On the eighth day of September in the twelfth year of Shunzhi, morning, Beijing, Liuli Factory.

Nineteen-year-old Jiala, the second-class guard of the Great Qing Dynasty, received an order from his little master, Daqing Dorobelle Xuanye, yesterday to go to the Songzhu Zhai of the Buddha Zhang Suihan, and also to visit the old talker in the boarding Ji Kaisheng Mansion by the way, but at this time he was "wandering" in the streets, and often stayed in the corner for a while, looking around, but the purpose was to find the lame beggar that day and give him a little silver tael, as a reward for his hard work in the past two days.

Early this morning, Xiao Ye Xuan Ye arranged for himself to go out of the palace as soon as possible to do these two things, and it seemed that he was ready to soak in the Forbidden City today. Since he didn't leave the palace, he naturally didn't need guards to follow him, so Mara went out of the East Second Institute with peace of mind. It's just that when he was leaving, he found that Liang Gong was a little mysterious, and he wanted to stop talking, but in the end he still didn't have any useful words. Anyway, let's do our errands first.

When I think of what happened this morning, I am angry and funny. At that time, Mara took the document issued by Dong Er to the guard's office[1] to ask the minister on duty[2] to take leave. The master on duty saw that it was the second-class guard Mara who had a great tendency to "be purple and red" in the past few days, regardless of his identity as a second-grade, he immediately smiled at the subordinates of the fourth grade. As for the matter of leave, there is no half-word embarrassment.

Finally coping with the matter, Mara rushed to the gate of Xihua, and was just about to take out the waist card engraved with the waist card issued by the guard, ready to explain the intention, and strive to go out early, but was recognized by the escort academy that led the team, and shouted from afar: "Ma Ye, are you going out on an errand?" Brothers, let Ma Ye go! ......" surprised Mara. You must know that when I was on an errand in Cining Palace, I also went out of the palace a few times to run errands, but every time I passed here, those guards on duty checked and inspected very carefully, and it was common for them to make things difficult for no reason. Today, I haven't even checked the waist card, and I still have a "Ma Ye" called it kindly!

It seems that he has been wiped out with that little master! However, all this seems to be beautiful, but it always makes the upright Mara feel that something is wrong. In his opinion, the Ouchi system is related to the safety of the imperial family, how can it be hastily done? Although he followed the second son of the emperor with infinite scenery, he was still a guard, whether it was the guard office or the Xihuamen duty room, he should still do things according to the rules. Otherwise, if something goes wrong one day, no one will think about peace!

Mara thought, walked, and searched, and it was half an hour in a flash, but to no avail, and even the usual groups of beggars disappeared without a trace.

"Anyway, it seems that the brother went with a group of brothers to continue the momentum. Let's go to Songzhuzhai today to take a look at the situation, and thank you another day! Mara thought to herself, stepped up, and saw that she was about to cross the stone bridge, and not far ahead was Zhang Suihan's shop.

"Lord Belle is really careful, and yesterday he ordered me to come to take care of Lord Zhang's business, for fear that those Korean businessmen would be unfavorable to him. And that day to protect himself in front of the queen mother, plus scolded Xiao Gongzi for looking down on lame beggars, but at a young age, he was thoughtful and virtuous, although the master has a lot of plans and he still can't figure it out, but at least he doesn't treat me as an outsider, and he still trusts me. Jianzhou boy, is strong in blood and grievances, the master is like this to me, Mara must trust you with her life, I wish you a great cause......"

Walking on the bridge, blowing the cool breeze of the autumn morning, looking at the river flowing under the bridge, although Mara will not say that those Han people are "the one who cares, and what is the Yan", but there is a kind of heroism in the situation of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold", and she can't help but make a grand wish, to entrust her life and life to the two-year-old master.

"Oops!" Suddenly, there was a low exclamation in her ears, and then Mara hurriedly bumped into a person in her arms.

Since childhood, the Ouchi guards, who have practiced archery on archery and horseback, are not impromptu, but prepared, and must maintain that vigilance and preparation at all times. If it hadn't been for the distraction and swearing just now, I would have thought that the one on the other side would have been easily avoided by Mara. Even so, the person on the other side took a big step back as if he was facing a wall. Mara didn't move.

At the same time as Mara turned her head and looked straight ahead, the figure of a petite Han girl was falling backwards on her back, and all around, along with several long scrolls, also flew up together, making a parabolic motion in different directions, but the place was the water outside the bridge railing!

"Not good!" Mara hurriedly took a step forward, stretched out her right hand to the waist of the girl opposite, and raised her left hand to go straight to the longest scroll in mid-air. Almost at the same time, Mara had already grabbed the girl with her right hand and grasped the scroll with her left.

