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Chapter 120 If so

 At Fushui Villa in Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture, beside the sparkling lotus pond, a beauty is playing the piano sadly.

She is dressed in men's clothing, her eyes are as clear as water, her skin is better than snow, and she is extremely elegant. When she looks at her, she has an aura of lightness, and there is also a coldness and arrogance in her lightness, which makes people take pictures of her, making her feel ashamed and not daring to blaspheme.

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The beauty's fingertips moved, and the sound of the piano became increasingly sad and desolate. Tears like raindrops fell on a beautifully crafted paper fan. There was a small poem on the paper fan.

Huanxisha·Yanghua

The hundred-foot Zhangtai is flying around,

Heavy curtains illuminate Chunhui.

Pity him for wandering, but let him fly.

The sun rolls under the shadow of the remaining flowers,

The soft wind blows to the west of Yulou.

Few people know what’s going on in the world.

This poem is a love poem written by Liu Rushi's favorite person, Chen Zilong, a great talent in Fushe.

The translation of this poem means as follows: flying in confusion beside the high farewell stage; rolling in the spring sunshine in front of the heavy curtains. How pitiful! It wanders endlessly like this, but what way can it not let go?

It flies, swaying slowly in the faint sunlight, and falls in the shadow of the flowers; it is blown to the west of the gorgeous tall buildings by the gentle breeze, like a wandering traveler at the end of the world, few people know its thoughts!
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The first two sentences of this poem: "The hundred-foot platform is flying in disorder, and the heavy curtains make the spring light shine." It clearly writes willow, which is a metaphor for Liu Rushi's surname, and the meaning is a pun.

Chen Zilong is indeed a great talent of Fushe. In a short poem, he not only expresses his pity and sympathy for Liu Rushi's wandering life, but also expresses his deep love for Liu Rushi, and also expresses his regret at being unable to save Liu Rushi.

Water and fire, the regret of becoming a couple. The last sentence, "Few people know the thoughts in the world", makes people cry.

A few days ago, news came: The Ming Dynasty's military affairs department was in trouble, and Chen Zilong, who was restored to society, instigated Wu Shengzhao, the admiral of Su Songchang in the Qing Dynasty, to rebel against the Qing Dynasty. He also planned a mass uprising in Taihu Lake, but failed. He jumped into Songjiang River and died for his country.

Liu Rushi was stroking the piano, as if he had seen that handsome, graceful, graceful figure with a jade tree in the wind, playing the piano, and suddenly turned to crying and laughing.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, you have made it your mission to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty all your life, and you have considered it a shame to live in an ignoble existence. Now that you are benevolent, I should not cry. I should be happy for you!"

She stopped crying and plucked her fingertips rapidly, making the sound of the piano become impassioned. While playing the piano, she sang "Crossing the Yishui" by Chen Zilong.

Crossing Yishui (Ming Dynasty·Chen Zilong)

The knife sounded in the box last night, the sad song of Yan and Zhao was the most unfair!

The water is flowing, the clouds are green, and there is nowhere to send Jing Qing!

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Liu Rushi and Chen Zilong, a story that must be told.

Liu Rushi, whose real name is Yang Ai, also known as Lord of Hedong, is from Jiaxing, Zhejiang. He is 30 years old this year. After reading Xin Qiji's "Congratulations to the Bridegroom": "I see how charming the green mountains are, I expected that the green mountains should be like this when they see me."

The name is like this. Together with Ma Xianglan, Bian Yujing, Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan, Gu Hengbo, Kou Baimen, and Chen Yuanyuan, they are also known as the "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai".

Her life experience is extremely rough!

She was sold to Shengze Town when she was young, and she became the adopted daughter of the famous prostitute Xu Fu's family in Shengze Town. She was educated by Xu and was good at seven-character poems, subtitles and step rhymes. She got Yu Shinan's calligraphy skills when writing books.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, fourteen-year-old Liu Rushi married Zhou Daodeng, a scholar in his sixties. Zhou was a descendant of Zhou Dunyi, the master of Neo-Confucianism, and a scholar. He often held her on his knees and taught her poetry. The other wives and concubines were very jealous.

After Zhou Shideng's death, Liu Rushi was not tolerated by the Zhou family and was forced to live in Songjiang and return to his old business. He changed his old name and called himself "Ying Lian" to show his self-pity in the troubled times.

Liu Rushi, who grew up in adversity, has a stubborn character and is extremely intelligent. She is not only proficient in writing, chess, calligraphy and painting, but more importantly, she is very ambitious: she must marry a man who is "erudite, fond of ancient times, and a man of great talent for his generation".
She declared: "There is a confidant in the world who will die without regrets." In Songjiang, she interacted with Fushe, Jishe, and Donglin Party members. She often dressed in Confucian attire and talked about current affairs with them, singing poems and poems.

