Chapter 12: When people get old, their hearts become small

The Mansion of Marquis Xuanbo.

Han Wu, who received Lugui's order, looked worried and asked the many counselors in the hall, "What do you think we should do?"

As a vassal, you naturally cannot ignore the will of the King of Man.

Otherwise, you will be labeled a rebel!
reputation!

In this era, it is still extremely important. No matter whether one is an ordinary official or a saint who is detached from the world, they all cherish their reputation very much!
They usually act in the name of justice or the way of heaven!

Even if there are no clear provisions, the vast majority of creatures in the prehistoric world regard it as a matter of course that the king is the leader of his subjects, the father is the leader of his sons, and the husband is the leader of his wife. Once they violate these rules, they will be spurned by all creatures in the universe, become the target of public criticism, and bear endless infamy.

Therefore, in the previous life, when the Emperor of Fengdu was judging Han Yi's past and saw the cause and effect of his patricide, he was so angry!
With the perfection of the great heavenly way, anything that violates the rules and moral principles becomes an act of rebellion in the eyes of those with great supernatural powers.

In their view, whether it is rebellion or patricide, it is a provocation to the authority of heaven and an absurd act of heresy!

That is why, after Taikang lost his country, he was secretly accumulating strength and rebuilding the country, which is why he received so much help from so many princes.

Moral support from many, scant support!
The Tao mentioned here refers to the truth and morality!
As a descendant of Dayu and the queen of mankind, Shaokang naturally holds the righteous position. As long as he raises his arm and calls for help, countless princes will respond.

This is what Shaokang did.

The same is true for Lugui today!

As long as he sits on the throne of the King of Men, no matter how absurd he is, as long as he does not incur the wrath of heaven and man, he represents justice.

Even if the princes were dissatisfied with him, they did not dare to do anything rebellious!
Upon hearing the question from Marquis Xuanbo, an old man in the court immediately said, "My Lord, when King Yu divided the nine states, he made a contract with your ancestors that all the Marquis Xuanbo of all generations should obey the orders of the King! Even though the current King has done some absurd things, he is still the King who commands the world! In my opinion, my Lord has received the grace of the King for generations, so he should abide by the agreement with King Yu and obey the orders of the King!"

The old man who was speaking was named Baojie, the prime minister of Xuan State. He once assisted the previous Marquis Xuanbo. After Han Wu inherited the title of Marquis Xuanbo, he often listened to Baojie's opinions when he encountered difficult decisions.

Han Jia, as the successor of Marquis Xuanbo, expressed a different opinion: "Father! The current king has raised an army against the descendants of Emperor Shun, Youmin, just because of a treasure. This is already a violation of the great principles. We should advise him instead of letting him do whatever he wants!"

"That's right, my Lord!" Some ministers in the court who were on good terms with You Min clan, after hearing Han Jia's words, immediately agreed, "He, Lugui, is a descendant of King Yu, and You Min clan is a descendant of Emperor Shun! If we let him do whatever he wants, he might become the next Tai Kang!"

Of course, there are also people who, like Baojie, bring up the agreement between the first Xuanbo Marquis and Dayu: "No matter how absurd the contemporary human king is, we cannot break the agreement with King Yu!"

For a while, both sides held their own opinions and quarreled in the court.

Han Yi was among them.

However, he did not express any opinion and just stood quietly by the side.

"Okay, stop arguing!" Han Wu was annoyed by the quarrel. He shook his head and said, "Since you can't make up your mind, let's just do it perfunctorily like before!"

Han Wu did not want to offend You Min clan, nor did he want to be accused of disrespecting the king's orders. After much deliberation, he decided to just deal with it perfunctorily!
"This……"

Han Jia and Bao Jie were both stunned when they heard this.

This perfunctory approach can only be used once and not twice, and it is completely thankless!
"Father is confused!"

"My Lord is so confused!"

This thought flashed through the minds of both of them at the same time.

However, Han Wu has been the Marquis of Xuanbo for more than 20 years and has accumulated great prestige. Once he makes a decision, he will not allow others to interfere!
Therefore, Han Jia and Bao Jie both kept the rest of their words to themselves.

Although Han Yi did not express his opinion, in his heart, he still sneered with disdain at Han Wu's indecisive behavior.

He just didn't believe that with Han Wu's shrewdness, he couldn't see that Lu Gui's intention was to force the princes to take sides.

From the very beginning, there were only two options for this problem.

One is to obey Lugui's will.

The other option was to choose to stand with Youmin and overthrow Lugui's rule.

People like Han Wu were caught in a dilemma, not wanting to disobey the king's order, but also not wanting to offend You Min clan. In the end... he would only offend both sides!

However, Han Yi was not surprised at all that Han Wu made such a choice!
As people get older, their hearts become smaller!
If Han Wu was young, he would not have done such an unwise thing.

But he is old!

No longer as decisive as when I was young!

He probably thought that even if he did things perfunctorily, the Emperor Xia was now busy conquering You Min clan and would not bother with him at all!

But, he underestimated the Emperor Xia!

Not long ago, Lugui mobilized a part of the troops from various princes.

