"I've been reading poetry and books, and I have the world in my heart, why don't you dare to speak out and give advice? If you do it well, you can still make a name for yourself in history." Ban Hua's fingertips were as tender as green onions, she raised her chin slightly, and looked very arrogant. The officials felt annoyed that they were being despised.
"The military commander gained a good reputation by defending the border with the enemy, and the civil servants are naturally safe and secure for the country, throwing their heads and blood for the people for a lifetime," Ban Hua's eyes were slightly raised, and the extravagance was pressing, "Why do you all come to embarrass me, a weak woman? "
"If our death advice was useful, we wouldn't bother the county master today..."
"Aren't you still standing here?" Ban Hua lowered his eyelids and lowered his head to hold the fine porcelain official kiln tea cup on the table, "If it is useless for all of you to die, the little girl will go to the palace to see your majesty no matter what."
It's almost impossible to say this clearly, you go to death first, how do you know that death advice is useless if you don't die
"What a master of Fule County," an official said angrily, "it is because there are too many people like you who eat corpses, that you have ruined my great cause, and caused the people of the world to be hungry and clothed..."
"Your surname is Wang, right? I remember you saying that the Ban family is absurd and useless, and they are moths in the court," Ban Hua chuckled, "Sir Wang is so strong and dignified, how can someone like me help me? , didn't you lose your name?"
As soon as these words came out, the furious official suddenly looked like a deflated frog, with his mouth wide open but unable to speak. He did say this in front of several colleagues, but in a crowded place, he never said these words, how did the Fule County Master know
Could it be that some of his colleagues deliberately spread what he said to the ears of County Fule in order to please the family members of Ban
"Master Wang, don't be afraid," Ban Hua glanced at these people, and these officials avoided Ban Hua's gaze uncomfortably, not daring to look her in the eyes, "You are not the first person to speak ill of me, It's not the last one. In life, if no one commented and you were lonely, I don't blame you."
Ban Hua is talking about you, not you.
Seeing that several other colleagues looked uncomfortable, Mr. Wang felt a little less embarrassed. At least he was not the only one who made this mistake.
Among these people, only the champion of Xinke stood in front of Ban Hua without being humble or arrogant, and did not avoid her sight. He never said bad things about Ban Hua, and even after Xie Qilin eloped with others, he quarreled with others for Ban Hua.
It's just that he was not the champion at that time, and no one cared what he said.
"Forgive me for not being able to help you adults, please come back."
The other officials wanted to say more, but the new champion saluted: "I'll wait for the harassment, and leave."
"Do you come to visit, don't write greetings, don't bring gifts, are you considered a person who understands the rules?" After these people left, Ban Heng snorted coldly, "Don't worry about them, they are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and criticize the world, but at this juncture, they Don't dare to offend Your Majesty, but let you go, I really don't want any face."
"Now that you know they are such people, what's there to be angry about?" Ban Hua laughed softly, her tone full of ridicule, "When they were gossiping about me, how could they have thought that they would be in front of me today, I can't even lift my head up."
"This matter tells us a truth, do you know what it is?"
"Can't speak ill of people behind their backs?"
"No," Ban Hua shook her head, "when speaking ill of people, you have to choose the occasion, and what kind of colleagues and friends are not necessarily reliable. That man surnamed Wang spoke ill of his forefoot, and someone came to sue him that afternoon to please me. So In the face of power and interests, there are many people who are willing to be villains, and there are loyal and good friends in the world, but not everyone is."
"Sister, do you want me to say nothing in front of my friends?" Ban Heng blinked, "Don't worry, even if I want to tell people a shocking secret, I don't know what to say."
"That makes sense."
After nearly ten days, the capital was still extremely hot. Suddenly, an imperial decree came out from the palace, summoning Marquis Cheng An to the palace to face the Holy Spirit. Who knew that when Marquis Cheng An was halfway along, because of the open wound and the hot weather, he fainted in the carriage. middle. In the end, His Majesty could only ask the guards to send the Marquis of Cheng An back to the mansion, and the matter of facing the saints was not over.
When Marquis Cheng An woke up, he was extremely frightened, and even sent two memorials for his crimes. However, how could His Majesty punish Marquis Cheng An? Not only did he not blame him, but he let him feel at ease and nourished his body. show attention to it.
The seriously ill Marquis of Cheng'an was unable to enter the palace, but others already knew how much he was valued by His Majesty. The courtiers who supported the prince's line in the past began to show affection to him intentionally or unintentionally. Everyone knows that the second prince and the Marquis of Cheng'an do not deal with each other. The prince has always admired the Marquis of Cheng'an very much. To be able to help the prince beg for mercy, at least not let the second prince sit in this position.