Mara still did not stop at this time, her upper limbs could not move, but her left foot hurriedly kicked out, and firmly hooked the other long axis, but her eyes were fixed on the remaining two rolls of white paper, and calmly fell into the river under the bridge.

"Good skills!" In the flow of people around, some people saw the whole process and hurriedly shouted.

Mara's eyes looked under the bridge, very helpless. blamed myself for being distracted, not to mention that if I hit someone, I must have to compensate for the picture scroll that fell into the water. I don't know how to write and ink, but I know that the emperor's master also likes to dance and ink, and it is said that he can give any courtier an ordinary painting, and now he can sell it for three thousand taels of silver on the ground of this glazed factory! These two volumes that fell into the river, if any of them were written, I don't know if the other party would open his mouth and how much silver taels he would have to compensate!

"Bad guy! You, you let go of me......" was in frustration, and the girl's mosquito-like "cry" came from her ears.

It turned out that Mara was only worried about the scroll falling into the water, but she forgot what she had been doing. What's more critical is that just now I spread my wings in Dapeng, which was a kung fu, I was afraid that I would not be able to support the girl and fall, and secondly, if I didn't use force, I could only sway when I landed on one foot, and the two of them fell together. Therefore, at this time, Mara's right hand is tightly holding the girl who is falling backwards, even if the other party wants to get up and stand up straight, he can't move (you can learn from the classic "Sailor Kissing the Nurse" Old World War II photo scene, the only difference is that Mu You kisses).

"Oh...... I'll pay you for the painting! With that, Mara folded her legs and stood firm, and then she put her arms around the girl and let go.

"You ......, I'm ......" The girl on the other side was already red-faced, helpless, so ashamed that she didn't know what to do, she just stood there, not daring to move.

Mara didn't mind, and she didn't have the slightest hint of embarrassment. Although Manchurian men have also been sinicized for a long time, they are not as particular as the Han people in the Central Plains, who pay too much attention to the difference between men and women, and do not give and receive kisses. Especially in the situation just now, if you hit someone yourself, and then don't help you, it's too unlevel.

Bending down to pick up the picture scroll under her feet, Mara did not forget to learn from the Han people, and saluted a few people around who were watching the excitement: "Everyone raise love, I accidentally bumped into this girl, I have to try my skills as a last resort, you are wrong to love." Xiexie guys, let's disperse as soon as possible! ”

After saying that, Mara stuffed the two scrolls in her hand into the girl's hand, and still looked back at the bridge helplessly, the two scrolls had already been washed away by the river.

At this time, the girl is just holding the painting scroll in her arms, she is not leaving, she is not staying, she is not scolding, and she is not thanking, she is really embarrassed!

"Alas, girl, I don't know how many silver taels there are in those two paintings? I am a fourth-grade martial artist, and I have some officials, but I only have more than 100 taels of silver every year[3], I don't know if it is enough to compensate? Mara confessed.

The girl didn't listen to ...... at all, and was still frightened and shy.

Mara looked at the girl, waiting for an answer. It was at this moment that the guard boy saw clearly that the woman in front of him was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed as a Han girl in a small sleeved and long skirt[4], which was really a different style in the eyes of the Manchurians. Look at this girl again, she was born with a beautiful face and clear eyebrows! Although he is still frightened and shy at the moment, he has a face full of scarlet clouds and a look of grievances, which is precisely set against the light green cloak and dark green long skirt, which is pure and refined, more flawless and delicate, and it is difficult to hide the youth and brightness.

In the face of this girl at this moment, if Hongyi, who is known for his "cheekiness without lower limit" in later generations, to "taste" Mara, it can be said: light sweep E's eyebrows and eyes are shy, and her skin is as fine as jade; The strands of hair are soft in the wind, and the cherry mouth is delicate! And in Mara's eyes, especially the girl's eyes, which did not know where to look, were looking left and right, but bowing their heads slightly, adding a lot of charm...... In fact, it's just a sentence - catch a beautiful woman!

Unconsciously, Mara suddenly felt her heart beating faster, and her palms were sweating......

"Don't pay for it, Xiexie officer. I...... gone" may have found that the young man on the opposite side actually began to be embarrassed, not like a bad person, the little girl had some confidence, and was very generous to give "ten thousand blessings", and the title was changed from "bad man" to "official", so she was ready to bypass Mara and end this very embarrassing chance encounter on the bridge as soon as possible.

"Ah, no thanks...... no thanks" Mara was still reminiscing, not reacting. With a refreshing fragrance, especially when the girl's skirt gently swept the hem of Mara's robe in the autumn breeze, it dawned on him!

"Girl, please wait a minute!" The young man turned around suddenly, and subconsciously was about to reach out to stop him, but he immediately realized that something was wrong and hurriedly shouted.

"What's the matter with the officials?" The girl was a little frightened, but she still had some relief for such a Manchu military attache of a similar age.

