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Chapter 10 Hate to Regret

The cold night is silent, and the study room in the prime minister’s fu is brightly lit. Gu Qinghong stood in front of the window, and the handsome figure was like a fairy.

There was a knock-on door of the study.

“Come in.” He looked back and said softly. Shen Rumei came in and adressed him respectfully.

“His Excellency, everything has been done. Outside the back lane of the fu’s, Nie Wushuang has disappeared, she should have gone home. There’s a pool of blood on the ground…”

She paused and looked at him with fear “The child should have been aborted.”

Gu Qinghong trembled a little before he nodded. “Well, I know.” His bright face like moon still has no expression.

Shen Rumei crept forward quietly, her glaring eyes like waves: “His Excellency, tonight, please come to rest at Rumei’s room.”

“Retreat. I am tired.” Gu Qinghong turned his head, and his gentle eyes were colder than the moonlight outside the window: “You have to remember your identity!”

Shen Rumei was stabbed by his insult, his face was as white as snow, and she quickly stepped back: “Yes, my lord.”

Her heart was reluctant and still unwilling to go. Gu Qinghong just sat down on the rigid chair, behind his back there was a hand-embroidered cushion, every needle and thread, were fine and tidy.

He still remembers when she said, “Xianggong, you are always sitting while working for such a long time, please don’t stay up late and hurt your eyes.”

The clothes on his body, the shoes and socks on his feet, he watched her sitting at the table sewing them for him, this kind of close-fitting thing she had never let others did this. At this time, he should not have thought of it again but as soon as it was quiet for more than ten days, the look of despair and tears as she was dragged away always circulated in his mind.

Gu Qinghong sighed and rubbed between his eyebrows.

What should not be done has been done, and what should be done has also been done.

Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, the decree will be promulgated. Nie Weicheng, an old man, is about to downfall. The three ministries (16) have been secretly investigated Nie Weicheng a month ago. It is very hateful that even he had been imprisoned, he still insisted on his innocence. He cannot be forced to confess for collaborating with the enemy by multiple tortures. But the evidence he provided was presented to the emperor. A month ago, he walked around without telling her, everything must be hit at once.

Nie Weicheng! Gu Qinghong’s eyes flitted through deep hatred, I want you to take the taste of forfeiture of property, executed nine generations, be separated from wife and children.

The hatred in his eyes was so deep that it completely concealed all his reason.

However, everything was a plan step by step, but it was deeply suspected at this moment that Nie Wushuang was innocent!

Nie Wushuang… his wife…

He passed a trace of pain in his heart: even if she’s dead or alive, he just has to let her go.

Many years later, when Gu Qinghong remembered his decision on that night, he deeply regretted it. He clearly can leave her alone, they can still love and grow old together, just tell her that everything is her father’s sin.

Unfortunately, time cannot be reversed. He was blinded by hatred. He did not know that the moment that he looks outside at Tianchan Temple, not only did she fall in love with him at first sight, but also he could never erase her shadow from his heart.

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The next day, Nie Wushuang woke up, her body was dry and warm, and the pain in her abdomen disappeared. She hooked her lips and jeers at herself, maybe her own life was cheap, a bowl of safflower was poured, and she did not die.

(16) 三部 (sān bù) In the China ancient time, When they judged big case will be determined by three ministries from Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs (吏部), Ministry of Housing (戶部), Ministry of Rites (禮部), Ministry of War (兵部), Ministry of Punishments (刑部) and Ministry of Works (工部)

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Chapter 1 Part 2 Overwhelmed by favours

Until the dawn of the next day, they finally found a path deep in the forest, muddy mountain road, a series of shallow footprints extending to the deep of mountain.

The footprints were very shallow, touched down by the tip of toes. It was supposed to be left by the people who had the best light skill. In this remote forest, except for the great bandit Feng Qilin, who was being pursued, no one could think another.

So, they carefully followed, just in case of unexpected events, Long Ya marked the trunks on the roadside. Who knows that after walking for a day, they did not find Feng Qilin, but saw a Miao’s stockade!

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The walls were well built by logs, winding with layers of vines, which looked green and beautiful from afar.

