"You... don't think that I'm afraid of you!" Geng Ge glared at Ao Huang.
"Come! Come here! Cut here. If you don't kill me today, I will treat your father as a monster." Ao Huang tilted his head and extended his neck.
Geng Ge was so angry that his hands were shaking. Even if he had a hundred guts, he wouldn't dare to touch Ao Huang.
"Today, I will enforce the law and show etiquette!" Geng Ge roared.
Fang Yun seemed to have given up talking. He still held the official seal in his right hand, not knowing what he was looking at. Then he waved to Nu Nu with his left hand.
Nunu thought Fang Yun no longer cared about her, tears welled up in her eyes, and she ran into Fang Yun's arms, sobbing.
Outside the east gate, the situation was tense.
Shen Ming stood inside the door with his servants, looking at the private soldiers, especially the barbarian private soldiers, with great fear.
Those human demon cavalrymen are very rational, but the barbarian private soldiers often fight to the death to protect their masters.
Shen Ming said: "It is difficult to judge what happened just now. Please follow me to the Holy Temple and let Lord Fang make the decision."
Yang Yuhuan and Su Xiaoxiao stood there motionless, not knowing whether they should go with Shen Ming.
Shen Ming immediately said, "If you two don't go, and if that causes Lord Fang to fail the palace examination, don't blame me for not reminding you."
Yang Yuhuan was shocked, and decisively took Su Xiaoxiao's hand and said, "Let's go!"
After the two women finished speaking, they walked towards the holy temple. The private soldiers immediately followed closely. Shen Ming and others looked at the private soldiers nervously from the side, fearing that they would be suddenly killed.
Yang Yuhuan's legs felt a little weak at first, but as she walked, her pace slowed down and her expression gradually changed from uneasy to calm.
As Yang Yuhuan walked, she said, "Little sister, I have something to say, but I don't know how to say it."
Su Xiaoxiao's eyes moved, she lowered her head slightly and said, "Sister, you can talk."
"What happened today is because I failed to distinguish right from wrong and have caused you trouble. If you can escape this disaster, I will reward you handsomely." There was a rare firmness in Yang Yuhuan's voice.
Su Xiaoxiao said softly: "Xiaoxiao understands in her heart, it's not my sister's fault, it's all because of the despicable and shameless Zuo Xiang and his party."
Yang Yuhuan nodded, and her body gradually straightened up, like a queen leaving the palace, the mother of the country, and her face seemed to radiate a faint glow.
"I am lucky that my parents didn't abandon me. I have lived in the Fang family for a long time, and I have been engaged to my husband. We have been through thick and thin together. I have watched my husband work hard and walk on thin ice to get to where he is today. It has not been easy for my husband."
It was the first time that Su Xiaoxiao heard Yang Yuhuan call Fang Yun her husband, so she lowered her voice and said, "Sister knows."
"Now is my husband's palace examination, and we cannot afford any mistakes. If one fails, all will suffer. Do you understand?" Yang Yuhuan asked.
"I understand."
"When Xiaoyun was down and out, I never let him down. Today, someone is trying to frame my husband, and I cannot allow anyone to hurt him!"
Yang Yuhuan's words were decisive and powerful.
The barbarians didn't understand, but many scholars understood. I didn't expect Yang Yuhuan to be so smart. Although the black hand wanted to kill the two people, he hoped that Fang Yun would save them. Take the blame yourself!
Once Fang Yun falls into the trap and bears the punishment for saving the two, he will inevitably be forced to give up the palace examination and will never be able to become the number one scholar. He may even automatically reject the title of virtual saint and fall from the altar!
If Fang Yun fails to become the top scholar or is not conferred the title of Virtual Saint, his future growth path will be only slightly tortuous. However, if he withdraws from the palace examination halfway and loses the title of Virtual Saint, the blow he suffers will be enormous, and his future path to sainthood will be tortuous and rugged, and he may very likely never recover.
Su Xiaoxiao shuddered and gritted her teeth as she said, "After reading 'Ten Years of Life and Death' that day, Xiaoxiao made a great vow to be with you through life and death, and to live up to you in this life!"
"Well, I have heard you talk about it. The song "Jiang Cheng Zi * Prison Dream" has good lyrics, and the lyrics and music go well together. I wonder if Xiao Xiao can sing a cappella for her?"
