I originally wanted to write a few sentences to get through this divorce battle, but the more I wrote, the more itchy my hands became, so I wrote a paragraph.
There are relatively few Heli records in the Ming and Qing dynasties, so it is difficult to verify the data. However, I found information about Heli in the Tang Dynasty, so I simulated it and wrote it. I don’t want to be too realistic about the scenes in this chapter, and I’m not sure.
In the next chapter, we return to Beijing and the war of youth begins.
Please leave your claws, thank you.
Mother Sheng and her daughter chatted for more than half an hour, and Minglan listened to everything she should and shouldn't hear. Finally, the old man got tired, and Sheng Yun helped him to rest. Minglan moved with difficulty and her legs were numb, and she slowly left.
, her legs were numb and tingling, her waist was sore and her back was hunched like an old lady. She had to guard against being seen by others. Minglan admired herself very much. In this situation, she actually didn't forget to pull the water tank back and get out.
When the dog dens, pull up all the weeds.
Covered in mud and in a state of embarrassment, Minglan didn't dare to go back to her house, so she sneaked to Pinlan's place. She saw the traitor who had left his comrades behind and was waiting for her uneasily. As soon as he saw him, he smiled and started to please him. He scooped out some clothes and prepared them.
Please Minglan freshen up and change.
Minglan went up and rubbed it for a while. After taking a breath, she started to wash up. As soon as she took off her clothes and pants, both girls were shocked. Minglan's elbows and knees were all red and swollen, and her white and tender skin seemed to be covered with stamps.
Pinlan spent a long time scooping up the ointment she had brought to see the pattern of the stone tiles in the temple, and then boiled some ginger soup and gave it to Minglan to drink to ward off the cold. Even so, the next day the wound turned mottled purple, like a toilet.
Minglan was furious and pulled Pinlan's cheeks apart. Pinlan screamed, but she took it calmly. For several days in a row, she behaved like a little pug and kept apologizing.
When the bruise on Minglan's knees gradually subsided, the eldest lady gathered together the elders of the Sun and Sheng families, as well as the old man Dexin, who had always known each other, and finally invited the Sun family's mother and son to come together to understand this matter; for such a grand event, Taste
Lan Qi sat down and begged for a long time in front of Mrs. Li. Naturally, Mrs. Li refused to let her daughter watch the adults quarreling. Instead, the eldest lady said: "She is not young anymore. It is time to let her know that the world is difficult. No
Like that delicate flower, it cannot withstand the wind and waves."
The eldest lady's philosophy of survival was different from that of her daughter-in-law. She believed that weeds were much better than ornamental orchids. It was hard for Li to disobey her mother-in-law, so she glared at Pinlan and ignored her. Pinlan immediately went to Minglan and shouted, "Same!"
"Let's go together." Minglan was also very itchy, but she still reported it to Old Mrs. Sheng first. Unexpectedly, her grandmother didn't stop her, so the two girls happily sneaked around to the partition in the main hall and said, "I won't torture him to death."
!" Pinlan was particularly excited.
When I arrived at the cubicle, I found Shulan already sitting there, looking as haggard as a widow.
"It's the old lady who asked our girl to come here." Shulan's personal maid said softly. Minglan and Pinlan looked at each other. This time, the old lady was afraid that she was going to give some harsh medicine, so she stopped Shulan's thoughts all at once.
When Sun's mother and son saw the Sheng family's servants coming to invite them respectfully, they thought the Sheng family had compromised, so they went to the door in a big way. When they arrived, they saw that half the room was filled with people. Those present were either highly respected people in the place or elders of the two families. When they turned around, they saw
The local magistrate was also there, accompanied by two recorders. Sun Zhigao became a little uneasy, but his mother still didn't know it. She arrogantly picked a chair at the front and sat down.