"I'm going to pay you for those two paintings!" Mara's righteous words are not to be discounted.

"Painting?" The girl looked dazed.

"That's right, even the two big paintings that fell into the water don't look cheap...... "Mara was a little worried about her purse.

"Oh...... Giggle...... "After the girl figured it out, she actually opened her lips lightly, covered her face with one hand, and laughed.

"Girl weishenme laughing? Are you laughing at me and I can't afford it? I can compensate, but the big deal is that I will give you all the salary in the past few years. I can write ...... "Mara didn't show anything in front of the girl, and she didn't look like the dutiful royal guard.

"The official misunderstood, the two scrolls were just blank scrolls...... Worthless. The girl looked at the young man opposite, so she didn't know why, so she had to give a price.

"White rolls?" Mara doesn't understand, so she's cute.

"A blank scroll is a blank sheet of paper that has not yet been painted." Seeing that this person had no malicious intent, and that he was somewhat innocent, the girl gradually relaxed her guard, and once again hid her face and smiled.

"That's not good, you also need money to buy white rolls. I'm still going to pay for it. It was I who lost my mind in the aisle, and that's why I hit the girl...... "Mara is very stubborn.

"No, it's really worthless. It's a big deal, I'll go to Songzhuzhai to buy two shafts. The girl excused herself.

"Shochikusai? Did the girl buy a scroll in Songzhuzhai? "Mara came to the spirit.

"Exactly ......what are you going to do?" "What are you going to do?" Don't let officials become bad people......

"Great, isn't that not far under the bridge? I'm going there on an errand, so I'll just buy it and compensate you. …… It's not expensive, is it? Mara was still a little uneasy, and she also blamed herself for not knowing how to write and ink, and she really didn't know the price.

"It's really not expensive, no need to ......" The girl was speechless.

"No, I have to compensate you......" Mara was anxious, and just about to reach out and grab the girl's hand and pull it to Songzhu Zhai, but she insisted on accepting this thought, not because of the Han customs of Weishenme men and women who are not kissed, but because he was worried that he would hurt the girl again in a hurry, but his attitude was very resolute and his performance was unquestionable.

"Go, follow me!" Mara said no more, turned around and left.

[1] The Guard Office, the Qing Dynasty system, the Qing Dynasty's standing guard and garrison organization, was renamed the "Guard's Mansion", which managed the emperor's guards and pro-army, and was responsible for protecting the emperor and his close relatives, guarding the palace, guiding officials to meet with him, inspecting the palace entrances and exits, and the emperor patrolling with the guards, stationed in the palace guards, guards, etc. In the early years of Shunzhi, it was officially established and named. "Qing Historical Manuscripts and Official Records" recorded: "The guard office has a minister of the guard, who is a product; Ministers of the Interior, from one product, six each". In addition, there are a number of ministers with scattered ranks, who are directly selected by the emperor from among the ministers of the princes and princes. The Ministers of the Interior of the Guards were usually selected from among the Ministers of the Interior, the Ministers of the Scattered Ranks, and the Commanders of Manchuria, scholars, scholars, and generals. He commanded the guards and pro-army selected by the children of the three banners of the Eight Banners (inlaid yellow flag, positive yellow flag, and positive white flag), and the status was quite respected.

[2] The Minister of Sanzhi was an official name of the Qing Dynasty, from Erpin, who was an official of the guard office of the emperor and the imperial palace. In the early years of Shunzhi, the guard office was fixed, and there were 6 ministers of the guard, that is, 2 people in each of the three flags. There are 6 ministers of the interior, and there is no fixed number of ministers of scattered rank. The number of guards is stipulated to be 20 people in each of the three flags, and a total of 60 people are first-class guards; 50 people per flag, a total of 150 people are second-class guards; 90 people per flag, a total of 270 people are third-class guards; There are 30 people per flag, and a total of 90 people are Lanling guards. There are a total of 570 guards in Shangsanqi.

[3] Sipin Jing military attaché, 105 taels of silver, 52 stones and 5 buckets of rice.

[4] The development of women's clothing in the Qing Dynasty, Han and Manchu was different. Han women in the Kangxi and Yongzheng periods still retain the style of the Ming Dynasty, fashionable small sleeves and long skirts; After Qianlong, the clothes became fatter and shorter, the cuffs were widened, and the cloud shoulders were added, and the pattern renovation was endless; By the late Qing Dynasty, urban women had gone to skirt trousers, inlaid lace on their clothes, rolled their teeth, and most of the expensive clothes were spent on this. Manchu women wear "flag costumes", comb flag buns (commonly known as two heads), and wear "flower pot bottom" flag shoes. As for the so-called cheongsam that was handed down in later generations, it was mainly used in the court and the royal family for a long time. In the late Qing Dynasty, the cheongsam was also imitated by the noblewomen of the Han nationality.