It is said that in ancient times, in Wucheng County, the capital of Huzhou, there was a Ma Apo who poured night incense. She had no children and no daughters, and her wife died early, leaving her alone in the family. Now that she is nearly fifty years old, she can only earn some money to survive by pouring night incense. Ever since she began to do the work of bringing down Nightshade, people around her have alienated her and looked down on her. When they saw her, they avoided her from afar, as if ma Apo had a stench on her body.
Fortunately, Ma Apo has a kind niece named Qin Lanlan, she often goes to visit Ma Apo, chat with Ma Apo to relieve boredom, which makes Ma Apo feel very warm in her heart. Qin Lanlan is kind and industrious and filial, and her white skin and beauty are rare good girls, and there are many people who pursue her. But she was fond of a poor student named Zheng Wenshan, who only knew how to read all day long.
He did not know how to make a living at all, and his source of livelihood depended on more than ten acres of land left by his parents, renting to farmers to collect some rent to live. This rent is only enough to solve his food and clothing, and the four treasures of the reader's study room are not a small expense, and this expense is completely borne by Qin Lanlan. Qin Lanlan worked skillfully in the embroidery village and paid every month.
Most of Qin Lanlan's salary was given to Zheng Shusheng, and the rest was given to her parents, and she herself was reluctant to spend a penny. Zheng Shusheng also studied hard, and he won the Xiucai examination at a young age, and after a few years, he passed the examination again. Therefore, Qin's father and mother did not stop them, and Qin Lanlan gave most of the salary to Zheng Shusheng, and they hoped that their daughter would have a good home.
Qin's father and mother Qin advised them to handle the family affairs as soon as possible, but Zheng Shusheng said that they would marry after taking the meritorious examination, so the matter was postponed again and again. A few years later, Zheng Shusheng entered Beijing to pass the examination for the jinshi, and was recruited as a son-in-law by high-ranking officials in Beijing. He asked someone to bring back a letter so that Qin Lanlan would not have to wait for him anymore and find a good family to marry.
Qin Lanlan was sad after reading the letter and cried loudly. Qin's father, Qin's mother, scolded Zheng Shusheng for being a negative heart, and also scolded his daughter Qin Lanlan for not seeing people accurately, and now people and money are empty. Qin Lanlan could only get a little comfort in Ma Abona. Ma Apo said, "Lan Lan, you are a good girl. Zheng Shusheng does not marry you, that is his loss. You will definitely meet someone who is single-mindedly for you in the future, a hundred times better than him. ”
After Qin Lanlan listened to Ma Apo's words, her mood improved. Qin Lanlan is now 19 years old, and girls of this age in ancient times already belonged to leftover women. Father Qin and Mother Qin were very anxious, so they let the wind go and wanted to marry Lan Lan quickly. There are many bachelors who come to the door to seek relatives, but Qin Father and Qin Mother have not looked at one.
Because these people have no craftsmanship, and the other is that their families are not good. Until one day, a son of a rich family in a neighboring village came to ask for relatives, and Qin's father and mother immediately agreed. This prince's name was Liu Heli, and once he was passing by and happened to see Qin Lanlan. After only one glance at Qin Lanlan, he fell in love with Qin Lanlan and vowed to marry Qin Lanlan.
However, Qin Lanlan did not agree and married this Liu Gongzi. Because this Liu Gongzi was very selfish and self-reliant, and he tried everything to annex the fields of the poor people. Father Qin and Mother Qin said to Lan Lan, "Last time we let you decide on your own life's events, you see who you choose, it is a negative heart." This time, whether you agree or disagree, you must marry Liu Gongzi. ”
His father's fate was difficult to violate, and Lan Lan had to agree to marry Liu Gongzi. Seven days later, it was an auspicious day of the zodiac, and Qin's father and mother decided to marry off their daughter on that day. After the Qin and Liu families set the date, they began to send invitations to invite relatives and friends to come to drink happy wine on that day. Lan Lan found that her parents had not invited Ma Apo and asked, "Father, Ma Apo is my elder, why don't you invite her to drink happy wine?" ”
Qin Father and Mother Qin said, "She is a bad old woman who pours night incense, and her body is smelly and baked, what do you ask her to do?" Lan Lan said, "Father, how can you say that?" You have also taught me to respect the old and love the young, but now you are saying one thing and doing one thing at a time. Ma Apo is our elder, and she is now alone and needs our love. If you don't invite Ma Apo to drink the wine, I won't go to the palanquin.
Besides, what happened to the night incense? If there is no Ma Apo pouring night incense, the whole city will be stinky and baked. Therefore, we should have more respect for Ma Apo and less discrimination. Qin's father and mother Qin's face turned red after listening to their daughter's words, and finally agreed to invite Ma Apo to drink happy wine. Qin Lanlan personally sent the invitation to Ma Apo and told her to come that day.
