Jinpingmei

Chapter 9 Ximen Qing married Pan Jinlian secretly
The poem said: Feeling that the man has been in love for a long time, he deliberately keeps the dowry.The years are too long to forget the distance, and the love is long-lasting.

In the flying period, swallows and swallows, wing-to-wing swear.Counting the past thoughts in detail, always at the fingertips.

It is said that Ximenqing and Pan Jinlian burned Wu Daling, and on the next day, they arranged a feast of wine, invited Wang Po to speak, and handed over Ying'er to Wang Po to take care of.Yin discussed: "When Wu Er comes back, how can we not tell him that I married Sixth Sister?"

Wang Po said with a smile: "There is an old man here, and I will tell him what Wu Er is doing. I have something to say to him. Just don't worry, senior officials!"

After hearing this, Ximen Qing was full of joy, and thanked him with three taels of silver.That night, all the women's boxes and cages were sent home, and the remaining broken tables, broken stools and old clothes were given to Wang Po.On the eighth day of the next day, a sedan chair, four lanterns, the woman changed into a colorful dress, the queen mother saw off the bride, and Dai'an followed the sedan chair to carry the woman home.On that street, everyone from far and near knew about this, and they were all afraid that Ximenqing was rich and powerful, so they didn't dare to intervene. The bad name stays.In the sedan chair sat a prostitute, followed by the old lead.

Ximenqing married a woman and went home, tidied up the three downstairs rooms in the garden and made a house with him.A single small corner door enters, and there are bonsai flowers and plants in the courtyard.During the daytime, there are few people, and it is a very secluded place.One side is the outer room and the other is the bedroom.Ximen Qingxuan spent 16 taels of silver to buy a black lacquered Huanmen bed with gold painting, gold curtains with big red rings, precious elephant flowers for decoration, tables and chairs brocade, all neatly furnished.There are two maids in Wu Yueniang's room, one is Chunmei and the other is Yuxiao.Ximenqing called Chunmei to Jinlian's room, ordered him to serve Jinlian, and rushed to call her mother.But with five taels of silver, he bought another little girl named Xiaoyu, who served Yueniang.For Jinlian six taels of silver, he bought a stove girl named Qiuju.Rank Jinlian as the fifth room.The first lady of the Chen family married as a dowry, named Sun Xue'e, about 20 years old, with a short stature and good looks.Ximen Qing and him wore buns and ranked fourth, making Jinlian the fifth house.This matter is beyond the question.

As soon as the woman got married, Ximen Qing stayed in the woman's room, like a fish like water, with no love.On the second day, the woman dresses up, wears a set of colorful clothes, and Chunmei holds tea, and walks to the room of the eldest lady Wu Yueniang at the back, meets her size and hands her shoes and feet.Yue Niang watched carefully from the seat, this woman was not more than 25 or [-] years old, and she was born so beautiful.But see: the eyebrows are like willow leaves in early spring, often filled with sorrow and hatred for rain; the face is like peach blossoms in March, with a hint of romantic beauty.The slender waist is graceful, and the restrained swallows are lazy;The jade appearance is enchanting, and the flowers explain the language, and the fragrance is graceful and graceful.

When Wu Yueniang sees her feet from the head, the wind flows downwards; when she sees her head from the feet, the wind flows upwards.Talking about romance is like a pearl walking in a cement crystal plate; speaking and attitude is like a red apricot branch covering the dawn.After looking at it for a while, he didn't say anything, and thought in his heart: "Every time the boy comes to the house, he only talks about what a wife in Wuhan University. I have never seen it. I don't want to give birth to a beautiful woman. No wonder my strong man loves him."

