In ancient times, there were two handsome scholars in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. One was named Liu Jun and the other was named Zhang Ying. Liu Ying's family is well-off, while Zhang Ying's family is average. In order to take care of his friend and ensure that the two could meet frequently, Liu Jun invited Zhang Ying to live in his home and study with him. The two studied together in the study during the day, and slept in adjacent bedrooms near the study at night.
Two scholars who are brothers
Liu Jun's parents have made a marriage arrangement for their son. The person they are engaged to is named Wang Miaochang, who is the daughter of Jiaxing local rich man Wang Defa. She is not only as beautiful as a flower, but also very handsome. Talent. On May 18th when Liu Jun was twenty years old, the Wang family sent their daughter to Liu's house to get married.
In the evening, after Liu Jun had dealt with the guests, he came to the new house excitedly, wanting to share the joy of fish and water with the legendary bride who was both talented and beautiful. Just when he was about to open the door, Wang Miaochang in the room suddenly said: "I heard that my husband has been studying for many years and is a talented man with a lot of knowledge. I dare to write a couplet for my husband to show off. If he can do it, I will I’ll have a wedding with you tonight; if you can’t do it right, please go back to the study and rest when you figure it out. What do you think?”
Liu Jun thinks he is very knowledgeable, just a couplet. , it was no problem, so he responded readily: "Okay, ma'am, please correct me." Wang Miaochang in the
room said: "I am a member of the female class, and I don't dare to be above my husband, so I will write a second couplet." After finishing, she pursed her lips and smiled, then lightly opened her red lips and said: "We will read the book while the lights are on the pavilion."
The Bride in the Room
This second line is very tricky. Liu Jun thought for a long time and racked his brains, but he couldn't think of it. A suitable first couplet, so I had to sigh and leave the new house in shame. Seeing Liu Jun return to the study, Zhang Ying was shocked and asked quickly: "Brother Liu, a spring night is worth a thousand gold. At this moment, why don't you go to the bridal chamber and come back here instead?"
Liu Jun sighed, He told his friends what happened in detail, then returned to his bedroom and lay on the bed with a feeling of shame. Zhang Ying sighed for a long time after listening to Liu Jun's story. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The next night, Liu Jun came to the new house again and said to Wang Miaochang: "Madam, the second couplet you wrote last night was very clever. I thought about it for a long time, but I really can't do it right. You'd better let me in first, and I will write the first couplet." Think about it more slowly in the days to come."
Wang Miaochang in the room was shocked when he heard this, and asked hurriedly: "Ms., why did you say this again tonight?"
Liu heard what the bride said. Jun was extremely puzzled and said: "Madam, why did you say that? After I couldn't apologize last night, I went back to sleep in shame. I never said this sentence at all."
The Crying Bride
Wang Miaochang heard this , his face was pale, and tears couldn't stop flowing from the corners of his eyes. She quickly untied her belt, threw it over the rafters, and tied it in a tight knot. Then she brought a chair and stood on it. Liu Jun outside the house heard the sound of a chair falling to the ground. He hurriedly called Wang Miaochang, but received no response for a long time. Worried that something might happen to the bride, Liu Jun couldn't care less and immediately opened the door and saw a scene that made him grief-stricken.
When Liu Jun took Wang Miaochang down, she was already out of breath, and the two had already said goodbye before they even met. Liu Jun cried bitterly on his bride's body, wondering why she committed suicide.
In the autumn of the next year, Liu Jun and Zhang Ying went to Hangzhou, the provincial capital, to take part in the provincial examination.
There is a lush plane tree in the examination room. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival , the examiner Chen Lianping sat under the sycamore tree, leaning against the back of his chair and looking up at the full moon in the sky. Suddenly, an idea suddenly came to his mind, and he came up with a wonderful first couplet: "Move the chair and lean against the tung trees and play with the moon together." He thought hard about the second line. However, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he could never think of anything that satisfied him.
Examination room
The next day, Chen Lianping posted a list of results in the examination room. The list said: "Candidates who can guess the correct answer should write the second line on the note, and attach their place of origin, age and name. If they are correct, Good candidates will be rewarded greatly." Soon after posting the papers, Chen Lianping suddenly felt tired and unconsciously fell asleep sitting under the parasol tree.
A beautiful woman as beautiful as a flower broke into Chen Lianping's dream and said to him: "I have a second couplet on my body, which says, 'When the lights are on the pavilion, you can read the book.' What do you think, sir?" Chen Lianping was overjoyed when he heard this. . But when he looked up at the beauty, he saw a belt around her neck. His heart trembled and he woke up in an instant.
