The eight beauties of Qinhuai, Dong Xiaowan and Rugao talented man Mao Pijiang, had a lifelong relationship. It was a person in Nanjing who knew it, but they didn't know how good things were. At first, Dong Xiaowan heard from his sisters about Mr. Mao's character and talent, so he secretly had a true relationship. In addition, Chen Yuanyuan, a famous prostitute from Nanqu, had made a lifelong appointment with Mao Pijiang but was broken up by a stick. Dong Xiaowan became even more infatuated with Mao Pijiang. However, because of his stubborn nature, Dong Xiaowan offended the rogue on the Qinhuai River and had to avoid the disaster to Wujiang overnight, thus missing Mao Pijiang. It was not until half a year later that the two met.

Unexpectedly, Mao Pijiang and Dong Xiaowan met only in a hurry. Two days later, Mao Pijiang went to Yangzhou, Wuxi and other places, meeting friends everywhere, and discussing the major events of anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty. This separation lasted for three years. Winter went to spring, and year after year, Dong Xiaowan was happy to capture magpies in the morning, and stayed up in the evening, and was closed to the door. He was looking forward to Mao Pijiang's return as soon as possible to get rid of the dust and return to Rugao's hometown. However, Dong Xiaowan looked through the autumn water, and Mao Pijiang was still like a mud cow entering the sea, without any news.

Dong Xiaowan was helpless and quietly packed her clothes. She returned to Nanjing from Suzhou and defected to Liu Rushi and Qian Qianyi and his wife. She temporarily lived in an apartment in Taoyedu, waiting for Mao Pijiang. Finally, with the efforts of a group of friends in Mao Pijiang Fushe and Liu Rushi and Qinhuai to have good sisters, Mao Pijiang and Dong Xiaowan finally met again. Dong Xiaowan, who was mixed with sadness and joy, was already weak and could no longer bear the pain of so much lovesickness and bumpyness. Mao Pijiang felt ashamed and finally decided to settle for a lifelong life with Dong Xiaowan at Taoyedu, and then the couple returned to Rugao and retired to the countryside.

Dong Xiaowan felt that she should be the happiest among the Nanqu sisters. She and Mao Pijiang were not very different from each other. Unlike Rushi and Hengdu sisters, she married an elderly man in her sixties. Although she was a side-family house, she should be satisfied.

Spring goes and autumn comes, the weather gets colder and people's hearts get colder. When Qian Qianyi, the Minister of State Qian and Gong Shangshu Gong Dingzi and other old masters of the Reshe surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they originally thought they would be the assistants and become famous as ministers. However, they had only been ministers and ministers for one or two years. Soon they were dismissed by Ding and were dismissed. Gong Dingzi became an apartment official in Beijing. Qian Qianyi wanted to spend time without asking about political affairs, drinking and entertainment, but he couldn't help but persuade Liu Rushi, who was concerned about state affairs, finally dragged his old man and traveled to Nanjing, Changzhou and other places, and had close contact with his ambition to restore his mind.

At this time, the Qian couple had changed from their affectionate children to heroes to restore the country. The scholars, especially Liu Rushi, basically understood the old Master's behavior in the "Yixi Rebellion" that year. However, time was unforgivable. Although the old masters respected Qian Qianyi and said "Yushan Zongbo", the reputation of the leaders of these two dynasties remained traces. Qian Qianyi, who was nearly 80 years old, was angry and regretted it. The old realm became more and more embarrassed. Liu Rushi, who was nearly fortunate, saw that he was in debt, so he had to sell his handicrafts and calligraphy and paintings he had collected before to live a life. He really didn't expect that the cold food day in the past and the Lantern Festival every night would be so depressed.

Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi lived a miserable life in their later years, and Dong Xiaowan and Mao Pijiang had a hard time over the years. Mao family was a wealthy family in Rugao. After getting married, Dong Xiaowan lived in the Water Painting Garden. He really lived like a fairy-like life. He studied poetry and prose with Mao Pijiang. He was inseparable from love and affection. The whole Mao family was also very friendly to this woman who had left the family and became a good person.

