Six Hundred and Seventy-Eight: Meeting at Huangshui River (15)

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Why did Zhongzhao become the most powerful country among the five Central Plains countries?

First, Zhongzhao has a unique geographical advantage. The border only borders other Central Plains countries, and there is no harm from foreign nations.

Secondly, Zhongzhao was the first to be established among the Five Kingdoms. It seized a lot of wealth from the previous dynasties and recruited many famous families.

With no foreigners coveting him, and with the wealth accumulated by the aristocratic family as a foundation, it was expected that he would become the first among the five countries.

However, excessive comfort gave rise to internal strife.

Nowadays, Zhongzhao has followed in the footsteps of Dongqing, and the struggle between the parties has become more and more fierce.

In addition to internal strife, the wealthy, luxurious and comfortable life has also distorted the thinking of some people and made them become evil.

Just as the man in gray sarcastically said, Zhongzhao caused so many troubles simply because too few people died.

If Zhongzhao is given a bunch of enemies who are waiting for wolves, their borders will be uneasy, countless young people will die tragically, and the number of newborns will decrease year by year. Let’s see if they can still bother with the so-called "Four Books for Women"... It prohibits widows from remarrying, Restricting women to chastity...

Haha, it is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.

The man in gray clothes left the tea shop and followed his memory to find the place where the sinking ceremony was held.

When he arrived, a group of people who were not too concerned about the trouble had gathered in front of him, standing by the water and pointing.

The noisy discussion was mixed with crying. The man in gray clothes lowered his eyes and followed the sound of crying. The crying child is young. The boy is older, about seven or eight years old, and the girl is young and thin, only three or four years old. Both of them are dark and thin.

Next to them, there was a young man in his twenties with a ferocious face, protecting his children and roaring at the crowd.

Combining the discussion in the tea shop with the conversations of the villagers who were watching the sinking pond, the man in gray compiled the outline of the story.

To put it simply, a twenty-three-year-old young widow couldn't bear the loneliness and stole from a man in the same village. She was caught and drowned.

The man in gray took two steps closer. Taking advantage of his tall stature, he could see a drowned woman with pale skin lying beside the pond.

Before he arrived, people had been thrown into pig cages and drowned.

Not long after,

The crowd watching the excitement dispersed, with the weird joy of violating taboos still on their faces. It was so ugly that it was disgusting.

The man in gray clothes was about to leave, but he saw the young man swimming into the water, picking up the woman's body that was half submerged in the water, and preparing to carry it home.

He lowered his eyes, paused, took out some broken silver and gave it to the children beside the young man.

Looking at the young man's attire, he doesn't look like a rich man, let alone giving the woman a decent life after death.

The young man bit his lip tremblingly, his eyes filled with tears, and then said in a thick accent, "Thank you, big brother."

The man in gray took the opportunity to ask a few more questions and heard another version.

The woman who was drowned in the pond was a village beauty from a neighboring village. She married into this village a few years ago. She and her husband had been married for several years, but her belly had not moved. She finally got pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. Her parents-in-law were particularly disgusted with her. After the daughter was born, her husband died, and the woman became a widow at a young age. Her parents-in-law treated them even more harshly, thinking that her granddaughter was born to kill others, and even threw her daughter into the mountains when the woman was not paying attention, almost feeding them to wolves.

The young man went hunting in the mountains and happened to save his daughter. The two got acquainted and fell in love over time.

There is a widower who has lost her husband and has a difficult life with her only daughter, and the other is a widower who has lost his wife and has a son. The two of them have a good crush on each other. They are a match made in heaven. As time went by, the barriers were broken, and after discussion, they were ready to live together and support each other.

However, the woman's parents-in-law could not accept it. They scolded the woman for being a bitch and not observing the rules for her son. They also accused the two of having an inappropriate relationship very early. The couple even went to the clan leader, hoping to drown the unclean woman to avoid tarnishing the family's reputation.

The young man hunted all year round, but he used his brute strength to scare away the people who came to arrest him.

He can protect her once or twice, but how can he protect a woman for the rest of her life?

This morning, the woman discovered that her daughter and stepson were missing. She was afraid that the children would be abducted by human beings or thrown into the mountains by her parents-in-law to feed wolves. She hurriedly went out to look for them. Unexpectedly, this was a cunning plot to lure the tiger away from the mountain. She was caught by the tribesmen who had ambushed them early in the morning and forcibly captured her. Drowned in the pond.

By the time the young man realized something was wrong and hurried over, it was already too late.

After hearing this story, the man in gray gave a short and mocking "ha".

What is the most ridiculous thing in the world——

A woman who does everything she can for her husband, righteously demands that all women in the world be virtuous!

"Take these coins and move them to another place. If they remember one day, they might arrest this girl too..."

The young man burst into tears and seemed to have been greatly wronged, but he did not accept the kindness of the man in gray.

To him, the fact that the man in gray didn't come over to scold him and the woman was already the greatest kindness.

The man in gray sighed softly, handed the money bag to the boy who was cowering aside, and couldn't help but rub the girl's hair.

"What's wrong with this world..."

The young man was sobbing and sobbing while carrying the woman's cold and swollen body.

"Oh, the wicked will eventually reap the consequences."

The man in gray clothes left these words and left quietly.

That night, the imperial city was brightly lit.

The classrooms everywhere are lively and prosperous, silk and bamboo orchestras are constantly playing, and the figures and graceful figures arouse people's imagination.

There was constant singing and music in the palace, and there was an aura of extreme luxury and beauty everywhere.

The man in gray sneaked into the palace through a door and, with the help of an insider, arrived at the Tianfeng Palace where the queen lived.

A black gold-threaded nanmu plaque was hung on the top of the red door, and on the plaque were written three large characters in a dragon-flying-phoenix-dancing style - Tianfeng Palace.

In the palace, candlelight flickered, and on the flying eaves and brackets carved from sandalwood, there was a phoenix spreading its wings and ready to fly.

In the bedroom, the sandalwood beams and pearls were used as curtains. A huge moon-bright pearl hung in the sky of the palace, shining brightly, as if it had hooked the full moon in the sky into the palace, like a fairyland on earth. The white jade floor shone with a warm light, with gemstones and gold beads embedded in it, and the ground was carved into lotus. The lotus flowers were lifelike, the petals were fresh and exquisite, and the stamens were delicate and discernible. The gilded incense burner in the middle was emitting curling mist.

Oh, it was really luxurious to the extreme.

The man in gray had changed his clothes. He walked straight into the palace without meeting a palace maid on the way.

"Someone, come here, give me..."

Inside the palace, a woman in palace dress was kneeling in front of the dressing mirror, putting on makeup.

A closer look revealed that the mirror inlaid with gemstones was not made of copper, and it could reflect the human figure very clearly, as bright as a magic mirror.

Through the reflection of the mirror, the woman in palace dress saw a man with a vicissitudes of life standing behind her. This man's appearance gave her a very familiar feeling... This man... looked like someone she knew... She was shocked, and then she realized that there was no palace servant serving in the palace.

She suppressed her inner fear, pretended to be calm and turned around to ask him, "Who are you?"

"You are forgetful, do you still remember Xie Qian, who was murdered by you more than ten years ago?"

As he spoke, he showed a long spear wrapped in cloth and directly attacked the woman's heart with the spear.

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