she won't live to twenty

"Why?" Tang Chiyu was stunned.

Nanyue also raised her head, looking puzzled at Wuming who had always been ruthless to others.

"That child...is an acquaintance." Wuming smiled faintly, "Xiaoqi, you mentioned him at the Spring Festival banquet, have you forgotten?"

At the Spring Festival banquet, when Wuming mentioned the word Zhennan Wang, Tang Chiyu asked casually, why didn't his little prince named Changning come?At that time, the master replied that the young son was ordered by the king of Zhennan to travel abroad.

Tang Chiyu was stunned for a moment, and his pupils widened suddenly: "I... Fuck? The young son of the Wang family in Zhennan? I haven't seen him for a few years, he... he has grown so big?"

Nameless nodded.

Zhennan Prince's surname is long and his name is Ning, which happens to be exactly the same as Wuming's title, so Tang Chiyu became interested in him. Six years ago, when Xiao Shizi came to Beijing for the first time to attend the Spring Festival Banquet, he took the initiative to take Wuming to take care of him.

King Zhennan only had such a son, he held it in his hands for fear of falling, and held it in his mouth for fear of melting, wishing to pamper the little prince to heaven.But although the young son Changning was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, his personality is completely different from those incomparably dandy youths in southern Xinjiang. It's okay to not be arrogant and domineering at all, but he is also well-behaved and polite, and his temperament is also handsome and extraordinary, which is deeply loved by Tang Chiyu.

Although the two are familiar with each other, Tang Chiyu only meets Xiao Shizi every year at the Spring Festival banquet.Later, she went to the frontier for three years, and finally returned to Beijing. The little prince did not come to this year's Spring Festival banquet.Not seeing each other for four years, Tang Chiyu didn't connect the dusty young man in front of him with the handsome child back then.

Since they are acquaintances with a good relationship, there is no reason not to help.

Tang Chiyu drew his sword and charged into the crowd without hesitation, cutting off the stick and hoe that fell on Xiao Shizi's body with incomparable force, and said sharply: "Stop!"

Tang Chiyu's voice was as loud as thunder, and he was so aggressive that he scared the beating villagers back several steps.

Those villagers were originally fierce and hostile, as if they wished to beat Xiao Shizi to death on the spot.After seeing the weapon that was chopped off by Tang Chiyu, they all became nervous, afraid and even flattered, vividly interpreting the four characters of bullying and fearing hard.

"Woman, please spare me! He was the one who hit our girl from the Shen family first...we just hit, hit back..."

Wuming followed the trend and led Nanyue over, also protecting Xiaoshizi behind him.

"What's going on?" Wuming glanced around, and finally fixed his eyes on the woman whose face was swollen from the beating.

"She..." Xiao Shizi behind him weakly coughed out a mouthful of blood, his voice was hoarse and trembling, full of fear.

Nan Yue knelt down and patted Xiao Shizi on the back.

Xiao Shizi coughed again in pain.

Perhaps it was because Xiao Shizi's aura was too weak, those villagers regained their arrogance, especially the girl Shen who raised her head in disdain: "Three girls, you can see the wound on my face clearly, it was he who moved first Hand, I, a weak woman, didn't do anything bad, so I was beaten by him for no reason, and he just reaped the consequences."

"The three girls saved him today, but if we meet him again tomorrow, we will still beat him to death."

As soon as Miss Shen finished speaking, several villagers were a little nervous, but echoed with a sense of justice: "Yes! He deserves it!"

"Damn!"

The crowd became noisy, and Miss Shen raised her head arrogantly again, fanning with the fan in her hand.

She didn't know whether it was intentional or not, she gave a contemptuous "pooh" in Xiao Shizi's direction.

Wuming suddenly looked at her with cold eyes: "Get lost."

The crowd suddenly fell silent.

The person who cut off the weapon just now was obviously not Wuming, but her mere word made all the villagers sweat like cold and murderous.

Miss Shen took a few steps back in a daze, turned around and fled staggeringly.

Others were not much better off.

The villagers quickly fled.

Wuming shifted his gaze to Xiao Shizi, and asked quietly: "Can I still go? This is not far from the town, let's go to the medical clinic first, and we will talk about what happened later."

