Chapter 1 Female General
In the 63rd year of Qingyuan, the Great Wei Dynasty, in the spring of March, it was raining heavily, and the new green in the city was enveloped in a layer of smoke, moistening a piece of land.
In the Xu family's house in the capital, the roof tiles were washed by the rainwater and translucent, showing a layer of even brilliance. This is a half-moon tile shipped from Yunzhou. It is said that when there is a moon, the moonlight shines on the roof like a firefly. The firing process of this tile is complicated, and the price is not simple. Decades of hard work.
However, the Xu family in the capital, the silk and satin business is all over the country, and the tiles of a room are at most a drop in the bucket. Mr. Xu is the current prince and grandfather. He has two sons. The eldest son, Xu Zhiheng, stands alone. He is a Hanlin bachelor at a young age and is praised by everyone in the capital. Xu Zhiheng also had a wife. At the age of eighteen, he married He Yan, the direct daughter of the second master of the He family. He Rufei, the eldest son of the He family's uncle's family, is the current His Majesty's royal seal as General Feihong.
"Madam, what do you want?" The delicate-looking maid in a thin shirt handed over a cup of hot tea and said crisply.
"I'm going out for a walk." He Yan replied and drank the tea.
"But it's raining outside..."
"It's okay, I'm holding an umbrella."
The maid looked at the young woman in front of her. The Xu family was from a scholarly family, and the women were all dressed in elegant and elegant fashion. Grandma Xu was the same. It was just that she was wearing a green feather silk satin shirt, which always seemed out of place and stingy. In fact, Grandma Xu is very good-looking, her facial features are distinct and heroic, and her eyes are like washed lake water, clear and distant... It's a pity that she is blind.
Grandma Xu was not born blind either. Three months after she married into Xu's family, she suddenly suffered from a strange illness. She had high fever for two days and two nights, and she couldn't see when she woke up. The Xu family asked for a genius doctor, but they were still helpless. Later, Grandma Xu didn't go out very often. It is always inconvenient for a blind man to go out.
He Yan walked to the gazebo in the courtyard pond.
She married into the Xu family for a year, and she became blind in three months. For the remaining nine months, she learned to live without eyes and adapted very well. It's just that she occasionally misses the days when she could see. For example, now, she can hear the sound of the pond rippling when the rain falls, and feel the red carp in the pond fighting for food, but she can't see anything.
Invisible spring is good spring, just like invisible people.
She was probably blind so early that she couldn't even remember what Xu Zhiheng looked like now. What I can remember is Xu Zhiheng I saw when I was fourteen years old. The teenager in Tsing Yi smiled and extended his hand to her. Now Xu Zhiheng will not extend his hand to her. Although he also treated her mildly and politely, He Yan could sense something hidden behind her.
But she won't say.
She lived in the army for many years when she was young, and she learned to deal with men as a man, but she didn't know how to be a woman. So she could only watch Xu Zhiheng and his aunt He Shi softly, sad and tired. I simply lost sight of it later, and even these heart-wrenching images were omitted, and I gained a lot of leisure time.
Sitting quietly in the pavilion, she suddenly remembered the years when she was a teenager and the days she spent with the army. It was also such a spring day, and it was raining heavily. She sat among the sergeants, smiled and drank a bowl of strong wine, feeling warm all over.
The heat swept through her body in an instant, He Yan held onto the railing, bursts of sweetness poured out of his throat, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Someone's footsteps approached slowly.
He Yan asked, "Xiaodie?"
Without answering, the footsteps stopped, and He Yan frowned slightly: "He's family?"
After a while, the woman's voice sounded, "Madam has good ears."
There was a strange feeling in her chest, and years of intuition made her subconsciously take a defensive posture. He's always been gentle and careless, and he didn't say a few words with her in the mansion. He Yan felt uneasy when he suddenly came here, with such an implied smug tone.
But she is also very strange, she is not a competent mistress, she is more like a decoration in the mansion. He couldn't stop He's invitation to pet, a blind man would not threaten He's, there was no need for He's, and there was no reason to deal with her.
"What's the matter?"
He Wanru stroked the hairpin on her temples, which was given to her by Xu Zhiheng yesterday, and suddenly remembered that the person in front of her was invisible, so she retracted her hand with some regret, and said, "Madam, you are pregnant."
He Yan froze in place.
"The doctor who looked at your eyes took the pulse a few days ago. You are pregnant."
He Yan was overwhelmed with joy, and she was about to speak when she heard He Shi sigh again: "Unfortunately".
pity?
He Yan's smile disappeared, and she asked, "What a pity?"
"It's a pity that this child can't be kept."
He Yan sternly said, "He Shi, you are bold!"
Her eyebrows were upright, her eyes were like a knife, although she was blind, her expression was fascinating, and He Wanru's hair straightened in an instant. But for a moment, she stabilized her mind and said, "I didn't say this alone, General He."
As soon as the three words of General He came out, He Yan's scalp went numb, and she asked, "What do you know?"
"I know everything I should know, and I know everything I shouldn't know. General He, such a big secret, tell me, how can the He family and the Xu family dare to tolerate you?"
