After Dawn Chapter 136: The fairy in the painting (1)

"Qing Kong, are you out to buy something?"

The one called Qingkong was a handsome scholar, wearing a starched white gown and carrying a basket on his back, which contained some paper and writing and drawing things.

Hearing someone greeted him, he nodded with a smile, his face was very kind, and said, "The rice at home is gone, come out and sell some calligraphy and painting for some rice."

"Hey, reading is a major event, and the imperial examination will be held in the next year. If you don't have food, you will go to the elder brother's field to pick it up, and our village will count on you to become a high official and make a fortune!" said the enthusiastic villager, Xiucai nodded, neither refuting nor refuting.

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"Look at Qing Kong's appearance, it's not the same as our villagers. At first glance, he wants to be a lord."

"Hey, Zhao Sanniang and Zhao Sanye know underground, it's time to close their eyes."

"In the coming year, there will be a big happy event in our village!"

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“Zhao Qingkong, the only scholar in Zhaojia Village, his father died of illness when he was young, and his mother raised him alone, but when he was about to go to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination, he died of overwork, according to the laws of the dynasty. , a scholar must take Ding You three years before he can take the exam again, so Zhao Qingkong was able to enter Beijing to take the exam at the age of nineteen, but he was so talented that he won the championship directly, became the champion of the Golden Division, and was highly valued by the emperor..."

"Zhao Qingkong is kind-hearted and wants to benefit the common people by being an official. He doesn't like the darkness of officialdom, and he is very upright, but because of this, he offends many officials in the court... In the end, he was exiled to a remote place because of persecution. And his villagers were also implicated because of his reasons. His opponents took away all the young and middle-aged people in the village in the name of military service and sent them to the frontier... Zhao Qingkong, who suffered from a lot of hardships in a remote place and was physically weak With the help of like-minded colleagues, when he returned to Beijing again, he found that his villagers had died because of the persecution of political opponents. ...he began to wonder if his persistence really made sense..."

"In order to be able to defeat the political enemies who harmed him, Zhao Qingkong began to let go of his so-called aloofness and learned the rules of the officialdom little by little. People who used to share the same ideals with him gradually found that Zhao Qingkong changed more and more. The older he got, the more he gradually became estranged from him... And Zhao Qingkong also changed from a young man full of ambitions to a traitor who would do anything to achieve his goals... Zhao Qingkong never forgot his ambition back then, just to achieve it. The means of this wish are becoming more and more cruel, and on the way to realize this wish, he has gradually deviated from his original purpose. There are countless people killed directly and indirectly by him... and the country is also playing with him. The world has become dilapidated, corrupt officials are in power, and the people are struggling, the more he wants to do well, the more difficult he finds it to be..."

"Your mission is to make Zhao Qingkong not a traitor."

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Qing Ran felt a little embarrassed by the nature of this task, because it was not Zhao Qingkong's wish to become a traitor at the beginning, he was just forced to embark on this path and could not turn back. To be honest, although Zhao Qingkong finally became a generation A treacherous official has been infamous for thousands of years, but what I have to say is that, looking at Zhao Qingkong's life as an outsider, Qing Ran couldn't find any other words except sympathy.

Zhao Qingkong was also full of lofty ambitions and wanted to build a better country, but the Queen Mother controlled the government, and the emperor who admired him had no real power, and could only support him in words. As a Qingliu official, it is almost impossible to move, either to give up the ideals in his heart, to join forces with corrupt officials, or to be persecuted by them and exiled to remote places. Some people do not even have the good luck of Zhao Qingkong. When he let go a little, he returned to the capital with the power of the emperor, and he died in the place where he was exiled, or on the way to be exiled.

Qing Ran can't change this rotten court by herself. Even if there is no Zhao Qingkong who later became a traitor, there will still be Li Qingkong and Liu Qingkong. If the broken foundation of this dynasty is not repaired, it will always be Someone will finally go to Zhao Qingkong's position and complete the mission of the destruction of this dynasty.

"But..." Qing Ran thought about it, maybe, she could let Zhao Qingkong change the situation.

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Before he got to the door, Zhao Qingkong smelled the aroma of the food for a while. He was a little puzzled. There is no one nearby. You know, in order to study with peace of mind, he built a small wooden hut in the bamboo forest for cleaning, and it took more than a quarter of an hour to walk into the village.

The closer he got to his cabin, the more enticing the food smelled, and he had a bold idea in his heart.

Could it be that this fragrance comes from my own home.

