Ping An Biography

Because the king of Lunxiang or the king of Han in the south of the Yangtze River is currently unable to make arrangements for the northern crossing, the imperial court's defense of the river is very loose.The rivers and lakes have always been able to defend against large armies, not fine operations. If a river that stretches for thousands of miles is strictly controlled, it will take a lot of money.

Peach Blossom Fairy and a group of more than ten people set off from Wuchang and crossed the Yangtze River easily. As long as they are careful in the north, it is not too difficult.There is also a woman who is traveling with Xin Wei, who used to be a white-clothed bodyguard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.There are women together, and they take care of each other, and the other attendants are Confucius Wuhan Zi selected from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

They forged seals and other things in advance that could be used to confuse the real ones, but these things can only be prepared for emergencies, and they are not usually used. After all, they are fakes, and there are risks in taking them out.The Ming Dynasty legally forbids its people to leave their hometowns except for some specific people, so there is such a thing as a guide; but the actual situation is not so easy to control. , Where is there any official guideline, they are still running around all over the world.

What's more, the world is round, and there is more than one way to go.If there are few people, you can skip the official pass and choose a more difficult path.Just as the Dabie Mountains are a great obstacle to the mobilization of large groups of troops, the military can defend them as long as they guard the pass; however, if there are travelers in groups of three or four, it is also possible to cross the mountains and forests to avoid trouble.

Wuchang went to Yangzhou for more than 1000 miles, and a group of people prepared horses and set out on the road, and arrived in less than ten days.Yangzhou was not threatened by the military, and the city was not under martial law. Peach Blossom Fairy and others pretended to be traders and paid some money and went in. The two trucks of goods prepared in advance turned out to be in vain. .Mainly they entered the city in the morning, and there were too many people coming in and out of the city gates. Some lived outside the city and specialized in selling vegetables, meat and some stalls. Originally, there was nothing going on in the city recently, so the soldiers would not go one by one. Check, traffic jams.As for Lu Yin... Many people have never even seen the official, and they don't know what Lu Yin looks like. It must be a waste of time to investigate this thing. It's better to simply order the people inside and outside Yangzhou City to prohibit entering and leaving. [

Peach Blossom Fairy found an inn near the Beicheng River to stay in, so that she could observe the situation near the emperor's palace and see if there was a chance to contact the eunuch Wang Gou'er.But this kind of luck is too uncertain, so she decided to try to contact Yang Shiqi's daughter Luo Yaoniang; she wanted to get some help through her, after all, this woman is familiar with the local situation and officialdom.

When I first arrived in Guidi, everything was calm, and my worries and worries gradually got better.Peach Blossom Fairy didn't want to act recklessly, so she adopted a more careful method: she ran to a street in front of Yang's mansion to set up a stall selling mountain products, and waited for the rabbit.

Yangzhou is both familiar and unfamiliar to Peach Blossom Fairy. In the past, she trafficked and sold illegal salt in the territory of Yangzhou Prefecture and lived for many years.But this place does not belong to her after all, it is neither the hometown where she grew up, nor does she have a home here.Familiarity is because many memories have been left here.

Some things that were thought to be big at the time are very vague in recall, but on the contrary, it is easy for people to think of the crucial details.On a quiet night, an unforgettable face appeared in the villa. He said: This kind of fern grows on the tree, but it is harmful to the big tree and can save water. The two coexist.

What she likes is not the increase in knowledge, but the extremely gentle tone of his speech, the subtlety of the reasoning; and the impression of being very knowledgeable, which gives her a good impression.In front of this kind of person, Peach Blossom Fairy felt that she had received the utmost care.

The stall was very chatty, and while Peach Blossom Fairy was observing the situation, she accidentally saw tender grass growing under a rock.I remembered Zhang Ning's words when comforting Zhao Erniang again.

He said: Grasses and trees don't have long legs, they can't move by themselves, and they can't choose the land, which is much more difficult than human beings.A grass seed is unlucky and falls into the crevice of the rock. It will face a difficult living environment. There is only a little soil or stone chips and lack of water, but it still has to survive and bloom green leaves. When it sees the sun, it can tear the solid stone and grow out of it.An insignificant grass can do this, let alone a human being?

It seems that every plant and tree can arouse people's thoughts.

... In this state, Peach Blossom Fairy spent another few days, and the group made no progress.She came to Yangzhou with a mission, so she can't go on like this, after much deliberation, the only way to open the situation is through Luo Yaoniang.She was already ready to take the risk and go directly to Yang's mansion to post posts and try to meet up proactively.

Sure enough, the world is always in the dark, and at this moment, I finally found the sedan chair coming out of Yang's mansion. According to the guess from the female attendants, the person sitting in the sedan chair is most likely a female family member, and it may be Luo Yaoniang.

Peach Blossom Fairy immediately left someone to guard the booth, and followed behind.The sedan chair stopped at a silk weaving shop, and the person who came down from it was called Peach Blossom Fairy, her eyes lit up, and it was indeed Luo Yaoniang.

She followed into the shop, because she was wearing a veil to cover her face, Luo Yaoniang didn't notice her.The Peach Blossom Fairy slowly approached her, and Luo Yaoniang finally became alert. This girl is also a person who practiced martial arts and ran across the rivers and lakes. She really has a keen sense of smell.