But the good times did not last long. Since the demise of the Hongguang regime, the Qing soldiers went south, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang all fell into the hands of the Tatars, all owned by the Qing Dynasty, with only nearby prefectures and counties, such as Taihu Lake, Yinghuo Mountain and other remote places, as well as Yunnan and Guizhou areas, and there were people who gathered to fight against the Qing Dynasty and refused to shave their hair. The Qing Tartar soldiers searched everywhere, and when they saw the beautiful women in Jiangnan, they even robbed them. They were pitiful to these weak women who were dressed in pink and jade and had fallen flowers and mislead them. Most of them were captured by the Qing army.

The frightened Dong Xiaowan and Mao Pijiang had to clean up the soft and soft houses and hide everywhere. But "Where can you get the eggs under the collapse of the nest?" There were wars everywhere, thieves were robbed, plundered, and killed people like mahjong. The whole family of Mao Mansion suffered repeated disasters, and the fine and soft treasures were lost. In the face of helplessness, the family quietly returned to Rugao. At this time, the Mao Mansion had already been destroyed and withered.

The family was in decline, and the whole family had to eat. Life became very difficult. Thanks to Dong Xiaowan's careful calculations, she barely maintained the life of the whole family. At this critical moment, Mao Pijiang fell ill, and had diarrhea and abuse, which tortured him to the point of being unhealthy. Malaria had cold and fever, and accompanied by diarrhea and abdominal pain, Mao Pijiang could hardly have peace. In order to take care of him, Dong Xiaowan put a broken straw mat on the edge of the bed as her bed. As soon as her husband sounded, he would get up to check. When she felt cold and trembling, she hugged her husband tightly in her arms; when she was fever and irritable, she would remove the quilt for him; when she rubbed the abdominal pain, she would rub him; when she had diarrhea, she would lift him up and relieve him, and she would never look tired. After more than five months of tossing, Mao Pijiang's condition finally improved, and Dong Xiaowan seemed to have had a serious illness.

On that day, Mao Pijiang came in from outside in a singular manner, kicking the already shaking door panel loudly, and cursing shamelessly. Dong Xiaowan was startled and hurriedly asked what had happened.

"Hong Chengchou, a dignified military commander, would rather die than surrender. However, after sleeping with the Qing Dynasty queen for a night, his muscles and bones were dispersed. He shaved his hair and obediently became a slave to the Tartars! Not to mention this, now he is wearing the flower feather and yellow jacket given to him by the little Tartar emperor, and goes to Yunnan and Guizhou to kill our Ming emperor. It is so shameless and extremely shameless!"

"Oh," Dong Xiaowan sighed softly and advised softly: "Maolang, everyone has their own ambitions. Didn't Mr. Qian and Mr. Gong also become officials of the Northern Dynasties? At the critical moment of life and death, such behavior is really inferior to our women. I always feel that it is really unsatisfactory that Rushi's sister married Mr. Qian."

"Don't Mr. Qian already regret it? It's really hard for him to run around and shout when he is a 70-80-year-old man. Since he has today, why bother to be the first? Alas?" Mao Pijiang sighed and fell on the bed. His face was thin, and his temples had white hair. Suddenly, he somehow became annoyed again. He grabbed the braid behind his head and said hatefully: "Manchu clothes and hats are full of majestic and shameful faces. His eyes are full of tears, and his loyalty and anger are full of sorrow. This hateful braid is dragged behind his head, and he really wishes he could cut it with one knife!"

"Mao Lang, don't be emotional! It doesn't matter if you cut your braid, dozens of people in the mansion will suffer."

Dong Xiaowan's face turned pale when she was shocked. Her husband really wanted to cut her braids, and the disaster would come immediately.

"I'm afraid of this, otherwise, how could I still keep this braid?"

