In the late Tang Dynasty, when Emperor Suzong and Li Xiang were in germany, the Anshi Rebellion had just been quelled, and the areas around Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong were very restless, and in order to expand their spheres of influence, the weak and the strong preyed on the weak, and wars occurred from time to time. The people are displaced, and it is really white bones exposed in the wild, and there is no chicken chirping for thousands of miles.
After a scuffle, the situation gradually stabilized. This area has two immediately adjacent knots. Luzhou Jiedu made Xue Song occupy the area around Shangdang in Shanxi, and controlled the area east of the Taihang Mountains, with the seat of government in Shangdang County, Shanxi. Wei Bojiedu made Tian Chengsi powerful, occupying six prefectures, including Wei Prefecture and Bo Prefecture, and the seat of government was Wei Prefecture, which is today's Daming County in Hebei.
Xue Song (712–772), a native of Wanquan, Dai prefecture (present-day Wanrong County, Shanxi). His grandfather was the famous Tang Dynasty general xue rengui of the famous Three Arrows Dingtian Mountain, the great general of the Right Wei Wei, and his father was Xue Chuyu, who later became the official Fanyang Jiedushi.
Xue Song was born as a general, a proper military for three generations, after being a famous general, Xue Song received strict military training from a young age, he was tall and burly, with excellent strength, good at riding and shooting, and loved to bow. But he was not interested in reading, generous and heroic, jealous as a vendetta, and benevolent. In the area under the jurisdiction of the Luzhou Jiedushi, Xue Song paid attention to recuperation, resumed production, loved the people, and was very popular with the local people. He was later crowned king of Binh Duong. In the seventh year of the Tang Dynasty (772), he fell ill and died, and was posthumously awarded the Title of Taibao.
Tian Chengsi (705-779), a native of Lulong County, Pingzhou (present-day Lulong County, Hebei Province), was a man of the Yanmen Tian clan and was cunning and untamed.
Tian Chengsi initially followed Pinglu Jiedu to make An Lushan, he was brave and good at war, and repeatedly made military merits, An Lushan promoted him to the position of general of Zuo Wuwei, and led his army to capture Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty.
At the end of the Anshi Rebellion, Tian Chengsi saw that the Tang Dynasty was about to win, and the wall head grass immediately turned around, so he escorted more than a hundred family members of Shi Siming's son Shi Chaoyi and surrendered to the imperial court. From then on, Tian Chengsi divided one side, recruited troops, developed personal power, disobeyed the orders of the imperial court, and regarded Wei Bojiedu as his own independent kingdom.
What is the relationship between these two families? Xue Song married his daughter to the son of Tian Chengsi, the envoy of Wei Bojiedu, that is to say, the sons and daughters of the two families were relatives.
Tian Chengsi suffered from the strange disease of hot and poisonous wind, and the symptom was that after the heat, he had a swollen head and face, irritability, dim eyes, and joint pain. The hotter the day, the more severe the symptoms.
In addition to medication, his doctors advised him to stay in a cool climate, and said that the cool summer climate in the eastern part of the Taihang Mountains was suitable for him to live. Tian Chengsi listened, and he said to his subordinates: "If I am stationed in Shandong, where the weather is relatively cool, I can live for a few more years." ”
So Tian Chengsi began to make secret preparations, he carefully selected three thousand warriors from the army, gave them generous treatment, and then trained day and night, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, these people were called foreign otaku. He also ordered three hundred men to be on duty at the gates and in the courtyard to strengthen their defenses. Then, through divination, he chose the right day and prepared to take the method of raid to annex Luzhou in one fell swoop.
After Xue Song's daughter got this information, she quickly sent her confidants to quickly report this news to Xue Song, xue Song got Tian Chengsi sharpened his knife and went straight to himself after this news, day and night worried, he knew that Tian Chengsi's power far exceeded his own, once the war broke out, the common people were going to suffer, he could not bear it, but he could not think of a good way to solve it, and sometimes he often talked to himself when he was worried.
One night, the gate of the barracks had been closed, and Xue Song came to the courtyard alone, taking a walk while trying to solve the problem. At this time the red line of his inner notebook came to his side.
This red line is not an ordinary woman, she is nineteen years old this year, is the daughter of Xue Song's servants, grew up in Xue Song's parents since she was a child, and her left and right hands have a horizontal stripe, like a red line, so people call her red line woman. This little girl was beautiful and very talented, well read the Four Books and Five Classics, and was also proficient in music, and could play instruments such as the pipa, so Xue Song saw the pearls and asked her to manage the confidential documents in the palace, called the Internal Record Room, similar to today's private secretary. This is to treat the red line as a confidant.
