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Chapter 27

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    The Yuan Dynasty was an open dynasty.  People at that time dressed in all kinds of clothes, and girls' hair was even more colorful.  Some of them dyed their hair light brown with walnut, others yellow with chamomile.

    Most of the ancient hair dyeing materials are made of nail leaves, that is, "henna" and "Impatiens".

    This flower has a variety of colors and does not fade, so girls often use it to dye their nails, hence the name "henna".

    At that time, there were not only hair dye creams, but also hair conditioners.  Women at that time would comb their hair with "sips" dipped in oil every morning.

    The "Aconite Musk Oil Prescription" and "Golden Lord Lvyun Oil Prescription" collected in "The Complete Works of Household Necessary Things" edited and published by the people of Yuan Dynasty are boiled with lotus seeds and a variety of different Chinese herbal medicines in sesame oil.  Thus, a hair oil with a fragrant smell and a hair dyeing effect is made.

    Men in the Yuan Dynasty also dyed their hair, mainly those who wanted to be promoted when they were old, or officials who did not want to retire after the retirement age.  They dyed their white hair black, after all, black hair looks much younger than gray hair.  At that time, small advertisements for hair and beard dyes were posted on the wall in front of the official department, which shows the strong market demand.

    The earliest recorded hair-dyed figure in Chinese history was Wang Mang more than 2,000 years ago.

    At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the 68-year-old Wang Mang appointed the lady Shi Shi as the queen. At that time, he had a "white head and white beard". In order to cover up his old age, he dyed his hair and beard black.

    Kou Zhun, a politician in the Northern Song Dynasty, was just the opposite. He hoped that the black beard would turn white as soon as possible, so that he would appear mature, so as to win the trust of the emperor and get the position of prime minister.

    Today's story is about how Ji Xu's white hair was dyed black and he disappeared in Ouchi.

    [1] Wang Kangju's Poetry of Anti-Zhaoyin

    The small hidden hills, the big hidden morning market.

    Boyi fled to Shouyang, and Lao Dan defeated Zhu Shi.

    ?Because Liu Jilian died protecting Jixu, Boyan took them all into prison.

    Shi Jieban, the servant of the Ministry of Justice, came to the prison to persuade Liu Ji: "Liu Ji, the human way is 'the one who knows the truth is the hero'. You see, the people who came in with you have all gone out. As long as you are like them, agree to this  Sign on the 'Execution Jixu Book', and you can go out immediately. This is a prison, not a good place to be, so don't be stubborn!"

    "My lord servant, I think you are the one who is stubborn, and you are the one who don't know that 'the real man is the hero'!"

    Seeing this young man who had no fear at all, Lang Shijie smiled: "How do you say that?"

    "Does your lord servant know 'please enter the urn'?"

    "Speak clearly!"

    "I mean, where I'm locked up today, who might be locked up tomorrow!"

    Lang Shijie dismissed the clerk and said in a low voice, "Let's listen."

    Liu Ji came slowly: "The grand master's deeds are even worse than Yan Tiemu'er. How long do you think he can be rampant?"

    Lang Shijie looked at the eloquent young man in front of him, but did not respond.

    Liu Ji continued: "'Protecting the emperor' is the way of heaven! What's more, Your Majesty is a benevolent king. If there is a great management talent like Ji Xu to assist, why worry about the country not being prosperous?"

    Lang Shijie still looked at Liu Ji expressionlessly.

    Liu Ji went on to say: "Could it be that you and I are going to be buried for the grand master, and will be stigmatized forever? Just like Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen, become the accomplices of those who usurped power and suppressed the cruel officials who opposed him?"

    Lang Shijie asked unhurriedly: "How can Hanlin save him?"

    Seeing Lang Shijie's response, he tentatively said, "I think there are many death row inmates in my lord's prison. It's not difficult to choose a replacement with a similar appearance."

    "There are death row inmates, but there are few white-haired ones."

    "My lord, can you see the hair dye stickers on the wall in front of the official department?"

