[Comprehensive] Those years when I memorized the Analects of Confucius

In the eyes of the world, what kind of existence is the so-called ancient family in that silent land?

Unlike the noble class in Europe, there has never been a noble class in China, and the aristocratic family does not represent higher rights and status. They have a long and ancient inheritance, and have strength and heritage far beyond ordinary people. But at the same time, For thousands of years, it has assumed responsibilities that ordinary people don't need to worry about.

"...What did we do wrong?" Kong Yong heard some of them ask.

This made him unable to hold back the corners of his lips and smiled softly.

As a member of the Confucian family, as the Confucian family who should inherit the will of Kong Sheng, the education he received since childhood is benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, loyalty, filial piety, forgiveness and bravery, a heart of benevolence and righteousness, and tolerance is great.The etiquette in daily life, how to treat parents and brothers, the standard integrity of being a person, the open-mindedness in dealing with others... everything is bound within a certain range by rules and regulations, which cannot be violated, let alone renounced.

Kong Yong also once thought that he would continue like this forever, just like everyone in the Kong family for thousands of years, follow the ancestral precepts, cultivate one's morality, and quietly guard the land until the day of death.

But he still couldn't do it in the end.

"You're not wrong," he said.

Faced with the more dazed and confused looks of those people, Kong Yong stopped smiling. He turned his head to look at the little sunlight leaking in from the stairs outside, like a puppet who was stripped of all emotions overnight. Standing there like that, said with a blank face: "You are not wrong."

In the battle between the monsters three years ago, some people chose to fulfill their responsibilities and fought to the last moment to protect the human race. For example, Kong Ci, one person and one city, stood alone for a day on the border line drawn by himself. one night.There are also people who, after rationally judging the disparity in strength, choose to abandon a city and retreat.

Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world.

The Kong family, who inherited the will and strength of Kong Sheng, of course have the obligation and responsibility to stand up for the safety and prosperity of the human race. Therefore, for thousands of years, in the cemetery filled with the names of the heroes of the human race, there are countless Kong people sleeping. The soul of the family.So after losing his father, mother, brother, and wife for so many years, he lost his only daughter in the war three years ago.

This is of course nothing.

Whether it is as a son, younger brother, husband or father, no one can understand better than him what kind of ideas and wills those people he loves have to die resolutely.

In those years, he locked himself in the face room alone, and his mind was full of blood relatives. Of course he knew their wishes, and he knew their beliefs and greatness. He could even clearly recall that his daughter was still young. When I was young, I used a soft voice to read the scene of "Yi Yuxin is kind, even though he died nine times, he still has no regrets".

But he couldn't take it anymore.

Of course he understands that those who choose to retreat and leave may be selfish, but there is no such thing as a big mistake. Knowing that their strength is not enough, it is not something incomprehensible to protect themselves wisely. The retreat of ordinary people, Nor has it reached the point of unforgivable evil.

But he is also a human being, and he will...not be reconciled.

Some people are alone, so the family is safe and sound. Even if they can't bear the gossip of the people around them, they can move to another country and start over without any psychological burden.Some people sacrifice their lives for righteousness and go to death resolutely, so the remaining family members have to carry endless thoughts and pain, continue, move forward, and live.

The resentment that was deeply buried in my heart turned into poison in my heart during countless tossing and turning nights, and finally condensed into resentment that went deep into the bone marrow.

Because he is an ordinary person with relatively weak strength, even if he makes a selfish decision to retreat, it should be understood and forgiven——

"But I don't want to understand or forgive anyone anymore."

He didn't look at the crowd inside, he just calmly stretched out his hand and pushed the door, then turned his head and walked towards the higher ground.So the heavy stone door was closed again, and no sound was heard anymore.

"What do you think of this kind of person?" Kong Yun asked suddenly.

When he asked this question, the two of them had completely left the street where the forest was located, and stood on a street full of people coming and going.Draco handed him a bottle of purified water that he bought at random from a convenience store down the street, and unscrewed his own bottle.

"If the kind of person you are talking about refers to the fact that through his own rational judgment, he finds that the strengths of the two parties are not equal, so he makes a decision to retreat and protect himself wisely," he raised his head and drank his water, calmly said: " I don't think there's anything wrong with that choice."

