Chapter 27: Blessings and Misfortunes

Zhang Zhaohua moved her eyes from the pear wood carved screen to Princess Xu, who was kneeling diagonally opposite her. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

She saw that Princess Xu's body was trembling slightly, this trembling was slight, intermittent, accompanied by a deep inhalation - this was the result of Princess Xu's efforts to suppress her cough, and she didn't want to interrupt the prisoner's speech while listening to Ji Feilu.

Zhang Zhaohua clenched her heart every time she saw the princess's throat slide up and down, she knew what it was like to hold back the cough, she felt uncomfortable, but there was no way, the prisoner in the center of the hall was talking about the truth seriously and magnificently, and he did not hesitate to use the most critical words to denigrate the crimes of the kings in "Ji Feilu".

She could only hide this resentment in her eyes, and lowered her head to play with the rosary in her hand faster. However, she didn't know that there was a gaze behind her, which had been watching her for a long time.

Gao Xu kept staring at Zhang Zhaohua's fingers pinching the beads, which were completely different from the hands of many women he had seen who loved to dye their nails, this woman's fingers were pointed, pale pink nails were moist and shiny, and the coral beads were twisted from her hand, as if they also tickled his heart, and he couldn't help but stare at it for a few more seconds.

However, at this point, he was actually seen by the prisoner standing in the hall, and he seemed to immediately catch Gao Xu's absent-mindedness, snorted heavily, and called him by name: "King Gaoyang, what did the student explain just now, please explain it a little more." ”

A trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared, and when he raised his head, Gao Xu still looked lazy: "I have heard these filthy things that adults talk about today, and I must wash my ears when I go back, where can I still say it from my mouth?"

At first glance this is true, and it is a noble act to wash one's ears when one hears foul language, but there seems to be a second meaning to Gao Xu's words, whether he is talking about the crimes of the kings, or whether the prison prisoner is talking about the great truths that defile his ears--this is something that only he knows in his own heart.

The prisoner also seemed to hear Gao Xu's sarcasm, and he also sneered slightly: "Looking at the ancient rupture of the earth, there are no less than tens of thousands, from the Yellow Emperor to the kingdoms of Yao Shunyu and Tang Zhou, and then to the northern and southern kingdoms of Han, Sui, Tang, and Song, there are few people who can get a good end, and many people who can get bad results-does the king of Gaoyang know the reason?"

Gao Xu didn't answer, so he listened to the prisoner's generosity and fierce words: "Because these feudal kings do not know the will of heaven and disobey the king's orders, and they are ignorant of the way of serving heaven and diligent people, unbridled, extravagant, insatiable, and cruel to the people, so they kill and die in the annals of history, so they are all lessons from the past, can't they be the teachers of the future, and the king of Gaoyang County!"

Such heart-wrenching words made everyone in the shrine secretly angry. It is really outrageous for this prisoner to use the proportion of the vassal kings who killed the country in the past, not to mention that the Yan Wang family is innocent and did not do the slightest illegal thing, even if they do, they can't be insulted with such cruel words.

Gao Xu snorted and said, "I don't know if the imperial grandfather sent you here, is it a proclamation, or a reprimand?"

"The emperor sent me," the prisoner said, "I am proclaiming." ”

"Then you have a hidden edge in every word, how can I look at it, you seem to be cursing me and letting me kill the country," Gao Xu said: "Could it be that the imperial grandfather asked you to come to proclaim, that is, to humiliate me with these heart-wrenching words?"

This prisoner is also a little bonely, and said indomitablely: "The words of the king of Gaoyang County are bad, every sentence that the student says, is the emperor's own words written by the emperor in "Ji Feilu", it is the emperor's teaching to the vassal king, I hope that all the descendants will know the blessings and woes, and if there is a reform, if there is none, then encouragement, may the feudal Ping family state, Pangu Sheji, children and grandchildren rest with the country, and let the emperor in his old age, see his descendants to do filial piety and good, and always be in the destiny of heaven. ”

Gao Xu was not moved by such righteous words, but said: "This truth is really high-sounding - so do you think that the sins committed by the four kings of the Qin, Qi and Zhou dynasties are unforgivable and unforgivable, and they are great sins that worry the monarch and make the people of the world spurn?"

"Don't you think so?" asked him rhetorically.

"I can't see it," Gao Xu still looked lazy, "In the "Ancestral Teachings", it is said that if the prince is too heavy, he will be demoted to a concubine, and if he is light, he should come to the court to admonish him. King Jingjiang was demoted to a concubine, but he was guilty of a lot and died a long time ago. Since they have not been demoted to concubines, this means that this crime is still light, and it is not to the point of killing the country, so where does the term "killing the country come from"? ”

"Since the king of the county is familiar with the "Ancestral Teachings", he should know that 'if it is light, it should be because it is to come to the court to tell him what is wrong', and there is another sentence after it, 'Or send an official to give blessings and misfortunes to make them reform.' Since the king of the county lives in the high hall and enjoys the food and clothing, he should know that this blessing is given by the emperor, if he is presumptuous, obscene and insatiable, and disobeys the king's order, then the monstrous disaster will come in an instant! The students just take the proportion of the vassal kings who could not defend the country and seek their lives in ancient times, they are the 'woe' in the mouth of the students, please see the reason for their defeat, and then take it as a warning, this is the student's heart. ”

Gao Xu's eyes narrowed, and he stared at him with a smile: "Or send an official to give blessings and misfortunes to make him reform-may I ask the prisoner, what kind of official is this 'official'?"

The prisoner's mouth opened and closed, and Gao Chi said in a long voice: "How do I remember, it is said in the "Ancestral Training" that if the prince is too heavy, send the imperial prince or the internal official to summon him, are you the imperial prince or the internal official?"

"The prince of the county is going to insult me!" The prisoner said angrily: "The student is a messenger of the imperial court—"

Gao Xu laughed and said: "Hugh blame, since you are not an internal official, you are an official, but how do I remember that the prisoners of Guozi can only be awarded officials after graduation? Or do we live in Beiping for a long time, far away from the Beijing Division, and we don't know that the Beijing Division has changed the system, and the prison students can also be awarded officials in school?"

Seeing that this young prisoner was furious, King Yan hurriedly scolded: "Evil animal, Hugh is talking nonsense!"

King Yan and Changshi invited the prisoners to the apse to rest, Princess Xu turned her head and saw that Gao Xu was still so careless, and wanted to reprimand him twice, but when she opened her mouth, there was a series of coughs one after another.

Zhang Zhaohua hurriedly helped her, gave her a beating on the back, looked at her complexion, and said worriedly: "Mother's face is not good, this cough has been a little too long, and when these days are over, the weather is warmer, it is better for me to accompany my mother to go outside for a walk, maybe I can get better soon." ”

Princess Xu stopped talking and sighed.

"Gao Xu," Princess Xu said, "you are happy for a while, but you want to cause trouble for the palace, how can the messenger be willing to stop with you, and after you go back, in front of the emperor, you will definitely participate in your disrespectful sin." ”

"Let him go," Gao Xu didn't care: "All the Feng Constitutional Officials, with Wang Xiaoguo's music, will be beheaded by those who are separated from their relatives." This is what the imperial grandfather said, if he sues me, I will also resign to him, obviously he insulted me first, and misinterpreted the original intention of the imperial grandfather, I don't believe that he can turn things upside down. ”