[Comprehensive] Rebirth: The Subversive Myth

Is it just a dream?

Yingying thought in a daze, and when she opened her eyes, she was back at home when she was 17 years old.However, those memories are so clear that the hatred is engraved in my mind and can never be erased.Without the trace of Zhang Sheng, everything seems to have never happened.

She had an incomparably real and unimaginable dream.Yingying comforted herself in this way, at this time she was still the girl who was waiting in the boudoir, not the helpless Cui Niang who was abandoned by her lover and abandoned by her husband.

"My lady, Madam asked you to come over." A familiar voice sounded behind her, and Yingying clenched her fist unconsciously.She closed her eyes and sighed softly, looked back at the matchmaker who was still innocent, and said lightly: "I see."

The matchmaker didn't realize the sudden change in her attitude, and followed her with a smile.

Leaving the garden without saying a word, Yingying's expression is cold, she can't face the matchmaker - every time she sees her, she will think of the horrific dream, how the matchmaker betrayed her and framed her.Sometimes, Yingying had to believe that dream, it was so real and cruel!

"I've met A Niang." Yingying said calmly, looking up, she suddenly found that there was another person beside A Niang, who seemed familiar.

"My son, come here to meet your cousin." Madam Cui smiled and pushed Yingying to the man's side, pointing at him and laughing: "I don't know you anymore? This is your uncle's cousin Heng'er! You When I was young, I always called him Brother Heng."

Zheng Heng?Yingying stayed where she was, feeling guilty instantly filled her heart.She was a little flustered, it was just a dream, why did she lose control of her emotions?Zheng Heng's face gradually turned red, and he said embarrassingly, "I haven't seen you for many years, my cousin probably forgot..."

"Brother Heng." In the end, she greeted in a low voice, and quickly turned around and sat beside A Niang.

Madam Cui was quite relieved when she saw the expressions of the young couple, and said with a smile on her face, "My son, this time your cousin is here to escort us back to Beijing."

"Back to Beijing?" Yingying's eyes widened, feeling that this scene seemed familiar.I only heard A Niang sigh: "Yes, your father passed away for so long, because your younger brother has been in poor health, and he has not returned to Beijing with the coffin. The three of you, mother and son are inevitably weak, so your cousin deliberately came from Chang'an is here, and we will leave in three days."

"I see." Yingying lowered her eyes and said absent-mindedly.Mrs. Cui thought she was seeing her brother shy, so she didn't care, so she smiled and asked her to go down to pack her luggage.

Three days later, Mrs. Cui, Huanlang, Yingying and the family servants went to Chang'an under the escort of Zheng Heng.

Yingying was taciturn along the way, and Mrs. Cui thought she was not acclimatized, so she ordered the servant girl to take good care of her.Although Zheng Heng cared, he was helplessly bad at expressing himself, and every time he blushed at the laughter of the maids.

"Auntie, we will be in Puzhou not long ago!" As the sun was setting, when Yingying opened the curtain of the car to enjoy the sunset, she heard Zheng Heng talking to A Niang on horseback: "We are still more than ten miles away from the city. Not far ahead is Pujiu Temple, the masters in the temple are very nice, why don't you go there to rest?"

"Puzhao Temple!" I'm afraid she will never forget this place in her life.Yingying bit her lower lip tightly, but she didn't stop her when she heard her mother's answer.She really wanted to see if she would really meet that unlucky Zhang Lang again as predicted in her dream?

With Mrs. Cui's promise, the members of the Cui family arrived at Puzhao Temple soon.Misfortunes never come singly, just as Yingying's dream foretold, her younger brother Huanlang developed a high fever that night, and the whole family stayed in Puzhao Temple to urinate.Within a few days, bad news came out. A local military officer died, and his soldiers took advantage of the funeral to harass the local residents and rob the people of Puzhou from house to house.

When the news came, the Cui family and his party were unavoidably worried.While taking care of her son, Mrs. Cui also worried that her family had too much property, and her daughter was very beautiful, and she might be robbed by the rebels.Zheng Heng was also in a hurry, while trying to appease the Cui family's mother and son, while trying to find ways to resist the rebellious army.

