In the last year of the Yuan Dynasty, there were families in Huai'an City surnamed Wang, and their families were well-off. The Wang family has only one daughter, named Cuicui. Cuicui is clever and clever, and has loved poetry books since she was a child. The old husband and wife felt that anyway, they had a daughter, and they followed her wishes and sent them to the city to study righteousness.
CuiCui had a classmate named Chengquan, and the two were the same age. Cheng Quan is handsome in appearance, and proficient in poetry and song. Classmates often make them happy: "Men and women in the same year, is the Mandarin duck, when the knot is a hundred years is good!"
Although the two pretended to be angry and ashamed, they took it seriously in their hearts and quietly passed on the poem manuscript to show their hearts. Later, the two had a deep affection and privately decided for life.
A few years later, Cuicui grew up and came out beautifully, and her parents would not let her show her face. Soon, matchmakers came to the door and came to the door to propose to the family. For ordinary people's families, Lao Wang and his wife have politely declined, and sometimes, when they meet a favorite, they will consult with their daughters, but whenever they mention marriage, Cuicui will be full of sorrow and tea and dinner.
One day, Cuicui's parents said to her: "Son, you have reached the age of marriage, this high door does not come, the low door does not go, this is not a method after all, how do you plan?"
Cuicui lowered her heart and said with a red face: "Your Honor, your daughter has already made a promise to be alone, that is, the fulfillment of the family in the west neighbor, the daughter vows not to marry others, if the second elder does not agree, the son will only die." "
When Lao Wang and his wife heard this, they waved their hands in fright: "Okay, you have won!" As long as you don't go to the end of the road, everything can be discussed. "They knew that their daughter was fierce, so they had to obey her daughter's wishes and send someone to find a matchmaker and ask her to go to the family and propose to her."
The matchmaker came to the family to protect the media, and The parents of The Whole Family said: "We have become a small family, where can we climb with the Wang family?"
Wang Zhongbo said: "Miss Wang Family, I am bound to marry your son to be perfect, and the parents of the people have also agreed, but now, you have resigned on the grounds that your family is poor, and you have really failed to live up to the sincerity of the family." I see, you should say something like, 'Your house is courting, do you dare to obey your orders?' It is just that the family is poor and unable to buy the wedding ceremony. The royal family regarded their daughter as a pearl in the palm of their hand, and they would not count these things. "
When the parents heard this, they felt that they were reasonable, and they said, "Everything is arranged." "
The matchmaker happily replied to the Wang family, and the Wang family and his wife listened and said: "My family chooses a son-in-law, focusing on the character and appearance, and other subtle details, do not care." There is only one point that needs to be discussed, my little girl has been pampered since childhood, I am afraid it will be difficult to adapt to a hard life for a while, and we only have this one daughter, and we are not willing to let her leave, whether we can let Chengquan enter my family, so that it is good with both families. "
Wang Matchmaker went to the Cheng family to convey this intention, and the second elder of the Cheng family also agreed.
Soon, on an auspicious day, the Cheng and Wang families married, and all the expenses were prepared by the Wang family. When the perfection comes, the new man worships the heavens and the earth and enters the cave house. When the people who spread the tent and read the joy song dispersed, the little couple looked at each other in front of the candle and the four eyes communicated. Since then, the husband and wife have loved each other, the husband and wife have sung with the woman, and the old Wang couple has been relieved to see the young couple and the harmony and beauty.
Unexpectedly, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, and Zhang Shicheng raised an army in Gaoyou and captured Huai'an City. Cuicui was taken captive by Zhang Shicheng's subordinate General Li, and since then, the family has been separated.
In the chaos of the soldiers and horses, Cheng Quan and his father-in-law and mother-in-law hid in Tibet, and Fang was spared death. Later, the situation gradually stabilized, And Chengquan bid farewell to the second elder and vowed to retrieve Cuicui, but the second elder of the Liu family could not keep it, and could only go by him.
Complete climbing mountains and wading through the water, sleeping in the wind, looking around for his wife. Later, he finally found out that General Li was stationed in Huzhou, and he begged along the road again, and went through all kinds of hardships to find Huzhou.
On this day, Cheng Quan came to the outside of General Li's mansion and hesitated. When the gatekeeper saw that he was dressed in a suspicious shape, he shouted, "Hey! What are you sneaking around here?"
