A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 119

    Ming Yue helped Rong Ke to hide in the alley, and the rest of the Yin Xiaowei immediately guarded the alley. Mingyue looked at Rong Ke’s wound worriedly and asked, “Your Highness, what should I do now?”

    The sound of footsteps soon came from outside, and the pursuers also followed to this place. They searched separately, and it was only a matter of time before they found a hiding place.

    The surrounding guards clenched the knife silently, and Mingyue’s heart also lifted. “Bold! This is in the capital, and they dare to be so mad. Your Highness, we will cover you to leave, and when you get out of this street, when you reach a crowded place, they will be more or less scruples.”

    Rong Ke shook her head. At this time, there was still not much panic on her face: “It’s useless. The east of the city is full of powerful mansions. King Liang and the others dare to attack the east of the city, at least It proves that the people in this area are all his henchmen, or at least sit on the sidelines. Even if we can rush out to call for help, who will we expect to rescue? Instead, we lose our identity in vain.”

    “Then let’s… go to Baifu? Or Xiafu? Manchu civil and military, there are always people you can trust.”

    “No, King Liang attacked, we are hiding now, and other people don’t know our whereabouts, so we will wait and see. If I show up rashly, but there is not enough self-protection around me, Who knows what they’ll be up to?”

    Mingyue felt unbelievable: “No way, I don’t look like this kind of person when I look at the official.”

    Rong Ke smiled and asked back: “Then do you think my third uncle, King Liang, looks like this kind of person who takes advantage of others? Or my eldest uncle, who can’t be honest in such a normal day. A person who actually hides a crossbow in his sleeve and shoots a cold arrow behind your back when you turn around?”

    Mingyue stopped talking, Rong Ke smiled and sighed: “The sinister human heart makes people tremble.”

    “Then what shall we do?”

    “Out of the city.” Rong Ke restrained his sarcastic smile, his face gradually became cold and decisive, “I can’t be trapped in a dead end. Staying in the city, once the curfew is imposed, someone will always be found. come out.”

    “Out of the city?” Mingyue glanced in the direction of the city gate and gritted her teeth: “Okay. Princess, you are leaving the city now, and I will lead you away from the pursuers.”

    “How can this be possible?” Rong Ke frowned, “My Rong family doesn’t need someone else to die, not to mention, you will soon be released from the palace to get married, if you make a mistake, you can Are you worthy of the childhood sweetheart that has been waiting for you in your hometown?”

    “Your Highness, there can be no female official Mingyue in the world, but it must not be without Princess Ganning.” Mingyue raised her voice slightly and said, “If my death can change your safety, Mingyue is extremely honored. As for my parents and…he, I also want to go back to reunite with them, but, after all, you are more important, this world cannot be without you, princess!”

    At this time, a Yin Xiaowei said: “His Royal Highness, they are approaching, the sound is only across an alley, we have to go quickly!”

    Mingyue, who had never disobeyed Rong Ke, suddenly burst out with an astonishing force and said, “Your Highness, I’m rude.”

    The chasing troops were scattered and orderly, and they were checked layer by layer. Seeing that the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, suddenly someone in the northwest corner shouted: “Here!”

    “Chase!” The chasing soldiers immediately surrounded, and several silver-clad silver-faced silver owls guarded a woman in court clothes and rushed out desperately.

    After the others dispersed, the few remaining Yin Xiaowei hurriedly said: “His Royal Highness, go!”

    Rong Ke had already changed into a palace maid’s clothes. She covered her shoulders and walked towards the southeast. As she passed through the alley, she couldn’t help but glance back.

    Some paths, once chosen, cannot be turned back.

    They all know it’s a point of no return.

     Halfway through, Bai Jiayi came over with the urgently summoned Yin Xiaowei. This time, almost all of Chang’anli’s staff were summoned, and they tried their best to protect Rong Ke out of the city.

     King Liang also grew up in the palace, of course he knew the importance of the city gate. Yin Xiaowei lost almost half of his manpower, so he almost sent Rong Ke out of the city.

