Chapter 40: Near Death
Xia Yingying watched Li Boxian lead all the imperial historians to rush into the palace with great momentum, but the anxiety and apprehension in her heart did not relax at all. Only those who have been in the court for a long time know to what extent the emperor has been "kidnapped" by civil officials, and in the eyes of outsiders, the Ninth Five-Year Supreme Son of Heaven is still supreme and can do whatever he wants.
Can a flock of sheep fight a wolf?
Apparently not!
In Yingying's eyes, those imperial historians who can only play with the pen and can only move their mouths are a group of sheep, and now that this group of sheep has gone to find the big pervert, Yingying only has a glimmer of hope in her heart, and she is not sure of success at all.
Yingying, who has never cared about the government and politics, and has never even known much about the Ming officialdom, does not understand at all that the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have mutated since Yongle, and they are not sheep, but a group of wolves in sheep's clothing......
Yingying stood in front of the palace gate for a long time, she was too lazy to pay attention to the strange eyes of the people entering and leaving the palace gate, nor did she bother to pay attention to the ministers who came to her out of curiosity to ask her about the reason, as time passed, her heart became more and more worried, and her palms were already sweating.
At the side door of the palace gate, a figure suddenly appeared, a white figure. Xia Yingying, who had been staring at the noon gate, suddenly opened her eyes wide, opened and closed her mouth a few times, but she didn't say a word, her small and cute nose wings fluttered sharply a few times, and crystal tears suddenly filled her eyes like spring water.
She saw the person she was deeply concerned about, and she saw Ye Xiaotian. Ye Xiaotian had been stripped of his coat before his execution, only wearing a small coat, and his hair was also scattered, and now he was wearing a white coat with a disheveled hair, which was very different from his usual image, but Yingying recognized him at a glance.
Ye Xiaotian saw Yingying, he greeted him happily, and first hurriedly walked a few steps. Then the speed slowed down slowly, and his eyes were fixed on Yingying, for a moment, and there was a crystalline moist light flashing in his eyes.
Through the mouths of those imperial historians, he already knew what Yingying had done for him, Yingying's eye-catching and bright red wedding dress, reflected in his eyes, and then transmitted to his heart, turning into a raging fire.
The tears in Yingying's eyes fell uncontrollably, and she was terrified. Worried that what came out of the palace was a corpse with a separate body, and now seeing Ye Xiaotian standing in front of her alive, it was he who walked out on his own step by step, Yingying's heart was extremely satisfied, as if she had got everything she wanted in her life.
"Brother Xiaotian!"
Yingying shouted happily, and suddenly pulled out her feet and rushed towards Ye Xiaotian.
She wore the bride's phoenix crown and xia veil, and ran unwillingly, running under the high yellow palace wall and in front of the huge red palace gate, and the palace was as magnificent as the sky. She ran in front of the majestic palace, like a fairy who left heaven without hesitation for the love of her heart.
Yingying ran, laughed, screamed, and flew to pounce. Ye Xiaotian opened his powerful arms and caught her steadily, and the two hugged each other tightly, Yingying exerted all her strength. Holding Ye Xiaotian tightly, as if he would fly away as soon as he let go, Xia Yingying was close to his chest. muttered: "I'm so scared, I'm so scared, Brother Xiaotian, it's okay if you're okay......"
Ye Xiaotian hugged Yingying's light and moving delicate body, pressed against her cheek, gently stroked her back, and didn't say a word. When a woman's joy, anger and sorrow are extreme, she likes to confide her feelings to others, while men are mostly different, at this time, most of them will bury their feelings and understandings deep in their hearts, tamp, ferment, treasure, and occasionally take out a little, a person quietly reminisces, but rarely willing to take it out and share it with others.
Until Yingying let go of Ye Xiaotian, there were still tears of joy on her face, and she said to Ye Xiaotian: "Brother Xiaotian, are you okay?" Ye Xiaotian held her little hand tightly and smiled: "Hmm! It's okay, this time, you saved me! ”
Ye Xiaotian's eyes showed a hint of nostalgia, and he said softly: "That little girl who is innocent and ignorant of the world, and who has always only made trouble and found trouble in my eyes, is really amazing now." As soon as you make a move, you will do such an earth-shattering event, the civil and military officials will be moved by you, and the dignified son of heaven will submit to you! ”
Xia Yingying burst into laughter, biting her cherry lips, staring at Ye Xiaotian with her eyes full of lust, raised her hand and slapped him softly on the chest, and said coquettishly: "Okay, you!" It turns out that in your heart, people are just a stupid troublemaker! ”
Ye Xiaotian gently hugged her back into his arms, and said softly: "Whether it's a silly girl or a troublemaker, I just like you, from the first time I saw you......"
Xia Yingying was moved by these sweet love words, and gently stuck to his arms, quietly enjoying the sweet and warm feeling.
"Uh...... Cough! Li Boxian coughed inappropriately, Ye Xiaotian and Xia Yingying turned their heads to look, Li Boxian said with a smile: "Congratulations to the two of you, although you have gone through wind and rain, you will finally see a rainbow!" ”
Xia Yingying hurriedly saluted him and said sincerely: "Thank you for looking for Uncle Zhu'er." ”
Liu Hengyi was held by his colleagues, and when he saw Miss Xia thanking Li Boxian, he felt that he had made such a big sacrifice, if he didn't say anything, he really had no sense of existence, he immediately struggled to stand up, and said generously: "Girl, you don't have to thank you, we are waiting for the imperial history, remembering the heart of loyalty, and revitalizing the spirit of integrity, and I have always taken it as my responsibility to picket mistakes and support justice."
