Yu Shimingyan

Chapter 62 Li Xiuqing married Huang Zhennu (2)
After a few days, the two brothers discussed: take turns, one of them will sell goods in Nanjing, and the other will live in Luzhou to deliver goods and collect debts.Come and go, so that you don't miss your physiology, which is very convenient.Shan Cong said: "My brother is young, and the coffin of my grandfather is unable to run back. How can he return to his hometown? Let my brother sell the goods." So he packed up the capital and delivered it to Li Ying; Li Ying's remaining goods, and the account The project was also delivered with Zhang Sheng.But the two sides traded without cheating at all.Since then, Li Ying and Zhang Sheng have their luggage together in the same room.When Li Ying arrived in Luzhou, only Zhang Sheng lived in the house, and he ate together during the day and slept together at night.But every night Zhang Sheng just slept with his clothes on, he didn't take off his shirt and pants, and he didn't remove his shoes and socks. Li Ying thought it strange.Zhang Sheng replied: "Brother had a cold disease since he was a child, and he only took off his underwear. The disease broke out, so he is used to sleeping like this." Li Ying asked again: "Why do you have ring eyes on your ears?" " Zhang Sheng said: "When I was young, my parents told me fortune-telling, and they said that it was difficult to raise evil spirits, so I pierced my ears." Li Ying is an honest gentleman, so he concealed this sentence, let alone doubted it.Zhang Sheng was also very careful, although he had to wait until late at night to vent his drowning, he went there privately for convenience, so that no one could see him.Although he has been living here for a long time, he does not reveal some flaws.There are poems as evidence: Although women and men have different shapes, they all depend on their hearts and care.I only hate one thing that is difficult to cover up, and walk with a three-inch bow.

Huang Shancong pretended to be Zhang Sheng and was doing physiology in Luzhou Prefecture. He was only 12 years old when he first arrived.Time flies like an arrow, I lived for nine years without realizing it, and now I am 20 years old.In the past few years, I have been working hard, and my hands are quite active, which is different than before.Thinking about the exposure of his father's coffin to his hometown, his sister will not be able to do it for several years, let alone his own life, it is not a fool.But after discussing with Li Ying's brother, they only said that they would move the coffin of grandpa and go home for burial.Li Yingdao: "This is a matter of filial piety. Only the coffin is no bigger than him. How can you carry it alone? As a brother, you can go with you, and you can let it go. When your burial is over, come again." Zhang Sheng said: "Thank you for your generosity, brother." It was decided that night, to choose an auspicious day, Gu Xiazhi, call a few monks, do a spiritual meritorious deed, and carry Huang Laoshi's coffin off the boat.Along the way, if the wind is smooth, we will go, and if the wind is adverse, we will stop. In a few days, we arrived in Nanjing.Find a free house outside Chaoyang Gate, send the coffin, and bury it in auspiciousness.Let's gossip.Besides, Li Ying and Zhang Sheng entered the city gate and separated from east to west.Li Ying asked: "Where does brother live? Brother is good to visit." Zhang Sheng said: "My family lives next to the Qingxi Bridge on the Qinhuai River. In the coming day, I will wait for my brother to come and have tea." The two parted.

Zhang Sheng is originally a daughter of the Huang family, so he knows the way?I am glad that the Qinhuai River is a famous place, not a remote place, so it is good to ask.Zhang Sheng went to the Qingxi bridge, asked the Zhang family, knocked on the door and entered.One day, my brother-in-law was not at home, so he looked inside and left.Sister Dao Cong scolded and said: "Everyone has its own inside and outside. What's the reason? Some people don't save their dignity and go straight into the inner room. What's the reason? When a man is at home, he sees it. At any rate, a hundred orphans will flatter you. Hurry up and leave." " Zhang Sheng didn't panic, he bowed down with a smile, and said in his mouth: "Sister, why don't you recognize your own brothers." The sister scolded: "You are a bachelor! Where have I ever had a brother?" Zhang Sheng said "Sister, can you think about what happened nine years ago?" My sister said, "What are you thinking about? I still remember the first nine years. My father didn't have any sons, only two of my sisters were born. My sister's nickname is Shan Cong, nine years ago, my father took me to Jiangbei to sell incense, and I never came back. I still can’t hear from you, and my life and death have not been tried. Where are you a bachelor, but you come to pretend to be a sister!” Zhang Sheng said: “You have to ask Shan Cong Sister, that’s me.” After saying that, she burst into tears.My sister still didn't believe it was true, and asked, "Since you are a good girl, why do you dress up like this?" Zhang Sheng said, "When my father was leaving, he changed me into a man, and he only said that I was my nephew Zhang Sheng, and brought me out to learn physiology. No Two years ago, my father died of illness. Although your sister was buried, she hated being lonely and poor, and could not return home with the coffin. There was a fellow villager Li Xiuqing, a gentleman with sincerity and sincerity. Your sister had no choice but to make friends with him eight times and make a living in partnership. I stayed in Jiangbei for another six or seven years, and this year I started to make plans. I just arrived here, so I came to see my sister for no other reason."

