A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 4

    Xiao Jingduo stood silently at the door with an empty bowl, not knowing what he was thinking.

    Who did the mother? Or that his goal is the entire Xiao family?

    The sound of footsteps came from behind, Qinghe hurriedly ran over, and when she passed Zhao Xiulan’s house door, she slowly stopped. Qinghe lowered his head and glanced at the familiar medicine bowl in Xiao Jingduo’s hands, with a smile on his face.

     “Dalang-Jun, why is the medicine bowl here? Where’s the medicine?”

    Xiao Jingduo also smiled: “I went to the kitchen to get medicine for my mother, and accidentally spilled the whole bowl of soup.”

    Xiao Jingduo had put down his guard against Qinghe, but today’s events made him suspicious again. He ate and lived with his grandmother and others for so long, if someone attacked the Xiao family, outsiders like Qinghe Xuelan would naturally be the first to be suspected.

    “Sprinkled?” Qing He looked at Xiao Jingduo suspiciously, as if he wanted to see something on his face.

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    Qing He took the lead to look away, turned around and saluted Xue Lan: “Nuben was in the kitchen making medicine for his wife, and after going out for a while for some reason, Dalang Jun took the medicine away.”

    Xue Lan’s face changed slightly: “Where’s the medicine? Can Madam take it?”

    Xue Lan frowned, and immediately smiled again: “I’m still talking about what a big thing, it turned out that Lang Jun just spilled a bowl of medicine. Qinghe, don’t hurry up and make another bowl.”

    Do you want to decoction? Qing He stood in front of Xiao Jingduo, frowning secretly after hearing this. She didn’t know what to do, so she secretly glanced at Xue Lan, only to find that Xue Lan was just smiling softly and didn’t say anything.

    So Qinghe felt relieved and respectfully made way for Xiao Jingduo.

    The voice made Mrs. Xiao noisy. She came out and saw Xiao Jingduo walking out. “Hey, Duoer, where are you going if you don’t rest so late?”

    Xiao Jingduo can’t trust any maid now. When he saw his grandmother coming out, he found a little sense of security: “Grandma, I’m going to make medicine for my mother. It’s getting late, why haven’t you rested yet?”

    “I can’t sleep.” Mrs. Xiao let go of the chatter when she saw someone, “I am a village woman who grew up in the soil. I used to dare to watch from a distance when I saw an official. Who would have thought that one day I would be able to sleep in the official post? I don’t dare to go to bed too early, for fear of losing my luck.”

    Xiao Jingduo showed a helpless smile, Xue Lan also smiled and took Old Madam Xiao’s hand and said, “Old Madam sees what you said, you are a person of great fortune, and you will be so in the future. Good days are waiting for you. Madam, why not let the slave sleep with you?”

    “How good is this…” Mrs. Xiao quickly declined. Seeing that Xue Lan was about to take Mrs. Xiao back to her room, Xiao Jingduo suddenly flashed the dog that fell to the ground in the backyard. He immediately Out loud: “Wait.”

    The old lady looked back suspiciously: “What’s wrong?”

    “I have something to tell my grandmother.” Xue Lan’s suspicion has not been cleared, how dare Xiao Jingduo let her get along with her grandmother alone. He controlled his expression, trying his best not to show any strangeness, “Can you let Sister Xue Lan avoid one or two?”

    Xue Lan glanced at Xiao Jingduo’s expression, pulled out her hand with a smile, and took the initiative to say: “Since the lord has orders, the slaves will naturally obey. Madam, I’ll go outside to pack first, you are early. Go to sleep!”

    “Hey.” Madam Xiao replied, watching Xue Lan close the door reluctantly and go out.

      I suspect there is something wrong with the medicine!”

    “Ah!” Mrs. Xiao showed surprise, “How do you say this?”

    It was a look of fear mixed with excitement.

    Xiao Jingduo’s next words got stuck in his stomach. He originally wanted to tell his grandmother and his grandfather’s medical books and his superficial understanding of the prescriptions, but his grandmother’s expression made him give up this idea.