Xiao Shizi nodded with difficulty, and Tang Chiyu immediately helped him up.

When they arrived at the small town medical center, Tang Chiyu helped Xiaoshizi go in for treatment, while Wuming and Nanyue waited outside.

"He is...?" Nanyue blinked curiously, no matter in her previous life or this life, she had never met Prince Zhennan.

"His name is Changning, and he is the eldest son of the Zhennan Wang family." Wuming explained softly, "His name is exactly the same as my title. Back then, Xiao Qi thought it was interesting, so she dragged me to get to know that little guy."

"Changning..." Nanyue said softly, her cheeks puffed up slightly, as if she was jealous.

Wuming rubbed her head in a funny way: "I don't know him very well, but I only meet him a few times every year at the Spring Festival banquet. That kid is gentle and kind. Compared with the fearless character of other noble children, he even has a few Very cowardly. Tang Chiyu really likes him and treats him like his own younger brother."

How can a person who is gentle and kind by nature beat someone for no reason?

Nanyue nodded thoughtfully: "That's why you didn't ask Wuming just now, so you stood by his side without hesitation."

"Yes." Nameless embraced Nanyue's shoulders, his eyes suddenly darkened: "If you were the one who was beaten, not only would I not ask the reason, but I would directly kill...I mean, let those people Pay the price you deserve."

Pausing for a moment, Wuming gently shook his head and licked the corner of his lips: "No, I won't let you fall into that situation. Never."

Nanyue leaned against Wuming's arms, lowered her head, and her heart beat faster.

By the time Xiao Shizi healed his trauma, it was already late.Fortunately, Wuming and his group rescued people early. Xiao Shizi suffered only superficial injuries, but did not hurt his internal organs for the time being. He just bled a lot. He could recover after a few days of recuperation.

The four went back to the inn to have a hot meal, Wuming and Nanyue went back to the room first, leaving Tang Chiyu and Xiao Shizi outside to chat.

After that night in Jiangnan, Wuming put aside his thoughts of bullying Nanyue for the time being, but they stayed with Tang Chiyu all the time on the way to Yangzhou.Now that he finally has time to be alone, Wuming always wants to hold Wenxiang Nephrite and say something about himself.

However, after washing and tidying up, Tang Chiyu eagerly knocked on the door before Wuming could hold Nanyue into his arms.

Wuming opened the door, and Tang Chiyu walked in angrily, picked up the water on the table and took a sip.

"What's the matter? Didn't you have a good chat with Xiao Shizi just now?" Wuming sat back on the bed, hugging Nanyue's shoulder and asked.Nanyue in her arms looked at Tang Chiyu and blinked with concern.

"I'm going to be pissed off by him!" Tang Chiyu's breathing and heart fluctuated, and it took a while for him to calm down.

"How can he be softer than our Xiao Nanyue? No wonder he was bullied! With him like this, can King Zhennan pass on the title to him with confidence? When he returns to Southern Border, he won't be stared at by his father's men." The generals swallowed it!"

Wuming raised his eyebrows lightly, with a strange smile in his eyes, and squinted at Tang Chiyu.

Tang Chiyu was stared at with goosebumps all over her body, rubbed his arms vigorously, and changed his words: "Okay, okay, your little Nanyue, yours."

Nanyue lowered her head with reddish cheeks.

Then Wuming hooked his lips and smiled: "So Xiao Qi, what did Xiao Shizi tell you? It made you so angry."

"Cut." Tang Chiyu drooled again before angrily said, "Just tell me why Miss Shen asked someone to beat him today."

Nameless said softly: "Oh?"

"That Miss Shen is not a good person. Xiaoshizi passed by their village this morning, and happened to see a girl sitting on the side of the road with a sprained ankle, so he kindly helped her home. Unexpectedly, this Miss Shen suddenly appeared on the way, Miss Yue, who scolded her ankles as soon as she came, is obviously a widow, but she doesn't know how to behave. She knows how to seduce men and obstruct her eyes. Tsk, those soldiers in Weibei feel ashamed to say those words she scolded, no I know how Miss Shen's mouth is so dirty. Xiao Shizi defended Miss Yue a few words, and she scolded her too."