Nearby, there was a group of Miao girls’ chasing around outside the stockade, clapping their small hands and singing “Large trees, large trees, vines without trees blown away with the wind. Trees grow, trees grow, vines hold trees well without root. Loneliness and emptiness until senescence, can’t compare with one love’s night…”

Long Ya and other people have not seen a sign of human for a long time. Then they suddenly met people. They were naturally joyful to see several children playing happily. They were about to ask, but unexpected surprised.

Because those children look very similar, they were generally pretty, their snowy skin, as if they were born of twins. Seeing five people including Long Ya, the girls seemed to be frightened and rushed into the village one by one, hiding and peeping from far away.

It was normal for hill folk’s children to be afraid of strangers, but they were all bright-eyed and excited more than terrify.

Long Ya and other people did not mind with children, so they went to the village to asked the way out of the mountains.

In the middle of the small village had an ancient sanctuary, winding with the large rattan vines a long the broken stone stairway. At first glance, it seemed that the sanctuary, had broken out from the ground, together with numerous rattan vines, looked somewhat strange.

Near the sanctuary had scattered cottages, a few fields, Miao’s women cultivated in the field, saw Long Ya and other people, had put down their work, warmly received them.

There are more than twenty families living in the big stockade. There were around forty people, mostly young women aged from ten to twenty-five. They are all beautiful and charming. In addition, there are several young girls and old women with flaccid skin and grey-haired. Not only no men in the whole village but also young and middle-aged women over twenty-five years old were none.

The most peculiar thing was that beautiful women were similar to those girls in appearance. If they were not at different ages, they may be mistaken for twin sisters.

Although Long Ya and others were surprised, the warmly welcome of women made them undoubtedly overwhelmed by flattered and honour. Naturally, if only a group of women lived together in a place for a long time, and a few young men suddenly came in, they would surely stir up a thousand waves with one stone.

Long Ya asked the women about the way out of the mountains, but they were told that because of the complex weather in the mountains, miasma was diffuse on these days, people and animals could not be infected with them at all. Looking up from a high place, they could see that the mountain roads were covered with white fog, even they ascended, they could not see the road clearly. As a result, they had to stay in the stockade temporarily for several days and waited until the fog faded away before they could leave.

The most comfortable thing about staying here was the four brothers of the Li family. They were not as worried about their fate as Long Ya, who concerned about a mission, hardly that they would entertain themselves.

Thought about that Miao’s stockade had beautiful women like clouds, chose anyone can compare with guniang from the brothel of the capital city. Moreover, the Miao girls were generous, informally than Han women, which naturally had a variety of customs.

Long Ya saw that Li brothers were happy to forget about shu (1) appearance so he was indolent to warn them, but there were many unusual things in this place, which really make people feel a little uneasy. Besides, the escaped burglar might be nearby, so he left the banquet and went around for a tour. Out of the tens zhang (2), he could still hear the noise of drinking and laughing.

  1. 乐不思蜀 (lè bù sī shǔ) means have much enjoyment and forget to go back home; indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty. This idiom come from three kingdom period. After Liu Bei (刘备) died, Zhu Geliang (诸葛亮) helped Liu Chan(刘禅) ascending to the throne. After Zhu Geliang died, Shu Kingdom became chaos. Wei Kingdom (魏) blockaded Shu and arrested Liu Chan. Wei Wang (King of Wei) knew that Liu Chan was incompetent. So Wei Wang took a good care of him. One day, Wei wang arranged the banquet that playing and dancing Shu songs. Many nobles and officers of Shu felt sad but when Wei wang asked Liu Chan. “Did you miss your home (Shu)?”. Liu Chan, who enjoyed his life said no. He was happy here. Shu noblemen and officers felt depress and gave up the idea of restoring Shu.
  2. 丈 (zhàng) a unit of length = 3 1/3 meter

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ATB Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 Awaken from the dream

“What?!” Nie Wushuang lost her voice and asked, “You’re going to lock me up in the woodshed for a groundless crime?” Gu Qinghong, aren’t you both talented and intelligent? Just think about it, how could I possibly know Shen Rumei was coming beforehand. Even if I want to harm her, I can’t poison her in my courtyard…”

She wanted to struggle and argue again, but the servants rushed in, grabbed her and dragged her out.