Jinlian kowtowed to Yueniang first, and handed over the shoes.Yueniang received four gifts from him.After the next time, Li Jiaoer, Meng Yulou and Sun Xue'e all paid homage to each other, talked about the ceremony of sisters, and stood beside them.Yueniang asked the girl to teach him how to sit, and ordered the girl and daughter-in-law to drive him to call Wuniang.The woman was sitting beside her, watching everyone without turning her eyes.I saw Wu Yueniang was about thirty or nine years old, with a face like a silver basin, eyes like apricots, gentle demeanor, reserved and reticent.The second one, Li Jiao'er, is sung in the courtyard. She has plump skin and a heavy body. Although she is known as a famous prostitute, she is not as romantic as Jinlian.The third one is the newly married Meng Yulou, about 30 years old, looks like a pear flower, waist like a willow, long and tall, with a melon-seeded face, sparsely slightly numb, naturally pretty, but the double bay under the skirt and the Golden lotus has no size.The fourth one, Sun Xue'e, was born in Fangli. She has a short stature and a light body. She can make five delicious soups and is good at dancing green dishes.The woman saw everything in her heart.After three days, when I wake up every morning, I come to the room to make needles and shoes with Yueniang, and I don't use force in everything, and I don't move by force.Pointing at the girl and chasing Yueniang, she only called her aunt, and quickly put Xiaoyier in love with her a few times, and she liked Yueniang so much that she couldn't help but call him Sixth Sister.Choose clothes and jewelry that you love with him, and eat and drink tea with him.Therefore, when everyone in Li Jiaoer saw Yueniang misrespecting him, they were not angry, and they often said behind their backs: "We are old people, so we can't argue with it. How long he has been here, we have gotten used to him. Eldest sister really doesn't know !"

Ximen Qing married Pan Jinlian and came home. They live in a deep house and big courtyard. Their clothes match each other. The two women are beautiful and talented. They are in their prime years.And press OK.

Shanbiao Wusong arrived in Qinghe County in early August, and first went to the county to collect a letter.The county magistrate was overjoyed when he saw him. Knowing that Jinbao had made it clear, he rewarded Wu Song with ten taels of silver.Wu Song went back to the lower place, changed his clothes, shoes and socks, put on a new scarf, locked the door, and walked all the way to Zishi Street.When the neighbors on both sides saw Wu Song come back, they were all startled, sweating a little, and said, "This is a disaster for Xiao Qiang! This Tai Sui is back, how can you give up!"

Wu Song went to his elder brother's door, lifted the curtain, leaned in, and saw the little girl Ying'er running the wire in the corridor downstairs.Neither should I call my elder brother, nor should I call my sister-in-law, saying: "I'm definitely deaf, why can't I hear my elder brother and sister-in-law?"

Go forward and ask Ying'er.When Ying'er saw his uncle coming, she was too scared to speak.Wu Song said, "Where did your parents go?"

Ying'er just cried without making a sound.Just as they were asking, the lady next door heard that Wu Er had returned, so she hurried over, fearing that the decision would be lost.Seeing Wang Po coming, Wu Er sang, and asked, "Where has my brother gone? Why is my sister-in-law missing?"

The mother-in-law said: "Second brother, please sit down. I'll tell you. Your brother died of a clumsy illness in April after you left."

Wu Erdao: "When did my brother die in April? What disease did he suffer from? Whose medicine did he take?"

Wang Po said: "Your brother was on the [-]th day of April, and his heart ached so badly. He was sick for eight or nine days. I asked the gods, what medicine didn't he take? The cure didn't work, and he died."

Wu Erdao: "My elder brother never had this disease, why did he die because of his heartache?"

Wang Po said: "Why did Dutou say that? There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and good fortunes. I took off my shoes and socks tonight, and it has not been judged whether they will be worn in the Ming Dynasty. Who will keep them safe?"

Wu Erdao: "Where is my brother buried now?"

Wang Po said: "Your brother has lost his head, and the family has no money, and the eldest lady has no legs. Where can I go to find a graveyard? Thanks to a rich man nearby who had a friend with Dalang, he gave up a coffin. He had no choice but to let it go. Day, carried out for cremation."

Wu Erdao: "Where does my sister-in-law go now?"

The mother-in-law said: "He is a young girl and a young woman, and he has no support to live. He kept his filial piety for a hundred days indiscriminately. His mother persuaded him to marry a foreigner the month before last. Leave this karmic girl behind and teach me to replace him. Feeding. I will wait for you to come back and deliver it to you, which is also a matter for me."

When Wu Er heard the words, he pondered for a long time, then left Wang Po and went out, and went to the next place in front of the county.Opened the door and entered the room, changed into plain clothes, asked Tubing Street to tie a hemp sash, bought a pair of cotton trousers, a filial piety hat to wear on his head; bought some fruit snacks, incense candle paper , Gold and silver ingots, etc., returned to my brother's house, and re-established the Wuda Lingshi.Arrange soup and rice, light incense candles, lay out food and wine, hang up prayer flags and paper, and arrange them in a correct manner.After about one o'clock, Wu Er lit the incense, turned over and worshiped, saying: "My brother's ghost is not far away. You were weak when you were alive, but you will not be able to see clearly after you die today. If you are wronged and killed by someone, Tuomeng and me, brothers will avenge your grievances!"

