Shipin Dalizheng

His prying reminded Qiaoqiao of her past suffering. Extreme sadness turned her entire consciousness dark and gray, revealing a sense of death and despair. Rong Tang knew he couldn't continue, or he would leave the little girl with a permanent pessimism.

He finally asked, "When did the Southern Dynasty fall?"

Qiaoqiao hesitated for a moment. She was just a low-class village girl and didn't know about national affairs. However, Rongjia Village was very close to Shangjing. Even if she didn't deliberately inquire, she could still know many things that remote areas didn't know, such as when the Northern Dynasty army would set out and when they would return victorious.

"next year……"

After asking the questions he needed to know, Rong Tang hesitated over whether to erase this part of Qiaoqiao's memory. After all, she had only endured hardship in her previous life, and hadn't learned any skills that would allow her to survive. Since this memory frightened her, it would be better to forget it all and rebuild a new life.

"Qiaoqiao, you had a nightmare. Don't be afraid. Prince Tang is here and will help you fight off the bad guys. Sleep well and you won't remember anything when you wake up."

The cheerful music sounded again, and Qiaoqiao woke up from her daze, feeling that something was moving away from her.

She couldn't remember, but she felt embarrassed about sleeping. She fell asleep every time she listened to Tang Shi playing the piano. She was such a cow.

After letting Chuncao take Qiaoqiao to bed, Rong Tang fell into thinking all night. This world finally confirmed his previous guess. Past life and present life, cause and effect cycle, you traveled through time and space and he was reborn. He wanted to turn the tables and ascend to a high position. If you want to survive, you must break free from all shackles.

"Nangong Yan, do you think that with the memories of your past life you can seek benefits and avoid harm? Actually, that's not the case. I, a butterfly, have flown here from a thousand years ago. I've only flapped my wings a few times, and I've already overturned your previous life's cognition. It's a pity that you were completely unaware, and you stubbornly followed your own ideas all the way, causing the Southern Dynasty to fall prematurely. Sorry, even if I could start over, you don't deserve that position."

It wasn't that he was heartless and wanted to extinguish Nangong Yan's dream, but in the few encounters he had with him over the past few months, he didn't see any personal charm in Nangong Yan.

I wrote another letter and asked Rong Wanli to deliver it at dawn. I stretched and felt like I had just laid down on the bed when the door was knocked again.

Rong Qianqi, who was on night watch, knocked on the window and said, "Master, something happened in the village again."

As a night watchman, he knew that his master had hardly slept all night and had just lain down for less than half an hour, but this time it was a matter of life and death, so he had to call him.

Rong Tang put on his clothes and walked out, "What happened?"

As Rong Qianqi walked, he said, "It was Dahanzi from Seventh Master's family. He didn't come back yesterday and hid in Dahong Village. In the middle of the night, he crawled into Scholar Hong's courtyard and took advantage of Scholar Hong getting up to get some rest. He smashed his legs with a big rock. Dahanzi didn't escape and was caught and beaten half to death by the people of Hongjia Village. Now he's been brought here to ask for justice."

Rong Tang paused for a moment, "Wake up everyone and grab Dahanzi to treat his injuries first."

Rong Qianqi responded with a sound, but before he could open his mouth to shout, Rong Zhan and Rong Wanli both stood up.

"Grab your weapons and rob the person first."

The one knocking on the door was Rong Dajiang, his expression very grim. "Da Hanzi is seeking revenge for Xueyan. Prince, even though he's in trouble, please save his life as we're from the same clan."

Before he finished speaking, three figures flew out. By the time they arrived at the scene, Da Hanzi had already been snatched away and sent to Zhang Pojun for treatment.

The villagers on both sides confronted each other, with each side having about a hundred people. The difference was that those from Dahong Village were all from the Hong clan, while those from Rongjia Village were all soldiers, except for the children.

Dahong Village is larger than Rongjia Village. Judging from the number of strong laborers, its combat power is indeed higher than that of Rongjia Village. Just now, the people on both sides who were holding sticks and clubs were just shouting, and no one took the initiative to fight.

