Home Categories literary theory Bao Pengshan's New Story "Water Margin"

Chapter 62 Chapter Three

Wang Po's strategy seems to be flawless: the first step is to kill Wu University, burn it clean, and there is no trace, then Wu Er will come back, how dare you do it? The second step is to wait for the full day of the husband's filial piety, and the high-ranking official will marry and go home to be a long-term couple and enjoy the old age together. In these two steps, the key is the first step. Because, only by keeping no trace of this step and hiding it from everyone, can we ensure that the next step will be a logical one. And indeed they can hide it from everyone but one. That is the president of the Yanggu County Funeral Association - Uncle He Jiu, the head of the group.

Wang Po said: "There is only one thing that is most important. Uncle He Jiu, the head of the local regiment, is a delicate person. I'm afraid he will not bury him if he sees a flaw." Wang Po is a fine person, and He Jiushu is also a fine person.What Wang Po is afraid of is this person who is as delicate as her. However, Ximen Qing was not afraid. Ximen Qing said: "That's okay. I'll just tell him. He won't disobey my words." Why does Ximen Qing think that Uncle He Jiu will not go against his words? Is Uncle He really unwilling to go against Ximen Qing's words?

Uncle He Jiu came to bury the dead body of Wu University, and met Ximen Qing at the entrance of Zishi Street.Ximen Qing said: "Take a step and talk." Uncle He followed Ximen Qing to a small hotel around the corner, and Ximen Qing called for a bottle of good wine.Uncle He was suspicious and thought, "This man has never had a drink with me, so there must be something wrong with this drink today..." After the two ate for half an hour, Ximen Qing went to his sleeve and took out an ingot of ten taels of silver and put it on the table, saying: "Now the corpse of Wuda University is engulfed in everything, and if a bed of brocade is covered, there is no need to say anything." .”

Uncle He Jiu was suspicious, and thought to himself, "This incident is a mischief again! I went to bury Wu Dalang's body, but why did he pay me so much money? There must be something wrong with this incident!" However, Uncle He's suspicion turned out to be his suspicion, so he took the money anyway. Why did He Jiushu accept money from Ximen Qing? Is it greedy for money?no. what is that?is afraid. One fear: Ximen Qing is a trickster. Two fears: Ximen Qing controls the government. Because in feudal society, ordinary people are most afraid of these two things: hooligans and corrupt officials.

Didn't Dou E in Guan Hanqing encounter the gangster Zhang Lver and the corrupt official Tao Zhu? Reading, often reminiscent of Yuan Zaju. Both were produced in the same era and in the same society. In fact, in general situations, people's consideration of interests always overrides judgments of right and wrong, which is common human nature.Ordinary people like He Jiushu have right and wrong in their hearts and conscience, but if they are not protected, the cost of arbitrating right and wrong alone is too high for them to bear, so they can only choose to remain silent, and in silence become accomplices in crimes and villains.

When Uncle He came to the gate of Wu, he looked up and down at Pan Jinlian's appearance and the way she pretended to be crying, and thought to himself, "It turns out that Wu University is begging for this wife. Ximenqing's ten taels of silver have some origins." From feeling that "today's glass of wine must be strange" to feeling that Ximen Qing gave him the silver "this matter must be strange" to inferring "there is some origin of Ximen Qing's ten taels of silver", Uncle He Jiu is indeed a fine person. When he lifted the Qianqiu banner covering Wu Da's face, he saw that Wu Da's skin was purple and black, his seven orifices were bleeding, and his lips showed slight tooth marks. His professional knowledge and years of experience made him quickly judge that Wu Da must be poisoned. dead.

Wang Po, Pan Jinlian, and Ximen Qing were lying, but this person saw through and saw through. Then, as the president of the Funeral Association who also has the responsibility of forensic medicine, will Uncle He Jiu speak up on the spot, expose them, and clear the wrongs for the dead? If not, then how can he identify the dead body of Wuhan University and help them hide the truth together? In our opinion, He Jiushu has only these two choices. However, what happened next was completely beyond our expectations. He Jiushu yelled, and fell down after looking back, bleeding from his mouth, but his nails were bruised, his lips were purple, his face was yellow, and his eyes were dull.It's just that the body is like five drums holding the mountain and the moon, and the life is like a lamp that runs out of oil at three o'clock.Everyone hurriedly supported him.

