Chapter 1: There's a Noble Boy in Town
The sun was slowly rising, and the only sounds on the silent mountain trails were the crisp chirping of birds and the rapid gasping of girls.
Zhang Yuqing wrapped her face with a cloth, her dark eyes were full of panic, she stumbled and ran wildly on the rugged mountain road, and looked back nervously from time to time.
Along this mountain road, you will arrive at Xiushui Town at the foot of the mountain.
She has been in this world for fifteen years, and the mysterious power that sent her tells her that this is a world based on fiction. In order to make her adapt to the world in advance, the mysterious force put her on a newborn baby girl fifteen years before the beginning of the novel, briefly introduced the plot, and left completely.
When she first came into this world, a baby had two souls in her body, and she watched like a bystander as the little girl grew up under the love of her parents, and shared the love she had never enjoyed.
When she was two years old, she suffered an accident, both parents died in a man-made accident, and the soul of the little girl left this world, and she took over the body and was taken to the mountains by her adoptive father and brother.
Because the official plot has not yet begun, I am afraid that she will go out early and destroy the development trajectory of this world, and the mysterious force locks her range of activities in the inaccessible mountains. The place beyond the mountains was like a map in the game that had not yet unfolded, a foggy place to her.
To this day, the world beyond the mountains suddenly becomes clear.
Ridges stretching into the distance, undulating wheat waves, country lanes, farmers pushing wheelbarrows on the road...... One by one, they were presented before her eyes.
Zhang Yuqing knew that the plot began today.
The mysterious force that sent her to this world told her that because of its mistakes, which led to her unexpected death in the original world, it sent her to this world to compensate for her life.
In this world of fiction, she is neither a heroine nor an important supporting character, but a person who dies prematurely.
A mysterious force sent her here to continue her life in place of her original owner.
And today, it is the day when Lu Wei, the male protagonist in the book, passes by Xiushui Town, and it is also the starting point of the beginning of the plot of the book.
She must seize today's opportunity and let Lu Wei take her out of here, otherwise once she is caught, she will be sold to a dirty place and will never recover.
It is said to be the most prosperous place in ten miles and eight townships, and Xiushui Town is just a small town, with a total of less than 100 meters long street.
She vaguely remembered that at the beginning of the novel, the male protagonist Lu Wei traveled abroad to apprentice, and when he returned to the capital, he passed by Xiushui Town and drank tea in the teahouse in Xiushui Town.
Zhang Yuqing took a few breaths, stabilized her breathing, stood at the door of the teahouse, and looked inside the teahouse.
Several tearooms in the teahouse are covered by cloth curtains, and at the door of one of them stands a tall and strong young man, standing at the door with his chest crossed, with a bee waist and ape arms, and sharp eyes.
This is it!
Before the young man could look over, Zhang Yuqing quickly retracted his gaze.
Xiao Er at the door looked Zhang Yuqing up and down, looking at the dress of an ordinary country woman, not like a rich person who came to drink tea, frowned and said: "Girl, we are all golden guests here, but we don't want to stand here and take a look, which makes the nobles angry!" β
"Little second brother, I want to go in and sell my circle, please make it easier for you." Zhang Yuqing pulled out a gold collar embedded with jade from the placket, tore off a small goldfish attached to the bottom of the collar, and handed it to the shopkeeper.
The carving of the small goldfish is vivid, shining with dazzling golden light in the midday sun.
The shopkeeper stared at the goldfish with his eyes, and he weighed it, and there were one or two.
Zhang Yuqing reminded: "Little second brother? β
As if he had just woken up from a dream, the shopkeeper quickly took the little goldfish into his arms, glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "Our shopkeeper went home for lunch, you go in and come out quickly, if the nobles don't buy it, you are not allowed to entangle!" β
"Thank you." Zhang Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the teahouse.
Entering the teahouse, Zhang Yuqing untied the cloth cloth in Baotou and walked towards the young man guarding the door.
The young man looked at her suspiciously, secretly surprised that there was such a beautiful woman in this rural place, the water was beautiful, and at first glance people couldn't take their eyes off.
When Zhang Yuqing walked up to him, the young man stopped her.
"Girl, there's someone here." The young man whispered.
Zhang Yuqing took out the gold collar and said, "Childe, this is the gold collar handed down from my family, and now it is sold cheaply, I don't know if you are interested?" β
The young man didn't even look at the gold collar, waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested!" β
Zhang Yuqing clenched her fists, still had a sweet smile on her face, cheekily presented the collar to the man's eyes again, and said earnestly: "My collar is a Beijing product, it is very valuable!" β
The young man smiled, somewhat disdainful, glanced at the collar casually, and after seeing the appearance and lettering of the collar clearly, his expression gradually became solemn, and then he looked at Zhang Yuqing, the more he looked at the woman's appearance, the more frightened he became.
"You wait, I'll take it to my master." The young man took the gold collar, lifted the curtain and entered.
Zhang Yuqing stood outside, the curtain cut off her sight, and she couldn't see the situation inside.
