Hu Mingya got up gently and put on her clothes. With the moonlight coming in, she wrote two lines of words on a piece of paper with an ink stick:

Dad, Mom, I'm sorry, your daughter is not good and it makes you sad. Don't blame them, it's the daughter who doesn't want to live.

She couldn't bear the fact that Grandma Wu and others were beaten to death by her parents because of her, so she begged for mercy on their behalf.

She walked out of the yard gently and looked at the sky. A bright moon had reached its zenith, surrounded by a few lonely stars. She touched her belly and walked north.

During the day, she noticed that there was a small river to the north of the nunnery.

It was mid-February, and the night wind was strong and cold, blowing her hair and skirt. She didn't feel the cold, and walked forward blankly.

We walked past the wall of the nunnery, through a forest, and came to a small river. The river had just thawed and flowed forward, shining coldly under the moonlight.

She clearly saw that the water by the river was very shallow and clear, and she could see the stones underneath. The deeper you went in, the deeper and greener it became.

She wiped away her tears, touched her belly and said softly, "I'm sorry, mother can't give birth to you. Let's die together and go over there to keep company."

She walked towards the river. The water was cold and bone-chilling, so she continued walking forward.

Suddenly, a man shouted from behind, "No, stop..."

She quickened her pace and continued walking. The river water flooded her calves and knees, and the resistance became increasing.

As the shouts got closer, the sound of treading water came from behind.

Hu Mingya looked back and saw a man running towards her.

She screamed, "Stop, don't come over, leave me alone."

The man stopped and said, "Girl, you are not afraid of death, so what are you afraid of?"

Hu Mingya ignored him, turned back and ran quickly deeper. When the river water covered her waist, the man caught up with her and grabbed her arm.

Hu Mingya struggled and cried, "Let me die, let me die. I am a bad woman. I have a child before I get married. But he doesn't want me anymore. How can I have the dignity to live..."

The man's hand paused, and then he grabbed her arm tighter. He said, "No matter what the difficulty is, there is always a solution. Trust me, I will help you find a solution..."

With that said, he put Hu Mingya on his shoulders and walked towards the river.

Hu Mingya cried and hit his back several times before fainting.

When she woke up, she was lying in a broken house with a leaky roof. She could see a patch of sky and a bright moon. She was so frightened that she sat up. She sat on the earthen bed, which was very hot.

There was a fire burning under the kang, and the firewood in the fire was crackling. A man was sitting by the fire, adding firewood to the fire.

Seeing her sitting up, the man stood up and said with a smile, "Are you awake? Don't be afraid, I'm a good person, and this is an abandoned mud house."

Hu Mingya then remembered that she had thrown herself into the river and was saved by this man.

Her tears flowed again, she shook her head and cried, "Why do you want to save me? I have no shame to live anymore, I don't want to live..."

The man said, "Miss Hu, do you still remember me?"

Hu Mingya stopped crying and looked at him. He was young, handsome, and wearing the uniform of a low-level military attache.

Seeing the confusion in her eyes, Jiang Chen walked to the pit and said, "You must not remember. Last year during the Double Ninth Festival when climbing Xiangshan Mountain, a child accidentally fell while running fast. You picked him up and gave him

I wiped her tears and applied ointment to her."

Hu Mingya thought about it, and it seemed like that was the case. She handed the child to her parents who came over. The child's parents thanked her and said that the child's father was a clerk in the county government. He had seen her and knew that she was Mr. Hu.

daughter...

Hu Mingya asked, "Are you a relative of that child?"

Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "No, I was standing by and saw..."

He was attracted by this beautiful and kind-hearted girl at that time, and quietly followed her up the mountain for a long time.

I heard that her father was the county magistrate of Fengping County. On the day of the funeral, he went around the Fengping County government office to inquire about Miss Hu. If she was not engaged, he asked a matchmaker to find a match.

It was such a coincidence that he suddenly saw Miss Hu walking across the street with a little girl, looking in the other direction and smiling. A young man came up to meet her, and the two stood and said a few words.

The girl's smile was as bright as a flower. Even though he was far away, he could tell that the girl was very fond of that man.

Jiang Chen knew that man, he was Zheng Ji, the only son of the eldest princess of Yichang. Zheng Ji looked at Miss Hu with admiration in his eyes, and watched her disappear into the crowd before he looked away and strode away.

If it were another person, Jiang Chen would still compete with him. But Zheng Ji, he thought nothing could compare with him.

Zheng Ji was of noble birth, capable of literature and martial arts, and was quite popular among the emperors. He himself requested to be admitted to the Fifth Regiment Camp, and also requested to be made the general manager starting from the seventh rank at the bottom...

Jiang Chen felt lost and rode away.

He had just graduated from the Jingwu Hall and entered the Western Camp. In order to forget about Miss Hu, he practiced martial arts in the military camp every day, and rejected both of the marriages his mother proposed to him.

He had just heard a few days ago that Hu County Magistrate, who had only served for less than a year, had been transferred to western Hunan. As soon as he thought about it, he knew that he had offended someone. After asking again, he found that his only daughter had talked about several marriages, but none of them had been confirmed.

, haven’t gotten engaged yet.

Jiang Chen was happy and blamed himself at the same time. He was happy that Miss Hu was not engaged and he still had a chance. What he blamed himself for was that he should have thought that Zheng Ji might not be able to withstand the pressure of the eldest princess, so he should have inquired more

.

In order to make his mother happy, he came to Zhaoming Temple today to pray for her, and he would go home tomorrow to tell his mother that he has a girl he likes.

Because of his excitement, he couldn't sleep most of the night. When he was walking around, he met someone who committed suicide by throwing himself into the river. Later, he found out that the person who threw himself into the river was actually Miss Hu...

Jiang Chen's heart ached so much that he asked, "The person who harmed you was Zheng Ji?"

Hu Mingya started crying again and put her face on her knees, "Why did you save me and let me die..."

It really is Zheng Ji. People say that Zheng Ji is bold and righteous and not good at women, but he turns out to be a beast in clothes.

Jiang Chen gritted his teeth and cursed, "Damn it!"

He looked at Hu Mingya who was crying sadly and said softly, "Miss Hu, there is still a way."

Hu Mingya shook his head and said, "There is no way, no way..."

Jiang Chen knelt down and said to Hu Mingya's head, "If there is a way, I am willing to marry you and be the father of your child."

Hu Mingya raised her head in horror and stared at Jiang Chen blankly.

Jiang Chen added, "My name is Jiang Chen. I am seventeen years old this year. I have just entered the Western Camp and have been appointed as the seventh-rank deputy lieutenant. I have a mother, my elder brother is Uncle Wu Xiang, and I have three brothers. I am the second... no

Hiding the girl, ever since we met in Xiangshan last year, I have fallen in love with her and can no longer pretend to be someone else. I just found out a few days ago that the girl has not married anyone. I was about to go home and tell my mother and ask a matchmaker to come to propose marriage..."

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In ancient times, those who did not graduate and graduated from the academy or the Imperial College were all called dropouts.
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