Chapter 039: A Legendary Tale
The four beauties of ancient times, in this version where Luzhu is located, Wang Zhaojun and Zhao Feiyan are very famous, and many people know about them.
Banji and Green Bead are not so famous.
But in comparison, the fame of Green Bead is the weakest of the four beauties.
Because Ban Ji and her brother are the Ban Gu who wrote the "Book of Han".
And this Ban Ji is also a talented woman, and she continued to write the unfinished "Book of Han" by Ban Gu. It's just that she died before she could finish writing the Book of Han.
Later, it was completed by her protΓ©gΓ© Ma Xin.
In other words, the Book of Han that we see now was completed by Ban Gu, Ban Ji and Ma Xu.
As for Luzhu, although I know that she is one of the four beauties, I still know very little about her. I only know that her husband is Shi Chong, and she jumped off the building to her death to keep her chastity. As for the details, I don't know.
"Childe, what do you want to hear? The era when the concubine was alive and the present day are simply different from the clouds. Lu Zhu asked me with a faint smile.
It could be seen that her smile had a little sadness.
Indeed, the era in which she lived and the present cannot be compared. At the very least, the status of women is really worlds apart. In this day and age, being afraid of his wife has almost become an excellent tradition.
"That...... Do you really live in Golden Valley Garden? I asked.
Jingu Garden, according to the history I know, it is here that Green Pearl jumped.
When I asked, I wanted to know if she really died there.
The address of Jingu Garden is the northwest of present-day Luoyang City. Although things have long been different from people now, the luxurious garden can no longer be seen. But it's still very exciting to hear the person concerned talk about the legendary thing.
"That's right, the concubine jumped to her death in the Green Pearl Tower of Jingu Garden!" Midori nodded.
I'll go, it seems that the corresponding historical materials are really not written nonsense.
"That...... Why did you jump off the building? Die for love? I asked.
I shouldn't have asked that directly, but I was too curious.
The green bead fell from the building, and in the eyes of many people now, it is a loyal love story.
"Martyrdom? No, I had to die! Luzhu shook her head and said.
"Have to die? That...... Can you tell me about it? I asked.
"Hey......" Midori sighed softly.
"That...... If you don't want to say it, don't say it. Seeing her sigh, I quickly said.
"There's nothing you don't want to say, it's been more than a thousand years, and it's been put down a long time ago." Green beads said with a light smile.
Also, for more than a thousand years, what kind of grievances and hatreds have been wiped out.
"Do you love him?" I asked.
"Love?" Lu Zhu was slightly stunned, and then shook her head: "In that era, a weak woman like me was just duckweed with the waves, and she couldn't help herself, where was there any love." I ...... to him Most of it is hate. β
She looked very bland, and when she mentioned hatred, there was no hatred on her face.
Hate, that's right.
I haven't been to school for a day since I was a kid. Under the guidance of my husband, in addition to the subset of classics and histories, I have also read a lot of historical documents.
Therefore, I have some superficial understanding of Shi Chong from the book.
Shi Chong, how do you say it? In today's words, he is a local tyrant.
No, it's not accurate to say that local tyrants are there. It should be said that he is a rich man, a rich man who can now be on the top of the Forbes list.
But in reality he is a scoundrel of lewd character, despicable, egotistical, greedy, and inhumane.
When he was the assassin of Jingzhou, he robbed merchants from afar and obtained huge amounts of wealth, and then he was able to get rich.
After being rich, this person is extremely extravagant.
I've seen some stories about him in "The World Speaks New Words".
Shi Chong's toilets are beautifully built, and various perfumes and soaps are prepared for guests to wash their hands and faces.
There are often more than a dozen maids waiting for them, all dressed in splendid costumes, dressed in bright and dazzling clothes, and waiting in line for the guests to go to the toilet.
After the guests went to the toilet, the maidservants asked the guests to take off the clothes they were wearing and waited for them to change into new clothes before letting them out.
Once you have gone to the toilet, you can no longer wear your clothes, so that most of the guests are embarrassed to go to the toilet.
The official Liu Wei was very poor when he was young, whether he was riding a horse or going out on foot, he rested everywhere he went, never tired his master, and cut wood and carried water by himself. Later, when the official became bigger, he still maintained the virtue of diligence and thrift.
Once, when he went to visit Shi Chong's house, when he went to the toilet, he saw that there were crimson mosquito nets, mats, mattresses and other very elaborate furnishings in the toilet, and there were maidservants waiting with sachets, so he hurriedly withdrew, and said to Shi Chong with a smile: "I entered your inner room by mistake." β
Shi Chong said: "That's the toilet!" β
Liu Yu said: "I can't enjoy this. β
After that, I quickly found another toilet.
Fighting for wealth, showing off wealth, has existed since ancient times.
