Huai'an There is a scholar named Chen Huai who was born in a big salt merchant's house. His father was a fickle radish. Not only did he marry a wife and five concubines, he often looked for a friend outside, but he was just a shameless lustful person.
Chen Huai is completely different from his father. He has been an upright gentleman since he was a child. He scoffed at his father's virtues and said that he would never marry a concubine in the future. He would only love one person in this life, marry one person, and would not do anything randomly.
His father was furious after hearing this, and was so angry that he wanted to use a stick to try to beat him. The mother came out to persuade him, "Son, how could you say that to your father? If your father hadn't married me as a five-bed concubine, how could you have?"
It turned out that Chen's father traveled around the world in his early years and had been doing business abroad, making a fortune in his great business. Later, I returned to my hometown to enjoy my life and planned to have more sons to Guangda's family, but I found that I had married a lot of wives and concubines, but I couldn't give birth to children.
Fortunately, in the end, I prayed to God and worshipped Buddha. My fifth concubine became pregnant and gave birth to an only son, Chen Huai. He was so happy that his father Chen was spoiled by his son as a treasure.
Chen Huai was very young, so his father hired a famous teacher to teach him how to read. In his opinion, no matter how rich a businessman is, he is inferior to others. Any scholar must be superior to him and can look down on him. The money you earned is enough to make the Chen family rich for several generations. If his son can get a fame and fortune in the exam, then he will truly revitalize the family.
Chen Huai was extremely smart since childhood and could recite , the Four Books and Five Classics at a age. Mr. also liked it very much.
As he grew up day by day, Chen Huai and his father were not the same type of people at all. Originally, Chen's father could not have any more children, so he naturally hoped that his son would marry more wives and concubines and have more children in the future, so that he would also flourish the Chen family. But Chen Huai often contradicted him for this matter, making him so angry that he smoked his head, but even such a son could not be beaten!
Chen Huai went to the provincial capital to take the rural exam at the age of 20, but he won the eighth place in the province after a try.
The good news came, and the whole family was extremely surprised. Chen Huai passed the imperial examination and then became a young master. In terms of status, he was even higher than his salt merchant father. Chen's father always advised his son to marry more wives and concubines, but now he dared not persuade him. He just asked him to choose a good woman and get married as soon as possible.
Chen Huai still refused, saying that fate cannot be forced, and he wants to have a free love relationship. In the future, he will naturally pursue it. He currently focuses on his studies and will talk about his marriage after he has passed the Jinshi exam.
After the New Year, there will be a test in the capital soon, and Chen Huai rode a good horse alone on the road.
Originally, his father arranged for him a book boy and two servants, but he didn't bring any of them and insisted on walking alone. The last time I went to the province to take the provincial examination, there were a few people around him, which made him so uncomfortable.
Of course, you must bring more money. Chen's father gave his son 200 taels of silver to try his best to choose the food and drink. He doesn't have to worry about not having enough money, and he must ensure health and safety.
Just like that, Chen Huai rode his horse on the road with his family. From Huai'an to the capital, there are nearly two thousand miles of official roads. If the horse walks at dawn and stays overnight, it will be enough for more than twenty days.
is quite time now, and the exam will take another month and a half. When Chen Huai was walking on the road, he saw the picturesque scenery in early spring, and sometimes he stayed to play, so he rushed the road without any haste.
This day, when he arrived in Texas, he saw many peach blossoms blooming, so he got off the official road and walked along a stream with petals to enter the mountains to play. When I found it was getting late, I lost my way.
Chen Huai drove his horse around and finally entered a deserted village at the foot of the mountain. There was a rather spacious courtyard at the entrance of the village, and a big flag with the words "inn" floating.
Chen Huai was delighted. He didn't expect that there was an inn and a place to live here, which was much better than sleeping in the wilderness! He quickly rode over. As soon as I arrived outside the inn, a beautiful woman in red dress warmly greeted her.
The woman held the horse and asked Chen Huai to take her luggage into the house for a while. She led the horse to the back shed, fed some grass, and then hurried back to the house.The lobby of
Inn is quite spacious, with four or five square tables in it, and the decorated doors and windows are also very old. Follow the wooden stairs, there is a row of houses, with about seven or eight rooms in it.
But the entire inn was empty, except for that woman, there was not even a waiter.
The woman returned to the stage and said with a smirk, "Young master saw that she was rich. There were no customers today, and the rooms above were empty. How about a room with the largest and best? It only costs one tael of silver a night!"
is not expensive. Chen Huai paid the money to let the woman lead the way and went to the attic to enter the innermost room. The room is well decorated, with a large bed, the bedding is clean and soft, and there are tables and stools in the room.
After the woman placed Chen Huai, she stared at him with a pair of peach blossom eyes, her beautiful eyes were radiant and charming. Chen Huai didn't understand this and said to the woman, "Please help me get some food. I'll go to bed early after eating, so it's easy to get on the road tomorrow!"
The beautiful woman showed surprise and smiled and said, "Young master, there are still good wine and good dishes in the shop, how can I eat it casually? The night is long, if the young master is worried about spending more money, I will get some wine and food, please help me!"
Chen Huai hurriedly declined, saying that it was not a matter of money, but just eat something to fill in your stomach and make it easy to go to bed early. The woman agreed and said that she would go to get some food now and it would be fine soon.
After most of the hour, the woman brought in five or six dishes in a row using a large tray. There are braised Dongpo pork, steamed fish in sour soup, stir-fried spicy chicken , etc., and the fragrance fills the entire room.
Chen Huai originally wanted to eat something casually, but the boss's wife made such a big move. At this time, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva while smelling the fragrance. After serving the dishes, the woman brought a jar of Huadiao Laojiu and opened it and poured two full bowls. At this point, Chen Huai was not easy to refuse, so he started chatting with the woman.
