Doomsday Totem

Chapter 348 Scholars

Seeing the surging ice worms, Tie Slag held You Ge and stood up without hesitation. The muscles on his back tightened, and four bone spurs suddenly came out of his clothes, and opened into translucent membranous wings.

"Om..."

Just when the swarm of ice worms rushed more than ten meters away, Iron Slag agitated its membrane wings with all its strength, soared into the air amidst the high-frequency vibration sound, and flew into the sky.

The ice worms below lost their target and stopped one after another, raising their mouthparts and neighing towards the sky.Flying to a certain height, Iron Slag pulled out the large revolver and blasted it with a single shot.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The five-way explosive bomb burst out in response, smashing the translucent insect shell, and exploding in Bai Shengsheng's flesh and blood, hitting the ice insects on the ground until they wailed endlessly.

"Chick chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi..."

After firing five rounds, Tie Slag hugged You Ge with one hand, bit open the bomb bay with the other, and then knocked with his chin, the bomb bay suddenly "swish", turned rapidly, and flung out the hot shell casings one after another.Immediately afterwards, he quickly pulled out the bullet from the belt and pushed it into the magazine with one hand.

In a blink of an eye, Iron Slag turned the bullet, and finally flicked it casually, and the bomb bay returned to its original position with a "click".

In the next second, the Magnin revolver roared again.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

"Chick chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi..."

Amid the sound of the bombardment, the ice worms were in a mess, they were entangled with each other, trying to avoid the threat from the sky.Seeing this, Iron Slag immediately flapped his membrane wings, and with a sound of "buzz...", he swooped down.

When approaching the swarm of ice worms, he suddenly waved his hand and threw two fragmentation grenades, drawing an arc at the same time, soaring into the sky, like a bomber diving to drop bombs.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

"Chick chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi... Chi chi..."

All of a sudden, the flames, explosions, and wailing sounds were chaotic, and the ice worms were blown upside down, and their long and pointed limbs fell to the ground.

"Rumble..."

At this moment, the sound waves of the explosion caused a large-scale avalanche, and the snow on the top of the mountain rolled up into a huge wave, surging down, washing away the chaotic swarm of ice worms, and instantly buried them.

A few seconds later, the avalanche ended, and the whole world returned to silence, without any movement.

The iron slag was about to land, but in a blink of an eye, it was discovered that a large piece of metallic luster was reflected on the mountain top after the avalanche.He immediately flew over and hovered over the sky to observe carefully.After a while, he came to the conclusion that this was the side of an aircraft.

After finding the target, Iron Slag didn't rush to check it out, but flew to a nearby large raised rock, and after confirming that there was no danger around him, he put Yuge down, flew to another place, took off his membrane wings, Buried in snow.Then he climbed up the stone, picked up Yuge and leaned against the stone wall, and rested with half-closed eyes.

At the same time, in the Qin family village more than a hundred kilometers away from them, Qin Ke'er was packing her clothes in the room, while her friend Mu Qianhe was comforting her in a low voice.

"Ke'er, don't be impulsive~" "He hit me!" "Anyway, he cares about you. The old man is in a hurry, so please be more considerate." "He hit me!" "How can father and daughter have an overnight feud?" Yeah~" "He hit me!" "You don't think about your father, you also think about Iron Slag, he hasn't come back yet." "Let's leave a message for him, saying that we are waiting for him at the Fire Horn Temple. ""Alas~"

"Qianhe..." Qin Ke'er stopped, looked at her friend, and said seriously, "He thinks I've lost his face. For a person from the Far East, what is more important than face? I leave Here and here, it will only embarrass him..."

Mu Qianhe was silent for a while, then sighed, and said, "Okay..."

Since ancient times, people in the Far East have attached great importance to "face". Losing face can be said to be the biggest taboo for people in the Far East.

What is face?

When it comes to the face of people in the Far East, one has to talk about the "glory" of the brilliant line.

Although "face" and "glory" appear to be very similar on the surface, in fact, there is an essential difference between the two.

Glory points directly to the heart, and is only responsible for one's own soul, while face is just a mask, worn on the face for others to see.

There is a story in the Far East called "Wu Song Fights the Tiger".It is about a man named Wu Song who recklessly went up the mountain when he was drunk, in order to show his toughness, but encountered a tiger.Although he beat the tiger to death under unfavorable circumstances, it was for the sake of face, because his motive was to "show his mask as a warrior."

But in fact, when he encountered the tiger, he had the idea of ​​regretting it.

What is glory?

