When he was eight or nine years old, he was punished in public on Zhuque Street?
Ming Jin didn't have a good memory. He had almost forgotten everything that happened in his childhood more than ten years ago, but he still remembered that incident clearly.
To be precise, it was the shock that the incident brought to the young him that he could never forget.
He was eight years old that year. When he went to the street with his servants to watch acrobatics, a boy of the same age as him accidentally stepped on his shoe and made it dirty. He was very angry and asked the boy to kneel down and lick it clean for him.
When the other party refused, he asked his servants to tie him to a willow tree on the street and hit him with a slingshot.
Many people were watching, and some of them wanted to step forward to stop him, but were scared away by his words -
He said loudly: "My cousin is the current Crown Prince. I don't know who dares to stop me!"
Sure enough, amid the sounds of astonishment, no one dared to say anything more.
Surrounded by those respectful and fearful gazes, he felt extremely proud.
Just as he aimed the slingshot in his hand at the boy's forehead again, the sound of horse hooves approached and the crowd suddenly parted.
The ones who came were Xuan Ce's army, and the leader was his cousin who was the crown prince.
The leading young man on the horse was not wearing armor, but the official robe of the general of Xuan Ce's army. There were golden pythons embroidered on his boots, and the Sun Sword, which even he recognized, was hung on his waist.
As a man, the boy's frame was not tall and strong, especially when compared with the mountain-like Chang Kuo and A Dian on his left and right, he looked even thinner and weaker.
No one thought there was anything wrong. After all, the Crown Prince was weak and sickly when he was young. It was originally thought that he could not be supported. He also entered the army too early for training. The conditions were difficult, so it was normal for him to be thin.
But no one in the army would look down on each other for this. The earlier voices of secret contempt and ridicule had completely disappeared with the passage of time and the young man's numerous achievements with the sword.
Moreover, the young man now controls the Xuan Ce Army that he personally formed. The whole army is united and will obey wherever his sword points.
Ming Jin was honored and immediately dropped his slingshot and stepped forward to salute.
But he was a little scared. He had always been in awe of this cousin whom he seldom met. It was like this before, and even more so after that day.
Because his cousin punished him, he was beaten with ten military sticks in public and was asked to admit his mistake and make amends to the boy.
The stick hit him so painfully that he had to lie down for a whole month. Even though his father said that he was showing mercy because of his young age, if it was really the way the army beat him, he would have been disabled if not dead.
He clearly remembered the situation when he was punished. There were countless people watching, and the fool Adian was still teaching him seriously to be a good boy, which really embarrassed him. He hated the fool from then on.
But he did not dare to bear a grudge against his cousin, and his father and mother did not dare to complain at all, because they all knew that the reason why the Ming family could be what it is today was all due to the Crown Prince.
From then on, whenever his cousin was in the capital, he would behave himself. However, his cousin spent too little time in the capital. Later, the cousin who had won countless battles and was about to inherit the throne died young due to a recurrence of his war injuries.
Fortunately, although my cousin died, I still have my aunt. During those years, my aunt took control of the harem, and not just the harem, by relying on my cousin's reputation and achievements.
For Yu Mingjin, everything went smoothly afterwards. He did not pay anything, but he obtained a more honorable status than the children of the Li family.
It was precisely because everything went so smoothly that he had not thought about the shameful incident when he was punished in the street when he was eight years old for a long time, until this moment when it was brought up again by this girl who, in his eyes, was about to die.
"It seems that the ten military sticks were too light back then, and they didn't teach you a lesson." The girl's bright and cold eyes fixed on his, and the hand that held his arm was cold: "Then today, I will make up for her and completely correct her origin."
Ming Jin's face was filled with confusion - Ten Military Sticks...how could she know it so clearly!
In a trance, he felt that the pair of eyes in front of him overlapped for a moment with the pair of eyes in his memory that had intimidated him for many years. He wanted to step back almost uncontrollably, but he couldn't because he was restrained by her.
With so many emotions intertwined, Ming Jin shouted in panic: "Who do you think you are to talk to me like this!"
He raised his other hand to strangle her neck, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, she held it firmly.
As his vision became clearer, Ming Jin looked at the crowds of people looming outside the attic, feeling angry and uneasy: "Where on earth is this... What do you want to do to me, you bitch? Who are those people!?"
"Who is important? All the people in the world are just ants in your eyes anyway." The girl's bloodstained lips curved slightly and said, "But even these ants will soon send you to where you should go - I mean, you are going to hell."