Even Shi Chonghai, who originally had a bad relationship with the Marquis of Cheng'an, recently said some good things about the Marquis of Cheng'an from time to time to show his position.
Many people do not want the second prince to be enthroned, especially when there is new news from the disaster-stricken counties and counties, saying that after many refugees were shot and killed by the garrison, the criticism of the second prince in the DPRK is more than the tide.
The officials who came to ask Ban Huo to help and say good things did not die in front of the Dayue Palace after all. They just wrote poems about the country and the people to express their anger and worries. The only one who went to the Dayue Palace to kneel and beg His Majesty to meet him, he knelt in front of the Dayue Palace for four or five hours, and finally fainted under the scorching sun. He didn't see Emperor Yunqing. Officials were finally sacked from official positions and left at home.
When Ban Hua heard the news, he raised his eyebrows: "Finally, a real bloody person has emerged. This champion, what is his name?"
"Chen Yang, courtesy name He Yang, a native of Xuezhou," the guard replied, "the people outside laughed at him because he was a young man who didn't know how high the sky was, so he ended up like this."
"His move is indeed a bit impulsive, but the world needs people who are ignorant of the sky and the earth, so that someone can come out to do justice," Ban Hua put down the sandalwood incense fan in his hand, "Let someone prepare a gift and send it to this Chen in my name. Go to Zhuang Yuan's house."
"County Master, this Chen Zhuangyuan doesn't have a mansion, and now he lives in a rented courtyard," the guard said. "Now that he has no official position, I'm afraid he can't even rent a courtyard."
"Then add three hundred taels of silver to send it over." For Ban Hua, let alone three hundred taels, even if three thousand taels are given away, it is only a matter of a few words, but she knows very well that with this Chen Zhuangyuan's character, if the silver tael exceeds a few hundred taels, even if he is killed, he will not accept it.
"Master, isn't it wrong to do this?"
"What's wrong, who in the whole capital doesn't know that I and the second prince are disgusted with each other, what if I'm willing to help someone who doesn't like him?" Ban Hua sneered, "He's just King Ning now. , is not the king of our Great Ye Dynasty, what can he do to me?"
Her title was bestowed by Emperor Yunqing, and Jiang Luo wouldn't dare to touch her even if the neck was full of ornaments.
"Yes, this subordinate will do it."
Since the heatstroke outside the Dayue Palace, Chen Heyang has been seriously ill and has been raised at home for several days, but he has not completely recovered. Several colleagues have come to see him once or twice, and they all say that he is too impulsive and should be cautious when doing big things.
Later, these colleagues gradually came to be less, and he was in a tight hand, so he had to pay the rent for the second half of the year as some items, and his life was really difficult.
When he heard the book boy say that the guards of Fule County were asking to see him, he almost thought there was something wrong with his ears. Ten days ago, they went to see the Fule County Master, but they were teased by the County Master for a long time. Now that they sent someone here, are they here to laugh at him again
Although he was suspicious in his heart, he did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly welcomed people in.
The visitor was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with an ordinary appearance but a dignified imposing manner. Behind him followed a few servants who were carrying gift boxes and carrying burdens, all of them dressed decently and looked honest and honest.
"The county master heard about Chen Zhuangyuan's feat and admired Chen Zhuangyuan's character very much. These small gifts are the heart of the county master. Please don't refuse Chen Zhuangyuan." Now Chen Heyang has no official position, but his fame is still there, and he is called "Chen Zhuangyuan". "It's already the most respectful name.
Chen Heyang did not expect that what he received was not a mockery, but a solemn gift. Looking at this pile of gifts, there are medicinal materials, cloth and meat, all of which are practical things. I think it was the noble princess who took into account his own difficulties and gave him something for this reason.
For a time, Chen Heyang had mixed feelings in his heart, got up and saluted the guards and said, "The county master is kind, and the students understand it, it's just these..."
"The county master said that if Chen Zhuangyuan doesn't care about these things, even if you throw them away, she always doesn't like what others give back." The guard stood up and gave Chen Heyang a salute, "Please don't let Chen Zhuangyuan let go. It's difficult down there."
"This… "
The guard didn't wait for him to speak, and said directly: "Farewell."
"Hey, wait!" Pity Chen Heyang, a scholar with no strength to tie the chicken, and still sick, how could he have the hands and feet to guard the servants. When he chased to the door, the guards would have been riding The horse left.
"Jingting Gongfu is really prominent, even the servant is equipped with a horse." Shutong supported Chen Heyang, his eyes full of envy.
