Zhu Daxing is from Zhangde, Henan. His family is very rich, but very stingy. Unless his children get married, there will be no guests at the table and no fish or meat in the kitchen. Moreover, he behaves frivolously and likes to hunt for women, even if he spends huge sums of money for women. Every night, he climbed the wall across the village and spent the night with lustful women. One night, he met a young woman walking alone. Knowing that she had escaped, he forced her to go home with him. When I got home and lit the lamp, I saw that the young woman was extremely beautiful. She calls herself Huo. Zhu Daxing inquired in detail. Huo Nu said unhappily: "Since you have taken me in, why do you need to investigate again? If you are worried about being implicated, it is better to let me leave as soon as possible." Zhu Daxing did not dare to ask any more questions and left her to live together.
But Huo Nu couldn't get used to coarse rice, and she hated meat soup. She had to make soup with bird's nests, chicken hearts, and fish belly in order to be full. Zhu Daxing had no choice but to serve her wholeheartedly. Huo Nu is prone to illness and has to drink a bowl of ginseng soup every day. Zhu Daxing refused to give it at first. Huo Nu fell down and was about to die. Zhu Daxing had no choice but to give her a drink. After drinking it, Huo Nu's illness recovered immediately. So I got used to it. Huo Nu's clothes must be made of silk, satin and brocade. After wearing them for a few days, they will become stale. After more than a month of this, countless money was spent, and Zhu Daxing gradually could no longer afford it. Huo Nu cried and refused to eat and asked to leave. Zhu Daxing was frightened and humored her. Huo Nu often felt bored and always asked Zhu Daxing to invite a theater troupe to perform every ten days. During the performance, Zhu Daxing put a stool outside the curtain and sat with his son in his arms to watch. Huo Nu didn't smile at all and often scolded Zhu Daxing, but Zhu Daxing didn't argue much. After two years, Zhu Daxing's family gradually declined. He politely asked Huo Nu to reduce some expenses;He politely asked Huo Nu to reduce his expenses; Huo Nu agreed, and his daily expenses were reduced by half. After a long time, Zhu Daxing still couldn't afford it, so Huo Nu would just eat some meat porridge, so that she could live in peace; after a while, she could eat even if the food was not very good. Zhu Daxing was secretly happy. One night, Huo Nu suddenly ran away from the back door. Zhu Daxing felt lost and looked around, only to find out that it was at He's home in a neighboring village.
He comes from a wealthy family, a descendant of a bureaucratic family. He has a generous and hospitable temperament. The house stays up all night and is brightly lit. Suddenly a beauty walked into the room in the middle of the night. After asking, she turned out to be the runaway concubine of the Zhu family. He always looked down on Zhu Daxing's character; he also admired Huo Nu's beauty and took her in. After a few days of inseparable feelings, He became more and more fascinated, and he was extravagant and wanted to support her like Zhu Daxing did. When Zhu Daxing got the news, he asked He for help, but He didn't take it seriously at all. Zhu Daxing reported it to the government. The county magistrate refused to try the case because the origin of Huo's name was unknown. Zhu Daxing sold his property and paid bribes, so the county magistrate allowed He to be summoned for questioning. Huo Nu said to He: "I am in the Zhu family, and I am not marrying a matchmaker. Why should I be afraid of him?" He was very happy and prepared to go to court with Zhu Daxing. A guest surnamed Gu in the audience advised He: "It is a violation of national law to shelter fugitives; not to mention that this woman has been squandering money every day since she entered the house. How can a house with a million dollars last forever?" He suddenly realized, Let's stop the lawsuit and return Huo Nu to Zhu Daxing. A day or two later, Huo Nu ran away again.
There was a man named Huang Sheng, who was originally a poor scholar and had no wife. Huo Nu knocked on the door and came in and said that she was from Zhu's house. Huang Sheng was shocked and frightened when he saw a beautiful woman suddenly coming to seek refuge. He didn't know what to do. He has always been law-abiding and resolutely refused her. Huo Nu refused to leave. During the conversation, Huo Nu looked charming and graceful. Huang was moved and kept her; but he was afraid that she would not be content with poverty. Huo's daughter got up early and took care of the hard housework herself, working harder than her daughter-in-law who had been married for many years. Huang Sheng was a generous and free-spirited person, and he was very good at winning his wife's favor. The two of them felt like they had met each other too late. Huang Sheng was just worried that if the news leaked out, his love would not last long. Since Zhu Daxing started the lawsuit, his family has become increasingly poor. Considering that Huo Nu could not feel at ease, he stopped pursuing the case.
