Chapter 3 The second jade hairpin

Jasper hairpin. A very precious jasper hairpin, the jade is warm and pure, and the jade is exquisitely carved. It was given by Xie Lizhou, a famous scholar in Luoyang, when his youngest daughter was giving the ceremony. Several generations of the Xie family have been famous officials and martyrs, and in the generation of Xie Lizhou, they even became the minister of the Ministry of Rites in the court.After retiring and returning to his hometown, he returned to Luoyang and became an unquestionable local figure, and was honored as "Old Xie Ge"-it's true that there are great scholars in talking and laughing, and there are no white people in contacts.

And the Xie family is a family of scholarly propriety and righteousness handed down from generation to generation. The father is kind and the son is filial, and the family style is awe-inspiring, and the whole city praises it. Even on the jasper hairpin for the only daughter's hair, there are a few words inlaid with gold thread: "Strong and true nature, tender and tender. Neither humble nor overbearing, jade bones and ice heart." Even the children's ornaments have been painstakingly worked out, which shows what kind of upright and rigorous family they are - such a family naturally has a family of loyalty and filial piety, and one or two people who have been famous in the local chronicles have been produced from generation to generation.

——The story of Jie Lie, the youngest daughter of the Xie family, has been recited in the streets and alleys of Luoyang recently. The youngest daughter of the Xie family is named Bingyu, she is fifteen years old, and her name is the son of a certain family in Jinling. In February, the man got married and passed through Laoshan on the way. Unfortunately, he encountered the local bandit "Nine Wolves" who had been rampant for a long time.The fiancé was killed, and the servants were either killed or injured. The bandit leader, Canglang, saw her beauty, plundered her back to the village, and forced her to marry her as Mrs. Yazhai.

Ms. Xie answered calmly: "The husband dies first, please allow the concubine to sacrifice him with wine, and then it will not be too late to present the newcomer." The bandit leader was pleased with his promise, and immediately prepared drinks for sacrifices and sent them out of the tent. The young lady is dressed in plain clothes, and all the makeup and hairpins are gone, leaving only the jasper hairpin to tie her hair.With a beautiful face and a noble temperament, Gu Ying wanders around, frighteningly moving around, and finally makes people dare not give birth to a strong and oppressive heart.The leader of the bandit, Canglang, was astonished, and said to the left and right: "I heard that the young lady of a rich family is different from ordinary women, but today I finally saw how it is different."

Miss Xie had just finished weeping at the grave, and when she heard this, she suddenly smiled and replied: "Ice and snow morals, let you know—" He stepped back, pulled out the jade hairpin, and stabbed it hard into the throat.The blood flowed out like a waterfall, and the breath was exhausted. The bandits came forward in alarm, and found a piece of white silk from his sleeve, on which there were several lines of blood writing, saying: "I would rather die with incense sticks on the branches, than blow it into the north wind!" From then on, he knew that when he was attacked, his heart was determined.The wolf regretted it for a long time, and became furious again. It killed all the captives, dug up the grave of her husband, and killed the corpse to vent her anger.Detain Xie Bingyue's body and demand a ransom of 100,000 from Xie's family.

When the news came, Luoyang became a sensation. Among the scholars, who doesn't envy their children's fathers who teach their daughters well and have a brilliant family?Led by some highly respected old men, a memorial was presented to the court's Ministry of Rites, fully narrating the virginity of the daughter of Xie's family.The imperial court decreed that the local government raise funds to build a stele and build a square to honor its aspirations, and its father and daughter were well-educated, so it was re-used and worshiped by the Ministry of Rites. A few days later, after the ransom was paid, the coffin returned to Luoyang.

On the day the coffin arrived, the whole city went out to greet them, and even women and children offered fragrant flowers and candles along the road, dedicated to the martyrs. Regardless of the filth, Xie Ge opened the coffin and caressed the corpse, weeping, and said: "There is a woman like this, how can I hate this old man!" The surrounding people sighed one after another, but they never noticed the instant change in Ge Lao's face. Then he closed his tears, closed the coffin, and hurriedly urged the servants in the mansion with a complicated expression: "Hurry up and bring Miss's coffin back to the mansion, and prepare for burial tomorrow!"

