Chapter 1398 703 Righteousness
Nangong Qin's lips pursed into a straight line, and his complexion changed a few times.
Li Cheng'en was his student. At first, he thought that this person had good academic qualities, so he betrothed the second daughter of his concubine to the other party, but he didn't want to be mistaken.
He was silent for a moment, and then ordered: "Go and bring me someone..." After a pause, he said again, "Call Er... girl."
Nangong Yan is already married, so she should be called Second Aunt according to reason, but Nangong Qin changed her name, which made people have to guess what he meant.
The little servant responded and stepped back first.
After a while, the servant took a young man in his twenties into the study. He wore a blue brocade robe, and his belly was slightly protruding. With the arrogance of his youth, his eyes wandered.
Nangong Qin looked deeply at Li Chengen in front of him. It turned out that before he knew it, his second son-in-law had changed.
Li Chengen felt a little guilty when Nangong Qin saw him, but he still bravely stepped forward, first bowed to the three of them, and then said with concern: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law heard that you were returning to the manor, and came over immediately. Are you okay?"
Nangong Qin stared at Li Chengen coldly and said, "I'm fine. If you're okay, please come back."
Li Chengen's face froze, and he also knew that he was in a hurry after all, and said respectfully, "Father-in-law, my son-in-law is here to pick Yan'er home."
Did he mean to say that? ! Nangong Sheng's face was cold, if it wasn't for his father and second uncle present, he really wanted to teach Li Chengen a good lesson.
At this moment, the little servant's voice sounded outside: "I've seen Er Gu... Niang."
Following that, I saw Nangongyan wearing a lake-colored dress and pulling a crescent moon bun walking in slowly. In just a few days, she lost weight all over her body, and she seemed to be vulnerable at any time. Like the wind blows away.
The moment she saw Li Chengen, her complexion was pale and her steps slowed down, but then she continued to walk forward and bowed to the three of Nangong Qin.
Li Chengen looked at Nangongyan and said, "Miss, my husband is here to pick you up, you should hurry up and clean up." There was a sense of naturalness in his tone.
Li Chengen is also a student of the Imperial Examination, but his name is Sunshan. His father-in-law Nangong Qin and several teachers in the academy said that he is almost ready for the exam, but... He can only sigh that his luck is not good, and this horse also needs With Bole knowledge, we can only wait for the next meeting to try. Unexpectedly, soon after the meeting, there were rumors that this Enke meeting was trying to cheat for personal gain. Li Chengen also went to inquire about Huang Hetai's old works in Jingzhou. The rhetoric was gorgeous and rhetorical. It was inferior to him. Yuan talent! He immediately decided that there must be fraud in the exam.
They benefit from the family's scholarly family and the beautiful scenery. Naturally, they can't have the daughter of a criminal minister as a clan wife, and hinder the family's lintel. And as a scholar, how could he have anything to do with favoritism!
In order to show his clear name, Li Chengen thought about it, and immediately wrote a letter of resignation to leave Nangongyan. In this way, he was able to maintain his reputation and won the praise of all the students who talked to him about poetry and fu in the past. Appreciate.
But no one expected that the situation would change dramatically on the day of the palace test. Until today, Nangong Qin Xixue was released from the prison for his grievances, and he was reinstated.
Since the Nangong family has been innocent, then Nangongyan is still qualified to be a Li family wife, so Li Chengen personally came to the house to pick her up and give her some face.
Li Chengen smiled reservedly at Nangong Yan. She thought she would be grateful, but she didn't want Nangong Yan's eyes to tremble slightly, so she avoided her eyes and turned pale.
Li Chengen frowned slightly, a look of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and then he looked at Nangong Qin again, bowed and saluted, "Father-in-law, the youngest son-in-law will take his wife back."
Nangong Qin's face was sinking like water, and he did not respond to Li Cheng'en's words. He looked at Nangong Yan and asked, "Yan'er, I want to hear your thoughts for my father."
Nangongyan's heart was shocked, and she looked up at Nangong Qin in disbelief.
The father was upright and seldom bewildered. Since he asked her that, he was really asking her what she thought, so the father meant that, whether she wanted to go back to the Li family or not, the Nangong family would call the shots for her.
Thinking about it, a mist appeared in Nangongyan's eyes, his fists clenched in his sleeves. She has never been in charge of herself in her life, and this time, maybe it's time...
"Father," Nangong Yan looked at Nangong Qin without blinking, her lips parted lightly, and said slowly but firmly, "There are no abandoned women in the Nangong family."
