Jinpingmei

Chapter Ten

The word said: Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Liang Biao is slightly teasing, but Furong is a flower time.Whose sisters are fighting for new makeup, walking in the garden hand in hand.

The flower branches are broken, and the vase is followed, and the return depends on wine.Three cups of drunkenness breaks the city of sorrow, and the sorrow should be returned when I wake up.

It is said that Wu Er was taken by the local Baojia to the county magistrate, no question.And Ximenqing jumped out of the window and hid in someone's courtyard.It turned out to be old man Hu who practiced medicine.I saw a big fat girl from his family came to the latrine to wash her hands, kicking her big butt, and suddenly saw a man crouching under the courtyard wall, unable to move forward, shouting: "There is a thief!"

The panicked old man Hu rushed in.Seeing it, I recognized it as Ximenqing, and said: "Master, Xiwu Er couldn't find you, so he beat that man to death. The local government took him to the county to meet the official. It is a death penalty. Go home, nothing will happen."

Ximen Qing thanked Old Man Hu, came home and said to Pan Jinlian, the two clapped their hands and laughed happily, thinking that there was nothing wrong with them.The woman asked Ximen Qing to send more money, and he must be punished, and he must not be released.On the one hand, Ximenqing sent his confidant family to Wang'er, and presented a pair of gold and silver wine vessels and 50 taels of silver to the county magistrate.

The magistrate accepted the bribe and went to the next day's promotion hall.The place guards Wu Song, the bartender, and a group of singers, who kneel down in the hall.The county magistrate turned his face, and called: "Wu Song! You falsely accused ordinary people yesterday, and I have forgiven you again and again. Why don't you follow the law and beat people to death for nothing?"

Wu Songdao: "The villain originally had a grudge against Ximen Qing, and he was looking for him to fight, but unexpectedly ran into this person. He hid Ximen Qing and didn't say anything, but the villain got angry for a while and beat him to death by mistake. I only hope that the gentleman and the villain will make the decision. Take Ximen to celebrate the Fa, and avenge this period of enmity with the villain's brother. The villain is willing to pay for the sin of this person's accidental injury."

The county magistrate said: "This guy is talking nonsense. Don't you know that he is a Zaoli in the county! There must be a reason for killing him today. Why did he get involved with Ximenqing again? If you don't fight, how will you recruit!"

Drink orders to increase punishment.Three or four Zaolis in the two sides dragged Wu Song over, and beat twenty like raindrops.The beating was so bad that Wu Er kept saying: "The villain also has something to do with my husband. Doesn't the gentleman have mercy? The gentleman wants to torture the villain!"

After hearing this, the magistrate became even more annoyed, and said: "You beat someone to death with your own hands, and you still insist on denying that?"

He ordered: "Haosheng fight with me!"

At that moment, Wu Song was slapped again, and fifty sticks were knocked out. The teacher took the long yoke and put him in prison.A group of people were sent to prison in the gatehouse.The magistrate of Neizhong County and the second official of Zuo also had good relations with Wu Er. They thought he was a righteous man and wanted to deal with him, so Zheng Nai was bribed by Ximen Qing, so he stuck to his mouth and made no proposals.Seeing that Wu Song was only complaining about grievances, he endured it for several days, so he had to vaguely take the confession, call the official code and his neighbors, etc., and escort him to Lion Street to examine Li Waichuan's body and fill in the list of corpses.Wu Song asked Wu Song to ask him for uneven distribution of money. He became angry when drunk, and fought, punched and kicked, and fell to his death.The left rib, face door, heart sill, and kidney capsule all have blue and red scars.After the inspection is clear, go back to the county.One day, I made a document application and sent it to Dongping Mansion for detailed permission.

The Governor of Dongping, whose surname is Chen Shuang and whose name is Wen Zhao, is from Henan. He is an extremely clean and honest official.But see him: his life is upright, his nature is wise.When he was young, he attacked the Xue case and grew up in Jinluan to deal with it.Always have a heart of loyalty and filial piety, and every time you issue a benevolent policy.The household registration is registered, the money and food are handled, and the streets are filled with praises from the people;It is exactly: the history of the famous brand has spread for thousands of years, and the sound has been passed down through the ages.The virtuous founder is called Qingtian, and the parents of the upright and honest people.

