The story takes place in the eighth year of Yongle, when Ming Chengzu Zhu Di marched north, and after breaking the main force of the Tatars at the Nan River and basically recovering the Mongol tribes, he prepared to return to the dynasty.
On the way back, Huang Qing's group of men and horses, who were responsible for escorting the wounded, were attacked by the remnants of the defeated tribe.
The ranks were full of seriously wounded soldiers, and even if Huang Qing was skilled in martial arts, he could not resist these vicious, brutal, and angry Tatar soldiers. Huang Qing's team retreated while fighting, and after a while retreated to an inaccessible mountain forest.
There are many miasmas in the mountains, and they are not familiar with the terrain, so if they hide in, I am afraid that the whole army will be destroyed, Huang Qing thought to himself.
So immediately formulated a strategy, the troops were divided into two roads, the first squad led by Huang Qing, frontally to face the enemy to buy time, the second squad took advantage of the chaos to bring the wounded to the large army to join,
The battle situation was tight, and Huang Qing's squad was defeated not long after, and they scattered and fled, but fortunately, the second squad successfully escaped the enemy's pursuit.
At this time, Huang Qing was hit by several arrows, covered in blood and lost contact with the troops, and had no choice but to hide in the mountains and forests alone, and if he was lucky, he might be able to run into a hunter to save himself.
Huang Qing was lost in the mountain forest, listening to the rustle of the wind blowing weeds around him, and occasionally mixed with a few howls of night owls, he was relieved, "It seems that they did not chase." ”
However, at this time, the situation is still not optimistic, the whole body is soaked with blood, and if it is not treated in time, I am afraid that I will lose too much blood and die.
Huang Qing continued to walk towards the deep forest, hoping to find a family to call for help, even if it was a cave, so that he could rest his feet.
Tired and sleepy, coupled with the nervous tension brought about by just experiencing a melee, Huang Qing is now like a full bow string, which may break at any time.
"What's that?" In a trance, Huang Qing seemed to see two points of light not far in front of him, shadows and shadows, as if someone had lit a lantern.
Great, someone! Huang Qing was overjoyed, and then he staggered toward the point of light.
Walking closer, I saw the whole picture clearly, this deep mountain old forest actually sat in a magnificent mansion, too late to think about it, Huang Qing used all his strength to knock on the door.
"Who?" A delicate female voice came from inside the door, which seemed to be mixed with displeasure. Anyone who is disturbed in the middle of the night will also complain.
Huang Qing was overjoyed when he heard the echo, but because he was very weak, he fainted before anyone could open the door.
The next day, Three Poles of The Sun.
"It's so fragrant." Huang Qing, who had just woken up, smelled a smell of flesh that made people can't help but salivate in a trance, and quickly rubbed his eyes.
When I fixed my eyes on it, I found that there was a little girl dressed as a thirteen or fourteen-year-old woman sitting next to her, and the little woman was holding a bowl of steaming braised meat in her hand, and it was this woman who kept fanning the bowl with her hand, sending the aroma into Huang Qing's nose and calling him awake.
"You're awake, give it to you, eat it." The little girl looked at Huang Qing, who had woken up, and looked up and down curiously.
Huang Qing was already extremely hungry, his eyes were fixed on the bowl of meat, and at this time, he didn't care about any etiquette, and before the little girl could finish speaking, he snatched it up and swallowed it.
"Good you prickly," the little girl who was frightened by the sudden arrival was displeased, her eyebrows furrowed, and her apricot eyes widened, "I knew that I would wake you up with cold water, and there was no etiquette."
hum. The little girl rubbed her wrist in pain and went to the lady's room to file a complaint. And Huang Qing only cared about burying his head in bitterness, and did not pay any attention to the little girl on the side.
Soon, a bowl bottomed out. Huang Qing burped satisfactorily. With a long sigh of relief, he collapsed on the bed again.
Only then did he have the heart to look around carefully.
The bed carved from the best yellow pear, the layers of bed curtains swinging with the wind are also embroidered with mandarin ducks and a few poems, the craftsmanship is exquisite, not like folk ordinary products, I am afraid that it is the best made of the top showgirls in the palace.
Smell carefully, there seems to be a bit of fat powder in the air.
