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crane and die: I still remember that I was reborn when
I was in love with a thrush. I married a mud-legged man who was looked down upon by everyone.
Because I know that he will ride the dragon and become the most noble man in the world.
And all I have to do is hold his thighs. When
I came to the door with my luggage in my arms, Zhao He obviously did not believe that I had come to get married.
On the one hand, my father is a big family in the town, rich and powerful, and on the other hand, I am only fourteen years old now, not old enough to get married.
But I am determined to stay in the Zhao family.
I dropped my luggage and sat on the ground, hugged Zhao He’s leg and shouted for my husband.
Zhao He’s face was black as coal, but I didn’t see it.
I only know that if I don’t stay with Zhao He today, I will die if I go back to the Jiang family. In fact,
I am not my father’s own, but the wrong child, the real daughter of the Jiang family is someone else.
When my mother was pregnant, she was robbed by bandits in the city and hid in the countryside. She happened to give birth to a child with a woman at the same time.
The woman saw that my mother was well-dressed, so she had a bad heart and switched the child. Years
later, my father looked at my growing face and suspected that my mother was stealing outside.
My mother has a million grievances in her heart. The more she looks at me, the more she dislikes me. She also suspects that I am not her own. After
sending someone to investigate, he was not his own. Before she died,
the woman admitted that she had switched her swaddling clothes, but she refused to say where the real daughter of the Jiang family was.
My father was so angry that he beat the woman to death and then took all his anger out on my mother.
My mother took her anger out on me again.
In a previous life, my mother beat me severely on this day, and then ordered me to kneel in the yard, and almost died after a night of cold.
The Jiang family doesn’t like me, and there’s no good end for me to stay there. The end of my last life is the evidence.
So in this life, I found Zhao He as soon as I opened my eyes.
Because I know he can be the emperor in the future.
Although he is now just a mud-legged man who collects protection money and is full of vulgarity, he can really be an emperor in the future.
If you hold his thigh tightly, you will have no worries about food and clothing, and you will never have to be beaten again.
Zhao He was very dissatisfied with my daughter-in-law who came to me on her own initiative.
He carried me back to the house like a chicken, and then said to me ferociously, “Do you believe that I will sew up your mouth if you cry again?”
I was scared, because in my previous life, Zhao He really did something to sew other people’s mouths.
It was a little maid of honor who was ordered by Zhao He to sew her mouth in public because she talked about his origin behind his back. After
that, no one dared to talk about him secretly.
I knew Zhao He had a bad temper, so I covered my mouth and nodded to him.
Zhao He said to me, “No matter what you do, when you’ve had enough, go back right away. Do you know what it means to get married?”
I protest. Of course I know what marrying means.
In my last life, I married a rich old man under the arrangement of my parents. After
half a year of marriage, the old man died, and the family’s money was divided up by several sons, but I didn’t have any money.
Although the time is a little short, at least I have been married.
I said to him with a serious face, “I will take care of you, cook for you, wash clothes, clean room, and give birth to your children.”
Zhao He didn’t know whether he was angry or amused by me, so he spurted out a mouthful of water.
He looked at me meaningfully. “Do you know what it’s like to have a baby?” Of course I know
that. I’ve been married before.
To show my determination, I stretched out my hand and untied my belt. “I’m in good health, and I can give you many children. The main thing is that you have to do your best.”
Zhao He jumped up in fright and restrained my movements.
“Are you crazy, taking off your clothes in a strange man’s house?”
I said, “You are not a strange man. You are the husband I want to marry. You can see.” The corners of
Zhao He’s mouth twitched. At the end of his patience,
he threw me out and said to me, “I won’t marry you. Don’t stay in my house. Go back quickly.” The
door closed, cutting off my last hope.
I squatted in place in frustration, wondering why Zhao He refused to marry me. I
think I look good. Every time Ah Niang goes crazy, she will twist my arm and call me a little fox spirit. This long skin is used to seduce people.
But why did the seduction fail this time? As
night fell, I had to go home, or I would freeze to death if I spent the night outside.
But I did not expect that I would marry Zhao He, so soon spread to the ears of my parents.
Niang stood in the doorway with a sullen face. As soon as she saw me, she rushed over and pinched the tender flesh on my arm and scolded me. “Little fox spirit, do you still know to come back?”? Why don’t you just spend the night at a man’s house? You’re not very old, but you know how to seduce men. I think your face should be destroyed!
A Niang was so mad that she pulled out the hairpin on her head and was about to come at me.
At the critical moment, a pair of hands stopped her.
My father pushed my mother away and angrily scolded her. Then he looked at me with a smile and said, “My daughter has grown up, and she wants to get married before she gets married. It’s a pity that she hasn’t grown up yet.” There was a wave of nausea in
my stomach, and I ran away without looking back.
Hiding in the shabby hut, I covered myself with a thin quilt and curled up. After
two lifetimes, I still don’t know what I did wrong to be treated like this.
Because they never got their daughter back?
