"This Yuliu and Ruyu are official prostitutes." On the way back, Pei Xizhi talked about what he inquired about from Luoyang.

Even though the case is clear, there are still some things he still wants to say, and he doesn't necessarily have to get a response from the other party, but just because he wants to say it. It's like holding it for so long, and finally finding an outlet to vent some emotions.

"Thirteen years ago, Chen Shan, the Marquis of the Southwest, had millions of elite soldiers and rebelled."

These things, those storytellers in the teahouse tavern will come every ten days and half a month, and Qiao Ran is not unfamiliar with this.

Thirteen years ago, a lot of things happened, such as the rebellion of the Marquis of the Southwest, which once laid down half of the Great Chu, which made the Great Chu Guozuo almost cut off, and for example, the empress succeeded to the throne, and the first woman of the Yin and Yang Division sat in the position of the Great Heavenly Master, and then ...... Her birth.

The Southwest Army fought to Luoyang, and compared with many defenders who were martyred in the city and praised by others, Yin of Luoyang Mansion at that time chose another way - to open the city gate and surrender to the Southwest Army. The condition is that the Southwest Army must not touch a single cent of Luoyang, including the people and rice grain.

But on the day when the flag of the Southwest Army was changed at the head of Luoyang City, the Southwest Army forced the wealthy merchants in the city to open warehouses to release grain on the grounds of insufficient military salaries.

After the defeat of the Southwest Army and the recovery of the country, the wealthy merchants who had suffered damage during the war united with the people in the city to write to Chang'an, requesting that Yin Zhaocheng, Luoyang Prefecture, be cured of the crime of betraying the city.

"Zhao Cheng's original intention was to protect the people in the city, but he forgot that he couldn't seek skin with the tiger." Zhang Xie said lightly, "Luoyang is not the first, there have been such examples before. ”

When Chen Shan rebelled back then, Qiao Ran was still in her mother's womb, and Pei Xizhi hadn't even learned all the words, but he was different, he knew that he was sensible, and he could be regarded as having personally experienced the turmoil.

"Yes! Zhao Cheng was convicted for this, he was killed, his family was affected, and the female relatives were sent to the official kiln to become official prostitutes. Pei Xizhi sighed, "Yuliu and Ruyu are the daughters of the Zhao family. ”

"She is the young lady of the Yin family, naturally she is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and for many people in the Fengyue field, the identities of Yuliu and Ruyu are more flocking." Pei Xizhi said, "At that time, Ruyu was only three years old and still a child, not to mention it for the time being, but Yuliu was in the prime of her life, so she naturally couldn't escape such a fate." ”

"She didn't dare to die, because she knew that this death, Ruyu, who had not been in the quagmire, had no chance to escape, so she gave up her dignity, but after two or three years of hard work, she became a famous prostitute in Luoyang, and therefore replaced the identity of herself and her sister Ruyu into a prostitute."

Most of the official prostitutes are the family members of officials who have committed crimes, and they are not allowed to redeem themselves when they are idle, but the folk prostitutes are different, and when they have enough money to redeem themselves, they can get rid of the sea of suffering.

"Yuliu has a very painful life, but Ruyu's existence is the only meaning of her life." Pei Xizhi said, "Before the hairpin banquet, Yuliu had already saved enough money for Ruyu's redemption, and after preparing the hairpin banquet, she let her innocent sister Ruyu get out of the sea of suffering first." ”

It's just that Yuliu herself didn't expect that something would happen at the hairpin banquet, not to mention her own death, which made Ruyu also fall into the prison of revenge.

"So Ruyu hated the murderer who killed Yuliu, as for the mother-in-law, she was the nurse of Ruyu and Yuliu, and after the accident of the Zhao family, she was used as an official slave, and she bumped into the old master Ruyu by chance, so she returned to Ruyu to help her take revenge. Ruyu's one-handed perfume mixing method was also taught by her, before the Zhao family had an accident, this mother-in-law used a one-handed perfume mixing method, which was quite reused. ”

No wonder he thought of killing people with incense poison, it turned out that there was such a master of incense around him.