Tang Chiyu didn't specifically say what he was cursing, but Wuming could probably guess some of it. The unbearable words that attack women—especially widows are nothing more than "bitch" plus all kinds of filth on reproductive organs. foul language.The world of Wuming's previous life was like this, and this life is not much different.

Xiao Shizi is used to living a life of rich clothes and fine food in southern Xinjiang, where has he heard such filthy words?It is estimated that at that time, I was very angry, or frightened enough.

Wuming raised his eyebrows: "Because of this, Xiao Shizi couldn't help hitting Miss Shen, and was revenged by Miss Shen?"

Tang Chiyu snorted heavily: "If he hits people right now, why would I be so angry? His temper...is really hopelessly soft. Let alone beating people, he didn't even swear back!"

"After sending the sprained Miss Yue home, Xiao Shizi knew that Miss Yue was a widow in the village. Miss Shen was jealous of her beauty and the wealth of her husband's family. In the past, when Miss Yue's husband was alive, Miss Shen was just behind her back. Say a few sarcastic remarks, now that her husband is dead, Miss Shen will deliberately scold her every time she sees her. Miss Shen is the daughter of a landlord's family, and Miss Yue's rich husband is dead, and everyone in the village is turning to her. Miss Shen, bully Miss Yue together."

Having said that, Tang Chiyu clenched his fists and took a deep breath.

She was not only angry with the weak little prince, but also the bullying villagers who had no bottom line and no kind thoughts led by the angry girl.

Nameless asked gently: "And then?"

"Then the little guy was very angry when he heard what happened to Miss Yue, and he was going to reason with Miss Shen again, and said that he must convince people with reasoning. Damn, he actually wanted to reason with Miss Shen? Why doesn't he play the piano to the cow?" Tang Chiyu said angrily.

"It's a coincidence that he went here and saw Miss Shen bullying people again from a distance."

"This time it was a little beggar who was being bullied. The little beggar saw from a distance that the little beggar managed to get a steamed bun to eat, but Miss Shen snatched it away."

Nanyue frowned, and asked softly: "Isn't Miss Shen the daughter of the landlord's family? Why do you want to rob the beggar's steamed buns? Does her family treat her badly?"

"Where did she grab it to eat!" Tang Chiyu slapped the table violently, "She threw the steamed buns on the ground and crushed them in front of the beggar, Xiao Shizi could hear her stepping on the steamed buns from a distance, laughing and saying that it was so shabby. Beggar has no strength, so he can only watch her do this. Xiao Shizi finally couldn't hold back at this time, and rushed up to punch her."

"If it were me, since I made a move at that time, I would definitely beat that girl Shen half to death, so that she would have no strength to fight back! Let her want to bully others in the future, and every time she thinks of the pain of being beaten, she will not dare to do it!"

When Tang Chiyu was domineering in the capital, that's how he taught the dude a lesson.

The law can't control dudes oppressing the people, so beat them until they are convinced.Since they used their status to bully the people, Tang Chiyu also used their status to bully them. Compared with her background, which dude can compare to her?

Xiao Shizi was indeed too soft.

If it's Wuming... Although she doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, if she does, then when Miss Shen scolds her, her face will probably be swollen from the beating, let alone all kinds of things that will happen later.

Wuming's eyes were calm and calm, and he said flatly: "Xiao Shizi was scared after only one punch, but he stopped and didn't hit again, so he was surrounded and beaten by Miss Shen?"

"It's not enough!" Tang Chiyu said angrily, "After he calmed down, he felt that he had done something wrong. At that time, he had already arrived in Yangzhou City, but he still bought the wound medicine and came back to apologize to Miss Shen. That's why he was caught. The beating, if we hadn't seen him, he would have been beaten to death and buried in the wilderness."

Even though they have already entered Yangzhou City, they turned back to apologize to the villain. Isn't this a disease of the brain?

"Puff...cough cough." Wuming almost spit out a sip of water, buried his head and smiled for a while before saying, "Being beaten to death, King Zhennan couldn't really let his only son die outside, there must be hiding places around him." There are dark guards."

"Is this the point?" Tang Chiyu asked sullenly.