Chen Heyang smiled bitterly when he heard the words, there are as many nobles in the capital as cattle, but there are indeed not many prominent people such as Jingting Gongfu. He is a poor scholar who has no power or power, and now he has no value at all, and no one else dares to help him too clearly, but this county master sent his servants to help him with great fanfare. Weird feeling.
Back in the study, Chen Heyang looked at the poems he wrote after being disheartened on the table. After a long time, he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the wastebasket.
A man does not regret his actions, and does not doubt his actions. This should be the case.
"Master, master," the boy suddenly came in with a black cloth bag in his arms, "Xiao found this."
Chen Heyang opened the bag and saw that there were more than ten taels of scattered silver, a few strings of copper coins, and three silver notes of one hundred taels.
At this moment, Chen Heyang felt the yellow and white thing in his hand weighed more than a thousand gold.
The next day, Ban Hua received an IOU for three hundred taels. The paper on the IOU was written very nicely. After Ban Hua glanced at it, he handed the IOU to Ruyi, "Put it away."
This Chen Heyang is an interesting person. He didn't send things back in a pedantic manner, nor did he convert the price of the gift she gave into this IOU. He accepted her love and upheld his principles.
"It can be regarded as a person who is upright and not too stubborn," Ban Hua said to Ban Heng, who was sitting with him. "Such a person can barely be called a gentleman."
Ban Heng raised his eyebrows: "I thought you've been with Lord Rong Hou for a long time, and the standard of being a gentleman has been raised."
Ban Hua smiled when he heard the words: "I am a tolerant person."
"Then I really didn't see it." Ban Heng whispered.
Ban Hua looked at him with a smile without saying a word. He silently lowered his head and drank tea without saying a word.
The time entered July, and God seemed to finally remember that it had not rained recently. The sky above the capital finally ushered in the first dark cloud.
Ban Hua got off the horse and looked at the dark clouds in the sky. Is it going to rain
When the servants guarding the gate of Rong Mansion saw Ban Hua, they immediately greeted him enthusiastically: "I have seen the county master."
"Don't be too polite." As soon as Ban Ru stepped into the door, the big raindrops fell down, she was stunned for a moment, and a smile appeared on her face.
"It's raining, it's raining!"
The servants in Rongxia's mansion knew the rules very well, but when the raindrops fell, she still heard some people screaming with joy. It can be seen how many people are looking forward to this rain, and how long they have been looking forward to it.
She stood under the corridor, watching the rain turn into a downpour in the blink of an eye, and seemed to feel a hot air evaporating from the ground.
"The princess, please be careful, don't let the rain splash your skirt." The two maids stood in front of Ban Hua to prevent the rain from splashing on her.
"It's okay," Ban Huan saw that there were two little girls standing in front of him, and pulled them back, "be careful, don't get your body wet."
"The county master..." The two maids stared blankly at Ban Hua, with a touch of emotion in their eyes.
In the rain curtain, Rong Xia came slowly with an umbrella. He walked up the steps, watching and laughing with a few maids. He hadn't seen his Ban Hua, and said softly, "Hua."
"Why are you here?" Ban Hua turned back and looked at the man holding the umbrella, "Your injury hasn't healed yet, how can you get caught in the rain?"
"I heard that Hua Hua came and it was raining outside, how could I still sit still?" Rong Xia raised the umbrella over Ban Hua's head and smiled softly at her, "You haven't been here for two days."
"It was too hot the first two days, and I really don't want to go out." Ban Hua walked side by side with him and walked down the corridor to the Jiuqu Lake Bridge. The rain hit the umbrella and made a crackling sound.
"Be careful." Rong Xia gently wrapped her shoulders around her and tilted the umbrella to her side, "Go this way."
Ban Hua glanced at him with a smile, then turned to look at the lotus flowers blooming in the lake, "The lotus flowers in the rain seem to have a different flavor."
Hearing this, Rong Xia slowed down and accompanied Ban Hua to enjoy the flowers slowly.
"It is said that a long time ago, there was a carp spirit in the lotus pond," Rong Xia looked at the carp happily playing in the water, "she practiced all day, and finally turned into a human shape."
"Finally fell in love with a scholar?"
Rong Xue shook his head.
"Then turned into a fairy and flew away."
Ban Hua: "…"
"You told me this story to bluff me?" Ban Hua squinted.
Rong Xia said with a smile: "Hua is so smart, you actually saw it."
"Should I thank you for your compliment?" Ban Hua snorted, and before she could say anything else, she saw Rong Xia's foot slip, and she was about to fall. Ban Hua hurriedly stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his waist and brought the person back upstairs.
