Travel through the heavens

After leaving the prison, Fang Muye said, "Doctor Yang, sister-in-law, please take care of the child. The governor will come to inspect in the next two days, so I will go back and rest first."

Fang Muye almost forgot to tell Yang Tianchun the news. If Yang Tianchun didn't know, such an interesting thing as him pretending to be the governor to tease Zheng Bafang would not have happened.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Yang Tianchun's eyes moved, and he said, "Okay, we will take the child back for treatment as well."

At that moment, several people left separately. Yang Tianchun and He Xiaolan took Huang Feihong back to Baicaotang, while Fang Muye went to a restaurant.

After Huang Qiying left Baicaotang, he walked to the center of the city, came to a house, jumped up, used his feet to gain leverage on the wall, and easily reached the roof.

If Iron Monkey comes out at night, he will fly high up, so it is easier to spot him on the roof.

After the cold wind blew on the roof for nearly an hour, Huang Qiying looked around again, but still could not find any trace of the Iron Monkey. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking that his efforts would be in vain again tonight.

At this time, Fang Muye climbed up the ladder to the roof with a small clay stove and a bag of charcoal in his left hand and a still-warm hot pot in his right hand. He shouted to Huang Qiying across the street, "Master Huang, come over for a midnight snack."

In the movie, Shen Sanyan invited Huang Qiying to eat mutton hotpot. In order to heat the pot, he wickedly placed the pot on the chimney of the roof. The two of them enjoyed the meal, but the house below was filled with thick smoke because the chimney was blocked. In the end, the delicious hotpot was knocked over by a bamboo pole, and the two were scolded.

Fang Muye would never do such a bad thing, so he brought all the necessary items with him this time so that he could enjoy a hot pot comfortably.

Of course, eating hotpot was not the purpose of his visit. One purpose was to inform Huang Qiying that he had brought Huang Feihong out of the prison, and the other was to have a chat with Huang Qiying.

Huang Qiying on the opposite side smiled, said "OK", jumped across an alley and walked over.

Fang Muye placed a small clay stove on the roof, lit the charcoal, and put the hot pot on to heat it up. After a short while, the soup and ingredients in the hot pot began to boil.

Fang Muye handed Huang Qiying a pair of bowls and chopsticks and said with a smile, "Master Huang, eating mutton on the roof is a unique experience."

Huang Qiying took the bowl and chopsticks with a smile and said, "I haven't tried it before."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "Come, Master Huang, eat."

After eating two mouthfuls of fresh mutton, Fang Muye said, "Master Huang, don't worry about your son. I have already gotten him out of the prison. Doctor Yang and my sister-in-law took him back to take care of him."

Huang Qiying was immediately overwhelmed with joy and said gratefully, "Thank you, Master Shen, for taking care of Feihong."

Fang Muye looked at him and smiled: "Master Huang, if we still can't catch Iron Monkey by the deadline, I will arrange for you and your son to leave here safely, so you can rest assured."

Huang Qiying said worriedly: "God, that will implicate you."

Fang Muye laughed: "Although I don't know how to be a good official, I still know how to protect myself. Master Huang, you are chivalrous and brave. I help you because I recognize heroes and respect heroes."

Huang Qiying laughed at himself, thinking of the cold stares he had received in Jiaxing Prefecture because he wanted to catch the Iron Monkey for the government, and said sarcastically: "Hero? The people here only call big thieves heroes."

Fang Muye knocked the edge of the pot with chopsticks, then put the chopsticks into the pot to stir it, saying indignantly: "In fact, the people are just like us in this pot, living in dire straits. If the fire is not put out, the water will sooner or later dry up. Whoever can put out this fire will be the hero in the hearts of the people."

After thinking for a while, he asked, "Master Huang, let's not talk about whether Iron Monkey is a hero or not. Do you think he is good or evil?"

Huang Qiying answered as a matter of course: "Of course it is evil!"

Fang Muye smiled and said, "Iron Monkey punishes corrupt officials who steal and are rich. Officials and rich people think he is evil, but he uses the money he steals to help poor people, and the people think he is good."

"Master Huang, this world is not black and white. In this chaotic world, how can we tell right from wrong, good from evil?

Huang Qiying hesitated for a moment: "If you want to do good, there are thousands of ways to do it. What Iron Monkey did is actually against the law. If it is against the law, it is evil."

Fang Muye asked again: "Master Huang, if a person is causing trouble in the village, bullying the good, and taking human lives, do you think he should be beaten or killed?"

Huang Qiying replied: "Of course he deserves to be beaten, of course he deserves to be killed."

Fang Muye asked in return: "What if the government doesn't care? Or if the government shields the criminal? What if they disregard the law? Are we just going to let this person continue to do evil?"

Huang Kei-ying did not answer.

Fang Muye continued, "Confucianism says that a gentleman should suppress evil and promote good, and follow the will of heaven to rest his life. Buddhism emphasizes saving all living beings, but there are also ways to subdue dragons and tigers. The heart of a bodhisattva and the angry eyes of a vajra are both compassion. Sometimes, we can't just look at the means, we have to ask about the heart."

Huang Qiying stared at Fang Muye in a daze. He did not expect that Fang Muye, as an official, would make such rebellious remarks. But the key point was that these unorthodox remarks actually made him feel that they made a lot of sense.

The reason why Fang Muye told Huang Qiying all this was because when he watched a movie before, he felt that although Huang Qiying was an upright person, he was a bit rigid and pedantic.

For example, when the father and son were arrested and taken to the government office, Zheng Bafang wanted to brand Huang Feihong in the lobby, but he managed to hold back and not help him. He even tried to reason with Zheng Bafang, which left Fang Muye speechless.

That's why I just took the opportunity to discuss philosophy with him about Iron Monkey.

Huang Qiying opened his mouth and wanted to say something. At this time, there was a sound of stepping on tiles. The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw four thieves in night clothes and black scarves covering their heads running on the roof. One of them was carrying a large bag on his shoulder.

Huang Qiying widened his eyes and shouted, "Iron Monkey!" His figure flashed and he caught up with him.

Fang Muye thought to himself, "Here it comes", threw away the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, and stood up to chase after him.

The four thieves saw that they were being chased, so they jumped off the roof, hoping to get rid of the two men by taking advantage of the crisscrossing streets and alleys. Unexpectedly, Huang Qiying was very fast, and he fell down and blocked them.

Fang Muye followed closely, but did not go down.

If he took action now, unless he killed these four monks and the woman hiding in the dark, he would expose his origins. Monk Yankong would come later, and he would be in the yamen, so he would be in trouble and might even lose his life.

With his kung fu and without the Eight-sided Han Sword, he couldn't kill five of them by himself. And judging from Huang Qiying's current mentality, he probably wouldn't kill them.

Therefore, Fang Muye had no intention of taking action. He stood on the eaves and watched the show quietly.