Chapter 24 "Red Jade"

Old man Feng in Guangping County has a son with similar characters, and both father and son are scholars.The old man is nearly sixty years old and has a straightforward personality, but his family is poor.In the past few years, the old lady and daughter-in-law died one after another, and old man Feng had to do all the housework by himself. One night, Xiangru was sitting in the moonlight when she suddenly saw a woman from the east neighbor peeking over the wall.Xiangru looked at her carefully, she was very beautiful; when Xiangru approached her, the woman smiled at him; when Xiangru waved to her, the woman did not leave until she came.After repeated requests, the woman climbed the ladder from the wall.So, the two slept together.Xiangru asked her name, and the woman said, "I am the daughter of my neighbor, and my name is Hongyu."Feng Sheng likes her very much, and promises to be friends with her forever, Hongyu agrees.Since then, the two have been in contact every night.

About half a year later, old man Feng woke up in the middle of the night and heard women talking and laughing in his son's room.Taking a peek, I saw a woman inside.Old man Feng was furious, called his son out, and scolded: "What have you done, you bastard!"Our family is so poor, you don't study hard, but learn to do lascivious things.If others know about it, your moral character will be lost; if others don't know about it, your lifespan will also be lost!Feng Sheng knelt down to admit his mistake, and said with tears that he would repent.Old man Feng scolded Hongyu again, saying: "Women don't obey the boudoir precepts, they not only defile themselves, but also defile others!"If someone finds out about this, it won't be just our family who will be ashamed!After scolding, he went back to sleep angrily.With tears in her eyes, Hongyu said: "Father's teachings are really embarrassing."The fate of the two of us is over!Feng Sheng said: "Father is here, I can't make my own decisions."If you have feelings, you should endure the humiliation.The woman resolutely broke off the relationship, and Feng Sheng burst into tears.The woman said to him: I have no matchmaking words with you, no orders from my parents, and we are privately married. How can we grow old together?Here is a sweetheart, you can marry her.Feng Sheng said that his family was poor, and the woman said: Wait for me tomorrow night, and I will find a way for you.On the second night, Hongyu really came, took out forty taels of silver, gave it to Feng Sheng, and said, "Sixty miles away from here, there is a Wu village. High, so I haven't betrothed to others yet.You pay a lot of money to meet his family's request, and you will definitely agree.Say goodbye and leave.

Feng Sheng took the opportunity to tell his father that he wanted to go on a blind date in Wucun, but he concealed the fact that Hongyu gave him silver.Old man Feng was worried that his family was poor and had no money, so he refused to let his son go.Feng Sheng said tactfully: I just went to test it out and see how it goes.Old man Feng nodded in agreement.Feng Sheng borrowed servants, chariots and horses, and went to Wei's house.The old man surnamed Wei was from a farmer's household. Feng Sheng called him out and told him that he would propose marriage to him.Old man Wei knew that Feng Sheng's family was a prestigious family, and seeing that he was handsome and open-minded, he agreed in his heart, but he was worried that his family would not be willing to spend money.Feng Sheng heard his hesitation and understood what he meant, so he took out all the money and put it on the table.Old man Wei was happy, and asked a neighbor's scholar to be a middleman, and wrote the marriage contract on red paper.Feng Sheng went into the house to meet his mother-in-law, and saw that the house they lived in was very narrow.Wei Nu was snuggling up behind his mother, Feng Sheng glanced at her from the sidelines, and was secretly happy to see that Wei Nu was gorgeous despite her poor family makeup.Old man Wei borrowed the house to entertain his son-in-law, and said to Feng Sheng: You don't need to marry me in person, I will prepare some clothes and dowry for my daughter, and send it in a sedan chair.Feng Sheng set a date for marriage with him and went back.After returning home, Feng Sheng lied to his father that the Wei family loved the humble family and did not want bride price, and old man Feng was also very happy.When the day came, the Wei family really sent their daughter here.After Wei Nu passed through the door, she was diligent, thrifty and filial, and her husband and wife had a deep relationship.Two years later, a boy was born, named Fu'er.

