In the late Ming Dynasty, there was a famous prostitute named Fang Zhi on the Qinhuai River in the south of the Yangtze River. She had a very keen eye and could recognize real heroes.
Fang Zhi's fame at that time was even louder than the famous prostitutes Dunwen and Sha Nen in the Tang Dynasty. She had the best relationship with A Xiang, the daughter of Li Zhenli , that is, Li Xiangjun . Li Xiangjun later washed her hands and quit the world and married the young master Hou Fangyu as a concubine, which became a beautiful story at that time.
One day, Fang Zhi came to Axiang's house to play, and the two sisters said intimate words together. Fang Zhi said: "My sister can marry Mr. Hou, which is considered to have found a lover, but after all, she is a scholar. Although she is a famous scholar, she can only keep her name for a while. Sister, I want to find a loyal and righteous man, and be famous with him in history in the future."
After hearing her words, Axiang laughed: "The loyal and righteous people, the Ming Dynasty is as powerful as the mountains and rivers. The scholars in Jiangnan are still lingering in silk. How can there be any loyal and righteous people?"
At that time, there was a painter named Yang Wencong , whose courtesy name was Longyou. He was originally from Guizhou, but later he was left in Jinling . After hearing about Fang Zhi's reputation, Fang Zhi went to visit him. When she heard that Yang Wencong was good at painting plums, she asked him to draw a picture for herself. I saw Yang Wencong scribing his brush. Not long after, a picture of "Winter Plum" appeared on the paper. Seeing his painting, Fang Zhi nodded repeatedly. This is the loyal and righteous man I am looking for.
is like this. Not long after I met Fang Zhi announced that she would withdraw from the world and settle for life with Yang Wencheng and subscribe to . Yang Wencong had a bad reputation at that time. First of all, he was Hu Jianren. Hu Jianren was a Cantonese and had a great reputation. Second, he is not handsome and doesn’t have much money. Thirdly, he was attached to Ma Shilin and Ruan Dacheng and was despised by the people in Shilin at that time. I heard that the famous prostitute Fang Zhi had made a lifelong appointment with him, and he felt very sorry and said that he was "the secret of the pearl". Her friend A Xiang was deeply puzzled after hearing this.
They were in a small boat. Fang Zhi looked at Yang Wencong and said solemnly: "Husband, do you know why I chose you among these many talents?"
Yang Wencong told the truth: "I don't know."
0 Fang Zhi sighed: "I saw my husband painting plum blossoms, and the petals were all charming, but the branches of the old tree showed a lot of pride. So I know that although the gentleman was dependent on Ma Ruan and the other two, his backbone was still there. I would like to assist my husband to fulfill your reputation, so I brought a box of treasures. I will give it to you in the future."
Yang Yuncong heard this, and said nothing, and hugged him in his arms.
Not long after, the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty was siege by the Qing army, and after a few days of persistence, the Qing army approached Jinling City. Both Ma Ruan, who were usually arrogant and prosperous, died under the sword of the Qing army, but the Hou Master, who was famous all over the world, fled with A Xiang. The city was about to break out, and the people were in a panic.
Yang Yuncong, who is usually looked down upon by those moral gentlemen, picked up the sword and ran on the city wall to fight the Qing army in blood. Haven't been back for a few days.
That afternoon, dark clouds were over the city. Fang Zhi sat in the room, listening to the sound of cannons in the distance, and suddenly several family members were crying and carrying a bloody man into the room. It was Yang Yuncong, his chest was densely packed with terrifying wounds. The right pen holding the pen had been cut off at the same wrist, and the person was already in a coma.
Looking at the seriously injured Yang Yuncong, the Yang family was panicked, but Fang Zhi was very calm. She first arranged for the Yang family's wife to leave and her son, and then dismissed the servants. After returning to the room, Yang Yuncong carefully wiped the blood on his body and treated the wound. Not long after, Yang Yuncong woke up and looked at Fang Zhi with an apology: "The country is like this, I'm afraid we will see you in the next life."
Fang Zhi brought out the gold box she brought when she got married from the house and said to Yang Yuncong: "I once told my husband that when state affairs are not done, I will give you a box of strange treasures. Do you want to see what this is?"
She opened the box, and there was no gold, silver and jewelry inside, only a hemp rope two meters long, and there was a small dagger about half a foot long next to it. Seeing this scene, Yang Yuncong looked stunned. Fang Zhi said, "A man with three feet of money will be a treasure for thousands of years. Is this a blow? Do you think the water is too cold?"
Yang Yun laughed: "I didn't expect that I have been friends for a long time. You are the only one who really understands me!" He struggled to stand up, put the rope on the beam of the house, and was about to commit suicide, but Fang Zhi stopped him.
"This great tomorrow is so decayed, which has a lot to do with this scholar of the crown and belt. As one of the criminals, are you qualified to wear this crown and belt?"
Yang Yuncong took off his robe and wore plain clothes. He committed suicide before the window frame. Fang Zhi saw her husband swallowing, laughed, picked up the dagger and cut her throat, and the couple passed away like this.
Later, after Li Xiangjun heard about this, he saved Hou Fangyu and wrote a biography for her. Mr. Hou thought he was a man of the world. Yang Yuncong and these talented men had different ambitions and refused to write a biography. The unofficial history of officials does not record this matter.
This story comes from "Xieduo", which tells the story of a famous prostitute on the Qinhuai River in the late Ming Dynasty. Although she is not as good as Liu Rushi , she is much luckier than her.
Yang Yuncong was a famous minister in Jiangnan at the time of the Southern Ming . In the first year of Hongguang, he was promoted to the right assistant censor. At that time, Zheng Hongkui set off artillery shells across the river. The Qing army pretended to be defeated and placed lights in the river with a large raft. Yang Wen's plan came to his mind and reported his success to his wife and brother-in-law Ma Shiying. Unexpectedly, that night, the Qing soldiers crossed the river as night fell. Because they were defeated by the Qing army, Yang Yuncong fled to Suzhou . The Qing army sent surrendered minister Huang Jiayuan to persuade him to surrender. Yang Yuncong was furious and beheaded Huang directly and fought again. Later, he retreated to , and recruited rebels locally to fight again. Later, the Tang King Zhu Youjian became emperor in Fuzhou. Yang Yuncong was appointed as the Right Attendant of the Ministry of War and was also the Right Censor of the Censor of the Right Censor of the Censorate. Later, he was promoted to the Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian. Because Ma Shiying was in a turmoil, he was criticized by the world. Later, he led the crowd to fight against the Qing army and was seriously injured and was arrested. He ordered the surrender to refuse and was eventually killed. His family was killed at the same time.