Once, when Xue Song was holding a banquet in the army, the red line heard the sound of drumming different from usual, and she said to Xue Song: "Listening to this drum sound is dull and sad, I think there must be something wrong with this drummer." Xue Song usually understood some music and said, "I believe you, you are right." So, someone called the drummer to ask, and the drummer replied, "My wife died last night, because I have a task today, so I didn't dare to ask for leave." Xue Song gave him a holiday after listening and let him go home to deal with housework. From then on, Xue Song was impressed by the red line.
Red Line said softly: "Lord, I see that you seem to have a very difficult heart, for such a long time you have been restless in your sleep, and you often murmur to yourself, I think it is because of Tian Chengsi's matter?" ”
Xue Song sighed, shook his head, and said, "This matter is of great importance, it is not something you can handle, so don't worry about it." ”
Red Line did not care about Xue Song's attitude, and said sincerely: "Lord, although I am your slave, I also have some skills, and I want to relieve your sorrows." ”
Xue Song saw that the red line had a sincere attitude, and with some emotion, he said: "I know that you are not an ordinary woman, and it is rare that you have a good heart." ”
Therefore, Xue Song told the red line about the specific situation on Tian Chengsi's side, and then said: "I inherit my grandfather's great cause and inherit the favor of the state, once I lose the territory of the town guard, my personal loss is nothing, but the people will suffer, this is where I worry day and night." ”
After listening to the red line, he was silent for a while, looked down and thought carefully, then raised his head and said firmly: "Lord, you don't have to worry about this, leave it to me." You first let me go to Weicheng to observe Tian Chengsi, and then I will handle it according to the situation. One more go, three more can come back. Then please find an emissary and a fast horse, a greeting letter to Tian Chengsi, and when I return, let him go. ”
Xue Song asked in surprise, "From here to Weizhou for hundreds of miles, how can you come back so quickly?" ”
Red Thread smiled slightly and replied, "Lord, time is pressing, wait until I come back to explain it to you." ”
Xue Song was still not at ease. He instructed, "If this matter is not done well, and a great calamity is coming, what can we do?" ”
Red Line comforted Xue Song and said, "Lord, you can rest assured, look at me, I will definitely be able to do a good job here, please wait." ”
After saying that, the red line returned to his room to prepare. After a while, the red thread came to Xue Song's face again, only to see her combing a black bun, with a gold sparrow in her head, wearing a purple embroidered short robe, a green ribbon tied around her waist, light boots on her feet, a dragon-patterned dagger on her chest, and the name of Taiyi God written on her forehead.
The first time Xue Song saw the red thread dressed up, he was stunned. Red Line bowed to Xue Song and said, "Lord, I went." "Gone in the blink of an eye.
Xue Song chose an emissary who could speak the Tao and a fast horse in accordance with the red line, and wrote a greeting letter. He went back inside the house and closed the door, drinking alone, waiting for the red line to return.
Xue Song's alcohol consumption was very average on weekdays, but tonight he was both excited and worried, and drank a lot of wine, but he was not drunk at all.
Suddenly, Xue Song heard a gust of wind blowing, as if a leaf had fallen, and he was startled to stand up hurriedly, but he saw that it was the red line that had returned, so he stood next to it.
Xue Song relaxed his mind and asked happily, "How are things going?" ”
Red Line smiled and said, "Lord, how dare I not complete my mission?" ”
Xue Song asked urgently, "Didn't it hurt anyone?" ”
Red Thread triumphantly took out a gold box and replied, "There is no need to kill people, I brought the gold box at the head of Tian Chengsi's bed, you can see." ”
Xue Song took the golden box and opened it, and it contained Tian Chengsi's birthday and the name of the Big Dipper, which contained some spices and pearls.
Xue Song knew that this was Tian Chengsi's most beloved thing, and it was closely preserved and never left his body. Hurriedly asked Red Line, "How did you get it?" ”
Red Line did not answer directly, but asked back: "Lord, are you relieved now?" ”
Xue Song laughed and said, "Rest assured, completely relieved, it is almost as easy as you want to take the first rank of Tian Chengsi!" Tell me, how did you do it? ”
Red Line smiled and said triumphantly, "Lord, I was born with magic, just like I can come in when you have closed the door here." I arrived in Weicheng in the middle of the night, passed through a few doors, and came to his mansion, and saw his soldiers walking back and forth in the courtyard patrolling, greeting each other. ”
Red Thread looked at Xue Song with relish, and then said, "I quietly came to Tian Chengsi's bed and saw your own father lying on the bed, sleeping soundly with his feet exposed, his head wrapped in a yellow scarf, pillow embroidered with Wen Xi, a seven-star short sword next to the pillow, and this golden box on the other side of the pillow." I looked at his sleeping appearance, killing him was a matter of hand-to-hand, and I was afraid that it would cause more trouble. I got the gold box back. When I came out, I pulled out the heads and earrings of his bodyguards and threw them in a corner, and they didn't know anything about it. ”
As a great general, Xue Song had experienced a lot of bloody rain and wind, but he still listened intently and was a little stunned.