    Old Mrs. Xiao grabbed Xiao Jingduo’s arm and exerted force on her hand unconsciously, almost pinching Xiao Jingduo in pain: “Your mother, did you drink the medicine?”

    Xiao Jingduo looked at his beloved grandmother, his black and white eyes clearly reflected the image of this old woman. Xiao Jingduo was expressionless and nodded slowly: “Mother drank half of it.”

    Xiao Jingduo didn’t speak. In fact, his mother only took a sip and was stopped by him. He originally wanted to tell his grandmother his guess. He suspected that the two maids, Qinghe and Xue Lan, were trying to poison his mother, and he also wanted to remind his grandmother to be careful. But now it seems that I am afraid that my grandmother is not in danger at all.

    Who could collude with his grandmother and let her help him to mutilate his mother? Grandmother has always been unprincipled and biased towards the second room. Could it be that the second room moved her hands and feet this time?

    Xiao Jingduo was in a mess. He didn’t want to stay with his grandmother any longer, so he offered to retire and wanted to go to the kitchen to look at the medicinal residues.

    Before Xiao Jingduo went out, Mrs. Xiao suddenly stopped him and asked, “Duoer, why did you pour out that bowl of medicine? Do you think something is wrong?”

    “The grandson naturally thinks it’s wrong.” Xiao Jingduo stood at the door, turned halfway, and said to Mrs. Xiao with a smile.

    Old Mrs. Xiao’s heart tightened, and then she heard Xiao Jingduo continue to say, “That bowl of medicine is so bitter that my mother doesn’t like it, so of course I have to throw it away.”

    Old Mrs. Xiao was surprised at first, and only then did the tight string in her heart loosen. Her face relaxed, and she looked at Xiao Jingduo angrily: “You child, good medicine is bitter, it can’t be like this again in the future!”

    After Xiao Jingduo came out of the grandmother’s room, he immediately quickened his movements and walked quickly towards the kitchen.

    A lot of things can be seen from the dregs. If the dregs are okay, it means that someone secretly poisoned the mother in the middle, and the murderer was in the inn. But if that pot of medicine is not Zelan soup at all, then Qinghe, who is in charge of decoction, and even Xuelan, who is in charge of itinerary, are not clean.

      I remember being here just now.”

    Xiao Jingduo couldn’t hide his disappointment, he said “nothing’s wrong”, then turned and walked out. After taking two steps, he suddenly turned his head and asked, “Sister Qing He came to clean the kitchen so late, she really did her duty.”

    “Isn’t it!” The people in the kitchen clapped their hands and showed a happy smile, “Miss Qinghe is beautiful and she does things like this, she is really a wonderful person!”

    Xiao Jingduo smiled and walked away.

      Seeing Xiao Jingduo, she smiled kindly, and the defense in the smile had disappeared.

    Xiao Jingduo smiled back and let Xue Lan go first, but Xue Lan refused and insisted on sending him back to the room.

    “Sister Xie Xuelan.” When speaking, Xiao Jingduo’s eyes rolled slightly, and the whole pair of eyes shone under the lamp, and they were extremely beautiful.

    Xue Lan secretly praised in her heart, Da Langjun looks so good! She thought that Lord Hou was already the most beautiful man in ten thousand miles, but she didn’t expect that the appearance of Dalangjun was even more than that of his father. His outline is as angular as a prince, but due to the influence of his mother, his complexion is paler, and the details of his facial features are more delicate.

    Xue Lan was a little absent-minded, until Xiao Jingduo called again, and then she regained her attention.

    Xue Lan was a little embarrassed, she actually looked at Da Lang Jun and lost her mind! She looked up with awe, looked at the man in front of her respectfully, and pleaded guilty: “Langjun forgive me, the slave is distracted.”

    “Nothing.” Xiao Jingduo asked indifferently, “When will we arrive in Chang’an?”

    Xue Lan laughed: “It turns out that Langjun wants to see Lord Hou. At the current speed, in more than half a month, we will enter the realm of Gyeonggi.”

    Xiao Jingduo nodded, then closed the door and undressed to sleep.

