A story is nothing but a story.

And this bizarre-sounding story made Zhang Fatzi feel a little embarrassed: "I finally understand why Mrs. He desperately wants her son, in fact, the biological son of the Zhou family must go to Beijing to take the exam, and even in the end, in despair, she did not hesitate to choose the paranoid path of suicide." ”

Ye Feng nodded and sighed: "Yes, I think when she sees her own son riding on a tall horse parade through the streets, how happy and relieved she should be! Although it is a mistake to be a milkwoman, after all, her son is now famous, returned to his hometown, and can still appear in front of his eyes, what a great gift from God should be! The suffering and sins suffered over the years have not been in vain. ”

But perhaps from that moment on, a sense of guilt came to my heart even stronger, her son's current scenery was actually all stolen by her, all of which should have belonged to another child, another good child who has suffered a lot since he was a child, but has no complaints. All of this should have belonged to him. ”

Perhaps she has been condemned by her conscience for the past twenty years, but never so strongly as this moment, and while she is grateful to God, the guilt in her heart is also tormenting her madly. Therefore, she wants to atone for her sins, she wants to ask for forgiveness in her heart, so she wants to give this child a chance, in her heart, she may feel that if the son of the Zhou family can go to high school, so that she can see her biological son with peace of mind and recognize him. ”

However, although she did whatever it took to achieve this goal, it was a pity that her own daughter's resolute decision to elope with the little blacksmith made all her plans go to waste, and she had no other way to raise the cost of going to Beijing to catch the exam. But she couldn't tell all this, and all the pain could only be swallowed in her stomach. Seeing that her hope was disappointed, she no longer had the shame to face her biological son and the son of the Zhou family, so she had no choice but to commit suicide. ”

Ye Feng sighed: "All this is a tragedy, everything stems from the hatred and bigotry in people's hearts, but it has ruined the fate of many people in these two families. Who is to blame? All the good people in this story are to blame, and maybe no one is to blame. ”

Lord Zhou had been listening to Ye Feng's narration in silence, and at this moment, his eyes were already full of tears, and he suddenly shouted loudly: "No! I should be blamed for all this, it's all my fault! If I hadn't been on the high school emperor list and not been let go, I wouldn't have come to this Qingping County as an official by coincidence." ”

"If I hadn't been greedy for vanity and engaged in some kind of street parade when I came to Qingping County, I wouldn't have been seen by Mrs. He and recognized by her. If she hadn't recognized me, she wouldn't have been stimulated, and she wanted to send her son to Beijing to take the exam, and the title of the gold list. If none of this had happened, she wouldn't have cornered herself, and she wouldn't have died in the end. ”

Lord Zhou cried bitterly: "It's me, everything is to blame on me, it's me who forced my biological mother to the end of suicide, I have never fulfilled my son's filial piety to her for a day in the past 20 years, but she finally died, how unfilial I am!"

"In the past 20 years, the person who has been filial to me every day is not my mother, but my mother has suffered for the past 20 years, what kind of face will I have to face Mrs. Zhou in the future, to face my biological mother's spirit in the sky, to face the people in Qingping County?"

Zhang Fatzi looked at Lord Zhou who was crying bitterly, and then he understood why Lord Zhou suddenly wanted to draw his sword and kill himself, this sudden truth was indeed a little unbearable for a while.

Ye Feng stepped forward slowly, put his palm on Lord Zhou's shoulder, and comforted him softly: "I can't blame you for all this, you are also a victim in this story, for twenty years, it is not your fault that you can't do your filial piety before your knees." But looking back and thinking about it, as the saying goes, it is better to be born than to be generous, and in the past 20 years, Mrs. Zhou has worked hard to raise you as an adult, and it took all her hard work to make you win the gold list and give you all your maternal love, isn't she your mother? Shouldn't you be filial to her?"

"You have made such a simple choice to die now, not only will it not help, how can you make her old man feel embarrassed? Moreover, there is also the son and daughter of Mrs. He in prison, she is your own sister, and you are an official of the imperial court, and now that you are dead, this matter is bound to be difficult to cover up, and it is rumored to be rumored, what should you let these people who are still in this world do in the future? How should they face the people who have stopped?"

Ye Feng's words were not unreasonable, and Lord Zhou gradually stopped crying, and his emotions gradually calmed down.

Ye Feng sighed: "Wouldn't it be better to think about how to deal with the aftermath and let this story have a more satisfying ending?"

Lord Zhou nodded and asked, "I don't know what Brother Ye thinks about this?"

Ye Feng thought for a moment and said, "Old Madam Zhou will naturally still be your mother in the future, you have to serve as diligently as before, and do your filial piety before your knees, in order to repay the kindness of raising you in the past twenty years, there should be no problem with this, right?"

