(One hundred and seventeen) Crazy City
It turned out that he and Ah Yuan rescued the orphans of the Zhao family and left this last bloodline for Zhao Shuo, such a loyal thing, in the eyes of the people, they were hated to gnash their teeth.
Those are just ordinary people, who work at sunrise and rest at sunset every day.
They don't understand the open and secret battles in the court, they just want to guard the hot kang head of their wives and children, and they will be happy for a long time if they beat one more rabbit today, and the price of vegetables will drop by half a point tomorrow.
They just want to come home every day, and there will be children running out of the door, throwing themselves into their arms, and calling "Daddy" glutinously, as long as the delicate little mouth kisses them on the face, the fatigue of the day's work can be eliminated.
They just want to save money, save some money, and when they are older, they will send their children to private schools, hoping that he will work hard, get ahead, and shine on the lintel.
When the child is an adult, ask the matchmaker to say that she is a girl from a good family and becomes a parent, and the young couple will add them a white and chubby grandson as soon as possible to continue the incense.
Therefore, the loyalty and filial piety, righteousness, sentiment, and integrity of those scholars and doctors...... In the eyes of those ordinary people, it is just a story far away in the world, even if you have heard it.
Thinking about it, maybe when the moon is cool, I will say it to my children and smile, but if you want to use your own flesh and blood to achieve those famous martyrs, the blood of the eternal - there is no door!
Xuanhua was a little angry.
Reality, sometimes hopelessly real.
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When he returned home, the servants told him that a woman had come to see Madame.
Xuanhua was shocked and immediately ran to the front hall.
He saw a woman kneeling on the ground, and Ah Yuan was about to pull her up.
"My lord, are you back?" Miao Yuan saw him come back, showing a little happy look, but it was fleeting, and said sadly: "This is Mrs. Han, who has been kneeling and refusing to get up, and my lord came to help me persuade her." β
Xuanhua said movingly: "Mrs. Han, why can't you kneel for a long time?"
He knew this woman, who was the wife of the gatekeeper Han Ju. Han Ju was also a righteous man, and when they fled with the princess, he decisively let him go, and then killed himself to apologize.
Not long after Mrs. Han lost her husband, her whole body was plain white and filial piety, her face was even more pale, she looked at Xuanhua and his wife, and said with tears in her eyes: "Lord Gongsun, Doctor Cheng, the 'Infant Slaughter Order' has been issued, and the surviving people beg the adults to raise their noble hands and spare my hard-working child!"
Xuanhua frowned, "Madame, I'm afraid I'm mistaken, that 'Baby Slaughter Order' was issued by Tu Anjia's vicious person, and it's useless for you to beg me." β
Mrs. Han smiled sadly, "How can it be useless? The first husband sacrificed his life to protect the orphans of the Zhao family." Now in the family, there are only the surviving and infant babies, orphans and widows, helpless, I don't ask for adults, who else can I ask for?"
Xuanhua said: "Tu Anjia is cruel, and in order to find the orphans of the Zhao family, he actually ordered the slaughter of all the babies in the city! β
"Why should Gongsun be coy? others may not know the inside story, but how can I not know?"
Mrs. Han put away her tears and sneered: "When the two of them fled with the princess, she was already pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth soon. I have to ask, where did the child she gave birth to later? Mrs. Gongsun, you are really lucky, the chances of this twin are very small, you said that you can give birth to it!"
Xuanhua and Miaoyuan glanced at each other and said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Han is cautious! Lord Han is also a hot-blooded person admired by Pestle, does Mrs. Han want to ruin his reputation after he dies?"
Mrs. Han laughed loudly, wiped away her tears, and said hatefully: "I am a woman and a child, how can I know what is famous and not famous! I only know that if I hadn't met a few of you, my husband would not have died at all!"
What kind of orphan of the Zhao family, what is his life doing to my husband? Not only do you want him to pay for his life, but also ruin my family! Now you are harboring that broom star, and our only son will also die! The children of the whole city will die together!"
She took a few steps back, pointed at Xuanhua and laughed bitterly: "What kind of righteousness are you doing here? You are self-righteous, and there is no difference between you and that Tu Anjia!
Miao Yuan saw that her grief was about to collapse, and she couldn't bear it, so she stepped forward and comforted: "Mrs. Han, don't be like this, there are still two days, maybe there will be a turn for the better." β
Mrs. Han was stunned and muttered, "There are still two days, yes, my child can still live for two days......"
She suddenly kowtowed to Xuanhua again and again, and wept bitterly: "My lord, I beg you! I beg you! I beg you to hand over that Zhao orphan! It's not that I want him to die, it's just that he doesn't die, and thousands of children in the city have no way to live......
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When Miaoyuan got up in the middle of the night to breastfeed, he was ignorant and found that the light was still on. She tidied up her clothes a little, lifted the curtain, and sure enough, Xuanhua was still thinking under the lamp.