But it’s not my fault.
I can’t resist these two people. The only thing I can do is to run away from here.
Zhao He is my only way out.
The next day I went to see Zhao He again. He was collecting protection money in the downtown street. When
several beggars saw me coming, they immediately heckled and circled around me, calling for their sister-in-law. Zhao He’s face was black again.
He picked up the pumpkin next to him and threw it at the beggar. “Watch your mouth. When did I say I was going to marry her?” He warned.
Then he took out two pennies from his bosom and threw them to the vendor who sold pumpkins.
I know. He’s a good man. Although
Zhao He was a local snake, he really defended the safety of thousands of people in Junyang town.
Junyang Linshan, the terrain twists and turns, surrounded by bandits and horse thieves everywhere.
With Zhao He, these mountain bandits dare not go to Junyang town, so everyone is willing to pay protection money to him.
And Zhao He never overcharged, nor was he greedy for anyone’s petty advantages, as much as he should.
Come and go, Zhao He’s reputation in the town is very good.
Not only me, but many girls want to marry him.
It’s just that they’re not as bold as I am, and they come to me directly.
I hugged Zhao He’s thigh and said loudly, “You have seen my body yesterday. I am your man now. You must marry me.”
Zhao He was so angry that his eyes widened.
Then he covered my mouth with nonsense and said ferociously, “Are you talking nonsense again?”
My face was strangled with pain, and tears as big as beans fell down. Zhao He was annoyed by my crying and strode away.
I wiped away my tears and hurried to catch up.
Zhao He quickened his pace and walked forward. I ran behind with short legs, and the distance was getting farther and farther.
I ran out of breath and couldn’t keep up with Zhao He’s pace.
Suddenly, he twisted his foot and fell heavily.
I cried out in pain, and then looked up, Zhao He had disappeared, sitting on the ground uncomfortable, palms bloody. After
two lifetimes, I’m still miserable.
Can it be of any use? Do you cry because of this little wound?
Zhao He’s voice sounded from the top of his head, and he was looking at me with a look of disgust. Ignoring the mud and blood stains on my body,
I grabbed his clothes for fear that he would run away again.
“Are you so unwilling to marry me?” I was
so wronged that I cried. The more I cried, the louder I cried. The more I cried, the more wronged I was. Finally, I couldn’t stop.
Chao Ho’s face grew restless, and finally he said impatiently, “Don’t cry, I’ll marry you!”
My crying stopped abruptly.
Zhao He seemed to realize what he had said, and he was a little angry and pulled me home. As the
candle flickered, Chao Ho saw the wound under my sleeve and asked, “Did your parents beat me?”
I nodded.
His pretty eyes were tinged with scarlet, and he spat.
“Not a thing!”
Zhao He gave me the medicine, and when I saw that he was no longer angry, I asked in a low voice, “You just said you were going to marry me. Is that true?”
Zhao He pushed me away and said impatiently, “Would you like to marry me, a poor man?”
I shook my head, and Zhao He’s face suddenly darkened.
I said, “I’m not a rich lady, and you’re not a poor man. You must be very promising in the future.”
Chao Ho laughed and crossed his legs. “The little girl is quite good at praising people.”
That night, I stayed and became Zhao He’s daughter-in-law. Child brides
, to be exact. The life of a
child bride is much more comfortable than in the Jiang family.
I can sleep until the rooster crows and then get up, then clean up the yard and cook.
Zhao He’s yard is small, and it only takes less than hour to finish this. There is still a lot of spare time left, so I washed the dirty clothes he left in the backyard.
Zhao He got up and stared at the dust-free room. When my
eyes fell on my hands, which were red with cold, Chao Ho’s face sulked. “Who told you to do this?” Startled,
I thought I hadn’t done a good job and quickly apologized.
At Jiang’s house, I had to get up before dawn every day to clean whole yard, and if there was a little unclean place, I would be severely whipped.
I forgot that Zhao He would not hit me.
He grabbed my hand ferociously and put it in his arms.
“You won’t have to do any of these things in the future. I don’t need you to serve me.”
Warm body temperature came over, and my frozen hands gradually regained consciousness. It turned out that he was not angry with me.
I laughed out loud. “Zhao He, you are really a good man.”
Zhao He glared at me, then threw away my warm hand and said ferociously, “Who said I was good to you? I just don’t want to spread the word that I abused children.”
I laughed more happily. I
just sat down, and my mother rushed over.
She was so angry that she grabbed me by the hair and beat and scolded me like crazy.
I was so frightened that I saw Zhao He bounce up from the stool, kick Ah Niang away, and protect me behind me.
Where did the crazy woman go crazy in front of my door? Do you believe I’ll cripple your arm if you do it again?
Niang, bleeding from the corners of her mouth, lay on the ground crying and making noise, attracting many onlookers.
I know Zhao He doesn’t like to be watched. He must be angry.
Angry Zhao He is terrible. Without saying anything,
he picked up Ah Niang on the ground and went to the river and threw her down. Everyone
was startled and rushed to save people.
