Chapter 53 Family
The Eldest Princess of Nanling hanging from the beam to kill herself was put out by Xiao Zhi and then continued to disguise the persona of a loving husband and generous father in Rapunzel's house to do enough of a wife dead, daughter crazy, family broken tragic and pathetic play. Won the court inside and outside a lot of sympathy, but also happened to take this did not go to the king of Xiao Zhan's palace banquet, avoided the crows made a big mess in the Golden Palace of the robbery.
When the entire vertical city of the royal family and nobles are ready to move to the south of the town to move to the south of the time, Xiao Zhi is another plan. He and his son, Xiao Tai, finally regained Zhangsun's family name. He saw that the royal family of Zhongming had been wounded at the root and that the 4-year-old young emperor was not to be feared at all. So he took his son and all his concubines and family members, and the whole clan left Zongcheng together to move to their ancestral home in the west. Before leaving, he looked at his wife, Xiao Wushuang, who had already breathed her last, still not resolving the years of resentment in his heart, and drew out his sword and stabbed and slashed several times on her body. Then, a fire burned the Rapunzel's mansion cleanly.
After Xiao Fei Fei's mental disorder, Ouyang Zhong coincided with the need to leave Zongcheng to rejoin the battlefield, so he asked the old steward to send Xiao Fei Fei back to her mother's home. The result before her is already burned into a piece of rubble. The Eldest Princess of Nanling's residence, looking at their childhood, grew up in a place a piece of scorched earth; she rushed in and loudly called out to her mother; she was initially because of a poisoned mental disorder, and this stimulus is even heavier a lot. She cried and laughed in the ruins. Even her shoes fell off the roadside as she ran around. The old steward chased after the princess and tried to stop her. Still, at that moment, they met the eldest princess's extra horse harnessed by the side of a team, Xiao Feifei's nominal father, Marquis of Ping'an, Zhangsun Zhi, and her brother, Zhangsun Tai.
Xiao Feifei looked at her father and brother, and with some sobriety, she rushed over to ask what was going on. Her husband did not want her; her mother was gone, and now the only ones left were her father and brother, and her only hope was only the two of them. But when Xiao Fei Fei was unkempt and madly rushed over, Zhangsun Zhi finally stopped wearing his old mask of a loving father. With a look of disgust, he pushed Xiao Fei Fei to the ground and then wiped his hands with a handkerchief. With great disgust, he threw it away. He said to his son Zhangsun Tai beside him, "You hurry to pack up those gold and silver and fine furniture and take them away in a box together, and then you don't take care of this crazy girl. She doesn't have any relationship with our Zhangsun family." Then, he never looked at Xiao Feifei again.
Zhangsun Tai wasn't a good person either; he respectfully obeyed his father's order, then after sending his father away, he slowly paced to his sister, who had fallen into insanity. He squatted down and looked at her before puffing out a laugh. It was a laugh tinged with tears, hate, and anger. He then slowly stood up, drew out his belt, and, without saying a word, began to whip Xiao Feifei.
Seeing this, the old steward rushed forward to stop him, but he was also stopped and escorted aside by a couple of young family members. While beating Xiao Feifei, Zhangsun Tai cursed fiercely, "It's all because of you, you stinking bastard! Because of you, your father and mother have a grudge against each other. It's because of you that father hates mother to the bone! Because of you, my mother has never loved me since I was a child, and she will only ever give all of her love to you. Why? I am the only child of my father and mother! I'm the only heir to the Eldest Princess's House and the Marquis of Peace's House! I haven't set up my own house yet, but why do you have the County Mansion first? Who are you? I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death, you stinking bastard!"
Xiao Feifei screamed and fled in all directions; she did not understand how her life, world, and everyone she knew had changed in just a day or two. She went from being the daughter of a royal family favored by thousands of people to a county princess, and now she has become a madwoman everyone shouts at and throws away like nothing. The most unbelievable and unacceptable thing is that these people who beat her scolded her, and abandoned her are the very people she has always been the most trusting and close to her family.
