In the 2nd year of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a Baiji Town under in Heyang County. There were two villages in the west of the town, one was Mobei Village and the other was Monan Village. After hearing this name, you will know that one was in the north and the other was in the south.
Both villages are on the edge of Yellow River , so irrigation is more convenient, so rice is planted in the village, and there are irrigation ditches on the edge of the ground.
There is a farmer surnamed Liu in Mobei Village. He has no son at home, but only a beautiful daughter named Liu Yarou. As he grows older, Liu Yarou becomes more and more beautiful, which has attracted the admiration of countless men, including the village tyrant Li Xingde.
Li Xingde is a village tyrant in Mobei Village. His father Li Hongcai is a well-known businessman in the town. He has a big business. Heyang County has both business. Li Hongcai is a real businessman. In recent years, in order to do business, he has been very close to the county magistrate. He often goes to the county magistrate's office to deliver things. With the county magistrate's protection, his business is getting bigger and bigger.
Although Li Hongcai made a lot of money, the old man of the Li family was unwilling to live in the city, nor did he let his son buy a house in the city. He thought that people should recognize their roots and were unwilling to leave Mobei Village when they died. Li Hongcai was helpless and could only rely on his old father. Therefore, the whole family still lives in Mobei Village. Li Hongcai could not live at home for a few days every month. In this way, he neglected his son Li Xingde, and gradually Li Xingde became a famous bully in this village.
Li Xingde is the only son in the family. Mr. Li is very fond of him, and his family is rich, so he makes a group of friends, most of whom are idle and unemployed young people in various villages.
One day, Li Xingde took a group of friends to play by the river and saw Liu Yarou washing clothes by the river. Under the cheers of his friends, Li Xingde went to talk to Liu Yarou. Liu Yarou couldn't stand Li Xingde's appearance and hurried back home before she even finished washing her clothes.
Looking at Liu Yarou's gentle figure, Li Xingde was fascinated by the fact that his friends laughed at Li Xingde and said that Li Xingde was not good, but Liu Yarou ignored him. This made Li Xingde's temper suddenly rise, saying that he was going to marry Liu Yarou to prove to them that he could do it. The group of people knew that Mr. Li was angry and looked at each other and stopped talking.
When Li Xingde returned home, he told his grandfather that he wanted to marry the daughter of the Liu family. Mr. Li asked the housekeeper to tell the situation of the Liu family to see if he was a good daughter.
The housekeeper told the truth, saying that Liu Yarou is very beautiful, has a gentle and virtuous personality, and is a kind and filial woman. Mr. Li was very satisfied and immediately decided to ask the butler to invite the matchmaker to talk to the matchmaker.
When the matchmaker came to the Liu family to explain his purpose, Liu Yarou was panicked. She didn't want to marry the naughty Li Xingde, but his family was rich and powerful, so what should I do?
Father Liu Daman also knew that Li Xingde was a bully, but he could not refuse directly. He said that his daughter had made a reservation for , doll kiss before she was born, and she was afraid she could not be the wife of the Li family.
After hearing this, the matchmaker said a few greetings and walked out of the Liu family.
As soon as the matchmaker left, Liu's mother and daughter quickly asked Liu's father what kind of child marriage they had. Liu Daman said helplessly: "If I don't say that, I'm afraid the Li family will not give up. Do you want my daughter to marry that bastard?"
But the words have been spoken out, where can I find this "child marriage" now? After thinking about it, Liu Daman thought of someone, his sister Liu Xiaoli. She married to Monan Village and went to find her to find out if there were any suitable young people. She decided to make up her daughter's marriage within half a month. Even if this matter was over, the Li family would not give up.
That's it. After dinner, Liu's mother went out and came to her sister-in-law's house to explain her purpose. When Liu Xiaoli heard about this, she was very happy. She had a suitable candidate at the moment. In fact, she had always wanted to talk to her brother and sister-in-law, but she was afraid that her brother and sister-in-law would not want to, so her sister-in-law came to find her on her own initiative, so she said.
Liu Xiaoli’s neighbor Zhang Sao is a widow, and has a son named Sun Minghui. The young man is now twenty years old. Because his family is poor, he has not married yet. This young man is really good. He is loyal and honest. The most important thing is that he is very filial. His brother and sister-in-law only have one daughter, so now he has to find a reliable and filial son-in-law.
After hearing this, Liu's mother was very satisfied, so she asked her sister-in-law Liu Xiaoli to go and talk to her.
Liu Xiaoli ran to Mrs. Zhang to tell her about this. Mrs. Zhang was very happy and said that she would take her son to the Liu family to recognize the door tomorrow.
The next day, Zhang took his son Sun Minghui to Mobei Village. Liu Daman and his wife warmly welcomed the mother and son. Sun Minghui was fascinated by the beautiful Liu Yarou in front of him. Zhang was also very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. Liu Yarou looked at Sun Minghui's appearance and blushed.
This happened so, everyone was happy. In a few days, the two families decided to prepare for the wedding.
Half a month later, Sun Minghui and Liu Yarou held a wedding. The wedding was simple and solemn. After the marriage, the couple was so envious.
Li Hongcai went to the provincial capital to do business, and he had to go for more than half a month, so he called his son Li Xingde to the town to guard the shop. Li Xingde didn't want to go, so Li Hong promised him to give him a pocket money in half a month, and Li Xingde went to the town.
When Li Xingde comes back half a month later, Liu Yarou has married Sun Minghui. Seeing Liu Yarou become someone else's wife, Li Xingde is so upset.