"Okay, no, no." Wuming smiled and rubbed Nanyue's head before continuing, "Xiao Shizi is not only soft, but also stupid. Miss Shen is a wicked person, and the wicked should be taught a lesson. But the problem is, Xiaoshizi taught her a lesson. Sometimes it was completely impulsive, without considering the consequences. He beat people out of his own anger, not because he wanted the wicked to be punished."

Tang Chiyu was thoughtful: "It's like when we saw Wang Liao being beaten and scolded by Orion, I wanted to help him, but I didn't think about how to really save him? At that time, I really wanted to save him, but I stopped wanting to save him. To stop Orion from beating him was out of a moment of anger."

Wuming nodded: "In this point, you are indeed somewhat alike. But other than that, it is indeed as you said, as the son of Zhennan Prince, he is really too gentle, indecisive, even a little cowardly. Probably because of For these reasons, King Zhennan, who has always favored his son in the apex of his heart, is so determined to drive him out for a break."

Kindness is of course a virtue, but indecisive stupidity will only harm others and oneself.What's more, the King of Zhennan commanded 30 soldiers and horses, not much worse than Weibei.The youngest son, Changning, will inherit his father's title in the future, and he will even command the soldiers under his command. If he softens his heart a little, he may face the tragic situation of changing hands in southern Xinjiang and his head falling to the ground.

The situation in southern Xinjiang cannot help him to soften his heart.

Wuming said, and turned to look at Tang Chiyu.

Both Tang Chiyu and Master Master are good people in the true sense, but they are kind but not stupid, and they will never soften their hearts when it is time to kill.That's why Tang Chiyu can command the soldiers and horses in Weibei. As for the master... as long as he dares to take that step, Wuming believes that no one can govern the world better than him.

"Although it's like this...it's really annoying." Tang Chiyu sat down and propped his chin with his hands, "No, it's more than that! After Xiao Shizi said those words, I was so angry that I immediately promised to teach him a lesson. He named Miss Shen, and beat her to death, but he refused righteously. He also said that he didn't want to be a villain like Miss Shen, and he wanted to report the matter to the police. I...dammit Mad."

Tang Chiyu's anger, which had finally calmed down, surged up again, and he drank several sips of water.

"Even I understand that unless he is willing to reveal his identity, the government will probably not care about this kind of thing... Even after traveling for a while, I understand that there are good people like County Magistrate Liu in the world. Not many, why doesn’t he understand? If he really reports to the officials tomorrow, he’ll probably be bullied again.”

Nanyue lightly pinched Wuming's finger, and suddenly asked: "Wuming, Seventh Sister, will you continue to help that Prince?"

Tang Chiyu snorted: "He doesn't even need me to be that villain, so why should I care about him? He really missed the good name Changning for nothing."

Wuming looked at Tang Chiyu who was so angry that he was half dead, and smiled lightly: "Anyway, we'll be fine tomorrow, so it's okay to go to the yamen to have a look."

Nanyue looked up at Wuming and nodded heavily.

The angrier Tang Chiyu was, the more he cared about Xiao Shizi, and they all knew that.

……

In the early morning, Xiao Shizi put on clean clothes, washed off the dust accumulated on his body and face after traveling for several months, and beat the big drum outside the county government early.

"Who is in the hall? Why are you suing?" The county magistrate in his fifties sat in front of the hall, stroked his beard, and took a slow sip of tea.

"My lord, my surname is Chang and my name is Ning, and I am from Southern Xinjiang. This time, I have come to surrender and report the crime." Xiao Shizi stood in the courtroom, his immature voice was loud and his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing.

"Oh?" When hearing the word "Southern Xinjiang", the county magistrate frowned indistinctly, already thinking about it.

I heard that in southern Xinjiang, the birds don't shit, and the people's wisdom is still in a mess. This kid looks well dressed, but there are many scratches on his clothes. He probably fled to Yangzhou for refuge.Regardless of what he will sue later, the county magistrate has already made up his mind that he won't bother to stand up for Nan Manzi, and it's better to turn the big issue into a small one.

"The thing is like this..." Xiao Shizi started from seeing Miss Shen scolding the widow yesterday, then bullied her to the beggar, beat her angrily, and was surrounded and beaten by her and the villagers.

