MTL - A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination-Chapter 105 sacrifice

Rong Ke raised her eyebrows, her eyes pressed down: "Why do you say that?"

The monk also asks to accompany him."

Rong Ke felt very surprised: "What are you going to do?"

For the sake of national affairs, but your safety is the most important. I dare not let His Highness leave the capital alone, and I know that I can't persuade you, so I have to ask to accompany you."

"I naturally know these questions. I have thousands of palace guards by my side, even if there is danger, it will not hurt me."

"I don't dare to gamble, I would rather ask for peace of mind."

No one spoke in the hall. After a while, Rong Ke said, "I see, you go back."

"Your Highness?"

"Go back and let the Minister of Rites arrange it. This is the matter of your Ministry of Rites, and I'm too lazy to interfere."

At the beginning of February, Princess Ganning took a group of ministers to the emperor's mausoleum to worship and pray for blessings.

Cheng Huizhen, as a new female official, did not know what kind of luck she had hit, but she was valued by Princess Gan Ning, and this time she was with her.

The snow problem in Daizhou and Bingzhou is still serious. In order to solve this problem quickly, the princess ordered the whole team to rush. However, Tiangong is not beautiful. As soon as he walked out of the boundary of Gyeonggi, he encountered a road blocked by mountains and snow, and the official road was blocked.

The pathfinders sent out three batches, and finally, the sacrificial team started slowly and wanted to detour elsewhere.

"It's really cold today." The accompanying court lady rubbed her hands and spoke.

"Isn't that true? Fortunately, we have found a way. As long as we cross this mountain, we can merge with the official road ahead, and there will be an official post along the way. We followers will feel a lot better. already."

Cheng Hui is usually most afraid of heat and cold, but now she hears these words, but abnormally does not respond.

There seemed to be the sound of birds chirping in the distance, Cheng Huizhen was stunned, and then stood up casually: "It's too stuffy in the carriage, I'm going out to get some air."

Cheng Huizhen covered her face with her hood, got off the carriage, and walked quickly in the snow. After the guards were far away, a person came out from behind the dead tree: "Officer Cheng, is what you said accurate?"

"Naturally make sure." Cheng Huizhen tightened her hood, but she still couldn't hide her worried expression, "Why did you come to me? Didn't Empress Dowager Cui say that, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, we need to Fewer connections, especially now that I'm on duty by Gan Ning's side."

The person who came here sneered: "I have to confirm the news? This matter is very important. If something goes wrong, you, a woman of the concubine clan, can't bear it."

This man is a samurai raised by an aristocratic family, and between the lines he is disdainful of the poor and common people. Cheng Hui was really too lazy to argue with him, and asked impatiently, "What are you asking, hurry up, I don't have time to spend with you outside."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, his tone suddenly became sharp: "At what time?"

"What?"

The samurai was very impatient: "When did this accident happen to Qianning?"

Cheng Huizhen understood what the man was asking. Cheng Huizhen had a fresh memory of what happened during this time, after all, this was the year she died. She remembered that the snow had been falling non-stop this year. From winter to spring, disasters hit many places. It was already February, and the weather was still chillingly cold. On a windy and snowy day, the news of Princess Ganning's assassination came back to Chang'an.

In early February, Princess Ganning took many courtiers to the Emperor's Mausoleum to pray for blessings. These are royal secrets, and Cheng Huizhen had no chance to know why Princess Ganning was assassinated, let alone the specific date and method of assassination. However, the assassination of Gan Ning really happened. In the past life, because of this incident, there was still a lot of trouble in Chang'an. What followed was the melee that truly frightened Cheng Hui.

Now the warrior of Cui family suddenly mentioned this incident, which made Cheng Huizhen fall into memory again, and the terrifying picture before her death seemed to appear in front of her eyes, and Cheng Huizhen was particularly puzzled, her memory stopped In the second year of Qianyuan, why did she know about Xiao Jingduo's future appointments and titles? The more she thought about these things, the more terrified she became. Cheng Huizhen was in a trance, and the warriors waited impatiently. She lowered her voice and reminded: "I asked you what day it is, what are you doing in a daze?"

