690,000 words of enthusiastic and generous discussion about heroes

  Gao Wan Kui rode his horse like the wind, galloping non-stop all the way to Qingzhou. As soon as he arrived in Qingzhou, he quickly found out the location of the main temple of the Bao Duen Shen Jian Men (Treasured Shield Divine Arrow Gate). Gao Wan Kui came to the Bao Duen Shen Jian Men and was stopped by two disciples who asked him: "Who are you and what brings you to our Treasured Shield Divine Arrow Gate?" Gao Wan Kui replied, "Brother, I am a disciple of the Shen Dao Wu Di (Divine Knife Invincible) Escort Bureau. I have an extremely important matter that requires me to personally meet with Elder Mu Rong." The person listened and quickly said: "So you are a disciple of the Shen Dao Wu Di Escort Bureau? I've often heard my master mention that the leader of the Shen Dao Wu Di Escort Bureau, Shen Dao Xian (Divine Knife Immortal), and our master are sworn brothers. Since you are a disciple of the Shen Dao Wu Di Escort Bureau, then you are not an outsider. Please follow me and I will take you to meet our master." Gao Wan Kui followed the person all the way to Mu Rong Kun Peng's bedroom. As soon as he entered Mu Rong Kun Peng's bedroom, he smelled a pungent herbal medicine smell. He saw an old man lying on the bed who was over 70 years old, with a pale face and thin skin. Next to him stood a middle-aged man in his 40s. Gao Wan Kui thought to himself that this must be Mu Rong Kun Peng. The disciple said: "Master, elder brother, someone claims to be a disciple of the Shen Dao Wu Di Escort Bureau and says he has an extremely important matter to discuss with you." The old man on the bed listened and weakly said: "Who wants to see me?" Gao Wan Kui quickly knelt down and said: "Junior Gao Wan Kui pays his respects to Elder Mu Rong. I wish you good health and longevity." As he spoke, he kowtowed three times.

  Murong Kunpeng said, "Who are you?" Gao Wan'gui replied, "No need to ask, I've already introduced myself earlier. Why do you still ask who I am?" Gao Wan'gui continued in a polite tone, "I am Gao Wan'gui, the junior apprentice of the Divine Knife Unmatched Escort Bureau's Divine Knife Hero, Wan Fei." Murong Kunpeng said, "Ah, so you're Wan Fei's junior apprentice, Gao Wan'gui?" Gao Wan'gui replied, "That's right, it's me, Junior Gao Wan'gui."

  Murong Kunpeng said, "I was supposed to attend your master's Golden Basin Washing Hands ceremony, but my body is really not cooperating. When you return, please apologize to your master on my behalf." Gao Wan'gui replied, "Elder Murong, your words are unjustified. You're already in such a state of illness, what's the need for apologies?" Murong Kunpeng nodded and said, "You're indeed an understanding child. What important matter brings you here?"

  Gao Wan'gui replied, "My master has written a letter with his own hand, which I must personally deliver to you." Murong Kunpeng said, "Jianjie, help me take a look." Gao Wan'gui hastily added, "This is an extremely important matter. Before I left, my master repeatedly instructed me that not even the slightest hint of this should be leaked out."

  Murong Kunpeng said, "Don't worry, the person in front of my bed is my son, Murong Jianjie." Gao Wan'gui nodded and handed the letter to Murong Jianjie. After opening the letter, Murong Jianjie was shocked. He then read the contents aloud to his father without leaving out a single word.

  Murong Kunpeng listened and was also shocked. Although he was bedridden with illness, his mind remained extremely clear.

