Chapter 10 Traveling to Zheng Guo and Occasionally Encountering a Peerless Beauty
In the Battle of Kunshan, the Qin army was defeated and retreated to Guanzhong. The Jin State was not suitable for the new mourning of the monarch, so the prince led the troops to withdraw to the Jin State, so Chen Xiang led the slippery army alone to continue to attack the Wei Kingdom, and soon broke through the Puyang City, and the Wei Guo perished, Chen Xiang only needed to defend the country near the several cities of the Hua Kingdom, and the rest of the cities, including Puyang, were dedicated to the Jin State, one was to thank the Jin State for their help, and the other was to repay the great kindness of the heavy ear.
After this battle, the national strength and prestige of the country have increased greatly, and it has become a big country in the Central Plains, but the newly occupied land of Zheng State has been destroyed by several major wars in a row, the population has decreased sharply, and the people's livelihood has withered, so that the people's hearts are unstable, so Chen Xiang decided to tour Zheng Guo in Weifu, conduct field investigations on Zheng Guo, understand the actual local situation, and make the land of Zheng Guo develop steadily as soon as possible.
In order not to disturb the people of Zheng Guo, Chen Xiang only brought green beads and a few personal guards and maid rings with him on this parade.
On this day, Chen Xiang and his entourage traveled to Xiazhou, and suddenly saw a group of people surrounding a woman who was tied up, and next to the woman were two witch-like people who were chanting words and constantly sprinkling strange liquids on the woman's body.
Chen Xiang was puzzled, so he stepped forward and asked one of the old men, "Old man, I don't know what happened here?" When the old man saw Chen Xiang's face, he didn't expect that he was a local, so he said to Chen Xiang: "You don't know about this descendant, there has been a demon woman in our local area in recent years. The old man said and pointed to the woman who was bound.
Chen Xiang fixed his eyes and looked at the woman carefully, but saw that although the woman was unkempt, there was still a faint flow of grace through the messy hair, a pair of Danfeng beautiful eyes on her petite face were clear and tactful, and a pink and white skin could be vaguely seen in the torn placket, and there seemed to be thousands of styles hidden under the pink Luo skirt, turning around.
Seeing Chen Xiang stunned, the old man paused and said: "Do you also think that this woman is beautiful, but it's a pity that this woman is born with a husband and has killed five husbands in three years. Therefore, we will kill this demon woman today and sink into the Kamigawa to suppress her demonic spirit. Chen Xiang naturally knew that this was nonsense, and felt that it was a pity for such a beautiful woman to die like this, so he said to the old man: "The old gentleman doesn't know, my ancestors are proficient in the art of demon subjugation and demon refining, and today I see that this woman is indeed demonic, it is really rare to see in a hundred years, and the younger generation is brave and wants to buy this woman for 500 gold, I don't know what you think?" Everyone heard the words and discussed, and finally everyone thought that this could not only get rid of the demons, but also get a sum of money, why not, so Chen Xiang took out 500 gold and handed it to the old man, and the old man distributed the money to everyone, and everyone dispersed happily.
Chen Xiang took the woman to an inn, instructed the store to find a set of clean women's clothes and arranged for the woman to bathe, after the woman was groomed and tidied up, she was more romantic, Chen Xiang saw the heart and said straight: "This woman should only be in the sky, how many times can the world see." "In the words of Chen Xiang's previous life, it was 'the face of an angel and the body of a devil'.
The woman slowly entered the hall, Gu Busheng was pitiful, and when she came to Chen Xiang, she bowed down and thanked her: "Thank you for saving your life, the slave family is grateful." Chen Xiang said: "Little lady doesn't have to be polite, your name is Xia Ji?" Where is my mother's home? I can send you back. Xia Ji cried again: "The slave family has been sold to traffickers by his uncle since he was a child, and he was transferred to Xiazhou, after an old bustard, he accepted me as a goddaughter, taught me to play the piano and sing music, read and hyphenate in order to serve the guests, and then was favored by a son, and the son paid for me to redeem himself, but unfortunately the slave family married the son for only three months, and the son died violently, and the housewife of the family looked at me on weekdays, so she took the opportunity to sweep me out of the house, so the slave family could only remarry, but the slave family was destined to be blessed, and the husband died of illness within a few months of each new marriage. After saying that, he howled and cried.
When Chen Xiang heard this, he didn't feel a sour heart, and he was a poor man who was tricked by fate. Thinking of this, Chen Xiang couldn't help but get down from his seat and help Xia Ji up.
Seeing this, Lu Zhu on the side hurriedly said to Chen Xiang: "Xia Ji has a poor background, is helpless, and is naturally beautiful, why don't the king take her into the harem to serve." Chen Xiang hurriedly said to Luzhu: "Luzhu, please don't misunderstand, I, Ji Kang, have you Luzhu alone in this life." Don't mention the matter of concubines again. Luzhu smiled and stopped insisting.
Xia Ji only knew at this time that the son who saved him was the monarch of the Slippery Kingdom, so she was so frightened that she hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The cheap maid doesn't know that it is the king, so she has just offended, if the king does not give up, Xia Ji is willing to let the king send her in the future, and she will not give up." Chen Xiang was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I will first place you in Cifeng Palace to serve Queen Luzhu, I don't know what you think?" Hearing this, Xia Ji thanked again and said, "Thank you for the grace of the king and queen." ”