The adoptive father took her and her brother to hide in the mountains, and after thirteen years of almost isolation, they were still found by the enemy. The adoptive father died tragically, and the home on which he lived was burned to ashes.
When she went out to do laundry, she was knocked unconscious by Wang Dali, who had settled in the mountains with them, and hid in the cellar, and although she escaped the killing of the enemy, she could be sold to a brothel by Wang Dali at any time.
If Lu Wei refuses to see her...... Zhang Yuqing couldn't help but tremble.
Success or failure is here.
It was done, and she won a way to live.
Defeated...... Zhang Yuqing clenched her fists, she couldn't be defeated, everyone had a way out, but she was a duckweed-like rootless person who didn't.
Time passed minute by minute, and the heat floated at noon in April, but Zhang Yuqing's hands and feet were shivering.
Finally, a young man's voice sounded from behind the curtain, "What's your name?" β
The voice was mellow and low, with surprise and a hint of indifference.
"My biological father's surname is Zhang, and his name is clear, so he named me Zhang Yuqing." Zhang Yuqing tried her best to stabilize her trembling voice.
The curtain was lifted, and the light came out of the curtain, and a piece of jade white brocade robe swayed gently in the light and shadow.
Zhang Yuqing lowered her head, only seeing the swaying robe and a pair of black satin boots underneath. She raised her head slightly, and her eyes touched the hand that lifted the curtain, slender and fair, with distinct bones.
Just as she was about to look up, the man asked, "Where did you get this circle?" β
Zhang Yuqing quickly lowered her head, feeling the sharp gaze like substance resting on the top of her head. She pinched her palms with her fingernails, and said in a steady voice: "It's my thing, and I have worn it since I was a child." β
"Since you have worn it since you were a child, why do you want to sell it now?" The man asked again.
Zhang Yuqing said: "When I encounter some difficulties, I want to try my luck for some money. β
The man groaned and said, "It's a bit rude, but can the girl raise her head and let me take a look?" β
Zhang Yuqing raised her head.
The fifteen-year-old girl was thin and slender, with a delicate face, and her long black and long eyelashes trembling lightly, as if a small broom could sweep into people's hearts, and even her eyes were foggy, revealing a little dazed and frightened.
It does look like a ...... Lu Wei only glanced at the girl, quickly turned his head away, and took half a step back.
When Lu Wei was looking at Zhang Yuqing, Zhang Yuqing was also looking at Lu Wei. Seventeen or eighteen years old, tall in stature, straight back like a green pine, handsome face, noble and elegant temperament, with a calm that does not match his age.
Zhang Yuqing also only glanced at it and lowered her head again, secretly saying that she is worthy of being a character who can finally get together with the heroine, and her appearance is really outstanding.
"Girl, do you remember the Zhang family?" Lu Wei asked again.
Zhang Yuqing thought for a while and said: "I only remember that the house at home is very large, there are many people, and my father has a twin brother who looks exactly like him. Later, the Hu people entered the capital, and in the chaos, my family and I were separated and brought here. β
When Lu Wei heard this, he had already made up his mind and said: "I know a family with the surname Zhang, which is very similar to the girl's description, and when I return to Beijing, I will come to the door to ask, if the girl is really the lost daughter of their family......"
Zhang Yuqing took a deep breath, interrupted Lu Wei's words, and asked bluntly, "Can Gongzi take me into Beijing?" β
Lu Wei glanced at her in surprise, and was silent.
He traveled lightly, only brought two small girls, it was really inconvenient to take a young girl, besides, this is the family matter of the Zhang family, although there is a collar, and the person looks very much like the Zhang family, but he directly brought people back, instead of telling them first, it is really inappropriate.
"Childe, don't worry, if I am not the daughter of the Zhang family, I will never stay in the Zhang family." Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhang Yuqing's heart rose to his throat, and then said, "It's very abrupt to come to the door directly, but I have been away from home for more than ten years, and I really miss my relatives at home......
This is a bit false, she was only two years old when she was outcast, and a two-year-old child can remember something, where can he miss something.
Lu Wei still didn't speak, and an awkward silence spread.
Zhang Yuqing shook it to the end, her posture was very low, and she said sincerely: "At present, only the son can help me go home, if I succeed in recognizing my relatives, I will not forget the great kindness of the son in this life, and repay the son with a grass title!" β
The little guy at the door couldn't help laughing, as if he was laughing at Zhang Yuqing's indiscretion, Lu Wei, the son of a top powerful person, needs a village girl to tie the grass ring?
It was this laughter that reminded Lu Wei, and Lu Wei asked, "Girl, I am just a stranger to you, can your adoptive parents agree that you will follow me on the road?" β
Zhang Yuqing clenched his fists in his sleeves, bowed his head and said, "They have all passed away." β
Lu Wei felt sorry in his heart, this woman was also pitiful, but it was not convenient for him to take a girl's family on the road, besides, this girl was still his fiancΓ©e's cousin, so it was better for him to go back to Beijing first and let the Zhang family pick it up in person.
Thinking of this, Lu Wei made a decision, "Girl, you go home first, and wait for me to inform the Zhang family......"
Zhang Yuqing gritted her teeth and knelt down with a plop.