During the Song Dynasty, there was a woodcutter named Zhou Xing in Anzhong County, Jiangling Prefecture. Zhou Xing was also mixed with emotion about this. Seeing that all the men of his age in the village had already started a family, he felt that if he did not get married, he wo

During the Song Dynasty, there was a woodcutter named Zhou Xing in Anzhong County, Jiangling Prefecture. He lost his parents since childhood and grew up with the help of villagers.

In order to live alone, when he was a teenager, he went up the mountain to collect firewood with the old woodcutter in the village.

Seven or eight years have passed, and Zhou Xing has become an honest and steady guy. And he did not forget to repay the villagers who had helped him.

However, Zhou Xing is already twenty-five years old, but he is still alone. Although everyone pitys him, he also dislikes his family's poverty and refuses to marry his daughter to him. Zhou Xing is also mixed with emotion about this. Seeing that all the men of his age in the village have already started a family, he feels that if he doesn't get married, he will probably have no face to face his deceased parents in the future.

However, marriage is not urgent. Zhou Xing could only leave the will of fate and take one step at a time.

However, he did not expect that once on the way down the mountain to go home, he took action to save a girl, but almost lost his life.

That morning, after breakfast, Zhou Xing picked up his hatchet and went out. He came to the place where he often collected firewood and started to start.

A few hours later, a bundle of firewood was cut. He tied the wood tightly, carried it on his shoulder and went down the mountain.

From the mountain to Zhouxing's house, there is a ten-mile road in the middle, and he knows there is a shortcut to go down the mountain, and you will be closer to that path.

He often walks on that trail and has memorized the route, so he is also preparing to go back from the trail this time.

Passed by a river beach on the way, He stopped and sat on the stone to rest, and suddenly his eyes were suddenly attracted by something, and he saw something in the reeds in the distance.

He was brave and put down the firewood and walked over. After getting closer, he saw clearly that what was exposed from the reeds was actually a person.

To be precise, he was a woman of similar age, lying on the river beach near the reeds.

If outsiders see it, they may be shocked, but Zhou Xing has been more courageous than ordinary people since he was a child, and he is not afraid of getting into trouble, so he walked over and helped the woman up from the ground.

The woman closed her eyes tightly, her face pale, but she didn't seem to be hurt. Zhou Xing stepped forward and looked at the other person's breath. Fortunately, she was still breathing. The reason why she fainted here was not because of the cold weather or because of hunger.

It was late autumn at this time. Although the girl had already arrived at the river beach, her shoes were still soaked in the water. If she ignored it, she would probably be in danger by night.

At this time, Zhou Xing thought about it, but he didn't care about whether men and women could not kiss each other. He squatted down and carried the girl, hid his firewood among the reeds, and then ran home all the way.

After returning home, Zhou Xing carried the girl back to his room. There were only two rooms in his house, one of which was full of miscellaneous items and there was no time to clean it up, so he had to let the girl put it in his room first.

Then, seeing that the woman had not woken up for a long time, he hurried to the town to hire a doctor. When the doctor learned about the situation, he hurriedly followed him.

Zhou Xing brought the doctor to the bedside. The doctor first took the pulse, and then said, "Although this girl's pulse is weak, she is not seriously injured. You go to the kitchen to cook some hot water and cook a bowl of hot soup for her."

The doctor left some medicinal materials for replenishing qi and left the Zhou family. Zhou Xing was busy. At night, the girl finally breathed much more smoothly and her face became less pale.

Although the girl had not woken up yet, seeing that her physical condition had improved, he took the quilt with confidence and went to the kitchen to sleep.

It was not until noon the next day that Zhou Xing had prepared the meal, and the girl finally woke up leisurely.

And the girl was very frightened at first when she saw her sleeping in the bed of a strange man, not knowing where she was, but when Zhou Xing told her that she had passed, she gradually felt relieved.

When Zhou Xing saw that she was awake, he called her out of bed for dinner. After the girl got out of bed, she hurriedly knelt down to Zhou Xing and thanked him, "Thank you, young master, for helping you!"

Won't Zhou Xing received such treatment? He was so scared that he kept saying "I can't do it". He quickly helped the other party up and helped her sit down.

After dinner, Zhou Xing asked her why she fell on the river beach near the mountain, and the woman slowly said.

It turns out that the girl named is Zhao Yan'e, who lives in Cangzhou . When she came to Jiangling Mansion to visit relatives with her mother, she met the robber . She led the robber away and allowed her mother to escape, but the two were separated because of this.

Zhao Yan'e was on the way to escape, in order to get rid of the robbers, she could only climb the mountain and walk on the dangerous road, but she fell down the slope and fell into a river. She woke up again and was already at Zhou Xing's house.

Zhou Xing thought that the river beach was remote, and Miss Zhao must have been washed into the reeds by the river, and then she happened to be discovered by herself and rescued by him.