"Isn't it the lady's boudoir?" Huang Qing muttered in his heart.
Just when The monk Huang Qingzhang was confused, he only heard the sound of women's dialogue outside the door.
"Madam, I was kind enough to bring him food, but this pimp hurt my hand." The little girl said grievously, "Madame wants to get justice for me." ”
Boom boom
"Dude, we're coming in." A gentle female voice sounded, and then pushed open the door.
The person who entered the door was wearing an apricot yellow long skirt, covered with a goose white thin shirt, a pair of eyes that seemed to be happy or not, slim in weight, weak and boneless, and it was a rare color in the world without applying powder, and her hair was casually coiled, but she still had a graceful and luxurious posture of a master mother.
And closely followed, Huang Qing had previously taken the bowl and was still angry with her eyebrows.
As a warrior, usually in the barracks with a bunch of rough guys, rarely see women, wandering habitually, for a time to see this heavenly immortal-like master and servant two, Huang Qing was a little distracted, looking at the two in a daze.
"Hey, you're stupid." Ling Er said in a nonchalant manner, "This is my lady, and I can't get up to see you yet." ”
"Ling'er, don't be rude to Engong." The lady scolded.
Grace? Some of Huang Qing's monks were confused.
The lady went on to say, "You saved my brother's life on the battlefield a few years ago, and there was nothing in return for it. ”
During the conversation, Huang Qing gradually understood what was going on.
It turned out that this lady was the wife of the Ma clan in Nanyang, and her husband died in battle in his early years, so he came here to be a widow, and he did not know when he saved his brother.
Now that Yin and Yang had come to Ma's mansion by mistake, Huang Qing no longer remembered who Ma's younger brother was, but he had come here because of the good fortune he had accumulated in his daily life, Huang Qing thought.
Huang Qing is both humanistic and martial, loyal and benevolent, full of righteousness, charging forward on the battlefield without fear, especially valuing love and righteousness, and has repeatedly saved his comrades on the battlefield between life and death.
But when I think about it, I always feel that something is wrong.
"People don't often come here, so let's cultivate here these days." Madame Ma said.
Thinking that the wounded should have joined the large army, Huang Qing's heart gradually let go, so he nodded and stayed in Mafu.
During this period, Madame Ma was afraid that he would be bored, so she brought some scripts and told him the stories inside.
And so it went.
It is strange to say that this proverbial saying hurts the bones for a hundred days, and this body injury has to lie down for at least ten and a half days on weekdays and cannot get out of bed, and now it is only a few days before you can get off the ground.
Huang Qingsong walked to the courtyard and looked around at the flowers and good ponds, but inexplicably there was some sense of desolation and loneliness, lifeless.
"When you are well, come and work," Ling Er shouted to Huang Qing with a bundle of firewood on his back not far away, "Our family does not raise idle people." ”
Huang Qing heard haha and smiled and said, "Ling'er girl is so brutal, she is not afraid that she will not be able to marry out in the future?" As he spoke, he took the axe and chopped up the firewood.
This afternoon, Huang Qingdu was busy in the courtyard, and in the evening, the whole corner of the firewood room was piled with firewood, and the courtyard was also neatly repaired, "Huang Gongzi Is this?" Only to see Madame Ma come out of the room and ask incomprehensibly.
"Madam, Huang mou has been harassing here for a long time, and tomorrow he is ready to leave for his hometown," Huang Qing explained, "thinking that the two girls are delicate and weak and inconvenient to do some heavy work, Huang mou will chop more firewood, and in the future, Ling'er girl will directly use it." After saying that, Huang Qing seemed to laugh with some embarrassment.
"Tomorrow?" Madame Ma seemed reluctant, "The wound has not healed, do you not need to rest for a few days?" ”
"There is no big trouble, thank you for taking care of Madame these days, moreover, I have been away from the team for many days, I am afraid that the general has already thought that Huang Mou is dead, if the news of death is transmitted to the ears of my father and wife, I am afraid that they will be frightened." Huang Qing explained.
"Huang Gongzi is already married?" Madame Ma asked
"Yes, the name of the inner son is called the embroidered lady, naturally not as beautiful as the lady, but the two of us are young and affectionate, so I want to go back quickly to tell the truth." Huang Qing said.
