"Lady..." Sima Xiangru lay on the bed and called out to Zhuo Wenjun weakly. At this time, Sima Xiang's eyes were blind, and his body was like a wither.
"Lang Zhong, you must save my Xianggong." Zhuo Wenjun turned his head to look at an old man with a childlike appearance.
Lang Zhong sighed: "Your Xianggong is terminally ill, the immortals are difficult to save, Madame is still..."
"Xianggong, you will definitely get better, woo..." Zhuo Wenjun grabbed Sima Xiangru's hand and burst into tears.
Sima Xiangru, formerly known as Sima Changqing, was a native of Chengdu, Western Han Dynasty. He has been brilliant since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was even more knowledgeable and rich, only to be tall, and he was quiet and elegant, and his appearance was dignified. Because of his admiration for Lin Xiangru's virtues, he changed his name to Sima Xiangru, the character Changqing.
The Sima family had a lot of wealth, and after Sima Xiangru achieved success in his studies, he obtained a lang official and served as a regular attendant of the martial horse to serve Emperor Xiaojing. However, he was loose by nature and did not like to accompany Emperor Xiaojing on patrols and hunting every day.
It happened that at this time, Emperor Xiaojing's younger brother King Liang Xiao went to Beijing to see him, and Sima Xiang moved like a clever move, simply called the sick resignation, followed King Liang Xiao's subordinates to mess around, danced every day to get ink, read books and talents, so uncomfortable.
When King Xiao of Liang returned to the State of Liang, Sima Xiangru also followed King Xiao of Liang to the State of Liang, and lived a few years of leisure. Who thought that within a few years, King Xiao of Liang died, and Sima Xiangru could not stay in the Liang Kingdom, so he had to return to Chengdu.
At this time, Sima's family was already in the middle of the family, it can be said that the family was destitute, and Sima Xiangru would not have any craftsmanship, and could not earn money to make a living. Fortunately, Ling Wang Ji of Linqiong County was good friends with him, and Wang Ji heard that Sima Xiangru was having a difficult life, so he sent a letter and asked Sima Xiangru to go to his place for a while to make plans. Sima Xiangru thought about it, anyway, he read books every day, and he was very idle, so it was better to go to Wang Jina to relax. So he packed up the package and went to Wang Ji.
In Linqiang County, Wang Ji arranged Sima Xiangru in the best inn in the city, and then pretended to be very respectful every day to visit Sima Xiangru. On this day, the two rich people in the city noticed Sima Xiangru. These two rich people are Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zheng, these two are super rich people with tens of millions of assets, and there are thousands of slaves in the family alone.
Zhuo and Cheng discussed and decided to banquet Sima Xiangru together, and by the way, they could also have a good relationship with the county commander Wang Ji, and invited hundreds of guests to accompany them. Sima Xiangru did not like this kind of entertainment and refused. In desperation, Wang Ji had to personally invite, and Sima Xiangru could only reluctantly agree to come over for a drink.
For a time, everyone was looking for each other, and the host and guest were happy. During the banquet, Wang Ji took a piano and handed it to Sima Xiangru: "Knowing that Changqing likes to stroke the piano, I specially took a good piano to let Changqing entertain himself." Sima Xiangru couldn't resign, so he took the piano and played two songs. For a while, the hall only heard the sound of the piano, not the noise, and everyone was intoxicated by the sound of the piano.
At this moment, Zhuo Wenjun, the granddaughter of King Zhuo, passed by the hall, but heard the melodious sound of the piano in the hall, so she asked the maid with her: "Who caresses the piano in the hall?" The maid inquired and came back and said, "It's the honorable guest of the master, Sima Xiangru is stroking the qin." "It turns out that this Zhuo Wenjun is seventeen years old, but he has already married, but unfortunately his husband has a short life, and Zhuo Wenjun was widowed at a young age, so he has been living in his mother's house. She is also good at musical rhythm, and the musician who listened to it at this time was superb and also walked into the hall to admire it. But seeing that the luthier was graceful and elegant, his appearance was extraordinary, and he did not feel that his heart was beating like a deer, and he felt that no woman could be worthy of him.