Huo Nu followed Huang Sheng for several years, and the two fell in love with each other and had a very deep relationship. One day, she suddenly wanted to go back to her parents' home and asked Huang Sheng to drive her off. Huang Sheng said: "You said in the past that you had no home, why are you inconsistent?" Huo Nu said: "I used to say it casually. I am from Zhenjiang. I followed a wandering man in the world and ended up here. I My parents' family is very wealthy. If you spend all your money to join her, they will definitely not treat you badly." Huang Sheng listened to her words and hired a car to go with her.
When they arrived in Yangzhou, they hired a boat and docked on the riverside. Huo Nu was leaning against the window when a big businessman's son passed by. Surprised by her beauty, he turned the boat around and followed them, but Huang Sheng didn't know it. Huo Nu suddenly said to Huang Sheng, "Your family is very poor. Now there is a method to cure poverty. I wonder if you can follow it?" Huang Sheng asked her what the method was. She said, "I have been following you for several years, but I have not been able to give it." Even if you give birth to a boy and a half girl, it is an unfinished matter. Although I am ugly, luckily I am not old yet. If someone can give you a thousand taels of silver, you can sell me so that you can have a wife, a field, and a house. What about this plan?" Huang Sheng was shocked and didn't know why she said this. Huo Nu smiled and said, "Don't worry. There are so many beauties in the world, who would spend a thousand taels of silver to buy me. Just talk to outsiders and see if anyone wants to buy it. Whether it's for sale or not, of course. It's up to you to decide." Huang Sheng refused to talk. Huo Nu herself told the boatman's wife. The boatman's wife looked at Huang Sheng, and Huang Sheng agreed casually. Not long after the boatman's wife left, she came back and said, "There is a merchant's son on the boat nearby who is willing to pay eight hundred taels of silver." Huang Sheng shook his head deliberately to embarrass the man. After a while, the boatman's wife came again and said that the man promised to give him one thousand taels in full and asked him to cross the boat immediately to pay. Huang Sheng smiled slightly. Huo Nu said to the boatman's wife, "Let him wait for a while. I'll tell Huang Lang a few words and let him pass." Huo Nu said to Huang Sheng, "I serve you with my body worth a thousand taels of silver every day. , you just found out today, right?" Huang Sheng asked, "What words can you use to prevaricate me?" Huo Nu said, "Please go over immediately and sign the deed of betrayal. As for whether to go or not, it is naturally up to me to decide." Huang Sheng did not Agree to sign. Huo Nu urged him, and Huang Sheng had no choice but to go. The man cashed the money on the spot. Huang Sheng asked to wrap up the money, mark it, and said: "Because of poverty, I actually got to this point and sold my wife in a hurry. If my wife refuses to obey, I will still return the money in full." ." As soon as he transported the silver to his boat, Huo Nu had already boarded the merchant's boat from the stern with the boatman's wife. She looked at him from a distance and said goodbye to him without any sign of sadness or attachment. Huang Sheng was so shocked that he was whimpering and speechless. In a while, the businessman's ship untied its moorings and flew away like an arrow. Huang Sheng shouted loudly, trying to catch up with it. The boatman didn't listen and instead drove the boat south. Arriving in Zhenjiang in the blink of an eye, Huang Sheng moved the silver to the shore. The boatman hurriedly untied the mooring rope and drove the boat away. Huang Sheng sat gloomily guarding his luggage, not knowing where to go, looking at the roaring river, like a thousand arrows piercing his heart. While I was covering my face and crying, I suddenly heard a delicate voice calling "Huang Lang". Huang Sheng looked back in surprise and saw that Huo Nu was already on the road ahead. Huang Sheng was so happy that he picked up his luggage and chased after her, asking, "How come you can come back so soon?" Huo Nu smiled and said, "If it were a few moments later, you would be suspicious." Huang Sheng then suspected Huo Nu. She was not an ordinary person and kept asking her about her origins. Huo Nu said with a smile: "In my life, I have broken the wealth of stingy people and lied to evil people. If I discuss it with you honestly, you will definitely refuse, so where can I get a thousand taels of silver? ? Now that the embroidery money bag is full and the pearls from Hepu are back, it's enough for you to be happy. What are you asking for?" So we hired a porter to carry the luggage and went to Huo's house together.
