Yu Shimingyan

Chapter 13
The nun said: "Two months ago, a handsome little official came into the nunnery and looked at the statue of Avalokitesvara. He took off the ring from his hand and put it on the Bodhisattva's finger. He prayed: 'If this life does not fulfill the wish of the next life, I hope to have the next life. I met this person.' For half a day, I looked at the holy image and shed tears. I asked him again and again, and he said: 'As long as you find the right person for this ring for me, I have something to say.'" The lady said What he wanted, his face flushed.After pausing for a while, I couldn't help asking again: "What's the surname of the little official? Do you often come to your nunnery?" The nun replied: "The official's surname is Ruan, and he comes to the nunnery from time to time to watch and play." The lady said: "I have a ring in my house, and it's a pair with him." After finishing speaking, he quickly opened the makeup box, took out a ring inlaid with jewels, and handed it to the nun.The nun compared the two rings and found that they were the same, so she burst out laughing.The lady said, "What are you laughing at?" The nun said, "I laugh at this little official. I just want to find the right pair for this ring. Now that I have found the right pair, I don't know what to say?" The young lady said, "Master, I want to..." After speaking half a sentence, he stopped again.The nun said: "We are monks, the first mouth is tight. If you have something to say, you might as well pay it." The lady said: "I want to meet the official, don't you know?" The nun said: "The official prays to God and prays to the Buddha. , it must be for Miss. It's not difficult to meet, just on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, I don't care if you meet." The lady said: "It's convenient for mother to be in front of parents when parents let slaves go." The nun whispered in her ear: "When you come to my nunnery on that day, if you sit idle after fasting, you can push to sleep, and this matter will be harmonious." The lady nodded her head in agreement, and then gave up all her rings to the nun.The nun said: "This gold can be used to make up Buddhas. Miss Bao can do everything she wants." After that, the two walked out of the room.The lady then asked, "What did you two talk about when you two were in the room for a long time?" The nun's heart jumped in shock, and she quickly replied: "Miss asked me the story of bathing the Buddha, so I used this to tell the story of the whole day." " And said: "Miss also wants to pay homage to the Buddha statue, grandma said to Master Taiwei, and I look forward to seeing you together in the end." The lady sent her out of the hall, and the nun thanked him deeply and left.Exactly: used to use cage tricks to arrange young people.

Besides, the nun came out of Taiwei's Yamen, took the gold ring that the young lady gave up, and came all the way to Zhang Yuan's house.Zhang Yuan had been waiting at the door for a long time, and saw the nun from a distance, he spoke nonsense, and thought to himself: "There are so many eyes and ears in the family, how can you say this?" Lifting his foot, he hurriedly took a step forward and said: "Master Go back to the nunnery, and you will be there soon."

The nun turned around and turned to the alley. Zhang Yuan walked through the path to find the nunnery and met the nun.Invite into Songxuan, talk carefully from the beginning, and give Zhang Yuan a pair of rings.Zhang Yuan saw it and said: "If it wasn't for Master, it would be impossible. Ruan Sanguan still has a lot of thanks." Zhang Yuan turned around and went to reply Ruan San.Ruan San took another ring and carried it with both hands, needless to say he was happy.

On the seventh day of April, the nun came to Chen Ya to invite her again, and said, "Because of the presence of my wife and lady, all the benefactors and the poor monks have returned in advance. There will be no one else tomorrow, so please come down early." Those who are nagging are going to worship Buddha, so I have to agree.That night, Zhang Yuan went to make an appointment with Ruan San first.At dusk, when people are quiet, they are quietly carried to the nunnery in a female sedan chair.The nun came in, found a dimpled room, and settled Ruan San.It's clearly: pigs and sheep are sent to the butcher's house, and they come here to find their own way of death.

The nun slept until five o'clock, and called the girl to get up, and burned incense and candles in front of the Buddha, and the cook prepared the fasting offering.At dawn, he went to urge the painter to come, opened the light with the holy image, and sent him away early.When Chen Taiwei's female relatives came, they were afraid of being unstable, so they left only the female monks of the same generation to do meritorious deeds and chant sutras in the hall.