"Let's sleep for a while, you are a mortal now, and you can't afford to toss like this. Miao Yuan put a big coat on him, "The night is cold and dewy, don't look back and exhaust yourself." β
Xuanhua smiled reluctantly, "I'm not sleepy, Ah Yuan will sleep first." β
"It's okay, I'll sit with you for a while. Miao Yuan said softly: "What are you thinking?"
"What else can I think of? I'm in this dilemma, and I'm desperate. Alas......" Xuanhua smiled bitterly.
He sighed, opened his bloodshot eyes and said, "Ah Yuan, you said that one life or ten thousand lives, which one is heavier?
As he spoke, the little baby in the cradle began to cry again, and Miao Yuan walked over, picked up the child, and coaxed him in his arms.
"Is it the boss?" Xuanhua asked, in order to make the twins play enough, they no longer refer to the young masters, but only use the eldest and the second to distinguish the two children.
Miaoyuan nodded, "This kid, don't cry or make trouble, except for eating more than the second child, everything else is very easy to bring." β
Xuanhua smiled: "It's a good thing to be able to eat, if you can't cope with it, drive Ming'er to invite a nurse." β
Miao Yuan didn't answer, only lowered his head, pretending to coax the child.
But she didn't lie to Xuanhua, he clearly saw her tears dripping on the child's swaddling clothes, crystal shattered.
"Ah Yuan, don't cry. Xuanhua held her and the child in her arms, "I won't let him die." You've just come out of the month, and crying is not good for your eyes. β
Miao Yuan choked up and cried: "Xuanhua, I can't do it! No matter which child it is, I can't bear it! They are all innocent!"
Xuanhua hugged her tightly, "Don't worry, there are still two days, I'll figure out a way." β
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Early the next morning, Xuanhua went out again under the pretext of going grocery shopping.
In fact, he didn't need these things, but he couldn't do anything at home anyway, so it was better to come out and find out the situation.
The atmosphere today seems to be better than yesterday.
Suddenly, there were many more women with babies in their arms, and they went out into the streets in droves, as if they had made an appointment out of nowhere.
On both sides of the road, the small stalls that are only set up during the market are also lively, and young parents have donated money to buy all kinds of windmills, rattles, sugar people, and tiger head shoes for their children......
Those children are actually still young, and they are not very good at playing in their hands, but the parents don't care, as long as the children's eyes stay for a second longer, they will immediately move all the food and play there, lest they be too late.
Xuanhua saw a couple in shabby clothes, but the child in their hands was wearing gold and silver, and a gold bracelet was hung on each of their small hands and feet.
He also saw two young fathers, red-eyed and fighting because they were about to grab the last windmill.
Some mothers took their children to the restaurant and ordered a table of big fish and meat, saying that they would never be able to eat anything good in their lives, so they had to forcibly feed a lot of food to the baby who was less than half a year old. Unable to swallow, some of the children choked to death on the spot. Those who swallowed it also collapsed to death due to indigestion.
What's more, I hurriedly did the doll in a hurry, and I didn't have a chance to do it again in the future anyway. So his eyes were full of holding the child on the sedan chair and carrying the child into the cave room. The hall was full of joy, but only mournful cries were heard.
Xuanhua couldn't listen anymore, turned around and ran home. I wanted to come out to breathe, but I didn't expect it to be even messier outside, making him cool from the soles of his feet. This slaughter order made all the babies in the city doom, and every family in the city fell apart.
As soon as he stepped into the house, he saw Miao Yuan wearing a hat and preparing to go out.
Xuanhua was startled and hurriedly hugged her, "A-Yuan, where are you going, you won't be crazy like those people, right?"
Miao Yuan raised his eyes and said sadly: "My lord, Mrs. Han, she is dead. β
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Mrs. Han committed suicide.
She died in her room, a white silk hanging from the beam, and she died by kicking her legs.
Xuanhua said: "Why did she kill herself? Didn't she come to beg me to hand over the boss yesterday?"
Miaoyuan said: "It's the good deed next door, insisting that her child is an orphan of the Zhao family, broke into the door this morning, snatched her child, and handed it over to Tu Anjia." β
"What?" Xuanhua was taken aback, "there is such a ridiculous thing!"
Miao Yuan said: "In order to protect their children from being implicated, those people want to find other people's children to blame for the crime. Mrs. Han's orphan and widow, and Lord Han let go of the princess, must have been angered by everyone, so she became a scapegoat. β
Xuanhua sighed deeply.
The present world newspaper came so quickly.
Yesterday, this Mrs. Han came to the door and scolded herself for being the executioner, and she wanted to hand over the boss herself, otherwise she would go to Tu Anjia to expose it.
And today, she is a cold corpse, and her children will rest with her.
He thought of the old man who was in tears in the coffin shop yesterday, and the crazy parents he saw in the market today.
That's right, whether rich or poor, every child is conceived by a mother for ten months, and what is brought to this world is the treasure of parents and the hope of every family.
Now, Tu Anjia has gone mad, and if he wants to slaughter all the hope in this capital, then it is strange that this city is not crazy.
On the one hand, there are thousands of innocent lives, and the babies in the city are about to become the souls of the deadβ
Xuanyuan Xuanhua, where should you go?