In the capital, there is a famous prostitute named Yun Suqiu. She is famous for her beauty and art, and no one within a hundred miles knows about her. Therefore, many dignitaries, wealthy sons or wealthy businessmen often visit it. Sometimes, dozens of people come to Yun Suqiu in a day.
There was a big businessman named Wang Bentong who sold tea in the capital and was very rich. After hearing about Yun Suqiu's fame, he spent three hundred taels of silver to meet Yun Suqiu. However, Yun Suqiu only brought him a bowl of tea, said a few words, and went into the house.
Wang Bentong felt deeply humiliated and left without saying goodbye, vowing never to see her again.
Wang Bentong’s friend Li Yuehua was drinking with Wang Bentong one time and they talked about Yun Suqiu. At that time, Wang Bentong was still resentful and told the story of his meeting with Yun Suqiu.
Li Yuehua said: "This money-worshiping little girl is so arrogant. She is just a prostitute, but she dares to be so trusting! Brother Wang, I will invite her here to vent your anger."
So Li Yuehua invited Yun Suqiu to come out to meet her. . This time, Yun Suqiu was extremely polite to Wang Bentong, and her words and actions were very charming and charming. Wang Bentong did not complain at all, and even showed some pity for her. Wang Bentong was tempted, and asked Li Yuehua to put in a good word for him in front of Yun Suqiu.
A few days later, Yun Suqiu invited the two of them to have a drink, and Wang Bentong was overjoyed. There are as many as thirty-two kinds of delicacies on the table, and the wine is only ten taels of silver in a small pot. The three of them had a great time, and it wasn't until the third watch that Wang Bentong went back.
The next day, Wang Bentong went to see Li Yuehua again. He also wanted to have a drink and have fun with Yun Suqiu.
Li Yuehua refused and said: "Yun Suqiu is a famous prostitute in the capital. The people she meets are all wealthy and noble people. We businessmen have a low status. How can we go to see her again and again? Besides, she doesn't like us either. ! If you insist on seeing her, I'm afraid you have to spend more than others."
Li Yuehua said this deliberately. His purpose was to get all Wang Bentong's money.
When Wang Bentong heard this, he was indeed willing. He immediately took out three hundred taels of gold and asked Li Yuehua to help him. Li Yuehua remained calm on the surface but very happy on the inside.
When they arrived at Yun Suqiu's place, Li Yuehua gave her thirty taels of gold and said, "Wang Bentong is a very rich man. You can't underestimate him. If you cooperate with me, then we can get at least several thousand taels of gold from him."
Yun Suqiuyi After listening, he agreed and immediately invited Wang Bentong to one of his villas. It is a large and elegant place, with carved beams and painted buildings, sparse pines and bamboos, and a pool inlaid with stones in the courtyard, filled with clear water. red carps swim in groups in it. The pool has exotic flowers and plants, which are fragrant. Looking south, there is a bamboo fence, and the fence is full of romana. There is a small tiled pavilion with a green sill and curved rings, and tea smoke curls up from the corridor. When the three of them arrived at the pavilion, a boy opened the curtain and invited them in. Soon, the boy served tea in a jade bowl and served fruits in an agate plate. They were all red caltrops and white lotus roots, fresh fruits in season.
The three of them were drinking tea and joking. Outside, they heard that a prince was coming. Yun Suqiu hurried out and didn't come back for a long time.
The boy said: "My master probably won't be able to come back today. You two good guests, why don't you come back tomorrow?"
The two of them felt bored but couldn't bear to leave, so they chatted with the boy. The boy added: "My master, Yun Suqiu, also has a sister who is twenty-eight years old and unparalleled in beauty. Her name is Hongting. She will also come out to receive guests, but she usually only receives those rich and powerful people, and if she is not related to her sister, An excellent guest, but I can't see her at all."
Wang Bentong became more energetic after hearing this, and asked Li Yuehua if he had seen it. Li Yuehua said that he had never seen it himself, but he believed that as long as the conditions were right, he would naturally see it. After
, Wang Bentong spent several thousand taels of silver and finally spent a good night with Yun Suqiu. Moreover, since entering Yun Suqiu's boudoir, Wang Bentong has not come out. He stayed there for half a month and spent several thousand taels of silver.
One day, Wang Bentong felt tired, so he went for a walk in the backyard and saw a beauty looking at flowers in the yard. The beauty is so beautiful that words cannot describe it. Among the flowers, those flowers are eclipsed.
