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"Tell me, who is it?" Jin Hua urged him.

"If my guess is correct, he is Zhao Gou, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty." Gao Shiqian said.

"Zhao Gou?" Jin Hua pouted, "This name is not very popular...how did you guess it belonged to him?"

"I remember reading in unofficial history that after the Jingkang Incident, Zhao Gou fled all the way south to a village in Mingzhou in order to avoid the pursuit of the Jin soldiers. At the most critical moment, a village girl was quick to wit and let He hid in a big basket at home, and escaped unharmed... Presumably the Feng Niang we met is that village girl."

"So, there is such a story." Jinhua sighed, "Then, is there any record in the unofficial history you read, what happened to this village girl, did she enter the palace and become a concubine?"

"Well, I really can't remember..." Gao Shiqian scratched his head.

"I figured it out. Once you encounter a key problem, you can't remember clearly. I said, did you do it on purpose?"

"It was just a short story in Unofficial History. I glanced at it at random and didn't pay much attention to it."

"Okay... But even if we know that the emperor is Zhao Gou, it doesn't seem to help solve the problem."

"yes……"

While the two were talking, Xiao Zhai came out angrily from the house: "I'll go to the post house and tell them that you have already been betrothed to me, you cannot remarry, and even if he is the king of heaven, I don't want to break us up! "

Feng Niang chased it out from inside: "No way! You will die if you go like this!"

"I don't care, the emperor can't rob people's daughters by force and force them to remarry!" Xiao Zhai didn't listen to her dissuasion at all, and strode towards the entrance of the village.

Feng Niang couldn't catch up, so she had to say to Gao Shiqian: "Quick, help me stop him!"

Gao Shiqian rushed forward to stop him, but Xiao Zhai pushed him hard.He has been doing farm work all year round, and his body is very strong. Even Gao Shiqian couldn't hold him back, so he had to quickly catch up with him: "Wait a minute, I'll go with you!"

Seeing that he went with Xiao Zhai, Jin Hua felt relieved, and comforted Feng Niang, saying: "Don't worry, with my brother accompanying him, everything should be fine, so don't worry!"

"The post house is full of people from the imperial court. What's the use of them two ordinary people going?" Feng Niang looked at the direction where the two left, her eyes full of sorrow, and said, "If there is a commotion and the officials are angered, let them What should I do if I catch it? No, I have to go and see!" She was about to chase after her, but Jinhua stopped her and said, "With my brother here, nothing will happen, he is not an ordinary person!" She said The meaning of the words was that Gao Shichen was resourceful and resourceful, but Feng Niang mistook him for some special status when she heard it, and she couldn't help but hopefully said: "Is your brother a member of the imperial court? Then we must let him help us! " Then he bowed to Jinhua.

"No, no, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that!" Jin Hua quickly helped her up and said, "We are just ordinary people, but my brother has traveled far and wide and seen many storms, so he should be able to think of a way to help you."

"Really?" Feng Niang looked at her suspiciously.

"Believe me," Jinhua patted her on the shoulder, "It's useless for us to stand here and wait, why don't you go back to the house and tell me what happened so that I can help you figure out a solution."

"Okay..." Fengniang and Jinhua returned home and told the whole story, and it was indeed similar to the story Gao Shiqian saw in the wild history.And this little Zhai is Fengniang's childhood sweetheart. The two families are from the same village and have always had a good relationship.Fengniang's parents passed away two years ago, and Xiao Zhai planned to save enough money to marry Fengniang in a grand manner.But who would have thought that the bright future of the young couple was shattered by an imperial edict from the emperor.

"When the emperor was leaving that day, one of the attendants around him asked me in detail about my name and age, and I told him without thinking about it. Then the attendant told me that the person I saved is today Your Majesty, said that I have done a great job in rescuing you. After the Majesty returns to court, I will definitely be rewarded. I have never expected to get any rewards. I just want to live an ordinary life in the countryside with my beloved. The fine clothes and fine food here are hundreds of times stronger."

"Feng Niang, I really admire you for having such a heart that does not covet wealth and glory. In this world, it is really rare."

"I'm just timid and afraid of getting into trouble. I don't have much knowledge, but in the dramas I read on weekdays, the palace is full of tricks and intrigues. For ordinary people like us, it is too sinister and too dangerous. It's hard to deal with. As the saying goes, 'Fortune and misfortune depend on each other', entering the palace to be a concubine seems to be a great thing, but whether it will have a good result in the end, who can say for sure..."

After hearing this, Jin Hua couldn't help admiring: "Feng Niang, you are not only peaceful and happy, but also have extraordinary knowledge, which really makes me admire!"

"Unfortunately, what's the use of me thinking like this, it's still not worth a piece of imperial edict..." Feng Niang said and looked outside the house, "I don't know what happened to the two of them, will something happen..."

Seeing that the sky was getting dark and Gao Shiqian and Xiao Zhai hadn't come back yet, Jinhua couldn't help but feel his heart pounding.

But it is said that Gao Shiqian and Xiao Zhai came to the post house in the county all the way, and asked to see the messenger from the palace.After waiting for a long time, the messenger sent them in.Xiao Zhai had a fiery temper and was very impulsive. He didn't listen to Gao Shiqian's good words to dissuade him. When he saw the official, he yelled loudly and told about his engagement with Fengniang, and said that he would never let it go. Fengniang enters the palace to be a concubine.Gao Shiqian sweated hard for him while listening.

Hearing what he said, the decree officer's face darkened immediately, and ordered someone to go and fetch the imperial decree and Xiapei, and hand them over to Xiao Zhai, and ordered him to go back and hand them over to Feng Niang, so that she could change the Xiapei immediately. The post house received the order, otherwise all the relatives of Fengniang and Xiao Zhai will be arrested, escorted back to Beijing together, and asked the emperor to question the crime.

Gao Shiqian wanted to intercede from the sidelines, but he didn't get permission. The decree officer arranged for two soldiers to escort them both, holding the imperial decree and Xiapei, and went back to the village all the way.

When we arrived in the village, it was already late at night.Fengniang and Jinhua were anxiously waiting in the room with candles on, when they saw movement outside, they rushed out to meet them.

"You guys are back, how are things going?" Jin Hua hurriedly asked Gao Shiqian.

Gao Shiqian sighed, and pointed to the two soldiers following behind him.

Feng Niang saw the imperial decree and Xia Pei held by Xiao Zhai at a glance: "You, what is in your hand..."

Xiao Zhai let out a long sigh, his legs went limp, and he slumped on the ground: "Feng Niang, I, I'm sorry for you..."