Cangzhou is hundreds of miles away. Zhao Yan'e is weak and cannot rush to travel, so Zhou Xing said she would let her live here for the time being.

Zhao Yan'e looked at the man in front of her honest and honest, thinking that she should not be a bad person, so she agreed.

That's it, Zhao Yan'e lived in Zhou Xing's house, and she lived there for half a year.

Although Zhao Yan'e looks delicate and looks like a wealthy girl, she didn't expect that she is good at washing and cooking, cooking, and cleaning the house.

Every time Zhou Xing comes back from outside, Zhao Yan'e has already prepared the meal and waits for him at home.

After a long time, Zhou Xing has become accustomed to Zhao Yan'e's care and regards her as a part of the family. Zhao Yan'e has not taken the initiative to leave during this period, and he has not said much.

Zhao Yan'e looks good, has a good personality, and is very hardworking and capable. Everyone in the village advised him to marry Zhao Yan'e as soon as possible.

. On Zhou Xing's side, he felt that he was not worthy of a good girl like Zhao Yan'e, but it was not realistic to say that he had no idea at all.

Later, Zhao Yan'e took the initiative to express her feelings to him, saying that she was about to part with him. The reason why she did not mention leaving before was because she was afraid that she would never see him again after she went back.

. Isn’t it true that Zhou Xing? He plucked up his courage and said that he wanted to marry her. Zhao Yan'e had red eyes and said, "Marriage is the order of her parents. The matchmaker said, I can't make the decision on this matter myself, I still need to tell my parents."

Zhou Xing thought so, so he did not force her. Then Zhao Yan'e suddenly said, "Mr. Zhou can go to Cangzhou with me. When I see my parents, we can become a couple after we get their promise."

This is exactly what Zhou Xing thought. He agreed without thinking too much. Then the two of them cleaned up their homes and stood up to Cangzhou a few days later.

From Jiangling Prefecture to Cangzhou, it was mostly waterway. The two took a boat for a few days and drove another half a month before finally reaching Cangzhou.

After arriving here, Zhou Xingcai discovered that the situation at Zhao Yan'e's home was indeed very different from that at him. Although Zhao Yan'e's family is not a wealthy family in Cangzhou, she lives a wealthy life, which is much better than his poor family.

Zhao Yan'e felt a sense of joy when she saw her home in front of her. She quickly walked forward and knocked on the door. After a while, two servants opened the door.

When the servant saw that the lady who was standing outside the door turned out to be the lady who had been missing for half a year, he was shocked and happy. He hurriedly shouted to the yard: "Master, Madam, Miss, Miss, Miss!"

A moment later, a decently dressed middle-aged man walked from the yard with his wife.

When Mr. Zhao saw his daughter, he held her hand excitedly, and the wife beside him also wiped her tears happily. After they calmed down, they noticed that there was a man standing behind their daughter.

Zhao's father asked Xiang's daughter who was this person. Zhao Yan'e's face turned red and she whispered: "Dad, this is Mr. Zhou. He saved his daughter's life half a year ago. Only then can her daughter come back to see you."

turned out to be the daughter's savior. Zhao's father immediately treated Zhou Xing with courtesy and asked the housekeeper to come and serve him at a banquet. Zhou Xing was also arranged to a room in the backyard.

When eating, Zhao's father kept toasting Zhou Xing. Zhou Xing rarely drank, but he still drank a few drinks today. Zhao's father also took the opportunity to learn about some of his family's situation. After learning that his home is far away from here, he asked Zhou Xing to stay here for a few more days.

Zhou Xing thought that he should find an opportunity to talk about his affairs with Miss Zhao, and this matter is urgent. No, I promised to leave after a few days.

And a few days later, Zhao Yan'e also told her father that she wanted to marry Zhou Xing.

didn't expect that she thought her father would disagree, but who knew that this time her father agreed to the marriage, saying that he agreed to the marriage.

Zhao Yan'e asked the reason, and Zhao's father said, "After observing these days, Mr. Zhou is indeed a kind-hearted and honest and steady person. It's safe to entrust you to him. "

" But there is one thing he wants to agree to, so he will move to Cangzhou in the future, so it will be convenient for him to see you in the future. "

Later, Zhao Yan'e told Zhou Xing about his father's request. Zhou Xing thought about it and decided to agree. He lived alone, and it was the same wherever he lived. As long as Zhao Yan'e was around him, it would be fine.

It was like this. Zhou Xing spoke to Zhao's father and explained that the Zhao family did not show much resistance to this sudden appearance of son-in-law. Everyone was quite happy.

But there was a person who was furious after learning about the situation. He came to Zhao's mansion that night to prevent Zhao Yan'e from marrying Zhou Xing.

