Text/Murong Zijun
Zhang Shi
In the Song Dynasty, there was a young official named Liu Weiren, who married his wife Zhang Shi, who was not only beautiful but also kind and virtuous, but unfortunately, only three years after becoming a relative, Zhang Shi fell seriously ill. At that time, Liu Weiren was a local official, and when the spring breeze was triumphant, suddenly his wife suffered such misfortune, and he also did his best to invite a famous Langzhong for his wife to come to his home to heal his wife, but in the end, Zhang Shi was still dying and terminally ill.
Before his death, Zhang Shi took her husband's hand and said: Husband, you are still young, after I am gone, you will definitely marry again, but we still have two young daughters, if you want to remarry, we must find a kind woman, so that we will not abuse our daughters.
Liu Weiren said with tears in his eyes: We used to be so loving, how can I marry another woman? I only love you once in my life, please believe it. Zhang Shi said bitterly: The reason why I say this now is also for the sake of our daughter, and I don't want you to keep the festival for me, and when I go, maybe you will throw everything we say today out of the cloud of nine clouds, unless you swear to heaven that I will not believe you."
Liu Weiren saw the way his wife looked forward to it, so he quickly swore: If I break my promise, I will become an eunuch and will not die well. Zhang Shi smiled slightly when he heard this, and then said: I didn't look like a heavenly immortal when I was sick, but once I died, my face would become very ugly, and if people saw it, they would be uncomfortable, and I didn't want to leave a bad impression on people.
Liu Weiren comforted his wife and said: In my heart, you will always be the most beautiful, no matter life or death, please don't worry. Zhang Shi burst into tears when she heard this, and she forced herself to endure sadness and said: After I die, please put me in the small hall of the backyard, don't send someone to guard me, and then collect the funeral in two days. Zhang Repeatedly told her husband until she agreed, and soon the incense was destroyed.
Liu Weiren put his deceased wife in the hall of the small building in the backyard, but he could not bear to let his wife lie there alone, so he sent an old servant woman in the family, Mother Su, to take care of her, and put another bed in the hall, where Mother Su could also lie there and rest.
In the middle of the night, the dead Zhang Shi suddenly sighed, took off the white silk scarf covering his face, and suddenly sat up. Looking around, she found that Mother Su was guarding her, and she was very angry, so she got up and walked over to Mother Su.
But this Zhang Shi did not walk like a normal person, but stumbled to the bed of Su Mother, at this time Su Mother was very scared, but did not dare to flee, so she covered her head with a quilt, and then quietly opened the corner of the quilt to secretly inspect. I saw that Zhang's face was still delicate, but it was just a little pale.
Su's mother thinks that she is similar to when she was alive, so she is no longer afraid. Looking closely at Zhang Shi, he muttered to himself head-on, but he couldn't hear what was being said, and it was mixed with crying.
Mother Su thought to herself, this Zhang Clan is still as kind as before she was born, and she has no intention of harming her, so she got up and asked: Does Madame still have a wish? Just say it, I'll pay you back tomorrow. Zhang Shi said bitterly: Fu Jun has broken his promise, and he will not die well. After saying this, he went back to lie down in the old place, and lifted the quilt to cover himself, and with a long sigh he lay down again.
The next morning, Su's mother hurriedly reported this matter to Liu Weiren, who refused to believe it, so she went to the backyard morgue to check. He lifted the white silk scarf covering his face and found tear marks on his wife's face. Liu Weiren hurriedly gave his wife a solemn funeral.
Later, within two years, he was promoted to the second rank, and the right minister Deng Chen had a beautiful daughter, Deng Shi, who was actually only in his early twenties, but had been widowed for two years. She was married less than half a year ago, and her husband died of illness. After Deng Chen learned about Liu Weiren's situation, he was very attached to him, and Deng Chen asked the matchmaker to propose to Liu Weiren, when Liu Weiren strongly refused to accept it, the most important thing was that he did not want to marry a widow.
However, Deng Chen was favored by the emperor, and he took the holy will from the palace and forced Liu Weiren to marry his daughter. Liu Weiren had no choice but to agree to the marriage. On the day of the big wedding, the emperor also gave the two newlyweds a lot of gold and silver jewelry.
Since Liu Weiren remarried, he has been sullen, it turns out that this Deng clan does not dare to see his two daughters, Deng Shi is actually a humble woman, but Liu Weiren does not dare to blame his new wife, and is more afraid of Deng s abuse of his two young daughters.
This evening, Liu Weiren was lying alone in bed resting, and was sleeping confusedly, when suddenly his ex-wife Zhang Shi floated in through the window slit, looking at her husband's listless look and asking: Why is he still sullen and unhappy after marrying a new person?
Liu Weiren hurriedly got up and pulled his wife to sit down, and Zhang Shi threw away his hand fiercely and said: I know that you will not keep your promise, we have two lovely daughters, but you want a son, but why don't you take a concubine? That way she wouldn't dare to abuse our daughter. But you must marry the daughter of a high-ranking official, what are you afraid of, afraid of losing your official position because of it? Breaking his promise, a catastrophe was imminent, and Zhang Shi disappeared after he finished speaking.
