Story: One newspaper and one newspaper (folk tale)

First, the wrongdoers

During the Ming Dynasty, there was a bastard in the capital named Sima Yun. Because he could not solve the problem of food and clothing, he studied the five elements of gossip and the art of Qi men and qi men, and set up stalls on the street to calculate his fate. Because he is good at observing words and colors, and he is born to be able to deceive, there is an endless stream of people who come to him to tell his fortune. Within a few years, he became a big household in the capital. After developing, he no longer had to go out to set up stalls, but built a house in the capital, specializing in sitting at home to tell fortunes.

Although Sima Yun developed, he did not start a family in his thirties. In order to marry his wife and have children as soon as possible, he had to go around looking for a matchmaker to kiss him.

At noon, Sima Yun was sitting at home drinking tea, when suddenly an old man dressed in cloth came outside the door. The old man held a flat shoulder and kept coughing as he walked. After entering the hall, the old man put down his flat burden and said to Sima Yun, "I am fifty years old and six, because I am busy all day, I have accumulated fatigue and illness, and I have tuberculosis. The doctor said that this disease is difficult to treat, and I wonder if I can live? When Sima Yun heard this, a fool who delivered silver to the door quickly pulled the old man to sit down and said, "Please report the birthday eight characters, and I will help you take a share immediately." The old man did not dare to be idle, picked up the brush on the table, and wrote down the date of birth on the paper.

Sima Yun glanced at it casually, pretended to pinch his fingers, and immediately exaggerated: "Oh shit! You are too old to commit this year, and now that you have this disease, you will undoubtedly die. The old man was startled and rushed up to ask, "Sir, does he have a way to save him?" Sima Yun thought for a moment with his eyes closed and said, "Of course, there is, but you have to take 50 taels of silver to dissolve it for me, otherwise there will be no salvation." The old man was very frightened, and quickly felt a bulging oilcloth bag from his arms, handed it over, and said, "There are exactly 50 taels of silver here, please accept it." When Sima Yun saw that the old man was so sharp, he thought that he had some money, so he regretted it a little and felt that he should ask for more. After receiving the silver, Sima Yun said, "I will buy paper money and incense candles for these silver and ask the gods to cross the robbery for you, so you can go back for the time being." If the body gets better after five days, if it does not get better, it will be less silver and cannot open the joints, then bring some silver to me. The old man listened to Sima Yun's words and said with some doubt: "I thought that Mr. Wang could help me through the disaster now, but he couldn't, so it was good to return the silver to me." Sima Yun was worried that the cooked duck had flown, and quickly explained: "Old Man Hugh is too anxious, everything has a time, don't rush for a while, otherwise, no one can save you." The old man thought the same thing, so he half-believed and took the flat burden and left.

Sima Yun weighed the silver, scolded the old man's distant back, "fool", and then hid the silver in the treasure chest in the room. Five days passed, and the old man in the cloth came again. As soon as he entered the door, he took out a large bag of silver and said, "Sir, save me, I can't stand my cough." After saying that, he opened his mouth and kept coughing, only to cough red in the face and saliva. Sima Yun hurriedly stepped forward to take the silver, patted the old man's shoulder and smiled: "You can rest assured, the wealth can be psychic, with these silver, I will definitely help you survive the disaster." The old man nodded, full of trust in Sima Yun.

Second, measure the marriage

A few more days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Sima Yun sat at home and snoozed. He was dazed and had just fallen asleep, when suddenly his ears were pinched and hurt. He opened his eyes and saw that it was the old man in cloth. The old man said angrily, "Give me back the silver, you liar!" Sima Yun felt strange, his eyes widened, and he said, "You got sick and sent silver to let me help you survive the robbery, how can you say that I lied to you!" The old man said angrily, "My illness has been cured, I have no tuberculosis, give me back the silver!" ”

Sima Yun quickly asked, "Who said you didn't have tuberculosis, how is it good?" ”

The cloth-clad old man said, "I coughed for nine days, and today I don't cough." I went to the doctor who had treated me before, and he gave me a pulse again, saying that I was just occasionally cold, coughing in a few days and curing, and that it was just a misdiagnosis before. ”

When Sima Yun heard this, he rolled his eyes and lied, saying, "You are wrong, you obviously have tuberculosis, it is not me to help you resolve it, how can you be cured?" ”

The cloth-clad old man knew that Sima Yun was arguing, so he still wanted him to return the silver. Sima Yun did not want to get entangled with the old man, so he directly summoned two family members, beat the old man severely, and drove him out of the door.