Hearing this, Li Chengen's eyebrows stretched slightly. Finally, although his wife is not generous enough, she still knows the general situation and the importance. But also, which woman is willing to be abandoned, and which family is willing to accept an abandoned woman.
Li Chengen stiffened his back, and there was a hint of arrogance in his eyes.
But soon, the smile on Li Chengen's mouth could no longer be maintained.
I saw that Nangongyan looked at Li Chengen again, her always soft eyes were resolutely cold at this moment, and then she said to Nangong Qin sternly: "Father, because of righteousness, we are together because of righteousness, and our daughter must be righteous with Licheng. ."
Saying that, she gave Nangong Qin Shenshen a blessing, "I also ask the father to decide for his daughter!"
For a moment, there was silence in the study. Neither Li Chengen nor the three men of the Nangong family could hide their shock, but Nangong Qin and his son Nangong Mu quickly calmed down after a brief period of shock.
Nangong Sheng looked at this concubine sister unexpectedly. He really underestimated this second sister before.
But Li Chengen's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he almost suspected that he was hallucinating.
Righteousness? !
Nangongyan actually said that he wanted to be righteous with him? !
How does this work!
In Dayu, there are three ways for couples to divorce:
The first is to divorce his wife. A man who divorces his wife is a woman who has committed the seven outlaws, and the woman who is divorced will become the object of contempt by others;
The second is reconciliation. As the name suggests, reconciliation is the most precious thing. The husband and wife will break up peacefully after negotiation, rather than the husband's unilateral divorce.
The third type is righteousness. Righteousness is the meaning of grace and righteousness. Generally speaking, it means that if a husband or wife beats, curses, kills, hurts, or rapes the relatives of the other party, it is regarded as a husband and wife. , From then on, the marriage of men and women has nothing to do with each other.
Just imagine how this woman would be righteous with her husband for no reason. It must be the husband or his family who made the woman unbearable. People who don't know it will definitely think that they have a loss of virtue...
Li Chengen can completely imagine that once their husband and wife fail, he will become the laughing stock of the entire capital, and his career will be completely ruined...
"No!" Li Chengen objected with a livid face, "I can't be righteous."
He felt that his attitude was too strong, so he slowed down his tone again: "Yan'er, I know that I acted a little impulsive because of a moment of righteous indignation, but now I have come to pick you up in person? Our husband and wife have always been Respect each other like a guest, how can it be so righteous?"
He believed that he had done the best of benevolence and righteousness. According to the circumstances of the Nangong family at that time, it was not uncommon for some cruel family to report Nangongyan's sudden illness.
He has always been open and upright, and naturally he can't do such a cruel and heartless thing. He just sent Nangongyan back to his parents' home, but he didn't want him to care about the relationship between husband and wife, but Nangongyan repaid himself with justice?
Thinking about it, the anger in Li Cheng'en's chest was churning like waves.
Nangongyan straightened her thin waist, looked at Li Chengen calmly, and said, "You have treated your wife like a mustard in the past, so why are you here today!"
Her tone was extremely flat, but there was a deep sense of coldness in her heart.
It is easy to change but the old people's hearts, but the old people's hearts are changeable.
She no longer wants to live this life with a hypocrite, not as good as the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng, at least the Buddha will not betray her...
"You..." Li Chengen suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted angrily, calling his name, "Nangongyan, if you don't want to go back with me, you can only divorce the Li family!"
He wants to make the Nangong family pay for their humiliation to him!
Who would have thought, but Nangongyan's expression was indifferent. Since he was already dead, he would not be hurt by the actions of the other party. She said indifferently: "Young Master Li, dare to ask the seven outlaws, which one did I commit, why do you leave me?!"
"You..." Li Chengen was so angry that the veins on his forehead throbbed, and he was speechless for a while.
Nangongyan didn't want to talk to him any more, and said to Nangong Qin Shenshen with a blessing, "Father, my daughter has made up her mind, please ask my father to fulfill her!"
Women are so arrogant! Li Chengen thought to himself, no wonder the saying goes "long hair is long and knowledge is short", he hurriedly said to Nangong Qin: "Father-in-law, there is a saying, 'It's better to demolish ten temples than destroy a marriage', you still help the youngest son-in-law. Please persuade the lady."
Li Cheng'en doesn't think that Nangong Qin's union is very meaningful. This matter is not good for the reputation of the two families. The Nangong family is a century-old family, but he has never heard of a precedent for righteousness!
The Nangong family can't have abandoned women, but if there is a righteous woman, will the reputation be good?
He looked at Nangong Qin with burning eyes, trying to use his father-in-law to dispel his wife's delusions, but he didn't want to. Nangong Qin actually said, "Yan'er, have you thought about it clearly?"