After everyone had seen the ceremony one by one, Uncle Hu and Changsong invited the judge and the two recordkeepers out to have tea. Pinlan took a closer look through the crack in the door, turned around and said softly: "It's a good thing that the third room didn't come.
, otherwise it will be a joke to them."
After having a cup of tea, Sheng Wei glanced around the people in the hall, cupped his hands and said: "Today I invite all the elders here to discuss the matter between my daughter and my uncle Sun. The family affairs are not good, so please don't bother me."
Just for fun."
When Sun Zhigao saw this posture, he thought to himself: Could it be that your Sheng family is taking advantage of its power to force me to submit? Thinking that it would be better to strike first, he snorted: "Father-in-law, there are three so-called unfilial piety and not having offspring is the biggest.
As a descendant of the Sun family, it is really unfilial to be filial to have no children for twenty-five years. It is a great joy for the Sun family to find out that the concubine in the family is pregnant. She should take good care of her. Unexpectedly, she is so jealous that she refuses to tolerate her.
My father-in-law understands the importance of justice and should give her a lesson or two."
Sheng Wei heard that he was confusing right and wrong in this way. Although he was always kind, he couldn't help but feel angry when he heard this. Seeing her husband's face turn purple, Mrs. Li stood up slowly and said, "This is an internal matter in the family. It's not easy for me as the head of the family to talk about it."
Let me, the mother-in-law, tell you." Then he turned to Sun Zhigao and said, "Uncle, let me ask you, how many concubines has my daughter taken for you in the three years she has been here?"
Sun Zhigao breathed a sigh of relief, snorted and said nothing. Li continued: "My daughter has arranged three rooms for you in less than half a year since she entered the house. A year later, she bought two more from outside, and in the second year she hired
I married a good aunt, and married three others, and in the third year there were four or five. Now, uncle, you are twenty-five, and there are twelve or thirteen people in the house."
Sun Zhigao's face turned red when he heard Li reveal all his secrets. The elders around him all looked sideways. An uncle from a clan who had always had a quarrel with Sun Zhigao said coolly: "It's strange that my eldest nephew has failed in many tests, so he is so busy."
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Sun Zhigao was so embarrassed and angry that he couldn't express himself. Seeing his son's embarrassment, Sun's mother quickly said: "It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Besides, my son is planning for heirs. What does the in-laws mean by this?"
Sheng Yun snorted coldly and said: "Whether it is for the heirs or lust, God knows~~~~!"
Sun Zhigao was so angry that he almost broke into law.
Seeing something was wrong, the old patriarch of the Sun family hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said, "Let's calm down our anger first. This couple fights at the end of the bed and at the end of the bed. As a family, we have something to talk about, so why argue?"
Seeing someone coming down the steps, grandma hurriedly said: "That's right, don't talk about it, don't talk about it. My daughter-in-law is incompetent. Since someone is pregnant in the room, she will take it in and give birth to a boy and a girl."
It’s also her blessing.”
Li's voice was solemn: "I'm going to talk about this today. I just want to ask my in-laws, if my son refuses to accept that woman, what will you do?"
Sun Zhigao suddenly stood up with a proud look on his face: "What's the point of coming to an unworthy man? Just write a letter of resignation and go down to the hall!"
Sheng Wei finally couldn't help it and sneered repeatedly: "Okay, okay! What a son-in-law who reads books about sages!"
Minglan felt pity in her heart and turned to look at Shulan. She saw that her eyes were empty and her body was shaky. She was supported by the maid. Pinlan gritted her teeth and said in Minglan's ear: "If I were a man, I would definitely go out and give her a hard time."
Beat him up!" Minglan saw Pinlan's majestic appearance and thought to herself: Actually, even though you are a woman, your brother-in-law may not have beaten you.
When Sun Zhigao saw that the Sheng family was silent, he smiled arrogantly: "As the saying goes, a couple's kindness can last a hundred days. If she is willing to be more virtuous and take good care of the Sun family's children, the Sun family will not lose a mouthful of food for her! Father-in-law and mother-in-law should think about it carefully.
