The body of the story
Nanjing people are not to blame, and the word is crowned. He was reserved and cautious, and was also named "Yougong" by the provincial Xuezheng (*In the Qing Dynasty, the provincial Xuezheng selected a number of students from the prefecture and county every three years and sent them to Beijing Guozijian to study, called "Yougongsheng").
In Jingshi, he temporarily lived in the south of Fanfang Hutong. It was sparsely populated and had a pond with lush reeds. In early summer, Xiao Qi walked around alone in the afternoon, and saw several broken houses behind a wooden door, and there was no man in it, only a young ** who was about 20 years old and graceful, and a little maidservant.
Xiao Qi, who was hooked by the woman's beautiful appearance and moonlight, later visited the dilapidated house several times, and he heard from others that the other party was a widow, so he asked a matchmaker to say for him and wanted to marry her.
After the woman learned of the matchmaker's intention, she asked her to pass on the word: "Gongzi Qi is a nobleman, and the slave family is not from a big family, so he will definitely be ashamed of it in the future." Therefore, I really can't climb high, and I can't do it. ”
Xiao Qi, who was deflated, was not discouraged, his eyes rolled and he thought about it: "If you are not a wife, you can always be a concubine, right?" This time, ** had no reason to refuse, so I had to nod and agree. On the wedding night, Xiao Qi asked about his family name, and he only said: "The concubine I bought doesn't need to know who her surname is." As a result, the name of the bride is still an unsolved mystery.
Since ** passed the door, although she is not smiling, she has been in an orderly manner. She also said to Xiao Qi: "Lang Jun is shy in his pocket, but the consumption level in the capital is not low, and now it is no longer you living alone, the cost of our living is too high, I have to think about the way to 'open source and reduce expenditure'." ”
Soon, ** bought a stone mill, two donkeys, a few bags of barley--- it turned out that he had opened a small workshop in his own house. From then on, he drove donkeys to the market every day to sell the milled flour until the sun set. In this way, the piggy bank of the small family slowly filled with copper plates, and successfully achieved "self-financing".
Xiao Qi usually lives in Guozijian's dormitory and doesn't go home often. Because they are good at management, they never worry about the trivial matters of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and the money of the small family in Beijing is already more than the savings of the hometown in Nanjing.
One day, a corpse was found in the corner of the south city wall of Beijing, with only the lower half of the body remaining. The entire capital suddenly exploded, and for a time it was boiling, rumors were spreading, and there were different opinions. However, the neighbors naturally did not suspect **, and Xiao Qi did not find out that the person who caused the accident was actually his own pillow person!
Half a year later, this bloody case has not been solved and has become a "headless public case". Soon, catching up with Xiao Qi's graduation is about to begin, ** gave birth to a big fat son. Therefore, Xiao Qi began to plan the future with ** and moved his family back to Nanjing, but ** always smiled and never agreed.
Until one night, Xiao Qi planned to go to bed. He closed the door and walked into the bedroom, but he didn't find any trace of **! Xiao Qi was full of suspicions, and always had a premonition that he had a green prairie on his head. Enraged, he summoned the maidservant who accompanied him and scolded him sharply.
The little maid was ignorant and stammered, "Lang Jun doesn't know anything. Mother, the lady is often like this, and the slave family doesn't know what she has done. "Huh?! It's not a small amount of courage, you actually went behind my back to steal people! Xiao Qi Qing's muscles flared up, and he paced back and forth impatiently in the courtyard with his hands behind his back.
At that time, it was the moon and the clouds, and the night was like ink. Suddenly, an eagle cried and pierced the sky, and a dark shadow fell quietly from the rooftop.