After pouring the wine and burning the paper, Wu Er burst into tears.In the end, it was someone who came along the way, and the neighbors on both sides of the cry were all in distress.After Wu Er cried, he ate the rice, wine and food with the soldiers and Ying'er.Ask for two mats, teach the soldiers to sleep on the side outside the room, and sleep in the children's room, so he puts a mat himself and sleeps in front of Wu Daling's table.

Around midnight, Wu Er tossed and turned to fall asleep, but only breathed out.The native soldier stood there like a dead man.When Wu Er climbed up to look, the glazed lamp on Naling's table was half lit and half off.Wu Er sat on the mat and said to himself, "My brother was cowardly when he was born, but he didn't know it when he died."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a gust of cold wind blowing up under the spirit's table.But see: formless, shadowless, neither fog nor smoke.Hovering like a strange wind invading the bone cold, biting like murderous aura piercing through the flesh.It was dim and dark, the lights in front of the coffin were dimmed; it was miserable and gloomy, with paper money scattered on the wall.Poison eaters are hiding faintly, and they are chasing shadow soul banners one after another.

The cold wind forced Wu Er's hair to stand on end.When I looked closely, I saw a person coming out from under the altar, shouting: "Brother! I died so hard!"

Wu Er didn't look carefully, but when he stepped forward to ask again, he saw that the air-conditioning had dissipated and no one was there.Wu Eryi fell down and sat on the mat, thinking: "It's weird! It's like a dream, but it's not a dream. Just now my brother was about to report to me, but he was distracted by my air. It must be unknown about his death. "

Listen to the drum, it's three o'clock.Looking back at the soldier, he was sleeping soundly.So he was aggressive and unhappy, just waiting for the dawn, but then ignored it.

Look at the rooster crowing at five o'clock, the east is getting brighter.The soldiers get up to make soup, Wu Er washes up, wakes up Ying'er to look after the house, and leads the soldiers out of the house.Interview neighbors on the street: "Why did my brother die? Who did my sister-in-law marry?"

Knowing this, the neighbors in the neighborhood are afraid of Ximen Qing, who is willing to take care of it?Just said: "Dutou, you don't need to visit. Wang Po lives next door. Just ask Wang Po."

There are many people who say: "Brother Yun, who sells pears, and Wu Zuo, they know the details best."

This Wu Er actually came to the neighborhood to look for Brother Yun.I saw the little monkey was coming back from buying rice with a willow cage winnower in his hand.Wu Er called Brother Yun and said, "Brother!"

Sing here.Seeing that it was Wu Er who called him, the young fellow said, "Wu Dutou, you are a step late, so you can't do anything. Just one thing, my father is 60 years old and has no one to support him, but I can't guarantee that you will fight him." lawsuit."

Wu Erdao: "Good brother, come with me."

Lead him upstairs to a restaurant, and Wu Er asks the seller to make a two-cent meal.Wu Er said to Brother Yun: "Brother, although you are young, you have a filial heart to support your family. I have nothing..." He took out five taels of silver from his side, handed it to Brother Yun, and said, "Take it and give it to the old man. Dad will pay for it. After the business is over, I will make capital with you for ten taels of silver. You can tell me in detail: Brother is in harmony with someone? Was murdered by someone? Which one married your sister-in-law? Say it one by one, don’t hide it.”

Brother Yun took the money with one hand and thought to himself: "This money is enough for Dad to spend for three to five months, so it's okay to accompany him in the lawsuit."

On the one hand, he said: "Second brother Wu, you listen to me, but you are breathing hard."

So he searched for Ximen Qing, who sold pears, and was beaten by Wang Po, who refused to let him in, and helped Wuhan University to catch the traitor. How Ximen Qing kicked Wuhan University, felt distressed for a few days, and died somehow, from head to toe I said it in detail.When Wu Er heard this, he said, "Is what you said true?"

Then asked: "Who did my sister-in-law marry?"

Brother Yun said: "Your sister-in-law brought Ximen Qing to the house and asked him if it was true or not!"

Wu Er said: "Don't lie."

Brother Yun said: "I'm in front of the government, and that's all I can say."