When Sima Xiang played two songs, everyone applauded. Sima Xiangru got up to be polite with all the guests, but saw a little woman standing at the door, with a delicate appearance, picturesque eyebrows, a face like a hibiscus, and her skin was as smooth as fat. Zhuo Wenjun saw Sima Xiangru looking at her, and his heart was shy, so he turned and left. Only then did Sima Xiangru come to his senses and ask him to know that she was the daughter of King Zhuo Sun, so he had no intention of entertaining.
Since then, Sima Xiangru and Wang Ji often visited Zhuo Wang Sun, and Zhuo Wang Sun was happy and welcomed the two warmly every time. Na Zhuo Wenjun was also the daughter of the Birthday, and she always peeked at Sima Xiangru outside the hall. Sima Xiangru always took the opportunity to stroke the piano a few pieces and tease Zhuo Wenjun with the sound of the piano. As soon as they came and went, the two became affectionate for each other.
One day, during the banquet, Sima Xiang, like an excuse to go to the toilet, took the opportunity to reward Zhuo Wenjun's maid with a large amount of money, asking her to express her affection to Zhuo Wenjun. Zhuo Wenjun was pleasantly surprised to learn that Sima Xiangru was affectionate, and eloped with Sima Xiangru back to Chengdu that night. After Zhuo Wang Sun found out, he cursed: "My daughter is so incomplete, even if I don't kill her, I will not want me a penny in the future." ”
It is said that Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun returned to their home in Chengdu, but the Sima family was surrounded by disciples, and the two had a very difficult life. After a while, one day, Sima Xiangru exchanged the only leather coat for a jug of wine and drank with Zhuo Wenjun. The two were half-drunk, and Wen Jun held Sima Xiangru and cried: "I have been rich in my life, but now I can only exchange leather clothes for wine, so it is not a way to go on, it is better for us to go back to Linqiang, borrow some money from my brother, and we can also make a living, why suffer here." Although Sima Xiangru was unwilling, he could not bear Wen Jun's suffering, so the two discussed and decided to open a restaurant in Chengdu.
Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun opened a restaurant
The two rented a restaurant, Zhuo Wenjun heated wine, Sima Xiangru sold wine, and personally acted as a buddy, wearing torn clothes to wash pots and pans. Soon, the matter was reported back to the Linqiong Zhuo family, and Zhuo Wang Sun was so angry that he smashed the antique artifacts in the hall, injured the maids and servants around him, and constantly cursed: "This is the shame of my Zhuo family's life." So, Zhuo Wang Sun closed the door.
For so many days, Zhuo Wangsun's brothers and elders came to persuade him: "You have a son and two daughters, and there is no shortage of money in the family." Na Sima Xiangru was also a learned man, but he was tired of officialdom and not a poor person. Since Wen Jun had already left like Sima, it was better to fulfill them. ”
Zhuo Wang Sun had no way to recruit his daughter, so he had to arrange hundreds of servants, millions of money, and his daughter's clothes and jewelry to be sent to Chengdu to give his daughter.
Zhuo Wenjun received the money from his father and was moved. So the couple bought a field house and lived a rich and leisurely life.
Sima Xiangru was originally suffering from thirst-quenching disease, but after being with Zhuo Wenjun, he coveted Wen Jun's beauty, enjoyed day and night, lived and ate without restraint, and his condition deteriorated, and he could not be cured, so there was the opening scene, similar to the scene of Wen Jun's life and death parting.
Note: The thirst quenching disease in Chinese medicine is the diabetes of Western medicine.
Langguan is a system of selecting officials in the Western Han Dynasty: the children of meritorious ministers and high-ranking officials above 2,000 stones can be lang; The children of good families with more than 40,000 family assets can be lang. Sima Xiangru relied on his family resources as a lang official.
Bibliography: Shiji Sima Xiangru Lie, Xijing Miscellaneous Records