Xiao Qi rubbed his eyes and took a closer look, but saw that he was dressed in a night walk, wrapped in red silk, and had a messy beard. He held a razor-bladed dagger in his right hand and two bloody human heads in his left. Xiao Qi Pingsheng has seen such a battle? He was about to scream in shock, when the man tore off the fake mustache attached to his chin and shouted in a low voice: "Don't blame Lang Jun! It's me. ”
Xiao Qi looked at it again, it turned out to be his daughter-in-law! ** Hurriedly dragged the stunned him into the bedroom, and quickly pulled down the deadbolt to close the window. After his mood calmed down a little, he slowly explained: "My father was an official in Changting, Fujian (now Changting County, Longyan, Fujian Province), and was wrongfully blamed by his boss and died unjustly. After several years, this unforgettable hatred has finally been avenged, and I cannot stay here for long. ”
The frightened Xiao Qi lowered his head and glanced at the two bloody human heads--- which had been cut out and gouged out, and his facial features were difficult to distinguish. **Take a gray leather case to pack a pair of heads, and then tie a long white cloth strip to the body and tie it tightly. She saluted Xiao Qi and said goodbye: "The slave family pretended to be a concubine and lurked, but fortunately, the whereabouts of the enemy family were finally discovered." Now that I have taken revenge, my wish has been fulfilled. That maid has been raised by me for several years, and Lang Jun can marry her to replace me, and he can also take care of our children. "Words, ** wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, pushed the door and went out of the house, a harrier turned over the wall, and disappeared into the dark night.
Before Xiao Qi, who was stunned, had time to retract his jaw, ** actually turned back to the courtyard. "I'm sorry, I was in a hurry just now and forgot to breastfeed my baby. She said as she returned to her bedroom and came out with a bag of cigarettes. ** Arched his hand towards Xiao Qi: "The slave family is really gone this time." ”
Xiao Qi Liang didn't recover from this big ups and downs for a long time, but he still relied on the cicada chirping dog barking from outside the house to call him back to the real world. He pushed the door open and entered, and the bedroom was silent, and the child rarely cried. He held up another candle to shine. "Oops! Damn! "The child was already in a different place, and a pool of blood stained the bedding and bed!
Xiao Qi woke up the sleeping maid in the neighboring house and interrogated the origin of **. The girl rubbed her sleepy eyes and replied: "The slave was sold to her mother by her parents when she was ten years old, and she has raised her so far. In the past five years, the slave and maid don't know what the identity of the lady is. ”
When Xiao Qi heard this, he groaned for a while and then advised: "Don't make a noise about tonight's affairs." I will take you as a concubine, and you will live with me in the future. ”
At the end of the same year, Xiao Qi was selected by the imperial court as the county governor of Yunyang, Sichuan (now Yunyang County, Chongqing), and he went to the post with his maidservant. As for the **, there is no news, and I have never met again in this life.
Story source
The original title of the above story "Qi Wu Blame" comes from the ** collection of Zhiwei ** "Little Bean Shed" (Volume 12 "Strange Class") written by Zeng Yandong, a Shandong literati during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.
The book consists of 16 volumes and 203 articles, and its contents involve loyal ministers and martyrs, literati and chivalrous, fairy, foxes and ghosts, rare and strange stories, and retribution for good and evil. The narrative of "Little Bean Shed" is euphemistic, often ups and downs, and full of fun; The language is concise, but it can exhaust all forms, and the demeanor is complete, and the literary achievements are quite high.
Conclusion
There are many records of chivalrous stories in ancient books, which shows that the Chinese pay attention to filial piety and integrity. And the scene where the weak woman avenges her father, whether it is Lu Siniang's assassination of Yongzheng in the wild history of the Qing Dynasty, or the real Shi Jianqiao killing Sun Chuanfang, it belongs to this category.
But as the saying goes, "tiger poison does not eat children", why the heroine in the above story returned after saying goodbye and specially killed her own child, which is really puzzling. After all, "no head and no tail" can be regarded as a common problem in ancient Zhiwei stories, how did the father of ** suffer? **Who did you learn from, and what school did you belong to? Who was killed? What happens afterwards? There is no explanation in the text, but it is precisely because of this that readers are left with a vast space for reverie to exert their infinite imagination.