At the end of the Ming Dynasty, wars broke out in Zhongzhou (today's Henan Province), which is close to the Yellow River. The officers and soldiers committed adultery, robbery, and other crimes, and the people could not live and work in peace and contentment. There was a young man named Jin Dayong, the son of an aristocratic family, who decided to take his family to the south to seek refuge.
His wife's name is Geng Niang. She is the daughter of the governor of Henan Province. She is knowledgeable, beautiful and virtuous. She is very filial to her parents-in-law and considerate of her husband. Neighbors praised her as a good wife. On this day, Jin Dayong and Geng Niang packed up their luggage and took their elderly parents to the south to escape.
The family spent the night in Xiaoxing. On the road, they met a young man named Wang Shiba, who also rushed south with his wife Tang Shi. The two families walked and talked along the way. After walking for two days, they got to know each other very well.
Wang Shiba claimed to be from Guangling and was familiar with the roads in the south, and expressed his willingness to lead the way. Jin Dayong saw that he was about the same age as himself, had a lively personality and was eloquent, so he happily stayed with him and stayed with him.
A few days later, several people came to the mouth of a river and planned to change to the waterway and continue on their way. Wang Shiba went to the village in front to look for boats.
Geng Niang said quietly to Dayong: "I think Wang Shiba is not a decent person. Along the way, he looked at me many times, his expression changed, and he had ulterior motives! Don't get in the same boat with him." Jin Dayong agreed. Wife's opinion.
After a while, Wang Shiba hired a big boat, saying it was for the two families to ride together. As he spoke, he started to carry Jin Dayong's luggage to the boat. His legs were running very fast, he was busy and very attentive. It is said that it is for two families to ride together.
Jin Dayong thought that Wang Shiba was also bringing a young woman with him, and that young woman was quite gentle. She couldn't bear to refuse his kindness, so he called his parents and Geng Niang to board the boat together.
After Wang Shiba got on the boat, he did not enter the cabin, but sat on the bow and looked around. He whispered to the oar rower from time to time, as if they had known each other for a long time.
The sun went down and the big boat turned into a wide waterway. Jin Dayong looked around. He saw that the water was long, deep and dangerous, and he couldn't distinguish between north and south. He suddenly felt doubtful in his heart.
Soon, the bright moon rose, and endless reeds appeared around the ship.
At this time, the ship was moored, and Wang Shiba walked into the cabin and invited the Jin family and his son to the bow to watch the scenery on the water. The Jin family father and son followed him onto the bow of the ship.
When Jin Dayong was not paying attention, Wang Shiba suddenly squeezed and with a "plop", Jin Dayong was squeezed into the water!
When Jin's father saw him, he was about to call out, but the man holding the oar raised his pole and knocked him off the bow of the boat.
When the golden mother heard the sound and came out to look, she was knocked into the water again by the paddler! Wang Shiba then shouted loudly: "Someone fell into the water, save him! Save him!"
Geng Niang could see clearly from behind. She knew that the whole family had drowned, but she did not panic. She just cried loudly: "I My husband, father-in-law, and mother-in-law are gone, how can I live? Where should I go?"
Wang Shiba entered the cabin and advised: "Madam, don't worry, please follow me to Nanjing. I have plenty of land and houses at home. Food, clothing, and everything will be provided to ensure your happiness for the rest of your life." Gengniang held back her tears and said, "That's true, I'm satisfied." Wang Shiba smiled happily and served Gengniang some tea. In the evening, Wang Shiba grabbed Geng Niang and asked for sex. Geng Niang had an idea and said, "I am having my period these two days, please don't force me." Wang Shiba thought it was true and left happily.
When Wang Shiba returned to the front cabin and made an appointment to check in, Tang got into an argument with him and cursed: "What you did is so inhumane! I'm afraid Lei Gong is going to crush your head!" Wang punched and kicked Tang , Tang Shi shouted: "I would rather die than become a murderer and a thief!"
Wang Shiba roared viciously, took Tang Shi out of the cabin, threw her into the middle of the river with a "gud", and then shouted loudly : "It was you who committed suicide by jumping into the river. You deserved it! You deserved it!"
A few days later, the ship arrived in Nanjing. Wang Shiba led Geng Niang ashore and went home to see his mother. The old mother looked left and right, and was surprised when she recognized that she was not her original daughter-in-law. Wang Shiba quickly explained: "Unfortunately, Mrs. Tang fell into the water and died. This is her newly married daughter-in-law." The old mother shook her head helplessly.
After returning home, Wang Shiba wanted to have fun again.Geng Niang said with a smile: "You are a man in his thirties, don't you understand the truth? When a poor family gets married for the first time, it is necessary to prepare a glass of wine. Since your family is rich, it is not difficult, right? It is not difficult to hold a wedding in such a deserted manner. "How decent?"
Wang Shiba thought it was reasonable and happily went out to buy wine and food. Geng Niang took this opportunity to find paper and pen, hurriedly wrote a letter, folded it and put it in her arms. Then he sat in front of the dressing table and combed his hair as if nothing had happened.