At the time of Sipai next time, two sedan chairs, Mrs. and Miss, came.The nun rushed out to greet her and invited the abbot in.After tea, go to the front and back of the hall to burn incense and worship.Seeing that there are no other people around, the lady is very happy.The nun invites you to sit in the middle of the Xiaoxuan, and the men and women of the group of attendants each have a seat.After the nun's branching, she came to accompany the lady to walk back and forth, watched it for a while, and then returned to the Xuanzhong to eat vegetarian food.After fasting, my wife saw that the young lady had little food, so she went to sleep with her eyes closed.The lady said: "My child, you think you got up earlier today." The nun hurriedly said: "Tell grandma, there is no idler in my nunnery, even the honest and honest girls, he is not allowed to enter my nunnery." In the room. Miss, go to my room, lock the door and sleep for a while, take a safe place for yourself, and wait for grandma to take a leisurely step. How many years have you been here!" Madam said: "My child, you are so sleepy, It's better to sleep in the master's room."

According to her mother's order, the young lady walked into the room, and just as she locked the door, she saw Ruan San coming out from behind the bed, looked at the young lady, bowed deeply, and said, "Sister, I've been waiting for a long time." Said: "Don't say anything!" Ruan San stepped back a few steps, and Miss Hou approached, holding hands together, turned around behind the bed, opened the side door, and went to another place: a small lacquered table and rattan bed, which cut off the eyes and ears of outsiders.The two hugged each other, said a few words of love, and both untied their belts, as if they were thirsty.This cloud and rain is actually fun.There is "Xijiang Moon" as evidence: one thinks about the charm of flute, and the other thinks about the kindness of the ring.Lovesickness has not been peaceful for a long time, and it is a good luck to meet at this time.

One who can't get rid of a sick body, and one who dares to cherish a child's body?The pillow is panting non-stop, and I still think it's fun.It turned out that Ruan San was a person who had been ill for a long time, because this woman was hurt by her seven emotions and her body was weak.When they met at this moment, they were so excited that they didn't care about their lives.The woman thought about whether she would be able to see her a few days ago, and if she could see her today, she flattered her and had fun.Unexpectedly, I was extremely happy and sad, and I apologized for being so good.If one yang is lost, the qi will be broken for a while; if the seven souls are separated, the soul will return to the underworld in an instant.As the saying goes, there are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings. Seeing that Ruan Sanfu was still on his body, the young lady put her hands on the man's waist, spit out the clove, and gave it to the man's mouth.I saw my teeth clenched and hard to open, I felt cold all over my body, I was frightened by Yunyu Jiaoniang, three souls disappeared from the top door, seven spirits were scattered under my feet, I pushed myself on the inner bed, got up and hurriedly put on my jacket, and turned around He opened the side door and walked out of the front room, panting.Fearing that the mother will call me, I tremble with fear; I reorganize the flower tins on the dressing table, and even the powder on the luan mirror.Just finished tidying up, I heard the voice of the lady outside the room, the lady hurriedly opened the door, and the lady said: "My child, the merits of the palace are also gone, do you wake up after sleeping?" Just about to come out and go back to the Yamen with you." The lady said: "The bearer has been serving you for a long time." The lady and his wife thanked the nun, and went back to the Yamen on the sedan chair without asking.

Let's say that the nun Wang Shouchang sent his wife up and went back to the nunnery. The dishes and utensils were washed in the kitchen, and the incense and fire were collected in the Buddhist hall for food. Everything should be cleaned up.Only that Zhang Yuan went into the nunnery with the second brother Ruan, met the nun, thanked him very much, and asked, "Where are the three officials of my family today?" The nun said, "Still asleep in my inner room." Zhang Yuan opened the door of the side room, came to lie on the bed and shouted: "Third brother, you are sleeping so well, you haven't woken up yet!" He refused to call several times, but Ruan Er didn't move with his hands, his mouth and nose were breathless.When you look carefully, it's a shame.Ruan Er was taken aback, and said: "Master, why did you kill my brother? This matter is not clean!" The nun panicked: "Miss pushed to sleep after lunch, so she went into the room, about two Time. The merits and virtues in the hall are over, and the old lady wakes up, and it's not long before I go. I just fell asleep, so I don't know what happened." Ruan Er said: "That's what you said, but what's wrong?" The nun said "Second Officer Ruan, fortunately, Mr. Zhang is here today, and he is here to distribute the payment to Mr. Zhang. I really hope that your family will be the benefactor of Tanyue. Therefore, you will not kill your brother with your heart. Mr. Zhang, today's matter is yours." Looking for me, I am not here to find you. If you report to the government, you are not good, and I am not good. Xiang Meng gave two ingots of silver, and I used one ingot. I dare not keep one ingot. I will be with the three officials in the future. People gathered together to buy a coffin for burial. They only said that they were recuperating in the nunnery, but they died unexpectedly." After that, he put the ingot of silver on the Zhuo and said, "You two, it's up to you to deal with it."

