Where is the girl's home? The scholar couldn't resist the girl, so he had to compromise, "But he was kidnapped by bandits and separated from his family?" Why don't you take the girl home at dawn? "
Ning Jing looked lonely, sighed and said, "Sir, no need. I have no home."
"How could this be so?" the scholar asked in surprise, "Don't worry, girl. If you have any difficulties, I will help you!"
"I'm not lying to you, sir." Ning Jing raised her head and looked at the scholar, "Ning Jing really has no family. When I was very young, I was alone."
"What should we do?" The scholar sighed, at a loss.
"Sir, let Ning Jing follow you, okay?" Ning Jing stared at the scholar, "Ning Jing is willing to serve you and serve you! From now on, I will be your maid, taking care of your daily life. Didn't you say Are you going to Beijing to take the exam? There will definitely be dangers along the way, Ning Jing is also good at kung fu, and can also protect your husband!"
"I can't do it, I can't do it!" The scholar's face turned red after finally calming down, "Absolutely not!"
"Why not?" Ning Jing asked pitifully, "Does it mean that Sir hates Ning Jing and doesn't want me to follow him? That's right, Ning Jing has never read a book and doesn't understand anything. Sir said before that only women and villains are difficult to raise. , they must despise me from the bottom of their hearts, so they don’t want to take Ning Jing in. I am also unwanted, so why not just die in this deep mountain and old forest!"
"Girl, why is this necessary!" The scholar panicked and was in a dilemma, "Girl, don't you understand, this man and woman..."
"What's wrong with the man and woman?" Ning Jing asked, "Ning Jing just wants to follow the husband and be a maid before and after the horse. He has no other intentions. In the future, when the husband marries a wife and has children, Ning Jing will never fight for it, and will only serve the husband with peace of mind. Mr. Just keep Ning Jing, otherwise I won’t be able to survive!”
"This..." The scholar thought for a long time, and finally sighed and said helplessly, "Okay then."
"Thank you, sir!" Ning Jing cheered.
The next day, the scholar took the girl on the road together.
The scholar went to Beijing to take the exam, and finally arrived in the capital in September of that year.
In October, the Jinshi examination was held, and the scholar won the exam in one fell swoop, becoming the number one scholar in the new subject that year.
Scholars in high school are proud of themselves. King Chen personally promoted the scholar to be the editor of the Hanlin Academy. Two years later, he promoted the scholar to be the general judge of the capital and the deputy to the prefect of Kyoto.
The scholar was appointed as the general magistrate of Kyoto. He was only twenty-three years old and was the youngest fifth-rank official in the history of Chen Kingdom. In just two years, the scholar was promoted to the third rank, from the eighth rank editor of Hanlin Academy to the fifth rank Kyoto general judge, which made those who were Jinshi in the same year with him envious.
The scholar served as the general magistrate of Kyoto for one year and asked to be transferred out of the capital. The old king of the Chen Kingdom appointed him as the head of the local state capital, and he was promoted to a higher rank, becoming the fourth rank magistrate of the state.
The scholar served in the local government for three years. At the age of twenty-seven, he was transferred back to the capital by the old king and became a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, a third-grade official. In the same year, a scholar went to the imperial court and submitted "Ten Essays on Meiqin", which bluntly pointed out the shortcomings of Chen's great government. His pen was vigorous and powerful, and his power could be read through the back of the paper. He pointed out the bad policies of Chen's government over the years one by one, and proposed highly feasible innovative methods.
The old king of Chen State was covered in cold sweat after reading the scholar's memorial.
"I have found a good match for my children and grandchildren!" The old king sighed after reading the memorial, "If Xu Jingting had been born ten years earlier, the lonely king would have followed the "Ten Treatises on Meiqin" and made drastic measures to clean up the affairs of the Chen Kingdom. Give back to the people of Chen State a great land!"
It's a pity that he is old. When it comes to innovation, the old king has more than enough ambition but not enough power.
Even if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them.
What the scholar never expected was that the old king's appreciation for him would become a poison that could kill him.
Reform and innovation are bound to get rid of the minions of the old forces and then support new authorities. But the entangled interests of the big families in the capital can't be shaken by the scholar.
The old king did not survive that winter.
As soon as the old king passed away, those aristocratic families who had been dormant for a long time and had been eyeing the scholar took action against him.
To make matters worse, the new king ascended the throne. In order to gain the support of those big families, he changed his attitude towards the scholar and famously said that he was a monster and deceived the public in an attempt to shake Chen Guochaogang in order to achieve his ulterior purpose.
The identity of the eight generations of scholar's ancestors has been completely revealed.
But it really allowed those people from the big family to figure it out.
It turns out that the three generations of scholar’s ancestors were actually from Qi!
At this time, the scholar was directly grabbed by the pigtails. Those aristocratic families framed him and spread rumors, claiming that the scholar was the queen of Chen State's great enemy Qi State. What he is doing now has only one purpose, and that is to create chaos within Chen State, so that he can cooperate with the Qi people who have been eyeing Chen State covetously and eliminate Chen State in one fell swoop!
The scholar was imprisoned.
Anyone with a discerning eye will know that these wealthy families deliberately listed these unfounded charges on the scholars, so as to take the opportunity to eliminate this opponent who was extremely threatening to them.
The scholar was imprisoned and his mansion was immediately sealed.
The official responsible for investigating the scholar's residence found ten thousand taels of gold in the scholar's study, and the charge of corruption was immediately placed on the scholar's head.
