According to historical records, during the coup d'état in the Fujian court, a group of palace people escaped from the palace, and they trekked through mountains and rivers to Yingchang to escape the disaster.
Among them, some people got married and had children in the local area and settled down, and some palace maids were bought by some dignitaries and nobles at that time and became dancers and concubines in the house. ” Jiang Xixi looked at Cheng Muyou dumbfounded, "So, the unjust soul on the jade hairpin is a palace maid in Fujian?"
” "When the woman was attached to Chunmei, Yuan'er saw her dancing from the cabinet, and she danced very well, I suddenly thought of this allusion, just imagine, can carry such a precious jade hairpin, and proficient in dancing, can only be a person in the palace."
"My lord," Jiang Xixi bowed, "please let me go with you, so that I can still have a care along the way." ” Cheng Muyou shook his head, "You have to stay in Xin'an, I always feel that the jade hairpin has not left the city yet, it is likely to lurk in the dark that we can't see, if something happens again, no one can take care of it here." ” "But, who's with you, Shi Fei?"
Saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Shi Fei opened the door curtain and walked in, "My lord, Miss Yan is already waiting outside the door." ” Cheng Muyou smiled at Jiang Xi and patted her on the shoulder, "Xin'an City will be handed over to you."
With that, he strode towards the door, and his tall back disappeared at the end of the corridor in a moment.
Jiang Xixi rubbed his hands, and a sly smile appeared on his lips, "With such a powerful helper, of course you don't need me." ” The three of them rushed non-stop for a day, and when they arrived at sunset, they had already arrived at Yingchang Mansion.
Yingchang County ordered Guo Fu and Cheng Muyou to be the same door, and when they saw the three of them visiting in person, they were warmly welcomed and welcomed them into the mansion in person.
After chatting a few words, Cheng Muyou shifted the topic to the main topic and told the Chang family and the butterfly jade hairpin truthfully.
Guo Fu was stunned for a while before he finished digesting the whole case, but he was the most neat person, and he ordered someone to find out the population book that night.
Several officials searched for five hours, and finally reported the final results.
Guo Fu took a thin piece of paper and put it in front of Cheng Muyou, "Brother Cheng, although it is a matter of the previous dynasties, but fortunately, the records still exist, according to records, there were a total of 121 people in the Min State Palace who were placed in Yingchang at that time, of which 57 were men, and among the remaining 64 women, there were a total of 14 palace maids dancing, and this is the list of these fourteen people."
Unfortunately, some of them are no longer alive, and some of them are unknown, only one of them, whose address is recorded in the population book, but it is not known if this address is still inhabited. ” Cheng Muyou stood up with the piece of paper and gently read out the three words on it, "Xin Ziyu." ” Shi Fei rode a horse and ran towards the two of them from a distance, the horse's hooves raised heavy dust on the ground, he turned over and dismounted, "My lord, there is no village in front of you at all, let alone Liufu, only a big river, is this Lord Guo giving the wrong address?"
” Cheng Muyou looked forward, only to see that there was a big river with silver light in the distance, like a jade belt between the two peaks, he shook his head and said: "The address should not be wrong, but this is already fifty years ago, just in my dynasty, Yingchang has changed the river twice, this address is of course difficult to find." ” Shi Fei scratched his head, "Xin Ziyu is the only person with a record, if we can't even find her, our last road will be blocked." ” As soon as he had said this, he saw an old man come out of the woods on the side, glanced at the three of them, and then walked around the horse.
He wore a tattered felt hat on his head, his hair exposed to the brim was completely white, and he wore a gray and black gown on his shoulders, and his whole back was bent like a shrimp.
In his hand, he held a broken wine jar with a missing mouth, and after taking a few steps, he stopped to take a sip, smacked his mouth, and staggered in the direction of the river.
Yan Niang jumped off the horse lightly, followed the old man and shouted, "Old man, you stay and want to ask you about someone." ” The old man's footsteps faltered, and when he looked back, a pair of eyes were deeply sunken under the drooping eyelids, old and listless, but the eyeballs were black and white, and they were not stained with the macular of the years.
Yan Niang walked up to the old man and saluted gently, "Old man, have you heard of Xin Ziyu?"
” "I don't recognize it."
He didn't even think about it, he answered three words and turned to leave.
"What about the butterfly jade hairpin?"
The old man stopped too fast, his body jerked forward, and he almost fell, but fortunately, Yan Niang held him up, and her bright eyes looked straight at him, as if she wanted to see his heart directly.
"What's wrong with the jade hairpin?"
"Again?
Old man, let's talk about what it used to do. ” The old man was silent for a long time, and finally, he raised his head and drank a few sips of wine before sitting down on a stump, "The jade hairpin is indeed Xin Ziyu's, but she died fifty years ago."
Xin Ziyu is a palace maid who fled from Fujian, and she is the best at dancing, so she was bought into the mansion by Liu Jien, a wealthy man here, as soon as she arrived in Yingchang, and became a dancing girl.
That Liu Jien is very lustful, no one in the family, no matter how old or young, can escape his lewd hands, let alone a beauty like Ziyu.
But her personality is extremely strong, Liu Jien tried to forcibly occupy her body several times, but she was beaten out, and once, she even smashed the old thief's head with a jade bottle.
After a few times, Liu Jien gradually hated her, so he thought of a ruthless move, a ruthless move that could completely destroy her.
He found a scholar and gave him a lot of silver taels, asking him to seduce Xin Ziyu, and then ruthlessly abandon her after he got it.
Liu Jien wanted to use this method to destroy Ziyu's self-esteem and make her willingly commit to herself.
It is said that the two met in the river, Xin Ziyu was sitting on the painting boat at the time, her jade hairpin accidentally fell into the water, and the scholar took the opportunity to pick up the jade hairpin and return it to her, so she fell in love at first sight.
Therefore, the butterfly jade hairpin can also be regarded as a token of the two.
Later, Xin Ziyu secretly had a private meeting with the scholar, but she didn't know that Liu Jien had a clear grasp of her every move, including the escape in the middle of the night as agreed by them.
That night, Xin Ziyu didn't wait for the scholar, she returned to Liu's mansion heartbroken, only to find that the scholar was tied up by the five flowers, and in front of him, there was a blackened copper pillar, and the black smoke was several zhang high, which scorched the scholar's hair.