Dressed as the Queen Mother to grasp the script of a strong country

The last night of the exam, Jinshui City, in the rural examination room.

Zhang Zheng stopped writing, extinguished the lights, and prepared to lie on the bed and have a good rest.

"Ghost, ghost, it's a ghost, I want to get out, I want to get out."

A wailing sound of panic and fear resounded through the silent night.

Zhang Zheng was awakened by the sound and listened carefully to the sounds outside.

An official mission soon left.

"What's wrong?" Guan Cha asked.

The examinee huddled in the corner and said fearfully.

"There's a ghost."

"Is there a ghost?" the official asked.

"Where is the ghost? Don't talk nonsense." Guan Cha said.

The officer thought it was another person who failed in the exam talking nonsense and didn't pay much attention.

At the same time, haunting incidents also occurred in every examination room.

"The paper is handed in, the paper is handed in."

Zhang Zheng handed in the examination papers.

Leave the examination room.

Zhang Zheng and Liu Ruhui walked out of the examination room together.

"How did Brother Zhang do in the exam?" Liu Ruhui asked.

"I finally wrote it all down. I don't know how to get it right." Zhang Zheng said humbly.

"You should ask your father and Prime Minister Zheng for advice then," Liu Ruhui said excitedly.

Zhang Zheng nodded.

"Brother Zhang, did you hear the wail of a haunted man last night?" Liu Ruhui asked in a mysterious and low voice.

Zhang Zheng nodded.

"It's him, it's him." Liu Ruhui looked at a man walking in front who was wearing rags and whispered.

Zhang Zheng also looked at that person.

Except for the two people who paid attention to that person, the rest of the people also looked at him.

"I heard that brother saw a ghost last night?" One candidate asked boldly.

"Ghost?" said the shabby man in question, looking very puzzled.

Seeing his attitude, the person who asked was very suspicious that he had asked the wrong person.

Look at your companion to make sure you're asking the wrong person.

The companion nodded.

"It was him, it was him last night."

The man who received the affirmation from his companion continued: "Yes, didn't my brother say he saw a ghost last night?"

"I don't know why this young master said this. I was sleeping last night and never saw or heard anything." The man in rags said as if nothing happened.

The man who asked the question did not expect this person to answer like this and looked very surprised.

He looked at his companions blankly.

The people watching here intentionally or unintentionally felt very surprised.

"Could it be that he was really possessed by a ghost, so he forgot what happened last night?"

I don’t know who opened his mouth to speculate.

Zhang Zheng and Liu Ruhui looked at each other.

At the same time, the same thing happened in many examination rooms.

The person asking the question stared intently at the man in rags, with sweat on his forehead and unable to move.

"Come and help me, I feel like I can't move."

Everyone felt creepy and chilled all over. Zhang Zheng and Liu Ruhui also quickened their pace and headed towards their carriage.

This incident spread rapidly within the territory of Daikin, causing panic among the people of Daikin.

In Liang Meng Palace.

The news has reached Liang Meng's ears.

Liang Meng never believed in the theory of ghosts and gods.

Liang Meng picked up the tea in his hand and drank it.

"The emperor is here."

Liang Meng looked towards the door and saw a bright yellow figure appearing in his sight. Walking a little faster, Liang Meng put down the tea in his hand.

"My sons and ministers see their mother and queen."

"Emperor, get up quickly." Liang Meng asked.

"What's the matter when the emperor comes to mourn his family?"

The emperor sat down on the other side.

"Have you heard about the haunting?" the emperor asked.

"This matter has been aroused, and the Ai family has also heard about it." Liang Meng said.

"Queen Yi, do you think there are really ghosts in the world?" the emperor asked.

"There are no ghosts in the world. It's just people who disturb themselves." Liang Meng said.

Just kidding, how could a modern person believe in ghosts and gods?

"There are no ghosts in the world. It's just people who disturb themselves." The emperor said.

"Is there really no ghosts and gods in this world as my mother said?"

Liang Meng looked at the emperor's thinking.

thought in mind.

