Chapter 50: Living and Dying Together
Pei Tan pondered in his heart, and after a moment he looked at the guards and Jing Wan'er and said, "I have my own way to see Your Majesty." ”
Jing Wan'er blinked.
Pei Tan looked at her, the wound covering the sleeve could still be faintly oozing blood, "Show me the arm in the sleeve." ”
Jing Wan'er subconsciously slowly retracted her arm. , lowered his eyes and said, "Wan'er is no longer in the way." ”
Even though the wound on his arm was ugly, it was harmless compared to life.
Pei Tan stretched out his hand and grabbed the girl's wrist.
Gently pushed away his sleeve and saw Jing Wan'er's long scar, the situation was urgent at that time, Pei Tan went down with a knife and only wanted to bleed completely.
After a moment, he put down Jing Wan'er's sleeve and said to Pei's guard, "Later, you go back to Pei's house and get a bottle of skin healing cream." ”
Pei's guard bowed.
Jing Wan'er glanced at Pei Tan and didn't squeak.
Pei Tan was born in a famous family, but she was already the most inferior person, except for a life that could be used, what else was valuable. Even if it is this life, it is not useful at all times.
After a long time, Pei Tanwu stared at the girl's face again and said slowly: "It is not good for a girl to have a scar on her body. "The skin of the body, the parents who receive it, especially the skin of women, although Datang is open, it is still strict with women.
Jing Wan'er looked at Pei Tan with quiet eyes, her eyebrows and eyes were delicate, and she had a morbid style when she said this.
"Wan'er is a slave, it doesn't matter if she has sores on her body, thank you for your care. Wan'er stayed by Miss Lin's side tonight, waiting for her to wake up. ”
Pei Tan couldn't help but sink his eyes. "Pei County, you go out and guard first." For the past two days, this silent secret guard has guarded the passage between the study and the bedroom like a nighthawk, otherwise it will become an opportunity for those with bad intentions.
Pei Guard withdrew silently.
Pei Tan and Jing Wan'er stood beside Lin Jingjing's bed together, he looked at the girl's seemingly fearless face, and suddenly said lightly: "Now Zong Chuke wants to kill you, but if he finds that he can't succeed, he may use your identity to deal with you." ”
Jing Wan'er's identity is that she is a fugitive palace maid, and after the sinner, she is a fugitive slave in the palace, and her own forbidden army will personally clean her up.
Jing Wan'er's face was indifferent, neither surprised nor afraid: "From the moment Wan'er ventured back to Chang'an, she was never afraid to face such a situation. "She'd thought of everything for a long time, and still didn't care about anything.
Pei Tan glanced at Jing Wan'er, it should be said that there was a thread connecting him and this woman, Jing Wan'er acted so boldly, as if she didn't care about her life or death.
"My lord," Jing Wan'er said with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and slowly said to Pei, "What's more, Wan'er hasn't already told the adults, the adults have taken Wan'er in, and Wan'er will do her best to help the adults break the current situation." ”
Jing Wan'er didn't think that if there was a person who could clear the Jing family's grievances and overturn the previous case, only Pei Tan in the entire Datang might be able to do it.
Because of Pei Tan's background, resourcefulness, and the official position of Dali Siqing, he has all the necessary conditions.
But she wouldn't speak. Jing Wan'er, as a palace maid, fights for her life like this, nothing more than that she can't clear her family's grievances, she can only live and die together.
Pei Tan looked at the girl, his eyes were gloomy, as if he had seen through something: "Why are you bothering." ”
Jing Wan'er lowered her head softly: "There are always things in this world that you may not be able to do, but you can't help but do." ”
Jing Wan'er said that she would repay Pei to talk about the grace of life, she refused to escape from Wuzhou, and chose to return to the wolf's den of Chang'an, which already explained what she was going to do.
Her will has always been linked to the exiled family.
Wan'er also has a word to tell the adults, although it seems that Dali Temple is being beaten passively now, but it is precisely because those people can't catch the handle of the adults. The adults don't have to do anything now, they just need to wait for the person behind them to show their feet. "To remain the same, should change. It is the best strategy for the enemy not to move, and it is best to not move me.
Pei Tan looked at Jing Wan'er, and the girl had a smile similar to the one she once had. It's a bit like you've been in the dark for too long, and you can already see a corner of it.
The next day, Lin Jingjing woke up.
The perseverance shown by this woman was deeper than anyone could have thought.
Jing Wan'er retracted the hand she was wiping and smiled: "Miss Lin." ”
Lin Jingjing stared at this face that she had only seen once, and obviously still had an impression: "Where am I?" ”
Jing Wan'er handed her a bowl of water, "This is Dali Temple." ”
Lin Jingjing's hand holding the bowl trembled, and the water in the bowl was almost spilled.
Jing Wan'er looked at her softly, she knew too well how fragile such a woman who escaped death was, and she knew what Lin Jingjing needed most now.
"Miss Lin, you must already know, you were chased and killed and escaped from your shelter. The man who pursues you will not let you go, and you will be stabbed...... So far, it's hurt. ”
As Jing Wan'er's words fell, Lin Jingjing recalled everything that was terrible, her face was pale, her hands gradually covered her face, and whimpering sounds couldn't stop coming from her fingers.