Zhangsun Tai, who grew up with a weak body, whipped Xiao Feifei a few times to vent her anger and left with gold, silver, jewels, and an entourage. Xiao Feifei, who grew up with a delicate body, was beaten to the point that her skin was broken and her clothes were torn to the fact that she couldn't cover her body. The old steward had watched Xiao Feifei grow up and cried heartily as he hugged the county princess. Fortunately, Xiao Feifei was still relatively young, and after a few lashes, a lot of venom flowed out with her blood instead. She fainted in anger. To protect her safety, the old steward hurriedly carried her on his back and rolled over the other paths to escape back to the backyard of the county lord's mansion and found a woodshed to hide in.
The old ruler died, the demon consort was beheaded, and the crown prince and all the royal clan ministers were beheaded one by one by Ouyang Zhong because they mistakenly ate the poisonous meal and turned into puppets of the demonic path. The entire Zhongming capital city of Zongcheng was thrown into great chaos overnight, even though the officials of the government offices and the army guarding the town, as well as the remaining imperial guards, were also assisting in the management and organizing the relocation of the whole city to the south. However, the dragons had no leader, each claiming to be the king. People heard that the army of Dingling in the north was about to attack the city from the south and that Zhongming would no longer be a state. People were disorganized and in fear. There were thefts and robberies everywhere, as well as burning and looting, bullying men and women, and even taking advantage of the chaos. A few clansmen who had a long-standing grudge fought in the street. The enemy still needs to enter Zongcheng. Zongcheng is already in turmoil.
The Ouyang family, the Wei family, and a few other sensible clans assisted the young emperor in moving south quickly, taking away some of the commoners. The rest of the chaotic and unbearable people couldn't care less; they could only pray that each would be safe and return to their heavenly destiny.
Xiao Feifei's County Lord's Mansion was ransacked by one set of people after another, and the attendants and maidservants who could escape hurriedly took advantage of the chaos and fled. Only the old steward didn't leave, quietly caring for the former Prideful County Lord Xiao Feifei.
Her mother died tragically, and her father, whom she had called since she was a child, had no blood relationship with her. The poison had severely injured her body, and she had been kicked out of her father's house and beaten up, and she had had nothing to do with them ever since. Now Xiao Fei Fei no longer sees when that arrogant and overbearing, unrivaled, dignified and generous, virtuous and gentle royal, aristocratic girl style. Instead, she is a form of bone, with messy hair, dirty clothes, and an unorganized, stupid look. Her eyes have no light, not sadness, fear, or sadness, but completely and utterly without any demeanor of a carcass.
Ouyang Zhong looked at this woman in front of him; although he had never loved her, after all, she was his wife and his family. Seeing her in this state now, Ouyang Zhong's heart was not in good taste either. But more than a month, really like a world apart.
As the saying goes, the wheel of heaven, the world, is incredible.
After Ouyang Zhong heard the old housekeeper's tearful statement, he helped him from the cold ground: "Many thanks to the old housekeeper for taking good care of the county princess these days. Go and bring the prepared food! I'll feed her myself."
"Eh! Good, I'll go and serve it here. The old enslaved person will also serve a bowl for the extra horse harnessed by the side of a team, so the extra horse harnessed by the team will condescend and eat more or less! You have also lost a lot of weight." The old housekeeper hurriedly wiped his tears, and without bothering to dust his body, he rushed back to the back kitchen to continue his busy schedule.
Ouyang Zhong looked at Xiao Feifei, sitting on the hu bench in a daze, and slowly approached her. Softly saying to her, "Do you still recognize me?" The other party did not answer, only for a while before turning her head to scrutinize Ouyang Zhong for a long time and then grinned foolishly.
After Ouyang Zhong experienced the pain of losing Linghu Xian, he treated the people around him differently. Although he still had no conjugal love for Xiao Feifei, he always remembered what Linghu Xian had told him about shouldering his responsibilities. At this moment, this mentally and physically devastated wife, as a husband, had to take on the responsibility of caring for and protecting her.
Ouyang Zhong patiently asked Xiao Feifei, "Xiao Feifei, do you still remember me? I am Ouyang Zhong, and we are a family. Remember? Your name is Xiao Feifei. My name is Ouyang Zhong. We are family."
