Chapter 81: Angry at his lack of
fighting spirit Gong Shangguo, lying on the ground, no longer had the noble aura that was hard to conceal in the past. He was wearing prison clothes, his face was withered, and although his eyes were open, they no longer had any luster, like a corpse waiting to be dried and buried.
Gu Dan clenched his hands involuntarily, then loosened them and looked at the jailer beside him and said, "Young man, can I go in and see him?"
"This is against the rules!"
The jailer who was leading the way shook his head repeatedly.
Being able to visit the Heavenly Prison is already a matter of relying on Prince Yu's face, so how can one contact the prisoners at will?
If we help free the prisoners, wouldn't that make the emperor lose face?
Gu Dan took out a few banknotes and secretly stuffed them into the jailer's hand. "I'll just take a look and say a few words. I won't touch anything."
"Alas, he is the emperor's grandson after all. If it were someone else, I would never agree!"
The jailer took it righteously, opened the cell door, and warned: "Don't stay too long!"
"Thank you, bro."
The jailer was considerate enough to leave the cell door ajar and then walked a dozen steps to the side, leaving a space that was considered somewhat private.
Gu Dan walked up to Gong Shangguo's side, but Gong Shangguo did not react at all, and even his eyes were not focused. It seemed that everything around him was no longer worthy of attention to him. There was only a body left in the sky prison.
"Gong Shangguo!"
Looking at the guy on the ground who had no spirit at all, Gu Dan was filled with anger and suddenly shouted.
The person on the ground finally showed some reaction. His eyes turned and seemed to be stagnant. He finally showed some slight ripples. Gong Shangguo came back to his senses and called out in disbelief, "Gu Dan?"
His answer was an exceptionally loud slap in the face!
Gu Dan angrily and mercilessly slapped that handsome face that was enough to attract everyone's sympathy. In the blink of an eye, the place where his palm landed began to swell.
Gong Shangguo, who was already as dead as ashes, finally came to his senses, and a weak and vain voice rang out, "Why did you hit me?"
"Hit you? Hitting you is the least of my worries!"
Gu Dan grabbed the prison uniform with one hand and pulled Gong Shangguo up from the ground. "Do you think you are very powerful? Hmm? Do you think you have done your last bit for the sake of justice? Hmm?!"
Staring at the silent pair of eyes, Gu Dan tried hard to suppress his voice.
This guy has completely lost his fighting spirit and must be scolded in the most intense way to wake him up.
"I"
Gong Shangguo wanted to say something, but Gu Dan didn't give him a chance to speak.
"Go to the palace to see the emperor and give him advice in person. If you fail, you will die, leaving only morality in the world. Do you still want me to praise you for risking your own life and putting justice first? Huh?!" Pulling Gong Shangguo in front of him and staring into those eyes, Gu Dan's words sounded particularly harsh and cold.
Since ancient times, there have always been upright people who would give advice to the monarch in person, and if the monarch did not obey or listen, they would simply hit themselves to death against the pillars of the hall.
To put it nicely, it's called sacrificing one's life for righteousness. I will tell you what you did wrong. If you can change, we can still be king and subject, and we will work together to clean up the mess. If you don't change but I have done my best, I will die to make my determination known, telling the world that I don't want to go along with the crowd, and I can still leave a good name behind.
To put it bluntly, it is extremely stupid! From Gu Dan's perspective, if you know that the king is not a king, then naturally the minister is not a minister!
The ruler is the leader of the ministers. If the ruler is not righteous, the ministers will defect to other countries. The country is the leader of the people. If the country is not righteous, the people will rise up and attack it! Knowing clearly what kind of character the Emperor Zong Ming was, what's the point of going to him and saying something righteous? It's just to impress yourself!
"There are so many ways to make efforts and try, but you chose the worst one. Even if you ran to Yangxin Palace and punched him, I would respect you as a man, and it would be regarded as a relief for the countless suffering people under Dayue's rule. But you actually ran to him and tried to reason with him?!"
Gu Dan lowered his voice, angry at his son's lack of argument, "If reason is useful, how can the Mohist School still have such a hard time? You have grown up so big, is it that you only know how to use your hands to eat?"
Gong Shangguo had never seen Gu Dan so angry. To be precise, this friend whom he had known for more than ten years rarely showed his emotions. Even when things were in chaos outside, he always stayed in the courtyard without showing any signs of anger. He was silent and quiet, as if he was isolated from the world.
But now, I don't know how he managed to get to the Heavenly Prison, and his words were even more fierce than those of Qin Lisheng.
It's almost like you should just rebel.
"I am a member of the royal family." After a pause, Gong Shangguo lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Gu Dan's eyes. He felt ashamed and guilty.
In this era, the concepts of blood ties and clans are extremely important.
This is what is meant by "when one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer; they must never be separated, otherwise it would be a heinous crime, and even ordinary people are like this.
Not everyone has a vision that transcends the times, and adhering to justice and morality does not mean that one can free oneself from the shackles that shackles they have on one's own.
"People of the royal family can't swing swords or raise fists?"
Gu Dan gnashed his teeth and said, "You have been learning from Mo Qiu for so long, but you only learned Brother Mo's morality, but you didn't see his courage to be the first in the world?!"
I feel sorry for their misfortune and I am angry at their lack of resistance!
His starting point was clearly the top treatment in Dayue, but he was still thinking about fighting alone. Seeing that things could not be violated, he thought of giving advice in person to fulfill his integrity! He was not afraid of death, so why didn't he dare to have some bold ideas? !
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Gong Shangguo lowered his head in shame and was speechless.
"The Mohists have received the war reports from the border. Those who are well-informed should know that truth cannot be hidden. It won't be long before the news spreads. Just stay in the prison. You don't have to watch the people of Dayue suffer. They will make the right choice themselves, and you want to die at this time!"
Letting go of Gong Shang's collar, Gu Dan said coldly.
"I'm useless." Gong Shangguo shook his head in pain.
Once he falls into the Heavenly Prison, the first thing he does is to use secret medicine to destroy his meridians and cut off his martial arts.
Although some people occasionally take unconventional approaches and are lucky enough to retain some true energy, they are all rootless duckweed and it is difficult for them to achieve anything in their lives.
"Waste? I didn't agree to that!"
Gu Dan placed his palm on Gong Shangguo's shoulder, the green light disappeared in his palm and silently flowed into his body.
The powerful vitality force turned into a source, and the meridians that had been dried up and blocked were revived under that power.
Gong Shangguo's body froze and he looked at Gu Dan in disbelief.
“For a martial artist who has mastered internal organ training, his body will not rot within three months even if he dies. There are even masters whose bodies will not rot for a hundred years. How can they be as fragile as you say?” After the internal energy in his body disappeared, Gu Dan withdrew his hand and said calmly.
What is fragile is never the body, but the heart.
Once one loses the unyielding faith and determination to move forward, no matter how noble a person is, it will only take a moment for him to fall into the mortal world.
The jailer walked over here, and the meeting time was over.
"Don't let Dayue's sorrow become your sorrow."
Gu Dan stood up, his lips slightly opened.
In the almost dark dungeon, Gong Shangguo could barely make out the words through the shape of his lips.
"Survive."
(End of this chapter)