“Not me, not me… Qinghong, I do not hurt her…” She looked at his cold figure who were standing still, desperation suddenly poured into the body.

In her blurred tears, she saw a very pale anomaly in his deep eyes, like guilt and pity…

When the darkness came, she was thrown into the cold and musty woodshed.

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“Not me, not me…” She woke up with a sudden shock. The day was already getting dark. She has been sitting on the ground for several hours since she was thrown out of the Prime Minister’s fu in the afternoon.

“Guniang, wake up!” A pair of old hands patted her cheek. Under the blurred lantern light, an old woman was looking down at her.

Nie Wushuang screamed and hugged herself. But as soon as she moved, the blood flowed out more rapidly.

“Poor guniang, why are you sitting here and even wearing such thin clothes ?” The old lady wanted to pull her up, but when the lantern was shining in her hand, she could not help crying, “Guniang, why did you bleed so much?”

Nie Wushuang only felt an extreme hot and cold fever, and the pain was like a knife stabbed in her abdomen.

It turned out that it was not a dream. She was really got divorced and was given a medicine to abort the child. Tears on her face flowed down again.

“Grandma, just let me die here, you don’t need to care about me….” Nie Wushuang couldn’t push the old woman’s hand and choked: “You just go, go…”

“Hey, poor guniang, life is so precious why do you have to say about death. Come home with granny, I will help you. Oh my!…. What kind of medicine is this? Is it safflower? (15) Heaven! .. I see that you’re clearly been given this medicine.” The old woman could not  say more and pull her up.

The old woman was used to hard work, and her strength was not small. Nie Wushuang struggled, and she could only let her drag back when she cried. On the edge of the back lane of Prime minister’s fu was an old simple house where ordinary people lives. The night was getting darker, and no one will pay attention to them.

When they arrived home, even a short distance made Nie Wushuang lose all her strength.

The old woman put her on a dry bed, lit a candle, she took off her blood clothes without listening to her protests, and used a hot water to wash her body with white spirit and ginger to drive out the cold.

The hot water warmed the limbs that had already been frozen and numb, and the tears flowed like rivers, never run dry.

“Guniang, if you live in an infamy it is better than dying with honour. Looks like you’ve been driven out from a big family. If you suffer any grievances, you must endure them. Otherwise, if you die, the bad guys will succeed. One day God will open His eyes and gave you a chance for revenge, you can’t…”

The old woman’s words of inculcation were like chanting. Nie Wushuang’s tears gradually stopped. She opened her eyes and stared at the thatched roof above her head. She thought coldly: Yes, how could she die? She also has a father who loves her dearly, he will help her out, wash her grievances…

Child! … Yes, her unborn child! …She wants Shen Rumei to be buried with her child!

(15) 红花 (hóng huā) or safflower’s properties is helping the circulatory system, haemagogue and dissolve a blood clot.

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Chapter 1 Part 1 Lovesick Vine

Yu Ji’s tavern located in a small corner at the end of the eastern of Bianliang (1) city. The hall was not large, only had three rosewood tables, a tall wooden counter and a simplicity row of wine racks filled with large and small harsh pottery. The pots were full of wine, some can only hold a mouthful of wine, some can be stuffed with a seven-feet strong man.

Of course, what we do here was just business, so the utensils here were full of wine, all kinds of mellow, clean and countless.

In the kitchen behind the rolling curtain, there were all kinds of delicacies for drinking. As long as the guests can tell, the kitchens here can be made, excepted the only kind that they did not make – Fish. Even though the shop decoration was so simple, there were endless drinkers coming and going.

When the shop opened, Lao Banniang (2) Yu Ji always lied behind the counter, which was very smooth because of its long history. Occasionally, she lazily moved her eyes to the street to saw the lively scene outside.

Such a simple and shabby tavern look a little cold, especially when compared to the opposite Liujin Pavilion (Golden Pavilion).

Liujin Pavilion was the most famous brothel in Bianliang city, which gathered the most charming and gentle guniang under the heaven. They were said that even the Emperor Huizong of the present dynasty once subjected himself to this “toured of inspection, observation of the people’s situation” (3) and left his calligraphy. Afterwards, the higher-rank officials and nobles, even the merchants and lowly privates, they were happy to spend money, admire the value calligraphy, By the way, it’s seemed to provoke of emperor’s anger.