Later, Liu Rushi developed romances with celebrities Li Daiwen, Song Zhengyu, and Chen Zilong, but they were all blocked by feudal ethics.

Li Daiwen, whose courtesy name was Kuiru and whose nickname was Xianzhong, was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli. He had a noble character and did not seek power when he was an official. He loved the people like a son, was enthusiastic about charity and public welfare, and had an excellent reputation.

It's a pity that the official family can't tolerate famous prostitutes, so the love affair ends.

Song Zhengyu, whose courtesy name was Yuanwen and whose name was Zhifang, was a poet from Songjiang, Shanghai. Together with Chen Zilong and Li Wen, he was also known as the "Three Sons of Yunjian". He was known for his extensive writing skills and his talent was unparalleled for generations to come.

It's a bit difficult to marry into a scholarly family.

Liu Rushi fell in love with Chen Zilong and fell in love crazily.

Chen Zilong, courtesy name Renzhong, was born in Huating, Songjiang, South Zhili.

His first name was Chen Jie, but he changed his name to "Zilong" because his mother dreamed that a dragon appeared on the wall of the room, "winding and shining with light".

Chen Zilong is not only handsome, but also extremely talented. He is a great son of Fushe.

His poems are tragic and desolate, majestic and gorgeous, full of national integrity, directly catching up with the Qi, Liang and early Tang Dynasties. He is recognized as the last great poet of the Ming Dynasty and "the leader of Ming poetry";

The leader of the Ci School, he was praised by later generations as "the first poet of the Ming Dynasty"; his parallel prose has many excellent works, and "History of the Ming Dynasty" calls it "the parallel style is particularly exquisite", and he has a profound foundation in memorials and policy discussions; his essays,

He is unique in his own way. His works such as "Three Emotions" are truly touching and express his lingering and loyal feelings. He was also a famous editor in the late Ming Dynasty. He once edited the masterpiece "Huang Ming Jing Shi Wen Bian" and edited Xu Guangqi's "Nongzheng Complete Works".

and finalized.

Chen Zilong is ten years older than Liu Rushi and has already married and started a business. Liu Rushi doesn't care, she loves Chen Zilong desperately. She has told people that if she can't be Chen Lang's wife, she can be a concubine.

Liu Rushi went crazy in pursuit of love. She went to Songjiang and stayed in the south building next to Chen Zilong's house.

Chen Zilong also went crazy and ran to the south building whenever he had something to do.

The two people had a true love for each other. They composed poems and sang to each other on the south tower.

Unfortunately, the beauty of singing in the South Tower did not last long. Chen Zilong's first wife Zhang led people to the South Tower. Liu Rushi was unwilling to be humiliated and left sadly and resolutely.

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The Chen family is a well-known family, and no famous prostitute is allowed to enter even if she is a concubine.

Under huge family pressure, Chen Zilong could not marry Liu Rushi, even as a concubine.

With tears in his eyes, he handed a paper fan to Liu Rushi, and the paper fan was inscribed with the song "Huanxisha·Yanghua".

Liu Rushi has always kept this fan, even though she has become Qian Qianyi's wife.

Although the two cannot be husband and wife, they are still close friends who talk about everything and often send letters to each other.

When the Qing army captured Nanjing, Chen Zilong was very sad and wrote to Liu Rushi: "The Ming Dynasty has died, why am I still alive? I wish I would die early!"

Liu Rushi wrote back: "Please cherish your useful life and work for the rejuvenation of the country."

Encouraged by Liu Rushi, Chen Zilong devoted himself to the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. He sent Dai Zhijun and others to instigate Wu Shengzhao, the admiral of Songchang Town in the Qing Dynasty. After the defeat, he did not want to be humiliated and jumped into the Songjiang River.

"Chen Lang, Chen Lang, you have fulfilled your wish, you have been loyal to the country, you have transformed into a rainbow, and you are still alive despite death. I am really happy for you!"

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The sound of Liu Rushi's piano rose and fell. Suddenly, I heard someone behind me singing along with the music.

"There is a sad cold wave, and the ruthless afterglow is shining, it is Xiaoxiao Nanpu. It is blowing, and the frost strips are lonely shadows. Do you still remember the old days of flying catkins??"

Turning around, I saw that it was my husband Qian Qianyi who was singing "Jinmingchi·Yong Hanliu" written by himself.

This song "Ode to the Willows in the Cold" was written by Liu Rushi to express her feelings about her life experience, but at this moment, she was not thinking about herself, but Chen Zilong.

