Gu Xiaomei's name is Gu Xiying, born in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, when Gu Xiying was born, it was at the time when the chaos of Yungui and Lu'an was at its worst. In that year, Guizhou's Shuixi Tusi An Bangyan and Sichuan Yongning Tusi Chongming rebelled, affecting the four provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guizhou, and it took nine years for more than one million casualties to be pacified.

At that time, Gu Zhaoxing, the commander of Guizhou Wei, that is, Ma Cheng's grandfather, followed Guizhou governor Wang Sanshan to guard Guiyang and fight against the Shuixi clan. At that time, the battle was very fierce, after more than half a year of siege, the governor Wang Sanshan was killed by the rebels, and Zhang Yanfang, the general soldier of Guizhou, who would rather eat human flesh than surrender, was killed in battle, Gu Xiying was born in Guiyang City in this chaotic era.

In the battle of Yongning in the second year of Chongzhen, Gu Xiying's father commanded Gu Zhaoxing to die in order to protect his master, and his death brought his son Gu Changwei the hereditary title of one hundred households, and also won the trust of the old commander Gu Zhaoxing.

At that time, Ma Cheng's wife had already taken Ma Luan to Nanjing to join Ma Shiying, Gu Zhaoxing knew that Nanjing was full of nobles, and he was afraid that his daughter would suffer, so he selected fifty people from his most loyal guards to go to Nanjing with his daughter, and Gu Changwei came to Nanjing at this time to join the Ma family.

Because of this, Gu Xiying's childhood was basically spent in Nanjing, and although Ma Cheng can't be said to be childhood sweethearts, he has heard Ma Cheng's name for a long time, of course, not a good name but a notoriety.

Ma Shiying did a lot of official positions in the Apocalypse and Chongzhen in the early years, and he was the governor of Xuanfu at the highest, with the support of his father and grandfather's power, Ma Cheng was completely a little devil in Nanjing.

Gu Xiying spent her childhood in Nanjing, and also welcomed the arrival of her adolescence. When Gu Xiying was sixteen years old, the girl was pregnant, and the most ideal husband image in her heart was not an outsider, but Ma Luan, the eldest young master of the Ma family.

Ma Luan, the eldest young master of the Ma family, can be said to have collected all the virtues of Confucianism, such as gentleness, knowledge, courtesy, handsome appearance, etc., while Ma Cheng is the complete opposite of his brother, with an ugly appearance, an obscene figure, timidity, and a thief's eyebrows.

Gu Xiying naturally likes the eldest young master Ma Luan and hates Ma Cheng, but Gu Xiying's eldest brother Gu Changwei has become Ma Cheng's long-term follower, which makes Gu Xiying very annoyed.

However, Gu Xiying knew that she was from a humble background, and she liked the eldest young master Ma Luan and was just a flower in the mirror, and when Ma Luan married Miss Zhangjia in Ningbo a few years later, Gu Xiying secretly cried her nose.

In the past few years, as she has grown older, Gu Xiying has also died of the idea of getting married, and originally wanted to be alone for the rest of her life, but she didn't think that her brother would send herself into the fire pit, let herself be the girl in the room for the nasty ghost Ma Cheng, and think that she was going to serve Ma Cheng, Gu Xiying really had the heart to die.

After Gu Xiying entered the house, she cried: "Brother, the little sister will never serve the second ancestor, the little sister would rather die alone!" ”

Gu Changwei is the head of the Gu family, although he is respectful and polite in front of his mother, he has always been very strict with his sister, and now he hears his sister angrily against his will: "What do you know about this girl?" Now that my father is not at home, I am in charge, and if you don't go, you have to go! ”

Gu Xiying is the eldest in the family, and she is used to being spoiled by her mother, and when she heard her brother say this, she was angry and angry, gritted her teeth and said, "Big brother, are you listening to your sister-in-law chewing the root of your tongue, isn't it just my rations for one more person in your family?" Okay, I'll go back to Guiyang today! ”

Gu Xiying's words made Gu Changwei half angry, because Gu Xiying was right, it was Gu Changwei's wife who muttered in her ear when she was fine, what sister-in-law eats too much, there is no money at home, etc., Gu Changwei is ready to marry this sister as soon as possible. But this is only a secondary reason, Gu Changwei is Gu Xiying's brother after all, if he finds a dissatisfied husband for his sister in order to save money for the family, Gu Changwei will never be able to do such a thing.

Gu Changwei's anger was attacking, he stood up and slapped Gu Xiying firmly, which stunned Gu Xiying. The Gu family's family background is not bad, Gu Xiying was born by her mother when she was forty years old, and the two children in the Gu family are both boys, so they naturally love such a girl. In addition, Gu Changwei is twenty years older than Gu Xiying, and after Gu's father died, Gu Changwei actually played the role of a father at home.

Gu Xiying burst into tears after being beaten by her brother, stomped her feet and rushed out of the house to go back to her room and cried bitterly.

