Dawei Fanghua

More slips and slips were moved to the attic, but Qin Liang didn't look at them again.The four windows have been closed, and the cool breeze is pouring in through the cracks of the windows. The flame of the oil lamp is flickering, and the light in the attic is flickering.Maybe only by going downstairs can the light be stable.

Qin Liang looked at the oil lamp and was silent for a long time.This is a celadon lamp, with a slightly larger plate base underneath, and a ceramic pillar in the middle, supporting a small oil plate above. A wick is placed in the oil plate, and the firelight is swaying on the wick.

Wang Kang, who moved the slips, was busy in vain.Qin Liang glanced at him and said, "When was the most difficult day you have ever encountered?"

Wang Kang said without thinking: "It was when you came to visit your servant at home, and he was lying on the bed for a few months."

Qin Liang nodded suddenly, "Yes, you may have been a little difficult at that time."

Wang Kang raised his head and faced the top of the oil lamp, as if he was looking at something, or as if he was simply looking, as if what he saw was just the scene in his memory.

After a while, he said: "I am conscious and cannot move. The house has been empty for a long time, and I am basically waiting for death. Time passes extremely slowly and is very painful. I feel that I have not been lying down for several months, but I’ve been lying there for half my life.”

"Alas!" Qin Liang couldn't help but sigh.

But the strange thing is that while he was sad and sympathizing with Wang Kang, he also seemed to get a twisted sense of comfort.After all, Qin Liang feels a little uncomfortable now. When he hears that someone is worse off than himself, does the pain in his heart seem to have become lighter?

It seemed a bit excessive to think so, but what Wang Kang was talking about was in the past. Qin Liang realized this and felt much calmer.

Wang Kang paused for a while, glanced at Qin Liang, and then said, "In the beginning, Puhui was thinking about all kinds of things all day long. He had nothing to do but think. But in the long silence, he savored It’s just all kinds of suffering. I will think that my mother has not lived a good life for many years. Her withered hands and feet can only be covered with patched linen cloth. When winter comes, she will shiver with cold. After I pass away, she will be even more beautiful. It’s tragic and I’m afraid it won’t end well.”

He spoke in a straightforward tone, as if he was just recounting something that had nothing to do with him.Qin Liang didn't say anything anymore, just listened.

Wang Kang was silent for a while, and his voice continued: "After thinking about these things too many times, I gradually became numb, and began to understand that there was really nothing I could do. At that time, I had completely given up. All that was left was fear. , inexplicable fear, no need for any reason."

Qin Liang said with emotion: "Many people have heard of the Buddhist talk about hell, but some people don't know that hell actually has eighteen levels."

He glanced at Wang Kang, then patted Wang Kang's shoulder gently and said kindly: "It's over."

Wang Kang usually talks less and is more taciturn than Rao Dashan.After spending so many days together, Wang Kang talked the most tonight.

Concern makes people weaker.However, according to Wang Kang's description, in fact, at the end of time, fear is pure. There is not much difference in this. Survival is just a biological instinct.Some things ultimately have to be faced alone, and there is no other way.

Wang Kang looked at Qin Liang and said, "I don't want to express my loyalty and am grateful to you for your help. I just don't want to listen to people talking about Confucian principles and etiquette and shame." Qin Liang thought to himself: It is precisely because of the lack of knowledge from others. If you are suffering, don’t encourage others to do good.

Fortunately, Confucianism was not regarded as a standard for Qin Liang at all, and he never advised Wang Kang on any big principles.

Qin Liang said: "I think you should not think about that little favor. I was just a little help and it is not worth repaying at all. Just like our Governor Sun, he gave away all his family's property to others in order to repay the favor. This is Governor Sun. If you were willing to give up, if it were someone else who was reluctant to give up, wouldn’t you just want to kill your benefactor?”

Wang Kang showed a smile, shook his head and said: "I will never think that way. I have nothing, so I can't use the things that Lord Qin rewarded me to repay Lord Qin. What's more, I still rely on Lord Qin, and I can turn over." I will never use my body as the humblest commoner again. After experiencing many things, I finally understand that in this world, people who work as cows or horses in the fields will not end well."

He was silent for a while and then said, "There are some things that I don't care about. After all, I'm not an outsider. You don't have to suspect that I have any complaints."

Qin Liang pretended to smile casually and said: "The place is so big, what can you hide? I treat you well, why do you blame me?" After saying that, he stopped smiling and said, "I don't want to be an outsider. good."

Wang Kang looked sincere and said seriously: "Even if something happens in the future, I will never blame you or anyone."

Qin Liang shook his head and said: "The torture of livelihood can indeed completely change a person."

The father of his clan brother Qin Lang, Qin Yilu, may have caused the tragedy because the torture of life was not severe enough and he was not twisted enough.Zhang Fei said, "Don't you feel ashamed that Cao Cao took your wife as his concubine and you still worked hard for Cao Cao?"Qin Yilu was persuaded and was about to follow Zhang Fei to join Liu Bei. However, he soon regretted it and wanted to return to Duke Cao, only to be killed by Zhang Fei.What an unjust death.

"It's getting late, let's go back." Qin Liang got up from the floor, took the lamp with his left hand, and held a pile of bamboo slips in his right hand.

Wang Kang packed up the remaining bamboo slips, put them all into sacks, hugged them with both hands and followed...

After discussing with Sun Li the next day, Qin Liang discovered that the spies lurking in the Wei Dynasty in Wu and Shu might not have any contact with the governors stationed there.Several years ago, the Wei court sent a spy named Yinfan, who pretended to surrender to Wu. At that time, Wang Ling probably did not know about it and had no contact with Yinfan.

It wasn't until the state of Wu also sent people to pretend to surrender, hoping to ambush the Wei army when Wang Ling led his troops to respond, that Yinfan knew what was going on and hurriedly launched a rebellion to give Wang Ling an early warning.Wang Ling noticed something was wrong and escaped, but Yinfan was killed by Sun Quan.

If these spies had smooth connections with the officials in Huainan's feudal territory, Yinfan could pass the message to Wang Ling quietly without making so much noise, and Wei would not have to lose an important spy.

However, Qin Liang also thought that there were many nobles in Soochow who fled from the north. There were probably various manors and farms in various places, and the transportation lines were difficult to hide.Just like before at the Qin Family Manor in Pingyuan County, if a stranger in Tsing Yi came nearby, it would be easy for someone to notice and try to find out the identity of the visitor.It is difficult to operate.

Kuang Qinliang is only a soldier, so it is more difficult to intervene in these confidential affairs.For now, we can probably only wait for the situation to develop.