html During the Xuanhe period, there was a pair of brothers in Ru'an County, Kaifeng Prefecture. The older brother was named Zhou Xiang and the younger brother was named Zhou Xian. The two were five years apart and their tempers and personalities were different.
Zhou Xiang was obedient and sensible since childhood, while his younger brother Zhou Xian was relatively naughty and often caused trouble for his family. Although the two brothers often quarrel when they are together, their relationship has always been very good.
Zhou Xiang started at the age of twelve and was sent by his parents to learn from an old stonemason in the town, while his younger brother Zhou Xian stayed at home. Zhou's father hoped to send him to a private school in the future, to obtain fame and honor in the future, and to honor his ancestors.
However, sadly, just when Zhou Xiang was fifteen years old, Zhou's father was infected with wind and cold for a long time and could not be cured. He died of illness a few months later. His mother also left the depression in just two years, leaving only Zhou Xian, who was still ten years old, living alone.
Zhou Xiang was sad about his parents' death and was worried that his younger brother was not taken care of. After thinking for a long time, he decided to start his master from his master in advance and go home to open a stonemason shop. This would not only make a living to support his family, but also take care of his younger brother.
But generally speaking, it is not possible for a stonemason to become a master without strong skills and skills. It will take at least nine years to learn. Zhou Xiang has only been studying for less than five years. Although his skills are already well-known, he has not yet reached the point of being able to succeed, so he should have been rejected by his master.
So, when he came to the master in panic and raised his idea of becoming a master, thinking that the master would scold him, but unexpectedly, the master quickly agreed.
Master said to him: "You are a talented person and work hard on weekdays, so even if you become a master, your master knows that you can continue to improve your skills. Since there is difficulties at home, you can go with peace of mind!"
Zhou Xiang was moved when he heard this, and after thanking him, he was about to leave. Before leaving, the master gave him a set of tools to tell him not to waste his skills.
After Zhou Xiang arrived home, he used the saved silver to open a stonemason shop in the village. He was skilled in craftsmanship and was careful and down-to-earth in work, so he soon became famous nearby. If the family had anything to do within a radius of dozens of miles, he would ask him to come and help.
In a blink of an eye, it has been five years since Zhou Xiang returned from the army. In the past five years, he has saved a lot of money by relying on this craft, built his old house again, and added a lot of furniture to his family. Now Zhou Xiang is over 20 years old, and it is time to consider getting married.
Zhou Xiang is already dull and doesn't know any girl, so he can only ask the matchmaker to help choose. The matchmaker asked him what kind of girl he wanted to marry, and he only replied: "As long as he can live a good life!
Later, the matchmaker introduced him to a girl from Majia Village twenty miles away, named Ma Cuiqin. She looks and figure are pretty good. I heard from others that her personality is stronger.
Zhou Xiang was quite satisfied with her after seeing Ma Girl, and Ma Cuiqin saw that he was loyal and honest, and Ma Cuiqin also told the matchmaker that she was willing. The two of them were interested in each other. In less than two months, they got married. However, Zhou Xiang did not expect that this was the beginning of his miserable life.
Since Zhou Xiang married Ma Cuiqin home, he was polite. Ma Cuiqin was fine. Not only did he buy her clothes and jewelry, but he also gave all the money he earned from going out to Ma Cuiqin for safekeeping, but he just asked her to hand over the money to her younger brother Zhou Xian every month to support him to study in the town.
Zhou Xiang felt that his parents had great hope for his younger brother during his lifetime. They wanted his younger brother to be honored in the future. But now his parents are no longer there. As the elder brother, he should fulfill their thoughts on behalf of his parents. However, Ma Cuiqin did not think so.
He felt that the money his husband earned should be handed over to himself. As for Zhou Xian, she was regarded as a burden. Why should he rely on her to support him?
For this reason, she did not say this on the surface, but in fact she gave Zhou Xian less and less money every month, so she simply refused to give it directly.
Every time Zhou Xian comes back, Zhou Xiang always asks him, is the money his sister-in-law gave you enough money and should you buy something?
Zhou Xian looked at his sister-in-law who looked very bad, and then looked at his brother who loved him. In order not to make them angry, he could only tell his brother that the money was enough, and the money he spent on weekdays was actually earned by working hard work for people to move goods and do hard work in the dock on weekdays.
As for Zhou Xiang, he had no idea about this. Every time Ma Cuiqin complained to him that the money had been spent again, he thought Ma Cuiqin used all the money to study for his younger brother.
Zhou Xiang and Ma Cuiqin have been married for two years, but Ma Cuiqin's belly has never been moved. This makes Zhou Xiang blame himself. Is it because he has neglected his wife because he went out all day long, which has led to the two having no children?
When he was sleeping at night, he discussed with his wife and said that he would rest at home for a while. When the two of them had children, he would go out to work. But I never thought that this would bring scolding from Ma Cuiqin.
"You are a big man, you look like you are at home all day? Do you still want me to show up outside? "
" The matter of the child is that you are useless, what does it have to do with me!"