After a while, Wang Shiba bought wine and food, closed the door and drank with Geng Niang. Geng Niang held the wine glass in her hand and encouraged her to drink. Wang Shiba drank one glass after another, and gradually became a little drunk and said that he could not drink anymore.
Geng Niang filled a large bowl of wine, pretended to be flattering, and persuaded the king to drink it all. Wang Shiba couldn't bear to refuse, so he drank a bowl of wine. In an instant, he was so drunk that he lay on the bed, unable to move.
Geng Niang quickly removed the drinking utensils, blew out the candles, excused herself from urinating, went out of the room to get a kitchen knife, and secretly groped Wang's neck, but Wang grabbed Geng Niang's arm and called "Madam!" Geng Niang affectionately. Ignoring him, he gritted his teeth and slashed with his knife!
Wang Shiba was not dead. He jumped up and shouted loudly. Geng Niang slashed several times with all her strength. The vicious dog was killed instantly!
The Queen Mother heard the noise and hurriedly ran to ask, but Geng Niang also slashed her to death with a knife!
At this time, Wang Shiba's younger brother Wang Shijiu came over after hearing the sound. Geng Niang knew that it would be difficult to escape and decided to kill herself. But she was anxious and the knife was too blunt to cut the vital parts, so she threw the written letter on the window sill, opened the door, and ran out!
Geng Niang had already noticed that there was a pond outside the door. When Wang Jiu chased her, she fell into the pond!
Wang Jiujiu hurriedly called his neighbors. When everyone picked up Geng Niang, she had already passed away, but her beauty was still the same as when she was alive.
Everyone went to the house to check Wang Shiba's body and found a letter on the windowsill. When they opened it, it turned out that Geng Niang was describing the tragic scene of her family being killed by Wang Shiba in the letter. Only then did everyone suddenly realize.
Everyone felt that Geng Niang was a martyr who killed herself for revenge and died an extraordinary death, so they discussed raising funds to prepare a coffin for her. At dawn, the news spread, and thousands of villagers came to visit.
People looked at her body, bowed their hands in worship, and donated money voluntarily. In just one day, they received one hundred taels of silver; some good people also bought her beaded crowns, robes, and rich burial objects, and buried her. In the pine forest in the southern suburbs.
Let’s talk about Geng Niang’s husband Jin Dayong. After Wang Shiba squeezed him into the water that day, he grabbed a wooden board and did not drown. He floated down the Huaihe River. At dawn, a boatman driving a boat saw him and rescued him on the boat.
It turns out that this boat belongs to a wealthy man named Yin Weng, and it was specially placed on the Huaihe River to save drowning people. After Jin Dayong regained consciousness, he first expressed his gratitude to the boatman.
Then the boatman led the way to Yin Weng's house to express his deep gratitude. Yin Weng treated him generously and asked Jin Dayong to stay and teach his son how to read and write. Jin Dayong didn't know how his parents and wife were doing and wanted to visit, so he hesitated.
At this moment, Yin Weng's family reported that someone had found two corpses, one was an old man and the other was an old lady. Jin Dayong suspected that it was his parents, so he ran to take a look and found that they were indeed good.
Jin Dayong was extremely sad and cried loudly. Yin Weng tried his best to comfort him and said that he would take care of the clothes and coffins of the two old people. At this time, Yin Weng's family reported again: they had caught a young woman and said she was Jin Dayong's wife.
Da Yong was very surprised when he heard it. When he came out, he saw that it was Wang Shiba's wife. Tang cried and told Dayong what had happened and begged to accept her as his wife. Jin Dayong said hurriedly: "My family is ruined and everything is in chaos. How can I still think about plotting against other people's wives?" Mrs. Tang cried more and more bitterly.
After Yin Weng figured out the whole story, he happily believed that this was God's retribution and persuaded Jin to accept Tang as his wife. Jin Dayong said that he was in mourning and wanted to take revenge. It was a burden to have a woman by his side. Yin Weng expressed his willingness to temporarily adopt him, and Jin Dayong agreed.
Jin Dayong divined a good day to bury his parents. On the day of the funeral, Mrs. Tang wore sackcloth and mourning, and cried very sadly, as if her own parents-in-law had died.
Jin Dayong buried his parents, disguised himself as a monk, held a bowl in his hand, and carried a sharp knife, preparing to go to Guangling to settle accounts with Wang Shiba!
Tang stopped and said: "My ancestral home is in Nanjing, and I am from the same hometown as that wolf. Last time he said he was from Guangling, but he was lying to you! And most of the river bandits are his accomplices. If you go alone, I'm afraid If you can't take revenge, you will be killed!"
Jin Dayong hesitated and didn't know what to do. At this time, suddenly there was a lot of discussion up and down the river. It was said that there was a woman named Geng Niang who killed people to avenge her. Jin Dayong felt very happy when he heard that his enemy had been killed.
