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Chapter 1211 - 1205 Counter推

Chapter 1211: Chapter 1205 Counter推

"If Miss Yin is willing to seek revenge herself, then she has at least four methods to choose from."

"Firstly, she could secretly write a letter to her parents, asking her father to help her take revenge. Miss Yin’s father is the Prime Minister, dealing with a bandit would be a piece of cake!"

"Secondly, she could find an official who is at odds with Liu Hong and tell him the truth. I believe that as long as Miss Yin steps forward to testify, no one would miss such an opportunity."

"Thirdly, while he’s asleep at night, she could simply stab him in the chest with a dagger, which is also too easy. Sharing a bed for eighteen years, if Miss Yin truly wanted revenge, she would have had countless opportunities to execute it."

"Fourthly, if all else fails, she could always poison his food. This way, there’s no bloodshed, and it’s even easier to accomplish. At worst, it would be a life for a life, which is the worst-case scenario. After all, Miss Yin doesn’t plan on living, does she?"

"However, we find that Miss Wen has abandoned all four of these viable methods of revenge and hasn’t used any of them."

"Why is this so? Clearly, Miss Wen has the capability and conditions to take revenge herself, but why has she not done so?"

"Obviously, the deep-seated hatred delineated at the beginning of this story is specifically left for Miss Wen’s son, Tang Monk, to avenge, rather than Miss Wen herself."

"But this complicates the matter."

"We all know that every character in a novel is a flesh-and-blood individual with their own thoughts, and although this setting is arranged by the author, it must still feel reasonable to us, right?"

"Faced with such a deep enmity, is it possible that the author does not allow Miss Wen to seek revenge herself?"

"In fact, we can try to put ourselves in Miss Wen’s shoes and think about it. If we were Miss Wen, facing the murderer of her husband every day, what kind of thoughts would arise in our mind?"

"By day, Miss Wen has to attend to Liu Hong’s eating and drinking, and by night she has to share his bed. Perhaps every three to five days, there’s even more... intimacy. Miss Wen is a human being, not a puppet. Could she really ignore everything and endure such torment?"

"We must remember, it’s not just for a day or two, but for eighteen years. Even if Miss Wen was to swallow her pride and keep silent, she couldn’t possibly endure it all, could she?"

"Since this is the case, then we can think about what Miss Wen would do when she can’t bear it any longer?"

"The answer is actually quite simple. If she doesn’t explode in silence, then she’ll perish in silence. If Miss Wen can’t bear it anymore, then her options are to kill Liu Hong or to kill herself."

"Yet we, as readers, already know that the author’s plan is for Tang Monk to avenge this great enmity. If Miss Wen kills Liu Hong or herself, then it would prevent Tang Monk from seeking revenge when he grows up. Therefore, if Tang Monk is to personally take revenge, the author cannot let Miss Wen kill either herself or Liu Hong."

"But then, how does the author arrange for Miss Wen to willingly live with the murderer of her husband for eighteen long years?"

Everyone listened intently, even Professor Cai’s face showed a puzzled expression at this moment.

In fact, when deducing that Emperor Taizu of Tang is Tang Monk’s biological father, Professor Cai had also contemplated this issue.

At the time, he hadn’t considered it as thoroughly as Li Changlin, simply thinking that Liu Hong might have been captivated by Yin Wenjiao’s beauty, which is why he coveted her and ultimately risked decapitation as a crime, to take the official appointment with Yin Wenjiao.

But now that Li Changlin had explained it this way, the reality did seem quite odd.

Since Wen Chengzai had already announced Li Changlin’s answer, Professor Cai couldn’t help but feel a bit shaken, beginning to doubt the conclusion he had arrived at after so much research.

Continuing, Li Changlin said: "Previously, Professor Cai mentioned that Chen Guangrui had won the title of top scholar, and then, while on horseback parading through the streets, he happened to encounter the Prime Minister’s daughter, Yin Wenjiao, who threw an embroidered ball to solicit suitors, striking Chen Guangrui’s scholar’s hat."

"That very night, the two were wed, and they entered the bridal chamber; by the next morning, Chen Guangrui took his wife on the journey to his new appointment."

"On the surface, this situation seems delightful indeed! Even Dan Yizi, the senior from the Book of Dao Certification who had experienced the fragmentary dream, envied this greatly, commenting in a note: ’Truly joyous! Top scholar easily won, such a scene is rare to encounter.’

"But is this matter truly a joyous one?"

"The problems here are really too significant; we can start by examining Chen Guangrui’s route to his appointment to discern some clues."

"Capital City - Chen Guangrui’s home - Wanhua Inn - Hongjiang Ferry - Jiangzhou; these are the segments that need to be traversed from the starting point to the destination. Just how far would this journey be?"

"The original text mentions that on the night Chen Guangrui got married, the Prime Minister arranged a banquet to celebrate through the night. The very next day, Chen Guangrui took the missus, bearing the imperial mandate, and headed for the post in Jiangzhou, without a moment’s delay."

"On the way, Chen Guangrui ’took a detour home.’ From this, we can determine that Chen Guangrui’s home was located between the Capital City and Jiangzhou. Because it was convenient and on the way, he picked up his mother to accompany him to his appointment. Mother Zhang was overjoyed and departed immediately."

"Alright, now let’s continue to deduce backwards."

"Later, when Tang Monk went looking for his mother-in-law, he led her into Liu Xiao’er’s shop, and with his provisions, he said to his mother-in-law, ’This trip will only take a bit more than a month to return.’

"From this, we can deduce that traveling from Wanhua Inn, via Chen Guangrui’s house, to Capital City to report, and then back again, only requires about a month’s time. Moreover, there could be some delays, since after Tang Monk arrived in the Capital City, he would certainly prioritize finding relatives, and Chancellor Yin might ask him to stay a few days. Tang Monk must have calculated these days into the slightly more than a month he mentioned."

"Thus, we can conclude that the journey from Capital City to Wanhua Inn takes at most half a month because the slightly more than a month mentioned by Tang Monk actually includes the round trip."

"I can look back at the earlier text, in Wanhua Inn, Mother Zhang delayed for two days due to illness; Chen Guangrui said: ’We have stayed at this inn for three days already, the imperial deadline is pressing, I intend to depart tomorrow, but I’m not sure if my mother’s health is good?’

"Mother Zhang said, ’I’m not feeling well, and it’s hot on the road at this time, I fear it may aggravate my illness. You can rent a room here for me to stay temporarily. Leave some provisions for me here, and you two go on your assignment first. I will wait until the autumn coolness to join you.’"

"After discussing with his wife, Chen Guangrui rented the accommodations, provided provisions for his mother, and departed with his wife."

"Chen Guangrui had originally planned to leave on the fourth day, but due to Mother Zhang urging them to go ahead, they set off on the third day. From this, we can infer that from the time Chen Guangrui left the Capital City to when he and his mother, Zhang, reached Wanhua Inn, because of a three-day delay, the entire duration from the new start until the journey itself definitely did not exceed eighteen days."