    But leaving the city does not mean overcoming the difficulties, leaving the city, King Liang and Yin Xiaowei have no scruples, and the fight becomes more and more bloody. Rong Ke went out of the palace this afternoon, was attacked halfway, and then left the city desperately. All these changes happened in the blink of an eye. When the emperor and the Queen Mother Xia in the Taiji Palace received the news, Rong Ke had already left the city.

    “Someone actually attacked Sister?” Rong Lang stood up in shock when he heard the news, “How could it be? Who has such courage!”

    The chamberlain lowered his head and reported, “It’s the consort of Princess Xin’an.”

    “Xin’an’s concubine?” Empress Dowager Xia hurried to the emperor’s palace when she heard the wind. When she heard this, even Empress Dowager Xia, who paid little attention to the government, felt strange, “He…why did Mixing these? And with his power, how can he force Keke to such a point?”

    The last sentence is the truth. Although this emperor has been on the throne for a long time, he has a strong and strong uncle on the outside, and a ruthless elder sister on the inside. He is mixed with these two rays of light, and he really has no sense of existence. . But now the maid knows that Rong Lang is not without the nobleness of the emperor, just because he usually doesn’t show his true character.

    With such a gaze, the inner servant soon sweated, and could no longer support him, so he had to say truthfully: “There are many people in and out of Prince Liang’s mansion today, maybe Princess Liang is banqueting guests.”

    Half of Queen Xia’s body was stiff: “King Liang?”

    “Third uncle?” Rong Lang froze for a moment, then sneered, “He really has evil intentions.”

    The servant bowed his head and did not speak, Rong Lang raised his voice and shouted: “Come here, immediately bring people to surround Prince Liang’s mansion, and also, immediately go out of Beijing to help Sister!”

    “Your Majesty, the palace gate… has been under martial law.”

     King Liang had already sent people to surround the gate of the palace, and now only entry is allowed, and the palace is like an iron barrel. Hearing these words, Rong Lang became more and more angry: “Be bold, I am the Son of Heaven. Could it be that they don’t even listen to me? I will go to the palace gate in person to see if they dare to stop me.”

    “Alang!” The Queen Mother Xia exclaimed and quickly grabbed her son, “What are you doing? Now they are concerned about the crime of murdering the king and dare not rush in to embarrass you, how can you How about throwing yourself into the net and going out on your own?”

    “How could I not know this truth!” Rong Lang was helpless, “But I am trapped in the palace, and the generals outside are all thinking about pretending not to know, just staring at the final winner. , it’s fine for me to wait in the palace, but my sister can’t wait! She’s alone now, and I won’t send someone to pick her up, what will she do? Only I go to the palace gate and treat the courtiers who see the wind. pressure, they will be forced to save my sister. Even if they pretend, they are better than doing nothing at all!”

    “You go outside, there are many people, what if someone is ambushed with bows and arrows? When you do something wrong, King Liang only needs to kill the person who did it, and he can kill him Jun’s accusation has been pushed to the ground. But that is, if something happened to you, what should A-niang do?”

    “But my sister is still outside! Chang’an is so big, if she is blocked, there is only one dead end!”

     “She has Yin Xiaowei by her side, and she is also smart, she will be fine!”

    The palace people looked at the quarrel between the most noble mother and son in the world, and they all bowed their heads, daring not to listen or watch. Fortunately, at this time, a **** took small steps and ran into the temple: “Saint, Queen Mother, news just came from outside that Her Highness Gan Ning has left the city. Her Highness Gan Ning also left a message saying that she is fine, let the saint and Take care of the Queen Mother.”

    Hearing this, the Queen Mother Xia breathed a long sigh of relief: “Everyone has left the city… I knew that Keke would be fine.”

    Rong Lang frowned and asked, “Is my sister injured? Are there enough guards around?”

    “This… I don’t know.”

    “Alang, you have to trust your sister.” Empress Dowager Xia felt relieved and held Rong Lang’s hand softly and powerfully, “You just need to keep yourself in good shape these few days, and wait until later. In a few days, everything will be fine.”