The reason is that Rongjia Village has few people and is in the wrong, while Dahong Village is also afraid of Rong Shizi and is waiting for Rong Shizi to come and uphold justice.

As a result, Prince Rong did not play by the rules. He kidnapped the murderer before the murderer arrived. How could this not make the villagers of Dahong Village angry?

Village Chief Hong said, "Prince Rong, we respect you as a noble from the Shangjing and have come to ask you to uphold justice. Why did you take the murderer away without asking any questions? Are you trying to shield a criminal from your family? In broad daylight, we are in the suburbs of Shangjing, under the feet of the emperor, and you have no regard for the law?"

Rong Tang sat on a chair brought over by a villager, and an older child immediately fanned him. He sat down and said slowly, "Village Chief Hong told me to follow the law, so let's follow the law. As far as I know, Rong Dahanzi didn't injure Hong Xiucai for no reason; he was avenging his sister."

He looked at Rong Dajiang, "Is that so?"

Rong Dajiang said stubbornly, "This is what happened. Nine years ago, it was Scholar Hong who had his men beat to death our village's Li Zongbao, which indirectly led to Xueyan's death during childbirth. Things may not have changed, but now it's only natural for Xueyan's brother to seek revenge. If anything, it was Scholar Hong who broke the law first. He should be arrested together and imprisoned together."

Gou Sheng jumped in and added, "You also injured Uncle Dahanzi, so you're even with Hong Xiucai. He killed someone from our village. Uncles and aunts from the Li family, tell us what you think."

The Li family originally didn't care about Li Zongbao's life or death, but now that things had come to this, even a piece of dog shit had become the pillar of the family. Suddenly, several women howled, with Li Goudan's mother being the loudest. "My poor brother, you died so miserably..."

As the cries and howls sounded, the villagers of Rongjia Village also felt righteous and angry, and for a moment, there was an overwhelming amount of cursing.

Village Chief Hong was furious. "You, you... this is all in the past, and you're still holding on to it. Is that fun? Speaking of which, it's not my scholar's fault. It was Rong Xueyan who was fickle and eloped with someone. She violated the village rules and deserves to be beaten to death."

"Stop talking nonsense. Rong Xueyan doesn't like Hong Xiucai, so she is fickle? Besides, since she doesn't want to, he should cancel the engagement. If he keeps begging and refusing to give up, people will think that he, a scholar, can't find a wife and will be a bachelor without Rong Xueyan. He is a scholar, so what's so great about him? Who gave him the power to beat someone to death? Which county magistrate handled this matter back then? He actually let this murderer go at large. This prince wants to hold him accountable."

Gou Sheng then intensified his insults, "Hong Xiucai is more than ten years older than Aunt Xue, old and ugly, and he still hasn't found a wife. He's just a toad that no one wants."

Village chief Hong was startled. When this incident happened, it was only after Mr. Hong paid money to settle it. After so many years, if Prince Rong insisted on pursuing the matter and the news spread, Mr. Hong's reputation would be ruined.

He said stubbornly, "It's been so many years since the incident happened. Let's not talk about it now. Let's just talk about what happened last night. Dahanzi beat up our scholar. Rong Shizi, how do you decide to resolve this matter?"

"It's the Tian Gang who's on the wrong! The one who's wrong is going to seek justice from the one who's right. All right, come here, take my name card and go to the town to find Mayor Gao to seek justice."

Village Chief Hong roared, "Everyone knows that Mayor Gao and you..."

"Then let's go to the county. If that's not enough, go to Jingzhao Prefecture in the capital. In short, even if you want to file a complaint with the emperor, this prince will accompany you to the end and ensure that you can safely enter His Majesty's presence. Okay?"

Village Chief Hong was like a balloon that had been blown up for a while, then suddenly deflated. Even if Scholar Hong was a scholar, could he really compare with the nobles in Shangjing? He really didn't expect that a dignified prince would go to such lengths for a fool.