The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Chapter 71

Zhao Qing nodded, signaling Zheng Dan to continue speaking.

Zheng Dan said calmly: "For the past 16 years, I have lived in Zhuluo Village under the jurisdiction of Juwu Dayi, and lived with the elders of my father's family to the east of Huanshaxi."

Juwu Dayi is one of the largest cities in the Yue Kingdom, and Zhao Qing knows it.

The cities and towns of Yue State were planned according to the five levels of Dayi, Daxian, Biexian, Dajun, and Xiaojun, from big to small.During the Spring and Autumn Period, counties were greater than counties.

Chungquan Township where she is now is just another county, also known as a small county, and it is far from being able to compare with Dayi, whose city walls can be hundreds of miles in circumference.

Zheng Dan lives in a village under the jurisdiction of Dayi, and the living conditions are not good, at least not bad.In the real backcountry, where everyone is sallow and thin, it is impossible to give birth to such a stunning beauty.

Zheng Dan's tone was as flat as water: "My father and mother came from two different families in Xidong and Xixi respectively. My father's surname is Zheng, and my mother's surname is Shi. forbidden at home."

"So after my younger sister Yiguang and I were born, people in the village talked about it, accusing it of not being a legitimate marriage, but a 'wild marriage'. Fortunately, my father and mother really love each other and are not afraid of other people's gossip. , raise us two sisters with heart.”

Zhao Qing, who was on the side, tilted his head, fully understanding the meaning of Zheng Dan's words.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the system stipulated that "the same surname does not marry". There is a saying in "Zuo Zhuan": "If a man and a woman have the same surname, they will not be born in the same family."

Since Zi's surname is Zheng and Zi's surname is Shi's family have the same surname, the marriage of Zheng Dan's parents is naturally not blessed by others.

The "wild marriage" here refers to the relationship between men and women that does not conform to the etiquette system.The most famous example is Confucius. Shulianghe and Yan Zheng gave birth to Confucius in the wild. The two, one old and one young, did not conform to the etiquette, so they were called Yehe.

Zhou Li banned a bunch of marriage relationships that might be detrimental to future generations, and the original intention was to promote prenatal and postnatal care.

But in fact, the time when the two families did not intermarry does not know how many generations, there is no close relatives at all, and there will be no harm.

"But the good times didn't last long. When I was more than two years old, my father was drafted into the army and eventually died at the hands of Wu Guoren. After hearing the news, my mother became ill from worry and died at home half a year later."

Zheng Dan's fingers unconsciously grasped the corners of the dress, and his tone fluctuated.

"After the death of my mother, the two families broke off. I was taken to the Zheng family, and my sister was taken to the Shi family, and their names were changed. Waiting for us is not the care of the elders of the relatives, but the common care of the two families. Indifference."

"Although there is a stream across, I understood at a young age that living in my father's family is already so difficult, and my sister's suffering in Shi's family will only be worse, and my heart is hard day and night."

It's very similar to my own background, both of them lost their fathers in their early years, and they had a big enmity with the Wu people.Zhao Qing thought silently.

In order to deny this unrecognized marriage, were Zheng Dan and Xi Shi changed from the normal female surname by their family to their family name?
Patriarchal rituals generally have stricter requirements on women than men, so Xi Shi will naturally suffer more hardships when she lives in her mother's family.

"That night, I had a fever, and I walked towards the stream in a daze, trying to suppress the heat in my body with cold water. If I accidentally fell into the water, it would be a relief."

Suddenly, Zheng Dan's eyes lit up.I only heard her continue:

"Five or six steps away from Huansha Creek, I fell unconscious on the ground. After an unknown amount of time, a kind and soft voice sounded beside my ears, saying that there was an opportunity that could change my situation, and asked I want to get it."

"At such a critical moment, of course I agreed. So, in an instant, the fever on my body disappeared, and I was inexplicably proficient in writing, and a map showing a location appeared in my mind."

"Half a month later, taking advantage of the time when Old Zheng, who was guarding the entrance of the village, went out to buy wine, I slipped into a valley outside the village by myself, and found two gold leafs in the crevices of the rocks that recorded the practice formula."

Did you meet Grandpa Song Bao in the desperate situation?

Zhao Qing blinked. It sounded like a good thing, but the old man found Zheng Dan instead of looking for others. There is a high probability that he has a purpose behind it.

In addition, there are two gold foils in total, one for each of Zheng Dan and Xi Shi?

I only heard Zheng Dan narrating softly: "I found the legendary magic technique. I was naturally very excited. I immediately unfolded the first gold leaf and started to practice. Unexpectedly, in terms of practice, I can be regarded as a Little genius, after only half a day, he successfully got started."

"Soon, the clansmen who came out to search took me back. But I didn't panic because I knew that in a short time, those people in the family would be far surpassed by me."