The feeling of being rescued by a beauty is...
A little fragrant, a little soft.
Ban Hua gently patted Rong Xia's shoulder, stretched out his hand to straighten the umbrella, "Are you alright?"
"It's okay," Rong Xia shook her head and smiled, "Thank you, Hua, but your body was soaked in the rain."
Ban Hua touched her face with the back of her hand, and said happily: "Fortunately, I didn't use makeup when I went out today, otherwise it would be ugly to wear makeup."
"Appearance is nothing but a foreign object, it's just that it's easy to get cold in the rain." Rong Xia didn't dare to let Ban Hua get rained again, so he took her hand and quickened his pace.
After returning to the main courtyard, Rong Xia asked the scary person to prepare hot water, and then said to Ban Hua, "I still have some things to deal with in the study. I have never used this room before, you can rest assured."
After he finished speaking, he was worried that Ban Hua would be embarrassed and left in a hurry.
After a while, the hot tub was brought up, and another maid brought clean clothes. The two female guards brought by Ban Hua were one guarding the door and the other beside the screen, but no one came to disturb them.
After bathing, Ban Hua put on a dress prepared by Rongxia, and found that the dress fit unexpectedly. Look at this fabric and style, it's like new. She sat lazily on the imperial concubine's couch, with her hair scattered behind her, and the maid wiped her hair.
"Have you ever been a female guest in your Hou's mansion?" she asked a maid.
"Back to the county master, because there is no hostess in the mansion, the marquis has never been a female guest, only some old ladies and old ladies have come."
"He looks like this, but the old ladies like him," Ban Hua sat up straight, "let someone pass on your lord and say that I have changed my clothes here."
"Yes."
When Rong Xia came over, he had already changed into a set of clothes, and it seemed that he had also taken a bath. Seeing him come in, Ban Hua beckoned to him, then pointed to the clothes on his body and said, "Master Rong, I don't know where this clothes came from?"
"It was made by the embroidered lady of the house a few days ago," Rong Xia smiled, "I think when you came to my place, if you accidentally knocked over the tea or splashed mud on your body, there was no replacement. The clothes are not beautiful. So I asked the embroidered lady of the palace to make clothes that you can wear, and it seems that the size is quite suitable."
Ban Hua didn't expect Rong Xia to be so careful, and was stunned for a moment before saying, "So it is."
Ban Hua's hair was scattered behind her, like the most beautiful black satin, soft and smooth, Rong Xia's eyes fell on her hair, and she quickly moved her eyes away, "I made ginger soup, you drink a little. ."
"Don't drink," Ban Hua frowned, "it's too spicy."
"I asked them to put sugar in the soup, it's not spicy." Rong Xia knew that Ban Hua was picky, and immediately smiled, "I'll drink with you."
Ban Hua turned her head to look at the door, and a maid had already come with ginger soup. She sighed: "It's a hot day, what's the cold?"
Rong Xia didn't speak, just looked at her with a gentle smile, her peach-like eyes were full of affection, so Ban Hua couldn't resist, so she could only drink the ginger soup obediently.
As the saying goes, peony flowers are also romantic, and her lustful problem can't be changed.
The sky was getting darker a little bit, but the rain outside was not small at all, as if God had poured out the rain accumulated a few days ago.
"Don't go back tonight, I'll have someone go to Jingting Gongfu to sue me," Rong Xia listened to the crackling rain outside, and thunder sounded from time to time, "Don't worry, I will never take offense. "
For Yu Li, it was not suitable for Ban Hua to stay at Rong's house, but the two of them were about to get married. As long as the two families didn't care much and stayed overnight, it was not a big problem. Compared with those noble girls and young sons who raise beautiful women to entertain themselves in the mansion, Ban Hua and Rong Xia are as small and fresh as lotus flowers.
Ban Hua finally agreed.
After finishing the meal, Rong Xia suddenly said, "I heard that you gave Chen Heyang a gift a few days ago?"
Chen Heyang
Ban Hua was stunned for a moment, then remembered that this person was the unlucky Chen Zhuangyuan. So he nodded and said, "Well, I asked someone to bring something for him. Although this person is not as good as you, he is more pleasing than those pedantic sour scholars."
Rong Xia smiled and didn't mention it again.
He had seen that Chen Heyang, and although he was barely good-looking, he naturally did not look down on such a handsome person with his eyes.
Ban Hua slept a little unsteadily at night, probably because of the loud thunder and rain. Although it was exceptionally cool tonight, after she woke up in the middle of the night, she could no longer fall back asleep.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she faintly heard the sound of things shattering from the yard where Rong Xia lived next door. She sat up from the bed, hesitated, put on her robe and walked out.
