Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 15
After hearing Wen Cheng's words, Shuo Zhijun didn't understand very much, so he asked for advice again and again.Wen Cheng said: "Prince Yu got two beautiful women when he returned to Pingjiangnan this time: one is Liu Sanji, who was originally a wealthy widow, and the king of Yu took it himself; the other is Song Yixiang, who was originally a court lady of Hongguang. These two Girl, not only is she good-looking, she is also very talented in writing."

Zhijun said: "How can the old man know about a woman's literary talent?"

Wen Cheng took out two pieces of paper with words from the drawer, and said to Zhijun, "You'll know it just by looking at it."

Zhijun took a look and saw that it was a letter from home, which said: mother told Fu Zhen'er to know: I was not born, and I was in danger.Sending Erhe Gan to the sun, but growing up, what is the pain!Since the seven beasts poisoned me, they captured me and went to the pine tree. Fortunately, the false mother returned, and depended on each other for sleep and food, and promised to send me back to Yu, so that the mother and child could be reunited.Unexpectedly, the name of the family member was registered, waiting to be dispatched to the province, and suddenly sent to Yeting, like a person who fell off a cliff, unable to fly.Huh, Jane!Up to this point, your mother is still able to endure in order to survive!Therefore, those who are lingering on their last breaths, suffering from embarrassment and setbacks without dying, try to tell Mrs. Zhang that you are a little bit of my blood.I was in Songjiang before, and I was surprised to hear that the villages in the Zhitang area were all destroyed by soldiers. I thought that the seven beasts had failed to do what they wanted, so they sent out their orders and took advantage of the situation.Your family is also an egg that broke the nest, but whether it is true or not, it is inevitable to be skeptical.Now that my book arrives and you have a handwritten letter, I know that you are fortunate not to die from the seven beasts; if my book arrives but you do not have a handwritten letter, then I know that it is your misfortune to die from the seven beasts.His life and death are determined by the piece of wood. He only looks after his return, and he worries about himself.If he humiliates me and makes me come down to Chen, using a whip, not only spitting on my face, but hitting my head on my chest, I won't be afraid even though my bones will be crushed.I have a high-resistance nature, and I refuse to serve others, but if I fight to the death, what can I do!Zhen'er, Zhen'er, don't worry about me.

Follow-up question: "Whose family letter is written so sadly?"

Wen Cheng said: "Is the writing still passable?"

Zhijun said: "If you are sincere and affectionate, every word, every tear, every tear and blood, what else can you say?"

Wen Cheng said, "Look at that one too."

Zhijun looked at that picture again, and saw that there were two poems of Qijue: the wind moved the river and the sky, the drums urged, and the flag lowered and fluttered, and the city of Fengfeng opened.

When the general dies in battle, the king's family will be killed, and the beauty will come soon.

The yellow dust in Guangmo is dark with crows on the temples, and the north wind blows and falls on the face.

Poor Yeyue Konghou Yin, who has been accompanied by Mujia several times in the dome.

Wen Cheng said: "You have seen it all. That letter from home was written by Liu Sanji to her girl; the two poems are written by Song Huixiang on the wall in the guest house."

Zhijun said: "That's really strange."

Wen Cheng said, "What's so strange?"

Zhijun said: "It can be seen that the prosperity of the country is not accidental."It has always been a sage in Yuyu, there is no auspicious things, there must be auspicious people, such as Xianglin, Ruifeng, Ganlu, Ganoderma lucidum, all kinds of things are auspicious.In this dynasty, Longxing, Liaoshen, and Taizu and Taizong's two generations of sages surpassed the three dynasties of Tang and Yu.Therefore, the spiritual and beautiful spirit of heaven and earth is not fond of things, but only of people; it is not fond of men, but only of women.

Otherwise, since the founding of the country, how come the few women who have appeared have been unique throughout the ages.The first current Empress Dowager, needless to say, is Yao and Shun among the women; Mrs. Chen of Pingxi Wang Wu's residence is also unparalleled. If Wu's residence is not for her, how can she be willing to borrow troops from this dynasty?Now Liu Sanji and Song Huixiang are all beautiful talents, they are both unique, and they are all recruited by Yu Mansion.Think about it, old man, what is this if it is not Renrui? "

Wen Cheng said with a smile: "It's just a good story for the founding of this dynasty. It's too muddy to say that he is Rui."

