Looking at the nearly 2,400 years of feudal history in our country, there are many heroes and heroes who have emerged. However, if we want to talk about which era has the highest frequency of celebrities, I believe that the vast majority of people will definitely think of the special historical period of the Three Kingdoms.
Poster of Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In fact, the Three Kingdoms period was indeed an era of heroes, whether it was the stage of the division of the masses at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, or the period of confrontation between the balances and balances after the three-legged establishment. Many of the civilian ministers and military generals who have emerged in this period of history are big figures with the ability to direct the country and the mountains or to cross the battlefield.
Zhou Yu stills
For example, Zhou Yu, who had begun to assist Sun Ce in his conquest of Jiangdong as early as the age of 21, was a prodigy of sexual restoration (the meaning of open-mindedness). Zhou Yu was not only a famous general at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also a famous and prestigious family in Lujiang.
According to records, Zhou Yu's cousin Zhou Jing and cousin Zhou Zhong, both of whom were important officials during the Han Dynasty. Even Zhou Yu's father, Zhou Yi, held the position of Luoyang Ling (also known as the chief executive of Luoyang). Therefore, Zhou Yu inherited such excellent family genes, coupled with the superior education and living environment of the day after tomorrow. He not only has a handsome appearance, but also has set great ambitions since childhood.
In addition, Zhou Yu is also proficient in the way of musical rhythm. Since ancient Jiangdong, there has been a saying that "the song is wrong, Zhou Lang Gu", which shows that he is indeed extremely proficient in the way of music. However, if you want to say that Zhou Yu's most powerful ability is to belong to his ability to strategize on the battlefield. When Sun Ce started, it was precisely because of Zhou Yu's joining that he was able to quickly sweep through the entire Jiangdong with the momentum of thunder.
Stills of Zhou Yu and Sun Ce
Among them, Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce all the way to take the city of Lujiang in December of the fourth year of Jian'an (that is, 199 AD). After the city was destroyed, the two of them soon went to visit the local Qiao Gong family (mainly to hear that qiao gong had 2 daughters under his knees, both of whom were absolutely beautiful in the world), so Sun Ce and Zhou Yudang even married Big Qiao and Xiao Qiao as wives, which was also a good story of the combination of two "heroic beauties" in the Three Kingdoms period.
Stills of Zhou Yu and Little Joe
But just as the so-called "weather has unpredictable storms", who knows that Sun Ce, the "little bully" who has been traversing the battlefield all his life, did not die on the battlefield, but finally ended up with an assassination. According to records, on April 4 of the fifth year of Jian'an (that is, May 5, 200), Sun Ce was hunting on horseback in the Dantu Mountains when he met three former disciples of Xu Gong. When the two sides fought, Sun Ce was unfortunately shot in the cheek and eventually died of his injuries (only 26 years old).
Big Joe stills
After that, Big Joe naturally became a widow, and his fate was indeed regrettable. And Xiao Qiao's fate was also not much better, when Jian'an was fifteen years old (that is, 210), Zhou Yu also followed in Sun Ce's footsteps and died of illness in Baqiu at the age of 36. At that time, Xiao Qiao's age was almost 30 years old, as the saying goes, a woman is "thirty like a wolf, forty like a tiger", so how did Xiao Qiao, who was in the year of the tiger and wolf after Zhou Yu's death, spend the rest of his life?
Little Joe stills
In fact, since the death of Zhou Yu, there is no clear record of the rest of Xiao Qiao's life in the historical records. However, according to the marriage system at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is speculated that Xiao Qiao's way of spending the rest of his life should be nothing more than the following three situations.
The first: the most humane way to "remarry".
It should be known that the degree of restraint on women in the Three Kingdoms period was, in fact, far from being as strict as the later Cheng Zhu Lixue. Therefore, at that time, the situation of women remarrying was still a relatively common phenomenon. For example, when Cao Cao implemented the Tun Tian system, Cao Wei's relevant departments often rationed widows to soldiers who survived on the battlefield. Moreover, Cao Cao also married the widow Yin Shi as a concubine, which can also be regarded as an example.
Cao Cao stills
Of course, the reason for this situation was mainly due to the excessive frequency of wars at that time. After all, countless men died on the battlefield. Without a decree encouraging widows to remarry, there would be a gap in the reproduction of the entire country, which is a major problem related to the survival of the society.
However, if this problem falls on Little Joe, it will be a different matter. Because Zhou Yu's identity is different from that of ordinary soldiers. Therefore, at that time, except for Cao Cao who dared to blatantly worry about Xiao Qiao, there were really few people in the entire Three Kingdoms who dared to marry Zhou Yu's widow.
Stills of Little Joe and Zhou Yu
In addition, judging from Xiao Qiao's popularity in the history of the Three Kingdoms, if she really remarried to someone else after Zhou Yu's death. Then the history books will inevitably leave records related to it. Therefore, judging from the fact that the rest of Xiao Qiao's life is not clearly recorded in the history books, the possibility of Xiao Qiao remarrying someone else after Zhou Yu's death is indeed not high.
The second: the most tragic situation "ends of depression.".
It is said that Xiao Qiao spent nearly 18 years after Zhou Yu's death, and finally died depressed around the age of 47. There is some credibility in this version of the statement, after all, Zhou Yu's sudden death must have hit Xiao Qiao very hard. Moreover, coupled with the double blows of Zhou Xun and Zhou Yin's successive early deaths, it is even more likely to cause her great psychological damage.
It is speculated from this that the possibility of Little Joe finally being depressed for the rest of his life is indeed very high.
The third, the most ideal ending, "the end of life."
According to the records in the "Yuezhou Fuzhi" during the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty, Xiao Qiao not only did not remarry after Zhou Yu's death, but also spent the rest of his life and finally died. Moreover, the mound on the east side of the new bus station in Lujiang County, Anhui Province, is said to be the cemetery where Xiao Qiao was buried.
Little Joe's tomb ruins
However, the veracity of this claim is debatable. Because, there are also relevant historical records to support it, Xiao Qiao's original tomb was destroyed in the war as early as the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, in addition to the ruins of Xiao Qiao's tomb in Lujiang County, Anhui, there are also sites of Xiao Qiao's tomb in Nanling County in Anhui and yueyang Lou in Hunan. Therefore, it is impossible to verify whether the ruins of these little Qiao tombs that exist in the world are true or false.
It can be seen that the statement that Little Joe finally died is not invulnerable. And the only thing we can be sure of is that after Zhou Yu's death, Xiao Qiao, who was in the age of Miao, was indeed very miserable for the rest of his life.
First of all, the pain of losing her husband is needless to say, and secondly, even her two sons Zhou Xun and Zhou Yin also all died young (according to historical records, Zhou Yu's eldest son Zhou Xun died prematurely, although he had the style of his father, but unfortunately died early; and the second son Zhou Yin was even cut to the throne for indulgence, and finally died of illness in Luling before Sun Quan's pardon). Asking a woman to suffer such blows in her life is indeed a lament.