Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 56 A story truer than the truth

Wang Luo likes to ask some questions with a smile.

Because this will make those originally aggressive questions appear relatively mild and less irritating.

For example, the question he is talking about right now: If Zhang Yu blames Shi Yue for the decline of Stone Street, and promises an upcoming great wealth... How should Kong Zhang, the third jade master who must maintain neutrality, deal with it?
This question is more like a torture than a question, because the answer is actually obvious.

Kong Zhang's silence was the clearest answer!
But Zhao Xiuwen couldn't bear the silence and stood up and said: "This statement is wrong! Attributing the decline of Shijie to the Shi family is a speculation without any evidence. Only by sacrificing Shi Yue can Shijie be restored. Revival is also a speculation without evidence. Can Shi Yue's fate be decided based on this kind of subjective speculation alone? So if Shi Yue can be sacrificed today, can Lao Kong be sacrificed tomorrow? The day after tomorrow is for anyone!"

Wang Luo smiled and said: "How come there is no evidence? The bloody history of thousands of years is not evidence? You said that the decline of Stone Street was not due to the Shi family's evil deeds, but why? To clear the Shi family's name, you must come up with a more convincing one. Can you take out Li's charter? Why don't you write a letter to the Law Department and ask them to connect with the Great Law and produce a copy of the Shi Family's Innocence Seal?"

Zhao Xiuwen was speechless. Although he felt that the logic was awkward, he didn't know how to explain it.

Wang Luo, however, took advantage of the victory and pursued him: "When the Shi family commits evil deeds, the Shi family will pay for it. Isn't this just and natural? Shi Yue likes to pay off debts for his ancestors so much, so shouldn't he also shoulder the biggest debt? Compared to Shi Xiu Sheng's The mere tens of millions of gambling debts caused Stone Street to decline for thousands of years, and the losses were more than tens of billions? How can this debt be ignored? And to repay all this, she only needs to leave Stone Street. Is there anything cheaper in the world? Maybe leaving Stone Street will also be a relief for her?"

Hearing this, Zhao Xiuwen had to surrender: "I lost. I sincerely admire the mountain master for his invincible eloquence. So if Zhang Yu uses this rhetoric, how should we deal with it? Or, is he really Would you ask that?"

Wang Luo said: "The specific wording will only be more inflammatory than what I said. After all, he has been preparing for this for a long time and hired first-class staff to polish the text."

Shi Yue couldn't help but ask: "Lord Mountain Master, is the decline of Stone Street really due to the Shi family?"

Wang Luo said: "If you want to draw an objective conclusion, you must admit that the Shi family bears unshirkable responsibility for this. Shijie was originally a fiefdom given to the Shi family by senior sister, so for the decline of the fiefdom, the landlord is unshirkable. But on the contrary, To put it bluntly, the Shi family has declined to such a state, and can be said to have borne the brunt of the millennium of decline. What is the point of continuing to criticize the Shi family? Besides, it is obvious to all that you are well behaved and have a good character, so although there is no shortage of targets in the streets and alleys The Shi family's discussion, but you can always be loved by the neighbors, is because everyone at least understands this truth: it is meaningless and shameful to blame a thousand years of history on a little girl who is constantly striving for self-improvement."

"As for whether the Great Law despises the Shi family, I think so, but the laws of the new era are not the laws of the old era. If you have any objections to the laws, you can write to the Governor's Mansion, the Ministry of Law, or even send it directly to Jinlu Hall, if a lawyer is willing to take action, the Great Law cannot be changed. A rotten person like Shi Xiu Sheng will be punished by the Great Law, which is perfectly justified and what people want. But when it comes to Shi Yue, if he still has to be punished by the Great Law If you reject it, it is the law that is wrong, not Shi Yue."

After saying that, Wang Luo also sighed and shook his head under the attention of Shi Yue and others.

"The above positive arguments are also called the Great Principle." These three words, the Great Principle, made Shi Yue feel a little uneasy.

Because the word "great principle" has never been a compliment in Wang Luo's mouth, and can only be used as a foreshadowing for a reversal.

"The truth is divorced from reality, and the reality outside of the truth is that people in Shijie treat you well and respect you. One important reason is that criticizing you will not help. Naturally, not many people are willing to do unprofitable things. . But what if it helps? What if I sweep you out of Stone Street and you can get huge benefits? When Zhang Yu laid out this condition openly, there was no need for rigorous argumentation, he just promised a fortune from heaven. As the richest man in Stone Street, and with the endorsement of a deacon from Jinlanwu, do you have confidence that the neighbors who treat you kindly will not be tempted?"

Shi Yue opened his mouth, but did not speak.

To be naive, of course she can say that she has confidence in the unity and family ties of the people in Shijie, just as she has confidence that she can pay off tens of millions of debts by working part-time...

But she no longer has the qualifications to be naive.

Wang Luo added: "Actually, I believe that there will be many people who choose feelings over interests and feelings. They would rather continue to be poor than go against their conscience and persecute an innocent person. After all, the so-called poverty in Shijie is far from that. To the point of not having enough to eat and no clothes to cover the body. However, the best way is not to let the neighbors face this choice. Just like lovers should not have nothing to do to test each other's sincerity. Things that are sure to lose but not to win will never Do not do."

Shi Yue asked: "Lord Mountain Master, so you already have a solution?"

Wang Luo nodded: "I'm going to tell you another story, a more interesting story. The first half of the story is no different from Zhang Yu's version. It talks about the decline of Shijie and the Shi family, and then the upcoming crisis of Shijie. A huge turning point. But here there is an essential difference from Zhang Yu's version: the turning point in Shijie was achieved by Shi Yue. It was Shi Yue who changed the millennium-long history that had been imposed on the Shi family by virtue of his noble character and hard work. Oppression and today's strategic opportunities are the Great Law's compensation for the thousands of years of pressure on the people of Stone Street in the past. The fact that she can meet noble people like me is proof that her fortune has completely changed. However, at this moment, someone is greedy. , I want to interfere with it and steal Shi Yue's luck."

Although the story is only half told, the three people under the tree have already come to their own realizations.

Wang Luo smiled and said: "The logic behind it is actually logical. As the first jade master, Shi Yue should get the most benefit from this change. The family's revival is just around the corner, and it is just around the corner to lead Shijie to prosperity again. But Shangcheng District However, people at the bottom could not see the people at the bottom stand up, and they were even more greedy for the benefits of Shijie. So they colluded with Zhang Yu, the richest man in Shijie, to snatch Shi Yue's identity as the jade master, trying to become the new master of Shijie using Li Daitao's method, stealing The great law bestows grace on the Stone Street people...and if we, the Stone Street people, don’t want the wealth we deserve to be stolen by others, we must unite as one, not be beguiled by anyone’s evil words, and avoid all the greed that comes to Stone Street. Cut off all your hands! How about, do you still like this story?"

(End of this chapter)