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Back in the capital, the emperor returned to the palace, and Zuo Shaoyang went home. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zuo Shaoyang has to go into the mountain to practice every year, and he has already told his family not to pick him up or not to send him, so the Zuo family did not go to Huashan to pick him up. When Zuo Shaoyang returned home, the family was very happy, they already knew that Zuo Shaoyang was coming back that day, Bai Zhihan cooked it himself, and had prepared a sumptuous family banquet.

Qiu'er and a few other maids also prepared hot water, served Zuo Shaoyang Haosheng to wash up and change into new clothes. The family had a reunion dinner.

Zuo Shaoyang called his youngest son Zuo Wenshan to the house and asked when he was treating the mother of Ganye Temple. Zuo Wenshan didn't have the slightest smugness on his face, but calmly said that the prince asked him to see a doctor, he found that it was mercury poisoning, and then treated it below, as for how it could be mercury poisoning, he didn't know, he didn't ask, and he didn't tell the prince the cause.

Zuo Shaoyang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this matter made his son mess up, which he couldn't imagine.

This night, naturally, they slept together, and Zuo Shaoyang and his wives and concubines were happy.

Early the next morning, Zuo Shaoyang was about to go to Guizhi Hall to sit in the hall for consultation, and the prince sent someone to ask to see him and invite Zuo Shaoyang to the East Palace to drink and talk.

Zuo Shaoyang immediately estimated that this must be related to Wu Zetian's affairs, so he rode a donkey to the East Palace leisurely.

Sure enough, the crown prince Li Zhi didn't even have a politeness, he retreated left and right, and said anxiously: "Uncle Yue, it's not good, something is wrong!" ”

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

"Mei Niang, she ......, she's pregnant!"

Zuo Shaoyang was pleasantly surprised in his stomach, this happened, God helped me! His face was very surprised: "How come?" Didn't you tell you to be careful? ”

"Be careful! But, alas! What now? ”

Zuo Shaoyang stared at the prince and said in a low voice: "There is a sentence that is not good, but I have to ask, - are you sure this child is yours?" ”

The prince smiled bitterly: "Definitely, Mei Niang will not mess with others." She only has me in her heart. ”

"Hey, hey, count me too much, I believe. But she's in the mountain temple, and she's full of pilgrims all day long, so I'm just cranky. Probably not. Zuo Shaoyang understated that he made a divisive plan.

The prince really frowned, and his eyes rolled twice: "Probably not, right......?" ”

"Definitely not, the person the prince recognizes, how can it be. Besides, it's a royal temple, heavily guarded, and if I hadn't brought Mei Niang out every time, you wouldn't have been able to meet. Outsiders are even more in. ”

"Yes, yes, it's all up to my father-in-law." The prince smiled with a smile on his face.

"How many months is the child?"

"It's been five months!"

"Oh? That is, as soon as we left, you got pregnant? ”

"It should be."

"Alas! You guys were so careless! Zuo Shaoyang thought to himself, the emperor is gone, and the crown prince is in power, so naturally he has the final say, and he can find various reasons to date Wu Meiniang. I can also let go of my errands, and it will naturally be easier to get pregnant.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "You tell me this, are you going to have this child, let me help you prescribe medicine to kill it?" ”

"Yes!" An embarrassed smile appeared on the prince's face, "I'm really sorry for this, I'm sorry to trouble you, this matter is too secretive, I don't dare to fake others, so I can only beg my father-in-law." ”

Zuo Shaoyang lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "Mei Niang also means this?" ”

"Yes. - Originally, I wanted to keep this child, but Mei Niang said that she must not take this risk, otherwise once it is known, it will be a matter of losing her head. I thought about it, so I agreed. ”

"Well, you have to think about it, otherwise, I will prescribe medicine for you, the child is gone, and you will turn it over and blame me when the time comes, it will be boring."

"No, no, my father-in-law is as kind to me and Mei Niang, how can we have the heart of a beast. It's already been thought about. Yuezhang rest assured. ”

"Okay, I'll go back and get you some medicine."

"This ......, can you bother your father-in-law to go to Ganye Temple and help knock the child off. After my father returned to the palace, I couldn't leave. I can't go to Ganye Temple anymore. Besides, if something goes wrong, having my father-in-law by my side can also ensure Mei Niang's safety. ”

Zuo Shaoyang had already thought of a plan, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll handle this matter." ”

Prince Li Zhi was so moved that his eyes were red, and he bowed: "Thank you, father-in-law!" Everything depends on my father-in-law! ”

"You're welcome, without further ado, I'll go back to get the medicine, and then go to Ganye Temple."

Zuo Shaoyang returned home, got into his pharmacy, and took an abortion pill with him, he used to ride a donkey when he went to the clinic, but this time he had a task, and he couldn't be seen, and he couldn't even use his own carriage, so he asked the servant to hire a carriage and take the carriage there.

