All living beings in hell

Chapter 121 The Chaser of the Name of Hero

The lotus lantern at the entrance was lit up, and the office welcomed No.70 No. [-] customer.

There was no knock on the door, no greeting, the guest pushed open the door and walked in, straddling the horse and sitting on the wooden chair.The guest in front of him was wearing the linen lining worn by ancient prisoners of war. He couldn't tell the specific age. He had a gray complexion, thick eyebrows and red phoenix eyes, and a curly and messy beard flying around his mouth.

"Hello, what should I call you?"

"Ren Zhengqing, I am a sinner through the ages, and I have been in this hell for more than a hundred years."

I wrote down his name on the paper, and then asked, "Ren Zhengqing, why did you come to me today?"

"My lord, as I said, I am a sinner who has been infamous for thousands of years, a traitor and a villain, and a person who harmed the government. I am a villain spurned by the world, and I deserve to suffer in this hell."

"So why are you looking for me today? Is it to tell me about your sins?"

"I don't need to repeat my sins again. Because of my own selfish desires, I allowed the Liao Kingdom to raise troops to invade my Central Plains. Now that I think about it, I am really stupid. It is really the work of a villain. So many years have passed, and the punishment in hell has been exhausted. Repent I also regret it, and I don’t want to mention my sins again and again. Compared with my sins, I want to come to the adults today to discuss them.”

"Oh? Discuss what?"

"In troubled times, who can be a hero?"

"Looking at history, who do you think is a hero?"

"Yu who controlled the water, Lianpo in the Warring States Period, Guan Yunchang in the Three Kingdoms Period, Wei Rui in the Southern Dynasty, Yang Su in the Sui Dynasty, and me, Song Yuefei, Di Qing, and Yang Yanzhao."

"Most of the people you mentioned are famous historical generals, all of whom are invincible and invincible. So you think all heroes are military generals?"

"No, my lord. A hero is a person who sticks to his beliefs throughout his life. Unlike me, who forgets his origins before making a small profit and goes to the enemy."

"Do you want to be the kind of person you call a hero?"

"When I was young, I used to think about it. Which boy would not want to be a hero with integrity like Guan Yunchang when he was young! It's a pity that I was not born with the physique of an eight-foot man, and I couldn't lift a long knife that weighed a hundred catties. Fortunately, God gave me I have a brain that can read and a tongue that can talk. I can be an official in the capital because of my brain and mouth. But when it comes to strategy, I don’t have the foresight. When it comes to tactics, I don’t have the guts. Just hard back.

My lord, I am the kind of fringe official who is destined to be forgotten by history.Most of the poems I write are about the boring time flow of drinking porridge for breakfast and eating yellow mutton at night, which may not be praised.

For a small historical figure like me, it is good to be a speck of dust.But me, I am not reconciled.I always feel that my existence is at least a little stronger than dust, and I am obsessed with leaving a name in history. "

"Then what did you do to leave your name in history?"

Ren Zhengqing let out a long sigh: "My lord, my lord, this is what I regret. I originally wanted to direct and act in a play, put the Liao army in the city, and make a urn to catch turtles and take the leader of their generals. From then on, I The county lord of this small remote county is also honoring his ancestors once. But I never expected that 200 Liao soldiers were put into the city, and they swallowed my [-] soldiers stationed in the city!
The Liao army is like a crazy turtle, it bites anyone it sees, regardless of civilians or soldiers, men, women and children.I have only ordinary garrison soldiers under my command, not a single general.In just three days, the entire city was bloodbathed.I also became a fool who led wolves into the house. At first, I was just a fool who wanted fame.How did it become like this! "

"Even if you succeed, you will gain fame and fortune by sacrificing the safety of the people in the city. That kind of reputation is probably far from the heroes you admire."

"Alas, my lord, heroes can only emerge in troubled times. How can there be heroes in peaceful and prosperous times! You can only create crises and solve them yourself. If the play is done better, at least you can leave a few poems for future generations to pass on."

"You said before that a hero is a person who carries out a certain belief throughout his life. Now you say that as long as the play is beautiful and deceives the eyes of the world, he can also be a hero. What do you think?"

"Of course the former is better, but the former needs the right time, place and people to achieve it. If there is no war and no troubled times, if you want to become a hero, you can only rely on acting."

"Why is being a hero so important to you?"

"Who doesn't like to be praised? To be popular and loved wherever you go. Don't you like that, my lord?"

"do not like."

"lie."

"You have no jokes."

"If you are really a gentleman, you will definitely have the pursuit of great ambition and great weapon. How could you be as ambitious and strategic as you are?"

"In the concept of ancient mythology, heroes are the closest to gods in the definition of human beings. Not only are they capable of superhuman beings, but they also have almost impeccable virtues and unwavering beliefs. This also means that heroes must sacrifice everything Most of humanity becomes as perfect as possible. While abandoning his own humanity, the hero gradually turns himself into some kind of spiritual symbol, even into some kind of dogma, which is completely symbolized. Only in this way can the hero become a permanent hero.

Once a little imperfection occurs, people will grab the hero by the hair and tear him off the altar.Spit on his once toned muscles, and throw stones, just to prove that the hero is not perfect, and he is not that bad.

Why do most heroes end in tragedy?Why do most of the famous historical figures die young?
Perhaps the more tragic the ending, the more the greatness of heroism can be highlighted. Only then can people firmly believe that it is unattainable loyalty and faith, and only then can the hero be completely separated from the concept of "human being" and shine alone. "

"If you can really become a hero with a long history, it doesn't matter if you die in battle, or be insulted by others!"

"Even if you die on the battlefield and endure all the suffering and insults of time, you may not be able to become a hero who will be famous in history. As you said, there are countless unknown people in this history.

Who is telling the history?Which grit does the narrator want to be the star?Is this something the hero can control? "

"Then how to do it! Isn't it the only way to direct and act on your own?"

"Being a hero or leaving a name in history may just be a by-product of a person's implementation of a certain belief, and it has nothing to do with self-directing and acting to push himself to the altar."

"Time creates man, and I am a poor product that will inevitably be formed in that era."

"You are human, at least you used to be human, and now you are also an independent soul. Why do you regard yourself as a product?"

"Because we are all sand in the long river of history, my lord! You and I are both!"

"There is a life of gravel in the gravel, and it is not easy to live a good life in the gravel."

"The writer is asking me to accept my fate?"

"No. Compared with whether the gravel can become a star, I care more about whether the gravel itself is happy or not. Being a star is not necessarily happy. What if the star wants to turn back into the gravel? What about turning back into gravel?"

"If I can really be a star in history, then I will be satisfied and happy."

"Well, okay, then try to be a star in the next life."

"There is still a long time in the afterlife."

"Could it be that you want to be a star in hell? It's a little difficult."

"How can I be a star in hell?"

"I don't know, you go ask the stars in hell, I wonder if they will give you some advice."

Ren Zhengqing was in a state of thinking, as if he was silently selecting who would be his hell hero.

I interrupted his thinking: "Then today's time is almost the same."

"I will definitely become a star, just wait and see when you write! You will all need to look up to me then!"

"Well, come on."

Ren Zhengqing stood up, he was still thinking about the hero, muttered something to himself, and left the office.

(End of this chapter)