Zhao He, however, stood in front of the crowd with a gloomy face and threatened, “If anyone dares to save this crazy woman, I’ll throw him down with him!” No one dares to move
again.
Fortunately, my mother knew how to swim, and the water by the river was not deep, so she flopped and climbed up. After
being blistered, Ah Niang seemed to know that she was afraid and dared not approach Zhao He any more. She only glared at me ferociously and then left.
Back home, I looked at the blood stains on Zhao He’s hands, which were cut by Ah Niang, and hid in the corner in fear.
I didn’t expect that Ah Niang could still find her when she was hiding far away.
Zhao He’s anger has not yet disappeared, sitting on the edge of the bed looking at me, the strong muscles on his arms bulging, as if to pick me up and beat me at any time.
I’m more afraid. When
Chao Ho saw what I looked like, he angrily took out the medicine bottle from the drawer and said in a gruff voice, “I didn’t see that your husband was hurt. Won’t he come up and bandage it?”
I was afraid that he would hit me, and I was even more afraid that his disobedience would make him angry.
In my previous life, my crazy mother once went to my husband’s house to make trouble, and then I was severely beaten. Memories of
past lives kept flashing back, and I was terrified.
I picked up the ointment and applied it to him. As soon as my cold fingertips touched the wound, I felt Zhao He tremble.
I was so frightened that I quickly apologized, and the ointment in my hand was accidentally broken. I heard Zhao He say
before that this ointment is very expensive and I can’t afford it.
I quickly knelt down, but was pulled by Zhao He.
“What are you doing?”
Zhao He looked at me angrily, saw me crying constantly, and raised his hand irritably.
I subconsciously covered my face. Stunned,
Chao Ho suddenly let go of me. “Are you afraid I’ll hit you?” When
I didn’t say anything, Chao Ho got even angrier. He stood up from the bed and said, “I’ve been in Junyang for so many years. When did you go out and ask about beating a woman?”
“Are you treating me like this?”
My reason slowly returned, and I forced myself to calm down. “Really?” I asked, choking with sobs.
Zhao He sighed, sat down and said, “Really.” The tears
I just held back flowed down again.
Zhao He could do nothing with me. He raised his hand to wipe away my tears and said swearingly, “If you cry, you only know how to cry. If you don’t know, you think I really hit you. Why are you so fond of crying?”
After this incident, Zhao He knew that I had a miserable life before.
Probably pity me, Zhao He never let me work again, even cooking is his own hands.
Zhao He’s cooking skills are very good, and he will give me a lot of rice, and he will put most of the meat in the bowl into my bowl.
“You are too thin. Eat more, so others won’t say I mistreat you.”
After dinner, Zhao He will take me out to collect protection money. After Ah Niang came to make trouble
last time, he didn’t dare to leave me at home alone and took me everywhere. When I came to the busy street
again, it was the group of beggars again, but this time they surrounded me and called me sister-in-law openly.
Zhao He kicked me and pointed at me and said, “Your sister-in-law is timid. Don’t frighten her.”. If you see her being bullied in the future, don’t worry about who it is, just go up and do it. There was a burst of heckling
all around, and my ears were red.
With the protection of Zhao He, no one dared to bully me. When I buy vegetables
on the street, I can also meet a kind vendor who gives me a bundle of side dishes.
I was afraid of breaking Zhao He’s principle, so I didn’t dare to accept it at all.
That day Zhao He’s brothers heckled, saying that I was a rich lady before, and now I run away from home and live a hard life with him, when can I marry someone fair and square. After
returning, Zhao He asked me about my birthday.
“When you get married, I’ll go to your house to propose marriage, and I’ll carry eight palanquins to marry you back.”
I quickly shook my head, his brothers did not know, but Zhao He understood that I had never been a young lady.
There is no need to lift eight big palanquins.
Zhao He ignored my refusal and put me on the bed, threatening me to sleep.
And went to another room.
I lived in Zhao He’s house for more than half a year, and he never touched me. After
that, Zhao He was very busy every day and could only ask his brothers to take care of me. When I finished my work
during the day, I had nothing to do, so I asked my brothers to help me put up a fence after planting some vegetable seedlings from my neighbors.
A group of young men were young and vigorous, and asked me how I had taken a fancy to Zhao He.
“What’s good about Brother Chao?”
I lowered my head and counted in my heart that Zhao He had many advantages.
“You’re good-looking, you can protect people, you don’t beat me, and you can cook well.”
“The most important thing is that he can become emperor in the future.”
I chatted for a while, but I spoke my mind directly.
The brothers were clearly incredulous and burst out laughing. “When the emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, sister-in-law, aren’t you afraid that Brother Chao will fall under the spell of another woman?”
I don’t talk anymore.
The emperor is destined to have three palaces and six courtyards, which is nothing.
He’s already fine.
No more greed.
But recently, Zhao He came home later and later, and sometimes he didn’t come back all night. The meal
I cooked was cold and hot, hot and cold, and I didn’t see the shadow of Zhao He until dawn.
