In ancient times, there was a Tongfu Inn in Xiaoyao Town, . The owner was named Wang Hai, and his wife was named Liu, whose nickname was "Ruyun". Wang Hai's parents died early, and he relied on working to make ends meet early on. Later, he worked as a boy in Tongfu Inn. He usually worked very hard and was understanding of people and the world. In the past, the owner of Tongfu Inn was Ruyun's father Liu Quan. He had a fierce face and a cunning look in his small eyes.
Tongfu Inn is right on the bank of a river called "Qulongjiang". You can see the scenery of the river from the guest rooms. Compared with other inns, the business of Tongfu Inn is not good, but Liu Quan looks very wealthy. He was never stingy with money and had many valuables at home. He often visited brothels and casinos, but Liu Quan never seemed to be short of money. Wang Hai didn't understand the reason, but he just felt that Liu Quan was a capable person.
Ruyun is Liu Quan’s only daughter. Wang Hai watches Ruyun grow up day by day and becomes more and more beautiful, and he likes her very much. However, her character is the same as Liu Quan. Although she looks charming on the outside, she is sinister and cunning in her heart. Liu Quan originally planned to find a son-in-law, but seeing that Wang Hai was an upright man, he planned to marry Ruyun to him. Wang Hai was overjoyed when he heard this. It would be great if he could marry Liu Ruyun and become the owner of Tongfu Inn.
Liu Quan arranged the marriage for Wang Hai and his daughter, and Wang Hai transformed from a boy into Liu Quan's son-in-law. Not long after they got married, Liu Quan suddenly fell seriously ill. Before he died, he seemed to be greatly frightened. He often said to the air: "Don't come to me, please let me go!"
Liu Quan died in fear. , Ruyun didn't seem too sad, and just said, "People die for money, and birds die for food. My father is really cowardly."
Wang Hai was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but he did not dare to ask any more questions. He has no status in the family and can only obey his father-in-law's last words. After Liu Quan was buried, Wang Hai was only the boss in name, but the real boss was still Ruyun. One day, a businessman stayed alone in the tavern. Ruyun was very attentive to him and booked him a first-class room on the east end of the second floor. I heard that the wealthy businessman came from Sichuan, thousands of miles away, or Come alone.
Wang Hai felt a little unhappy when he saw Ruyun being so attentive to a businessman and thinking about how arrogant and domineering she was to him at home. When Ruyun arranged a place for the wealthy businessman and walked down the stairs, Wang Hai snorted and turned around. When Ruyun saw Wang Hai's appearance, he became very angry: "I also want to make more money for our inn! Silly fool!"
Early the next morning, Wang Hai went to the wealthy businessman He checked into the guest room on the east side of the second floor and wanted to give him some food, but no one opened the door. He opened the door by himself and found that no one was inside. At this time, Ruyun also rushed over and said casually: "The guests left before dawn today." Wang Hai nodded and got busy with other things.
After the businessman left, Wang Hai found that Ruyun was spending a lot of money and bought some valuable jewelry. However, there was no money received on the inn’s bill. Where did all the money come from? Wang Hai was very curious and asked Ruyun about it. Ruyun just told him that this was what her father left for her. Other than that, she didn't say much else.
After more than half a year, a wealthy businessman came here alone. Just like the last time, he left two days later, and his wife spent money like water. This was not the first time Wang Hai encountered such a thing. He had encountered such a thing when his father-in-law Liu Quan was here. Wang Hai didn't take it seriously before, but this time, Wang Hai felt something was wrong. When Wang Hai went to the lower reaches of Qulong River to collect the bill, he saw several people surrounding a dead body. He walked over and took a look. , was shocked, this was the wealthy businessman who stayed at Tongfu Inn a few days ago!
The local county government determined that the wealthy businessman drowned.After Wang Hai returned home, he told his wife about the matter. Ruyun's face changed slightly, and then he cursed, "The county government said he drowned, why do you care so much!"
After a few In August, a single businessman came to Tongfu Inn. Ruyun asked him to live in the superior room at the east end of the second floor.
At night, it was raining heavily outside. Ruyun quietly got out of bed and came to the eastmost room on the first floor. This was the downstairs room where the wealthy businessman stayed. Wang Hai came outside the room and quietly looked in through the crack in the door. Ruyun seemed to be sorting something out. He heard strange noises in the room, and when he listened carefully, there was also the sound of water flowing.
After a while, Wang Hai found that there was no movement inside, so he quickly returned to the room and lay on the bed, pretending to sleep. When Ruyun entered the house, she found that the door was ajar. She remembered that the door was tightly closed before she left. She looked at Wang Hai's back with an evil smile on her face. The next day, Wang Hai found an excuse to go to the lower reaches of Qulong River, and he saw the body of a drowned businessman.