The power, the ruler of the world, how can he use public weapons for private use and abuse lawlessness. The sage said that anyone who is harmful to the people of the community is guilty! We are all those who benefit the country, and those who die and do not care, and who are afraid day and night, lest they not be able to sacrifice their lives to repay the country......"
Liu Yushi can still say better than Li Yushi, and Xia Yingying was stunned when she heard it. Ye Xiaotian smiled, saluted them very solemnly, and said solemnly: "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much!" ”
These officials may be a little stupid, and they may be a little crazy in order to protect the responsibility of the officials and pursue the name of integrity, but if it weren't for the existence of such a strange group, he would be able to get out of the way?
For Ye Xiaotian, these Daoist officials are the cutest people in Daming!
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Zhongguan'er, also known as Zhongguan'er, is the place where the eunuchs are buried, that is, Zhongguancun in later generations. Because the eunuchs are called Zhongguan, the cemetery specially set aside for them is called Zhongguan. It's just that later generations didn't like it and changed its name to Zhongguan.
This place is not just used to bury dead eunuchs, some are still alive. However, the eunuchs who were no longer able to wait for people due to old age and had no relatives after being dismissed from the palace also spontaneously gathered here to build houses and live, and at the same time showed the graves of their dead old friends.
So this place, lifeless during the day, gloomy at night, basically no one comes.
Most of the eunuchs who fell here were very poor, but most of them could have some savings in the palace all their lives, plus they had no children and no daughters, so they had no consumption. Some of them still have a little savings before they die, and they will be brought into the coffin.
But this money is not much, and most of the ancients believed that too little virtue will be punished. What's the most immoral thing? Not to kick the widow's door, but to dig out the grave. No one has a queen, and after death, there is no hope of even blood food sacrifices, and if you dig other people's graves, isn't that a thing that is extremely damaging to yin morality, so even the scoundrels are quite taboo about this, and they will not sneak here easily. I made up my mind to find a way to make money from the tombs of the eunuchs.
However, there are no absolutes, and some people just don't care, especially when they are cornered. For example, Li Jinzhong.
Li Jinzhong, a native of Suning, Beizhili, is 19 years old this year. He grew up in poverty, and spent his days on the streets. followed a group of scoundrels, and I didn't know a single big word, but because I had done it in all trades. I actually know how to ride a horse and shoot arrows, and I have some skills.
Li Jinzhong is lustful and gambling, with his wit and ability to be more or less stronger than other peers, he can occasionally make some extra money, but he can't save a penny, all of which is used on women's bellies and gambling tables.
However, how can you make a fortune by gambling with a small bet. Rao is Li Jinzhong alert, or is he calculating by others, and he lost a lot of money at the gambling table two days ago. The other party is a very powerful big pimp, with dozens of people under him, where does Li Jinzhong dare not pay off his gambling debts, but for a while, he really has nowhere to raise such a large sum of money, so he hit the idea on the eunuchs of Zhongguan's tomb and started the tomb robbery.
In the middle of the night, Li Jinzhong carried a short shovel and a candle, sneakily sneaking into the tomb of Zhongguan. The old eunuchs' residence was a low, chaotic bungalow, and in order to make a living, many eunuchs kept chickens and geese and other poultry in the courtyard. If Li Jinzhong wants to sneak in, he will inevitably alarm these domestic animals. However, Li Jinzhong's original intention was not to beat these living eunuchs, his target was those tombs.
Li Jinzhong couldn't pay off his gambling debts because he just was beaten up by the creditor during the day, and he was limping at this time. Carrying a shovel, he staggered around the bungalow area into the cemetery, and when he looked around to see that there was no one, he chose a grave at random, and plucked up the courage to dig it.
This is a new grave, the soil is soft, it is relatively easy to excavate, Rao is so, when the thin coffin is revealed, Li Jinzhong is also tired and sweaty. The greed for money suppressed the fear in his heart, and Li Jinzhong jumped into the grave and pulled out a crowbar from his waist.
The coffin was filled with a few thin wooden boards, and it was easily pried open, Li Jinzhong lit the candle and shone it into the coffin, because it was a corpse that had just been buried, and the corpse did not stink, Li Jinzhong was very satisfied. The reason why he chose such a new grave is also because he is worried about the corpse poison and stench of the old grave, he is not a professional tomb robber, once he doesn't get it right, and he is seriously ill with corpse poison, it will be worth the loss.
Li Jinzhong groped on the corpse, who expected him to touch for a long time, but did not find a valuable thing, the corpse was wearing a eunuch suit, and he couldn't exchange it for two pennies when he took it out, Li Jinzhong thought that he owed gambling debts, and if he couldn't pay it back, he would be caught by the creditor either cutting off his hands or chopping his feet, and he would become a cripple.
Li Jinzhong grabbed the collar of the eunuch's corpse and slapped him fiercely: "You bastard!" You're a dead husband! You're still in the palace, why don't you know how to save some money! Why don't you know how to save some money! You son of a bitch! ”
Li Jinzhong scolded and smoked, not beware of the corpse being whipped by him, and suddenly opened his eyes, Li Jinzhong's surprise was not trivial, the corpse changed? Li Jinzhong screamed in fright, and he was about to crawl out with his hands and feet.
But the soil of the new grave was soft, and he didn't listen to his hands and feet in a hurry, and he struggled for a long time, but he didn't climb much high, and his ankles were grabbed by the cold fingers of the "eunuch zombie", and he screamed: "Don't ...... Stop fighting, help! ”
"Help!" Li Jinzhong also screamed, and was suddenly stunned: "No, I should shout for help, what is this zombie shouting for help?" Could it be ......"
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