    In a few days, everything will be alright, Rong Lang believes that his sister can do this, but he still feels Not reconciled.

    Sister, is she really okay?

    Wu De Hall was also affected by the coup d’etat outside.

    Hejing County Lord lightened his footsteps, walked quietly outside the palace, and asked the palace maid in a low voice, “How is the outside now?”

    “The gate of the palace has been guarded, and no news from outside can come in.”

    The Lord Hejing sighed: “It’s exactly the same thing, I remember the same situation when there was an accident in the East Palace. King Qin led people to control the palace gate, and he ran rampant in the palace. People can’t get out, and people outside can’t get in either. Maybe they don’t want to come in. It doesn’t matter who is the emperor in the world, anyway, the ministers are always like that, and they have no effect on these ‘humeral ministers’.”

    “Your Majesty, you can’t say that!”

    “Heh, so far, I have nothing to be afraid of.” He Jing sneered, “This is a fact, these aristocratic families have occupied the best resources and firmly control the dynasty. Tang, in turn, mocked the poor family of the poor family because they were of low blood and were destined to be incapable of governing the country. Even if the imperial examination is now held, the aristocratic clan still put on airs and disdain the jinshi Mingjing. Yes, what did they rely on for those who were officials in their era? It’s just the grace of their ancestors.”

    “It’s nothing to rely on the grace of your ancestors, who called that your ancestors? But according to this, you cut off the way for others to climb up, but you are not ashamed of it. Instead, you are complacent and advertised everywhere. His bloodline is noble, which is very nasty.”

    “The Princess”, the maid asked in confusion, “Why did you speak for Princess Ganning today?”

    Gan Ning vigorously supported the underprivileged children and held the imperial examinations one after another, just to suppress the family. In the DPRK, apart from the old officials who conquered the world, the rest were from aristocratic families. Rong Ke’s actions undoubtedly offended many people. King Liang’s attack this time went so smoothly. In addition to sneak attacks from behind and surprises, the family’s smooth sailing was also a very important factor. Hejing’s words were very disdainful to the aristocratic family. In the view of the palace maid, isn’t this just speaking for Rong Ke?

    “It’s two different things.” He Jing rolled her eyes in a sullen voice, “The family is a family, and Rongke is Rongke. Even if she thinks the same as me and suppresses the family, she is also my enemy. If there is a chance, I will also not show mercy to her.”

      That’s right, why is that so?

    “The princess.” Another palace maid came to report, “The concubine is here.”

      . When it comes to the concubine in the palace, it is the concubine of the eldest princess Xin’an by default.

    Xin’an’s concubine, who just led the assassination of Rong Ke, but now that the palace gate is under martial law, he can walk unimpeded to the palace of Empress Wu. The expression on Hejing’s face was already contemptuous: “Grandma has already slept and doesn’t want to see the guest, let him go.”

    “My grandmother just took the medicine and has already fallen asleep. Brother-in-law said this, did you want me to wake my grandmother up?” He Jing said with a cold face, “Grandmother is asleep, please eldest brother-in-law change it. Come again tomorrow.”

    “Don’t worry, I still have something to say to the princess. No matter whether the Queen Mother Wu is really asleep, I will trouble the princess to tell the queen mother for me.”

    “Heh, the villain is successful.” He Jing sneered, “Who do you think you are to dare to talk to your grandmother?”

    “Hejing County Lord, I think you already know about Ganning. Now you’d better not be angry, I won’t bear it.”

    As a concubine, it is necessary to endure the princess’ temper. Xin’an is the eldest princess after all, and sometimes it is inevitable to be strong. After a long time, Xin’an’s concubine feels very shameless, and she prefers gentle and careless women. Now, it is recognized by the world that the most gentle-tempered princess in the royal family, Hejing County Master, also attacked him like this, and Xin’an’s concubine was immediately annoyed.

    He Jing laughed when she heard this: “Why, after the Lord Shang, your man’s face is very unglamorous? Since your family has enjoyed the benefits of Princess Shang, the princess is You have to endure any temper, who made you covet imperial power?”