After Wang Hai returned, he ignored Ruyun, but Ruyun was very attentive to Wang Hai. Wang Hai wanted to visit these two rooms several times, but Ruyun stopped him for various reasons. That night, Ruyun laid out a table of sumptuous dishes, took out fine wine, dressed up charmingly, and kept urging Wang Hai to drink. She also said that she had a bad attitude towards her husband in the past and begged him to forgive her.
Wang Hai couldn't stand his wife's persuasion, so he drank a few more drinks, and finally got drunk. In a daze, he heard Ruyun say: "Husband, don't marry me in the next life." The next day, Wang Hai's body was found in the lower reaches of Qulong River, apparently drowned. Someone told Ruyun of his death, Ruyun rushed to Wang Hai and cried loudly.
The county magistrate asked about the situation, and Ruyun cried and said: "Last night our couple drank very late, and this morning he was hungover and wanted to go out to collect the debt. He said he would go to Liu Yuan's house in the lower reaches of the Qulong River to collect the debt. The journey is long and I have to leave early. I didn’t expect him to leave me now.” The county magistrate found Liu Yuanwai and learned that this was true.
Ruyun was already a widow at a young age, and everyone was sad. Some people even offered to be her matchmaker, but she declined them all. She said: "My husband and I have a deep love for each other, and I am willing to remain a widow for him for the rest of my life!" For such a beautiful woman to be willing to remain a widow, people felt that her loyalty was commendable.
Two years passed by and Ruyun not only did not look haggard due to the loss of her husband, but she became more energetic and dressed luxuriously. There are more and more rumors about Ruyun, but no one has seen her activities with their own eyes, and Ruyun actually doesn't care.
On this day, it was snowing heavily outside. Ruyun thought there were not many customers, but when he was about to close, an old man with a wrinkled face came in. Seeing that the old man was plainly dressed, he wanted to drive him out. "Sorry, Sir, we are closing today!" The old man took out a bag of money from his pocket and put it on the table, then took out a silver coin and threw it in front of Ruyun, and said angrily: "Do you think I have no money? ?"
Ruyun saw Yinzi, walked over with a smile, and led him into a good guest room on the east side of the second floor. He also had hot water prepared and delivered to the old man's room. During the chat, Ruyun learned that this old man came from the northwest and that he always lived alone. Ruyun thought to himself, you really can't judge a book by its appearance. He came here to do business. The package he had on him contained at least five hundred taels of silver.
Early the next morning, everyone returned to their houses and tiptoed to the eastmost room on the first floor, which was just below the old man's room. Ruyun walked to the bed and pressed the switch, and a pool of water suddenly appeared on the bed. Ruyun looked at the roof with a strange smile on his face. Ruyun was waiting for someone to fall out of it, and the door was kicked open. The old man stood there, staring at Ruyun coldly.
Ruyun exclaimed, turned around and wanted to escape out of the window, but the old man stepped forward and kicked Ruyun out. At this time, the government officials outside had already swarmed up and tied up Ruyun.Ruyun trembled: "Who are you?" A catcher said to Ruyun: "Let me explain to you!"
Huangshutou was a catcher in the county government. He had noticed Tongfu for a long time. He had secretly investigated the inn and knew that it was a black shop, but he didn't have any evidence. By chance, his senior brother Zhang Captou was working elsewhere. Zhang Captou's brother was one of the missing businessmen. He followed the clues and found Tongfu Inn, where he happened to meet his senior brother Huang Captou.
The two agreed that Huang Captou would pretend to be an old man and bring money to deliberately lure Ruyun into the trap. That night when he stayed at the hotel, Capt. Huang found Ruyun's secret under his bed. If Ruyun presses the switch, the businessman will fall from the second floor into the pond on the first floor, and the customer will drown in the pond.
The pond is connected to the Qulong River. If Ruyun opens the railing connecting the river, the corpses will follow the water flow to the Qulong River. Some people will be eaten by fish, and some people will be washed up and found on the shore. So most people thought they had drowned. But this time Huang Captou was already prepared. When Ruyun came to the first floor, he had already been waiting here.
In fact, Liu Quan and Ruyun have been doing such things secretly for a long time. Before Liu Quan died, he told Ruyun that after a few more jobs, he would wash his hands in a golden basin and live a good life with Wang Hai. But Ruyun was too greedy and never stopped, and even killed her husband who knew the truth. Unexpectedly, the fox could not escape the hunter's grasp. Huang Captou and Zhang Captou worked together to expose the truth of the matter, and finally captured her.
The greed of the father and daughter ultimately harmed themselves. Both Liu Quan and Liu Ruyun relied on some shady means to earn so much money, but these black money were not easy to earn. In the end, Liu Quan died and Ruyun was also arrested. But Wang Hai, after knowing the truth of the matter, hesitated and was killed by his wife. Therefore, the truth will eventually come out one day.
