Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 1766 Mr. Dong Guo 1.0
Jin Jing turned her head to look at Shen Cha, and the two exchanged glances, and they both saw expressions of feeling worthless for Ning Changguo on each other's faces.

Although in the court, generals, nobles and civil servants, scholars, and scholars headed by Ningchang Kingdom have always been incompatible, and they have always wanted to strangle each other to death. As long as they bite, they will never let go.

But they also have to admit that Ning Changguo is a talented person, and he is also conscientious in his tenure, and has done several things that benefit the country and the people.

At the same time, his love for his family is also worthy of recognition. However, his bad luck, his unrelated family finally became the sharp knife that Song Jue stabbed at him, and finally led to the demise of Xijing Ning Mansion.

In general, Ning Chang Kingdom has been calculated from beginning to end throughout his life, and the one who calculated him the most and used him the most was not his family, but the Qinglian Sect and the Empress Dowager.

However, this is also unavoidable. After all, the Jiangnan area has always been the main activity area of ​​the Qinglian Sect. There are more and more loyal congregants than other places, and they are very effective helpers.In particular, many big clans are the main sponsors of the Qinglian Sect. They don't know that there are still people behind the Qinglian Sect, but what they know is that the Qinglian Sect can help the big clans regain their previous glory and help the big clans regain their former glory. They defeated the royal family and nobles, and regained the power that was taken away.

Thinking of this, Shen Cha frowned, she thought of something, perhaps from the very beginning, everything in Ningchang Kingdom was under the control of Qinglian Sect.

From Chaozhou Ning's choice of a suitable replacement for Ningchang Kingdom, to Ningchang Kingdom's becoming the poor son of the Ning family in Zhongzhou, and then to the number one scholar in Ningchang National High School, I am afraid that all of this could not be hidden from the eyeliner of the Qinglian Sect. Whether the empress dowager knew about it or not, she didn't know, but she could guess that the sudden outbreak of the scientific examination case and the impostor case after Ningchang National High School were probably related to the empress dowager.

Thinking of this, Shen Cha looked at Jin Jing and touched her nose with her hand. She made a bold guess that the target of the two major cases that happened back then might not have been the scholars who were exposed, but Ningchang State.

Jin Jing looked at Shen Cha's face, thought for a while, nodded towards Ning Cheng, and whispered to Ying Wu and Ying Seventeen to keep an eye on Ning Cheng, and caught up with Shen Cha who had already walked to the door.

Jin Miaomiao looked at the backs of the two leaving, and shrugged towards Ying Wu and Ying Shiqi.

"Don't look at me, I don't know."

Jin Jing followed Shen Cha for a longer walk, staying away from the dungeon, making sure that the people inside could not hear their conversation.

"Do you have any doubts?"

"Brother Xiaojing, don't you think it's a bit strange?" Shen Cha looked in the direction of the dungeon, "Second Grandpa and Ning Cheng both said that it was because the Ning family and his wife were too high-profile that Ning Changguo escaped from this situation." One catastrophe, but..." She sighed softly, "Those big clans have done such things before, so why didn't anyone investigate?"

"I understand what you mean. Ning Changguo is a genius, so he is valued by the Qinglian Sect. Those people in the past were not valued by the Qinglian Sect. Even believers, they are of little help, right? "

"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded, "The layout of the Qinglian Sect, or the layout of the people behind the scenes, has always been to take a long line to catch big fish, such as the Empress Dowager, Ningchang Kingdom, and Wanyanping's aunt And Wanyan Qingmu. They all have one characteristic in common, don’t they?”

"Are there any common characteristics?" Jin Jing thought for a while, "You mean, at the beginning, these people looked ordinary, but in the later stage, they are all pawns that can be used, and they can be given to others." They brought huge benefits. You suspect that the scientific research case and identity fraud case were actually aimed at Ningchang, right?"

"En!" Shen Cha nodded, "Besides, the Empress Dowager should also be involved in this matter."

"Her hands are always stretched out very long, and she is involved in everything, so I'm not surprised." Jin Jing sneered, "However, if it's as we guessed, everything in Ningchang is in Qinglian sect." Under his grasp, his every move is being watched, because he has shown his talent, so he has been included in the scope of investigation, right?" Seeing Shen Cha nodding, he continued, " If Ningchang Kingdom had performed abnormally in the scientific examination that time, and it was not the number one scholar or not in the top three, the scientific examination case and identity fraud case should not have happened."

"That's right, if Ning Chang State wasn't the number one pick, the second place in the list, or the No. [-] flower, the Qinglian Sect and the people behind him should have given up on him, because this person has lost the value that can be used and is not worthy of their continued attention. But Ning Chang State They are in high school, which shows that their vision is very vicious and they chose the right person. But how can this person be grasped by them and work for them willingly?"