"A few months later, by accident, the Zheng family found out that I was practicing kung fu, confirmed my talent, and began to regard me as the core of the family, investing resources in training, and wanted me to gain benefits for them in the future."

"Hehe, did you treat me like this a few years ago, and now you change your attitude, thinking that I am an ordinary child who will forget the past when I grow up? In my heart, my sister Yiguang is my only relative."

"Soon, after the negotiation between the two families, I saw my sister again. That year, Yiguang was only seven years old, and she was already graceful and graceful, but what I saw on her flawless white face was not the slightest bit of confidence. Strong, but deeply inferior and cowardly."

"I know, it's not her own character, but the Shi family made her like this. Holding Yi Guang's little hand, I went to a place where the two families couldn't see, and listened to her tell her past experiences."

"Since then, I have worked wholeheartedly for Yiguang to rebuild her self-confidence, taught her how to read and write, how to dress, and gave her the second piece of gold leaf, and taught her the meaning of the gold leaf on the gold leaf hand in hand. content."

"The strange thing is that as I practice more and more deeply, I often have some inexplicable dreams. The world in the dream, up and down, is full of pure red, which makes me always have a bad feeling."

Zhao Qing silently listened to Zheng Dan's emotional narration, and suddenly envied the relationship between the two sisters. At the same time, she was quite suspicious that Zheng Dan's dream of a piece of red was caused by the intervention of others.

"A month ago, a man with a goatee came to Zhuluo Village and said he was Fan Li, a doctor of the Yue Kingdom, and wanted to invite Yi Guang and me to be princesses in the palace of Kuaiji City."

Several people are getting closer and closer to the city, and Zheng Dan's words are gradually coming to an end.

"The concubine's status is very high. Apart from the King and Queen of Yue, there is no one in Yue who can bully our sisters. So I agreed, and Yi Guang also agreed."

"But Fan Li said that after becoming a princess, no one in the Yue Kingdom can bully me. However, the Yue Kingdom can't control the people of the Wu Kingdom. On the way from Zhuluo Village to Kuaiji City, there may be many Wu people. The Chinese attacked."

"He said, if possible, Yiguang and I can divide into two routes. One route will be protected by him personally, and the other route will be secretly protected by the caravan. I asked him which route is safer, and Yi Guang will take whichever route."

"He told me that his strength is much higher than that of the caravan, but he may encounter more dangers. Generally speaking, his journey is safer. So, I came to the caravan."

"Just last night, I had a new dream. It was no longer a piece of red, but was dyed with some other colors."

Zheng Dan turned his head to look at Zhao Qing, and there seemed to be a sparkle in his eyes, and he suddenly said seriously: "Ah Qing, I think the change in the dream is affected by you."

my influence?Can the internal power of divine illumination work affect dreams?Zhao Qing rubbed her hair, they had already arrived at the entrance of the city.

It was a large courtyard with a gate painted black, covering an area of ​​more than ten feet, which reminded Zhao Qing of a Roman arena inexplicably.

At the gate of the Heimen compound, there were still two soldiers with short spears standing. It seemed that this kind of slave trading place was under official control.

After talking with the soldiers for a few words, the caravan guards walked in front, Zhao Qing and Zheng Dan walked behind and entered the courtyard.I saw dozens of large and small tents densely packed in the yard, leaving only a few vertical and horizontal aisles.

Looking to the side, Zhao Qing saw seven or eight wooden cages inside a tent, each of which housed a slave with only a small amount of cloth covering his body.

The slave trader standing at the entrance of the tent saw someone coming, pointed to a short-haired man with tattoos on his shoulders and arms in the wooden cage, and sold it with a smile on his face:
"The Sanyi savages who have just been captured are strong and healthy, and there are no injuries. Only [-] coins per person!"

Someone with a broken hair tattoo?I'm afraid I can't even speak Vietnamese.Zhao Qing turned his head and looked elsewhere.

The price of slaves in the Zhou Dynasty was much cheaper than that in the Qin and Han Dynasties. After Baili Xi became a slave, Qin Mugong bought him with only five black goat skins.

At this moment, there was a loud noise in the distance.Zhao Qing was concentrating on her ears, and heard a rough voice among them saying loudly:
"I, Xu Shiliu, is one of the leaders of Panyuling. I know a secret related to the treasure of King Zhou Mu. If someone is willing to redeem me, I will tell him the secret."

A person who looked like a customer said to himself: "Panyuling, I remember that this is where a big cottage is located in the mountains of Kuaiji, right? It is said that it is only three or four hundred miles away from here, and it often loots the surrounding towns and cities. Caravan."

Then there were a few whips and yelling, and it should be the slave trader Xu Shiliu belonged to.

For a role like the leader of the cottage, his martial arts should be good, so why did he become a slave?And since he was caught, why not send him to the government for punishment?Zhao Qing was a little strange.

"Okay, I redeemed it!" A young voice came from a distance.

(End of this chapter)