A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 3

      On the road, it was quite uneasy.

    Even with the **** of officers sent by Xiao Ying, the journey of the Xiao family to Beijing was still full of difficulties.

    After a day’s work, everyone in the Xiao family couldn’t hide their exhaustion. The soldiers who went to the front to explore the way ran back quickly, and excitedly said to Military Attache Chang: “Boss, there is a post in front of us, we can stay at the official post today!”

    The military officer Chang who escorted the Marquis’ relatives showed a relieved look. He rode to Mrs. Xiao’s carriage, leaned over and said to Mrs. Xiao: “Old lady, there is a post station not far ahead, we are today You can rest overnight at the inn and continue on the road tomorrow.”

    Old Mrs. Xiao was about to be bumped for half her life. At this moment, it was natural for the military attache to say what she said. With an order from Military Attache Chang, the convoy accelerated and hurried towards the inn.

    The carriage of the Marquis of Dingyong stopped at the station.

    Xiao Jingduo helped his mother to get out of the car.

    “Mother, are you alright? Or I’ll let them stop at the inn for two days, and we’ll go on the road when you’re healthy.”

    “No!” Zhao Xiulan said quickly, “There are so many people in the team, how can I delay the trip because I am alone?”

    Seeing that her son’s face was still serious, Zhao Xiulan comforted her heart, patted Xiao Jingduo’s hand and said, “It’s enough that you have this heart, I don’t have a big problem, it’s just that I caught a cold on the road. It’s okay to be a little weak. Let’s go to Chang’an as soon as possible, your father must have wanted to see you a long time ago!”

    Zhao Xiulan’s expression was both longing and sweet, Xiao Jingduo also smiled and said, “Yeah, I want to see my father soon! I haven’t seen Daxing City yet, I don’t know what the capital looks like. ?”

    “It should be called Chang’an City!” Zhao Xiulan smiled dotingly, “Chang’an, Chang’an, long-term peace, what a good name.”

    Mother and son were laughing and laughing, the handover official documents of the inn have been processed. Qing He walked up to Xiao Jingduo and said, “Lang Jun, the room is arranged, I will take you there.”

      Qing He led the way, Xiao Jingduo supported his mother and walked into the room with a smile.

    But Xiao Jingduo still had a question in his heart. He didn’t realize it when he first met the people in the Houfu, and only later felt that something was wrong. Since he had doubts in his heart, he asked generously: “Sister Qinghe, I heard about the Rong family’s invasion of Zhuo County last year. Since my father worked for the Rong family, why didn’t my father come to see us at that time?”

      Although he works for the Rong family, he is not under the command of King Qin, so the Marquis did not follow the army that day. Thanks to the King of Qin, Zhuo County was conquered, otherwise, the Marquis would not have been able to take the old lady and Dalang into the capital!”

    “So it is.” Xiao Jingduo nodded, but he still felt that something was not right. Since my father knew that the Rong family army was going to attack Zhuo County, it would be okay for him to ask someone to come to Xiao’s house for a walk or two, but his father did nothing, and it was strange to think about going to Xiao Jingduo.

    Maybe the military order is like a mountain, and my father is not easy to disobey. In the end, Xiao Jingduo told himself this.

    After Xiao Jingduo and Zhao Xiulan’s mother and son left, the people in the station dared to let go of Xiao Jingduo’s back.

    “The one just now is the eldest son of Dingyonghou? At a young age, he has a good appearance!” The postman secretly spoke to his colleagues.

    “Speaking of looks, who can compare to the current royal family?” Another person replied, “Today’s Son of Heaven was born in the Rong family, a noble in Longxi. They are brave and good at fighting, and this family is known for their beauty like their surnames. At the beginning, some people joked about this, insinuating that the Rong family was as beautiful as a woman and had no manliness. Who would have known that they fought so fiercely, and they were so fierce in half a year. Capture the capital!”

     “Didn’t the previous emperor flee to the south, and there are warlords entrenched in many places, these people will not obey the Rong clan.”

    “So, how long can I sit in that seat, let’s see if our beautiful royal family, Rong, can conquer the whole world!” The shadow looked back.

