Shicheng.

Chen Zhizhong was dismissed from his honor and returned home. With his status, he naturally felt like a fish in the water in Shicheng, and officials from all over the world came to pay their respects.

Chen Zhizhong came back home in glory, and the door was wide open to welcome visitors from all over the world.

He was forced to retire, but he was actually older. Although he was a little depressed, he felt quite relieved when he saw the elders in his hometown so supportively, and his life was quite comfortable.

Moreover, his concubine Zhang was pregnant with a child, which made him even more happy and diluted his sorrow of being stopped.

However, the concubine Zhang was about to give birth, but he heard some rumors, saying that the concubine Zhang had an affair with the servant, and the child in her belly was not Chen Zhizhong's own, which made Chen Zhizhong a little suspicious.

Chen Zhizhong found the butler to check the source of the news, and heard some more certain information among the servants at home, saying that in order to continue her wealth and prosperity after Chen Zhizhong's death, Zhang had an affair with a strong servant and wanted his mother to be noble by his son.

This is more credible, because Chen Zhizhong knew in his heart that his health was not very good, and things in the room were rare, so it would probably be difficult to get pregnant.

Moreover, he has no descendants and no successors. Once he dies, as a concubine, Zhang really has no way to stay in the Chen family and will usually be sold. Therefore, it is very normal for Zhang to want his mother to be rich by her son.

This incident made Chen Zhizhong very angry. He was so angry that he had a stroke and died within a few days.

Since Chen Zhizhong has no descendants, the Chen family will naturally come to handle the funeral.

When handling the funeral, a servant came out to prove that Chen Zhizhong's death was related to Zhang's family.

The clan people attached great importance to it and quickly checked it. They learned from the butler that Chen Zhizhong was pregnant because he knew that Zhang had an affair with an outsider, which led to Chen Zhizhong being angry to death.

The Chen family immediately set up a clan court to judge Zhang. Under the punishment, Zhang admitted to having an affair with his subordinates, but he did not speak out about who the subordinates were. In the end, the clan ruled that the Zhang family was soaked in the pig cage. As for Chen Zhizhong's family property, it became the ancestral property of the clan.

When Zhang, who was about to give birth, sank into the pond with the pig cage. Among the crowd of applauding, Cai Que quietly left.

As the former prime minister, Chen Zhizhong attached great importance to Chen Zhizhong's death, and it caused great debate because of his posthumous title.

Some people think that Chen Zhizhong served as the minister of Renzong, which was considered to be a meritorious person, and was very dedicated to Baidu. However, he was not good-natured, spoke concisely and straightforwardly, and he had few people to deal with guests, and even relatives did not talk and laugh calmly. You Jin Enze and the scholars and officials complained about him, and he did not recognize etiquette during the Ministry of Rites, which was simply a dereliction of duty. Therefore, Han Wei, Zhang Dong and others only gave him a posthumous title of Rongling.

However, Zhao Zhen still had a good impression of the prime minister who obeyed his words. He spoke to Chen Zhizhong: "Those who are not ignorant of me are the only ones who are not ignorant of me."

Seeing that no one supported him, Zhao Zhen used his privileges to give Chen Zhizhong a word of respect.

It can be said that he is quite honored behind him.

...

There is a small room in Ouyang Bian's yard, which is sealed on weekdays. On this day, Ouyang Bian opened the small room and lit incense and candles.

Ouyang Bian smiled for a long time at the spirit card with the little pomegranate's spiritual position, and then sobbed for a long time, then closed the small room again.

It seemed that nothing had happened, but Ouyang Bian's brows relaxed a little.

The next morning, Huang Haowen came to visit the same year.

The two of them exchanged greetings and then heard Huang Haowen talk about some interesting stories about Chen Zhizhong in Shicheng.

"...My classmate Cai Qu, Cai Chizheng, traveled through Shicheng, but unexpectedly heard an interesting thing.

...Ah, it is Chen Gonggong who is in charge of family affairs. It is said that Chen Gonggong's death is not that simple because his concubine Zhang had an affair with his subordinates!

Mr. Chen was angry to death because of this. Fortunately, the Chen family implemented the family law on Zhang and sank the pond, which was considered to have returned Mr. Chen to justice!"