Once, in time for the Ching Ming Festival, Feng Sheng and his wife went to sweep the tomb with their children in their arms, and met a gentleman surnamed Song in the county.The surname Song used to be a censor. He was dismissed for bribery and went home to live in seclusion, but he still exerted his power.On this day, he also went to the grave and came back. He saw Wei Nu was very beautiful, asked the people in the village, and learned that she was Feng Sheng's daughter-in-law.The man surnamed Song thought that Feng Sheng was a poor scholar, and bribing him with a lot of money could move his heart, so he sent his family to vent his words.When Feng Sheng first heard the news, his face was filled with anger; then he thought about it.Unable to defeat the power of the Song family, he restrained his anger, put on a smiling face, and went in to tell his father.Old man Feng was furious when he heard this, and ran out to the Song family, pointing out the sky and cursing, and the Song family ran away like mice.The person surnamed Song was also angry, and sent a lot of people to break into Feng Sheng's house, beat the old man Feng and Feng Sheng, and the noise was like a boil.When Wei Nu heard this, she threw the child on the bed, her hair loose and she shouted for help.Those guys rushed forward, lifted her up, and left in a hurry.The old man Feng and his son were seriously injured and fell to the ground moaning; the child was crying in the room.The neighbors felt sorry for them and helped the father and son to bed.A day later, Feng Shengneng got up on crutches, but the old man was so angry that he couldn't eat, vomited blood and died.Feng Sheng burst into tears, and took his son to sue, all the way to the provincial governor. He did not know how many times he sued, but he still couldn't appeal.Later, when Feng Sheng heard that his wife had died because of disobedience to Song, he was even more saddened.Full of grievances, nowhere to appeal.He wanted to assassinate Song on the road many times, but he was afraid that he had too many servants and his son would have nowhere to rely.I grieve day and night, and I can't sleep.

One day, a big man suddenly came to Feng's house to express condolences.The man had a curly beard and a square face, and he had never been in contact with the Feng family.Feng Sheng pulled him to sit down and was about to ask him the name of his hometown when the guest suddenly asked: You have the hatred of killing your father and taking your wife, have you forgotten to take revenge?Feng Sheng suspected that he was a detective of the Song family, and he was just socializing with lies.The guest was so angry that his eye sockets were about to burst, he opened his eyes angrily, stood up abruptly, walked out and said: I thought you were a gentleman, but now I know you are a worthless vulgar person!Seeing that he was indeed a stranger, Feng Sheng knelt down to persuade him to stay, saying: I am really afraid that people from the Song family will test me.Now I will tell you everything in my heart: I have been waiting for revenge for a long time.I just pity me, a baby in swaddling clothes, and I'm afraid that the Feng family's incense will be broken.You are a righteous man, can you raise a child for me?The guest said: This is for women, I can't do it!What you want to entrust to others, please do it yourself; and what you want to do yourself, I am willing to do it for you!After hearing this, Feng Sheng knelt on the ground and kowtowed.The guest went out without looking at it.Feng Sheng chased him out and asked his surname. The guest said: If you are unsuccessful, you will not be blamed; if you succeed, you will not be rewarded!After finishing speaking, I left.Feng Sheng was afraid of causing disaster, so he ran away with his son in his arms.

At night, when everyone in the Song family was asleep, a man entered through several walls and killed three fathers and sons surnamed Song, a daughter-in-law and a servant.The Song family took the pleadings and sued the government, and the government was shocked.The Song family insisted that Feng Sheng did it, so the government sent government officials to arrest Feng Sheng.Feng Sheng fled without knowing where he was going, and the government even believed that Feng Sheng was the one who killed him.The servants of the Song family and the government servants searched everywhere. When they came to Nanshan at night, they heard the child crying, followed them, caught Feng Sheng, tied him up and took him back.The child cried even harder, and those people grabbed the child and threw it away. Feng Sheng was so resentful that he wanted to die.Seeing the county magistrate, the county magistrate asked Feng Sheng: Why did you kill someone?Feng Sheng said: I am wronged!He died at night, and I went out during the day, and I was holding a crying baby, how could I jump over the wall and kill someone?The county magistrate said: You didn't kill anyone, why did you run away?Feng Sheng was speechless, unable to explain himself, and was thrown into prison.Feng Sheng cried and said, "It's not a pity that I die. What's the crime of the orphan?"The county magistrate said: You have killed too many people, so why kill your son?Feng Sheng was dismissed from all charges and tortured many times, but he never confessed.