Ma Cuiqin's words left Zhou Xiang speechless. He was not good at arguing, let alone with his wife. Therefore, he had to go out to work during the day and then drag his tired body to be intimate with his wife at night.
However, Ma Cuiqin always looked impatient, so Zhou Xiang was almost uninterested.
It took more than half a year to pass. That morning, Zhou Xiang said he would go to the temple outside the city to work, and it might take several days to come back.
After listening to it, Ma Cuiqin took the initiative to help her husband pack his luggage, bring some dry food for him to eat, and wish him to be careful on the way. However, shortly after Zhou Xiang left the village, someone sneaked into his house.
This person's name is Ma Xingren. Like Ma Cuiqin, they are from Majia Village.
Ma Xingren has a strong figure and a handsome appearance. He and Ma Cuiqin have known each other since childhood. However, I heard that he was nearly thirty years old but never got married. As for the reason, it was because he was addicted to alcohol and gambling, and was not doing his job properly all day, making the old man angry and almost squandered his family business.
He suddenly hugged Ma Cuiqin from behind. Ma Cuiqin was startled at first, but turned around and saw that it was him. He just coquettishly hammered his chest with his fist a few times, and then took him into the house. The two walked to the bed, and Ma Xingren picked her up. After half an hour, the two men tidied up their clothes and got off the bed again.
Ma Xingren skillfully poured himself a glass of water. This was obviously not the first time he came here. Ma Cuiqin also asked him how he knew to come here today. Ma Xingren smiled and said, "When I passed by the entrance of the village, I happened to see your husband going out."
Ma Cuiqin said, "It will take him several days to come back, so you might as well stay here today."
Ma Xingren's face was filled with a slight silence. After that, he asked worriedly, "But aren't you afraid that your brother-in-law will suddenly come back and break our affairs?"
"What's there to be afraid of? He only came back once a few months, and this time he has only left for a few days, and he won't come back for a while!"
Ma Xingren decided to stay. They didn't go out all day and lived together at night, until a knock on the door the next morning, awakening the two of them from their sleep.
They thought it was Zhou Xiang who was back, so scared that they got up from the bed. Ma Xingren was wearing clothes randomly and was about to flip out of the window, but was stopped by Ma Cuiqin and told him to hide under the bed.
Ma Cuiqin had tidy up her appearance. When she opened the door, she saw that it was her brother-in-law Zhou Xian standing outside the door. Her panic expression flashed by, and then she asked angrily: "What are you doing when knocking on the door in broad daylight, disturbing people's sleep."
Zhou Xian looked up at the sun. It was already noon, so why would she say that this was in broad daylight? Moreover, my brother usually gets up before dawn, and my sister-in-law doesn’t get up so late.
He didn't think much, but said apologetically: "Sister-in-law, please let my brother come out. I want to discuss something with him."
Ma Cuiqin raised her head and said, "Your brother went out yesterday and was not at home. You can find him in two days! "After saying that, he closed the door and continued to sleep.
Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment, then turned around and left. He then inquired from outsiders. Sure enough, his brother went out yesterday. But he clearly saw that there seemed to be men's clothes on the ground. If it weren't for brother, who would it be?
thought of a possibility. Zhou Xian's face became very bad. He felt that his sister-in-law would not do such a thing, but he was still worried and wanted to go to the room to look at it. Look, but when he knocked on the door again, Ma Cuiqin was already dressed, and the bed was neatly arranged, as if no one had ever been there.
Because there was no evidence, Zhou Xian didn't say much. After he turned around and left, he packed up his things and returned to the town. He planned to wait for his brother to come back a few days before he could tell him about this matter, but he never thought that this caused his brother Zhou Xiang to have an unexpected accident.
Not long after Zhou Xian left, Ma Xingren walked out of the closet and smiled at Ma Cuiqin and said, "It seems that your brother-in-law is also a fool! "
Ma Cuiqin said, "That kid is very tricky. Don't underestimate him. He probably saw something about what happened today. We should think about it carefully. If he talks about this to Zhou Xiang, how can we get over the words then? "
Ma Xingren said: "When the time comes, you cry in front of him and push everything on Zhou Xian. It will be done soon, and he will never refuse to believe you. "
After the two agreed, they hugged each other and fell asleep, but they didn't expect that in the middle of the night, someone came to knock on the door. Ma Cuiqin thought it was Zhou Xian again, so she quickly let Ma Xingren hide under the bed, but she never thought that the person who came was her husband Zhou Xiang.
It turned out that the stones in the temple were not all filled. After he made part of them, he came back first. He waited until the next time the stones arrived, and then came back two days in advance. Ma Cuiqin obviously was not prepared. She stopped Zhou Xiang at first and said that his clothes were too dirty and he wanted him to take a shower in the yard before coming over. However, Zhou Xiang accidentally saw someone else's clothes beside the bed. He suddenly pushed open the door and came to the bed. Later, I found a man hiding under the bed.