So, even if it was very cloudy and rained continually day after day, the group of guniang of the Liujin Pavilion waved their silk handkerchiefs upstairs to attract passers-by. Occasionally, the rain splashed the guniang‘s gauze, half of the body was exposed, so that the men walking on the street could not help but walk into their soft legs unconsciously.

Of course, there were exceptions, such as someone with an oil-paper umbrella standing on the street.

The man had been standing there for almost two burn-incense sticks (4), staring at Liujin pavilion. After a long time, he took two steps towards the pavilion. Then he hesitatingly stopped. He turned around and walked into the tavern. He kept his oil-paper umbrella and said, “Yu banniang, a jug of Lihoushao.” (5)

Yu Ji looked up and smiled. “So, it is you, Long Butou?” (Head of Buster surname Long) Then she got up and warmed a jug of wine and brought it to the table. She smoothly handed out four kinds of delicacies. “Long Butou hasn’t been here for nearly three months, do you perform a noncombatant duty?”

“Not nearly three months, but three months and seven days have not tasted the delicious food and wine of the Yu banniang.” Long Butou took a deep breath at the top of the bottle, his dark eyebrows stretched out and murmuring, “It’s good to be able to come back and drink this kind of wine.”

Yu Ji slowly moved back behind the counter, chuckled and said: “Look at this sweet mouth, is there anything an interesting story? Tell me about it to relieve your boredom.”

Long Butou forced himself smile bitterly. “Yu banniang have a good mood. Do you really want to listen?”

“Of course.” She shouted. “You do not pay for wine today if you tell a wonderful story.”

Long Butou sighed slightly, “Okay, I bother Yu banniang, steadily sit down first…”

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The story begins with the leader of the buster, Long Ya, who received an order to capture the great robber of the Yangtze River, Feng Qilin.

Three months ago, the Leader, Long Ya and bukuai(6) participated in capture Feng Qilin at the narrow boundary of Miaoling Mountain (7), Guizhou. Two battles, Three Hundred rounds, the winners and losers were not decided. Finally, Feng Qilin escaped into the jungle, Long Ya and four people chased after him to catch up but lost his trace. Plus, the terrain was not familiar, turning to east and west. Finally, they lost direction.

The four bukuai were brothers and all surnamed Li. They were Li Da, Li Er, Li San and Li Si, according to their age. Although they were not very good at Kung Fu (8), they were still quick wit. Five people spent a day and a night in the forest. Although they couldn’t find a way out, there were many rabbits and birds in the woods, so they could not hungry with their abilities.

  1. 汴梁 (biàn liáng) Bian refers to the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang, today’s Kaifeng.
  2. 老板娘(lǎobǎnniáng) – Businesswoman
  3. 体察民情 (tǐ chá mín qínɡ)
  4. 炷香时间 (Zhù xiāng shíjiān) burn incense stick time = 15 minutes
  5. 离喉烧 (Lí hóu shāo) means Burning throat
  6. 捕快 (bǔ kuài) called captor (constable for catching criminals) or buster in the china ancient time
  7. 苗岭贵州 (Miáo lǐng, Guìzhōu)
  8. 功夫[gōng fu] workmanship; skill; art; ability

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This novel kind of a short story of a supernatural story. There is no protagonist in the story. If you want to know.

It has 2 volume. (Publisher) And still, have Vol.3 but do not know if it releases yet.

Vol. 1 combined 10 short stories together. I did not say about vol.2 Because it seems too far. lol

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ATB Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 Falling into a trap

Nie Wushuang’s face was white and her body shook.

Very good… Shen Rumei said that he is very good to her.

Only two words, already digs a pain in her heart.

Shen Rumei rose and sat beside her, asked eagerly about all sorts of questions. Nie Wushuang looked at the delicate face shaking in front of her, restrained the impulse to rush herself towards her. She wanted to tell her to get out of her and Gu Qinghong’s world. If she hadn’t been a patient person by reason, she would have lost her mind.

At the end of a conversation, Shen Rumei went away with great triumph.