  Murong Junjie said, "Father, this matter is of great importance. If we agree to escort this convoy, it may bring catastrophic consequences to our Bao Duan Shen Jian Men. Therefore, I do not dare to make a decision on my own, and everything should be decided by you." Murong Kunpeng thought for a moment and said, "What do you think, child?" Murong Junjie said, "According to reason, Shen Dao Xia Wan Fei is my uncle, and he is as close to you as a brother. Therefore, Shen Dao Wu Dian Escort Bureau has come to us with a request, and we should not decline. However, this matter is of great importance and may affect the survival of our entire Bao Duan Shen Jian Men. I don't know how to handle it." In the past, we have received many favors from Uncle Wan. Fifteen years ago, when Qingzhou was plagued by famine, our Bao Duan Shen Jian Men had no business for half a year. Despite everyone's efforts to tighten their belts, we were still unable to overcome the difficulties. Our disciples were on the verge of starving to death, and some people were even preparing to leave Bao Duan Shen Jian Men to make a living on their own. If it weren't for Uncle Wan's help at that critical moment, lending us 10,000 taels of silver and 1,000 stones of grain, we would not have survived. Without his rescue, our Bao Duan Shen Jian Men would have ceased to exist long ago.

  "Ah, son," said Murong Kunpeng, "since you know the great kindness and virtue of your Uncle Wan, how can you still refuse?" Murong Junjie replied, "Father, have you thought this through? This matter is of utmost importance and may determine the life or death of our entire Bao Duan Divine Arrow Sect. We must be extremely cautious, otherwise the consequences will be unbearable." Murong Kunpeng nodded and said, "Of course I know that, but if we don't agree, people in the jianghu world will say that our Murong family is ungrateful and disloyal. If we do agree, we fear it may bring about a disaster of epic proportions. This is truly a difficult decision." Murong Junjie said, "Has Uncle Wan gone senile? How could he accept this task? It's clearly a hot potato that even with a large reward, we can't take on. It's like having money to earn but no life to spend it with!" Murong Kunpeng said, "Junjie, how can you think that way? Don't you understand your Uncle Wan's character? He is not motivated by greed for wealth and riches. He values loyalty and righteousness above all else. The reason he did this is for the sake of a great principle." Murong Junjie said, "Father, what you say makes sense, but this principle is too big, too big for us to bear. We would have to defend it with our lives. Brother Gao, why don't we go back together and I'll return the task in front of the client? We'd rather be known as untrustworthy than take on this task."

  Here is the translation:

  "Absolutely not!" Guo Wan Kuai hastily said. "Why?" Murong Jun Jie asked in surprise. "It's because, as Master Murong said, my master has always emphasized one word: righteousness. And this time, it's not just any ordinary righteousness, but a great righteousness that encompasses the world. The difference between reason and reason, and righteousness and righteousness is like heaven and earth. Keeping promises on the jianghu (martial arts world) is loyalty; sacrificing life for friends is heavy righteousness; upholding justice and punishing evil is moral righteousness; eliminating demons and fulfilling one's duty to heaven is heavenly righteousness. But there is an even greater righteousness than heavenly righteousness, that is, true righteousness. True righteousness means having the world in mind, with the goal of saving the people from suffering, and driving out the dark forces that oppress China. The so-called 'darkness' refers to the corrupt and incompetent Qing government, which has signed numerous unequal treaties with foreign powers, such as the Treaty of Nanjing, the Shanghai Treaty, the New Yuet Treaty, and the Treaty of Shimonoseki... I won't list them all. Now our China is fragmented, and the people are living in suffering, barely clinging to life. As Chinese people, as descendants of the Yellow Emperor, shouldn't we overthrow this corrupt Qing government? We are all hot-blooded men with flesh and blood, and we are also heroes of the jianghu. Don't we have a responsibility to save our troubled Chinese nation? If all Chinese people were like you, living in seclusion, compromising, and tolerating humiliation, even if you could live for a hundred or two hundred years, what would be the point of such a life? What meaning or value would it have? If your Bao Duan Shen Jian Men (Precious Shield and Divine Arrow Gate) doesn't want to lend a hand, we won't force you. But then you also don't need to try to dissuade my master. As the saying goes, 'each person has their own aspirations.' I, Guo Wan Kuai, bid farewell."