Chen Wenzhao, the prefect of the government, was promoted to the hall and taught to detain the criminal. He first read the Shenwen of Qinghe County in the hall, and then read the confessions of each person. How can it be written on it?The article said: Qinghe County, Dongping Prefecture, claimed for the death: the prisoner Wu Song, 28 years old, was from Yanggu County.Because of his physical strength, this county participated in the capital.Returning on a business trip to pay homage to his dead brother, seeing his sister-in-law Pan's disobedience to filial piety, she married without authorization.On that day, Song was hunting at the alley, but he bumped into Li Waichuan at Wang Luan Restaurant on Lion Street.Because of drunkenness, he borrowed three hundred wen before asking for compensation, but it was rumored that he would not agree with him;Niu Shi and Bao Shi, Bi Youchang Fu, witnessed that they were captured by the local Baojia.The commissioner went to the mortuary, arrested Wuzuo, Lijiaren, etc., checked it clearly, took the confession, filled in the diagram and handed it in, and there was no difference in the review.It is assumed that Wu Songheyi fights and kills people, regardless of siblings, other things, and gold, the law will be tortured.The bartender Wang Luan, Niu Shi and Bao Shi all confessed that they were not guilty.Now the joint bank has applied for the case, please allow it to be implemented.

On August day of the third year of Zhenghe, the magistrate Li Datian, the county magistrate Le He'an, the chief book Hua Helu, the classics historian Xia Gongji, and the official Qian Lao.

Fu Yin looked at it once, called Wu Song over to him, and asked, "How did you kill Li Waichuan?"

Wu Song just kowtowed and said: "Master Qingtian! The young ones will see the light of day when they come to the case. Let the young ones speak, and the young ones dare to speak."

Fu Yin said: "You just talk about it."

Wu Song then married Ximen Qing to the Pan family, and his elder brother caught the adulterer and kicked the center. Die this person. It is a small person who has been wronged and wronged, and Naiximenqing has a lot of money, so he cannot be banned. It is not a pity for a villain to die, but it is just that the villain's brother Wu Da went down unjustly and wasted his life."

Fu Yin said: "You don't need to say too much, I already know everything."

Because he called Qianlao, the official, and scolded twenty boards, he said, "Your county magistrate doesn't want to be an official. Why do you sell the law like this?"

So a group of people were recorded for trial one by one, and Wu Song's confession was changed with a pen, because he said to Zuo Erguan: "This man avenged his brother and killed Li Waichuan by mistake. He is also a righteous and strong man. It’s different than killing ordinary people.”

While opening his long yoke, he changed to a misdemeanor yoke, and put him in prison.All the people were sent back to the county to wait.On the one hand, the document was written in Qinghe County, Tian Tihao evil Ximenqing, and his sister-in-law Pan, Wang Po, Xiaosi Yunge, and Wuzuo Hejiu, all investigated and understood from the public roots, and please implement it.Wu Song was in prison in Dongping Mansion, everyone knew that he was a good man, so the imprisoned prisoner didn't ask him for a penny, even gave him food and wine.

Someone had already reported this matter to Qinghe County.Ximen Qing found out and panicked.Chen Wenzhao is a clean and honest official, so he dare not deal with him.I had no choice but to go and beg my in-laws, Chen Zhai's confidants, and asked my family to write a letter to Admiral Yang in Tokyo at night.The admiral was transferred to the Central Cabinet Cai Taishi.The grand master was afraid that he would hurt Lizhi County's reputation, so he quickly sent a secret letter, and came to Dongping's mansion to meet with Chen Wenzhao, without mentioning Ximenqing and Pan's family.This Chen Wenzhao was originally the principal of Dali Temple, he was promoted to the governor of Dongping Prefecture, and he was a student of Cai Taishi. He also saw that Admiral Yang was a well-spoken official in front of the court. There are forty spine sticks, and two thousand miles of thorns are sent to the army.Kuang Wuda is dead, and there is no body injury left. It is suspected that the matter is involved, so don't worry about it.The rest of the criminals released the Ning family.After the application has been submitted to the provincial court, the document will be implemented even if it arrives on the date.Chen Wenzhao took Wu Song out of the prison, read the Imperial Court's Ming Ren in the hall, opened the long yoke, so as not to have a spine of forty, took a seven and a half catty iron leaf round head yoke and nailed it, and tattooed two lines of gold on his face. It is matched with the prison city of Mengzhou.The rest of the distribution has been completed, and the governor of the court presided over the official documents, and sent two guards to deliver the official documents, and led Wu Songjie to Mengzhou for delivery.

