At the time of the Ming Dynasty , there was a woman named Leng Yun in Guichi County, Chizhou.
My father is a private school teacher. Leng Yun has been studying the Four Books and Five Classics with his father all year round. He has made great progress in his studies and is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
But she was not lucky. She was only twelve years old and her mother died.
The father thought he was teaching outside, while Leng Yun was at home without anyone taking care of him.
If your daughter always goes to the neighbor's house to play, she will be ruined by her neighbor.
If he stays at home with his daughter, he will not be able to teach outside. The life of the family will be a problem. It is better to find a matchmaker and marry his daughter out.
The matchmaker searched for a few days and found a widow's home running an inn. She has a son named Liu Yan, two years older than Leng Yun.
Leng Yun's father saw that Liu Yan was handsome and was anxious to marry his daughter. He did not inquire about the character of the Liu family and directly ordered his daughter's lifelong affairs. When he returned home, he told Leng Yun: "You know the situation at home. I have no choice but to marry you. Listen to my mother-in-law, don't make her angry, so I feel relieved." After
sent to Liu's house, he said to Liu: "My daughter has no mother since she was a child. I hope you can treat her as her own child and treat her well." After
sent Leng Yun away, he went to teach elsewhere.
Liu's behavior was very unconventional. In the past, her husband was responsible for managing the inn.
She usually hides inside, only serves some tea and food, and never comes out to meet people.
The husband is seriously ill and is lying in bed all day long. His son is still young, so she can't come out to help. At the beginning, she still knew the word "shame".
After her husband passed away, the store was about to close, but in order to support her family, Liu had to do his best to run the inn.
Although she is in her thirties, she is still a little pretty and has a charm.
Some old men seduced her with frivolous words and even made some frivolous actions towards her.
Liu was young and passionate when he was a tiger and wolf. He often mingled with these men in the store and chatted and laughed all day long.
In fact, Liu was also very sad, resentful and worried about the moon. I don’t feel like sleeping every night, life is long. How can I be a widow for so many years?
She thought about this day and night, and when she remembered it, she couldn't help crying in front of her husband's spirit. When I think about it at night, I gritted my teeth, tossed and turned, sighed and cried.
One day, a customer came to the store, named Wang Yude, who is from She County, Huizhou. He has been doing business for many years and has a deep family background. This year he lived in Liu's inn.
Wang Yude saw Liu and saw that she was cute and beautiful, he would buy her some small gifts from time to time.
Wang Yude originally lived in the Yingbin Building in front, but in order to be closer to Liu's building, he moved upstairs and sang a few love songs from time to time.
Liu sees that he is a rich man, only in his thirties, and is handsome. He usually pays special attention to him and flirts with him from time to time.
One day, Liu sat downstairs alone to make up his shoes.
Wang Yude saw this and walked in, patted Liu's shoulder and said, "My wife! I want a bowl of tea."
The Liu said with a serious face: "This is not a place to drink tea."
Wang Yude smiled and said, "Then I'll go upstairs to your house to ask for a cup of tea."
Then he snatched a pair of shoes that Liu was repairing and said, "What kind of satin is this? I'll give you one."
Liu said, "Didn't you give me something the day before yesterday? Why did you still give satin today?"
Wang Yude put his hand on Liu's feet, measured Liu's feet with his fingers, and said, "Three inches and three minutes."
He weighed it in his hand again and said, "How great!" He grabbed Liu's shoes.
Liu is afraid that someone will see it, so he will beat him if he is indecent.
Wang Yude hid his shoes in his sleeves and said, "This is the token of love you gave me. How dare you go back?"
Liu was shy and annoyed, his face flushed, and Wang Yude had already left.
After going upstairs, he looked at the shoes for a while and said, "This woman is sewing well."
He said, while singing upstairs proudly.
The next day, it was not dawn.Wang Yude went to the satin shop to buy some silk, wrapped it in paper, and bought two snow-white round beads from the treasure cage, put them in his sleeves, and walked into Liu's room when the person was unprepared.
I saw Liu sitting there blankly, and suddenly saw Wang Yude walking towards him and was startled.
Wang Yude took out the silk and said, "I promised you yesterday, I will give it to you today."
