Wife's Observation Log

Lan Wei, who believes in love, encountered an event that subverted her three views on the fifth day after her departure. It's a long story.

It is still in the boundary of Zhending Mansion, but it is already on the edge, because it snowed a little the day before yesterday and delayed the trip, except for a few villages, there is only a mess around Zhenmang. Tang Li asked Xie Zhen for instructions, and opened an empty spot in Zhenmang. Going to the bonfire obviously didn't intend to disturb the people.

Lan Wei volunteered to add a bit of wildness to Xie Zhen. Of course, she relied on her previous camping experience. She got Xie Zhen's approval. In addition, most of the Jin Yiwei were energetic young men, and soon they started to tinker with a barbecue grill in the camp.

Barbecue has been around since the era of the Three Emperors. Barbecue stalls in the Song Dynasty are also good places to go in the night market. Seeing the Dongyue pan rabbit, roasted pork skin, wild duck, dripping crystal carp and even lychee kidneys recorded in the book, it is very interesting. It's mouth-watering, so in terms of grilling skills, Lan Wei is not as proficient as people in the Song Dynasty, but she can play.

Camping is all about having fun.

Lan Wei made up games as she said, so she recruited a group of the youngest Jin Yiwei to mess with her, and created a "triathlon". Drink a jug of wine in the last time, and finally close your eyes and spin 15 times. The shortest time is called Xie Zhenshang.

A group of ancient people didn't know the origin of the "triathlon" and had no sense of the name. They just couldn't bear the extra atmosphere of this kind of nonsense competition. For a while, even the solemn Xie Zhen sat in the middle, and a group of young men There will inevitably be some restlessness in the middle.When Lan Wei won the first round and begged for a gold paperweight from Xie Zhen as a prize, Xie Zhen finally smiled slightly, and the whole camp exploded.

Xie Zhen's smile was like a hint of "this game can continue, you can have fun", and they couldn't help it.Xie Zhen really didn't like this game at first, and thought it was bad for his health to eat too much, and he didn't want more drunks in the camp to come out, but Lan Wei was sober and happy to win a group of boys and ran back, and she also Just let them play.

The camp was very busy, but Xie Zhen proposed to go for a walk around to enjoy the air. Of course, Lan Wei left behind the big brothers who had just started playing, and followed Xie Zhen. Tang Li also noticed that Xie Zhen was leaving the camp, so he went The most experienced ones were ordered to temporarily form a guard team.

There is a village a little further away from the water source to the west. Although Xie Zhen doesn't want to disturb them to vacate their houses for cooking, but when it comes to investigating the people's sentiments, it is more realistic to just take a casual look at the unplanned itinerary.

Probably the people in the village had just finished their meal, and before it was dark enough to go to bed, there was a young daughter-in-law and a few older women chatting at the entrance of the village. Xie Zhen went up and started talking nonsense with a local accent. Although there is a certain distance from Zhending's accent, Beizhili's accent is quite similar. She first said that she was a passing businessman, and she wanted to open a way for goods, so she asked the local villages what things were in high demand.

Xie Zhen made up this nonsense, of course, not because he thought that the villagers would not touch and see the ceremonial guards with great fanfare, but in terms of investigating the people's sentiments, and since they did not have enough time to investigate the reasons for the foreigners, a few words for a day would be enough.

Asking if there is no shortage of oil and salt, it means that there is no problem if you are not hungry. Lan Wei guessed that Xie Zhen should feel relieved, but Xie Zhen can act. I was looking for a way to get it, but suddenly the conversation changed, and I complimented the young daughter-in-law again: "Sister, your skin is smoother than a boiled egg with its shell off, how is it worse than the people in the city! Rouge powder is fashionable in the city now. , if you can put a little on your face, it's better than a fairy."

The little daughter-in-law was so praised that she blushed, and the aunt next to her also praised the little daughter-in-law and said: "Ge Niang in our village is first-class in appearance, she is better-looking than the eldest lady in the city, but ah--you businessmen, I love to take the opportunity to sell some gaudy things, I'm so stupid!"

Looking for an opportunity to scold the businessman wearing a brocade, the aunt proudly ended today's chatter, and gradually only the young daughter-in-law was left. Sell?"

Of course Xie Zhen should be, although Lan Wei knows that Xie Zhen does not wear makeup and does not have these things, but she also imagines that if the young daughter-in-law really asks her to order, Xie Zhen will probably generously order his subordinates to buy all kinds of The fashionable rouge will be sent in the future.

Lan Wei was thinking that the little daughter-in-law would do the right thing in this deal, a black-faced man rushed over with veins on his forehead, opened his mouth to scold Xie Zhen first, the well-trained Jin Yiwei naturally reacted faster than this man , pressing the scabbard to block Xie Zhen.

The man immediately changed direction, slapped the little daughter-in-law on the face with an ear scraper, pulled her away.Lan Wei was guarding on Xie Zhen's left, and the Jinyi guards surrounded him in other directions, no one thought of meddling in this matter.

But when the little daughter-in-law was dragged away, Lan Wei was a little afraid that something might happen to her, and went to take a look for some reason, but Xie Zhen had already said, "Come and take a look."

Tang Li hurriedly persuaded, "The situation in the village is unknown, and His Highness only has a dozen or so guards around him. Please think twice, Your Highness."

Xie Zhen turned his head to look at him, and only said two words: "Go in!"

Tang Li made a gesture to persuade her again, but Xie Zhen interrupted with slight anger: "I see that you are not as righteous as Zhongshan Marquis at all, and you only learned the face of Wen Zou Zou. That girl is troubled by me, and you also There is no need to play the trick of exempting from responsibility, the matter starts with me, and I will see for myself."