That night, the county magistrate had just fallen asleep when he heard something hitting the bed, making a rattling sound.The county magistrate yelled in fright, and the whole family was awakened by him.Surrounded by candles, it turned out to be a short knife as sharp as frost, pierced into the bed for more than an inch, and could not be pulled out firmly.When the county magistrate saw it, he was distraught, and sent people to search everywhere with knives and guns, but there was no trace.The county magistrate was very timid, and thought that the surname Song was dead and there was nothing to fear, so he reported the case to the higher-level yamen, excused Feng Sheng, and released Feng Sheng.

When Feng Sheng returned home, there was no grain in the urn, and he was alone facing the empty house.Fortunately, the neighbors took pity on him and sent him some food, so he could barely make ends meet.Feng Sheng smiled when he thought that his great revenge had been avenged; he also cried when he thought of the cruel disaster that almost killed his whole family; Weeping bitterly in a place where no one was around, I couldn't hold back.After half a year like this, the government's pursuit of the criminals also slackened, so Feng Sheng went to beg the county magistrate, demanding that Wei's bones be awarded to him.After burying his wife's bones and returning home, Feng Sheng was distraught and tossed and turned on the empty bed, feeling that he could no longer live.

Suddenly he heard a knock on the door, Feng Sheng listened carefully, and heard someone outside the door talking to the child in a low voice.Feng Sheng got up hurriedly and looked out from the crack of the door, it seemed to be a woman.As soon as the door was opened, the woman asked: "The grievance has been cleared, I am glad you are safe and sound!"The voice was familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was in a hurry.Illuminated by candlelight, it turned out to be Hongyu, holding a child on her arm, laughing at her lap.Feng Sheng didn't have time to ask, so he hugged Hongyu and wept.Hongyu also burst into tears, then pushed the child in front of him and said: Have you forgotten your father?The child held Hongyu's clothes and looked at Feng Sheng with burning eyes.Feng Sheng took a closer look and found that it was Fu'er. He was very surprised and cried and said, "Where did you find your son?"Hongyu said: To tell you the truth, I used to say that I was the neighbor's daughter, but it was a lie. I am actually a fox fairy.I happened to be walking at night that day and saw the child crying at the mouth of the valley, so I took him to Shaanxi to raise him.Hearing that the catastrophe is over, I brought him to reunite with you.Feng Sheng thanked him with tears.In Hongyu's arms, the child seemed to be nestled in the arms of its mother, but it no longer recognized its father.

Before dawn, Hongyu got up in a hurry, and Feng Sheng asked her what she was doing.She replied: I want to go back.Feng Sheng knelt on the bedside naked, crying so hard that he couldn't lift his head.Hongyu smiled and said: I lied to you.Now that the family is new and innovative, it is necessary to get up early and go to bed late.Then just cut the weeds and sweep the yard and operate like a man.Feng Sheng is worried that his family is poor and cannot maintain his life.Hongyu said: Just study hard behind closed doors, don't ask about the profit and loss of the family, and you won't starve to death.So I took out the money to buy textile tools, rented dozens of acres of land, and hired servants to cultivate it.She carried a hoe to weed herself, and pulled vines to repair the house, like this every day.When the villagers heard that Feng Sheng's daughter-in-law was so virtuous, they were all willing to help her.After about half a year, the population prospered and the family became rich. Feng Sheng said, "It's already a disaster, thanks to you starting from nothing."There is only one thing that is not arranged properly, what should I do?Ask him what's the matter, he said: the date of the exam is approaching, and the qualification of scholar has not been restored.Hongyu smiled and said: I sent four taels of silver to the school officer a few days ago, and your name has been re-registered.If you waited for you to say it, it would have been a mistake!Feng Sheng felt even more miraculous.This time, Feng Sheng won the Juren test. He is thirty-six years old. His family has a lot of fertile fields and a spacious house.Ruby is light and soft, as if it can be blown away by the wind, but its manipulation is better than that of peasant women.Although it is severe winter and hard work, but his hands are still as delicate as fat. I say that I am twenty-eight years old, but others look like people in their early twenties.