Draco actually didn't quite understand why the other party would suddenly ask such a question - he didn't know if Kong Yun knew something, but this question did easily remind him of himself.

When Hogwarts faced the threat of Voldemort back then, Gryffindors undoubtedly stood out the most, besides Hufflepuff, half of the students in this seemingly silent college chose to stand up , Ravenclaw is rare, and Slytherin is the one who is wise and safe.

It is undeniable that Gryffindor's bravery is indeed commendable, but you can ask yourself, in terms of strength, except for senior students, those students who are only fourteen, five years old or even younger should really face Voldemort. Enemy of this level?And is there really no impulsive and reckless element in Gryffindor's bravery?

Let a bunch of underage kids fight Voldemort?No kidding, what else can they do besides "disarm you"?

He has no intention of explaining Slytherin's selfishness, because this is the fact, but he also believes that even if it is a sacrifice, one should avoid unnecessary sacrifices as much as possible, and if a person dies, there is no way out.

"What about you? What do you think?" He asked back.

"Do you still remember that day when you asked me what I thought of Professor Snape?" Kong Yun said, "My answer will not change to this day - I will not use my own standards to ask others. I can understand this. Such a selfish behavior..." At this point, he was silent for a while, and just when Draco thought he was about to say that sentence again, "Understand but don't accept it", he heard him say: "It's nothing unacceptable."

"so……?"

"So, I have to stop Uncle Liu from killing those people." Kong Yun lowered his head and unconsciously clenched the mineral water bottle in his hand, staring at the half of the pure water left in the bottle: "Selfishness does not mean guilt, even if Yes, and it’s not a sin to die.”

"Then what are you going to do?" The junior Slytherin glanced at him, his expression looked like he was looking at a monster, and he asked incredulously: "Or, in order to protect those people, you plan to kill your Uncle Six?"

"...No." Kong Yun was stunned for a moment, and he asked in puzzlement, "Why do you have such an idea?" Without waiting for Draco to respond, he added: "I don't think those people should be I pay the price of death alone, and I don't think the sixth uncle's actions are heinous..."

"It can be understood and forgiven, isn't it?" The junior Slytherin raised an eyebrow and said sarcastically, he was not sure if he wanted to hear a "yes" answer, so he chose Straight to the point: "If by the time we get there, someone has already been killed because of your sixth uncle's actions, will you kill him?"

What answered him was the boy's silence.

Draco began to regret his meddling. He thought that all he had to bear was the unknown danger, but he didn't expect that he was facing a companion with strange thoughts. He endured it, and finally couldn't help it. Send a rude inquiry: "Don't you really think that your family is particularly strange?"

Merlin testified that he really wanted to walk away at this moment, but when his eyes touched the boy's silence, it finally turned into a deep sense of powerlessness: "Okay, since you have already decided, So shouldn't we act now?—before you face this worse choice."

"He won't do that," Kong Yun said.

Draco frowned, but he continued in a calm tone: "Uncle Six hates those people as much as he hates the family... He must know what choice I will make, so he It will definitely not be so simple—"

"He's waiting for me."

Soon, Draco understood what Kong Yun meant by "he's waiting for me".

He didn't really believe in divination in magic, let alone the more mysterious oriental divination technique. However, after seeing Kong Yun use a few coins to calculate the location of Kong Yong, he helped them accurately After finding the destination of this trip, he couldn't help but began to think about whether to learn more about Eastern magic.

"I can calculate it so simply because Uncle Six didn't set up any obstacles." Kong Yun explained, in contrast, he is actually more interested in Western divination, "I heard that Hogwarts seems to be There are also divination classes, right?"

Recalling the witch who spoke nonsense most of the time, but repeatedly made accurate predictions on major events, Draco unconsciously frowned, and said vaguely: "...so that's it, when the time comes You will know."

While the two were talking, an exquisite and elegant courtyard appeared in front of them.

Kong Yun raised his head and carefully observed the seemingly normal courtyard in front of him.From the appearance point of view, this is a typical Japanese-style building. Apart from the elegant and gorgeous appearance, there seems to be nothing worth noting.He frowned, took another two steps forward, and stood in front of the gate.

Even though it was only two steps away, the aura of this house suddenly changed. It still looked ordinary, but it was like a calm lake. The surface was calm, but the bottom was ready to turn into turbulent waves at any time.

