Zhu Changxiao's version of the Sui Dynasty

Since Xiao Jun came to Shilijie with his uncle Zhang Ke, although his life is a bit poor, the food and housing are not as good as those in Jiangling. After all, without the curse of his adoptive mother Zhang, Xiao Jun has lost a lot of shadows in his heart. Besides, there are a group of children from Zhang Ke's family. , playing around every day, and feeling a little less lonely.

Zhang Ke used the money he earned from the Dongping Palace to build a house and buy an ox, and his life became much more comfortable. Luo Shi saw that his family situation had improved somewhat, and he was eager to join the palace. I have been plotting all day to let Zhang Ke return to the palace and work as an errand to make money.

"Life seems to be affluent these days. It's rare for us to have this kind of relative. I'll go to the palace next month. Please move around more frequently."

Zhang Ke sat lazily on the stool, dangling with his legs crossed,"You are quite greedy, you always ask me to go to the prince to cry for poverty."

"You are a man and you support your family. If you don’t go, who will?"

"What should I say to my brother-in-law when I go there? Another flood? Luo

Shi slapped Zhang Ke with the clothes in his hand:"You idiot, just tell me to show my parents.""

"Meiniang cried when she saw my sister, you can imagine it."Zhang Ke clasped his ears while thinking about how to ask for some small money to supplement the family income.

Under Luo Shi's repeated urging, Zhang Ke stayed from Shilijie for three months, then packed up the ox cart and returned to Jiangling City, taking Xiao Jun with him. Back to the palace.

The Liang Kingdom was only three hundred miles long. After walking for two days, they arrived at Jiangling City. When they arrived at the palace, Zhang Ke suddenly discovered that the white silk and white flags on the palace were all made of plain silk. People passing by the gate of the palace were still crying from time to time. Zhi Hua said.

Just as the servant Wang Wu was cleaning the yard and came out, Zhang Ke jumped off the oxcart and asked:"Brother Wang Wu, what happened to the palace?""

"Oh, uncle, you are back"

"Mrs. Zhang passed away"

"ah? When we left, my sister was still jumping up and down and cursing Mei Niang. Why did three months pass?"

Wang Wu's gang tied up the oxcart, took Xiao Jun out of the car, and said while walking to the house:"A few days ago, my wife also contracted tuberculosis and coughed up blood. Before leaving, she couldn't help scolding this little beauty. He is a disaster star and a death-rush ghost, and he will not stop scolding you until he dies."

Zhang Ke returned to the palace for the second time and was shocked to learn that his sister was infected with tuberculosis and died suddenly of the disease in just over two months. Zhang Ke asked Wang Wu:"What about the prince?"

"Since the death of the princess, the prince has been mourning for several months. He was so grief-stricken that he didn't get out of bed for these months."After learning that Dongping King Xiao Qi was critically ill, Zhang Ke and Xiao Jun hurried to Xiao Qi's bedside.

At this time, Xiao Qi looked haggard and his eyes were lifeless. Looking at the bedside, there were still stains from coughing up blood. Bloodstains. Zhang Ke burst into tears, and Xiao Jun also started to cry. The two knelt down in front of the bed, and Zhang Ke cried and said:"Your Majesty, I shouldn't have taken my little girl to the countryside. She can't even take care of her own adoptive mother." See you before."

Xiao Qi stretched out his hand as if he wanted to make gestures instead of making gestures, and said weakly:"Zhang Ke, you are kind-hearted, and you will be kind to your beautiful mother in the future. I entrust this daughter to you, so don't betray my Xiao family."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will treat her well"

"I... there is a wooden box beside my bed, which is some money I saved for my beautiful mother. I am weak and sick, and I rely entirely on the imperial court to support me. My family has no money left."

"Don’t worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely treat my beautiful mother well."

