Chapter 79 the other side of conscience

It is said that Liu Daxia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was exiled tragically and was not fined much, but when he was on the road, he only had a coarse cloth parcel, and an old servant followed behind him.Many of his old friends and disciples in Beijing came out to see him off one after another and gave him a lot of silver. But Liu Daxia refused all of them. He said: You must take the money back. If the court finds out about this, you will know the consequences. I am not trying to scare you. All the way he went into exile, he kept meeting disciples who gave him money, but they always said the same thing and refused to accept any money.

But when he entered the Suzhou area, a large group of veterans flocked to him, offering him wine, meat, and money.Liu Daxia said: All of you, if you really want to help me, I beg you to take all this silver and take it all back, I beg you. Everyone said: "Old teacher, don't be afraid of being like this. How far is this place from the capital?"You took the money to make yourself suffer less and suffer less, then Liu Jin will not know. Liu Daxia shook his head: Let me tell you the truth, since I left the capital, I don’t know how many money I have given to my old family members, but I still dare not accept it.Everyone thinks that I am afraid of Liu Jin and dare not accept the money, but if you think about it, I am a seventy-three-year-old man, half of my waist has been lost, how can I be afraid of Liu Jin, that eggless eunuch?

Everyone was puzzled: If this is the case, why don't you dare to accept the money. Liu Daxia said: Listen to me telling you, I dare not accept these money and use it to improve my life, because I am really afraid in my heart.But what I fear is not Liu Jin, but human nature. human nature?What is human nature?Everyone was at a loss. Liu Daxia said: Human nature... If I knew what human nature is, would I still be in this state?But let me tell you, as long as I resolutely refuse to take your money, I will go to Suzhou safe and sound, and come back safe and sound just like this.Just ride the horse and eat the food.But if I take your money, whether I can come back alive is still a question.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay: That is so profound, can you explain it more clearly? Liu Daxia: The secrets of heaven cannot be leaked, and human nature cannot be broken.Once it is broken, things will go to the opposite side, and I dare not say what will be the more terrible result at that time, I really dare not say. Everyone was angry. You said that this old man Liu gave him money with good intentions, but he was messing with you. Are you making trouble?He also said that if he took the money, he might not come back alive. If you don’t believe me, why don’t you try it? So those disciples, superficially obedient and nodding repeatedly, took advantage of Liu Daxia's inattention and quietly stuffed the money into his small parcel.

A few days later, Liu Daxia went to an inn in Suzhou, but suddenly fell ill, moaning in bed, and asked his old servant to bring a bowl of water.But there was no sound from the left shout, and there was no sound from the right shout. Liu Daxia was surprised and dazed at first, then suddenly came to his senses, and burst into tears: You bastards, you bastards, I told you, don’t give me money, you must be Secretly stuffed money into my bag, it's over, now my old man is dead... The reason why I dare not take money is not because I am afraid of Liu Jin, but because I am afraid of the old servant who serves me!

This old domestic servant has served me all my life, serving tea and water, washing dishes and cleaning pots. He is diligent and conscientious, a typical working people.But this performance is only an illusion.He is also a person, and he also has people's joy and hatred. The longer he serves me, the deeper his hatred for me. As long as he has the opportunity to entrap me, he will not hesitate at all. He had long wanted to run away and leave me alone, with no one to care about and no one to ask.The reason why he hasn't escaped is because he can't get anything from me, and I don't have a piece of silver in my hand. After he escaped, he was also a poor man.But once I have money in my hand, he will immediately leave with the money.If he doesn't do this, then he is not considered a human being, because his performance is exactly human nature.

Now those doormen secretly gave me money, so the old servant immediately cashed out his loyalty and devotion for so many years, and ran away with the money.Pity my seventy-three-year-old lonely old man, who will take care of me... human nature! Liu Daxia approached it at the shortest distance, but he was too old, and he no longer had the strength to push open the closed door of the sage.