Liu Rushi is straightforward by nature and never hides her feelings in front of Qian Qianyi.

"By the way, I just got the news that one of the people died for the country."

When Qian Qianyi, a white-haired man, heard this, he was stunned and sighed: "Chivalrous people are among the best among Chen people. Great chivalrous people sacrifice their lives for justice and serve the country and the people! I can't do it!"

Qian Qianyi, courtesy name Shouzhi, nicknamed Muzhai, later nicknamed Mengsou, the old man from Dongjian, Tanhua in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli,

The leader of the Donglin Party, the history of the Ming Dynasty said that he "up to the time of Qi and Zhen, he was in line with the rules of the Northern Song Dynasty".

After her love affair with Chen Zilong failed, Liu Rushi felt helpless for a time. Maybe it was God who showed mercy, and there was no way out despite the mountains and rivers, and there was a bright future in another village.

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, twenty-year-old Liu Rushi met fifty-six-year-old Qian Qianyi.

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Liu Rushi met Qian Qianyi again in the name of "Liu Rushi" with a male appearance.

Love is a very magical thing. Normally, with such a big age difference between the two of them, there would be no sparks, but they just did.

When they met for the second time, Qian Qianyi fell in love with Liu Rushi, who was wearing men's clothing. He was so inspired by poetry that he recited on the spot, "Recently, the cold in the west has praised Liu Yin, and the peach blossoms have made the beauty angry." After that, regardless of his old face, he stalked her.

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Liu Rushi, whose name is such, Qian Qianyi changed the name of the place where he lived to "I heard room", echoing Liu Rushi's name (Buddhist scriptures often begin with "such is what I heard"); Liu Rushi likes to travel, Qian Qianyi

Yi took Liu Rushi to wander around the lakes and mountains, accompanied by poetry and wine??

In short, if our family wants anything, my old money will give it to me. We will go through fire and water without hesitation!

As time passed, Liu Rushi felt deeply attached to her and was willing to marry Qian Qianyi, who was over fifty years old.

However, Liu Rushi had a secret in mind: she wanted to marry the matchmaker.

This is hard!

According to the moral standards of the Ming Dynasty, if a scholar-official set foot in a brothel or pick up a prostitute and take a concubine, it would be regarded as a romantic affair; but marrying a prostitute with a grand ceremony would be immoral and incestuous, and would be regarded as a scourge.

Li Daiwen, Song Zhengyu, and Chen Zilong all dared not go beyond the thunder pool. Does Qian Qianyi dare?

Liu Rushi smiled and asked Qian Qianyi: "Do you dare to hire three matchmakers and six people, and use eight sedans to carry me in?"

An old saying goes: If you marry a lady with eight-carat sedans, you will be carrying a lady; if you marry a wife with a lot of money, you will marry a perfect woman; if you marry a good matchmaker, you will marry a virtuous and virtuous woman. Only young ladies from wealthy families will be married with eight-carried sedan chairs.
Qian Qianyi responded enthusiastically: "It is my honor to marry Mr. Hedong. Please rest assured that there will be no shortage of three matchmakers and six hires."

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin literary circle, married Liu Rushi with a large gift. He was afraid that others would object and cause trouble, so he did not dare to hold the wedding on land, so he hired a cruise ship and held it on board.

However, he was the leader of Donglin and a great scholar in the world, and his reputation was too high. This kind of behavior that completely ignored secular prejudices and etiquette was unacceptable to many well-behaved scholars. The public opinion was in an uproar, to the point where people and gods were angry. So, at the wedding,

That day, many people stood on the shore, picked up stones and threw them at the boat where they were getting married.

Old money doesn’t care about that much. If you love someone, why fear the flood!

In order to have a glorious wedding, he reluctantly sold the Song Dynasty's "Book of Han" that he had treasured for many years.

After the wedding, the boat docked secretly. An eight-carrying sedan chair had been prepared on the shore. Using this sedan chair, Liu Rushi was carried through the door.

Liu Rushi became Qian Qianyi's step-wife as he wished. Qian Qianyi ordered his family members to all call him "Madam" and not "Concubine", and he respectfully called Liu Rushi "Hedong Jun".

Qian Qianyi built the spectacular and gorgeous "Jiangyun Tower" and "Hongdou Pavilion" in Yushan for Liu Rushi. Various books, antiques, porcelain, and inkstones are displayed in Jiangyun Tower. The two lived together in Jiangyun Tower and discussed reading. In contrast to the poem, Liu Rushi also gave birth to a daughter for Qian Qianyi.

