Hearing Liu Yi's confusion, Xiao Hua smiled. "There are far too many unfair things in this world. Wherever there are people, there will surely be injustice. But not every injustice must be meddled with, nor must every injustice be turned into fairness! Under the Heavenly Dao, fairness and unfairness are both commonplace; absolute fairness simply does not exist. Take that scholar, for example. He originally had the ability to resolve his own predicament, and there were others helping him as well. Why should this old man interfere? More importantly, from beginning to end, that scholar never mentioned his name. Granted, that was a means of protecting himself, but deep down, he simply did not trust this old man. So why should this old man help him?"
"Also, judging solely from that scholar's conduct, he may not have been any more upright and aboveboard than Captain Situ guarding the gate. In this old man's view, Captain Situ had sympathy in his heart and fulfilled his public duty a hundred times better than that scholar. Though this old man is an enemy of Tongzhu Kingdom, there is no reason for me to help the scholar. Doing so would only go against my own heart!" As Xiao Hua spoke, he recounted how Captain Situ had given copper coins to the vegetable farmer.
Liu Yi and Wang Zhengfei both fell into thoughtful silence after hearing this.
"Oh, right, Master, what did the twenty-seventh volume of Yu Shi Ming Yan mean? The moment you mentioned it, that scholar's expression changed at once!" Wang Zhengfei asked curiously after a moment.
"That was a story about repaying kindness with ingratitude!" Xiao Hua said with a smile. "That scholar must have read it. But the last thing he said—'Exhaust Heavenly principles, illuminate human relations, expound the words of