Cheng Huizhen recovered: "The specific day..." She frowned secretly, the assassination was a secret, and the news was tightly covered by the royal family. will not be transmitted outside. People from the Cui family asked her what day it was... How could Cheng Huizhen know?

However, these truths cannot be told to the person opposite. Cheng Huizhen turned her head quickly, the assassination of the princess is not a trivial matter, although the wind is strong tonight, but the snow has stopped, the assassination must find a snowy day, so as to cover up the deeds... Thinking of this, Cheng Huizhen said: "The specific day I will I can't remember, but I remember it was a very windy day, I think it's a rare opportunity to leave the official road these days, I'm afraid, it will be tomorrow or the day after."

After Ning, we catch the assassin on the spot, so that we can bring down the other one..."

The two of them were talking when they suddenly heard noises from the distant team, mixed with the screams of the maids.

Cheng Huizhen opened her mouth in surprise: "What's wrong?"

The samurai of the Cui family shouted badly: "Oops, things have changed!"

The Cui family ran into the night in a few steps, Cheng Huizhen was stunned for a moment, and quickly picked up her skirt, ignoring the cold wind, and ran quickly towards the team.

Listen to the sound, it seems to be from the other side of Princess Ganning's car!

…

It was getting dark and the road was getting harder and harder.

Xiao Jingduo accompanied him. Seeing that this section of the road was not easy to walk, he deliberately went to Rong Ke's car for a drive.

The princess relied on the grandness and attention to detail. Gan Ning's carriage was the largest and most gorgeous in the team, five or six times the size of an ordinary carriage. There were also palace maids and guards outside. Xiao Jingduo walked to the car, but found that the guards were sparse.

"Where's Your Highness?"

"His Royal Highness first, the carriage was bumpy, and I just got off to relax."

Xiao Jingduo glanced at the sky and frowned secretly, going out to relax at this time?

"Where did she go?"

The guard pointed in a direction, and Xiao Jingduo hurried in that direction.

Rong Ke walked with people on the mountain road, and the accompanying female officer carefully reminded: "Your Highness, don't walk outside. The road is slippery when it's dark, be careful of the stones under your feet."

Rong Ke stopped and looked up at the mountains. The great rivers and mountains were covered with snow, like silver, extremely magnificent.

"The world of Gyeonggi is still like this, I don't know what the world is like." Rong Ke felt this way.

This mountain and river is so magnificent, no wonder so many people from ancient times and today have beaten their heads and blood for that position.

Mingyue tightened the cloak for Rong Ke, and couldn't help complaining: "Why hasn't the heater been brought over yet? Urge?"

Xiang Hui was suddenly called by name and was taken aback: "It should be on the way, it would be bad if I went astray. Wait a moment, it will be there soon."

"But it's too cold today." Another court lady advised, "Your Highness, why don't we go back?"

"Wait first." Rong Ke said, "Follow me and take a look."

The mountain road is very difficult to walk after the snow has accumulated, Rong Ke moved her body and reached out to help Xiang Hui subconsciously. Rong Ke touched Xiang Hui's hand and asked casually, "Why are your hands so cold?"

Xiang Hui's fingers trembled lightly and said, "Xu is... It's been too long."

Rong Ke did not speak, but moved her fingers slightly, but it was cold. She raised her head and looked at Xiang Hui with clear eyes: "What's in your sleeve?"

Xiang Hui was silent for a moment, then suddenly attacked, pulling out the dagger and stabbing Rong Ke's heart.

These changes happened in an instant, and no one thought that Xiang Hui would suddenly attack. When Rong Ke was a child, he also practiced riding and shooting, and he reacted very quickly at this time. However, court clothes are cumbersome and not as convenient as riding clothes. Even if Rong Ke dodged quickly, his shoulder and left arm were injured by the dagger.

The accompanying maids were stunned by this change. When Gan Ning traveled, there would be no shortage of guards, but they never thought that the danger would appear inside.

Mingyue screamed, and quickly shouted: "Xiang Hui, you are crazy! Come, escort!"