." Da Ma Jin Dao sat down, as if he was sure that the Sheng family could not bear to part with his son-in-law.
Seeing him like this, Mrs. Li lost all the last hesitation in her heart. She even had the desire to kill people. She said loudly: "Don't think about it. We can't afford to have such a great talent like you. But we can't divorce our wives, we can only divorce them."
, get all the dowry back!"
Sun's mother and son were shocked. They didn't expect the Sheng family to be so stubborn. They looked at each other in shock. Everyone present was also shocked. After the shock, they all advised, 'Don't be arrogant', 'It would be better to demolish ten bridges than destroy a family' and so on.
Sun Zhigao finally came back to his senses and shouted: "What divorce? Such unvirtuous and unfilial people are just cheap to write a letter of divorce!" Sun's mother hurriedly answered: "Those who marry into my Sun family
The dowry is naturally surnamed Sun, why should I take it back?!"
Mrs. Li looked at the virtues of the mother and son, but did not show any nostalgia or care for her diligent and honest daughter. She finally understood the eldest lady's hard work, her heart hardened, and she said loudly: "What is so unvirtuous and unfilial?! You are so evil!"
Say it out loud? You want to be filial and have heirs, and my daughter doesn’t stop you. Although my family is engaged in business, I still know what filial piety is for women. Seven years of humane education without a prescription is too much, but my daughter gave you money less than half a year after we got married.
She's so young, so you still call her 'jealous'?! She has been here for three years, but she spends more than 20 days a month sleeping in your mother's house, serving tea and water, serving food, cooking, cooking, and sleeping
You wake up after five o'clock in the morning and don't even say a word in reply to being beaten or scolded. Isn't this virtuous?!"
Mrs. Li thought of her daughter who was young but as skinny as an old woman. She was so sad that she almost choked with sobs. When everyone heard this, they were also speechless. Accusing eyes were directed at Sun and her son. Some people even thought to themselves: They are not allowed to be married.
How do you teach someone to have a son when they sleep together? What a tricky and mean mother-in-law.
Sun's mother was looked at very ugly by everyone. Even though she was a thick-skinned person, she not only blushed a little, but Sun Zhigao sat down with his head bowed in anger and remained silent. Mrs. Li was full of hatred and said loudly: "You are treating me so harshly.
Son, you actually want to divorce your wife and want a dowry! I tell you, don’t even think about it!"
Sun Zhigao sneered: "It is natural for a man to divorce his wife, how can you stop him?"
Mrs. Li also sneered, took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, held it up, and said: "You take a prostitute as a concubine, which is disgraceful to gentlemen. This is your old household registration in Qianjin Pavilion. Although you redeemed her life,
Forget about burning this old book. Humph, she is originally a cheap book. I will repair a copy of the book and send it to your teacher and Jinling Academic Affairs Master together with this book. How about also asking those who chant with you all day long?
The poems tell the scholars how to look at your face. Even if your reputation cannot be revoked, your reputation in the academy..."
Sun Zhigao's expression really changed this time, and he forced himself to calm down: "Huh, scholars are becoming more romantic. The four sons of Yuhang who are famous all over the world all have confidants who came from a wealthy background."
Sheng Yun smiled and said: "But no one even dragged her home, let alone allowed her to come into the house and raise children."
Sun Zhigao was furious, but he didn't dare to get angry. Master Tongpan was outside. When the head of the Sun family saw Li's posture, he knew that they were well prepared. It seemed that what happened today could not be revealed lightly, so he immediately
He turned to advise Sun Zhigao: "In that case, when the woman gives birth to the child, you can give her away. You don't want to give up your wife for a prostitute."
Hearing this, Sun Zhigao suddenly transformed into a love saint, with tears in his eyes: "This is absolutely impossible! She, she sells her art but not her body, she is really a strange woman from a brothel!"