Reminiscent of my sixth uncle's proficiency in formations, the courtyard itself may not be too simple.

Thinking of this, he turned around and met the eyes of the junior Slytherin behind him, as if he had guessed his hesitation at the moment, the latter raised his eyebrows slightly and stared at him expressionlessly.

Under the aggressive gaze of the other party, Kong Yun finally silently took back the words "let me go in alone".

"...Then, could you please come in with me?"

Too lazy to deal with the indecisive low-grade Hufflepuff, Draco tapped the delicately decorated door with his wand, and used a probing spell, but after a few seconds, he frowned, Turning his head to look at Kong Yun, his expression became a little weird.

"……What's wrong?"

"You're right," the junior Slytherin gave him a subtle look, not knowing how to describe his complicated mood at the moment. "He was indeed waiting for you."

Listening to Kong Yun's description, he thought that the other party's family was full of ascetics and Gryffindor-style sacrifices. However, the picture he detected at this moment was not the same as the painting style he thought. There was a huge difference—the Sixth Uncle Kong Yun was talking about was sitting in the room facing the door right now.There is no bitterness and hatred, and there is no complacency.The man sat in front of the small coffee table, making a cup of tea calmly.

As if waiting for someone to come.

"……what?"

"A man is sitting in the room facing the door waiting for you, and a dozen other people are trapped in the basement by a strange thing." Draco said succinctly: "Now we can consider dividing into two groups—you Go drink tea, I'll go to the basement to see if there's a way to destroy that strange thing?"

It sounded like they were discussing what to have for dinner tonight.

What he said was simple and rude, and after Kong Yun thought about it for a while, he had to agree with his conclusion: Kong Yong was obviously waiting for him, and the two of them went to rescue someone at the same time, or went to see Kong Yong at the same time, it was not considered A wise decision.The former is easy to be found, although the latter is safer, but the safety of the hostages will not be guaranteed.

In addition, today happened to be the last day, and after eight days of gradually weakening the spiritual power, the real strength of the other party was no longer out of reach for Kong Yun.

One minute later, Draco followed the stairs and easily found the special basement. Kong Yun also stood in front of the room where Kong Yong was, and slowly opened the carved wooden door .

As the wooden door was opened, the whole room itself became clear and bright. Kong Yun saw the man sitting behind the coffee table at a glance. He poured a cup of tea into the bottom cup, then he raised his hand and politely pushed the tea to Kong Yun.

"sit."

Kong Yun hesitated for a while, and finally sat down on the opposite side. The scent of tea wafted upwards along the teacup, and slowly poured into his nostrils. Under bright light and shadow.The boy blinked his eyes, almost thinking that he was at home in a trance.

But this is just an illusion.

They are not in the Kong family's mansion at the moment, and it is impossible for them to cook tea and discuss the Tao calmly. Since the other party turned their back on the Kong family, the relationship between the two is no longer the uncle and nephew relationship in the past.He just wanted to save those who were not guilty of death from the other party's subordinates, and Kong Yong... perhaps used him as a breakthrough to complete revenge on the Kong family?

Kong Yong didn't speak, and Kong Yun didn't take the initiative to break the silence at the moment. Although he didn't know if British magic would be useful to Huaxia's formation, it would be good to delay a little longer.

While thinking about the situation on Draco's side, he diverted his attention to observe Kong Yong in front of him.The latter is not as absent-minded as he is. I don't know if it's because the goal is about to be completed, but the man looks more like he is immersed in tea tasting wholeheartedly at this moment.

They were silent for a long time, until the teacup in front of Kong Yong was empty, and the cup in front of Kong Yun was completely cold, the man spoke slowly:

"Actually, I have always had a question." When he said this, his tone was flat and serious, as if he was really just curious about the answer to this question: "Since your Dao heart is so bad that even if the Kong family pays the price, you will not be able to accept it." I want to send you to the so-called British school to find opportunities, so why...you still come here?"

"The Dao Heart Tree will not lie. You have already doubted it. Why do you still come here to save these people who have nothing to do with you?" He held his chin and looked at him with great interest: "Can you really understand them?"

Kong Yong keenly noticed his slightly stiff body, but it was only for a moment, or more like an illusion——

"Why can't you forgive me?" Kong Yun asked back: "Most people are just ordinary people. How much a person's ability is, the responsibility is as great as it is. Because the ability is not enough to face a certain crisis, so I chose to shrink back... Could it be Is that a heinous crime?"

