Heavenly Dao Formula Chapter 51: Own thoughts
Xia Fan was stunned, what Li Zeng had said suddenly appeared in his mind.
"You don't think that the Privy Council is specially used to deal with evil and strange things?"
"Hahahahaha—" Wang Renzhi said with a belly, "The surname is Xia, do you know that you are already an eight-rank official? There are many ordinary people in the world, or many officials? Ordinary people. Is it important, or official? If anyone is in trouble, we have to save it. Can you get over it!"
"But I have obviously encountered an alchemist of the Privy Council who took the initiative to eliminate evil..."
"Is it possible that you think they are all free to ride?" Wang Renzhi spread his hand, "Think about it, those ordinary people can tell what is evil and what is their own imagination? There is no threshold. It will make everyone exhausted. In the end, they find that the snake lying on the beam of the house or the wild cat hiding at the foot of the bed is the only thing to be solved! Besides, are dozens of taels expensive for a life? This can at least allow them Go through your mind before asking the Privy Council for help, instead of treating your imagination as reality!"
"What if someone can't even get these dozens of taels?" Xia Fan frowned.
"Then die. Every day in this world, people die. They die from disease, starvation, exhaustion, hardship, and poverty. It doesn’t make any difference if one more person is killed by evil. I mean, what are you thinking about? What-isn't your purpose of joining the Privy Council for the sake of money and to be superior? If you really want to help those people, you can travel the world and be the "Xia Daochang" in people's mouth!"
"Enough." Master Zhang waved to interrupt Wang Renzhi's sarcasm, and turned to Xia Fan and said, "The responsibility of the Privy Council is to guard the world, not to be a tinkerer. If there is a serious evil incident in the place, Ling The Ministry will naturally send an alchemist to deal with it, and the necessary expenses will also be collected by the local chief official. This is considered a shelter for the world. But we can't protect everyone. Although Wang Renzhi's words are not acceptable, they are facts. After all, the number is limited, and we shouldn’t focus on trivial things."
is just... a trivial matter? Xia Fan subconsciously said, "What is the big event?"
Such a rhetorical question already has the meaning of questioning.
Master Zhang’s tone was obviously unpleasant, he stretched out his hand and arched towards the north, "What else, of course, is the guardian saint, protect me. It is because the world is peaceful, you will be here, if there is war. When it breaks out, you all have to shoulder the mission and work for Daqi."
"Eh, are we still going to the battlefield?" Wei Wushuang asked in surprise.
"Otherwise? The two won't know it." Wang Renzhi sneered, "Alchemy can destroy evil, and naturally it can also destroy people. If there is an alchemist against one side, and the other side does not, the latter must be defeated. You see, alchemists are so important that they can even determine the rise and fall of a country. The things you said are naturally trivial things that are not worth mentioning."
Master Zhang continued his words, "When you rise to the top, you will naturally understand that alchemists play an irreplaceable role in intelligence, diplomatic relations, governance, and strategy. This is why this institution is called the Privy Council. The reason-it is the center of the sage mastering the world and the guardian of the mysteries of the world. It's a pity that with your current thinking, I'm afraid it will be difficult to improve."
After he finished speaking, he stopped going to see Xia Fan, as if he had lost the value of teaching, "If there are no other questions, I will take you to the recording department."
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Until about four or five in the afternoon, everyone left the Privy Council.
Walking on the bustling street, Xia Fan still hasn't recovered from that conversation. After that, Master Zhang did not make any trouble for him, and he was not hindered in entering the recording department. Looking at the books in the room, he still had difficulty concentrating.
"Brother Xia, are you okay?" Wei Wushuang patted him on the shoulder and asked with concern.
"It's nothing...I was too rash." Xia Fan exhaled. He found that he had made a basic mistake, which was to put the old stereotypes on the Privy Council again.
Thinking from a rational point of view, Wang Renzhi is right. There are 189 passers in the Qingshan Township Examination. Even if there are five examination rooms in one session, there are only a thousand people. In Shenzhou alone, there are three cities and sixteen counties with a population of over one million. Such a wide disparity in numbers, coupled with the backward traffic environment, is destined to be impossible for the alchemist to deal with every evil incident.
The so-called screening line of dozens of taels of silver is actually just a cover-because the Privy Council does not require alchemists to be responsive. Townships and counties closer to the big city may still be cared for. Small villages and towns in remote places only need ten and a half months to pass the news. There are probably only a handful of alchemists who are willing to take a trip.
This is probably the reason why the Privy Council opened one eye and closed one eye to those who are not in the organization.
But from a perceptual point of view, it is difficult for him to accept such a natural attitude of the Privy Council.
"Hey, you two wait!" Luo Youer's shout suddenly came from behind.
The two turned their heads, and saw Luo Youer trotting all the way with Shangguan Cai.
"Miss Luo, Ms Shangguan." Wei Wushuang said with joy, "Do you also live in the eastern courtyard?"
"Yes, I live next door to her." Luo Youer nodded, "Although the house is a bit broken, the senior sister said that saving money is always right."
fellow villagers couldn’t help but raised their mouths, "Then we can just go home together."
"I didn't expect you to come here too." Xia Fan cleared up his mood and said to Luo You'er.
"Why can't I come here? Laughing at my ranking is equivalent to laughing at yourself!" Luo Youer made a face, "but this time the exam is really strange, I haven't returned to Youzhou~ IndoMTL .com~The appointment and dismissal order has been sent to the senior brother. To be honest, I was quite uneasy to let me come to Jinxia by myself at first, but I am more relieved to see you here."
Wei Wushuang's eyes on Xia Fan suddenly became weird.
"But I remember that when I met you, you called him the flower thief." Shangguan Cai glanced suspiciously at him.
"That's a fact, and it's mainly because my senior sister believes him very much." Luo Youer pursed her mouth, "Senior sister's judgment is always right. If she thinks it's okay, then I think... this person should It won’t be so bad."
"Your senior sister is..."
"The famous Luo Qing from Youzhou."
Wei Wushuang's expression is indescribably complicated.
No...Brother Wei, you will listen to my explanation later. Xia Fan felt a bit bitter.
"By the way, why didn't you argue in the end?" Luo Youer changed the subject and asked vigorously, "Senior Sister was angry for several days, and she felt that you didn't stand up because you were disrupting the order of the examination. It is contributing to the spread of injustice! Smaller ones will ruin your own future, and bigger ones will shake Qiguo's roots!" She paused briefly, and added, "--this is what she said."
Your senior sister is really... the light of the right way. Xia Fan was slightly embarrassed, "I joined the Privy Council just to study alchemy. It doesn't matter whether I go to Gyeonggi or Jinxia, so at that time—"
"Liar." The little girl interrupted his excuse.
"What?"
"If you were just for this purpose, why did you argue with the master just now?" Luo Youer said with a straightforward expression, "Can other people be saved? Does it have anything to do with your research on Alchemy? Xia Fan, you Do you really know what you think?"
Xia Fan was stunned.
I felt like thunder passing by.