In the cubicle, Pinlan cursed in a low voice: "Fart!" Minglan couldn't help but sigh and said: "This is normal. Most of the strange women come from brothels, and usually they are girls from good families." And these strange women usually come from good families.
Usually, you will meet one or two prostitute heroes and stage a touching and heart-warming story.
However, Shulan was not as open-minded as Minglan. When she heard this, tears finally fell from her empty eyes, and she covered her lips and cried silently.
At this time, a woman dressed as a steward suddenly came in from outside. She walked respectfully to Mrs. Li and handed over a large stack of receipts and a bunch of keys. Mrs. Li scooped the things and nodded with a smile. When Mrs. Sun and her son saw this person, they were immediately shocked.
She shouted: "Bian Ma, why are you here?"
Bian Ma smiled and said, "I'm just accompanying the eldest lady as a dowry. I'm from the Sheng family, so why don't I come?" She turned to Mrs. Li and said, "Madam, this is the girl who went with me to the farm and the village, and I also have slaves and deeds.
This is the original dowry list."
The eldest lady had been planning for so long, so she was naturally thoughtful about everything. The Sun family and their son went out and took action immediately when they were left in the hands of the Sun family. The stout handyman blocked the door, and the stewardess quickly organized, packed boxes and cages, ordered people and horses, and brought Shulan to the house.
After getting married, everything, including people and things, was brought back to the Sheng family.
Grandmother jumped three feet high and almost rushed over: "You Sheng Li family, how dare you raid our old Sun's house? Those are my family's things, come back soon! I, I will fight with you!"
As he said this, he was going to scratch Mr. Li's face, but the servant woman next to him quickly stopped him. The servant women present were all Mr. Li's confidants. Seeing that their eldest daughter was being humiliated, they all felt secretly. They only heard a thud, and they didn't know what was going on. Grandmother stumbled under her feet.
, fell down and gnawed on the mud.
Sun Zhigao hurriedly went to help him, but he saw his mother biting her tongue and stammering, unable to speak. Pinlan Minglan felt very happy.
Li raised the deed in her hand and snorted coldly: "Here's the dowry list! I didn't give your Sun family a single stitch, but I'm missing thousands of taels of silver and a lot of jewelry. Forget it, just treat it as my son's residence.
Just use your family’s money for three years! Humph, if you are dissatisfied and want to file a lawsuit, I will accompany you!”
Sun Zhigao was furious and yelled: "When she gets married, she will be the ghost of our Sun family. Naturally, all her things will be surnamed Sun! Both you and me are from the Sun family!"
Sheng Yun laughed loudly, pointed and smiled: "Although I am not a scholar, I have heard of 'seeing a balustrade and thinking of a horse'. Since my niece is so annoying to you, why do you keep her things? Isn't that not the case?
Seeing things and thinking about people, oh, could it be that--" Sheng Yun stretched out his voice with a look of sudden realization on his face, "Could it be that our most talented man in Youyang is reluctant to part with money?! Tsk, tsk, this is too tacky."
Sun Zhigao was blocked, his neck was thick and red, and his face was almost distorted. Everyone in the hall was trying to persuade him, and they couldn't stop for a while. Then the old lady who had been silent for a long time suddenly spoke: "Fellow folks, please listen.
Just a word from my old lady."
Everyone gradually calmed down, and the eldest lady slowly said in a hoarse voice: "Our Sheng family has been in Youyang for several generations. Counting from the old lady, we have been friends with each family for several generations. She is not the daughter of my Sheng family.
Jealousy is not tolerated, but, but...hey..." The old lady sighed deeply, with a sad look on her face.
A security guard of the Li family raised his hand and said, "Does the old lady have something to hide? Please tell me something."