The glory is that Wu Song heard that there was a tiger on Jingyang Ridge, so he organized a militia to eliminate harm for the people, so as to win the respect of the people.Instead of not listening to the well-intentioned advice of the shopkeeper after being drunk, and going up the mountain recklessly without being sure that you can beat the tiger.If Wu Song can consider the possibility of danger, choose to go to bed after drinking, and pass Jingyanggang after waking up, it is an honor, because he can face his own shortcomings rationally and does not value hypocritical fame.

There is a satirical saying in the Far East, which is called "the archway is erected after mounting the child", which is also a reflection of face.A bitch is truth, and the archway is face. If others don't know her past, she can become a virgin with peace of mind.And the glory is "My mother is a bitch, she sells meat for money, she didn't steal or rob, and she has peace of mind, you don't have to spend if you don't want to, but don't pretend to be a moral saint, it's so disgusting that people can't eat."

If a northern remnant is defeated, he will usually say frankly: "I was beaten half to death by him, he is too powerful, and I will take a detour when I see it later." They will write their true thoughts on their faces, and will conquer If you put on a posture, you will not feel that admitting failure is a disgraceful act.

When a Far Easterner is defeated, he will usually say: "He is a sneak attack!" Even if a Far Easterner fails, he will hold on and put on a victorious posture.Even if you are doing the things of the conquered, you will not admit it with your mouth. This is the face.

However, facts are facts and winners are winners and losers are losers, whether they admit it or not.If you win, you win, if you lose, you lose. No matter what you say, you can't change the hard truth.

The traditional sense of glory of the Brilliant Temple is to face the heart and move forward.Back then, those Far Easterners who joined the Brilliant Lineage brought this sense of honor back to the Far East.They are open-minded, sincere and aboveboard.

however……

In the Far East, it is cheap for one person to slander another, and the effect is good.Even if the matter is revealed, the slanderer will rarely pay the price for it, so it is almost normal for people in the Far East to slander and accuse each other and talk nonsense.It is also because of this that true speech may not be accepted, and even if it is accepted, it may not last long.

But among the Remnants of the North, one man must stake all his glory to accuse another.

Therefore, once the accused party cannot prove himself, he will bear the loss of honor brought about by the accusation; on the contrary, if the accused party proves his innocence, the accusing party will have to pay an unimaginably heavy price.From then on, the slanderer will be branded as a "betrayer", and he will not be able to get rid of it until the moment of death, and it will even affect the reputation of the entire family.

"Betrayal" is almost the highest disgrace among Northerners, even worse than murder.Because in the traditional values ​​of the northern adherents, glory is more important than life, and slandering a person will make him lose his glory.Most of the time, destroying the other party's glory is heavier than ending the other party's life.

You must know that the word "slander" is the great enemy of unity.

Therefore, if there is hatred among the northern adherents, they would rather go all out with a knife than slander others without grounds.

In Brilliant beliefs, slander is the dirtiest thing in the world, the existence they hate the most, and the evil that must be crushed.But what is interesting is that the glorious code of glory originated from the "spirit of scholars" in the Far East.It was the wandering monks back then who brought this spirit to the ice field, and it continued.

In the ancient times of the Far East, there were many stories about scholars, but the wandering monks back then were not good at learning, so they only brought three small stories.

The first short story is called "Tian Heng Five Hundred Soldiers".

Long, long ago, there was a man named Tian Heng, who belonged to the old royal family of Qi State at the end of Qin Dynasty.After Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted against Qin, heroes from all over the world responded one after another, and Tian Heng's family was also one of the troops against Qin.

After Han Gaozu wiped out the heroes and unified the world, Tian Heng and his [-] subordinates were still trapped on an isolated island, unwilling to surrender.Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty heard that Tian Heng was very popular and worried about future troubles, so he issued an edict: "If Tian Heng comes to surrender, you can make him a prince. If you don't come, send troops to kill all the people on the island."

In order to save the lives of 500 people on the island, Tian Heng took two subordinates, left the island, and headed for the capital of Han Gaozu.But when he was thirty miles away from the capital, Tian Heng killed himself with a knife, and before he died, two subordinates who accompanied him took his head to see Han Gaozu, expressing that he was unwilling to accept the humiliation of surrender, But it also saved the lives of 500 people on the island.

Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was very impressed, buried him with the king's rites, and appointed the two subordinates as captains, but when the two subordinates buried Tian Heng, they also committed suicide in Tian Heng's tomb.Han Gaozu sent people to recruit 500 people on the island, but when they heard that Tian Heng had committed suicide, they jumped into the sea and died.Later, Sima Qian, the official historian, wrote with emotion: "Tian Heng's high integrity, the guests died in spite of their righteousness, isn't it the most virtuous!"

