Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

Xie Ze's shocking remarks in the court quickly spread.

There was no other way. There were so many ministers in the court. Even if Emperor Kang Yuan wanted to order them not to spread the news, there would always be some restless people who would pretend to obey but actually disobey.

The people of the capital are naturally talking about the new news about these two people who have been at the center of rumors recently.

Especially when I heard that His Royal Highness the Wise King actually admitted in front of the Emperor that he had a love affair with Jiang Xin, how could people not be excited by such big gossip?

Many people in the capital city followed the story, from the time when the virtuous prince cleared the name of the mute young master Jiang and saved him from being expelled from his home, to the time when the virtuous prince expressed his feelings for Jiang Xin in front of the current emperor. The two of them had experienced every moment along the way.

The bond and affection between these two people was seen by everyone, and many of them even unconsciously developed a strange feeling of protecting their child.

It was as if they were witnesses to their relationship, and if anyone dared to slander them, they would feel unwarranted anger.

At this time, a scholar who was drinking in the inn, who was either drunk or out of his mind, heard about this and started to speak nonsense as soon as he put down his glass:

"I have long seen that the Xian Wang and Jiang Xin, although they are master and servant on the surface, have been doing shady things behind the scenes!

The Xian Wang is a man with deep scheming minds, and he is extremely obsessed with Jiang Xin. Looking at the cases in the court before, especially the theft case, it might be that the Xian Wang was protecting Jiang Xin.

Otherwise, why would the scholar surnamed Lu, a student at Baishan Academy with a promising future, frame a mute for no reason?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked around smugly. He thought that the relationship between the two people would be despised if it was exposed, and his comments would definitely be echoed and approved by everyone. However, no one even paid attention to him.

"..." The scholar's face turned pale. Seeing the three people next to him looking at him with contempt and disgust, he got angry and thought to himself that these idiots who had never read the books of sages were really ignorant.

Turning his head, he saw three men dressed as scholars drinking at another table. He couldn't help but stand up and walk over to them. He bowed to them and said, "I see that you guys are handsome and have extraordinary temperaments. I wonder where you studied?"

The three scholars paused. One of them was about to say something when he was stopped by another. He looked up and nodded at the man, saying calmly, "The three of us are students of Qinghe Academy. It happens that the academy is closed today, so we decided to have a small gathering in the city."

"So you're a friend from Qinghe Academy." The scholar smiled upon hearing this, then raised his chin slightly, and introduced himself with a friendly yet somewhat proud expression:

"My name is Luo Dazhi, and I am a student in the Tongsheng Class of Baishan Academy. Our Baishan Academy and Qinghe Academy have always been on good terms. In this sense, we can be considered classmates."

Qinghe Academy has been built for so many years, and has been overshadowed by Baishan Academy every year. When these people hear that he is from Baishan Academy, they will probably be more respectful to him.

Everyone: "..." No one asked your name or where you were from, okay?

The scholar who was stopped by his friend from speaking was obviously a hot-tempered man. After hearing what Luo Dazhi said, he pulled the corner of his mouth and said in a rather sarcastic tone: "Mr. Luo, you are joking. We are students in the scholar class and have achieved honors. We are not worthy of being classmates with you."

"..." Luo Dazhi was choked for a moment, but then he thought that they were all scholars, so they must pay more attention to propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, and their words would carry more weight, so he suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and said with a smile:

"I never thought that you are a scholar. I am really rude to you.

I am a little-known person, and it is fate that I can meet you all today. I just don’t know what you think of the ridiculous words that the wise king said in the court today. I would like to ask for your advice.”

As Luo Dazhi spoke, he deliberately glanced at the empty seats next to a few people.

In fact, he really wanted to sit down and talk, but he didn't know if these people were tactless or what, he had been standing for such a long time and no one asked him to sit down, making him feel like a waiter, bending over to talk to these people.

The three of them didn't know what Luo Dazhi was thinking, or maybe they saw it but pretended not to see it. The sarcastic scholar snorted coldly and ignored him. However, the scholar who seemed to have a good temper at the beginning smiled awkwardly and said:

"Since Your Highness the Wise King has publicly asked for Your Majesty's grace in the court, then the outcome of this matter will be decided by Your Majesty.

