First break up the marriage, then give the marriage.

This set of procedures, the emperor and the queen are very skilled.

The unlucky people who were selected can only recognize them by pinching their noses. thought to just endure it, endure it and endure it, the days will pass.

The Zhang family gritted their teeth and held back. the Li family accepted it with tears... and the Chen family, the Gao family and other aristocratic families all expressed their gratitude to Dade.

What else can they do?

No matter how much blood drips in heart, must pretend to be happy on the surface.

Those children who were chosen to "sacrifice", no matter whether they wanted to or couldn't, were finally pushed onto horses or stuffed into sedan chairs to get married all the way.

No longer erupts in silence, and perishes in silence.

The girl of the Li family and the son of the Gao family were childhood sweethearts and the two were originally engaged. Recently, seeing that the momentum is not right, the two adults are also preparing to let the two get married in advance. 

But unfortunately, the out-of-tune couple stared at their home. At the Fanglin banquet in the palace, the queen's little cousin fell in love with the son of the Gao family.

Already engaged! It doesn't matter, it just so happens that the emperor's uncle's cousin's daughter-in-law has just died.

Mei said: If you marry a wife, she should marry a person, and it is better to have a pair wedding ceremony.

Finally, a pair of lovers were forced to have nowhere to go and chose to resist with their lives.

The poor two mothers cried all night.

Soft is afraid of hard, horizontal is afraid of death. Those who endure humiliation are also afraid of meeting those who are hot-headed.

The first few families who were given marriages finally endured, but then suddenly there was a big one. They didn't care about the consequences, gave up their family responsibilities, and forgot the "prosperity and loss" reason.

The aristocratic family shares weal and woe, and now the trouble has reached this point, all the teeth that everyone had broken and swallowed in their stomachs were all in vain.

Some were scolding, others were full of emotion.

The rabbit died and the fox was sad, Zhi Fenhui sighed.

The bright red blood came into view, like a warning and heralded their future ending.

The emperor's suspicion cannot be cured, the knife hanging over head cannot be taken back...

In an unremarkable house, several men are sitting together and drinking.

The burly man drank the strong wine in one breath, and then angrily smashed the wine cup in his hand towards the corner of the wall. "Crack!" The cup shattered to the ground.

"His grandma's!" The man was very angry.

"It's been such a suffocating day!" 

"It's too much to worry about the heavens and the earth, but also which wife I sleep with!"

The person on the side stood up and persuaded: "Brother Chen, be careful, you can't say this, you can't say it". 

The white-faced scholar sitting on the other side fiddled with the wine cup in his hand and said with a gloomy expression: "Then Brother Gao and Miss Li are also considered strong..."

Then, he laughed at himself. "It's not like us..."

"It's just a bird in a cage."

Thinking of the noisy days at home, couldn't sleep peacefully even at night. Beware of this, be careful of that, and don't know, when will such a day end...

The blood stains on the city walls have turned dark brown and the once lively imperial city has suddenly turned into a place where the rebels entered the city. Appearance, the streets and alleys are silent, the people are hiding at home and dare not go out. 

After learning about this, the two emperors and the empress were furious. They thought that these two families were playing the royal family's face, immediately ordered the nine families to be executed. 

Fortunately, there were still trusted ministers who persuaded him. Now, the public opinion of the people is not in favor of the emperor and the queen. At this juncture, killing the Gao family and the Li family is adding fuel to the fire!

Later, Shen Shixing, who was still coaxing his concubine in the backyard, and Xu Chengting who was sentenced to think behind closed doors at home, were hurriedly called into the palace to discuss countermeasures.

Not only those in the palace are trying to figure out how to deal with the aftermath, but the families outside the palace are also discussing their future way out behind their backs.

Should you continue to endure, or fight back?

**

Mountain Temple, the ancient bell rings.

In the back mountain, the round fat ball was chasing a pine cone that kept rolling forward in the snow.

Suddenly, the pinecone stopped.

The big black eyes stared at it tightly, the big fluffy tail behind him swayed gently. Then, aiming at the target, the chubby body swooped forward.

"Bang!" The pine cones were gone.

The fat squirrel's small head slammed into the snowdrift, leaving only its round body exposed. Two little paws wiggled helplessly, trying to pull his head out of the snowdrift.

In the end, all four limbs worked hard together, and finally let himself see the sun again.

Shaking off the snow particles on his head, his black eyes looked at the surrounding snow and couldn't wait to find his trophies. Finally saw the pinecone lying quietly beside me.

