Chapter 59: The Conspiracy
The carriage slowly drove away from the Eldest Princess's Mansion.
Ning Jiang poked his head out of the car window, stood on the steps of the mansion door in the back, and waved his hand at Luanmei, who looked at him, with a lantern.
The weather at the end of April was hot, and the heat accumulated during the day rose from the ground, but it was not as warm as their hearts at the moment.
When the carriage arrived at Jinglongmen, the curfew had already begun, but Ning Jiang had originally gone to the imperial city on the orders of Yi, and the two guards sent by the imperial city identified themselves, and after registering, the carriage continued to move forward.
When they arrived at the mansion by the Dyeshui River, they asked Qin Wuyan and Qin Xiaoya to move the gold, silver and silk given by the emperor into the house, gave the two eldest brothers of the guards money for drinking, and after the carriage left, Ning Jiang entered the house.
At this moment, Xiaomeng had already returned, and the brother and sister chatted for a while. After his sister fell asleep, Ning Jiang took a bath, and in his room, he continued to hold the book "Yin Fu" and studied it carefully.
This "Yin Fu" was obviously copied by Bai Zijin himself, and was divided into three parts, namely "Taigong Art of War", "Taigong Conspiracy", and "Taigong Jinkui".
Ning Jiang naturally didn't have much time for the time being, so he studied it thoroughly, and just swept it over roughly.
Last night, he had already quickly browsed the "Taigong Art of War", and began to understand why Bai Zijin's grandfather and father, although one was just a showman, and the other was not even a showman, could become a famous general in the world, obviously, they relied on this military book.
This "Taigong Art of War" is indeed the treasure of the soldiers, although Ning Jiang feels that to a certain extent, this is also a very sad thing, a book of war that has been written for at least thousands of years, and it is still useful to this day, so it can be seen that in the thousand years after the Confucianism, how much progress can be made in weapons, in the art of war, or in the entire scientific and technological civilization?
The cultural system created the peace of the Great Zhou Dynasty for 800 years, but it also made the Great Zhou Dynasty a backwater pool in these 800 years, and almost no useful changes occurred.
Of course, in the history of another world, there is a similar phenomenon, but this world is even worse.
In his previous life, Ning Jiang focused on martial arts and magic, but he also knew very well that if he wanted to deal with the barbarians who were about to be killed in an all-round way, as well as the more terrifying Menghuang Iron Cavalry, relying on personal bravery alone would be really limited. This "Taigong Art of War" is indeed to make up for his shortcomings, and in his previous life, Bai Zijin, a poor talent who does not know martial arts, played a greater role in dealing with barbarians than those grandmaster-level masters, so that the Yuan Demon Emperor had to send his generals to assassinate the Great Sect Evil, relying on this "Yin Fu".
The "Taigong Art of War" is a secret method of the military family that has been ignored in this era, and it is indeed very likely that it is from Jiang Ziya's hand, but the "Taigong Conspiracy", Ning Jiang suspects, has nothing to do with Jiang Ziya, or even with the soldiers, but it is made in the name of fake Jiang Ziya, because the content it involves is ...... Dunjia.
Of course, this is just Ning Jiang's speculation, just like in another world, and in the history of this world, there is such a person as Xiang Yu. But Xiang Yu in another world, although known as "pulling out the mountain", but his personal bravery is only a hundred people at most, the real power is his tactics in the march and battle, with 30,000 against 560,000, he was able to win a big victory, and his art of war can be imagined.
And the overlord of Chu in this world is really a one-man challenge to the heroes of the world, and he is a thousand enemies in pure force, although he was finally attacked by the heroes of the world and fell into an ambush on all sides, but his reputation of "overlord slashing" can be said to be immortal for thousands of years.
By the way, there is no Liu Bang in this world, and the history of the two worlds, after the end of the Warring States period, has already had serious deviations.
It is precisely because of this that Ning Jiang is not sure whether this "Taigong Conspiracy" is really a work of pretense, maybe the Jiang Taigong of this world is really a peerless wizard who is proficient in Qimen Dunjia, after all, he also has many things that he can't figure out about the history of this world.
What is recorded in this "Taigong Conspiracy" is the secret technique of retreat, which is a secret method that relies on the geography of mountains and rivers and the arrangement of the five elements of Qimen to exert mysterious power. In the previous life, he also tried to break the void through the technique of Dunjia, and finally chose to break the sword in Mount Tai because from the perspective of Dunjia, Mount Tai set the luck of Shenzhou, in addition, if the whole of China is regarded as a huge feng shui treasure, the broken Emperor Wendi Star Palace is precisely the "escaped one".