I am no more than a scholar who has just passed the college entrance examination. I should focus on studying and strive to pass the imperial examination. In the future, I will serve Your Majesty and the people. I really don’t need to pay too much attention to the private affairs of the prince, so as not to distract from my studies. "

"Brother, what you said is wrong!" Luo Dazhi frowned, his face full of disapproval and said: "There has always been no trivial matter in the royal family. The virtuous king is the only son of the late crown prince, the most trusted nephew of the emperor, and holds the power of the southern region's military.

His words and deeds are bound to be seen by the world. If others learn his reckless and absurd behavior, it would be really…"

Before Luo Dazhi could finish his words, he heard a "bang!" from next door, interrupting him.

Luo Dazhi was startled, and turned his head subconsciously, and saw the daughter of the family of three who had been sitting next to him. She looked at him with disgust and said, "So what if someone learned it?

The wise king is daring, brave, and affectionate. If everyone followed his example, I'm afraid our Dali Dynasty would have produced many heroes long ago!

On the contrary, this young man, who has read the books of sages for so many years, can only speak ill of others behind their backs. He is sneaky, cowardly and incompetent. He even has the nerve to criticize the virtuous king with his dirty thoughts. How shameless! "

The girl is about fourteen or fifteen years old, and now is the time when she is looking forward to love.

Although I don't know what kind of family I will marry into in the future, just thinking about it would be so exciting if there was someone who could fight against the whole world for me like His Royal Highness the Wise King did.

Well, although marrying her probably wouldn't be that difficult, it didn't hinder her admiration and worship for His Royal Highness the King.

As early as a few days ago, when rumors about His Highness and Young Master Jiang spread, she had already firmly become their supporter. If anyone dared to say bad things about the King and Young Master Jiang, she would be the first to disagree!

"You!" Luo Dazhi was so angry that he glared at the sharp-tongued girl with a sullen face and said unhappily, "What a girl says is really foolish. I won't argue with you!"

"Oh, who would want to argue with you?" The girl sneered, and then looked away, as if looking at the other person for any longer would dirty her eyes.

"you!"

"Cough, cough, cough!" The girl's father obviously didn't expect that his usually well-behaved daughter would suddenly quarrel with the strange scholar. He coughed twice in fright and hurriedly pulled his daughter's hand, trying to make her shut up.

Unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law beside him suddenly spoke up, patted her daughter on the shoulder, looked at the scholar in a meaningful tone and said:

"Rou'er is right. This gentleman keeps saying that women are ignorant and disdains to talk to us. What a pity! You want to chat with the scholars, but do you think they want to talk to you?"

Several scholars: "..."

The woman’s husband: “…” What’s wrong with my wife and daughter today? Why are they so angry?

"What a joke!" Luo Dazhi was so angry that he laughed. He gasped and raised his voice to increase his momentum: "I had a very pleasant conversation with you brothers. How could you, a villain, see that?"

However, Luo Dazhi was destined to be slapped in the face today. As soon as he finished speaking, the hot-tempered scholar immediately drew a line between him and him: "Mr. Luo, please be careful with your words! We are not having a good conversation with you.

Your Highness the King joined the army when he was young, fought on the battlefield, and drove out foreigners for the people. He is a man of integrity and uprightness. We all admire him very much, and we definitely don't have such disrespectful thoughts as you do."

"..." Luo Dazhi didn't expect that as fellow scholars, these people would be so disrespectful to him. He froze in his tracks, and after a long while, he said angrily:

"No wonder Qinghe Academy has been inferior to Baishan Academy for so many years. Today I have seen your thoughts. You can even tolerate something as shameless as Longyang's love. It really opens my eyes!"

"What did you say?!" Anyone with a bit of blood in his veins would not allow others to look down on his academy. The hot-tempered scholar almost immediately jumped up and grabbed Luo Dazhi's clothes, wanting to beat him up.

"Brother Wu!" Seeing this, the others hurried forward to stop him. The good-tempered scholar couldn't help but glare at Luo Dazhi, stretched out his hand and said coldly:

"We are just ordinary students in the academy and cannot represent the academy. Similarly, I think Mr. Luo cannot represent the attitude of Baishan Academy. Please take back what you just said."

