The fifth episode, Chen Huang's sister-in-law, Bingzhu Dadan, Axiu recognizes her mother and falls in love
Chen Huang followed Gao Shiqi outside and said with a smile: "Brother Danren's temper has not changed at all. He will spend all the money he has and then start working again if it's gone. If you want to become prime minister, how can you do anything in the world?" Gao Shiqi turned around.
Looking around, he saw a female beggar with a dirty face and a smelly body coming out. She spat and said, "Go!" Chen Huang touched a dozen copper coins from his body and handed them over. When the two of them looked at each other,
Chen Huang was slightly surprised, and the female beggar hurriedly lowered her head to cover her clothes. Chen Huang asked, "Is this woman from here?"
"Who knew she!" Gao Shiqi spat again, "She's mute! She smells evil and has no color at all - what are you asking her for?"
Chen Huang pondered for a long time and said: "This man is very similar to a person I bought three years ago - at that time, the Shaanxi Revolutionary Army was in rebellion. I happened to be inspecting the Jinghe River in Gannan. The Japanese army was short of pay, so they plundered women from Mongolian refugees and pretended to be
Put it into the sack, twenty taels of silver each. I was short of a concubine, so I picked one, but she was extremely beautiful..." "Peugeot! Hahaha..." Gao Shiqi laughed, "Such a beggar is called 'Peugeot'.
', she was really an abrupt beauty, and her portrayal was without salt - what happened next?" Chen Huang was silent for a moment, and said: "I ran away the night I bought it, and I don't know why... maybe you thought I was ugly?"
"You are obsessed!" Gao Shiqi said with a dumb smile, "Why do you care about her accounts? It's rare to meet an old friend in a foreign land. It's time to have a happy drink tonight!" After saying that, he took Chen Huang and returned to Han Dynasty.
At home, he asked for a table of food like a half-master, and ate until dusk. However, Han Liu also loved Chen Huang's honest and hearty person, and repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay. However, Chen Huang insisted on going back to Huangliang Meng's shop to pack his luggage and resigned.
Gone.
Chen Huang went back to his place. He was too drunk and couldn't sleep anymore. The shadow of the female beggar he saw during the day always lingered in front of his eyes. Hearing that the watch was about to start, he put on his clothes and came out and said to the boss, "Go out for a walk."
At this time, the stars were far away, the streets were quiet, the moon hung high in the sky like a line, and the Fuyang River in the distance whistled continuously for a long time. He strolled to the temple gate and suddenly stopped hesitantly:
"What do I want to do? In this dark sky, go meet a young female beggar..."
When he was about to turn back, he saw a shadowy person standing on the steps near the water next to the stage opposite the flagpole in front of the temple. Chen Huang couldn't help but be surprised: It's so late and it's so cold, who is there? He took two steps forward.
, listen to the man chant softly:
The wicker branches are as golden as crows, and the green and pink wall is east of Yun's house.
Swallows do not come, spring is lonely, Xiaotan and wind dream of pear blossoms...
Chen Huang was stroking the willow branches blowing in front of the temple and couldn't help but be fascinated, but he heard the man's voice chanting again:
The pine shadows invade the altar, the forest is quiet, the peach blossoms and flowing water are cold on the stone pavilion.
The east wind blows through the two butterflies, which column of the dangerous building is the man leaning on?
The half-moon peeks out from the curved langan, and the water ripples with the fragrance of water chestnuts.
At midnight, Zhaojun's dream came to rest at the edge of the ruined pavilion.
At this time, he could clearly hear a woman reciting poetry. Judging from her figure, she could vaguely identify her as the female beggar. Listening to the sad tone of her words, Chen Huang secretly thought: If his life experience was extremely miserable, and if his knowledge was not profound, he would never be able to sigh like this.
Chen Huang felt a feeling of pity or admiration that could not be explained in his heart. Thinking about it, he couldn't help but said loudly: "Okay! Aren't you mute? You can actually recite such a voiceless and witty saying!"
When the woman heard the voice, she turned around alertly and walked towards the large cemetery to the west of the waterside pavilion. Under the dim moonlight, her slender figure looked even more erratic. When Chen Huang saw her pretending to be a ghost, Chen Huang couldn't help but chuckle to himself and strode after her.