"Well, since that's the case, I'll send my son away tomorrow." Mrs. Ma said.
The next day, the chicken chirped three times. Outside the Gate of Mafu.
"Now, here you are." Ling Er threw a package to Huang Qing and opened it to see some gold and silver jewelry.
"This is a gift from my wife to the embroidery lady, and the lady also said, I wish you husband and wife love white heads and many children and many grandchildren." By the way, don't talk about this place to outsiders after going out, my wife is happy and quiet, and doesn't want to be disturbed. Saying that, he closed the door with self-care, not giving Huang Qing a chance to refuse.
Huang Qing was stunned at first, then he put away the package and arched his hand towards Ma Fu. Just left.
The road down the mountain was extremely smooth, and soon Huang Qing rushed back to his hometown, and was happy to see That Huang Qing was safe and sound.
The general heard that Huang Qing was safe and sound, and also came to visit and feasted on the celebration, because of Huang Qing's immediate decision, the wounded escorted by the second squad were well treated and survived.
At the banquet, everyone asked Huang Qing how he survived, and Huang Qing remembered Ling'er's words, afraid that if he told the truth, someone would disturb Ma's purity, so he casually made up a lie, saying that he was rescued by the hunters.
Back at home at night, the embroidered lady pointed to the gold and silver jewelry in the package and asked Huang Qing, "What's going on?" ”
Huang Qing thought that The embroidery lady was kind and not an outsider, so she told her experience in Mafu one by one, and after the embroidery lady listened to it, she folded her hands and thanked her ten times in a row, and at the end, she said to Huang Qing, "The grace of saving lives, we must come to the door to thank you in the coming day." ”
After that, the imperial court promoted Huang Qing to an official rank and raised him, and the general also gave him half a year's leave to let him recuperate at home.
However, the good times did not last long, and within a few months, there was another war in the south, and Huang Qing was ordered to go immediately.
At this time, the embroidered lady was also diagnosed as pregnant.
Huang Qing was well aware of the evil in this act, so he secretly dragged The embroidery lady back to the house and whispered: "Embroidery lady, the eldest husband should be a horizontal knife and stand up for the country and the people, I must go on this trip, if it is unfortunate to sacrifice my life for the country, you will find Langzhong to take the child off, take advantage of the young to find a good family to remarry, and the pregnancy must not let the father know, I will go to Langzhong before I go out on the expedition, and no one will know." ”
Xiu Niang heard the words and burst into tears: "What is this nonsense that Husband Jun said, I have known you since childhood, respect each other like guests, how do you compare the little girl in the city to me, this child is your Huang family incense, I will definitely keep it for you, if Husband Jun dies in battle, I will go with you." ”
"Alas." Huang Qing sighed.
The next day, the army set out.
Half a month later, the border passed on the message that the battle suffered heavy casualties, and in another half a month, Huang Qing was killed in battle, and the blood clothes were returned.
The Huang family is up and down, dressed in white.
The embroidered lady endured grief to handle the funeral for her husband, and at this time two magnificent women appeared outside the Door of the Huang Family.
"You're the embroiderer." Madame Ma spoke.
Ling Er on the side immediately introduced herself, and the embroidery lady learned that these two were the saviors in her husband's mouth, and immediately invited the two to enter the door.
Madame Ma first comforted: "Sister's Day mourning, Huang Gongzi has been a family for the country all his life, a righteous spirit, after death is also ascended to heaven and become a god, but the sister is pregnant, do not worry all day, do not hurt the child." It turned out that when the master servant of the Ma clan learned the news of Huang Qing's death in battle, she was afraid that Xiu Niang would not be able to find a short sight, so she went down the mountain to take care of it.
Then he stayed in the Huang Mansion and accompanied the embroidered lady to relieve his boredom, and the two masters and servants contributed money to buy supplements for the embroidery lady and buy small clothes and shoes for the children.
Pregnant in October, a childbirth, embroidery lady gave birth to a son, named Pingzhi, maybe the world is too peaceful there will be these tragedies of family destruction, embroidery niang thought.
Perhaps it was the arrival of the newborn that added a bright color to the Huang family that had been silent for a year, and the yellow old man who was depressed all day was also active.
