Return to the Qing Dynasty(70)

Lin Yutong didn't look back, but she could also hear Dong Xiaowan's uneven breathing. You didn't even have to look at it to know that she was sympathizing with Ms. Fang. She burst into tears and had a tendency to be unable to control her emotions. Maybe she was bringing her younger brother with her.

The days of relying on each other are somewhat similar to Fang's experience, and I think I can relate to them more.

He ignored Dong Xiaowan and only used the corner of his eyes to look at Fucha. Fucha's expression was the same from beginning to end, with no emotion at all. Lin Yutong nodded in his heart, no wonder he was a person who was remembered by Qianlong for half his life.

, after all, it’s still different. He turned his face and looked at Hongli again. Hongli’s eyes were half-closed, and his emotions couldn’t be seen at all.

Lin Yutong then looked at Fang. She said that she had been in a theater troupe and learned to sing, and she believed this. The opera not only included a variety of life experiences, but also included observation, singing, chanting, and fighting. Fang learned all of them well.

Maybe 70% to 80% of what she said is true, but part of it is definitely false.

What's fake?

From beginning to end, the story is about herself, but it is not about herself. Because she is a lead, leading this to that, but she is just like the snow in spring, just a poor innocent who has to be used by others.

victim.

That's why Lin Yutong said that Fang is smart and cannot be compared to Lin Ping, an impulsive fool. If he didn't need such an identity as a cover in officialdom, people might not really take notice of him. If he could really stand alone for a year,

Why bother sending Fang to get married back then? It is not easy to give Fang an identity that can withstand verification.

Fang glanced sideways at Lin Ping, who was staring, and then sneered, "... One thing about my mother and brother, I knew that they would definitely use me, not only use me, but also make great use of me.

.Required my absolute loyalty. As long as I behaved, my mother and brother could live a peaceful life like most other families. At that time, I had nothing else to ask for. As long as my relatives were well, I could do anything they asked me to do.

Not to mention going up the mountain of swords and going down the frying pan, I will do all the errands that are life-threatening."

"But I never thought that this job would cost my life. It just asked me to marry someone far away."

"This is not a bad thing. At the age of sixteen, I am already a big girl. I thought they would ask me to go to those dirty places..." She paused for a moment and then looked like she was about to jump over.

Lin Yutong kept these words in mind, a dirty place? There is nothing else but a brothel. There is actually nothing that cannot be said about this place, but Fang is very secretive about it, so this must be an important place.

She didn't interrupt her, and just listened quietly to what she said next.

"...I didn't know Lin Ping's identity before. What they told me was to follow the arrangements. So, I set out with the temporarily assembled 'family'. I went to Jinan and settled near Lin Ping's house.

I don't like Lin Ping from the bottom of my heart. If I still have a father and a mother, even if I am just a girl from a farmer's family, I will not like Lin Ping. I would rather find someone who can support me.

A gentleman who lives in trouble, even a peasant, is better off than looking for him."

These words stimulated Lin Ping's eyes to turn red.

Fang laughed out loud, and her tears suddenly fell down at Lin Ping, "But what can I do? He still has a reputation as a scholar, which is better than I thought before..." She paused again, and then continued

He said, "I thought it would be so much better to sing on stage for people to have fun..."

Lin Yutong narrowed his eyes slightly, but still did not interrupt her.

When Fang raised her eyes and looked at Lin Ping, she saw the queen's expression out of the corner of her eye. She panicked for no reason and quickly looked away, "...I didn't know why they traveled all the way to marry me at that time.

I was so far away from home, and I chose a marriage that seemed pretty good. I murmured in my heart, knowing that Lin Ping must have a different identity. But no one told me, no one told me, and I couldn’t possibly know. After getting married,

We have indeed lived a few days of harmonious music. My mother-in-law is kind and my husband is progressive. Although life is not easy, as long as the money is used, there will always be inexplicable opportunities for people to send money to the door. I remember when Lin Ping was about to take the exam.

My mother-in-law went to visit my father-in-law’s grave and picked up two large ingots from the grave. My mother-in-law only said that my father-in-law had a spiritual feeling in heaven, but I knew that something was fishy. There must be someone there.

They were secretly helping him. And these people were probably the same people as Master. I felt uneasy. At that time, I was still in confinement and had just given birth to my daughter Qinghua, but I was always worried that something would happen.

"Something happened, but I didn't expect it to be a good thing. Lin Ping first promoted people and then became Jinshi all the way..." As she said that, she laughed mockingly, "I have to say that he is very lucky."

