roccoschili Chapter 193 A battle of wits with a jealous wife
Chapter 193 A battle of wits with a jealous wife
A long time ago, in Changzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, there lived a man named Xiaolian named Xuanyuan.
When this man reached thirty years old, he still had no sons. His wife Zhang was very jealous, and Xuanyuan was very afraid of her. Although he knew that his wife could not bear children, he did not dare to take a concubine.
Xuanyuan's teacher Ma Xueshi felt sorry for Xuanyuan's lack of children, so he gave him a woman as his concubine, hoping to bear children for him.
Mrs. Zhang was very angry!
She believed that Master Ma had interfered in her family affairs, and she was aggrieved. Just thinking: If you can interfere with my family's affairs, then I will also find ways to interfere with your family.
Soon after, Zhang found an opportunity.
When she heard that Ma Xueshi's wife had passed away, she arranged to act as a matchmaker for him.
Zhang visited a certain village where there was a woman named Wang Xiaofeng, who was famous for her toughness and strength, but she still had no husband-in-law.
So, Mrs. Zhang used money to bribe the matchmaker, saying that the village woman Wang Xiaofeng was as beautiful as a fairy, gentle in character, good at running a house, etc. In any case, she was the only good woman in the world, and she was going to be betrothed to Master Ma as his wife.
Master Ma knew this was Zhang's intention, so instead of exposing her, he happily went to Wang Xiaofeng's house to pay the betrothal gift.
Not long after, Bachelor Ma married Wang Xiaofeng.
On the wedding day, Wang Xiaofeng's dowry included a five-color stick with the words "Three generations of family heirloom pounding anvil" on it, which means it is used to beat her husband.
After the wedding ceremony, the next morning, many of Ma's concubines came to pay their respects to his wife.
Wang Xiaofeng asked strangely: "Who are you?"
Everyone replied in unison: "We are all concubines."
Wang Xiaofeng suddenly became furious and yelled: "Where can a dignified bachelor's family marry concubines? And so many of them? Is this okay?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up the stick and wanted to beat the concubines.
Bachelor Ma winked at the side.
The concubines immediately understood and surrounded Wang Xiaofeng. They took the stick from her hand and beat her up.
Although Wang Xiaofeng is tough, he is still unable to defeat four hands with one punch. Seeing that she could no longer resist, she could only escape into her room, close the door, curse and cry.
Those concubines seemed to have been prepared, beating gongs and drums outside her room to disturb her crying and cursing, so as not to let outsiders know.
In this way, no one heard her speak, and no one knew that the new lady was beaten by the concubines as soon as she entered the door.
Wang Xiaofeng was alone and weak, and no one could hear her cries and curses. She tried to beat him but couldn't. As a last resort, he threatened to commit suicide.
Immediately, an attendant prepared a knife and a rope and handed them to her. He also said to her: "The master had known that the lady would do this, so he asked the young people to prepare these things that can kill themselves and give them to the lady."
The concubines began to knock wooden fish and recite the incantation to pray that the lady would come to the fairy world soon.
These sounds are very noisy.
In this way, Wang Xiaofeng's voice of wanting to die was drowned out by the sound of wooden fish and chanting mantras, and outsiders could not hear it at all.
Mrs. Wang Xiaofeng was originally a hero among women, with a bold and cheerful personality, and knew how to advance and retreat when encountering difficulties.
At this time, I used all my bluffing and threatening suicide routines (it turns out that crying, making trouble, and hanging myself are really ancestral routines), but they had no effect.
I know that even if I continue to make trouble, I won't get any benefits.
Once Wang Xiaofeng figured it out, her anger immediately turned into joy. She invited Bachelor Ma into the room and said sternly: "My husband is a true husband, I accept it! Many of the strategies I have implemented are actually passed down from my grandmother's family. They are specifically designed to intimidate arrogant and mediocre men in the world. They are not used to I came to treat my husband. I will serve my husband well in the future, and I also ask your husband to treat me with courtesy."
Scholar Ma said: "If my wife can really do this, what other requirements can I have from my husband?!"
So, the two of them performed the obeisance ceremony again.
Xueshi Ma ordered his concubines to kowtow to his wife and apologize, and took out the house deeds, account books, etc., as well as all the gold, silver and jewelry in the house, and handed them over to Wang Xiaofeng.
This Wang Xiaofeng is really good at running a family.
Just one month later, the Ma family's family style was solemn, graceful, neat and harmonious, and there was no gossip inside or outside.
Besides, the Zhang family sent people to Ma's house to inquire about the news on the day that Bachelor Ma got married.
Now, I quickly called the people I sent for questioning. I heard that when Wang Xiaofeng met the concubines, he asked, "Why don't you beat them with a stick?"
The man replied: "Mrs. Ma was defeated by all the concubines."