The coffin had only been parked for a day, and the Xie family decided to bury it, which was somewhat surprising—it stands to reason that it should have stopped for a little longer so that people could come to express their condolences. However, the funeral is still out.The funeral was extremely beautiful, and Luoyang City was full of people at that time. "Miss Xie's family died?..." On the tall building next to Suzaku Avenue, a young man in white looked at the funeral procession below and sighed slightly, "The nine wolves in Laoshan are really an eyesore to people— —When is it time to clean up..."

"That lady, I still have some impressions...it's quite different from the usual ladies." The woman in scarlet clothes replied. "Look—" The woman in scarlet clothes suddenly shook her body and pushed him lightly, "Under the coffin!" The young man in white followed her expectations, and looked at the bottom of the fine nanmu coffin in the funeral procession, his expression suddenly changed! Blood!Bright red blood flowed from the cracks in the coffin! The two people rushed down from the tall building at the same time, fell into the funeral procession amidst the exclamation of the onlookers, pushed away the crowd, and came to the coffin.

The woman in scarlet clothes dipped a drop of blood from the coffin, put it under her nose and smelled it, and nodded to the man in white: "That's right, it really is live blood!" "There is movement inside." Xiao Yiqing leaned over and listened carefully, and said, "It seems that there is still a heartbeat." "What are you doing—come here, hurry up..." Mr. Xie Ge squeezed over in a panic for some reason, and yelled at him sharply, but softened when he saw the face of the person—"Xiao, Mr. Xiao...?" Everyone in Luoyang City was in awe of this sickly young man, even the famous elder Ge was no exception.