Lin Yutong understood what Fang was talking about. Lin Ping's personal files were in Lin Yutong's mind. He had passed the exams and became Jinshis with many dangers.

If you say this is luck, it is indeed a bit of luck.

Lin Yutong asked, "It doesn't matter how lucky you are. I don't believe those people behind you dare to pin their big things on luck. Fang, you'd better tell the truth. What kind of method did you take for this exam?"

Explain it carefully and then continue the discussion."

If Lin Ping was just relying on luck, then these people were too ambitious and invested too much. They did not hesitate to let Fang get in early, so this is unreasonable. It would be damned if there wasn't something fishy about the exam.

She had previously thought that these people might have trained many poor scholars like Lin Ping, and selected the best among them. Now judging from Fang's confession, this possibility simply does not exist. These people do things

I am very cautious. The possibility of casting a net in such a large area is not high. A large number of people means that there are many mouths, which means that there are many loopholes. They will never take this step. After contacting Lin Ping, it is impossible to explain his unknown life experience.

, Lin Yutong felt that these people trained Lin Ping, on the one hand, he has a talent for reading, and on the other hand, it is probably because this guy has a good foundation and is not afraid of betrayal after being trained. But such a person has a certain character.

Because of his obvious flaw, he sent Fang to his side, saying that she was his wife. In fact, between the two of them, Fang should make the final decision on major matters. But after all, Lin Ping was a man, a man with a good reputation and an official position.

A man who is under the control of his wife and is being told all kinds of things by his wife will probably feel uncomfortable. Otherwise, Lin Ping’s backyard would not have so many warblers. Fang has a mission, not only her mother and younger brother are there.

She was in the hands of others, and later her daughter and son were involved, so she actually had more concerns than Lin Ping. Men are far less sensitive than women when it comes to treating children they have not raised. To women, they are just meat that has fallen off their bodies.

.For a man, if he does not raise them and does not live together, the bond will be much less. In addition, coupled with his dissatisfaction with the mother of the two children, his concern for the two children, even if he has them, is very limited. Therefore, he

Dare to do whatever he wants, dare to seduce a group of women, but don't think about what to do if the secret is exposed. But Fang can't do it, there are too many things that tie her down. Therefore, facing such a husband, Fang, in order not to

It attracts attention, and she continues to play the role of a good wife cautiously. Not only must she be careful of her husband committing adultery outside, but she must also be careful of being tampered with in the inner house. A thief is a thief, and his heart is always empty. A little bit

There's a little bit of trouble, and I don't feel very at ease.

No wonder Mrs. Fang looked at Lin Ping with eyes that were quenched with poison. Those people had planned everything, except for the things between men and women, which caused a lot of misfortune.

When Fang was asked by Lin Yutong, his pupils shrank, and there was no unnecessary expression on his face. Lin Ping suddenly became quiet. He was still struggling just now, baring his teeth at Fang, but for the fact that he was covering his mouth and binding his hands.

He had rushed forward a long time ago. But now he lowered his head quietly, and the sweat on his head fell drop by drop.

Lin Ping, deep down in his heart, still retains the sense of shame of a scholar and knows what is right and what is wrong. Of course, it may be related to his childhood education. In his three views, fighting against the Qing Dynasty is the most correct thing.

.These are his values. There are problems with values, but the non-concept is still there. He also knows that cheating is wrong, so he feels guilty, even ashamed. He feels that his glamorous coat has been taken off, so he has no face to see others.

Already.

Without Fang's answer, just looking at Lin Ping's reaction, you can tell that Lin Yutong is right again.

Hongli couldn't help but look at Lin Yutong twice. Compared with his mother, he would rather have such a biological mother. In his eyes, women should be delicate and lovable.

A creature like dodder that depends on men for its life, he has never seen a woman who is so shrewd and powerful that even her words have the flavor of an iron horse. In the past, in his eyes, at most he thought the queen was smart and the queen was the emperor.

Amma's heart can be united, she is not an ordinary smart woman. But more often than not, the queen in his eyes is the aunt who looks like a good wife and mother, and acts like a loving mother. At this time

But the queen was a stranger, something she had never seen before.

Lin Yutong didn't care what Hongli thought, she just looked at Fang, waiting for Fang's answer.

Fang saw Lin Ping's reaction out of the corner of her eyes and cursed in her heart a coward, but the expression on her face slowly turned into confusion when Lin Yutong urged her again, and then she said with a sincere face: "The queen is saying...

