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Chapter 1 Female General

In the 63rd year of Qingyuan, the spring is March, and the rain is drizzling. The new green in the city is cage in a layer of smoke, moistening a piece of land.

In the house of Xu, the roof tiles were washed by rain, showing a uniform layer of brilliance. This is a half-moon tiles transported from Yunzhou. It is said that when there is a moonlight, the moonlight shines on the roof, like fireflies. The firing process of this tiles is complicated and the price is not simple. A roof tiles are full of hard work for ordinary families for decades.

However, the Xu family in the capital had a silk business all over the country, and a house was at most a drop in tiles. Lord Xu was the current crown prince tutor and gave birth to two sons. The eldest son Xu Zhiheng was single and alone. He was a Hanlin scholar at a young age, and everyone in the capital praised him. Xu Zhiheng also had a wife. At the age of eighteen, he married He Yan, the second master of the military general He family. He Rufa, the eldest son of the He family, was now named General Feihong, and was married to each other in martial arts. He was considered a match.

"Madam, what do you want?" The maid who was wearing a thin shirt handed a cup of hot tea and said crisply.

"I'll go out for a walk." He Yan replied, drinking all the tea.

"But it's raining outside..."

"Nothing happens, I'm holding an umbrella."

The maid looked at the young woman in front of her. The Xu family was a scholarly family. The women dressed in elegant and elegant style. The same was true for Grandma Xu. However, wearing a green feather satin shirt on her, she always felt a kind of stingy. In fact, Grandma Xu was very beautiful, with distinct facial features and heroic spirits. Her eyes were like a washed lake, clear and distant... It’s a pity that she was a blind man.

Grandma Xu was not born blind. Three months after marrying into the Xu family, she suddenly suffered from a strange disease. She had a high fever for two days and two nights. When she woke up, she couldn't see it. The Xu family hired a miracle doctor, but she was still helpless. Later, Grandma Xu did not go out often. It was inconvenient for a blind man to go out.

He Yan walked to the pavilion in the yard and pond.

She married into the Xu family for a year and was blinded after three months. For the remaining nine months, she learned to live without eyes and adapted well. She just occasionally missed the days that could be seen. For example, now, she could hear the sound of ripples falling from the rain and rippling the pond, and felt the red carp in the pond competing for food, but she could not see anything.

The invisible spring is the good spring, just like the invisible person.

Maybe she was so blind that she couldn't even remember Xu Zhiheng's current appearance. What she could remember was Xu Zhiheng who saw when she was fourteen years old. The young man in blue clothes stretched out his hand with a gentle smile. Xu Zhiheng now would not stretch out his hand to her. Although he was gentle and polite to her, He Yan could feel the layer of something vaguely separated by him.

But she won't say it.

When she was young, she learned to deal with men as a man, but she didn't know how to be a woman. So she could only watch Xu Zhiheng and his aunt He, both sad and tired. She just disappeared later, and even these heartbreaking scenes were also saved, and she had a lot of leisure.

She sat quietly in the pavilion, and suddenly remembered the years she was young and the days she accompanied the army. It was also like this spring, with rain. She sat among the soldiers, smiled and drank a bowl of strong wine, and felt her whole body warm.

This passion swept across her body in an instant. He Yan held the railing and bursts of sweetness came out from his throat, and he spit out a mouthful of blood.

The sound of someone's footsteps slowly approached.

He Yan asked, "Xiaodie?"

Without an answer, the footsteps stopped, and He Yan frowned slightly: "Ho?"

A moment later, the woman's voice rang out, "Madam, so good at hearing."

A wonderful feeling churned in her chest, and her years of intuition made her subconsciously take a defensive posture. He has always been gentle and quiet, and has never said a few words to her in the mansion. He suddenly came, and He Yan felt uneasy with such a smug tone.

But she was also very strange. She was not a competent mistress, and she was more like a decoration in the mansion. She could not stop He from attracting favor. A blind man did not threaten He. There was no need for He and no reason to deal with her.

"What's the matter?"

He Wanru stroked the hairpin on her temples. It was given to her by Xu Zhiheng yesterday. Suddenly, she remembered that the person in front of her could not see it, so she withdrew her hand with regret and said, "Madam, you are pregnant."

He Yan stood there in a daze.

"The doctor who looked at your eyes a few days ago took the pulse and you were pregnant."

He Yan felt a little joyful when he was at a loss. She was about to speak when she heard He sigh again: "What a pity."

pity?

The smile on the corner of He Yan's mouth disappeared, and she asked, "What a pity?"

"It's a pity that this child cannot be kept."

He Yan said sternly: "Her, you are bold!"

Her eyebrows were raised and her eyes were like a knife. Although she was blind, her expression was eye-catching. He Wanru's hair was straightened up in an instant. But for a moment, she calmed down her mind and said, "This is not what I said alone, General He."

As soon as General He said three words, He Yan's scalp became numb, she asked, "What do you know?"

