Chapter 718: Adding insult to injury
At this time, several fellow villagers came to see Wang Kangning in the house where he lived.
He lay in bed, not daring to move, open his eyes, or speak. He could no longer hear with one ear.
Wang Kangning was a gentle man and had good relations with several of his fellow villagers, who were very anxious.
Someone asked, "We have invited several doctors but they are of no use. What should we do?"
"Tomorrow night His Royal Highness will hold a banquet. I will wait until then and ask His Highness if you can let the little princess come to see him."
"I'm afraid it will be difficult. If it weren't for Chen Jingshou, there would still be a glimmer of hope. But now... I'm afraid it won't be easy."
"It's all my fault. During the last rafting, I came out with His Royal Highness the Grandson. If I had asked for help at that time, maybe Kang Ning wouldn't have been dragged on until now."
"No matter what, we have to give it a try."
"Well, I'm with you."
As they were talking, someone suddenly walked in slowly and said with a smile: "Wow, it's so lively."
Several people turned their heads together. The young man had already walked in slowly and asked in a pretentious tone, "Is Kang Ning feeling better?"
Several friends looked indignant, but still said, "Not very good."
The young man stretched out his hands to pull Wang Kangning's body. Wang Kangning couldn't help but groan as soon as he moved. He opened his hands to try to hold on to something and murmured, "Don't..."
Others rushed to block his hand and said, "Yang Jun! Let go!"
Yang Jun raised both his hands to show that he was not moving, and sighed in a pretentious manner: "Kangning, your journey has not been easy. You finally got rid of your slavery, and my father gave you twenty taels of silver. You finally got to where you are now in the exam. At least your ranking is not bad. Tell me, why did you get sick... You are unlucky!!"
Several people showed anger on their faces.
Yang Jun seemed to care about her on the surface, but every word he said hit people sore spots, and it was obvious that he was here to add insult to injury.
Wang Kangning's father had fallen on hard times and worked as a shopkeeper in Yang's bookshop. He was not a slave, but just an employee. Wang Kangning often read books in the shop. Later, after Wang Kangning passed the imperial examination, Wang's father resigned from his job. In order to establish a good relationship with him, Yang's father gave him twenty taels of silver.
Yang Jun was conceited about his genius and didn't take it seriously at first, but he didn't expect that Wang Kangning was so promising in his studies and that he was always suppressing him.
He was in a bad mood, so whenever he met someone, he would reminisce about the past, fearing that others didn't know that his father had been employed by them, and that they had given him twenty taels of silver, even though the twenty taels had already been returned to him with interest.
Yang Jun ranked more than 110th in the exam this time, which is actually quite good, but it is far behind Wang Kangning's second place. If Wang Kangning was fine, he would have been more cautious, but he was so sick and it was obvious that he didn't have much time left, so he acted recklessly.
Yang Jun looked at their expressions and laughed, "By the way, didn't you guys fail the exam? Why haven't you left yet? Are you going to stay for him..."
He made a mouth shape to indicate "collecting corpses".
Zhao Ping said angrily: "Yang Jun, don't go too far!!"
Yang Jun smiled greasyly and said, "I came to visit Kang Ning out of kindness. How could I go too far? My Yang family has always been willing to help others. If you don't believe me, why not ask Kang Ning?"
A man named Fang Shi was calmer and said in a low voice: "We may be colleagues in the future, Brother Yang, you should forgive others when you can!!"
Yang Jun laughed: "I didn't do anything."
Fang Shi sneered: "You can go now."
Yang Jun chuckled: "Okay, okay!" He came over and patted Wang Kangning's shoulder: "I'm leaving! If you have anything or need to borrow money, just come to me!!"
Wang Kangning was hit hard by him, and his body fell flat. He retched several times on the spot. Fang Shi grabbed his collar angrily: "Yang Jun!"
The servant behind them rushed forward to protect them, and for a moment they were all pulled together.
Wang Kangning kept retching, with his hands outstretched, trying desperately to stop it, but he couldn't even utter a word.
Suddenly someone said, "It's so noisy!"
In the yard next to him, an old man who was pretending to be strong suddenly appeared and raised his hand, and something flew towards him.
Fang Shi subconsciously opened his hand to take it. The old man lazily said, "This was given to you by the little princess's apprentice, Hao Huashi. Take this to the palace gate and you can see the little princess...but I don't know whether she can be cured or not."
Yang Jun's face changed.
Fang Shi was delighted: "Really?"
The old man nodded. Fang Shi looked at the small jade pendant in his hand and said, "I'll go there. You stay with Kangning."
Several people agreed. Yang Jun frowned and reached out to stop Fang Shi: "What good stuff is that? Let me see it! You believe what an old man says?"
Fang Shi struggled to break free of his hand. The old man sneered and said, "Although I am an old man with no ability, I can still deal with you without any problem."
He took a step forward, stepped on the brick, and crushed it with his toes. Yang Jun's face changed drastically, and he suddenly remembered... Nowadays, in addition to scholars, there are also countless warriors coming and going in the capital! !
Fang Shi showed a look of joy, turned around and ran out.
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
Yang Jun gritted his teeth and winked at the servant, and several people followed him out.
Zhao Ping looked worried and said, "Brother Fang, I'll go with you!"
He followed her, and after they had taken a few steps out of the door, they suddenly stopped.
Outside the carriage, Yan Shirong got off first, then reached back and took his sister down from the carriage.
Fang Shi was surprised and asked, "Your Highness?"
Yan Shirong nodded and said gently, "I heard that Prince Wang was seriously ill, so I brought my sister to visit him."
Fang Shi was surprised and delighted: "Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highnesses!!"
Yang Jun, who came out next, was dumbfounded on the spot. His legs went weak and he knelt down. However, Yan Shirong ignored him and didn't call out to him. He just carried his sister away.
But Xinbao slipped out of his arms.
Hao Huashi had a sharp ear and could imitate human speech. He described everything to them vividly along the way. They listened for a while when they got to the door... they listened to the whole thing.
In all the jokes and stories... this is the climax! !
Xinbao held his wife's hand and walked towards the little cannon fodder with his head held high, his little feet raised high, looking very cocky.
These are small courtyards specially provided for rent to the candidates. Each one is very small. After entering, the few people who stayed behind greeted each other. Yan Shirong exchanged a few words with them, and then they went in.
The young man on the couch tried to open his eyes and bow, but his body was shaking and he was unable to speak.
Xinbao's eyes widened slightly, and he was once again caught up in a situation.
“She” saw a man with a sick face, pushed an article over to him, and said, “It’s finished, take a look.”
"She" was about to take it and have a look, but the next moment, the person opposite covered her mouth with her sleeve, then held onto the table and tried to turn around, but as soon as she raised her body, she fell back heavily and spit out blood. The "Exhortation to Punish Traitors" on the table was dotted with blood stains.
She stared at him blankly.
Yuan Shenjue gently pinched her little hand, and Xinbao came back to her senses and said, "Gold needle, gold needle, Xinbao wants to give me acupuncture!"
(End of this chapter)