Zhu Changxiao's version of the Sui Dynasty

As soon as the Liang soldiers saw that their general had won, and Zhang Dabao's face was covered with blood, they swarmed up and took advantage of the victory to pursue him. The Liang and Chen armies fought in a melee, and the killing was inextricable. The captured people could not tell who was right and who was wrong. , took advantage of the chaos and ran away quickly, fleeing for their lives in all directions.

Zhang Dabao's own face was bleeding, and he no longer wanted to fight, so he turned around and ran away. Some of the Chen soldiers surrendered, and some fled for their lives. They were beaten and dispersed.

Liang Jun's victory, Prince Xiao Cong got the news and quickly came to the Imperial Study Room,"Report to the emperor, General Dai Senshuo has come to report that Huang Xiekou has a great victory, and he is chasing and defeating Chen Bing."

Emperor Xiaoming didn't have much joy on his face. Instead, he showed a trace of concern:"How are the people in the east?"

"I heard that it is flowing along the river to Gangneung City."

"After conveying my decree, we immediately set up tents and porridge outside the east gate of Jiangling to appease the people and provide relief to the people. We then ordered the second prince Xiao Wei to lead a group of people to search for the people in distress along the river bank."

"The sons and ministers obey the order."

The two sons of Emperor Xiaoming, the prince Xiao Cong and the second prince Xiao Huán, followed the order and acted separately. Xiao Cong was helping the people outside the east gate, while Xiao Cong led the Liang soldiers to go several ways to search for people along the coast..

The bank of the river hundreds of miles east of Jiangling is overgrown with weeds. The luggage abandoned by the people and the flag and baggage discarded by Chen Bing are scattered everywhere. It can be seen that when they fled, it was a mess and chaos.

Among the Liang soldiers who were looking for the people in distress, there was a soldier named Ding Liu followed the second prince Xiao Gu all the way to search for someone. After searching for two days, there was no one. He muttered to his companions:"It's been two days, and even some people have starved to death." Ding Liu didn't have any expectations. Along the way Dang Youyou was thinking about picking up something valuable. Suddenly, he saw a man sitting on the ground in front of him eating something. Ding Liu was about to shout,"Bang!" This man fell over.

Ding Liu hurried over and saw It's a teenage woman. This woman is none other than Xiao Jun.

"Little sister, little sister, wake up."

Xiao Jun didn't even have the strength to raise his eyelids. He just wriggled his small mouth twice, and a few grass seeds came out of his mouth."Hey, are you hungry? Ding

Liu turned around and called to his companions:"Please come and see the second prince, someone is going to starve to death here."

The soldiers behind him searched for a few stranded people for a whole day, but finally found one, and hurriedly reported it to the second prince. Xiao Wei.

Xiao Wei, eighteen years old, is the second son of Emperor Xiao Kui of the Liang Kingdom. He walked along the riverside to care for the people and found no one for a long time. Xiao Wei had a grass root in his mouth and was humming a tune. Looking at the beautiful scenery by the river, I just walked my horse.

Suddenly I heard the soldiers shouting, and I expected to see a living person. Xiao Wei hurriedly urged the horse to go over, and sure enough, Ding Liu was holding a woman, and he just sat up weakly

"Oh, she's still a girl."Xiao Wei swung the stirrup and dismounted, walked up to him, leaned over and took Xiao Jun into his arms. Seeing that Xiao Jun was not only handsome, but also pitiful in his suffering, Xiao Wei wiped the grass seeds from Xiao Jun's lips with his hands , gently patted Xiao Jun’s face with his hand:"Girl, girl."

Xiao Jun reluctantly opened his eyes and saw the prince, with thin eyebrows, round eyes, a hooked nose, and a general's attire. Xiao Jun said slightly:"Master, I'm hungry."

Xiao Ma stared at Xiao Jun, feeling miserable, and stretched out a hand to his subordinates:"Hurry and get the dry food."

A Liang Bing took out a piece of cake from his bag, broke off half a piece, and handed it over. Xiao Qing handed the cake to Xiao Jun's mouth:"Little sister, eat it quickly."

When Xiao Jun saw the cake, he didn't know how long he had been hungry. He grabbed Xiao Gu's hand and ate it in a big mouth.

Seeing Xiao Jun chewing the cake in hunger, his eyes were as wide as bells, and the sergeants next to him all looked at him with pity. Heart:"Oh, this girl is so hungry that she looks like this"

"oops!"Xiao Wei suddenly withdrew his hand and said,"Bite my finger. This startled Xiao Jun, and Xiao Chen smiled slightly again,"It's okay, it doesn't hurt.""

