Chapter 55 10. I killed a person①

①The original title was "The Murder on the Morning of the Winter Solstice". Confucius said, a superior officer kills with a pen, a sergeant kills with words, and a corporal kills with a stone plate.It can be seen that there are many ways to kill people.I just met a guest, because he was too eloquent, I killed him with two and a half words.Although it's up to him whether to die or not, it's up to me to kill or not, and I've always fulfilled my sergeant's duty. Here's the thing.Although I don't believe in Jesus, I observe Christmas, which is the so-called winter solstice in foreign countries.In the past few days, because Christmas has come, I have become more busy, bought more things I shouldn't have bought, and played with children more, and I seem to feel that I should be particularly lazy during this festival, so the "Small Review" of "China Review" has always been published. not written.The person who picked up the manuscript was coming within 20 minutes.Originally, I was very systematic in my work, but now I want to show him that I am not systematic.I think it's okay for a person to do things in a regular manner all year round, and to spread dirt during this festival.Even if the "China Review" cannot be published on schedule, China will not perish right?So I am sitting by an iron stove, dreaming of the joy of watching the fire in the fireplace, putting aside my worries for a while, and putting them all together into the fire in my dream, disappearing into nothingness, and flying into the blue sky.The only factor is safety and sex, so although I sit and dream, I always wink at the typewriter.As a result, I understood righteousness, and my laziness was overcome. I made up my mind and was preparing for work.

Just when I was rushing to draft, I knew there was an article to write, but I didn't know how to write it, when suddenly the doorbell rang.After watching the film, he is a stranger.It's embarrassing for me, because if it's a regular customer, I can wish him Christmas and ask him to go away.However, the situation of the guests seems to be very important.So I asked the footman to tell the people first that I am very busy at the moment, but if there is something important, you might as well come in and sit down for a few minutes.He said it was very important, so he came in. This gentleman is very neatly dressed and has a very elegant manner. In fact, looking at his rare Song Dynasty business card, you can tell that he is a member of the academic circle.He has a tall forehead, like a scholar, but his mouth is small and his eyes are small, which doesn't look very pleasing.He holds a paper package in his hand.I've already hated him.So we started chatting.A gentleman has admired my "big name" for a long time, and has also read my "masterpiece".

"It's very shallow. Don't laugh at me, sir." I replied respectfully as usual.But as soon as this sentence came out, I immediately felt bad.I got the feeling that we would have to return to each other for fifteen minutes, making big detours, before we had any hope of getting down to business.I don't know what business he has. To be honest, I have a lot of experience in receiving customers.Probably, the more knowledgeable the visitors are about books and etiquette, the more greetings and conversations will be made in return for each other.Everyone knows that it is not good to be presumptuous when meeting strangers, like foreign devils who "come here for something" and open the question directly, because it is not elegant to start the question in this way.Whenever scholars meet for the first time, they must have the identity of scholars, and they will show the kung fu of stereotyped writing, or the righteousness of Tongcheng's rise and fall.Talking in this way is called having articles in the words, and the articles should not only have style, but also should have structure.It can be roughly divided into four sections.However, the conversation is not like the practice of the article, where the writing is broken and the topic is continued, and the words that enter the topic are left at the end. These four paragraphs are as follows: (1) talk about greetings and comment on the weather; (2) recount the past and reminisce about old friendships; (3) Talk about current affairs and express emotion; (4) The "little things" you want to entrust.All scholars will never start from the fourth paragraph. They must use rules and regulations, with restraint and commitment, with a strong momentum, and then suddenly stop writing, and stop abruptly under the circumstances of virtue.These four sections can also be divided into (1) Meteorology, (2) Historiography, (3) Politics, and (4) Economics if the book classification method is used.The function of the first paragraph is to "sit firmly", which is in line with the meaning of peace when you come. "Respect", "Daming", "Jiuyang", "Suwei" and "Today's weather hahaha" belong to this paragraph.After the position is safe, the situation will be settled.The so-called love is not the night of love, but the connection of feelings.So the second paragraph is about the past.Maybe your nephew Ling went to school with a certain gentleman, maybe you lived in Nanxiao Street, and he lived in Wuliang Adult Hutong, so the relationship is harmonious.If everyone is from Peking University, knows Zhimo, Shizhi, even Gu Hongming, Lin Qinnan... then it will be more intimate and the story will be long.The relationship is good and the momentum is strong, so the next step is to talk about current affairs and express emotion.The scope of this third paragraph is very wide, including: China's immortality is unreasonable, the policy of saving the country, the criticism of the political leaders of Gu Yue, the three kings, the horse and the horse, and so on.There are also statistics of following Premier Sun for several years to several years.For example, you heard a speech by Premier Sun in the 30th year of Guangxu, and this year is the 29th year of the Republic of China, and you deserve 33 years in total. This is called following the Prime Minister for 33 years.And the relationship is good, the momentum is strong, and suddenly the opportunity to write has arrived, so the guest fancha stood up, picked up his hat, and suddenly turned to the fourth paragraph: Now I have a small matter, don’t you know the president of XX University?Could you please write a letter of introduction summarizing the full text.

On the morning of the winter solstice, my nerves were alert, and I knew that I had to listen to the four-paragraph article again.Because Mr. X talks very elegantly and behaves very gracefully, so I am a little bit prepared.But in his heart, he was wondering what treasure was in his paper bag.Or maybe he wants to introduce me to some errand, but that said, let's start with meteorology. The constellations in the zodiac have already been counted, and a certain gentleman accidentally mentioned Fu Jun briskly.Fu Jun is a top student at Peking University.I understand that he is reminiscing about the past, already in the second paragraph.Yes, this gentleman is indeed a great talent, with a radiant heart and a strong pen.He totally agreed, but my eyes kept returning to the typewriter and his paper bag.However, somehow, our relationship really became harmonious.Everything this gentleman said was reasonable and to the point.

The transition from the second paragraph to the third paragraph is very natural. Fu Jun, a native of Shu.You see, isn't there a fight between uncles and nephews in Sichuan? A certain gentleman said that Sichuan is very unfortunate.He said that he saw the bimonthly magazine I edited (I heard people say that seeing the bimonthly magazine is always happy), and he knew that there have been 477 civil wars in Sichuan since the Republic of China.Naturally, I had no objections, but I thought to myself: "Chinese people have too much time." The servant of the review newspaper was about to come to pick up the manuscript.Therefore, I am no longer willing to listen to his arguments and appreciate his methods, but I am willing to help him end the third paragraph.We have been talking for more than half an hour.At this time, I felt that if all the warlords in Sichuan were to hang themselves and turn to the main topic, they would not go astray.

"Sir, I'm here today, what's the matter?" "Just a little thing," he said, opening his paper bag. "I heard that Mr. Hu and the editor-in-chief of a certain magazine are relatives. Could you please pass this manuscript on to Mr. Hu?" "Mr. Hu and I are not related, and I have never heard the name of a certain magazine." I couldn't help but answer arrogantly, feeling quite murderous by a sergeant.The plot was very tense at this time.Because it came so suddenly, not only did I not expect it, but even this gentleman was astonished.Both of us felt dumbfounded, because we deeply regretted that it took half an hour to write a good article that Cheng Zhuan Fu was about to enter the topic, because I was arrogant, and it didn't end. My fault is really not that Wei Yan kicked down Qixing It's under the lights.At this moment, we both feel that life is like a dream!Because I know that I have wasted my most precious winter solstice morning in vain, and he also feels that he has wasted his knowledge of meteorology, astronomy, history, and politics in vain.