He went up. The woman heard his footsteps and followed him. She walked faster and faster, turning left and right, disappearing and appearing. She flickered among the thorns between the tombs and disappeared long ago.
Chen Huang stopped and looked around. At this time, the flowing clouds were flying across the sky, the moon was dim, the dark pines and cypresses made a low sound of waves, and the leaves of the white poplar and green maple trees made a sound, just like a group of people clapping and laughing in the dark. Chen Huangzheng ignored it.
, suddenly heard a shrill and strange whistle from behind, "chirp--". When I looked back, I saw a female ghost opposite, wiping her forehead with silk, her hair fluttering, and her hands raised high. Not only was there no blood on her face, but her ears, eyes, mouth, and nose were also missing.
Nothing was seen, only a blur of whiteness! Rao Chen Huang was as bold as a fighter, and he felt hairy on his body. But Chen Huang's courage was gained from experiencing dangerous winds and waves since he was a child. He began to investigate Jiang on his own at the age of sixteen.
In Yuanhe Road, it was common for him to spend the night in ruined temples and graves in barren mountains. He also encountered thieves pretending to be ghosts to rob tombs several times. After a moment of panic, he quickly calmed down, nodded and sighed: "Why are you doing this?
If I don't have the guts, I won't dare to chase you - take off the white handkerchief from your face!"
"Who are you?" the woman asked, "Why are you chasing me?"
"Ask me first!" Chen Huang said with a smile, "Who are you? Are you from the Western Regions, someone who was betrayed by the rebels?"
After hearing this, the woman remained silent and slowly took off the white silk covering her face. It was absolutely true that she was the female beggar who begged for food in Huangliangmeng Town during the day. At this time, she was very close at hand. Chen Huang looked at it carefully, under the starlight.
Although it is not clear, there is no dirt on her face. On her slender neck is a clear and beautiful face, but it is so pale that people dare not look at it. It looks like a rose but not a rose, like a citron but not a citron.
The virgin aura spread out faintly. She straightened her hair and did not answer Chen Huang's question. She only smiled mockingly and said, "You are really a brave person. I scared several evil boys to death in the past!"
"Of course, this is what you have to do if you want to protect yourself." Chen Huang said coldly, "I just don't understand, why did you run away when I rescued you? What is your life experience?"
"You saved me because you wanted me to be your concubine. I'm a lowly beggar and I don't dare to climb high -" the woman said sadly, "Why are you chasing me tonight? It's because of your few taels."
Money to redeem yourself?"
Chen Huang knew clearly that she was telling lies, but he couldn't ask any more questions. He shook his head and said, "Maybe I saved you because there was a maid by my side. Since you don't want to, I will let it go. It's not sweet to be twisted."
...I heard you recite poetry and saw you pretending to be mute. I know that your life experience is extremely rough. Since we are destined to meet each other, I should ask you..."
"So you...love me?"
Chen Huang trembled, subconsciously looked up at her, avoided her gaze, and whispered: "Don't... don't say that..." "Your eyes are very bright," she said with a pun, "I
I'm from the Western Regions, just call me Axiu." Chen Huang looked around and said, "Let's talk while walking - I've been inspecting the river conditions all year round, and I've seen many Western Region women in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
...Xiang, must be Huo Hui people?"
Probably due to the relationship between water and soil, most of the Huo Hui people have a strange smell on their bodies. Axiu smeared cow dung on their bodies to cover up the smell. Axiu smiled secretly and said: "Am I very fragrant? My grandmother and mother both
I am from the Huo tribe, and I am a Mongolian from the Tuxie Tu tribe." She walked slowly side by side with Chen Huang, brushing the grass beside the road, and said softly: "...Like my grandmother and mother, I am very
I love to be clean, and I feel like I can’t live without a bath every ten days, but I have to get myself dirty every morning—it just so happened that you happened to meet me tonight..."
Chen Huang knew the situation in the outside world because he visited the upper reaches of the Yellow River and observed the water conditions. The three Khans of Zasak, Chechnya and Tushetu jointly controlled Khalkha Mongolia. Tushetu Khan lost his wife in middle age and adopted another
Fujin's reputation for natural beauty spread far and wide, and it reached the ears of Zhasak Khan. This wine-snotted Mongolian prince was originally a lustful ghost. He actually brought hundreds of camels and soldiers with him and went to Tutu in person.