Liu Weiren cried and called out his wife's name, so he was awakened by his own cry, and it turned out that he had just had a nightmare. But from then on, he was restless, gradually unable to do it, slowly, as if he had been castrated, so the relationship between husband and wife was not harmonious, and eventually he was depressed and widowed for a lifetime.
Song clan
Song Dynasty, there is a talented son named Su Yixiu, handsome-looking, from childhood personality is very soft, in his twenties to marry the Song family, Song eighteen years old, this Song family looks also bright eyes and teeth, the appearance is very beautiful.
Since the two became intimate, the husband and wife have loved each other, but the Song family has some love for vanity, often dressing themselves up in a fancy way, and then going out to hang out, so the in-laws are a little dissatisfied with her, so they tell their sons that their daughter-in-law is not. Su Yixiu also knew that his wife was not a good wife and mother, so he persuaded his wife to restrain her behavior a little.
Song Shi then said to her husband: I have such a temper since I was a child, our husband and wife have a lot of love, and the feelings are very harmonious and entangled, why do we care about what others say. Husbands and wives who love each other cannot be suspicious, and I can swear to you now that if you leave me first, I will never remarry and be a widow for you, otherwise I will not be able to die.
Su Yixiu listened and hurriedly stopped his wife and said: I am just advising you, and I have no other meaning, but a few days ago I saw that stupid boy named Ye San, and I saw that you squeezed your eyebrows and made your eyes look at your ill intentions, afraid of ruining your reputation, which reminded you, why do you make such a poisonous oath with me?
Who knew that after a few years, Su Yixiu fell seriously ill, and at this time they already had a pair of children, so Su Yixiu lay on the hospital bed worried, worried that if he died, his wife would remarry someone else. Song Shi saw that her husband was terminally ill, so he swore to her husband again: I swore to you three years ago, really you went, I will definitely be widowed for you, please believe me.
Su Yixiu said: The silver two I left for you will make you and your children have a good life, even if there are any obstacles in the future, your parents will not ignore it. They only have one son like me, and the two old people also have savings, and their wealth is more than ours, please treat them kindly.
After Su Yixiu finished explaining the aftermath, he let out a long breath, although he could not bear to leave his wife and children to go to Huangquan, even though there were thousands of reluctances, he finally gave up.
Song and her in-laws cried very sadly, a pair of children also cried their hearts and lungs, the mother-in-law cried and passed out several times, Song clan advised her in-laws and said: I and my husband have also sworn that I will be widowed for him, please believe me.
Less than half a year after Su Yixiu's death, the Song clan quietly looked for a matchmaker to find another husband for himself. But the mother-in-law did not know, on this day, the matchmaker came to the house to find the Song family, the Song family warmly entertained her, the two talked secretly indoors for a long time, after the matchmaker left, the mother-in-law knew that the daughter-in-law was going to marry.
The mother-in-law asked her: Didn't you say that you would not marry again? Have you also sworn to my poor son that your husband was in a hurry to remarry less than a year after his death? We can't stop you from marrying someone, but what about your sons and daughters?
Song Shi frowned and did not say a word. The next day, she took the money left by her husband, returned to her mother's house alone, and abandoned her children, and her in-laws repeatedly asked for someone to give her children, but she refused.
Soon, the Song clan married an official surnamed Yin, and less than a month after the two became friends, the Yin official was assigned by his superiors to go to a certain county to investigate. Newly married Yan'er, although the husband and wife were reluctant to give up, yin officials still went out to run errands.
On the evening of the second day after Official Yin left, Song Shi was leisurely drinking tea and eating fruit in the hall, when suddenly a Qingyi messenger took a letter and said in the courtyard: Su Guanren has a letter for you, please check it.
Song Shi listened to it and shook his head, but it was difficult for the blue sky to have a ghost, so he asked Ya Gui to take the letter and hand it to himself, only to see that the envelope read: Show Song Shi three words. The handwriting is also like the font of her ex-husband Su Yixiu, who looked up and was about to inquire, only to find that the messenger was gone.
Song Opened the letter doubtfully, only to see that it read: Ten years of married couples, love each other, once swore to each other, no matter life or death, do not abandon. Silver two is also what I have accumulated, suddenly fell ill and died and went to Huangquan, who knows that you broke your promise and abandoned our love and righteousness. Even if you remarry, there is nothing wrong with it, but you have ruthlessly abandoned one of our sons and daughters and carried my silver two to others.
As a mother, you do not love your children, throw them to my elderly parents, you have lost your benevolence as a wife, and you have no love as a mother. So I told the Heavenly Emperor about my resentment, and after the Heavenly Emperor had investigated clearly, he allowed me to summon you to this Yin Cao Mansion to reason, if you just remarry, you will not be punished, but if you abandon your children, the heavens will certainly not forgive you.
Song Shi read the letter and hated and feared, and asked Ya Gui to quickly burn the letter, but in the middle of the night of the third day, he died without a problem.