Faced with this inquiry, Cui Jing looked at Chang Suining, for a moment, and whispered: "Your Highness, thank you."
Facing that line of sight, he said: "I am a person in the game, and those who are about to be slaughtered are my late mother's clan members -"
Therefore, if he says he wants to do something, even if it is not entirely selfish, there must be selfish motives.
But she is different. It should be noted that since the existence of the gentry, the world has been divided into aristocratic families and poor families, and whether she stands from the standpoint of the poor families in the world or the Li family, she can and should regard the gentry as an opposing existence.
But at this moment, she does not belong to any party. She just wants to protect the river of culture that has been passed down on this land for thousands of years, for the long-term inheritance of future generations.
No matter what the world is like, she truly cherishes every inch of river and land under her feet.
Looking at the girl standing in the chaotic night, covered in wet mud, a voice appeared in Cui Jing's mind, she fell into the mire without hiding her light.
At this moment, he heard her say: "Because you are a person in the game, you know better what the nobles have and what they control. It would be a pity if what they have and control is burned down. Moreover, even if you have selfish motives,
It’s also human nature.”
"There is no dispute in this world that is not caused by selfish motives. The emperor and the nobles fight, both sides are selfish. The emperor's method of 'testing' you is also selfish-" She said nonchalantly: "Since everyone
We all have selfish motives, so why do we require you to be a selfless idiot?"
She finally told him: "Right and wrong in the world are mostly limited to one moment and one situation. Over the years, the positions will change. Wrong may become right, right may also be wrong. We just need to feel no regrets at this time."
Cui Jing looked at her deeply and nodded: "Yes, it should be so."
"I wonder how Your Highness wants to try it?"
Chang Sui Ning asked back without answering: "What about you, now that you are back, what do you think?"
Cui Jing: "In my opinion, no external force can save the Central Plains gentry from this calamity."
Even if right and wrong were put aside, he led the Xuance Army to forcibly protect the various tribes headed by the Zheng family, but the tribesmen outside Luoyang and Xingyang would not be able to escape the consequences of being punished, and this disaster would even quickly affect more noble tribes.
, including Cui will only make the situation worse.
The decline of the Central Plains gentry was inevitable when they decided to associate with Xu Zhengye, and they had to pay the price for what they had done.
"Since external forces cannot save us, we can only save ourselves." Chang Sui Ning said: "If you want to find a way to save yourself, you can only save people, but not the nobles."
"Yes." Cui Jing said: "Now the only option is to put yourself to death and survive."
When the two looked at each other, they already understood what the other was thinking.
"Since we are trying to save ourselves, we need important people among them to discuss countermeasures." Chang Sui Ning said: "The Zheng family in Xingyang is the head of the Central Plains gentry, and time is tight. Otherwise, you can secretly send people to Xingyang and capture some of them."
The people from the Zheng clan who told me to come?"
"There is no need to kidnap him." Cui Jing turned to look aside and said, "This gentleman's surname is Zheng, his given name is Chao, and his given name is Guancang."
"Zheng Chao...?" Chang Suining muttered, quite surprised: "Is he your biological uncle?"
Cui Jing nodded, this is his mother's only brother.
"My uncle is different from ordinary Zheng clan members. What happened to him is a long story."
Chang Sui Ning had heard a little about Zheng Chao. He was the eldest son of the eldest son of the Zheng family. When his father died early in his life, he inherited the position of head of the Zheng family. However, within a few years, he was regarded by the Zheng family as "frail and sick and unfit to be the head of the family."
In the name of "heavy duty", he gave up his position as the head of the family.
The change of power of the head of a wealthy family is a major event, and Chang Sui Ning is as suspicious as Chang Sui Ning. When he heard about this in his early years, he smelled the smell of conspiracy. Now that he is close to this matter, he can't help but ask: "...it is rumored that your uncle is sick.
Is it true or false?”
"Half true and half false." Cui Jing said: "My uncle is indeed ill, but he claims that he suffers from a brain disease."
"Which brain disease?"
Can Hui Chun Guan cure it?
Cui Jing: "The stubborn disease of not agreeing with the gentry's way of life."
"..." Chang Suining looked at his head subconsciously.
She never thought that there was a family history of this disease.
Cui Jing then told her about the many rebellious actions of his uncle Zheng Chao when he was young. For example, he tried to change the gentry system, proposed to share literary knowledge with the poor families in the world, opened schools widely, and taught the world with Zheng's collection of books, so that
Students all over the world have books to read.
He was full of enthusiasm and his eyes were shining, as if he had finally come to realize his wish. This made the Zheng family members stunned. For a moment, they couldn't tell whether the new head of the family was stupid or crazy. They couldn't help but go back and look up the family tree.
, wanted to know which bloodline caused such a huge mistake, and asked experts to look at Feng Shui and try to ward off evil spirits, but all to no avail.