    These words hit the sore spot of Xin’an’s concubine. He is obviously also the son-in-law of the government, and his father is still the prime minister in the court, but when others call him, they will only call him Xin’an concubine. He married a wife who could not be provoked. From then on, it was like offering an ancestor. In the reign of Emperor Gaozu, he was the eldest princess. He had to play the role of a good son-in-law, and he had to show respect for the princess in front of outsiders. Emperor Wenzong was the elder brother of Princess Xin’an, and Xin’an’s concubine did not dare to go wrong. After a long time, Emperor Wenzong died, and as a result, there were Rong Ke and Rong Lang, the aunt of his family who became the eldest regent! This is simply an offering to a Buddha! Xin’an’s concubine had to endure everywhere, did not dare to take a concubine and did not dare to go out for fun, and had to live in the princess’s mansion with his wife, and he had no husband at all.

    So when King Liang threw a branch at him, Xin’an’s concubine caught it without hesitation.

    He’s had enough.

      ? I’m just correcting it all.”

    Women should be virtuous, and should be husbands and children. Whether it’s Xin’an or Ganning, it should be like this.

    He Jing sneered unceremoniously: “You first see if you have the ability to do it yourself. I thought Xin’an was also involved, but looking at your performance, it seems that even Xin’an is being Did you make up your mind?”

    Xin’an’s concubine did not speak with a sullen face. He remembered the purpose of his coming, and after holding it for a while, he reluctantly said: “I am here today to discuss with the Queen Mother Wu. King Jiang An It’s a pity to die. Gan Ning’s work is too great, not to mention killing King Jiang An, even the posthumous son of King Jiang An. Now that we have the opportunity, why not join forces and let Gan Ning pay his debts with blood? “

    He Jing’s expression is very sarcastic: “You continue to say.”

    “The Queen Mother Wu was poisoned a few days ago, I don’t know why, the Queen Mother misunderstood the Queen Mother Cui. The Queen Mother Cui came from a family, how could she do such a thing? In my opinion Most of them have misunderstood, I don’t know if the Queen Mother Wu was instigated by someone, and this is…”

    He Jing showed a sure smile, and disregarded her face to face Xin’an’s concubine Ma Bah: “Thank you, you are too embarrassed to say, what did Cui Shi did, doesn’t she know herself? Liang Wang is really Ability, in order to win over the Cui family, I even said such things, and I planned to distort the facts and let my grandmother suffer this crime in vain. I tell you, it is impossible! I, Rong Wenyan, can never be with that poisonous woman of the Cui family. Together, how much my grandmother has suffered because of this poisonous woman, I must let her get what she deserves!”

    Xin’an’s concubine’s face was already very ugly: “Are you insisting?”

    “Dream.” He Jing sneered.

    “I don’t know how to praise.” Xin’an’s concubine left angrily, “Since you are killing yourself, don’t blame me for not reminding you.”

    When Xin’an’s concubine was far away, the palace maid came over and asked with a bitter face: “The princess, the concubine just left, will it be okay?”

    “Oh. I’m still afraid that he won’t succeed?” He Jing said, “It’s not certain who will die first. It’s an indisputable fact that our family has serious infighting, but when will these things take their turn? He is an outsider who intervenes? Of course I want to kill Rong Ke, but I will never borrow the hands of an outsider, much less use this method.”

    “But speaking of it…” Princess Hejing looked out of the palace with some schadenfreude, “Could it be that Rong Ke really died like this?”

    In the southern suburbs of Chang’an, the female guard just pulled the arrow to Rong Ke and put it on detoxification herbs: “Your Highness, are you feeling better?”

    Can a ghost get better in such a short period of time, Rong Ke murmured inwardly, but still nodded in a hurry: “It’s better.”

    “Mingyue and the others…still haven’t come out yet?”

    The female bodyguard lowered her head and did not speak. Rong Ke also guessed the answer and sighed: “I see. Go ahead and do your job.”

