老来多健忘，唯不忘相思！
1954年，小凤仙走完了自己的一生，享年五十四岁，临终前，她手里紧紧握着一张发黄的照片，直到生命的最后一刻，她依然对那个名叫蔡锷的男人念念不忘。
然而，蔡锷的后人却说：“是小凤仙自作多情，父亲对她没有感情，甚至可以说从未爱过她。 ”
那么，这又是怎么回事呢？
1900年，小凤仙出生在一个满族八旗武官家庭，她的母亲是偏房，在大清王朝即将奔溃的岁月里，身为八旗武官的父亲突然被解职了，随着家族的日益衰败，小凤仙的幼年过得并不幸福。
不久之后，父亲因病去世，小凤仙和母亲的生活变得雪上加霜，在那个封建的年代，没有了丈夫的庇护，受到正房太太的欺压凌辱乃是常事，年幼的小凤仙也时常跟着遭受虐待。
母亲不堪忍受，更不想看到自己的女儿遭受不公，于是带着小凤仙逃离了这个充满冷漠、暴力的家庭。
从此以后，母女二人相依为命。
然而，天不遂人愿，就在母女二人的生活刚刚稳定下来，积劳成疾的母亲突然撒手人寰，只留下了孤苦伶仃的小凤仙，举目无亲，无处安放。
山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。
Fortunately, Xiao Fengxian met a woman surnamed Zhang, and when the woman saw that she was pitiful, she took the young Fengxian to her home for adoption.
The grandmother's surname was Zhang, so Xiao Fengxian changed her name to Zhang Fengyun.
In October 1911, the Wuchang Uprising broke out, and the flames of war soon reached the yamen of the inspectorate where the nurse was working, and the nurse had no choice but to take Xiao Fengxian to Shanghai for refuge.
In the chaos of the war, she was unable to protect herself and had no food and clothing, and her mother thought that this was not the way to go, so she decided to let Xiao Fengxian worship under an artist surnamed Hu, and she had a skill, at least she would not be hungry and frozen.
But I have to say that the artists of that era are simply different from now, and now the stars are worshipped by thousands of people, hugging before and after going out, and the income is even more out of reach for ordinary people, and in that era, xiao Fengxian's artists are called dramas, not only humble status, but also less pitiful income.
Xiao Fengxian is talented and tenacious, learns to play seriously and diligently, and gradually has a little fame, so the master gave her a stage name "Xiao Fengxian".
At the time of the war, the situation was extremely unstable, and Xiao Fengxian followed his master to Nanjing, then fled back to Shanghai, and finally to Beijing.
After arriving at the Beijing Division, Xiao Fengxian really settled down, and she sold singing and doing business in Yunjiban, Shaanxi Lane, one of the famous eight hutongs.
In the year of cardamom, Xiao Fengxian was beautiful and jade Tiancheng, and he was able to read and hyphenate, could pull erhu, played pipa, and sang Peking Opera, with his talent and good color, he was famous as Zhenjingshi, and became a famous prostitute in Beijing in the early years of the Republic of China.
青眼识英雄，寒素何嫌？
Unconsciously, Xiao Fengxian has been coming to bada Hutong for two years, she has begun to get tired of the life of song and swallow dance, if she had not met Cai Yi, she would only be one of the duckweeds in the chaotic world, and she would not leave the slightest trace in history.
When Xiao Fengxian first met Cai Yi, he felt that this man was different, although Cai Yi's dress was no different from ordinary guests, but the fortitude in his eyes and the heroism revealed by hunson deeply attracted Xiao Fengxian.
At that time, Cai Yi was at the trough of his life, he held the military power of the frontier, originally the overseer of Yunnan Province, because of his opposition to Yuan Shikai's claim to the emperor, he was placed under house arrest in the city of Beijing.
In order to relax Yuan Shikai's wariness of himself, Cai Yi disguised himself as a businessman and wandered through the fireworks and willow alleys of bada hutongs every day, looking for fun.
At this moment, the discerning Little Fengxian appeared, at that time, Like a trapped beast in a cage, Cai Yi seemed to have met Zhiyin, and after several conversations, the two became more and more speculative, and Cai Yi gradually secretly agreed.
During that time, Cai Yi stayed in Xiao Fengxian's boudoir all day, often not returning home at night, their affairs were full of storms, Cai Yi not only wanted to redeem herself, but also shouted everywhere to marry her, the original wife made a big fuss about this, and in a fit of anger, she and Cai Yi's mother returned to Hunan.