Kong Yong stared at him steadfastly, as if he wanted to find something from his expression that could prove the other party's inconsistency, but soon, he found that he had failed: there was no inconsistency, no self-deception, he was real, That's what I thought.

This made him feel as if someone had poured cold water on him, and he immediately lost interest. He said casually, "So what are you doing now? Kill me and save those cowards?"

A question that Kong Yun had heard half an hour ago.

As with Draco, he didn't answer the question right away.

Kong Yong's eyes had already moved away from him, and turned to the teacup on the table, as if he would rather stare at the teacup in a daze than look at him again.Kong Yun kept his head up all the time, silently staring at the sixth uncle who was by his own blood.

"If I can understand their retreat, how can I not understand your hatred?"

Yes.

This is the reason why he is always brooding and unable to make choices and decisions readily.

There are many things in this world that cannot be simply distinguished from being right or wrong from the very beginning. Yu Gong, it is not benevolent to see death without saving him. He cannot just watch Kong Yong kill people. After all, he was his sixth uncle by blood, his father's younger brother.

He didn't finish his words, but Kong Yong already understood his unfinished meaning.

The man's expression showed deep boredom, he glanced at Kong Yun, put the teacup in his palm back on the table, and couldn't tell whether it was ridicule or disdain in his tone: "Yes, 'understand', 'forgive'. "

"You should have discovered it. From the very beginning, the Kong family didn't intend to arrest me and punish me—this is their 'forgiveness'." He looked back, with a half-smile: "It seems that I really It’s wrong to blame you, although I don’t know why half of your Dao heart is rotten, but you seem to be a real Confucian family.”

There was still a smile on the corner of his lips, but at this moment it became cold inch by inch.

"Did you see the array on the roof of this house? It's called the Yin Yang Life and Death Array. It was originally a healing method done by transferring fatal wounds, but I changed it on the original basis, and now it becomes A purely offensive formation—" he said, pointing to the corner behind him: "Want to save them? Then stand in that formation."

"As long as you stand in the eye of the formation and activate the formation, you can complete the exchange of 'gate of life' and 'gate of death', sacrifice yourself to save others, or sacrifice others to save yourself, this choice is not difficult? You guys Didn’t the Kong family always like to sacrifice themselves to save others?”

"Of course, you can also choose to come and kill me. As long as I die, the effect of the formation will be dispelled naturally. In this way, you can also achieve the purpose of saving people..." When he said this, he deliberately paused, Showing a friendly smile: "By the way, the choice of this formation is two-way. If you plan to sacrifice others or kill me, you'd better not hesitate for too long... I can't guarantee that you want to save me. Will those people in your life choose to sacrifice your life without hesitation?"

When Draco came down the stairs, he was the first to notice the shiny red stone embedded in the stone door. Considering the strange spells in the East, he did not act rashly, but stood cautiously. Beside the stone gate, after thinking about it, he used a sound-like spell.

I don't know if it's because the basement made of pure stone is not very sound-proof. In short, after using the enhanced version of the loud magic, the voice in the room suddenly became clear——

"I don't understand what you are hesitating about. As long as you activate this formation, everything will be over. Are you going to wait for death by doing nothing for that person outside who doesn't know who it is?"

"...Do you really think that as long as we activate the formation, we can survive?" The other person's voice was low, anxious and powerless: "Let's not talk about whether Kong Yong will let us go because of this, even if we Helping Kong Yong and completing the revenge against the Kong family, do you think the Kong family will let us go?"

Draco: ...

Can't understand.

From the voice and tone, it can be heard that there was a quarrel among the people inside. Of course, he did not understand what they were arguing about-this made him start to think about whether to try to grasp it when he returned. Chinese, at least as it is now, does not have to be at a loss for information that is close at hand.

His eyes swept across the crystal that was shining with a faint red light, and it could be seen that this crystal itself did not possess magic power, but a kind of existence similar to a magic prop, and it was a medium for the transfer of magic power... He held back The irritability in my heart, calm down, and seriously start to feel the trajectory of the magic power in the surrounding environment.He could feel the magic power coming from the crystal, and it spread outwards, and the direction of its convergence seemed to be...

The room where Kong Yun is?