The family didn't know what he hired a car for, and they didn't answer when they asked, so they had to leave it up to him.

Zuo Shaoyang took the car out of the city, and arrived at the Ganye Temple after a while. Let the carriage wait outside the temple, go around to the back of the temple, see that there is no one left and right, climb over the wall into the temple, and quietly come to Wu Meiniang and Xianyun's meditation room.

Listen to it first, only Xianyun is talking to Wu Meiniang inside. Zuo Shaoyang knocked lightly on the window. In the past, Zuo Shaoyang came to pick up Wu Meiniang to have a tryst with the prince, and agreed that the code was three long and two short.

Xianyun exclaimed in a low voice: "It's big brother!" "Squeak and open the window. Zuo Shaoyang dodged in and closed the window again.

Xian Yunxi said: "Big brother, are you back?" ”

"yes." Zuo Shaoyang smiled, and when he saw Wu Meiniang lying on the head of the bed, she was also happy, of course, mixed with a thick worry. Turning his head to Xianyun, he said, "You go outside to look at the wind, and I'll say a few words to Mingkong." ”

"Good!" Xianyun gently walked out of the door and closed the door.

Wu Meiniang looked at Zuo Shaoyang, her eyes were red, and she choked up and shouted: "Father! ”

Zuo Shaoyang's face was full of kindness, sat on the edge of the bed, gently touched her hair, and said, "Dad knows everything." Rest assured, with Daddy, the sky won't fall! ”

Wu Meiniang's eyes were full of tears, and finally like a wronged child, she threw herself into Zuo Shaoyang's arms, hugged him and cried out, she was worried that outsiders would hear it, and she wanted to endure it desperately, but in the past few months, she was frightened and scared, sad and wronged, and now that she has seen her relatives, where can she bear it, crying until she drips blood.

Zuo Shaoyang saw her true feelings, obviously regarded herself as a real relative, this feeling was not pretentious, and she was somewhat moved, but then she hardened her heart, and secretly warned herself in her heart, don't be confused by Wu Meiniang's current delicate and helpless, once she gains power, she will be a man-eating tigress! Be sure to kill her before she grows into a tigress!

That's exactly what he's going to do now!

Zuo Shaoyang gently patted her back and comforted her, finally, Wu Meiniang stopped crying, sat up straight, and saw that the tears had wet Zuo Shaoyang's shoulders a lot, she was a little embarrassed, and said, "Father, the child is out of shape." ”

"It doesn't matter! It will feel better to cry for a while. ”

"Well, it's much better. Thank you, Father. ”

"The prince told me, you want to kill the child, don't you? I'll have to find out if that's the case. ”

"Hmm!" Wu Meiniang nodded firmly, "The child can't stay, otherwise it will be bad." Neither of us will survive by then. ”

"That's good!" Zuo Shaoyang took out the packet of abortion pills from his arms and handed it to Wu Meiniang: "This is abortion pill powder, after eating it, about five or six hours later, the fetus will be beaten." ――Have you thought about what to do with the fetus? Do you want me to help with this? ”

Wu Meiniang held the pack of medicine and broke her intestines, tears flowed down her eyes, and she shook her head gently but very approvingly: "No, father, I will deal with the rest myself." It's already bothering you. ”

This is exactly what Zuo Shaoyang wanted, nodded immediately, took out a few packets of medicine and said: "Child, after you beat the child, your body will be very weak, these medicines are for postpartum conditioning, you remember to decoction." ”

Wu Meiniang took the medicine and nodded: "Father bothered." The child is fine. Don't worry! ”

Zuo Shaoyang patted her fragrant shoulder lovingly: "Well, remember to rest these days, if there is something to call Xianyun." I'll be there right away. ”

"Yes, thank you, father!"

Zuo Shaoyang still went out of the back window over the wall.

Wu Meiniang got up and poured a bowl of water, opened the small packet of medicinal powder, and looked, tears poured down, and they all fell on the medicinal powder.

Finally, she tilted her neck, poured all the powder into her mouth, took the bowl of warm water, and drank it all. With that, as soon as the hand was released, when there was a loud bang, the porcelain bowl fell on the blue brick floor and shattered.

The fragments of white flowers on the ground, like her broken heart, seemed to feel the child in her belly, struggling helplessly to kick her.

Wu Meiniang had already burst into tears, covering her belly, which was still slightly bulging with layers of cloth, crying in her heart and shouting: Child, my mother is sorry for you...... In the middle of the night, Wu Meiniang's abdominal pain was like a knife, she quickly took a piece of clothing and draped it on her body, and struggled out of bed.