"Open the coffin!" The woman in scarlet clothes ordered in a non-negotiable tone, "Your daughter is still alive! Open the coffin!" The crowd was in an uproar, and the troublemakers squeezed the center of the street into a tight place—"Where is Miss Jing... Bingyue has been dead for several days, don't make jokes." Xie Ge Lao forced a smile while using He kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, "The old man opened the coffin yesterday to see the little girl's body, that's right, she has already sacrificed her life to become a chastity..." His voice choked up as he spoke. "Really?... So you did it on purpose!" Ah Jing looked at him coldly: the corner of the mouth of this famous Confucian scholar suddenly had a cruel smile—"Did you intentionally bury your daughter alive?!" She suddenly swung the sword backhand and slashed flat, and Nanmu's coffin lid flew straight out in the crimson light! "Wow! Ghost!" As soon as the coffin lid was lifted, I saw a pair of hands stretched out there weakly, with fingertips protruding a little from the edge of the coffin—you can imagine how those soft and weak hands had been trying hard to push the coffin open before the lid was lifted. cover. "The corpse...the corpse!" Xie Lizhou was the first to shout with a trembling voice, his face pale.Immediately, the idlers on the street uttered a cry, and all dispersed.Mr. Xie Ge didn't care about his daughter, so he walked away—"Stop!" Ah Jing sternly shouted, everyone was startled and couldn't help but stop.The woman in scarlet leaned down and hugged the person in the coffin. "Oh!" Everyone was shocked again, only to see that Miss Xie's face was pale, with a jade hairpin stuck in her throat, but her eyes were open, looking straight at the opposite father, with tears streaming down the corners of her eyes . "Yu'er..." Xie Ge stared blankly at his daughter who had come back to life, and was speechless for a while. Xie Bingyu moved her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but raised her hand weakly to caress the hairpin on her throat, and there was only a faint coughing sound in her throat.Near Yuzan's wound, blood seeped from the cracks in the coagulated blood scab and flowed onto the bottom of the coffin. ... Miss Xie's family is still alive. The same boudoir, the same servants, but everyone looked at her differently—it would be great if you were dead. She seemed to see the regret in their hearts from the sighing eyes of the people around them. Her father never came to see her again, but she could think of what he said in his heart—it would be better if you just died... That would not be in vain for my father's training of you for fifteen years—why are you alive?If you are alive, the aura of the martyr girl will be much sadder, and a lot of twists and turns will be added to your father's official career. Although I accidentally discovered that you still had a little breath when you were caressing the corpse and crying, but as a father, I still decided to fulfill your three chastity and nine fierceness-your husband is dead, you are a widow of Shaoai, and you are still alive in this world. What's the point? But that withdrawn Shu Jingrong wanted to meddle in his own business... Sigh, it would be great if you were really dead... ... "At that time, I obviously tried my best to stab myself to death!" She wanted to distinguish, but she couldn't speak. The Jade hairpin has been taken out, and a thick gauze is wrapped around the throat. The doctor said: It may be that I will not be able to make a sound for the rest of my life.She became a dumb girl, and she was a widow who had been plundered by robbers. Why did she come back as a white jade, but everyone expected her to die!Maybe it was really a mistake to live by myself? In the dark boudoir, she struggled to get up, sat in front of the bronze mirror, combed her long black hair carefully with a silver comb, and then put on makeup more carefully—after everything was finished, she picked up the hair on the dressing table with trembling fingers. Jasper Hairpin. Suddenly, her hand was grabbed from behind, and she turned her head unexpectedly, and saw the scarlet-clothed woman who had lifted herself out of the coffin—looking at her with cold eyes full of sighs. She wept silently, soft sobs from her bandaged throat. Ah Jing looked at her for a while, then suddenly grabbed the hairpin with her backhand, and stabbed hard into her right shoulder with a "poof"! ——Blood flowed out, and the dyed crimson clothes became even brighter red——Xie Bingyu looked at her in shock. She pulled out the Jade Hairpin from her shoulder, and the blood splashed across Xie Bingyu's body, and then she jumped up like a dream, and grabbed the sleeve of the woman in scarlet clothes, anxiously wanting to ask, but only said "" Ahhh" hoarse voice. "Until this scar on my shoulder disappears, please keep it." The blood-stained hairpin was put into her palm, and there was still warmth from the opponent's body on it. Xie Bingyue raised her haggard face, and looked at this strange woman who was completely different from herself with puzzled eyes, but she heard her continue to say—"But, I hope you can use it to protect yourself, instead of repeatedly, Hurt yourself again and again..." "—You are not wrong, this world is sick." The woman in scarlet clothes repeated to her word for word firmly and calmly: "You are not wrong! The wrong one is not you." Pulling her sleeve, Xie Bingyu cried silently again, however, her eyes were shining brightly. Three months later, Tingxuelou. "I really didn't expect that you would actually do good deeds." In the secret room, after discussing the important matters, Xiao Yiqing, who was wearing a light robe, looked at the woman opposite and smiled slightly, repeating a crystal in her hand. I don't know if it's a joke or a sarcasm. "It's like I didn't expect you to agree to let Xie Bingyue really join Tingxuelou." Ah Jing looked at him, with an unexpected and incomprehensible look in his eyes: "Absorbing a person who is of no use to you into the building is not like your usual style." Holding the crystal with her slender fingers, Xiao Yiqing just smiled and watched the fine sand inside flow like water, without saying a word. "It's not Shu Jingrong's usual style to show kindness to someone you don't know~" Seeing the other person being asked for a while, a smile finally couldn't be concealed on Ting Xuelou's usually indifferent face. "—Since you can give her a hand, why can't I take her in?" Ah Jing was startled, then suddenly lowered his head, stroked the Xuewei sword in his sleeve, and remained silent. After a long time, she raised her head and said: "I see... Bingyue is not worthless to you—such a loyal and loyal woman, at least, she will also have absolute loyalty to Tingxuelou." "You should have thought about this, right? Otherwise, why would you let her enter the Lanxue Pavilion, which houses top-secret information?" "You..." Hearing what the master Xue wanted to say, he finally leaned back on the recliner weakly, shook his head with a wry smile, "I really have nothing to say... Forget it, you can think whatever you like!" On the other side of the Lanxue Pavilion, facing a mountain of materials and letters, the fifteen-year-old woman buried her head in copying and arranging them. From time to time, she stretched out her hand and subconsciously tugged on Luopa in her neck to protect the girl. Horrible wound. The pendant of the jasper hairpin swayed in Ruyun's hair, warm and crystal clear. There are still a few lines of small characters inlaid with gold thread on it: "Strong and true, tender and tender. Neither humble nor overbearing, jade bones and ice heart."