In other words, this crystal made the two rooms form a specific connection?If this crystal is destroyed, can this connection be broken?Thinking of this, he raised his wand, pointed at the crystal tentatively, and a split came.

Crystal doesn't change anything.

Of course, considering that this is an unusual oriental magic item, it's normal that the fragmentation doesn't have any effect, but...

Looking at the huge stone gate that was torn apart and scattered into pieces under the action of his own magic, and the red crystal floating in the air without any support, Draco took a closer look and unexpectedly found that although the crystal itself It was not destroyed, but the indescribable magic power cycle was cut off with the shattering of the stone gate.

……

Kong Yun sat where he was, silently staring at the man opposite him who was waiting for him to make a choice.

He is not feeling well at the moment, the conversion ability of the formation itself has not been activated, but it is always in a state of operation, the longer he stays here, the faster the spiritual power in his body will be consumed, Even with the passage of time, he gradually began to agitate uncontrollably.

The most important thing is that this kind of influence itself is not limited to the spiritual power in the body, but also includes the emotional influence. It seems that there is a cloud of negative energy, rampant in the emotions and the body, causing his whole body to become Irritable and gloomy.

"The prerequisite for the complete disappearance of spiritual power is to do something that completely violates benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, loyalty, filial piety, forgiveness and bravery. You are not curious, what have I done?"

Kong Yun didn't say anything.

He can guess what the other party probably wants to do.

Internally, the Kong family has never concealed the reason for deliberately sending him to Hogwarts. Kong Yong is not the first to know about his spiritual problems, and of course he will not be the last. On the premise of knowing this Next, such a "choice question" was deliberately given, and the other party's purpose was clearly revealed.

Either kill Kong Yong, or sacrifice himself to save the dozen or so people trapped in the basement, or survive by ignoring the lives of others.

In addition to sacrificing himself, for Kong Yun, no matter whether he killed Kong Yong or cared about the life and death of others, it seemed that his Taoism would be pushed to the withered side, and he would sink deeper, and even become the next Kong Yong. uncertain.

And this is exactly what Kong Yong wanted to accomplish, revenge on the Kong family.

"... Angry?" Noticing his emotional changes, Kong Yong became interested instead, and he said with a smile: "Then kill me, why are you bound by the so-called rules? No one can stipulate who must forgive Who, isn't it?"

Forgive me...

It's like a spell.

The young man lowered his head and reached out to pull the dark red hair band behind his back. The long jet-black hair poured down with his movements and scattered unrestrainedly behind his back. He stood up slowly but calmly. The headband also disappeared in an instant, replaced by a long knife about half the height of an adult.

The right hand holding the handle of the knife exerted a little force, and the long knife was easily pulled out of the scabbard. The sun outside the door was warm and bright, but it couldn't hide the cold light on the knife and the lingering indifference of the young man. breath.

Standing in front of the coffee table, he glanced condescendingly at the stunned man opposite him, with undisguised arrogance and contempt on the corners of his eyes and brows, his fair and delicate face was still gentle and soft, but there was undisguised boredom and dissatisfaction in his eyes. Resistant——

"Deviating from Confucianism is disloyalty; abandoning one's own clan is disloyalty; killing innocent people indiscriminately is unkindness; reneging on one's promise is distrust; falling into old grievances is unforgiveness..." The young man held a long knife and walked from He passed by, with a leisurely tone as if reciting a catchy poem, but there was a careless smile on the corner of his lips.

"Only you are qualified to ask Ah Yun such multiple-choice questions?"

Before Kong Yong could react, the young man walked slowly into the formation, raised his hand, and swung his knife!

Kong Yong's face changed slightly, and he stood up all of a sudden, with a confused expression on his face: "...Are you crazy? They will all die like this!"

The cumbersome and complicated formation fell apart in an instant, but there was no strange sound or fluctuation coming from the basement on the other side. Facing Kong Yong's astonished expression, the young man frowned, looking very regretful: "It seems that you The formation seems to have failed, what a pity."

"Okay, one last question."

After solving the formation in an understatement and simply and rudely, the snow-white blade turned slightly in the air, and pointed accurately at the man in front of the coffee table: "To completely reach the point of losing spiritual power, you need to completely abandon the twelve standards of the channel—— "

The owner of the long knife lowered his head with a gloomy expression like ice: "What did you do to my father?"