During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, there was a minister in the dynasty with the surname Liang and Menglong. He has served as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the Right Censor of the Ministry of War, the Prince of Prince and the Minister of Personnel. He resigned until he was 80 years old and resigned from court. He returned to his hometown, Zhengding Prefecture, Zhili, and was known as Liangge Lao .
Mr. Liang Ge lost his wife in his early years and left three sons. Since he retired and left the officialdom, he has not felt relaxed. Mr. Liang, who has always been prepared for danger in times of peace, is well aware of the corruption in the officialdom and the coldness of the world. "The beauty of a gentleman can be killed for five generations"! When I am alive, someone will be pleased and flattered. If I let go, the power of my old mansion will immediately plummet!
He thought again that although he had three sons, none of them became great. Each person had the title of scholar or juren on his head, so it would not be possible to use it to establish a door. Seeing that I was in my old age, if I couldn't get up in one breath, the cabinet mansion I had worked hard to manage would definitely fall into the hands of my three unworthy sons. When Mr. Liang thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh and felt sad.
Besides, there is a maid in the Liangge Lao Mansion named Chunjie, who is only 29 years old. Not only is she handsome, but she is also smart.
One day, Liangge went out for a trip, and when he returned to the mansion, the sun had set. Sister Chun hurriedly called the foot wash water to serve the master to wash his feet to relieve fatigue. Unexpectedly, Mr. Liang took off his shoes and socks and moved his left foot, staring at the soles of his feet in a daze.
It turns out that there was a black mole in the heart of Mr. Liang's left foot, the size of a soybean. Master Liang stared for a while and said with emotion: "The expensive place is the expensive place!"
At this time, Sister Chun, who was standing beside him, almost laughed out loud, and said, "Master, there is a mole on his feet. Is there anything expensive?"
Master Liang heard this and said, "What do girls know about it? As the saying goes: Noble people have their own precious places! Since ancient times, emperors and generals have different from ordinary people. Take Master, for example, being the prime minister depends entirely on the mole in the heart of his feet!"
Sister Chun smiled, He said, "Master, if my girl also has mole in her feet, is it still expensive?"
"Of course it is expensive!"
"Master, I don't believe you! There is a mole in my right foot, why did I become a maid?"
Liang Ge Lao heard this and asked, "What are you saying?"
Chunjie smiled mischievously: "Who dares to lie to me!"
Liangge Lao heard this and immediately asked Chunjie to take off her shoe forest. When Sister Chun heard this, her face turned red with shame and she twisted and refused to take off her shoes and socks. Seeing this, Master Liang said, "My master is not an outsider. If you ask you to take it off, you will take it off. What are you afraid of!"
Sister Chun had no choice but to take off her shoes and socks, and pulled up her right foot and let Master Liang see that there was indeed a black mole in the heart of her feet. Now, Master Liang Ge couldn't sit still. He thought for a moment, sent Sister Chun away, and called the butler Liang Qi, and said, "Go and prepare a sedan chair!"
Liang Qi was very confused when he heard this and asked, "Master, it's so late, where are the darkness going?"
Master Liang Ge smiled and said, "Go to Zhengding Prefecture Office!"
Liang Qi heard that the master was going to the prefecture office, and thought that he was not inconvenient to ask more questions, so he went to prepare a sedan chair. After a while, the sedan chair was ready, and the sedan chairmen carried Liang Ge Lao to the Zhengding Mansion.
Huaizhi, the prefect was already asleep at this time. He heard that Mr. Liang Ge was visiting late at night and was very surprised. He hurriedly put on his clothes and trotted all the way to greet him.
Master Liang Ge bowed his hands and said, "I am visiting rashly, please forgive me!" After
After the hustle and bustle, the two came to the living room. After the Liang Ge sits down, the prefect asked, "What are you going to do with me?"
Master Liang Ge bowed his hands and said, "I came to the mansion today because I am worried about something. I want to ask the magistrate to help me!" After hearing this, the prefect quickly said, "Sir, please tell me if you have any advice. Please tell me, the official will die!"
Master Liang Ge heard this, nodded and said in his heart. It turned out that Master Liang Ge wanted to marry his maid Chunjie, and wanted to ask the prefect to be a month-old man to help him.
The prefect was amused when he heard this. He thought that Master Liang came to the mansion late at night and wanted him to be a matchmaker.The prefect thought to himself: How can a grand cabinet master accept a girl's successor? Besides, although I am a local minor official, I am also a decree of the court. How can I be a noble lady who is the month-old? But he thought again: Master Liang is an important official of the dynasty. Although he has retired and returned to his hometown, most of the nobles in the court come from his subordinates. If he doesn't do this, he is afraid that in the future...