Ouyang Zhong walked into the room, looking at the four walls of the family in disrepair, just less than a month, but things were different; there was no longer the prosperity and extravagance of the once County Lord's Mansion. There was no mirror on the table. I'm afraid it was because the old housekeeper was worried that Xiao Feifei would be shocked if she saw herself in the mirror. After rummaging through the closet, he finally found a comb, a hair ribbon, and two old hairpins.
He organized Xiao Feifei's hair one by one, and if he encountered any hair that was too tangled to be combed or had lice and fleas, Ouyang Zhong used the dagger he carried with him to cut it directly. However, the body hair and skin of the parents are not accessible for removal. But Xiao Fei Fei's current situation, their biological parents are gone, and her foster father and brother severed the relationship. Now she has parents and relatives. This hair and skin are all outside the body, and it would be clean to cut them off.
The old housekeeper was pleased to see that the prince's consort and the princess could get along peacefully. He hurriedly served the meal and then brought a basin of hot water and a clean hand towel. Ouyang Zhong washed his face with hot water and threw in a hand towel for Xiao Feifei to wipe her face and hands, and after freshening up and organizing himself properly, he was no longer dirty.
Ouyang Zhong seldom waited for others; the last time he waited for his father, Ouyang Ming, gave Linghu Xian to wash her feet once to help her pick up the blood blisters on her feet and put medicine on them. He was initially a noble son of a family; he hadn't done these things before, but now Ouyang Zhong did it smoothly, and he felt surprised. Humanism is unlimited; as long as you want to do it and the situation is forced to a certain point, nothing is impossible.
Xiao Fei Fei, who was adequately freshened up, looked much more energetic. Ouyang Zhong taught her to hold the chopsticks, bowl by herself, and eat a little bit. She was very obedient and just learned a little bit. She slowly started to eat and drink soup by herself. Xiao Feifei is probably not crazy; it is just a variety of violent blows. She became depressed and introverted; at this time, the emergence of Ouyang Zhong in her heart brought a little hope.
After finishing the meal, Ouyang Zhong got up and prepared to go to the back kitchen to see what was readily available. Unexpectedly, Xiao Feifei immediately got up and followed her. She was very obedient but said nothing and refused to stay by herself. Ouyang Zhong had no choice but to bring her along.
Ouyang Zhong asked the housekeeper: ''In the past, the royal mansions would always spend tens of thousands of silver dollars to prepare the daily food. How much ready-made grass and grain does the County Lord's residence still have? Take out the excess, and let me distribute it to the soldiers and people fleeing into the city!"
The old butler shook his head and said, "In the past, both the eldest princess and the county lord were indeed extravagant and wasteful, but this time, when they fled, whether it was stolen by their people or robbed by people from the outside, there is not much left. The old enslaved person is now leading you to look at the side of the emperor's son-in-law, and you will decide what you can use!"
When they arrived at the granary, the grain that used to be piled up all over the place was now very little, as the old housekeeper had said. Ouyang Zhong went to the stables again to take a look. There was always still some grass to use. There was still a lot of firewood in the woodshed. He had some idea, so he told the old housekeeper: "You stay here. I'll call some people, so we'll stay here for the night tonight. You more or less pack out a few rooms. I'll let the generals who have already entered the city stay in."
Ouyang Zhong walked quickly outside. He suddenly realized that Xiao Feifei was still following him. He turned and said, "Xiao Feifei, wait here with the old housekeeper. I'll be right back." Then he turned around and continued to walk out, but he didn't realize that Xiao Feifei continued to follow, just like a little animal. Wherever he went, she followed. Ouyang Zhong sighed. This woman was probably scared by the previous encounter, afraid he and her father and brother would no longer want her.
Ouyang Zhong had no choice but to take Xiao Feifei Fayi and ride on a horse, looking around for subordinates to set up the arrangements. Ouyang Zhong made an appointment with everyone: no stealing and stealing, no seeing sex and forgetting righteousness, no plotting to kill. Those who violate the order will be chopped off without amnesty! Extraordinary times have to use extraordinary means; otherwise, how can we manage so many people? How can this order be rationalized?