But the scholar couldn't even argue with all this happening.
Just because he has been imprisoned in the heavy prison in Kyoto, let alone fighting back, it is already good if he can avoid being poisoned by a glass of poisonous wine in the sky prison.
Those political opponents did not give the scholar a chance.
The scholar was imprisoned for only three days before Wenzhanling was sent to prison by the new king's personal eunuch.
"Your Majesty has an order, and you have rebelled against Xu Jingting, formed cliques for personal gain, been corrupt, and disrupted the government. These crimes are extremely heinous!" The eunuch proudly read out the imperial edict in the prison, and glanced at the scribe who was forced to the ground by the jailer to listen to the edict. "Order the Ministry of Punishment to have Xu Jingting beheaded for public display at the Meridian Gate at noon tomorrow! I admire this."
The scholar just sneered.
"You still don't accept the order?!" Seeing him sneer, the jailer kicked the scholar, knocking him to the ground, and yelled viciously.
The scholar lay in a dank, dark cell in the dungeon.
Maybe he will have to be beheaded tomorrow, but there will be less physical pain tonight.
In prison, the scholar recounted his experiences in the past twenty-seven years.
Although it can't be called magnificent, it can be called ups and downs.
The scholar thought to himself that it didn't matter if he died, he wouldn't have anyone to worry about. The only thing that worries him is the maid who has been suffering and suffering by his side.
If I die, will she be implicated?
The scholar frowned.
But at this moment, Ning Jing appeared in front of him.
The girl still looks the same as before, as if time has never left any trace on her body.
Ning Jing was dressed in plain clothes, with her black hair tied up. She looked at the tortured man outside the cell, biting her lips, her eyes filled with light.
"Jing'er, why are you here?" The scholar noticed the girl's figure and was shocked.
Ning Jing only looked at the embarrassed man and asked him: "Sir, is this Chen Guo world as you wish?"
"Haha, Jing'er, there's only one step left." The scholar said, shaking his head and sighing, "I have reached the rank of Hanlin bachelor. After a few more years, I can enter the cabinet. As long as I enter the cabinet, I will have the power to change this country. .”
"Is it worth it?" Ning Jing asked him, "Sir, now that he is in this situation, he said that he has promised a country with a body of seven feet, but this country, is it worth it?"
"Haha, Jing'er, this is probably the ideal of Confucian scholars in the world." The scholar said, "The sage has something to say, scholars should set their minds for the heaven and the earth, establish their lives for the people, inherit their unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations."
"Sir, you are so stupid." Ning Jing said, "Jing'er only knows that if you want to bring peace to the world, you must first bring peace to your family. Sir, you don't even have your own home, how can you bring peace to the world?"
The scholar was stunned, his expression became complicated, he looked at Ning Jing, sighed softly, and said: "This is probably what I have been struggling with in my life. Jing'er, you are very skilled in martial arts. Let's go and leave me alone. I think if there is In the next life, it’s okay not to be a scholar.”
Ning Jing looked at the man she loved so much.
There are trees in the mountains, and the trees have branches. My heart is happy for you, but you don’t know it.
He has always been like this. His seven-foot body has already been promised to the country, and it will be difficult for him to marry you.
"You're useless, you're a scholar!" Xu Jingting let out a muddy sigh. He was clearly only twenty-seven years old and in the prime of his youth, but his voice was full of vicissitudes of life.
Ning Jing looked at the man who was full of sorrow. Perhaps only she knew how much that man had paid for this country.
But in the end, he still lost to the conflict of interests.
When the interests of aristocratic families take precedence over the country, where are there any people with lofty ideals?
"Sir, Jing'er doesn't want the next life." Ning Jing cried and looked at the man he loved, and said to him with choked sobs, "Jing'er will take you away, okay? The sage said that if there is a way in the world, one will be an official, and if there is no way, one will be an official. Hidden. Now that Chen Guo is innocent, how about we leave here and live in seclusion in the mountains from now on? My husband is still young and will marry a wife and have children in the future. Otherwise, how will we explain to our parents under the Nine Springs? "
"Jing'er, no!" Xu Jingting was shocked, "I know you are highly skilled in martial arts, but this is a prison after all! Don't do anything stupid!"
"Sir, Jing'er, as long as you say I am willing, it will be fine." Ning Jing cried and said, "As long as the husband is willing, Jing'er can take him there, even if it is the blue sky."
"Silly Jing'er, leave me alone and leave." Xu Jingting shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Sir, if you don't leave, Jing'er won't leave either." Ning Jing grabbed the iron gate of the cell and looked at him, "Sir decided to die, so Jing'er went to hell with him. The gentlemen on the left and right were also used to being served by Jing'er. , I am just a companion on the road to Huangquan, and my husband will not feel lonely anymore."
"What are you doing?" Xu Jingting closed his eyes and his fingers trembled.
"Sir, my life was saved by him, and my people belong to him." Ning Jing said, "I just ask you, sir, is it okay to follow Jing'er?"
"Okay." After a long time, Xu Jingting finally opened his eyes, looked back at Ning Jing, and said to her, "Just like back then, let's run away together."
Ning Jing smiled through her tears and blew a cute snot bubble. Thinking of the past, she happily said, "It's just sir, I'll let Jing'er carry you this time."
"It's all the same." Xu Jingting smiled.
Why distinguish one from another?
Fate has already entangled them together.
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