It was this Shi Chong, who was extravagant with Wang Kai, the uncle of Emperor Wu of Jin.
Wang Kai washed the pot with sugar water after dinner, and Shi Chong used candles as firewood.
Wang Kai made a forty-mile purple silk cloth step barrier, and Shi Chong made a fifty-mile brocade step barrier.
Wang Kai painted the walls with red stone grease, and Shi Chong used peppercorns.
Emperor Wu of Jin secretly helped Wang Kai and gave him a coral tree more than two feet high, with lush branches and trunks extending in all directions, and there were few comparable to him in the world.
Wang Kai brought the coral tree to Shi Chong, and after Shi Chong saw it, he hit the coral tree with an iron ruyi, and knocked it down casually, and the coral tree immediately shattered.
Wang Kai felt very sorry afterwards, and thought that Shi Chong was jealous of his treasure, Shi Chong said: "This is not worth being angry at, I will pay you now." β
So he ordered his men to take out all the coral trees in the house, these coral trees were three feet four feet high, and the trunks and branches were unparalleled and dazzling, and there were even more like Wang Kai. Wang Kai looked at it and looked frustrated.
There's so much about it.
Also, persuading wine and beauties is also done by this Shi Chong.
Every time Shi Chong invites guests to drink, he often asks beauties to pour wine and persuade guests.
If the guests don't drink, he asks the guards to kill the beauty.
The most typical one is that the celebrity Wang Dao and Wang Dun went to Shi Chong's house for a banquet together. Wang Gui couldn't drink in the future, but he was afraid that Shi Chong would kill people, so he had to reluctantly drink when the beautiful woman was drinking.
But Wang Dun didn't buy it, he could have drunk, but he stubbornly refused to drink. As a result, Shi Chong beheaded three beauties, but he still didn't drink them.
Persuade wine to kill beauties, where does humanity come from? This is simply inhumane, and treats people as human beings.
From another point of view, in that era, the status of women was so low.
And Lu Zhu is just one of Shi Chong's many concubines. At most, it's just a favorite concubine.
I continued to talk to Midori. After chatting for a while, I learned a lot of details.
The green bead is the ultimate reason for pushing Shi Chong's muddy ball to death.
Green beads are so beautiful, good at, good at flute, dancing.
When Shi Chong held a banquet at home, he let Lu Zhu perform every time. The guests were fascinated by the beauty of the green pearl, and the name of the green pearl was spread all over the world.
Later, Shi Chong lost power and was dismissed. There was an official named Sun Xiu who took the opportunity to fall into the well and asked Shi Chong for green beads.
Shi Chong said, all the concubines in my family can be given to you, but the green bead is my favorite, and I can't give it to you.
Sun Xiu was angry, so he spoke ill of Shi Chong to Sima Lun, the king of Zhao at that time, and persuaded Sima Lun to kill Shi Chong. Sima Lun listened to Sun Xiu's slander and sent troops to arrest Shi Chong.
Shi Chong said to Lu Zhu: "I suffered this catastrophe because I didn't give you to Sun Xiu!" β
In fact, the green beads were bought back by Shi Chonghua Shihu Pearl, and the green beads belonged to Shi Chong's private own, and she only belonged to Shi Chong.
At the same time, Green Bead is also his capital to show off, because she is so beautiful. It is said that every time Shi Chong had a banquet, he asked Luzhu to come out to sing and dance, and the guests were fascinated and drooled.
This is probably the vanity that the nouveau riche wants.
Therefore, Shi Chong's love for Luzhu cannot be, and Luzhu may not be love for Shi Chong, but a trace of love cannot be ruled out.
Lu Zhu and Shi Chong are together, it can be said that there is no freedom, in the face of such a selfish, conceited, greedy, inhumane, and never soft murderer, if she has the slightest disobedience, I am afraid that her life will not be guaranteed.
Shi Chong's selfishness and greed made him think that he would rather be broken than broken, and what he couldn't get, others couldn't think of it.
Although it is not said that there is a green bead to die for it, we can understand the deep meaning.
Before Luzhu jumped off the building, Shi Chong said to Luzhu: "I offended the villain for your Luzhu, if it weren't for you, I might have lived well, what do you say you are going to do now." β
This is a threat, and Luzhu can only choose to jump off the building, even if he doesn't jump, I'm afraid he won't survive.
So, after talking to her, I sighed to myself.
This green bead jumping off the building is not for love, nor is it martyrdom.
It was for freedom, but also for the despair of the society of the time, and for men.
"Hey......" Zhang Caiwei and Qi Guiyun, who had been silent on the side, also sighed again and again.
"It's dawn!!"
It didn't take long for us to talk again, and it was dawn.
I didn't sleep all night, but I didn't feel sleepy, and after saying hello to the green beads, I took the compass and went out.
I've got to get to the bottom of what it was that kept them trapped here and couldn't leave.