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Old money is good for everything, but he cherishes his life too much and is reluctant to die.

In May of the first year of Hongguang's reign in the Ming Dynasty, when the Qing army came to Nanjing, Liu Rushi persuaded her husband to join him and commit suicide for the country.

That day, she was dressed beautifully, with bright eyes and beautiful ornaments, and she went on a boat ride, carrying wine and traveling to the West Lake with Qian Qianyi.

When the wine was full of wine, Liu Rushi took Qian Qianyi to the bow of the ship. He saw rippling blue waves and ripples in the lake.

She generously said to her husband: "It's so beautiful. It's as vast as China. Now the land is sinking and the earth is tilting. Who's going to strike? The river has lost its color and the green mountains have been covered with haze. This water will win you over, and my concubine will be green for eternity."

Then he and Qian Qianyi will jump into the lake together.

Lao Qian refused. He was only in his early sixties at the time, had not lived enough, and was reluctant to die for his country. He was speechless in thought, and finally walked into the pool to test the water and said: "The water is too cold to go in."

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Liu Rushi "wanted to sink into the pool", but Qian Qianyi held him back.

It's understandable that he doesn't die for his country, after all, an ant can live an ignoble existence. But for him to be so shy and humble, this is so wrong.

On May 15th, Qian Qianyi led his ministers to open the city in the pouring rain to greet the Qing commander-in-chief Duduo.

Shi Dun's "Miscellaneous Notes of Grief" records: "Duduo went south to the south of the Yangtze River and ordered his head to be shaved. If he didn't shave his head, he would be beheaded. One day, Qian Qianyi suddenly said: 'My scalp is very itchy' and went out. His family thought he was going to use it. I cut my hair. After a while, I came in with my hair cut and braids."

At that time, there was a poem that ridiculed Qian Qianyi's surrender to the Qing Dynasty: "Qian Gong was born with a good mind, and his talent in mountain fighting was famous all over the world. After the country was defeated, he moved to the north of the new dynasty, and his high official status remained in the old Donglin."

Her husband had no backbone and was demoted to the Qing Dynasty. Liu Rushi felt very embarrassed. She kept urging her husband to change his past mistakes and contribute to the revival of the Ming Dynasty.

Very effective. After all, Lao Qian is just afraid of death and doesn’t really want to be a traitor.

After Qian Qianyi surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, because he was the leader of Donglin and well-known, he was called to Beijing and served as the Minister of Rites of the Qing Dynasty. Under the influence of Liu Rushi, he did not want to be a traitor, so he resigned from the hospital after half a year.

The greater the reputation, the more worried the Qing court became, ordering the governor and the governor to monitor and report at any time.

Lao Qian and Liu Rushi returned to Changshu. After a few good days, he was implicated in the Huang Yuqi case and imprisoned in Nanjing Prison.

Liu Rushi worked hard to rescue and mediate, and Qian Qianyi was able to avoid trouble. After being released from prison, the family was detained in Suzhou and lived in the Humble Administrator's Garden.

He was full of emotions: "I lament that there is no filial son in Linjiang, but there is a virtuous wife when traveling in distress."

Under the influence of Liu Rushi, Qian Qianyi actively engaged in underground activities against the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. He secretly contacted the anti-Qing Dynasty and Fu Ming Dynasty forces in the southwest and southeast seas; he went to Jinhua in person to persuade the generals to seize treasure and rebel against the Qing Dynasty; he wrote to Lu Jianguo, Zhu Hengjia, and Zheng Chenggong, Using the metaphor of "Three Catalan Scales" as a metaphor, it painfully describes the world situation, lists the urgent tasks, needs to be carried out, and completes them, and reports on the dynamics of the generals of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River and the troops that may win over.

Zhu Hengjia read Qian Qianyi's suggestion and said: Qian Qianyi "was a prisoner, and he never thought about his dynasty for a moment, but he planned the situation with a clear understanding of the situation and was very successful. His sense of loyalty and righteousness overflowed in Chu Mo."

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Qian Qianyi waited for Liu Rushi to calm down and said cautiously: "Hedong Jun, come with me, we have a guest at home."

Liu Rushi was very surprised, who needs to be so careful when coming?

Qian Qianyi took Liu Rushi into the remote "Couple Farming Hall", opened the door, and saw a mysterious man wearing a bamboo hat and black clothes sitting in the room.

When Liu Rushi saw this man, although he looked ordinary, he had a chivalrous spirit that was as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as swift as the fire, and as motionless as the mountain.

I can't help but wonder: "I accept this, who is this honored guest!"

The visitor smiled slightly: "Guo Lin, the official in charge of guarding Qianhu in Jinyi".


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