Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter10
"What kind of scene was that! The swords clashed, the flames and candles flickered and danced wildly, shouts, killings, and screams rang out..." Axiu tremblingly described the terrifying scene, "While the warriors on both sides were fighting, We formed a group. My father and I sneaked out, killed two Zasak warriors, seized the horse and escaped from Dazhai, went to the grassland to ignite the beacon fire, asked Chechen Khan to send troops to help, and called the herdsmen of our tribe to counterattack... Who would have thought that Chechen Khan and Zazak Khan had negotiated in advance that one would occupy my stepmother and the other would occupy my grassland!"

"During the three-day and three-night flight to Gansu and Shanxi, my father and I were separated. Soon there was news that he was dead... I was alone, disguised as a refugee, and wanted to enter the pass to ask Bogda Khan to send troops. Unexpectedly, it fell into the hands of Wang Fuchen's defeated soldiers..." At this point, Axiu wiped away her tears, looked up at the sky and remained silent.After a while, he let out a long breath: "When I arrived in Beijing, I met Galdan's envoy again... I escaped here from Beijing and became a beggar!" Chen Huang and Axiu walked and talked, unconsciously. Back to Huangliangmeng Town.Chen Huang didn't realize that it was a bit difficult: it was absolutely impossible to let Axiu go back to beg for food, and it was not good to go to Congzhong together in the middle of the night, being alone.The two stopped at the same time.

"Mr. Chen," Axiu squatted down and said lazily, "please go back. I... I'm going back to the temple. I'm so happy tonight, to be able to confide in people... I... ...will remember you..."

Chen Huang looked at Axiu's back with some disappointment, pondered for a moment, and suddenly called out: "Ge——Axiu, please stay!"

Axiu turned around in the moonlight, her tattered clothes and black hair swayed slightly in the wind, like a holy jade beauty, she asked hesitantly: "Do you have anything else to say, sir?"

"You are a noble princess," Chen Huang said carefully, "You begging incognito like this is definitely not a long-term solution. You can neither recover your old business nor be worthy of your noble status. I treat you like a passer-by, isn't it? Husband’s act—can you condescend to live in the same hotel with me tonight, as a brother and sister. I will send you to Congzhong tomorrow morning, my good friend Gao Shiqi is very proud there, and I will always let you settle down first.” Axiu had seen Gao Shiqi's criticism of other people's poems in the daytime, so she couldn't help smiling, and said, "That Gaodan man you mentioned? That's a frivolous person!" "Answer your words," Chen Huang replied respectfully, " Slutty and unconstrained, the word 'frivolity' seems to be too harsh."

His respect suddenly made Axiu feel a little alienated, but she didn't know that by revealing her identity as "Ge Ge", a high wall had been built between the two of them.Axiu thought about it for a while, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll follow you."

The shop owner saw that Chen Huang came back with a woman in the middle of the night, and looked at it for a while with a lamp, but he didn't recognize that it was a beggar in the town. He smiled maliciously, and was about to ask, but Chen Huang said: " This is my cousin, who was kidnapped here. My uncle specially took care of her when I went to Beijing this time, but unexpectedly, I met her today, so I have to live here first tonight."

"Ah, good, good!" The shopkeeper had seen this kind of thing a lot.It is common for guests to go out to hunt pheasants and call prostitutes, but Chen Huang still calls himself "cousin", which makes people suspicious. He walked away and laughed, "Since you are here, you are the villain's God of Wealth. But... now It’s hard to find a private room—how can we kick out guests on weekdays? Don’t you think so, Mr. Chen?”

"Then... what do you think should be done?" Chen Huang fell into a dilemma for a while.

The shop owner didn't reply yet, but Axiu said: "He's my elder brother, it's okay to share the same room." The original intention of the shop owner was to extort a little more money from Chen Huang, to "drive out" others, and let Chen Huang rent another room. Listening to Axiu's words, he said, "Brothers and sisters did not avoid suspicion, but the two are 'cousin' brothers and sisters, and they are afraid of causing gossip--I won't say anything, the town patrol chief came to check the store, and the small ones are hard to explain. ah!"

Chen Huangyuan also wanted to spend more money to get another vacant room, but when he heard the word "gossip", he suddenly remembered that Axiu had been begging here for a while, and the "dumb" suddenly spoke, and things would get worse.Hearing that the owner of the shop seemed to be blackmailing, he took out the only twelve large silver ingots and threw them away, saying: "I have to spend the night like this tonight. Take this little silver and give it to my sister." Decent clothes, and the rest will be yours!"

"Oh, you spend so much money all the time, thank you for the small reward!" The boss smiled obsequiously, put the money in his face, thanked Qianer for the reward, opened the door and lit the lamp with his buttocks upside down, and soon came out from the back room Two sets of half-new and half-old clothes, wooden combs, mirrors and other utensils were brought, put them on the table, and smiled apologetically: "Hehe...it's really not respectful. These are the clothes of the villain's family as a dowry, and they only pass through a piece of water. , Miss, please use it as it is..." While speaking, she closed the door and went out.

There were only the two of them left in the house.Seeing her sitting by the bed, Chen Huang seemed to be at a loss as to staring at the candlelight, so he turned his back and said generously, "Please—sister, change clothes." Castor made a scratching sound, and it took a long time before Axiu smiled and said: "Bookworm, what are you doing standing there, come and sit down!"

