Chapter 1259: Miss Cousin Does Not Want to Be Entrusted to Her (4)
After an incense stick of time, Chen Shu came back with a look of sadness and sympathy on his face.
"Old Chen, what did you find out?" Jin Xiangrong asked hurriedly when he saw him coming back.
"Master, the head of the Wan family next door unfortunately passed away in another place. The body has just been sent back, and the family is very sad." Chen Shu replied with a sigh.
"What's going on? I remember that Mr. Wan was a few years younger than me, strong and sturdy, walked with a breeze, and spoke with full energy. He doesn't look like someone who will die young at all!" Jin Xiangrong was shocked. He never expected that he would die earlier than himself.
Chen Shu shook his head and said, "Mr. Wan didn't die of illness, but of an accident..."
"What accident?" Jin Xiangrong asked, frowning thoughtfully, "Did he encounter robbers? He often travels abroad for business, so it is very likely that he will encounter robbers."
Chen Shu would still shake his head: "Master, you guessed wrong. What Wan Dangjia encountered were not robbers, but gangsters. He was so unlucky that when he passed a mountain road, he happened to encounter two gangs of gangsters seeking revenge and fighting. Their caravan was affected and couldn't dodge. Those gangsters were so bloodthirsty that they didn't care whether they were enemies or not. Anyway, they were in their way and had to get rid of them..."
"Those gangsters are totally lawless. They can even kill innocent people. They take human lives lightly and don't take the laws of the court into consideration at all!" Jin Xiangrong said angrily.
"Dad, they killed ordinary people. Won't the government arrest them?" Jin Shichu asked curiously.
Jin Xiangrong looked unhappy and said, "Those Jianghu people rely on their martial arts skills and don't take the imperial court seriously. Even if the government comes to arrest criminals, they will resist. They even dare to kill the government officials. After killing them, they will escape and their whereabouts are unknown. The government can't do anything about them. Over time, those Jianghu people have become more and more presumptuous and don't take ordinary people's lives seriously. They kill whenever they want. Anyway, they won't be punished. If ordinary people encounter this, they can only blame their bad luck..."
Even though Jin Shichu knew that this world consciousness belonged to the world of martial arts, after hearing Jin Xiangrong's words, he couldn't help but feel disgusted with the people in the martial arts world. What's the difference between these people who take human lives lightly and bandits, beasts and the like?
Chen Shu also said at this time: "Miss, now the outside world is in chaos. Only the capital where we live is better, and there are fewer people from the underworld running here. But in other places, many sects have occupied many fields, forced the people to work for them, and used and oppressed the common people as slaves. I don’t know how many people have fled and become refugees. They also don’t pay taxes to the court. The local government has less tax revenue, and cannot help the people when they encounter floods and droughts. This has caused many people to lose their lives and become homeless... They really deserve to die!"
"Is there no expert in the imperial court? Or, send soldiers to besiege them? Even if the soldiers' martial arts are inferior to theirs, as the saying goes, many ants can kill an elephant. Even if we use numbers to pile up, we can destroy a few sects, right?" Jin Shichu asked.
"Chu'er, you think too simply. Sending soldiers to wipe out martial arts sects is like using the lives of soldiers to fill the pit. How many people will die? The soldiers raised by the court are used to defend the country. Compared with wiping out martial arts sects, defending the country is the most important." Jin Xiangrong said to Jin Shichu with a serious face, "Besides, the world is not peaceful now. In addition to the constant invasion of foreign enemies, there are also large and small natural disasters. The country is unstable. Even if all the sects are wiped out, what can it do? The people are still living in dire straits. Whether it is a foreign war or a civil war, it is us civilians who suffer."
Jin Shichu thought about it. What Jin Xiangrong meant was that the current imperial court was not strong enough, natural disasters and man-made disasters occurred frequently, and there were both internal and external troubles. Therefore, those gangsters who were engaged in fighting and killing were not the main contradiction for the time being. After all, they did not raise the flag of rebellion. Therefore, although the imperial court felt aggrieved, it was not in a hurry to wipe them out with great fanfare.
"Then Master Wan died in vain and couldn't even get his revenge?" Jin Shichu said helplessly.
"They died in vain, didn't they? They can only consider themselves unlucky. Those gangsters killed people and ran away. We can't even find them, let alone take revenge." Chen Shu showed a compassionate look on his face. "I heard that most of the caravan members led by Wan Dangjia died. The Wan family had to compensate each of them with resettlement fees. As for the batch of goods, they can't be found. This time the Wan family suffered a huge loss and lost everything."
"Well, let's see if their family needs any help. Let's help if we can." Jin Xiangrong said to Chen Shu.
"Okay, I'll go back and ask their family." Chen Shu said happily.
Wan Dangjia was a generous and magnanimous person. Whenever he returned home from business, he would be friendly with his neighbors. He would bring local specialties with him and share them with his neighbors, so he had a very good relationship with them. This time when he was in trouble, his neighbors were very sympathetic and regretful, and would not refuse to help if they could.
The Wan family incident made Jin Shichu's impression of the people in the underworld even worse. Jin Xiangrong was also very depressed because of the death of Wan Dangjia. He often said to Jin Shichu in a tone of uncertainty: "I thought I was the first one to die, but I didn't expect that I would get seriously ill and almost die, but finally crawled back. But Wan Dangjia was a good person, and no one thought he would die young, but he met with an accident and suddenly lost his life..."
Jin Shichu had no choice but to comfort him: "So, Dad, no one knows which will come first, tomorrow or an accident. We can only live every day as if it were the last day of our lives. Enjoy what we should enjoy and give up what we should give up. See through life and death, take gains and losses lightly, enjoy life, and don't wait until you are dying to regret that you didn't do what you wanted..."
Jin Xiangrong was originally in a rather melancholy mood, but when he heard her words, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I didn't expect that you are so young, but you think more thoroughly than an old man like me. But you are right, the lives of ordinary people like us are very fragile, and we should live freely and leisurely."
"That's right, that's right! So Daddy, let's eat braised rabbit head today! It doesn't matter whether the eating posture is elegant or not, the most important thing is that it tastes good." Jin Shichu said with a smile, taking the opportunity to ask for the delicacy that he had been craving for a long time.
How could Jin Xiangrong not see the cunning in her eyes? But he still agreed and said, "Okay! Dad hasn't eaten it for a long time, and he misses it a little."
"Dad, have you ever eaten this dish before?" Jin Shichu was very surprised and asked him quickly.
"That happened a long time ago. At that time, your father and I were your age, and we were very romantic..."
(End of this chapter)
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