Quick wear: cannon fodder is a bit strong

Qu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but roll her eyes at the scholar. She opened and closed her mouth, silently retorting:

"Have you ever heard of the word thief, thief?"

student:"……"

Oh no, the little girl was actually charmed by me and was flirting with me.

I couldn't help but reach out and tidy up the two strands of hair hanging in front of my forehead: This new hairstyle he invented this morning is so cool?

Qu Xiaoxiao: “…”

Situ Zhige found it funny and reached out to pick up a steamed dumpling with thin skin and large filling and put it in her bowl: "Eat it quickly, it will get cold soon."

The scholar looked at Situ Zhige's infuriatingly beautiful face, then touched his own. He nodded involuntarily:

Well, my charm is still slightly better - no wonder my wife is worried every time I go out and tells me to go home early.

At the same time, the capital city thousands of miles away was also in an uproar.

It was because Xu Liangdi, who was recently favored in the Eastern Palace, disappeared for no reason, the imperial teacher's head and body were separated, and the Chaoyang Palace where he lived was turned into ruins.

All the children disappeared.

Considering some recent rumors about the royal family, many people have begun to believe in ghosts and gods.

Is it possible that the Imperial Master and Xu Liangdi's use of children's blood as an inducement angered the heavens, leading to this warning?

Many officials seemed to suddenly realize that this was an immoral matter, and took turns to go to court to criticize the prince for his immorality and for allowing his concubine to harm the people.

What can the emperor do?

The crown prince has been ordered to be confined to the Eastern Palace because of this matter. He can't just strip him of his crown prince position or chop off his head.

Then who will inherit his kingdom?

So he had no choice but to write a confession of guilt in a vague and unclear manner, saying that it was his fault for not controlling the prince well and not being able to judge people.

Only then did he believe the evil Taoist's words and appointed him as the national teacher, which brought a warning from heaven.

He was to be a vegetarian for six months to atone for his sins, and the prince was to be confined to his house for six months, also a vegetarian, as a punishment.

The result of this treatment is naturally painless.

But the officials and the people had no other recourse. The emperor could issue a confession of guilt, and that was the end of the matter. If you continue to cause trouble, you'll be rebelling.

How many heads are there worth chopping off?

In private, the emperor asked the Grand Tutor:

"Grand Master, am I really incompetent and unworthy of my position, and that this is why something like this happened in the palace?"

After all, there were only a few imperial palaces throughout history that could withstand a lightning strike. Fortunately, it wasn't his Jinluan Palace that was struck, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to sit firmly on the throne.

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about?"

The old master's face was solemn, his eyebrows and beard trembling, and he answered carefully:

"It must have been that Taoist Master Chen Shan who deceived you that day. Now that Heaven has eliminated the evildoer for you, it proves that the will of Heaven is still on Your Majesty's side. From now on, it will surely protect our Wubie Kingdom for thousands of years."

"Then there's Wu Liangdi, who has failed Your Majesty's expectations, behaved improperly, and harbored evil intentions."

"As the saying goes, a father's fault is the failure to educate his daughter. Personally, I believe there must be something wrong with Magistrate Xu's family traditions, which has led to his daughter bringing disgrace upon the imperial family."

The old master was secretly complaining in his heart:

"What a joke! Even if you're truly without talent or virtue, I can't say anything. I've repeatedly advised you to stay away from people like this, but you simply won't listen."

Now that something has happened, what's the point of asking me, an old man?

The emperor took this seriously and was immediately relieved. He gave the old master some rewards as a consolation. Then he followed the advice and dismissed Wu Zhifu from his post.

However, by the time the imperial edict reached Tongzhou City, Qu Xiaoxiao and Situ Zhige had already walked far away with the exiled team.

Therefore, there was no lively scene of people in Tongzhou City clapping and setting off firecrackers to celebrate.

As the exiles set out on their journey, they encountered more and more refugee groups along the way. Some avoided them out of fear of danger, while others took the initiative to join them, seeking their protection and following behind them.

When the exiles marched, they marched too. When the exiles stopped, they stopped to rest.

That day, the team reached the foot of Jinggu Mountain.

The terrain here is quite high, and the road is narrow and uneven. On the left, it is close to the mountain wall, and on the right, it is a dangerous rocky valley bottom. Looking down the mountain, you can see the faint village.

In fact, the exile team didn't need to take this route at all. They had spent the previous night in the village at the foot of the mountain. They could have just passed through the village and then gone to another village, but it would have been a longer detour.

But in the plot, I don’t know what the officials were thinking, they chose to take this mountain road.

This road is not only dangerous, but also very long.

The flash flood, landslide and mudslide that led to the annihilation of the entire army of officials occurred when the team was about to leave this road.

Qu Xiaoxiao thought that this was probably a plot arrangement designed to help the hero's family escape from their status as exiled criminals.

In this case, there is no need for her to deliberately change anything.

So, early in the morning, Changsheng announced that the team should hurry out of the village and took the small road. The officials, just like in the plot, were mainly concentrated at the front and rear ends of the team, while those in the middle rode back and forth on horseback.

The main reason is that the mountain is very steep and the valley is dangerous. Anyone who wants to escape from either side is simply foolish.

Sure enough, not long after we walked on this path, the sky became slightly gloomy.

Seeing this, Changsheng shouted at the front, asking everyone to move faster. The officials behind also whipped them, and the team sped up for a while.

For safety reasons, Qu Xiaoxiao let the carriage move slowly between the Sun family's group, completely ignoring the extremely resentful looks of the Sun family.

Just because in the plot, the Sun family was safe and sound in this accident, Qu Xiaoxiao naturally wanted to take advantage of this.

Of course, she doesn't have to follow.

With just a protective talisman, no landslide or mudslide can harm this carriage.

She is just trying to piss off the Sun family.

As expected, Old Madam Sun and Sun Zhengzhi were so angry that their hearts, livers and lungs were trembling, not to mention Sun Wanru, Sun Yaozu, Sun Qingqing and the like.

"It's outrageous, it's really outrageous!"

Old Madam Sun slammed the ground with a broken wooden stick, which she used as a dragon-headed crutch.

"Even though they knew that her two uncles were not in good health, the elders were still struggling to walk, and even her younger brothers and sisters were struggling to hold on."

"She's a grown-up girl who still doesn't understand reason. How can she have the nerve to sit in a carriage and enjoy herself alone?"

Because he used too much force, the broken wooden stick broke with a "crack".

Old Madam Sun became even angrier. She threw away the half-broken stick in her hand and turned her anger towards Qu Zhongliang, who had found the stick for her in the first place.

"It's all because of you and your wife. You didn't teach this girl enough back then, and you've spoiled her into having no respect for her elders."

"Look at what happened to her two uncles."

"And Qing girl, her beautiful face is ruined like this. How is she going to get married in the future?"