Xiao Qi stretched out his hand and touched Xiao Jun's head, and said to Xiao Jun:"Meiniang, please remember that your fifth generation ancestor is Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, and your biological father is the current emperor.…...Emperor……"Xiao Qian couldn't take a breath, fainted, and died on the hospital bed. Zhang Ke stroked Xiao Ke's body and cried loudly. Xiao Jun, who still didn't understand the harshness of the world, also cried aloud.

Half a year later, Prince Xiao and his wife of Dongping both died of tuberculosis. People in Jiangling City said that the Palace of Dongping was full of monsters and attracted ghosts. In the end, Xiao Jun, who was born in February, was rumored to be a disaster star and a disaster girl. The rumors spread all over the sky and became more and more intense. This is what it is: living under the fence of someone else, facing the cold in the hall, but it is difficult to replace the biological mother with the adoptive mother.

The severe illness has not been cured for a long time, and the infection of tuberculosis is even more ominous.

Don't talk about the misfortune of the young girl, it's just because the couple's fate is not strong.

The nightmare of disease has emotions and knows the warmth and coldness. How can the good deeds be seen by the king of hell?

King Dongping died of illness, and the servants of the palace took care of the funeral affairs. They were also afraid of contracting strange diseases, so they left one after another to make their own living. The last servant, Wang Wu, packed a baggage and walked out of the house with a hint of helplessness on his face.

Under the eaves of the front yard, Zhang Ke was sitting on the steps, holding his chin in one hand in a daze. Xiao Jun sat on Zhang Ke's lap, playing with his fingers.

Wang Wu walked closer, lifted up his trouser legs, and sat on the steps:"Uncle, my family has left. It seems that this palace is really haunted by demons. You should leave as soon as possible.""

"Such a huge palace, just over half a year ago, the whole family has been destroyed. It is a great misfortune."

"The prince is gone, Meiniang is an adopted daughter, and she can’t get any money from the court, so my uncle should take her back to the countryside."

Zhang Ke nodded. Wang Wu picked up the baggage, stood up and said goodbye, and left the palace.

Zhang Ke raised his eyes and looked at the light gray clouds in the sky. The palace's once magnificent brick walls, thick door pillars and stone railings seemed to Shrouded in a bit of gloom, the empty house made people sigh.

The palace was deserted and silent. Zhang Ke felt that the building was empty, so he picked up some things that could be sold in the room and took them with him. Following Xiao Jun, he also walked out of the gate of Prince Dongping's Mansion.

"With a click, a copper lock locked the pair of doors whose red paint had peeled off. Zhang Ke checked Xiao Jun into the car and drove the bullock cart back to the countryside.

Luo Shi, who was guarding his home in Shilijie, thought he had to wait again. It took a year and a half before Zhang Ke could return to the countryside. Unexpectedly, he hurried back to Shili Village after staying in Dongping Palace for only a few days, which was doubly surprising.

A group of sons of the Zhang family saw a car full of used goods and even They were so happy that they gathered around

"Hey, I'm talking about the boss, why did you come back after being away for so many days?"

Zhang Ke jumped out of the car and handed the reins to Daxiu to tie the ox cart. He held the wooden box in his arms and said to Luo Shi:"Go and talk in the house."

Xiao Jun was coaxed to play by the two smelly gang. Zhang Ke and his wife were the only ones in the room. Zhang Ke had a sullen face and remained silent for a long time. Luo Shi asked in surprise:"Is the prince seriously ill?"

Zhang Ke waved his hands with a painful expression:"You don't know, the matter is getting serious."

"Tell me quickly what happened to the palace? Luo Shi asked. As soon as Zhang Ke told him about the Dongping Palace, Luo Shi's expression suddenly changed and he asked:"Is that little girl Fianzi a disaster star?""

"I don’t think so, you see."Zhang Ke opened the wooden box.

Suddenly a box of silver appeared in front of him. Luo Shi turned from worry to joy and asked:"I said, Master, have you stolen the entire palace?"

