Ming Dynasty, Gaoyang County, Zhejiang.
There is a woman named Su Xiyu, her father has never met in her life, she died of depression in middle age, and her mother died of excessive sadness.
The young and poor Su Xiyu lived in her aunt's house, and her aunt's family was not wealthy, and she only had one son, and she regarded Su Xiyu as her own.
Su Xiyu has been smarter than ordinary children since she was a child, and she can even answer things that her cousin doesn't understand.
More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and my cousin and Su Xiyu have also reached the age of talking about marriage, but my aunt's family is poor, although a family has taken a fancy to my cousin, but unfortunately they can't come up with five hundred taels of silver, and the marriage is delayed.
One day, the Cao family in the south of the city came to propose marriage, after all, they have been neighbors for many years, and they know the roots, especially they are willing to pay a bride price of 500 taels.
The aunt didn't discuss with Su Xiyu and immediately agreed to the marriage, and after the marriage, Cao Fa was also very considerate to Su Xiyu.
Cao Fa's writing is polite, and he was admitted last year, and his personality is also good.
Su Xiyu is gentle and virtuous, and her in-laws are also very satisfied.
The husband and wife chanted poems against each other, and under the moon before the flowers, the couple's joy was envious of others.
But there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck.
Cao Fa has a friend named Ren Long, who is flamboyant and lustful.
Once Cao Fa had a birthday and invited five or six friends to get together, including Ren Long.
Everyone drank happily, drunk and drunk, Su Xiyu came over to urge Cao Fa to rest early, and at this time Ren Long noticed Su Xiyu.
Su Xiyu's gentleness and beauty were even more touching under the lights, and Ren Long's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of greed and evil thoughts. After three rounds of drinking, he began to approach Su Xiyu intentionally or unintentionally, with frivolity and teasing in his words.
Although Su Xiyu was shocked in her heart, she still maintained her composure on her face, she skillfully avoided Ren Long's entanglement, and left the banquet under the pretext of returning to her room.
After the banquet, Su Xiyu told Cao Fa: "I think Ren Long is a person, he can't have deep friendships, and he will have less contact in the future." ”
Cao Fa didn't take it to heart and rested early.
Ren Long is a small official in the Yamen, and he has won the trust of the county order with his flamboyant tongue.
After returning home that night, Ren Long never forgot Su Xiyu, thinking about how to grab Su Xiyu.
One day, Ren Long was sorting out the case, and when he saw a case of robbers robbing a wealthy businessman, he suddenly had a plan.
Ren Long came to the prison, found the leader of the robbers, and said, "As long as you do what I say, you can turn a felony into a misdemeanor, and I will give you five hundred taels of silver." ”
The leader was overjoyed, kept what Ren Long said in his heart, and insisted that the real culprit behind the scenes was Cao Fa during the interrogation of the county order.
Cao Fa was caught in the yamen, and he couldn't argue, at first he thought that Ren Long was his friend, and he was doing things in the yamen, so he should be able to help, but he didn't expect Ren Long to bow his head and not speak.
The yamen searched Cao's house for three days and found nothing, and Cao Fa was imprisoned and tortured every day.
Su Xiyu gave the jailer a hundred taels of silver, Cao Facai was spared from being beaten, and a well-wisher quietly told Su Xiyu that in fact, these robbers had taken the benefits of Ren Long and framed Cao Fa.
Three months later, the prefectural order was transferred to another place, and the new prefectural order came immediately.
Su Xiyu was worried all day long and couldn't sleep.
Half a year ago, a woman came next door to the neighbor, named Huan'er, who used to be a woman from a green house.
Because Su Xiyu's female celebrity is very good, Huan'er often comes to learn female celebrity, and Su Xiyu often sends her some gold and silver jewelry, and the two become sisters with different surnames.
Because Huan'er fled here, once she was checked by the official and couldn't get it out for a while, the yamen wanted to arrest her and go to prison, at this time Su Xiyu appeared in time and said that Huan'er was a distant cousin and her household registration was in her own home.
The next day, Su Xiyu took Huan'er to settle the household registration, and Huan'er was grateful.
Because of Cao's accident, Su Xiyu frowned all day long, and did not go to Huan'er.