  Here is the translation:

  Gao Wan'gui's words made Murong Junjie's face turn white and then red, Gao Wan'gui finished speaking and turned to leave. At this time, Murong Kunpeng said: "Young man, wait a minute." Gao Wan'gui turned back and said loudly: "Murong old predecessor, do you have any more instructions?" Murong Kunpeng said: "Good one, Gao Wan'gui! Your words just now made me, an old man who is about to die, feel deeply ashamed. If I really died and met our ancestors, how could I face them?" At this time, Murong Junjie lowered his head in shame and said: "Gao big brother, I, Murong Junjie, am truly inferior to you. Earlier, I was disrespectful to Uncle Wan, please forgive me." Gao Wan'gui sighed deeply and said: "Alas, a man has things he must do and things he cannot do. Earlier, I may have been too impulsive, so my words were a bit rough. Please forgive me, Murong young brother." Murong Junjie said: "No, no, it's I, Murong Junjie, who should apologize. Your passionate and stirring words deeply moved me. I've also heard something about this Sun Yat-sen. He led the revolutionary army in a uprising in Guangzhou, but due to being outnumbered, the uprising failed. After that, Sun Yat-sen went into hiding and his whereabouts are unknown. Now the Qing government has posted wanted notices everywhere for Sun Yat-sen. His power is really too weak. Do you think his revolutionary army can really succeed? Can they really overthrow the corrupt and incompetent Qing government?" Gao Wan'gui nodded seriously and said: "I believe in Mr. Sun Yat-sen, he will definitely have the ability to overthrow this dark, corrupt, and incompetent Qing government. Therefore, revolution must involve bloodshed and sacrifice, because the Qing government will not quietly allow Sun Yat-sen to overthrow their rule. The Qing government will certainly brutally suppress the revolutionary party, so the more it is before dawn, the more this period of time will be filled with darkness, hardship, suffering, terror, and bloodshed."

  Murong Junjie said: "It seems that our Bao Duen God Arrow Gate must escort the treasure with you. If we don't go, the heroes of Jianghu will say that our Bao Duen God Arrow Gate is ungrateful and disloyal. From then on, the two major factions in Jianghu will be like strangers. The friendship between my father and your master for decades will be gone." Gao Wan'gui said: "This matter should still be decided by yourselves. We can't force you. Are you afraid that Bao Duen God Arrow Gate will suffer a disaster? Don't we, the Shen Dao Wu Di Bing Ju, also fear suffering a disaster? However, to help Mr. Sun Zhongshan escape danger, we must take risks, even if it means we all die in battle. We have no regrets. That's all I have to say. As for what you will do next, it's still up to you to decide." Murong Junjie looked at his father and said: "Dad, I think this matter should be decided by you." Murong Kunpeng smiled wryly and said: "Foolish child, Dad is already seriously ill and won't live for long. Even if my body were healthy, you can't rely on me forever. You're almost 40 years old; why do you still need to ask me about everything? This matter should be decided by yourself."

  Murong Junjie thought for a moment and said, "Gao Ge, I've made up my mind to help you escort the convoy this time. Your grand words and your patriotic spirit, which views death as a return home, have deeply moved me." Gao Wan'gui patted Murong Junjie's shoulder and said, "Good brother, I knew you'd definitely help us out." Murong Junjie nodded and said, "Gao Ge, go ahead first. I'll take care of everything at home and will definitely arrive at the Divine Knife Invincible Escort Bureau in three days." Gao Wan'gui clasped his hands together and said, "Alright, I trust Brother Murong's character. Brother Murong must not go back on your word or be untrustworthy." Murong Junjie said, "Gao Ge, what are you talking about? Since I've already agreed to help, I'll never go back on my word. Otherwise, how would I, Murong Junjie, be able to stand in the Jianghu and gain the trust of the entire martial arts world?" Gao Wan'gui said, "Alright then, I'll take my leave first." Murong Junjie nodded and said, "Alright, we'll meet again in three days." Gao Wan'gui said, "In that case, I bid you farewell." Murong Junjie said, "Gao Ge, why don't you stay for dinner at our place before leaving?" Gao Wan'gui said, "No need to. This matter is extremely urgent and my master is still waiting for news from me at home." With that, Gao Wan'gui left the main hall of the Precious Shield and Divine Arrow Gate and rode his horse back along the original route.

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