happy rebirth

Ke Qi looked Li Xu up and down, and said, "Since you can still laugh, it's not a bad thing."

"But it can't be called a good thing. Grandpa Huang watched half of the show, but finally left with a dark face." Li Xu leaned in front of Ke Qi and said in a low voice.They have already boarded the boat, surrounded by water, as long as they keep their voices down, they are not worried that the content of their conversation will be overheard by others.

"Half the show...Jia Shanren is seriously ill, and the beneficiary is unwilling to borrow money to repay the trouble. Did the emperor leave the banquet after hearing this?" Ke Qi asked.

"Yes." Li Xu was also present at the time.

Many things should not be said too thoroughly, this is already a hint given by Li Xu.Ke Qi thought for a while, and a flash of light flashed in his mind, and said: "But there are some ignorant people in the court who made the emperor angry?" Ke Qi didn't think there would be any problems in "The Story of Good Practice", there was absolutely nothing in this play A place where he could fall into a literal prison.Xie Jinhua is such a cautious person, how could he commit a taboo on writing.And since there is no problem with the play, the only reason why the emperor is black is because he thought of something else from the play.Therefore, Ke Qi guessed that the emperor also encountered a group of white-eyed wolves.

"You probably don't know that my cousin fell ill in winter and didn't show up at the family banquet. The emperor's grandfather took pity on him, and if there was anything good in the palace, he would be close to him first. In the end, another minister wrote a letter saying this Inappropriate, and said that if this continues, the rules will be broken." Li Xu said helplessly.

Li Xu's cousin is the prince's legitimate son.The prince had been married for many years, but he finally had a son two or three years ago, and the emperor even pardoned the world for this.It is said that the prince's son-in-law is very intelligent, and the emperor likes this grandson very much, but it's a pity that the prince's son-in-law has not been in particularly good health.

The corners of Ke Qi's mouth twitched: "The emperor's kindness to the elders is actually used by those censors as a stepping stone to fame."

The people of Haojia Village are to Hao Dashan what the censor is to the emperor. In the eyes of the emperor, they are all a group of white-eyed wolves who can't get enough to eat.

"Isn't that right! Who told Grandpa Huang to indulge them all the time, so that they don't care about important matters, and just focus on some trivial matters of the royal family every day." Speaking of Yushi, Li Xu became angry, because he It was also participated in, "Actually, my third uncle... also fell ill when the Spring Festival was approaching, but at that time, several major events happened in the palace one after another. It’s not so noticeable anymore.”

Li Xu's third uncle is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Ke Qi remembered that Xie Jinhua once said that the crown prince would suffer from a minor illness every winter.According to what Li Xu said, isn't it a minor illness this time?

Li Xu actually didn't know much, and said: "What makes people feel strange is that if the third uncle is a little seriously ill this time, he just disappeared in front of people for three days. Naturally, a serious illness cannot be cured in three days. That’s right. But if the third uncle’s illness is not serious, why would the emperor, in the name of caring for my cousin, keep all good things close to the Crown Prince’s East Palace?” The emperor clearly used his grandson as an excuse to give his son various gifts. Good stuff.

The emperor's move is understandable, if the news of the prince's poor health spreads, there will be turmoil in the court.

But the emperor seemed a bit aggrieved by doing so.

It would be dangerous to continue this topic, so Ke Qi and Li Xu were silent for a while in tacit understanding.

Ke Qi held Li Xu's shoulders, looking like two good brothers, and said: "Okay, it's enough for you to let me know about this matter, don't talk about it in front of Brother Xie." The seniority here In fact, it's a bit confusing, Ke Qi treats Li Xu as a brother, but Xie Jinhua is Li Xu's little uncle.

"Don't worry, I have a measure." Li Xu smiled.

Yeqiu Village.

There is a well in the center of Yeqiu Village, and stone slabs are paved around the well.Because the children in the village like to play in this open space, the adults used to press down the wellhead with stone slabs after fetching water.Since Hao Xuan'er lived in Yeqiu Village, her personality has gradually become lively, but her lungs are not good, and she can't run and jump as vigorously as her friends, so she sits by the well most of the time, looking at everyone enviously.

A picker was also sitting by the well to rest.This shopkeeper is an unfamiliar face.

Maybe it's because he doesn't have a good face to do business with. When people come to him to look at things, he always forcefully and generously says that he can get a penny or two cheaper.

Hao Xuan'er stared at the shopkeeper's burden.The picker hesitated for a moment, took out a piece of sesame candy wrapped in red paper from the box, handed it to Hao Xuan'er, and said, "Little girl, eat." Move your butt and sit farther away.

Not long after, Ye Zhengping, who was staying at home, came out to call his niece back to drink medicine.

Hao Xuan'er smiled when she saw her uncle.

Ye Zhengping led Hao Xuan'er towards the house, and when he was about to get there, he saw a disheveled man sneaking around in front of his house.Ye Zhengping immediately blocked Hao Xuan'er behind him, and asked the man, "What are you doing here?" It turned out that this man was Hao Xuan'er's father, Hao Dashan.

