Chaos of Ming 1628

Mouthfuls of blood gushed from Madam Ke's mouth. Her eyes stared straight at Tian Ergeng, her mouth agape: "You...you really dare to kill me?"

"Aren't you afraid of the Great Wei...?"

Mentioning Wei Zhongxian, Tian Ergeng's brows furrowed even more: "Back then, your adoptive father advised you not to continue making things difficult for Empress Zhang, but did you listen to a single word?"

"Your godfather and I are truly capable people. Now, what are you thinking?"

"The late emperor has already stated that Wei Zhongxian should be given an important position. My adoptive father tested him twice, but the current emperor refused both times. It is imperative that my adoptive father be given an important position."

"Look at you! I told you to stay in the capital, but you insisted on bringing the late emperor back. You came to Jiaohe and caused trouble, and then you summoned me here by carrier pigeon."

"Now you've sent all the pregnant women to the capital. Didn't you even consult us?"

"It's not that I want you to die, it's that if you keep causing trouble, we'll have no way to survive."

Mentioning this, Tian Ergeng sighed repeatedly, his ruthless eyes misting over, and tears welled up in his eyes: "Godmother, you don't know, Yang Weiyuan betrayed us."

"After he stepped forward, the current emperor did not punish him, but he was still dissatisfied with us."

"If this continues, we will all be purged one by one."

As Madam Ke opened her mouth repeatedly, more blood gushed out, and one could only faintly hear: "Whoever holds the imperial power will live."

However, the words were so vague that whether one heard them clearly or not seemed unimportant.

Madam Ke finally stopped breathing, and Tian Ergeng cried out a few times. He personally picked her up and carefully placed her back in her seat. He gently wiped the bloodstains from her face.

He carefully wiped it, then turned his back to Sun Qing: "Young Master Sun, now that things have come to this, please leave!"

"It's late, Madam Fengsheng, you should rest."

Having witnessed the murder of Madam Ke, Sun Qing, though not the murderer, was still inextricably linked to the crime.

Wei Zhongxian is determined to get an explanation, but how Tian Ergeng will respond, and whether he will also hold Sun Qing accountable for this matter, remains to be seen.

Today, on the fifteenth day of the ninth month of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, Madam Ke died.

At the post station, everything was as usual.

With the eunuch faction's spies gone, the atmosphere in Jiahe County became much more relaxed.

People often drank and laughed, which finally brought a touch of human warmth to the place.

Old Elm is not here tonight.

The room was empty.

Sun Qing entered and breathed a sigh of relief; today he finally had the entire room to himself.

Having been here for so long, always sleeping fully clothed and sharing a room with others, I feel quite uncomfortable.

"Finally I can relax!" Sun Qing breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly closed the doors and windows, and quickly unbuckled his belt.

The Sun family members, according to the rules, had to wear coarse cloth with multiple layers of short-sleeved tops with round collars, with white cloth underpants, cloth skirts, cloth socks, and blue cloth shoes, and black cloth headscarves. They were forbidden from wearing brightly colored silk or embroidered patterns, and were bound with layers of ribbons.

It wasn't that Sun Qing liked this style of dress, or that the Sun family liked it. It was simply that this kind of clothing, which restricted movement, was subject to national laws.

If they want to impersonate the Sun family, they have no choice but to compromise.

"Short-sleeved shirts and shorts are still the best; you can just slip them on and walk. I miss my belt."

As Sun Qing spoke, she took off her layers of clothing and casually placed them aside, stretching her body.

He went to bed naked, pulled up the sheets, and prepared to lie down.

He lay there, his eyes suddenly widening. Above him was a person!

"Shen, Jun, Ru!"

Sun Qing roared and wrapped himself tightly in the blanket.

The superior room was furnished with a four-poster solid wood canopy bed, with a wooden dust-collecting canopy above it, which was originally intended to keep out dust and powder, and was hung with curtains.

The mortise and tenon locking structure has extremely strong load-bearing capacity; Shen Junru was hanging on it without any effect whatsoever.

Being called out, Shen Junru simply did a handstand, lowered her head, and stared intently at Sun Qing: "What are you yelling about?"

"Get out!" Sun Qing shouted angrily.

Shen Junru said impatiently, "When the master left, he told me to keep a close watch on you, saying that you might die soon."

"I think this spot is perfect."

As she spoke, her tone was surprisingly excited: "That way, the person who kills you won't see me, but I can have a proper fight."