Loyalty, righteousness and courage, unswerving until death, who regards loyalty as life, is a scholar!
The second short story is called "Meng Changjun is in Xue".

Once upon a time, there was a man named Meng Changjun. When he was in Xue County, he used to attract guests from various vassal states and people who had committed crimes and fugitives, and gave them generous treatment, so that all the wise men in the world yearned for him.

There are thousands of his diners, and the treatment is the same regardless of high or low.Once, Mr. Mengchang entertained guests for dinner. Because the meal was very simple, one of the guests was very annoyed. He thought that the meal he ate was different from others and he was discriminated against, so he put down the bowl and chopsticks and said goodbye.Jun Mengchang stood up immediately, brought his own meal to him in person, put it down slowly, and compared it with his.

Seeing the same meal, the guest immediately felt extremely ashamed, pulled out his knife on the spot, and killed himself.

Those who face mistakes, take responsibility bravely, and regard glory as their life are soldiers!
The third short story is called "Tomb of the Three Kings".

Mo Xie and his wife, generals of the state of Chu, forged the sword for the king of Chu, and it took three years for the sword to be cast.The king of Chu was furious and wanted to kill him.

The sword that was cast had two handles, male and female. The general’s wife, Mo Xie, was pregnant and was about to give birth. He said to his wife, “I cast the sword for the king, and it took three years to finish it. The king is angry. Will kill me. When you give birth to a child, if it is a boy, when he grows up, tell him: 'Go out and look at Nanshan, the pine tree grows on the rock, and the sword is on the back of the pine tree'."

Afterwards, Gan Jiang took the female sword to see the king of Chu.The king of Chu lost his temper and sent someone to inspect the sword brought by the general.The sword has two handles, one male and one female, but the general Mo Xie only brought the female sword, but not the male sword.The king of Chu was furious and killed the general.

Gan Jiang and Mo Xie's son was named Chi. When Chi grew up, he asked his mother, "Where is my father?"

His mother told him what happened to his father and what he said at the time of parting.So Chi went out and looked south, but he couldn't see any mountains, only the pine house pillars in front of the hall erected on the stone blocks.Chi cut open the back of the pine pillar with an axe, got the sword, and thought day and night to avenge his father to the king of Chu.

Soon after, the king of Chu dreamed of a young man with a broad forehead, saying that he wanted to seek revenge from him.After the king of Chu woke up, he felt very scared, so he offered a thousand gold rewards to arrest the young man.

When Chi heard the news, he fled into the mountains, crying as he walked.

"Why are you crying so sadly at such a young age?" A tourist just passing by asked curiously.

"I am the son of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie. The King of Chu killed my father. I want to avenge him." Chi replied.

"I heard that the king of Chu offered a thousand gold rewards to get your head. Bring your head and sword, and I will avenge the king of Chu for you," the tourist said.

"it is good!"

Chi nodded, and immediately committed suicide with a horizontal sword, cut off the head, and held the head and sword in both hands and sent it to the tourists, standing upright.

"I will not disappoint you." After the tourist finished speaking, Chi's body fell down.

The tourist went to see the king of Chu with the red head, and the king of Chu was very happy.

"This is the head of a warrior. It should be boiled in a hot wok," suggested the tourist.So the king of Chu cooked the head according to his instructions, but after three days and three nights it was still not cooked.The head still jumped out of the scalding water, his eyes widened, and he looked angry.

"This young man's head won't be boiled. I hope the king will come to the wok to watch it in person, and this head will definitely be boiled." The tourist suggested again.

The king of Chu believed him, so he went to the wok to watch.At this moment, the tourist suddenly pulled out his sword and chopped off the king of Chu's head.In an instant, the head of the king of Chu fell into the boiling water following the momentum of the sword.Immediately afterwards, the tourist killed himself with a horizontal sword, and his head fell into the boiling water.

In the end, the three heads were boiled together.Unable to identify, people had to separate the rotten meat from the boiling water and bury the three heads together.In order to commemorate Chi's persistence, the tourists' nobility, and the king's majesty, people have called this tomb the Tomb of the Three Kings since then.

Those who treat people sincerely, keep their promises, and regard faith as their life are scholars!
The spirit of scholars is the precious treasure that the people of the Far East have forgotten in the long river of history, far surpassing the native civilizations of the western and central continents.

For thousands of years, if people in the Far East could remember the glory of their ancestors, they would have already stood at the pinnacle of the world.

(End of this chapter)