The eldest lady said sadly: "A few decades ago, a promiscuous woman came into our Sheng family. After that, all my uncles and brothers also knew what happened. My eldest girl Hong'er was not even ten years old at that time! Wei'er
His father went bankrupt because of that woman, and even the ancestral home—" the old lady pointed to the roof above her head, "was sold!"
At that time, the old man spoiled his concubines and killed his wives. It was well-known far and wide. Everyone of a certain age knows that the elders here have experienced that incident and watched the wealth of such a large family being emptied bit by bit. This matter has been discussed by countless parents.
Scoop it out and use it as a typical example to reprimand your son not to visit brothels.
The eldest old lady suddenly played the tragedy card, and Sun and her son were immediately confused. They could only hear the eldest old lady looking bleak and continued: "Thanks to the blessings of our ancestors and the support of all uncles and elders, we, mother and son, have managed to survive these years. Only then can we redeem ourselves."
When I return to my ancestral home, I close my eyes and be worthy of all my ancestors. I would like to thank you all here!"
As he said this, the old lady stood up and wanted to salute the elders present. Everyone stood up and stopped her without saying a word. Sheng Wei had a very good reputation in Youyang.
Business stories are very inspiring.
The eldest old lady straightened up and said resolutely: "On the day I redeemed this ancestral home, old lady, I swore to God that I had no control over the rest of the clan, but no one in my clan, whether male or female, would ever engage in prostitution.
The girls come and go! If I violate this oath, old lady, I will not die well. After death, I will fall into the eighteenth level of hell and have my tongue pulled out by a cow-headed horse-faced man and thrown into a frying pan!"
After these categorical words, everyone was shocked and understood in their hearts: Back then, my family was almost destroyed by a prostitute, and now you call her daughter and a dancer to call each other sisters, isn't it too much of a lie?
After a few words, the atmosphere in the hall has changed. Everyone turned to the Sheng family, but no one spoke for the Sun family. The Sun family members could only sit in silence, and the Sun family's mother and son also began to secretly panic. This big hat was on
Down, they were very passive.
At this time, the eldest lady suddenly softened her voice again and sighed slowly: "I also know the difficulties of your Sun family. How can you be willing to let go after having a relationship so easily? Moreover, Zhigao has friendship with that woman; but I, the daughter of the Sheng family,
And we can never live under the same roof as that woman..." Everyone stretched their necks and raised their heads to wait to hear.
Old Mrs. Sheng said: "Why don't we each take a step back and let them make peace? If Shu Yatou brought her as a dowry and left half of it in the Sun family, it would be a good thing for our two families. How about that?"
As soon as this sentence was said, everyone in the house breathed a sigh of relief. Patriarch Sun immediately said loudly: "After all, the old lady understands the righteousness, so this is the best. The two families must not harm the harmony! Nephew Zhigao
, what do you think?”
Minglan secretly exclaimed, this old lady usually looked dull and silent, but she didn't expect her actions to be so extraordinary. The whole incident, the roles were clearly assigned, the rhythm was well controlled, the emotions were grasped, and she was drawn into the shell step by step.
Directed and acted by himself, he is really talented.
Sun Zhigao still felt unwilling and aggrieved, and his mother refused to give up. She had been eyeing Shulan's dowry from the beginning. If it weren't for the powerful women who came with her, she would have swallowed it up long ago. Now she is told to spit it out.
How can you feel calm after just half a mouthful!
Mrs. Li glanced at the mother and son and said loudly: "If you don't want to, let's meet at the Yamen! Drag your wife out and parade him through the streets, so that everyone in Youyang County can see the virtue of Sun Dacai!"
Sun Zhigao wanted to save face the most, so he snorted coldly when he heard this: "Let's just make peace with each other, do you think I care about it?" Anyway, half of the dowry is in hand, which is quite a lot.
Sheng Wei had a sullen face and immediately invited the outside judge to come in. He explained the two things in a low voice and then immediately started writing the documents in the hall. Then Li scooped out the dowry list. Grandmother wanted to go into details.
