- Bi ke thu tra tan tan bao nhung ban linh ciia nguoi cpng sin trong ^nu lai rat kien cuong, vung chai:
b. Tan bi kich thii nhat chua ket thiic, Tnromg Ba lai don nhan bi kich th
hai con dau don hon ca bi kich thu nhat do la bi kjch bi nguoi than of tuy?t.
N o i dau kho, hay^t vpng ciia H o n Truong Ba dupe day len cao khi doi thoai voi nhiing nguoi than. Truong Ba khong con la m i n h niia nen da b i nguoi than xa
lanh: Nguoi vg ma ong rat muc yeu thuong gio day buon ba m u o n chet, nhat quyet doi bo d i : " D i hiet debng dugc thanh thoi voi cd vg nguoi hdng thit" ... "di dn^' cung dime... cdn hon Id thendy", v i "ong dau cdn Id ong, dau cdn Id ong Truong Idm vuon ngdy xua"... Truong Ba chi biet xuat hi|n v o i loi thoai ngan, toan cau
hoi "Sao bd Iqi ndi the? Sao Iqi den nong noi ndy". Bieu hi^n: su ngo ngac, thang thot va trang thai than tho, te xot, tay 6m dau, dau kho, dan vat, t u y f t vpng.
Cai Gai, chau N p i ong, m o i m u o i tuoi. L o i con tre khong co tpi nhung
khoet sau hon b i kich dau d o n ciia T r u o n g Ba. Gio day, no khong the chaP
^an cai con n g u o i co "ban tay giei lam", ban chan "to be nhu cdi xeng" da lam "gdy cflf choi non", "giam ten ndt cd cay sdm quy m&i uom" trong manh v u o n ong npi no. N o mpt muc khuoc t u tinh than "toi khong phai Id chau ong... ^ftg noi toi chet roi". "Ong noi ddi ndo tho lo, phii phdng nhu vay". N o xua duoi
quyet li?t: "Ong xau lam, dc lam! Cut di! Lao do te, cut di!". L o i ciia diia chau gai
,}a lam cho T r u o n g Ba r u n ray, dau don, bat luc.
H i vpng cuoi cung ciia T r u o n g Ba co le la chi con dau boi chi la n g u o i sau
sic, chin chan, t h u o n g bo chong trong tinh canh t r d treu. Chi biet ong kho lam,
'•Jchohon xua nhieu lam". N h u n g cuoi cung ciing phai danh long noi len n h u n g
j,ghl suy ciia m i n h : "Thay bdo con: Cdi ben ngodi Id khong dang ke, chi cd cdi ben trong, nhung thay oi, con so lam, bdi con cam thay, dau don thay... moi ngdy thay jngt doi khdc dan, mat mdt dan, tat cd cit nhu lech lac, nhda md dan di, den noi cd luc ^nh con cung khong nhqn ra thay nUa...". Truoc n h i i n g loi le chan thuc ciia con
dau, Truong Ba "Iqnh ngat nhu tang da". Ong hoan toan tuyet vpng. Ba l u p t doi
thoai di qua day bi kich ciia H o n Truong Ba len toi chot dinh. N h i i n g nguoi than thiet nhat cung khong chap nhan noi tinh trang hon xac bat nhat ciia chong, cha, ong m i n h . Con nguoi phuong Dong von coi mai nha va quan h^ rupt thit la nen tang tinh than. Mat no, con nguoi gan n h u mat tat ca, roi vao
trang thai d o n doc, chong chehh. ' Doi thoai voi nhiing nguoi than moi cho nhan vat nhan cam tham thia tinh
trang ciia ban than, de d i den hanh dpng giai thoat quyet l i f t . Nha bien kich khong dua doi thoai voi nguoi con trai (liic nay da bi dong tien cam do, sinh ra thoi con buon v u Ipi) vao ma de H o n doi thoai voi vp, chau gai, con dau - nhiing nguoi yeu thuong, gSn bo v o i Truong Ba nhat de dan dat Truong Ba den nhan thiic sau sac ve tinh trang t u y f t vpng khong loi thoat ciia ban than minh.
c. Cupc doi thoai giua Hon Truong Ba voi De Thich tra thanh noi tac gia gtti gam nhtrng quan nifm ve hanh phiic, ve le song va cai chet. Day ciing la gtti gam nhtrng quan nifm ve hanh phiic, ve le song va cai chet. Day ciing la man doi thoai ket thiic bi kich Truong Ba.