    He thought silently in his heart, although he could not see the dregs, but Qing He went to the kitchen to clean the dregs, this move just proved that there was a problem with the dregs. Since Qinghe was wrong, Shen Lan was probably also an accomplice. It’s a pity that he is young. Although he is the father and son of Hou Ye, he has no right to speak in the team. So even if he knew the biggest suspect, he still had no chance to avenge his mother for a while, so he could only endure it silently. When Chang’an had his father in charge, everything would come to light.

    During this time, he could only be careful to stay by his mother’s side, so that the behind-the-scenes mastermind had no chance to do anything.

    The towering city wall stands on the ground of Guanzhong, overlooking the visitors from all directions. The city gate is both high and deep, and people standing here are as small as ants. Xiao Jingduo stood under the city gate and had to lift his neck to see the flag flying above the city tower. Xiao Jingduo looked up in fascination, suddenly his body uncontrollably fell back, he quickly took a step back, and only then did he stabilize his body.

    He has never seen such a tall tower. He has been to the county seat of Zhuo County before, and he has seen many towns along the way. When he arrived at Chang’an, the big city in the middle of the pass, he was shocked to realize that this is the style of the first city in the world.

      On the other hand, Xiao Jingduo had no such scruples. He stood in the team entering the city and looked around excitedly.

      The sound of footsteps kept beating on the eardrums of pedestrians. Xiao Jingduo even saw a few foreigners with deep eyes and high noses in the crowd.

    All this surprised Xiao Jingduo, he raised his head and looked up at this majestic city.

    Is he going to live here in the future? He suddenly had an infinite yearning for his father, who was not yet masked.

    “Back off, give way ahead!” Suddenly a hoof sound came from far to near, swooping towards the crowd. The people waiting to enter the city hurriedly avoided, and the originally orderly order was suddenly in chaos. The soldier in charge of security stepped forward quickly and shouted loudly, “Who is coming, who dares to ride a horse in front of the city gate? Don’t get off the horse!”

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    “King Qin?” The guards and their colleagues whispered a few words, and immediately waved their hands to let go, “The idle people are scattered, let His Royal Highness Qin Wang enter the capital first.”

    The Xiao family was also crowded out. Xiao Jinghu followed his father to watch the fun outside the car, but was crowded back. He was used to doing good things at home, only others let him, when did he let others? Xiao Jinghu was immediately angry, and shouted at the top of his voice: “Why do you want to make way for them, I tell you that my uncle is Lord Hou…”

    Before the rest of the words were finished, the military attache around him covered his mouth. The military attache’s nervous forehead was covered in sweat. He looked around and found that no one paid attention to Xiao Jinghu’s words, so he breathed a sigh of relief: “My little ancestor, this is Chang’an, the capital of the country, and I won’t dare to say this in the future. Talk!”

    Xiao Jingduo also heard the change here, he turned around and asked in surprise, “My father is Lord Hou, do you want to avoid others?”

    “Your Majesty, the mere marquis, what is it in Chang’an?” The military attache said, “The most important thing in Chang’an is the powerful, such as the one who just entered the city, he is His Royal Highness the King of Qin. The second prince! Now that half of the world has been captured by his Xuan Tie Army, how can we dare to confront others in our Dingyong Mansion?”

    Xiao Jingduo nodded in understanding. He found that Chang’an was far more complicated than he thought. His eyes were chasing the cavalry personal soldier, and he thought a little, that this is the king of Qin who conquered Zhuo County.

    After tossing and entering the city, the female family carriage entered through the side door and drove directly to the backyard. Xiao Jingduo wanted to chase after him to visit his mother, but was stopped by a soldier in military armor.

    “Dalang-Jun will stay, and the Marquis will summon you.”

    Xiao Jingduo’s expression lifted, and he immediately smiled.

    He finally sees his father! It just so happened that he was going to report to his father that someone had poisoned his mother!

    The author has something to say: [Congratulations on leaving Xinshi Village and successfully (alive) arriving at Chang’an City]

    [The task character, father Xiao Ying will be activated soon]