In the evening, Lin Zhongchao handed Yu'er over to Tingqin and the eunuchs, let them stay at the inn, and he and Zhou Zhengzheng went to the riverside to watch the lanterns.

It's summer now, and the flowers on the shore are dazzling and fragrant.

Zhou Zheng took a deep breath, "I heard that there are many painting boats by the river, and there are many singers in the painting boats, why don't we go in and listen to what songs they sing?" ”

Lin Zhongchao disagreed: "What else can it be?" It's all about showing off and attracting customers. ”

But since Zhou Zheng wanted to see it, Lin Zhong was supernaturally accompanied.

When they arrived at the painting boat, it was a fifteen-year-old girl who played the pipa for them.

When the girl came in, she reported her name, then smiled charmingly at Lin Zhongchao, sat down and began to play.

This smile is not real, but a habit, for the sake of life, for the sake of the guests to give more rewards, they not only sing, but also laugh, and even sell themselves.

Lin Zhongchao didn't like to listen, so he kept looking at the river.

Suddenly, the baby's cry rang out suddenly. Lin Zhongchao saw a wooden basin floating on the surface of the river. The cry came from the tub.

Zhou Zheng also heard it.

"Check it out." Lin Zhongchao hurriedly asked the boatman to drive the boat over and approach the wooden basin.

To his great surprise, there was a baby in the tub!

The baby was wearing nothing, and there was a long umbilical cord on his navel, and he was bruised from the cold, and he was crying with his eyes closed.

It looks so skinny, it should have just been born.

Lin Zhongchao hurriedly picked up the baby, it turned out to be a baby girl. Lin Zhongchao took off his coat and swaddled a baby girl!

The song of the singer ceased.

Zhou Zhengzheng leaned over and looked: "This baby girl seems to be injured in the stomach, could it be that she was beaten?" Who did such a thing to such a young child? ”

"Who else could it be? It is estimated that the baby girl is so young now, and only her biological mother has this opportunity to start. Behind her, the singer suddenly said.

Zhou Zhengzheng glanced at the singer and said to Lin Zhongchao: "Now the top priority is to treat the baby girl first, the baby girl was injured, and according to the blue and purple on her belly, it can be seen that someone hit her stomach with a heavy object." ”

Lin Zhongchao said: "There is blood at the corner of the baby's mouth, and the internal organs may have been hit, causing internal organs to bleed. Fortunately, the blow to the forehead was not heavy, and the baby girl may have vomited a few mouthfuls of blood and then did not vomit again. ”

Zhou Zheng hugged the baby girl tightly: "This person's heart is really ruthless, since he gave birth to her but wanted her to die, he not only beat her, but also threw her into a wooden basin and put her in the water and drifted with the current." The child is still so young, where will there be a way to live. ”

"She doesn't want her child to have a way to live." Lin Zhongchao's voice began to become solemn.

On the shore, the two immediately took the baby girl to the hospital.

After treatment, the baby girl came back to life, and after Zhou Zhengzheng bought some milk from the peasant woman and gave it to the baby girl to drink, the baby girl also fell asleep sweetly.

It's just that the bruises on his stomach are still there, and Zhou Zhengzheng feels distressed.

"No, you must find this poisonous woman! Even if you lose your own flesh and blood, you can beat an unarmed baby girl like this, it's really intolerable! How could you just let her go? Lin Zhongchao said indignantly.

"Brother Chao, I'm afraid it's not difficult to find this woman, but I'm afraid that the singer just now knows some details, why don't you ask her?" Zhou Zheng suggested, just now she saw that the singer's eyes were anxious, as if she had something to say, but she didn't have time to ask before.

So the two went back to the river, and after waiting for a while and didn't see the singer, they went to ask other singers, is there a singer named Begonia?

I didn't expect to know a lot of singers and girls who knew Begonia. Soon the two found Begonia's residence. When I asked, sure enough, Begonia was there, and soon told the truth.

It turned out that Begonia knew the biological mother of the baby girl, who was also a singer.

Because she was a singer in the painting boat, she got along with a big official with a family back and forth, and it became his outer room.

But after she became pregnant, she was found out by the wife of the main room in the official's house. This is good, as soon as there is a disturbance in the main room, the big officials will not dare to admit it, so the singer's big belly will be borne alone.

When the child is a month old, there is no way to fall off, and in the end he can only give birth.

This singer is ruthless, the child is born unwanted, beaten and abused, no matter how the child cries, it is not pitiful. As a result, if she couldn't die, he put her in a wooden basin, wanting to float away with water and leave her to fend for herself. Who knew that Lin Zhongchao would see it.

Ask Begonia why she can recognize this baby, because, when her mother beat her, Begonia was also there, and she couldn't stop it, and the baby also had a birthmark Begonia also remembered.

After the truth was revealed, Lin Zhongchao found out the singer. Helplessly, the singer still refused to admit her mistake when she was questioned, and even felt that whether the child was born or not was her own business and had nothing to do with others.

Lin Zhong was furious and asked the eunuch to report the matter to the government. In the end, the singer was taken into prison and enslaved for the rest of her life, never to be released again, and never to have children again.

The singer was punished, but the father of the baby girl was also the initiator, how could she let it go?

So on the one hand, Lin Zhongchao was there to mediate with the government, and on the other hand, Zhou Zhengzheng came to the home of the big official. I knew that the big official still had a pair of parents, and there were only a few children in the family.

Zhou Zhengzheng told his parents about the baby girl, and the officials also knelt down to admit their mistakes. The parents also cried with joy when they saw the baby girl, and they were willing to raise it well and never abandon it.

So Zhou Zhengzheng was relieved to hand over the baby girl to them, and at the same time told them that if the baby girl was abused or had an accident, they would be severely punished. They sent Zhou Zheng away with great gratitude.

Of course, before Zhou Zheng left, he was also very reluctant to give up the baby girl.

Although it was only a few days of getting along, this baby girl was really cute, and the encounter was also very pitiful. Zhou Zhengzheng hugged her again, kissed her lightly on the forehead, and put a longevity lock around her neck, wishing her peace for the rest of her life. Then he parted in tears.

Although the matter has come to an end, this is not the first time such a tragedy has happened, and it will not be the last. As the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, their own people behave like this, and their feelings are very sad.

"Brother Super, even if we don't have the ability to put an end to this, we can't let it happen. We have to find a way to reduce the chances of this happening. Zhou Zhengzheng said.

Lin Zhongchao thought for a while and said: "The government can come forward to set up an abandoned baby station, if someone is really unable to raise or unwilling to raise them, they can send the children to the post station, and the government will send people and money to raise them to grow up." ”

Zhou Zhengzheng said: "This proposal is good, but it will increase the chance of abandoning the baby. You think, the government has paid for and contributed to raising these children, and those families who live in poverty will throw their children to the government when they encounter some trouble. ”