"The Tale of the West Chamber" has a saying: Sorrow and joy gather to disperse a glass of wine, and the north and south are thousands of miles from east to west.
Fragmented nations, bullied nations, make individuals seem even smaller. At that time, people were only a drop in the ocean in the torrent of the times, the great wheel of history slowly moved forward, and people's fate was never in their own hands.
The Republic of China was such a chaotic era. In terms of time, the Republic of China has only been 38 years. 38 years is really as short as fireworks for the long-standing Chinese nation, but these 38 years are 38 years of drastic changes in Chinese society, and in these years, there are countless stories worth recalling.
The Chinese nation has been passed down for five thousand years, relying not on innate luck, but on the sacrifice of countless heroes and sons and daughters in various periods to save the country, they are not willing to resist, although they feel that the world is impermanent, but still insist on being themselves for the country.
Since the ancient chaotic world heroes have emerged, countless benevolent people and talents have emerged, and it is still a good story today. If the Republic of China is a splendid galaxy in history, and the innocent red face that is wandering in the world is one of the stars, then the little phoenix fairy must be the one that shines. As Cai Yi's confidant with a red face, what does she really look like? After liberation, what was her end?
A bumpy infancy
Xiao Fengxian was born in August 1900. She was a descendant of the Manchus, and her father was a fallen Manchu Eight Banners military attaché who was abruptly dismissed during the years before the complete collapse of the Qing Dynasty.
When the house leaked overnight, his father died not long after, because Xiao Fengxian's mother was a concubine.
Not long after their father's death, the mother and daughter were thrown out of the house by the eldest mother
However, the hardships and hardships of life soon took the life of the mother.
In her childhood, Xiao Fengxian lived in an increasingly impoverished and indifferent family. With the death of her parents, poor Little Fengxian was adopted by Grandma Zhang,
She thus changed her name to Zhang Fengyun
。 Because of the hardships of life and the lack of food and clothing, Grandma Zhang let her learn drama with an artist surnamed Hu, and followed Hu to Nanjing to sell and sing, taking a stage name "Xiao Fengxian".
At a young age, she experienced the joys and sorrows of the world, and she was accustomed to the parting of life and death, the hurt left by those years, and the pain given to her by fate had already turned her heart into a seven-trick.
I don't know how much I have to go through in this life to be calm
Some people mourn and complain all day long, and some people only lament the unfairness of heaven all their lives, but sometimes, the suffering you have suffered is also an intangible wealth, although the process is painful, but in your future life will be presented with different wonderfulness.
Falling into the red dust but occasionally picking up confidants
Xiao Fengxian's residence was changed again and again, but it was also repeatedly pushed from one fire pit to another. She has since fallen into the wind and dust.
As the "four famous prostitutes", how beautiful is Xiao Fengxian? In fact, the little phoenix fairy is not very good-looking, according to the record,
Her appearance can only be regarded as medium
, but the personality is quite cold and arrogant, quite a little talented. As one of the four famous prostitutes in the Republic of China, he does not have the beauty of sinking fish and falling geese. So, why did she get on the list of the "Four Famous Prostitutes"?
The lack of parents makes Xiao Fengxian a lonely personality, but he has always maintained his heart. Maybe it was destined by heaven or maybe it was the love affair in the past life, in 1914, in the eight hutongs of Shaanxi Lane, she met him——
Cai Yi
。
Cai Yi, who had a heavy army in his hands, was elected as the governor of Yunnan, guarding the frontier and exerting power for a while. Yuan Shikai co-opted Cai E, although he put Cai E under his eyelids, but Yuan Shikai was still uneasy about him, so he installed a lot of eyeliner to stare at Cai E.
Yuan Shikai was extremely close to him, so he had to find a way to paralyze Yuan Shikai and plan again. When he was bored, Cai Yi broke into the Bada Hutong Shaanxi Lane and met his red-faced confidant, Xiao Fengxian. In the process of getting along,
Xiao Fengxian was sincere to Cai Yi
One is a great general who holds the power of the army, and the other is a rather talented wind and dust woman, and the talented woman looks red and confidant, and a good story spread from this.
Xiao Fengxian, who was honest with each other, also touched Cai Yi, who was a high-ranking and powerful person at that time, and it was not easy to meet like-minded people in such a chaotic world, not to mention a talented red face. Cai Yi stayed at Xiao Fengxian night and night, and the two fiery hearts got closer and closer, and even Cai Yi's big house wife ran away from home in anger.
However, this is just Cai Yi's means to paralyze Yuan Shikai, the two people temporarily set up a stage to act separately, but the story in the play has long been turned into a true feeling, chivalrous if she is, she changed her inner room into a safe shelter for Cai to collect intelligence and meet with anti-Yuan Zhishi.
Sure enough, after Yuan Shikai's eyeliner reported Cai E's whereabouts to Yuan Shikai, he thought that Cai E was not as powerful as the legend, and gradually relaxed his vigilance against him.
On a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Cai Yi easily escaped Yuan Shikai's surveillance under the cover of Xiao Fengxian, took a train back to Yunnan, and telegraphed Yuan. That's it
Xiao Fengxian helped Cai Yi return to Yunnan with his extraordinary courage.
In Beiping City at that time, it turned out that "the beauty took away General Cai" became a beautiful talk after everyone's tea and dinner, but would Yuan Shikai let her go?
As transparent as she was, had she not considered the consequences of this matter before she helped Cai Yi without hesitation?
In addition to being obsessed with love, although Xiao Fengxian was born as a woman, she also has the chivalrous righteousness of serving the country and the people.
The country has difficulties, and the husband has the responsibility, whether male or female, it is All Chinese.
The story of a talented woman and a "beautiful rescue hero" is certainly worth passing on by word of mouth, but the deep righteousness behind it can support the long-term prosperity. There is no country and no home, no rich country and no security state where there is a peaceful and happy life, and the fate of the country and the individual are closely linked.
Childhood experience may be the reason for her invincibility, the family's misfortune she suddenly woke up,
Born in a chaotic world, life can only rise and fall
For the country and the nation is a kind of self-salvation.
Confidant died early and hid in the city
After the news spread, Xiao Fengxian's fame grew. People also often refer to her as a "chivalrous prostitute". He wrote with a stroke of his pen, "Since she is a beautiful person and has never been a heroine out of the wind and dust", I don't know how many lonely nights have accompanied her.
Until his obituary in the newspaper, inadvertently tears have stained his face, Cai Yi's coffin was transported back to Shanghai, and all walks of life in Shanghai held a grand memorial service for him. Xiao Fengxian sent two pairs of bracelets, and since then they have disappeared without a trace.
Everyone has been relishing her story, more curious about her life and death, like evaporation in the world, until a letter with Mei Lanfang opened the door of memory, so how did she spend the rest of her life after liberation? It turned out that after Cai Yi's death, she was devastated, and she also chose to live lightly, and the heavens were also touched by her infatuation, and after the suicide attempt, she has been anonymous, and then married an official to do three rooms.
A year after the marriage, her husband went to prison for some reason, but unexpectedly fell ill and died in prison. After the founding of New China, Xiao Fengxian changed her name to Zhang Xianfei, married a boilermaker in Shenyang, and lived a stable life.
In a chaotic world, no one can be left alone
。 Whether it is a high-powered general or a heroic hero or an ordinary you and me, perhaps everyone's emotional sustenance is different, but no matter what kind of situation, we must serve the country and the people as our home, this will always remain unchanged.
Some people, even if they have a desolate family and a turbulent life, have never complained about the hardships of life, and it is precisely because they have experienced the trials that ordinary people cannot understand that they have made her more powerful.