自古佳人多颖悟，从未侠女出风尘。
Of course, Yuan Shikai did not believe that Cai E would marry a fireworks woman at first, still monitoring each other everywhere, and also sent people to Search Cai E's house, but as things became more and more intense, Yuan Shikai felt that Cai E was addicted to female sex and completely lost his fighting spirit.
However, Cai Yi confused everyone, but she could not deceive Xiao Fengxian, she knew that this was just Cai Yi's plan, and Cai Yi also confessed all this to Xiao Fengxian.
Xiao Fengxian was taken advantage of, but she did not have the slightest sad emotion, she knew Cai E's ambition, but she believed cai e's feelings for her even more.
In December 1915, with the help of Xiao Fengxian, Cai Yi successfully evaded Yuan Shikai's surveillance and finally escaped from beijing, and when he was leaving, Cai Yi left a sentence: "When he succeeds, I will definitely come to meet you." ”
This promise, Xiao Fengxian remembered for a lifetime.
Chiang Kai-shek was furious when he learned that Cai Yi had escaped, and Xiao Fengxian was quickly arrested and imprisoned, but if the world knew that Cai Yi was rescued by a Qinglou woman, it would not be laughed out of his teeth! So Chiang Kai-shek let Xiao Fengxian go again, and finally the matter was not resolved.
Next, Cai Yi, who returned to Yunnan, launched the Patriotic War and began to go north to fight Yuan Shikai, quickly crushing his restoration path.
Unfortunately, however, after Yuan Shikai's fall, in November of the same year, Cai Yi, who was recuperating in Japan, lost his life from tuberculosis, and at the age of 34, he failed to return to his homeland and failed to fulfill his original promise.
Cai Yi, who was in his young age, completed his life in this way, and his death shocked the whole country and shattered Xiao Fengxian's heart.
At the state funeral ceremony of General Cai Yi, Xiao Fengxian came wearing a black veil, looking at the huge posthumous photo, tears like rain, how could she think that the original parting was a lifetime.
Afterwards, many people said that Cai Yi only had kindness and no love for Xiao Fengxian, and we have no way of knowing whether Cai Yi was emotional or not, but it is certain that Xiao Fengxian loved Cai Yi deeply, and this love lasted for a whole life.
With the death of General Cai Yi, Xiao Fengxian's name resounded throughout the city of Beijing, and everyone wanted to witness this chivalrous prostitute who had a love affair with General Cai Yi, and even some celebrity men and high-ranking cadres came to visit, hoping to make a dewy couple with Xiao Fengxian.
However, these people were disappointed after all, Xiao Fengxian disappeared after returning from Cai Yi's funeral, and she could no longer be seen in the Bada Hutong.
爱人已故，执念未消。
The bland little Phoenix Fairy still had to face life, but the land of wind and dust was no longer suitable for her, and later, she married a boiler worker and became the stepmother of four children.
The days after marriage are poor, naturally can not be compared with the life of the eight hutongs, but Xiao Fengxian has no complaints, she went to work as a maid for a large household, went to the factory as a worker, but the people around her did not know that this slightly different woman was actually a small Phoenix Immortal in the famous town capital.
A few years later, her husband also died, and Xiao Fengxian had a hard time with her four children, and when it was most difficult, she occasionally got the help of a noble person to have a decent job.
In the dead of night, Xiao Fengxian will still reminisce about the past, looking at Cai Yi's photo alone in a daze, and the children ask her who is in the photo? She responded softly: "A friend", a few simple words, but said endless bitterness.
In 1954, Xiao Fengxian, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, completed her life, and when she was seriously ill, she could not distinguish everything around her, only when she held Cai Yi's photo, she would quiet down and show a faint smile.
"You've had a ride, but you've carried my whole life." This is probably Xiao Fengxian's biggest obsession!
"It is difficult for xu qing to be a country." And for Cai Yi, this may be his biggest regret!
However, to everyone's surprise, Cai Yi's descendants were very resistant to Xiao Fengxian, and they did not admit that their father had feelings for Xiao Fengxian, perhaps they could not accept that their general father had an affair with a prostitute!
But for Xiao Fengxian, these are not important, in the years when she mistakenly fell into the wind and dust, it was Cai Yi who gave her warmth and hope, although she could not share the white head with Jun, but she once had an unforgettable possession, which was enough.
Perhaps at the moment before Xiao Fengxian's death, he still remembered to raise a glass with Cai Yi and talk about the ancient and modern scenes, and could only blame the creation for making people, and meeting and hating each other.