Kuai Chuan's face-slapping gold finger

Chapter 66

Yang Zhao woke up from his lethargy. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a woman sitting beside the bed. She looked familiar, she seemed to be Nie Xiangwen's biological mother Lin.

Seeing him waking up, the other party burst into tears, threw herself on him, and cried, "My son, you finally woke up, it's all mother's fault..."

This... what's going on?

Yang Zhao was still dizzy. He passed out just after he got off the embankment that day. The mental and physical exhaustion of the past few days made it difficult for him to hold on.

"The flood peak is over?"

Only then did Lin realize that she was being abrupt. She sat up straight, wiped away her tears, and said with a smile, "This time it's over. I heard from the prefect that the heavy rain has stopped in the upper reaches of several state capitals, and the water level has begun to drop."

Yang Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Lin with doubts: "You are..."

Lin's eyes were hot again, she endured it and said: "I am the Shen family in the capital, Lin Chengbi, the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Shen, is your biological mother."

It turned out that Mrs. Lin had seen the scar on Nie Shan'en's back that day, and she already had an inexplicable affection for him, so she believed it very much. She finally decided to thoroughly investigate what happened back then. How could the state government officials be unwilling to curry favor with her? After an investigation, the real identities of Nie Xiangwen and Nie Shanen were found out. Those things are not secret, it was just that Lin didn't want to investigate in detail before.

Nie Shan'en was not valued since he was a child, and he was like a servant in the Nie family. Nie Dafu and Mrs. Ma even planned to abandon him. Later, Nie Dafu's sister came to persuade him, saying that there might be noble people looking for him in the future, so they stayed. Nie Huen, and gave him such a name.

Pay back, pay back, pay whose favor?
Later, Nie Shan'en separated from his family and disappeared without a trace. Nie Dafu and Mrs. Ma had long since given up on the so-called "noble man", and they didn't take it seriously at first, until Mrs. Lin came to find her not long ago.

Feeling guilty, the Nie family couldn't resist the temptation of the Shen family, so they took the risk and put a scar on Nie Xiangwen, took the tokens of the year to the Lin family, and asked Nie Xiangwen to pretend to be the blood of the Shen family to recognize his ancestors.

In fact, when Lin first saw Nie Xiangwen, she did not feel a sense of familiarity and intimacy. She could not find the shadow of the Shen and Lin families in Nie Xiangwen, but she was afraid of disappointment. Facing the tokens and scars, she seemed to grasp the life-saving straw. I don't want to pursue anything.

For 20 years, she missed her child so much.

"It's my mother who's sorry for you, woo woo..." Lin said and started crying again.

Hearing Lin's words, Yang Zhao was not very surprised. He had already suspected in his heart that not only was Nie Dafu treated differently from Ma, but even his appearance was that Nie Xiangwen and them were more like a family, and he probably picked it up. It's just that it wasn't mentioned in the jade slips, so he didn't go into it.

It seems that the increased difficulty of the task mentioned by Yu Ling also includes the information revealed in it.

He needs to trust his own judgment more.

In August, the flood finally came to an end. Eight of the twelve counties in Huzhou were flooded, among which Qingyong and Defeng counties were the worst.

The flood peak is gone, but the flood has not receded. The pain caused by the flood cannot be healed overnight, and the post-disaster reconstruction is a long-term process.

The imperial envoy stayed in Huzhou to supervise the aftermath of the flood. Yang Zhao was finally able to return to Xingyang County. All the places of the scriptures bowed down and shouted in unison: "Farewell to Mr. Nie!"

The sound spread thousands of miles, resounding through the world!
Yang Zhao thanked him all the way, and walked for two or three hours in just a few miles.

When Yang Zhao entered the boundary of Xingyang County with a hundred or so husbands, Mr. Yu Miao had already met him twenty miles away from the outskirts of the city. Seeing her rosy complexion, Yang Zhao felt at ease. Although he had written letters from time to time, he was always worried when he didn't see each other. .

Mrs. Lin also got out of the sedan chair. She knew that she was going to marry Mrs. Mrs. Zhang. At this time, she held his hand and looked at her carefully. Dignified and decent, she was overjoyed, and after learning that Zhang Yuantong was three months pregnant, she cried out of joy.

The Shen family will be passed down from generation to generation.

Also excited is Yang Zhao, his rare dementia appearance, although he has been a father countless times in several lifetimes, he is still not less moved. Whenever they leave a world, the most reluctant thing is always their children .

The rest of the folks came forward to congratulate them one after another. A rich man said that he would build a golden body for the young master, and Gui Qi expressed that he wanted to be a guard for the young master.

From a distance, they had already seen the city gate of Xingyang County. The old bricks and stones were mottled with time, leaving traces of history. Several civilian husbands knelt down on the spot and kissed the ground under their feet.