E)e' Thich quan niem ve cupc song rat d o n gian: Song co nghia la khong ^het, khong chet nghia la ton tai, con ton tai n h u the nao thi khong can biet
Tren troi duoi dat deu thecd". Con Truong Ba thi cho rang: dupe song la mpt
•^^nh phiic n h u n g song thi phai co y nghia. Song ma lam kho bao nguoi thi do mot cupc song v6 nghia. Truong Ba the hien thai dp kien quyet choi t u , "^ong chap nhan cai canh phai song ben trong mpt dang, ben ngoai mpt neo
"^^a va m u o n dupe la m i n h mpt each toan ven "Khong the ben trong mot dang, ^ ngodi mot neo dugc. Toi muon dugc Id toi toan ven". Qua l o i thoai nay ciia •^han vat T r u o n g Ba. L u u Quang V i i muon g i i i gam vao do thong diep: Con "^S^oi la mpt the thong nhat, hon va xac phai hai hoa. Khong the co mpt tam 349
Hon t h a n h cao t r o n g m p t the xac p h a m t y c t p i l o i . K h i c o n n g u o i b j c h i pho'i n h u n g n h u cau b a n n a n g cua t h a n xac t h i d u n g d o l o i cho t h a n xac v a t u an \i[
v 6 ve m i n h b a n g ve d^p sieu h i n h cua tarn h o n .
T r u o n g Ba t h a n g t h a n c h i ra sai l a m ciia De T h i c h : "Song nha DUO do dac, ri'j„
cdi nguoi khdc da Id chuyin khong nen nay den cdi than toi ciing phdi song nhd anii hdng thit. Ong chi nghi dan gidn Id cho toi song, nhimg song the'ndo thi ong chan^ can bin". Song t h u c s y cho ra con n g u o i qua k h o n g he de d a n g , d o n gian. Ki^j song n h o , song g u i , song chap va, k h i k h o n g d u g c la m i n h t h i cupc song ay t h a t v 6 n g h i a . L o n g t o t h o i h o t t h i chSng d e m l a i d i e u g i t h y c s y c6 y nghia cho ai m a s y v 6 t a m con t f h a i h o n , n o day n g u o i khac v a o n g h j c h canh, vac bi k i c h m a T r u o n g Ba la m p t v i d u d i e n h i n h .
<ii T r u o n g Ba keu g p i De Thich hay sua sai bang m p t vi^c l a m d i i n g , d o la tra lai l i n h h o n cho cu T i "Co nhimg cdi sai khong the sua dugc, chap va chi cdng Idm sai them. Viec bay gia can lam la bang mot viec dung khdc. Viec dung con Idm kip bay gia la lam cu Ti song lai. Con toi, cu de'toi chel han". N h i i n g l o i thoai cua H o n T r u o n g Ba v o i D e ' T h i c h c h u n g to nhan vat d a y thuc ro ve t i n h canh t r o treu, day t i n h chat b i h a i cua m i n h , t h a m thia n o i d a u k h o ve t i n h t r a n g ngay cang v e n h I f c h giua hon va xac, c h u n g to q u y e t t a m g i a i thoat. D o la cupc d a u tranh, l y a chpn quyet l i ^ t : Tha che't de d u p e la m i n h , h o n song m a song nha, song g u i , m i n h khong con la m i n h nCra. D o c u n g la ban chat nhan hau v o n c6 ciia T r u o n g Ba.
Cuo'i c i i n g T r u o n g Ba q u y e t d i n h t u gia xac a n h h a n g thjt de t r o ve voi m i n h , v o i c h i n h m i n h "nguyen ven, trong sach, thdng than". O n g hoa than vao cac v a t d u n g q u e n thupc, v o i v u o n cay xanh tot t r o n g can nha a i a m i n h nhu m p t s y ba't t u cua l i n h h o n "toi van a lien ngay ben ba day, ngay tren bqc cm nha ta, trong anh lua ba nau cam, cau ao bd vo gao, trong cdi cai ba dung trau, con dao ba day CO... trong moi trdi cay cdi gdi nang niu". L o i v a n t h a m d a m cam xiic, giau chat t h o , chat trCr t i n h t r o n g k i c h L u u Q u a n g V u . N h a b i e n k i c h d a xay dung k h u n g canh: V u o n cay: r u n g r i n h a n h sang. D o la k h o n g g i a n q u e n thupc gan v o i con n g u o i T r u o n g Ba, t i n h t h a n T r u o n g Ba. N o i l u u d a u n h i r n g h o i uc tuci d ? p ve T r u o n g Ba t r o n g l o n g n g u o i than v a n d u p e v u n x o i , de lai chan hoa, am ap. N o i p h u c s i n h ciia l i n h h o n T r u o n g Ba d o c h i n h la trai t i m n g u o i than.