Chapter 520: The Dreaded Jiang Qingzhi
In his previous life, Jiang Qingzhi was quite anxious for a while. When it was serious, his scalp would feel numb, his whole body would be tense, and all kinds of anxious and worried thoughts filled his mind.
In order to solve this problem, he bought a lot of related books and searched a lot of information on the Internet.
So when Emperor Jiajing was surprised at why Yuan Ze, who seemed to be conscientious, hardworking and upright, had a dream of becoming a father-in-law of the emperor, Jiang Qingzhi said: "There was a sage in the Mohist school who was proficient in medicine. He said that most of people's illnesses are caused by their hearts. Greed, anger and ignorance are the most harmful to people."
It feels so good to blame everything on the illusory Mohist sages... Jiang Qingzhi said: "Your Majesty, you know more about human consciousness than I do."
The Taoist has been practicing Taoism for many years, and his research on consciousness far exceeds that of his peers.
But Jiang Qingzhi came from later generations and stood on the shoulders of countless giants, so his understanding in this area can be said to be an overwhelming advantage.
But seeing that the Taoist looked gloomy, obviously thinking of the late crown prince, Jiang Qingzhi praised him a few words, and then said: "Many times, people's greed, anger, ignorance, and many unimaginable thoughts are all in their subconscious. But the other consciousness, that is, the conscious mind, will cover up those thoughts, and even find excuses for themselves and beautify those thoughts..."
“I don’t know.”
"I know, but I pretend not to know." Jiang Qingzhi thought it was a bit awkward, "It's just deceiving myself."
Dao Ye said:
"It's just like the inner demons that appear during cultivation, all kinds of temptations, some people call them the outer demons..."
"Yes."
Jiang Qingzhi then showed signs of fatigue, and Emperor Jiajing waved his hand, "You are so young, but you are not as good as me. Go!"
You are used to reversing your day and night, while I am a model of early to bed and early to rise. How can we compare?
Jiang Qingzhi complained inwardly and left.
But in Dao Ye's opinion, this is a sign that his body is stronger than that of young people.
What humans are best at is self-deception. Even someone as powerful as the Taoist priest will use the alien demon to explain his distracting thoughts.
What is the extraterritorial demon?
If the mind is free of dust, where do distracting thoughts come from?
The so-called inner demon is the devil in one’s own heart!
And this devil was raised and created by himself.
Jiang Qingzhi suddenly stopped, and the eunuch in front of him turned around and said, "Master..."
The eunuch saw Jiang Qingzhi looking to the right front with his eyes shining, and he slowly followed Jiang Qingzhi's gaze.
A flowering tree.
The branches are full of yellow flowers. In the morning breeze, the elegant floral fragrance keeps wafting over, making people feel relaxed and happy.
"My Lord, that is His Majesty's favorite... My Lord, please show some mercy, please show some mercy..."
……
Jiang Qingzhi was a flower thief in Xiyuan, while Li Xuan stayed up all night, discussing with her husband Xiang Cheng how to save her father.
When it was almost dawn, Xiang Cheng could no longer bear his wife's pestering and said, "My master has a brother who is an official in the Ministry of Justice. I am planning to visit my master soon. Please prepare some gifts. I will ask for leave first and then go to meet my master."
"My husband is indeed a young talent that no one can match." Li Xuan was overjoyed and quickly went to prepare gifts. She also burned incense to the gods she worshipped and prayed for her father to be safe and sound.
Later in the evening, she hurried back to her parents' home with the snacks she had made.
"Mother, mother."
Chang, who had also not slept all night, heard the shouting and rubbed her face vigorously to wipe away the sorrow. She forced a smile and said, "You are so old, but you are still shouting so recklessly. Aren't you ashamed?"
"I call you mom, who dares to say anything?" Li Xuan came in, put down the snack box and opened it. "I know you must be worried, and you probably didn't have breakfast..."
The maid beside her nodded, and Li Xuan said, "Mother, eat something!"
"I don't know whether your father's affair is good or bad, so how can I have an appetite?" Chang smiled bitterly, picked up a piece of dessert and took a bite reluctantly, then felt a blockage in her stomach.
"Don't worry, mother. Your eldest son-in-law's tutor has connections in the Ministry of Justice. He will go and ask for help right now."