Zhang asked again: "Then why didn't Wang Xiaofeng scold and cry?"
The man replied: "Mrs. Ma scolded and cried, but those concubines played gongs and drums, and people outside could not hear her voice at all."
Mrs. Zhang asked again: "Is Wang Xiaofeng seeking death?"
The man said: "Mrs. Ma just said she didn't want to live anymore. The servants had already prepared knives and ropes for her. Those concubines also recited the death curse to see her off and wished her an early ascension to heaven."
Mrs. Zhang sighed and asked, "How is Mrs. Ma now?"
The man said: "Mrs. Ma has surrendered."
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she was furious and cursed: "How can there be such a useless woman in the world! You really missed my business!"
Besides, when Bachelor Ma gave the girl to Xuanyuan as a concubine, he said that many of his disciples went to congratulate Xuanyuan, and one of them, who usually liked to drink, also went.
At the banquet, everyone was drinking happily when Mrs. Zhang suddenly came out from behind the screen and cursed the guests.
The guests were all silent.
Only the drunken guest walked up to her under the influence of alcohol, grabbed Ms. Zhang's hair, slapped her face with the other hand, and cursed: "You respect Brother Xuanyuan, you are my sister-in-law; you don't Respect Brother Xuanyuan, you are my enemy! The disciple has no children, and the teacher’s gift of a concubine is also for the consideration of the three generations of your ancestors! Today I will teach you a lesson on behalf of the three generations of your ancestors. If you dare to say one more thing, you will die. Under my fist!"
The guests rushed forward to persuade her, and Zhang was able to escape. But her clothes were torn and her skirt was torn, almost exposing her private parts.
Mrs. Zhang has always been called the "Mother Yaksha", but this time her prestige was greatly damaged. She lost face in public and hated Xueshi Ma even more in her heart.
But she couldn't take revenge on Master Ma, so she could only torture the woman given by Master Ma to vent her resentment.
And that woman had long been under the guidance of Master Ma in private, and she always obeyed Mrs. Zhang and never contradicted her.
Although he had already entered the door, he never said a word to Xuanyuan.
Therefore, although Mrs. Zhang beat and scolded her, she was not cruel enough to harm her life.
Not long after, Academician Ma called Xuanyuan to his home, gave him one hundred taels of silver as a gift, and said to him: "The exam is coming next spring. You should go to Beijing with these packages as soon as possible."
Xuanyuan thought that the teacher was very considerate, so he went home and said goodbye to Mrs. Zhang.
Zhang thought that if he studied at home, he might be intimate with his concubine, so he happily agreed.
But she didn't expect that this was also Bachelor Ma's plan.
Over there, Xuanyuan had just hired a boat to set off, and Master Ma sent someone to take him to his home and locked him in the back garden to study.
Then, he secretly sent a matchmaker to persuade Zhang, "Do you want to sell Xuanyuan's concubine while he is out?"
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she was overjoyed and said immediately: "This is exactly what I was thinking! However, if you want to sell it, it must be sold far away, so that there will be no future troubles."
The matchmaker said: "This is easy! It's a piece of cake!"
Soon after, a cloth merchant from Shaanxi, an ugly Hu man, came with three hundred taels of silver.
Zhang Zhi quickly called his concubine out to meet him.
When the merchant saw it, he was very satisfied and cheered. He immediately completed the transaction with Zhang.
Mrs. Zhang was still angry. Before leaving, she took off her concubine's clothes and shoes, leaving no jewelry behind.
When the concubine passed the North Bridge in a bamboo sedan, she shouted: "I don't want to go far away!"
After saying that, he got off the sedan chair and jumped into the river.
This is actually also Master Ma’s arrangement. She had already told her concubine about this plan through the matchmaker.
At this time, he prepared a boat in advance and met him under the bridge. When the concubine jumped into the water, he immediately rescued her, took her back to his garden, and let her live in the same room as Xuanyuan.
Over there, Mrs. Zhang heard that her concubine had drowned herself in the river. When she was panicking, merchants from Shaanxi had already kicked in the door and said loudly: "The person I paid for is a human being, not a ghost! Your family did not sell the concubine in advance. Explain to her! Since she is unwilling to go far away, how can you force a good person to become a base person? And why do you want to deceive me, a foreigner?! Pay me back my money quickly."
The merchant was very angry and scolded Ms. Zhang bloody.
Although Zhang was scolded, she had nothing to say, so she had to return his three hundred taels of silver to him and let him go.
However, things didn't end there.
One day later, two more old people came to the door. The two men, a man and a woman, were dressed in rags and had white hair. They burst into tears as soon as they entered the door and said, "Xueshi Ma sent my daughter to your house as a concubine. Where is my daughter now? Will you return me alive or will you die?" Give me back my body.”