Xingyang, they finally came back here again.

This is their home!

After walking another mile, they didn't realize that there were many people guarding the city outside the city until they were near the city gate. There were county government officials and country gentry people, tens of thousands of them.

Seeing Nie Shan'en coming, the crowd consciously gave way. Four big men carried a stone tablet to the front, and a line of words was engraved on the stone tablet-"All the people of Xingyang County pray for the longevity of Nie Shan'en's life".

Yang Zhao felt hot in his chest, his eyes became hot, and he saluted deeply again.

The Taifu once said that the way to be a king is to love the common people first. The backbone of a gentleman cannot be broken, but there is nothing wrong with serving the people.

The common people lined up to greet each other, and when Yang Zhao returned to the county government, it was already evening. He invited Dian Shi and his colleagues to go to the prison to investigate, and found out that Nie Xiangwen had colluded with bandits and intended to rob Xingyang County. Show.

Yang Zhao immediately ordered to arrest Nie Xiangwen!

Two days later, Nie Xiangwen, Nie Dafu, and Mrs. Ma were arrested and brought to justice. After their family heard that Mrs. Lin went to Dongshan Village to investigate what happened in the past, they fled with a guilty conscience. At first, they mistakenly thought that Mrs. Lin had sent them , Nie Xiangwen thought about Yilin's temperament, and he would be a bit of a board at worst, so he didn't hide in the space, and let the officials tie him back.

When he entered the yamen and learned that he was accused of colluding with bandits, Nie Xiangwen was completely shocked. Didn't those bandits all get cleaned up? !
At this time, Yang Zhao sent a witness to the court, and it was the bandit leader.

The bandit leader who was blind in one eye looked at Nie Xiangwen coldly, and told him how the butler of Nie's house contacted him, how he tipped him off, and how he wanted to silence him afterwards. Fortunately, the magistrate's wife was prepared and let him Save your life for now.

After he finished talking about the cause and effect, the people who were watching had already gritted their teeth with hatred, and for the instigator Nie Xiangwen, they could not wait to eat his flesh, eat his blood, and sleep on his skin!

And old man Nie and Mrs. Ma couldn't believe their ears, they were so shocked by the bandit leader's words!How dare Erlang have such guts?You must know that once the robbery of the government's granary is caught, it can be completely convicted of treason, and the nine clans will be punished!
The two of them couldn't even cry, their faces were ashen and lifeless, like dead leaves that had been ravaged by a strong wind...

Even Nie Xiangwen's wife, Liu Lan'er, took this opportunity to propose a divorce. She had already had enough of Nie Xiangwen's lust, and this time the Nie family ran away, leaving her alone in Nie's house!
Seeing that Nie Xiangwen was no longer able to turn himself around, Yang Zhao threw out the wooden sign and was about to convict him. Suddenly, under the eyes of everyone, Nie Xiangwen with the wooden shackle disappeared out of thin air...

Everyone present thought it was an illusion, they rubbed their eyes vigorously, but it really disappeared...?
Nie Xiangwen naturally hid in the space. He deeply hated himself for not being vigilant enough to cause the current crisis. At this moment, he was escorted into the county office. Be vigilant, he can escape in the night!

This wait lasts for six or seven days. There is a blue pool to drink in the space. Although he is not full, he will not die of hunger and thirst. On this day, he calculated that the time is almost up, so he closed his eyes and said silently: I want to go out. !

After a whirlwind, he fell to the ground. Before he could adapt to the light outside, he heard a "whoosh" scream, accompanied by a sharp wind passing by his ear. Nie Xiangwen only felt a numbness in his right ear, followed by severe pain. , It hurts so badly.

On the ground, there is a piece of bloody ears.

"Ahhhhh!" Nie Xiangwen covered his right ear and rolled on the ground screaming, he had to use Bichi to repair his body as soon as possible, otherwise he would definitely die of pain.

"Go in!"

"I'm going in!"

"Bichi! Let me in!!!"

However, the space is as if it never existed, and there is no response.

At this moment, the county government office was brightly lit, and under the firelight, Yang Zhao's face was reflected much softer, but the words he uttered were cold and heartless: "Since you are a monster, you should be tied up and burned to death."

"No!!! Let me go! Please, don't kill me!!!"

Nie Xiangwen's liver and gallbladder are torn, but unfortunately everything is a foregone conclusion.

He was taken to the square, his mouth and nose were sealed, and he was tied to a wooden stake. There were wicker and firewood piled under the stake. Several guards stood on both sides holding torches, and other guards surrounded the city. People from Xingyang County were crowded outside.

That's a monster, it's the first time they've seen each other.

"Mom, what kind of monster did he turn into?"

When the woman saw her child, she was startled and said, "Why are you here? Go back!"

"No, I want to watch Shayao! Dan'er said he was transformed from a potato spirit."