The beauty also saw Wang Bentong. She came over and said with a smile: "Is this Wang Guanren? I am Suqiu's sister Hongting. I have admired you for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet you today."
Looking at the beauty in front of her, Wang Bentong thought he had met a fairy. His mind was shaken and he could hardly stand. At this time, Yun Suqiu came and pulled Wang Bentong away, as if she didn't want him to see her sister.
When he went to bed at night, Wang Bentong said to Yun Suqiu after much trouble, "Hongting is so beautiful, it makes me ecstasy. Can you let me spend the night with her? I am willing to pay five hundred taels of silver." Yun Suqiu heard this. , smiled but did not answer.
Wang Bentong didn’t understand, so he asked Li Yuehua what was going on. Li Yuehua smiled and said, "Why else? It just means that the money you gave is too little, and people don't like it. If you are not stingy and give her more money, I don't believe she can still do it!"
Wang Bentong said : "Five hundred taels of silver is a lot! Even a famous prostitute in the capital is not worth this price!"
Li Yuehua said: "Then there is only one possibility. She doesn't care about money. You have to do what she likes and hit her. Only her weak points will do. I heard that she likes famous paintings, antiques, poetry, and poetry. You can start with this."
Wang Bentong doesn't understand this and doesn't know what to do.
Li Yuehua said: "I also have a friend named Liu Jie, who is a talented and famous person. If you can ask him to write a few sentences for you, I believe it will be done."
Wang Bentong was overjoyed and immediately bought a few He bought an antique and asked Liu Jie to write a poem for him. Liu Jie was not stingy either. He wrote two poems and didn't ask for any money.
Wang Bentong immediately took the antiques and poems to show Hongting. As expected, Hongting was very happy and wrote two poems in return. As a result, Wang Bentong couldn't understand and was directly exposed.
Hongting was furious and said: "I knew this was not a poem written by you. You should leave quickly, lest the girl will be unhappy and issue an eviction order, which would not look good."
Wang Bentong had no choice but to ask Yun Suqiu to come forward and replace her. Ask for mercy yourself. However, Hongting said that Wang Bentong could be forgiven only by letting the poet come.
Wang Bentong had no choice but to invite Liu Jie. As a result, Hongting and Liu Jie recited poems and composed poems and had a great time chatting. Wang Bentong took a look and knew that Hongting was devoted to Liu Jie, so he had no choice but to return angrily. From then on, he continued to live happily in Yun Suqiu's house, while Hongting stopped all visitors and had a romantic relationship with Liu Jie every day.
A few days later, a letter came from his cooperating partner, saying that Wang Bentong’s mother was critically ill and his wife was about to give birth. Wang Bentong told Li Yuehua that he planned to go home.
Li Yuehua said, "Is it such a coincidence? I'm afraid I tricked you into going home? Even if your wife is going to give birth to a baby, why is your father-in-law also sick at this time?"
Wang Bentong heard this and thought it was reasonable. He didn't want to go back in the first place. Home, now there is even more reason. So he didn't go home and even held a banquet in honor of Hongting and Liu Jie. After Liu Jie found out, he advised him to go home to visit his mother and wife, but Wang Bentong refused to listen.
's business partners also persuaded Wang Bentong, but Wang Bentong refused to leave. The partners were furious and did not want to cooperate with Wang Bentong anymore. They believed that she was unfaithful and favored sex over intimacy. She settled accounts with him and divided her assets. Wang Bentong said that he didn't want the goods and could exchange them for silver. Finally, everyone gave him four thousand taels of silver and sent them to Yun Suqiu.
After Liu Jie heard about it, he advised Wang Bentong to go home quickly. If there was nothing wrong at home, he could come back. Wang Bentong refused, saying that if he left, Yun Suqiu would be occupied by others, and he also suspected that Liu Jie wanted to hold two Phoenixes by himself. Liu Jie was angry and ignored him.
In less than two months, all four thousand taels of silver were spent. Wang Bentong had no choice but to sell his valuables, but he could not survive for ten days and finally ran out of savings.
Yun Suqiu asked the boy servant to drive Wang Bentong away. Wang Bentong was so ashamed that he went to Li Yuehua, but Li Huayue only gave him a penny, humiliating him severely. Wang Bentong was furious and went to find his former partners, but everyone ignored him.
In this way, Wang Bentong became a beggar. He was worried that he would die outside with no trace of his body, so he went home begging for food.On the way, he met people from his hometown, and Wang Bentong found out that his mother had died of illness and his wife had a difficult delivery. Because he had no money to hire a doctor, the mother and child could not be saved. His family's property was divided among his relatives.
