Chapter 22: The Woman
"Oh?" Zhu Luan narrowed his eyes, and the man who followed Niangniang silently and often didn't say a word all day long appeared in front of him, as cold and hard as a stone.
He is the world's first-class great master.
It is also for a woman, who gives up a bright future and is willing to be a man who is only a shadow for the rest of his life.
What Princess Jinyang used to question her before, she just wanted to throw her brain to the man who didn't know where she was.
If he was still alive, how could the mother die!? How could he watch his mother die!? And in the eight years that Niangniang has been dead, he didn't go to find the murderer, but went into hiding?
"Who in this world will see him?" Zhu Luan gritted his teeth and asked.
"This ......" Princess Jinyang smiled bitterly, "Uncle Gu Shi said that the only one who could see him was the second national scholar of the Great Zhou. ”
"The second national soldier?" Zhu Luan smiled, "That is, only by becoming a national soldier can you be qualified to see his old man." ”
Jin Yang looked at her eyes in a daze, obviously with a playful smile, but for some reason she shuddered.
"I understand," Zhu Luan nodded, "Does that person say anything else?" ”
Got it? What did you learn? Princess Jinyang was confused, and added stubbornly, "He also said that he would give a famous sword as a reward to the scholar who obtained Wu Sanyuan. ”
"Famous sword? The famous sword in his hand must be extraordinary, did you say what the name of the sword was? ”
"This ......" Princess Jinyang suddenly stumbled, and Zhu Luan turned her head to look at her.
"It's the Hidden Sword." She replied.
Zhu Luan clenched his fists, as if smiling, "Using someone else's sword as a color head, he has such a big face." ”
Her expression was still calm, and her tone was not cold, but Princess Jinyang couldn't help but feel dangerous and fearful, and trembled again.
When Zhu Luan was fifteen years old and the queen of heaven gave her the famous sword Hidden Sword as a gift.
The hidden sword, also known as Cheng Yin, is one of the top ten famous swords in ancient times, is a delicate and elegant sword, cast in the Xia Dynasty, and the light sword, the night practice sword and called the three swords of Yin Tianzi. Legend has it that when it came out, "the dragon inherits the shadow, and the goose falls and forgets to return", so the name is the shadow. Because when it is fused with the blood of the sword owner, there is a shadow and an invisible shadow, so later generations call it the "hidden sword".
The hidden sword wandered all the way in history, and then fell into the hands of the Queen of Heaven, who in turn transferred it to Zhu Luan.
"You said someone borrowed your sword before you died...... Princess Jinyang asked hesitantly.
"Well, it's him, he said he wanted to help me remake a scabbard, so he borrowed it." Zhu Luan replied.
Princess Jinyang's face turned white, and a fool could find that this thing was simply coincidentally wrong, "Uncle Gu Shi, he ......"
Uncle Gu Shi has been loyal to the queen of heaven since he was a child, and he cares for the princess, Princess Jinyang, who has no father since she was a child, has always relied on him, and it is difficult for Princess Jinyang to doubt such an elder.
"I haven't seen him in person, so it's useless to be suspicious." She stood up and stood in front of the window with her hands in her hands.
"He is the closest to his mother, and it is impossible for him to know nothing in his realm, maybe he is the person in this world who knows best how his mother died, except for the murderer."
Zhu Luan looked at the scorching sky outside the window, "Only by seeing him in person can you figure out what happened back then." ”
However, Princess Jinyang looked embarrassed, "Unless he goes out of the mountain by himself, it is basically impossible to find a great grandmaster who is hidden." ”
"Didn't he provide a way to meet him," Zhu Luan said with a smile.
"You mean?" Princess Jinyang's eyes widened, her face full of incredulity, "Don't you want to become the second national warrior?" ”
"There's no way," Zhu Luan spread his hands, "only then can I hope to see him." ”
"But you're ......"
"Woman?" Zhu Luan asked rhetorically, "Is it possible that the women's national examination system established by Niangniang at great cost has been abolished?" ”
Since the accession to the throne of the Queen of Heaven, the first decree she issued was to allow women to participate in the next national examination and establish the so-called women's national examination system.
This decree shattered a thousand waves with one stone, and the forces of all parties strongly opposed it, and for a time, the civil and military officials boycotted the dynasty, and the students of Tiance Academy and Shendu staged a sit-in demonstration at the gate of the palace.
In the eyes of these officials and scholars, officialdom is a sacred place, how can it be allowed to be defiled by those women's homes.
