Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 49 Jade can be broken but cannot be changed to white
Silence spread in the lobby.

Jin Hong watched eagerly.

That kind of extremely depressing atmosphere may not be bearable to ordinary people.

However, Chen Yun was not stressed at all and kept thinking about acting.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Jin Hong seemed to be patient, and he said a little impatiently: "Have you thought about it?"

Chen Yun saw that the delay was almost over, took a deep breath and said: "Rather than die, Chen will join the family's house as his son-in-law!"

"Okay! Okay, okay!" Jin Hong laughed angrily, stood up and said angrily: "Since you are seeking death, then I will send you on your way!"

As he spoke, he angrily shouted outside: "Come here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, three servants with huge backs and waists broke in from outside the door.

Jin Hong didn't waste any time talking to his servant, and pointed directly at Chen Yun, "Tie up this little thief!"

Three servants stepped forward, held Chen Yun down, and tied him up.

Chen Yun didn't even struggle this time and let the servants tie him up.

Jin Hong said sharply: "Let me ask you one last time, are you really not afraid of death?"

"Of course I'm afraid of death." Chen Yun looked at Jin Hong and said resolutely: "Jin Xiangguo said that I ruined girl Qiao's innocence, and only by dying can I apologize. Although Yun is not a virtuous person, he also knows that the girl is as innocent as a perfect jade. Today If I, Chen Yun, could die in exchange for Miss Qiao's innocence, I would be willing to be killed in the palace by the Prime Minister!"

Seeing Chen Yun being tied up, Jin Hong didn't seem anxious anymore.

He tiptoed to Chen Yun and looked over with narrowed eyes, "Is it because you would rather die than marry into a married woman because you really can't bear the shame of marrying into a married woman?"

To put it simply, a son-in-law is a man who "marries" into the woman's family. Not only must he settle in his wife's family, but his parents must be his biological parents.

In ancient times, a son-in-law was not only a status symbol of shame.

He is even a symbol of "slave" and "criminal", suffering bullying and discrimination.

For example, "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Yan Zhu" records: "It is a custom in Huainan that a son is sold as a slave, and is called a married woman. If he cannot redeem him for three years, he becomes a slave."

The so-called "Zhuzi" means "husband-in-law".

If the family does not come to redeem the slave for three years, he becomes a real slave.

Since a son-in-law usually comes from a poor background, rich families will not marry their legitimate daughters to them, but often marry them to concubines, or even directly to female slaves.

Therefore, it can be said that the role played by the son-in-law is completely a reproductive tool, and he will not be respected by his wife's family as a brother-in-law at all.

The pre-Qin literature "The Book of Songs·Ge Shen" once mentioned the humble status of a son-in-law: "Brother Zhongyuan, when he calls someone else's father, he doesn't care about me... When he calls someone else's mother, he doesn't care about me... When he calls someone else a father, he doesn't care about me either. smell."

Therefore, it is shameful to marry into a wife.

"No." Chen Yun shook his head, "Jin Xiangguo is willing to betroth the only daughter in his family. I don't think it is a shame to marry into Jin's house."

Jin Hong was surprised and said: "Then why are you unwilling to marry into my Jin family? Our Jin family has a fortune of tens of thousands and will be able to help you achieve success in the future. I really can't think of the reason why you refuse to marry into my Jin family. If you were an ordinary person, you would probably break your head and rush to get there." I want to get married."

Chen Yun did not answer the question directly, but asked instead: "Jin Xiangguo, I have always had a question that I can't figure out. You are well-informed, can you think about it for me?"

Jin Hong nodded and said, "What's the problem? Tell me."

Chen Yun looked at the other party seriously, "Where do you think people will go after they die?"

Jin Hong was startled and said with a smile: "Death is like a lamp going out. How do I know where to go?"

How could he not know where people go after death when he was possessed by Zhongli Quan?

It's just that you can't say these words, otherwise the clues will be seen.