Xiao Shizi was beaten to the brink of death yesterday. Although he slept all night, his body has not yet fully recovered. After speaking, his voice became weaker and weaker, and he coughed up three or two mouthfuls of blood.

The county magistrate bowed his head to hide the disgust in his eyes, and became even more dissatisfied with this southern barbarian who made the court dirty.

"So my lord, I turned myself in because I punched Miss Shen. I reported the case because Miss Shen taught someone to kill me." Xiao Shizi finally concluded.

"Teach someone to kill you?" The county magistrate spat, "Do you have evidence?"

"The wounds on my body are the evidence. What's more, Miss Shen did threaten last night that if she meets me next time, she will definitely kill me."

"But you beat that Miss Shen. Miss Shen is just teaching someone to beat you back. What kind of murder is it?"

"She clearly threatened me..."

The county magistrate sternly interrupted Xiao Shizi: "I just want to ask you, did she come to kill you today? Did she block your way to kill you? Are you dead!"

"No, but..."

The county magistrate slammed the table, "Since she didn't kill you, she just talked about it, don't take it to heart. If you beat her, she will find someone to beat you. It's only natural, you should mess with it yourself. It’s good for you to bear the calamity that happened to you, and you’ve been wronged?”

The landlord Shen's family didn't know how much money they would give to the county magistrate in a year. In his opinion, it was good enough not to let the yamen guards beat up the southern barbarian, and punish Miss Shen according to the law?Daydreaming his mother.

"But I beat her at that time because she insulted Miss Yue and the beggar. I, I... I know that I am also at fault, and I am willing to be punished by the law, but she is clearly even more wrong!" Xiao Shizi trembled.

"It's not a crime to swear." The county magistrate took a sip of tea slowly, "As for insulting a beggar, a beggar is nothing more than a beggar who dies on the side of the road and no one cares about it. Why not use it for Miss Shen to have fun? She didn't It's none of your business to steal your things?"

It was the county magistrate's words that made Xiao Shizi's eyes turn red.

"The beggar is also a citizen of my Great Qin, and he is exactly the same as us! My father has always taught me that everyone is equal, how can..."

The county magistrate laughed and interrupted again with disdain: "Since your father taught you this way, why don't you reason with your father and me as a county magistrate? I just follow the rules and regulations. You can't tell Miss Shen If you want to kill your evidence, I can't bring her for interrogation. As for you saying that you two should be convicted according to the laws of Daqin, it is even more ridiculous! If such trivial matters have to be judged by me, how can our county government Don’t you want to be crushed? If you have the ability, send the complaint to the capital, and cry out that Yangzhou people bully Nanman, maybe there are adults in Nanjiang who are willing to stand up for you, but today you are here with me, you will die This heart."

After the county magistrate drank the last sip of tea, he waved his hand to the yamen servants to drive them away, and murmured a few words to himself: "Damn, you're out of your mind."

The county magistrate's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and it happened to fall into Xiao Shizi's ears.

Several yamen servants were vicious and drew their knives in front of Xiao Shizi.

Has the pampered and spoiled little prince ever suffered such grievances?Xiao Shizi left the county office, crouched helplessly in the shadow of the corner, and finally couldn't help crying.

Xiao Shizi has been familiar with all kinds of scriptures since he was a child, and chewed the five characters of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith into his stomach.In the past in southern Xinjiang, who didn't say that he could tell right from wrong, how much better than other dudes?Who didn't say that his jade is pure and gold, and that he will be the master of a generation if he is hereditary?

Xiao Shizi never knew that the vast world outside the southern border would be such a chaotic scene.Along the way, Xiao Shizi has already seen many injustices, but today it fell on him, that is the real pain.

The more wronged he thought, the louder he cried, which made the servants beside him laugh.

When Xiao Shizi was crying sadly, a handkerchief was handed to him.He looked up and saw Miss Nan who was with Wuming yesterday, bending over and winking at him.While Wuming stood beside him lazily, Tang Chiyu also frowned and held the sword in his hand. He didn't know whether he wanted to draw the sword and beat him up, or whether he wanted to break into the yamen to reason for him.