It is only right for a woman to teach her husband and children in the backyard. Moreover, men and women are not kissed, men and women are in the same academy, examination room, and officialdom, and the women's national examination will undoubtedly corrupt the academic style and official discipline of the entire Great Zhou.
Under pressure, the queen of heaven had to temporarily revoke the decree, but then she would take out this set of plans every month to discuss in the court, with the queen of heaven Niangniang's iron fist to suppress the rebellion, the continuous stability of the imperial power, the original laughed off the women's national examination system in the queen of heaven Niangniang five years after the accession to the throne, finally overwhelmed the public opinion, to be implemented.
But none of the women signed up.
Although it is the result of the long-term efforts of the Queen of Heaven, but the battle with thousands of years of tradition, the resistance from all sides is too great, although the bill was written into the law of the Great Zhou, but in order to make the nobles and officials nod, many conditions were attached.
First of all, the family background must be innocent, and the merchant slave is not allowed to participate; secondly, it is necessary to get the recommendation of senior officials above the third grade; Finally, and the most demanding, the women's national examination requires both the literary test and the martial arts test to participate, and at the same time, the primary test must be passed first to confirm whether it has enough strength to participate in the competition, and the test standard is equal for men and women.
Under this kind of restriction, there are very few women who meet the conditions, regardless of the literary examination, the primary test of the martial arts examination is a test such as drawing a hard bow, moving a big stone, and fighting between men and women, and it is impossible to pass it if there is no woman who cultivates.
Even if there are women in the family who meet such conditions, those boudoir daughters will not dare to show their heads in a place full of men.
Whenever it comes, the first person to eat a crab under the new system is often the one who needs the most courage.
The man did not appear for a long time, and the women who were watching dispersed.
This system has become a piece of waste paper, and no one will talk about it again.
Hearing Zhu Luan's words, Princess Jinyang was stunned, "It shouldn't have been abolished." ”
A system that has become a laughing stock in vain, and the new emperor did not think of abolishing it after he ascended the throne.
"But even if it is not abolished," Princess Jinyang's eyes suddenly became serious, "It's not that you can participate if you want to." ”
"You first have to compete with those male candidates who have studied hard for many years, if you want to become a national soldier, you must become the top of the list, the literary and martial arts exams have to be like this, the literary exams will be put aside, your current body can't do it, I'm afraid you can't pass the qualification test of the martial arts exam!"
"This is not Tiance Academy, your opponent is the scholar of the entire Great Zhou, and the queen mother is no longer there, you are no longer a princess, and this body is no longer talented," Jin Yang's voice trembled slightly.
She felt that her sister was immersed in the achievements of her previous life and couldn't extricate herself, so she had such an idea that she didn't know the sky.
"Even if you pass the exam successfully, you will not be accepted by the official office with your status as a woman, discrimination, ridicule, and abuse are waiting for you, there will be no other women to participate in the national examination, you can only climb up alone, if you really have to participate, or simply dress up as a man, I can arrange ...... in this regard"
"No, you don't." Zhu Luan simply interrupted her words.
Women dressed as men, this is indeed a viable path. In the novels she reads in modern times, many of the seniors who have traveled through time have done just that. She is also not so great as to choose a difficult path to achieve a stepping stone on the road of feminism.
Compared with Jin Yang, who has been staying in the deep palace, she may know more about officialdom. This body was extremely fragile, and her body's reaction was not as resolute as her words, and the fear that came up from the bottom of her heart made her hands and feet a little cold.
But, she couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart.
Niangniang has worked hard for five years, presumably not to establish a system for women to dress up as men to participate in the national examination.
Zhu Luan raised his head and looked straight at Jinyang.
"- Why can't women take the national exam?"
"Of course, it's because of the woman's ......" Princess Jinyang had a lot of reasons to say, but looking at the woman opposite, she suddenly stopped talking.
Looking at the past from this angle, like the stars crumpled into her eyes, clear, enlightened, but stubborn, the setting sun perched on her long eyelashes, and there seemed to be bright and fine light falling on them.
"I want to try." Zhu Luan looked at Princess Jinyang's eyes and said seriously.
"It's not early, I have to go," looking at the sky, Zhu Luan said with a smile, "Everything that should be said has been said, you can rest assured that you can go to meditation here, and I will look for you again if there is something." With that, she walked to the door and pushed it with her hand.
Princess Jinyang silently watched the girl's slender back.
Sudden mutations.
A fierce palm wind suddenly hit Zhu Luan's back with strong force!
It's about to hit the empty door behind her!