The woman said that her surname was Hu. Because this inn is relatively remote, it was run by the couple. He also said that her husband treats her badly and often beats and scolds her, which makes her look very pitiful. Fortunately, she went out the house these two days.
Chen Huai was very angry when he heard this. He looked down on those men who beat their wives the most! But he could not interfere too much in other people's family affairs, and could only comfort Mrs. Hu.
The two of them drank a lot of alcohol and were a little drunk. The Hu lady threw her eyes around and approached Chen Huai, and said softly, "I was so happy to drink with the young master tonight. Now I'm a little dizzy. Please help me to bed!"
Chen Huai was shocked and said, "What are you doing when you go to bed?"
Hu lady kissed his face and giggled and said, "Tonight, we are the only one widows in this inn. You can do whatever you want!" Chen Huai quickly shook his head and said, "You can't do it randomly. This matter is injustice, and he is still a boy, and he will not do that after getting married.
After hearing this, Madam Hu's eyes flashed. Is there such a man? Not at all moved by myself?
So, the beautiful woman kept persuading each other, but Chen Huai refused. He was like a monk Tang Monk who was captured into the cave by scorpion spirit . The woman used such a way, but Chen Huai refused to be with her. Finally, the woman became angry and threatened, "You must follow tonight, and you must follow if you don't follow! If you don't like me, you will have to die!"
Chen Huai cursed angrily, "You are so unreasonable, you are not a good woman, so you have no shame!" Then he brought out the great principles in the book, which made the woman refute speechlessly.
Finally, Madam Hu was so sad that she burst into tears and said, "Young Master, I have a hidden secret. Today I met you. Because the situation is urgent, this is why. I also hope that you can give up the body of a boy and save me from the sea of suffering!"
Chen Huai said, "What is it? If you tell me the truth, I will help you if I can!"
Madam Hu looked around, closed the window, and looked at Chen Huai seriously and said, "To be honest, I am not a human, but a fox fairy. My husband is an evil ghost. A few years ago, when I was seriously injured when I was over the tribulation, I was plotted by the evil ghost and was completely sealed."
" This evil ghost forced me to be a couple with him. Open an inn in this deserted village. The customers who stayed in this store will eventually be devoured by the evil ghost and die! Although I didn’t directly harm others, I had no choice but to be an accomplice. This is not my original intention! But I can't bear to act like this, and I just regret that I have no magic power and cannot get rid of the evil ghosts. When it comes to midnight tonight, the evil ghost will definitely die when it comes! "
Chen Huai trembled all over after hearing what Madam Hu said. He hurriedly asked how to deal with the evil ghosts?
Miss Hu couldn't help but smile and said, "So the young master is so timid, it's easy to deal with. I'll tell the truth earlier. To deal with evil ghosts, as long as the slave restores a little magic power, it is not a problem at all! The only way to help me restore my magic power is to break your boy's body and suck some of your innate Yuanyang energy in order to unlock the secret technique of ghosts and deal with evil ghosts. Therefore, saving you is also saving me! "
Chen Huai suddenly realized after hearing this. He originally attached great importance to his boy body and refused, but at this time, it was important to save his life first when it was a big matter that was important.
Seeing that it was getting late, he quickly took the initiative to pick up Mrs. Hu and went to the bed to do the husband and wife affairs.
Afterwards, Chen Huai was very surprised and said, "Aren't you marrying an evil ghost for your wife? Why is he still a virgin? "
Madam Hu said shyly: "That ghost is a castrator and it will not happen at all. If the husband doesn't dislike it, after getting rid of the evil ghosts, I will go with you and be your wife in the future! "
Chen Huai was overjoyed. Of course this is a good thing, and it will not go against his original intention of marrying someone and loving his whole life!
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew outside the window. An evil ghost with a green face and fangs and a height of more than meter broke into the window. Looking at Chen Huai on the bed, he spit out a half-foot long tongue, and walked forward with a strange smile.
Madam Hu suddenly turned over and blocked in front of the bed, looking at the evil ghost with cold eyes. The evil ghost was stunned and cursed: "Bitch, don't let go, you won't fall in love with this little white face, right! "
Miss Hu didn't say anything, but took a step forward gently, and instantly arrived in front of the evil ghost. She stretched out her white right hand, turned into a sharp fox claw, and inserted it into the evil ghost's chest, and grabbed a black round bead.
The evil ghost screamed, revealing a terrified look and said, "When have you recovered your magic power? "
Madam Hu pinched hard, and the black bead burst, and the evil ghost also turned into a pool of black water in screams, completely killed. Madam Hu murmured: "A person has a heart, and a ghost has a core, and if it is destroyed, it will die! "
The evil ghost has been eliminated, Chen Huai and Hu Niangzi both felt relieved, and the two of them have a warm heart.
The next day, Hu Niangzi followed Chen Huai to Beijing to accompany him to take the exam. Chen Huai successfully passed the Jinshi exam this time. After taking Hu Niangzi back to his hometown and got married, he bid farewell to his parents and took his wife to another place to be an official.
The couple has always been loving and dependent on each other, and Chen Huai has never taken a concubine. Thirty years after being an official, his parents have long passed away. He followed his wife into the mountains to practice and never returned to his hometown again.
Jingyuezhai's message:
There was an expert who once said that monogamous is inhumane and really doesn't understand the purpose of these people? Emotion is a sacred thing, and human emotions should be more detached from ordinary animals. Moreover, there are many animals in the world who are monogamous!
like three wives and four concubines, all feudal dregs, and they must be recognized and resisted. True love must be transcended from low-level desires at the physical level. In this way, a beautiful soul can be sublimated.
(author of this article: A Fei)