Zhang Yuan and Ruan Er remained silent for a while.Ruan Er said: "Let's go and buy a coffin for further discussion." Zhang Yuan collected the money, went out of the nunnery with Ruan Er, and walked on the meandering road.Zhang Yuandao: "This matter is not a nun's business. The third brother is a sick man. He thinks he met a woman. If he exhausted his strength, he would die if his yang energy was lost. I only want to make my brother face the situation. The day before yesterday, Brother Kuang Ling repeatedly urged him on the bed, but he couldn't make it, so he had to do this for him."

Ruan Er replied: "When I talk about this matter, I am human and rational. I don't do that nun's business, nor do you. It's just that I, a petty official, have such a life, and God made a disaster to do this thing. I thought that's all, I'm just worried that my elder brother and the old officials will come back and complain, what's the matter?" Lian Wan and Zhang Yuan bought a coffin, carried it into the nunnery, put it under the west corridor, and waited for Ruan Outsiders and elder brother come back to make a decision.It's exactly: when the wine is over, the feast is less fun, and when people are frustrated, they sigh more.

Suddenly one day, Ruan Yuanwai went home with senior officials, merchants and traders, and met the court master, and the family was happy.The staff asked San'er about his illness, so Ruan Er had to tell the whole story in detail.The old man heard that Sanlang was dead, so he burst into tears, and wanted to write a statement, demanding his life with Chen Taiwei's daughter: "Your bitch came to mess with my son!" Ruan Da and Ruan Er persuaded again and again "Father, if you want to talk about this matter, it's all done by the brothers, so that you lost your life. Today, Daddy is begging for life with the Chen family. One is that he is invincible, and the other is that he is not doing the work of the Taiwei." Encourage the old man Yuan Wai chooses a day to build Buddhist rituals in the nunnery and send them out to Ancuo in the suburbs.

But it is said that after more than a month since Ms. Chen returned from Xianyun nunnery, she often felt sick and depressed, and her heart was sour, and her meridians did not move for three consecutive months.How do doctors respond to medicines that smooth the menstrual flow?The madam asked secretly: "Boy, did you do such a thing with that one? But tell me the truth." The young lady knew that the matter had been exposed, so she had no choice but to tell the truth to the madam.The lady was stunned when she heard this, and said: "Your father only needs to find a well-known talented man, and rely on you to support him until the end of his life; what should we do if we make such a scandal today? I'm afraid your father will know about it, what can you do?" said the young lady. "Mother, this is the end of the matter, the child just dies, there is no need to worry about it." The madam was annoyed and bored in her heart.Look at the night, Chen Taiwei went back to the Yamen, saw his wife with a worried face, and asked, "madam, why are you unhappy today?" The lady replied, "I have one thing that worries me." What's bothering you?" Madam couldn't ask, so she had to tell her feelings one by one.

The Taiwei didn't hear that everything is over, but when he heard it, he got angry from his heart and said, "You are a mother who can't take care of the child. What do you want?" His wife was so anxious that she burst into tears and dared not answer.The Taiwei thought about it and couldn't sleep all night.

