In ancient times, there was a Zhang Mansion in Xihe Village, Chang'an County, Xi'an Prefecture. The owner's family has thousands of acres of fertile land, many wives and concubines, hundreds of servants, countless cattle and horses, and is a wealthy family.
However, the Zhang family is thin, and they are single-handed for three generations, and they all have children in old age. When it was passed down to Zhang Qiming's generation, he saved the life of the county magistrate due to accidental incidents, and the two became brothers of different surnames, and the Zhang family became more powerful in the local area.
His mother Liu family was born into a poor family. She was originally a concubine. She gave birth to a son Zhang Qiming, so her mother became the wife of the main wife based on her son.
The Liu family is poor and has never eaten enough since childhood, so they suffer all the pity. At the age of twelve, he was sold to the Zhang family as a maid and was bullied because he was too young.
When she was eighteen years old, she was taken as a concubine by Mr. Zhang. Because of her humble status, she was looked down upon by other wives and concubines. She was excluded for a long time, and Mr. Zhang didn't care about it.
When Liu was twenty-two years old, she suddenly became pregnant with Liujia. Old Master Zhang was very happy and looked at her differently from then on, but before she was happy, another controversial thing happened.
The Zhang family hoped that Liu would have a son and continue the incense for the Zhang family. However, they found several doctors to take the pulse, all of which said they were daughters.
Old Master Zhang didn't believe it, so he found several experienced to check it out, and also said that Liu was pregnant with a daughter in his belly.
When the old man saw that others said this, his only hope was extinguished, and he ignored Liu's love, and he didn't even have a maid to serve. Some of his servants dared to humiliate her.
Poor Liu's wife is pregnant and has suffered all the humiliation. She was misunderstood by her husband and had trouble telling her, so she could only live a life of swallowing her anger.
When one person is extremely desperate and the other person gives help, it does not bring hope. Even if it only gives a glimmer of hope, it fails to succeed, causing it to fall to the trough. The contrast brought about by this is often unacceptable.
If this person is more extreme, it may be blamed on the person who helped him.
Zhang Lao Man Wai is like this. Liu's pregnancy brought him the hope of having a son. The married doctor and Wen Po confirmed that he was a girl one after another. He was disappointed and extremely disappointed with Liu.
This is the truth that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment!
Until six months later, Liu gave birth to a son Zhang Qiming in the room alone. She found that she was a son and did not dare to speak out, worried that other wives and concubines would be detrimental to the children.
After I finished packing everything, wrapped my child in worn-out clothes, I went directly outside the room of Mr. Zhang (husband), and shouted with all my strength, "My servant gave birth to a son..."
This is the first half of Liu's life. It is miserable and sad, with a tragic fate, which is heartbreaking!
From that moment on, Liu relied on his son to change his destiny and lived a life of superiority in the Zhang family.
After Liu turned around gorgeously, she slowly started her journey of revenge, using various opportunities and means to retaliate against all those who had bullied her.
In fact, some things cannot be blamed on her. For example, during her pregnancy, the doctors and women who came to see each other were bought by the eldest wife, so they were unified.
Seeing that he was out of favor, everyone took advantage of the situation, including the butler and maid, all looked down on her and bullied her.
There are hundreds of people in the entire Zhang family. During the six months since she was pregnant and gave birth, no one took care of her or cared about her, even if she was a pity for her.
Zhang Qiming, under the influence of his mother's revenge mentality and the pampering of the Zhang family, became a scheming and slutty young man.
He either walks birds or fights crickets all day long, or spends time on the gossip and does irrelevant things.
Zhang Qiming married at the age of fourteen, took a concubine at the age of sixteen, and had one wife and three concubines at the age of twenty. It is not considered a woman who was divorced or sold in the middle of the journey. At the age of forty-six, she had more than ten wives and concubines at the family.
However, no woman gave birth to a son and half of her daughter for him, which made her mother Liu very anxious.
On this day, Niu Er, the butler of Zhang’s family, came to find Li Sanlang, who sold tofu in Donghe Village.
Li Sanlang saw Niu Er and others from afar and walked towards him with great momentum. He suddenly felt bad in his heart and quickly let his young and beautiful wife Xiuyun hide in the back room.
Niu Er stepped into the door and threw twenty taels of silver on the table and said, "Sanlang, you are blessed. My master is willing to pay twenty taels of silver to buy something you!"
Sanlang said tremblingly: "Buyer Niu, are you mistaken? Look at me, a poor family, there is no valuable thing, let alone twenty taels of silver, I can't take out the property of two taels of silver!"
