Ping An Biography

Xin Wei remembered the "flower language" of plum blossoms that Zhang Ning once said: elegant, refined, and loyal.But when this seemingly familiar environment hits her face, the plum blossoms in her memory don't feel that way at all.

...The group of people is getting closer and closer to a place called Guzhuang, which is the hometown Xin Wei mentioned.She said to Peach Blossom Fairy: "We are only staying in Guzhuang temporarily. If the news spreads through gossip, it will take a long time to reach the eyes and ears of the government. Reporting to the officer, that would be a little bad. Therefore, for the sake of caution, we should send people to take turns to set up secret posts at the intersection."

Peach Blossom Fairy felt that what she said was very reasonable, so she agreed to the proposal.There is a green hill opposite the intersection of entering and leaving Zhuangzi, and the secret sentry can be set up in that mountain forest; if you meet someone, you can say that someone has sprained your foot and go up the mountain to collect medicine.

A dozen or so people came to the intersection of entering the village. The road surface is relatively wide, but the dirt road is dusty when people and horses walk together.In the middle of the road, there is a memorial archway, built of stone and wood, with the word "Guzhuang" engraved on it.It was a local gentry landlord surnamed Gu who funded the construction, and named it after his surname; but not all the people in Guzhuang were surnamed Gu, Li, Zhang, Chen, and Lu were the most, and Xin Wei was originally surnamed Lu.

In Xin Wei's view, the surrounding hilly terrain and the pattern of pastoral roads have hardly changed in five years.There is also this archway, which is as old as before, and the handwriting is also a little blurry... The subtle appearance of a place can make her remember it so clearly, it can only be the hometown where she grew up.No matter where a person goes, it is difficult to get rid of the influence that this place once had on her. [

Xin Weiyi felt extremely complicated for a while.This time, everyone needed a place to hide temporarily, and she offered to come here because she really wanted to take the opportunity to come back and visit again.Returning to the old place, it has been five years since the last time.Five years may not be too long for an adult; but five years ago, Xin Wei was just over 12 years old, and when he walked out of here, he was ignorant of the world.

But the feeling at this time is slightly different from the memory. As soon as he walked under the archway, the scene that Xin Wei immediately remembered was the Chinese New Year.There is not so much dust on the road, but a lot of white snow, piled up on both sides, and broken ice in the middle.She lay on her father's back, the wind was strong, and she felt very cold; she was very hungry, and the smell of meat and vegetables wafted by the wind made her very hungry.

The fragrance of vegetables always comes from one direction, that is the Gu family's manor; she turned her head on her father's back and saw a few plum trees blooming in the snow, and the rich manor was behind the sparse plum blossoms, The line of sight is fragmented by branches.

Snow White and Plum Blossoms have been frozen in her heart, and they will always appear in dreams and memories.But Plum Blossom never made her feel the so-called elegance and refinement. Instead, it was full of sadness and sadness.

When she grew up, she gradually envied not only the meat dishes to satisfy her cravings, but also the warm house clothes. People are always changing slowly.In her ignorant eyes, the things on Gu Zhuang became the incarnation of beauty. The women who came out of it were always wearing beautiful clothes. In people's eyes, they both liked and revered them. In the lake, there are often small boats floating among the lotus leaves. The people in the boats neither fish nor pick lotus roots, but are very leisurely.The trees and roofs exposed from the high walls remind people of the different life inside.

When Xin Wei was in his teens, he often deliberately wanted to get close to the Gu Family Manor, yearning for another world there.Later, she came over and felt very comfortable just looking around, probably satisfying a momentary fantasy.

After her parents passed away one after another, the Gu family actually noticed little "Xin Wei" and discussed with her relatives to buy her.But the Gu family didn't want to buy a maid, but bought it and sent it to another place.Because the source of the local gentry's maids and domestic slaves is the least willing to buy a good family girl locally, which will damage their own reputation, and if something happens, they will have to face the troubles of their relatives nearby.

Several members of Xin Wei's family took the money, and Xin Wei left his hometown after that, and was first sent to the Fengyue Field in Nanjing to cultivate, and later escaped to the west in an accident, and was taken in by the evil spirits.

After several years of ups and downs, she grew up and gradually woke up from her childhood dream.Whether it's the prosperity of Nanjing or the wealth of big families, there is a chance to experience it, but none of them can belong to oneself.People are always greedily looking at her use value, age, appearance and no family members to make trouble, of course she will be accepted by the upper class, but after acceptance is not sharing, but plundering; Xin Wei saw through the process early on, If you give in, within a few years the only things you have will be squeezed out, and you will be abandoned, and you will return to a more miserable and hopeful situation than before.

She gradually understands a woman's strengths and weaknesses; when she is in a quiet state of mind when the prosperity is gone, she occasionally misses the warmth of a poor but sincere family when she was a child.So she got another chance to get promoted in the evil cult, and was chosen by Yao Ji as the white-clothed sword queen... She was pleasantly surprised at first, but soon regretted her intention to run away.The white-clothed sword attendant is respected and feared in the evil cult, and the salary is very high. The dream of being well-dressed, well-clothed, well-fed, and decent-looking when I was a child can already be realized, but what will I get in the end?It is almost impossible for women to start a family again, and in a few years, the life that ordinary people should be entitled to will become a luxury.