"I know everything I should know, and I know everything I shouldn't know. General He, with such a big secret, how dare you tolerate you, the He family and the Xu family?"

He Yan couldn't speak.

When the He family was not out of General Feihong, the military general, was even on the verge of decline, just like all the noble families of the Wei Dynasty. Nineteen years ago, the two sisters-in-law of the He family gave birth at the same time. The He family's eldest grandmother gave birth to He Rufei, and the He family's second grandmother gave birth to He Yan.

The title should fall on He Rufei, but He Rufei was born weak and the doctor asserted that he could not live to be three years old. When He Rufei died, the title of He family was taken back and the entire family really had nothing.

The He family discussed and made a bold decision to let He Yan replace He Rufei. He Rufei lied that it was He Yan and was born weak and sent to the temple to raise him.

He Yan grew up with He Rufei's identity. Although she was born in the second house, she grew up in the big house. She has been a boy since she was a child and likes to practice martial arts. At the age of fourteen, she turned her back to Fuyue Army and gradually became famous in the battle. She even personally won the title of General Feihong and was given the opportunity to enter the palace to meet the saint.

It was at this time that He Rufei, who was sent to the temple to "rehabilitate" and returned.

He Rufei was not dead, and even lived safely until he was eighteen years old. He looked agile and healthy. So everything returned to his original position.

He Rufei met His Majesty and became General Feihong, He Yan was still He Yan. Everything was not as difficult as expected. In order to prevent the situation today, the He family had long stipulated that He Yan would show his mask to others in the past, and no one had seen He Rufei's appearance. He Yan was arranged by He family and married to the current Hanlin bachelor and young talent Xu Zhiheng.

Xu Zhiheng is handsome, gentle, considerate and polite, and his mother-in-law is also generous and never treats her harshly. For women, it is a very good marriage. He Yan once thought so, until today. The warm mask was torn apart, and the bloody truth is even more heartbreaking than the most difficult battle she has encountered on the battlefield.

"The bowl of soup that poisoned you was sent by the elders of your clan personally. Only the dead will keep the secret. You are alive - it is a huge threat to them!"

"When you took the medicine, the eldest master was watching in the room next door."

"You die, the He family and the Xu family will only breathe a sigh of relief. It's your fault."

He Yan laughed loudly.

Blame her?

What blames her?

I blame her for not replacing He Rufei's identity for the benefit of the family? I blame her for not being obsessed with martial arts and learning to join the army? I blame her for not being able to drink blood on the battlefield and kill the enemy to the fruit of the result? Or should she blame her for not being able to personally win the title of General Feihong of His Majesty and let He Rufei take her merits?

I blame her, blame her for being a woman. Because she is a woman, she cannot make achievements openly with her name. Because she is a woman, she deserves to pave the way for the He family and sacrifice for the men of the He family. After all, she overestimated the humanity of the He family and underestimated the selfishness of the He family.

And Xu Zhiheng... she must have been blind for a long time before she thought he was very good.

"What are you laughing at?" He Wanru asked with a frown.

"I laugh at you," He Yan said word by word in her direction: "I laugh at you for being ridiculous. I died because of a secret. Do you think you know this secret and still live?"

He Wanru sneered: "I'm still stubborn when I die, I'm here-"

The guards who appeared quickly surrounded He Yan.

"Kill her!"

Willow branches can become weapons. They are soft and tough, like a woman's hand. They are clearly light branches with new buds on them, like swords embroidered with flowers, which can blow away the opponent's knife.

He Wanru also heard of General Feihong's name. She knew that the woman was brave and good at fighting, not like an ordinary girl, but only when she saw it with her own eyes could she know that the rumors were true.

He Yan was already blind, but she could still kick the guard in front of her with one kick, as if she wanted to break through the encirclement from this gloomy courtyard and return home with no one to stop her.

But suddenly, she fell from the air like a wild goose caught in an arrow, and the blood splashed in the grass, like wild flowers.

That cup of tea... the cup of tea that Xiaodie handed her.

She lost her eyesight, and now she has lost her five senses, becoming a real blind man and a fight of trapped beasts.

They made foolproof preparations to kill her.

"A group of idiots, take advantage of the present!" He Wanru said anxiously.

He Yan wanted to raise his head, and with a "bang", a sharp pain came from his knees. The person behind him hit her legs hard. Her legs became weak and she was almost about to kneel, but the next moment, she was punched on her back.

The fist fell down, and the raindrops hit her body, and all the internal organs were in pain.

They would not hurt her with swords, nor would they leave traces of evidence on her.

Someone pulled her hair and dragged her to the edge of the pond, pressing her head down roughly. The cold water sank through her eyes, nose, mouth, and neck. He Yan could no longer speak. His body fell heavily, but she struggled to look up. The water surface was getting farther and farther away from her. The sky was like sunlight, and in an instant it seemed like she had returned to her hometown. She heard the songs she sang during the march. The letters her friends read in their hometown accents, and they cried with panic.

"Come on, my wife drowned—"

She wants to go home.

And she is homeless.

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