Chapter 44: The Peach Blossom Tribulation of the Ninth Reincarnation (Part II)
"My head hurts, I think I drank a little too much last night," I said to myself when I opened my eyes in the morning. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The hand was a little unintentionally thrown to the side, but the fingertips touched a delicate body, and the skin was delicate, smooth and elastic.
"Hmm" The person next to the pillow snorted softly, and the willow eyebrows frowned slightly, obviously a little dissatisfied.
My hands froze in mid-air, and my whole body was petrified.
"It's... This is, Lord Zhaoyang"
Seeing that the room was in a mess and clothes were thrown all over the floor, I quickly lifted the quilt and picked up a few pieces of clothing, waiting for my own clothes to be put on. looked back at Yin Hong on the bed, and covered the quilt for the county lord of Zhaoyang. Caught in the memory, what was going on, looking at the person on the bed trembling slightly. My heart moved and said, "If you're awake, why pretend to be asleep?"
"I" The county lord of Zhaoyang answered, and went into the quilt again, looking a little shy. It took a long time before he spoke: "You drank too much last night, I really like you, so I didn't refuse." Your father has read the exam papers, as long as you want, you can be the champion of this year, and you will have a bright future in the Hanlin Academy. ”
"That's enough, I just want to rely on my own skills, and what happened last night... I'm sorry" I pushed open the door and walked out, and a burst of anger ignited inexplicably in my heart, I don't know if it was to myself or to the words of the county lord of Zhaoyang. When the body went out, he was still very hesitant, after all, he tarnished the innocence of the group owner. Listening to the sound of sobbing in the room, I always felt unbearable, but I couldn't turn back to comfort me and just felt upset.
Gritting my teeth and shutting the door, I fled back to the inn, collapsed on the bed and closed my eyes in contemplation. If such a thing happens, can you still complete the imperial examination? Even if you pass the exam, can you still gain a foothold in the DPRK? I don't ask myself.
The release date will be until April 15, or I will take a look at my hometown first, and I always feel a little uneasy when I think of my wife and children at home.
Knock knock!
There was a knock on the door, I pushed the door open, and an official outside the door said: "Ye Gongzi, the saint heard that there are many talents in this imperial examination, so he issued an order to let candidates from all over the country enter the Hanlin Academy to study, all candidates must be present, this is an invitation, please accept it." ”
"Thank you, big brother," I thanked, and the official walked next door and began to knock on the door to inform.
I took the letter and went into the room, and the Holy Decree made it, and I couldn't go back, and I always had a bad feeling. It's not like the Holy Grace, but it feels like someone planned it.
The next day, I still came to the front of the Hallym Academy, and this year's candidates gradually walked into the Hallym Academy, and I followed in. However, the trouble I imagined did not arise, but as usual, the surroundings were too calm, and the uneasiness in my heart became more and more intense.
The results of the April 15th examination were released, and my name was also on the list, and the sense of ominousness in my heart became even stronger. Candidates who have passed the examination will enter the palace after the results are released in April, and the palace examination will be directly issued by the saint, and they will have to wait for the notice when it will be.
On April 28, he entered the palace to take the test, but he didn't see the saint, and the saint just came up with a question "Jiangnan". In recent years, there have been many floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and the imperial court has not been able to control the water, and every time the allocation is granted, it has not seen much success. When I think of this, I have a little more understanding in my heart. The on-site examiners are all scholars of Hallym Prefecture, and after the invigilation of these people, there will naturally be no favoritism.
Time passed unconsciously, and I calculated that the time was about right, so I put down my pen and handed in the paper. Walking out of the palace, he saw a carriage outside the palace gate, and an official ran over and said, "Ye Gongzi, King Ming is invited." ”
I was shocked and sighed, "It's still here when it's time to come." ”
I followed the officer into the carriage, and the examinees who came out with me were talking, but I could only turn a deaf ear. Lifting the curtain and facing the groom, he said, "Avoid those candidates." ”
The groom nodded, on the carriage, I kept thinking about countermeasures, and when the carriage stopped, I walked into the Ming Wang's Mansion with some ups and downs. I followed the butler into the front hall, I sat down on the side of the front hall, and the next person prepared tea, all this was normal, but I continued to sweat on my forehead.