This "Taigong Conspiracy" is much more advanced than the Dunjia he learned in his previous life, so much so that after Ning Jiang finished reading it, he slapped his thigh violently...... It should have been opened a long time ago.
This "Yin Fu" is unfathomable, even if ordinary people use up their lives, they may not be able to study it clearly, after Bai Zijin let him be named on the gold list, he opened it, because he was afraid that Ning Jiang would indulge in it and miss the major scientific examination, after all, in this era, the imperial examination is the only journey, and everything else is a strange and obscene skill.
But for Ning Jiang, if he had gotten this "Yin Fu" earlier, he wouldn't even need to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination.
As long as there is this "Taigong Conspiracy", even if he does not participate in Mount Tai's Fengzen, he has other ways to prevent the Yuan Demon Emperor from defeating Emperor Wen's Star Palace.
This is also the reason why he said that to Qimeng in the evening, because, since there is this "Taigong Conspiracy", he can leave the capital now and proceed directly to his next step.
Of course, I think so, but since I have arrived in the capital, I am not in a hurry.
It is still an important thing to make a name for yourself in the capital, you don't see that in "Water Margin", Song Jiangwen is not a martial artist, but everywhere he goes, there are people who bow their heads and worship, what does it rely on? Isn't it the well-known word "timely rain" in the rivers and lakes? You don't see that in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei and Liu Xuande wiped out the whole army every time they fought and fled everywhere, but no matter where they went, they were able to pull up the team again, what did they rely on? It depends on the fact that everyone in the world knows his benevolence.
Of course, Ning Jiang neither wants to be Song Jiang nor Liu Bei, but he knows that fame is indeed a very important thing, since he wants to do great things, then first of all, he must let everyone in the world know him, and in this era of Confucianism and Taoism, the title of the gold list is the best signboard.
In addition, even if you want to leave, you have to eradicate the Quanqing faction in the capital first, and those who worship Zoroastrianism have to be dug out one by one.
He slowly paced to the window, pushed open the window, held the scroll in his right hand, gently placed it behind his back, and looked at the night outside, the crescent moon at the end of the month, the moonlight sprinkled down, dimmer a little dimmer than yesterday, clear and cold spread on the ground, like a piece of silver frost......
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After dawn -
"What am I doing?" A young girl suddenly threw the rice paper in her hand to the top of the tent, grabbed her hair and screamed in the room.
Obviously, I have already decided that I will never think about him again, and I will never go to him again, but I can't fall asleep by reading his new words here one night.
Damn, knowing that he wanted to cut him off, from then on, as a stranger in a different world, he deliberately wrote such a good new word, causing her to think about him all night, he did it on purpose, he definitely did it on purpose......
The girl turned over on the bed, lying on the edge of the bed, her head drooping, her hair drooping, looking at the ground, and letting out a long sigh.
The rice paper with the new words written on it came into contact with the top of the tent, and then slowly floated down and landed on her body.
He must have done it on purpose......
Early in the morning, Chun Jianli got up early.
Or maybe I didn't fall asleep at all last night.
After washing, I ate breakfast, practiced sword dancing for a while, walked around the yard, and then, facing the dresser, carefully trimmed my eyebrows, trying to cover up the dark circles left last night, pasted goose yellow, wiped lip red, and changed into clean red clothes.
She tied the silk around her waist, made a beautiful tassel, put the sword on the table diagonally around her waist, and then put a light white veil on herself, and she went out like this.
Along the way, Zi also attracted the amazing eyes of many men, but she had long been accustomed to such a gaze. Yes, she is beautiful, and she has known that she is beautiful, and only that hateful fellow does not take her beauty seriously...... That damn guy.
It took a lot of time to come all the way to the inner city, enter the Qisheng Fang, and go to the Eldest Princess's Mansion.
The girl has made a decision, and she wants to repay the boy for saving his life. After repaying the favor, she would never think about him again...... If you can do it.
Priest Tianhong has decided to plant the holy blood for the eldest princess Luanmei, regardless of whether the eldest princess Luanmei becomes a goddess of goodness in the end, once the holy blood is successfully planted, it is almost impossible for Ning Jiang and her to be together.
