There Is Emotion in the World

The seven emotions and six desires are all shackles. But who says shackles can't be weapons? Some people use anger as fire to burn away all injustice; some people use grief as rain to moisten all living things; some people use fear as a shield to protect those behind them; some people use love as a blade to cut off the shackles of the world. In the thirty-seventh year of the Great Yan Dynasty, the Si Qing Mansion issued an "Emotional Control Order", which brought all the people's joys, angers, sorrows, and joys into the hands of the government. Peasants are not allowed to cry, as it will harm their grain production; scholars are not allowed to be angry, as it is an obstacle to elegance; women are not allowed to love, as it is said to corrupt their morals. The people surrendered their emotions in exchange for a piece of "good citizen certificate", and from then on they lived the way those in the temple wanted - numb, docile, unable to cry or laugh. Mo Ting felt that the most ridiculous thing in the world was this. He is a storyteller at Qingfeng Tea House in Kyoto. He is eighteen years old and very poor. His greatest ability is to sense other people's emotions - who is hiding in the girl across the street, what is hidden in the heart of the official upstairs, and how deep the pain is buried in the heart of the old soldier on the street. This skill did not make him rich, but it made him always make his guests cry and laugh when he told stories. Until one day, a group of black-clothed guards from the Si Qing Mansion kicked open the door of the tea house. "Mo Ting, male, 18 years old, a dangerous person with overflowing emotions. According to the law, he will be jailed." The crime is - being too humane.