The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 424 The Scholar and the Villain
The scholar surnamed Zhang saw that she didn't seem to be angry, so he was no longer afraid and said: "Now in Chang'an City, etiquette is breaking down. Since the princess is asking this, Xiao Ke must be brave enough to say it!"

"The late emperor was so immoral that he lost Kyoto and fled to Chang'an in panic. He did not think about progress and only cared about all kinds of enjoyment, so that the whole city of Chang'an was in a state of chaos and there was no morality at all!"

"As for His Royal Highness Prince Changling," the scholar surnamed Zhang continued, "he is so aggressive that he knows that the world is difficult and does not think about how to appease the people. He still goes to the north to attack cities and seize territory. This is just because he is afraid that other kings will become too powerful in the future and threaten him. That’s all.”

"It's ridiculous that a few years ago, you still pretended to be indifferent to worldly affairs. Now that the late emperor has died, your ambitions have been exposed. It's really ridiculous!"

Geng Qiteng behind him pulled out his saber in a flash: "Ignorant madman, you know nothing!"

The scholar surnamed Zhang was startled and slumped down on the chair. If he were not sitting at this moment, he would not be able to stand at all.

"What's the matter? Just now you let me talk to you, now you're so angry that you're so embarrassed?"

Jing Li waved Geng Qi to step back and said to the scholar named Zhang, "Have you been to Beidi?"

The scholar surnamed Zhang didn't know how Jingli asked this question, so he said calmly: "My ancestors are all in Chang'an. They have never traveled far, so I have never been to such desolate places!"

"The sage said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. It makes sense!" Jingli looked at the three of them and said, "I have never been to the North, but the prince and I have exchanged letters!"

"Unfortunately, today is the time when the letter comes. Why don't you guys take a look at what this Northland is like!"

Tantai Lin set out at the end of April and arrived in the north in early May. A few days later, he won a small victory, which dampened the spirit of the Jie people. When he was resting and gathering the morale of the army, he had nothing to do, just like last year, he defeated the people over there. She drew the situation and illustrated it with text.

Then there was a sticky letter, which was full of his longing for her. Jingli had never known that such a person could talk about love for free, and his words were touching and exciting. .

Jing Li handed over the picture album, but the three scholars across from him were a little afraid to pick it up. This was a family letter from Prince Changling. Could there be anything ulterior in it? If they read it, their lives would be in danger. Yes, is it possible that this is the princess's way of killing people without blood?
The scholar surnamed Zhang gritted his teeth and took the album, opened it and looked at it, and then his expression froze. Seeing this, the two people next to him also leaned over to take a look.

As soon as I saw this, I felt my stomach churn, and I couldn't hold back what I had eaten in the morning.

The northern land is dry and cold all year round, which is not suitable for planting. The people there mostly rely on hunting or the meager income from the fields to eke out a living.

But even so, they still can't stop the arrogance of the Marian Jie tribe. They regard the Northland as their natural granary, come to rob them when there is nothing to eat, and even kidnap the people of the Northland and sell them as slaves.

After Tantai Lin took over the Northland, he defeated the Jie tribe in Youshui. From then on, the Jie tribe was frightened and did not dare to easily harass the Northland people, which allowed the war-torn Northland people to breathe and develop.

But they never thought that last year the White Lotus Army attacked Chang'an, and this year the old emperor suddenly passed away, and the world was once again in chaos, making these Jie people feel that they had an opportunity to make a comeback.

What Tantai Lin sent was the suffering that the people of the North experienced when he first arrived in the North.

The scholar surnamed Zhang is named Zhang Ce, and he is a branch of the Zhang family in Puzhou. The first picture he opened at this time was a group of Jie tribe soldiers skewering a child of about three or four years old alive with knives and framing him. Roasted over the fire like a suckling pig.

The following is the boy Tantai Lin noted: The child is four years old, and there are seven people in the family. His parents and elders were all killed by the Jie people's cavalry, his brother was sold as a slave, his sister worked as a military prostitute, and the remaining children under ten years old were killed by the Jie people. Everyone eats it.

Tantai Lin's painting skills are excellent, and he is also influenced by the meticulous realism given by Jing Li. The painting is so lifelike that it makes people feel as if they are immersed in the painting. The visual impact can directly hit people's hearts.Chuck, Lin Wenxun, and Yao Sijiu felt their stomachs turning and felt extremely uncomfortable.

Then it turned to the next picture. This picture immediately made the three of them blush. They immediately glared at Jing Li: "Princess, this is such an immoral thing. The prince, the head of a county, painted it openly, and the princess had the nerve to show it to others." , simply”

When it comes to the back part, it seems so filthy that it’s hard to talk about it.

Jing Li said calmly: "A wise man once said that a person with a filthy heart will see filth everywhere he looks, but a person with a bright heart will see everything bright and clear!"

"The prince painted this picture to let future generations remember that stability in prosperous times is hard to come by. We must remember that troubled times are cruel and cherish the present!"

"When I saw this scene, I thought of the cruelty of the Jie people and the difficulty of the Northerners. How can we expel the Tartar barbarians and restore a peaceful world to the Northerners!"

"After you have read it, what you are thinking about is the affair between men and women. Could it be that you are studying just to criticize women? Do you judge people behind their backs?"

The three of them were flushed with shame. They had just been suspected of gossiping about people behind their backs. In this album, a naked woman was tied to a horse's tail, a wooden stake, and a fire. It was like hell as far as the eye could see. Tragic.

And what they first thought of, as the princess said, was not the cruelty of the Jie people, nor the suffering of the Bei people, but the immorality of men and women guarding against each other.

Seeing the awkward expressions on the three people's faces, Jing Li continued, "What are you scholars doing?"

"Is it to serve the imperial court one day and benefit the people of the world?"

"Or for the sake of the family's great cause, work hard to gather power and make the family prosperous for generations?"

"Or maybe you don't want a woman like me to come forward, and all you have learned is to attack women, for fear that a humble woman will one day surpass you, leaving you speechless and living?"

"Nonsense!" Lin Wenxun was furious: "How can I be such a short-sighted person? When studying, I take it as my duty to stabilize the country and govern the world. The princess's words are really too insulting!"

"Really?" Jing Li sneered: "But now the world is in chaos and the people are displaced. If you really have ambitions for the world, shouldn't you be actively preparing or making plans on how to settle the refugees? How to develop the people's livelihood economy?"

Jing Li's face turned cold when she said this: "But the three of you are just here, criticizing others and pointing out the country. What's the difference between these three people and the sinister villain hiding in the dark?"

This was an extremely serious statement. Scholars have always valued appearance the most, but now they were called a villain by Jingli, but there was no way to refute. Several people were so ashamed that they wished they could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

When Jing Li saw that several people's faces were red, he stood up and said the next sentence: "In three days' time, we will gather at the Hanmo Pavilion in the city to collect good strategies for managing the refugees. If anyone adopts them, they will be granted an official position, money, and silk."

"If you really have that big ambition, then give it a try. A man should have his ambitions in all directions, not argue with women!"

(End of this chapter)