I wanted to ask him what he had done, but when I smelled the fragrance of his body, my throat seemed to be blocked and I couldn’t ask.
In my previous life, my husband, who lingered in romantic places, often carried this sweet and greasy smell of powder on his body. Seeing that I didn’t look well,
Zhao He rudely pushed me into the room. “Who told you to wait for me?”? Stay at home and go to sleep.
I tossed and turned and couldn’t sleep. I got up and saw Zhao He sitting at the table, eating a big bowl of rice with the cold dishes.
I suddenly felt that it was enough.
That’s enough.
That day, Zhao He didn’t go out again. I guess he had something to say to me.
I bit my lower lip and hesitated for a moment. “If you like her, it’s all right to bring her back.”
Zhao He was stunned.
“What did you say?”
I grabbed the corner of my coat and whispered, “You’ve been..” Always go out early and come back late, and have the smell of women’s powder on their bodies. I don’t mind that. If you really like that girl, bring her back, and I’ll get along with her.
Having said that, my tears rolled down.
Zhao Heqi got up from the stool and glared at me, unable to say a word.
He was probably really angry with me and rummaged through boxes and cupboards to find something. I couldn’t
figure out what he meant. I wondered if he was going to find something to hit me, or pack my luggage and tell me to get out.
However, Zhao He just took out a jar from under the bed and put it on the table.
“See for yourself what this is!”
I leaned over and saw that it was full of coppers and broken silver.
This should be all the assets of Zhao He.
I really didn’t understand what he meant, so I looked at him blankly. Pointing to the jar of silver,
Zhao He said, “This is my betrothal gift for marrying you.”
I was too surprised to speak.
He asked me again, “Do you remember what day it is today?”
I tried to recall the next, only to remember that today is the third day of July, my birthday.
I’ve met my deadline.
Zhao He once said, “When I get married, I will use the eight-lift sedan chair to marry my matchmaker.”.
It turned out that he was making money by going out early and coming back late these days. The smell of powder on
his body was only caught because he helped the owner of the Rouge shop move the goods.
I laughed so happily that I couldn’t stop my tears.
Zhao He cursed and wiped my tears, saying, “I’m really a little heartless. I’m working so hard outside, but you suspect me of stealing. When did it start?”? A careful mind is quite good at hiding?
I put my arms around him. After
two lifetimes, Zhao He is the only one who is good to me. I will never meet such a person as Zhao He in my
lifetime.
Zhao He’s body stiffened and pushed awkwardly. “What are you doing?” Don’t wipe your tears on me. If you get them dirty, you’ll have to wash my clothes!
I won’t let go.
The next day, Zhao He took me to Jiang’s home.
This is the first time I have returned to Jiang’s home since I left home for half a year.
So long did not come back, the original fear is still there, like a curse left in the yard.
I shrank in fear and hid behind Zhao He. When
my father saw Zhao He, he smiled contemptuously, and when he heard that he had come to marry me, he was even more disdainful.
Lao Tzu has raised a daughter for so long, and you want to marry her with this little money? Dream
My father’s attitude of opening his mouth was obviously trying to blackmail Zhao He.
He won’t agree with me to marry Zhao He.
Because the old man in town wants to buy me for a hundred taels.
If Zhao He can’t afford one hundred and twenty, my father won’t stop. I shouldn’t have come
this time. I was so anxious that I cried. I was afraid that I would never leave here again. When
Chao Ho saw me crying, he took out a knife and slapped it on the table. “If you agree today, you have to agree. If you don’t agree, you have to agree. I’m not talking to you!” He threatened.
My dad was scared by him.
Zhao He did not wait for him to speak, as if he agreed, led me away. We had a simple wedding
in the evening.
The courtyard was decorated by Zhao He’s brothers and neighbors, and the bright red color was particularly festive. Wearing the wedding dress sent by the tailor shop owner,
I stood nervously beside Zhao He and almost tripped over my left foot and fell over my right foot.
Chao Ho took me by the arm and whispered, “You little idiot, you can’t even walk well.”
“Stupid as hell.”
My face is red.
The next day, I almost couldn’t get out of bed. When I
go out, everyone calls me Lady Zhao.
I looked at the empty jar of savings, thinking that if it wasn’t for marrying me, Zhao He wouldn’t have spent all his money.
I have to find a way to support my family. After I was driven out by the old man’s sons and daughters in my
last life, I had nowhere to go and became a palace maid.
He stayed for five years until the palace changed ownership, and then he knew that the new emperor was Zhao He.
My only skill is washing, cooking and cleaning.
I found Aunt Zhao and asked her if there was any work for people to wash and sew. Aunt
Zhao had some connections and soon brought me work.
When Zhao He went out during the day, I washed and sewed clothes in the yard. When Chao Ho came back in the
evening, he saw my hands, which were red with cold, and the needle marks I had accidentally pricked. He was furious. “Who told you to do this?”. I
was afraid he would be angry, so I whispered, “I want to make money.”