Wu Erdao: "Brother, in this case, let's beg for food."

After a while, I ate.Wu Er paid back the meal money, and the two came downstairs and told Brother Yun: "You go home and hand over the money to Dad, and testify against me before you come to the county tomorrow morning."

He asked again, "Where does He Jiu live?"

Brother Yun said: "Are you still looking for He Jiu at this time? He heard you back three days ago, and then disappeared."

Wu Er let Brother Yun go to his house.

On the second day, I got up early, wrote a petition at Mr. Chen's house, and walked to the county gate.I saw that brother Yun was also serving there. He ran to the hall and knelt down, complaining.The magistrate saw it and recognized Wu Song, so he asked, "What are you suing? Why are you complaining?"

Wu Er said: "The villain's elder brother, Wu Da, was kicked in the center by the villainous Ximen Qing for adultery with his sister-in-law Pan. The Wang Po was the mastermind and framed his life. He Jiu was buried in obscurity and burned the wounded body. See Ximen Qing occupying his sister-in-law at home as an excuse. Concubine. Seeing that there is this little guy, brother Yun, is a testimony. It is up to the prince to decide."

Because of the submission of the certificate.The county magistrate then asked, "Why didn't He Jiu disappear?"

Wu Erdao: "He Jiu knows that he is on the run and has no whereabouts."

The magistrate then asked Brother Yun about his words, and then retreated to the hall to discuss with the second official.It turns out that the county magistrate, county magistrate, master book, and canon history are all related to Ximenqing, so the officials care about each other, and it's hard to reason about this matter.The county magistrate came out to call Wu Song and said, "You are also the head of the county. Why don't you save yourself the law? Since ancient times, catching rape is double, and murder is wounding. Your brother's body is gone, and he has never been caught. You are only now. Based on the words in this young man's mouth, I asked him about the murder. Could it be fair? You can't make mistakes, you have to think about it yourself."

Wu Erdao: "Tell me that this is all the truth, not fabricated by a villain. I just hope that my husband will bring Ximenqing, his sister-in-law Pan, and Wang Po, and do his best in court. He will see his injustice. If there is any false accusation , the villain is willing to sin."

The county magistrate said: "Get up now, and I will take care of it from the long-term. When it is feasible, I will take someone with you."

Wu Er just got up, went outside, left brother Yun in the house, and wouldn't let him go home.

Someone had reported this matter to Ximen Qing long ago.Ximenqing panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly called his confidants to come to Bao and Laiwang, with silver taels by his side, and bought the officials all night.In the morning of the next day, Wu Er hoped to report to the magistrate in the hall and urged people to take him.Who would have thought that this official, who had been bribed, issued a complaint early, saying: "Wu Song, don't listen to outsiders' instigation, and oppose Ximen Qing. This matter is unclear and difficult to ask. The sage said: The matter of Jingmu, I'm afraid it's not true; how can you believe everything behind the scenes? You can't make mistakes at once."

When the official Dian was by his side, he said, "Dutou, you also know the law in the yamen, but in matters of human life, corpses, injuries, illnesses, things, and traces are all five things before you can inquire. How about you?" My brother's body is gone again, how can I ask?"

Wu Erdao: "If you talk about it like that, can't the villain's elder brother's vengeance be avenged in the end? Since the husband is not allowed to sue, it is justified."

Then he accepted the petition and came down to the hall.When he came to the next place, he let Brother Yun go home, he raised his head to the sky and sighed, gritted his teeth, and kept cursing the whore.

What a man Wu Song is, how can he get rid of this bad breath!He went all the way to Ximen Qingsheng Pharmacy, looking for Ximen Qing to fight.Seeing his shop assistant Fu in the cabinet, he saw Wu Er approaching fiercely and asked, "Are you a senior official in the house?"

Buddy Fu recognized Wu Er, and said, "I'm not at home anymore. What do you want to say?"

Wu Erdao: "Please take a step to say something."

Buddy Fu dared not come out, and was led to a secluded alley by Wu Er.Wu Er turned his face, grabbed his collar with his hands, opened his round eyes and said: "You want to die, but you want to live?"

Buddy Fu said: "Dutou is above, the villain has never offended Dutou, why is Dutou angry?"

Wu Erdao: "If you want to die, don't say it; if you want to live, tell me the truth. Where is Ximen Qing now? How long has my sister-in-law been married to him? Tell me one by one, and I will stop?"