Mao Pijiang was very depressed. Seeing the braided hair, he felt extremely disgusted, and his heart felt depressed. After sitting at the head of the bed for a while, his mood gradually calmed down. He knew that he was a scholarly spirit in the end. Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops entered the southwest. The Qing court's Tangbao said every day that the Qing army occupied and how many Ming troops had defeated. It can be seen that the world is probably hopeless again, and the braid will probably not be cut off in this life.

It’s a pity that Maopijiang heard that Guangdong had defeated the Qing army a few days ago. When the whole province of Guangdong was liberation, it was so happy that they drank with a few friends, and they discussed when the Ming army would recover the southeast. I didn’t expect that the situation was overturned in just a few months. Alas, why did the Ming Dynasty suffer so many disasters and difficulties? Why did it always make people happy in the end!

Knowing that her husband was upset, Dong Xiaowan saw that it was getting late, so she wanted to persuade her husband to rest early. After all, she was only seriously ill and it was cold outside, so she could not get sick anymore.

Mao Pijiang nodded slightly, not wanting Xiaowan to worry about anything else about him. When the couple were making the bed, a knock on the door came from outside.

Who will come to visit so late?

Mao Pijiang and Dong Xiaowan were both stunned. The old servant of the Mao family went to open the door and heard a few words at the door. Then the old servant brought the people over.

"Master, madam, this person said he was an old friend of the master's reunion. I'm here to visit him."

"Old friend of Fushe? You will lead the guests to the living room to serve tea, and I will come later."

Upon hearing this, Mao Pijiang was very excited. Although Xiaowan wanted her husband to rest early, the person who came to Fushe was from the Fushe family, and her husband definitely wanted to meet him. As a female family member, she was not convenient for her to meet guests, so she sorted out her clothes and told her not to talk too late, so she went to bed to warm her husband's bed.

Since returning to his hometown, Mao Pijiang has never seen an old friend visiting Fushe, so he was very excited. When he went to the living room to meet, he guessed in his heart which old friend would be visiting. But when he saw the person coming to the living room, he looked very handsome and couldn't help but be stunned. He couldn't remember which talented man in Fushe was.

"Who is yours?"

Mao Pijiang was sure that he had never seen anyone coming, and was inevitably a little wary of those coming.

The person who came was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and he looked quite rich, but he didn't look like a talented man from Fushe.

"I heard about Mr. Mao for a long time. When I saw him today, I am indeed worthy of his reputation!" The visitor laughed and stepped forward to salute Mao Pijiang.

"Don't dare."

While returning the greeting, Mao Pijiang looked at the person again, and his eyes became more confused.

Seeing this, the person who came did not go around in circles and smiled: "Young Master Mao doesn't have to guess. In fact, I am not a person from the Fushe Society, but another identity."

"Another identity?"

Mao Pijiang frowned slightly, not sure who the person was and what happened.

The visitor put away his smile and said seriously: "I heard that Mr. Mao had a very short relationship with Qian Zongbo of the Nandu for a long time, so I came to visit him with a wise man just to make a line from it, so I introduced Qian Zongbo to me."

When he heard that the other party was asking him to introduce Qian Qianyi to him, Mao Pijiang became more alert. Before he could think too much, he blurted out: "I am not familiar with Qian Zongbo, you have found the wrong person."

The visitor shook his head and said, "I'm not familiar with it? Maybe. I heard that the young master's concubine Dong Xiaowan and Qian Zongbo's wife Liu Rushi are good sisters."

"Who are you? What's the matter with you to meet Qian Zongbo?" Mao Pijiang's face looked a little ugly.

The person who came smiled and said four words softly: "In the Xia Mingren."

A wise man?

Mao Pijiang was settled there, and he vaguely felt that the person who came was very extraordinary.

"To be precise, Cao Dazheng, the official of the Military Information Banner of Xingping Bo from Guangdong, is here to ask for a meeting with Mr. Mao, just to make a conversation with Mr. Mao for my uncle and Mr. Qian Zongbo."

Author's note: The official history of Dong Xiaowan was not sure when he died. This is because of the plot, he arranged for the couple to be an introduction.
Chapter completed!