Ouyang Bian's face was obscure, and he felt a sense of unity of hatred for the enemy: "Ah, Chen Gong was so unfortunate in his later years. Zhang deserves to die. Fortunately, the way of heaven is clear and he will not let a bad person escape!"

Huang Haowen also said sincerely: "Yes, yes, it's true that the way of heaven is so bright!"

Ouyang Bian sneered.

After Chen Zhizhong's death, the clan immediately used rumors to interrogate Zhang. Zhang quickly pleaded guilty and was buried in the pond. Chen Zhizhong's huge assets were classified as clan property. Is there any trick here? Isn't this clear enough?

But he didn't care, as if he asked unintentionally: "You just said that your classmate Cai Chi-zheng is said to be both talented and knowledgeable, so do you plan to take the exam this year?"

Huang Hao asked, "It's great to be honest and talented, but unfortunately his family was delayed by poverty, but this time he did take the exam."

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "I admire the people who have been striving for self-improvement the most. Huang Tongnian has 100 taels of silver here. Please help me give it to him. He has such a good talent and should come to Kaifeng to take the exam. I think he will definitely be able to pass the exam!"

Huang Haowenxi said: "What Zhuangyuan Gong said will definitely be fulfilled, so I would like to thank Zhuangyuan Gong for his kindness!"

Ouyang Bian smiled and nodded.

Huang Haowen left happily.

Ouyang Bian stood up, held his hands behind his back, and stood in the yard, with the cool moonlight falling.

Someone approached behind him.

Ouyang Bian knows who it is without having to look at it.

"Sister Bizhu..."

"Well..." The visitor nodded softly, with a strong nasal sound.

"I know everything today. Chen Zhizhong... is dead! His concubine Zhang... is sunk!"

Ouyang Bian turned around, Ouyang Bian under the moonlight was calm and gentle, but Bizhu felt a little chill and a little trembling.

"Silang..." Bizhu trembled in her voice.

Ouyang Bian took a deep breath, pointed to the lonely stars in the night sky, and smiled and said, "Did you see, Sister Pomegranate greet us in the sky."

Bizhu's tears slapped down, and for a while became a low whisper: "Silang, are we slaves so naive?"

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "No, everyone is human, it doesn't matter who is noble and who is cheap..."

He suddenly stopped and smiled bitterly for a while.

Where isn't it?

During the death of Xiao Pozuliu, the only ones in the court stared at Chen Zhizhong who was above him, not to help Xiao Pozuliu revenge, but to pull Chen Zhizhong off the stage, not for anything else, but because he couldn't stand Chen Zhizhong's bad background.

Although Zhang was sentenced to death, she did not go through court trials, but was a private court set up by the clan. There was no normal procedure and was tortured directly. She ignored the baby in her womb and forced Zhang to confess and then sank him... Who is more expensive and less valuable, can't you see clearly?

Although Zhang was Chen Zhizhong's pillow, he was still treated like a livestock. After all, his concubines were still slaves.

"...It will be fine in the future." Ouyang Bian didn't know how to face Bizhu.

Bizhu said sadly: "Actually, such a life may not be bad. In the countryside outside the city, those poor people want to become slaves but not. At least we still eat and wear warmly. They can usually barely support it, but in the year of disaster, even living is a luxury..."

Bizhu muttered softly, not caring whether Ouyang Bian listened or not, but just told her.

Ouyang Bian lowered his head and listened to Bizhu saying that when he was a child, in order not to starve to death, he had to pick up dry firewood at the age of four or five. He could sell it for a few cents and exchange it for a few taels of rough grain and cook some porridge to fill his stomach. He could barely survive.

The bitterness of Little Pomegranate is not only the bitterness of Little Pomegranate alone, but also the suffering of the people of the world. In the Song Dynasty and the great city of Bianjing, the nobles and scholars in the world looked like a dignified prosperous era, but there were countless citizens struggling on the brink of death.

This is the Song Dynasty.

There are rebellions every year, and there are great enemies every year. Like the stars of Mars, they light up in the boundless darkness and are extinguished. Larger flames arise and are extinguished again...

This is the so-called elegant Song Dynasty that later generations literati have praised!

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