"You really have it at home! Our boss has a crush on your wife and is willing to pay twenty taels to buy her back. I hope you can cooperate." Niu Er said happily.
"This is unstoppable! Mr. Niu, I beg you to be proud and let us have a way out!" Sanlang begged bitterly.
"A thing that is ungrateful! What kind of thing do you want to marry for these twenty taels of silver? Why do you have to guard Xiuyun and go against us?" Niu Er was very angry and waved his hand to signal the few people to go into the house to search.
Sanlang immediately became anxious and tried his best to stop the person coming into the room.
However, he, an ordinary citizen, how could he resist the guards of four or five Zhang's houses.
was pulling, Sanlang accidentally stepped on Niu Er's foot. At Niu Er's order, everyone immediately punched and kicked him, but he was knocked to the ground and didn't let him go.
At this time, a woman's voice sounded, "In broad daylight, aren't you afraid of the king's law when you enter the house and beat people?" Xiuyun walked out of the back room.
Niu Er snorted coldly, "Wang Fa? Our master is the king Fa! You have to follow it today, and you have to follow it if you don't follow it." At the same time, someone went to catch Xiuyun.
Xiuyun cried and said, "I will never follow you even if I die, unless I take my body away." Xiuyun took out her scissors and pointed it at her.
"My wife, don't want it, what should I do if you die?" Saburo, who was beaten to the point of bruising and swollen, said with his head raised.
"Do you just bear with it, I was insulted by that old man?" Xiuyun was already crying.
Sanlang held Xiuyun and said, "It's all useless. I can't protect my wife. Well, today I will die with my wife. When I become stronger in the next life, we will be husband and wife."
Sanlang took over the scissors from Xiuyun's hand and stabbed him in the chest.
"Stop it quickly!" A middle-aged man in wealthy clothes came in from outside the door and shouted loudly.
This person is Zhang Qiming, the man from Xihe Village. It was him who fell in love with Sanlang’s wife Xiuyun, but he did not want to harm human life.
Although Zhang Yuanwai is a bad person, he is not unforgivable. He bought someone else's wife just to have a child, so he tried his best to deal with the matter of buying a wife.
Xiuyun is so beautiful that itchy, which makes Zhang Yuanwai unbearable. In addition, Niu Er bewitched, and he was confused for a moment and became a wife robber.
It turns out that Xihe Village and Donghe Village are only separated by a river. A few days ago, there was a gathering in Donghe Village. Mr. Zhang did nothing at home, so he brought his followers to visit the restaurant.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and saw a young and beautiful woman, Xiuyun, who helped Saburo sell tofu.
Zhang Yuanwai was deeply attracted by Xiuyun's jade appearance. After returning home, he was reluctant to eat and miss Xiuyun.
He wanted to come to Sanlang to buy his wife. When the housekeeper Niu Er found out, he said, "Where can the boss do this? What's the use of us servants?"
Niu Er volunteered to come here to ask for people. Mr. Zhang was anxious at home, but was afraid that they would be unfavorable to do things, so he rushed over, so the scene just happened.
Hearing Zhang Yuanwai's scolding, the person in the room immediately took off the scissors from Sanlang's hand and pressed it to the ground and couldn't move.
Zhang Yuanwai looked at Xiuyun and smiled sinisterly, "I can't even love my wife, how can I bear to hurt you? Of course, I can't force that kind of thing, you must be willing!"
turned around and said to Niu Er, "Taking Li Sanlang to the county jail, and he said that he attacked me in public and was stopped by you, and seeing that I won't let him shed his skin." Then he turned around and left.
After Niu Er got the order, everyone tied Sanlang and took him to the direction of the county government. After actually walking away, they tied the person to the Zhang Mansion, leaving Xiuyun alone crying alone.
At this time, Niu Er, who had already walked out, returned to the house and said to Xiuyun, "Do you want to save your husband?"
"I want! Of course I want! Please, Butler Niu let my husband go, I am willing to be a cow and be a horse to repay your kindness!" Xiuyun said excitedly.
"Actually, this matter is very simple. As long as you go to Zhang's mansion and serve the master, you can immediately let Sanlang come out, and maybe you can reward him with a lot of money." Niu Er said in a lewd way and left.
Xiuyun is dumbfounded, I don’t know what to do! Originally, she was determined to seek death, but now that Sanlang is being arrested, she cannot ignore it.
On the second day, Xiuyun left the house early in the morning and came directly to Zhang's mansion in Hexi Village, plucking up the courage to let the servants report.