Sun Qing felt dizzy and disoriented, and was extremely troubled by this woman.

I just wanted to say one thing: don't you know that men and women shouldn't touch each other? But then I thought about how she was a complete novice, so I shook my head and said, "Get down, I'll get dressed."

Holding the clothes in her hands, Sun Qing felt humiliated. Ashamed of her earlier indulgence, she found it even more difficult to talk about being dressed now.

She remained standing there watching. Sun Qing closed his eyes, and in a daze, he thought of the time when he went to the urology hospital for surgery when he was fifty years old.

"Sigh!" Sun Qing sighed deeply.

"Why are you sighing?" Shen Junru asked, puzzled.

Sun Qing sighed bitterly, tidied her slightly disheveled hair, and said with emotion, "Come, sit down and listen to me."

"Mmm." Shen Junru was quite obedient.

Sun Qing spoke softly, "Do you know what you're doing?"

"Of course." Shen Junru said with a proud look on her face: "Grandpa once said, 'A scholar will die for one who understands him, and he will live for one who is in charge of protecting him.'"

"Then do you understand what it means?" It wasn't that Sun Qing was arrogant, but he was certain that this girl definitely didn't understand the meaning of these words.

Shen Junru shook her head, then nodded: "My mindset is that I have to protect Grandpa Sun, so I can't do it myself."

"you're right."

Sun Qing surprisingly agreed: "True protection is not about whimsical pity, nor is it about personal favoritism. It requires orders to be carried out without fail, risking one's own life to protect others."

"The Lord's will is your righteousness; the Lord's plan is your destiny."

Looking at the clear-eyed girl before him, Sun Qing asked solemnly, "So, are you still willing to continue protecting me?"

Shen Junru's expression became slightly complicated: "I didn't know what you were talking about."

"They all say they hope I'm happy. But I've heard what you said said before," Shen Junru said.

Sun Qing nodded: "Who said that?"

"Grandpa," Shen Junru's voice suddenly turned somber, "that's what he said too. He said this is my destiny, and it's also my father's destiny."

A sudden influx of information.

Who exactly is Shen Junru?

Logically speaking, since she already bears the surname Shen, she shouldn't be considered a member of the Sun family. So why does she call Sun Chengzong "Grandpa"?

"Never mind," Shen Junru suddenly smiled, only to realize that her two little tiger teeth were particularly endearing when she smiled. "Anyway, it's something I can't figure out, so I'll just stop thinking about it."

"In short, as long as Grandpa is safe, I'm willing to risk my life. You want me to be safe, and so do I."

As she spoke, she rubbed her eyes and walked towards the bed.

"What are you doing?" Sun Qing asked anxiously.

Shen Junru sat on the bedside table, rolling her eyes in annoyance: "What else can we do? Sleep, of course!"

After saying that, he patted the bed board and said irritably, "What are you still standing there for? Come on, go to sleep."

Glug!

Sun Qing swallowed so clearly that he cursed himself inwardly, feeling unworthy of being a teacher.

Isn't he just a person too?

Looking back, he married at the age of twenty-five and spent five years with his wife. The two vowed to remain childless and devote themselves to literary research.

Ironically, after five years of marriage, his pregnant wife came to see him, but after a year of not seeing her, all she got was a divorce agreement.

They'd been together since they were students, and he assumed his wife would understand him best. But he forgot that companionship is the most enduring expression of love. And him, ever since he threw himself into research, first he wouldn't come home for weeks, then months, and finally, a whole year?

He felt regret, but had no time to wallow in sorrow. After the divorce, he devoted himself to research, and although women came and went in his life, none of them could move him like his wife had.

The girl was hung upside down once again.

Sun Qing just gave a wry smile. A bat?

It wasn't that he didn't want to be intimate with women, but he knew the other person didn't feel the same way. He couldn't bear to taint that innocent relationship.

If you're tired, lie down in bed and get some sleep.

His voice was gentle.

The sounds from downstairs were extremely jarring, and the shouts were deafening.

"You still dare to say you didn't take it?"

"Get them away right now!"

"I'm innocent! I'm innocent!"

Shen Junru obediently lay on the bed, completely unconcerned about what was happening outside.

Sun Qing, however, having nothing else to do, simply pushed open the door and went out.

Downstairs, several constables were dragging Li Qingshan, who was bound hand and foot, out of the building.