Xianyun slept soundly and didn't know what was going on. Wu Meiniang went out lightly and groped her way to the backyard toilet. The surroundings were quiet, except for the strange sounds of unknown animals in the mountains and forests. There was no moon in the sky, and even the stars did not seem to want to see this tragic scene, and they all hid in the depths of darkness.

Wu Meiniang curled up and leaned against the corner of the toilet, and in the heart-rending pain, the fetus in her belly finally left her body. She felt her whole soul go with her.

Bloodily holding the almost formed fetus, she tried desperately to make out whether it was a boy or a girl, but she couldn't see anything clearly.

She took off her clothes and wrapped the fetus, layer by layer, as if she was afraid that the child would freeze, and took off her middle coat and hugged it again.

She stood up and was about to throw the child into the pit, but she was unwilling to let go, how could her first flesh and blood take such a filthy place as her home?

She hugged her tightly and struggled out of the latrine, and slowly, staggered to the vegetable patch in the back garden. It's also quiet, and the nuns who grow vegetables are sleeping soundly in their meditation rooms, and there is no one around.

She walked all the way to the base of the wall in the inner corner, knelt feebly on the ground, and gently placed the child beside her, as if she were afraid to wake the child up. Dig the dirt with your hands. -- The soil is still freezing in the spring, and it is difficult to dig. But she didn't care about it, her long nails were quickly broken, her fingers were cut, and she didn't realize it, and continued to dig with blood.

Finally, a pit was dug out, and she carefully and gently placed the child in the pit.

At this moment, the moon peeked out of the clouds, and the pale moonlight fell on the package containing the child in the pit. Suddenly, her body shook suddenly, as if she heard a baby crying!

She hurriedly picked up the swaddling clothes, quickly tore open the wrapped clothes, and saw the bloody fetus, motionless, but there was no sound, but it turned out to be her own hallucination.

By the faint moonlight, she stared blankly at the fetus in her arms: "It's a ......, it's a son......"

Her delicate body trembled, and she cried silently, ignoring the blood, and pressed her face against the child's newly formed body.

At last, she re-wrapped the child and put it into the pit, and for a moment she looked up, looking up at the night sky that had returned to darkness, and her hands were digging into the pit.

Soon, the pit was filled in, and she stood up without looking back, staggering out of the vegetable garden and back to the meditation room.

Xianyun still slept soundly, Wu Meiniang quietly took off her clothes and pants, put them in the footbasin at the bottom of the bed, and then changed into clean and obscene clothes, got into the quilt, hugged her shoulders with both hands, and curled up. Let the tears flow silently...... She didn't know that all this was seen by a black shadow squatting on the high wall of Ganye Temple, and after Wu Meiniang returned to the meditation room, the black shadow wrote a few words on a piece of paper by the moonlight, and then quietly came to the host's meditation room and put the paper at the head of the host's bed.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zuo Shaoyang was sitting in Guizhi Hall for consultation, and the prince's attendant came again and told Zuo Shaoyang in a low voice, saying that the prince had urgent matters for the divine doctor to enter the palace to meet.

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly took the prince's carriage and came to the prince's East Palace.

The prince retreated left and right, and said urgently: "Uncle Yue, something is wrong!" Father knows about it! ”

Zuo Shaoyang pretended to be surprised: "Huh? What's going on? ”

"My father has issued an order to arrest Mei Niang and put her in the cold palace!"

"Do you know why?"

"I heard Grandpa Luo say that it was this morning that the host of Ganye Temple asked the back vegetable garden to turn over the ground, and as a result, a wrapped freshly formed baby corpse was dug up! found out that it was Mei Niang's, so he reported it to his father, and his father ordered Mei Niang to be put in cold prison! Woowoowoo......"

All this is Zuo Shaoyang's ghost, the black shadow last night, it was him, he came out of Wu Meiniang's house, did not leave the Ganye Temple, but hid in the dark to observe, calculating that the time to kill the child had come, so he sneaked into the Ganye Temple through the nightfall, secretly observed the place where Wu Meiniang buried the child, and then put a note written in advance at the head of the bedside of the temple. On the note, a few words were written in an unrecognizable font: "It's time to turn over the vegetable patch in the back garden." There will be unexpected discoveries. ”

When the host woke up the next day and found this note, he was very suspicious, so he asked the vegetable patch to turn over the vegetable patch, and found the buried body of the baby, apparently just buried. Found this thing in the royal temple, the host did not dare to hide it, searched next to the meditation room, and found Wu Meiniang's bloody dirty clothes hidden under the bed, and found that Wu Meiniang's fingernails were broken, ten fingers were scratched, and there was mud, and found that the clothes that wrapped the baby's corpse were hers, and the broken nails were found in the pit, and it was undoubtedly Wu Meiniang. The presiding officer reported the matter to the emperor. The emperor was furious and ordered Wu Meiniang to be sent to the cold palace.

(To be continued)