Zhijun said: "The empress dowager and the regent have turned against each other, what's the point?
"Wen Cheng said: "This time, two beauties were obtained by flattening the south of the Yangtze River. When Yu Wang returned to Beijing, he sent Song Huixiang to the regent.

The regent was so angry that he simply went back to the mansion to rest for the night, so there was a big trouble.The empress dowager scolded him for being short-lived and unconscionable, and asked him to return to power, and asked the emperor to govern himself.Now Prince Yu and other princes Baylor are reconciling on both sides, who don't know whether to reconcile or not? "

Zhijun said: "Prince Yu is somewhat wrong about this matter. Since you got it, why not take both of them, why give it away and make such a thing happen."

Wen Cheng said: "You don't know that this new Fujin is also very powerful. King Yu is a little bit jealous when he sees her."

Zhijun said: "Is this Liu Sanji actually promoted to Fujin?"

Wen Cheng said: "Of course it's Fujin."

It turns out that Liu Sanji was born in Renyang, Yuyi, with a family name in poetry and calligraphy, a family of rites and music, and his ancestors were Confucianists.San Ji was smart since she was a child, and she lost her mother at the age of six, so she would have to dress up.Lao Tzu taught her to read, and after reading it, she can compose poetry and literature, and she is very passable.

When I was ten years old, my father was gone again, and I lived by my brother and sister-in-law.His two elder brothers: the older one is named Gengyu, he is well-behaved and a gentleman, and the younger one is named Zhaozhou, but he is a man of sophistication.The two brothers treated the three seasons very affectionately.She was only born in three seasons, and her reputation of being smart and beautiful has already spread far and wide.In dozens of nearby villages, there is no one who does not know that she is a national beauty.There is also a strange thing, these three seasons are not only handsome in appearance, smart in temperament, but also very decisive. If you tell her what others can't do, with one word from her, all three sides will be flattened.Almost all the benefits of women in the world are taken.Therefore, at a young age, he has already helped his two sister-in-laws in housekeeping and managed them in an orderly manner.There is Huang Lianggong, the richest man in Yuyi, who is in his forties and has no ink, and his bank is full of gold and silver.Hearing that she had been beautiful for more than three seasons, she asked someone to come to Guan and say that she would marry her as his successor.Gengyu refused and scolded the matchmaker.Zhaozhou tried his best to persuade him to marry him, saying that the surname Huang is very rich, and it would be a pity to miss this marriage.Gengyu was stubborn and had no choice but to put it aside.

Coincidentally, this year, I suddenly got a rumor that the imperial court sent envoys to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to recruit women from the people.Towns and villages, families with daughters, are so frightened that they rush to get married. The young and the old look at the rich and the poor, and I don’t know how many marriages have been mismatched.It happened that Gengyu was acting as the curtain on the left side of the mountain again. Zhaozhou took advantage of this time and married Huang Lianggong to Sanji.When Gengyu came home, the uncooked rice was already ripe, so he couldn't think about it.Seeing that Liang Gong was old and vulgar in Sanji, he was very depressed.A year later, a girl was born, and San Ji liked to say: "This child is the pearl in my palm", because she named her Zhen'er, and loved her very much.Zhao Zhou's son Liu Qi, because Liang Gong had no heirs, was fostered in Huang's family all the year round.At the beginning of the third season, Liu Qi was promising, and he wanted to assign Zhen'er to him, continuing the line of Huang.How could he know that Liu Qi is a man who doesn't make progress, just blindly being brave and ruthless, wandering around with the country scoundrels every day, not doing any serious business.Three seasons scolded him several times, but did not change.Simply get angry out of your stomach and leave him alone.He gave Zhen'er the surname of Qian to Zhitang.The son-in-law is gentle and refined, and is extremely pleasing.The three seasons are the masters, and they simply recruited a family.Liu Qi knew that he didn't think much about it, and that the rascals were even worse than before.San Ji hated him so much that he kicked him out.