Now, Wang Bentong has absolutely nothing. Only then did he realize that it was Li Yuehua who seduced him step by step, causing him to lose his fortune and his family.
Thinking of this, Wang Bentong turned back and picked up a broken knife. After sharpening it, he held it in his arms and planned to kill Li Yuehua. However, he had not seen Li Yuehua since he had been begging in the capital for more than a year.
One evening, Wang Bentong was lying under the wall of the ancient temple, sleeping on a rag felt cloth, and he also made a cigarette bag and smoked. Looking up, he saw a familiar face, it was Liu Jie. He wanted to hide, but Liu Jie also recognized him, comforted him and gave him a lot of money.
Liu Jie found Li Yuehua and said, "I know your situation. You are so rich now, thanks to Wang Bentong, right? Now, he is impoverished, shouldn't you help him?"
Li Yuehua was furious and said : "He himself is lustful and bankrupt, what does it matter to me? I have money now because I have worked hard over the past few years, and I didn't take it from him by force? Besides, I gave him money before, and he If I don't live up to my expectations, I can't keep helping him!"
Liu Jie was speechless and stopped communicating with Li Yuehua.
After a while, the two met in an alley, but Liu Jie said nothing. Li Yuehua spoke up and said, "Don't you know? Hongting has made me look haggard because of you. Su Qiu is also very miserable and has severe sores on her body. Oh, how pitiful!" When Liu Jie heard this, he immediately said: "I have read He has a lot of medical skills and knows a lot about medicine. He often prepares medicines and it is very effective. If she gets sick, I might be able to cure her. "
So Liu Jie arrived at Yun Suqiu's residence, and Yun Suqiu found it difficult to walk. His face looked pained. Liu Jie helped her into the inner room, took off her clothes and took a look. Her skin was ulcerated and pus-filled, and she was very disgusting. Liu Jie took out the medicinal powder and applied it carefully for her. Yun Suqiu felt much better and asked him how he got such a wonderful medicine.
Liu Jie said: "This is the medicine I prepared myself. Ever since I got better with Hongting, I have been worried about your health problems. I have prepared these medicines a long time ago, but they are only used today."
Hongting He also came and asked people to prepare food and wine to entertain Liu Jie.
Liu Jie thought of Wang Bentong, drank too much, and blurted out: "Oh, Hongfen is ruthless. Poor Wang Bentong, his family was ruined, his mother lost his wife and died, isn't it sad? A brothel girl, you are really ruthless, ruthless!"
Hongting listened. When I arrived, I was very unhappy and left directly.
Yun Suqiu suddenly became unhappy when she thought of how she and Li Yuehua had teamed up to defraud Wang Bentong. However, she thought of Liu Jie saving her, so she held it back.
After Liu Jie sobered up, Yun Suqiu asked him: "My sister Hongting is not the kind of person you think. She is very dedicated to you. Although she has accepted guests before, she has not accepted guests since she met you. After you left, she was heartbroken and almost committed suicide several times. I didn't know what you thought of her. If you don't mind, I would like to betroth her to you. She is not that kind of woman, so I naturally like her. She is beautiful and talented. I am lucky to marry her."
Yun Suqiu was overjoyed and immediately started preparing the dowry. Three days later, she sent Hongting to Liu Jie's home. . By that time, the sores on her body had all healed.
Liu Jie has a wife, but she has always been virtuous. She has not been able to get pregnant for several years, and she also wants to find a concubine for her husband. Now, when she sees Hongting coming, she is not jealous, she is happy from the bottom of her heart. From then on, the wife and concubine called each other sisters and got along well, and Liu Jie was also very happy.
After Li Yuehua heard about it, he came specially to congratulate Liu Jie.
Liu Jie didn't want to see him at first, but it was such a happy event that he couldn't refuse politely, so he prepared food and wine to entertain Li Yuehua. In the evening, when Li Yuehua went home, he was killed.
People in the neighborhood suspected that Liu Jie was responsible. After all, Li Yuehua died shortly after coming out from his house after drinking.However, Liu Jie made an impassioned speech, saying that he and Li Yuehua had been on good terms in the past, and although their relationship had been bad recently, there was no reason to kill him. What's more, he is a scholar, and Li Yuehua is a businessman. He is tall and strong, so he cannot be his opponent.
Later, Yun Suqiu provided money and help again, and Liu Jie was able to avoid jail.