Cheng Quan rushed forward to give a gift and replied, "Xiaosheng is a member of the Huai'an clan, and since the funeral, he has been separated from his family. I heard that my sister was living in your house, so she came here thousands of miles to look for her and wanted to see her. "
When the little soldier saw that Chengquan looked like a disgrace, he still did not lose his gentlemanly demeanor, so he said, "What do you say is like the real thing, so who is your surname?" How does your sister look when she is old? I'd better help you verify the proof. "
Chengquan Shen shi yi li and said, "Xiaosheng is called Chengquan." My sister's name is Wang Cuicui, and she was only seventeen when she was separated, so she should be twenty-four now. "
The gatekeeper listened and nodded, "There is indeed an aunt in the General's Mansion surnamed Wang, who is a Native of Huai'an, who is handsome and handsome, and is deeply favored by the General." I don't know if it's your sister? I went ahead and gave a shout. "
After a while, the gatekeeper came out quickly and said to Cheng Quan, "The general is going to summon you, come with me quickly." "
Cheng Quan and the small soldiers walked into the hall, and General Li sat down in the hall, and Cheng Quan bowed down one after another, and then stated his intentions. General Li was originally a warrior, and he was convinced of what Cheng quan said, and immediately ordered someone to ask Aunt Cui to come out and meet her brother.
When Cuicui came to the front hall, she saw a fallen scholar standing in front of the hall, fixing her eyes on it, and it was the fulfillment of her own thoughts. Seven years apart, a thousand words, like a carp in the throat. Both of them were in tears, and they couldn't cry.
Cui Cui Qiang endured grief and went forward to say a blessing, saying, "How did the brother find this place?" Are your parents still alive?"
ChengQuan stopped the grief and told the situation at home over the years, as well as the experience of his painstaking search for Cuicui, and after saying that, the two of them were relatively choked up.
When General Lee saw that the two of them were sad and close to each other, he said, "Neither of you brothers and sisters should cry." Presumably, my uncle has worked hard all the way and has long been exhausted, so let's rest early today. "
The next day, General Li summoned Cheng Quan and said, "Sister Ling is literate and literate, and I think her uncle is better than her." "
Cheng Quan replied, "In my township, I have taken Confucianism as my profession and books as my foundation, and I have read all the scriptures and chapters of history. "
General Lee said happily: "Ben will not have read a few books for a few days, and he cannot read a few large characters, but now that he is in an important position, the documents and letters are piled up with a few cases, and there is no one who can handle it." It's great that you're here, so stay and help me with these chores. "
In order to see Cuicui again, Cheng Quan happily agreed. Cheng Quan was originally a man of quick thinking and a gentle temperament, under the general's door, everything was thoughtful, and the letter was written back to Jane, just like the general's will, so General Li regarded him as a confidant.
However, Chengquan was full of bitterness, and he had come to find a wife, but he wanted people to pretend to laugh in front of him, and he often secretly felt sad for this. Since they met in the name of their brother and sister in the hall, they have not seen Cuicui's figure again.
Autumn and winter come, it's time to change winter clothes. One night, Cheng Quan was alone in his study, and after a long night of sleeplessness, he composed a poem. Then he sewed the poem into the cotton collar, gave the servant a hundred dollars, and instructed: "The weather is cold, my clothes are very thin, and I am bothering you to send this old cotton coat to my sister, let her quickly wash and sew for me, and I will wear it to keep the cold!"
The child servant fulfilled the meaning and sent the cotton coat to Cuicui. CuiCui knew that there must be a reason, she unbuttoned the clothes and found the poem manuscript, she suppressed her grief and anger, and replied with tears, which was also sewn into the clothes. The poem reads: The war and fire leave their hometown together, and the new hatred and the old hatred are heavy! The liver and intestines are difficult to break, and life cannot be from death to death.
When Cheng Quan saw this poem, he knew that Cuicui would promise death, and his heart was even more melancholy. In less than a month, it was depressed and terminally ill. When Cuicui learned of this, she asked General Li to let her visit Chengquan, and after General Li agreed, Cuicui rushed to the sickbed, and Chengquan was already dying. Cheng Quan looked up at her, his tears gushing like a fountain, but he couldn't spit out a word, sighed a long time, and died of exhaustion.
CuiCui lost her voice and cried bitterly, and passed out several times. General Lee lamented the loss of a talent, so he buried it in the foothills of the dojo.
Cuicui sent the funeral back, and fell ill that night, General Li ordered the medical officer to see him, and Cuicui refused to take medicine or treat it, so it was delayed for nearly two months.
