Chapter 59: Meng Po's Past Story
In the pre-Qin period, Qin Xiaogong of Qin used Shang Yang to change the law, abandoned well fields, emphasized agriculture and mulberry, rewarded military merits, implemented unified measurements and established a county system, so that Qin's economy could develop, the army's combat effectiveness was continuously enhanced, and Qin gradually became the richest and most powerful country among the seven heroes of the Warring States. To the son of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang Yingzheng, the remnants of the sixth Fen Dynasty, swept away Liuhe, and finally became a great cause, calling himself the "first emperor".
After Qin Shi Huang established the Qin Dynasty, he implemented the three princes and nine secretaries in the central government to manage national affairs. Locally, the sub-feudal system was abolished and replaced by the county system, with the same text and the same track, and unified weights and measures. Attacking the Xiongnu in the north, conquering Baiyue in the south, building the Great Wall, building the spiritual canal, and communicating the water system.
During the Qin Dynasty, there was such a family surnamed Meng. The hostess of the Meng family planted a melon in the yard, and the hostess took care of the melon seedling for three years, but it never bore melon. The hostess didn't care much about this result, until one night, the melon seedlings climbed along the wall to the Jiang family next door and bore melons.
Early the next morning, when the two families saw that the melon was ripe, and the melon crossed the two courtyards, they discussed the opening of the scoop. Just as the Meng family and the Jiang family were about to sawn the melon into two scoops, they heard a "pop", and the melon gourd cracked itself from the middle, and a white and fat little girl was lying inside. The two families have no heirs, and at this time, the baby girl was given by God, and when she was happy, she accepted her as a daughter together. The girl's surname is Meng, her name is Zhongzi, and because she is the daughter of the Meng Jiang family, people call her Meng Jiangnu.
Meng Jiangnu has been talented and intelligent since she was a child, and she is even more graceful and moving when she grows up, she is not only proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also gentle and considerate, and kind-hearted.
On this night, Meng Jiangnu, as usual, rested under the melon vine planted by Meng's mother.
Meng Jiangnu blinked her big eyes and looked at the stars in the night sky in the courtyard, the starry sky was vast and quiet, like shining gems dotted on a black and blue satin, which was so beautiful that it was intoxicating. Above the courtyard wall is the starry sky, under the courtyard wall is the melon vine, and in the courtyard wall is Meng Jiangnu who is intoxicated with the night view, everything seems to complement each other so well. Just as she was fascinated, a head suddenly appeared on the courtyard wall.
Meng Jiangnu was startled at first, but she quickly calmed down due to her bold nature. She looked closely, but it was a scholar lying on the courtyard wall covered in blood.
"This girl, Xiaosheng is so polite. The scholar smiled reluctantly, and passed out directly after speaking.
These were the first words he said to her, and even in danger, he had not forgotten the red tape, as if all that was left of this poor scholar was the sage books in his heart.
It took a lot of effort for Meng Jiangnu to save the scholar, and after carefully treating his injuries, she hurriedly went to inform Meng Jiang's parents. Meng Jiangnu's two pairs of parents are also good-hearted people, and when they saw that the scholar was seriously injured, they asked Meng Jiangnu to take care of them.
The scholar quickly woke up, and what greeted him was a girl with green silk like a waterfall, the girl's eyebrows were like distant mountains, her skin was like a peach blossom and a smile, her hair was like floating clouds, her eyes were like stars, and her simple face was full of nervousness and worry. Seeing him wake up, the girl's eyes on the scholar, even if he was a poor scholar, but his eyes were unusually bright, and there seemed to be stars shining in his deep eyes.
The girl felt as if she had seen an equally vast and quiet starry sky in the eyes of a scholar.
The down-and-out scholar's name is Fan Xiliang, and this is what he told her. Even though he was seriously injured, he insisted on doing the etiquette of those gentlemen. The scholar used to sell calligraphy and paintings on the street for a living, but when he saw a son buy a fake calligraphy and painting at a sky-high price in the stall next door, he was chased and beaten by the stall owner next door when he spoke up.
The scholar was seriously injured, and after the girl obtained the consent of Meng Jiang's parents, she temporarily let him rest assured to stay and recuperate. Between the injured party and the one who took care of the wounded, the two inevitably struggled with each other, and soon the scholar fell in love with this clever and graceful woman, and the girl fell in love with the down-and-out scholar who was seriously injured and had to salute her.
The girl has reached her prime, and under the joy of the two loves, she was soon seen by the parents of Meng Jiang's family. Seeing that although the scholar was down, he was not a villain, so he was willing to entrust Meng Jiangnu to Fan Xiliang. The two were overjoyed, and soon chose a good day and an auspicious day to visit the church and become a parent, and agreed to grow old together.
However, the good times did not last long, on the third day after Fan Xiliang and Meng Jiangnu got married, Qin Shi Huang arrested important men everywhere and sent all the middle-aged laborers to the north to build the Great Wall. Even the old father and mother of the Meng Jiang family were pushed to the ground and beaten severely when they stepped forward to stop them to no avail. After hearing about it at home, Meng Jiangnu threw down everything she had and ran to the field, but when she arrived at the scene, her four drooping old bodies were no longer alive and no longer beating.
Spring goes to autumn, and it's winter in the blink of an eye. Meng Jiangnu has been looking forward to her husband's return, but she only expects news from the north. This winter was particularly cold, and people kept sending letters from the north, and the first emperor only cared about repairing the Great Wall as soon as possible, regardless of the lives of migrant workers, and countless people died of cold and starvation. Meng Jiangnu was even more restless when she heard these letters. I made a few cotton clothes overnight, and went to my parents' grave to say goodbye before going on the road.
Scholar Fan Xiliang even if he was seriously injured had to stubbornly bow to Meng Jiangnu, at that time he only had the sage book in his heart, just like Meng Jiangnu at this time slept all the way, and her feet were blistered with blood and insisted on going north, because at this time she only had the down-and-out scholar who was far away in the sky.
Meng Jiangnu finally rushed to the Great Wall in the north as scheduled, but learned that Fan Xiliang had already died of hunger and cold, and his body had already been filled under the Great Wall by the overseers. Meng Jiangnu couldn't help but feel sad from her heart, and cried bitterly, her cry hoarse and exhausted like a wounded beast. She cried so much that the sun and moon were dark, and the sky was dark, only crying so that the autumn wind was sad, and the sea was rippling, and she cried so that the Great Wall collapsed like the sky and the earth cracked.
It just so happened that at this time, Qin Shi Huang led a large group of men and horses to inspect here, and after hearing that Meng Jiangnu cried down the city wall, he immediately became angry and thunderous, and he wanted to deal with Meng Jiangnu personally. It's just that when he saw Meng Jiangnu's tearful eyes, it turned out that I was pitiful, which made people feel love and pity, so he wanted to take Meng Jiangnu as a concubine.
Meng Jiangnu naturally refused to follow, but she was powerless to resist. In desperation, she had to pretend to agree, and then threw herself into the sea.
Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall to resist the northern nomads, and there is no home without a country. It's just that Meng Jiangnu's family is ruined, and if there is no home, where will the country come from?
Out of love for her husband Fan Xiliang and out of hatred for Qin Shi Huang, she brewed a kind of tea soup that can make her forget her painful memories and keep her hatred. Her soul is split into two personalities, one is the worry-free ghost city Meng Po, and the other is the hateful Thousand Sails Sinking Boat Tower Meng Po.
It's just that Meng Po, who forgot Fan Xiliang, is really happier than Meng Po, who is full of hatred?
No one knows.