This is a road of no return!
In any case, divorce and reconciliation are still righteous, and it is women who suffer the most! The world is so!
Nangongyan nodded resolutely. She was not in a moment of righteous indignation, but she had been thinking about it for several days.
As early as after the results of the palace examination came out, she knew that her father might be acquitted. Since then, she had expected that Eli Cheng's temperament would most likely come to take her back, and sure enough...
Nangong Qin sighed inwardly, and said, "Yan'er, since you have made up your mind, then you can do it."
The daughter of the Nangong family is not someone who will come and leave at will.
Nangong Qin's words made Nangong Yan feel relieved and did not want to see Li Chengen again.
Of course, she hopes to get together and break up when it comes to husband and wife, but when she mentions Yi Jue, his first reaction is not to reconcile, but to divorce his wife. Since he thinks he is right, what if she goes back? In this life, she will not be able to get peace of mind; in this life, she will have trouble sleeping and eating.
Li Chengen looked at the people in the Nangong Mansion in disbelief in disbelief. Yi Jue's idea was so absurd. No one in this room objected to it. Are the Nangong family insane?
On this day, Li Chengen returned to Li's house in despair, alone.
The next day, the incident between the second daughter of the Nangong family and her husband Yijue was well known in the capital, and some good people secretly went to inquire about the whole story, and quickly found out the ins and outs of the matter.
It turned out that the Li family was unkind and unjust. Seeing that his in-laws were involved in the fraud case, he swept his daughter-in-law Nangongyan out of the house. When Nangong Qin was acquitted, the Li family came to pick him up again. Back to my husband's house.
What is commendable is that the Nangong family is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and at Nangongyan's request, agrees to be righteous with the Li family.
When the rumors spread, Mrs. Liu, the eldest young lady of Nangong Mansion, personally led her servants to Li's house in Hulu Hutong and retrieved Nangongyan's dowry.
This Li family is no more than a small family. Li Chengen brought his widowed mother and younger siblings all the way to Wangdu to study. He had already sold the land and house of his hometown, and now the family's food and clothing are all owned by Nangongyan. The dowry was being held, and even on weekdays, Li Chengen met his friends with Wenwen, and the ones who talked about poetry and flowers with those students were also Nangongyan's dowry.
In the past, Nangongyan thought of husband and wife as one, thinking that Xianggong was a talented man and never bothered with the Li family, but did not want all the money to be fed to the white-eyed wolf.
Now that the two families are righteous, Liu Qingqing is not polite to the Li family, and directly takes away the dowry and servants.
In the end, only an empty Li family was left, and the Li family was even pointed at by the surrounding neighbors, unable to lift their heads...
Li's mother was so worried that she almost fainted. Without Nangongyan's dowry, the Li family's food, clothing and chewing will be gone in the future, but Li Chengen, who doesn't hear anything outside the window, only worries that her future career will be taken care of by the Nangong family. hinder...
Liu Qingqing was also too lazy to step on the underdog. She knew in her heart that the Li family had been so smooth in the past few years that she no longer had any self-awareness.
For the Nangong family, as long as Nangongyan can think about it, everything will be fine.
After Liu Qingqing returned to Nangong Mansion, he learned from the steward that Nangong Sheng was in Nangong Qin's outer study, not only their father and son, but also Nangong Mu was called.
At this moment, Nangong Muzheng in the study took a piece of silk paper from his elder brother Nangong Qin. After reading it with a subtle expression, he handed it to Nangong Sheng.
Seeing that his father and uncle both had strange expressions on their faces, Nangong Sheng vaguely guessed that what was said in the secret letter might not be simple, but even though he was already prepared, he was still surprised.
The expressions of the three men were indescribably complicated.
"Brother, what do you mean..." Nangong Mu was the first to speak.
Nangong Sheng's eyes were also focused on Nangong Qin, waiting for his father's decision.
And Nangong Qin didn't seem to hear it. He lowered his eyes and pondered. After a while, he said decisively: "Everything is according to what Yi said."
Words are sonorous and powerful.
There was silence in the study. Nangong Sheng got up and put the silk paper in his hand on the candle. The moment the flames got on the corner of the silk paper, they greedily devoured them. On the bluestone floor, a few words were written on the unburned paper: "Near the rivers and lakes, but far away from the temples.
The flames flickered and flickered, and finally the last sentence left on the paper was completely swallowed up, leaving only a little flocculent ash...
For the three men in Nangong Mansion, it was destined to be a sleepless night.