"I didn't! Grandma said he was transformed from a hot pot spirit..." A seven or eight-year-old boy distinguished with a red face.

"Don't talk nonsense! Hot pot can also become good?" The woman left with the two children, saying that the eyes of the children are the cleanest, what if they see dirty things?
Behind them, a raging fire ignited, reflecting the night sky of Xingyang County blood red.

The green mountains are far away, the wind is rustling, and it is another autumn.

In the shade of maple and mangrove trees, hundreds of houses are integrated into a large courtyard, covering a total of seventy or eighty acres of land. A plaque is hung above the gate of the courtyard, and the inscription "Xingyang Academy" is written on it.

Gui Chengling handed in the sign and entered Zangshu Pavilion. He is now a student of Xingyang Academy.

When it comes to Xinglin Academy, everyone in Hongguo knows it, because its founder is the youngest "three-yuan" champion in Hongguo. After two generations of emperors, Shen Qianen, the official secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was appointed less than [-] years old. , just when everyone thought he would be hand-picked into the cabinet, he resigned and returned to his hometown to start this Xingyang Academy.

In the past 30 years, the Academy has cultivated countless talents for Hongguo, including 37 Jinshi, 120 Juren, and even more outstanding talents. Today, the Zuofu Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and the new entrants The Dongge University Bachelors in the cabinet all studied in Xingyang Academy.Three years ago, when the new emperor ascended the throne, he specially summoned the head of the mountain, Shen Qian'en, and personally wrote the plaque of "Xingyang Academy". So far, Xingyang Academy has become the first academy in Hongguo.

Gui Chengling's family background is not obvious, his father is just a commander, and he was able to study here thanks to the friendship between his great-grandfather and the head of the mountain. He once overheard people saying that his great-grandfather was just a bastard in a gambling shop when he was young. Later, after following the head of the mountain, he gradually became promising.

There are more than thousands of books in the Book Pavilion. Gui Chengling searched for a long time, but he couldn't find the "Thousand-Character Essay" written by the head of the mountain. It is said that only those who are destined can meet each other. Could it be that he really has no destiny?Gui Chenglin sighed maturely, he is eight years old this year, just at the age of enlightenment, but at this moment he is as worried as a little old man.

"Little friend, why are you sighing?" In the silence, an old voice suddenly sounded.

When Gui Chengling turned around, he turned out to be an old man with white beard and hair. He looked familiar, maybe he was the old man who manages books in Cangshu Pavilion?Seeing the friendly expression on the other side, Gui Chengling pouted and said, "Grandpa, where did you put Shanzhang's "Thousand Characters"? Linger searched all over and couldn't find it."

The old man laughed and asked him, "Have you started to learn "Thousand Characters"? How is it going?"

"I can already recite the entire text!" Gui Chengling proudly puffed out his small chest.

"Oh? Zifu is the king, what's the next sentence of Yan Yujing?"

"For filial piety, do your best, and for loyalty, do your best." Gui Chengling shook his head and said loudly.

"Brother Kong Huai, what about the same spirit?"

"Make friends and score points, cut and sharpen the rules."

"The messenger can be answered, but the desire of the instrument is hard to measure. What's the solution?"

"Mo Beisiran... Eh? Explain it..." Gui Chengling scratched his head. The gentleman hadn't said this sentence yet, and the more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, fearing that if he answered wrongly, he would not get the "Shan Zhang" "Thousand-Character Essay", tears were already rolling in the eyes, and he said with a flattened mouth: "Grandpa, Linger doesn't know."

"Hehe, it is to tell you that what you have said must be fulfilled, you must stand repeated tests, and you must be big-hearted in dealing with people, and you must be inestimable." The old man patted Gui Chengling's head and walked Taking down the book from a row of shelves, he gently wiped the cover of the book, and then handed it to Gui Chengling: "The gentleman who gave me the book that day gave me four words, and today I will also give these four words to you. Little friend, I hope you can remember."

He read out slowly word by word: "Heaven rewards hard work!"

Gui Chengling took the book in a daze, and saw that it was the "Thousand Characters" written by the head of the mountain. He was overjoyed, his tears turned into a smile, and a bubble blew from his nose. He thanked the old man and jumped up. Bouncing away from the library.

When passing the lecture hall, there was a row of portraits hanging on the front of the inner hall. Gui Chengling glanced unconsciously. These scenes that he saw every day could not arouse his curiosity. Suddenly, he stopped and saw the third painting from the right. The person on the scene was very familiar - it was a middle-aged man about 40 years old, but his eyes were majestic, elegant and upright, like a treasure hidden in his chest.

Gui Chengling's eyes widened, he raised his feet and hurried to the Library Pavilion, he recognized that the old man just now was the head of Xingyang Academy!

When he returned to the book pavilion, there was no one there.

(End of this chapter)