Zhou Xiang's eyes suddenly turned black. After that, he was very angry and wanted to find the person under the bed to see who he was, but he never thought that he had just pulled the man out and got a stick on his head. Ma Xingren was not vague when he saw this and grabbed his neck. After a moment, Zhou Xiang stopped moving.
took advantage of the night to carry him to the mountain and found an open space to bury it directly. Only then did he consider what to do next.
Ma Xingren suggested that he simply did not do it and solved the boy Zhou Xian, otherwise he would find that his brother would not Here, it will definitely be a trouble for us in the future.
Ma Cuiqin felt it was reasonable. The two planned to do this. As long as Zhou Xian was solved, no one in the Zhou family would care about them again. They discussed for a moment, and a plan quietly emerged in their hearts.
The next day, Zhou Xian came back from the town, and he thought that his brother should come back, considering whether to tell his brother the day before yesterday. If the matter was a misunderstanding, it would inevitably cause a gap between the brother and his sister-in-law, but if it was true...
Zhou Xian was walking halfway and suddenly saw an old man selling goods sitting on the ground. He walked up to help the old man help him. and helped him pick up his goods from the ground.
The old man was very grateful and gave him a small piece of wood before leaving. The wood was dark red and the stripes were clear, not like ordinary wood. The old man also explained that the wood was called Dragon Wood. This is a wooden needle made of wood leftovers from others. It can be used to calm the mind forever and be used to test poison.
Zhou Xian thought it was interesting, so he took it away. When he returned home, it happened to be noon.
Zhou Xian entered the door and saw his sister-in-law Ma Cuiqin working in the kitchen. When Ma Cuiqin saw him coming back, he enthusiastically greeted him to sit down and prepare for dinner.
Ma Cuiqin brought the wine and food, put it on the table, sat down first, and asked Zhou Xian to come over to have a meal, and Zhou Xian asked, "Brother hasn't come back yet?"
Ma Cuiqin said, "It's almost done, maybe I'll go back tonight."
"Originally, this meal was prepared for your brother, but now he hasn't come back, we can't waste it. Let's eat it first."
Ma Cuiqin took the lead in moving the chopsticks, and Zhou Xian started to eat when he saw this. When the two were halfway through, Ma Cuiqin suddenly said that she had forgotten something, and then she brought two bowls of ginseng soup from the kitchen.
"This is also prepared for your brother. Now he hasn't come back, let's drink one bowl of it each!"
Ma Cuiqin just put the soup on the table and asked Zhou Xian to drink it first, but Zhou Xian felt very confused. His sister-in-law didn't treat him like this on weekdays.
He picked up the soup and did not drink it. Instead, he tried it with the wooden needle on the cuff. However, the wooden needle turned from dark red to black, and then he realized that there was something wrong with the soup.
He thought about it and was about to use the trick to see what tricks she wanted to play, so he seemed to drink the soup, but in fact he poured it into his cuff.
This is a trick he learned while drinking with those rich young masters. Ma Cuiqin did not notice any clues. She thought Zhou Xian had drunk half a bowl of soup. When she watched him pour on the table, she shouted to the yard. However, a man wearing Zhou Xiang's clothes came in.
The man was Ma Xingren. He actually came from outside in Zhou Xiang's clothes. Then, Zhou Xian, who was lying on the table, heard the two of them talking.
The more Zhou Xian heard it, the more frightened they were. They actually wanted to get rid of themselves, and from their mouths, he learned that his brother had encountered an accident.
Zhou Xian could no longer pretend when he heard this. He suddenly stood up and glared at the two of them, "What you said is true? My brother has been killed by you?"
The two of them did not expect that he was pretending to be stupid. At this time, Ma Xingren reacted first and began to rush towards Zhou Xian. Zhou Xian has been naughty since he was a child. Although he has become much more restrained when he grows up and is still a scholar, his skills have not fallen behind.
Zhou Xian knocked him down with a few moves, and Ma Cuiqin wanted to run away, but he grabbed him and threw him on the ground.
He tied the two of them with his clothes and asked them to take him to find his brother's body. However, when he first went out, he saw Zhou Xiang leading a group of constables over.
It turned out that Zhou Xiang was not dead that night. He just fainted temporarily. When the two were burying him, the soil was shallow. Soon after, they were discovered by an old man passing by and rescued him.
Zhou Xiang then found the constable and was about to keep the murderers alive. He happened to meet Zhou Xian and tied them up. After
, Zhou Xian handed Ma Xingren and Ma Cuiqin to the constable. He and his brother returned home. He told Zhou Xiang about his sister-in-law's evil deeds over the years, and Zhou Xiang was full of regret.
Later, Zhou Xiang married another wife. Half a year later, his wife became pregnant. Zhou Xian also passed the scientific examination and became a juren. Later, he married a girl named Li Ruyue in the town. The two got married and had children, and then spent their days safely and happily.
Statement: This story is a fictional folk story, mostly from strange stories, legends, novels, operas, legends, etc. The author’s original intention is to inherit the ancient Chinese folk culture. Do not believe in authenticity, nor do you have feudal superstitions!
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Folk story: The scholar went home and found that his sister-in-law had an affair with someone. He quietly took out a wooden needle
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