Chapter 195: Ying Zheng's rapid progress and what comes next...
For the next two days, Nezha went out early and came back late every day. The people guarding the entrance of the alley wanted to follow him, but he easily shook them off every time.
On the third night, he knocked out the people who were secretly monitoring him one by one in the dark. Fu Li held the little Ying Zheng in his arms, and he carried the few luggages. Zhao Ji followed behind him with a nervous look on her face. The group avoided the soldiers who were patrolling at night and successfully reached the city wall.
During these days of going out early and coming back late, Nezha had already made plans. He knew that the night guard of Ximen liked to force his subordinates to gamble with him, and anyone who dared to beat him would soon be retaliated against by him.
The defending general was only concerned with extorting the soldiers' salaries. The soldiers worked hard but had no money to support their families, so they naturally didn't care about their jobs.
Nezha bribed the two men with money and said that he was in love with a singer from a noble family and they had agreed to elope, so he asked them to help him.
He was generous and the communication was secret, so the two soldiers didn't worry that the money would be found out and confiscated by the garrison commander. It was really hard not to be tempted.
They simply turned a blind eye and helped transport a singing girl out of the city. Even if the nobles who lost the singing girl wanted to look for her, they wouldn't be able to find her among these two small soldiers.
So, when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, the group arrived at the agreed place. Nezha imitated the owl's cry three times, and a basket was lowered from the city wall.
Nezha went up first and gave each of them a hundred and a half taels of silver. He said with a smile, "My dear brothers, my lover has a daughter. She insists on taking her daughter with her. I have no choice. Please be flexible."
Things had come to this point, and it was too late for the two soldiers to regret. Moreover, Nezha's money was given very promptly, and they didn't have time to feel unhappy at all. They were immediately appeased by the heavy copper coins.
One of them even comforted Nezha: "She eloped while still thinking of her daughter. It's clear she's not a heartless person. She'll treat you well in the future. Anyway, you're not short of money, so just raising another daughter is all you need. When the child becomes successful, won't you also enjoy the good life?"
Nezha pretended to be persuaded by him and said gratefully, "Brother, you are indeed very insightful. If you hadn't persuaded me, I would have thought of leaving. Don't worry, brother, I will definitely treat her as my own child in the future. I am not afraid that she will not be filial to me in the future."
This is an interesting statement. Who he wants to take with him or not has nothing to do with the two soldiers.
After hearing what he said, the person who advised him felt that he had accepted a task entrusted by him. He patted his shoulder with satisfaction and imitated the great men in his elegant manner: "Well, this young man is teachable!"
"Hehe." Nezha smiled and took the initiative to take over the physical work of pulling people with the basket. He first pulled Zhao Ji up, and then pulled Fuli and little Ying Zheng up.
Four-year-olds have the same hairstyles for both boys and girls, and there's no significant difference in body shape. Little Ying Zheng was lying in Fu Li's arms, so no one could see his face. The two soldiers, already assuming it was a girl, didn't think much of it.
He only asked Fu Li, who had kept her head down. Nezha said that she was a slave who was responsible for looking after children, so they didn't ask any more questions.
When the four of them descended the wall from the other side, the deal was complete. No matter who asked, the two soldiers would not admit that they had broken the rules.
As for the State of Zhao, having lost the Qin hostage, they did not dare to make it public and could only send people to search for him in secret.
Because the timing of Fu Li and Nezha's appearance was too coincidental and their whereabouts were too mysterious, the Zhao nobles could not help but speculate that they were secretly sent by Qin with the purpose of bringing Ying Yiren's eldest son back to Qin.
Therefore, under the leadership of Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, a large number of people were sent to ambush on the road between Qin and Zhao, and they had to bring Zhao Ji and her son back to Handan.
Zhao Sheng took the opportunity to persuade King Zhao that after finding the mother and son, he must provide them well and not give Qin any excuse to attack Zhao.
The King of Zhao was furious and angrily accused Pingyuan Jun of being loyal to Qin.