    In this battle, the confidant who had followed her for several years died, and the Yin Xiaowei, who had worked so hard to form it, lost more than half.

    So many people paved a way for her with blood, Rong Ke sat on the cushion with her wounds covered, her eyes calm and unwavering.

     King Liang, Consort of Xin’an, Queen Mother Cui, Cui family.

    Rong Ke recited these names over and over again.

    The female bodyguard packed her things, Rong Ke gently moved her back shoulder, feeling less pain, and asked, “Are they all waiting outside?”

    “Yes.”

    Rong Ke sorted her clothes, got up and said, “Let’s go, go out and discuss things.”

    Outside the cave, Bai Jiayi and others have been waiting for a long time.

    Bai Jiayi, with the help of his modern knowledge, got along like a duck to water in the left side of Yin Xiaowei. He thought that the ancient officialdom was just like this. Until today, he almost lost half his life and went out, only to realize that he really too naive.

    Although modern times are equally intriguing and ruthless, there is always no fear of life, but in ancient times, they have been fighting for their lives, losing and winning, there is always only one chance.

    “Your Highness, King Liang controlled King Zheng under the guise of a crusade. With King Zheng in hand, I’m afraid the Cui family will be obedient, otherwise, the Cui family’s crime of treason will not escape. I guess that he will go to the palace to persuade the Queen Mother Wu, if the Queen Mother Wu also defected and changed her tone, then the situation will be very unfavorable for us.” Bai Jiayi said.

    “I know.” Rong Ke said, “I also know that he brought more than 10,000 people, just in Luoyang, Jinki, only two or three days away from Chang’an.” In the hands of Rong Ke, But there is not even a decent army, and now even if it is urgent to transfer troops from various places around, I am afraid it will not be in time.

    “Your Highness, what should we do then?”

    Everyone looked at Rong Ke, even though Rong Ke was seriously injured and blood was still seeping from his back, they still subconsciously trusted Rong Ke. The current situation is so unfavorable that they are almost wiped out, but as long as Rong Ke stands here, everyone feels in their hearts that their eldest princess must have a way, and they will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory.

    Rong Ke sighed again, she didn’t know what to do. King Liang really deserves to be her uncle, and he is just the same.

    Yes, the flaw is that King Liang is not in Chang’an now. All his arrangements must be implemented by the next person.

    This is your chance to fight back.

    Rong Ke thought about it for a while, and said, “Even if King Liang is clever, he can’t calculate all the situations well, and I can’t guarantee to predict all the situations. And now Liang Wangyuan In Luoyang, many news are too late to pass, and among them, is our opportunity.”

    Everyone pricked up their ears and waited for Rong Ke to continue talking, but Rong Ke stopped by himself. Bai Jiayi waited for a while, and couldn’t help urging: “Your Highness, then what?”

    “There is no more.” Rong Ke said, “For now, the only thing is to wait.”

    “Wait for other prefects to bring troops to rescue you?” Bai Jiayi said with a frown, “The army’s journey is slow, let alone preparing food and grass before, I’m afraid it’s too late.”

    “Of course it’s too late to temporarily deploy troops.” Rong Ke said slowly, “Everything is pre-planned, and if you don’t plan, you will fail. Just wait, there are no troops in your hands, what can you do with those people in Chang’an? spell?”

    Will there be reinforcements? Commander Li was apprehensive. He looked at Rong Ke’s pale face, and his spirit was really bad. He was worried and said quickly: “This subordinate understands, His Highness should go to rest first. We are guarding outside, Your Highness does not need to worry. “

    Rong Ke really couldn’t hold on anymore, so she didn’t refuse when she heard this. Rong Ke was escorted by the female guards and left, and Commander Li sternly reprimanded the others: “Go to every intersection and stare, don’t let any troubles and troubles go away. The two of you are at one post, and you are not allowed to talk or be lazy when you are guarding the post. As I know it, military law will deal with it.”