If Han Yi remembered correctly, in the subsequent war against Youmin, Lugui would use those perfunctory troops of princes like Xuanbo Hou as cannon fodder in the war, ordering them to fight to the death with Youmin, and make them form a life-and-death feud with Youmin and the princes who were on good terms with Youmin!
After all, the troops sent out by the princes all flew flags that symbolized the princes!
In the eyes of Youmin clan, all the princes who responded to the king's order and took action against them were Lugui's running dogs.

them……

But I don’t care whether you are forced into a desperate situation!
And the perfunctory behavior of Xuanbo Hou, who did not put in any effort, would leave a bad impression on Lugui that he disobeyed the king's orders and had two minds.

In short, in the end, both sides will be offended!
Thinking of this, Han Yi couldn't help but recall the contents of the second section of the first chapter of "Records of Sages".

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After going through numerous hardships, Suiren finally arrived at Suiming Country. Looking at the burning Suiming tree, he couldn't help but smile happily. However, how to bring the fire back to the human tribe became another problem!
For the first time, Suiren happily broke off a branch of the Sui-ming tree, and walked towards the human tribe with the flame on the branch.

However, without the flame of the flint tree, it would lose its everlasting quality.

Before Suiren had walked far, the flame was extinguished by a gust of wind!
He can only come to Sui Ming Kingdom again!

However, even though he carefully guarded the fire and used his body to protect against the strong wind, the fire would still be extinguished again and again due to various accidents.

rainstorm!

Beast!

……

Various accidents followed one after another, as if God was unwilling to let Suiren retrieve the fire.

Bai Yan watched Suirenshi leave Suiming country and return to Suiming country because the fire was extinguished. He could not help but show up again and said with a smile: "Human! Give up! With your weak body, it is impossible to bring the fire back to the human race. What Nuwa arranged is an impossible task!"

As a practitioner, Bai Yan could create a raging flame with just a thought, but she did not dare to disobey the order of the goddess Nuwa, and could only watch Suiren's flame go out again and again.

In fact, Bai Yan was kind-hearted and had long been moved by Suiren's perseverance. She discovered that although this little man made of loess by Nuwa did not have powerful magic powers or an unparalleled body, he actually had an inexplicable perseverance in his bones.

He had only seen this kind of perseverance in a few people with great magical powers!

For a moment, she even thought about taking Suiren with her and riding a cloud back to the human tribe!

Even the queen may not be able to find out!

However, surprisingly, after hearing Bai Yan's words, Suiren was not discouraged.

He smiled resolutely and said, "I believe that the Virgin Mary will not lie to us!"

Then, attempts began again and again!

But, what greeted him...

Still failing again and again!

Bai Yan couldn't bear to watch, so she appeared again and persuaded him, "Human! You have no magic power, you can't use your magical powers, and you can't resist all kinds of unexpected attacks. It's impossible for you to bring the fire back to the human tribe. What's the point of persisting?"

She knew that once Nuwa made up her mind, she would never change it easily.

It is even harder than climbing to heaven to expect Nuwa to take the initiative to speak and end this test that is impossible for mortals to complete.

Therefore, she could only persuade Suiren to give up!
"Impossible!" Upon hearing this, Suirenzi laughed and said, "You haven't done it yet, so how can you say that this thing is impossible to accomplish?"

Bai Yan was stunned when he heard this.

She didn't expect that the guy in front of her would actually question the judgment of her, an innate god.

She laughed in anger and said, "I have lived for millions of years. I have walked many more roads and seen many more lives than you, an ungrateful person! If I say you can't do it, then you can't do it!"

"However, I am also very curious about why Nuwa created a weak race like you, without the innate magical powers of the demon race, nor the strong bodies of the witch race!"

"The dragon clan can fly on clouds and mist, the phoenix clan can control wind and fire, the unicorn clan can move mountains and burrow underground, and even the dumbest barbarian bull clan in the prehistoric world has incomparably powerful strength!"

"And the human race has nothing!"

"I don't know where you get the confidence to question my judgment, but I tell you, even if you try ten thousand times, you will never succeed!"

In the ancient world, weakness is the greatest original sin. Bai Yan really doesn't understand why Nuwa created such a race that seems to be useless.

Hearing this, Suiren was not angry. He just looked at Bai Yan firmly and said, "I will prove to you that nothing is impossible in the world!"

Having said that, he began again his seemingly meaningless attempt.

Bai Yan was stunned, a different light flashed in his eyes, and he recalled the time when he transformed.

She is a congenital deity. When she was born, she was not afraid of heaven or earth, and she felt that nothing was impossible in this world.

However, as she grew older and gained more experience, she saw too many brilliant monks who were like shooting stars across the sky.

She is afraid!

She was afraid that one day, she would also fall into obscurity like the creatures she had seen and turn into dust.

She began to learn to be reverent, reverent to the heavens and the earth, and reverent to beings more powerful than herself!

She has lost the original intention and will when she was born, which was to fear neither heaven nor earth and to dare to change the sun and the moon to create a new world.

She became Nuwa's maid!
"When did it change?" Bai Yan saw his own shadow in Suirenshi, and couldn't help but murmured on the spot: "If we can remember the way we came, the innocent heart will still be in chaos! The human race is like a chaos, it seems that there is nothing, but it seems that it contains infinite possibilities!"

At this moment, she seemed to understand the reason why Nuwa created the human race. Only with a pure heart can one create infinite possibilities!
Sure enough, as people get older, their hearts become smaller!
The older I get and the more experience I gain, the more confused and timid I become. I have long lost the courage and original intention to do whatever it takes!
After living for millions of years, his vision is not as clear as that of a newborn human!
Yes!

Nothing is difficult in this world as long as you are willing to climb!

What is impossible?
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