Chapter 1386: Stopping at the Right Moment
Chapter 1386: Stopping at the Right Moment
Qi Xuansu would occasionally correspond with Mo Qingdi, discussing topics unrelated to the Daoist Order’s power struggles.Mo Qingdi still made a living through writing and had not benefited much from Qi Xuansu because he could not bring himself to accept such help.
Thus, Qi Xuansu let him be and did not insist.
When they chatted, Mo Qingdi often asked questions that Qi Xuansu found rather amusing. For instance, what aristocratic figures like Zhang Yuelu were like, and whether they were aloof and looked down on ordinary people.
Clearly, Mo Qingdi held certain stereotypes. It was as if great families must always be rife with scandal, scions must despise commoners and indulge in excess, powerful figures must be fond of speaking in riddles, and so on.
This was somewhat like imagining the Crown Princess baking flatbread, a pure fantasy.
Such situations and such people certainly existed, but they were by no means the majority. They could even be considered a minority.
Most people were normal and approachable. While different social classes might have differing perspectives and limited interaction, they were not so different as an entirely separate species.
Human nature ensured that most people were fundamentally similar. Saints and monsters were both rare, as they both went against human nature. The difference being that one opposed human nature in a righteous way and the other in a perverse way.
Take Huangfu Ji as an example. He was talented and came from a prestigious background, so he had a bright future. Yet he did not look down on others and conducted himself much like an ordinary person.
This esteemed Sage Huangfu was now doing things not fundamentally different from what ordinary people did when receiving distinguished guests.
Mo Qingdi often believed in the existence of a civil official faction that deliberately opposed the emperor. In reality, no such stable and purposeful organization existed. What did exist was a group that unconsciously expanded and multiplied, like a disease within the human body. It did not intentionally oppose the body’s will, yet could still lead to its demise.