“Can’t I afford you?”
I quickly shook my head. “No, it’s just that I made you spend so much money, and I want to earn it back.”. We have to save money. We have to save a lot of money. We will definitely need money in the future.
I didn’t say. There’s a war in less than three months.
Last life is this war, has been fought to the foot of the imperial city, will change the world.
When the time comes, the world will be in chaos, and we can’t live without money.
Zhao He didn’t know this, but he didn’t shout at me again.
He took me by the hand and put it in his arms, warning me ferociously, “Don’t make money in this way in the future. What should I do if I freeze?”
Three months later, the war reached the town of Junyang. The insurrectionary army
from the north all the way south, everywhere to absorb fresh blood, to the town of Junyang the first one is Zhao He.
Zhao He is bold and capable, and he has a group of brothers. Half of the bloody men
in Junyang town listen to Zhao He.
Absorb Zhao He, the insurrectionary army will be doubled.
But Zhao He looked down on this scattered militia. When
Wang Sheng found Zhao He, Zhao He was busy planting peach trees for me and watering the vegetables in the yard. Hiding in the room,
I heard Wang Sheng make a lot of impassioned speeches, probably meaning that your majesty is heartless and cruel to the loyal and good, and they want to end this dark Dynasty. When
Chao Ho heard this, he said only one word: “Get out.”
“I have a daughter-in-law. It’s not like you guys. Don’t you see I’m planting peach trees for my daughter-in-law?”
Wang Sheng was speechless. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and said, “The town of Junyang is still calm today. That’s because there are too many guards above.”. But just last month, the prefect was demoted and demoted, and will soon leave Junyang. When the time comes, will you still be able to live a carefree life with your wife today?
Zhao He stopped.
At night, I picked up food for Zhao He and whispered, “Let’s go with Wang Sheng.”
Zhao He looked at me in surprise.
Originally, I thought Zhao He would promise Wang Sheng without hesitation.
Because that’s what happened in my last life.
But I didn’t think that because I married Zhao He, he hesitated. He should not miss the road of kingship that
belongs to him.
Besides, Wang Sheng is right. In
less than a month, when the new Satrap takes office, life in Junyang town will be turned upside down.
I said, “I’m not afraid of hardship or death. I can go anywhere as long as I can be with you.”
I became the only woman in this rebel army.
Wang Sheng suggested that I stay in Junyang, because the days of marching are not easy, and sometimes they don’t even have enough to eat.
But I insisted on staying. On the day I
left, I buried a purse under the peach tree planted by Zhao He. There is a wish of mine hidden
in it.
A small, insignificant wish.
Zhao He asked me what was inside, and I only said that I would know when I returned to Junyang in the future. The days of the
March were particularly difficult.
During the day, he could only eat wild vegetables, just a few dry and hard steamed buns, barely starving to death.
I wanted to do something within my power, so I picked up my sleeve and made a fire, boiled the wild vegetables into soup, and soaked the steamed buns to eat.
In this way, even the dry and hard steamed buns can be eaten, and there can be a mouthful of hot air.
Chao Ho and the people in the army became brothers, and a group of people half heckling and half envious said, “It’s good to have a wife, someone to cook and someone to wash clothes. We old bachelors can’t compare.”
Zhao He kicked them mercilessly.
“What are you looking at? This is my daughter-in-law. If you want a daughter-in-law, you can find one yourself.” During the
war, Zhao He protected me in the back and did not let me be sharp.
I listened to the rain of swords and guns outside, and I was so nervous that I could always see new wounds on him every time.
At first I was afraid. I was so scared that I couldn’t sleep all night when I
saw a lot of blood gushing in front of my eyes and when my brother who used to laugh and laugh came back with only one body. “Don’t be afraid,” said
Chao Ho, holding me close to my ear. “I’ll do anything for you. No one can hurt you.” I have
seen a lot, but I have gradually become numb.
But I am more and more afraid, afraid that one day will be carried in, will be the body of Zhao He. Memories of
past lives don’t seem to work, they seem to be getting farther and farther away from me. By the time we
reached Shanhaiguan, our team had grown to tens of thousands of people, and Zhao He had become Wang Sheng’s second-in-command, holding most of the responsibilities in the barracks.
The imperial city sent troops to suppress, a full two hundred thousand. Ten times more
than we have. The faces of
Wang Sheng and Zhao He became more and more serious day by day.
I know they are all thinking about how to win this battle and how to reduce sacrifices.
I can only watch helplessly.
In my previous life, I only knew that I had won the war, but I didn’t know how to win.
I could only comfort Chao Ho, just as he had comforted me in the past, “Don’t be afraid. I’ll be with you at all times. Don’t worry.”
“Even if I die, I will be with you.”
Zhao He stroked my eyes, and unconsciously, we had spent three years.
In the past three years, I followed him to sleep in the open air, watching him transform from green to mature and resolute, and the past time flowed in our sight. I have never regretted
following Zhao He.