The county magistrate had no choice but to investigate Li Yuehua's wife Mu. This investigation found that Mu had an affair with her servant. However, Mu and Zuolu were only willing to admit to the crime of adultery and not to the crime of murder. The county magistrate was furious and ordered people to beat Mu and Zuo Lu. The two would rather die than admit to the murder.
The county magistrate had no choice but to put it aside temporarily and continue the investigation.
On this day, when the county magistrate went out, a beggar rushed over with a piece of paper in his hand. But before he could reach the magistrate, he vomited blood and fell to the ground dead. Everyone didn't know what happened, so they all gathered around to see.
The county magistrate took the paper from the beggar's hand, and it turned out to be a suicide note with a knife inside. The suicide note read:
The servant is not a human being. Therefore, it is all Li Yuehua’s mistake. In the beginning, Yang wanted to be intimate, but Yin robbed me of my wealth. Later, he broke up with me and secretly blessed me with misfortune. I am the one who kills Li outside the country. I must not hurt others to increase my crime. A short sword is used as evidence.
It probably means:
I am really not a human being. I was addicted to the house of prostitutes. I forgot about my mother, my wife and children, so that my mother died of illness, my wife died in childbirth, and my children were not saved. The reason why I am like this is because Li Yuehua harmed me. He pretended to be intimate with me, but actually he wanted to steal my money. Later, he broke up with me and even took pleasure in my misfortune. He even insulted me and beat me, and I was not allowed to do business again. Such a bad person, even if I eat his flesh and drink his blood, it won't be enough to relieve my hatred!
That night, I used a short knife to kill Li Yuehua while he was out drinking and was not paying attention. I am responsible for one person's work, so I don't want to implicate others, otherwise I will commit more sins. Here, there is a short sword as evidence.
At the back of the suicide note, it was written that Wang Bentong drank poison when he came. He originally wanted to go to the county government office, but the poison took effect too quickly and it was too late. Fortunately, he saw the county magistrate and rushed over.
The county magistrate immediately asked Mu again, and Mu finally told the story of Li Yuehua, Wang Bentong, Liu Jie and others. Later, the county magistrate severely punished Zuo Lu and made the man and woman parade in the streets for three days before letting them go and expelling Zuo Lu and not allowing him to stay in the local area.
After Liu Jie heard about it, he collected Wang Bentong's body and gave him a rich burial.
Liu Jie also advised Yun Suqiu not to be a brothel girl, but to change her career and change her ways. Yun Suqiu blinked and thought of an excellent idea. She disguised herself as a woman, donated money to serve as an official, and worked as a classic and of a certain place in Henan. She worked for a year and gained a good reputation. No one knew she was a woman.
Liu Jie was very happy and went to congratulate her.
Yun Suqiu said: "The officialdom is like a theater. In the past, powder and grease were applied with the intention of charming people. Today, when I go to the court and serve as officials, I pretend to be an official, but my heart is to care for the people, so everyone is satisfied. Haha, it is a pity that many officials are He is a person with a higher rank than me, but his character and ability are not as good as mine. "
Later, Yun Suqiu was promoted to the prefect, and then retired.
After retiring, Yun Suqiu used the money she had saved to build houses, buy farmland, set up industries, and provide relief to the people. She paid for the burial of people who died in a foreign land; she paid for the students who had no money to take the merit examinations; she also bought 500 acres of farmland as charity land, asking people to cultivate it, not charging rent, and allowing them to take half of the harvest. , the remaining half of the harvest is used to continue doing good deeds.
Many people have received Yun Suqiu's kindness and worship her in their homes. Later, Wang Bentong asked Yun Suqiu in a dream, saying that he had forgiven her and hoped that she would continue to do good deeds. Yun Suqiu burst into tears.
Yes, she has been uneasy all these years, and she feels sorry for Wang Bentong. Back then, Li Yuehua teamed up with her to trick Wang Bentong, turning Wang Bentong from a wealthy businessman into a beggar, and finally committed suicide by taking poison.Her conscience couldn't bear it, so she became an upright official, helped the people, and continued to do good deeds after resigning.
She worked hard to do these things, hoping to offset the wrong things she had done in the past, hoping to atone for her sins, and even more hoping that Wang Bentong could forgive her. No one knows that she has prayed for Wang Bentong every day for these years, and goes to Wang Bentong's grave every year to apologize to him, ask for his forgiveness, etc.
Now, Wang Bentong finally forgave her, and her conscience felt much better, so she cried excitedly.