Yishi's comment: The son of the Feng family is virtuous, and the father of the Feng family is very virtuous, so he is rewarded with chivalry.Not only the bearded man is a hero, but also the female fox is also a chivalrous person.What happened to Feng Xiangru was really strange!However, the handling of the cases by the governor, the governor, and the county magistrate is absurd and outrageous. The knight's knife was thrust into the edge of the bed with a tremor, but why didn't it move half a foot toward the bed?If you let Su Zimei [Su Zimei: Su Shunqin, a litterateur in Song Dynasty, styled Zimei.He read "Hanshu."The Biography of Zhang Liang", read that Zhang Liang and his guests attacked Qin Shihuang and missed the auxiliary vehicle, and shouted: "It's a pity that they missed it!"Drink a large glass of wine] After reading this story, he will definitely drink another large glass and say: Unfortunately, he was not hit! 【original】 Feng Weng in Guangping had a son with similar characters.Both father and son are born.Weng was nearly 60 years old, with a strong personality, and his family was often empty.In the past few years, my wife and son-in-law passed away one after another, and Jingjiu took care of himself. One night, Xiangru was sitting under the moon, when she suddenly saw the girl from the east neighbor peeping from the wall.Look at it, beauty.Closer, smile.Beckoning, neither coming nor going.If you insist on it, you will pass by the ladder, and then you will sleep together.Asked his name, he said: Hongyu, my concubine's neighbor.Born with great love and happiness, and Ding forever.Nuozhi.Every night, about half a year.Weng Ye got up, heard the woman's smile, peeped at her, and saw the woman.Angry, called out, cursed and said: "What's the matter with livestock!"So lonely, don't work hard, but learn to be floating?People who know it will lose your virtue; people who don't know it will promote your life!He knelt down and cast himself, weeping and regretting.Weng scolded the girl and said: If a woman does not keep her boudoir precepts, she not only defiles herself, but also defiles others.If something happens, it will not only bring shame and embarrassment!After scolding, he went to bed angrily.The woman shed tears and said: The guilt of the family is a shame!The fate of the two of us is over!The student said: "Father is not allowed to be self-disciplined."If you are affectionate, it is better to be dirty.The woman speaks decisively, and she sheds tears when she is born.The woman said: "The concubine and the king have no matchmaker. The words of the parents, the orders of the parents, go beyond the wall and drill the gap. How can they lose their heads?"There is a couple here who can be hired.Sue poor.The woman said: "When we come to meet each other overnight, the concubine will plan for the king."The next night, the female fruit arrived, and forty taels of platinum were given out as a gift.Said: "Sixty miles away from here, there is a Wei family in Wu village, who is eighteen years old and has a high price, so it has not been sold."If you eat it seriously, you must agree with harmony.Say it, don't go.When I was born, I was talking to my father, and I wanted to go to meet him.But Yin Jijin dared not sue.Weng Zidu has no money, so he stopped it.Sheng also bluntly said: try it.Weng nodded.Sheng Sui pretended to be a horse servant and became Wei's family.Wei Gu Tian She Weng.Students exhaled quotes and gossip.Wei Zhisheng is a famous family, and seeing Yi Caixuanhuo again, he agrees with it, but he is worried about his Jin [ㄐㄧㄣ'; stingy] in his money.Students listen to the meaning of their words, understand their purpose, and pour out their pockets.Wei Naixi, 浼 [ㄇ ㄟ'; please entrust] the neighbors live in the room, and the book is red and the letter is alliance.Born into worship.The living room is close to the side, and the daughter depends on her mother to hang herself.Looking at it slightly, although it is decorated with thorns and cloth, its expression is bright and its heart is secretly happy.Wei borrowed the money from his son-in-law and said, "Young master does not need to greet you in person."After less time to make clothes and make-up, they will join [ㄩ; the two of them will carry one thing together] and send it away.Birth and return.Tell Weng deceitfully, saying that Wei loves to clear the door, and he is not responsible for the money.Weng Yixi.On the solstice day, Wei