Text/April Mo
Like fifteen years ago, there are faint green hills, flowing water, clear streams and overgrown weeds in Zhuluo Village.
Zheng Dan is a woman, and her life is no longer sword dancing and selling tofu. During those years in the state of Wu, she learned how to embroider women workers, and often took her sewed clothes to the market to subsidize her family.
In this way, men plow and women weave, and you carry water to knit for me. This is a beautiful life. Oh, she also has a big fat man who went to the East Village to play with Dong Shi's little daughter.
Zheng Dan tied the knot and put the needle and thread back in the drawer. The fat boy ran back panting, and the sweat on the tip of his nose was still wiping away.
"Mom, they said aunt went to heaven. Is this true? "
Zheng Dan touched the fat boy's hair and adjusted his clothes. His eyes are a little far away. "She did a good job."
Fat man always thinks that she is the first beauty in the world, because he says his mother is the most beautiful in the village, but Zheng Dan shakes his head and tells him every time, "You are the first beauty."
That kind of beauty, beauty
If you lean, you will be covered.
They gave the innocent peasant girl as a weapon to Fu Cha, the king of Wu. They left their homes and were burdened with the hopes of thousands of people in Qian Qian. The water in Wu Palace is always in the most luxurious cup, but it is not as sweet as the trickle in the stream.
Everything is like a dream. Wu's ten years look like a dream, but it's horrible.
She is the daughter of Zheng who sells tofu. She never liked pen and ink, but she liked martial arts since she was a child. She worships Wang Daxia in the neighboring village as her teacher.
The woodcutter Shi's daughter Shi, whose name is Yi Guang. When she first saw E-light, she was surprised. That day, dressed in shabby clothes, she was pure and picturesque.
Everyone in the village said, "Molly has two daughters, both of whom are very beautiful."
She is so beautiful and confident, just like a sword. When the sword comes out, it will follow. The beauty of giving is implicit, just like a flower in bud, which makes people pity and is willing to stop and wait for her to bloom quietly.
I still remember them meeting by the stream. On that day, Shi squatted by the stream and washed clothes silently. She hummed a little song, sweet and melodious, which set off the chirping of birds in the mountains. At that time, she didn't pay attention, and the clothes floated to the middle of the water.
Stone quickly took off his shoes and wanted to go to the middle of the water to get the dress. Zheng Dan happened to pass by, and she easily picked up the gray cloth skirt with flying skills.
"Thank you, girl." Xi Shi thanked her gently and warmly, and her skin was like jelly.
"My name is Zheng Dan, and I know your name is Yiguang."
In this way, the two women became good friends. She is two months older than Shi. Xi called her "sister" and she called Xi "a light".
Shi is always not confident in front of her. Always with a hint of inferiority and look up.
Shi thinks she is smart, enthusiastic and cheerful, even jade is so beautiful. Shi said distressfully, "Sister, my feet are big and ugly!" "
The next day, she gave her a long skirt, which just covered her feet. "Look, how beautiful it is."
"Sister, my face is too big, like a washbasin." Stone touched his face and frowned, feeling particularly inferior.
She dragged the boat to the stream, and the fish on the stream sank to the bottom. "You see, fish are embarrassed to see your beauty."
I always feel that I can always be so carefree with Shi.
Wu attacked Yue State, which was defeated, and the monarch became a prisoner. The King of Yue intends to select ten beautiful women from the State of Yue and present them to the King of Wu.
"Sister, we have thus become a national conquered people!"
Taking the imperial secretary to the village to choose a candidate, he took a fancy to history at a glance. They were taken back to the palace by Fan Li and studied court etiquette, chess, calligraphy and painting with eight other beautiful women.
Shi is very smart and knows everything. She is often praised as one of the top ten beauties by her mothers. General Fan Li often comes to check their study progress. Every time he sees it, his face will turn red, and every time he looks at it, it will look unnatural.
She didn't ask the stone in private, so there is no need to ask such obvious things. Besides, they are all daughters who have lost their country and are about to become the women of the king of Wu. It's not good to have feelings for them.
On the way to Wu, Shi said to her, "Sister, I don't want to go to Wu. I want to follow General Fan. " History is disappointed, but he is helpless.
They all know that in the face of the country's demise, all affection for children is wishful thinking.
"I will protect you." She clasped Shi's hand and comforted.
She has always been carefree. Confusing the prince of Wu is the mission of their top ten beauties. Sooner or later, she will serve the king of Wu, so she can be the first person.
Stone cares and resists, and his mind is simple, so it is difficult to stand in the harem of the kingdom of Wu, where beautiful women are like clouds.
On the day she met the king of Wu, she specially dressed up. If the face is peach blossom and the skin is snow, hibiscus is not as good as beauty. The stone standing next to her was shocked. "Sister, you are so beautiful today!" "
The king of Wu took a fancy to her at a glance, and pampered her and rewarded her one after another. The huge peach blossom temple is full of royal treasures. The comb she uses to comb her hair is much more expensive than the average family spends three years.
The concubines in the harem often trip her up. Shi often comes to see her and looks at her with an embarrassed look: "Sister, you have lost weight again."