Ming Jin laughed strangely and struggled violently: "You are dreaming!"
"It's time for you to wake up."
Chang Suining suddenly exerted force with the hand that was holding his arm. There was a "click" sound, and the sound of a broken joint rang in Ming Jin's ears.
Before he could even utter a complete scream, the girl suddenly let go of him. He was struggling violently and his body was unstable. He suddenly lost all his strength and staggered forward.
At this time, the girl had an indifferent expression and slightly turned sideways to avoid him by half a step.
Ming Jin's pupils suddenly contracted, and his body jumped out of the fence and fell down the stairs with a loud bang.
The fall from an attic floor was not enough to kill a person. Ming Jin screamed and curled up into a ball.
To the people downstairs, it seemed that he had accidentally fallen from the building, but for a moment, no one came forward to help him.
There was a mixture of shocked and angry discussions all around.
"You are worse than an animal! Give my aunt back to me!"
Changsun Ji stepped forward, grabbed Ming Jin's neck and punched him in the face.
Soon, the tribesmen and servants pulled Changsun Ji away. As the boy was being pulled away, he cursed and kicked Ming Jin twice.
Ming Jin fell to the ground, uttering the word "doctor" intermittently. He tried hard to see who those people were and why they were so bold as to ignore his life and death.
As his vision blurred, he vaguely saw Ming Luo's face, which was particularly cold at the moment, and immediately gave an order: "...Quickly call a healer for me!"
At this moment, looking at the evildoer who had caused such a huge disaster but was still unafraid, Ming Luo couldn't tell whether she was more angry or sarcastic, or rather, she no longer had the time to care about a dying man.
Mingjin had no choice but to die.
But even though he is dead, the trouble he caused is not so easy to resolve!
Ming Luo's fingers were cold and trembling. He no longer looked at Ming Jin, but like most people at this moment, he raised his eyes slightly and slowly looked at the girl in the attic.
The robe the other person was wearing was dirty and messy, with one sleeve cut, his extremely black hair was disheveled, and his face was stained with blood. He looked gloomy and disheveled, not at all decent.
The cold wind blew up the blood-stained hair that stuck to her cheeks, and the drizzle poured into the pavilion. The rain mist hung on her expressionless eyebrows, adding a sense of distant coldness to her.
Because it was raining, the white crane standing on the top of the pavilion let out a cry, then flapped its wings and flew away.
The sacrificial text was discarded by the white crane and fell from above, and was caught by the girl.
The sacrificial text fell and unfolded in her hands. She read it and said, "The sages above..."
The hand holding the sacrificial text was dripping with blood, but she did not notice it. She held the sacrificial text and let her hands hang by her side for a moment. When she looked at Master Chu, Song Xian and others, she raised her hands and held them in front of her.
"The sages above, now blessed by the most holy spirits, have brought you here to testify to the word justice - just as if you widen the window, the light from heaven will come in, if you are fair-minded, all good things will come out. Thank you for your willingness to hold a fair mind and testify to the way of all good things."
As the voice fell, the attic door was opened from the inside, and daylight poured into the dim attic, just as she said, "Open the window wide, and the daylight will come in."
Song Xian was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand to return the greeting.
As the door of the attic was opened, two women figures came out one after another. One of them staggered and fell to the ground, looking embarrassed. She was Chang, the wife of Duke Ying.
The plan was complete, and Chang Suining's men untied the master and servant and let them run away.
At the same time, all the people brought by Chang Suining in the attic had retreated through the back door, including Ming Jin's concubine named Qinshuang.
"...Where are we going?" Qinshuang asked anxiously.
"In exchange, we promised to give you a way out, so we have to promise." Yao Jin said to her, "If you show up in front of others now, you will inevitably be taken back to the Ming family for punishment, so you can just follow me and leave."
"Then... where should I go?"
Yao Jin: "Once you have a new identity, you can go wherever you want."
The drizzle floated into her eyes, cold but seemed to contain the hope for the growth of all things. Qinshuang turned around for the last time to take a look at the crowd gathered together, and then left without looking back.
She doesn't have to die, she can live again.
…
Chang, who "escaped", never expected to face such a situation.
There was a crowd of people as far as the eye could see, and countless eyes were fixed on her. There was also her evil son, who was now lying on the ground groaning in misery, accepting silent judgment.
She was in a panic for a while before her eyes found Chang Suining who was looking down at her from the attic.
She pointed at the other person and said, "…It was her. She was the one who tied us here!"
