Chapter 10 4. Misfortune and luck

Xia Ji seems to have a bad life. Rumor has it that Xia Ji already had a lover before she got married, named Ziman, who was her half-brother.Some people even said that he was Zheng Linggong.This is obviously wrong.Because Zheng Linggong's character is Ziraccoon (how to pronounce it), not Ziman.It was also said that Ziman was her first husband.This is equally suspicious.At least no one told us which country this Ziman is from.No one told us when they got married and how many years they lived after marriage.In short, whether Ziman is Xia Ji's husband or her lover, there is no proof.We only know that Ziman died shortly after having sexual relations with Xia Ji.This caused Xia Ji to be accused of "Kefu" from the very beginning, called "Yaoziman".

After Ziman's death, the princess of Zheng Guo who slept with him married Uncle Xia Yushu, a doctor of Chen Guo, and she was called "Xia Ji" from then on.Xia Ji and Uncle Xia Yu seem to be living well.They gave birth to their son Xia Zhengshu, and they have never heard of any indecent rumors.It's a pity that more than ten years later, Uncle Xia Yu also passed away.In the eyes of those who regard confidante as a disaster, it is of course evidence that Xia Ji is "unlucky".No one thought about it for her, as a "natural beauty", how unfortunate it is to become a widow at a young age.

There is a lot of gossip in front of the widow's house, let alone in the country of Chen. Chen Guoren, like Zheng Guoren, is romantic by nature.Both countries also have a special place called "East Gate".Dongmen may not be a "red light district", but it can certainly be a "dating area" for lovers or lovers to find a mate.Therefore, Zheng Guo's love song said, "Out of the east gate, there are women like clouds", and Chen Guo's love song said, "The pond at the east gate can be retting; Bimei Shuji, you can sing with me", which can also be understood as " The pool at the east gate, you can pick up girls." 15

Both Zheng Guo and Chen Guo are "free kingdoms" of sex. In fact, Chen Guo is more open than Zheng Guo.As mentioned earlier, Zheng Guo has a "Valentine's Day", called "Shangsi Festival", which is on March 3rd.Chen Guo, however, seemed to be Valentine's Day every day.After Chen people claimed to be Emperor Shun, witchcraft prevailed, and all Chinese people were good at singing and dancing.They even have some women who specialize in witchcraft and worship gods with singing and dancing.This kind of "god prostitute" is actually the earliest sex worker. "Wanqiu" in "The Book of Songs·Chen Feng" is a love poem dedicated by a certain man to a witch.What's more, the number of sacrificial activities in Chen State is frequent, and the location is not only the East Gate and Wanqiu, but also the "Southern Plain".So at this time, the men and women of Chen Guo would come out in groups to meet witches, meet lovers, find partners, and hold their "sex parties".

It's not hard to imagine what would happen to the sexy Xia Ji once she was single in the country of Chen. First of all, the monarch Chen Linggong "does his part", and then he "shares resources" with the minister Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu. The three monarchs and ministers jointly become Xia Ji's lover.They even wore Xia Ji's underwear, openly talked about the process of having an affair in the court hall, exchanged experiences of making love, and talked about how she still retains her charm even though she is thirty-seven or eighty-eight.How did Xia Ji's underwear get on them?Did Xia Ji give it, or did they steal it?Not sure.But it is certain that their behavior is not evasive at all, and it is already an open secret.

This matter finally became an uproar. "Zhu Lin" in "The Book of Songs·Chen Feng" was the "mobile phone joke" that the people discussed about this matter at that time.This passage says: Why does our monarch go to Zhulin?Everyone knows who lives there.He is here to see Zinan (Xia Ji's son Xia Zhengshu)!The next morning, he was there for a snack. That's how Chen Guoren "swipes Weibo". It seems that even Chen Guoren, who advocates sexual freedom, feels that things are a bit too much.As a result of public opinion supervision, it led to the death of a doctor.Because he publicly criticized the actions of Linggong, the monarch and his ministers.So, with the acquiescence of Chen Linggong, he was murdered by Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu.

Without supervision, the three monarchs and ministers became even more unscrupulous.A year later, that is, eight years after the suicide mentioned in the previous chapter, that is, on May 8, the tenth year of Lu Xuangong, these three guys were actually in Xia Ji's living room, arguing about how tall her son Xia Zhengshu was. More like one of them. Chen Linggong said to Yi Xingfu with a playful smile: Zhengshu is like you. Yi Xingfu replied brazenly: I am also like you, Junshang. This joke was too much, because Xia Zhengshu couldn't possibly be their illegitimate child anyway. 16 soldiers can be killed but not humiliated.Xia Zhengshu couldn't bear it anymore, so he shot Chen Linggong to death when he was going out.

This should be the third "Linggong" who died unexpectedly.The first one is Duke Ling of Jin mentioned in the previous chapter.He was killed by Zhao Dun's clansman Zhao Chuan in 607 BC (the second year of Duke Xuan of Lu) because he had no way to be a king.The second is Xia Ji's elder brother Zheng Linggong.Two years after the death of Duke Ling of Jin (the fourth year of Duke Xuan of Lu), he was killed by two sons of his own country because of a dispute over eating bastards. He has been king for less than a year.Six years later (the tenth year of Duke Xuan of Lu), it was the turn of Chen Linggong who died of an affair.As I said before, the posthumous name is "Ling", but it is actually not effective.However, it would be too dramatic for three Linggongs to die in a row within eight years.Xia Ji's brother died six years ago, and now her lover is dead, it's really unlucky.

What's even more unfortunate is that even Zheng Linggong's death was later said to be related to Xia Ji by some people.They said that Zheng Linggong was Ziman.He was killed by two sons of his own country, not because he was a bastard, but because he was jealous.In other words, Zheng Linggong and a certain son are not only Xia Ji's elder brother, but also Xia Ji's lover.They have been jealous and jealous for a long time, and now they meet swordsmen, and they turn their faces and deny anyone. Of course, Xia Ji didn't know about such nonsense.Similarly, we don't know what attitude and mood she had after Chen Linggong was killed.What we can know is that Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu, who caused the disaster, fled to Chu State, and Xia Zhengshu, who killed Chen Linggong, made himself king.King killing and usurping the throne were heinous crimes at the time.The long-coveted Chu people had an opportunity to take advantage of, and also had a "legitimate reason" to destroy the Chen State.In October of the second year (the eleventh year of Lu Xuangong), the Chu army attacked Chen Guo and killed Xia Zhengshu.Then he hugged the grass and beat the rabbit, and took Xia Ji back with the sheep.

What awaits Xia Ji will be a fate beyond her control. Fortunately, she met Wu Chen. 15.See "The Book of Songs Zheng Feng Out of the East Gate" and "The Book of Songs Chen Feng The Pool of the East Gate". 16.For the reason, please refer to Du Yu's annotation in "Zuo Zhuan Ten Years of Xuan Gong".