    Old Mrs. Xiao couldn’t bear to go back to the room for a long time, the second uncle Xiao and the third uncle Xiao stayed in the backyard to take care of the luggage, while the second aunt Xiao took their two daughters back to the room and sat on the collapsed Take a breather.

    I haven’t seen her for a few days. Second Aunt Xiao is no longer the village woman who used to be the rough-clothed Jingchai. She changed into a silk dress with a double-strand gold hairpin on her head. The two girls in the second room are also completely new, and they are completely different from before.

    Although Xiao Ying sent someone to pick up his relatives and bring them to Beijing, but the journey is a long way, he can’t prepare all the clothes and accessories, and he, a warrior, would not even think of preparing ring hairpins for his younger siblings and nieces , so, obviously, the clothes and jewelry on the second room are not for them.

    Old Mrs. Xiao prefers her second son, and Second Aunt Xiao is her niece from her family, so if there is any good thing, the old lady will secretly stuff it into the second room. The night before the departure, the old lady secretly called Second Aunt Xiao over, opened the box sent by Xiao Ying in front of her, and took out a lot of gold and silver jewelry from it. When Mrs. Xiao handed the gold ornaments to Second Aunt Xiao, she made it very clear that these things belonged to Xiao Jinghu and were left for Ah Hu to marry his daughter-in-law in the future.

    Second Aunt Xiao promised at the time, but wasn’t her son’s hers, so she temporarily wore a gold hairpin to enjoy it. Thinking of this, Second Aunt Xiao also felt overjoyed, even Zhao Xiulan didn’t have these things! Second Aunt Xiao raised her eyebrows, even if Zhao Xiulan was Mrs. Hou, she wasn’t liked by her mother-in-law, and she wasn’t the same.

    Xiao Yuli looked at the gold ornaments on her mother’s head with envy in her eyes, she rolled her eyes and leaned over to speak to her mother in a low voice: “Aniang, I see that there is a ruby ​​silver one in my grandmother’s place. Hairpin, you and grandma will come over later, I want to wear it!”

    “Ruby!” Second Aunt Xiao felt heartbroken after hearing Xiao Yuli’s words, “I’ve been digging food in the soil for half my life, and I’ve never seen what a gemstone looks like!”

    Then Second Aunt Xiao glanced at her second daughter and said, “You clever ghost, I have never seen these things in your grandmother’s place, how did you see them?”

    “Second sister is lying at grandmother’s door all day long, looking at grandmother’s private house!” Xiao Yufang exposed her sister without hesitation, “Didn’t you beg your grandmother to give you a hairpin, why? Still? I don’t have it yet!”

    Second Aunt Xiao knew that the second daughter was hiding her private room behind her back, she didn’t know whether to be angry or relieved, she tapped Xiao Yuli’s forehead hard, and said, “You are really a traitor, and you will be Crying poor with me, I didn’t even know you hid so many things behind my back!”

    “Auntie!” Xiao Yuli insisted on pestering Second Aunt Xiao for jewelry, “Grandma secretly stuffed you with so much gold, I saw it all, give me one!”

    “No, these are all for your brother. Although Ah Hu is still young, I save it for him and marry him in the future.” Second Aunt Xiao said without thinking.

    Xiao Yuli was very angry, and said bitterly: “You know that you are partial to Ahu, he is the uncle’s nephew, after the capital, the uncle can still be without his things? Ahu has an uncle and grandmother to replace him. He planned, but I don’t have anything, you are still partial to him!” After saying that, Xiao Yuli stabbed Xiao Yufang who was silent, “Sister, you talk, don’t pretend that you don’t care at all, don’t Anything will make me stand out, and you will benefit from your back!”

    “You two can do it!” Second Aunt Xiao has a headache, her two daughters, one is more worried than the other. Aunt Xiao lowered her voice, pointed to the door opposite, and said, “Although your grandmother loves Ah Hu the most, your uncle doesn’t. Usually at home, every good thing should be close to Ah Hu, but when it comes to the capital, the good things will be It’s all from the big house! No matter how much your uncle loves his nephew, can he surpass his own son? If I don’t save some for Ah Hu now, it will be too late!”

