Knight of the Blue Lagoon (The Past of Tao v)

25. Jack seemed to have become old friends immediately. They chatted non-stop, and Liu Jingsheng seemed to be superfluous, and there was no time for him to interrupt.

As his father said, Lan Yu is not a casual person and will not do meaningless things. Every move he makes is carefully planned and has his own reasons behind it. He may be the person who takes off people's clothes in public, and naturally he will not be tolerated by those people. The truth is always naked, which will make some ugly people feel ashamed and extremely angry. Even if they put on clothes immediately, the ugliness can no longer be Cover. They talked about Halloween again

"Halloween (Toussaint) falls on November 1st, the festival of all saints. It is a Catholic holiday with a long history, mainly concentrated in continental Europe. On this day, people come to the tombs of their deceased friends and lay flowers to express their respect and remembrance. October 31st is called Halloween, the night before Halloween. They are two completely different festivals. Halloween is mainly popular in English-speaking countries in the Americas. It was originally a Celtic pagan festival in Ireland and has a history of only more than 200 years at most."

"Is TrickorTreat played on Halloween?"

"Yes, in Irish folklore, the 31st is the New Year of the Saman people. At that time, the agricultural society divided the year into a dark season and a light season, that is, the harvest season was the light season and winter was the dark season. On this day, the priests Celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the next year under the auspices. The New Year lasts for 7 days, the first 3 days and the next 3 days. The middle night is neither light nor dark. Legend has it that it is a loophole in time. In Celtic culture, on this day, the door to another world will open and the three realms will be chaotic. , the devil came to the world to enjoy the fruits of people's harvest, otherwise it would cause trouble. However, in Celtic language, Samman means party. Everyone gathered together to resist the devil, and gradually became a place where everyone gathered together to drink and chat. In fact, our There are similar legends about the Spring Festival. Today, people will dress up as evil characters, such as vampires, bats, zombies, the Hunchback of Notre Dame or ghosts to play TrickorTreat, just like the devils in Celtic culture who come to cause trouble in the world. When talking about TrickorTreat, we have to talk about the story of Jack-O-Lantern."

"Jack's lantern?"

"This is also an Irish folklore. One year on October 31st, just like countless nights, a boy named Jack passed out drunk on the bar counter. The devil thought that he was exhausted and came to him, preparing to take him away. Go to hell. Jack was suddenly stunned, feeling that he was still young and that he liked the dissolute life in the world. So Jack had an idea and said that he could leave but he had to fulfill his last wish, which was to have another drink. Seeing how pitiful he was, the devil relented and agreed. But the devil had no money, so he turned into 6 pence and went to buy wine. Jack immediately stuffed the coin into his purse and tied a cross knot around the mouth to seal the devil. Jack began to blackmail him, forcing the devil to agree to let him live for another ten years. Ten years later, on the night of October 31st, the devil appeared in front of Jack as promised. This time Jack played another trick. He saw an apple tree and begged the devil to grant him his last wish in the world. He wanted to eat an apple so as not to starve to death. The devil hesitated for a moment, thinking that there was no need to change coins this time, and there were no crosses around, so he would not be sealed, so he agreed. The devil climbed up the tree to pick apples. Jack quickly took out a knife from his arms and carved a cross on the apple tree. The devil was fooled again and was sealed in the tree. Jack started blackmailing again, and finally forced the devil to promise him that he would never come again. Time flies, Jack is mortal after all, and he finally dies. He did too many bad things during his lifetime, and heaven will not accept him. He also had troubles with the devil, and hell will not accept him. Jack could only wander on the dark and cold road leading to hell. It was very miserable. Although the devil was fooled twice, after all, he met him once. Seeing that Jack was really pitiful, he threw him a piece of burning coal. Jack was originally used as dry food. A trough was dug in the radish, and hot coals were placed on it for heating and lighting, always wandering between light and darkness. During the Great Famine in Ireland, they fled on the long road like Jack in order to survive. They also did bad things. After going through hardships and coming to the American continent, they saw the red pumpkin and felt like that hot coal, so they made it. Lantern, later the story of 'Jack-o'-lantern' (Jack-o'-lantern) came into being, and it was passed down. Nowadays, in the rapidly developing society, there are more devils and many Jacks."

"So that Jack is a blackmailer? Dao

Zhi glanced at Zhou Meichen:"Blackmail is just a way, or a means to solve the problem.""

Zhou Meichen seemed to understand why Lan Uniform finally said the"Happy Holidays" that was inexplicable at the time. That night, Lan Uniform was blackmailing.

Jack blackmailed the devil in order to live, so in his eyes, Zhang Guo is the devil, and Lan Uniform blackmailed Zhang Guo? What is it for? Is it for survival?

Zhou Meichen finally asked:"What do you think of this case?"

Daozhi was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that she would ask him what he thought. He didn't know what to say. He thought for a moment:

"From this point of view, the case can be classified as an empty case, or even a farce. So what if they are caught? According to the law, they should compensate for the property damage, detain them for 15 days, and fine them 1,000 yuan. What else can they do? The fuss is just for this. I don’t see it."

"What other reasons do you think there are?"

"Why not go the other way?"Daozhi.

Daozhi and his father have the same view. They both feel that the focus should be on the treatment plant.

"Where do you think we should start?"

Daozhi paused and then said:"Daily business"

"Daozhi is also a professional in corporate trade. If you encounter anything you don't understand, you can ask him."Liu Jingsheng said.

The registration place of the financial company was in the city where Liu Jingsheng was located. When Liu Jingsheng returned, Zhou Meichen asked Liu Jingsheng to help carefully check the financial company. Here Zhou Meichen began to investigate the trade transactions of Zhang Guo Enterprises. Looking through a lot of tables and figures, Zhou Meichen looked up some things that she didn't understand. The progress was slow. She flipped through the back and thought of Daozhi, so she came to school with the information.

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