Chapter 65: Zhaojing
For some reason, the emperor seems to have finally made up his mind and issued an edict, which was scheduled to be beheaded after the autumn. The edict was pasted on the imperial city, and soon the news spread through the streets. The people talked a lot, and most of them felt sorry for it, and since King Rui entered the dynasty, he has done a lot of things that are beneficial to the people. For scholars, he set up a diligent school to provide free accommodation and a place to study for poor students who traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to take the exam, and also gave a lot of subsidies to talented students; There are also some unjust, false and wrongly decided cases that have been cleared up after the retrial, and the soldiers and masters on the street who patrol have also restrained a lot, and they will not blatantly come around. He even set up a women's pavilion for ordinary women to read and learn calligraphy, although this is a bit of a chicken rib, but in general, the air in Kyoto seems to have become exceptionally fresh. Therefore, when they heard that King Rui was about to be executed, everyone felt a little resentful, but no one dared to wave their flags and shout for it on the street, after all, the swords of those officers and soldiers would unceremoniously greet people's necks. People only dare to discuss it in private, and occasionally some of the bold will curse in a low voice. There are also some people who just think that Kyoto is a little too boring these days, and when they hear that someone is going to be beheaded, they suddenly get a little excited, like flies smelling fishy meat, and they rush to take a look. I even count the days with my fingers crossed, as if I was waiting for some wonderful festival, but I felt that the time was a little long.
Looking at such an atmosphere, Liang Jian only felt that even if he pulled the emperor down, the next road was still a long way to go. Yan Shi has also had a headache these days, the emperor has taken him back to Kyoto in the name of the prince's rescue, in order to make the prince more stable to sit on the throne, he will execute King Rui, and parade through the streets before the execution, which is clearly to lead them to the hook to save people. But they can only save people, and King Rui is their last hole card. Liu Yueming and Yuan Xi didn't care much about this, their enemy was the emperor, and for Xuanwumen, whether it was the crown prince or King Rui sitting on the throne, there was no difference. The power of the world has always been firmly in the hands of men, and this is not what they want.
Although it is said that the king of Rui will be more enlightened, what is the use of that? It's just a little sweetness for women, so that they can fight for power and be willing to become vassals of men. If this is the case, they would rather let the women suffer and be persecuted to the point of intolerability, so that they will have the consciousness of resistance, and only absolute oppression can eventually lead to absolute resistance. For them, this kind of small kindness is more terrifying than tyranny.
"So...... Do you want a woman to be the emperor in the end? Liang Jian took the opportunity to ask, his eyes full of inquiry.
"Why not? The man has been sitting in this seat for thousands of years, and it is time for a change. Yuan Xi thought that Liang was helping Yan Shi speak, so he glanced at her with great disdain, and snorted disdainfully.
Liang Jian didn't pay attention to her dislike, but then asked, "Then do you have a candidate?" ”
Speaking of this, Yuan Xi and Liu Yueming's expressions were a little ugly, they tacitly thought that the door master was the most suitable candidate, although the door master said that he wanted to cultivate one over the years, so he fell in love with Xie Yaohuan and planned to cultivate it. But the two of them still hope that the master of the door can sit on the throne, they respect her very much in their hearts, and she has single-handedly operated the Xuanwu Gate for more than ten years and has grown to such a point, she is the most suitable in terms of ability. The two glanced at Xie Yaohuanhuan with complicated expressions, she was indeed determined and ...... Hard, but he doesn't seem to like being an emperor and yearns for freedom. Xie Yaohuan silently turned his head, not daring to come out, trying his best to reduce his sense of existence. Seeing this, the two had even more headaches.
"In this case, why don't you choose King Rui, who is a woman with you." Yan Shi squinted and smiled, like a cunning fox, he said softly, "When Shentu was powerful, the emperor chose the woman of the Shentu family, Shentu Shu, to enter the palace as a concubine. Because the Shentu family has grown, she has gained a lot of favor. Soon after, she became pregnant. It's just that...... During her pregnancy, the Shentu family was designed by Ye Ji," saying this, his expression became a little terrifying, and his eyes were angry, but he quickly recovered, and said as if nothing happened, "Shentu was destroyed, and she was also implicated and thrown to the palace to fend for herself." The palace lacked food and clothing, and was almost starved to death several times, and in order to survive, he lied that he had given birth to a baby boy. When the emperor sent someone to check, she brought the children of the surrounding peasant women and pretended to be fooled. The emperor did not have many heirs, so the mother and daughter barely had enough to eat. ”
"Woman?!" Yuan Xi and Liu Yueming exclaimed in unison, this sudden news surprised them. Xie Yaohuan was shocked and relieved.
"Yes, I can prove it." Liang Jian raised his hand and said loudly. The first time she saw Zhaojing, she felt that she was very familiar, and she always felt that she couldn't remember where she had seen it. Until that day, when Zhaojing gave her painkillers, he whispered in her ear, "Thank you for the wild chrysanthemum, I like it very much." "The long-sealed memory finally awakened, this is the little sister she rescued in the small mountain village where the woman was abducted and trafficked.
Later, when I asked Yan Shi, he told her what happened. Two years after Shen Tu Shu gave birth to the child, Shen Tu Ling, also known as Yan Shi, found the two of them. Since then, he has been planning and planning, secretly cultivating this child, teaching her Aoshuang swordsmanship and benevolent strategy, the first three years are permanent there, and then he will always take a few days a month to teach him, fortunately, this child is very talented, and he can understand it at one point.
However, there were unforeseen circumstances, and the imperial court seemed to have calculated when he was not there, so he was teaching him in the palace when he sent troops to attack Fuyue Cliff. As soon as he received the news, he immediately rushed back, but it was still too late, and when it was over, Fuyue Cliff was full of blood, everyone was scattered, and countless dead and wounded. Zhaojing, the kid, was also anxious, and kept asking Tu Shu to dissuade him from running out to help. On the way, I met a woman who asked for help and wanted to help, but I didn't want to be stabbed in the back, and I fell unconscious after being drugged. When he woke up, he was in the cellar, his hands and feet were chained, and his sword was gone. I couldn't do my best, and I suffered day and night.
In desperation, Liang Jian saved her. Then, Yan Shi finally found her. At that time, I learned that Shen Tushu was worried day and night for a month after he left, and finally failed to make it to see her again. She cried for a day and a night at her mother's spirit card, and then it seemed like she had completely changed her appearance.
Shen Tu Shu was dead, and she revised thirteen letters in a row to ask to return to Beijing, but the emperor ignored them, and those letters were also lost. Just when she was about to design to win over the general Fuguang, the emperor wanted to welcome her back to the palace for some reason.
Even though she knew that this trip was auspicious, she still resolutely embarked on the road back to Beijing.
After hearing this, Liu Yueming and Yuan Xi were still skeptical. Who knows if this is a story that the two colluded to win them over, Liang Jian seemed to see their concerns, and continued......