After this incident, Sima Yun continued to deceive other people, and did not feel guilty at all.

One day, he had just sent off a guest when suddenly an old lady over half a hundred years old came out of the door. As soon as the old lady sat down, before she could speak, she sighed and said, "The old man has one in fifty this year, and the next woman under her knee is two or eight, and she has not yet been allowed to match others." Two years ago, I entrusted a lot of matchmakers to match, but I was helpless to always be high or low. In the end, there was no way, so I had to come to you to calculate and see when she could find her in-laws. He said, and reported the birthday eight words.

When Sima Yun heard that the old lady's daughter was looking for her in-laws, and she just didn't marry a wife, wasn't this the fate that fell from the sky? He wanted to tell the old lady what he wanted, but he was worried that the girl was not dignified enough, and he was busy asking the old lady about her daughter's appearance. The old lady mentioned her daughter and said proudly, "My daughter has the beauty of sinking fish and falling geese, and the appearance of closed moon and shy flowers." It's just that she has a very high self-esteem, and ordinary people can't look up to her, so she is still unmarried. ”

Sima Yun nodded darkly, looked at the eight characters of the birthday, and then deceived the old lady and said, "Judging from your daughter's eight characters, this is the fate of the red face and the water, no matter which family you marry, it will definitely be Kefu, so no one will marry your daughter." ”

The old lady listened very worriedly and said, "Really, then my daughter's life is really bitter!" He said, hiding his face and crying.

Sima Yun advised, "There is no invincible road in heaven." Although your daughter's life is not good, there is a person who is not afraid and is willing to marry your daughter. ”

Third, go to the door to get married

The old lady was refreshed, and she stopped crying and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Sima Yun stood up and said, "It is underneath." ”

The old lady looked Sima Yun up and down a few times, and said in surprise: "Mr. A table of talents, and the family is rich, are you not afraid that my daughter will bring you bad luck?" ”

Sima Yun patted his chest and said, "Rest assured, I have a little understanding of the Five Elements of Yin and Yang, and I can crack the fate of Miss Shui, so it is feasible for her to marry me." ”

The old lady turned from sorrow to joy and said, "Even so, I will take you to see my daughter and see what her opinion is." With that, he got up and set off.

Sima Yun followed the old lady out of the city, and saw three grass huts in front of a village in front of her, surrounded by a lot of cut wood, and a slender young woman was sitting in front of the door embroidering flowers. The old lady told Sima Yun that this was her daughter Chunhua. Sima Yun fixed his eyes on it, only to see the spring flowers willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, dignified appearance, sitting there in a graceful posture, like Chang'e in the Moon Palace. Sima Yun was extremely satisfied, and quickly stepped forward and said, "Good Spring Flower Girl, Xiaosheng Sima Yun is polite here." ”

The woman looked up at Sima Yun, saw that it was a living person, and immediately covered her face with long sleeves and turned back to the house. The old lady hurriedly caught up with her and said Sima Yun's intentions. The woman heard that it was a person who was courting, so she looked back at Sima Yun carefully for a few times, and then bowed her head and did not speak.

Sima Yun looked at the color, saw that the woman did not open her mouth, and expected to acquiesce to this affair, so he took out a hundred and two silver tickets and said: "Miss, please rest assured, I will definitely treat you well." This is my dowry, and I will marry you home when the time comes. ”

The old lady accepted the silver ticket for her daughter and chose an auspicious day for the eighth day of the first month of the next month with Sima Yun. Sima Yun did everything well, just about to quit and leave, suddenly remembered that he had not yet seen Chunhua's father, so he asked the old lady where her uncle had gone? The old lady replied: "Husband Jun has not returned from going out to do business in his early years, and he wrote a letter to his family the month before, saying that he could not return until the end of the year." ”

Sima Yun listened and turned around to go back to Zhang Luo' affair.

