Ming Dynasty In the early years of Zhengde, there was a fish vendor in Jiangxia County, Wuchang Prefecture, Huguang. His surname was Zhao and his nickname was Shuangfeng. He married Liu.
The couple has always been quarreling, very disagreement, and has not given birth to a son.
Until they were forty years old, they gave birth to a pair of twin daughters, only half a moment later.
People often say that the son is like a father and the daughter is like a mother, but these two daughters look completely different and have different personalities, just like how to adopt other people's children.
The parents are very ugly and stupid, but their two daughters are very beautiful and smart. When they were teenagers, they were already as beautiful as flowers, and they were as charming as they were every day.
When I was fourteen years old, I was loved by everyone and bloomed, and became a famous beauty far and wide.
The two daughters are very smart, very good at calculating, and settle the accounts in a clean manner, let alone do some meticulous work as female workers, it seems that they can do it naturally.
They dressed very ordinary, wearing white clothes and cloth skirts, and copper hairpins and squids, but their temperament was also outstanding, no worse than those rich ladies wearing gold and silver, so they wanted to marry their rich children, and there were endless streams.
Although Shuangfeng and Liu are husband and wife, they are like enemies. The two have completely different opinions on their daughter's marriage, and they both want to promise their daughter to others without the other party's consent.
Shuangfeng's temper, although stubborn at home, is kind to his friends. Liu Shigang is completely different. She is very strong inside and out, and she always beats and scolds his neighbors.
The mediators all think that Shuangfeng is the duty. Liu is harsh and says, "A husband can be bullied, but a wife is hard to provoke. It is better to be a daughter than a man, and it is better to be a husband than to hide his wife than to be."
So Liu chose a son-in-law for his two daughters early, but he didn't tell her husband, and decided on his life. He thought to himself that as long as the in-laws delivered the betrothal gift to the door, Shuangfeng would have nothing to say and could only accept it. If he told Shuangfeng first, he would definitely be talking, and he would like to say this or that.
Some neighbors said, "The father should be the decision of his daughter's marriage. How can the woman be the decision?"
Shuangfeng also thought of entrusting a matchmaker to match his daughter, but these matchmakers were also bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. When they heard that they wanted to hide it from Liu, they shook their heads, and they had a headache. No one said they dared to offend Liu, but they didn't have the courage to respond. They thought that they couldn't respond if they were cursed by her, even if they waved a few punches and a few palms, they had to endure the pain and suffer.
Since you can't find a matchmaker, Shuangfeng can only contact the person who is proposing to marry.
The other party agreed, but said a little worriedly: "Everyone is afraid of your wife, so there is not even a matchmaker. What do you think? "
Shuangfeng said: "The two families cannot reach an agreement themselves, so they need a matchmaker. Now I have agreed in person, what else do you need to do?"
The person who is proposing to marry is very happy after hearing this sentence. He chose an auspicious day in person and wanted to send a betrothal gift to the door.
Shuangfeng was hiding it from his wife anyway, and he thought that when the betrothal gift arrived, Liu had to agree.
, but it was a coincidence that the betrothal gifts of the four families were delivered to the door at the same time on the same day. There were gongs and drums outside, and firecrackers were ringing. It was impossible to tell who was who was. Shuangfeng also deceived the neighbors and said, "The people who sent the hiring know that my husband and wife were not in harmony, and they were afraid of offending one side. So the family of one surname prepared two gifts, one for a man and the other for a woman. The so-called more gifts were better than gifts."
, after reading the post sent by the person who sent the hiring, it turned out to be the first sentence of the hundred families. Zhao Qian, Sun and Li, for a moment, both the couple understood what was going on, and their eyes were round and glared at each other.
Liu said, "My family only has two daughters. Where did the four sons-in-law come from? Who are the other two wild relatives?"
Shuangfeng said, "Who is the other two boxes of betrothal gifts?"
Liu pointed to Shuangfeng and said, "Madam doesn't say anything, see who dares to take a thread of wild relatives?"
Shuangfeng pointed to Liu and said, "The master doesn't say anything, see who dares to take a plate of wild relatives?"
Shuangfeng asked his wife again, "Marrying as husband. I should be the one who marry a daughter. You are a woman, what's the reason to decide privately?"
The wife asked her husband again, "If you marry a wife, you should be the one who decides.Now that I am marrying my daughter, I will naturally be the one who decides. What are you, meddling in other people’s business? "
The two are you and I, and they can't give in a single step, and they will fight soon.