He Yan was speechless.
Before the general Feihong General, the He family was on the verge of collapse, like all the noble families in the Wei Dynasty. Nineteen years ago, the two concubines of the He family gave birth at the same time. The eldest grandmother of the He family gave birth to He Rufei, and the second grandmother of the He family gave birth to He Yan.
The title should fall on He Rufei, but He Rufei was born weak, and the doctor asserted that he would not live to be three years old. He Rufei died, the title of the He family was taken back, and the whole family really had nothing.
The He family discussed it and made a bold decision to let He Yan replace He Rufei. He Rufei lied and claimed to be He Yan and was sent to the temple to grow up because he was born weak.
He Yan grew up as He Rufei. Although she was born in the second room, she grew up in the big room. She thought she was a boy since she was a child and liked to practice martial arts. At the age of fourteen, she cast the name of Fuyue Army behind her family's back, and gradually became famous in battle. Enter the palace and face the saint.
It was at this time that He Rufei, who was sent to the temple to "recover", returned.
He Rufei didn't die, and even lived to the age of eighteen. He looks agile, healthy and handsome. So everything went back to where it was.
He Rufei met His Majesty and became General Feihong, and He Yan was still He Yan. Everything was not as difficult as imagined. In order to prevent the situation that happened today, the He family had long ago stipulated that He Yan used to wear a mask to show people, and no one had seen He Rufei's appearance. And He Yan, arranged by the He family, married Xu Zhiheng, a young and talented scholar of the Hanlin Academy.
Xu Zhiheng is handsome, gentle, considerate and polite, and his mother-in-law is also generous and never treats her harshly. For a woman, it should be a perfect marriage. He Yan also thought so until today. The warm mask was torn open, and the bloody truth was even more chilling than the most difficult battle she had ever encountered on the battlefield.
"The soup that poisoned you back then was sent by the elders of your clan personally. Only the dead can keep the secret, and your life is a great threat to them!"
"When you took the medicine, the eldest young master was watching from the next room."
"When you die, the He family and the Xu family will only breathe a sigh of relief. You can only blame yourself."
He Yan laughed loudly.
Blame her?
Blame her for what?
Blame her for not replacing He Rufei's identity for the benefit of the family? Blame her for not being obsessed with martial arts and joining the army? Blame her for not drinking blood on the battlefield, killing the enemy and causing fruit? Or is it because she shouldn't have received the royal seal of General Feihong from His Majesty and let He Rufei receive her merits?
Blame her, blame her for being a woman. Because she is a woman, she cannot use her name to make meritorious deeds. Because she was a woman, she deserved to be sacrificed for the He family and the men of the He family. After all, she overestimated the humanity of the He family and underestimated the selfishness of the He family.
And Xu Zhiheng... She should have been blind long ago before she thought he was fine.
"What are you laughing at?" He Wanru asked with a frown.
"I'm laughing at you," He Yan said in her direction, "I laugh at you. I died because of a secret. Do you think you know the secret and are still alive?"
He Wanru sneered: "You're still stubborn when you're about to die, come here—"
The guards who appeared quickly surrounded He Yan.
"Kill her!"
Willow branches can be used as weapons. Soft and pliable, like a woman's hand. It is clearly a fluttering branch with new buds on it, like a sword embroidered with flowers, which can sweep away the opponent's knife.
He Wanru had also heard the name of General Feihong. She knew that the woman was brave and good at fighting, not like an ordinary girl, but only by seeing it with her own eyes would she know that the rumors were true.
He Yan was already blind, but she was still able to fight one against ten, kicking away the guards in front of her with one kick, as if she was going to break through the siege of this gloomy house and go back on a horse, no one could stop her.
But suddenly, like a wild goose hit by an arrow, she fell from the air, spitting out blood that splashed in the grass like wild flowers.
That cup of tea... that cup of tea that Xiaodie handed her.
She lost her eyesight, and now even her five senses, she became a real blind man, a trapped beast.
In order to kill her, they really made foolproof preparations.
"A bunch of idiots, take advantage of now!" He Wanru said anxiously.
He Yan wanted to raise her head, and with a "snap" sound came from her knees, and the person behind her slapped her legs hard. Her legs were weak, and she was about to kneel, but the next moment, she was punched in the back again. .
The fists fell in pieces and fell on her body like raindrops, and her internal organs were aching.
They would not wound her with their swords, nor would they leave traces of evidence on her.
Someone pulled her hair, dragged her to the edge of the pond, and pushed her head down roughly. The cold water didn't cover her eyes, nose, mouth, or neck, and He Yan could no longer speak. Her body fell heavily, but she struggled to look up, the water surface was getting farther and farther away from her, the sky was like sunlight, and it was like returning to her hometown in an instant. She suddenly heard the songs sung during the march, and the family letters read by her friends in the local accent. , accompanied by He Shi panicked and cried.
"Come on, Madam is drowning—"
She wants to go home.
And she was homeless.
Long time no see babies! First post a hole at the beginning, save some manuscripts, and then officially start the serialization. Looking forward to rubbing hands~ (We Yan Yan is such a miserable girl, I hope everyone will take good care of her/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~)