That night, Zhao He took only a team of ten people to the enemy barracks reserve.
He wants to attack the other side’s hay with small and broad.
It was almost a gamble.
Ten people, if they are found, none of them can leave.
I sat in the military tent, holding the letter left by Zhao He in my hand, which said that if he died, he would let me remarry.
I tore the letter to pieces and threw it into the fire. Under the
burning fire, my eyes are very firm, he will not die.
Absolutely not.
Until a signal came from the distance, Wang Sheng got on his horse excitedly and looked at me excitedly.
I know, Zhao He succeeded.
Wang Sheng assembled all the troops to attack the city. I stayed and waited for Zhao He.
Waited for a long time, for a long time, no one came back. The sky was white
in the distance, and the corporal in the army comforted me, “Mrs. Chao, Brother Chao probably won’t be able to come back..”
I pushed him away and rode out of the barracks with almost all my strength.
After the battle between the two armies, the ground was covered with blood and corpses.
I rushed into the barracks of the Imperial City Army, searched in the chaos, and finally saw a familiar red rope in the sea of corpses and blood.
That is the red rope I gave to Zhao He, which has shown black under the immersion of blood.
I dug the man out with trembling hands and almost exhausted all my strength. In the
blood, Zhao He stretched out his hand and stroked my face. “Fool..” Who told you to come..
I brought Zhao He back.
Along the way, I couldn’t remember how many people I had killed, and all I could see was a bright red.
Only when I saw Zhao He did I feel that the world was peaceful. It’s good that
he’s alive.
Zhao He is alive, but Wang Sheng is dead. When facing the Imperial City
Army head-on, he was cut dozens of knives and died of blood. Before
dying, Wang Sheng held Zhao He’s hand and handed the tiger charm to him. Brother
Chao, we’re just one step away from the Imperial City. We’ll soon be able to see the blue sky.. You must take the brothers. Live a stable life. After
saying the last sentence, Wang Sheng closed his eyes forever. For this reason,
the camp was in mourning for three days, mourning the warrior.
Three days later, Zhao He led the army straight into the imperial city, regardless of his injuries.
I beat the drum and the bell for him. On the wall
of Shanhaiguan, red clothes swept across, as if to impregnate the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Zhao He and
I walked side by side in front of the team, behind the mighty hundreds of thousands of rebels, straight pressure on the imperial city.
Zhao He did not want to add blood, surrounded the palace after entering the city, but never moved.
Three days later, Emperor Ming surrendered and announced his abdication.
I waited for the same scene as my previous life. Under the lofty palace, Zhao He stood in silver-white armor, his body was like iron, and his eyes were full of contempt.
Only this time, the person standing next to him was me.
Five years seem like a lifetime ago.
When I returned to the Fengyi Palace where I worked in my previous life, I felt that everything was so strange. The memory of my
past life has gone away from me.
I lived in the Fengyi Hall, and Zhao He’s enthronement ceremony was being prepared.
When the emperor is not like leading troops to fight, Zhao He has too many things to do, appease the old ministers, implement the new system, promote meritorious officials. Every one of them made him work hard.
I began to run around for him, visiting the old ministers of the former court one by one, and wooing them one by one. He
also gave him congee at the city gate and opened a medical hall to win the hearts of the people. We are so
busy that we hardly have time to meet.
Until the maid reminded me that a woman appeared beside Zhao He.
I was stunned. After staying
in the barracks for so long, I forgot that Zhao He was very popular with girls.
Now that he is the emperor, I’m afraid more people want to marry him.
Many years ago, the jokes of Zhao He’s brothers appeared clearly in my ears.
I forgot that when he became emperor, he was destined to have three wives and four concubines.
I decided to meet this woman.
Her name is Luo Ningshuang. She is the daughter of the former prime minister. She is very beautiful.
It is the kind of beauty that is precious from childhood, with delicate fingers and no cocoons, and tender skin that can come out of the water.
Luo Ningshuang took one look at me and said bluntly, “So you’re not very good-looking. It’s said that the emperor has a deep friendship with you. I thought you were so beautiful.”
I laughed.
I’m really ugly. After five years of sleeping in the open air, where can I look better?
I chatted with her for a few words, but I felt that the person in front of me was shallow and lost interest. When Zhao He came to see me
in the evening, the first thing he said was, “Have you seen Luo Ningshuang?”
I nod and looked back at him.
Five years later, Zhao He is no longer the original teenager, but I still can not guess what he is thinking.
I said, “I’ve seen it. It’s really good-looking, but my knowledge is a little shallow.”. If your majesty likes it, he must be included in the harem, but the position must not be too high, so as not to be too arrogant. When I
said this, I tried my best to stand in the perspective of a queen and choose the right empress and concubine for Zhao He.
But the words trembled slightly.
I turned around and pretended to light the lamp, but I didn’t want him to see my expression that I was about to lose control.
Zhao He took two steps towards me and said, “Is this the meaning of the queen?”