"Miss Luo, don't be ill." Peach Blossom Fairy said softly.

Luo Yaoniang, who had already noticed her, turned her head, she was dressed like a wealthy family, but the luxurious silk and accessories on her body were plain in color, different from the gorgeousness of the people in the dust.Apply a little powder on the face without leaving any traces.However, Luo Yaoniang is already in her early twenties. I don’t know if she is married now, but she has a very different temperament from the average young lady. Her slender eyebrows that almost reach the hairline and the gaze in her eyes make her a little stressful. It seems that she is not good at first glance. Deal with the woman.

Peach Blossom Fairy gently lifted the veil in front of her face, believing that Luo Yaoniang would definitely recognize her.Peach Blossom Fairy's scar on her left cheekbone has been retouched, and it's really not easy for people who have known her to forget it.

"What is this girl doing?" Luo Yaoniang said a word.

This made Peach Blossom Fairy stunned, she doesn't remember herself?Impossible, it was Peach Blossom Fairy who went to look for her in the capital before.The situation was a bit beyond Peach Blossom Fairy's expectation, and she didn't know how to answer for a while, "Luo Xiaoniang..." Half of the sentence came out but there was no word for it.

Luo Yaoniang immediately greeted the young lady beside her: "Let's go."

Peach Blossom Fairy couldn't force her to stay, so she could only look at her leaving back in surprise and disappointment. [

For the time being, I had to go back to the inn to clean up the situation.Before that, I never thought about what would happen if Luo Yaoniang didn't recognize their situation, and Taohua Fairy mentioned what would happen if Luo Yaoniang betrayed herself, but Zhang Ning firmly believed that she would never do that; so he didn't think about it again After all, it is very risky to go deep into Yangzhou to do business, and there is no need to get entangled in a risk with a very low possibility.

"Is this woman already married?" Peach Blossom Fairy frowned, "If you have a husband's family, you will no longer want to take risks and have relations with our people."

Xin Wei, who was accompanying him, didn't understand the situation even more, so he couldn't strike up a conversation.

When an important person disconnected, Peach Blossom Fairy was helpless.Because this matter is combined with Jianwen's detailed work, there is no help from anyone... The people from Jianwen must have a stronghold in Yangzhou, and they will not give up activities in such an important place.

At the next night, everyone didn't think of a way, they didn't leave the room, and even asked the shopkeeper to deliver dinner to the room.

When it was getting dark, someone knocked on the door suddenly.Peach Blossom Fairy signaled to the attendants to ask questions first, and a woman's voice outside the door answered: "It's me, let me go in." Peach Blossom Fairy hurriedly asked someone to open the door.

I saw a man wearing a scholar's scarf uniform standing at the door. His hat was a "big hat", a bit like the iron helmet with a wide brim worn by the Ming army in the south, but it was made of cloth. Older people wear it when they go out.The big hat is pressed down very low, only the nose and mouth can be seen, and there is a thin layer of rouge on the lips, which is obviously a woman.

The woman walked in, and there was another person outside the door, who came alone.

She took off the hat on her head and revealed her face, it was indeed Luo Yaoniang.Luo Yaoniang looked back at the people on the left and right, and Peach Blossom Fairy understood it, and hurriedly said: "They are all from her own family." But she still asked everyone to go to another room to avoid it.

Only then did Luo Yaoniang say: "I was also a little surprised to see you suddenly during the day. But there are some things in the past few days, and I dare not meet you in that kind of place."

"What happened?" Peach Blossom Fairy asked.

Luo Yaoniang said: "Actually, it's not an accident, but my father's situation is not very good. Because there are rumors in the court, the hawks and dogs in Dongchang naturally have to keep an eye on my father. I was worried that there would be tails nearby when I went out, so I had to pretend not to know him. , I hope you don’t blame me.”

Peach Blossom Fairy breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought Miss Luo was married before, so I didn't want to recognize us."

"I'm not in such a hurry as some people. I started a family in a hurry..." Luo Yaoniang suddenly looked pale, "I heard that Yu Tingyi (Yu Qian) was captured in Huguang, and his wife went to the 'rebel' camp, and then He was released back. I sent someone to the capital to ask Mrs. Wu, and I found out that the man has married a wife and started a family!"

Hearing this, Peach Blossom Fairy understood that Luo Yaoniang still cared about Zhang Ning, otherwise she would not have sent someone to ask Mrs. Yu about the matter.But I heard from Zhang Ning that it was Luo Yaoniang who refused to elope because of Yang Shiqi's official career. If you think about it, even if she said that she is ruthless and ungrateful, she can't blame others...of course she can't blame her. There are a lot of worries, and you should think about yourself, it's human nature; on the contrary, it's a little strange that she can't forget someone who has gone on a different journey.

Luo Yaoniang was not particularly angry, and asked after a while: "You were ordered by Zhang Ping'an to come to Yangzhou, why?"

So Peach Blossom Fairy briefly told her story, and only agreed with Luo Yaoniang on how to contact her, but she didn't get a reply that she was willing to help.