Chen Lianping knew that the beautiful woman in the dream was wronged, so she entrusted the dream to herself, hoping that she would redress his grievances. Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the officer to collect the notes written by the candidates. Chen Lianping held the notes in his hand and looked at them one by one. He was surprised to find that the second couplets written by the two candidates Liu Jun and Zhang Ying were exactly the same, and they were consistent with the lower couplets written by the woman in the dream.
A woman complains about her grievances in a dream
Looking at these two notes, Chen Lianping thought in his heart: "The reason why the woman hanged herself must be related to this second couplet; the woman's grievances will also be washed away by this second couplet." He secretly wrote down Liu Jun After getting Zhang Ying's name, place of origin and age, he reported the matter to Ye Liangbi, the prefect of Jiaxing. After the results were released, Ye Liangbi immediately sent a government officer to summon the two men to the government office.
Ye Liangbi first called Liu Jun to the court and asked: "'Waiting for the lights and climbing up to the pavilion to read the books'. Did you come up with this second line yourself?"
Liu Jun replied truthfully: "Sir, I am a young man with little talent and little knowledge. How could you come up with such a good match? To be honest, Xiaosheng's deceased wife came up with this couplet." Speaking of this, Liu Jun's eyes became wet and tears flowed.
When Ye Liangbi saw this, he knocked on the gavel and scolded sternly: "I ask you, why are you crying? Are you guilty of being a thief?"
Liu Jun hurriedly wiped away his tears and hanged his late wife. The whole story was told to the magistrate in detail.
After listening to Liu Jun's story, Ye Liangbi felt a pity in his heart. He lowered his voice and asked: "On the night of your wedding, when you returned to the study, did you tell anyone else about the bride's exam for you?"
The prefect
Liu Jun replied: "I only told it to my good friend Zhang Ying."
Hearing Liu Jun say Zhang Ying's name, Ye Liangbi was thoughtful and continued to ask: "Zhang Ying slept in the study that night. "Is it nearby?"
Liu Jun said: "That night, it was hot and I couldn't sleep in bed, so I wanted to ask him to get up and stay cool with me. I called him before I went to his room, but I didn't get a response for a long time. , I saw that his door was locked, and I realized that he was not there. He came back just before dawn."
Ye Liangbi was silent for a long time, and ordered the yamen to take Liu Jun down and call Zhang Ying to the court.
Ye Liangbi asked straight to the point: "'Waiting for the lantern and climbing the pavilion to read the book', did you come up with this second line yourself?"
Zhang Ying said: "Yes...it was a villain who came up with it."
Hearing what Zhang Ying said, Ye Liangbi looked slightly angry, rolled his eyes and said: "This couplet was clearly thought up by your friend Liu Jun's deceased wife. Liu Jun couldn't apologize, so he went back to the study and told what happened. You. You brazenly said that you came up with this couplet, don't you feel ashamed?"
The prefect was angry
After hearing this, Zhang Ying was so flustered that he didn't dare to say anything.
Ye Liangbi continued to ask: "Do you know the reason why Liu Jun's wife hanged herself?"
Hearing this, Zhang Ying's body trembled, and he replied in a low voice: "Sir, I don't... don't know."
Seeing Zhang Ying's love, Ye Liangbi stared at him and asked: "On the night of Liu Jun's wedding, were you sleeping in the bedroom near the study?"
Zhang Ying was already sweating profusely and said softly: "Yes."
Ye Liang Bi patted the gavel tree heavily and scolded: "Are you here? Liu Jun told me that he got up to enjoy the cool air that night and saw that your door was locked. You were clearly not in my bedroom that night.What is your intention in using lies to deceive me? "
Seeing the magistrate's anger, Zhang Ying hesitated and said: "Little... little man really doesn't... doesn't sleep there. "
Ye Liangbi glanced at Zhang Ying with contempt and continued to ask: "Since you didn't sleep in the bedroom that night, where did you go?"
After Zhang Ying thought for a long time, he said tremblingly: "Go back. ... Go home and see your loved ones. "
Hearing this, Ye Liangbi first waved his hand and ordered the government officials to take Zhang Ying away, and then ordered them to rush to Zhang's house and bring Zhang Ying's father to the court.
The government officials summoned the old man
Ye Liangbi asked Zhang's father: "Your father When did my son go to Liu’s house to study? "
Father Zhang answered truthfully: "Three years ago. "
Ye Liangbi continued to ask: "Did your son go home often when he was studying in the Liu family?