"Don't worry too much, Auntie. Auspicious people have their own destiny." One day, Huanlang fell asleep after drinking the medicine, and Yingying went to Aniang's wing alone, but Zheng Heng was also there.She vaguely felt that Zhang Lang would show up in a few days and entrust Puzhou generals to protect the Cui family from the rebellion.

Thinking about this, Yingying suddenly realized something she had never cared about in her dream: The Puzhou Rebellion was originally caused by those officers and soldiers, and what Zhang Lang did was nothing more than begging the thieves not to steal?I always thought that Zhang Lang was a noble and self-proclaimed scholar, but in fact he was also proficient in the world, but that's all!

She sneered unconsciously.

"What does my son know?" Mrs. Cui couldn't help but worry when she saw her daughter's strange expression.

"It's nothing." Yingying came back to her senses and hurriedly said: "Yingying just thought that the soldiers in Puzhou suffered a lot from the people, how could the court not know? Let's stay in the temple and wait for the court's reinforcements."

Madam Cui frowned and said: "You and Heng'er said the same thing, but how can we stay in the temple with peace of mind! The thief will break into Puzhao Temple at some point, you should go back to your room first, and don't go out if you have nothing to do. "

Yingying had no choice but to get up and leave.

***

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the Cui family lived safely in Puzhao Temple without any harassment from the bandits.Soon after, Du Que, the envoy of Lian, was ordered by the emperor to preside over military affairs and gave orders to the army, and the army stabilized from then on.For some unknown reason, news came that the Cui family was able to escape the military disaster because of the help of a distant relative, Zhang Gong.Hearing this, the Cui family thanked Xie De one after another, and Mrs. Cui also decided to invite Zhang Gong to a banquet.

"Lady, Madam is hosting a banquet for Zhang Lang tonight. What clothes are you going to wear?" In the wing room, the matchmaker smiled.

Yingying still looked at the medical skills in her hands, and said without raising her head, "Why should I go? Since ancient times, women have never seen a man from a foreigner. Although he is a relative of my family, he is far away after all."

The matchmaker curled her lips: "What kind of distant relatives, Zhang Lang and Zheng Lang are similar, both are your cousins! Moreover, Zhang Lang is wise and martial, and a few words saved our family from the military disaster! I heard that he is still very handsome Young man..." Hong Niang has a tendency to talk endlessly.

"Okay!" Yingying's expression changed almost instantly, she stood up and said sharply: "How about my cousins, can you talk about it?"

After speaking, he regained his composure, looked at Hong Niang's aggrieved eyes, felt even worse for some reason, and then snorted coldly.

"It's all because of the naivety of the matchmaker. She believed it when she said that she regarded the matchmaker as her sister! I just realized today that you are always superior, lady, and we are just slaves..." She cried and tore Xuan'er beside her. : "Xuan'er, you are also very disappointed, aren't you?"

Xuan'er's expression was cold: "Xuan'er only knows that only the lady's order is to be obeyed, and she doesn't dare to think about being the lady's sister."

If it was the past, the matchmaker would have relied on Yingying's favor to push Xuan'er out.Seeing that the lady ignored her today, the matchmaker wept a few times in aggrieved manner, turned around and ran away.

Yingying watched the matchmaker leave with cold eyes, while Xuan'er stood respectfully in the distance.After a long time, she sighed: "Forget it, you can go down too."

Until today, she didn't fully believe in that dream, and at the end of the dream, she cried out heartbreakingly: "Zhang Junrui, matchmaker, I, Cui Yingying, will not let you go even if I transform into a ghost!"

Since ancient times, there is no distinction between honor and dignity. She has always regarded the matchmaker as her sister because the matchmaker is considerate. Whose daughter does not have one or two close friends in the boudoir?Also a servant and a friend, the relationship between the two of them has always been like this, the matchmaker will accompany her to marry and serve the husband together... Tears fell drop by drop, Yingying remembered the self in her dream, the first love, and Zhang Lang who liked her Want to get close but dare not.It was the matchmaker who gave her courage, and the friendship between the two became more united because of a common little secret.But the matchmaker—what did she get after throwing away the shackles of ethics?