Seeing that he didn't reach out for a long time, Wuming at the side finally couldn't wait, grabbed the handkerchief and threw it to him.

Xiao Shizi sucked his nose in a daze.

"It's really a child..." Wuming hugged Nanyue with a chuckle, and then asked, "I saw it by accident yesterday, and you clearly have the token of Zhennan Prince's son hanging on your waist, why didn't you show the token?" Explain your identity? Although this is not southern Xinjiang, a small county magistrate would never dare to offend a prince with a different surname."

Xiao Shizi lowered his head and murmured: "If you use your status to oppress others, I will be bullying others just like them."

"Silly."

Xiao Shizi buried his head lower, and muttered: "...I don't understand."

"I don't understand why Miss Shen is clearly doing evil, but she feels that she has done nothing wrong? I don't understand why the beggar is a living person, but the county magistrate thinks his life is worthless? I don't understand... "His voice was crying again.

"Because whether it is the county magistrate or Miss Shen, the world they see is like this. I just saw that the county magistrate is nearly sixty years old, and he will only be a small county magistrate in this life. The Shen family girl is just a landlord. Don’t mention Yangzhou, she has grown so big, maybe she hasn’t even been out of the village. It is said that the people in southern Xinjiang have not yet developed their wisdom, and the people say that the people in southern Xinjiang are a group of southern barbarians, but they are kind Where can I go?"

"You don't have to understand their thoughts, you just need to know that it is the world they live in and their vision that make them like this. They have been like this all their lives, and they can't do anything, and they can't change anything. Not only the Central Plains, but also the southern Xinjiang The same is true, there are countless people like Miss Shen, but you are different, you are the only son of King Zhennan, and you are His Royal Highness who is about to take over the military power in Southern Xinjiang. You...it is possible People who change the world, change their minds."

Xiao Shizi raised his head, with a confused but bright gleam in his eyes.

"Don't talk about bullying others. In this world where princes and generals are born superior to others, your status as a son is your advantage. If you yearn for a beautiful world where everyone is equal, then you can use your advantages to change the current situation." The world. Children, when you encounter injustice in the future, don’t hit people with your fists, and want to apologize after the beating? Are you stupid? At least you have to think carefully about it.”

"Think carefully about why you did it. Is it for a moment of anger in your heart, or to punish the wicked? Think carefully about the consequences of what you do. Otherwise, you will be an idiot with no status as a son, and those who really bully others There is no difference between dandies, and there is no difference between Miss Shen and her ilk, if you are like them, how can you change all this? You have no qualifications at all."

"Your father wants you to travel thousands of miles in southern Xinjiang because he wants you to understand this truth." Wuming patted Xiao Shizi on the shoulder, and the three of them turned and walked away slowly.

Xiao Shizi was stunned for a long time.

until evening.

When the last twilight of the setting sun was about to fade away, the county magistrate rested in the county government office for a whole day, and when he was finally about to leave the government office, Xiao Shizi strode into the county government office with the token at his waist.

Prince Zhennan, who dares to stop him?

There was a flutter of chickens and dogs in the county government.

……

After walking far away, Tang Chiyu asked: "Wu Ming, is there really such a beautiful place in the world where everyone is equal and there is no injustice as you said?"

"Isn't Taoyuan?" Wuming asked with a smile.

Tang Chiyu was stunned for a moment, realizing that Wuming's words meant something.

Wuming said again: "However, it will take many people's efforts to turn this world into a paradise, and it will take a long, long time, hundreds of years, or even thousands of years. By then... we will probably not be there. gone."

Wuming has never had the ambition to change the world. From the beginning to the end, she just wants to live a peaceful life past the age of 20, and then spend this life well.The only difference from before is that Wuming has now added a Nanyue to his future planning.

Traveling in the mountains and rivers with Nanyue is happy and happy, and spends a lifetime together.

That's it.

As for changing the world... just leave it to those who want to do it, such as the master, such as Tang Chiyu, such as the little prince.

Wuming clenched Nanyue's hand tightly, and the two walked farther and farther away, without saying anything.

Tang Chiyu fell behind, muttering thoughtfully: "After returning to Beijing... I will persuade elder brother."

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