I nodded.
“What do you mean?”
My body trembled.
Zhao He pulled me strongly and sighed after seeing my face full of tears.
“I have married Luo Ningshuang to the son of Shangshu.”
“After all these years, how come you’re still the same as you were back then, with no progress at all?”
“Stop crying.”
Zhao He wiped away my tears and dropped a light kiss. In the early years of the
Ming Dynasty, Emperor Qi ascended the throne and appointed his wife Jiang Shi as the queen. After that, he did not accept the harem for more than 30 years. In the thirty-fourth year
of Mingde, Empress Jiang died of illness. Emperor Qi was so heartbroken that he left the court for three days and died at the side of Empress Jiang. On the day I
left, I took the old purse buried under the pear tree. There is only one sentence
in it, and I would like to grow old together with Zhao He.
Live in the same cave and die in the same cave.
I made it.
Zhao He, my life is complete, and I don’t want to have a next life.
Side story:
It was an accident that I married Jiang Yue. I never thought that people whose parents died
when they were young and who rolled out of the pile of dead people could get married. “There are a lot of girls in town who like me, but I know they’re more afraid of me, and their parents wouldn’t really marry their daughters to someone like me, a mud-legged man who only collects protection money,”
Jiang said. I understood
this truth when I was ten years old.
At that time, I was still a hoodlum among beggars, and I became the boss in a muddle by grabbing food with people every day.
Later, the horse thieves went into the city to rob things and women. I took my brothers up and fought with them, and became the boss of the whole Junyang town.
The fortune-teller said that I was born with blood, and there were many fights in my life.
I believed it, because for as long as I can remember, I have spent every day carrying a knife.
Until I met Jiang Yue. Unlike those girls who either feared or worshipped me,
she was dirty all over, but her eyes were shining with clean and stubborn light, and she said she would marry me.
My first reaction was that she was crazy.
The young girl’s brain doesn’t work well.
She is really not very smart, I refused her, she actually sat on the ground crying, mouth called my husband. Doesn’t
she know how important a woman’s honor is? I
was a hoodlum, but not an animal. I didn’t want to ruin the reputation of a good girl, nor did I want to be regarded as a hooligan who robbed a girl, so I threatened her to shut up.
She is quite obedient.
A pair of big and round eyes looked at me, and the tears were still hanging on my eyelashes, which made people love me.
It’s a pity that she is too thin and has no meat on her face, otherwise I would like to pull her face.
I treated her like a child and told her to go home.
But the little girl was so stubborn that she said she would give birth to a child for me.
I looked at her height as a child and spurted out a mouthful of water.
But the next second, she took off her clothes in front of me.
Heaven and earth conscience, I have lived for so many years have not seen a girl take off her clothes, or so fair and aboveboard. Had it not been for my clear mind, I would have been fooled by her natural expression.
I stopped her and felt that her head was somewhat abnormal.
What decent girl undresses a man outside?
Anyway, we can’t keep people here. I kicked them out.
I think she should give up when she thinks it’s boring.
But I didn’t expect her to come again the next day.
Even more stubborn than before. The people
around me were heckling, but I had a headache. The little girl was not sensible and I couldn’t destroy her. So I scolded her and deliberately walked quickly to get rid of her, trying to keep her away from me.
But when she fell down and sat on the ground crying with grievance, I was softhearted.
I took her back to take the medicine, and the moment I saw the scar on her hand, it confirmed what I had heard.
Jiang Yue is not doing well at home.
I didn’t want to kick people out after all, so she had the cheek to stay.
Jiang Yue is nothing like what I imagined.
She was born as a young lady, but she could do all kinds of work. She didn’t pick food or clothes, and the wild vegetables on the roadside could also be swallowed.
When I went out during the day, she worked for me secretly, and her hands were red and swollen with cold.
It makes me so angry.
Who knows I just said a few words, Jiang Yue cried again.
She’s always crying.
Tears flowed like a well, and I couldn’t help it when I saw her crying.
At that time, I thought, Jiang Yue is a girl after all, I am a big man to speak rough, may be scared of her.
After that, I tried to speak softly, and there were more smiles on Jiang Yue’s face.
Until that day, the Jiang family suddenly appeared.
I had never seen Jiang Yue so frightened, trembling like a quail, looking at me with caution, my heart’s heartache and anger broke out together, and I smashed a table in the yard.
At that moment, I decided that I would marry her.
I want to marry her in style and not let her suffer any grievance.
But I didn’t expect that my behavior of earning money outside for days was misunderstood by her as having a woman.
Jiang Yue told me that she could take people home, but her eyes were full of discomfort. Obviously, she was so duplicitous, but she pretended not to care. The anger in my heart was covered up by heartache.
I took her to Jiang’s house to propose marriage.
Jiang Yue’s shameless father disagreed, so I showed the knife directly. Even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu comes
today, I will marry Jiang Yue.