Zhang didn't know how to answer for a moment.
When the two old men saw that Mrs. Zhang was silent, they started fighting with her. They headbutted Mrs. Zhang and smashed dishes, bowls and furniture in the house, leaving nothing intact in the whole house.
Zhang had no choice but to plead with her neighbors to help mediate, and donated gold and silver to the two old people.
The two left after being persuaded by their neighbors.
Another day later, four or five policemen from the Wujin County Yamen came with ferocious-looking red plaques and said, "This is a matter of human life. Please hurry up and come to court, Madam Zhang."
After saying that, he threw the iron chain in his hand on the table with a loud sound.
Mrs. Zhang quickly asked what crime she had committed.
At first, the detectives didn't say anything.
Mrs. Zhang took out the money as a bribe, and the police officer said: "The parents of a certain woman filed a complaint at the county government office, saying that their daughter's life and death are unknown, and it may be related to you!"
When Zhang heard this, she became even more frightened. I thought to myself: "When my husband is at home, he is responsible for everything in the house. Why is there a need for me, a woman who behaves badly, to go to the court to be interrogated?"
It was only then that she began to regret that she had been too mean to her husband, too rough to her concubine, and that she had done things wrong. But now, as a woman, I have absolutely no way to solve this kind of thing!
When Mrs. Zhang was feeling sorry for herself, a man wearing a white hat staggered in and said, "Xuanyuan Xianggong fell ill and died suddenly when he walked to Marco Polo Bridge. I am a mule driver and I came here to report the news."
When Mrs. Zhang heard that her husband had passed away, she couldn't help but feel sad and couldn't speak for a while.
When the detectives saw this, they said, "Since there is a funeral at his home, let's leave first."
Mrs. Zhang put on mourning clothes and began to arrange her husband's funeral.
Unexpectedly, within a few days, the detectives came again.
Mrs. Zhang had no way to handle it herself, so she had to hire a lawyer to discuss how to postpone the case.
Then, she pawned the dowry she brought from her parents' home and sold the house. Then she collected enough money, bribed the officials, and shelved the case.
By the time the lawsuit was settled, Mr. Zhang had already lost all his money and could not afford a comprehensive diet every day.
At this time, the matchmaker from before came to persuade her again: "My wife has suffered so much, and there is no young master to protect her. If she doesn't remarry, what will happen in the future?"
Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but feel moved. In private, he took out his birth date and gave it to the blind aunt for fortune telling.
The blind aunt said: "You are destined to have two husbands, who can wear gold and silver."
Mrs. Zhang accepted her fate in her heart and called the matchmaker over and said, "It is my destiny to remarry. How can I dare to go against my destiny? But if I want to marry myself, I must meet the person I want to marry first. Only then can I be satisfied." .”
So, the matchmaker found a beautiful young man, dressed up, showed it to Mr. Zhang, and said, "This is Mr. So-and-so, the candidate to be a foreign minister."
When Zhang saw it, she was overjoyed and immediately changed into mourning clothes. Although the mourning had not lasted for seven or forty-nine days, she impatiently married the young man.
After the two got married, when they were about to have sex, suddenly an ugly woman came into the room with a big stick in her hand, pointed at Mrs. Zhang and cursed: "I am the wife of the wife! Where did you come from, a bitch, how dare you Come to my house and be a concubine! I will never tolerate you!"
After scolding, he swung the stick and went forward to beat Mr. Zhang hard.
Mrs. Zhang was beaten, and she regretted being deceived by the matchmaker. Then she thought: "This is exactly how I treated my concubine. How could I suffer the same injury one day? Is it God's will to take revenge so cleverly?" "
Mrs. Zhang was filled with sorrow and regret, and she cried so hard that she couldn't make a sound.
The guests and friends came forward one after another and persuaded the ugly woman to leave, saying: "Today is a happy day. Let the husband get married first. If you have any questions, we can talk about it tomorrow."
After the ugly woman left, the young guests and friends took flowers and candles and led Mrs. Zhang into the bedroom.
As soon as Zhang opened the curtain, she saw Xuanyuan sitting on the bed.
Mrs. Zhang was so frightened that she thought it was the ghost of her ex-husband who appeared, and she fainted on the ground with fright.
Everyone quickly rescued her.
Mrs. Zhang cried and said, "It's not that I'm sorry for my husband, I just have no choice."
Xuanyuan smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! Two marriages are still one marriage."
With that said, he put Mrs. Zhang on the bed and told her the ins and outs of the matter. From beginning to end, she fell into Teacher Ma's scheme.
Zhang didn't believe it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she came to her senses and couldn't help but feel regretful and ashamed.
From then on, Mr. Zhang cultivated his mind and nature and changed his past mistakes. In the end, like Master Ma's wife Wang Xiaofeng, they both became virtuous wives.