He brought a group of friends to Monan Village, causing trouble for Sun Minghui in various ways. Liu Yarou's family thought that as long as Liu Yarou got married, the matter would be solved. Who knew that this bully was just a good mess at all. Sun Minghui was so miserable by these gangsters every day, but he didn't know where he provoked these people.
Looking at her husband's bruised nose and swollen face every night, Liu Yarou felt very distressed and told the truth to her husband. Only then did Sun Minghui know why they were in trouble for him. He held his wife tightly in his arms and secretly vowed to protect his wife in his heart.
On the third day, Li Xingde still came with a group of people, but Sun Minghui was not afraid. Seeing that he was not afraid of death, Li Xingde became more and more angry when he thought about it, he asked them to escort Sun Minghui. Sun Minghui said in anger: "Young Master Li is really ridiculous. Now Yarou is already my wife, but she still wants to eat swan meat. You deserve it!"
This sentence angered Li Xingde. Li Xingde asked someone to take Sun Minghui to the ditches that irrigate the fields and pressed Sun Minghui's head into the water. Li Xingde was angry and didn't care how Sun Minghui struggled and resisted. He pressed and said, "I told you to steal my woman." !I want you to know what the consequences of robbing a woman with me! "
After a while, Sun Minghui disappeared. The group of people was frightened, but Li Xingde looked indifferent. He kicked Sun Minghui's body into the ditch, then turned around and said to the group of people: "You'd better forget what happened today. Go back later, you will be five hundred taels of silver each. If I hear any wind, he will be the next one to enter the ditch."
Four and five people looked at each other, all saying that they had left in advance, and they all went to Li Xingde's place to get five hundred taels of silver tonight.
Sun Minghui's body was salvaged by villagers the next day. Someone was gushing the ground and found that the water was blocked. So he went into the water to clear the ditch, and the body was found.
Liu Yarou looked at her husband's body and was unable to accept it for a moment and fainted. Sun Minghui's mother Zhang also cried and she cried. Liu Yarou felt that her husband's death was strange. How could Sun Minghui die if she was good at water? She ran to the government to report the case. The government came to check it out and gave a conclusion, saying that a piece of Sun Minghui's clothes was stuck at the gate of the canal. It should have been that he hung up when he went into the water to clear the ditch, so he lost his life.
After hearing this, Liu Yarou burst into tears. It turned out that her husband died like this. He must be very desperate when he died.
After burying Sun Minghui, Liu Yarou cried all day long. Within half a month of marriage, the sweet life between the couple is vivid in my mind.
On this day, her mother-in-law Zhang went to work in the field. Liu Yarou was alone in the house. Because it was winter and it was colder, she sat on the kang to sew clothes. When she heard someone knocking on the door, she thought her mother-in-law was back, so she went to open the door.
opened the door and saw that it was Li Xingde. Li Xingde broke into the house without saying a word, regardless of Liu Yarou's obstacle.
Liu Yarou was so scared that she ran into the house, but she was no match for Li Xingde. Li Xingde quickly grabbed her and forced her to the kang, and defiled her despite Liu Yarou's resistance.
After a happy life, Li Xingde said, "Don't be afraid of beauties. Your husband is dead. I love you in the future. I will come again tomorrow. You must wait for me obediently." After that, he left.
Liu Yarou suffered a great humiliation. This mistress also said that she would come back tomorrow. She wanted to report to the official, but was defiled. How could this matter be said? If she did not report to the official, how could she get rid of this bully Li Xingde in the future?
The more Liu Yarou thought about it, the sadder she felt. She remembered her dead husband. She was not clean now. What is the meaning of living? Only by dying can she protect herself, and she can meet her husband even if she dies.
Thinking of this, she changed into the clothes her husband liked, dressed up, then went out and came to the edge of the Yellow River. Looking at the rolling water of the Yellow River, she didn't look back and plunged into the Yellow River.
The mother-in-law went home and didn't see her daughter-in-law, so she went out to look for her, but she didn't see anyone. After searching for her for two days, someone found Liu Yarou's body by the Yellow River.
The government sent someone to check it out, and there was no sign of homicide, and it was confirmed that it was suicide.
People say that Liu Yarou died because she could not accept her husband's death.
Liu’s father and mother are deeply saddened. Now that their daughters and sons-in-law have passed away, they have become more than teenagers overnight.
Later, the county magistrate was dismissed from his post and investigated. During the case handling, the newly appointed county magistrate found that the Li family had a close relationship with the original county magistrate, so he found out that the county magistrate used his power to give the Li family a lot of conveniences. Many of the Li family's businesses could not be taken to the table, and they were all illegal smuggling transactions, so they investigated and dealt with the Li family's shop.
Li Hong suddenly became a prisoner.
Several families with good friends with the Li family were implicated, including the Zhou family. The Zhou family’s son often played with Li Xingde. When Li Xingde killed Sun Minghui, he was present. In order to reduce the punishment for his father, Zhou reported Li Xingde’s crime to the county magistrate.
After some investigation, Li Xingde's criminal was fully informed and physically proof, so he arrested Li Xingde. Faced with a large amount of evidence, Li Xingde admitted that he had harmed Sun Minghui and defiled Liu Yarou.
Mr. Li couldn't accept that his son and grandson were arrested and were directly caught in prison. He fell to the ground and died the next day.
Li Hongcai had no murder case and was exiled and was not allowed to come back for life. Li Xingde was sentenced to death with .
At this time, Liu's father and mother realized the real cause of their daughter and son-in-law's death. They came to their daughter and son-in-law's grave and told their daughter and son-in-law the result of the evil one. They finally could rest in peace.
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