One morning, General Li came to visit him, and Cuicui said to him with difficulty: "General, it has been eight years since concubines abandoned their families to stay with them. Concubines are critically ill, there is no hope of getting better, and today there is a matter to ask for, please look at the favor of the army in these years..."
General Li saw his concubine say these sad words, his nose was sour, and he grasped Cuicui's hand and said, "What's the matter?" Even if I say it bluntly, I will say yes. "
Cuicui smiled bitterly and said sadly, "After the concubine dies, I implore the general to bury me next to my brother's grave." Under the Yellow Spring, they also have a mutual dependence, so as not to be a lone ghost in a foreign land. After saying this, he closed his eyes and went to Huangquan.
General Li remembered the benefits of Cuicui's life, so he buried her next to the tomb of Chengquan according to her instructions.
After many years, the original servants of the Cuicui family did small business after the war. One day, when selling goods, when passing under the hill of Huzhou Dojo, I saw a courtyard where a young couple was laughing in front of the door. He came to see, some of them were familiar, and the little couple also seemed to know him, asking each other, and Fang knew that it was Chengquan and Cuicui.
Cheng Quan and Cui Cui invited the old servant into the house to inquire about their parents and the affairs of the village. The old servant asked, "How did the young lady and uncle make their home here?"
Cuicui said: "When the war was first chaotic, I was abducted by General Li, and Lang Jun, who was thousands of miles away, found this place, and thanks to General Li's kindness, our husband and wife were reunited. So I lived here. "
The old servant added, "Now that I am going back to Huai'an, why don't the young lady and aunt write a letter of sealing the family for the old slave to bring back, and also teach the old man and wife to rest assured." "
The couple kept the old servant for a night, and did everything they could to entertain him with fine wine and food. The next day, the old servant took the family letter written by Cuicui and boarded the road.
The second elder of the Liu family, who has been thinking about his daughter and looking forward to his son-in-law all these years, asks around about their whereabouts, and the old lady's eyes are blind. On this day, the old servant came to the door to send Cuicui's handwritten letter and told him in detail what he saw, and the second elder was really overjoyed.
Old Master Wang immediately packed up, chartered a boat and the old servant on the road, and came to the bottom of the dojo mountain after several twists and turns. However, the mountains are full of barren hills and dry grass, and there is no one inhabited. The old servant followed the same path to the place where he had seen the perfection and greenery, and there were only two graves.
Just when the two masters and servants were wondering, an old monk happened to come from the front, and Old Master Wang rushed forward to inquire. The monk said, "The two tombs here are two people who were buried in the past by General Li on time, one named Chengquan and the other named Cui Niang, where will anyone live here?"
When Old Master Wang and the old servant heard the old monk's words, they were shocked and hurriedly took out the letters to watch, and there was no ink on the white aya. Old Master Wang sat down in front of the grave and cried, "Cui'er, Daddy, I came here thousands of miles away, and I wanted to reunite father and daughter." Children, living we are father and daughter, and we should not be alienated when we are dead. If my son has a spirit, let Daddy meet him, Daddy has a lot to say to you!
On this night, the two masters and servants of the king slept by the grave. At about three o'clock, CuiCui and Cheng Quan both knelt in front of Old Master Wang, crying incessantly.
Old Master Wang burst into tears and asked about the changes in these years, and CuiCui cried in detail about the events since they were separated. When the old man heard this, he endured grief and said, "Originally I came here for the Father to take you home for a reunion, but now that you have become ghosts in the next life, it is worth the trip to move your bones back to the ancestral grave for the Father." "
Cuicui cried, "The child was unfortunate before he died, he could not serve his parents on his knees, did some filial piety, and had no chance after death, nor could he be buried in his homeland." However, this place is beautiful with beautiful mountains and rivers, glorious grass and trees, and it is still quiet, if it is relocated, it is necessary to let Daddy work hard, and since he is already settled here, there is no need to move again. "
Old Master Wang woke up suddenly, and Fang knew that it was a dream.
The next day, Old Master Wang and the old servant prepared sacrifices in front of the grave and said, "Cui'er, fulfill the fulfillment, you two rest in peace, rely on each other, Daddy I will go back." "
This story is adapted from "The Surprise of the Second Moment Shooting", in which Cuicui and Chengquan were originally a loving couple, but were forced to separate for several years due to war. However, Chengquan never gave up looking for Cuicui, but he couldn't imagine that when they met again, they could only be called brothers and sisters, and they could not be together in love, and finally ended up hating. Although the two lives are different, they can still be buried together after death, which is also a deep affection.