One is a heroic general, the other is a prostitute, so that the two people who do not seem to be related, but they know each other by mistake, and eventually become each other's intimate confidants. But perhaps there is no fate, one person died, one person clutched the photo until death, but was not recognized by the younger generations of this relationship.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, the situation was turbulent and chaotic, and there were many excellent generals, and Cai Yi was one of them. When he saw the people who had been bullied, he had no hesitation and was determined to save the country and save the people, to save the people and the country in the depths of the water. Cai Yi's life is very wonderful, and he has written his mark in China's modern history.
He joined the army to save the country and constantly struggled to realize the ideal of saving the country and saving the people, but when he was about to win victory, his ideals were shattered, and he was helplessly trapped in the capital. It was also at this time that he met the famous prostitute Xiao Fengxian, and the two were like old friends who were unusually close, knew each other and finally fell in love, but for various reasons the two had to be separated.
I didn't expect to be separated this time, but it was a farewell. After separation, General Cai Yi unfortunately contracted tuberculosis due to long-term labor, and eventually died in Japan. The little Phoenix Immortal, who remained alone, took his photo with him until his death.
1. Famous prostitutes fall in love with generals
Xiao Fengxian is a famous geisha in the capital area, while Cai Yi is a well-known general who has already married and had children. The two were originally like two parallel lines that should not intersect, but perhaps by providence or man-made, the two still met.
At first, the two were not familiar with each other, and Cai Yi was often depressed because he was hit by his superiors, so he often went to the alleys of the hutong to listen to music. Because of his identity, Cai Yi always dressed up as a depressed person to listen to the music, but Xiao Fengxian did not dislike Cai Yi, so the two slowly developed a relationship, and then the two talked about everything and were intimate confidants of each other.
Cai Yi tried to tell Xiao Fengxian about his troubles, and after Xiao Fengxian listened, he greatly appreciated Cai E's wisdom and gave Cai E a lot of encouragement, and Cai Yi was very moved. In this way, in the long run, Xiao Fengxian had the idea of helping Cai Yi.
In this way, with the help of Xiao Fengxian, Cai Yi successfully escaped from Beijing City. But among them, how much is true feelings, and how much is a plan, perhaps only Cai Yi himself knows.
At that time, Cai Yi intended to raise an army, and his superiors also sensed Cai E's motives, so they strictly monitored him and put him under house arrest in the capital. Cai Yi decided to outwit, so he lingered in the willow alley of the flower street, played the role of a prodigal prince, and sure enough, the news reached the ears of his superiors, and for a long time, he relaxed the supervision of Cai Yi, and Cai Yi seized this opportunity and finally escaped from the capital smoothly.
Cai Yi successfully escaped from the capital, but was unable to take Xiao Fengxian with him. He deceived Xiao Fengxian with clumsy words, and also deceived himself, constantly saying to himself in his heart, "If you succeed in the future, you will definitely repay her."
Perhaps, not many people will believe this sentence today, and everyone may only listen to this sentence as a joke, but Xiao Fengxian is convinced and is waiting for Cai Yi at the last moment of his life.
2. Lovers die and marry workers
After Cai Yi escaped from the capital, he gathered his army to launch an uprising. But he didn't know that Xiao Fengxian in the capital was still waiting for him to return, looking forward to his news of coming to pick her up, fantasizing about the future life of the two of them. In the end, I did not expect that what was waiting for me was the news of Cai Yi's death. Hearing the news, Xiao Fengxian was grief-stricken and forced to endure his grief and go to pay tribute to him in black.
Perhaps the feelings of Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian were not known, and when Xiao Fengxian went to worship, he only dared to look at it from a distance and did not dare to come forward. Poor Little Fengxian had waited for Cai Yi for so long that he hadn't even seen the last side of Cai Yi.
In fact, in addition to the happy time in the capital and Cai E's thin as a cicada's promise, Xiao Fengxian never got anything, but still chose to wait for Cai Yi without hesitation. This cannot help but feel very regrettable. After Cai Yi's death, Xiao Fengxian disappeared into anonymity, stopped selling art, and disappeared into the eyes of the public.
Xiao Fengxian left the capital and moved to another city, alias Zhang Xianfei, and met a soldier who was very similar to Cai Yi. Xiao Fengxian also silently hid his love for Cai Yi in his heart and married the soldier. But the good times did not last long, and the husband never heard from him again after a trip.
Zhang Xianfei began to drift again, living alone for many years, and later married Li Zhenhai, a boiler worker, after being introduced. Although two people live in poverty but support each other, perhaps it is a good result to live a peaceful and stable life like this. But God seemed to be deliberately teasing her, and Li Zhenhai did not accompany her to the end, leaving only her stepdaughter to live with her.
Third, the love of a lonely life is wrongly paid
If Cai Yi had not died, would Zhang Xe-fei's life have been better? Maybe not, what is the use of Cai Yi's vain promise, but it is also a story of concubines who are ruthless.
Although Zhang Xiefei married someone else after Cai E's death, he did not forget Cai E. After suffering from Alzheimer's disease in her later years, she deteriorated in poor health and eventually died in 1954. According to the stepdaughter's recollection, Zhang Xianfei was still holding a photo in her dead hand, and when the posterity sorted out Zhang Xianfei's relics, she found a photo of Cai Yi hidden under her pillow, perhaps she had never forgotten him in her life.
This can't help but make people feel uncomfortable, Zhang Jiefei's infatuation makes people regret, while Cai Yi's son says that Xiao Fengxian is self-made and sentimental, and Cai Yi has no feelings for Xiao Fengxian, but just uses this to escape the capital. Obviously, this relationship between Cai E and Xiao Fengxian was not recognized by Cai E's descendants, and in their eyes, Xiao Fengxian was just a cover.
Whether it is the door, identity or various reasons, it shows that the gap between the two is huge and it is difficult to be together, but for whatever reason, the two are still not able to be together, and even the time they were together was not recognized by Cai Yi's descendants.
4. Summary
In the era of war and chaos, how difficult is it to harvest a true feeling? When people are thinking about filling their stomachs and wearing warm clothes, there is such a woman who pays silently, buries a general in her heart, and still misses him at the last moment of her life.
Although in the end, Xiao Fengxian and Cai Yi were not together. Did Cai Yi, who had escaped from the capital, remember Xiao Fengxian in the dead of night, such an infatuated woman, silently waiting for herself. Of course, these are all unknown, Xiao Fengxian did not wait for her crush after all.
This relationship may be happy for Xiao Fengxian, who fell in love with a gentleman and spent a happy time with the person he liked, although he did not stay together in the end, but this time was enough to support Xiao Fengxian to spend a day without Cai Yi. Therefore, even if Xiao Fengxian suffered from dementia in his later years, he still clutched Cai Yi's photo before he died.