Ma Apo looked at this kind-hearted niece and granddaughter, and she was about to marry the old tears. On the day lan lan became a relative, Ma Apo specially wore a new dress. She had long come to Lan Lan's house to help, but the team that received her relatives had not arrived for a long time. Some of the Liu family's family members came to report that Old Master Liu asked the master to calculate that the evening was auspicious, so he came to pick up relatives at night.
So the crowd waited, waited, and finally waited for the evening. Although Ma Abo was nearly fifty years old, she was deaf and clear and her body was tough. She heard a group of people from the east blowing and blowing towards this place, and knew that it was the team that was receiving the kiss. Not long after, the team that received the relatives stopped at the door of the Qin family. The groom official rolled over and dismounted and walked into the Qin family to pick up the bride.
The attentive Ma Apo noticed the groom's official and walked very strangely. The bridegroom was wearing a long robe, which had been dragged to the ground. He walked without the back and forth swing of his robe when normal people walked, more like a cloud driving a fog. Ma Apo looked down, and just as a gust of wind blew through, it lifted the groom's robe. Ma Apo was surprised to see that the groom's feet did not touch the ground.
She looked more closely and found that the groom was in the candlelight, and there was no shadow. At this time, the bride, under the guidance of the matchmaker, also came out. Seeing that the groom was about to touch the bride, Ma Apo rushed forward with an arrow and pulled Lan Lan aside. Everyone was stunned by Ma Apo's move. Father Qin and Mother Qin turned back to God and asked, "Ma Apo, what are you doing here?" ”
Ma Apo said, "The bridegroom is not a man, I want to protect Lanlan." Father Qin and Mother Qin said angrily, "Today is Lan Lan's big day, don't make trouble with this nonsense." Ma Apo said, "I'm not talking nonsense. You see the bridegroom in the candlelight, not even a shadow, and his feet are not on the ground. Ma Apo's voice had just fallen, and another gust of wind blew through.
The bridegroom's robe was blown up, and the crowd saw clearly that the bridegroom did not touch the ground. Some people were frightened and turned their heads and ran, some people were paralyzed on the ground, and Father Qin and Mother Qin were also frightened to hide behind Ma Apo. Why did Liu Gongzi become like this? It turned out that just the day before they became relatives, Liu Gongzi wanted to travel conveniently. He snatched Wang Laohan's black donkey, only because the black donkey of Wang Laohan's family pulled a bubble of in front of the Liu family's gate.
The rich and powerful Wang Laohan of the Liu family did not dare to resist, so he had to suffer a dumb loss. Liu Gongzi drove the black donkey home and used a whip to smoke the black donkey's ass. The black donkey raised his back foot in pain and kicked Liu Gongzi to death. Liu Gongzi's soul found Old Master Liu and said that his only wish was to marry Qin Lanlan. Old Master Liu loved his son, so he found a demon method so that Liu Gongzi could escape the pursuit of the soul messenger.
He also let the soul of Liu Gongzi come to receive his relatives and marry Qin Lanlan. Ma Apo asked, "Liu Gongzi, you are no longer a Yang person. Why did you come to marry Lan Lan, didn't you hurt her? Liu Gongzi said, "I love Lan Lan, and I just want to marry her." ”
Ma Apo said, "I see that you don't love her, but want to harm her." You are no longer in the Yang World, ying LanLan over the door, this is not to let her be a widow for a lifetime? You are not loving, you are selfish. True love is giving, giving, not possessing. If you love Lanlan, don't dwell on Lanlan anymore, you should still reincarnate. ”
Liu Gongzi said, "I just want to marry Qin Lanlan, you old lady don't worry about things." After saying that, Liu Gongzi was covered in black smoke, his lips were black, and his face was pale and his eyes were red. Zhang Ya danced his claws towards Ma Apo and Qin Lanlan. Unhurried, Ma Apo took off a black dog tooth worn around her neck and threw it at Liu Gongzi.
The black dog's teeth glowed golden, and Liu Gongzi was hit after being hit. Like an arrow off the string, it flew out backwards and disappeared into the night. It turned out that Ma Apo often poured night incense at night, and sometimes encountered glamorous rays. This black dog tooth was given to her by a Taoist aunt, and since she put on this black dog tooth, she has never encountered a ghostly fish when she poured night incense at night.
After this incident, everyone respected Ma Apo. Because at the critical juncture, everyone was either frightened to turn their heads and run, or they were frightened and paralyzed on the ground, and it was Ma Apo who stepped forward to save Qin Lanlan. Father Qin and Mother Qin did not dare to force Lan Lan to marry anymore. Later, Qin Lanlan met a carpenter who was really good to her. After the two became relatives, they also took Ma Apo to live together and gave Ma Apo a pension to send her to the end.