Doctor Yu shen pushed open the door of his daughter-in-law's room, but he screamed in fright, startling the neighbors around him to hear the news and rush over. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a Langzhong surnamed Yu in Nanguang Town, Yibin, Sichuan, who was quite good because of his medical skills

Doctor Yu shen pushed open the door of his daughter-in-law's room, but he screamed in fright, startling the neighbors around him to hear the news and rush over.

During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a Langzhong surnamed Yu in Nanguang Town, Yibin, Sichuan, who was nicknamed "Divine Doctor" because his medical skills were quite OK. Yu Shenyi traveled for many years to treat diseases and save people in the four townships and eight miles, and accumulated ten thousand family wealth over the years, so he could be regarded as a number of leading figures in Nanguang Town.

Yu Shen Doctor seems to be all right, but one of his biggest regrets is that there is no successor. There was only one son under the knee of Doctor Yu Shen, and his health had not been very good since he was a child, and he was sick every day, as if he would die at any time.

Doctor Yu Shen can take good care of other people's diseases, but he can't heal his own son, even if he searches all over the place, there is nothing he can do. In desperation, Yu Shenyi thought of the oldest folk method: Oki.

After Yu Shen doctor made up his mind, he chose the Chen family girl among the thousands of girls of the right age in Nanguang Town.

The Chen family is nominally a gentleman, but in fact, Father Chen is a down-and-out talent who has not been in the middle of a thousand years. However, Chen Gu is not only beautiful, but also knows how to read and is indeed a rare woman in the countryside.

Although Father Chen knew that his son was not in good health, he could not resist the temptation of a generous dowry, after all, he wanted to go to the provincial city to participate in the township examination, and he was short of money on the road fee.

Chen's father originally wanted to set his daughter's wedding date until November at the end of the year, but his son was seriously ill and could not wait for the joy. Although the two families had differences on the wedding date, in the end, the rich family had a big face, and Chen Father compromised to change the wedding date to June.

In the warm spring of this year, Yu's son actually improved his health, not only could he walk in the courtyard, but he could even go to the tea house outside to listen to music.

Yu Shen doctor thought that this was all the role of Chong Xi, so he prepared for the wedding with great anticipation.

Who expected that there would be an unexpected storm in the day, on the first day of the wedding, Yu's son suddenly fell to the ground unconscious and died suddenly without warning, and even had time to leave a word.

Father Chen knew the news of the death of yu's son, it was like five thunderbolts, was his daughter the legendary broom star?

If you are ignorant of this family affair, it will not only affect your face, but also spit out a generous dowry. As soon as Father Chen thought of this, he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

However, if the daughter is allowed to remarry, she may be condemned by morality, which will also affect the evaluation of the examiner. Father Chen was also reluctant to take this risk.

So Father Chen thought about it and gave his daughter two choices: virginity or martyrdom.

Before marriage, when her husband died, the woman vowed not to remarry and was called a "virgin". Before marriage, her husband died, and the woman who was martyred for her husband was called a "martyr girl". Whether it is a virgin or a martyr, it is a kind of cruelty to women in feudal society.

Chen's father found his daughter for a showdown, and Chen Gu resolutely chose to marry normally. Mother Chen still wanted to stop it, but Father Chen was still a little proud of this, feeling that her daughter was willing to be widowed, which was a good education for herself.

That night, Chen Gu was carried into Yu's house by a black palanquin, and swore in front of her husband's spirit: born to the family, and dead to be a family ghost.

Aunt Chen serves her in-laws every day and takes care of the housework, like an indefatigable gyroscope, always fulfilling her promises.

With the passage of time, Chen Gu's appearance is unusually beautiful, and it is pitiful to look at. Yu Shenyi watched Chen Gu dangling in front of his eyes every day, and even absurdly wanted Chen Gu to bear a son for himself.

At first, Yu Shenyi used verbal temptation, and then took things such as earrings and bracelets to take advantage of the opportunity to rub oil. Every time, Chen Gu blushed and quickly avoided it, but did not dare to rebuke loudly.

Doctor Yu Shen became more and more emboldened, and even went to knock on Chen Gu's door in the middle of the night, only to get a warning that "the father-in-law please respect himself."

When Doctor Yu Shen failed, he went outside to walk around Chen Gu's rumors, and then threatened Chen Gu to either obey or bear the notoriety of being unchaste and disobedient.

Women at that time lived to be a good reputation. Chen Gu returned to her mother's house for help. However, Father Chen believes that the discord between the daughter and the in-laws is not the daughter's. A cultured daughter-in-law should change if she smells it, not if she smells it, she will be angry.

Aunt Chen saw that her mother's family could not be relied on, and could only return to Yu's home. Before leaving, she only said one sentence, "This is the last time I will go home." No one heard Chen Gu's voice.

When Chen Gu returned to Yu's home, Yu Shen Doctor completely tore off the face of hypocrisy and forced her more and more severely. So Aunt Chen said, "Come to my room tonight." ”

Doctor Yu shen was ecstatic to answer the appointment, but saw that Chen Gu, who was wearing a red wedding dress, had hanged herself. The neighbors put Chen Gu down and found a letter accusing her father-in-law of all kinds of ugly deeds.

When the Yu family had a murder, the neighbor of course reported it to the authorities at the first time and presented the letter of complaint left by Chen Gu. In the end, the letter fell into the hands of Xian Feng, who with a big stroke of his pen, ordered Yu Shen doctor to fund the construction of a chastity arch for his daughter-in-law Chen Gu.

The general chastity arch is recommended by the squire, declared by the locality, approved by the emperor, and then built by the imperial court with a transfer of 30 taels of silver. And Chen Gu's archway is the only one directly ordered by the emperor and funded by the father-in-law, which is also a case.

As for why Xianfeng did this, some people analyzed that the number of virgin martyrs in the middle and late Qing Dynasty increased sharply, and the imperial court could not afford to repair the archway.

Chen Gu fulfilled her oath and finally won the honor of seemingly "supreme". Whether Chen Gu under the Nine Springs was happy or not, no one knew. I only heard that when Father Chen received the commendation order, he laughed a few times and said, "Wu'er died for what he deserved!" ”

In fact, who would really care about Chen Gu's death? The honor that Chen Gu exchanged for her life's happiness and even life was nothing more than a cold stone statue. Is these women's persistence worth it?