Wang Po said: "This is evil, bring the water quickly!" After two squirts, He Jiushu gradually turned around and regained consciousness.Wang Po said: "Let's help Uncle Jiu go home and ignore it." Wang Po calculated and calculated, but was calculated by He Jiushu. Was Uncle He really bewitched? The two Huo families searched for an old door and brought Uncle He to the house. Uncle He looked so hard that the Huo family was not in front of him, and quietly told his wife that he was just pretending to be possessed by an evil spirit.Because he encountered a problem: "Wu Da must have been poisoned to death. I was about to make a statement, but I was afraid that he would have no one to make a decision. He hated Ximen Qing, but didn't he go to tease bees and pick scorpions? Hu Luti will be buried in the coffin Now, there is a brother in Wu University, the head of Wudu who beat the tiger on Jingyanggang the day before yesterday, he is a man who kills without batting an eye, if he returns sooner or later, this matter will definitely happen."

Therefore, if you speak up, you dare not, because you are afraid of Ximen Qing; if you keep quiet, you dare not, because you are afraid of Wu Song. In a hurry, he pretended to be possessed by an evil spirit and fell into a coma. He Jiushu is not only meticulous, he is also very wise! However, his wife seems to be better. The wife then said: "Now this matter is very difficult. Just ask Huo's family to go to the funeral, and ask him when he will go out for the funeral. When you arrive, you will only go to the funeral. People mistakenly took two bones, and these twelve Keeping the money is the testimony of the boss. If he doesn’t ask when he comes back, let’s just forget about it. But Ximen Qing’s face is not left, and it’s not good to cook a bowl of rice?”

When Wu Song comes back, with these two testimony, he can get Wu Song's forgiveness. If Wu Song doesn't ask when he comes back, he won't make any noise and won't offend Ximen Qing. Poor Wuhan University, if there is no brother Wu Song, his life will be a bowl of rice for He Jiushu and his wife! When people uphold justice but lose their jobs, people often choose their jobs and discard justice. Instead of being considered inferior, this is considered smart. So, when Uncle He heard it, he immediately praised his wife: "There is a good wife in the family, she is very discerning!" Then he asked the Huo family to go and bury her.On the day of the funeral, Uncle He pretended to burn paper for Wuhan University, and stole two bones from Wuhan University, soaked them in the bone pool, and sure enough, the bones turned black.He Jiushu collected it.

We know that in non-civil society, in most cases, the common people have neither the ability to protect themselves, nor the ability to protect others and uphold justice.When seeing the evil raging, ordinary people are the two types of people that Mr. Lu Xun revealed with great pain: 1. Public display materials that have been trampled and hurt; 2. Silent bystanders and spectators. He Jiushu clearly knew that Wuhan University was poisoned to death, but after weighing the pros and cons, he chose to remain silent. The reason why he preserved the bones of Wu University as evidence was not because of his conscience, but because he thought of Wu Song when he considered the pros and cons. More than one He Jiushu?All the neighbors at Wuhan University knew that his death was unknown, but none of them were willing to come forward, reveal the truth, and return justice to Wuhan University. We all became accomplices. We have seen such silence when Lin Chong was persecuted. In the story of Lu Zhishen, when Jin Cuilian and her daughter were bullied by Zhenguanxi, I saw it. Throughout the story, wherever the weak are bullied, there must be a silent majority standing aside, silent. In fact, as long as the majority is no longer silent, we would not need heroes. We can save ourselves. What is a hero?A hero is one who bursts out when others are silent. What is a hero?A hero is someone who stands up when others dare not stand up. Conversely, this is: when the hero explodes, it is the time when most people are silent.When the heroes stand up, it is the time when the public dare not stand up. Therefore, the era with heroes like "Water Margin" must not be a good era.It is definitely not a good world to breed heroes and knights.Because, for every hero, there must be a group of cowards. I hope that there will never be a need for heroes and knights in our lives. We are our own heroes.We build a system ourselves and use the system to protect ourselves. Well, now, the cowardly Wuhan University died in Pan Jinlian's arsenic, and died in everyone's silence. However, he has a heroic brother. When this brother returns, the unexplained dead will be rehabilitated. Enmity will also be declared!
Press "Left Key ←" to return to the previous chapter; Press "Right Key →" to enter the next chapter; Press "Space Bar" to scroll down.
Chapters
Chapters
Setting
Setting
Add
Return
Book