Jing Wan'er let her vent first, Lin Jingjing has been in a coma for so long, and she still has the most terrifying memories before she fell into a coma, if this emotion is not declared, even if she wakes up, she will not live long.
Pei Tan looked at the files of the Jing family in the study, when the Jing family was directly convicted by the holy decree, and the criminal department sent someone to escort the criminal minister to the place of exile. There is not even a record in Dali Temple, and in the Pei family, there are people who work in the copywriting database of the Criminal Department, so in Pei Tan's hands, there will be this copy of the trial record.
From beginning to end, Jing Zheren did not admit his guilt, and the Criminal Department even concealed the record of his angry scolding and resistance in court.
Jing Zheren's personality is like this, it can be seen why Jing Wan'er is today's Wan'er.
This is probably the only case in which the person being tried has been almost thrown out of the penal colony without even signing a signature.
Jing Wan'er is the only daughter of Jing Zheren, and when she was less than ten years old, she became the only person who remained in Chang'an.
All the adult women, and all the men of the clan, were not spared.
The family clan is growing stronger, and even the middle sect feels threatened. Although he favored Webster and gave Webster almost half of the world's glory, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven after all, and once the heart of the Son of Heaven changes, it is bound to make the whole world be martyred.
Now that Zhongzong wants to establish his authority, he wants to have a sword in his hand, so he thought of the Jing family, who was regarded as an ant at the beginning.
A victim of the court struggle.
These are the four big characters that Pei Tan clearly wrote on the table after reading the entire case.
After Jing Zheren, there is no official from a civilian background in the Tang Dynasty, which is naturally not a coincidence.
The family and the clan have firmly grasped the channels for promotion and career in their own hands since then, and all the people who stand in the court are more or less the wings they have grown.
Outside on Chang'an Street, countless people who have traveled thousands of miles to catch the exam, ten years of cold windows, three days of big exams, and what awaits them in the end is only the despair that all their efforts have come to naught.
And even more desperate, they will continue to wait for the next decade until they are exhausted.
The relatives of the sect who are high above are full of ants overlooking the world. Zhongzong is not confused, and in the three years of the imperial examination, no one has broken through. But even if the Ninety-Five Venerable is what, one person can't resist the power of the clan.
"It was the adults who rescued you back to Dali Temple." Seeing Lin Jingjing's question, Jing Wan'er said slowly.
Lin Jingjing was stunned, she didn't seem to believe that her life would be worth saving by a Dali Siqing.
Jing Wan'er said quietly: "When you came to find an adult, didn't you just want the adult to help you. It is precisely because the adults did not leave it alone that you did not become a nameless corpse in the streets and alleys of Chang'an. ”
When she heard a corpse, Lin Jingjing's expression moved obviously, and the deeper the terrifying scene was in her mind, the more difficult it was to erase it, and all her thoughts at that time seemed to be only one, to live.
Jing Wan'er continued to say slowly: "Moreover, if there is anyone else in this world who can help you, it is only an adult. ”
In this way, it can deter Jing Wan'er and Lin Jingjing.
Lin Jingjing's beautiful eyes were full of tears: "As long as I can help Fan Gongzi, I am willing to say anything." ”
Jing Wan'er knew that when this woman woke up, she would face more than so much cruelty, and the most cruel one was now in the autopsy room of Dali Temple.
Jing Wan'er stared at Lin Jingjing, when Zhongzong asked her to go out of the palace to identify the body, she asked if she still remembered the bits and pieces of her brother.
It was so cruel to ask her if she remembered, to make sure that the first time she saw the corpse, she could recognize it as her brother himself.
Now Jing Wan'er doesn't want to inflict this pain on others, but the biggest difference between Lin Jingjing and her is probably that Lin Jingjing has the consciousness of facing her lover's death from the moment she beats the drum outside Dali Temple.
"Since your lord is in charge of your case, it will be until the day when the truth is revealed. If you're ready, I'll let you go and see the adults at any time. Jing Wan'er said that Pei Tan is the master of Dali Temple, and he has his own decision on how to use Lin Jingjing's move.
Lin Jingjing, who survived for Fan Wenjun, immediately grabbed Jing Wan'er's shoulder: "Let me ask to see the adult now, I have something to say." ”
Lin Jingjing was seriously ill, and she shouldn't be emotional, but Jing Wan'er looked at her, like looking at herself when the Jing family was raided, no matter how angry she was, she couldn't calm down at all.
"My father used to be a tribute student in Mianzhou Township, and he was born the same as your Fan Gongzi." Jing Wan'er thought for a while and said, "He won the first place in the township examination at the age of twenty, and was later recommended by the township to enter Beijing for reference. He came to Chang'an on foot from Mianzhou, and slept in the stable the day before the big exam, and later released the list, knowing that he won the top three places in the palace examination that year. ”
A common man actually won the first place, which made those Chang'an talents who boasted of outstanding talent change their faces.
These past events were all told to Jing Wan'er when her mother was alive. Her husband was so talented, and her face was full of satisfaction and reverence.
Lin Jingjing was stunned, and she didn't know what she remembered, and tears fell.