Su Xiaoxiao took a deep breath to calm herself down, then she opened her cherry lips and sang the lyrics slowly.
"Ten years of life and death, I can't forget them without thinking about them. A thousand miles away, a lonely grave, no one to talk about the desolation. Even if we meet, you won't recognize me, your face is covered with dust, your hair is like frost. Last night, I had a dream and suddenly returned to my hometown, where I was dressing in the window. We looked at each other without words, but tears flowed down my face. I expected that the place that breaks my heart every year is the short pine hill on a moonlit night. Ten years of life and death..."
“Ten years of life and death…” Yang Yuhuan also sang along the second time.
Su Xiaoxiao walked slowly forward, tears in her eyes, and sang with every step she took.
Yang Yuhuan sang and laughed at the same time, her voice becoming louder and mellower. In the end, Yang Yuhuan's voice seemed to resonate with the heaven and earth, and everyone nearby felt their hearts trembling.
Those barbarians did not understand poetry, but as they listened, their eyes filled with tears and their faces became sad.
Many scholars walked silently, but Shen Ming was not moved at all, and there was even disdain in his eyes.
The two walked and sang along the way, passing through many buildings and arriving at the edge of the square in front of the holy temple.
"Ten years of life and death, I can't forget you without thinking about you..."
The two people's voices quickly spread throughout the huge square, attracting everyone's attention.
There were still flashes of light and shadow in Fang Yun's eyes, but after Yang Yuhuan and Su Xiaoxiao appeared, the light and shadow paused, and then continued to flash.
Ao Huang stared at the two of them blankly, tears welling up in his eyes.
Most of the left-wing party and neutral officials all lowered their heads, as if they had something on their minds, but didn't know who to ask.
But Geng Ge, Shen Ming, Tao Dingnian and other core members of the Zuo Xiang party held their heads high, stood straight, and were confident of victory.
"Fuck it!" Ao Huang gritted his teeth, looking ferocious as he stared at Geng Ge and the others. If these people didn't hold the official seals and were protected by the power of the Holy Temple, he would have killed them long ago.
Shen Ming clasped his fists towards Geng Ge and said with a smile, "Master Si Zheng, I have brought here the criminal who broke into the county academy and disrupted the heavenly sacrifice!"
Fang Yun raised his eyebrows, but did not express anything else. He just secretly sent out several letters with the official seal. There were still flashes of light and shadow in his eyes, faster and faster, so that fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Geng Ge's face changed, and he said, "Fang Yun, these two women are your family members, you need to avoid suspicion, and I should be the one to judge this case! Then..."
Geng Ge looked around the room, and finally his eyes fell on Yang Yuhuan and Su Xiaoxiao, and he said slowly: "The sinful women Yang Yuhuan and Su Xiaoxiao forcibly broke into the county academy, intending to disrupt the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. They disregarded the grace of the emperor and committed treason. According to the law, they should be beheaded. With your blood, wash away the wrath of heaven!"
"Woo woo..."
Nunu's fox fur stood up all over his body, and he made an angry sound in his throat, staring at Geng Ge.
The clouds in the sky grew thicker and the thunder grew louder.
Shen Ming said loudly: "Lord Geng is worthy of being the pillar of Ning'an County. This judgment is fair and strict and is deeply loved by the people. However... Fang Xusheng, please say something! Why didn't you say anything from beginning to end? Don't you care about your two women at all? I heard that you and your wife Yang Yuhuan shared weal and woe, but I didn't expect that you would run away when disaster struck. It's really sad. Alas, I wanted to see Xusheng get angry and turn the tide to save the two women. Now it seems that those are just things in the play, and you can only shrink there and do nothing. Lord Geng, don't you agree?"
Geng Ge smiled and said, "This cannot be blamed on Fang Xusheng. If it were someone else, how could they ruin the ceremony for two women? Fang Xusheng has a holy way in his heart and no humanity, so he naturally would not save them! Right, Fang Xusheng?"
Everyone stared at Fang Yun.
Yang Yuhuan looked at Fang Yun tenderly, then she smiled sweetly, suddenly rushed towards a yamen runner, pulled out his knife, and was about to cut her neck with it, but found that she could not move.
Fang Yun looked at Yang Yuhuan with a warm smile.
"They are both innocent, why should I speak?"
Fang Yun's voice was louder than thunder.
.(To be continued..)