But those who knew him knew that he was just strong on the outside but weak on the inside. He did not want to break off relations with the State of Qin, nor did he want to be blamed by the people of Zhao for treating Zhao Ji and her son well.
Of course, there is another reason that everyone knows: that is to take the opportunity to suppress Pingyuan Jun's prestige and weaken Zhao Sheng's voice in the court.
But no matter what the reason was, King Zhao was obviously thinking too much.
The people sent out to look for Zhao Ji and her son returned empty-handed. In the Zhao court, mediocre people were silent, while knowledgeable people felt that Pingyuan Jun, in power, could better protect the interests of Zhao State than the incompetent King Zhao.
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The struggle in the Zhao court had nothing to do with Fu Li and his group.
They arrived safely in the valley that night and lived in the new bamboo house built by Nezha.
The next morning, Nezha woke up little Ying Zheng and took him to practice horse stance on the flat ground in front of the bamboo house.
"If you want to be good at kung fu, a stable lower body is the foundation. Once you can hold a standard horse stance for two hours without changing your expression, you can start learning kung fu."
He understood the principle of gradual progress. On the first day of martial arts class, he had little Ying Zheng stand in a horse stance for two quarters of an hour.
Only half of two quarters of an hour had passed, but little Ying Zheng already felt his legs trembling, his face flushed red, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead.
Fortunately, he closed his eyes in time, letting the sweat beads roll onto his eyelashes, where they stayed for a moment before falling to the ground. Otherwise, he would have been in great pain if they had stung his eyes.
After hearing Nezha's words, little Ying Zheng's face turned bitter and he asked, "Teacher Yin, how long will it take me to practice for two hours?"
He was also anxious to seek revenge on Zhao Chuan and the others.
Nezha said, "That depends on your aptitude. If you have good aptitude, it will take a year, but if you don't, it's hard to say."
Little Ying Zheng asked hurriedly, "Then, in the teacher's opinion, what are the student's qualifications?"
Nezha raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Guess."
Ying Zheng's face fell and he closed his mouth and stopped talking.
——He is not stupid. He knows that Nezha is trying to tease him, so he doesn’t fall for it!
Nezha sighed and said regretfully, "The child is too smart. It's not fun."
Ying Zheng's tender legs trembled more and more violently, and his waist bent unconsciously.
Nezha took a thin bamboo stick and tapped him gently on the waist. He said with a straight face, "Keep your back straight and your fists parallel to the ground. Keep your lower body stable. There are no shortcuts, only hard work."
Since ancient times, strict teachers have produced outstanding students.
Although the masters of the three Xuanmen sects are all obsessed with their disciples, their pampering is mostly material and protective. When it comes to actually teaching skills, they are more strict than the other.
Although Nezha loves to tease Ying Zheng, since he has been accepted as his disciple, he will be a good master and will not be careless when teaching him.
Although Ying Zheng was young, he knew what was right and wrong. Although he felt it was very hard, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.
More than two months passed like this, and the time Ying Zheng spent in horse stance had been extended from two quarters of an hour to half an hour, and he was only slightly out of breath when it was over.
In addition to his own perseverance, Fuli and Nezha also made great contributions by generously providing him with nutrition.
At the same time, in the literature class, he had already learned all 3,000 commonly used characters of the seven kingdoms in the Central Plains, including Shu.
The disciple is so smart and hardworking that both husband and wife, as teachers, are very satisfied with it.
Ying Zheng was very satisfied with the fact that he had two such good teachers and achieved such good results in just two months.
The only one who was dissatisfied was Zhao Ji.
In fact, Zhao Ji was very satisfied when she first moved here.
This place is far away from human habitation, which means no one will bully them; Fuli and Nezha will take turns going out to purchase supplies, so they don't have to worry about food and clothing.
When people are hungry, they only have one worry. Once they are full, countless worries will arise.
Zhao Ji was in this situation.
When she lived in fear in Handan City, she only hoped that she and her son could live a peaceful life.