    Commander Li turned out to be the head of the dark guard, and he was used to being serious and reducing his sense of existence. Now he is in charge of Yin Xiaowei for the boss. Although he wears a mask and can’t see his expression, Commander Li is still used to keeping his face straight and speaking straight and without mercy.

    The crowd dispersed, and soon disappeared into the jungle of Nanshan. Although it was difficult for Rong Ke to leave Beijing, she felt much better after she came out. Chang’an is surrounded by Ba Shui, and Zhongnan Mountain is not far from the southern suburbs. There are many places suitable for hiding. They and the chasing soldiers hide and hide, but they managed to survive the most difficult two days.

    “Commander, someone from the Northeast is here.”

    “Who?”

    “A cavalry team of about 100 people, the leader looks like the Marquis of Chengxi.”

    It was Xiao Jingduo, Commander Li knew Xiao Jingduo’s identity, but became more suspicious: “He came straight here?”

    “Yes.”

    Unconsciously, the eyebrows under Li Commander’s mask wrinkled. Although this was originally a stronghold of Yinxiaowei, it was a coincidence that Xiao Jingduo found this place directly. Moreover, Xiao Jingduo has been with King Liang all the way, even if the camp is only one mile apart. Now that they are short of manpower, Xiao Jingduo is here. Is there such a coincidence in the world?

    Will he have secretly colluded with King Liang, first deceived the princess in the name of rescue, and then suddenly attacked when everyone was unprepared?

    Too many things have happened in the past few days, Rong Ke’s safety is more important than anything else in Li Tongling’s mind.

    Xiao Jingduo walked in front with a hundred elite soldiers, and the large army followed closely. At the very beginning, Xiao Jingduo was afraid of King Liang’s sneak attack from behind, and he was always on guard. When he walked out of Luoyang and was far away from King Liang’s army, Xiao Jingduo set up scouts behind the army, one every mile, waving the flag at any time to pass the letter, and then instructed the lieutenant. come running.

    Xiao Jingduo was ready for a fierce battle with King Liang, but King Liang let them go easily, Xiao Jingduo did not relax, but became more and more tense.

    What does King Liang mean? Is he so confident in his own strength? Eight thousand people are not a small number. Xiao Jingduo thought that King Liang would eliminate these eight thousand people on the road, so as to cut off Rong Ke’s rescue route, but King Liang did not do so, which means that he has a bigger plan.

    Xiao Jingduo heard the letter from Yin Xiaowei, Rong Ke was attacked in the city, and now she has left the city. Xiao Jingduo himself wanted to sigh. He, the man who led the battle, was not injured, but Rong Ke, who was going to have something to happen every now and then.

    She must not have an accident, Xiao Jingduo thought so, and rushed to one of the hiding spots first.

    Even Xiao Jingduo didn’t expect it, and the first place he guessed was hit.

    Having entered the mountain road, the horse’s speed gradually slowed down, Xiao Jingduo walked at the front, slowly observing the surrounding terrain.

    He suddenly felt something, and immediately pulled back: “Stop!”

    A thin rope suddenly collapsed between the two trees, and suddenly there were many people on the tree, holding a **** in one hand, and the cold arrow pointed directly at them.

    At this time, someone in the army has already recognized Yin Xiaowei. After all, Yin Xiaowei has obvious characteristics, and only a few people in the world do not know them. But even so, these soldiers did not restrain themselves, and the people in the military were the most disdainful of Yin Xiaowei. What’s more, Yin Xiaowei is still plotting against them. If Xiao Jingduo didn’t find out in time, the whole team would suffer.

    The other party was still scolding, and the suspicion in Li Commander’s heart deepened. A man wearing a mask asks, “Why are you here?”

    Xiao Jingduo held the reins in one hand and said, “I am Xiao Jingduo, Governor of Kunzhou, and I am here to find His Highness Qianning.”

    The following people don’t know Xiao Jingduo’s identity, but Li Commander knows it. Xiao Jingduo said this to Li Commander.

    However, this time, Yin Xiaowei did not let go, and still faced him with a painted slap.

    Xiao Jingduo raised his eyebrows and said unexpectedly, “You doubt me?”