Luo Dazhi sneered and tried to be tough, but the woman next to him spoke slowly:

"Baishan Academy? Sir, if I remember correctly, isn't this the academy where Young Master Jiang used to stay, where he couldn't tell right from wrong and almost mistook good people for thieves and bad people for good people?"

"...Yeah." He really didn't want to get involved in the quarrel among these scholars, but since his wife had spoken, he really didn't dare not answer!

"No wonder!" The woman seemed to have figured something out, and looked at Luo Dazhi with a smile: "This Mr. Luo, could he be the friend of the scholar named Lu who framed Mr. Jiang?

So after hearing about His Highness and Young Master Jiang, you were so...excited? Are you actually trying to overturn the verdict on that unkind and unfilial bastard?"

"Who are you calling a bitch?" Luo Dazhi couldn't bear it anymore and yelled at the woman.

"I'm talking about that scholar surnamed Lu. Why are you so excited? That scholar surnamed Lu would rather let his old mother work several jobs than stay in Baishan Academy. To call him a bastard is to flatter him.

If my child was born with such a character, I would have thrown him out of the house long ago." The woman looked at him in surprise and told him the truth.

But the daughter next to him curved her eyebrows and said in a sweet and sensible way: "Mom, don't worry, I am different from that bastard, I won't let you work so hard."

"..." Luo Dazhi was so angry that he couldn't help but take two steps forward excitedly. It was precisely these two steps that aroused the curiosity of others.

A guest who was sitting at another table far away but had been listening to the excitement saw it and looked at Luo Dazhi suspiciously and said, "I heard that the scholar surnamed Lu was guilty of being unfilial and caused public outrage in the court, and the virtuous king broke his leg in public.

I see that Mr. Luo seems to have some difficulty walking. Could you be the scholar who slandered Mr. Jiang?"

"I'm not!" The man who used the pseudonym Luo Dazhi but was actually Lu Wuliang immediately retorted in a loud voice, but he subconsciously lowered his head slightly, as if he was afraid of being recognized.

"It must be him! He claimed to be a student of Baishan Academy, but how could Baishan Academy accept a cripple? He must be the one who was expelled from the academy!" Another person looked at him in surprise and pointed at him without any politeness.

"What a shame! He has the nerve to pretend to be a student of Baishan Academy and even dares to look down on His Highness and Young Master Jiang. Is he even a fraction of His Highness?"

"Your Highness and Young Master Jiang act in an open and aboveboard manner. Even though they love each other, they are not afraid of the eyes of the world. They are frank and honest. How can these rats in the gutter be compared to them?"

"Everyone, come and see! This man is none other than Lu Shusheng, the villain who framed Young Master Jiang for stealing the jade! I didn't expect that after so long, he still holds a grudge against Your Highness and wants to take the opportunity to slander Your Highness and Young Master!" Someone shouted loudly, and for a moment, everyone in the inn looked at Lu Wuliang.

In that look was the disgust and contempt he was familiar with.

Lu Wuliang stepped back with a grim face, turned around quickly, and ran away limping.

He obviously didn't expect that after so much time had passed, he would still be recognized. He also didn't expect that even though Xie Ze and Jiang Xin's relationship had been exposed, these two people were still so popular.

He was so dissatisfied and unwilling to accept this!

Why are people so tolerant of Xie Ze and Jiang Xin, but so harsh on him? ! Is it just because Xie Ze is a prince, and he is just an ordinary person without power?

Those contemptuous and disdainful looks seemed to follow him like a shadow, as if everyone on the street knew his identity.

Lu Wuliang fled into an alley in embarrassment and panic, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he could no longer see anyone. He wiped the sweat off his face and was about to leave with his head covered, but he saw someone following him here at some point and standing behind him...

*

The news from the palace spread to the point where even Lu Wuliang knew about it, but Jiang Xin was still oblivious and was busy forging iron with a group of veteran craftsmen in the weapons camp.

He has been working very hard to draw up the blueprints of the new catapult.

Once he is sure that the catapult can be built, he can use this achievement to exchange with His Majesty for the opportunity to be with His Highness. This is promised in His Majesty's imperial edict!

Just when Jiang Xin was happily and energetically working for the future of him and His Highness, he realized from some point on that, except for the old masters who only cared about studying weapons, the eyes of other people in the Ministry of War looked at him more and more strangely...