After a few years, looking at the still crazy young family head, everyone gradually reached a consensus that whoever loves this broken family head will want it, but they can't have it anyway.
Therefore, there is a saying that "you are too sick to take on big responsibilities".
After Chang Suining heard this, he had more respect for Mr. Zheng, and suddenly realized that this was the originator of the anti-bone disease among the gentry.
Soon, she and Cui Jing went to meet the founder.
Yuan Miao still insisted on kneeling there. When she saw Chang Sui and Ning approaching, she wiped away her tears and tried to avoid them.
But Chang Sui Ning said: "Stay and listen."
Yuan Miao paused at his feet and subconsciously looked at Chang Sui Ning.
"Mr. Zheng." Chang Suining raised his hand and saluted Zheng Chao.
Zheng Chao heard this, looked at his nephew, and said "tsk".
It didn't take long before he handed over his bottom.
Facing her uncle's strange gaze, Cui Jing pretended not to notice.
"I wonder if Mr. Zheng has any plans next?" Chang Suining asked bluntly.
Zheng Chao nodded confidently: "Yes, I have everything planned."
Chang Sui Ning's eyes showed anticipation.
Cui Jing wanted to persuade her not to look forward to it, because from what he knew about his uncle...
"I will go back to Xingyang tomorrow, eat and drink well, take a bath and change clothes, and wait at home for the imperial envoy Li Xian to come and kill him."
Chang Suining: "..."
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Cui Jing was used to it and had no reaction.
"Mr. Zheng has made great achievements in controlling the flood, and I just heard from Governor Cui that Mr. Zheng did not know about Zheng's collusion with Xu Zhengye," Chang Sui Ning said.
"Of course I don't know. I have never had the right to discuss matters in the Zheng family." Zheng Chao said nonchalantly: "But what does it matter whether you know it or not? Those people who died in vain in Luoyang City, even those women and children, don't everyone
Do you know? They don’t know either, but they are still going to die.”
"So, this matter is wrong and should not be like this." Chang Suining looked at him and said: "If this matter is allowed to go wrong, once an irreversible trend is formed, more innocent people will die in vain, so Mr.
Come forward and stop this."
"...Who?" Zheng Chao was stunned for a moment: "Me?"
He seemed to have heard some joke, laughed, and said: "Zheng also heard about General Ning Yuan's deeds. The general has the ability to save people, but I don't."
"No, only Mr. can do this."
Facing those determined eyes, Zheng Chao was silent for a moment, then looked at Cui Jing with a smile: "Ling'an, the lobbyist you have found is more talkative than you."
As he spoke, he stood up from the stone mill. His feet were numb from sitting cross-legged for too long. He straightened his clothes and sighed with self-deprecation: "Okay, I'll find a place to sleep. I'll be back tomorrow."
We have to rush back to Xingyang."
With that said, he dragged his numb feet, one step deeper and the other shallowly, to leave.
"Mr. Zheng tried to save the Zheng family once many years ago, why not try again now?"
The voice coming from behind made Zheng Chao shudder.
Cui Jing looked at the back: "Uncle is not afraid of death, why should he be afraid of giving it a try?"
After a moment, Zheng Chao slowly turned around, looked at the two people who were talking, and raised his fingers: "Who is giving the idea now, between the two of you?"
He suddenly felt that this girl no longer looked like a lobbyist invited by his nephew.
"It's her." Cui Jing turned to look at Chang Suining: "Uncle, I believe her."
Only then did Zheng Chao look directly at Chang Sui Ning: "General Ning Yuan, why do you want to help the Zheng family?"
Chang Suining shook his head: "This junior does not want to help the Zheng family. Just like Mr. Zheng, this junior wants to give what the world's nobles have learned and have the opportunity to teach it to the world, instead of disappearing and disappearing."
After Zheng Chao was startled, he looked at his nephew again. Is this kid really going to talk about everything?
He laughed at himself: "When I said this when I was young, everyone regarded me as a lunatic... Of course, it is the same now. I am a famous lunatic in the Zheng clan."
Chang Suining smiled at him and said, "This is a good thing. Only mad people can do things easily."
Zheng Chao looked at her, a little curious and a little tentative: "How should I act like a lunatic?"
Chang Suining: "Can Mr. Zheng kill someone?"
Zheng Chao: "Who to kill?"
Kill Li Xian?
If he had to talk like this, he would really go to bed.
"Kill the nobles and protect the Zheng family." Chang Sui Ning said.
Zheng Chao was stunned: "How to kill?"
"Of course, kill with a knife."
Zheng Chao was shocked: "Is this really murderous?"
Not a metaphor?
He waved his hands quickly: "...That's not possible, I have never killed anyone!"
He added: "The chicken has never been killed!"