Guo sent his daughter to him. The woman is diligent and thrifty, has Shunde, and is very earnest.After more than two years, I gave a man named Fu'er.In the Qingming Festival, Baozi climbed to the tomb and met the Song family, a gentry in the city.The official censor of the Song Dynasty was exempt from bribery [ㄑㄧㄡ; bribery].Living under the forest, inciting violence.On that day, I also went to the tomb to return to see the beautiful women.Ask the villagers, and knowing is a life match.It is expected that Feng, a poor man, will be lured with heavy bribes, hoping to be shaken, so that his family will show it.Hearing the news suddenly, he was angry; when he was thinking about the situation, he turned his anger into a smile, and reported it to Weng.In a rage, he ran out, pointing fingers at his family and criticizing him endlessly.The family members ran away.The Song family was also angry, and sent several people into Sheng's house to beat the old man and his son.When the woman heard about it, she abandoned the child on the bed and sent her hair out to save her.The group usurped it, and then went away.The father and son are disabled, moaning on the ground, and the son croaking in the room.Neighbors felt sorry for him and supported him on the couch.After a day, a stick can be raised.Weng couldn't eat in anger, vomited blood and wanted to die.He cried loudly, Baozi promoted his words, went up to the governor, and litigated several times, but he couldn't be straight.Later, I heard that the woman did not submit to death, which made me sad.There is no way to stretch out the grievances.Every time he thinks of a way to assassinate Song, he is concerned about the complexity of his retinue, and his son doesn't trust him.Grief day and night, eyelashes do not cross.Suddenly a husband hangs in his room, with a curly beard and broad chin, who had never had anything to do with him.Sit side by side, want to ask the nation.The guest suddenly said: You have the hatred of killing your father and taking your wife, but have you forgotten to report it?Suspicion is the investigation of the Song people, and the aunt and puppet respond to it.The guest was so angry that his canthus was about to burst, and he came out suddenly and said: "You are a servant of the king; now you are an idiot who knows nothing!"Seeing the difference, the student knelt down and pulled him back, saying: I am sincerely afraid that the people of the Song Dynasty will be afraid of me.Today, I really clothe my heart: servants who lie on their salary and taste their courage are inherently old, but if they pity this baby, they are afraid of falling into the palace.Gentleman, can you beat the mortar for me?The guest said: "This woman's business is beyond her ability."If you want to entrust others, please do it yourself; if you want to do it yourself, you are willing to get it and do it for you.I heard that the collapsed horn [kowtow] is on the ground.Customers go out regardless.Sheng asked about the surname, saying: "If you are not good, you will not be allowed to be blamed; if you are not good, you will not be allowed to be virtuous."Then go.Born in fear of misfortune, the spore died. At night, all the members of the Song family went to bed, and someone stepped in and killed the three Yushi, father and son, as well as a daughter-in-law and a maidservant.Song Jiaju sued the officials.The official was shocked.Song Zhi said Xiangru, so he was dispatched to arrest the living, and he didn't know what to do, so the love became true.Song servants searched everywhere with officials and servants. When I arrived at Nanshan Mountain at night, I heard a son crying, got it, and went to the prison.The more angry the child cries, the more children are abandoned by the group, and they are distraught for their grievances.Seeing the eunuch, he asked, "Why kill people?"Sheng said: Injustice!A certain person dies at night, and I come out at daytime, and whoever hugs the croaker, how can I go over the wall and kill people?The order said: "If you don't kill people, why escape?"The new words are poor and cannot be debated, but they are sent to various prisons.Sheng wept and said: I have no regrets in my death. What is the crime of the orphan?The order said, "You have killed many sons; why kill your sons?"He was born without leather, was shackled repeatedly, and died without words.It was ordered to lie down at night, and when something hit the