The scandal of fraud finally subsided, the people quickly put these things behind, and the new jinshi began to devote themselves to the examination of the succubus.
Until one night two days later, a family surnamed Hao in the west of the capital city was visited by thieves late at night. Because it was an official family that was stolen, the Jingzhao Mansion did not dare to neglect it, and immediately sent additional personnel to track it down, and finally caught it the next day. thieves. However, among the seized property, the head of the class found an account book. After reading the account book, the governor of Jingzhao's face changed greatly, and he presented it to the imperial front at the fastest speed.
The account book records the details of the purchase and sale exam questions, from when and where to whom, and how much money was received, no matter the details.
The emperor immediately ordered the official surnamed Hao to be arraigned, but when Lu Huaining led the Jinyiwei to Hao's residence, what awaited them was a dead body hanging in the air icyly...
As soon as this happened, the fraud case set off a wave again.
Who can know the test questions in advance and thus sell the questions, one can imagine!
The chief examiner, Nangong Qin!
The censors immediately jumped up and down. Zhu Yushi, Chen Yushi, Li Dashi and others went to the imperial study to play the emperor, and asked the emperor to strictly investigate the fraud case.
The emperor was "forced" by these officials to the point where he was in a daze, and he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious: the evidence was solid, could it be said that Nangong Qin was really daring...
The emperor thought and thought, until now, the only option is to detain Nangong Qin again!
"Huairen..."
Just as the emperor was about to give his decree, a small servant suddenly walked in in a hurry. He seemed to be out of breath. He saluted and said, "Your Majesty, there is good news! Three thousand miles to hurry, and a good news is sent from the southern border. !"
Hearing this, the emperor was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Xuan! Quickly announce!"
The expressions of the other officials in the imperial study were different, only Zhu Yushi's eyes were dark, and there was a vague premonition. The Zhennan Palace and the Nangong Palace in the southern Xinjiang are relatives by marriage, and the principle of "everything is prosperous, and all is lost" applies from the court to the people...
After a while, a gallant young soldier in a suit of armour strode in under the guidance of the little maid. From his appearance, it was obvious that he had come from a long distance.
The young soldier knelt down on one knee, gave the emperor a military salute, and said, "Long live my emperor, long live Tian Detao, the last general. Long live my emperor. The last general was ordered by the prince to come day and night to report the good news to the emperor, half a month. Before, Shizi led 100,000 iron cavalry troops to Ruijiang City, the capital of Baiyue, and Ruijiang City was in danger and could be captured in a few days."
Tian Detao said it with impassioned and passionate blood.
However, in fact, he had already arrived in Yuhe Town near the Royal Capital ten days ago. He was lurking in the town in disguise. Following the instructions of the prince, he did not enter the capital for the time being... Until yesterday, someone handed him a handbag. When the news came, saying that it was time, he deliberately pretended to be in a hurry, and came to memorize the good news prepared in advance, and there was no fear of deceiving the king in his words and deeds.
Nanjiang is now under the absolute control of the prince. To say something disrespectful, the prince will know what he wants the emperor to know.
"well!"
The emperor after the imperial case was overjoyed and said hello.
In recent days, he has been confused and exhausted by this fraud case, and finally there is good news to cheer him up.
But then, the emperor frowned slightly hesitantly.
Xiao Yi has just made a great contribution. If he imprisoned Nangong Qin at this time, wouldn't it have swept Xiao Yi's face and chilled his heart? !
The emperor squinted and thought for a moment, then waved to Eunuch Liu, and then gave a whisper, so that Nangong Qin could not go out at home for the time being.
Eunuch Liu hurried away, and Yu Shi Zhu, who was below, was speculating that the emperor didn't know what to say, when he heard the emperor loudly ordered to a small servant: "Send my will and order Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to thoroughly investigate this case. !"
The little servant hurriedly complied with the promise, but Zhu Yushi's heart sank to the bottom, but the emperor's arrangement was unforgettable. The emperor did not appease Nangong Qin, but ordered a strict investigation. What can he say to oppose it? ! The development of the situation seems to have deviated from the expectations of the two princes...
Immediately afterwards, the emperor continued to order: "Come here, Xuan Kuilang has an audience!"
The matter of the imperial study quickly reached the ears of Han Lingfu and Han Lingguan. Both brothers were in disbelief. How could the Nangong family be so lucky? ! It was as if there was an unknown powerful force protecting the Nangong family!
On this day, the sound of "banging, bang, bang" came from the study room of the two county kings.
And when Han Lingfu learned that Kui Lang was proclaimed into the palace by the emperor, his face became even gloomier.
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