But how is that possible? He has no wife and can't afford servants, so who will cook for him? Zhao Qingkong shook his head, mocking his wishful thinking.

But then he opened his mouth in surprise and opened the door. There were dishes and soups on the table. Then he heard a cheerful voice: "Master, the dishes are here."

"Pa-ta" is the sound of chopsticks and bowls falling to the ground. He turned his head to look and saw that his usual bowl was swirling on the ground, and a pink corner of his clothes was protruding from the door. Looking down the corner of his clothes, he saw a man clasping the door frame with his hands, looking timidly into his eyes.

"Master, Master, today...you...why did you come back so early?" A voice as crisp and pleasant as an oriole rang out in the humble bamboo house. Are much fresher.

Zhao Qingkong was surprised. He quickly took three steps back and exited the door. Then he cupped his hands and asked, "I dare to ask who the girl is? Why is she in Xiaosheng's house?" After a bit of consultation, he asked tentatively, "What's the problem with the girl?"

"No, no, no." The girl hiding behind the door waved her hand quickly, but found herself standing in front of Zhao Qingkong, shyly pulled her long sleeves to cover half of her face and hid in, then Said: "The little girl is not malicious, she just thinks that the son is hard at school every day, and wants to take care of the housework for the son in return."

"Repay?" Zhao Qingkong didn't expect to get such a reply. The moment the woman showed her full face just now, a sense of familiarity came over her face, but he couldn't remember when he had seen such a beautiful and moving person. woman.

I'm afraid she's mistaken, he thought.

Although there is some regret in his heart, Zhao Qingkong still said: "The girl is afraid that she has admitted the wrong person. Xiaosheng and the girl have never known each other, how can they talk about repaying..."

"No no no," the woman denied, "I will not admit the wrong person, it is you, and you are my benefactor."

"This..." Zhao Qingkong was hesitant, he saw the woman's eyes were firm, he thought that he was the so-called benefactor in her mouth, so he had to ask: "Then dare to ask the girl when she will meet Xiaosheng. After meeting...what did Xiaosheng do..."

Inquiring about the good things that others have done, Zhao Qingkong only felt that his face was hot for a while, and he was very embarrassed, but if he didn't ask the details, he was afraid of making a joke.

"Young master has the grace to give birth to me..." The woman said with a blushing face.

This time Zhao Qingkong's face turned even redder, and he interrupted the woman's next words without regard for etiquette: "Girl, girl, you must have mistaken someone, I..." He stammered, his face It also seemed to be on fire, "I...Xiaosheng...Xiaosheng..."

"What is Xiaosheng?" The woman asked curiously with wide almond-like eyes.

"Xiaosheng..." The woman's eyes are as clear as spring water, which makes people not feel the slightest embarrassment in front of her, but Zhao Qingkong looks very embarrassed. He only thinks that the next words should not be a scholar As far as I can say, I shouldn't say it in front of such a woman, but I have to say: "Xiaosheng is a man, and he has not yet married, how can he have...have...the grace of giving birth to a girl..."

After he finished speaking, he couldn't bear to look directly at the woman in front of him. He turned his head away and looked at the bamboo forest outside the house. The breeze was blowing, but he couldn't calm his mood.

Seeing his expression, the woman was stunned for a moment, and then she asked inexplicably, "Did I say something wrong?" She seemed a little flustered, and she didn't care about being shy, and hurried forward to hold Zhao Qingkong. With his sleeve he said: "My son, my son, what the little girl said is true, and I will not deceive you at all... You are my benefactor, and the little girl will not admit the wrong person..."

"You gave the little girl a body, stroked day and night, and read the poems of saints for me..."

Stroking day and night...touching day and night...

There was only one sentence left in Zhao Qingkong's mind. He remembered the figure of the woman he had seen at a glance earlier. Although she was wearing a pink dress, it was still difficult to hide her graceful figure. If the clothes were taken off... …

Wait, what is he thinking, how can he blaspheme other girls in his mind. Zhao Qingkong secretly blamed himself. He deeply felt that he had failed the teachings of the sages for more than ten years. These sages' books have been read about dogs. The woman just said two words at random, which made his mind shake.

"Girl, please be cautious, Xiaosheng has always kept himself clean, he has never married a wife, and has never done anything out of the ordinary to other women..."

He said solemnly, but his blood-red ears betrayed his emotions at this time, and his heart was not as calm as his words.

The woman who was thrown away by him stood there blankly, staring at him in a daze, as if she had been greatly hurt, and her tears fell like pearls.

"Young Master..."