Xiao Chen rescued a woman. He thought he was very compassionate. He was thinking of saying a few words of comfort when he accidentally saw a jade pendant on Xiao Jun's neck. As a prince, Xiao Chen was also a playboy, raising eagles and walking dogs. I am very good at playing with birds and jade, so I see that this jade is different from ordinary, and it seems that I have seen it before.

On the beautiful jade, there are four characters"Jinhua Jingfei" embedded in it. Although it has been worn for a long time, the edges of the writing have become rounded, but the four words"Jinhua Jingfei" are embedded in it. But it is an unusual title of the Liang Kingdom. This was the title of the crown prince Xiao Tong, the crown prince of Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty Xiao Yan, and his wife Cai. However, Xiao Tong died young and failed to inherit the throne. The person who can have this piece of jade must be Xiao Tong, the royal family, passed down that a woman must be the princess of Liang Kingdom, Peiyu, so he asked:"Girl, who are you?" By this time ,

Xiao Jun had regained his composure and sat on the ground and said,"My father is Xiao Qian, the king of Dongping in the Liang Kingdom. My adoptive father died early and I was fostered in my uncle's house in Shilijie. When I was crossing the river two days ago, I sprained my foot. I got separated from my uncle."

"oh?."Xiao Wei was stunned and thought to herself that she had long heard that she had a younger sister. Could this be the sister adopted by her father? It was difficult to recognize her in person, so Xiao Wei said falsely:"This girl is also the daughter of a good family. The king gives you a ride."Xiao Gu picked up Xiao Jun, helped him to the horse, and led the horse away.

Xiao Jun followed him all the way to the east gate of Jiangling Mansion, where many tents had been set up. Although there were many tents here, they were not Liang Bing's military camps, but It is a temporary tent to appease the people. Those who have relatives go to live with their relatives, and those who have no distant relatives can only sleep outside the city temporarily. The prince Xiao Cong is here to calm the people.

The prince Xiao Cong is directing the tents to be set up outside the east gate. Xiao Zhen came to the east gate. He asked the soldiers to wait in the refugee tent with Xiao Jun. Xiao Jun walked quickly to the prince and said,"Brother, I have something urgent.

Xiao Cong asked,"What's the matter with my second brother?""

"Today, when I was feeding the people by the river, I found a woman who called herself"Xiao Jun" and was wearing a jade pendant from the princess of the Liang Kingdom."

"What?"Xiao Cong grabbed Xiao Ming's sleeve and asked,"Can you see clearly?"

"See it with your own eyes, hear it with your own ears. Xiao

Cong almost jumped up after hearing this, and said to Xiao Gu:"This girl must be the little beautiful girl adopted by the father and mother to King Dongping back then. Let her rest first, and I will inform the father as soon as possible.""

Brothers Xiao Cong and Xiao Chen rushed back to the palace together and were walking to the imperial study. Suddenly Xiao Cong grabbed the prince Xiao Cong and said with a thoughtful expression:"Brother, I remembered. I heard that there was a successor. The princess was born in February, and the disaster star came to earth and killed her parents."

"That is nonsense, my second brother should not believe it."

Xiao Ma stroked the prince's shoulder and said,"Even the emperor and the queen believe it, doesn't the emperor believe it?"

"That’s why I met my father."Xiao Cong took Xiao Zhen's wrist and quickly went to the imperial study.

Xiao Ming Emperor Xiao Kui was looking through the books when he saw brothers Xiao Cong and Xiao Zhen muttering back to the palace to ask for an audience. They secretly thought that the two brothers would not go to appease the people. They all returned to the palace. There must be something important.

Xiao Cong said:"To inform my father, my second brother was looking after me by the river today and found a girl who is suspected to be a relative of the emperor.""

"oh? Xiao Kui asked:"What's going on?""

Xiao Wei also said:"This woman calls herself 'Xiao Jun', she claims to be the daughter of King Dongping, and she has a jade pendant from the princess of Liang Kingdom, with a golden flower embedded in the jade to honor the concubine."

When Xiao Kui heard this, he took a deep breath and thought secretly in his heart. He never expected that Xiao Jun would appear at this time. Xiao Kui put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth, feeling uneasy.

The prince Xiao Cong was older and had a bad temperament. He was benevolent, filial and loyal, and he still kept the memory of his adopted sister in his childhood, so he said:"Since the imperial sister is living in exile, it is better to allow her to return to the palace."

Seeing his father's hesitation, Xiao Chen didn't think so. He was a superstitious divination and fortune teller. Xiao Jun was born in February and violated the old Jiangnan customs, so he bowed and advised:"I think my father needs to think twice about this matter.. Upon hearing this, Prince

Xiao Cong turned around and asked,"Second brother, this is your biological sister, why are you so hesitant?""

Xiao Wei said:"At that time, King Dongping was also a clan member of the Xiao family. I heard that after more than a year after the marriage, both husband and wife died of illness. What's the explanation?"