He urged Ming Luo and the eunuchs, "Quick, take her down! Hand her over to the Dali Temple for punishment!"
No one paid any attention to her.
Ming Luo stared at his stepmother who was always causing trouble but could not do anything good.
Chang Suining turned around and walked down the empty attic, standing on the stone steps outside the building.
Just as Ming Luo was about to have people evacuate the crowd temporarily and take Chang's mother and son away first, he suddenly heard the sound of the crowd being startled.
A team of imperial guards led the way, and the crowd quickly moved to both sides, leaving an empty path.
"His Majesty has arrived!"
Ming Luo was startled and subconsciously glanced at Chang. The saint actually came here in person? !
The crowd bowed and paid homage.
Wei Shuyi also came with the emperor, and he saw the thin but straight figure at a glance.
Chang Suining looked at the Emperor of Holy Ceremonies who was surrounded by eunuchs and palace maids.
It seems that I guessed it.
But it was still a little late.
So, this time she narrowly won.
Chang Suining also raised his hand in greeting.
In the Confucius Temple, one should only kneel down and worship the ancient sages; this is the rule.
The Emperor of the Holy Ceremonies stopped and looked at the girl who was standing quietly on the stone steps with her eyes lowered.
She was a step late, and although the Imperial Guards arrived before her, she had thought of it halfway and had someone tell the Imperial Guards commander that if the situation was under everyone's attention, they should not force it -
Sure enough, this is exactly the situation.
She had not heard what had happened, but she no longer needed to.
"I am relieved to see that Madam Chang is safe and sound." She looked at the girl, then at the mother and son of the Chang family, and could not help asking, "But I am late, and I don't know what happened--"
Chang Suining did not need to speak. Master Chu stepped forward politely and said, "Please allow me to report everything to Your Majesty!"
"Taifu, please speak."
Although what Master Chu said was the truth, every word he said was biased towards Chang Suining, and only described Chang Suining as a victim. Ming Luo looked at the girl who was protected by Master Chu and others, and asked, "But if Madam Chang was the one being coerced, why would mother and Ah Shen be here? Is it really a coincidence that the ceremony was disrupted today and all this is happening now?"
Many scholars and the Emperor of the Holy Ce also looked at Chang Suining.
"Of course it's not accidental." The girl said calmly: "Although your brother came here on his own, I used myself as bait to lure him here. And it is a fact that Madam Chang assassinated me. The people she hired have confessed everything, and the confessions are all in my hands--"
"I was almost killed in an assassination attempt, so I took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack to make the truth known to the public. This is the fact."
The girl looked at the emperor and asked seriously, "Your Majesty, is it wrong for me to choose to fight back?"
She fought back against more than just Chang's mother and son.
The two lines of sight met silently through the cold, fine rain needles.
Chang Suining looked at the almighty emperor with questioning eyes.
She planned it, so what? Even if she had a plan, it was an open one. For the sake of justice, why wouldn't she dare to show it to the public? Under the watchful eyes of the public, Ming Luo couldn't judge her, and neither could the emperor.
The other party chose to sacrifice her brother to preserve the reputation of the emperor's mother's family because of political necessity and to "use the small to protect the big." At this moment, with thousands of scholars in front of them, the importance of the big and small was once again clear at a glance, and the other party had no second choice.
"There is nothing wrong with counterattacking." The Holy Ce Emperor looked at Chang Suining and said, "It is my fault. I failed to control him first and then failed to supervise him. I feel guilty towards General Chang."
"Fortunately, thanks to the protection of the ancestors, no serious mistakes have been made. Since the mistake is made by the Ming family, I will never cover it up."
The emperor cast a disappointed and cold gaze on Chang and Mingjin, and said, "Come here, take Chang and her son to the Dali Temple immediately!"
"yes!"
"Saint!" Chang was horrified and shook her head in panic: "The reason why I did this is to help you and Dasheng get rid of the evil star!"
As she spoke, she pointed at Chang Suining and said, "I am not doing this for myself. If this evil star is not removed, there will be no peace in the Great Sheng Empire!"
She still had a bit of rationality, and did not simply attribute the disaster to the Ming family and the emperor, but called it the disaster of Dasheng in order to create a more tenable and plausible excuse in front of others.
The Holy Seal Emperor frowned: "Absurd, how can there be a star of disaster!"
Chang subconsciously looked at Mingluo.
Ming Luo's heart suddenly tightened.
Good night!
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