Father Zhang shook his head and said: "He has no fame yet. In order to prevent him from neglecting his studies, the common people asked him not to go home except for the four festivals of New Year, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival ." "
Ye Liangbi nodded when he heard this, and then asked: "Your son has grown up, should he get married, right? Is there a time when he sneaks home at night to visit his wife without you noticing? "
Hearing what the prefect said, Zhang's father was stunned for a while and hurriedly said: "Sir, you are joking. How could he go home to visit his wife? Although Cao Min had arranged a marriage for Quan Zi, he was afraid that he would be distracted from studying and never let him get married to his fiancée. Fortunately, with God's blessing, he won the election this year and can get married in two months. "
The old father who knew that his son had passed the imperial examination
Ye Liangbi had already determined that Wang Miaochang's suicide was related to Zhang Ying, but he was still afraid that something would go wrong and wronged a good person. He asked again: "Will your son accompany Liu Jun to study, will he show up? Because Liu Jun married a wife, it was inconvenient for him to accompany her, so he went home to stay temporarily? Do you still remember? "
Father Zhang shook his hand and said: "Absolutely impossible. Cao Min once asked Quan Zi to go home temporarily on the grounds of this incident, but he said he did not want to be separated from Liu Jun and never returned home. "
Ye Liangbi already knew the whole truth at this time and asked his master to record the conversation between him and Zhang's father verbatim. Then, he ordered the Yamen to take Zhang's father down and bring Zhang Ying to court.
Ye Liangbi said coldly to Zhang Ying: "Your father has already told you that he is afraid that you will be distracted from studying, so he will not let you go home except for the four festivals of New Year, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. On the night of Liu Jun's wedding, you were neither in the bedroom near the study nor back to your home. Where did you go? "
Zhang Ying heard this, his face was pale, his whole body was shaking, sweating profusely, and speechless.
Ye Liangbi sneered and said decisively: "I know where you were that night? "
Listening to the prefect's resolute words, Zhang Ying felt nervous and asked: "Where... was I that night?
Interrogating the scholar
Ye Liangbi said: "You pretended to be Liu Jun and entered the new house and defiled her wife, didn't you?" "
Hearing these words, the tight string in Zhang Ying's heart was completely broken. He was sullen and did not say a word.
Seeing that Zhang Ying was still refusing to confess, Ye Liangbi was furious and asked the Yamen to kill him first. The black satin robe that symbolized the person's identity was stripped off, and he was about to be severely punished.
Seeing that the stick in the hand of the government official was about to fall heavily on him, Zhang Ying quickly admitted the crime.
It turned out that Liu Jun was driven away that night. After returning to the study, Zhang Ying was very sympathetic to his friend at first, but when he thought that Wang Miaochang was a famous beauty, an inexplicable evil thought suddenly emerged. He seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, quietly came to the new house, and looked into the room. The bride said: "Madam, this second couplet is very thoughtful. I have thought about it for a long time, but I really can't do it right. You'd better let me in first, and I'll think about it more slowly in the days to come. I just hope you won’t dislike me because I handed in a blank paper. "
The evil plan succeeded.
Wang Miaochang didn't want to embarrass her husband too much. Now that he saw "him" surrendering to him, he sneered and opened the door.
Zhang Ying was afraid of being discovered. When the sky turned slightly white, he quietly left the new house and ran back to his bedroom.
After Zhang Ying explained the facts of the crime, he said: "The woman hanged herself the next day. Her death had nothing to do with me!"
Ye Liangbi was furious when he heard such irresponsible and shameless words. He scolded: "You and Liu Jun said exactly the same thing before their wedding. She knew that the person she slept with yesterday was not her husband, so she hanged herself in shame. How can you say that it has nothing to do with you? She is because of your You died with bad intentions, you should pay with your life, are you still trying to live?"
Seeing the prefect's decisive attitude, Zhang Ying fainted.
Ye Liangbi saw that Liu Jun's wife died and did not remarry, and Zhang Ying committed a capital crime by marrying him, so he acted as a matchmaker and asked Zhang Ying's fiancée to marry Liu Jun as his stepmother, as compensation for Liu Jun's betrayal by his friend. At the same time, it was also to warn the people under his rule not to try to get involved with other people's wives.
Judgment
Liu Jun learned that the person who killed his wife was Zhang Ying, and his heart felt like a thunderbolt. He could not understand that his best friend would do something sorry for him.
Postscript: This story tells people that the Skynet is vast and sparse. The bad things a person has done will eventually be exposed in various ways. In life, you should restrain your evil thoughts and do not attempt to do evil.
This story also tells people that the people who hurt themselves the most in the world are often the people closest to them. As the old saying goes: It is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger, but it is difficult to paint the bones. You can only say a few words to someone when you meet them, but you can't give them all your heart.
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