"Then we must pinch his weakness." Jin Jing sighed softly, "Thinking about it this way, it is true that even though Zhongzhou Ning's and his wife have climbed up to Chaozhou Ning's family, in the eyes of outsiders, they are still poor. Even if they made a high-profile publicity in Xijing City that Ningchang State is their son, it is impossible for Ningchang State to avoid identity verification."

"That's right!" Shen Cha nodded, "The person in charge of these two cases back then received some special instructions, so he picked up Ningchang State high and put it down gently, and he sold Ningchang State and Chaozhou Ning's A great favor. And the issuer of these orders should be the Qinglian Sect represented by the Empress Dowager."

"Let him go? Not sure!" Jin Jing sneered, "This is a huge favor, or a huge trick, they know it in their hearts, don't they? The second grandfather said that Ningchang Kingdom is a special Those who help the Empress Dowager with dirty work, think about it, a literary master who is admired by scholars all over the world, why is he willing to let his hands be stained with blood, why is he willing to be a running dog and a minion for the Empress Dowager? ?”

"I just sorted out what we know. The Ning family of Chaozhou and the Empress Dowager's natal family do not have much friendship, and there is no relationship by marriage. The Empress Dowager must have obeyed the orders of the people behind the scenes and sold them. This favor was given to the Chaozhou Ning family, and by the way, the Chaozhou Ning family was tied to this big ship of his own."

"I'm afraid it's more than that. The Ning family of Chaozhou and the Ningchang Kingdom should have other, more deadly handles that we don't know about that are held in the hands of the empress dowager. Confined in the harem, he didn't dare to break away from the control of the Empress Dowager, and continued to work hard for her, and finally tossed himself and the Xijing Ning family, which is unreasonable, right?" Jin Jing stretched her waist and leaned on On a big tree, he yawned and said, "Do you think the Chaozhou Ning family will know what he did for the Empress Dowager?"

"Tell me, why did Ning Changguo take his younger brother whom he has never met to Xijing City?"

After finishing speaking, Shen Cha and Jin Jing looked at each other, and they both laughed at the same time, like two little foxes who stole a chicken.

"The Ning family in Zhongzhou eventually disappeared along with the Ning Mansion in Xijing, and all those who could threaten the Ning family in Chaozhou disappeared from this world..." Jin Jing sighed heavily, "What a plan! You said, he When you pick someone up, wouldn't that already be counted?"

"It's hard to say." Shen Cha thought for a while, "If he is recruited by the Empress Dowager after returning to Xijing, then there must be someone who can take the blame for him at a critical moment, and his younger brother whom he has never met is the best. candidates."

"That's right." Jin Jing yawned again, and raised her head to look at the sky, "Hey, it seems that we can't find the person we want today."

"It's okay, if you can't pick it today, you can pick it tomorrow."

"Did you not pay attention to this time at all?"

"Brother Xiaojing, don't talk to me, I won't take this set." Shen Cha raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "I won't tell you, I won't tell you whether I'm interested or not, Who are you looking at?"

While speaking, she waved her hand towards Jin Jing, and the two walked back to the dungeon side by side. After entering, they were not in a hurry to continue interrogating Ning Cheng, and each drank a cup of tea and took a short rest.

After Shen Cha finished drinking her tea, she stared at Ning Cheng for a long time, but she didn't speak, but just watched with such a cold face.

Ning Cheng was watched with trepidation in his heart. As time passed, he became more and more frightened and nervous. He almost passed out without taking a breath. He didn't quite understand why Shen Cha was like this, he didn't understand What mistake did I make to attract this great general's killing intent.

"Big...cough cough cough, big...general?"

Ning Cheng didn't think he was timid. If he was timid, he wouldn't be able to do things like Zhen Guogong, Wu Dinghou, and Zhen Guo's great generals, but he didn't feel the power of these big men at that time. Coercion, but today I really felt it.

"General?" Jin Miaomiao tilted her head to look at Shen Cha, and frowned slightly. She also didn't understand why she went out suddenly and came back with such a murderous look. She sighed softly and said, " What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"No!" Shen Cha shook his head lightly, "To be precise, I didn't want to understand one thing, so please explain to me why Ningchang Kingdom suddenly wants to bring the children of Shen Ning's family to the capital?"

"To enlighten him, I want him to take the road of becoming an official through the imperial examination." Ning Cheng sighed, "Although he has no blood relationship with Ningchang Kingdom, he is a younger brother in name after all, and he still has to go on the road of studying. "

Ning Cheng didn't understand why Shen Cha would suddenly ask such a question, but this question was not a big deal, he had asked his brother the same question when he was a child.Because he didn't quite understand why Ning Changguo, such an amazingly talented person, cared so much about the rumored ignorant and rude boy of the Ning family.