Zhang Yuanwai saw Xiuyun’s eyes shining and finally got the beauty he was thinking about. He had infinite imagination in his heart.
Xiuyun smiled and said with a smile, "I have come, I beg you to let Saburo go." She thought that if the other party lets her husband go, if she wants to be careless again, she will prove her innocence by death.
Seeing that the beauty had arrived, Zhang Yuanwai ordered Niu Er to go to the county government to release the people, and then asked Xiuyun to enter the wing room to rest and stay until the evening to spend a good night together.
The picture turned, and Sanlang was beaten to pieces in Zhang's house and was already dying. Niu Ertong's servant dragged him far away and threw him on the ground.
He pretended to be kind, "Sanlang, Sanlang, if you listen to me and agree to this matter early, how could you suffer so much flesh and blood? Xiuyun hadn't volunteered to arrive at the Zhang Mansion, why bother?"
After hearing Niu Er's words, Sanlang was very painful. He knew that Xiuyun would definitely find a short-term view in order to save him.
He could not let his wife suffer such insults, and had to save Xiuyun, so he got up with difficulty and rushed to Zhang's mansion.
Sanlang's eyes were red and his will was firm. When he walked to the river bridge, he was suddenly sucked into the river by a force...
At night, Zhang Yuanwai entered the wing room and was about to force Xiuyun to commit it. Niu Er broke in panting, "Old... Master! There are... two things to report, one... good things, and the other... bad things!"
"What are you talking about! Tell me quickly if you have something to do, and let go of my farts, don't disturb me Yaxing." Zhang Qiming's eyes were spitting fire. If his eyes could kill people, I wonder how many times Niu Er would have been hanging.
"Old... Master! The bad thing is that you may not be able tonight... The good thing is that the Eighteenth concubine is happy!"
"What? Say it again!" Zhang Qiming was very excited and kept shaking Niu Er's shoulders.
Niu Er was shaken so hard that his bones were almost disbanded. "Master! The Eighteenth Aunt is happy!"
Zhang Qiming did not hesitate at all, and quickly ran to the Eighteenth Aunt's room.
Niu Er said angrily, "You are very lucky to go home and reunite with your husband." Xiuyun was ready to commit suicide. He was confused when he heard the conversation between the two and the reactions he made.
The room of the Eighteenth concubine, Zhang Qiming anxiously asked the Taoist priest, is it true? Is my woman happy?
"Congratulations to Mr. Zhang, congratulations to Mr. Zhang, the lady is indeed happy, but the fetus is stable and seems to have a fetal aura. You can ask the doctor to come over and take a look!" The Taoist priest stroked his beard.
"Hurry! Please ask the doctor!" Zhang Qiming sat beside the bed, holding Aunt Shiba gently, "Don't be sad, I will only treat you better in the future."
After the doctor confirmed, it was confirmed that the Taoist priest said nothing, it was indeed a happy pulse, and it had a fetal aura.
Zhang Qiming was shocked, "Wuzhen Taoist! What should I do? You must help me save this child, he is the only hope of our Zhang family." Taoist priest stroked his beard and said, "Master Zhang, let's talk."
The two came to the side and heard the Taoist whisper in his ear, "There are two things to do at present. First, let the doctor give his wife a few pairs of baby. Second, hurry up and put the lady in the wing room." After hearing this, Zhang Yuanwai did not hesitate and immediately ordered the housekeeper to do whatever he wanted and reward the Taoist with a large amount of money.
Niu Er came to Xiuyun's room, opened the door and made a "please!" action, indicating that she could leave.
Xiuyun couldn't believe it. She hid in the house and didn't dare to go out, afraid that the other party would have any conspiracy.
Niu Er came to Xiuyun, pulled her up, and pushed her out the door. "What? In less than a day, I fell in love with the days where I don't have to worry about food and clothing?"
"What are you going to do? Where are you going?" She didn't understand what happened, so how could Zhang Qiming let herself go easily. Looking around, I found no abnormalities, so I had to walk out cautiously.
"Hey! What a pity! If the master hadn't believed, even if she didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't have let her go." Niu Er shook his head and sighed.
Zhang Yuanwai is a believer. Two years ago, he went up the mountain to incense and pray for his children. He met a Taoist traveling around on the road, which is the Taoist Wuzhen mentioned above. He told Zhang Yuanwai that he could only find a married woman.
Taoist said that he would ensure that Zhang Yuanwai had a son within three years according to his method. In order to confirm his idea, he was willing to leave his life to guarantee .