    Xiao Yufang and Xiao Yuli both looked towards Xiao Jingduo’s house, and Second Aunt Xiao secretly mentioned her two daughters: “You two, don’t keep staring at your grandmother’s private house, take advantage of these few Tian is very close to your eldest brother. When he arrives at the Hou Mansion, he still has a lot of good things, and he doesn’t need gold hairpin jewelry as a man, so aren’t all his things yours?”

    As soon as Second Aunt Xiao finished speaking, she heard footsteps stop at the door of Xiao Jingduo’s room, and then Xiao Yumang’s voice sounded: “Brother, are you inside? Water, do you want to use it now?”

    Hearing Xiao Yumang’s words, the faces of several people in the second room immediately softened, and Second Aunt Xiao said bitterly: “This little hoof is used to flattery, this must be taught by her mother. Yes, the third family’s family is always so annoying.” Second Aunt Xiao pinched her daughters hard, and said bitterly, “What are you two still doing, hurry up to the kitchen to boil water, don’t let the third house That girl took the lead!”

    After the daughters ran out in a panic, Second Aunt Xiao touched the gold hairpin on her head, showing a complicated look.

    She came from a peasant background, and she never thought of playing a golden hairpin in her life, but God suddenly favored her, not only let her get rid of the yellow land, but also gave her the opportunity to enjoy the noble lady. Qualified to fiddle with gold and silver jewelry. At the same time, Second Aunt Xiao was overjoyed, but her heart also felt deeply injustice. Back then, her aunt clearly agreed to let her be Xiao Ying’s daughter-in-law, but the uncle of the Xiao family went to Zhao Langzhong to see a doctor, and when he came back, he set Zhao Langzhong’s appointment for Xiao Ying. Daughter Zhao Xiulan. Xiao Ying’s father had no opinion, so he agreed to the marriage. She failed to marry her favorite cousin, so she could only marry Xiao Er with embarrassment.

    So Er Aunt Xiao has been disliked by Zhao Xiulan all these years, she feels that Zhao Xiulan is the third party who wins love. However, she and her eldest cousin had no relationship after all, and she also gave birth to two daughters and a son to Xiao Er, so slowly, Er Aunt Xiao had put down the affairs of the year. However, a few days ago, the news that Xiao Ying was named a Hou suddenly came. Zhao Xiulan hit the big luck and became Mrs. Hou. Second Aunt Xiao has been stuck in her throat since she knew the news. The handsome and martial cousin of that year also appeared in her mind again. Second Aunt Xiao thought angrily, Zhao Xiulan, He De and He Neng, who took her first cousin away? Said, now she has to take away her Madam Hou position!

    Aunt Xiao was angry, but there was nothing else to do. Zhao Xiulan was surrounded by many maids these days, as well as Xiao Jingduo’s son, Second Aunt Xiao really couldn’t bear what to do with her, so she could only grit her teeth secretly in a place where no one was there.

    After Xiao Jingduo sent his mother back to the room, he went back to the room to rest. These days, Xue Lan refused to let him live with Zhao Xiulan on the grounds that he was getting older. Xiao Jingduo knew that the big families lived separately, and everyone had a yard, not to mention the noble families in Chang’an, so Xiao Jingduo did not resist and let Xue Lan place him elsewhere.

    But after a while, his tranquility was interrupted. First, the cousin of the third room came to bring him hot water, and then the two sisters of the second room also came to his room to make trouble, Xiao Jingduo was There was no way out of the noise, so I could only go to my mother’s room to hide in peace.

    He closed the door, sat in front of his mother and complained: “I haven’t seen them so diligent in so many years. When my father came back, their attitudes suddenly changed.”

    Zhao Xiulan looked at her son with a helpless and doting smile: “It’s human nature to follow the trend. They are all girls’ families, they can neither be officials nor buy property, and your grandmother has always placed emphasis on male parents. Women, there is no way to be partial. They naturally feel that there is no guarantee, so they find another way out. You are their big brother, and you are also the son of Hou Ye, who are they not looking for you? It’s up to you to support them, so you don’t have to avoid these little sisters too much, what happened in the past and what is going on now is fine.”

    “I know.” Xiao Jingduo nodded.

