The original meaning of the idiom of thieves also has their own set of principles and rules, and now it is also possible to describe some thieves who, although they do the work of stealing, will also do some praiseworthy things out of morality, today let us see a story about thieves and also have a way.
It is said that during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a scholar in the capital, who had been admitted to the imperial court for many years, but he had not been hired by the imperial court, and could only be idle at home, and then he trusted the relationship to find a way, and finally was appointed by the imperial court as a county order, but unfortunately this county town is far away in Guizhou, the road is far away, and if you want to go to the post as scheduled, I am afraid that you will spend a lot of silver as a travel fee!
In order to raise the entanglement for the road, the scholar can only borrow money from the neighboring businessman, promising that once he goes to the post, he will find a way to repay the money as soon as possible, the scholar wants to borrow one hundred and two, the businessman said that one hundred and two can, but the interest should be charged one hundred and two, and let the student set up a note of two hundred and two owed silver, the student is naturally dissatisfied with such a high amount of interest, but suffering from no other way, can only sign against the heart!
The merchant took the note, but only left fifty-two silver for the scholar, pushing that the scholar went thousands of miles, did not know when he could repay the money, could only give fifty two, the businessman's move was clearly extortion and exploitation, hearing this, the scholar almost got angry, the interest of one hundred and two was already very high, and the result was that the good one hundred and two also became fifty-two, and the businessman was really too dishonest!
After the merchant left, the scholar pounded his chest and sighed, and at this time a voice came from the beam of the scholar's room: There are such dishonest people in the world, I originally planned to steal your property, but I could not bear to take advantage of the danger of people, I decided to export evil gas for you, punish that person well, and also be regarded as a substitute for Skywalker. After saying that, a black shadow flashed away from the beam!
The next evening, the merchant's family lost a lot of belongings, that night the student's bed had an extra baggage, the scholar opened the bag and found that it was silver fifty taels, at this time he understood that the voice on the beam last night was a thief, the thief was originally to steal, accidentally heard his own conversation with the businessman, out of indignation at the businessman's unjust behavior, the thief went to steal the merchant's home, which is also a small punishment for the businessman!
This is exactly what the gentleman on the liang argues about right and wrong, the thief also has the way to praise, the thief as a gentleman on the beam, the act of stealing is certainly abhorrent, but he can distinguish between right and wrong in the matter of the scholar borrowing money, knowing that the businessman's behavior is not faithful, it can be seen that he is also a conscience, and it can be called a thief and a way!