Liu didn't even look at Wang Yude, and he didn't raise his hand, and said, "I don't want your things. Take them away!"
Wang Yude said, "My wife, this is something I bought for you specifically. If you don't accept it, I have to throw it away."
Liu said, "It doesn't matter if you throw it away. You give me the shoes I knitted yesterday."
Wang Yude said, "That's the token you gave me. I won't give it to you."
After saying that, he threw the satin on his body.
At this time, the woman was already in a state of spring, put the satin in her sleeves, and said angrily: "If you don't return it to me, I'll ask the maid Yulan to climb over and take it!"
Wang Yude said: "Okay, come here."
He determined that this was Liu's hint to him.
looked carefully in the room. Although he built a house on the wing and later borrowed him a pile of goods, the building was born with three rooms with beams and pillars of the woman's room. This room is on the left, and the beam is empty and can be climbed.
Wang Yude thought there must be something good to do at night.
Before dark, Wang Yude sneaked into this room and listened to Liu going upstairs. Her son went to bed after reading the book, and so did the maid.
Liu blew out the light and went to bed quietly.
He climbed up the beam gently, but his body was too fat, stuck between the floor, covered in dust.
He was about to go down when he saw the maid getting up to relieve his hands, so he had to go up again.
kicked the floor with one kick, vibrated violently.
The son woke up in his sleep and said, "What sound?"
In fact, Liu already knew what was going on in his heart and said, "It was probably a mouse crawling around."
Wang Yude had to hold his breath and remained motionless.
Seeing that his son seemed to be asleep, Wang Yude groped and walked to the bed again. Unexpectedly, his son woke up again and said, "It seems that someone is walking around." The woman said, "It's midnight, where are there people walking around?" The son said, "I'm afraid it's a thief." The woman said, "It's not like this." When the son asked the maid to light the light, Wang Yude was startled and quickly crawled back.
The woman stood up and pretended to say, "Where are there thieves? Aren't you a mouse? You are so scared of trouble."
The son didn't say a word and fell asleep on the light.
The next day, the woman said to her son, "Tomorrow, go to the east building to sleep, the maid will go with you. Don't stay in the room to affect my sleep."
Wang Yude was ecstatic and knew that this woman was giving him a chance, but today's things went against his wishes. He felt very uncomfortable and did not exude a single anger.
After dawn, he felt that everything was not good and kept thinking about how to get Wang Yude. When he went out, he thought, "This woman is always greedy for small gains. I'd better give her something."
So he went to the silver shop, made two rings and hairpins, and he stayed in the shop to watch the silversmith work in the silver shop.
Because he didn't sleep well last night, Wang Yude fell asleep while watching.
When the silversmith saw Wang Yude asleep, he had a bad idea. So he poured iron into the hairpin. After finishing the
, he weighed it with a scale and said, "It's very accurate, not a minute or a cent."
Wang Yude saw the hairpin and liked it very much, but after taking it to weigh it, he found that it had three cents more.
Wang Yude became suspicious, suspected that the silversmith had tampered with her and made excuses and said, "It's so ugly. Please re-proof me, I want to make it into the shape of a lotus."
silversmith said, "Why are you so fickle? I'm full and full!"
Wang Yude said, "I will pay you."
craftsman said, "Come tomorrow."
Wang Yude was worried that he would go out and the craftsman would exchange goods, so he twisted the development clip and saw the iron inside.
Wang Yude was furious and grabbed the silversmith, wanting to send him to the yamen.
craftsman said: "It is to help solder iron."
Wang Yude said to him, "Is there a soldering iron inside?" You and I will treat you as children. "
Two neighbors came up, said all the good things, and took Wang Yude to a nearby restaurant to drink and eat meat.
Wang Yude was depressed because he had not got Liu, and drank a lot of glasses in a row.
Liu was ready, laying his son's bed and maid's shop, and asking them to go to the east building to sleep.
Clean up the bed in his room and sprinkle perfume. She was already in love with spring.
It was late at night, and the son and maid were sleeping. Before he saw Wang Yude, the woman had to sleep alone.
On the second day of the day, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. It turned out that Wang Yude was here.
The woman asked the servant Axi to open the door.
The door opened, and Wang Yude vomited Xi was all over, lying on the ground and fell asleep, unable to move.