"this……"Xiao Cong was speechless for a moment. Xiao Ming Emperor Xiao Kui raised his eyes and looked at the two brothers. Without saying a word, he just sighed and walked away. The prince Xiao Cong understood at the first glance that the emperor's silence meant that he was not allowed. Xiao Cong secretly felt quite proud and touched the prince lightly:"Father, the emperor did not say a word. Let's end the matter of acknowledging the emperor's sister." This is what it is:

The emperor doesn’t say it is not allowed, superstition makes it difficult to recognize one’s biological daughter.

The disaster star is afraid to stay around, and the good fortune is allowed to go away.

Xiao Jun searched among the fleeing people outside the east gate of Jiangling City for several days, but found no news about his uncle's family. After asking around for a long time, I found out that the boat on which my two cousins ​​were traveling was overturned by waves and they drowned. Wherever the boat that my uncle Zhang Ke was traveling on went, but it was nowhere to be found.

Lonely and without any relatives, Xiao Jun relied on a shack set up outside the east city gate to make rice porridge for a few days. When the refugees dispersed and returned to their homes, and the porridge shacks were demolished, Xiao Jun had no one to rely on and had no choice but to wander.

Xiao Jun was penniless and didn't know how to beg. He had been hungry for several days and had no strength anymore. He thought to himself that this was what he was destined to be. It was God's will to starve to death. It would be better to end this bleak life, relying on the roots of the city wall, dying.. It can be said that the world is undergoing vicissitudes, and refugees are crossing the river.

Scattered, it is difficult to find a way, wild dogs eat desolate food.

The people often hear suffering, but the emperor rarely hears sorrow.

The prince invites you to enjoy the sun and drink wine from the cup.

He didn't know how long he had been unconscious. Xiao Jun thought that his end had come, but he never expected that when he woke up, he opened his eyes slightly and saw a dilapidated thatched cave with absolutely nothing inside.

Xiao Jun vaguely heard the sound of charcoal being burned next to him. He turned around and saw an old lady with white hair in a bun, bent like a bow, in ragged clothes, sitting on a stone slab, making soup in a broken pot.

Xiao Jun opened his mouth slightly and asked:"Old lady, are you the benefactor who saved me?"

Let's talk about this old lady, a wandering and begging woman in the east of the city, known as Guo. She begged all day long and was kind-hearted. Seeing Xiao Jun wake up, she asked:"My child, which family are you a daughter from? You almost died of starvation, why are you so miserable?"

Xiao Jun replied:"My little girl Xiao Jun, nicknamed Meiniang, lives in Shilijie. She was burned and looted by Chen soldiers. Fortunately, she was rescued by the officers and soldiers. Living here. Relatives separated, unable to survive, just waiting to die."

"It's better to die than to live. I've been begging for half my life, and I've lived to be seventy years old. Why should I seek death?"While talking, the porridge soup was already cooked. Mrs. Guo poured the porridge soup into a broken-rim porcelain bowl, blew on the hot air, and brought it to Xiao Jun. Mrs. Guo said:"My child, after drinking this porridge soup, you will have strength. , the days are still long in the future."

Xiao Jun was hungry. After two sips, he felt that it was as delicious as delicacies. He pursed his lips and asked,"What kind of delicacy did the old lady cook? It's so delicious?"

Mrs. Guo said:"I saw that you were hungry, so I went to the military horse camp outside the city, picked up some beans from the horse feed, made bean soup, and put some wild vegetables in it to satisfy your hunger." Xiao

Jun felt as if he had found a treasure after hearing this, and took two more sips. It was like a goose feather in the cold winter, and he had the strength to sit up. Xiao Jun handed the porridge to Mrs. Guo and said,"I have overcome my hunger, so my mother-in-law should drink it." Mrs. Guo had a smile in her eyes, stroking Xiao Jun's hair and said,"Although you are in a poor situation, you know that filial piety will definitely bring you a good life in the future.""Old Mrs. Guo and Xiao Jun share the same love for their ancestors. From then on, they followed Mrs. Guo to wander and beg outside Jiangling City. This is how it is: bad habits happen to hurt people in February, and they have been in exile for thirteen years. The old woman with frost on her temples Honoring benevolence and righteousness, saving a life is better than the emperor.

Knowing filial piety and brotherhood in front of the thatched cave, and seeing chastity and kindness under the door of the cold kiln. Don't lament that the young man is wasted too early, and he has not yet tasted the chance to become rich and rich.

The past is sadly stored in the ferry, and the childhood cannot bear to die in Jingxiang. There are many floating fates in life. , lamenting all the vicissitudes of life along the way.

If you want to know what happens next, please read the next chapter for details.