We held a wedding ceremony in the courtyard, worshipped heaven and earth, and formally married under the witness of a group of younger brothers and neighbors.
From this day on, she is my Zhao He’s daughter-in-law, and no one can bully her. After
that, every day was very happy. Every day when
I go out, Jiang Yue will send me to the door and show me a sweet smile. When
I returned home, Jiang Yue sat at the table waiting for me. The table was steaming hot, the room was cleaned in good order, and she planted cabbage in the yard.
We went to the mountains to hunt rabbits. I taught her archery and she taught me to fly kites. We went to catch fish in the river, to dig wild vegetables in the mountains, to cut cloth in the shop to make clothes, and to visit our neighbors.
This is the happiest time in my life.
Until the rebels in the north broke up our peaceful life. When
Wang Sheng came to me, I was ready to ignore him no matter what he said.
Because I know that if I go with him, Jiang Yue will stay alone in Junyang town. I couldn’t bear to part with her, and I didn’t trust her, so I promised to stay with her all my life.
But I didn’t expect that she, who had always been timid, would take the initiative to persuade me to agree.
She saw the ambition of my heart and the worries of the future, and she was even more far-sighted than I was.
I didn’t expect that she would choose to go south with me. The days in the
barracks were miserable, but she didn’t say a word of complaint. She always changed her ways to improve the lives of the soldiers. No one in the barracks didn’t like her.
But gradually, the optimistic smile on her face disappeared and turned into worry.
Especially when I came back from the front, she saw the wound on my body, and her fingertips would tremble.
She would hide and cry secretly, and then pretend that nothing had happened and smile at me.
Then one day, she began to study medicine.
She dressed my wounds, told me to take medicine, and read my military books day and night.
She learned how to use a gun with the soldiers, and even learned to kill during an enemy raid. When
I saved her in the chaos, she was holding a bloody dagger tightly in her hand, and the tears in her eyes rolled down like broken pearls.
I held her in my arms, comforted her and wiped away her tears.
But Jiang Yue said to me, “I can protect myself, Ah He, even if I kill people, I can protect myself by any means. I am no longer a burden to anyone.”
I saw the firmness in her tearful eyes that I had never seen before.
This is the courage born only for me.
At that moment, I felt how lucky Zhao He was in his life to get such a girl.
If I could, I would never let go of her hand in my life. The night before the
enemy arrived at Shanhaiguan. Wang Sheng and
I discussed the countermeasures and stayed up all night.
I’m not afraid of death. I’m afraid I failed Jiang Yue after death. She was infected with the battlefield because of me. She delayed my youth for so many years. I’m sorry for her. At
night, I walked into Jiang Yue’s tent.
I didn’t say anything, but she already saw the entanglement and pain in my heart.
She stroked my brow and said supportive words to me, even though she didn’t know what I was going to do.
She always trusts me so unconditionally.
Sometimes I think maybe she is a little capricious and stops me. Maybe I won’t go immediately, quit the rebel army, and then go back to my hometown in Junyang Town with her to live a simple and happy life.
But Jiang Yue never said that. When I set off
late at night, I was ready to leave forever.
Maybe if I die, she will be relieved and marry someone who is more stable than me in the future, and life will be better than now. The battle in the
enemy camp was very fierce. When I
was buried in the pile of bones, what I recalled in my mind was the scene when I first saw Jiang Yue.
Until I actually saw her. In the mountain
of corpses and the sea of blood, her eyes were red and her body was covered with traces of blood, and she dragged me out abruptly.
I don’t know where she got such great strength as a girl, and I don’t know what kind of mood she came to save me. I only know that she killed countless people that day, more than she killed along the way.
She held my hand shaking, but never let go.
And I don’t even have time to thank her for holding her.
When Wang Sheng died, I arranged his funeral, inherited his amulet, and attacked the capital while winning. On the day of the
emperor’s surrender, I saw a long-lost smile on Jiang Yue’s face, which was the rare sight of us fighting side by side in the past few days, which meant that we had finally ended our vagrant life.
I can finally give her a stable.
But I didn’t think it was more difficult to be an emperor than to lead troops to fight. Every day,
I faced a mess left by the former Dynasty, and it was hard for me to see Jiang Yue.
She was better than me, in a short time, she won the hearts of the people and persuaded many ministers, while I was still dealing with a steady stream of official business in the Imperial Study every day, and the memorial was like a hill pressing on me.
Just at this time, there are people to send women to my side.
I really want to ask him which eye can see that I need a woman now.
I need a break! I only want Jiang Yue as a woman!
Unfortunately, there is no rest when the emperor.
Not only did he not rest, but the matter of Luo Ningshuang also spread to Jiang Yue’s ears.
I went to her to explain. In
the Fengyi Hall, I looked at her figure full of pearls and green, and felt a little strange in a trance.
We haven’t seen each other for several days. I’m afraid she thinks too much, and I’m afraid she doesn’t think too much.
As soon as I opened my mouth, I knew she was still my moon.
Five years later, nothing has changed.
Great.
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