Man'er poured a cup of tea for Aunt Qing and asked curiously: "When did you come to the capital? Do you still have family members in southern Xinjiang?"
Aunt Qing held the tea and took a sip. The warm tea flowed down her throat. The tea leaves were not rough, which showed that the Chu Palace treated its servants very well.
"Me?" Aunt Qing held the cup and slowly looked at Man'er, mist gradually forming in her eyes, "I also have a daughter."
"What about your daughter? Is she still in southern Xinjiang? How could you come here even if you don't want to?" Man'er rarely met a fellow villager, and the conversation started immediately.
Aunt Qing had a thought in her mind and looked up at her, "Perhaps, I will tell you a story. When you accompany the Crown Princess, you can tell her the story I told to relieve her boredom."
Man'er was very happy to hear the story, "Okay, I like to hear stories the most. Please tell me."
Aunt Qing put down the cup, took a deep breath, and said: "The story starts with a person named A Qing. When A Qing was eight years old, she was already respected as a saint by the tribe. She has the status of a saint.
She is very high, and the people believe in her, regard her as their faith, and regard her as their venerable person. From the first day she became a saint, the elders of the tribe told her that we have a mortal enemy who is very bad and is trying to control our children.
The people, our people, are the big devil who can be punished by everyone. We must make him our enemy. But as the saint A Qing grew older, she began to know many things outside. She
I discovered that the big devil is not as bad as the elders said. On the contrary, he has done a lot for the people and has won the love and respect of the people in a place. Moreover, all the things he has done are to unite all the people.
, allowing them to form a powerful force that can resist foreign enemies at critical moments, and the elders' slander against him... At that time, the saint really thought it was slander because the status of the ruler was not in our tribe. Ah Qing gradually understood
See, this is actually a struggle for power, not a confrontation between good and evil and black and white."
"She hated this kind of struggle from the bottom of her heart, because the first lesson the saint learned was to put the people first and not to be attached to power. What the elders and the others did happened to violate this commandment. When she was seventeen years old
, something happened in the tribe. A man killed a girl from the other tribe, chopped the body into pieces and fed it to wolves. During the negotiation between the two tribes, A Qing met this big devil..."
Man'er held up his chin and looked at her. The expression on her face did not change much, but her eyes softened into water, as if what she was thinking in her mind was the sweetest thing she knew.
"Does the big devil look scary?" Man'er asked.
Aunt Qing slowly shook her head and her voice became very soft, "No, he is not scary at all. On the contrary, he is more handsome than any man A Qing has ever seen. A Qing had a dream that night, she
The Bride of the Great Demon King."
"Isn't the Great Demon King married yet?" Man'er asked.
"He has been married twice, and both his wives are dead. Some people say that he is destined to be punished. He needs to marry a woman who is stronger than him to suppress the evil spirit. His third wife is his mother.
The person who came to the door was a particularly weak woman. He was afraid of harming her life, so he never married her or consummated the marriage. But at that time, his mother thought that there must be a woman in charge of affairs in the house, so she forcibly kept her."
"That's it!" Man'er could already guess the ending of the story, "This saint must have married the big devil, right?"
Aunt Qing nodded, "Yes, when she was eighteen years old, she secretly left the tribe and went to find the big devil. She told the big devil that her life was very hard and no one could beat it.
She will accompany him until his death. The devil was moved and married her as his wife. They lived a very happy life and gave birth to a daughter."
"Why not the main wife but the side wife?" Man'er said.
Aunt Qing smiled bitterly, "Because, the Great Demon King's mother has always been interested in that woman. Even if the Great Demon King does not marry her, his mother still leaves a place for her as a wife and maintains her status in the palace."
"But are the elders of the tribe willing to let the saint marry the big devil?" Man'er asked.
Aunt Qing shook her head, "I just said that the saint ran out secretly. No one knew where she went, and no one thought that she would marry the devil, because the saint was longing for the devil.
, she still wants to be hostile to him duplicitously, as if she has sworn hatred, and no one would have thought that she would give up her status as a saint and marry the great devil."
Man'er became nervous, "Then what will happen if those elders find out?"
Aunt Qing's eyebrows beat a few times and her lips trembled, "They will take her back, take holy medicine to sustain her life, and put Lingchi's hundred swords into the hot spring, because Lingchi's knife skills are very good and will not make people bleed a lot.
He will die, and he will remain awake after taking the holy medicine. After soaking for twelve hours, he will pick it up, peel off the skin and remove the bones, and then he will die."
Man'er shivered all over, "Oh my god, this is so cruel."
"The saint believes that this is not cruel. The most cruel thing is to separate her from her husband and children. Therefore, when she heard rumors that the tribe elders learned of her whereabouts, she had to hide away for a while..."
Aunt Qing clasped her hands together, and her fingers were pressed tightly into the flesh, and the expression on her face became very ferocious and painful, "But she doesn't know that this farewell is a farewell between life and death. The yin and yang are separated. This is the first time in her life."
The most regretful decision I ever made.”
Man'er's heart was lifted and he asked nervously: "What happened next?"
Aunt Qing's face became very cold, and she slowly lowered her hands and hid them in her sleeves, trembling slightly and almost invisible, "Not long after she left, she heard the news that the Demon King's family had been exterminated, and she rushed back like crazy.
, she saw that the entire mansion was burned to ashes, and she couldn't even collect his body. After several inquiries, she found out that someone had escaped. She wanted to find the escaped person and ask if it was the tribe elders who did it.
After learning that those people had escaped, they went all the way to the capital. She also followed them to the capital. She vaguely found out that a girl was rescued in the mansion at that time. She wanted to know if the girl who escaped death was her daughter. Unfortunately, she had no choice.
She found these people because they were killed as assassins when they met a big shot. But she never gave up in her heart. She always thought that her daughter was still alive, so she stayed in the capital to hide her identity and evade pursuit.
On the one hand, she had to wait for her daughter. Finally, Huangtian paid off. One day she heard the news that her daughter was still alive and in the capital. When she heard the news, she hid in a corner and cried all night.
, she has not shed a single tear since her husband was killed. Her heart has followed her husband in the fire. She survived only for her daughter and for revenge. In her lifetime, she only hopes to see her daughter again, even if
We can't recognize each other, so just looking at her from a distance is enough for her."
Man'er burst into tears after hearing this, and was extremely sympathetic, "This saint is so miserable. Did she finally meet her daughter?"
Aunt Qing looked at her for a long, long time before slowly saying: "No."