Chapter 001: Shouzhen Island

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Before the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, the social atmosphere was quite enlightened, and the status of women was unprecedentedly superior. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info except for not being able to participate in the imperial examination and becoming an official, there is no shortage of women in all walks of life. Female giant businessmen, female religious leaders, female poets and the like abound.

The founding emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty was surnamed Xue Mingzhao, who was born recklessly, lost his father since he was a child, and his mother Ju misbehaved and had many unchaste behaviors, which made him suffer humiliation and contempt.

Xu is the shadow left by his childhood, Xue Zhao hates women the most in his life. At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he issued a series of laws and regulations that restricted the virtue of women. Ignoring the opposition of the enlightened, he insisted on promoting the New Deal. The slightest resistance will be bloodily suppressed.

In old age, people become more and more suspicious and perverse, and the suppression of women has also intensified. Not only did he rewrite moral models such as "Female Virtue" and "Female Commandment", and added nearly 100 harsh rules, but also ordered the capital and even major prefectures and counties to build virgin temples, erect virgin statues, and force women to worship and worship.

In his opinion, the punishment of "execution" was not enough, so he ordered all the unethical women to be exiled to an island in the East China Sea.

The island is surrounded by reef whirlpools, thick fog all year round, and exiled women often do not even get a glimpse of the island, so they are even involved in the whirlpools with people and boats, and are buried at the bottom of the sea. It's not so much exile as sea burial.

The Jin Dynasty has been handed down for more than 300 years, and after several changes, the discipline of women is no longer as strict as at the beginning of the founding of the country, but the custom of "exile" is deep-rooted and has continued to this day. People have long forgotten the original name of the island, and they all call it "Shouzhen Island".

There are no four seasons on the island, and when the weather is good, it seems to be a cool summer, and when the weather is bad, it seems to enter a cold winter.

At this time, it has just entered March, the sky is clear, and the sea and sky are colorful. The afternoon sun was blazing like fire, and the leaves were rolled up and the flowers were closed, and even the stones on the beach were shining like a layer of oil. Birds return to their nests, and the whole island is silent.

It should be uninhabited, but a small figure appeared.

This is a girl in her early teens, with thin eyebrows, big eyes, and a small face that is not the size of a palm. The skin is dark and rough, presumably due to the perennial wind and sun.

A robe of a simpler style could not have been simpler, but it had been washed so white that it was impossible to distinguish its original color. Worn on the body, it is wide and wide, and the body becomes thinner and thinner. The thin, dry yellow hair was coiled on the top of the head, wrapped in a green cloth handkerchief, and the remaining two strands of cloth were tied into a bow at the back of the head. With the steps floating around, it adds a bit of pretty.

Carrying a small round basket made of soft rattan on his back, holding the hem of his robe in his left hand and a wooden stick as thick as an arm in his right hand, he skillfully pushed through the bushes and walked all the way to the sea.

He stopped on the beach, opened his arms, took a deep breath of the air filled with the smell of seawater, and looked at the place where the sea and the sky met. No matter how good the day is, it will always be white, without life and hope.

But she could see God, and for a long time she did not move, and stood herself as a statue.

A seabird, anxious to feed, flew across the sea, splashing a huge wave that sparkled and scattered like gold.

She seemed to be awakened by the movement, withdrew her gaze, and lowered her hand. With a gentle exhale, he took off the small basket and quickly took off his robe, revealing the tight little coat he was wearing inside.

Fold the robe, rest it on a flat bluestone on a high place with your shoes, and pick up a fist-sized pebble to press it. Putting the basket on his back again, he moved his hands and feet, and waded into the sea. Walking into the depths, a fierce man plunged down and disappeared.

The sun was setting in the west, and the shadows of the trees and rocks were stretching long. The wind picked up on the sea, sweeping away half of the heat that had been building up for most of the day. A few unnamed little beasts poked their heads out onto the beach, flipping through the shrimp and crabs that had washed up on the shore.

I heard a loud "bang", and the girl who had disappeared earlier emerged from the sea. The beasts scattered in astonishment, shook off their hooves, and slipped into the woods.

"Coward. ”

The girl chuckled, wiped her face on the shore, and took off the small basket that was still dripping with water from her back. It was empty before going down, but now it's full of things.

At this time, it was getting dark quickly, and she didn't stop on the beach for long, but quickly put on her clothes and shoes, put on a small basket, and walked back the way she came. Walk through a grove of trees, over two hills, and half a mile up a small river, to an open valley.

Two collapsed huts, a few fields that had just been cultivated and had not yet been sown, were surrounded by a fence with tree branches cut into them. There was a fire in the clearing near the river, and the clay pot hanging from it was steaming.

A woman in her thirties, with a green handkerchief on her head, was washing a handful of wild vegetables by the river, turning her head from time to time to look in the direction of Taniguchi. Seeing the girl at a glance, he hurriedly stood up, "Mulan, are you back?"

"Aunt Zhang. The girl called Mulan shouted with a smile, quickened her pace to her, and shook the heavy basket in her hand, "I was lucky today, and I caught a lot of good things." ”

Zhang was not in a hurry to look at the contents of the basket, and pulled her to look at it with concern, "It's not hurt, is it?"

"Where can it hurt. Mulan smiled nonchalantly, "It's not the first time I've gone to the sea." ”

Zhang pursed the corners of his lips, and what else to say, he heard a coquettish laugh from behind him, "Sister Zhang still thinks Mulan is a child, she is almost twelve years old, if she is not trapped in this place where birds don't lay eggs, she should embroider a dowry and prepare to get married." ”

"Yan Hong, what nonsense are you talking about?" Zhang pulled his face down.

She loves Mulan the most, and she worries about Mulan's future on weekdays.

Yan Hong pursed her lips, as if she didn't bother to argue with her, and went to look through the contents of the basket.

Zhang grabbed the basket in front of her, "There are old and young, and it's not your turn to pick first." ”

Yan Hong's nose snorted, "I'll see what's going on? Who is rare about these dead people's things." ”

"You ......"

"Aunt Zhang, don't be as knowledgeable as her. Mulan grabbed Zhang, who was blushing angrily, and glanced at Yan Hong again, "It's not rare that I can think of what I fished back, don't talk about it here." ”

Yan Hong was not afraid of Zhang, but was a little jealous of Mulan. Seeing that she was annoyed, she hurriedly laughed again, "Ouch, ouch, look at your little face, it's as tense as a door god."

You also know that my sister and I can't speak, sometimes it's just to be happy, and I don't mean anything, so you can spare my sister. ”

As he spoke, he leaned over and reached out to hug Mulan's shoulder.

Mulan was impatient to entangle with her, and took the opportunity to talk to Zhang's to dodge, "Aunt Zhang, I'll wash and change my clothes first, and I'll help you cook in a while." ”

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