Ping An Biography

Pushing open the window in the post station, I saw spots of sunlight on the dry yellow sand under the low-hanging willow branches.A samurai in a wide-brimmed iron helmet is bending over a bundle of grass to watch a horse chew and eat; a man in a kerchief and robe is bowing to someone here.

Bai Fengjiao doesn't need to look far away, but the small scene in front of her is already very different from the feeling in Miaojiang.

In the room, the food had already been put on the table, and there were Miao envoy Long Da, who was on an envoy to Wuchang, and Long Er, the son of the leader of the Long family, who Bai Fengjiao was going to marry.But now the common people and the Long surname have easily reached a compromise, the marriage will continue, but the young lady will be re-selected from the Bai family to marry Long Er, and the two families will continue to join forces to deal with the threat of the Stone Man Sect.

Bai Fengjiao looked away from the window, and seeing Long Er's head was covered, she asked softly, "Have you calmed down yet?"

Long Er said: "I'm not angry, but I feel sorry for Sister Bai. We grew up together... What's so good about Wuchang, this place is not far away, that is, the place is flat and there are not so many mountains. The disadvantages are great. That's too much, we live a different life from the Han people, so why don't we ensure that they dislike one thing and another, and Sister Bai will not be wronged?"

The old man Long Da also chimed in: "Don't talk about Han people, they are also Miao people, and the mature seedlings outside the border village still don't like the raw seedlings."

Everyone is not very comfortable with this marriage. Bai Fengjiao is a famous beauty in Miaojiang, but she is always reluctant to marry a foreigner.Especially Long Er, although King Miao would choose another woman from the clan to marry him, but no matter how he chooses Long Er, he still feels that no one can compare to Bai Fengjiao.

"Prejudice?" Bai Fengjiao roughly expressed the meaning with a Miao word.

Long Da nodded and said, "Seeing the Han people in Miaojiang, I always feel that they are different from us. Our people should be similar in other places, anyway, they are outsiders."

Long Er pointed to his tall conical hat, which looked like a pile of cow dung, and said, "The Han military general who escorted us this morning is still laughing at this."

Bai Fengjiao was silent for a while, and looked Long Er up and down. This kid was dark and thin, but his face was fairly square, and his arms and legs were not crooked.She suddenly asked: "Long Er, do you really like sister?"

Even though the Miao woman was bold, there were Long Da and others on the spot. When Bai Fengjiao suddenly asked such direct words, Long Er was also a little embarrassed. He reached out and touched the back of his head, lowered his eyelids and nodded vigorously.

Seeing this, Bai Fengjiao said: "Do you dare to cut me off halfway, and there is a way to settle this matter?"

Long Da was surprised and said: "No, if Miss Bai repents, at least she must send someone back to tell King Miao and the leader of the Long family to make another plan! Long Er, do you remember what the leader said? You must not act recklessly!"

Then everyone fell silent.

So the group continued eastward under the escort of the Lizhou cavalry.Most of the days are sunny along the way, but the weather is relatively hot, and the itinerary should avoid noon and afternoon for a period of time, and the journey is safe and sound.

When we arrived at the southern city of Wuchang, we saw a row of muskets firing together on the city tower, like setting off firecrackers.Bai Fengjiao looked over from the carriage, and opened her eyes wide to look at the city tower in front of her. Such a tall and majestic building towered like a mountain. This was the first time she had seen the aura of a major town in the mainland.There is a stretch of houses outside the city tower, and I don't know how many people live here.

At this moment, a group of horses lined up from the gate of the city. They wore gold-plated fan-wing helmets, masks on their faces, and red riding and archery uniforms. The tight clothes showed the beautiful lines of women. Wearing a long sword and riding a tall horse, it is heroic and heroic like a beautiful scenery.

The accompanying Miao people looked at Xinqi strangely, and even the guards dispatched by Lizhou saw this group of female knights for the first time.When the horse team came to the front, a tall woman wearing a veiled hat dismounted and saluted, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs is here to welcome Princess Miao under the order of the noble concubine's wife."

Miao Shilong came out to greet him, asked and answered a few words with the Ministry of Internal Affairs in very jerky and heavily accented Chinese, and then re-boarded the carriage, and the female cavalry led the way into the city.

On the cross road in the middle of the city, people stood on both sides to watch. People heard the news that it was the princess of the Miao nationality. Many people had never been out of Wuchang in their lives. Naturally, they wanted to come and see the rumored Miao woman. what kind.It's a pity that I only saw a few well-covered carriages and nothing.However, those female knights who cleared the way also made the onlookers' trip worthwhile, and it was also a surprise to see them.Whenever princes and nobles go out, they can also see court ladies, but this is the first time I have seen a woman riding a horse and holding a sword in a grand manner in a large audience.

Someone in the crowd ostentatiously said to the people around: "The women's army from the Palace of the Chu Palace on the other side of Chayuan Street, except for the King of Chu and the current Emperor Jianwen, all the women in the palace are women!"

A group of people walked to the Wangjing Gate of the Chu Palace on Chayuan Street, and there were also a hundred or eighty people lined up at the gate. It was the palace guard of honor led by Zhou Zhong.It looks neat and mighty, but the real war troops are not so clean and tidy.

But Bai Fengjiao has gained a lot of knowledge, and men can be so particular about it.I saw this group of sergeants wearing brand-new flat uniforms with iron buttons, collars as white as snow, white gloves on their hands, and sabers on their waists. They stood upright like nobles.A young general with a thin figure and a low hat stepped forward and shouted in a fierce voice: "The palace is important, except for the Miao princess, no one is allowed to enter!" The illusion that if you don't close, you have to draw your sword and go all out.