I picked up the tea on the side and took a sip to reduce the pressure on my heart. I only heard the voice of an angry old man and said, "Ye Gongzi is here." ”
"You are, in the peach forest that day..."I looked at the old man's familiar face, and said what I thought directly. When I came back to my senses, this person was in the Ming Wang's Mansion, and it was very likely that it was the Ming King, so I got up and saluted: "Xiaosheng Ye Nian, meet the Ming King, the Ming King is a thousand years old." ”
King Ming stepped forward to help me up, and said with a smile: "Don't be polite, the Ming Wangfu doesn't have this set of etiquette, the old man is in the peach forest, and he sees the son's face, and he wants to make friends but he has cut his face, I didn't expect you to be a candidate for this year, this has to be a good expression, I don't know if the son has a place to go." ”
"Xiaosheng is guilty, I don't know that day is the prince's outfield, Xiaosheng has nowhere to go yet" I saluted again, but I kept thinking in my heart, that King Ming obviously intended to recruit me. But I'm already with his daughter. Alas, no matter what, deal with the past first.
I stayed in the Ming Palace, chatted with the Ming King for a long time, and found that he was a peaceful prince. There is a little more closeness to him in my heart, but every time I think of the Zhaoyang County Lord, I can't help but feel disturbed in my heart. Walking out of the Ming Palace, the Ming King invited me to talk again, and gave me a token.
When I returned to the inn, I opened the door and saw a pair of cloth shoes on the table, and on the shoes there was a black orchid embroidered with black thread. I stepped forward in two steps, picked up the shoes, and couldn't help but feel excited, this is like before I participated in the imperial examination, Qiu Niang embroidered it for me, and stroked the Mo orchid, which was indeed from Qiu Niang's hand. At that time, it was not finished, so it was not worn, how could this shoe be here, could it be that Qiu Niang came.
"Qiu Niang, Qiu Niang" I shouted, walked downstairs, saw the shopkeeper, and asked, "Little second brother, who can you see today, have you been in and out of my room." ”
Xiao Er touched his head and thought about it, and said, "No one has ever been in, but last night, a girl came here and settled the house money for you, and you can live for another month." ”
I then described Qiu Niang's appearance to Xiao Er, Xiao Er shook his head and said, "That person is covered with a silk scarf, but he can't see his appearance clearly. ”
I went back to my room, put down those shoes, and began to miss my wife, children, and mother back home. It was late at night, and I couldn't sleep in bed. It was late at night, and I gradually fell asleep when sleepiness hit, but I heard someone calling in my ear.
"Nian Lang, Nian Lang"
There was a cry in the voice, and I recognized that it was Qiu Niang's voice. I woke up from my dream, rubbing my hands on the cloth shoes, and while I was reminiscing, I heard the sound of a baby crying in my ears, crying very sadly.
I walked from upstairs to downstairs as I spoke, and the inn was empty. It wasn't until I got to the backyard kitchen that the baby's crying was getting worse and worse, and there was a hoarse voice in it.
The sky was covered by dark clouds over the moon, and I saw a swaddling baby in front of me, and the cry of a baby kept coming from that swaddling baby. I picked up the baby, shook it, and looked at the baby's face, but it was bright red, and he smiled weirdly at me.
"Hahaha, Daddy, hahaha"
"Ahh Take out your laundry from your baggage and prepare to wash it. I just opened it and felt a burst of orchid fragrance, and the clothes were clean, which was obviously just changed the day before yesterday, and I hid it in the cabinet.
A few days went on like this, and I sat in that dream almost every night, dreaming of the baby, and he kept calling me Daddy. There are constantly things being delivered to the guest room, and every time something is delivered, it is full of memories with Qiu Niang.
I walked on the street of the capital, tomorrow is the day of the list, passing by the street but listening to the passers-by.
"I heard that the lord of Zhaoyang is happy, but the child doesn't know whose it is."
"Yes, there is such a big scandal in the Ming Palace, I heard that the king is angry."
"Isn't it, I heard that the lord of Zhaoyang County can't recruit anyone who is an adulterer, so he has to dip the pig cage"
"No, the county lord also dips the pig cage"
When I heard this, I suddenly felt that the dream might not be a problem at home, and the objects in my room might have been sent by the county lord of Zhaoyang. But why does she know what I like, and those things that are full of memories.
Now she is happy, could it be that she was conceived after that night, and the child in her dream came to me for help.
I took out the token and entered the Ming Wang's mansion, only to hear the Ming King say angrily: "Zhaoyang, Zhaoyang, you said that you made such a scandal, how can I end it, and I still have the face to keep the child."
And the county lord of Zhaoyang, sitting on the ground and crying, kept begging King Ming not to kill her child, his voice was close to hoarseness, and he kept sobbing.