Buddy Fu is a cowardly man. Seeing Wu Er's attack, he panicked and said, "Everyone calm down, the villain is at his house, and he is hired for two taels of silver a month. The villain only runs a shop, and he doesn't know that they are idle. .The high official is not at home. I just met a friend and went to a big restaurant on Lion Street to have a drink. The villain does not dare to lie."

After hearing this, Wu Er let go of his hand and rushed to Lion Street with great strides.Buddy Fu was so scared that he didn't move his feet for a long time.That Wu Er ran to the restaurant under the Lion Street Bridge.

Let's say that Li Waichuan, a soap official in Ximen Qingzhenghe County, was eating wine upstairs.It turned out that Li Waizhuan was dedicated to doing some official business in front of the prefecture and county, and writing some money envoys by listening to the wind.If there are two complaints, he will sell skewers; or if the officials manage, he will beat back twice.Therefore, the county gave him the nickname of Li Waichuan.That day, when the county magistrate came back to present Wu Song's case, and got the news, he came to report to Ximenqing to know.So Ximen Qing asked him to drink in a restaurant and gave him five taels of silver.I was eating and drinking in the lively place, when I suddenly looked down the window, I saw Wu Song coming from under the bridge to the restaurant like a fierce god.Knowing that this person came with bad intentions, he was startled, and wanted to leave, but it was too late to go downstairs, so he pushed to change clothes, and went to the back building to hide.Wu Er ran to the restaurant and asked the bartender, "Is Ximen Qing here?"

The bartender said: "The official Ximen and an acquaintance are having drinks upstairs."

Wu Er moved his steps to lift his clothes and rushed upstairs.Ximen Qing was gone for a long time, only a person sitting in front, and two singing fans sitting on both sides.I recognized Li Wai-chuan, a Zaoli from this county, and knew that he had come to report the letter. Unconsciously, I felt angry, so I approached him, appointed Li Wai-chuan, and scolded: "Where did you hide Ximen Qing? Hurry up." Said, spare your fist!"

When Li Waichuan saw Wu Er, he was stupefied at first, and then saw him pressuring him fiercely to ask, but he still had something to say!When Wu Er saw that he was silent, he became more and more annoyed, and kicked the table down, smashing all the dishes and cups.The two fans were scared out of their wits.Seeing that the momentum was not good, Li Waichuan forced himself to his feet and was about to run downstairs.Wu Er pulled it back and said, "You bastard, don't tell me when you ask, where are you going? Just give me a punch, and you won't say anything!"

Zao swished a punch and flew to Li Waichuan's face.Li Waichuan screamed, unable to bear the pain, he had to say: "Ximen Qingcai went to the back building to change clothes, don't do my business, let me go!"

When Wu Er heard this, he took advantage of the situation to pinch him up with both hands, pocketed him through the window of the building, and said, "Since you are going, I will let you go!"

With a plop, it fell into Dangjie's heart.Wu Er immediately rushed to the back building to look for Ximen Qing.At this time Ximenqing heard Wu Song's murder in the front building, and was so frightened that his heart was broken, so he jumped from the window of the back building, followed the eaves, and jumped into the backyard of the house.Seeing that Ximenqing was not in the back building, Wu Er thought that Li Waichuan was lying, so he turned around and ran downstairs. Seeing that Li Waichuan had fallen half dead, he was standing upright on the ground, and even moved his eyes.He couldn't get enough breath, and his crotch had two feet, so he died a long time ago.Everyone said: "This is Li Zaoli. Why did he offend him? Why did you kill him?"

Wu Erdao: "I wanted to fight Ximenqing, but this guy was remorseful, but he went with him and bumped into my hand."

When Baojia saw that the man was dead, he didn't dare to go forward to catch Wu Er, so he had to slowly come up to trap him, and he was willing to relax there!Even Wang Luan, the bartender, and two fans, Bao Shi and Niu Shi, were all tied up, and they went to the county government.At this time, Lion Street and Qinghe County were stirred up, and there were countless people discussing it on the street.But they didn't know whether Ximen Qing deserved to die, but they all said that Ximen Qing was beaten to death by Wu Song.It's exactly: Li Gong ate Zhang Gong's wine, and Zheng Liu gave birth to Zheng Jiudang.How many injustices in the world are due to people's opinions.

(End of this chapter)