At this moment, a group of people came out from the palace gate, a middle-aged civil official in red robes in front, and some officials in green and green robes behind him.The civil servant was much more friendly than the young general, and came up and said: "The old man Zheng Qia, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, came to meet the envoy Miao at the order of the King of Xiang. The envoy Miao can get off the car to meet, and the old man will send the envoy Miao to the official of the Ministry of Rites to stay first. Discuss important matters with court officials."

Miao made Long Da, Long Er and other people in strange costumes finally come down, and went forward to talk to Zheng Qia.The envoy Miao said face to face: "If only the princess is allowed to enter the palace alone, there will be no one around to take care of her."

Zheng Qia smiled and said: "Emissary Miao, don't worry, the old man told the general that he can bring his followers into the palace."

An official next to him said softly: "But you have to be searched, this is the rule of the palace." Long Da and others suddenly showed anger, "It's unreasonable!" Zheng Qia hurriedly said: "Don't worry, those who search women will She is a court lady, so there is absolutely no disrespect. The entrance and exit directions of the palace are very strict, and it is the same for everyone, and we have no intention of underestimating them."

Long Er yelled: "Why did Miss Bai enter the palace alone, let's stay in the guesthouse together and discuss things clearly!"

An official said: "This is not allowed. Princess Miaojiang will become a princess in the palace. She cannot stay in the ceremony officer casually. It is not proper. She must arrange a house in the palace."

The more Long Er spoke, the angrier he became, "We are not prisoners, we can live wherever we want!"

The official said coldly: "When you arrive in Wuchang, you have to obey our rules."

At this time, Zheng Qia stopped his subordinates and said to Long Er, "Don't hurt the righteousness for the sake of small things. The old man came forward and ordered an exception not to search the body. What do you think?"

"Master Zheng..." The subordinate was about to persuade, but Zheng Qia raised his hand to stop him: "This old man can afford it."

The envoy Miao agreed, and the two parties broke up unhappy.Bai Fengjiao's carriage was successfully sent into the palace gate, but because of the dispute that had just arrived, it cast a shadow on her heart, and she was not very happy.It stands to reason that Han people are very polite, so how can there be any reason to search the body as soon as a guest arrives?Could it be that on paper they said they were close to each other, but secretly they were still wary of the Miao people plotting to assassinate them?

The exquisite gardens and pavilions in the Chu Palace gradually attracted her attention again. It was a scene of wealth and grandeur. Reminiscent of the appearance of the guards before, Bai Fengjiao could see from several places that Zhang Ning's strength was much greater than before.Thinking about three years ago, he only had a few troops to occupy a small city to face the big enemy, and he even went to the Miao army camp to negotiate a peace.

She and her close attendant, Baijue, got off the car at a house by a lake, and immediately saw a dozen court ladies waiting there, curtsying on both sides.After that, Bai Fengjiao didn't have to worry about anything. Someone led her to the bedroom to rest, and someone brought hot water for her to take a bath and change clothes. Even the change of clothes was already prepared.What was prepared for her was a Hanfu made of silk. Bai Fengjiao didn't resist wearing this kind of clothes at first, but when she remembered what happened at the palace gate, she refused to change into this kind of clothes.

Not long after, someone came to report: "The king of Xiang is here, does Miss Bai want to go out to meet him?"

Bai Fengjiao touched her wet hair, and said in fluent Chinese: "I haven't packed it yet, you can bring him in and wait."

After a long time, she took her valet Baiju to the living room to meet people slowly.This Baiju has been with her since she was a child, and she is the most familiar and close person. A few years ago, she came out from hiding her identity and used a name casually, which was Baiju's name, but Baiju didn't go out with her that time.

Zhang Ning was sitting calmly on a chair drinking tea, and he didn't know how long he had been waiting.When he saw Bai Fengjiao, he stood up from his chair and looked him up and down.Bai Fengjiao looked up and bowed lightly, "Please forgive me for keeping King Xiang waiting for so long."

Zhang Ning shook his head and said: "Today I knew you were going to Wuchang, I didn't go out and waited in the palace for a whole day, waiting a little longer is nothing."

"Oh?" Bai Fengjiao lingered on him with a smile that was not a smile.

Zhang Ning said: "It's inconvenient for me to go out to pick you up in person. It's too publicized to do so, and it may not be a good thing." He said casually.The woman in front of him was a little strange, after all, he hadn't seen her for three years, and he didn't write to each other, and he didn't meet and get along for a long time before; but he seemed very familiar, he still remembered that she secretly tipped off the news in the Miao Army camp, regardless of the consequences. The sincerity of helping him, her smile and frown.

A part of her hair was wrapped with a cloth handkerchief on her head, and some wet black hair hung down on her temples, setting off a beautiful and smooth oval face, full of freshness like green mountains and green waters.It seems that even in deep mountains and dense forests, there will always be beautiful women. Bai Fengjiao can be regarded as a very beautiful woman wherever she is placed.If it weren't for the wide long dress with complex blue and red patterns on her body, some exotic silver and jade decorations, and huge earrings, she would look no different from a Han Chinese.

General Zhou did a good deed. Originally, Zhang Ning didn't expect to get this woman who was affectionate and righteous to him. Now he finally doesn't have to sigh when recalling regrets.