Fortunately, the gift-giving person was divided into two sides, holding one at the same time, and then they didn't fight.
No matter how many Liu's family had, she agreed to accept all the two families, and asked someone to write a reply, and asked someone to push out the door and not accept any of the promises from her husband.
Shuangfeng's face turned blue and he also accepted the betrothal gift, and asked someone to write a reply.
Shuangfeng knew that this matter must be caused by the government, so he proposed to write a marriage letter. . At the same time, he told the two relatives he promised to make their lives quickly, prepare more lanterns and torches, and arrange some strong men to come over and grab their two daughters first.
these two families also followed Shuangfeng's plan, hired many thugs, carried the sedan chair, and planned to steal the two daughters back first.
But they underestimated Liu too much, and saw her standing alone in front of the door, holding a fire stick in her hand, pointing at the group of people, and cursing loudly: "I see who dares to step on my house today, unless he steps on my body! "
Everyone was actually suppressed by Liu's family, and they all ran away with their heads in their arms. Even half of the lanterns and lanterns and torches were thrown away.
Liu left these at home for future dismissal.
Both parties were so angry that they asked the two in-laws to sue the officials, but the in-laws thought about how to be against the in-laws, so they all combined the
that the destruction of the family on themselves and became a "famous teacher".
They directly sent the paper to the prefect, and Shuangfeng also handed the complaint.
The prefect is a young Jinshi, with a good reputation. He pays attention to efficiency in his case and determines the case of the people as quickly as possible.
As expected, after accepting this accusation, the sign was suspended for trial within three days.
first called Shuangfeng up, asked carefully, and then talked about the in-laws of the four surnames about the engagement.
The prefect has made countless cases in his life, but after understanding the whole story, he couldn't help but frown. The old saying says that it is difficult for a clean official to make a decision on family affairs, so how can this case be judged?
Before the prefect called Liu, she shouted loudly. The prefect had to call her up.
Liu pointed to her husband and cursed: "Although he is a man, he is usually indecisive and timid. He was deceived by others. He randomly found an old bachelor for his daughter, and did not think about his daughter at all. I wholeheartedly chose two families for my daughter's lifelong affairs, so Master Qingtian must make the decision for me. "
The prefect saw her crying and had to start interrogating Shuangfeng again.
Shuangfeng said: "She is a famous shrew, and adults can ask the neighbors around her. I often scold me at home every day. It would be fine if you say it was a trivial matter and let her take the lead, but this is a big event of my daughter's marriage. How can I let her be a woman? "
The prefect was speechless for a moment. The man said that the man was right, and the mother said that the woman was right. He said to them: "According to common sense, men should be the master of the major affairs of their children's marriage, but family matters cannot be completely based on common sense. Our mansion now announces that your two daughters will come to court and ask their opinions. "
The two kowtowed and said, "That's right. "
The prefect sent someone to call his daughter.
Everyone muttered in their hearts, thinking that these parents are so ugly, and their daughters must not be much better. They were all waiting to watch their jokes in the lobby, and they all squeezed their heads and looked at them, as if a strange treasure fell from the nine heavens.
After a while, the two daughters came to the lobby and everyone was stunned, like a fairy descending to earth, as beautiful as a fairy.
The prefect also calmed down and asked: "You parents didn't discuss with each other, so they gave you two to four families. They interrogated your parents just now, and they couldn't argue and blamed each other for not being wrong. The old saying goes well: "It is difficult for a clean official to make a decision on family affairs."So I want to ask you, what are the personalities of your father and mother in your heart? "
The two daughters usually live in the boudoir, but where did they see such a scene? When they see a man, they are so embarrassed that their faces are red. Moreover, now the people in the hall are staring at the two of them with hundreds of pairs of eyes on them, and they want to find a crack in the ground to get into it.
The prefect asked them a few times, but they just didn't say a word, so he was I thought to myself that a woman as beautiful as them is not suitable for ordinary men. It is better to call all four men and see which two men can match these two men.
The prefect was thinking of calling the four men, but unexpectedly, the four in-laws seemed to know the prefect's thoughts, and they all knelt down and said, "No need for the master to sign, our sons are all outside the door, so we are here to prevent the master from celebrating him, so we will wait first. Just wait for the young people to go out by themselves and call them in. "
The prefect said: "Since that's the case, hurry up and call them in. "
Soon after, the four of them pulled in and reported, "This is my son, please give them a marriage. "
The prefect carefully looked at the four young people. They all looked strange. Not to mention that they looked beautiful, they had to choose one with a comprehensive body and a complete facial features, and they could not.