After a moment of effort, many dark shadows came around in this direction, and it was hard to say whether they were enemies or friends. Rong Ke covered the wound with her palm, and blood flowed out through her fingers. She ignored the dilemma that she was gradually being surrounded by, and stared stubbornly into Xiang Hui's eyes: "Why you?"

Xiang Hui is one of the four female officials of Yonghe Palace, Xia Lan manages the internal affairs of Rongke Palace, and Xiang Hui is in charge of foreign affairs. Xiang Hui turned against the water, which many people would not even think about.

Xiang Hui burst into tears: "Princess, you did a good job, but unfortunately you are not a man after all."

The accident happened, and many people heard the sound and rushed here. Xiao Jingduo had been looking for Rong Ke, and when he heard the woman's scream, he thumped in his heart and hurried towards the voice.

Xiao Jingduo was shocked: "Your Highness!"

There is no turning back. Xiang Hui hesitated, holding the knife again and stabbing at Rong Ke. Others arranged by the assassin also surrounded him. In the chaos, only a scream broke out from the female family members. "Be careful, Your Highness!"

Rong Ke was injured, suddenly his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell towards the cliff. Several female officials in Mingyue screamed in fright and stretched out their hands desperately to pull, but they still failed to pull it.

"Your Highness! What can I do about this?"

"I just saw a person pull the princess, but unfortunately the queen mother was standing, and he also fell down."

"I saw it too, it seems to be Marquis Chengxi." The maids looked back, "Marquis Chengxi is standing behind us, how could it be..."

"Stop talking about this, send someone down to find His Highness!"

Mingyue and several people ran back with their skirts, and after running a few steps, they saw Cheng Huizhen standing in a daze, staring at the cliff in a daze.

"Officer Cheng? What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Cheng Huizhen recovered and lowered her head to hide her expression. She heard the noise just now, and ran over to check it. As soon as she got close, she saw Xiao Jingduo's back. Cheng Huizhen was both surprised and delighted. Before she could warn Xiao Jingduo of the danger, she saw him rushing directly towards the cliff.

Mingyue and the others didn't have time to hold Gan Ning, because they wanted to stand firm and then save people, but Xiao Jingduo's first consideration was to save people, not stand firm. So unexpectedly, Xiao Jingduo was the first to pull Gan Ning, but also the first to fall.

Cheng Huizhen glanced at the almost steep cliff again and couldn't understand why Xiao Jingduo did this.

A person quietly stood beside Cheng Huizhen: "Didn't you say tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?"

Cheng Hui was heartbroken, and quickly covered up: "Maybe Gan Ning went out for a walk temporarily, which led to the early assassination."

"It's true." The other party accepted Cheng Huizhen's explanation, "It's a pity that our deployment has not been completed in time. The female official has been detained, and now I will send someone to kill Gan Ning under the cliff, and then put everything on the Queen Mother Wu and King Jiang An. At that time, we can kill two birds with one stone and reap the benefits of the fisherman. "

Cheng Hui really didn't dare to say more, for fear of exposing herself, so she nodded with a dry smile: "It's a good plan."

It wasn't long to stay outside, Cheng Huizhen lowered her head and walked back. After taking two steps, she still couldn't help looking back at the place where the cliff fell.

Xiao Jingduo also fell down together... Presumably the Cui family and the Queen Mother Wu will send people to assassinate them, so Xiao Jingduo should not be implicated, right?

…

Xiao Jingduo did not expect to see such a frightening scene just after he found Rong Ke.

He watched Rong Ke fall to the cliff with injuries, at that moment he didn't dare to think about anything, and immediately rushed to save people. It's a pity that although he grabbed Rong Ke, there was no one behind him, so the two of them could only fall down together.

Fortunately, there has been a lot of snow this winter. Although this cliff is steep, it is buffered by snow, at least it will not hit sharp rocks. When they reached the bottom of the mountain, there were more and more vegetation and trees. Xiao Jingduo used the dead tree to relieve the force of the falling. After taking advantage of the situation a few times, they finally stabilized.