You are the emperor, you must not believe in any ghosts and gods.

In Liang Meng's thoughts.

The theory of ghosts and gods is just an evolution of the theory of destiny.

According to the theory of destiny, this world is divided into the world of gods, humans, underworld, devils and monsters.

Heaven (God Realm) is the ruler of this world.

Only in awe of God and the divine realm can mankind unite to fight against natural disasters.

Therefore, if we need to fear God, only fear, the fear of death, can unite us to survive.

In order to better unite and command mankind, the sons of heaven were born, who were the emperors of the past dynasties.

Only by transferring mankind's reverence for heaven to the emperor can mankind unite better, obey better, and survive better.

Having heaven and humans is not enough, we also need the fear of death.

Only the fear of death can make people fear God and unite them.

Therefore, the underworld, where people become souls and ghosts after death, is needed.

The so-called demon world, demon world, and apostasy are all for the purpose of safeguarding the doctrine of destiny and suppressing the thoughts of those who try to break away from the unity of mankind.

Liang Meng was very confused in her heart. Should she tell the emperor why there might be no ghosts and gods in this world?

If he didn't say it, if he was deceived by other people's theories about ghosts and gods, such as immortality, opening the imperial examination would offend the gods and not open the imperial examination, so that he would be taken advantage of.

If so, he no longer fears ghosts and gods, but becomes unable to control the expansion of his power and harms the people.

How to do?

Liang Meng was very confused.

If the emperor believed in ghosts and gods, he could still control himself and be good to the people.

Forget it, it's better to let him be in awe. Only with awe can we control the expansion of the emperor's power, control the emperor's enjoyment, and work hard for the world to live and work in peace and contentment.

Liang Meng then made up his mind not to tell him the details but to tell him the conclusion. This way the emperor would be able to waver between belief and disbelief. Once he encountered obstacles in his great achievements, he would not be affected by the theories of ghosts and gods. .

If he treats the people badly and the people resist, he can ultimately attribute it to the destiny of heaven. The emperor has no virtue and remains in awe.

Liang Meng said: "There are no ghosts in the world, so the emperor should not think too much about it."

"But this matter is making a fuss, how can we show our goodwill?" the emperor said.

"This may be man-made," Liang Meng said.

The emperor looked at Liang Meng questioningly.

"This incident happened in all the examination rooms in Daikin. Only one candidate in each examination center saw a ghost and then did not remember it.

Emperor, do you think the key to everything lies in the ghost teller? "

"Ghost talker."

Liang Meng nodded.

“A person who talks about ghosts can only see it himself, but forgets what happened at night the next day, and then says he doesn’t remember it when asked by others. This way there will be no evidence at all, because he has forgotten everything and there is no way to verify it. If there are no ghosts in this world, then all this is directed and performed by the candidates who have seen ghosts."

"They are all candidates."

"From seeing ghosts to forgetting ghosts, it's all his family's opinion. There's no way to verify it, so it's natural."

"That candidate is fabricating ghosts and gods."

Liang Meng nodded.

"how so?"

"This happened in the examination room. What does the emperor think?"

"The Queen Mother said that all these rumors about ghosts and gods are aimed at the imperial examination."

The emperor suddenly realized.

Liang Meng saw that the emperor understood and said again: "The emperor should still issue an order prohibiting the use of ghosts and gods to harm people."

The emperor nodded.

Only by believing in ghosts, gods and destiny can the emperor's rule be guaranteed.

But similarly, people can also use ghosts, gods, and destiny to attack the emperor in an attempt to overthrow the rule.

Therefore, it is still necessary to prohibit those who want to use ghosts and gods to achieve their own goals.

The emperor was about to leave Liang Meng's palace.

A young eunuch came to report to Yuan Gao.

"Your Majesty, something happened." Yuan Gao said.

"What's the matter?"

"Fires broke out in several places where candidates' exam papers are stored."

"The exam papers were burned."

"What."

"The Queen Mother." Hongyu said after hearing Emperor Yuan Gao's conversation.