Ouyang Zhong returned to Ouyang's residence, arranged work affairs with a few remaining clansmen, and asked people to open the barn to release grain, preparing for the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing tomorrow. After everything was taken care of, Ouyang Zhong returned to the small courtyard where he had lived for many years. He looked at the begonia tree, already showing some green, tender green buds spitting out tiny tips from the branches. This year, Ouyang Zhong will not see it bloom, right?
Ouyang Zhong gently stroked the tree trunk and branches, falling into memories. This was Linghu Xian's favorite tree in the past. When Linghu Xian first came to this courtyard, the tree was full of begonia flowers. At that time, he deliberately ignored her and played a song alone on the zither to tease and test Linghu Xian. I thought the high mountains and flowing water song, high and low, would let a six-year-old girl kneel on the cold ground aggrieved and cry out; I did not expect Fox Fresh to actually listen to the music into the enchantment and even look at the falling petals intoxicated smile.
There was also that time when Ouyang Zhong went out to meet young talents from various families; Linghu Xian was alone under the tree and danced freely with a sword while dancing and reciting poetry. Ouyang Zhong coincidentally bumped into this glimpse. Ouyang Zhong looked at Linghu Xian's colorful smile and the beads of crystal sweat on her flushed little face and was utterly stunned.
There were many other memories with Linghu Xian. They were master and servant, superior and subordinate. Still, they were even more friends, confidants, and family members who grew up together and loved couples who hung on to each other in their hearts with several generations of emotional entanglements. However, she was now gone.
At this point, Ouyang Zhong and Xiao Feifei are the same; they both lost the most important person in their lives, but the difference is that what Ouyang Zhong lost is a deep friendship that is still worth remembering, while what Xiao Feifei lost is a nightmare-like existence. One person's heart is complete because of the loss. The other person's heart is a wreck and a ruin because of the loss.
Xiao Fei Fei did not follow Ouyang Zhong closely but just stood aside at a distance of two arms. She watched Ouyang Zhong dumbfounded as he fell into deep thought under the tree and then looked at it; she stared straight at the begonia tree, followed Ouyang Zhong's example of caressing the trunk and branches, and hugged it tightly.
A scene that surprised Ouyang Zhong happened:
Xiao Feifei hugged the tree. Ouyang Zhong watched the tree branches flourish and birth countless begonia flowers. Begonia flowers quickly unfolded one by one; the petals blew with the wind and fell to the ground, filling the yard with fragrance. Then, the begonia flowers fell, the tree bore many begonia fruits, and the red begonia fruits ripened. This process is only a tea time. Ouyang Zhong hurriedly grabbed Xiao Fei Fei's hand and made her leave that tree. The hanging begonia fruits all fell off and returned to their earlier appearance.
Ouyang Zhong looked at Xiao Feifei with wide eyes and thought: could it be that this Xiao Feifei is also not human? Or is it the same as Linghu Xian? Are they all some exotics who have descended to the mortal world to experience the calamity? It was a pity that Xuan Mo was also nowhere to be found and could not be invited to discern. Ouyang Zhong subconsciously put Xiao Feifei's hand under his nose and smelled it. It smelled so good! He hadn't paid attention to floral fragrances before and couldn't tell what kind of flower aroma this was.
Noble women liked to apply fragrant powder, hair-scented oils, and the like on their bodies. Linghu Xian never had any powdery air on her body; instead, a fresh body odor came with a young girl. Ouyang Zhong had smelled this odor on Xiao Feifei's body before and thought it was just the rouge and water powder used by women, so he didn't pay much attention to it. Now, Xiao Feifei herself naturally generates this aroma.
Ouyang Zhong guessed in his heart, could she also be a demon?
If this is the case, he can explain why other people. After taking the so-called "immortal pills" of the demon path, they turned into zombies and had to be plucked out and decapitated to be able to control it. Xiao Feifei took his antidote pill and spat out a bunch of poisonous insects, but she only hurt her body and did not turn into a zombie. Her so-called madness was only a mental shock. She must not be average; keeping her by his side is good if she changes into something that will harm the earth. Ouyang Zhong can use that heavenly sword to chop her the first time to eliminate harm to the people.