Chapter 3

Four months ago, at the beginning of August of the twenty-ninth year of Kangxi.

Kangxi's second southern tour, August 3, set off from the Forbidden City, the emperor's eldest son Yinren followed, the prince Yinren left the prison country, the second day stationed in Yongqing County, and then along the way through Hejian, Xian County, Fucheng and other places, every place, the people welcomed the road, cheering thunderously, during the Jiangnan Nanhe Governor, Caoyun Governor, Jiangnan Admiral and other officials came to see.

On the fourteenth day of the southern tour, Kangxi got on the royal boat, read the river, along the river, the royal boat went all the way south, the front was very smooth, the southern tour never encountered a rainy day, the wind and the sun were beautiful, the sky was high and refreshing, but when he arrived in Suzhou, the originally clear sky suddenly became dark, and the clouds were thick, and the master who took the paddle boat in front of him accelerated his movements, trying to arrive at the shore of Suzhou as soon as possible.

It's just that the sky is not beautiful, only a moment, the bean-sized raindrops fall suddenly, and after a while, it is a downpour, the raindrops are as dense as the drumbeat, snapping down, the huge rain curtain makes people can't see the surroundings clearly, and it is gray in an instant.

The boat went down the river, and the master of the rowing boat had a chance to take a breath, not caring about his wet clothes, he just wanted to stabilize the boat, and he couldn't startle the saint.

When they couldn't see clearly, a large number of people swam up to the boat, appeared from the water, climbed up the edge of the boat with their hands, and drew their long knives from behind them, trying to get over the boat.

Soon, in less than half an hour, someone shouted assassins, and a group of people suddenly intersected with swords, and the guards who were on the same boat with Kangxi tried their best to protect the emperor, but the assassins came prepared, and in the heavy rain, the cruise ships accompanying the boat unconsciously opened the distance, and all the blades handed over, and the screams and shouts of escort were drowned out by the sound of rain.

There was a lot of chaos on the boat, it was a mess, everyone was very flustered, some people fell into the water in the fight, the assassins came a lot, in the chaos, Kangxi was stabbed, the square window of the cabin of the boat was smashed, making a big hole, the rain came in from the outside, the assassins were menacing, there was an assassin who was close to Kangxi and fought with Kangxi, Kangxi gradually approached the broken square window, and was pushed hard, and the unstable Kangxi was pushed out of the window like this, and he couldn't catch the people around him, The assassin was determined to push him out, and the knife slashed directly at him, and he could only dodge backwards, trying to defend with both hands, but failed to grasp the window edge, and fell directly into the river, and when he fell, his head hit the hard body of the boat, and he completely entered the water with a thud.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's ......"

The guards shouted and tried to rush in to save the driver, but they had to fight with the assassins, and they couldn't get away for a while, and when they restrained the assassins and jumped into the river to save them, the emperor was nowhere to be seen.

Everyone panicked, and the people who knew the water braved the heavy rain to search for the emperor's figure in the river, and even dived down, wanting to pick up the emperor who fell, but it was very difficult in the heavy rain, and they couldn't see where the people were.

When he landed on the shore, the emperor's eldest son Yinchu learned that Huang Ama fell into the water, and immediately ordered people to search and rescue, before and after two days and two nights, 20,000 officers and soldiers were dispatched, and after the rain stopped, the Suzhou Creek was almost turned over several times, and Huang Ama still did not find it.

Huang Ama is missing, his fate is unknown, and his body has not been found.

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In Luwei Town, Wujiang County, Suzhou, in the early morning, the sky is not yet bright, and most of the people in the town have not yet gotten up.

However, Wang Xiuhua, who opened the steamed bun shop, had already woken up at this time, and there was no way, in order to make a living and earn some silver taels, she had to rush to steam the steamed buns before the people in the town got up.

The flour was awake, she carried the basket to the river, ready to dig out of the ground, and the cabbage that was still stained with soil was washed, and then chopped to make the filling of the bun, this year the meat is very expensive, ordinary people are reluctant to eat meat, and the buns with meat are also eaten less, most of them eat vegetable filling, and the cabbage filling is the cheapest, and it is also the most sold.

She passed through the Qing Dynasty, to a poor ordinary people's home, her mother gave birth to three daughters, in the original village was looked down upon, and then discussed with her father to move to Luwei Town, Wujiang County, but to Luwei Town, the people in the town knew that her mother gave birth to three daughters, the same still looked downon, and was urged to give birth to a son, but after her mother gave birth to her old child, her body was damaged, she could no longer have children, and she was too lazy to move, so a family of five was placed in Luwei Town.

Fortunately, although the people in the town look down on them, they get along for a long time, and the neighbors will help each other after they are familiar with each other.

When she was a child, she relied on two acres of land to feed the whole family, and above her were two sisters, the eldest sister Wang Xiujuan and the second sister Wang Xiumei, and the family lived happily for 20 years.

After her eldest sister and second sister married to the next town, her father and mother lived for forty-five years, and died of illness in the first two years.

Her father and mother listened to her seven years ago to open a steamed bun shop, after her two sisters got married, this steamed bun shop has been run by the three of them together, after they passed away, this steamed bun shop will also be under her management, inherited by her, the small steamed bun shop does not need to invite others, she is busy working alone on weekdays, when she is too busy, her eldest sister and second sister will come to help her.

The original two acres of land were managed by her two sisters, they were responsible for planting vegetables, occasionally she also helped plant, responsible for taking care of it, if she needed any vegetables, she went directly to the field to pull, although she could not be rich and expensive, but there was a surplus, and the life was peaceful and happy.

Don't think that people can be rich and noble, like their family, her mother and father were born in the countryside, no one in the family is literate, they have been farming since they were children, and they still farm when they grow up, they all say that dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice will make holes, most people can't cross classes, and the work they do is almost the same as what their parents do, she has no spare money at home to study, not to mention women, it's useless to read and write, and they can't take the imperial examination, and they are discriminated against and look down on, and they find men to do good jobs, It wasn't their turn.