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I just heard the news that there is a fire where the candidates' examination papers are stored."

"What, the test paper is on fire." Liang Meng said.

This is really true. Liang dreamed.

at the same time.

In the palace of the Concubine Xian.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Concubine Xian was reading a book on the bed.

"What's the matter."

"My servant heard that the exam room is haunted and some exam papers were burned."

"It's haunted and the exam papers were burned." Concubine Xian was surprised.

Then his face turned pale.

"Father still hasn't listened to my opinion."

"Mother, do you think it's really haunted or that the imperial examination offended me?" the palace maid boldly guessed.

Zheng Wanyi immediately looked at the palace maid with cold eyes.

The palace maid said: "I know I'm wrong. I know I'm wrong. I shouldn't talk nonsense."

"If you are saying what you just said, I can't save you, so go down."

"Yes, I don't dare to do that anymore."

The saying "could it be that the imperial examination offended the ghosts and gods" was circulated in Daijin.

This kind of remarks also reached Liang Meng's ears.

Since the emperor believed that someone opposed the imperial examination and did all kinds of things, he was no longer afraid of this kind of news in Dajin.

Instead, he summoned Xiao Yuan.

After a long time, Dajin came to the court.

The three adults, Zheng Bingzhi and Wang Lucui, exchanged looks.

"My dear friends, what can you do about the destruction of the examination papers?" the emperor said.

Zheng Bingzhi glanced at an official again.

"emperor."

The official said and walked out.

Then he fell to his knees.

"The examinees have seen ghosts. The examination papers have been burned. The imperial examination may offend the gods. Please ask the emperor to abolish the imperial examination, Your Majesty." the official shouted.

The emperor looked at the emotional official and smiled.

"Are you saying that the imperial examination offended the gods?"

"It's the Emperor. Please don't act arbitrarily."

Bring someone.

Above the main hall, Xiao Yuan and other Jinyi guards escorted several young people.

The boy was dressed in rags.

Everyone looked at the young men in the main hall and wondered why the emperor was like this.

Zheng Bingzhi saw that the determination on the faces of these young men was also quietly leaving, turning into ugly expressions.

"These people are the candidates who claim to have seen ghosts," the emperor said.

After hearing who these young men were, the officials started talking a lot.

"Tell the officials why you said you saw ghosts."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare my life."

"Someone gave us money to say we saw ghosts in the examination room."

The officials started talking again after hearing what the young man said.

Zheng Bingzhi looked ugly.

"who?"

"Your Majesty, we really don't know who he is. The person who gave us the money is wearing a mask, so we really don't know."

The emperor looked at the faces of officials from aristocratic families.

"Take it down."

"Yes."

The other Jin Yiwei led people away.

Xiao Yuan stood among the officials.

"You." The emperor said, pointing to the official who was kneeling on the ground.

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life."

"Anyone who talks nonsense about ghosts and gods in the court hall will be killed."

When the official heard the emperor's punishment, panic flashed on his face, and he wanted to beg the emperor for mercy, but the voice of begging for mercy was not uttered, so Xiao Yuan sealed his throat with a sword.

Splashes of blood splashed onto the faces of other officials.

"If I hear about the imperial examination again and offend the gods, this will be the fate of this person."

All the officials looked at the fainted official with fear.

Everyone was discussing how to deal with candidates whose exam papers were burned.

The final decision was for them to take the next exam directly.

If someone sets fire to the test paper again, all candidates will have to take the test again.

……

Mr. Zheng sat in the official sedan returning home with a gloomy expression.

When you reach a no man's land.

"What's going on? Why did the sedan stop?" Master Zheng asked.

Mr. Zheng saw no one to answer.

Then he opened the curtain of the sedan chair.

Master Zheng then saw that his servants were all on the ground and fainted.

Zheng Bingzhi got off the sedan.

Seeing all his servants fall to the ground, Master Zheng looked at the man in black standing behind his sedan chair, and unknown fear swept through Master Zheng.

