The second half began again. Shuo Yu, their leader, said very little. His defense lawyer, who had been there to protect him at critical moments, stood to his left and continued to answer questions.
"What does your very troubled family do?"
"Summon the soul." As soon as Long Wenjian finished speaking, Shuo Yu couldn't help but stare at his face with wide eyes. If you are not the captain, do you still want to live? Is it fun to say such things at this time?
Long Wenjian didn't look at Shuoyu's shocked eyes, but just licked his lips. Compared with the first half, there was much less dead skin on his lips.
"What are you doing?" Yu Xiaoqing seemed not to hear and asked again in disbelief.
"Summoning spirits." Tang Ji closed his eyes after hearing this, thinking it was a bit outrageous.
"It's like when a child has a cold and a fever, and the old woman takes a copper basin and goes out to bang it and scream? Or the kind that cries and howls for a long time over a copper coin?"
He felt that their leader would not die, judging by Yu Xiaoqing's attitude. If he really wanted to kill him, he would not have the time to listen to this guy's specious nonsense.
But I think their master has seen the kind of spirit summoning he mentioned before.
"Master, it's not that simple. People have their own land, and their souls return to their hometown. When people die, they all want to go home. What our family does is to call back the souls of the dead and let them go home. In peacetime, people die on their own land, and no one cares about us. In the autumn of war, the world is in chaos, and no one remembers us. It is difficult to live, but we have to live, so we keep walking and calling."
Shuo Yu muttered to himself, "No wonder your family is poor? You can't earn much money just by calling souls. Now, to be a Taoist priest, don't you have to know everything? Listen to the wind and see the water, identify people and find things, predict good and bad luck, change your luck and increase your fortune... Don't you have to know a little bit of all of that? If you don't know enough, you won't have anything to eat. No wonder you are the only one left in your family."
"Do you really believe that people have souls? Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, which one do you believe in?"
"I believe, but I'm cautious, so I can't really call myself a believer."
"I mean, do you really believe that people have souls? Do you have a soul?"
"I...I don't know."
"Report!" Shuoyu couldn't bear to listen any longer and shouted,
"speak!"
"Our leader is a half-baked one. I know that everyone has a soul. You, Commander, have one, and even those standing there have one. Each of us has a soul." Shuo Yu gestured with his hands to Meng Fanle and the others. He was very sure of what he said, because everyone does have a soul. Some people's souls are fragile, some people's souls are tough, some people's souls are floating, and some people's souls are heavy. Everyone has his or her own soul, and everyone's soul is different.
"Do you believe this?"
“I’m a professional.”
"Aren't you studying law?" Yu Xiaoqing smiled slightly, not sure if it was because he was angry.
"That's a side job. I occasionally help people with lawsuits. My main job is to call back souls. I did that for a few months in Zenda before the Master came. You can go ask around in the city. The little grandson of Mr. Lin in the east of the city lost his soul half a year ago, and I was the one who called it back."
"Then what do you believe in?"
"I believe in myself. There is no God in this world, so I believe in myself." Shuo Yu looked at Yu Xiaoqing, their master. He did not think that he said anything difficult to understand. There is no God in this world.
"Then you still believe that people have souls?"
"I believe it, and so do many scholars at home and abroad. Plato, Socrates, Newton, they studied physics and philosophy, but in the end they all believed in theology. But there is no God in the world. When we can do those things, we are God."
"What's the matter?" Yu Xiaoqing was very curious. He placed his white-gloved hands on the table and tapped on it.
“Things that people in the past could never have dreamed of, things that people today are dreaming of, things that we will do in the future.”
Shuo Yu knew what kind of person their division commander was from the moment he saw him. Just as he had met many people like their regiment commander, he had also met many people like their division commander. He knew what to say to such people.
"You're a Taoist priest, and you also work part-time as a lawyer for others. You must be well-off. Why are you joining the army again?"
"I told Captain Zhang when we were registering." Shuo Yu didn't believe that Yu Xiaoqing didn't know. His diehard followers would not fail to tell him, because Master Yu's surname was Yu, the same as Yu Xiaoqing's.
"Say it again."
Shuo Yu looked at the unknown tablet behind Yu Xiaoqing, spoke in a flat voice, stood upright, and saluted with a military salute that he was not very familiar with, the Hunan soldier's salute.
"Every man is responsible for the fate of his country. Even if the country is in ruins, I am still a Chinese, nothing more."
"Good! You're great. It's a shame to stay with them. Do you want to come to the division headquarters? I heard from Xiao He that you're quite good with a sword. Is that the one on your back?"
"Yes, his name is Changfeng. Thank you for your kindness, Master. I have already decided to follow our leader in Nantianmen."
"And what if he dies?"
"He won't die."
"In the midst of war, he pretended to be the head of a regiment, falsely transmitted military orders, and deserted the battlefield. Even if he had ten heads, they wouldn't be enough to chop off his crimes."
"But his head is still sitting on his neck, intact, isn't it, Master?"
"Hahaha, the door of the division headquarters is always open to you. I believe you will regret it." The sudden applause rang out, and it can be seen that Yu Xiaoqing was really happy. He thought he had met a good seedling.
"Then I will definitely bother you more often in the future. I heard that the Master's broadsword has seen blood too. I'd love to see it someday."
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