This year, Huang Lianggong died of illness. Liu Qi, dressed in filial piety and clinging to his weeping stick, went to cry in front of the coffin, desperately trying to claim the inheritance.San Ji called his family members together, bound Liu Qi, and threw him out the door.Liu Qi filled his chest with resentment and shouted: "If you don't take revenge, my surname is not Liu. If you don't take revenge, my surname is not Liu."

After a few days, Liu Qi really led many scoundrels, who came to rob with shameless faces.Thanks to the tight precautions, nothing was lost.

If you fall down, you will gain wisdom.Sanji was afraid that something else would happen to him, so he hurriedly discussed with Zhener to move to Zhitang to avoid the storm, so he asked Zhener to live in Zhitang and take care of income matters.I live at home and take care of the issue.It took five days to move everything from gold, silver and jewellery, to jewelry and clothes, to tables, stools, chairs and tables.After roughing, I was planning to get up the next day and go to Zhitang to live a happy life. I didn't know that there was no mercy, so I started it at night.Li Chengdong, a general of Gao Jie's department, was sent to the Qing Dynasty. Relying on the prestige of the new dynasty, he plundered and plundered all the cities and towns he passed.For a while, more than ten boats with women were taken captive, passed through Jiading, and were set on fire by the villagers of Jiading.Chengdong hated him so much that he vowed to plunder all the beauties in Wuzhong in order to repay his status.After breaking through Songjiang, they occupied the mansions of the gentry and rich, and placed all the women who were captured by the plunder in it.The king of Yu issued a general order, asking Chengdong to lead his headquarters, and to take Guangdong and Guangdong.Before Chengdong left, he ordered his confidantes to lead thousands of banner soldiers to stay behind in Songjiang. In fact, it was all for the sake of protecting women.

At this time, Liu Qi just voted under the flag and became a pawn. Because he said that the guard would rob Ren Yang Huang, he wanted to act as the village leader.The guard was overjoyed, so he sent a lieutenant general with five hundred troops to follow Liu Qi.San Ji is sitting with his maid Zhang Yu in the empty room, holding a candle and talking about the daily life.Suddenly the sound of gunfire shook the sky, and the wall collapsed. Hundreds of robbers with braids, shining light balls and torches, holding swords, halberds, knives and guns, swarmed in.The first kid, with a shaved head and long braids, was Liu Qi.Three seasons were shocked.Liu Qi sneered and said, "Good aunt, you only recognize your nephew today."

Before I finished a sentence, I saw everyone calling Liu Qi early.A soldier ran in and said viciously to Liu Qi: "Master asked you something. Why are the upstairs and downstairs empty? It's an empty house. You lied that Master is the richest man. Now that Master calls you, you go back by yourself."

Liu Qi was so shocked that his face turned pale, pointed at San Ji, and said to the soldier: "Brother, she is the master, just ask her. I dare not lie."

So I had three seasons to see the generals.General Pi saw three seasons of light make-up and plain clothes, rich and elegant, like a fairy, and said to the soldiers: "This is a Bodhisattva! Thanks to this, otherwise, how can I return to the general?"

All the soldiers said: "this guy is making us waste a trip. It's very disgusting. I beg the master to cure him."

The general said: "Then I have my own method, you send the Bodhisattva to the city first."

All the soldiers surrounded Sanji and wanted to go, and Mrs. Zhang shouted: "If you want to go, you must go together. That is my old master for many years."

General Pi sighed: "This old woman is just a servant, so she has such a sense of loyalty. Liu Qi has a blood relationship, and he is an aunt and nephew after all, but he has no conscience. Brothers, protect this master and servant! Take it easy and stop scaring them."

All the soldiers agreed, and surrounded the masters and servants of the three seasons and left.Here, General Pi scolded Liu Qi and told him to tie him up and throw him in an empty house. Before he left, he set fire to the house and burned him down.

But said that all the soldiers came to Songjiang for three seasons, and the guard saw her beautiful, smiled and said to his subordinates: "Then Li Shuai must be blessed to accept her, how can I be worthy?"