"What's the use of the Ministry of Justice?" Chang sighed, "This matter involves the tomb of the late crown prince. This is a capital crime!"
"What does my brother-in-law say?"
"As for your brother-in-law...your sister sent someone to bring some food, saying that Qingzhi was already working on the matter, which put me at ease."
Li Xuan curled her lips, "Mom, my husband said that this is not just about the plot to destroy the late crown prince's tomb. The tomb is just a trigger. Most likely someone wants to use this to do something cruel to Dad."
"Yes! Your father is not an honest man, but he doesn't have much ambition. A man without ambition at least won't bring disaster to his family. This is..."
"Mother, Dad is in charge of the Taichang Temple now, it's an eyesore!" Li Xuan sat down at this time, "The Jinyiwei can arrest people, but the investigation of the case depends on the Ministry of Justice. Don't worry, my husband will take action, and there will definitely be good news."
"Amitabha, if there is good news, you should thank your son-in-law later."
"We are all family, what is there to be thankful for?" Li Xuan said with a smile.
"Madam!" A maid came in, "Someone is coming from Xin'an Lane."
"Who?"
"It's the second uncle!"
Chang's face changed drastically, and so did Li Xuan's.
The two stood up and looked outside the door.
Jiang Qingzhi looked a little wet and his face was a little pale, but his temperament became more solemn.
He came in and bowed, "Meet my mother-in-law. Madam."
Chang said in a trembling voice: "But your father-in-law..."
Li Xuan pinched her sleeves and felt her heart beating rapidly.
Jiang Qingzhi said gently, "The person who started the incident at the crown prince's tomb is someone else, and he has been arrested. My father-in-law will probably be out later. Should we send someone to pick him up?"
Besides, there is no need to make this matter public, just let it pass quietly. If anyone asks, just say that it was the people below who made random divinations and have admitted their guilt."
Chang nodded subconsciously, "Okay, okay."
Jiang Qingzhi smiled, "I have some things to do, so I won't stay any longer. Mother-in-law and the eldest lady can come to my house and stay more often if you have nothing to do."
"Okay, okay!" Seeing Jiang Qingzhi's dark eyes, Li Xuan subconsciously nodded in agreement.
Chang had no choice but to agree. Jiang Qingzhi nodded and left.
A maid's voice came from outside, "When I opened the door just now, I saw the second uncle on horseback, surrounded by several murderous guards. My goodness, I almost peed myself." "The second uncle is so handsome, how can he be so scary?"
"You didn't see it. Second Uncle was thinking about something at the time. He probably heard the sound of me opening the door and suddenly looked up. That look in his eyes... No wonder they all say that Second Uncle is the God of Killing. This handsome God of Killing is even more terrifying!"
Chang finally reacted at this moment. She slammed the table and said, "Xuan'er, your father, your father is fine. Hurry up, hurry up and pick him up."
Li Xuan looked a little dazed, "My husband's connections shouldn't have been used yet, right?"
After a woman gets married, she is busy on two fronts. On the one hand, she hopes that her parents' family can gain respect so that she can be proud of herself in her husband's family and have someone to rely on.
On the one hand, she hopes that her husband's family will do well so that she can be treated like a star when she returns to her parents' home.
Li Xuan was forced to bring forward her wedding date, and she was filled with anger. After marriage, the gap between her husband and Jiang Qingzhi grew larger and larger, and every time she went back to her parents' home and saw her sister, who was as calm as ever, she would feel unwilling to accept it.
The two men, along with the servants and maids, got out the only carriage in the house and hurried to the imperial prison.
"Mom, it must be the Jinyiwei who found out about this." Halfway through, Li Xuan had figured it out. She smiled and said, "People say that the Jinyiwei are vicious and have done all kinds of bad things, but that's not true!"
Chang nodded, "But Qingzhi looked like he hadn't slept all night, and I don't know what he did."
"His side..." Li Xuan sighed, "I'm not saying anything, mother, my brother-in-law is a great Mohist master, and now he is the enemy of Confucianism. But Confucianism is a behemoth, and to put it bluntly, the whole world belongs to them. My brother-in-law shouldn't have admitted his identity in the first place. Now he is in a dilemma, even if he wants to retreat, Confucianism will kill him..."