After a few more months, the Huang family gradually came out of the haze, saw that the embroidery lady's spirit improved, and the master and servant of the Ma clan were also ready to say goodbye.
"When will I see my sister again?" The embroidery lady held the child and asked reluctantly.
"I'm in the depths of the Western Mountains, and the older children can come to Fuchu as guests, but the road is a little difficult." Madame Ma responded.
After saying that, he got into the carriage and left.
In the years that followed, on Pingzhi's birthday, the Huang family would receive a large amount of gold and silver, and sometimes some rare things that children liked. Although there was no signature, the embroidery lady knew that it was all sent by Madame Ma.
WuFei rabbit left, the seasons were like a stream, and sixteen years had passed in the blink of an eye.
Xiu Niang always read Ma's love, and also knew that Ma Clan was young and widowed and childless, afraid that she would have nothing to rely on, so she instructed Pingzhi to go to Xishan to find Ma Shi, and prostrated her as a dry lady, and if there was a need in the future, he would give her a pension and send her to the end.
Hiraichi, who grew up listening to Ma's stories, was very curious about this dry lady who was described by her mother as kind as a goddess, and she had long wanted to meet her.
So he packed his bags and immediately left for Mafu.
The carriage walked for two days and two nights and finally reached the foot of the West Mountain, because the road up the mountain was too steep for the carriage to go up, Pingzhi had to go on foot, and I don't know how long I walked and suddenly saw an old man in front of me sitting on a stone resting, so he went forward to inquire.
"Old man, how does Ma Fu go?" Pingzhi asked.
"There is no Ma Mansion here, only a Ma Tomb, which I heard was the grave of the widow of a general thirty years ago." The old man said.
"How could it be? My mother is Ma Shi, and every year on my birthday she will send me something. Ping Zhi was puzzled.
"Just ahead, look at it yourself." The old man saw the peace of disbelief and held out a finger.
Pingzhi ran in the direction pointed out by the old man, and after a while he saw a lonely grave, and the years of birth and death engraved on the stele were no different from what the old man said.
"Gan Niang died thirty years ago, so who is the person in her mouth?" Could it be that evil spirits are at work? Heizhi only felt a chill on his back and immediately ran home.
Back at home, Heiyuki told Xiu Niang what he had seen and heard.
"Mother, this will not be the work of evil spirits."
Xiu Niang was also shocked after listening to it, but she scolded in a flash: "Even if it is a ghost, it is also kind to my Huang family, and I will know it when I go to see it." ”
Hiranomi angered his mother and stopped speaking. So the mother and son duo came to the West Mountain again, only this time it happened that someone came to worship.
The footsteps of the mother and son alarmed the worshipper, and the man turned back to see the name of the embroidered lady, "Is the embroidery sister-in-law you?" ”
"Who are you and how can you recognize me?" The embroidery lady asked.
"He was on the battlefield when Big Brother Huang was a life-saving grace for me, and if It weren't for Big Brother Huang carrying me out of the pile of dead people, I would have become a lone ghost in a foreign land." The man said excitedly.
"Then this..." Heizhi asked, pointing to the grave.
"Oh, this is my sister's tomb, thirty years ago my brother-in-law died in battle, my sister did not want to open for a while and went with my brother-in-law, but the brother-in-law's body is not preserved, the family can only build a crown tomb for the brother-in-law, the sister is afraid that the brother-in-law can not find the way home, so she left a will for people to bury him in the West Mountain after death, the only way to march, hoping to take the brother-in-law home one day." The man was stunned. "Unfortunately, my sister has no children under her knees, and I can't often come to worship, so this gradually becomes a deserted grave."
After saying that, he bid farewell to the embroidered mother and son.
Listening, Ping Yi swept away the previous fearful mood and went straight to Ma's grave and prostrated his head a few times.
After that, the embroidery lady and Heizhi came to this place every New Year's Festival to repair the cemetery to offer sacrifices.
And Heiyuki was also as literate and martial as his father, and he was full of righteousness, and later joined the army and worshiped the general.
I don't know if Ma Shi is secretly blessed, whenever Ping zhi is in danger and fears for his life, he miraculously turns the crisis into safety, and lives to the age of ninety, and ends up without illness.
Material from "Zhi Wei Lu"