It must have been in Zhang Junrui's heart that the self-recommended pillow mat was so despicable that he would throw it away when he got it?Only now did Yingying think of this level, which man in this world is not a woman who longs for indulgence, but hates it after getting it!Maybe this is the real reason why Zhang Junrui abandoned himself, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Whose maid, like a matchmaker, encourages her own wife to jump into the fire pit without shame!At that time, everyone in the Cui family knew that she already had a fiancé, Zheng Heng.

It's ridiculous, she's cowardly, she's timid, she's doing it on her own.

"Xuan'er." Yingying called out as she wiped away her tears.Xuan'er was wandering outside the door when she heard Yingying's call and hurried in.I saw that my wife didn't ask where the matchmaker went, but just sat there with a very calm voice: "tonight, Auntie has a banquet with Zhang Lang. I have to go because of love and reason. You go and help me find a vegetarian Colored clothes, I'll change into them later."

There is a saying that hibiscus comes out of clear water, and it is naturally carved.

***

Yingying sat inside the screen, listening to A Niang and Zhang Junrui's questions and answers, talking and laughing happily.

"If it wasn't for you, I don't know where my mother and son will be buried today." Mrs. Cui sighed and told the maid beside her: "Let Huanlang come out to meet Zhang's cousin."

Huan Lang had long been hiding behind the screen and eavesdropping together. Hearing this, he happily went out to greet Zhang Junrui without mentioning it.Only Mrs. Cui called again: "My son, come out to meet your dear brother, he is the one who saved us."

There was silence.After a while, Yingying said: "Aniang, I'm not feeling well, I'm afraid I can't see brother Zhang." She was calm and composed, ignoring the urging of the matchmaker.

Sure enough, Mrs. Cui said angrily: "Your brother Zhang kept your name, so why avoid suspicion?"

The matchmaker was worried, seeing that Yingying was still hesitant, she persuaded in a low voice: "Even if the lady doesn't want to see Zhang Lang, she should take care of Madam's face! If she refuses like this, I'm afraid Madam's face will not look good."

No hurries?Yingying sneered in her heart, and the matchmaker kept talking about how handsome Zhang Junrui was and how romantic he was.She deliberately made a very painful expression, restless.After struggling for a long time, Yingying thought that the time was almost up, so she stood up reluctantly and walked out of the screen slowly.

She is wearing plain clothes today, her long hair hangs down her waist, and there is only a little decoration on her head, but it is more beautiful and moving.Yingying didn't even look at him, she bowed to Zhang Junrui expressionlessly, and then sat down beside A Niang.

Since she appeared, not only Zhang Junrui was dumbfounded, but also Zheng Heng, who accompanied her to drink.Zhang Sheng kept following Yingying with his eyes, felt a little embarrassed, and then withdrew his gaze.He glanced at Zheng Heng lightly, thinking about it.

"Dare to ask how old is the young lady?" Zhang Sheng suppressed the excitement in his heart and said calmly.

Yingying just looked away, Madam Cui had no choice but to answer for her. Although Zhang Sheng knew that the beauty in front of him was seventeen years old, he was still not satisfied.He coughed lightly, then said with a shy smile: "I wonder what kind of books the young lady is reading at home?"

Yingying played with her belt, as if she didn't hear Zhang Junrui's question at all.It's not that she is not excited, but thinking of the countless nights of crying after being abandoned, Yingying never wants to face this person again!She lowered her eyes, desperately restraining her emotions.

"What do you like to do, little lady?"

……

"I know this Puzhou quite well. I don't know what the little lady likes. Bring some gadgets to the little lady some other day?"

……

"Little lady..."

In the end, Mrs. Cui couldn't stand it anymore, so she used the topic to divert it, and asked Zhang Sheng to tell his heroic deeds again.Before she knew it, Yingying's nails left deep red marks on her palms, thinking about those sleepless nights over and over again.

The banquet was finally over, Zhang Sheng got up to leave, and Mrs. Cui led the children to send him outside the door.Zhang Sheng was full of Cui Yingying's beautiful appearance and graceful posture, so he couldn't help but sneak a glance at her before leaving.At this glance, he couldn't help being stunned: Yingying was smiling at him, and there were all kinds of charms in an instant.

Zhang Sheng was crazy.

She smiled, turned around and returned to her usual coldness.The cold moonlight quietly shone on Yingying, and no one knew how sad she was.