The prefect thought of this, he became wise in a hurry and said, "The official has never done anything to matchmakers. However, since it is a trust from the old senior, can I let my inner servants do it for me?"
"Okay, okay! Then there is Mrs. Luo!" Master Liang thanked the prefect and returned to the prefect. That night, he wrote a memorial in person to explain the re-stringing of his own affairs, sent someone to the capital, and requested the emperor to criticize him.
I want to ask why Liang Ge Lao Xuxian reported to Emperor Kangxi for his criticism? It turned out that he was following the lady's top dress and the third-level imperial carriage. Once Long Lively Agrees approve this matter, it means that another imperial wife of the Liang family will be born. Even if he leaves the will of heaven in the future, this young lady of the imperial decree can become the protective umbrella of the cabinet.
Emperor Kangxi read the memorial and secretly laughed: "I didn't expect that Liang Aiqing gave birth to a young man!" Then he waved his pen and approved the two to choose a date to get married. He also sent someone to send the dress of the imperial wife and a set of imperial carriage to Liang Mansion.
Let’s talk about the magistrate’s wife being ordered by Mr. Liang, and I will find Chunjie to talk to you. As the saying goes: People go to high places, water flows to low places. After hearing this, Sister Chun was naturally happy and agreed happily. Unexpectedly, the three sons of Mr. Liang did not agree with the old father's marriage, but they did not dare to stop him in person. Therefore, on the day of Mr. Liang's wedding, the three brothers all escaped.
There is a rule in Liang Mansion: the younger generation should pay their respects to the elders sooner or later. On the second day after Mr. Liang Ge got up early. After washing up, he sat at the Eight Immortals table in the back hall, while tasting tea, waiting for his three sons to come to pay their respects. But after waiting, there was no sign of the sons. Master Liang called the butler Liang Qi to show him what was going on.
Liang Qi came to the front yard and saw the three brothers sitting there sulking. Liang Qi asked them to go to the back hall to pay their respects immediately, but their brother Ren refused to go no matter what.
Liang Qi had to persuade, "The master has just finished his marriage. You sons should go to see you and must not lose the generality!"
The three brothers, after hearing Liang Qi's words, had to bite the bullet and come to the back hall and ask my father for peace, but when it was Sister Chun's turn, the three brothers could not bend their waists and legs. In terms of seniority, the three brothers should call Chunjie a mother, but in terms of age, Ge Ren is older than Chunjie. Due to the majesty of his father, the three brothers had to bend to Chunjie. He didn't even call Ju stepmother and left the back hall.
Sister Chun was neglected, so she was naturally angry. Master Liang Ge only advised him with kind words. When he taught his three sons in turn, none of them obeyed. The more Mr. Liang thought about it, the more angry he became, and he fell ill in a few days. He was already in his late years, how could he withstand the qi and illness? He returned to heaven in a few days. After the three brothers took care of the future generations of their father, they simply stopped going to the back hall. When they saw Sister Chun, they could hide.
When Liang Ge Lao was alive, he knew the coldness of the world and the thinness of human feelings. When he was alive, there were traffic in front of the mansion. Since his death, the mansion's mansion suddenly became cold. Those high-ranking officials who used to come and go to the old palace often can no longer see them.
And it is said that there is a gentry in Zhengding Prefecture City. His land is adjacent to the land of Liangge's hometown. He had long been determined to seize the land of Liangge's family, but he was afraid of the power of Liangge's elders and did not dare to take action.
When Liang Ge died, he felt that the time had come, so he spent a lot of money to buy the notice mansion, and then used the method of occupying land to occupy 100 acres of fertile land from the Liang family for his own possession.
Of course, the three brothers of the Liang family did not allow them, so they wrote a letter to the prefect of Zhengding, seeking help from the Qing dictionary. Unexpectedly, the prefect had already collected a lot of money from the gentry. Besides, the old master Liang Ge had passed away, so he had no intention of taking care of the affairs of the Liang Mansion. So, after seeing the complaint, the prefect said, "I will deal with it after I find out the matter!" In this way, he sent the three brothers of the Liang family away in a few words.
Half a month passed, but the case was no news. After more than a month, the prefect still evaded, "Don't worry, it's just waiting to be investigated!"
At this time, the butler Liang Qi saw through the inside story and called Liang's brother-in-law to face and said, "You are all elm-headed. Didn't you see that the prefect is evading you? Why do you want her again!"