The elder sister said: "That's how it is. You are working together with a man. You have been together for many years, and you must be a married couple. Since ancient times, people in the Ming Dynasty have not done secret things, so why don't you wear a topknot? It's good to look good. You don't know how to dress up like this." It's not a shame to be a woman!" Zhang Sheng said: "Don't bully my sister, my family is still a virgin, how dare I do things like this, and insult the family style." Dao Cong didn't believe it, so he brought it into the secret room to test it.

How do you test the law?Spread fine dry ash into the rest of the bucket, but teach the girl to take off her clothes and sit on the bucket.Put a tissue strip in his nose and ask him to sneeze.If it is a broken body, the upper air will be released, and the lower air will also be released, and the dry ashes will definitely blow; if it is a child's body, the ashes will be the same as before.

This method is used by the imperial court to choose concubines.Dao Cong grew up in the capital, didn't he know?At that time, I tried that girl, but it turned out to be an unbroken virgin.So the two sisters hugged their heads and cried.Dao Cong hurriedly opened the box, took out his own skirt and jacket, arranged for his sister to take a bath with fragrant soup, and taught him how to change clothes.The sister said: "Don't bully my sister. I haven't taken off my clothes since I went out. I just saw my sister today, so I can rest assured." That night, Zhang's second brother came home, and his wife sent him to rest in the outer room.The two sisters, lying on the same quilt, told each other their hearts and minds, and talked all night without ever closing their eyes.

When he got up the next day, Huang Shancong dressed up, made a different appearance, and rehearsed the etiquette with his brother-in-law and sister.Dao Cong praised his sister's chastity in front of her husband, even Li Xiuqing also praised a few words: "If you are not a sincere gentleman, how can you get along with him for a long time?" "Is there anyone in there?" Huang Shancong recognized Li Xiuqing's voice, and said to his sister, "Teach my brother-in-law to go out to meet him. It's not easy for me to meet him now." Just meet each other, that's okay." Shan Cong turned upside down and became shy, and refused to go out.Dao Cong had no choice but to teach his husband to go out to meet him first, and he didn't feel it when he looked at his tone.Brother Zhang hurried out and met Li Xiuqing. After the ceremony was over, he sat down with guests.Xiuqing said, "Xiaosheng is Li Ying. I'm here to visit brother Zhang Sheng. I don't know who you are?" Second brother Zhang said with a smile, "I'm a close relative. I'm afraid he won't meet you today. It's in vain. Excuse me." Li Xiuqing said: "Tell me what you said! I and him are flesh and blood with different surnames, and we love each other the most. We agreed that I will come here today. Is there any reason why I don't come here?" Brother Zhang said: "Among them There is a reason, let me tell you calmly." Xiuqing was impatient, urging her again and again, waiting for a moment later, just waiting for the outbreak.In a panic, Second Brother Zhang ran in, taught his wife to persuade his sister-in-law to meet Li Xiuqing.Shan Cong just refused to leave the room.He and his wife hid aside, but taught someone to invite Li Xiuqing into the inner house.When Xiuqing saw Huang Shancong, she couldn't look carefully and took seven or eight steps back.Shancong called out, "brother, don't worry, please come and talk." Xiuqing heard the voice and knew it was Zhang Sheng. She stepped forward and bowed again and said, "brother, how do you dress up like that?" "It's hard to explain. Brother, please sit down, and sister Rong will tell you calmly." The two sat opposite each other, and Shan Cong explained in detail the reason why he went out with his father at the age of 12.He said again: "I have always been grateful to Brother Cheng for his support and support. But in the past, there was brotherhood, but in the future there will be suspicions of men and women. We will only meet once, and we will never get together again."