    Lang Shijie smiled, and then thought again: "We saved him and let him die? Isn't this meaningless? If someone else finds him again, they will report you and me"

    "Taoists say that small hermits hide in the wild, middle hermits hide in the city, and great hermits hide in the court."

    "you mean?"

    "Let him stay by the emperor's side. One, he is highly skilled in martial arts and can protect the emperor; another, he can be an aide to His Majesty"

    "But within the high wall, how can he have a foothold?"

    "Isn't it appropriate to be a bodyguard?"

    "You don't know yet, the current commander of the pro-army of the Privy Council has been replaced by Boyan's nephew Tuotuo."

    "Tuotuo, this person, through the Princess, he generously favored both of usbsp; "You have to decapitate me?"

    Seeing that Ji Xu was taking it seriously, he smiled and said, "Brother, if you really don't want to be separated, I have an idea."

    "What idea?"

    "'Steal the beam and change the post'! Isn't it just 'Li Daitao is stiff'? It's better to be 'substitute'!"

    "What are you talking about, don't they all have the same meaning?"

    "How can this have the same meaning? I want to use the 'secondary' one and replace it with a 'good' one!"

    "Do you want to use you to replace me? Do you want to die for me?"

    Liu Ji stared at Ji Xu and asked: "Do we have such a deep friendship? What are you thinking?"

    "Aren't you going to die for me? lest I 'what upper body, lower body'."

    "Exchanging me for you, wouldn't that be 'replenishment'? Isn't that something a fool would do?"

    Both of them laughed at the same time.

    The prison guard came over to stop him and said, "No joking! After drinking, leave as soon as possible!"

    Liu Ji quickly said: "This is the end, this is the end"

    The jailer turned around and left.

    Liu Ji went on to say: "Hurry up, let me tell you," Liu Ji approached Ji Xu and whispered

    Ji Xu questioned: "Beside the emperor, what if I meet the grand master?"

    "No, Master Bala will arrange you to be on the night shift. Besides, you are tall and big, you look like a guard in the palace, and you don't look like a 'public lover' at all"

    "Tell me, how good it would be if you let me out, and how much trouble you'll save?"

    "The current sage, the king of benevolence and righteousness. As ministers, we should not assist him? Why do you keep your abilities?"

    "It's enough for the court to have you!"

    "We are not the same people."

    "Why is it different?"

    Liu Ji pulled up Ji Xu's white messy hair, and said with a pun: "You are white, but I am black." Then he added, "I can fight the country, I can do it; I can govern the country, my brother is good at it." He  He cut his hair again, "Hey~ Don't forget, I often dye your annoying white hair."

    Liu Ji packed up the dishes and bowls, ready to leave.

    Ji Xu took a wine bowl, smashed it on the ground, cut his hair a few times with the broken bowl, and gave Liu Ji a strand of white hair.

    Liu Ji took the strand of white hair and said with a smile, "Why, you don't want to dye it, so keep a strand as a souvenir?"

    But Ji Xu asked: "Brother Bowen, are you going home this Spring Festival?"

    "Go back."

    "Can you come to my house?"

    "What's the matter?"

    "You go to the fur shop to make two beautiful cat tails, and send them back to my little sister."

    "All right!"

    "Another one, take this strand of my hair back to my hometown, and bury me!"

    "Okay, I will definitely do it for you."

    "Tell her I'm still alive."

    "Others cannot know your life or death."

    "She, must know, otherwise she can't live!"

    "Who? Your little sister?"

    "No, Liu Haohao."

    "How can I see her?"

    "You fix the grave for me, she will go."

    Liu Ji thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will do it for you, and I will guard your grave for another three days In what life do I owe you?"

    "Can you go back and do it for me before the Spring Festival?"

    "And why?"

    "At the end of the year, Wang Shouchang will retire, and she will follow him back to her hometown in Gansu"

    Liu Ji shook his head: "What a lover! Well, I remembered Is there anything else?"

    Ji Xu smiled, patted Liu Ji on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, no more. Thank you, Brother Bowen!"

    Liu Ji said: "You're welcome, I just want to meet your little lover, what does he look like? It makes you so dreamy" (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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