The legend about the yellow mud wall

Yellow mud wall and Ningbo sedan chair

In the third year of Jianyan (1 129), the nomads from the army attacked south, while Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou fled south. When I arrived in Mingzhou, I finally rode alone, which was very embarrassing. A team of nomads from behind. When I fled to Silverstream near Gao Qiao, I lost my mount and crown, disheveled and panting.

Zhao Gou saw a young girl sitting on the rice basket on the threshing floor, holding the sole and taking charge of threshing. Zhao Gou said to her eagerly, "Sister, help!"

When the girl saw this scene, she used her quick wits and hid Zhao Gou in an empty basket, still holding the soles calmly.

"Have you ever seen a man in a yellow robe?" The leader of the nomads from chasing asked savagely.

"Yes, he crossed Gao Qiao and stumbled to the west, and soon he had a fragrant Guang Chen." The girl pointed with her hand and answered unhurriedly.

"Hurry up!" Dadada, a group of nomads from behind to Gao Qiao.

The girl let go of Zhao Gou, glanced at him and said, "Look at your yellow robe, how conspicuous it is. You should take it off soon. " After that, she hurried home, took her father's peasant clothes and told him to change them.

Zhao Gou's shock has just subsided. When she saw a girl as bright as a flower, she felt moved. "Thank you for saving my life, girl. I must repay you. But girl, do you know who I am? "

"Who are you? You are probably a playboy? "

"Ha ha, today I am the emperor. I feel that girl saved me. When I return to Korea, I will send a Phoenix chariot to meet me. I made you a noble lady! "

The girl was surprised and ashamed, and her cheeks were red.

Zhao Gou also said, "What can I do to make my future send someone to find you?"

The girl pointed behind her and said, "Isn't there a yellow mud wall here?" He pointed to his waist and said, "Didn't I wear a bra?" The emperor nodded.

Six months later, Zhao Gou sent a eunuch out of the palace to meet the imperial concubine. Local officials in Mingzhou may be very busy. The people who greeted the Queen came to Gao Qiao in a Phoenix chariot and saw that most families built walls with yellow mud. There is a bamboo pole at the door of every household. There is a printed bra with white characters on the blue background on the bamboo pole, fluttering in the breeze. Which girl was chosen? After three days of investigation, I can't find it. The eunuch in the palace had to report back to Lin 'an. It turned out that the girl refused to enter the palace, and her uncle in the village gave her an idea.

Zhao Gou not only misses the girl from Gao Qiao, but also wants to win the hearts of the people. So he wrote a letter: In the future, all married women in Mingzhou can take the eight-sedan chair with exquisite inlays and five cranes facing the sky, and the bride can wear a gown with a crown abnormally, and can be guided by drum music when she marries. This custom continued until the early liberation.

"Ningbo girl is king" is from this story.