As soon as she flicked her sleeves, she was about to push away the Jin Yiwei in front of her and walk forward. Tang Li didn't know what to do, Jin Yiwei was also dumbfounded, but Lan Wei already knew what Xie Zhen meant, and whispered to one of them to go back and inform, while acting as a support The role of: "Whose ministers are you? Haven't kept up!"

When the group of people finally found the whereabouts of the man, the door of the house was wide open, and several idle men crowded around the door to point and point, and a few were scraped off the dirt wall. Xie Zhen strode inside, and Jin Yiwei naturally had to rush first To open the way for her, the idle man was pushed aside, still cursing.

When Xie Zhen saw what happened in the main room, before she got angry, Tang Li blocked her sight first, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, please stay away."

There is a square stool in the middle of the main room, the former daughter-in-law's gown was thrown aside, and the underpants were stripped off, leaving only a green bellyband, with purple marks on her body, and blood oozing.The man held a strip of bamboo strips in his hand, and his face was particularly fierce. When he saw the group of Xie Zhen, he rolled his eyes, but showed a bit of cunning, and shouted to the wall outside the door: "Brothers, folks, this is the foreign country!" You wild man, don't think that this little Humei is the only one, you know those low-skinned bastards well, seeing such a rich little white face makes your bones crumble!"

Lan Wei felt something was wrong, but Xie Zhen still didn't panic, and he didn't directly get angry and ordered them to wipe out the village like Tang Li was worried about, so he could only explain in a low voice: "Brother misunderstood, I am a woman just like your wife."

Xie Zhen ordered Zhu Jinyiwei to turn his head outwards and block his eyes from watching the excitement. Compared with Lan Wei who was afraid of the pickled soup in His Highness's eyes and was only frightened by this scene, Xie Zhen was more like the most With humanistic feelings, she first paid attention to the little daughter-in-law who was in pain and did not cry out. Seeing her scared and ashamed, her face flushed, she put the attention of persuading men to beat and idle men first. .As for being scolded as a wild man and a little boy, she didn't care too much.

"Woman?" He didn't believe it. In fact, Xie Zhen's feminine characteristics were already very obvious. Although the tufted gown is more common for men, but the chest is so prominent, and the voice is clear and high. Lan Wei has never been there. Beijing meets any "blind man" who treats Xie Zhen as a man.

But not only did this man not believe it, but those idlers just now were also surprised, and one of them shouted outside: "Returning a woman? You think you are a lady from the Gonghou family! How can there be a lady from the Gonghou family who is doing business among the men?" of?"

Xie Zhen looked at his Taoist robe with dark patterns embroidered with dragons, borrowed the outer robe from Lan Wei, stepped forward to put it on the young daughter-in-law, and then said to the man, "Brother, do you know General Fang Kuan?"

The man nodded dubiously. Although Fang Kuan is from Chenzhou, but the current commander of Zhendingwei, Xie Zhen has considered all aspects of his excuses: "I am the heir of the eldest son of his family, and it is the first time I have come out. Shang, you see that these guards are all sent by the family, they are worried that I will be deceived by my shallow knowledge, and please do not blame my sister-in-law by mistake."

After Xie Zhen's words, the man didn't know whether he was afraid of Fang Kuan's reputation, or believed in Xie Zhen's Huatou, and kicked the square stool: "Get out of here, don't be ashamed here, go in!"

They left the village not long after, the bonfire was extinguished, and the Jinyi guards lined up in the camp, ready to be dispatched. Obviously, they knew about Xie Zhen and the others entering the village. Xie Zhen waved his hand to the people below to let them stay on duty and rest, and went into the tent by himself.

Lan Wei followed without stopping, "Your Highness..."

Xie Zhen glanced back at her, pointed to the tent door, and Lan Wei went to lower the curtain. After a while, water came in with a basin, and Xie Zhen wiped his face and hands with a cloth towel before sitting down: "I didn't think about what happened today, so I didn't scare you."

"I just don't understand..." Lan Wei was a little speechless. She knew that the status of women in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was very low in history, but from what she saw, there were women who were officials in the Yan Dynasty, and she herself was a general. In terms of being respected, there is not much difference, but why can this wild husband bully his wife like this, and let others see the joke in a bright light?Yes, there is domestic violence in modern times, but domestic violence is a crime, and there will be no man who strips his wife's clothes and commits domestic violence in front of a group of idlers.

Xie Zhen propped his head halfway on the table, obviously exhausted physically and mentally: "I know your problem, it's because we take it for granted, the heroines born during the war certainly enjoy titles and honors, even daughters at home can How many people are there to become an official? How many are officials? The men and women born in the military camp are the most affected men and women. The most affected are one in ten thousand. Rural labor, hunters and fishermen are needed in the countryside. These skills are exchanged between men all the year round. Passing on, in terms of strength alone, women are really hard to beat without training. Why does the man beat and scold his wife unscrupulously? It is because he thinks he is the bread and butter of his parents, and his wife will have nothing to eat without him. If women cannot have enough personal income to live on, then It will never be resolved."

All kinds of things that can be exchanged for money by embroidery work suddenly popped up in Lan Wei's mind, and the release of the imperial examinations allowed women from poor families to have more say in being officials, but Xie Zhen's next sentence completely dismissed her ideas.

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Additional historical background:

Fang Kuan, once served as the commander of the Jining left guard in history, and his subordinates became the real commander after more than 20 years, but since I really don’t know who the current commander is, let him play a guest role (generally not a particularly famous general) , Xie Zhen may not even know him).