The tribe came to "congratulate" them. They threw a cup in front of the banquet as an order, and they fought hard. They drove away Tuxie Tuhan and snatched away Fujin. Chen Huang thought about it and asked: "Axiu, why did you end up in the Central Plains?
Where is your father?"
"Don't mention this to me!" Axiu suddenly covered her face and cried, and said loudly, "Don't mention my poor father!" As he said this, he rushed forward a few steps as if he couldn't help himself.
"Father!" Chen Huang shuddered and took a few steps to catch up. Standing in front of the princess who suddenly became "Gege", he didn't know what to say. Axiu told him about the murder of her father.
of the process.
"Zasak came to our grassland, and it happened that Geldan Khan's daughter Zhong Xiaozhen was also there. She saw the flaw..." Axiu stroked her shoulders as if she was feeling cold, her whole body trembling, "In the middle of the night, Xiaozhen brought
She rushed into my tent with her servant Lao Hu. Her face turned pale, and she shook me awake and said, "Sister, go quickly, go quickly! The evil wolves on the grassland are coming, and they are bringing swords and guns. Your father
The king and the jackal drank and sang together!'"
She fell into deep memories: "I got up in panic and left the tent. The empty grassland around me was dark. Only my father's tent was brightly lit. None of the warriors guarding the village were seen. They all changed into
I met a stranger from the Zasak tribe, with a white towel tied on his arm...
"I ordered my slave girl to escort Xiaozhen to escape from this place of right and wrong immediately. I returned to Jungel at starry night and asked Galdan to bring troops to help. I took two warrior guards with me and broke into my father's tent with a long sword.
, dragged his father who was having a drink and ate happily and ran away. When the evil Zhasak Khan saw what had happened, he threw up the banquet table with a bang, drew his knife in his hand and shouted, "Don't do it yet!"
"
"What a scene it was! Swords and swords met, firelight and candlelight danced wildly, shouts, killing sounds, and screams..." A Xiu trembled as she recounted the horrific scene. "While the warriors on both sides were fighting,
In a group, my father and I sneaked out quietly, killed two Zasak warriors, seized the horses and escaped from the stronghold, lit up the grassland with beacon fire, asked the Chechen Khan to send troops to help, and summoned the herdsmen of our tribe to counterattack...
Who would have thought that Chechen Khan and Zhasak Khan had agreed 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 Shaanxi, my father and I were separated. Soon there was news that he was dead...I disguised myself as a refugee alone, trying to enter the pass to ask Bogda Khan to send troops.
, Unexpectedly, it fell into the hands of the defeated soldiers again..." At this point, Axiu wiped away her tears, looked up at the sky and remained silent. After a long while, she let out a long breath: "When I arrived in Beijing, I met Ge again.
Erdan's envoy...I fled here from Beijing and became a beggar!"
Chen Huang and A Xiu were walking and talking, and unknowingly they had returned to the edge of Huangliangmeng Town. Chen Huang was not aware that he was in trouble: it was absolutely unacceptable to let A Xiu go back to beg for food. They went to Congzhong together, and it was late at night again, and they were alone.
Not good either. The two of them stopped at the same time.
"Mr. Chen," Axiu squatted down and said lazily, "please go back. I... want to go back to the temple. I am so happy tonight that I can express my true feelings to others... I...
...will remember you..."
Chen Huang looked at Axiu's back with some sadness, pondered for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "G-Axiu, please stay!"
Axiu turned around in the moonlight, her ragged clothes and black hair swaying slightly in the wind, like a holy jade beauty, and asked hesitantly: "Sir, do you have anything else to say?"
"You are a noble princess," Chen Huang said carefully, "Begging incognito like this is not a long-term solution. It cannot restore your old business, and it is not in line with your noble status. I treat you as a passerby, not
Husband's move - can you condescend to stay in the same hotel with me tonight, as a brother and sister? Tomorrow morning I will take you to Congzhong, where my good friend Gao Shiqi is very proud and can always make you settle down first."