    However, after a few days, Zhao Xiulan felt that her son had undergone earth-shaking changes, and his eyebrows were still the same, but his gestures and gestures showed an unbearable majesty.

      In the middle of the game, Xiao Jingduo’s aura will naturally gradually change, from a thin country boy to gradually revealing the majesty of a noble son of the Houfu.

    Zhao Xiulan looked at her son who seemed to have grown up overnight, with a gratified smile on her lips, but tears flowed from her eyes unconsciously: “Mother’s Duoer has grown up. In the evening, your father left home and joined the army when he failed to show you your birth. When my mother named you, she was thinking, your father is so handsome and dazzling as the sun in the sky, I will give you a tuo This word, the golden horse, the voice of the military, your father will definitely like it.”

    Xiao Jingduo knew that her mother had been caring about her father all these years, and she almost cried when she mentioned her father. He was silent for a while, then held his mother’s hand tightly, and said, “Niang, you will see my father soon, and he will definitely like the name you gave me.”

    “En.” Zhao Xiulan clearly had tears in her eyes, but nodded vigorously with a smile.

    At this time, the voice of a girl Qingzhi came from outside the door again, it seemed that Xiao Yuli and Xiao Yumang were arguing again. Xiao Jingduo found out that several of them were chasing after his mother. He felt a headache, and immediately got up and said to his mother, “Auntie, I will go to the kitchen to make medicine for you. You can stop me for a while when they come in.”

    “Hey…” Zhao Xiulan hasn’t finished speaking yet. When she saw Xiao Jingduo go through the window and leave, she showed a helpless smile, “This child, Qing He has already taken over the errand of decoction, so why do you need him to see medicine.”

    Xiao Jingduo avoided his cousin and flexibly turned into the kitchen. He looked around and saw that there was only a medicine stove on a small stove. He pointed to the bubbling medicine stove and asked the handyman next to him, “Is this the medicine for Madam?”

    “Hui Langjun, that’s right. Sister Qinghe has something to do, so I ordered the villain to see medicine here.”

    “Okay.” Xiao Jingduo opened the medicine stove and poured medicine into the bowl next to him. Xiao Jingduo looked back strangely: “What’s wrong?”

    The handyman shook his head in embarrassment, looking a little confused: “Sister Qinghe said that no one is allowed to touch this pot of medicine except her.”

    “Sister Qinghe has a heart.” Xiao Jingduo thought it was something, he continued to turn back to fill the medicine, and then walked out with the medicine bowl, “If Sister Qinghe comes back, you say that the medicine was taken by me. It’s gone. Mother is not in good health, so she has to take medicine and rest early.”

    “No.”

      already.”

    “Hey.” With a satisfied smile, Zhao Xiulan was willing to be controlled by her son. She picked up the medicine bowl and took a sip carefully, but she frowned and murmured, “Why is it so bitter?”

    “Bitterness?” Xiao Jingduo felt that something was wrong. Her mother was cold on the road, so she prescribed Zelan soup, which was more nourishing. The medicine contained licorice, Zelan, and honey. The taste should be sweet and slightly bitter. , how can it be so bitter that it is impossible to say anything?

    Xiao Jingduo’s complexion has changed, he grabbed Zhao Xiulan’s medicine bowl with one hand, put it on his nose and smelled it carefully.

    “What’s wrong?” Zhao Xiulan asked suspiciously. Although she is the daughter of a genius doctor, she doesn’t know anything about Qihuang. Seeing her son’s expression is wrong, she becomes more and more confused.

    Zhao Xiulan was anxiously guarding the house. Is there a problem with the medicine? How could this be possible? Qing He made the medicine for her with his own hands. Every procedure was watched by countless people. How could outsiders have the chance to manipulate the medicine. “Isn’t someone taking the wrong medicine?” Zhao Xiulan murmured in a low voice.

    After a while, Xiao Jingduo came back. He held an empty bowl in his hand, and his eyes were dark, as if he could swallow all the light: “The medicine is poisonous, and the dog at the station is dead.”

    The author has something to say:

    Dog of the station: ? ? ?

    Dog owner: ? ? ?

    Author: I’m sorry, it’s my fault, I’m guilty [cover face]