bed, there was a trembling sound, and he cried out in great fear.The whole family was startled, gathered and candled, a short knife, as sharp as frost, cut into the wood by more than an inch, and could not be pulled out.Seeing it, the soul is lost.He Ge searched everywhere, but there was no trace.I am discouraged.It is also said that people in the Song Dynasty have nothing to fear when they die. Returning from birth, the urn has no ascending bucket, and the lonely shadow faces the four walls.Fortunately, the neighbors pity the food and drink, and live with themselves.Thinking that the great revenge has been avenged, you will be happy [ㄔㄢ'] [laughing] happy; thinking about the cruel disaster, and almost destroying the family, tears will fall down your cheeks; thinking about the poverty of half your life, and the family branch will not continue, then there will be no one At the place, weeping loudly, unable to restrain myself.After half a year like this, the ban on arrests has been relaxed.It is the order of Aiyi, asking for the judgment to return Wei's bones.When he was buried and returned, he was so sad that he wanted to die, and he tossed and turned on the empty bed, but there was no way out.Suddenly there was a person at the gate, who listened intently and quietly, and heard a person outside the door, chattering and chatting with children.Sheng anxiously peeped, like a woman.When I first opened the door, I asked: Fortunately, the big grievance has been cleared up, and you are all right?Its voice is familiar, but I can't recall it hastily.Candle it, then red jade also.Holding a child, laughing and stepping down.I have no time to ask questions, hold my daughter and cry, and the daughter is also miserable.Then Tui'er said, "Have you forgotten your father?"The son holds the woman's clothes, staring at life with burning eyes.After careful examination, Fuer also.Shocked, weeping and asking: How come my son?The woman said: "Tell the king the truth. Those who spoke about the neighbor's daughter in the past are absurd."Concubine Shihu.Traveling at night, I saw my son crowing in the valley, and raised him in Qin.I heard that the catastrophe is over, so I brought it here to reunite with you.Thank you with tears.When a son is in the arms of a daughter, if he depends on his mother, he will no longer be able to recognize his father.Before dawn, the woman got up suddenly.When asked, the answer was: The slave wants to go.Naked kneeling on the head of the bed, tears can not look up.The woman smiled and said: "The concubine deceived the king's ears."Today's family is a new creation, and it must be long-cherished and sleepy at night.It is a bamboo broom that cuts mang yong 篲, and is operated like a man.Born worry about poverty, not self-sufficiency.The woman said: But please read it at the end, don't ask about profit and apology, or starve to death.So he produced Jinzhi weaving tools; rented dozens of acres of land, and hired farming.It's common for the lotus to kill the grass, and the radish to mend the house.The Li party hears about the virtuous women, and they are happy to help them.About half a year later, the population flourished, and the family was closed like a prime minister.Sheng said: From the ashes, Qing rebuilt it from scratch.However, everything is not settled, how?After interrogation, he replied: "The trial period is over, and the scarves and clothes have not yet been resumed."The woman said with a smile: "I sent Guangwen with four gold coins before, and my name has been restored."If you wait for your words, you have been wrong for a long time.Shengyishenzhi.It was Ke Sui who was recommended by the township.At the age of thirty-six, the fertile fields are connected with the fields, and the summer house canals are running.The graceful girl seems to be drifting away with the wind, and has manipulated the peasant woman; although she suffers from the severe winter, her hands are as greasy as fat.He said he was thirty-eight years old, but people looked at him as if he were twenty years old. Yi Shi said: His son is virtuous, his father is virtuous, so he is also a hero in repaying him.He is not a special man, but a fox is also a man.Encounter is also strange!However, the official Zai Youyou, with human hair standing on end, and the knife shaking into the wood, why didn't he hesitate to move the bed half a foot?If Su Zimei reads it, he will say in vain: "It's a pity that I missed it!"