In 776 AD, in a yard in Chang 'an, it was midsummer.

On this day, Xue Xun, a senior official of the imperial court, was at home. The weather was hot and the room was as stuffy as a stove. His eight-year-old daughter, Xue Tao, was absorbed in reading on the case, sweating profusely and oblivious. Xue Xun shook his head, smiled helplessly and picked up a sweat towel to wipe his forehead.

At this time, he saw through the window that the buttonwood trees in the yard were surprisingly lush, and he secretly cheered. Then, he ordered his servant to enjoy the cool under the tree for him and his daughter. The sun shone on the branches and leaves of the buttonwood tree, but it didn't penetrate a cent. It only has a Phnom Penh on the edge of branches and leaves, which looks like a gorgeous giant umbrella.

Xue Xun was lying on the couch, sleepy and full of thoughts. He couldn't help but say, "The court is divided into ancient trees and rises into the clouds." As soon as the voice fell, a childish voice echoed: "The branches welcome birds from the north and the south, and the leaves supply air."

Xue Xun got up and looked at his 8-year-old daughter beside him with a face of shock, only to see that Xue Tao was still absorbed in reading, with a casual look, as if the poem just now had not come from her mouth. Looking at this daughter who has been held in the palm of her hand since childhood, Xue Xun has a complicated face and doesn't know what to be happy about.

Living in the court, ups and downs are sooner or later. Soon after, Xue Xun was exiled to Sichuan, far from the capital, for offending powerful people. A few years later, he died of illness, leaving only Xue Tao and his mother. Then forced to make a living, Xue Tao, in her prime, joined the music club and became a prostitute.

Although things change, there are traces to follow. When a leaf becomes a poem, a sentence becomes a prophecy.

Second, the spring breeze is proud of horseshoe disease.

Xue Tao is famous for his "good looks", "extraordinary temperament, eloquence and wisdom, poetry and songs". In 785, Xue Tao met her Bole, an important figure in her life-Wei Gao.

It should be a brightly lit night. Wei Gao, then secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, was appointed as our special envoy, and local officials rushed to show their kindness and prepared a banquet for him.

Wei Gao, who is on the top floor of the main hall, can't help but feel bored when he looks at the officials wearing masks pushing cups for a change and watching seemingly boring songs and dances.

When the waiter next to him saw his master frowning, he had a brainwave and said, "Sir, haven't you always wanted to meet that famous girl Xue? It is better to take this opportunity to find her and have a look. " Wei Gao promised. Soon, Xue Tao came naturally.

At this time, she was dressed in a red dress, and her face was slightly stable. So she stood in the middle of the hall, and all eyes were focused on her. At this moment, she is as dazzling as the sun. Wei Gao said, "I have always heard that you are very talented in literature. Can you improvise a poem to make me happy? "

Xue Tao nodded gently and said, "Yes". A maid went to the paper rack and presented pen and ink. I saw her left hand gently holding the sleeves, her right hand holding the pen, and she waved her hand on the paper without thinking.

Wei Gao looked at the paper in front of him. The handwriting on it is not feminine, and it is very strong. The beauty of his running script is quite similar to that of Wang Xizhi. Look at this poem, "Facing the balcony every night, rain is a cloud in Chu Shang." There are many willows in front of the temple, and the thrush comes to the sky in spring. "This is not written by A Nv jiao moths.

Wei Gao couldn't help laughing: "Good poem! What a talent! What a prestigious Xue Hongdu! "

Since then, Xue Tao has become a celebrity around Wei Gao. Not only is he the perfect person for a banquet, but he can also write official documents. Wei Gao even applied for the position of "female teacher" for Xue Tao. At that time, an endless stream of officials gave gifts and bribes to Xue Tao, all of whom wanted to visit Wei Gao through the back door of Xue Tao.

Xue Tao is a rising star, from a prostitute who used to watch and listen to her, to a red man who is now in full swing. She doesn't love gold, silver and jewelry, and regards money as dirt and flower mud, but she accepts all the photos delivered to her door and turns them in. This arrogance of "sexual madness" made Wei Gao very dissatisfied, and then Wei Gao was sent to the war-torn southwest border in a rage. At this point, Xue suddenly realized that whether he was flying in the clouds or falling into the dust, all he relied on was Wei Gao's favor. If he takes good care of her, she will be fine. If he has a bad impression of her, then she has nothing.

In the final analysis, just like the fish in the pond and the birds in the forest, it seems comfortable, but it is actually like a person knows how to drink water. To understand this, Xue Tao wrote "Ten Poems" and bowed to Wei Gao before being recalled to Chengdu. During this period, Xue Tao deeply understood that no one could feel at ease on his own, and soon asked Wei Gao to take off Le Shu and become a free man.

Third, love at first sight, July missed life.

In 809, Xue Tao was middle-aged. At this time, Xue Tao was as calm as water, living by the Huanhua River, watching loquat flowers in the yard every day, reading and writing poems, and living a quiet life. But it seems that from the moment she was born, it was doomed to be an ill-fated life.

Yuan Zhen, a brilliant young man, has heard a lot about Xue Tao. When he was in Sichuan, he asked a friend to meet Xue Tao, and the drama of love at first sight was immediately staged. Although Xue Tao has read countless people and learned a lot about the love between men and women, how can anyone who takes part in accidental amusement compare with Yuan Zhen?

Although she is 1 1 years older than him, so what? It was Yuan Zhen who rekindled her hope for love, rescued her from the dull days and took her to experience the sincere love that she had never had a chance to experience.

"On the amphibious green pool, * * * flies back at night. I remember the young days, between concentric lotus leaves. " She has fallen into the world of Yuan Town, and love is as fierce as a moth. She always thought Yuan Zhen was the partner she wanted in this life. In her eyes, Weigao is a big tree, and she can only go up if she is attached to it like a vine. Yuan Zhen is different, they are vines of each other, and they can be entangled and attached to each other.

Although women's hearts are like a rock, most talented people are fickle, and Yuan Zhen, who sings "Amber Forever", is one of them. Three months later, Yuan Zhen was transferred from Sichuan to Luoyang. Although he wrote to Xue Tao and promised that Xue Tao would come back again, Xue Tao failed to meet Ying Jun..

Xue Tao, who always makes people feel distressed, foolishly dyed the paper pink when Yuan Zhen embraced her new love, made it into a delicate narrow note for writing love letters, and then wrote her full thoughts and love and sent it to a man who would never give her a response again.

Fourth, prosperity is sparse.

Many years later, when Xue Tao stood on the edge of Jinjiang again in a gray cassock, looking at the scene where the fishing forest sang late, she couldn't help but recall that she and Yuan Zhen had been boating on the river, had been drinking under the moon, had been with Qing Chuan in Shushan, and had been sitting on a misty lake, and smiled indifferently.

Life is like dust. In those absurd or sweet years, she experienced everything she should and shouldn't have experienced.

She has lived for men for most of her life. After all these years, let her live for herself once. No matter whether she is rich or poor, as long as she keeps her heart, she will live up to her decades of dust.

When she was dying, she still had her most beautiful scenery, without embellishment or flower arrangement.