On that occasion, she was deliberately punished by the Queen. The queen told her to look for the lost jade bracelet by the pool, saying that it was sent by the queen mother and it was very expensive.
In late autumn, the cold wind blows hard, and she has fainted by the pool, without finding the jade bracelet.
After waking up, stay with her all the time. "Sister, I decided to follow the King of Wu." Her dim eyes finally stopped flashing and hid, and she was a little more determined.
"What about General Fan?" Is Shi really willing to give up a lover who never forgets?
"After the national enemy, if general fan still wants me, I naturally share life and death. Now I can't sit still. " Shi clasped his cold hands and they nodded to each other.
By the time she recovered, Shi had become the most distinguished woman in Wu's harem, and the jewels given by Fu Cha were like a flowing river. Every time the queen wants to punish, the king of Wu will reprimand her. I heard that the early dynasty of the king of Wu was often delayed, and I heard that the passbook of the king of Wu had not been seen for a long time.
On that day, I came dressed in blue. Shi said that the minister began to write again, thinking that Yue State was offering beautiful women with ulterior motives.
After thinking for a while, he said to him, "It seems that we must do it ourselves to dispel the speculation of those ministers." Under the apricot tree, I nodded to the stone. "Sister is still smart."
Rumors about the discord between peace gradually spread throughout the harem, and the queen came to taunt her. "Your good sister, what's it like to rob you now?"
Zheng Dan pretended to be angry and his handkerchief was torn to pieces. "That bitch stone!"
The prince of Wu ignored state affairs and got up early in the morning. I have heard that the people of the State of Wu sang the fatuous songs of the King of Wu.
Taohua Temple is very cold in winter, and the charcoal fire burns very brightly. Zheng Dan often wanders around the palace in a cloak. I didn't pay attention to going downstairs that day and rolled down the stairs. Fortunately, General Wu saved her in time.
"Judging from your accent, you don't look like a Wu native." Zheng Dan stared at the handsome man.
"My mother is Vietnamese." Only this sentence, Zheng Dan will remember him.
It turns out that some people will engrave it in their hearts at a glance and never forget it.
Since then, General Qin has become a dream in a boring life. She likes walking in the palace more and more. She didn't know when General Qin was on duty, and she dared not ask. She just tries her luck every day.
General Qin said, "Empress is in a good mood every day."
General Qin said, "The empress seems to know some kung fu."
General Qin said, "Empress will meet her family one day."
That man has extraordinary martial arts and superior ability, and he is neither out of line nor indifferent to her. In this lonely and boring time, there are also sparks.
The apricot blossoms in the palace bloom and fall, and the threshold in the palace has gone through countless times. Everyone in the palace told her that she was out of favor and unhappy, and she was on tenterhooks all day. The state affairs of Wu are becoming increasingly deserted, and ministers are always interrupted by the prince of Wu who is immersed in the gentle countryside.
Stone came to see her in the evening. "Sister, I heard that the King of Yue is ready to act." Stone's eyes are long-lost joy, just like complaining about her big feet and giving her a skirt.
"Very good." Zheng Dan's smile is very tired.
After so many years, I can finally go home, one step away. May the King of Yue get his wish.
She hasn't spoken to General Qin for a long time. Every time she sees him from a distance, he is in a hurry. Perhaps, when the King of Yue wins, they will never see each other again. She hasn't been told where her family lives, and the village is full of good people.
Fu Cha, the king of Wu, committed suicide, and the king of Yue restored the country. The people of Yue greeted King Yue with cheers and wished him a long life. They even adapted the History of Xi into a ballad and sang it everywhere.
I saw Shi again at dusk, and that was the last time they met.
Shi, dressed in blue, came to her room with her little daughter's worries, which she gave her that year. Shi said, "Sister, I'm going to retire with you. Thank you for your care over the years. Goodbye. "
Hug. Bye.
My sister, who took care of her for many years, finally waited for Fan Li. She watched the two people leave together, and the back was pulled by the sunset. I don't know where they will go boating and swimming in the lake, but they love each other.
Ten years later, her sister Shi finally got her wish.
The King of Yue said that she had made great contributions and would give her 200 gold. Zheng Dan refused. She just wants to go back to Zhuluo village to accompany her parents, drink sweet water by the stream and catch rabbits in the Woods.
When she reached the village entrance, Dong Shi looked at her for a long time. "You finally came back. A guest has been waiting for you for several days. "
Guest?
Which old friend found the way to the village? She never told anyone where she lived.
Pushing open the door at home, dad looked at her with joy. "Dan, why are you back?" Dad hurriedly took her to the house, his calloused hands were warm.
General Qin.
Zheng Dan froze, surprised, different and unbelievable. For a long time, his brain couldn't turn for a while.
"Why are you here?" After Yue defeated Wu, she never saw him again, and even made the worst assumption that he had been killed by the Yue army.
"I am Vietnamese, and I have come to propose to my father and mother." General Qin smiled and wore coarse clothes.
The apricot blossoms in the village are everywhere, and the flowers are overflowing and elegant. Under the apricot tree, he taught her to dance the sword. "Should I call you brother or husband?"
The first chapter: Gui: Peach flies away and burns its glory.
Zheng Xiu: Dimfragrance and sleeves.