Cui Jing said in time: "I taught my uncle, this matter is not difficult to learn."
Zheng Chao's lips trembled. Looking at his nephew who was so caring, he couldn't say no.
If his sister knew that her son was going to teach her uncle to kill, I wonder how she would react?
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In the next two days, not to mention other places, the people inside and outside Xingyang City were short of rice and food, and they almost wanted to riot, but they were suppressed by the officials.
The governor of Xingyang was so anxious that a lot of his hair fell out, and when he was unable to support himself, a savior suddenly came to his door.
The savior was extremely generous and donated 10,000 stones of rice and food, but he claimed to have one condition.
The governor of Xingyang thanked him profusely, and he didn't mention a single condition. Even if it was ten or a hundred, he would be willing to sell his soul. That would be ten thousand shi of food!
The conditions proposed by the other party were not difficult to deal with. They only asked him to open the altar in the city to pray for the rain to stop.
Hearing this condition, the governor of Xingyang almost burst into tears. Where did this living Bodhisattva come from?
On that day, Xingyang City set up many porridge sheds inside and outside the city. The governor of Xingyang claimed that all the rice and grain were donated by the Zheng family to provide relief to the victims.
The victims who had experienced hunger were momentarily grateful for the Zheng family's generosity.
Zheng Ji, the head of the Zheng family, was furious. He was busy arranging important things these days, and he didn't know about the rice donation. After questioning, he found out that it was Zheng Chao's envoy who had done it.
"This madman." Zheng Ji sneered: "Does he think that he can escape this disaster as long as he donates some rice and wins some people's support?"
If you want to save the Zheng family, what's the use of relying on those lowly common people who are about to starve to death?
After all these years, his cousin is still so naive, stupid and whimsical.
As the person in charge of the Zheng family who succeeded Zheng Chao as the head of the Zheng family and who single-handedly planned the cooperation with Xu Zhengye, Zheng Ji has always had thunderous methods. He immediately asked people to identify the relevant tribesmen and servants who participated in the food donation.
, were severely punished, and when people went to look for Zheng Chao, they heard that Zheng Chao was offering sacrifices to heaven in the city at the moment, and went to the altar to pray for blessings in person——
Zheng Ji sneered again: "The Zheng family's face has really been lost by him!"
Now that it was a critical moment, he originally didn't want to pay attention to Zheng Chao's crazy behavior, but he soon learned that Zheng Chao's act of praying for blessings was far more crazy than he imagined.
Taking advantage of the rain subsided, many people who had received relief from the Zheng family spontaneously went to the place where Zheng Chao prayed to express their gratitude.
On the high altar, Zheng Chao, who was sitting cross-legged and chanting sutras with a dozen monks, slowly stood up as he watched more and more people coming towards this place.
Under the gaze of everyone, he walked to the front of the altar and said loudly: "You may not know, but I am the eldest son of the Zheng family in Xingyang. The former head of the Zheng family, Zheng Chao, Zheng Guancang - Zheng is praying here today.
To express the sins of the Zheng family and seek forgiveness from God and Buddha!"
Everyone everywhere immediately became noisy when they heard the words, and no one understood what they meant.
"This natural disaster in the Heluo land in the Central Plains is all the fault of the Zheng family!" The figure's eyes were red and his body was already soaked: "The Zheng family has serious sins. It colluded with Thief Xu and angered God. It is an unforgivable crime!"
This statement fell to the ground, and the people were immediately in an uproar.
This former head of the Zheng family... actually confessed his crime for the Zheng family in public?!
The incident about the Luoyang gentry has long been spread, and some people secretly said that the next one will be the Zheng family in Xingyang. However, the Zheng family is the head of the gentry in the Central Plains. It has a big tree and deep roots. No one can predict the outcome...
But at this moment, the eldest son of the Zheng family confessed his crime in public!
There was an explosion everywhere, the news spread quickly, and more and more people flocked to the altar.
Zheng Chao's crazy behavior also spread to the ears of Zheng Ji and others.
Zheng Chao has been living in misery for these years and has become no different from a useless person. The sudden incident caught everyone in the Zheng family by surprise.
Hearing that Zheng Chao actually confessed to the Zheng family in public, the clan members all changed their expressions: "...Why don't you bring him back to the clan as soon as possible!"
But he heard the servants say in a panic that there were people secretly guarding the altar, and they all had extraordinary skills. There was no way they could step forward and bring Zheng Chao back.
"It seems that my cousin is really crazy." Zheng Ji stood up and said, "I will go and bring him back in person."
At this time, it was up to him, the head of the family, to step forward to somewhat restore the situation.
As for the rest——
He had just received news that Li Xian had led his army to Xingyang and should have passed the gate of Xingyang at this moment.
"Uncles, please stay and everything will go according to plan."