So the master and servant of the three seasons were placed in the big house, and they were provided with good food and vegetables every day.In this big house, there were two or three hundred women who were taken captive. They were jealous of each other and sympathized with each other.All the women are in trouble together, so they naturally love each other. Sanji missed her son-in-law and cried every day. All the women came to comfort each other.There is an old woman in the house, everyone calls her mother, who was hired by Cheng Dong to monitor the women.Treating the three seasons, he is very merciful, and often comforts the three seasons with good words.

The three seasons were in a cage, and they had nowhere to use their power, so it was better to live in it temporarily.

One day, after dinner, Sanji sat down and chatted with a few women in the same difficulty.Suddenly, the person called mother came in hurriedly and said to everyone: "It's not good, something bad happened to our master. The Nanjing prince's order came to search the family property. All the family members of this family must go to Nanjing and wait for the dispatch of our banner." .”

Then, two servants rushed in panting, and reported: "Master Hu has come in to pick up someone. Ladies, pack up quickly, I'm afraid we're about to leave."

I saw an official with a blue crown and flower feathers, with more than a dozen soldiers, striding in, looked at the crowd, and asked, "Are they all here?"

The one who called her mother replied with a smile: "Master Hu, there are 310 and [-] female family members in this mansion.

"Master Hu asked if there was any book. The mother smiled and said no. Master Hu ordered the roll call to make a book. The mother smiled and said "Yes," so she called the name. Master Hu sat in the middle, and the mother stood by Roll call. Mr. Hu looked at each of them one by one, and then registered them in the register.

The ones that have been ordered stand on the east side; the ones that have not been ordered stand on the west side.The name, place of origin, age, and appearance are all recorded in great detail.After finishing the order, we escorted the boat downstairs, sailed together, and headed straight for Nanjing.

The river and the sky are thousands of miles away, and the boat is full of spring.The wind was smooth and the boat was light, and it would have already arrived in five or seven days.When the ship arrives in Nanjing, first send people ashore and return.In an instant, officials were sent off the ship, and the order of the prince was passed on. Li Ni's family handed it over to Heidu for management, and Mr. Hu promised to obey the order.After sending the officials away, Master Hu said to everyone, "I'll take you to Heidu to hand over there."

Everyone said: "We are all good people's family members. You tartars took us captive to Songjiang, raised us in a house, and brought us here by boat. Now you are asking us to meet all the blacks and all the whites." Dutong, what are you worried about? What do you want us to do?"

Mr. Hu smiled and said: "So you were all kept in the dark. Let me tell you the truth, you are all Li Chengdong's family members. Li Chengdong must be the one who robbed you in the head, and he has nothing to do with us. Now Li Chengdong has rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and voted for him. It’s the Ming Dynasty. Prince Yu got angry and ordered his family property to be seized, and the family members mentioned Nanjing to wait for the dispatch of our banner.”

After listening to it, everyone understood.So he followed Master Hu to the Dutong Mansion.After turning back at the door, there was a message that Dutong had no time today, so he asked Mr. Hu to take them to the stable for a night before asking.Master Hu frowned and said, "The stable is very dirty, how can it be a good place to rest?"

The door said: "It doesn't matter if it's dirty or clean, it's the same order."

Master Hu hurriedly replied: "Yes, what the uncle said is true. I led them there."

Hearing this at the door, he didn't speak.

Master Hu turned to the crowd and said, "Come with me!"

As he said, he walked first, and everyone had to follow.After turning three or five turns, and about to arrive at the office, Master Hu stopped and said, "Here we are."

Everyone raised their heads and saw two dilapidated doors, one fell down and the other was still supporting. The wood showed a withered gray color, as if to show their weather-beaten appearance.Stepping through the gate is a desolate garden with ruined walls and broken wells, and Penglai is everywhere.The dry vines on the wall creaked strangely in the wind.There are a dozen or so horse sheds with no doors or windows, but a few logs supporting the roof, which is precariously crumbling in the wind.Everyone cried: "How is this place easy to live in?"

Master Hu said: "Who dares to reject the order of the general of the Black Capital. Fortunately, I am also with you. It may not mean that you are life, but I am not life."

Everyone had nothing to say, so they had to go to the stable together, and saw that the ground was full of horse dung, and there was no stool, the wind was strong, and the smoke, dust, and ash fell one after another.Everyone's feet are small and their bodies are tired. Standing in this place is really miserable.San Ji helped Mrs. Zhang to cry all night.