When Wang Yude woke up again, he was too tired and had no strength to go to Liu's room again.
Liu toss and turns in the bed, unable to sleep at all, and spring was flooded.
In the morning, she heard Asi say that Wang Yude was drunk, Liu was angry and annoyed, and waited all night in vain.
Wang Yude was very Troubled, he didn't get Liu again last night. He was drunk and uncomfortable. After getting up, he slapped his big mouth and vowed not to drink today.
On night, he changed into clean clothes, got up and walked to the attic, gently pushed open the door, and tiptoed to the bed.
The woman pretended to be asleep until Wang Yude got into the quilt and said softly: "Who are you? So bold. "
Wang Yude did not answer, but hugged her.
Two people danced butterflies, and mandarin ducks played in the water, and finally did a good thing.
Liu was afraid that his son would hear it, and his movements were very light.
Unconsciously, they had secretly hooked up for more than three months, and Wang Yude had already spent 100 taels of silver on Liu.
When Wang Yude returned to his hometown, Liu was reluctant to leave. They agreed to come back in a month.
But when Wang Yude returned, he His wife found the women's shoes and made a big fuss with Wang Yude. She hanged her twice and forbidden him to go out.
Liu hasn't seen Wang Yude for half a year, so she can't stand it.
I'm used to eating wild game, so I've long thrown my shame behind my head and found a few short-term customers. I've been with some wild men all day long, so my neighbors basically know it.
Leng Yun's father didn't know anything, so he sent his daughter to such a dirty family.
When he first entered the door, Liu saw that she had no mother since she was a child, and I really felt sorry for her for a while, taking care of her food and clothing, and dressing her up beautifully.
Leng Yun was gentle and elegant, extremely filial. Liu really liked him at first.
Sometimes in front of Leng Yun, Liu also flirted with some men who were irrelevant, and Leng Yun completely regarded it as invisible.
Liu had an open space behind the house, an ancient plum tree planting various flowers. She did not let Leng Yun do heavy work, so she asked Leng Yun to water the flowers when she was fine.
When she was sixteen years old, Leng Yun and Liu The academicians have grown up and become a young couple, ready to be loving, and there is no need to say anything.
At this time, Leng Yun's father had passed away.
After a while, Liu thought his son was annoyed and affected her to hook up with other men in the store, so he let his son sleep in the library. Everything at home has nothing to do with him.
Now his son and daughter-in-law kiss me and me in front of her every day. Liu couldn't bear it, and he was upset to see them.
One day, the son said to his mother, "Mother, I feel that it's too hard for you to open this store. It’s better to let Asi and I open another store, and you don’t have to work too hard. "
Liu was very unhappy when he heard this and said, "How come you have this kind of thought? It must be your wife who told you. No, I strongly disagree unless I die. ”
The son said that it was nothing to do with her, so he rested. After
, Liu hated Leng Yun to the core and regarded her as a thorn in his eyes.
When she saw Leng Yun free, she arranged for Leng Yun to do this and that, and she would not let her stay idle anyway.
One day, Liu happened to work in front of the hall.
Wang Yude's business has been closed for several years, but he still hired others to run it, and it has not improved. Because his wife passed away, he came to Liu's store again. .
When Liu saw Wang Yude, he was overjoyed. While they were chatting, Leng Yun brought tea to his mother-in-law.
When she saw someone, she hurriedly ran back.
"This is Mr. Wang Yude," said Liu. "What's wrong with meeting him? What are you afraid of?
Wang Yude looked up and saw that Leng Yun, as beautiful as a fairy, with small and straight feet, much better than Liu's.
Wang Yude was a little moved, but he didn't say much. He still left his luggage in the house, and the two continued to do things between men and women.
Unexpectedly, his son came back today. When he heard someone in his mother's room at night, he asked Asi: "Who is here?" "
Axi told him that he was Mr. Wang Yude of Huizhou .
When he knew about this, his son felt very ashamed and had a dull face.
These customers in the hotel were unhappy when they saw Wang Yudeyun coming and occupied Liu's family every day. They were deliberately spreading and decorating Liu Yan from time to time.