Hao Xuan'er showed a small head from behind Ye Zhengping, but quickly shrank back.

The little girl was obviously frightened.She was always afraid of Hao Dashan, even if it was her father, not to mention how embarrassing he is now.Probably because no one at home helped him take care of it. His clothes were dirty, and there were two bruises on his face from being beaten.Even though we haven't seen each other for a few months, Hao Dashan seems to have aged ten years suddenly, and he has lost all energy.

"I, I..." Dashan rubbed his hands and said, "Is your sister all right?"

Ye Zhengping really didn't want to talk to this ex-brother-in-law, but he had experienced so many things, and he also knew that people's words were scary, so he didn't directly yell at the good people.He looked around and saw the shopkeeper following him, and he seemed to be leaving the village, so he said to Hao Facai, "You come here once in a while, let's not talk about anything else, why don't you weigh a catty of sugar for Xuan'er? It's your daughter, although she lives with me now, but you are my own father..."

How can Hao Facai have any money now!He was about to lose his own house!

A good man doesn't have a thick skin enough, a catty of sugar scares him away.

Ye Zhengping sighed, took Hao Xuan'er's hand, and said, "Uncle buys candy for Xuan'er."

Hao Xuan'er shook her head: "Don't eat sweets..." She didn't want anything, she just wanted to live in her uncle's house forever and never go back to Hao's Village.

Ye Zhengping patted Hao Xuan'er's head, went to the picker's place and weighed three or four types of sugar, which weighed more than a catty.The shopkeeper managed to make this deal with great difficulty, and the smile on his face never went away.After the money and goods were cleared, the picker picked up the burden again and walked out of Yeqiu Village quickly.

The picker walked ten miles in one breath, and saw a small forest.A carriage was parked in the shadow of the woods.The man put the burden on the carriage, pulled off the coarse cloth bunt on his body, revealing the brocade clothes that were close to his body.The driver called him "Master" and drove to the capital.

Two hours later, the sorted news was sent to the emperor's desk.

Hao Dashan sought fame all his life, and when his story was finally heard by Datian, it was not because of his good reputation, but because of his current desolate situation. This cannot but be said to be a kind of irony.The emperor saw the unlucky things about Hao Shanren listed on the paper, and the invisible anger in his heart continued to rise.He was not angry because of Hao Dashan, but because he had a premonition that this kind man's today is his tomorrow.

Everything in "A Tale of Kindness" is true, so it is even more disturbing.

The throne of the Li family did not come rightly.The emperor was getting old, and he always had to think about what happened behind him. He was afraid that his name would be infamous in the history books, so he had to act like a virtuous corporal, hoping to use his "wiseness" to prove that he was "destined by destiny".He has become a bit obsessed, and has not dared to kill officials casually in the past few years, so the officialdom has gradually become less clear than in the past few years; and because he indulged the officials too much, he has raised a group of people who try to gain fame.

Take what happened in the last year as an example. The young prince of the Royal Family of Censor Cande County was extravagant and wasteful. Brother... drank too much in the restaurant, this is really a disgrace to the royal family!

The emperor is about to be annoyed to death by the censors!However, he still has to keep smiling when he is in a daze.

Therefore, he drove his grandson Li Xu to the temple to read scriptures, made the crown prince's son feel wronged, punished the empress, and almost made a sinful edict himself, and asked his cousin to study behind closed doors and keep a low profile for a while... Then, he will also give special rewards to the censors who dare to "speak out and advise".

This "The Story of Doing Good" was like a slap in the face, and the emperor suddenly became sober.

What's the use of him pampering the censor so much?

Like the ridiculous good man who was so active in doing good that he wronged his own family, what was the use?Don't others take him for a fool?When something really happened, these people who had been helped by him were the first to betray him.No matter how wrong a good person does, isn't his help to everyone in the past true?As a result, the good man is now isolated by the whole village, and the bums simply stay at his house.

"A Tale of Kindness" reveals human nature everywhere.

No matter how "wise" the emperor is now, people in later generations will still know that he "stealed" Yan's family.This will not change.And he indulged the censors, and the censors stepped on the emperor's relatives to make themselves famous; he indulged other officials, and the result was that the people under him became more and more greedy.The name of "sage" obtained in this way is just like the good name of that good man, it is all vain!On the contrary, the children, grandchildren, wives and concubines received a lot of harsh treatment.

The emperor took a sip from his teacup.

Because the emperor drove out all the waiters, this cup of tea was completely cold.The cold tea is a bit bitter, making people unable to drink the aroma.However, the emperor seems to have picked up his youthful ambitions again. He risked the world to become the emperor, not to be a marionette for others.

In another three days, several imperial edicts were announced to the world.

Nothing else has much to do with Ke Qi, only one thing makes him feel happy for Li Xu.The king of Dejun was granted the title of Prince of De.