There was a burst of joy on the fat face, and hurriedly rushed forward. 

As a result, it was empty again. Pinecone seems to have grown legs and run. The fat squirrel didn't give up, so he chased it all the way until it reached the slope, and hurriedly pounced.

With tears in his eyes, he finally hugged. Feeling the real pine cones in his arms, a smile called happiness appeared on the face of the fat squirrel.

However, at this time, the fat squirrel and the pine cones were already hanging in the air.

The pine cones were tied with fishing lines, like bait, but instead of big fish, they caught fat squirrels. The body dragging the big tail shook a few times in the air.

Afterwards, the fat squirrel held the pine cone and was caught by the fishing line all the way up to the top of the hill.

Sure enough, he met a pair of big round black eyes.

Bai Nen's cute little doll smiled at it.

Then she turned her head and said to the person sitting beside her: "Who said pine cones can't be used as bait, look, I've caught it!"

The man wearing a bamboo hat turned his head to look over and saw the fishing line, The fat squirrel at the lower end was still holding the pine cone. a smile gliding across the star-like eyes. He said warmly to the little doll: 

"I was wrong. Although the pine cones can't fish, they can catch a fat squirrel." 

The little cub smiled brightly. Then, the big clear eyes blinked a few times and looked at the fat fairway: "It seems that this is the lunch I caught today." 

The fat squirrel hugged the pine cone and was shocked. It immediately wanted to run away, but the other party reacted faster. The fleshy little hand grabbed its big tail.

"What do you think I should eat? I know there are many ways to make fish, but what about squirrels?"

"Braised? Steamed? Deep-fried?"

Finally, Fat Ball gave up his struggle and lay down.

Tired, feel free.

The little doll laughed while talking. The silver bell-like laughter made people smile unconsciously.

Chen Ming looked at the cubs tenderly, and the corners of his mouth were full of smiles.

At this moment, the fishing rod in his hand moved, and he skillfully retracted the fishing line. After a while, a big fish was caught from the ice lake under the hillside.

Under the bamboo hat, he smiled and said, "It looks like I'm going to let it go for a while today." 

The cub stared at the chubby body of the fat squirrel with bright big eyes, and said softly: "Unfortunately..."

Fat Ball immediately hugged him. Turning over and sitting up with the pine cones he protested loudly. 

I know that you have been greedy for my body!

The cub snorted and turned her head away.

When the fish was caught, Chen Ming took the fishing rod. He stood up, holding the fish basket in one hand and the cub in the other and headed back to the hut. 

haven't touched a fishing rod for a long time, and my skills are rusty. Feeling the fleshy little hand in the palm, it is so warm and hot that it makes people reluctant to let go. 

In the snow, the cub was led by Chen Ming, walking a little crookedly, and her round black eyes kept looking at the footprints on the ground.

Big, small...

The little shoe stepped on the snow and immediately made a small footprint. Like discovering an interesting new game, she kept making her own footprints in the snow. 

Step on this, step on that.

The fat squirrel jumped aside with a pine cone.

It also left a series of small footprints.

One cub and one mouse seem to be more aggressive. If you step on a few, I will step on a few. If you step on mine, I will step on yours.

Chen Ming pulled the little doll that was jumping and jumping, and her figure was almost unstable. But he didn't make a sound to stop the little one who was in a hurry and just walked crookedly holding the little hand of the cub.

Outside the small courtyard, someone was waiting.

...

all the way is empty and silent.

Outside the meditation room, Chen Ming stopped.

He lowered his eyes, covering it with a shadow.

"Come in."

In the meditation room, the old abbot was meditating on the futon.

No one spoke.

After an unknown time, the closed door of the Zen room opened.

Chen Ming walked out, looked in the direction of the back mountain, remembered the fish soup still cooking in the pot, he rushed back immediately.

PeiPei sat in front of the threshold with chin on her hands, looked at the direction of the stove, and then turned her eyes to the outside of the small courtyard.

"I'm hungry."

Beside her, Fat Ball, who was struggling with Pinecone, suddenly stopped.

The cub spread her hands in front of it.

The fat squirrel looked reluctant, but couldn't help it. Reluctantly and tearfully, he put the peeled pine nuts on the cub's hand.

Woohoo -

Rat life is hard.

The cub snorted and disappeared.

There were hurried footsteps at the gate of the courtyard.

The familiar plain color appeared before me.

Chen Ming smiled at the cub: "I'm back."

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The author has something to say: "If you don't break out in silence, you will die in silence" - Lu Xun, "In Memory of Jun Liu Hezhen"