Now Xin Wei's appearance is still a little childish, she is the youngest in the group, but her mind has truly matured, and some middle-aged women in the evil spirit sect (Ministry of Internal Affairs) may not have ideas for her.Now her biggest dream after experiencing it is to have a wealthy family, to have children, her identity can be recognized by the world, and that man is within her control; a man can be talented and capable, but emotional But you have to be honest, it's better to be stupid in this aspect so that you can master it, let alone be easy to be snatched away by others.

Of course, this kind of perfect good thing is not easy, and she herself understands that it is unlikely, it is just her dream; but compared to her childhood thoughts, it is not the same.

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"Xin Wei, which way are we going?" Peach Blossom Fairy's words brought Xin Wei back to his senses, people were walking on a fork in the road.

Xin Wei pointed in the direction without hesitation: "The road on the right is to our village, and the road on the left is to Gu's family..." She turned her head to the left, and she had clearly seen the rich manor that she had longed for. .

For some reason, she was a little disappointed in an instant, because when she looked at the manor again, she suddenly felt very rustic.I heard that the master of the Gu family has a reputation as a student. Back then, the son was admitted to the status of a child student, and he was also a scholarly family; but at this time, it seems that the building of his courtyard is indeed no different from that of a rich man.A large flock of gray and black ducks were fed in the lake outside the door, and the duck feeders on the bank even threw them everywhere.There is a woman standing at the door, wearing bloated clothes, knocking melon seeds, and not far away, another young woman is washing clothes by the lake, the wooden mallet is crackling, there must be a lot of duck droppings on the water not far away .

Xin Wei recalled the situation in the palace of Chu, Yao Ji and others' words and deeds were completely different from that of the rich man in the country.

She no longer wants to visit the Gu family's manor, and there is nothing to see.Not long after, the group walked into the village on familiar roads. Xin Wei took Peach Blossom Fairy and others to find her "San Gong", an elder in the Lu family, and uncles and other relatives.

When she was sold to a brothel, did the relatives in the clan know about it?Or was he deceived by the Gu family?Guess, I guess Gu Jiamai would not tell the truth to the people in the clan, but most sane adults think about it a little bit, and they also know that there is nothing good about buying out of town... But to this day, Xin Wei no longer hates himself relatives, time can dilute a lot of things. [

A group of children playing were the most foresighted, and soon followed behind them. A little girl boldly chased after them and asked, "Are you shopkeepers?" Another boy with a snot nose shouted: "Why not?" Sugar radish!" There was another guy who came up to slap the horse's ass mischievously, and ran away screaming after a spanking, and the man who led the horse suddenly became less serious, turning his head and pretending to make faces to scare those little kids.

At this time, an attendant reminded him in a low voice: "Will the Gu family Jinshen who was not mentioned by Xin just now have anything to do with the government? Will they be at risk if they know the situation?" Peach Blossom Fairy said: "The root of that landlord is here. If you have a family and a business, if they want to find something to offend someone, they have to be a bit scruples... besides, didn't we arrange a spy?"

"Ma'am!?" Suddenly a woman's voice yelled, "Are you the aunt of the second aunt's family?"

Xin Wei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said: "Second Sister!"

The woman threw down the bucket and was so happy that she was about to jump up: "Haha, it's really old lady! You still recognize me!"

Everyone noticed the woman who was speaking, and by visual estimation she was 30 to [-] years old, but from Xin Wei's tone, she could be called the second younger sister, so maybe her real age was younger than Xin Wei's.The woman's hair was combed randomly on the top of her head and tied with a coarse cloth. Her face seemed to have not been washed, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be stains, and the crow's feet around her eyes were very obvious.

The woman was wearing a jacket skirt and an apron, but the stitching was very rough and the tailoring was not very particular, and there was a lot of dirt on it.The clothes of the people in the village are basically cut and sewn by themselves, as long as they can cover their bodies and keep warm; Not fat but looks bloated.

Comparing with the lapel robe worn by Xin Wei himself, although it is a masculine dress, it is cut carefully and thoughtfully, to bring out the lines of the figure as much as possible; the conservative style also has its own style.Her skin is fair, and the sideburns exposed under the square scarf are neatly combed, which looks like soft blue silk...Compared with the second sister from the same country, it is like the difference between silk and straw.

A woman dressed as a man, wearing only cotton cloth, looks like a fairy from another world.

Sure enough, the woman called Second Sister quickly asked, "Ma'am, are you married to a noble family?"

Xin Wei recounted what had already been discussed, that he and Peach Blossom Fairy were both concubines of a wealthy bureaucrat family surnamed Wang in the Taihu Prefecture of Nanzhili, and this time Enzhun came back to worship his ancestors.

After hearing this, the woman had a look of envy and hatred, and said that when she was a child, she used to play together, everyone was similar, and she regretted marrying Er Gouzi at the entrance of the village... As for whether she is a concubine or not, that is the so-called, people are very realistic , although it is not enough to laugh at the poor and not laugh at the prostitute, but there is nothing shameful about being a concubine.

Xin Wei asked if the "Three Dukes" were still there, and the woman enthusiastically wanted to take everyone there, but she left the work she was doing just now.