When she finally had a stable life, she began to feel dissatisfied with herself as Madam Gongsun, as she didn't even have a servant by her side and had to do all the laundry and cooking by herself on weekdays.
When this trend first appeared, neither Fu Li nor Nezha noticed it.
After arriving in this valley, Fu Li also tried to get Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng to study together.
She believes that in the original history, the reason why the mother and son could rely on each other in times of adversity but ended up in misery after becoming rich was because the difference in their cognition was too great.
In the original world, the status of women during this period was not low, especially the queen dowager who occupied the position of filial piety and could truly control some of the power that belonged to the king.
Fu Li had studied politics and history in his previous life, and had even been a king in this life. He knew too well how dangerous it was to let a person who only knew how to have fun and was easily instigated by male favorites hold power.
She was not planning to prolong Ying Zichu's life, and Ying Zheng's fate of ascending the throne at a young age would most likely not change.
By that time, Zhao Ji had been promoted to queen mother and held the highest power in the entire Qin State. The difference between knowing how to govern the country and not knowing how to govern the country was huge.
As for how Ying Zheng took back power after he came of age?
While there were women serving as officials in the Central Plains, the monarchs throughout history were always men. Seizing power from the monarch as a crown prince was significantly more difficult than seizing power from the empress dowager as a monarch.
However, Zhao Ji's character has already been formed. She is a person who is greedy for enjoyment and is unwilling to endure hardships as long as the conditions allow.
Fu Li had no choice but to focus all his energy on teaching Ying Zheng.
She doesn't pay attention to Zhao Ji, so it's even less likely that Nezha would pay attention to her.
Therefore, the first person to realize that something was wrong with his mother was the young Ying Zheng.
After coaxing his mother to tell him what was really on his mind, Ying Zheng felt both absurd and guilty.
They feel it is absurd because everything they have now is given by others, so they shouldn't have so many demands.
As for feeling guilty, it was because the child was born with a strong sense of responsibility. He felt that as a son, he should not be able to let his mother live a happy life.
He was still young and couldn't keep things to himself. Fu Li and the others' attention was mostly on him, so naturally they noticed it quickly.
After finishing his literature class that day, Fu Li took him to a small pond to wash his hands and asked him directly what was on his mind.
After more than two months of getting along, the relationship between the two sides has changed a lot and there is no need to beat around the bush.
Ying Zheng's face flushed with shame and he repeated his conversation with Zhao Ji.
Fu Li was slightly startled, then rubbed her forehead and laughed, "Oh, I was indeed negligent in this matter. Your mother has never been involved in women's affairs, so there was nothing I could do originally. Now that she is settled, it's time to find two maids to serve her."
The most important thing is that Fu Li didn't want little Ying Zheng to have any psychological burden because of this kind of thing.
"Teacher..." Ying Zheng looked at her with emotion, his eyes slightly red.
Fu Li smiled and touched his forehead, saying softly, "You are still young, and these are not your business to worry about. If you have any troubles, you should tell me.
When you grow up and become a man of integrity, the responsibilities you should shoulder will not be reduced in the slightest."
Little Ying Zheng nodded vigorously: "Yes. Teacher, I understand."
Fu Li smiled and said, "Okay, let's go back."
The two walked back hand in hand. Although the autumn wind was bleak, little Ying Zheng jumped around and felt warm all over.
After lunch, Fu Li took the initiative to bring up the matter again. He first blamed himself for his negligence, and then assured Zhao Ji that he would find two diligent maids for her as soon as possible.
Zhao Ji felt embarrassed at first, but soon she felt it was natural.
——They are the retainers sent by Gongsun, so they should put me first in everything.
Through this incident, Zhao Ji realized that as long as she brought her inner demands to her son, these two retainers would quickly solve them for her.
Fu Li didn't know about her little thoughts. Just when she was about to go out to find a suitable maid, Wukong, who got the news, came to her.
"Mother, Father, why didn't you tell me?"
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