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Nie Wushuang watched her go, glancing blankly over the teacups on the table. With a wave of “crash” in her hand, the fine teacup of Qingzhou Porcelain Kiln was instantly broken into thousands of pieces.

“Furen!” Mo Xiang startled. Nie Wushuang looked at her with no expression “I’m tired, do not let anyone disturb me.”

After a while, someone in the courtyard suddenly shouted, “Shen guniang has an accident!”

“An accident?” Mo Xiang asked herself doubtfully, “What’s happening? She’s all right just a moment ago.”

Nie Wushuang was leaning on a beauty coach (13) and suddenly her heart sank. What happened to Shen Rumei who just left here moments ago?

Suddenly, Gu Qinghong stepped in the room and said, “Did Rumei come here just now?”

“Yes.” Nie Wushuang stared at his eyes.

“What did she drink or eat?” Gu Qinghong asked, vaguely irritating.

“Shen guniang drank a cup of tea and didn’t eat anything.” Mo Xiang quickly replied.

Nie Wushuang suddenly stood up and looked at his eyes: “What do you suspect? Do you think that I poisoned her?”

“When Rumei came back, she had an abdominal pain such as twisting with bluish face, so it must be poisoning.” Gu Qinghong looked at her bright eyes and unnaturally avoided them suspiciously.

Nie Wushuang sneered and approached step by step. “You mean she was poisoned when she came here for a cup of tea?”

Gu Qinghong turned his head indifferently, and there was no tenderness on his gentle face. “Otherwise, what do you think? I admit that I’ve spent these days in her courtyard, but you don’t have to be so jealous. She is just a weak and helpless woman. Why are you being so cruel?”

Nie Wushuang was shocked all over. For more than ten days, she finally heard him admit his favoured for Shen Rumei personally. Weak woman? Did he forget that when she married him, her father and her family did not forgive her, and finally broke off their contacts, she was also a weak and helpless woman at that time!

She sneered and even laughed until torn.

Gu Qinghong’s clear eyes shrank slightly. Then he said in a cold voice, “Which tea that Rumei drank, where is the teacup? Let me see it.”

Mo Xiang suddenly said, “The teacup of Shen guniang has been shattered,Nubi has taken out and thrown away.”

“Thrown away?” Gu Qinghong raised his eyebrows, turned his head and looked coldly at Nie Wushuang “Did you intentionally smash and throw away?”

Nie Wushuang’s red lips contained a hint of cold smile, but her tears flowed down. “I did it myself. Gu Qinghong, we are husband and wife for three years, if you want to cut off our relationship, I have nothing to say. I only ask, do you have a conscience?”

“You forgot that I never hesitate to marry you and shared our happiness and sufferings. I had pawned all my jewellery to support your life and helped you to succeed in the government examination! (14) I am your wife! look at me well…! What do I mean to you? What did I do wrong, that you have to marry a concubine from the brothel?!” She shouted herself hoarse.

Gu Qinghong kept silent. After a long time, he turned his head … with a pair of beautiful eyes reflected her tears, he uttered a sentence “Nie Shi’s jealousy committed immoral conduct. Locked her up into the woodshed from now on, I will find out the truth and decide later.

(13) 美人榻 (měirén tà) Beauty couch or Gui Fei Couch

(14) 金榜题名 (jīn bǎng tí míng) means have passed the examination; succeed in the government examination

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Hello, everyone from around the world! 😉

Okay, this is the end of Chapter 1 from the book. But I know that my speed is TOO SLOW. so I decided to separate episode like this. I can post it every day. (At least one chapter per day.)

If you do not like this but want all chapter in one go. I cannot update every day, you have to wait longer than a usual update, maybe one chapter a week. I’m not sure. If I had procrastinated or busier with my work.

Also, I just want to ask anyone. Did you guys like my work? I want some likes or comments because I do not know if you are spam (I got that much in my junk.) or viewing it by accident. Or tell me, teatime, I do not like Chinese pronoun or too much cite. you know. I’ll change that.
I don’t bite. Don’t be afraid. But I cannot do anything with my poor grammatical errors.

Plus, this story goes slowly (but translate slower) …like our FL’s retaliation. *sigh*

Hopefully. You don’t leave me alone in the middle of nowhere or I do abandon this because of I feel dispirited. lol

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