Liu Yan is a scholar after all, and with the hard work of studying, he is so angry that he is so angry. I was sick.
slept upstairs, and heard his mother laughing with the guests below. The more he listened, the more he became angry, and the more he heard the more serious the disease became.
Liu saw that his son couldn't get up, so he went out with Wang Yude openly, and even did shameful things in the room in broad daylight.
his son couldn't sleep, but he could hear these disgraceful things clearly.
He shouted angrily: "It's shameful and hateful, how can I live in this world? Mother is shameless. It’s a pity that Leng Yun. I could have passed the exam and let my family live a good life, but now I’m afraid I can’t. I just hope Leng Yun can stay for me for three years. "
After saying that, tears flowed.
Leng Yun said, "You have a good rest, official, and slowly recover. I will not marry again. ”
Liu Yan said: “I’m afraid it’s easier said than done. "
At this moment, my mother came over.
Liu Yan said: "Mother, the child is probably dying, and I don't have a child either. My mother can close the store and pass her free time. Leng Yun can remarry. ”
He also said to Leng Yun, “After I die, no one will serve my mother. If you can still be kind to your mother after you remarry, I will have no regrets. "
After hearing this, Liu also cried and said, "You have a good rest, you will be fine." "
On the evening, Liu Yan heard a man laughing in his mother's room again.
Liu Shiyan sighed repeatedly and died.
Leng Yun almost cried to death. While crying, Liu Shi borrowed money from Wang Yude and asked him to help with the funeral, hoping to entangle Wang Yude.
Wang Yude was greedy and lent thirty taels to use with her. He also used money to reward the servant Asi and the maid and sister.
When the customer was away, he became the owner of the store, and he drank and ate like a normal couple with Liu.
Leng Yun cried in Xiaotang every day. Wang Yude often was by Xiaotang, looking at Leng Yun, looking at Leng Yun, and drooling.
One day, Wang Yude got drunk and said to Liu, "I want to ask you something. My wife has passed away. You can be betrothed Leng Yun to me, I will be your son, and I will give you a care for you in the future. Is it OK?
Liu said, "You think beautifully. How can I marry her to a foreign land?"
Wang Yude said to him, "Or I will stay here and marry both of you."
Liu said with a smile, "If you want her, you will definitely forget me."
Wang Yude said, "No, you will always be my sweetheart."
Liu said, "We should find a matchmaker."
The next day , Liu said to Leng Yun, "Wife, my son is gone, you are still young, you should remarry. Now Mr. Wang Yude has no wife at home, and he is willing to marry you. It's great to marry into our family. Your and my life are guaranteed."
Hearing this, Leng Yun said in tears, "Didn't the child say he wouldn't marry?"
Liu said, "Child, I am a veteran, it's very painful to keep the integrity, and Wang Yude is very rich."
Leng Yun said, "No matter how rich he is, I won't marry you.""
Liu said: "Think about it at night and then reply to me. "
In the evening, Wang Yude came over to ask about the situation. Liu added fuel to the fire and asked Wang Yude for eighty taels of silver, saying that she wanted her to do activities.
Leng Yun just avoided Wang Yude and did not say a word to him, but Wang Yude pestered her.
Seeing that Leng Yun did not give any chance, he had to ask Liu again.
Liu said, "Wait until I tell him. ”
Liu said to Leng Yun: “Wife, what do you think of what I said that day? ”
Leng Yun said, “Don’t think about it, it’s impossible. ”
Liu said: “Don’t be too persistent. I think Wang Yude is a person who doesn’t love money. If you don’t marry him, if you spend a while with him, you will get some property. ”
Leng Yun said: “I don’t agree. "
Two days later, Liu said to her again: "I don't want you to follow him either, but my son's funeral cost him eighty taels of silver. If you follow him, you don't have to pay it back. If not, you pay back the money. ”
Leng Yun said: “Sell the house and return it to him. "
After hearing this, Liu jumped up and patted Leng Yun, saying, "Where do I live without a house? You get a thousand kills! "
In the past few days, Liu and his wife have been quarreling and have been having a big quarrel. After a few days of stalemate, Leng Yun just didn't let go.
Wang Yude urged Liu to find a solution as soon as possible.