Look carefully and pick out some good things. In front of the general judge, Sun Zhigao was willing to talk about it. He tore the list in half without looking at it and threw away half of it.
Mrs. Li added: "The servants who accompanied me to the Sheng family are all children of the same family. Now that we are two families, it is not easy to separate our family members. In this case, I will make up for the money and no one will be left."
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As he spoke, he scooped out a few banknotes from his sleeve and handed them over. Several elders standing among them glanced at them. Each one had a denomination of one hundred taels. There seemed to be four or five of them. They all thought to themselves: The Sheng family is quite kind.
, this amount of money is enough to buy as many people as you want.
After the document was written, Master Tongjian glanced at Sheng Wei and said, "This is the signing." Sun Zhigao stood up first, signed his name in a flying and dancing manner, and then pressed his fingerprints on it. Li hurriedly said: "Little female body
If you are weak, let me take charge."
At this time, they heard a loud crash. Both Minglan and Pinlan were startled. They turned around and saw that Shulan had stood up at some point and pushed the fan away with both hands.
After stepping out, Pinlan wanted to chase him out, but Minglan dragged her behind the door panel hard and looked through the crack in the door.
"Shulan, what are you doing out here?" Li asked in a loss of voice.
The tears on Shulan's face were not yet dry, but she straightened up and knelt down towards her parents, sobbing: "It's all because of my unfilial daughter. I asked my grandmother, father and mother to worry about me!"
Without looking, the old lady's eyes flashed with joy.
I saw Shulan dressed resolutely and with a resolute expression. She bowed to everyone in the hall, walked slowly to the table, picked up a pen, waved her hand to write, and pressed her fingerprints.
Sun Zhigao looked at Shulan's withered and yellow complexion, and couldn't help but scornfully said: "You have no talent and no appearance, so you are not suitable for me. It was my family who made the wrong marriage at the beginning, and now it will be fine, and you will be married to a pig-killer in the future."
The land needs to be more virtuous."
This is too much! Both Li and Sheng Wei were furious, and even everyone around them felt that it was too much.
Sun Zhigao was still laughing, Shulan turned around suddenly, her eyes were blazing and angry, looking at the husband she once relied on for her life, his face was now so disgusting, she spat hard on Sun Zhigao's face.
Then he looked at the furious man and said quietly: "You are such a lecherous, unscrupulous, immoral villain. It makes me sick to look at you even more."
After saying this, he blessed everyone again, and then waved his sleeves and left. Sun Zhigao hurriedly wiped his face with his sleeves, and heard a gentle sneer in his ears, which made him hate himself to death.
Everyone showed disdain and said goodbye to Sheng Wei one after another. No one paid any attention to the Sun family mother and son. Even the Sun clan members only bowed their hands to Sun Zhigao. Sun Zhigao felt that he was making a joke to Master Tongpan today and hurriedly stepped forward.
He tried to talk to Master Tongpan, but to his surprise, Master Tongpan ignored him and looked at him coldly. Then he said a few words to Sheng Wei warmly and left.
Sun Zhigao was furious. He turned to his mother and said, "What a powerful old corrupt official! A few days ago, he drank wine and commented on poems with me, but today he turned his back on me and refused to acknowledge me. When I get the honors, I will seriously join him."
Book!"
Sheng Yun chuckled softly: "Hey, how many times have you taken this exam? You didn't even get a single test, and you still took the test. It's like a toad yawning, so loud!"
Sun Zhigao yelled angrily, but he was Sheng Yun's opponent in terms of words, and he was ridiculed several times.
Pinlan had already left the cubicle to chase after Shulan to comfort her, but Minglan was still in the cubicle. The two maids looked at each other, and saw Minglan standing there motionless, with a pensive look on her face.
Minglan slowly moved her steps and lowered her head to think. There were many puzzling things these days, and together with her grandmother's good intentions, she now somewhat understood them.