Spring and Autumn Confucian Heroes

Chapter 457
After entering the city, Ji Er didn't continue to ride on the back of the green bull, but led the green bull on the rope and walked on the street.

In Taiyang City, there were not many people coming and going, most of the people hid at home and did not dare to go out, which made this bustling city look extremely depressed.

"Tap Tap!"

After walking a short distance, Ji Er saw patrolling soldiers approaching in front of her, and she hurriedly pulled the green bull's rope and leaned beside her.

After the soldiers left, Ji Er walked forward again.

"I don't know, the restaurant is still open.

Ji Er muttered to herself, and then walked towards the largest wine shop in the center of the city, but she was somewhat worried that the wine shop would close early due to the impact of the war.

"Hey, the door is not closed!"

After arriving in the center of the city, Ji Er saw the opening wine shop from a distance, and a smile appeared on her face.

"A Niu, we can finally rest."

Ji Er turned around and patted Qing Niu on the head, then walked quickly towards the wine shop.

"Moo!"

Qingniu let out a low growl, and followed behind wagging its tail.

"Guest officer, please come in quickly!"

Seeing the extraordinary Ji Er and the strange appearance of the green ox, Xiao Er felt that this person was extraordinary, so he hurried up to receive him.

"There is a private room on the second floor, do you want to go up objectively?"

Hearing the words, Ji Er touched her somewhat shriveled purse, then shook her head with a smile, and said, "The private rooms on the second floor are too expensive, I'd better sit on the first floor."

After speaking, Ji Er began to look around the first floor, but after looking around, Ji Er frowned slightly.

It turned out that the first floor of this restaurant was already full of customers, if you wanted to stay on the first floor, you had to share a table with the rest of the people.

"This young man, I wonder if I can sit here?"

But soon, Ji Er walked slowly towards a table, and bowed to the young man sitting at the main seat.

"Thanks to senior for not giving up and willing to sit at the same table with this junior, I naturally wish for it. Xiaoer, remove all the banquets on the table and replace them with a new one. I want this senior not to get drunk or return."

The little boy who was secretly annoyed because of his misjudgment, his eyes lit up immediately when he heard the young man's words, he hurriedly agreed and ran to work.

Ji Er heard the words, but looked at the young man and the other person on the table carefully, and then said with a smile: "Since the young man warmly invites you, I will be disrespectful."

While Ji Er was looking at the two of them, the purple-clothed swordsman next to the young man was also looking at Ji Er curiously, but there was a hint of wariness in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, Yang Yue, this is my brother Mo Dao, how dare you ask senior's name?"

As soon as Xiao Er removed the banquet, the young man began to introduce himself.

This young man who called himself Yang Yue was none other than General Huan Chang, who came to the restaurant in disguise today, wanting to hear the opinions of the common people on the matter of him ordering the beheading of a thousand people.

To be honest, Huan Chang would not have been willing to do such a thing if he hadn't had a last resort.

"Under Ji'er, I'm not much older than Shaoxia, so Shaoxia don't call me senior, just call me Brother Ji."

Huan Chang nodded slightly when he heard the words, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

From the moment Ji Er entered the wine shop, Huan Chang's attention was attracted, because Huan Chang couldn't feel any fluctuations of true energy from this person.

It's just that this person's gestures seem to be integrated with the heaven and the earth, as if this person is a part of the heaven and the earth.

Then there is only one explanation, the martial arts of the middle-aged man in front of him are unfathomable.

On the mainland of Kyushu, many martial artists can delay their aging after reaching a certain level of cultivation. It is impossible to guess the age of these people based on the appearance of the martial artists.

Therefore, even though Ji Er looked only ten years older than Huan Chang, Huan Chang still called her senior.

However, according to Ji Er's implication, this person's appearance should show his real age. If this is the case, then Ji Er's cultivation talent is enough to shock Huan Chang.

Mo Dao didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two, but stared at Ji Er tightly all over his body.

Song Renjun had just captured Taiyang City, and the relationship between Song State and Seven Star Sect was getting worse and worse. A man with unfathomable martial arts suddenly appeared in the city, and Mo Dao naturally did not dare to be careless.

"Hey, the rebellion of these nobles is certainly hateful, but there are nearly a thousand nobles from the same clan, but they are going to be beheaded for public display at noon today. The general's move is a bit too cruel."

At this moment, someone beside him suddenly sighed.

"Silence!"

As soon as this person finished speaking, his companions hurriedly stopped him, and looked around with some guilt.

However, the voice of the person who spoke just now was not low, and many people in the restaurant heard it, and almost all focused their eyes on the two of them.

"Little Er, check out!"

The person who spoke just now was just sighing for a while, but he didn't expect to attract everyone's attention. Thinking that he might offend the vicious general, he immediately turned pale, and hurriedly checked out and left.

"Is the general really as cruel as that man said?"

Ji Er cast her eyes on Huan Chang, as if she wanted to hear the general's evaluation from the other party.

"That's a bad word."

"Since those people chose to rebel, they should have thought about their fate, and the number of innocent people who died because of these people's rebellion was far more than a thousand."

"Not to mention anything else, just those generals and officials who are loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, plus their family members, there must be many of them."

"Only by killing to stop killing, using violence to control violence, so that those with evil intentions will never dare to rebel, can the disputes be ended and more people can be saved."

Huan Chang didn't answer yet, but Mo Dao took the lead in arguing with reason.

Hearing the words, Ji Er took a deep look at Mo Dao, and then sighed quietly: "Stop killing with killing, stop violence with violence, let's not say whether it will be successful or not."

"Even if people really don't dare to rebel, it will plant the bane of rebellion in these people's hearts, and it will not solve the problem fundamentally."

"It's just a bad idea to do so."

Huan Chang couldn't help but feel moved when he heard the words, looked directly at Ji Er and asked, "How can we solve the problem fundamentally?"

Ji Er took a sip of the wine and said, "Tao follows nature, and it can be cured by doing nothing."

"What does it mean to rule by doing nothing?"

Huan Chang pressed on step by step.

"If the ruler does nothing, the people will transform themselves; if the ruler is quiet, the people will be upright; if the ruler is indifferent, the people will be rich; if the ruler has no desires, the people will be simple."

"The general's reform was too hasty. Although his original intention was to enrich the country and strengthen the people, what he brought to the Song State was not prosperity but turmoil."

"If you can't make the best use of the situation and follow the people's will, it may be difficult to quell the civil strife even with a strong suppression."

Ji Er stared at Huan Chang's eyes without giving in.

(End of this chapter)