The prefect cursed his mother in his heart: "My mother, two beauties have to choose husbands from these four crooked melons and jujubes, but it is a difficult thing. I don't have the ability to do this. What a pity for two stunning beauties. "
He sighed and told him to kneel to the east, and Liu asked him to kneel to the west; then called his two daughters to kneel in the middle, and ordered her:
"Your parents have chosen you for your husband. I just asked you, you refused to answer me. I think it's probably because you are shy or afraid of hurting your father's heart.
is like this now. You can take a look at the younger generation carefully. If you agree there, turn your head to the other side. The transition between
is related to lifelong events, and you must seriously consider it. "
said this, and the people in the hall looked at the two women in a hurry, fearing that they would miss them.
Who would have thought that the two beauties had seen the appearance of four people just now, and thought why they were so miserable and wanted to marry such an ugly monster. They all lowered their heads and closed their eyes, and secretly burst into tears.
Hearing the prefect ask her, they neither went east nor west, and they approached the prefect with a straight face. He didn't dare to turn his head at all, so they burst into tears.
The more they asked, the more she cried, and she cried all over the hall, and they all complained to her.
The prefect said: "It seems that the people on both sides do not meet your requirements! Our house is also worried for you, they are really not a good match for you. You knelt on the side and I called your parents up! "
Shuangfeng and Liu knelt to the desk together and listened to the official's order.
The prefect patted gavel heavily and said furiously: "You couple are talking nonsense and treating their daughter's life as a play. Without discussing each other, they just married their daughter to a messy person. Open your eyes and see if such a person is worthy of your daughter? Don’t look at what your daughter cried just now? Fortunately, this mansion is a wise man. If it were other officials, it would be sentenced randomly and betrothed to two of them at will.
This mansion already has some truth in his mind. After my cessation, you will be convinced. "
After saying this, he picked up his pen and wrote a verb and said, "
Today, he found that Zhao Shuangfeng and his wife Liu had twin daughters, who were as beautiful as immortals, and everyone wanted to marry him. However, because the couple had different intentions and had ulterior motives, the two daughters married four husbands. Since they had fewer ways to separate their bodies, the east family and the west family were not a prescription for customs.
Now, the four men who were married to their parents were not worthy of their daughter. The four men were Taslo, and the two women were not their husband and wife. Their engagement is now sentenced to invalidation. ”After
finished, he handed over to the clerk of the scribes of the sect, asked everyone to recite loudly, and then expelled everyone from offering sacrifices.
sent someone to the official media to help the two daughters find their husbands again. If there is a suitable person, the prefect must read and agree before they can get married.
The official media searched for several days, and many young people came to the hall to meet the prefect, but the prefect shook his head and expressed his disagreement.
The prefect had a plan in his mind, not only should he be able to live up to his appearance, but he should also be good at writing and looking for talented people to be worthy of the two beauties. It just so happened that the people in the mountains gave him a pair of living deer, which was exactly what the prefect wanted.
So a notice was issued: limited to the candidates for a certain month and a certain day of the month, the four words "Crown" and "Crown" were changed to "Married" and "Married", saying: "This year's provincial examination is not far away. We must first recognize talents before we meet them. Two ladies and two auspicious deer were specially hung to compete with everyone. Those who have married take the deer as the mark, and those who have not married take the daughter as the mark. Those who have won the hand will be the mark this year's credibility."
There is an empty building in the examination room. The prefect asked Liu to lead his two daughters to live in it, and raised the second deer downstairs, with a plaque hanging on it, which was called "Dujinlou".
The entire state capital of the children were boiling, and they all became infatuated men.
The married person can gain fame and fortune and get a living deer. The unmarried young man is even more eager to try. On the day of the exam, it was
, and I wanted to vomit all my heart, liver and five internal organs to exchange for these two stunning women. After passing the
exam, everyone didn't want to go home and rushed to the prefect's office to wait for the results.
Three days later, the prefect issued a list, with only ten people in each county waiting for the re-examination.
These talented men also worked hard to get the two beauties. They all applied makeup and were so embarrassed when they walked to the prefect, pretending to be gentle, trying to win the praise of the master and get the beauty.
Who would have thought that the prefect is not only good at identifying people, but also can see people's character clearly. During the interview, he looked at it carefully one by one and marked the red spots. He remembered everyone's height, fatness, and family status clearly. After the exam, I ordered the ceremony room to have a set of playing and singing next morning, which would make it lively and lively: "When I have not left the hall, I will first go to the Dujin Tower to welcome the two women and two live deer out, and put the live deer on the left side of the palace hall. The two women sat in a colorful sedan chair and stopped on the right side of the palace hall. Then prepare lanterns and drums to send her out to get married." After
arranged the matter, he returned to the lobby to review the papers.