"Your father said that even if Qingzhi is not a great figure in the Mohist School, just because he is your Majesty's cousin and is deeply trusted by your Majesty, those people in the Confucian School will regard him as an enemy."
Chang patted her eldest daughter's hand and said, "Mother knows you are a little unwilling, but since we are sisters, we should help each other even after we get married. Otherwise, after your father and I are gone for a hundred years, who will you rely on?"
The eldest son, Li Dun, took his wife and children to visit his father-in-law's family the day before yesterday and would probably be back in ten days or half a month. Chang was alone at home and deeply realized the importance of family.
Li Xuan muttered, "I don't envy her for marrying well."
"Who says I'm not envious?" Chang smiled. "Look at my second son-in-law. He's so handsome. I'm afraid it's hard to find another one in the capital. He's outstanding in literary talent and military strategy. He's even known as a famous general of the Ming Dynasty. To be honest, a man like this would be the perfect choice for a woman's son-in-law in any dynasty.
Your sister has had her own ideas since she was young, and she still has them now. Although she didn't say how this son-in-law fell in love with her, mother is not a fool and has seen it long ago. She found it herself. This is a blessing and a fate that others can't ask for. "
"Ma'am, we're here."
The two got out of the car.
Looking in the direction of the Imperial Prison from afar.
After waiting for a long time, I still didn't see Li Huan.
"It can't be... fake news!" Li Xuan was a little anxious, but didn't think it was necessary.
“That is…” Chang suddenly rubbed his eyes.
A middle-aged man walked over slowly, stopped and smiled when he saw them.
"Husband!"
"father!"
Not far away, a carriage stopped.
Li Tian got out of the car and couldn't help laughing when watching this scene.
"father!"
When the family was reunited, Chang called her two daughters back home, saying that they were there to welcome Li Huan and get rid of the bad luck.
"But was it discovered by the Royal Guards?" The two sisters gathered together alone in Li Xuan's former boudoir.
Li Tian hummed.
"I knew it."
Li Xuan secretly felt relieved, but she also felt that this was a bit unfair to her sister, so she told Xiang Cheng about asking for a favor.
The lunch was very sumptuous, but Xiang Cheng came before the meal started.
"That's just right." Li Xuan said with a smile.
After the meal, Li Xuan winked at Xiang Cheng, and the couple went to her boudoir.
"It was the Imperial Guards who found out. Your connections in the Ministry of Justice haven't been touched, right?"
Once a relationship is affected, it becomes a favor, and favors must be repaid.
Xiang Cheng shook his head, "It's from Xin'an Alley."
"Ok?"
Seeing his wife's surprise, Xiang Cheng said, "I followed my master to the Ministry of Justice, and it happened that the Ministry of Justice was discussing this matter. Just yesterday, the two fortune-telling officials escaped. My brother-in-law took the guards out of the city. It is said that he cleaned up a Taoist temple and arrested the two. Then he returned to the city and raided the house of Yuan Ze, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, overnight..."
"My wife." Seeing his wife in a daze, Yuan Ze woke her up, "My father-in-law almost died in the imperial prison last night."
Li Xuan was shocked. "Why didn't Dad tell me? Then... who rescued me?"
"My father-in-law probably doesn't want you to worry. No one knows about this, but the Jinyiwei went to Xin'an Lane and said in a loud voice that Li Sicheng was almost killed in the imperial prison. Fortunately, someone in the imperial prison found him and rescued him in time..."
Li Xuan sat there blankly, listening to her husband say in an envious tone: "That's trying to distance himself from the matter! The fact that the notorious Jinyiwei and Lu Bing were so eager to distance themselves from the matter shows how much they fear their brother-in-law..."
The autumn day was quiet outside the window, and Li Xuan inexplicably thought of the days at her mother's home.
At that time, she was lively and generous, while her younger sister Li Tian was just as quiet as her name.
She thought she would marry better than her sister and take care of her all her life.
"...By the way, isn't my brother-in-law here? I guess he's been busy all night, so he must be resting..."
Xiang Cheng's voice was long and seemed to come from far away.
The autumn day outside the window is still quiet.
It seems like early autumn of that year.
(End of this chapter)