It was the first time Gu Zhong saw his father beating his aunt, and he was also stunned at the door, when Gu Changwei was in a bad mood, he saw his son standing at the door stupidly, and scolded: "What are you doing?" Why don't you go to duty yet? ”

Gu Zhong was afraid that he would be affected by the pond fish, so he quickly ran out like a rabbit, shouting as he ran: "Son Xiumu today!" ”

Gu Changwei beat his sister and son away, but the old lady wanted to explain in detail here, Gu Changwei sat down again and said patiently: "Mother, my son didn't mean that!" ”

Old Mrs. Gu sighed and said, "Three, if the family is poor, sell the twenty acres of land in your hometown!" Don't send your sister into the fire pit! ”

Gu Changwei heard that the old lady was angry, and quickly knelt down on his knees and explained: "Mother, my son is the younger brother, how can I send my little sister to the fire pit?" The situation is like this, the second master is eighteen this year and has no marriage, the reason is that you know, in order to wait for Miss Gu to become an adult. If the little sister is sent to the second master's room at this time, the second master will definitely love the little sister, if she gives birth to a boy in front of Miss Gu, then isn't our family guaranteed in the future? ”

Mrs. Gu was very angry when she heard her son say this, it turns out that you are still planning for yourself.

"Three, how can you let your sister be a roommate for the sake of your own future? You know that the old lady is watching the second master closely, what if the old lady is not happy to beat your little sister to death? ”

The Gu family is a house slave, and the life of the family is completely in the hands of the old lady, although the law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that the master shall not kill the house slave for no reason, but basically the people do not raise officials and do not hold them accountable, coupled with the power of the Ma family, it is really easy to beat Gu Xiying to death.

"Mother, you know that the old lady loves the second master very much, if the little sister makes the second master happy, it will be no problem, it is likely that the second master will be happy to take the little sister into the room!"

After Gu Changwei finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and kowtowed to the old lady, and then continued: "Mother, if you say that your son is selfish, there are some of them, but not for the sake of your son himself, my son is forty years old this year, and how many years do I have to live?" The son is for the sake of Gu Zhong and Gu Yong! Mother, Gu Zhong became a pacesetter this year, and he can also inherit his son's position in the future, but what about Gu Yong? Does my mother want Gu Yong to be an ordinary military household like his second uncle? ”

Mrs. Gu has two sons, the eldest son inherited the title of hereditary hundred households, and the second son had no choice but to be a big soldier in Guizhou Wei. Now that the rebellion in Guizhou has just been put down, the place is still very unstable, and a big soldier can easily die on the front line. Although Gu Changwei dug the window and arranged the second brother to be a Kuding in the warehouse, who can care about you if you really fight, this kind of cannon fodder is naturally the first to go to the front line.

Gu Changwei's words went to Mrs. Gu's heart, the safety of her son and grandson is the most important thing, although her daughter is also very fond of herself, but she is not qualified compared to her children and grandchildren.

Old Mrs. Gu thought about it and seemed that she could only sacrifice her daughter: "Three, you go out and find your sister!" ”

Gu Changwei knew that the old lady was persuaded by himself, so he hurriedly went out and called Gu Xiying, who was still crying, in. Gu Xiying heard the old lady call herself, and knew that there was basically no possibility of repentance.

Gu Xiying entered the house and knelt down in front of the old lady and cried: "Mother, my daughter doesn't go to serve the second ancestor, and my daughter will accompany her mother all her life!" ”

Old Lady Gu touched Gu Xiying's long hair and said, "Silly child, my mother is already sixty-one, how many years can she live?" What should you do if your mother dies? It's better to have your own children! ”

Gu Xiying heard the old lady say this and said angrily: "Mother, my brother just wants to be an official to give me to Ma Cheng, and my daughter will definitely not obey!" ”

"Daughter, don't blame your brother, your father died early, and your brother has been supporting this family for more than ten years." After speaking, Mrs. Gu wiped her tears and said, "Daughter, you know that your second brother is a Kuding in Guiyang!" Now that the rebellion in Guizhou has just been pacified, who knows when those Yi people will rebel again, what if you let your second brother go to the front? And your two nephews, what if they don't have the protection of the Ma family? Daughter, for their sake only to make you suffer! ”

Chinese value home, and the meaning of home to Chinese is too deep. Although Gu Xiying was not afraid of heaven and earth, but thinking that his second brother and two nephews were likely to go to the front line in the future, and it was very likely that they would die like their father, Gu Xiying began to hesitate.

Seeing her daughter's appearance, Mrs. Gu knew that her daughter had been persuaded by herself, so Mrs. Gu stood up and took out a small cloth bag from her wardrobe, and when she opened it, it was a pure white satin, about a foot square.

Gu Xiying is already twenty years old this year, so she naturally knows what this white silk is for, and she immediately lowered her head in shame.

Old Lady Gu sighed and said, "Daughter, this thing has been prepared by your mother since you were fifteen years old, but I didn't expect it to be used now!" Although our family is a generational military household, but we can't be willing to fall, you take this and lay it out in front of the room tonight, this is a proof of your innocence! ”

I believe everyone knows what this kind of thing is for, Gu Xiying put away the cloth bag with a red face, and then knelt in front of Mrs. Gu and cried: "Mother, my daughter can't come back to see you in the future, mother, take care of your body!" "Women in the Ming Dynasty basically had no status, and the wife had to go back to her parents' house with her husband's permission, not to mention the girls who were not even concubines.

Old Mrs. Gu wiped her tears and said: "Daughter, when you go to the Ma family, you have to serve the second master well, don't make any more young lady tempers, discuss with your brother more about anything, and strive to give birth to a son for the second master this year, so that your daughter's status will be stable." ”

Mrs. Gu is here to teach her daughter the truth of being a human being, and Gu Xiying nodded again and again while wiping her tears.