The next morning, the prefect was listed on the list, only the first four were selected, two were "married" and two were "unmarried".
Others who do well in the exam will be rewarded with big red flowers.
"Married" is the one who got the deer, but in fact he is just here to play with him, so there is no need to know his name.
The two "unmarried" names are one of the students who have already entered the school, with their surname Yuan and famous scholars; the other is the students who have not entered the school, with their surname Lang and their name is Zhiyuan. All the famous ones on the case will come to the palace hall and wait for the end.
I smelled that there was a deer in the east and a person in the west, so everyone squeezed to the west to see the two beauties. For a moment, it was crowded with people and was very lively.
There is only one student in the east of the Mansion Hall, standing next to the two deer, sighing all the time, he did not go over to see the two beauties.
The clerk in the hall thought he was a "married" person. He got the exam for the first time, but he couldn't get a beautiful woman. He just wanted to choose a good deer to take her home. But the scholars over there came over and looked at him and bowed to him, "Brother Yuan, congratulations! One of these two beauties must be the wife of the supreme sister-in-law."
Yuan Xiucai shook his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with me."
Everyone said, "You are the first in the exam and are also the 'unmarried' person, why doesn't it matter?"
The scholar said, "You will know when you meet the prefect in the future."
everyone was confused and thought he was talking nonsense.
After a while, the prefect went to the hall and asked, "Which one is the special one, all stand aside, and I will come to the house later." After hearing this, the etiquette room called their names loudly. Unexpectedly, the two "married" children arrived, and the only ones who were "unmarried" came.
The prefect asked: "Why don't he come for such a good thing today?"
Yuan Xiucai bowed and said: "He is my friend and lives in the village. I don't know that the master will post the list today, so he didn't arrive."The prefect said: "Are you Yuan Shi?" Your article is unparalleled, and it is such a wonderful writing! You can choose any of the two beauties. "
Yuan Shi bowed again and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I really don't have the blessing to enjoy the beauty. Please betroth others. "
The prefect said: "Why should you be humble even in this matter? "
called Lifang: "Go and ask the two women, which one is the sister, and ask him to come over and get married to Yuan Xiucai. "
Yuan Shi bowed again, stopped the courtroom, and told him not to call him.
The prefect said: "What's the reason? "
Yuan Shi said: "The villain's life is not good. Any woman who has been hired cannot wait for the family. As long as she gets engaged, she will die of sudden illness. The little man is twenty years old, and six women have died because of it. Fortune tellers say that I have no wife in my life, so I should be an monk and Taoist or something. Therefore, I dare not mislead my beauty again and give my sins before my rebirth. "
The prefect said again: "Why do you still believe in the nonsense of these Taoist priests in the world? But there is one thing I don’t understand. Why has the fourth place Lang Zhiyuan not come yet? Moreover, the re-examination is inconsistent with the original paper, so there is still an interview. "
After hearing this, Yuan Shi bowed deeply and said, "The young student has hidden information, which should not be said, but if he doesn't say it out, it may be unfair. Brother Lang and I are sworn brothers. Because his family is too poor and I can't marry a wife, I want to help him. His first article was written by him and he copied it the second time he didn't come, so I wrote it as a writer. Since the master discovered the problem of different handwriting, I dare not say it, and ask the master to forgive my mistakes. "
The prefect said: "So that's it! Brother Yuan is very talented, and you will take the exam for both of you. You should be able to get these two beauties. Wealth and fame can be recognized as a false reputation. This kind of national beauty is not owned by the world, and it cannot be absorbed by people without real talents, so it is definitely not a pledge. ”
asked Lifang to invite the two women to come over and marry Yuan Xiucai together.
Yuan Shi repeatedly pushed him and said, "I am a wife who defeated her. A woman can't suppress her, let alone the two beauties? "The prefect smiled and said, "Today's affairs are really your luck. You are a wife, but there will be nothing wrong after you become a couple. Believe me, from now on, you will never lose your wife again. "
Yuan Shi had no choice but to obey the master, hold the two beauties in hand, bowed deeply to the benefactor four times, and then welcomed home with two colorful sedan chairs.
The prefect gained fame and prospered in this matter, and was promoted to the first-rank official. Yuan Shi also passed the Jinshi and was promoted to the Hanlin Academy.
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