"I am the prime minister of the current dynasty. May I ask why your brother is blocking me here?" Master Zheng asked.

Then the man in black heard Master Zheng's words and said, "Master Zheng, I would like to discuss cooperation with Master Zheng."

"Cooperation?" Mr. Zheng asked after thinking about it.

"Who are you?"

Then he saw the man in black slowly taking off his mask.

Master Zheng said when he saw the man in black: "You, you are."

The man in black smiled slightly.

The results of the provincial examination will be announced in a few days.

Liu Ruhui took the top spot, Zhang Zheng ranked in the top three, and Zheng Baiying had just passed the provincial examination.

There has been a festive atmosphere in Liu Mansion for the past few days.

"Miss, ma'am."

"Why are you so nervous?" Liu Zizhu said.

The maid looked at Liu Zizhu with a smile.

Liu Zizhu looked at the maid and motioned to the maid to say.

The maid said happily.

"It's Prime Minister Zheng's family."

"Why should someone from Prime Minister Zheng's family be like this?"

"Miss, Mr. Zheng's family sent someone to discuss your marriage with me."

"Marriage."

"Miss, this is your marriage to Mr. Zheng Baiying."

Liu Zizhu's face showed a smile.

Liu's study room.

Master Liu and Zhang are in the study.

"Zhang Zheng, you are in the top three this time, I am very happy."

"Zhang Zheng can thank Mr. Liu for his cultivation today."

"If it weren't for your extraordinary qualifications, how could you be among the top three just by yourself?"

"You have reached the age of starting a family. If you have someone you like, just tell me. I regard you as my own son and will take good care of you."

"Zhang Zheng would like to thank Mr. Liu. His parents ordered the matchmaker to arrange the marriage. Zhang Zheng lost his father and mother in his early years, so he asked Mr. Liu to take care of it."

Master Liu laughed.

"In that case, your marriage will be taken care of by me."

Master Liu then thought about it and said, "Zhang Zheng, in fact, I have already planned to make you a good son-in-law."

Zhang Zheng expressed surprise and declined: "How dare Zhang Zheng."

"I am interested in you. How dare you talk about it?"

"I want to marry my concubine Liu Xingzhu to you." Master Liu finished speaking and looked at Zhang Zheng's expression.

The woman who always said some novel remarks appeared in Zhang Zheng's mind, free and easy, with the corners of her mouth raised.

Master Liu saw Zhang Zheng's expression and knew that Zhang Zheng had agreed.

Then he walked up to Zhang Zheng, patted Zhang Zheng on the shoulder, and laughed heartily.

"It would be satisfying if I could marry someone who I don't hate and who can help me smooth my career in the officialdom." Zhang Zheng thought.

Zheng Fu.

Zheng Baiying and Lord Zheng are in the study.

"My father wants me to marry Liu Zizhu."

Master Zheng nodded.

"Liu Ruhui will definitely go further and further in the officialdom and become his in-laws," Master Zheng said.

Zheng Boying nodded.

"A man is a matchmaker appointed by his parents. As for what kind of woman he marries, as long as he and she can manage the family well, the man must put all his energy into his ideals after all." Zheng Boying thought in her mind.

Concubine Shu was walking in the Imperial Garden, which was bare at this time.

Then he saw many eunuchs walking around in the imperial garden carrying fine clothes and silks.

"My Lady, look at those eunuchs holding fine clothes and silks."

Liang Shuer nodded.

The palace maid saw Concubine Liang looking at the clothes and satin in the hands of the eunuchs with expectation and pride.

The palace maid then remembered that the emperor had said a few days ago that he would send clothes and satin to Concubine Shu.

Moreover, they came straight to Concubine Liang, and this road could only lead to Concubine Liang's palace.

The palace maid then said: "Your Majesty, this must be given to you by the Emperor. The Emperor still loves you the most."

Concubine Liang smiled shyly.

"Slave, go and stop them now."

Seeing that Concubine Liang did not refute, the maid called the eunuchs to stop.