Liu said: "You have the final say at home. You can do whatever you want. It is best to cook the raw rice into a cooked rice. "
Wang Yude suddenly understood.
One day, she was working in the back garden. He broke in and wanted to hug her, but she splashed Wang Yude with a broom.
Wang Yude hid under the bed of Lengyun. At night, Leng Yun shouted, Wang Yude came over to hug her, Leng Yun grabbed Wang Yude's face full of blood.
Liu quickly opened his room and let Wang Yude slip away.
Wang Yude's face was beaten so bad that he couldn't go out for half a month, so he could only stay in the guest room.
This Liu family quarreled angrily with Leng Yun for eighty taels of silver.
Wang Yude took the opportunity to secretly pinch Leng Yun, and Leng immediately turned around and slapped Wang Yude.
Wang Yude suddenly avoided, Leng Yun slapped Liu family, and Liu family was injured in two parts on the face.
Wang Yude asked, "How can you hit your mother-in-law?" This is what I saw with my own eyes. I want to sue you to the government, you are going to jail! "
After hearing this, Liu said even more viciously: "Since you beat me, are you willing to marry Mr. Wang Yude? If you disagree, I will send you to see the official! I can't afford to take care of it! "
Leng Yun knelt down and said, "Leng Yun accidentally injured his mother-in-law just now, I apologize to you. But I won't marry this bachelor. "
Liu said, "You have such a strong temper."
Then she rushed to the door and shouted, "Let's see everyone." My daughter-in-law beats her mother-in-law, and I take her to meet the official. "
Wang Yude said to Leng Yun: "You obey me, I will help you convince her. ”
Leng Yun said: “Bachelor! I wish you could die, but you still dream! "
Wang Yude pretended to persuade and came to join in the fun.
Neighbors were talking about it, saying that everything was there.
Liu's evil people complained first, and the county government sent someone to arrest him.
But Wang Yude was a little worried: "This was done by Wang Yude forcing Leng Yun. What if Leng Yun told the truth? "
The county magistrate's surname is Xia, and he is called too confused.
Wang Yude was so bad that he gave the money to his master, making him say to Taihu: "This woman is so brave and cruel and must be severely punished. ”
said in confusion: “Don’t collect money first. I'll ask about the causes and consequences. "
Wang Yude was anxious and gave his master another thirty taels of silver. The master said, "There is no reason, it's just that his wife is too tough and his mother-in-law is honest, so he was beaten and had a few marks on his face. "
took Wang Yude's money too confused and said, "Okay, I understand." This evil woman must be severely punished. "
was too confused and called Liu up.
Liu said, "I have been widowed for twenty years. Two months ago, my son died, leaving behind this daughter-in-law Leng Yun. She refused to keep her rituals and quarreled with me every day.
I was beaten yesterday, and the existing scars can be proved."
Too confused, he shouted Leng Yun and said, "You shrew, your husband has only been dead for two months, and she is about to remarry. ”
Leng Yun said: “The little woman doesn’t want to get married, she wronged me. "
was too confused and didn't listen at all. He tortured Leng Yun. Leng Yun fainted and sent Leng Yun to the women's prison.
Seeing Leng Yun in prison, Liu was very happy. As soon as she got home, she happily went to Wang Yude for free and happy every day.
The people in the prison deliberately tortured Leng Yun, not giving her food or drinking, and let her stand for a day.
Leng Yun fainted several times in pain.
Leng Yun thought to himself: "That day, my husband told me not to fight with my mother-in-law, but I was framed for keeping my chastity. If I knew it would be like this, when my husband died, I should have left with him.
When dawn was dawn, the jailer came to ask for money again and said, "You evil woman, beat your mother-in-law. If you don't give me money, I will make you look good."
Leng Yun said, "I really don't have money."
jailer pointed at Leng Yun and said, "Where do you hide your private money on weekdays? Or borrow some from relatives and friends, and I'll send someone to get it."
Leng Yun said, "Parents and friends."
Leng Yun said, "Parents and parents." He died early, without brothers and sisters, and without selfish money."
The prison guard shouted: "Look at this woman, she must be of bad character and cannot get the money." "
So the prison boss deliberately teased her with frivolous words, pinched her feet and hands, and carried Leng Yun to the ground. Leng Yun cried loudly.
