book of ten thousand words

Chapter 10: Yongli retreats south

When the words fell to the ground, Pearl immediately believed it was true, and slapped the teacup on the ground.Regardless of the dirt everywhere, hugged me and cried.Sure enough, he was still a child who hadn't grown up.After coaxing for a long time, I started to sob, went downstairs by myself, and went back to my room to rest.Mrs. Xu cleaned up the mess, and seeing that I was still sitting still, she asked, "The sun is very high and the afternoon is long, why don't you go and rest for a while?"

I have always been a person who dreams a lot and sleeps little. Not to mention I never sleep at noon, and even at night I most likely cannot sleep.So I shook my head, suddenly my heart moved, and in a moment, I blurted out: "Ma'am!"

Mrs. Xu was about to go downstairs at this time, when she heard my call, she stopped her steps and turned around to look at me.I saw that Mrs. Xu's eyes were sharp, she was nervous for a while, she opened her mouth, swallowed the words back, and said: "It's nothing, you old man go down."

Mrs. Xu didn't care, so she promised to go downstairs.I looked at Mrs. Xu, and suddenly I couldn't help but yelled again, "Mrs.!"

The emerald bamboo on Mrs. Xu's dark green gown moved.She turned her head, but she was not annoyed, she looked at me, and quietly replied: "Isn't it good for the girl to speak directly? This is going back and forth to amuse me."

I muttered, "How dare you entertain my aunt? I'm just afraid that you will blame me for talking too much."

Mrs. Xu smiled when she heard this, and said: "If you are really afraid, why bother to ask again? Tell me quickly. If you do this again, I will be really annoyed."

I think, in the past two days, many things in the mansion were originally told by Mrs. Xu openly and honestly.The Xiufei Tower was extremely quiet, and no outsiders would hear what was said in private today, so he got bolder and asked in a low voice, "What kind of person is our lord?"

Mrs. Xu was silent for a while, and then asked back: "Why did you remember to ask this?"

While speaking, a shallow layer of it was blowing in the wind, and the green bamboo on the skirt of the clothes also moved again, making Mrs. Xu stand out from the world, as if she was about to fly away by the wind.

I was even more stunned and speechless.

After a long time, he said: "Although I have only been here for a few days, I have heard people talking about the prince a lot. But sometimes people say that he is powerful, sometimes people say that he is generous, and sometimes people say that he hurt the late emperor. Now I heard that he is a gracious prince. Now I think he is a supporter from all over the world, and then I feel lonely. Now I think he is decisive, and I think he is kind-hearted. After thinking about it, I don’t know him What kind of person is he?"

Mrs. Xu stood for a long time, and said: "The crime of merit, the crime of the king. You have said everything that should be said, what else can I say?"

Even so, after all, she gradually lost her mind, and unconsciously slowed down her hands to clean up the mess.

After a while, he finally sat down beside me slowly, although that heart seemed to be getting far away from this moment.

A pair of good-looking eyes gradually looked towards an unimaginable distance.

"Back then, when Kunming City was about to be destroyed, I was still working as a cook in the imperial dining room... At that time, it was still the Ming Dynasty."

"Oh, Ming Dynasty." I said.It seems that I also have some heartache, but after thinking about it, I am puzzled:

What does Ming Dynasty's tears and Ming Dynasty's pain have to do with me?What do I have to be sad about?

"The news from outside keeps coming in..." Mrs. Xu said.First I heard that the Qing soldiers had arrived in Panjiang, and then I heard that they had arrived in Qujing.I don't know where these places are, I only know that the soldiers are getting closer...

"After a few days, I heard that the Qing soldiers were only a few dozen miles away from the palace. After a few days, I heard that there was a lot of people in the hall, and the monarch and his ministers talked for a day. The emperor also cried. The grown-ups were crying too. It wasn’t like they were making a scene. A few days later, I heard that notices had been posted on the street that the Holy Majesty was going to retreat south.”

"Is there any place further south than Yunnan?" I was surprised.

"Well... yes, it's called Myanmar." Mrs. Xu bowed her head, "I haven't heard of this place before. It was the father-in-law who found out clearly, and came back and told the chefs what the notice said, so I did it. I know..." Her tone was extremely slow, but also extremely heavy.

—— Mrs. Xu can't read, so she couldn't understand the specific content of the notice at the time.Years later, there is no way to tell me exactly.It was an accident many years later that I really knew what was written on the notice.When this "accidental" happened, I naturally got rid of the shackles of the three characters "Jin Chuange", and transformed into "Wan Xiaoyi" with much more freedom in mind and body.At that time, I found the original text of this imperial decree in the collection materials of the National Library of Yunnan Province.It is not easy to find this passage, so allow me to put this hard-won manuscript here.As supplementary information to help you understand me and the people around me:

"This vassal has been in Yunnan for many years, and the relationship between father and son is equal to that of your people. Now that the state affairs are in danger, and the imperial court has moved, it is difficult to go with you. I am afraid that the Qing soldiers will come, kill and plunder prostitution, and it will be difficult to escape. You should take advantage of this vassal. When you are not doing it, please stay away at your own speed, so as not to make mistakes and bring harm to yourself."

Oh, let's leave Wan Xiaoyi first and go back to the upper reaches of the past, the story of Jin Chuange.

"The father-in-laws were crying while reciting the imperial decree to us. The servants in the dining room didn't know many words. The father-in-law cried miserably and spoke intermittently. Everyone can understand, but only one out of ten. You can guess. I can guess that the Holy Majesty wants us to save our lives, and he doesn't care about us.

"The cooks also shed tears together. The women of the common people have husbands and children, and they have someone to rely on on the way to escape. With the chaos outside, who can we maids rely on? I thought, since staying Death, going out is death, it's the same anyway, why not just die in the palace? I made up my mind, just wait for the Holy Majesty to say go, then I will drop a stone on my body and jump into the well in the yard. Live. If you can’t, you’ll swallow gold and die.”

As Mrs. Xu said, a faint sadness gradually shrouded her face, as if she was sorry for her current life.

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