Liang's brother-in-law heard this and asked, "If you don't ask for the prefect, go and ask who will you ask?"
Liang's brother-in-law heard this, and hurriedly asked, "If you don't ask for the prefect, go and ask for anyone else!" ? Who can help us win this lawsuit? "
Liang Qi said, "Of course someone can win the lawsuit for our government, it depends on whether you ask for it?"
Liang's brother Ren heard this and hurriedly said, "We must ask for it, I wonder if this person is difficult?"
"Your stepmother! Unless she comes forward, we can't win this lawsuit!" After that, he explained another reason. Liang's brother Ren listened to it and agreed to act according to the plan.
Let’s talk about stepmother Chunjie. Since Liang Ge Lao’s death, she has been sad for a long time. The three brothers of the Liang family have never been to the back house. She lives alone in the back house. In addition to occasionally going to the Big Buddha Temple to worship Buddha, she raises flowers, plants, insects and birds to spend her life.
On this day, Sister Chun was watching the flowers in the garden. The maid came to report: "Madam, the three young masters knelt outside the door to ask for a meeting!"
Sister Chun shook her sleeves and said coldly, "No!" After that, she turned around and went back to the room.
Liang Jia Ge Ren knelt until noon. Seeing this, Liang Qi knelt down and begged his wife to summon her. Only then did Sister Chun say something and ask the four of them to come into the back hall to reply. The three brothers of the Liang family entered the back hall, kowtowed in front of Sister Chun, kowtowed and said, "I am unfilial to my mother!"
Sister Chun's face sank and said, "Hmph! Should I pay my respects to me, or do I have something to ask me?"
The three brothers of the Liang family heard this and said, "This, this...and, I'm begging my mother for the occupation of our family's fields..."
Sister Chun stood up "swish" and said, "Since your father passed away, who will come to the back hall to see if I am dead or alive? Do you know how I lived? There is something wrong at home now, remember that my stepmother is here..." Sister Chun said, and couldn't help but make a sad voice.
After Liang Qiyi's consolation, Sister Chun stopped crying. She wiped her tears and said, "I already know that our land was occupied. Let's stay. Liang Qi, stay. You three brothers will go back and rest first. I have my own way!"
After the three brothers of the Liang family left, Chunjie said to Liang Qi, "Butler Liang, I don't look at monks and Buddha's faces, nor are they unworthy sons, but also the masters under the selves. I will take care of this matter. However, you have to follow my conditions!"
Liang Qi heard this and hurriedly said, "Madam, please tell me what conditions do you have!"
Chunjie said, "Although I am a humble person, I have received blessings from the grace of Master Liang. It is the lady of the imperial decree , the emperor of the dynasty! But the three of them don’t treat me as a mother, how can I manage the occupation of this land? "Sister Chun thought about this for a moment, and then said, "Let’s do this, a few days will be my birthday. On the birthday, you invite all the relatives and friends of the Liang family to celebrate the festival well."
Liang Qi said, "Madam’s birthday, this should be the case!"
Chun Jie said, "At that time, the three of them will pass under my crotch in public, kowtow three times, and call me "Mom three times!" Liang Qi hesitated for a moment when he heard this. Seeing this, Chunjie said, "Don't make things difficult for you. Let's talk to the three brothers. If you agree to this condition, everything will be easy!"
Liang Qi was helpless and consulted with the three brothers of the Liang family. Although the three brothers of the Liang family were reluctant, they had to nod and agree.
On the birthday of Chunjie, everyone who had been with Liang's house came, and the drums and music in the house were noisy.
In the hall, the three brothers of Liang family knelt down to Sister Chun. Sister Chun got up and left her seat, walked to the center of the hall, crossed her legs. The three brothers of Liang family blushed and crawled through the middle of their legs, and then each called "Mother" three times.
Chunjie sat down again and said to everyone seriously: "Although I am not the biological mother of three children, Hong Fu, who is in charge of the cabinet, is their mother in a dignified manner.Today, the reason why I let the three of them pass under my legs was not intentionally insulting them, but just to express my mother's intention to give birth to a child. Today, since they recognized me in public, their past unhappiness has been eliminated. I am the head of the Liang family, and I cannot ignore the affairs of the mansion. I want the prefect to handle the case impartially! "After saying that, she attached something to the butler Liang Qi in this way.