"An ignorant and rude boy?" Jin Jing raised her eyebrows when she heard Ning Cheng's words, "How do you know?"

"Although I haven't seen it before, my brother said that it was described in the letter written by Ning Changguo to the patriarch." Ning Cheng sighed, cleared her throat and said, "Ning Changnian, the name is very good, but it is completely confused by him." Parents are no longer supported, and at the age of three or four, they have already recruited cats and dogs, and housed roof tiles, if there is no trouble in this day, it seems like a waste of time." After finishing speaking, he looked at Jin Jing and then at Shen Cha said helplessly, "Brother once said that Ning Changguo said so in his letter about Ning Changnian, that is, his brother who has no blood relationship. What he said was dissatisfaction and worry about this younger brother. "

"Three or four-year-old boys like to invite cats and dogs, and go to the house to uncover tiles." Ying Wu shrugged, expressing his puzzlement, and said, "It's not a big deal, is it? Who doesn't come here like this?" of?"

"That is to say, not to mention anything else, in our city, not to mention the little boys, the little girls are all skinny, going to the house every day to climb trees, dig out bird nests, and steal bird eggs. I dismantled the small hanging whip and threw it in someone else's water tank." Jin Jing said, turning her head to look at Ying Shiqi, baring her teeth, showing a smirk, and said, "Is it?"

"Didn't it just blow up your water tank? How can you still hold grudges until now?" Ying Shiqi rolled his eyes, "If you don't mention it, I will forget it. When I bombed your water tank, it was only three or four Years old, isn't it?" She turned to look at Shen Cha, saw her boss nodded with a smile on his face, and snorted at Jin Jing, "You took my little rabbit away secretly, it should be from last year. Is something wrong? Are you not skinny at such an old age?"

"It's not you I'm talking about, why bother to take the seat?" Jin Jing patted Ying Shiqi's shoulder with a smirk, and the two exchanged a knowing look in a place Ning Cheng couldn't see. "Okay, don't be angry, I'll help you find a lively and cute little rabbit later, okay?"

"You're sensible!" Ying Shiqi snorted, and turned his head to look at the curious Ning Cheng, "What are you looking at? You shouldn't have been an honest child when you were young, right? Why are you so surprised?"

"Returning to my lord, the students really didn't do these things when they were young. If they did these things, they would be punished by the elders in charge of punishment. At the least, they would be sent to the ancestral hall to contemplate their mistakes behind closed doors, and at worst, they would be punished." Ning Cheng Said enviously, "When we were young, we had a schedule, what time to do and what kind of things, we must not slack off at all. The elders said that children are not strong-willed and are easily tempted by outside things, so It must be strictly required."

"Understood." Jin Jing nodded, "That's why that child from the Ning family is considered by Ning Changguo to be incapable of learning? What does a three or four-year-old child do besides play?"

"We were all enlightened at the age of two or three. When we were three or four years old, we could probably read a thousand poems. And that kid is almost four years old, and he doesn't know a single word. Of course, he is ignorant. It's just that ..." Ning Cheng sighed, "We always thought that everyone was just like us when they were young, even warriors, they also practiced martial arts like us since childhood. Unexpectedly, we were the only ones who lived like this."

"We did practice martial arts since we were young, but we also have plenty of time to play and rest. We will definitely not be the same as you." Ying Shiqi looked disgusted, "So, Ning Changguo despises that kid from the Ning family. , So, we need to bring people around and teach them well? But after he is transferred to Xijing City, he will have a lot of things to do, can he really take care of his younger brother?"

"Ning Changguo came to Beijing to take up a post, the handover was over, and after the arrangement was settled, he proposed to take over people." Ning Cheng sighed softly, "No matter what, the Ning family couple are very happy. After the letter, I packed Ning Changnian's luggage and sent him to Xijing."

"One more question, did your elder brother mention it, or did Ningchang Kingdom mention it in the letter to your patriarch, did Ningchang Kingdom have the honor of entering the capital this time, and went to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager? Oh, no, it should have been Empress Dowager."

"I mentioned it!" Ning Cheng nodded affirmatively, "Shortly after Ning Changguo returned to Beijing, before Ningchangguo took over his younger brother, a palace banquet was held in the palace. At that time, Ningchangguo was arranged again. The errand of giving lectures in the East Palace is naturally qualified to go to this palace banquet. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but this time the palace banquet, Ningchang Kingdom tied up the empress dowager who was still a concubine at that time, so that the empress dowager Received him and thanked him specially.”

(End of this chapter)