When Chen Huang turned around, he was on the spot all of a sudden.Is this the beggar in tattered clothes, torn shoes, and black and gray mud all over his face?Axiu was originally beautiful by nature, but now she has changed into a water-red satin jacket and a lotus-colored pleated pomegranate skirt, reflecting the light, her hair looks like dark clouds and emerald greens, her temples are like new crows cut by a knife, and she sits with her chin on her back, making the whole room glow!Seeing her shy face, Chen Huang looked at her shyly, he couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat, he hurriedly lowered his head, walked slowly to the chair, took a book, and said in a low voice without looking at Axiu : "I... read a book here, please rest on your own..."

Axiu suppressed her smile. She had been devoted to Sinology in Mongolia, but she had been in the Central Plains for a few years. Although she didn't talk to people, she just watched with a cold eye, and she knew the customs of the Central Plains.

Seeing Chen Huang's tense face and uncomfortable body, she couldn't help but move in her heart: "This man is a sincere gentleman!" She sighed silently, and lay down on the bed with her clothes on.

That night, Chen Huang didn't see eye to eye, and he really read the book all night long.The wax tears piled high on the earthen candlestick.

"Smelly beggar" turned out to be "fragrant beauty".On the second day, when Gao Shiqi heard about this, he couldn't help but stumbled and repented: "This kind of love affair is just what I, Gao Shiqi, should have met. Why did I lose my eyes, and let Chen Huang, a dark water mouse, take advantage of it!" Regret Regretted, he postponed his trip for a day, and went to the silversmith in the town to buy a lying phoenix gold hairpin, a pair of silver bracelets, and bought two sets of tribute cloth materials, and one was very expensive at the time. Small rhombic glass mirror—a total of four-color meeting gifts.As soon as they returned to the Han Mansion, Han Chun and Xing Chong rushed out to welcome him. Seeing Gao Shiqi walking over, he stopped quickly and said with a smile, "Look quickly, Mr. Benedict, he has already picked him up, and he is doing homework with the old lady! My mother has already passed away." I recognize her as a righteous daughter." Gao Shiqi nodded with a smile, stepped up the steps and walked in.

"Girl...it's hard for you!" Han Liushi was sitting in the middle of the front hall, hugging the tear-stained Axiu to comfort her, "It's also thanks to Mr. Chen's insight! You have been here for almost two years, and my wife only looks at you." I'm so pitiful, I don't want to think about your life experience... Tsk tsk! These horrible things have only been said by Mr. Gushu before, and sung in plays. It's hard to believe..." Sitting on the side, Chen Huang saw that Liu Shi was so emotional, and there were tears in his eyes.

Axiu lost her mother since she was young, and has never been so loved by others. When she came to the Han family for the first time, she was sore, hot and comfortable when she was told by the old lady. He is a good person who accumulates virtue and does good deeds. He gave me clothes when I was cold, and food when I was hungry... Although I dare not say it, I remember all these things in my heart! Now that I come to your house, I would never Not going!"

"Good boy," the old lady Han rubbed Axiu, wiped her tears and smiled, "The fallen leaves must return to their roots. Even though mother is reluctant to part with you, Dali still understands. Wu Sangui who was stabbed has already been taken care of by Lord Long Live, and the court can never call you Suffering for a lifetime, is that also the land managed by the imperial court! In the future, you will have to go back, or marry someone, don’t forget that there is a mother here, and the mother will be satisfied!" Axiu closed her eyes and let the tears flow Dripping, coquettishly said: "If the Lord Long Live restores my fiefdom, I will take you over, just hug me all day long!" Han Liu said with a smile: "Don't kill my Yangshou, how can you not kill me?" Can you have such a great blessing? Besides, your son-in-law can't let my old lady occupy you!"

"My son-in-law!" Axiu raised her head, pointed at Chen Huang with a smile in her big bright eyes, and said, "Mother, ask him if he will let me..."

The old lady Han was stunned when she saw that Axiu was so generous. Although she was smart, capable and well-informed, she had never seen such a woman before, so she didn't know what to say.Chen Huang's face turned red to the base of his ears, he stood up helplessly, and said in a panic: "This... this is absolutely impossible." He immediately corrected, "I'm not saying it's bad, I mean... I've already done it. Have a family!" "What's the matter?" Axiu sat up straight, and said with a serious face, "You just bring her here..." At this point, she stopped, and she didn't say the next thing.

"Gege's deep love, people are not grass and trees, how can Chen Huang not know?" Chen Huang calmed down, and said, "I didn't know your identity, but now I know it. How dare you do indecent things?...My wife is gentle Respectful and thrifty, very virtuous. My career is to control rivers, and I have been wandering around the world all year round. I have been sorry for her. How can I bear to miss Gege’s youth again? What’s more important is that Gege wants to avenge her family and get back her old career. There is nothing I can do about it!" After hearing this, Axiu broke out of Han Liushi's embrace, stood up abruptly, thought for a long time, but felt that there was no way to do both, her tears flowed silently, she wiped them away, He said decisively again: "I... am your person, even if I wait until my hair turns gray, even if you travel all over the world, I will wait for you..."

The two of them were having a hard time talking when suddenly loud laughter came from outside the door.

(End of this chapter)