world?"
"Don't argue. Didn't you see it written on the notice? If your wife becomes pregnant in the future, you have to report to the team leader and register at the medical station. Tens of thousands of kilograms of grain on fifty acres of land is enough to feed ten or eight people. If it’s still too little, I’ll go to Ezo and give you a hundred acres!”
With the sound of a gunshot, the murderer Li Youcai disappeared and soon turned into a jar of ashes. The old lady of the Li family, Li Wang's grandmother, returned home with her son's ashes and was thinking of finding a cemetery to bury them in.
When she arrived, two people knocked on her door one after another.
Mrs. Li was immediately startled by the first person. He was a guy with red hair and blue eyes, wearing a black robe and a cross hanging on his chest. This person was the deputy director of the Radiology Department of Beihai Town Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.
Father Macarius is also.
“Lord Jesus Christ our God, remember your eternal mercy and mercy, by which you became human and willingly died on the cross to save those who have true faith in you, rising from the dead and ascending to heaven,
Sit at the right hand of God the Father, and look upon the humble supplications of those who call on you with all their hearts..."
"Bang!" The door slammed shut again.
Macarius took his time, he was used to this kind of thing, and knocked lightly on the door again.
"This lady, as a servant of God, I want to help your poor son and husband pray so that they can enter heaven as soon as possible and see the holy light of our Lord."
Old Mrs. Li, who was so frightened that her face turned pale when she heard this, felt moved in her heart. Then she opened the door again and saluted Father Ma and Director Ma with their hands together.
"Master, are you here to recite sutras for my son to be saved? But my family has no money to pay for it."
Macarius said with a smile: "As a servant of God, how can I collect money? Please don't worry. Madam, don't you recognize me? I have checked your body before."
Father Ma said this, and Old Mrs. Li finally had some impression. When the Li family first came to Beihai Town, a group of people wearing "filial piety clothes" checked their whole family, and one of them was a foreigner with red hair and blue eyes.
"Oh. Then please come in."
Macarius entered the house with a smile, drank a glass of water, and was about to start reciting prayers when he heard someone knocking on the door.
Mrs. Li went over to open the door and was stunned again. Standing outside the door were two monks, an old one and a young one. They were Master Chengche and his disciple from Wuya Temple.
"Amitabha, Nv Tan Yue, and the monks and disciples came here to pray and recite sutras for the Li family, father and son, and the Li He family."
Macarius turned his head and looked at it, and immediately became angry. They were really enemies. Since this old monk came to Beihai Town, he has been sabotaging his missionary cause all the time. As long as someone in any family dies, this old monk will be the master and the disciple.
The two of them were going to grab their own business. He had already prepared to believe in God almost everything the old people said, but as soon as he became clear, he was cut off in a few words.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chengcheng smiled and clasped his hands and said: "Amitabha, it turns out that the priest is here too. What a coincidence."
Macarius thought to himself, what a coincidence, I must have been seen by your apprentice when I came out of the hospital. That kid ran outside the hospital door every day and stayed there for half a day, handing out something to the patients coming and going.
Pamphlets such as "The Treasured Confessions of the Emperor of Liang" to encourage people to do good.
He quickly drew a cross on his chest, forced a smile on his face and said, "Praise God, you are here too, monk."
In fact, Markarius also wanted to publish some pamphlets, but the problem was that Ferapontov was preoccupied with steelmaking and had recently started to help the Northern Navy build cannons, so he had no time to help him.
At this time, several nearby neighbors also noticed the movement at the door of Li's house. Although they did not dare to come out, they all stood in front of the window to watch the excitement.
A man from the family said to his wife: "Come on, come on, those two are starting to fight again."
The woman was busy cleaning the house and asked without raising her head: "Who is it?"
"Who else could it be? The Rakshasa priest and the old monk."
At this time, the old lady Li hurriedly ran to Chengche, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed: "Please have mercy on the Master and help my family to look at Feng Shui. What kind of gods did my family offend?
Such a catastrophe!"
Yes, as soon as the old monk came, Father Ma immediately lost half the game.
It has been more than half a year since Chengche and his apprentice came to Beihai Town. They built a shed on the edge of the town at the beginning. Later, several elderly islanders helped build a small yard. Only then did the master and apprentice have a place to stay.
land.
Compared with Orthodoxy, the residents of Beihai Town are always tolerant and respectful of Buddhist monks no matter where they come from; especially those residents from island countries, they respect Chengcheng even more. Therefore, although Chengcheng’s missionary work has not yet begun
, there are actually quite a few private believers. Although Beihai Town does not openly promote religion, it still has no objection to some old people going to Chengcheng to kowtow and burn incense.
In fact, Zhao Xin's secret agent team has been paying attention to the situation of Chengche and Macarius, and reported to Li Ji at any time.
In fact, Zhao Xin is also very interested in Buddhism. When he met Yupei by chance, he went to Nara to visit a temple. However, Zhao Xin knew that he could not take the initiative to see the clear sky. What goes well above him will be affected by what he does below. He did not want Beihai Town to become a place where people eat fast.
A place to recite the Buddha's name.
Even though Master Chengche and his apprentice were fighting with Markarius all day long, the old monk was actually very awkward. He didn't get any support from the Beihai Town officials at all. Zhao Xin didn't see him at all, and Chen Qingsong only saw him once. Since then,
He and his apprentice lived together in a cottage, and security police often walked around the area to dissuade some young people from coming.
With his clear cultivation, he has been in Beihai Town for half a year. Although he still doesn't understand many things, he already knows that neither Qinggui in Jilin nor the emperor in the capital is a match for Beihai Town.
Instead of doing this, why bother getting involved in this muddy water.
The old monk has now begun to think about leaving and is preparing to return to Wuya Temple.