Well, Zhong Liquan still thinks that his acting skills are very good, and he has no flaws at all.

Although Zhong Liquan was confident that his acting skills were fine, he always felt that something was wrong, as if Chen Yun's attitude was a little too comfortable.

Chen Yun nodded in agreement, "Yes, death is like a lamp going out, so what's the use of having a fortune? Can life bring it, and death take it away?"

Hearing this, Jin Hong's eyes flashed with inexplicable brilliance.

The same is true for Wang Laozhi, Cai Rujin and Wang Zaixi who play the role of servants at the door.

Chen Yun continued, "You were an emperor when you were alive, but you are nothing more than a handful of graves after death. Therefore, I would like to ask Jin Xiangguo, what is the use of money? What is the use of power?"

"After death, power and wealth are naturally useless." Jin Hong agreed, and then refuted, "However, life is only a few decades. If you have no power, you will be an ant. If you have no wealth, you will suffer. Is it possible? Don’t you want to live a life of fine clothes and fine food, and criticize Fang Qiu? Don’t you want to make achievements, make a name for yourself, and be admired by future generations? Even if a person dies, his spirit will live on forever.”

Chen Yun shook his head gently, "To build a country is to make great achievements. My heart's ambition is that all things in the world are all natural, so Chen Yun wholeheartedly pursues the Tao, but only seeks longevity and rain to moisten the world."

As soon as this statement came out, the whole room was shocked!

All living things, everything natural?
These remarks are just like what Laozi said: "Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature." It is deafening and enlightening!

Why does man follow the earth, the earth follows heaven, heaven follows Tao, and Tao follows nature?

The general meaning of this sentence is: people live, work, and multiply based on the earth; the earth alternates cold and heat based on the sky, nurturing all things; the natural climate and celestial phenomena change in accordance with the "Dao" in the universe; the great "Tao" is based on the "Tao" in the universe. The nature of nature is to let nature take its course.

Ordinary people make great achievements and even rule the country as emperors, but they only educate the people of a country.

However, Chen Yun's words express his ideal, which is to grasp the heaven and earth, grasp the yin and yang, and let everything in the world develop naturally.

This is Taoism’s great love!
Taoism advocates "great love but no love", that is, "the heaven and the earth are not benevolent and treat all things as stupid dogs; the saints are unkind and treat the common people as stupid dogs."

Heaven and earth don't care about benevolence. They don't have benevolence. They treat everything like a dog and let everything live and die on its own.

Dao often does nothing, but there is nothing not to do.

The way Jin Hong looked at Chen Yun completely changed.

He finally knew what ambitions the young man sitting in front of him had.

Wang Laozhi, Cai Rujin and Wang Zaixi, who were acting as servants at the door, all looked at Chen Yun in disbelief.

Not only them, but also He Xiangu and Zheng Wenshu who were hiding at the door to "watch the show".Everyone was surprised by Chen Yun's words.

Not just anyone can express such ambitions!

It's just that this kind of understanding of Tao is not something that a young man can have.

Zhong Liquan, who transformed into Jin Hong, even doubted whether someone had taught these words in advance.

He immediately looked at Aunt He Xian and Uncle Zheng Wen who were waiting outside the house, and then glanced at Wang Laozhi's face at the door.

If anyone taught Chen Yun in advance, it could only be these three people.

Because although Cai Rujin and Wang Zaixi are not weak in cultivation, their understanding of Tao cannot reach this level.

Unexpectedly, when Zhong Liquan looked over, the three people's eyes showed surprise and surprise.

Obviously, He Xiangu, Zheng Wenshu and Wang Laozhi were also surprised to hear Chen Yun's grand ambition.

So, these remarks can basically declare that there is no one to teach.

But Zhong Liquan is still suspicious.

I think it is impossible for a 16-year-old boy to realize this truth.

He decided to have a hard time and see what the real situation was.