But when he thought of Geng Niang being so loyal, he felt even more sad, and said to Tang: "I'm lucky that I don't live with you. Think about it, Geng Niang is so loyal, how could I forget her and marry her again?"
Tang She refused to leave on the grounds that Jin Dayong was divorced. She said to Jin Dayong: "You miss Geng Niang's loyalty and don't want to marry again, so I am willing to be your concubine and serve you for the rest of your life!" After she said this, Jin Dayong agreed.
Coincidentally, there was a deputy general named Yuan who was an old friend of Yin Weng. He led his troops to the west. When he passed by, Yin Weng warmly received him.
General Yuan saw that Jin Dayong was very talkative and appreciated him greatly, so he asked him to be his secretary. Jin Dayong accepted the job.
Soon, General Yuan made great contributions in the battle; Jin Dayong also made great contributions in advising military aircraft and was awarded the position of guerrilla general.
Then, Jin Dayong took leave to go home and officially married Tang's family.
After staying at home for a few days, Jin Dayong took the Tang family to Nanjing to pay homage to Geng Niang's tomb. When the two of them passed by Zhenjiang, they saw an endless stream of tourists and decided to go to Jinshan Temple to enjoy the scenery. They rented a small boat and sailed slowly towards Jinshan Temple.
The boat reached the center of the river and suddenly saw a yacht passing by. In the boat were a well-dressed old woman and a beautiful young woman. Jin Dayong felt strange when he saw that the young woman looked like Geng Niang, but he did not dare to call her.
The young woman was also looking at Jin Dayong from the window while the yacht was speeding. Her expression became more and more like Geng Niang.
Jin Dayong was eager and wise, so he used argot to test and shouted urgently: "Look at the ducks flying into the sky!" The young woman also responded loudly: "The greedy monkey wants to eat the fishy cat!" It turned out that this was the couple back then. Something often said as a joke in the boudoir.
Jin Dayong was surprised and happy. He hurried back to the boat and quickly sailed towards the yacht. When he got closer, he saw that it was Geng Niang! He hurriedly ordered his maid to help Geng Niang to his boat, hugging each other and crying bitterly. The fellow guests were moved to tears.
Mrs. Tang visited Geng Niang with the etiquette of treating her first wife. Geng Niang was surprised and asked why. Jin Dayong recounted his experience after drowning in detail.
Geng Niang held Tang's hand tightly and said: "I will never forget our words in the same boat. I never thought that we are the Wu and Yue families. I asked you to bury my parents-in-law on my behalf. I should thank you first. Why?" Do you dare to accept your gift?"
Geng Niang immediately classified the younger ones according to their age. She was one year older than Tang, so she treated Tang as her younger sister.
It turns out that after Geng Niang was buried in the pine forest in the southern suburbs of Nanjing, she didn't know how many years had passed. One day, someone suddenly called to her: "Mother Geng, your husband is not dead and can be reunited again." She woke up as if from a dream.
stretched out his hand and touched the tomb walls on all sides, only to realize that he was dead and buried in the tomb. I just felt bored and panicked, and I didn't feel any pain at all.
One day, two tomb robbers heard that Geng Niang was buried with rich treasures, so they came to dig up the tomb and pry open the coffin. When they were about to search, they suddenly saw that Geng Niang was still alive. They were so frightened that they broke out in cold sweat!
Geng Niang was afraid of being killed by them, so she begged: "Thanks to you coming, I can see the light of day again. Take all the hairpins and earrings on my head. I hope you can sell me to a nunnery and get more." Money. If you do this, I won't reveal it."
The two tomb robbers kowtowed to the ground: "My wife is loyal and loyal, and both gods and mortals admire her. I am just a poor person, so I did this unkind and unjust thing. As long as you don't reveal it, we will be satisfied. How dare we sell you as a nun?"
Geng Niang said with a smile, "This is what I am happy to do.Another tomb robber said: "There is a Mrs. Geng in Zhenjiang who is widowed and has no children. She would be very happy if she could see my wife." "Geng Niang was very grateful for his kindness.
Geng Niang pulled out the pearl jewelry from her head and gave it all to the two of them. They didn't dare to ask for it. Geng Niang had to give it to her, so they both thanked him together and accepted the pearl jewelry. ""
Two tomb robbers took Geng Niang to Mrs. Geng's house in Zhenjiang.
Mrs. Geng was a wealthy widow who lived as a widow. The two tomb robbers took Geng Niang to Mrs. Geng's house, saying that the boat was damaged by the strong wind. Madam Geng was very happy and treated Geng Niang like her own daughter.
On this day, Geng Niang and Mrs. Geng happened to go to Jinshan Temple for fun. On their way home, Geng Niang and Jin Dayong met... Geng Niang. After narrating the past, Jin Dayong boarded the yacht to visit Mrs. Geng.
Mrs. Geng invited Jin Dayong to her home and stayed for a few days before leaving. From then on, Jin Dayong and Geng Niang often went to Zhenjiang. Visit Mrs. Geng
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