However, it is also possible to fail in planting holy blood, for example, she once tried to "plant holy blood" for Ning Xiaomeng, but it was unsuccessful. Of course, in the past, even if it failed, it would usually not be discovered, like at that time, by the dyed water river outside the city, as soon as the Holy Phoenix Blood Fang touched Ning Xiaomeng's skin, it rose like green smoke, and this kind of thing had never happened before. Even Lord Tianhong, after listening to her report, could only guess that the reason why this happened was probably related to Ning Xiaomeng's own exercises.
That drop of holy blood had already been rejected before it even entered Ning Xiaomeng's body.
And now, she is going to plant holy blood for Princess Luanmei.
The priest's order had been ordered, so she had to go, but she knew that this time she would fail...... There is no way to do this, not everyone's physique is suitable for the Holy Blood.
Yes, she planned to go and tell the priest that she had failed, and that Princess Luanmei's physique was not suitable for the Holy Blood, and of course there was no way to do it.
Anyway, only women can possess the blood of the Holy Phoenix, and the priest should have no way to verify it.
Yesterday afternoon, she had already made such a decision. If, at that time, the young man did not reject her, it means that Princess Luanmei is actually not that important in his heart, then, she will follow the instructions of the priest to "plant holy blood" for Princess Luanmei. If he rejects her, then she will help him in such a way, and never have to deal with him again.
Yes, she gave him a choice, and although it was not her that he chose, she was not sad.
No matter what, she will repay him for his kindness...... In her own way.
The girl walked on the ancient royal road of Qishengfang, most of the people living in Qishengfang were princes and nobles, even in the daytime, it was not very lively. As soon as the sedan chair came and went, a group of gentlemen saw her and politely invited her to swim in the lake, but she refused with a smile. Then, not wanting to be seen by more people, she walked through an alley, walked along a secluded place, and walked briskly, and came to the eldest princess's mansion like this.
During this time, she had been coming from time to time, so naturally she didn't need to be too formal. A maid ushered her into the mansion and told her that the eldest princess was talking and chatting with her guests in the back garden. She thought to herself, could it be that the Ning brothers and sisters have also arrived?
I asked, and I knew if it was not, so I didn't care.
She was like this, facing the morning sun, smelling the fragrance of flowers in the garden, stepping into the back garden, and seeing the eldest princess in the pavilion in the distance.
Then, her heart, as if encountering a cold wind, sank inexplicably. In front of her, with the eldest princess Luanmei, there was another young woman, and a girl about her age.
The girl looked over to her with a mysterious sneer......
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"Good! Good! "In the Imperial City, in the Jiying Palace, a man took the case.
This man is the left temple of Dali Temple, surnamed Guo Mingjieli.
The examiners of the palace examination are all well-educated people selected from the imperial court, and all the important positions held in the court. There are a total of eight examiners, and these eight people are separated in the Jiying Palace, and each file must be sent to the case of the eight of them in turn. Eight people to send to their own volume for evaluation, divided into A, B, C, D, E, etc., get the most "A" ten volumes will be sent to the Son of Heaven, champion, Bangyan, Tanhua this "three tripod Jia", by the Son of Heaven after the interview, selected from these ten people.
Guo Jieli is one of the eight "marking officers".
Originally, he was just sitting here reviewing the papers, but suddenly the case was applauded, which attracted the attention of several officials who were accompanying him, but according to the rules, they could not approach the bookcase with the papers of the palace examination candidates at will, and could only watch from a distance. I saw Master Guo, holding a roll, applauding continuously, shaking his head, and secretly chanting the roll again. They looked at each other, thinking in their hearts, which candidate's paper could make the Jinglun full of Guo's applause like this?
After Guo Jieli finished reading the poems on the volume, he was amazed: "Just by virtue of this wanderer's chant, even if you don't need the fu at the back, you already deserve the word 'A'." He read the back fu again, nodded and said, "Not bad!" Not bad! ”
Picked up the red pen, wrote the word "A" in the right corner of the scroll, and thought: "It's a pity, it's a pity, this poem is better than other poems too much, but it's a pity that there is no 'Jiayou', otherwise it's not too much to give him a 'Jiayou'." I couldn't help but pick up the paper and read it again.
- "The line in the hand of the loving mother, the shirt of the wandering son." Before leaving, I am afraid that I will return late. Who is careless and repays Sanchunhui?! (To be continued.) )