Taoist finally added, "A woman stays after she gets pregnant within three months. If she is tired of getting pregnant, she will sell it to brothels in other places, and she will not suffer any losses."
Zhang Yuanwai believes in this and has been buying young women in the past two years, hoping to get a child as soon as possible.
Before catching Xiuyun, he had bought four wives, three of whom had sold them to other places. Apart from his wives and concubines, only one of them was left in the family, which was the pregnant Eighteenth Aunt.
Xiuyun left Zhang's mansion in fear, and his spirits were tense all the way. After returning home, she found no trace of her husband in the past. She was very worried and thought about many possibilities.
She was worried that this was the Zhang family's conspiracy. She wanted to see her husband, but she was afraid that Niu Er would tell Saburo that she was misunderstood by her husband when she voluntarily went to the Zhang family.
She couldn't find Saburo when she went home, and she had another kind of worry, worried that the Zhang family would not let Saburo go, and she was worried that she would let her go. If you don’t let go, it means that your husband is still in danger. If you let him go, you may have committed suicide.
Finally suffered until dawn, she went to Zhang Mansion to find Niu Er. When she learned that Saburo had been released, Xiuyun was frightened. Her worries were not unreasonable.
At noon, a person from the county government arrived at Zhang's mansion and arrested Wuzhen Taoist. The reason is that the case of his frauds being solved in the past few years.
He is not a practitioner of Taoism, his real identity is a doctor, named Li Huang. Because he practiced medical treatment and made money slowly, he colluded with accomplices and poisoned the river where the people drank water, and then sold medicine as a doctor to treat it.
Later, the incident happened and his accomplice was arrested. Li Huang learned the news in advance and fled. The government kept arresting him. Unexpectedly, he changed his identity and became a Taoist priest and came to the neighboring county.
After interrogation, it was found that Li Huang fled to Chang'an County and could not survive, so he could only hide in the Taoist temple and secretly eat tribute.
By chance, Li Huang learned that Zhang Qiming had many wives and concubines at home, and had no children in his 50s. Based on his experience in practicing medicine, he speculated that the other party might suffer from infertility .
So, he deliberately met Zhang Qiming on the mountain. He thought that the married lady might be pregnant without knowing it, so he came up with this bad idea and cheated on eating and drinking at the Zhang family.
If things are done, Zhang Yuanwai will definitely reward him with a lot of money. This plan really worked. Aunt No. 18 was pregnant, and Zhang Yuanwai was overjoyed and rewarded him with a lot of money.
However, human calculations are not as good as God's calculations. Li Huang got the money and was discovered by the government before he had time to escape. During the trial of the case, Li Sanlang also returned home safely. He was not sucked under the bridge that day, but fell into the water due to exhaustion. Fortunately, a passerby rescued him. Because he was unconscious, the other party did not know his home and could only wait.
case trial results, Li Huang was sentenced to multiple crimes and was sentenced to death after autumn.
Zhang Qiming believed in slander, acted in a confused manner, and forced his wife to take thirty strokes, and fined Li Sanlang and Xiuyun Baiyin as compensation.
Niu Ergou relied on his power to induce and instigate his master to break the law and exercise his power indiscriminately. He was sentenced to thirty years of imprisonment and detained for one year.
After the truth was revealed, Mr. Zhang regretted it. It was obvious that several doctors had told him that he might have infertility, but he didn't believe it.
result was used by people with hearts, which not only ruined other people's happiness, but also ruined one's reputation!
Since then, he has truly regretted it and asked his wives and concubines one by one. If anyone is willing to leave him, each person will receive 100 taels of silver, without any threshold.
To show sincerity, Zhang Yuanwai voluntarily adopted children under the age of ten in Xihe Village and Donghe Village to support them to study until they become adults, and he also regularly gave porridge to help the poor.
Zhang Yuanwai lived to his 80s and died without illness. Although he had no children at the age of a hundred years, there were many villagers in the two villages who received his favor. Everyone spontaneously gathered to send him off for the last journey.
Some people say that Zhang Yuanwai has no offspring, and he blamed him for drinking too much wine when he was young, which hurt his body.
Some people also say that it may be his family disease, otherwise how could he have been single-handed for three generations? They are all born in old age.
Some people also say that Mr. Zhang has many descendants, and the younger generations who sent him for the last journey are all his descendants.
Xiaoshou felt that what the last person said made sense. Three things a person does well in this life is a successful life. I am happy when I am alive, and someone is taken care of in my later years and someone is buried a hundred years later.