Lord Zhou nodded again and again: "This is natural." ”

Ye Feng said again: "Then the pair of children and the little blacksmith of Mrs. He in prison, since Mrs. He died by suicide, the three of them should naturally be acquitted and regain their freedom, which is also a matter of course." ”

"As for after they were released from prison, since Mrs. He is dead, and the Zeng family, who had previously made a marriage contract with her children, has suffered a great change, Zeng has died, and the Zeng family and the stupid second son have all left the country and are missing, so the marriage contract will naturally be uncountable. It should be considered that the marriage between Mrs. He's daughter and the little blacksmith will make this pair of beautiful people, after all, she is your own sister. ”

Hearing this, Lord Zhou shook his head again and again, but Zhang Fatzi frowned secretly.

Ye Feng mentioned the fact that the Zeng family's family members were missing, Ye Feng may not know about this, but Zhang Fatzi saw the conversation between Tang Da and his subordinates with his lip reading skills at the window of the inn that night.

The family members of the Zeng family actually did not go away, but were ordered by Tang Da and were eradicated by the subordinates of the Tang Sect in Shuzhong, and all of them were solved, and all traces were erased, not even the corpses were left!

Originally, Zhang Fatzi also thought about telling Ye Feng about it, but since this reunion, Rui Ran and the two are still as close as before on the surface, but he vaguely feels that there always seems to be a layer of separation between Ye Feng and him, and he is no longer as careless as he was at the beginning.

Perhaps, he is still a little worried about the betrayal he found out in the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, Zhang Fatzi thought.

And how close the relationship between Tang Da and Ye Feng is, Zhang Fatzi knows, and now there is no evidence

Relying on a conversation between Tang Da and his subordinates that he occasionally saw, it was hard to say whether Ye Feng would believe it or what he would think in his heart.

So Zhang Fatzi had never mentioned this to Ye Feng for a long time, but he still secretly felt that Tang Da was definitely not simple, and he had a suitable opportunity to remind Ye Feng to be careful of this person.

Ye Feng didn't notice the change in Fat Zhang's expression, and continued: "As soon as Mrs. He dies, the family will have no financial resources, and the future will definitely be very bitter. In the past two years, she has invited her husband to teach her son to read and write at any cost, and it has also achieved some results, even if Lord Zhou sympathizes with his family's misfortune, takes care of him, finds him a position as a penman in the county government, and does some errands for copying documents, it can be regarded as solving the problem of his livelihood. ”

Lord Zhou originally felt a little ashamed of Mrs. He's son, but when he heard Ye Feng say this, he naturally praised him again and again.

Ye Feng thought for a while and said: "After all, Mrs. He once took over the life for Mrs. Zhou back then, and she had such a friendship, and now that she has encountered misfortune, Mrs. Zhou can persuade Mrs. Zhou to accept her son as a moth out of pity, Mrs. Zhou has always been kind-hearted, and she will definitely not refuse." ”

"In this way, you and him can both be filial piety in front of Mrs. Zhou's knees, and the family will be happy. In the final analysis, he is the blood of Mrs. Zhou after all, and she is her biological son. ”

When Master Zhou and Zhang Fatzi heard this, they all sighed at Ye Feng's thoughtful arrangement.

"In the end, it is the aftermath of Mrs. He. Lord Zhou, you can bury Mrs. He beautifully, and pay tribute to her children every year in the future to express her sorrow, which is what you can do with her, and also show your filial piety. ”

Zhang Fatzi couldn't help frowning, and asked, "Other people's mothers, but he goes to worship every year, is this appropriate?

Ye Feng smiled faintly and said: "Since Old Madam Zhou has accepted her son as the righteous son of the moth, the two families are one family, with this relationship, what gossip are you afraid of?"

Zhang Fatzi suddenly realized that the previous arrangement still had such a deep meaning, and he couldn't help nodding again and again.

In a moment, Ye Feng not only solved the mystery, but also arranged the aftermath in such detail that Lord Zhou couldn't help but feel sincere admiration.

He stood up and respectfully bowed to Ye Feng and Zhang Fatzi: "The two of you not only saved Zhou's life tonight, but also untied the knot in Zhou's heart and arranged the aftermath. ”

Ye Feng and Zhang Fatzi hurriedly returned the salute, Ye Feng said: "Lord Zhou is a good official, and he is respected by the people, which is really a blessing for the people. In the future, Lord Zhou should take care of himself, and don't act so extremely, talking about life and death lightly, you must know that such a good official is really rare. ”

He stretched out his hand and shook Lord Zhou's hand and said: "The past is not important, and the mistakes made by the previous generation should not be borne by the descendants, what matters is those who are alive and the days to come." ”

Lord Zhou nodded again and again.

Ye Feng smiled and said to Zhang Fatzi: "As for the story I said tonight, it's just a story, and I forgot about it after the story was told, I hope no one will hear such a tragic story again." ”

Zhang Fatzi's head nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Exactly, exactly, the story is the story." ”