The next morning, everything was arranged. Sister Chun heard a message and asked her subordinates to carry the imperial carriage out. She was going to go to Beijing to inform the magistrate. It was time to set off. Sister Chun sat on the imperial carriage and fired 9 salutes in succession. Liang Qi shouted loudly: "Come on the carriage! "A man came out of Liang Mansion.
Who knew that the 9 cannons of Liang Mansion were amazing, which alarmed Zhengding Prefecture and the county yamen. In the past, Liang Ge Lao only fired three cannons when he came to Beijing. Why did he fire 9 today? Zhengding Prefecture was confused and hurriedly sent the yamen runners to inquire about the news. After a while, the yamen runners came to report: "Return to the magistrate, the wife of the yamen runners are going to enter the capital! "
" Ah! "The prefect was shocked when he heard this and asked, "Is it a car or a sedan chair!" "
" is not a car, nor is it a sedan chair. The imperial lady was riding on the imperial carriage. "
The magistrate was so scared that he was out of his mind when he heard this, he thought to himself: The wife of the imperial decree must have entered the capital for the occupation of her land. If I knew about this, I would not have my life! Thinking of this, I hurriedly said, "Hurry, call two yamen runners and follow me to stop it! "He asked the magistrate to know and asked the magistrate to take people to go together.
At this time, Chunjie's imperial carriage had reached the intersection, and there were crowds of people on both sides of the street. While the magistrate was walking, the magistrate and the magistrate ran to the imperial carriage with great strides, knelt on both knees, and said in unison: "Please stay with the wife of the imperial carriage! "
Liang Qi saw that it was the prefect who stopped him, and hurriedly shouted loudly: "Someone stopped him! "
" falls into the sedan chair! "When Sister Chun heard the sound, she knew it was a snob official blocking the road. She sat in the sedan chair and shouted, "Who is bold? How dare you stop my wife from being the decree! "
The prefect and the magistrate hurriedly kowtowed and reported, "The magistrate and the magistrate bowed to the wife, and the magistrate came late to welcome him and sued him for his crime! Accused of crime! "
Chunjie said in a pretentious manner: "When a civilian woman goes out, how can she alarm the two adults! "
" Don't dare, don't dare! The lower-ranking official does not know what the wife is important, and the lower-ranking official is willing to work hard for everyone! "
" The private woman wants to come to Beijing to meet you! "
The prefect and the magistrate seemed to be blown away when they heard this, and hurriedly said, "I wonder what Madam has to do with you? "
When Chunjie heard this, she raised the curtain and stumbled at the prefect. She said, "What are you asking about? You know if I don’t say it, the old man’s body is not cold, and my three unfilial sons have consumed all the 100 acres of fertile land! What a great reputation was that Mr. Liang had as an official in his lifetime. I don't want to be corrupted in the hands of these bastards. How will I live in the future? Long live my meeting with you, and ask the court to follow the Qing Dynasty's rules to cure their crimes of unfilial piety and to give them the injustice of Xueliang Mansion! "After saying that, he pulled down the curtain and said, "Liang Qi, hurry up and enter Beijing! "
The magistrate kowtowed to the imperial carriage repeatedly: "The lower officials are aware of the crime! Please be kind to my wife! "
Seeing that the temperature was almost done, Chunjie opened the curtain and asked the magistrate: "You magistrate has always been an honest official and never corrupt and abuse the law. What crime is there? "
The prefect heard this and hurriedly said, "Madam, please calm down and report to you. You said that Brother Liang is unfaithful and unfilial, and it is difficult to get rid of the subordinates. In the future, we will definitely promote the virtues of filial piety and thank our parents all over the world. As for the case of land and land in the palace, the lower officials returned to the yamen and dealt with it. They would punish the gentry for taking advantage of the situation and ask the wife to return to the palace to wait! "After saying that, he insisted on kneeling down and couldn't get up.
Sister Chun saw that the temperature was already in sight, so she went with the flow and said, "Since that's the case, then please give me more attention to the prefect! "Then ordered Liang Qi to revive the car house.
The next day, Chun Jie was sitting in the back hall, and the housekeeper Liang Qi came to report that the magistrate was asking for a meeting outside the door. Chun Jie asked him to go into the inner hall to reply. After the magistrate came to the back hall to pay a visit, he submitted the document, saying that the field case had been settled, and the property was returned to the original owner, and the gentry was fined a large sum of money to show punishment.
At this time, the three Liang brothers came back to the revival of their father. From then on, the three Liang brothers would come to the inner hall to greet the stepmother Chun Jie, and they were extremely filial and regarded as their biological mother.