Thinking of this, Jin Hong suddenly sneered, "What do you mean, you will never marry your daughter no matter what?"

Chen Yundao: "Yes."

Hearing this, Jin Hong's hair and beard were spread out and said: "You, a little thief, broke into the little girl's boudoir without permission and soiled her innocence. You are also unwilling to take responsibility. Do you really think that our Jin family is easy to bully? Okay! I will kill you in the hall today." Use your purple blood to wash away the shame of my little girl’s innocence!”

After saying that, he pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed it directly at Chen Yun's neck, "Little thief, let me ask you again, will you marry my little girl?"

Chen Yun resolutely said: "If you cannot wholeheartedly follow the Tao and achieve immortality, Chen is willing to die without mercy!"

"Then go to die!"

Jin Hong suddenly stabbed the tip of the knife into Chen Yun's heart!
Up to this point, Chen Yun still thought that the other party was acting and was not worried at all.

He felt that the other party would not really kill him.

However, what people didn't expect was that Jin Hong didn't hold anything back!
puff!

The tip of the knife penetrated the flesh and stabbed into the ribs.

A sharp pain came from his heart. Chen Yun looked down in disbelief at his chest, which was pierced by a waist knife and was bleeding. His face suddenly turned pale.

Difficult...did I guess wrong?
Is the other party not transformed by an expert in preaching?
He really couldn't believe that the other party would stab the knife into his heart.

At this moment, Jin Hong's face was ferocious, and his sleeves were stained red by the blood spurting from Chen Yun's chest.

He asked again almost frantically: "Little thief, do you regret it?"

Feel the life force slipping away.

Chen Yun's whole body twitched in pain, and his consciousness became a little blurry.

Do you regret your decision today?
To be honest, Chen Yun is more afraid of death than anyone else.

And realized that all previous guesses were wrong.

Logically speaking, I should regret it until my intestines turn blue.

But for some reason, Chen Yun's heart suddenly calmed down when he was really standing between the horror of life and death.

Life is only a few decades.

If you cannot attain Tao, become an immortal, and attain eternity, you will die sooner or later.

If you live in an ignoble life by entering a married woman's house, and your chance of attaining enlightenment and becoming an immortal is cut off, then what's the point of living?
Emily Dickinson, a famous European and American female poet, wrote in "If I had never seen the sun": I could have endured the darkness, if I had never seen the sun.

Yes.

If I had never known that there were immortals and enlightenments in this world, maybe I would have been willing to live an ordinary life.

but……

I have seen the light!
Chen Yun, whose consciousness became increasingly blurred, suddenly raised his head, smiled sadly, and read inarticulately what Guan Yunchang said before his death in Chapter 70 of No. [-] of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Jade can be broken but its whiteness cannot be changed; bamboo can be burned but its whiteness cannot be changed." I cannot destroy my integrity, and although I am dead, I cannot change my will!"

After saying that, Chen Yun's eyes went dark and he completely lost all consciousness.

But this situation didn't last long.

The next moment, a burst of laughter sounded in his ears.

"Ha ha!"

"Good! A good jade can be broken but its whiteness cannot be changed! A good bamboo can be burned but its knots cannot be destroyed! A good one may die but my will cannot be changed!"

"Junior brother Chen, why don't you wake up soon?"

Along with the loud laughter, Chen Yun felt his eyes filled with light.

Immediately afterwards, he saw that he was standing safe and sound under the sunny sky. All the carved and painted buildings were gone, replaced by a deserted countryside.

Ok?
Am I not dead?

Chen Yun was puzzled for a moment, then took a closer look. Standing in front of him were He Xiangu, Zheng Wenshu, Wang Laozhi, Cai Rujin and Wang Zaixi; A middle-aged man with a bold and majestic appearance.

Judging from his appearance, this person is none other than Zhong Liquan!

　Thanks to (Wangengmochengxian), (He Yike), (*Star Dust) and (Witch Doctor 111) for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)