"Whether it's Ruyu or that mother-in-law, if it weren't for the hatred, Ruyu could have escaped from the sea of evil with the money she saved before Yuliu's accident, where would that mother-in-law not survive with such a powerful perfume method?" Pei Xizhi sighed, "It's just that these two people still gave up such an opportunity after all." ”

"There are seven emotions and six desires in life, and there is naturally love and hatred." Zhang Xie glanced at him lightly, "You are not Ruyu, so you can't empathize with that kind of hatred." ”

It's easier to say than to do, and it only takes two words to persuade people to let go, but the pain of cutting the flesh and cutting the heart may not be given up.

Pei Xizhi was silent for a moment and tilted his head to the side.

It is difficult for people who are born with nothing to understand such attachments.

……

There was nothing to say all the way, until the carriage stopped at the gate of the mansion, Pei Xizhi jumped out of the carriage first, and then said to Zhang Xie and Qiao Ran on the carriage: "Leave the rest to me, Xie Zhi, you send Miss Qiao back!" ”

After saying this, he entered the government without looking back.

Qiao Ran looked at Pei Xizhi's back as he strode away, and after a while, he turned his head and asked Zhang Jie, "Is he okay?" ”

Zhang explained: "Jiang Xiao was also involved in this matter, and he would not save him when he saw death." After all, he couldn't accept it. ”

I can't believe that Jiang Shanchang, who is praised by everyone in the library, has actually done such a thing.

Qiao Ran remembered the situation of Jiang Shanchang she saw that day, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I didn't expect that a person like Jiang Shanchang would have such a past." ”

"If a man is not a saint or a sage, he can do no wrong." Zhang Xie shook his head, "This matter is not strange. ”

Six famous calligraphers and painters at the hairpin banquet had an accident, the truth naturally had to be announced, and what was more troublesome was what happened after the announcement, how many people accepted that these gentlemen had such a past? Will the literati make trouble? The aftermath after the case is clear is even more troublesome, but this is not something they can manage.

"I'll send you back to Xuanzhenguan." Zhang Xie glanced at her and said.

I don't know if they are still thinking about Ruyu and Yuliu or thinking about something else, the two of them invariably chose to be silent along the way.

It wasn't until the carriage stopped in front of Xuanzhen Temple that Qiao Ran stepped out of the carriage, thanked Zhang Xie and turned around to leave, that Zhang Xie suddenly spoke: "Wait." ”

Qiao Ran turned around, but saw Zhang Xie lift the curtain and walk into the carriage, Qiao Ran watched him open the wooden board on the chair and stool, took out a scroll of paintings from under the wooden board and handed it over.

"This is ......" Qiao Ran was a little surprised.

"Your painting is gone, this is the painting I have hidden." Zhang explained.

The painting was splashed with water and became evidence again, so naturally it could not be returned to Qiao Ran.

Qiao Ran was silent for a moment and asked him, "So, you compensated me for Pei Xizhi?" ”

"It's not." Zhang Xie shook his head and said with a smile, "I took out one, so naturally I have to return one to you." ”

Qiao Ran held the hand of the painting for a moment, and then instinctively opened her mouth to refuse. She is not a child, although she feels sorry for painting, but she is not so bad as to quarrel with Zhang Xie for painting.

Zhang Xie smiled, seemed to see through her thoughts, and reached out to push her outstretched hand back: "This is Yi Zhaonan's "Mountain Ghost Map". ”

Qiao Ran's refusal paused. Since the Pei family's private house mentioned Yi Zhaonan once, no one has mentioned Yi Zhaonan again along the way, but he didn't expect him to suddenly mention it at this time.

"You can look at it, but not for too long." Zhang Xie turned around and got into the carriage, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." ”