Tianxiao went out to be a director, and went back to the Yamen to discuss with his wife: "I need to do it today: if I go to the government, my girl will make a fool of myself, and my house is not good-looking; I have to discuss with the girl what to do." Su hang down tears, bowed his head in silence.After a while, he pulled his mother in a quiet place behind his back and said: "It was my son's fault at the beginning, and Ruan Sanlang's life was killed. If you want to die, you will have a posthumous body for three months; if you don't seek death, you will be afraid of making people laugh." Crying at one end, the other said: "If you wait for ten months to be satisfied, you will have a man and a half woman, and there will be no Ruan three offspring. They are also the love of each other that day. Women will die from one to the other. Even if it is a momentary affair, it is also One day husband and wife, I will never marry again. If God is sorry to see, I will give birth to a man, let him grow up, send him back to the Ruan family, and end the relationship between husband and wife. At that time, I will find someone to commit suicide to atone for the crime of humiliating my parents." Madam said this In other words, I knew the Taiwei, but the Taiwei just sighed and had no choice but to do anything.Secretly, someone asked Ruan Yuan to come to the house to discuss, and said: "At the beginning, my boudoir was not careful, so that my little girl did a big thing behind her back and killed your son. Now I will stop talking about it. But my daughter has been pregnant for three months. , how to live? Now it is only said that my daughter once promised to marry your son, and later met in Xianyun Nunnery. Because of missing my daughter, she became ill and died, so she had an affair with each other. The concubine will be born as a man and a half woman in the future, and there is still promise to marry The reason is to look good." Ruan Yuanwai agreed, and since then he has been in contact with the Taiwei's family.

When the tenth month is met, Ruan Yuanwai usually sends a gift to give birth, and indeed a child is born.When she was three years old, the young lady told her mother that if she wanted to take the baby and visit her parents-in-law at Ruan's house, she would go to see Ruan San's grave.Madam told the Taiwei that she knew it, and they all agreed.On a good day, the lady prepared a gift and went through the door to meet Ruan Yuanwai and his wife.The next day, I went to Ruan San's tomb to cry and lay a funeral.He also took out the silver taels, and asked the real monk Gao Xing to set up water and land Taoist temples to recommend his late husband Ruan Sanlang.At night, he dreamed that Ruan San came and said, "Miss, do you know Su Yin? In your previous life, you were a famous prostitute in Yangzhou, and I am from Jinling. I went there to visit relatives, and I got along well with you. I promise to come back in a year. Marry you as a wife. When you return home, you are afraid of your father, dare not tell him, and don’t get married. You will die in depression all the time. Because the long-cherished fate has not been broken, when the first meeting in this life, the two fall in love. It was you who came to claim the wronged debt when we met in Xianyun nunnery; I died immediately and paid for your previous life. I am so grateful for your sincere recommendation, and now I have been reborn for the benefit. Enjoy the splendor. The child you give birth to will be very expensive in the future, so I trouble you to raise it and teach it well. From now on, don't miss it." Miss Yulan grabbed Ruan San in her dream, and was about to ask him where he was born, but Ruan San With a push of the hand, the future is awakened and sighed endlessly.We know that the kindness of life and death is a long-standing debt from the front.

From then on, the lady let go of her feelings and focused on looking at the baby.Time flies like an arrow, and he grows up to be six years old unexpectedly. He is as beautiful as Ruan San and intelligent.Chen Taiwei cherished the truth like a pearl in his palm, named him Chen Zongruan with his own surname, and asked a gentleman to teach him to read. When he was 16 years old, he was really well-educated and well-versed in books. At the age of 19, Lianke passed the first place, won the first prize, and married according to the order.Chen and Ruan's families rushed to greet them home first, and the house was full of guests and friends, who took turns to hold a celebration banquet.When the Chen family gave birth back then, those in the neighborhood who knew the origin of the rumors couldn't help bitching and ridiculing behind their backs.When Chen Zongruan became famous in one fell swoop, he praised Miss Yulan for her chastity and virtuousness, and taught her son to become famous, which has many benefits.The situation of the world judges people by success or failure, and it is so likely!Later, Chen Zongruan became the left-behind official of the Ministry of Officials. He played his mother's widowhood at the age of 19, never married, and taught his son to become famous.As the saying goes: everything is difficult for a poor family, but it is too difficult for a rich family.Even so, thanks to Ms. Chen's perseverance later, a bed of brocade was covered up, and it is still a good story in Henan Province.There is a poem as proof, and the poem says:

The rabbit plays the disease in the alley, and pays the debt in the Xianyun nunnery.At the end of Zhouquan's road to fight Zhenniang, a bed of brocade was covered by each other.

(End of this chapter)