Soon, the auspicious day arrived, and Sima Yun invited relatives and friends to take the spring flowers home with eight large sedans. After marriage, Chunhua resigned from her family and servants, personally washed and cooked, and took care of Sima Yun's living and eating. Sima Yun could not help but be very satisfied when he saw that his wife was diligent and thrifty in running the family and keeping the home in an orderly manner. Soon, he gave her the treasure chest where the money was stored and all the keys in the house.

One day, Sima Yun got up from bed and suddenly found a letter on the desk. Chunhua came over and said, "This letter was sent by an old man who invited you to the East Lake Restaurant." ”

Sima Yun did not know who the other party was, and when he opened the letter, he looked at it and saw that there were 60 silver tickets inside. He didn't know why the other party gave him silver, and in order to know who the other party was, he put on his robe and went out.

Fourth, eat the consequences of self-inflicted suffering

After a while, Sima Yun came to the East Lake Restaurant and saw an old man in a short shirt standing at the door waiting for someone. He looked up and saw that the other party was the old man in cloth who had calculated his fate. Thinking of the last time, Sima Yun was worried that the old man was pestering him, and he quickly turned around and wanted to leave. However, the old man stepped forward with an arrow, grabbed his clothes, and punched him in the chest. Sima Yun stumbled and did not fall to the ground, when the cloth-clad old man kicked his abdomen again, only to bend down in pain.

The cloth-clad old man still had to strike, and Sima Yun quickly hooked his legs and tripped the cloth-clad old man to the ground. The cloth-clad old man was expected to be unable to beat him, and before he could kick him, he immediately got up and ran.

Sima Yun chased for half a day, only to be exhausted and breathless, while the cloth-clad old man ran into an alley, turned seven times and turned eight times, and disappeared. Sima Yun could not catch up with the cloth-clad old man, so he had to go back sadly.

When he returned to the door, he saw that the doors and windows were wide open, and the house was empty. Sima Yun was confused and hurried into the inner hall to look for his wife, but he did not see The person who had seen Chunhua. Sima Yun ran out of the door and asked his neighbor about the traces of spring flowers. The neighbor replied that he had just seen Haruka carrying a cloth bag and hiring a carriage out of the door. Sima Yun screamed darkly, and quickly ran back to the room to check the treasure chest under the bed, but saw that the lid of the box was wide open, and the gold and silver inside were all gone.

Sima Yun was shocked, guessing that Chunhua had taken his money and returned to her mother's house, and quickly went out and called a carriage to chase her.

When he reached the village outside the city, Sima Yun got out of the carriage and ran to the three grass huts to take a look, only to see that the doors and windows were closed and there was no one around. Sima Yun pushed open the door and entered, and saw a letter on the table in front of the hall. He took it apart, only to see that it read, "Mr. Sima Yun, do you remember the old man in cloth who was tricked out of a hundred and two grains of silver by you, that was my father?" Poor him, he went up the mountain every day to cut wood and sell money, and he had a hard time accumulating a little money, which he wanted to use to prevent old age, but you cheated him of all his belongings with a mouth full of lies, and beat him all over the body. In order to export her evil spirit for her father, Chunhua asked her mother to go to you to tell your fortune on my behalf, and when she heard that you were thirty years old and unmarried, you would be moved when you heard of my countenance. Who knows, you really made a plan to marry me into the door. Then, I chased away the family and took care of the housework for you, in order to gain your trust. After getting the key to the chest, I asked my father to lure you out by letter, and then used the key to open the treasure chest. I wanted to take back only my father's share, but I thought that you were going around cheating and had to punish you, so I took all the gold and silver from your treasure chest. Don't chase after the letter, because I have already distributed gold and silver along the way, and you deceived so many people in the first place, I should atone for your sins. ”

After Sima Yun read the letter, combined with the scene of Chunhua's home full of wood, he knew that the cloth-clad old man was selling firewood. Thinking that his years of accumulation had been taken away by The Spring Flower, he couldn't help but resent it, and at the same time he was very remorseful that he should not have blackmailed the cloth-clad old man in the first place, otherwise, there would be no evil consequences today.