Axiu saw Gao Shiqi criticizing other people's poems during the day, and couldn't help but smile and said: "The Gao Dan person you are talking about? He is a frivolous person!" "To answer your question," Chen Huang replied respectfully, "
There is a tendency to be dissolute and informal, and the word 'frivolous' seems too harsh."
His respect suddenly made Axiu feel a little estranged, but she didn't know that by revealing her identity as "Gege", she had built a high wall between the two of them. Axiu thought for a while, glanced at her hair and said with a smile, "Okay.
Well, I’ll just rely on you.”
When the shop owner saw Chen Huang coming back with a woman in the middle of the night, he stared at it for a long time with a lamp, but he didn't recognize it was the female beggar in the town. He smiled maliciously, and when he was about to ask, Chen Huang said: "
This is my cousin, who was abducted here. When I came to Beijing this time, my uncle took special care to look for her. Unexpectedly, I met her today, so I had to stay here tonight."
"Ah, okay, okay!" The shop owner has seen this kind of thing many times. It is common for customers to go out to hunt pheasants and call prostitutes. Only Chen Huang would refer to her as "cousin", which is very suspicious, and then leave.
One of them smiled and said: "Now that I'm here, I'm the villain's God of Wealth. But... it's hard to find a single room now - how can I get the guests up in the middle of the night? Don't you think so, Mr. Chen?"
"Then...what do you think we should do?" Chen Huang was in trouble for a moment.
The shop owner didn't answer, but Axiu said: "He's my brother, it's okay to live in the same room." The owner's original intention was to give Chen Huang a few extra dollars, "kick" the others away, and let Chen Huang rent another room.
After listening to Axiu's words, he said: "Brothers and sisters do not avoid suspicion, but the two of us are 'cousins', so we are afraid of attracting gossips - I won't say anything, the town patrol leader will come to check the shop, it's hard to explain to the younger ones.
ah!"
Chen Huangyuan also wanted to spend more money to get another vacant room. When he heard the word "gossip", he suddenly remembered that Axiu had been begging here. If the "mute" suddenly spoke, things would become a big deal. The owner of the store said that he had a bad tone.
With the intention of blackmail and blackmail, he took out the only twelve large silver ingots and threw them away, saying: "I have to make do with it tonight. Take this little money and get my sister some decent clothes.
I’ll reward you with the rest!”
"Oh, you keep spending so much money, so I'm going to thank you for the reward!" The boss smiled flatteringly, pocketed the money with a face, thanked the reward with a thousand dollars, opened the door and lit the lamp with his buttocks, and soon he came from the back room.
He brought two sets of half-new and half-old clothes, wooden combs, mirrors and other utensils, put them on the table, and said with a smile: "Hehe... It's really disrespectful. These are the clothes that the villain's wife used as a dowry, and they have only worn a piece of water.
, please make do with it, Miss..." As he said that, he closed the door and went out.
There were only two of them left in the room. Chen Huang saw her sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at the candlelight as if a little at a loss, so he turned his back and said openly: "Please—sister, change your clothes." After a while.
After the rustling sound, I heard the scraping sound of the wooden grate again. It took a long time before I heard Axiu smile and say: "Bookworm, what are you doing standing there stupidly? Come and sit down!"
Chen Huang turned around and was stunned for a moment. Is this the beggar who was wearing tattered clothes, worn-out shoes, and a face covered in black, gray and mud? Axiu was naturally beautiful, but now she changed into a red coat.
, the lotus-colored pleated pomegranate skirt, reflected in the light, her hair looked like dark clouds and emerald green, and her temples were like new crows cut with a knife. Sitting with her arms straight, it made the whole room shine! Chen Huang saw her face full of shyness, and looked over with eyes wandering,
I couldn't help but my heart was beating fast. I lowered my head in a hurry, walked slowly to the chair, took out a book, and without looking at Axiu, I whispered: "I... am reading here, please rest by yourself...
…”
Axiu suppressed a smile. She had been devoted to Sinology in Mongolia. She had been in the Central Plains for a few years. Although she didn't talk to anyone and watched with cold eyes, she knew the etiquette and customs of the Central Plains. Seeing Chen Huang's face tensed and uncomfortable, she couldn't help but feel something in her heart: "This
You are a sincere gentleman!" She sighed silently and lay down on the bed with her clothes on.