When Xiuqing heard about it, she stayed for a while.Thinking to myself: "I have been walking with him for five or six years, and I don't know that he is a woman, so I am so ignorant!" Then he said: "Sister, listen to me. I have been with you for a long time, you know me, there is no need to talk about the past Now that you are young and have no master, and I am also strong and unmarried, why don't you push the love of worship and marry the two surnames? Wouldn't it be beautiful to be reunited forever after a hundred years of marriage!" Shancong blushed with shame, and got up and said : "My elder brother is Gao Yi, and I don't hide from my appearance today. Please see me boldly. My brother is talking about chaos, so I am not a concubine, so I mean to wait for my brother." After finishing speaking, one end went in, and the other said: "Brother, you should come out quickly, don't worry about it." You have to stagnate, so you can talk about things."

Xiuqing got into a fit of rage, so it was boring.Back home, infatuated and intoxicated, unable to let go, Naiyang matchmaker went to Zhang's house to ask for marriage.Brother Zhang and his wife are also happy to arrive.But Shancong refused, and said: "When you are suspicious, you must be cautious. If you cooperate with me today, without selfishness, if you waste seven years of chastity, won't it be ridiculed?" The matchmaker and the elder sister Blowjob advised, just not allowed.Over there, Li Xiuqing insisted on marrying Shan Cong as his wife, pestering the matchmaker every day, asking him to run around to spread the word.Three times and five rotations only made Shan Cong anxious, but he didn't feel relieved.It seems like you said, is this marriage not going to happen?Let's see the breakdown next time.Exactly: Seven years of brotherly love and hospitality, today's reunion has a new situation.I want to show my innocence in the past, so I am lucky to refuse my in-laws.

There are only three kinds of mouths in the world, and they are extremely beneficial: the mouths of scholars, scolding everywhere; the mouths of monks, eating everywhere; the mouths of matchmakers, spreading everywhere.Let's talk about the matchmaker's mouth, how did it spread all over the world?The matchmaker has a few slogans: go to the east, go to the west, run around with two feet and growl; hold three belts and four consultations, and you are not afraid of dogs when you walk into people's houses.There is a certain person on the front street, and a certain person in the back family. Every family is a friend. When you meet, you smile first, and you are used to reporting news without waiting for a knock.There is something to say, there is also something to say, and you open your hands when you point to a long story; a hundred people know about a family's affairs, why did you ever leave a gap?If you want to cheat tea or drink wine, you have a three-inch thick skin;That Huang Shancong woman disguised herself as a man is a miracle through the ages; and she is so chaste, which is rare in the world.These matchmakers walked once, said once, once passed on to ten, ten to hundreds, and in a short time, everyone in the capital knew about it.Everyone praises beauty, and everyone is amazed.Although among the gentry, when talking about this matter, they all said: "Rare, rare!"

Li Gong, a guard eunuch, didn't believe it, so he sent people to arrest him, which is true.But Li Xiuqing was called to cross-examine, and they met one by one.Because he asked Xiuqing, "there are so many beautiful women in the world, why bother with the daughter of the Huang family?" Xiuqing said, "I have been in love for seven years, and I can't give up. Except for this girl, I don't want to." Qing is in the Yamen.The next day, I called the former matchmaker and said: "I heard that the Huang family's daughters are respectable for their chastity. I have a nephew. I want him to be my wife. If you go and talk about it, you will be rewarded." Who dares to disobey the right and powerful?The matchmaker replied: "The marriage is already harmonious." Li Gong used his own money to hire Xiuqing; he rented an empty house and sent Xiuqing to live first.Li Gong went there in person and advocated flowers and candles, shengxiao and drum music, and married Huang Shancong.After paying homage, husband and wife meet each other, what a joke!Shancai knew that he had fallen into Li Gong's trap, and he couldn't push back when things came to an end.Li Gong recognized Xiuqing as his nephew and spent a lot of money to prepare dowry for Shancong.He also told the government of Hecheng that the five governments, the six ministries, the prefects and the county officials all have their own help.Firstly, looking at Li Gong's face, secondly, it is a miracle, and everyone wants to make it beautiful.Since then, Xiuqing has become a wealthy family in the capital. The husband and wife love each other, have two sons together, and later study well.Those who have good deeds will compile this matter into a rap book called "The Story of Selling Incense", and there is a poem as evidence.Compiled into a novel to hang down the boudoir training, and to wash away the sound of Pu Shangyin.

There is another poem about the benefits of a single eunuch, Li Gongxian.Although there is no romantic relationship, planting a relationship for the next life.

(End of this chapter)