This story is adapted from " Warning Words ", and its original name is "Fan Loach's Reunion with Two Mirrors". Please know!
It is said that in the fourth year of Jianyan of the Southern Song Dynasty , there was an official in Guanxi (today's Shaanxi area). His surname was Lu and his name was Zhongyi. He was appointed tax supervisor in Fuzhou. Fuzhou is located in central Fujian , surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is very prosperous, but the road is far away. Zhongxu took his family to take up his post. He set off this year and did not pass through Jianzhou until the following spring. Jianzhou's green mountains and clear waters were originally a scenic spot in eastern Fujian. Although there was no war, there was a famine. The price of rice skyrocketed, and the people were in dire straits.
At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty was in the midst of its military campaign. The government pressed for food and wages all day long, regardless of whether the people could afford it. As the saying goes, "It's hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice." The people neither had money or food to pay, nor could they bear the whippings of the officials. They fled into the mountains in twos and threes, falling into the grass and becoming bandits. One of them, named Fan and Ruwei, was the most daring to speak up and save the people from fire and water. The surrounding bandits admired his reputation and came to seek refuge one after another, and gradually more than 100,000 people gathered. What they do is nothing more than: setting fires when the wind is high, killing people when the moon is dark, making a living by eating meat and sharing hardships. The government sent troops to encircle and suppress them, and they were defeated one after another. Fan Ru simply occupied Jianzhou City for and called himself marshal. All members of the Fan family must join his subordinates, and those who do not obey will be beheaded. There is a young man in the tribe named Fan Xizhou, who is twenty-three years old. He is familiar with water properties and can lurk under the water for three or four days and nights. He is nicknamed Fan Loach. Originally a gentleman who read books from sages, he was forced into the gang by Fan Ruwei. Although Fan Loo'er is in a den of thieves, he is always accessible to others. The thieves saw that he was cautious and timid in doing things, so they changed his nickname from "Fan Loach" to "Fan Blind Loach" to laugh at his uselessness.
Besides, Lu Zhongyi had a daughter named Shun Ge. She was sixteen years old. She was beautiful and gentle. She followed her parents to Fuzhou. When he was approaching Jianzhou, he encountered Fan Ru, who was blocking the road for his soldiers and robbing them. The pedestrians were driven away by them and scattered. Lu Zhongyi lost his daughter in the blink of an eye and didn't know where to look. After sighing, he took office.
It turns out that Brother Na Shun was driven away by the soldiers. Because he couldn't walk fast with his little feet, he was kidnapped into Jianzhou City. Brother Shun was crying all the way, and was seen by Fan Loo'er. He felt pity for her. After asking the girl that she was an official, he ordered the soldiers to retreat and rescued her back home. While comforting her with kind words, he poured out his heart to the girl: "I am not a rebel at all. I am just being raped by my clan members." Forced, I can't help but follow. When the court recruits me in the future, I will still be a good citizen. If the young lady does not dislike it, it will be my best fortune to marry me." Brother Shun was unwilling at first, but he fell into the den of thieves. After careful consideration, he had no choice but to agree. After Fan Ru'er reported the matter to Fan Ru, he used a treasured mirror handed down from his ancestors as a betrothal gift to marry Brother Shun. The treasure mirror is composed of two mirrors. It can be divided and combined. The two characters "Yuanyang" are cast inside, which is called "Yuanyang Treasure Mirror". On the wedding day, the Fan family came to celebrate and the two became husband and wife. Since then, the husband and wife have been harmonious and respected each other as guests.
Since ancient times, "the earthen jar cannot be broken without leaving the well". What Fan Ruwei did was a heinous crime and had already brought disaster to the clan. But with the new emperor on the throne, everything is in ruins, powerless, and unjust. Fortunately, people supported the Song Dynasty, and generals such as Zhang Jun, Yue Fei, Zhang Jun, Zhang Rong, Wu Jie, Wu Lin defended their homes and the country, and defeated the Jin soldiers many times, thus stabilizing the country. Later, Gaozong made Lin'an his capital. In the early winter of Shaoxing, he sent the famous general Han Shizhong to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Fan Ruwei. Fan Ruwei was no match for Marshal Han, so he could only cling to the city gate and survive.
Marshal Han and Lu Zhongyi had a good relationship in Beijing in the old days. They knew that he worked as a tax supervisor in Fuzhou and must be familiar with the customs of Fujian. So he was transferred to the army as the capital to assist in the siege. During this period, Fan Ruwei tried to escape several times, but was killed by the army. For a time, everyone in Jianzhou City was in danger, crying day and night.
Brother Shun saw that the situation was critical and said to her husband: "I heard that 'a loyal minister will not serve two masters, and a loyal daughter will not marry two husbands'. Now the army is besieging the city with overwhelming force. Sooner or later the city will be breached, and my husband, as a relative, will not be spared. I cannot bear to see my husband killed, so I would rather die before him." After saying this, he pulled out the sword on the bedside and was about to commit suicide.The panicked Fan Loo'er hugged him, took off the sword, and comforted his wife, saying: "I am trapped in a den of thieves. It was not my intention. Now I can't prove my innocence. All my jade and stone are destroyed. I can only resign myself to fate. You are the daughter of a noble family and were kidnapped. What does it have to do with you? Marshal Han and his subordinates are all from the north like you. The words are the same. Maybe they are thinking of fellow countrymen, or they meet acquaintances and want to report back. Your Majesty, wouldn't it be better for the family to be reunited? Human life is the most important thing, so why should I seek death in vain?" Brother Shun replied, "If I can survive, I will never marry again. If I am captured by a soldier, I will rather die by the sword. Don't lose your integrity." Loach sighed: "My wife is determined to be loyal, and I will die in peace. If I am lucky enough to survive, I will never marry for the rest of my life to repay my wife's affection." At that moment, the couple was speechless, with tears streaming down their faces. Brother Shun took out the mandarin duck mirror, and each of them took one and hid it on their bodies. They agreed that if they were separated, the day when the mirrors reunited would be the day when the couple would reunite.
More than a month later, the Han army broke through Jianzhou City. Fan Ru set fire to himself and died because he knew he could not die well. Marshal Han recruited the rest of the party to safety. Only the Fan family cannot be forgiven. At that time, half of the Fan clan was killed by the rebels in the city, and half was captured by Han Gong's army and escorted to Lin'an. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Shun Ge hurriedly hid in a broken house, thinking that his husband would die, and took off the ropa from his waist to hang himself. Just when Lu Zhongyi arrived with his troops, he saw someone hanging himself in the dilapidated house, and hurriedly ordered his military officers to rescue him. When I got closer, I saw that it was my daughter. Brother Na Shun also woke up leisurely and recognized his father. The reunion of father and daughter was a mixture of joy and sorrow. Lu Zhongyi was unhappy when he heard that his daughter had married a traitor to the clan.