There was something fishy about him during the exam... This..." She shook her head, "I really don't know. But what the empress said is possible, but I don't know who helped him and what the relationship was.

Got it." He said, afraid that Lin Yutong wouldn't believe him, "Really! I really don't know. Not everything will be told to me. Just like the two ingots that appeared on my father-in-law's grave, I

I didn’t know beforehand, but I guessed afterwards that it might be related to those people, but I couldn’t guess which one they were. If you really wanted to tell me, just give me a slightly larger dowry, and you wouldn’t have bothered. But they didn’t, and they wanted to come to those people.

Things that cannot be told to me are the most important things. I am not qualified to know. I don’t even know about such a thing, so how can you tell me the inside story of such a big thing as the imperial examination?"

A very convincing argument.

Lin Yutong nodded and did not ask further questions. He just said: "You continue to talk."

Fang's eyes flickered for a few times and she lowered her head, tears falling again. "After Lin Ping was awarded the official title, I took my daughter with me to the capital. But Lin Ping was appointed as an eighth-rank sinecure in the Hanlin Academy. He didn't

I was admitted to the Shujishi, but it is not bad to be able to enter the Hanlin Academy and do a copying and writing job. I feel quite satisfied. Take your time and don't be in a hurry. But he refused to listen. After a while, he started to

I went out at home to say that I had something to do, and I was out for two days. When I came back, I was in a good mood. I even bought me a gold hairpin for the first time. But not a few days after the good times, my senior brother who was in the theater troupe at the time came, and it was so outstanding.

The one who got up appeared. When he came, he held a child in his arms, which was about the same size as my girl, and even taller than my Niuniu..."

As she spoke, her teeth chattered up and down. This kind of fear and anger came from deep in her heart.

Lin Yutong stared at her with squinted eyes, and saw that her eyes were slowly blurring, and her voice seemed to be floating from the horizon, "Elder brother said, I should know the rules. Then he handed the child in her arms to me.

.I didn’t think about it for a while, but when the nurse I found for Niuniu in the capital hugged Niuniu and left behind my senior brother without hesitation, I understood everything. These people never let go of me.

However, there are always their people around me. Even my daughter’s wet nurse. The child is my life, so I just watched them take the child away. What can I do, start crying? I won’t agree.

?Then what can I get for my child and me? That is to live or die. I didn’t cry or make a fuss. The only thing I asked for was that the child be handed over to my mother and brother, and to be raised by them. At least there is a relative.

Now, the child will receive less training. After I properly arranged all these things, I felt that something seemed to be wrong. What was wrong? Yes! There had been no movement for several years, so why did he appear at this time? Why?

?There must be a reason. When I was puzzled, Lin Ping was promoted. Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, directly crossed the threshold of the seventh rank from the sixth rank. Is this a coincidence? I asked him,

He said it was done with money..."

Such official positions can indeed be obtained with money, especially in the later years of the late emperor, when the management was even more chaotic. Li Wei's official positions were all donated, and he was able to sneak into the household department, not to mention this one who has the title of Jinshi.

It may not be impossible to do it if you really spend money.

Fang said: "Of course others won't doubt it after hearing this, but I know that at that time, even if he had money, he couldn't find a temple to ask for it. So how did he get promoted to an official position? First of all,

After being out for two days, the child was taken away when he came back, and then he was promoted. If he hadn't taken the initiative to ask for something from others, how could they have taken the child away? There is no price to pay. This is distrust of him.

, it’s also a warning to me. I’m afraid that he will fly away when he becomes powerful in the future, so he warned me that I should focus on business, and don’t let Lin Ping move, I still don’t know anything.”

She laughed miserably, "I am someone else's chess piece, but I am also his wife and the mother of his child. After having a child, the balance of people's hearts has tilted. I look forward to living a peaceful life.

Let the child grow up carefree. I just hope that those people from the early years will never appear in front of me again. But... Lin Ping... his ambition, his unwillingness to be mediocre, completely harmed the child. The child was

She was taken away and I don’t know where to send her. Looking at the child left in the house, I think it is an eyesore. Yes, her birth may be better than my Niuniu, but so what. The child has to be

She is my own child. It would be difficult for me to treat her the same as I treat Niuniu. When I see her, I will only think of my poor daughter... I am afraid that my change in attitude towards the child will make people suspicious, and I am also afraid that

Someone who had seen the child nearby saw through it and had no choice but to send the child back to his hometown and give it to his mother-in-law to raise. This was not done by me, but by Lin Ping. As for what he told his mother, I don’t know.
To be continued...