"What is stealing? The prince gave it to me before he died, so that I could take good care of Meiniang. I think Meiniang did not bring disaster to our family, but also brought money to our family. Do you think it is a disaster star or a lucky star?"

"Yes, taking good care of this little girl is really a waste of money."The couple turned their worries into joy, and from then on they fostered Xiao Jun in their own home.

……

The quiet Liang Palace is filled with the chirping of birds from time to time. The exquisitely carved jade corridor is inlaid in the center of the garden. Fresh flowers and plants are nestled in the elegant palace. The incense burner in the imperial study room is filled with light smoke. His footsteps broke through the elegance in Liang Palace. The eunuch hurriedly came to the palace to report the aftermath of the palace.

Xiao Ming Emperor Xiao Kui pondered for a long time before he asked:"How is the beautiful mother?"

The eunuch replied:"I heard that Zhang Ke, the brother-in-law of King Dongping, took her to the countryside."

"Should I have chosen a better home for my beauty?"

"Reporting back to the emperor, people familiar with the matter said that women born in February were reincarnated by evildoers, and that Prince Dongping and his wife were killed."

This hit the heart of Emperor Xiaoming. When he thought of the unlucky custom of giving birth to a girl in February in the south of the Yangtze River, Emperor Xiaoming complained about the birth date. Now that Prince Dongping and his wife died suddenly within three months, Emperor Xiaoming became even more convinced that giving birth to a girl in February was unlucky. Overcome the bad customs of his parents.

After all, Xiao Jun is his own flesh and blood. With the only trace of concern, Emperor Xiaoming said helplessly:"I originally wanted to find a better family for Mei Niang in the royal family. Since it is so unlucky, I have to wrong her." Follow Zhang Ke."

The eunuch in the chamber turned to leave."Wait a minute." Xiao Kui called the eunuch back and warned:"When I think of Prince Dongping's Mansion, I feel fear in my heart. It's full of evildoers. Anyway, Prince Dongping has no descendants, so he demolished this haunted house and built another one. Use it for other purposes"

"Obey the decree."The eunuch in the chamber took the order and left.

I heard that the Dongping Palace was empty for a while, gloomy and dilapidated, and it was like a haunted house in Jiangling City. Both the officials and the people passing by were avoiding Dongping Palace.

The emperor's decree was passed down, and soon This touted and magical palace was bulldozed to the ground. This is it: the haunted house was left to its own devices, and a serious illness left the whole house empty.

The family was prosperous, so why bother involving the little girl.

Time reincarnated, a few years later , by this time Xiao Jun had grown tall and tall, and was able to help his uncle work in the fields. Although life was hard, fortunately, several brothers from the Zhang family took good care of him.Living a farm life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, working in the fields in the morning and evening without caring about worldly affairs. The family is like a world away.

It happened that on this day, Xiao Jun was helping his uncle carry water when he felt a muffled sound. Looking from a distance, he suddenly saw a group of people galloping towards him from the far side.

In an instant, the chickens and dogs in the ten-mile boundary were restless, the cries were heartbreaking, and the surrounding villagers were in panic.

On the dirt roads in the fields, people were seen scurrying away in twos and threes from time to time. Zhang Ke couldn't help but look around, wondering what big thing was happening.

I saw two brothers, Big Stout and Er Stinky, with their faces covered in blood, running in a hurry and not choosing their way. Zhang Ke was shocked and asked:"What happened? Where is the chaos?"

Daxiu was frightened and panted and said:"Run quickly, the Chen Dynasty's army is coming. Many people died in the southern village. I met Chen soldiers on the way, but fortunately I ran fast and was only injured by them."

This ten-mile boundary is where Xiliang and Nanchen meet, but due to its barrenness and remoteness, there are few rebel soldiers. Now the disaster has arisen again, which caught the local villagers off guard. , Zhang Ke pulled Xiao Jun, threw away the bucket, and ran home calling his wife and children.