"The county master?" The two female guards who were sleeping outside heard the movement from the inner room, and hurriedly sat up from the couch. They were startled when they saw the county master come out of the inner room with her hair disheveled, "The county master, you What's wrong?"
"I heard movement in the yard next door, did you hear that?"
"I didn't hear anything."
Tonight with heavy rain and thunder, it is difficult to hear the movement in the yard next door.
Ban Hua frowned, "Follow me to see."
"Yes." The two female guards would not ask Ban Hua why she was going, but respectfully followed her out the door.
Ban Hua heard right, something happened in the yard where Rong Xia lived. More than a dozen black-clothed killers somehow broke into the inner courtyard, killed two servants who were guarding outside, and fought with a few guards hiding in the dark.
If it was in the past, guards would have come here long ago, but the weather is cool tonight, and people who have been hot for many days rarely get a good night's sleep. In addition, the wind and rain are loud, and it is difficult to spread the movement in the yard here.
With the sword in his hand, Du Jiu was soaked by the rain. His left arm was injured, and he could only rely on his right hand to stop the rushing assassin.
"No matter who you are the assassins sent, we are willing to pay three times the price for you to stop!"
Du Jiu stabbed an assassin who rushed up, and panted, "Brothers are doing this business just for the sake of money..."
However, these are obviously very professional at the moment, and before his words were finished, these assassins rushed up again.
"Master Hou, stand back." Du Jiu's face was ashen. I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle tonight. The only hope is that someone among them can break through the siege and call for help. But these killers obviously came well prepared. They were blocked by them at the door, and they had no chance to go out at all.
He wiped the rain and blood on his face, and his expression became hideous.
Rong Xia was guarded behind by these guards, but he did not sit idle, instead he drew arrows and shot two killers. His swordsmanship is just fancy. Most of the famous people in the great industry know some swordsmanship, but they are all elegant swordsmanship, and their swordsmanship will not kill people.
These assassins came well prepared, with cruel methods and neat strikes. They were obviously professional killers.
He stood at the door, looking at his guards all injured, expressionless. At this time, there was only one person who especially wanted him to die, and that was King Ning Jiang Luo.
Only he would use such a daring, yet shameful means. King Ning never thought that if he could really ascend to the throne, which courtier would dare to swear allegiance to an emperor who sent someone to assassinate a courtier? As an emperor, there are many ways to clean up the courtiers, Jiang Luo chose the most inferior means.
Such a person, even if he is fortunate enough to become an emperor, will not be able to sit still.
He had no choice but to miscalculate Jiang Luo's brain. This person was more impulsive and stupid than he expected. He Rongxia may end up in a thousand ways, but he can't die in the hands of an idiot.
The arrow feather was placed on the string, Rong Xia's eyes narrowed slightly, and the arrow feather flew out, penetrating an assassin's chest, and the assassin fell to the ground and died.
"Master Hou, you go into the room first, and leave it to your subordinates." Du Jiu turned to look at Rong Xia, "The assassin is ruthless, and the subordinates are worried that you will be injured."
According to the current situation, he was really worried that he and the other guards would not be able to stop him.
"No need." Rong Xia took an arrow again, put it on the bow and said, "You can die for me, but I can't be greedy for life and fear death."
Du Jiu's eyes were red, that's why they were willing to follow Hou Ye with all his heart.
A piece of sincerity, only blood returns.
Ban Hua walked outside the courtyard door and saw that the door of Rong Xia's courtyard was tightly closed, but there was the sound of weapons colliding inside. Her eyes dimmed and her anger sank into Dantian, "There are assassins, catch the assassins!"
A woman's voice, when they need it, can cut through the sky.
Ban Hua's scream was enough to wake up the entire Marquis of Cheng'an mansion from their sleep, as well as the assassins in the yard. As soon as Ban Hua's voice fell, an assassin rushed out with his sword raised.
Turning around neatly, Ban Hua pulled out the sword in the female guard's hand with a backhand, and stabbed it with a sword. Before the rushing assassin could react, he fell down with his eyes open.
woman…
A woman who can use a backhand sword...
The moment his whole world fell into darkness, his eyes were full of disbelief.
As a killer, most of them don't have a good death, but he never imagined that he would be defeated by a woman in the end.
Ban Hua didn't dare to look at the person lying on the ground. She lifted the corner of her skirt, kicked open the half-closed courtyard door, and rushed in with her sword.
The author has something to say: what does it feel like when a beauty saves a beauty, and a beauty is in her arms
寳寳: It's beautiful~