It was so easy to wait until dawn.The two servants hurried in, saying: "The grandma, the chief manager of the palace, is here. Mr. Hu, hurry up and serve, the grandma, who is in charge, is choosing someone according to the order of the prince.

"While speaking, the old lady in charge brought in a group of daughters-in-law and little girls. Mr. Hu hurriedly greeted him and called Qianer to serve him. The old lady asked the women to be divided into ten rows, and they were inspected one by one. Keep it, and those who are not selected will be handed over to the flag for reward. Although the old lady is old, she is in good spirits, and she is not too cumbersome to judge her head. It took a long time to choose thirty. The old lady ate it and checked it again. This one was too tall, that one was too short, half of them were picked out, and there were only a dozen people left. So I asked the little girl to put on her glasses, and called these ten people to the front. Look carefully, skin, hair, eyebrows, eyes, mouth, nose, fingers and arms, nowhere is missing, and the breasts are touched through the clothes to check their height.

After the election, only five people were selected.So these five people were led into a very exquisite room, and they were poured with good tea and served with very fine snacks, and they were asked attentively, and their voices were checked again.There was a person inside, with a slightly astringent pronunciation, and the old lady called out again.The first president selected four people, and Liu Sanji happened to be among them.The old lady smiled and said: "You are so lucky, you are all from the palace. I have asked Hei Du to pass on the sedan chair. If you have servants, you might as well bring them into the palace."

Everyone ignored it, San Ji listened, depressed and angry, angry, bitter tears rolled down like broken pearls.The old lady said: "Why are you crying? I will make you happy when I see the prince after a while."

While talking, the errand replied that the sedan chair was ready, and asked the old lady to show it.The old lady said: "Leave when everything is ready, what are you waiting for?"

So they all got into the sedan chair.

Mrs. Zhang followed the sedan chair for three seasons until she got off the sedan chair at the palace.The old lady went inside to report back.San Ji held on to Mrs. Zhang and said: "I am a widow's family, I have suffered a lot of humiliation, but I just want to meet Zhen'er. Now that I am in this place, it is impossible to meet her, so I have no choice but to died."

Speaking of this, my heart was sour, and tears flowed down my face.

Aunt Zhang also shed tears along with her.Two masters and servants were holding their heads and weeping in secret. The old lady came out earlier and said: "The prince is calling, you come in with me."

Then he instructed: "You are new to the mansion, and you don't know the rules. Let me teach you: when you see the prince, you have to kowtow. If you ask you to get up, get up, and don't cry. It's not for fun to be angry with the prince.

"At that moment, the four of them were led in. After passing through many noble houses, passing through many Budaolin Palaces, they arrived at the living place of King Yu. It turned out that this palace was the inner garden of Emperor Hongguang of the Ming Dynasty, so it was so majestic and majestic. The eunuch drew up the soft curtain, and when everyone entered, they saw a fat-bellied Sao Tartar sitting cross-legged on the kang. The table in front of the kang was full of food and wine, and five or six inner eunuchs were serving on the left and right. He was drinking with his mouth open. The old woman said, "Kneel quickly!It was the prince sitting on it. "

In those three seasons, the three women who just pretended not to hear it, and looked back at the same difficulty, have already fallen to the ground and feared the future.The old grandmother urged: "Liu Sanji, why don't you kneel down? Be careful, the prince is annoyed, kneel down!"

San Ji leaned her delicate body sideways, burst into tears, but still ignored her.The old lady was afraid that the prince would get angry, so she sweated for her, and looked back at the prince very kindly.King Yu Duoduo asked with a smile on his face, "You woman, where is your family name? How old are you? Do you have a husband?"

The old lady hurriedly said: "My lord asked, do you hear me? Come back quickly!"

San Ji burst into tears and said: "I am a widow in the folk family, and the Tartar soldiers took me here; because I couldn't let go of my own daughter, I didn't die.

Now that you force me so much, what do you want to do with your life?kill me quickly!kill me quickly!I am a good son and daughter, and I will never be reconciled to being a slave. "

As he said that, he slammed into the palace pillar.If you want to know the life of the three seasons, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.

(End of this chapter)