On that day, Wu Song and two gentlemen left Dongping Mansion and came to their home in the county. They sold their household items and sent the two gentlemen to pay for the journey. They asked their neighbor Yao Erlang to take care of Ying'er: Pardon and return home, kindness will be repaid, dare not forget."

Neighbors and households in the neighborhood saw that Wu Er was a righteous man. Unfortunately, they all supported him with silver taels, and some gave him wine, food, money and rice.Wu Er went to the next place and asked the local soldiers to bring out their luggage. He left Qinghe County and started on the road today, winding towards Mengzhou Avenue.There are poems as evidence: Fu Yin pushes Xiang Bing Zhigong, Wu Song is dying and dredging.At present, we are going to stab the prison city, and the sick grass is luxuriant and meets the warm wind.

Here Wu Er went to Mengzhou to fill up, no problem.Let's say that when Ximen Qing heard that he was on his way, when a stone fell to the ground, he felt very at ease in his heart as if he had passed away.So the family ordered the family members to come to Laiwang, Laibao, and Laixinger to clean up the Furong Pavilion in the back garden, lay screens, hang up brocade barriers, arrange banquets neatly, and called a group of musicians to play and sing.Please invite the eldest lady Wu Yueniang, the second Li Jiaoer, the third Meng Yulou, the fourth Sun Xue'e, and the fifth Pan Jinlian to have a happy drinking with the family.The family's daughter-in-law and maid serve on both sides.But see: burning incense on a treasure tripod, and putting flowers in a golden vase.The antiques of Xiangzhou are listed on the device, and the pearl of Hepu is opened by the curtain.In the crystal plate, there is a high pile of jujube pears; in the jasper cup, it is full of fine nectar and jade liquid.Cooking dragon liver, frying phoenix intestines, it really cost tens of thousands of dollars; black bear paws, purple camel hooves, after drinking, the incense is full.Crush the phoenix ball, divide the white waves in the white jade ou; pour in the Qiongye, and spray the fragrance in the purple gold pot.After all, he dared to bully Shi Chongfu if he overwhelmed Sai Mengchangjun.

At present, Ximenqing and Wu Yueniang live on top, and the rest mostly sit on both sides, passing cups and lamps, and gathering flowers.In the drinking room, I saw the young servant Dai'an leading a young servant and a little girl with hair equal to her eyebrows, and she was very cute, holding two boxes, and said: "The flower family next door, send flowers to wear with the ladies. "

Walking up to Ximen Qing and Yueniang, they all kowtowed, stood beside them, and said, "My mother asked me to give this box of dim sum and flowers to wear with Aunt Ximen."

Open the box to see, one box is the golden pretzel with fruit filling used in the court, and the other box is freshly picked hosta flowers.Yueniang was full of joy, and said, "I told your mother to worry about it again."

While looking at the dishes, I sent two of them to have a snack.Yueniang gave the little girl a sweat towel, and the boy a hundred coins, and said, "Thank you so much for your mother."

Because he asked the little girl, "What's your name?"

He replied: "My name is Xiuchun. The servant is Tian Fu'er."

sent away.Yue Niang then said to Ximen Qing: "Our lady of the Hua family is kind, she often sends us things from the little servant girl. I never returned some gifts to him."

Ximen Qing said: "Second brother Hua has married this lady for less than two years now. He said that she has a good personality. Otherwise, how could there be these two good girls in the house."

Yueniang said: "When the former husband's father-in-law died and went to the funeral, I met him on the top of the mountain. He was born with short stature, round skin, thin bays and two eyebrows, and he was fair and clean, with a Wenke personality. He was still young. , no more than 24 five."

Ximen Qing said: "You don't know, he was originally a concubine of Liangzhong in the Daming Mansion, and he married Zixu of the Hua family late, so he brought some good money."

Yue Niang said: "He sent a box, we are short of etiquette, and tomorrow we will send some gifts to answer him."