Huan'er was also worried, so she came over to inquire, and learned that Cao Fa was framed, and said: "Why didn't my sister say it earlier, we are all a family, my sister's business is my business, and that Ren Long is not a person, there was a girl in our Qinglou who was deceived by him before." ”
Su Xiyu sighed and said, "But I'm a woman, how can I overturn the case for your brother-in-law." ”
Huan'er: "I have my own way, the new county order will come in a few days, as long as I can see him, my brother-in-law's affairs will be easy to handle." ”
Su Xiyu didn't understand, Huan'er: "I used to be a Qinglou woman, and it was easy to deal with a new county order." ”
Su Xiyu was overjoyed, and immediately took out a thousand taels of silver, helped buy the most popular fabrics at that time, gold and silver jewelry, made several beautiful clothes, and the accompanying maids were also dressed up, rented a big boat and set off.
Half a month later, Huan'er returned and said, "The matter has been done." ”
The next day, the new county order came, and Su Xiyu stopped the sedan chair of the new county order on the road and shouted that he was wronged.
The new county order immediately promoted the case to the court, interrogated the relevant people involved in the case, and sure enough, the testimony of the prisoner was chaotic and inconsistent, and after severe torture and confession of Ren Long's affairs, Cao Fa finally cleared his grievances and released him home.
Ren Long, as a small official, knew the law and broke the law, and was assigned to Cangzhou.
Everyone applauded and praised Su Xiyu even more for being a heroine among women and resourceful.
Cao Fa asked again: "What kind of person is Huan'er, willing to risk her life and sacrifice herself to help me, a stranger." ”
Su Xiyu then talked about Huan'er.
At that time, Su Xiyu and Huan'er received news that the new county order had arrived in Suzhou, and they specially changed a boat in order to see the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.
Huan'er also rented a boat, sometimes in front, sometimes in the back. Huan'er sat by the window, sometimes poking her head out, sometimes leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, and the shadows appeared and disappeared.
The new county magistrate not far away saw it in his eyes and was amazed, he couldn't imagine that the Jiangnan woman was so beautiful, so he immediately asked the servant to ask who it was and who his surname was.
The servant quickly investigated and returned, saying: "The woman on the boat is named Huan'er, and she is the first singer in Jinling, but she is now good and no longer shows up. ”
The new county order sent someone to send a hundred taels of gold and silver, but it was rejected unexpectedly, and in the dead of night, the new county order looked at Jiang Xing and sighed, and suddenly Huan'er came.
Under the moonlight, Huan'er is more charming and tender.
The new county order: "I don't know if the beauty is coming, and I will miss the distance." ”
Huan'er nodded slightly, and the new county order said: "Mingyue and the beauty, you can't live without wine, the beauty waits, I'll come when I go." ”
In a moment's effort, the new county order asks people to make sumptuous wine and food, and there are all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas.
Huan'er smiled, and the new county was overjoyed, so he toasted a glass of wine and said, "Talk about the heart." ”
Huan'er was already a master of the Fengyue field, and with a smile, she took the new county order, and after three glasses of wine, the two became confidants and friends who talked about everything, and Huan'er also moved to the ship of the new county order, accompanied all the way, and came to Hangzhou City ten days later.
Huan'er was depressed, with tears in her eyes when she parted.
The new county order looked extremely distressed, thinking that the beauty was reluctant to give up on herself.
Huan'er said: "Although the concubine is a dusty woman, she also knows that she knows how to repay her kindness, and the benefactor of the concubine is now framed and imprisoned, but I can't do anything." ”
The words didn't speak, they flowed like rain, and it was distressing to watch.
The new county commander hurriedly asked what was going on, and Huan'er told Cao Fa about the time before and after Cao Fa was framed by his friends.
The new county commander was furious when he heard this, and said: "There is such a ridiculous thing, Ren Long is still a friend, not as good as a pig or a dog." After I take office, you send me a complaint, and I will retry the case and clear Cao Fa's grievances. ”
The new county order took out the jade pendant from his arms and gave it to Huan'er, and Huan'er thanked him and said: "The concubine has nothing to repay, and she will make cattle and horses for adults in the next life." ”
The new county magistrate hesitated for a moment and said: "Miss Huan'er, in fact, I have an idea, my wife has been dead for three years, and now she has not renewed the strings, I don't know if the girl can ......."
Huan'er saw that he was upright and did the main house, thought about it, and said, "Let me think about this matter and discuss it with my sister." ”
The new county was overjoyed, and the two have since separated.
After Cao Fa was rescued, the whole family was excited, especially thanks to Huan'er for saving him righteously, when Huan'er married the new county order, Cao Fa and Su Xiyu gave 1,000 taels of silver as a dowry.
On the day of the wedding, the red makeup was ten miles, the drums were singing, and the new county order was married to Huan'er with the gift of a wife.
And Cao Fa, after experiencing this turmoil, cherished the peaceful life in front of him even more, he was diligent in his studies, and finally succeeded.