At this time, they have reached the bottom of the mountain, and there are many rocks. Fortunately, their speed is very slow, or their lives will be worrying. Xiao Jingduo moved the joints all over his body, feeling that apart from some skin injuries, nothing happened to his bones. He was greatly relieved, and hurried to see Rong Ke's injury.

Rong Ke was already injured, coupled with the shock of falling off the cliff, she fainted now. Xiao Jingduo raised the hand protecting Rong Ke, only to see blood everywhere, shocking. Xiao Jingduo frowned tightly and called out in a low voice, "Your Highness? Your Highness!"

Rong Ke did not respond, perhaps because of excessive blood loss, her face was frighteningly pale. Xiao Jingduo let out a white breath in the cold wind, looked around, carefully avoiding Rong Ke's wound, and carried her to find a place to stay.

She'll be fine. The top priority is to treat her wound first. The weather is so cold that she must not lose blood again.

Fortunately, Xiao Jingduo lived in Zhongnan Mountain for a period of time, and he still knew the topography of the mountain. He walked along the trees and did find a cave in a secluded place.

The outside of the cave was covered by dead branches, and the branches were removed. Inside was a fairly dry cave, which looked like it was left by hunters in the mountains. Every time the hunters enter the mountain, it takes three or four days to walk. If the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, it is inevitable that they will spend the night in the cave, so the dry wood and wound medicine are prepared in the cave. Inside the cave was a huge boulder protruding from the ground. It was flat in front of it. It was covered with fur by hunters, and it looked like a temporary bed. At this time, he couldn't care about so much anymore, Xiao Jingduo leaned over and placed Rong Ke on the hide, and then went to get the wound medicine.

The wound medicine is only the simplest hemostatic powder, although white gauze is also available, but Xiao Jingduo does not feel relieved to use it for Rong Ke. He took out the short knife he carried with him, cut a piece of clean silk from the hem of his clothes, and planned to use this to stop the bleeding for Rong Ke. Originally, Xiao Jingduo thought that the sacrificial dress was too cumbersome, with six or seven layers inside and outside, but now, he is grateful for these heavy clothes.

This...Xiao Jingduo looked at Rong Ke, who was unconscious, and at the bleeding wound on her shoulder.

How about this?

He studied medicine when he was young. Although he has not seen it for a long time since he became an official, he still has no problem with the most basic dressing. It is said that the hearts of doctors and parents, when Xiao Jingduo used to feel the pulse of others, never avoided men and women, but now...

Xiao Jingduo was half-knelt on the animal skin, embarrassed for a long time. In the end, he looked at Rong Ke's blood-soaked clothes and said decisively, "It's important to save people."

Reflecting the snow, the light in the cave is still bright, at least the dressing is enough. Rong Ke was wearing a black wide-sleeved coat with two fronts and an ochre red bottom skirt. The material of the emperor's dress was extremely heavy. Xiao Jingduo unbuttoned the coat and saw the white lining inside.

It turned out that the black clothes didn't show, but when he saw the white clothes inside, Xiao Jingduo knew how badly Rong Ke was injured.

Xiao Jingduo controlled his eyes not to glance, applied medicine to the wound, then cleaned up the blood stain, and quickly covered Rong Ke's clothes.

"It's really heavy..." Xiao Jingduo was talking about the dress on Rong Ke's body. There are about ten pieces in this whole set, and each piece is the best material, no wonder every time Rong Ke didn't look very happy when he changed into formal court clothes.

"Who are you talking about..."

Xiao Jingduo paused for a moment: "His Royal Highness?"

Rong Ke was lying on the stone bed, struggling to open her eyes: "Where is this?"

"You just fell down accidentally, we are at the bottom of the cliff. Be careful..." Xiao Jingduo helped Rong Ke to sit up, half leaning on the stone wall, "Are you feeling better now?"

Rong Ke nodded weakly, her eyes wandered around the cave, and finally returned to Xiao Jingduo's face: "Who did you say is important?"

The author has something to say: I finally came down from the snowy mountain, Jiageng celebrates!