Ruiyun
Ruiyun is a famous prostitute in Hangzhou City, with unparalleled appearance and talent.
When she was fourteen years old, the brothel's madam, Mrs. Cai, was about to ask her to come out to pick up customers. Ruiyun requested, "This is the beginning of my life. I can't just take it casually. It's up to you to decide the price, and I have to choose the guests who stay overnight." Granny Cai said, "Okay." So the night price was set at fifteen taels. silver.
Ruiyun meets with clients every day. Guests seeking to meet must bring a meeting gift.
If the gift is generous, play chess with him or give him a painting; if the gift is small, just let him have a cup of tea. Ruiyun's reputation has spread far and wide. From then on, rich businessmen and dignitaries came to his door one after another every day.
There is a scholar named He in Yuhang County. He has always been talented and famous, but his family is not very wealthy. He had always admired Ruiyun and did not dare to dream of becoming a mandarin duck. When he heard that she was a visitor, he tried his best to raise a small gift, hoping to catch a glimpse of her beauty.
He was secretly worried that Ruiyun would see too many people and not take the poor scholar seriously. When they met for a chat, she received him very attentively. She sat and talked for a long time, with affection in her eyes. He also wrote a poem for him. The poem said: "What is the purpose of those who seek pulp? The blue bridge knocks on the Xiaoguan Pass? The jade pestle is only in the human world." The poem uses the legend of Tang Dynasty. The allusion of " Pei Hang Meets an Immortal": Pei Hang was begging for tea at Lanqiao Station, and fell in love with the beautiful girl Yunying, and asked her grandmother to marry him. The old woman insisted that he find Yu Chujiu as a bride; Pei Hang Hang finally found Yuchujiu and married Yunying.
He Sheng was so happy that he got this poem. When he wanted to say something more, suddenly the little girl came to tell him that "the guest has arrived", and He Sheng said goodbye in a hurry.
After returning home, I recited and pondered the sentences in the poem, and my dreams lingered in my mind. After a day or two, I couldn't help myself, so I bought another gift and went to see Ruiyun again.
Ruiyun was very happy to meet him. She moved the chair next to He Sheng and asked quietly: "Can you think of a way to spend the night with me?"
He Sheng said: "I am a poor scholar who can only devote my infatuation to my best friend. . A little greeting is all I can do. I am satisfied to be by your side; as for skin-to-skin love, I dare not have such a dream." After hearing this, Ruiyun sat facing each other without saying a word.
He Sheng sat for a long time without coming out. Mrs. Cai called Ruiyun over and over again to urge him to leave, so He Sheng had no choice but to go home.
He was very depressed and wanted to spend all his money to get a night of pleasure, but after the fifth watch, they still had to break up. How should they face it in the future?
Thinking of this, all the enthusiastic thoughts disappeared, and he stopped hearing from her.
Ruiyun chooses the right person, but can't find the right person for several months. Mrs. Cai is very angry and is ready to force her to accept the guests, but she hasn't said it yet.
One day, a scholar gave him a gift, sat down and talked for a while, then stood up, pressed a finger on Ruiyun's forehead, and said, "What a pity, what a pity!" After that, he left.
When Ruiyun came back from seeing off her guests, everyone saw that there were finger prints on her forehead, which were as black as ink. The more I wash, the more obvious it becomes. After a few days, the black mark gradually expanded; more than a year later, it became a black patch from the cheek to the bridge of the nose.
Everyone he saw laughed, and the carriages and horses in front of the door became extinct. Mrs. Cai reprimanded her, took off her makeup and jewelry, and asked her to stay with the girls.
Ruiyun was weak and could not bear the driving, and became more and more haggard day by day.
He Sheng heard about it and came to visit her. He saw her working in the kitchen with her head disheveled and she was as ugly as a ghost. Ruiyun looked up and saw Hesheng, covering himself with his face to the wall.
He Sheng sympathized with her and told Granny Cai that he was willing to redeem her as his wife. Granny Cai agreed.
He Sheng sold the land and spent all his money to buy Ruiyun home. As soon as Ruiyun entered the house, he grabbed Hesheng's clothes and wiped away endless tears. He didn't dare to consider himself as husband and wife, and was willing to be a concubine so that he could marry his real wife in the future.
He Sheng said: "The most valuable thing in life is a confidant: you can still treat me as a confidant when you are popular, how can I forget you because of your decline in beauty!" He never married another woman.
Everyone who heard about it laughed at him, but his love for Ruiyun became even deeper.
More than a year later, He Sheng accidentally went to Suzhou and was a guest in the same host's house as a scholar named He. Scholar He suddenly asked He Sheng: "There is a famous prostitute Ruiyun in Hangzhou, how is she doing now? "
He Sheng replied with "Married". He Xiucai asked again: "What kind of person did you marry?"
He Sheng replied: "That person is roughly the same as me." He Xiucai said: "If he is really like you, he can be said to be a good husband.
I don't know. How much is she worth?" He Sheng said: "Because she has a strange disease, we sold her at a low price.
Otherwise, how can a person like me buy a beautiful woman from a brothel?" He Xiucai asked again: "She is married. Can a man really be like you?"
He Sheng asked him back because he asked a strange question.
and Xiucai smiled and said: "To be honest, I have met her once before. It is a pity that she lives in a brothel with her peerless beauty. Her fate is not good, so she uses small magic to hide her brilliance and maintain it." Her jade-like purity is reserved for people who love talents to truly appreciate her."
He Sheng asked hurriedly: "Can you darken her or wash her off?" He Xiucai said with a smile: "Why not? But the person who marries her must sincerely ask for it."
He Sheng quickly stood up and bowed down, saying: "Ruiyun's husband is me." He Sheng said happily: "There is only one true person in the world. Only a talented person can be passionate, and his love will not be shaken by beauty and ugliness.
Please let me go back with you, and I will give you a peerless beauty. "
So, the two of them returned to Yuhang. After arriving, He Sheng wanted to ask Ruiyun to prepare wine, but Xiucai stopped him and said:
"Let me use my magic first. I should first make the people who prepare the wine and food feel happy."
He Sheng was asked to get a basin of water. He came, put his middle and index fingers together and drew a few strokes on the water, and said:
"Just use this basin of water to wash your face. But she must come out in person to thank the doctor!"
He Sheng smiled, held the basin in, and immediately When Ruiyun washed his face, everything he touched was bright and white, as gorgeous as before.
Both husband and wife were grateful for the kindness of the scholar. They came out to express their gratitude together, but the guest disappeared. They searched everywhere but could not find it. They must be gods, right?