One day, a prison guard held two bowls of rice and two dishes to Leng Yun, saying: "It was given by Wang Yude. ”
Leng Yun was given by Wang Yude, saying, “I will never eat his things. "
But Wang Yude still did not give up on her.
He deliberately gave money to the prison head, asking him to insult her every day.
asked Liu to send a post to the government office and said, "I have no one to support me." I hope to release the cold cloud. "
" is also you who sued you, and you who want to forgive you. Are you the official? "I said too confused.
also wants to detain her relatives and neighbors, and she has changed her knot and released her.
Wang Yude is afraid that something will happen, so he handled it again.
These neighbors saw that Leng Yun was too pitiful and said, "You are very filial at a young age, so why did you beat your mother-in-law? ”
Leng Yun said: “I didn’t hit, I accidentally got it. "
A neighbor said, "I heard her say yesterday that it was because she refused to marry the surname Wang. "
Another old neighbor Zhang Shangyi said: "If you want to explain clearly to the official, how could you suffer this? ”
Leng Yun said: “This is my destiny, what’s there to say. "
Li Zhi said to the door: "If she wants this, don't mention it." Such old and torn shoes can keep your own man and harm your wife. Let's sue the official tomorrow. ”
Leng Yun said, “Thank you for your kindness. I'm back home now, so I won't bother you anymore. "
She walked home with difficulty.
Liu was flirting with Wang Yude, and when he met Leng Yun, he scolded: "You heartless bastard, if Mr. Wang Yude hadn't helped you, you would have been beheaded long ago. ”
Wang Yude said to Liu: “Don’t say it anymore. "
Leng Yun did not dare to say anything, and returned to the room with tears in his eyes.
The maid said, "Why are you beaten like this? What will happen if you continue like this? It's better to follow them. "
Leng Yun said: "When my husband died, I promised him that I would never marry again, let alone mention Wang Yude, a rude thing.
It’s obviously they hurt me, but now I’m the one who beats my mother-in-law. "
Leng Yun became sadder the more he spoke, his crying was shocking and his voice was hoarse.
At night, Leng Yun wore a white mourning dress and hung himself in the room while his family was sleeping.
The next morning, Liu came to Leng Yun's room again and cursed: "Do you agree or not? "No one answered in
. She pushed open the door and saw that Leng Yun had died, so scared that she lost her mind.
She hurried to tell Wang Yude, and Wang Yude said, "It's okay. We just say she died of self-blame. ”
took out 57 taels of silver for Liu and asked her to buy a coffin. He hurried to Liu's room, rolled up all the things he usually gave and ran away.
When Liu came back to find Wang Yude, he could not find him. When she saw that the box above her was empty, she was really empty and cried loudly.
The neighbors saw Wang Yude sneaking away, and Liu cried again, thinking something must have happened.
Li Zhi quietly rushed to the ferry and blocked Wang Yude.
I was too confused and collected Wang Yude's money and only asked them to properly bury Leng Yun.
Liu and Wang Yude lived together again.
But strange things happened many times.
Every time in the middle of the night, Leng Yun would always hear the cry of a woman in the room where he lived. The crying was so sad that it was very terrifying.
Liu and Wang Yude are no longer in the mood to have fun.
Every night, they are like frightened birds and can't sleep.
They often have nightmares, dreaming of a woman with long hair, sticking out her long tongue, and shouting to them, "Take your life."
Both of them have the same dream every night.
When they wake up, they sweat a lot, and after falling asleep, they will have this dream again.
Day after day, just one month later, they are no longer as thin as individuals.
Liu was so crazy that he would say to people every day: "It's my fault, it's my fault, please spare me."
One night, Liu woke up at night, ran into Lengyun's room, screamed, and died of panic.
Wang Yude couldn't stand the entanglement of ghosts, so he jumped into the river and committed suicide.
As for taking bribes too confused, he was sent to Liaoyang and died on the way. It is said that Leng Yun shouted at the prefect in his dream.
Excerpts of the Ming and Qing folk novels, please take a look, don’t take it seriously.
The author has something to say:
Wang Yude and Liu are a pair of poisonous mandarin ducks, and they should be killed. Leng Yun’s life is pitiful and regretful.