I listened to it clearly behind the stone pillar of the gate, and I kept hesitating in my heart, but I didn't want my own children and the county lord of Zhaoyang to die. Gritting his teeth, a man dares to act. I stood up from behind the stone pillar, knelt down on my knees and said, "King Ming's subordinates are merciful, the county lord..., the county lord of Zhaoyang is pregnant with my child, please let her go."
I stood up and said this, and King Ming was obviously startled by my appearance and heard my words. King Ming stopped questioning the county lord of Zhaoyang, and instead looked at me with a pair of eyes. A sense of oppression hit me, and I just felt as if my heart had been grabbed by something.
The county lord of Zhaoyang was obviously very surprised by my arrival, staring at me with a pair of beautiful eyes, and even cried and said.
"Ye Lang, why are you here?"
"Good! It seems that it's really you, someone who is coming" King Ming's tone was not angry, but became calmer, but I felt that there was a bigger storm inside.
Boom!
The back of my neck hurt, I was knocked unconscious, my body fell forward, and in the last scene before fainting, the county lord of Zhaoyang knelt at the feet of King Ming, constantly begging for something.
Smack!
Outside the house, the sound of firecrackers and blowing music added to the joy out of thin air, and the big red word "happiness" was pasted on the window. I just woke up, I felt a little dizzy and my body ached when I touched my forehead.
Creak!
The door was pushed open, and a woman came in with a smile on her face, and was obviously very happy to see me up. opened his mouth and said: "Haha, Zhuang Yuanlang is awake, today is your big day, why are you so sleepy, don't let the county lord wait."
"Champion Lang, great joy" I frowned and said, but I reacted for a moment, what a champion Lang is a great joy.
The woman was obviously stunned, but she still explained with a smile: "You are the top of this year's gold list, not the champion!" King Hou Ming announced the happy event between you and the lord of Zhaoyang, and this is not a double happiness. ”
I was silent, though I had expected such a day, but it came too quickly. Ruining the county lord's name festival, that is a big sin for the whole clan, and marrying the county lord is the best choice, if I regret the marriage, let the world think of the county lord of Zhaoyang. But if you choose to get married like this, the wife in the family will either divorce or become a concubine, I...
The woman, apparently seeing my hesitation, said, "The auspicious time is coming, put on your wedding clothes, and prepare to marry the lord of the county."
In the end, I still put on the wedding dress, set off from the Zhuangyuan Mansion, and went to the Ming Palace, along the way I was manipulated like a puppet, and kept drinking at the wedding banquet, I don't know how much I drank, and the whole person fell down like this.
Woooooo
There was a whining sound everywhere, and I felt as if I heard the baby's cry again. In a haze, I saw a gentle woman in plain clothes, holding a baby and looking at me. With a look of sadness and resentment in my eyes, I raised my hand and shouted.
"Autumn Girl"
Looking back, it was June, and I was allowed to go home. The group walked home, and there was a little more joy in their hearts, and after walking for three or five days, they finally arrived in Puyang County.
The gongs and drums were beating along the way, but it was also lively, and I wore a red robe and rode a big horse to my home. Outside the house, where my mother was already standing and waiting, I looked into the crowd, but I didn't see the figure of Qiu Niang.
I dismounted, and I bowed my head to my mother three times, thanking me for the grace of nurturing. As the mother entered the living room, she asked, "Mother, what about Qiu Niang!"
"Qiu Niang, she... She's dead," Old Madam Ye choked up with tears in the corners of her eyes.
When I heard this, I felt a surge of qi and blood, something pressed on my chest, and I said in a trembling voice: "But I died because of that difficult birth!"
The mother was a little shocked and said, "Nian'er, how do you know." ”
As soon as he heard this, his heart and chest were full of blood, and his body kept retreating and trembling.
Burst!
The blood couldn't be controlled, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and I heard my mother screaming "Nian'er" in my ears, and my eyes went black, and I fainted.
In the darkness, I saw part of the truth. The county lord's calculation, the family servant came to report, was caught by the group leader, tortured, and dumped in the wilderness after asking the truth.
In a trance, I saw Qiu Niang holding the child again and said to me, "Nian Lang, let's go."
"Okay," I agreed, grabbed the hands, and dreamed again. I dreamed that I was waiting for Qiu Niang to give birth at home, took my wife to Beijing, won the flower, became a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and was sent to Jiangnan to solve the flood, and the family was very happy.