The official heard: it turns out that Hua Zixu's family name is Li, because he was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. On that day, they sent a pair of fish bottles, and they called them Sister Ping in small characters.First, she became a concubine with Liang Zhongshu of the Daming Mansion.Liang Zhongshu is the son-in-law of Cai Taishi in Tokyo. His wife is very jealous, and most of those who were killed by maids and concubines are buried in the back garden.Mrs. Li only lives in the study outside, with her adoptive mother waiting for her.Because of the night of Shangyuan in the first month of the third year of Zhenghe, Liang Zhongshu and his wife were upstairs in Cuiyun Tower. Li Kui killed the whole family, and Liang Zhongshu and his wife escaped separately.Mrs. Li brought a hundred Western pearls and a pair of crow's sapphires two to two weights, and went to Tokyo with her adoptive mother to visit relatives.At that time, the eunuch Hua was directly promoted from the imperial class to guard in Guangnan. Because his nephew Huazi had no wife, he asked the matchmaker to marry him as his wife.The eunuch went to Guangnan and took him to Guangnan, where he lived for more than half a year.Unfortunately, eunuch Hua was sick and retired at home. Because he was from Qinghe County, he lived in this county.Now that Eunuch Hua is dead, most of the money is in Zixu's hands.Walking in the courtyard with friends every day, and Ximen Qing are brothers sworn the day before yesterday.All day long, there are more than a dozen students in the first class of Ying Earl and Xie Xi. They meet together every month, ask some singers, and play with flowers.Everyone saw that Hua Zixu was the servant of the minister's family, and he was coaxing him to invite a whore in the courtyard with money in his hand, and he didn't return for three or five nights.It's exactly: Zimo's spring is good, and the Red Mansion is drunk with orchestral music.How many lives can there be?Unhappiness is futile.

This matter is beyond the question.Let's say that Ximen Qing led his wives and concubines on that day, had a happy family, drank wine at the Furong Pavilion, and left at night.When she came back to Pan Jinlian's room, she was already half drunk, and taking advantage of the wine, she wanted to have a chat with the woman.The woman hurriedly made incense and laid the bed, undressed and went to bed with him.Ximen Qing didn't flirt with him, he knew that women were the best at flute, so he sat in the green gauze tent, made the woman crawl beside him, wrapped the golden bracelet with both hands, held the words firmly, and swallowed them into his mouth.Ximenqing hangs his head down to play with his in-and-out tricks, and smacks for a long time, his lust doubles, because Hu Chunmei comes in to pass tea.The woman was afraid that the girl would see it, so she quickly put down the curtain.Ximen Qing said, "What are you afraid of?"

Yin said: "There are two good girls in Brother Hua's room next door. The one who sent flowers today is the little girl. There is another one who is also about Chunmei's age, and Brother Hua has also taken it. But I saw his mother at the door. Standing up for the first time, he followed, but he looked good. Who would have thought that Second Brother Hua is so young, and there are so many people in the room!"

After hearing this, the woman glanced at him, and said, "It's strange, I don't want to scold you. If you want to accept this girl in your heart, you can accept him. How can you go so far as to make troubles, pointing out that it is a grind, and comparing her to a slave?" The slave is not that kind of person, and he is not my girl! In that case, I will sit in the back tomorrow to make room, and you can call him in your room and take him in."

After hearing this, Ximenqing said happily: "My son, you can tell me so much, how can you teach me not to love you!"

The two talked very well, and they felt that their love was unmatched. After enjoying the flute slowly, they just went to bed with their heads in their arms.It's exactly: I have my own affairs to welcome my husband, and I'll blow the purple flute quickly.There is "Xijiang Moon" as evidence: the gauze tent is fragrant with orchids and musk deer, and the crescent eyebrows are used to blowing the flute.Xue Yingyu's body pierces through the curtain, and she can't help being frightened.

Jade wrists and golden bracelets, the two are intoxicated.Cai Lang was moved and asked Nuzhi to suck slowly for a while.

The next day, sure enough, the woman went to sit in Meng Yu's building.Ximenqing called Chunmei into the room and took the girl.It's exactly: in spring, apricots and peaches are red and their pistils are blooming, and the wind bullies willows and willows are green.

From then on, Pan Jinlian lifted him up with all her strength, and didn't let him clean the pot, but told him to make a bed in the room, hand him tea, choose clothes and jewelry that he loved, and his feet were bound so small.It turns out that Chunmei is different from Qiuju in that she is intelligent in nature, likes troubles, is good at coping, and has a bit of color in her life. Ximenqing dotes on him very much.Qiu Ju is stupid and ignorant of affairs, so women often hit him.It's exactly: Chicks and sparrows are talking loudly in the pond, and the bees are soft and the butterflies are tender.Although the number is the same as the birds, the high and low are not ordinary.

(End of this chapter)