This person is Zhao Yan'e's cousin Yan Jing . He has liked Zhao Yan'e for a long time and wants to marry her as his wife, but he was fucked by Zhou Xingheng who suddenly appeared.

Yan Jing expressed his thoughts to his uncle, and Zhao's father sighed and said, "Why haven't you heard you talk about this before? Now I have agreed to Mr. Zhou, what should I do? "

Yan Jing said loudly: "That Zhou Xing, a poor boy who came out of nowhere. Although he saved Yan'e, his uncle would give him more money and send him back! "

In Yan Jing's heart, he was more compatible with Zhao Yan'e, and his uncle's family business has always been managed by himself, so he is the person who is most qualified to marry Zhao Yan'e.

He thought his uncle would naturally agree to his proposal, but he did not expect that Zhao's father said politely: "We have to listen to Yan'e's thoughts on this matter. I'm going to discuss it with her. ”

After Yan Jing left, Zhao's father called out his daughter and asked her what she meant. Zhao Yan'e said, "Father, the daughter is only willing to marry Mr. Zhou, and her daughter has lived with him for half a year! "

Seeing that his daughter was determined, Zhao's father sat down and decided to find an opportunity to tell Yan Jing about this. Unexpectedly, Yan Jing was dissatisfied and hit Zhou Xing.

That day, Zhou Xing had just returned from outside and ran into a man head-on. The man looked fiercely at him and looked at him and asked, "Are you Zhou Xing? "

Zhou Xing replied yes, he thought he had never seen this man before, why did he look at him like this?

And when the man heard Zhou Xing admit it, he said that he was Zhao Yan'e's cousin and asked him to leave Cangzhou quickly. Yan'e would not marry you.

Zhou Xing then realized that this was Yan Jing, the cousin who Zhao Yan'e often mentioned to him recently.

He had heard about Yan Jing, so he didn't want to argue with him. After saying goodbye, he was about to go home. At this time, Yan Jing stared at his left back and looked at him, and then a vicious plan was A heart quietly emerged.

After Zhou Xing returned, he did not mention what he had just happened to the Zhao family. After dinner, he returned to his room.

I don’t know if it was because he was not used to living, but he always felt a little uncomfortable in the past few days.

And just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside, so he got up and opened the door. Outside the door was a servant holding a tray.

The servant said, “Mr. Zhou, the master heard that you are in poor health recently, so he specially asked us to cook soup and medicine to deliver to you."

Zhou Xing reached out to take it. Just as he was about to drink it, he suddenly saw a calluse on the tiger's left hand on the mouth of the tiger. He knew in his heart that this was not an ordinary person, but a person who had used swords for a long time.

And this servant, he had never seen this servant in the Zhao family for so long, was it an outsider pretending to be a pretender?

If he was really an outsider pretending to be an outsider, then he could get into the Zhao family. It was obviously related to the people of the Zhao family, and maybe it was related to the person who wanted to harm Zhao Yan'e last time.

Zhou Xing was thinking about how to relieve the situation, but suddenly he heard a "squeak" sound from the house. He deliberately pretended to be afraid, loosened his hand, and the teacup fell to the ground, and the water in the cup was sprinkled on the ground .

"Where did the mouse come from? It really scared me! I am not afraid of anything, just this mouse. "

"Don't blame me, I let Mr. Zhao down on my kindness, can you please bring me another bowl? "

The servant looked at the mouse, and the mouse had long disappeared. He said calmly: "Young Master Zhou wait a moment, I'll bring it to you." "

The servant turned around and left, and Zhou Xing saw the servant walking away, and quickly ran to Zhao's father's room and told him that someone pretended to be a servant and sneaked into the house.

Mr. Zhao heard this and immediately asked someone to stay in the yard. When the servant appeared again with a tray, he instantly pressed him to the ground.

Mr. Zhao led the housekeeper to confirm that the man was indeed not a servant in Zhao's mansion, and Mr. Zhao asked someone to grab a mouse and feed the medicine in the cup to the mouse to drink. As a result, the mouse disappeared after a short time.

Later, Zhao Yan'e learned the situation and saw the man, and she instantly recognized that the man was one of the bandits who wanted to harm him that day, so she told her father After this matter. After

, Mr. Zhao took the man to the yamen. After interrogation by the county magistrate, the man's identity was indeed a bandit. The reason why he went to the Zhao family was because he was instructed by Yan Jing.

He ordered the constable to arrest Yan Jing. In the face of facts, Yan Jing finally admitted what he did.

It turned out that Yan Jing had a good relationship with Mrs. Zhao, and he also liked Zhao Yan'e. However, he heard from his aunt that Mr. Zhao wanted to find a son-in-law for Zhao Yan'e and take over the family's business in the future.

Yan Jing was dissatisfied and learned that his aunt and Zhao Yan'e were going to visit relatives in another place, so he planned all this with the bandits.