The red line reminded Xue Song, "Lord, it's time for the messenger to leave." ”
Xue Song woke up like a dream, so he sent emissaries to Weicheng.
The messenger rode on a fast horse, ran for a day, and came to WeiCheng in the middle of the night, the messenger knocked on the door with a horse whip, and the soldiers guarding the door knew that at this extraordinary moment, Xue Song sent someone to ask for a meeting, there must be something important, did not dare to delay, while quickly informing Tian Chengsi, while leading the messenger into the city.
The prophet saw that the city was brightly lit, and the streets were full of Soldiers of Tian Chengsi, searching from house to house for something.
Tian Chengsi heard the news and hurried out to meet the messenger, and the messenger handed him the letter and the golden box, and after Tian Chengsi took it, he opened the letter first, only to see that the letter said: "Last night someone came from Weicheng and took a gold box from your bedside, I dare not stay, and the special envoy sent it back overnight." ”
Tian Chengsi held the gold box in one hand and touched his neck with the other, almost fainting in fright. He immediately invited the Messenger into the hall, feasted on the Messenger, and gave him many rewards.
Early the next morning, Tian Chengsi specially sent someone to bring 30,000 pieces of cloth, 200 good horses, and some precious things to offer to Xue Song. And relayed to Xue Song: "Fortunately, he did not remember personal grudges, I saved my life, I want to repent, no longer involve relatives, I will ask my son to treat his daughter kindly, those foreign otaku I recruited, originally for anti-theft, no other attempts, now I will let them take off their military uniforms and go home to farm and farm."
Since then, Xue Song and Tian Chengsi have coexisted peacefully, and they often send messengers to and from each other to exchange greetings.
After a while, suddenly one day, Red Line found Xue Song to say goodbye to him. Xue Song said with dissatisfaction, "You were originally born in my family, that is, the people of my family, where do you want to go?" I rely on you so much, how can you go? ”
Red Line said frankly: "Lord, now I tell you the truth, I was a man in my previous life, I read the medical books of Shennong and Bian Que, and later I traveled around, looking for teachers and friends, and treating people." There was a pregnant woman who had bugs in her belly, and I misdiagnosed her, so I gave her coriander wine, and as a result, the pregnant woman and the twins in her womb died. Since I killed three people at a time, the Yin Cao Difu, in order to punish me, turned me into a woman and reduced me to a slave. Fortunately, I was born in your house, I have been nineteen years old, I have worn enough silk and satin, I have eaten all the delicious food, although I am your slave, but you are particularly fond of me and are my great benefactors. I went to Weicheng that day to repay your kindness. Now both places have saved the city, and people's lives are safe. If I continue to stay here, I am against Providence. Now for me as a woman, the merit is not small, and this good deed is enough for me to redeem the sins of my past life, so now that my merit is perfect, it is time to go to the mountains to practice. ”
Xue Song was moved to tears and said, "However, you are a young lady, how can you live in the mountains?" ”
The red line said, "It's about the afterlife, how can I not premeditate, so I can't stay here?" ”
Xue Song knew that he could not keep the red line, so he decided to set up a banquet for her, so Xue Song gathered his guests and friends and set up a banquet in the middle hall. In order to help the wine xing, Xue Song asked the famous poet Leng Chaoyang to give a poem, and Xue Song sang loudly according to this poem:
Cai Ling song complains about Mulan Zhou,
Send the guests to the 100-foot building.
It is also like Luo Fei taking the fog to go,
The sky is full of endless water and air.
After singing, Xue Song was very sad, this big man shed tears, the red line was also crying and worshipping, under the pretext of being drunk, he left the banquet, and from then on, no one in the world saw the red line, leaving only the magical legend of the red line.
In the face of Tian Chengsi sharpening his knife and pointing directly at Luzhou, Xue Song, who was a famous general, was worried day and night, and a generation of chivalrous women laughed: Look at me, with his innate magic, Tian Chengsi realized that there were capable people around Xue Song, and if he dared to launch an invasion, he could take his life.
The Red Line single-handedly stopped a war, repaid the benefactor, benefited the people, saved the people from the lives of the war, and cultivated a complete merit for themselves. After the achievement, he quietly retired, leaving this legendary story of the Tang Dynasty.