That night, Chen Huang didn't take a look at each other. He spent the entire night reading books. His tears were piled high on the earthen candlestick.
The "stinky beggar" turned out to be a "sweet beauty." When Gao Shiqi heard about this the next day, he couldn't help but regretted: "This kind of romantic affair is just what I, Gao Shiqi, should have met, but why did I lose my sight?
Chen Huang, a black and white water rat, got an advantage!" Regretful enough, he postponed his trip for a day and went to the town's silversmith to get a gold hairpin and a pair of silver bracelets, and bought two more
There was a tribute cloth material and a small diamond-shaped glass mirror that was very valuable at that time - a total of four-color greeting gifts. As soon as they returned to the Han Mansion, Han Chunhe came out happily and stopped hurriedly when he saw Gao Shiqi walking over.
, said with a smile: "My benefactor, look over quickly, I have already taken it over, and I am making house arrangements with the old lady! My mother has recognized her as my adopted daughter." Gao Shiqi nodded with a smile, quickened his pace and climbed up the steps and walked in.
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"My dear daughter...it's so hard for you!" Ms. Han Liu was sitting in the middle of the front hall, holding Axiu with tears on her face to comfort her, "Thanks to Mr. Chen's wise eyes! You have been here for almost two years, and my old lady only looks at you.
I feel so pitiful that I can no longer think of your miserable life experience... Tsk! These terrible things have only been mentioned by Mr. Gushu before and sung in the play. If you hadn't been in front of me, you would have told me so badly.
It's hard to believe..." Chen Huang sat aside, with tears in his eyes when he saw Mrs. Liu being so emotional.
Axiu lost her mother when she was young. She has never received such kindness from anyone. When she first came to the Han family, she felt sour, hot and comfortable at the old lady's caring words. She leaned against Mrs. Liu and said with choked sobs: "Mother
He is a good person who accumulates virtues and does good deeds. He brings me clothes when I am cold and food when I am hungry... Although I dare not say it, I remember all these things in my heart! Now that I have come to your house, where am I?
I’m not going!”
"Good girl," Mrs. Han stroked Axiu, wiped her tears and said with a smile, "fallen leaves must return to their roots. Although my mother can't bear to leave you, Dali still understands. Wu Sangui who was stabbed has already been cleaned up by Long Live Lord, and the court cannot call you
After suffering all your life, is that the land over there that is under the control of the imperial court? In the future, you will have to go back or marry someone else. Don’t forget that you still have a mother here, and she will be satisfied!” Axiu closed her eyes and let her tears flow.
While dripping, she said coquettishly: "If Long Live Lord restores my fiefdom, I will take you there and hug me all day long!" Han Liu said with a smile: "Don't kill my Yangshou, why?"
How can you have such a great blessing? Besides, your son-in-law cannot let my old lady occupy you!"
"My son-in-law!" Axiu raised her head, with a pair of big bright eyes and a smile, pointed at Chen Huang deliberately and said, "Mom, please ask him if he will let me..."
Mrs. Han was stunned when she saw Axiu being so generous. Although she was smart, capable and well-informed, she had never seen such a woman before. She didn't know what to say. Chen Huang's face turned red to his ears.
, stood up helplessly, and said in a panic: "This... this is impossible." He immediately corrected, "I'm not saying it's not good, I mean... I already have a family!" "What's the matter?
"Axiu sat up straight and said with a straight face, "Just pick her up..." At this point, she stopped and didn't say the next words.
"How can Chen Huang not be ignorant of the deep love that exists between humans and animals?" Chen Huang calmed down and said, "I didn't know your identity before, but now that I know it, how can I dare to do something indecent?... My wife is gentle and kind.
I am respectful and thrifty, very virtuous. My career is river management, and I wander around the world all year round, erratic. I have already felt 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 repay her old business, and
I can't do anything about it!" After hearing this, Axiu broke out of Han Liu's arms and stood up suddenly. After thinking for a long time, she finally felt that there was no way to have both ends. Tears flowed out silently and she wiped them.
Then he said decisively: "I... am yours. Even if my hair turns gray, even if you travel to the ends of the world, I will wait for you..."
The two people were talking animatedly when suddenly loud laughter came from outside the door. (To be continued)