When they arrived at Shuimen in Zhenjiang, there was a house with a door facing south, and they went straight in. After a while, men, women and children came out to greet him one after another, saying, "Here comes Huang Lang!" Huang Sheng went in to meet his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Two young men bowed to Huang Sheng and gave up their seats and chatted with him. It turned out that they were Huo Nu's elder brother Dalang and younger brother Sanlang. There were not many dishes at the banquet, and the square table was filled with four jade plates. Chicken, crab, goose and fish, all cut into pieces. Dalang and Sanlang drank from big bowls and talked boldly. After the meal, Huang Sheng was taken to another courtyard and allowed to live together as a couple. The bedding and pillows are smooth and soft, and the bed is made of cooked leather strips instead of brown vines. The maids and servants brought three meals a day, and Huo Nu sometimes didn't leave the room all day long. Huang Sheng felt that living alone was too depressing. He repeatedly said that he wanted to go home, but Huo Nu always tried to dissuade him. One day, Huo Nu said to Huang Sheng: "I have an idea for you now: Please buy a woman for the sake of inheriting the incense. But buying a concubine is too expensive; just pretend to be my brother and let my father marry someone." It is not difficult to marry a girl from a good family by proposing a marriage." Huang Sheng refused to do so, but Huo Nu insisted on him doing so.
There was a daughter of Zhang Gongshi who had recently become a widow. She had a fixed bride price of 100 yuan, so Huo Nu married her off for Huang Sheng. The bride's name is A Mei and she is very beautiful. Huo Nu called her sister-in-law; Huang Sheng was embarrassed, but Huo Nu was very calm. A few days later, Huo Nu said to Huang Sheng, "I am going to Nanhai with my eldest sister to visit my aunt. We will be back in more than a month. Please stay here as a couple in peace." Then she left.
The couple lived alone in a courtyard, and their food was provided regularly and abundantly. But since A Mei got married, no one from the Huo family has come to their room. Every morning, Ami went in to greet her mother-in-law, said a few words and then left. The sisters-in-law were nearby, but they just looked at each other and smiled. Even if they stay and sit there for a long time, they won't socialize diligently. The same thing happened when Huang Sheng visited Huo's father. By chance, I met the Huo brothers chatting together. As soon as Huang Sheng arrived, they stopped talking. Huang Sheng felt very confused and puzzled, but could not tell others. When Amei found out, she asked: "Since you are brothers with them, why have you been like a strange guest for more than a month?" Huang Sheng couldn't answer at once, and stammered: "I have been here for the past ten years. I went out of town and just returned home recently." Amei then asked in detail about the family background of her father-in-law and mother-in-law, as well as the residence of her sisters-in-law. Huang Sheng was very embarrassed and could no longer hide it, so he revealed all the details. Amei cried and said: "Although my family is poor, I have never been a humble concubine. No wonder my sisters-in-law despise me and no longer regard me as a member of the family!" Huang Sheng was panicked and didn't know what to do. He could only kneel down. On the ground, everyone listens to Ami's orders. Amei wiped away her tears, helped Huang Sheng up, and asked him what to do. Huang Sheng said: "How dare I have any other plans? I think I am the only one left." A Mei said: "I have already married you, but I go back to my parents' home. How can I bear it? Although she followed her first I married you, but it was an elopement; although I came later, I was married by a matchmaker. Why not wait for her to come back and ask her how she will arrange for me now that she has this idea!" After several months, Huo Nu has not come back yet.
One night, I heard people drinking in the guest room. Huang Sheng secretly took a peek and saw two guests sitting there in military uniforms: one had a leopard skin scarf on his head, majestic like a god; the one sitting in the east had a tiger scalp as a helmet and a tiger's mouth. Holding his forehead, he has a tiger nose and tiger ears. Huang Sheng came back in surprise and told A Mei, but he still couldn't figure out who the Huo family and his son were. The couple were confused and afraid, and they discussed renting a house elsewhere, but they were afraid of causing Huo Huo.
He was also afraid of arousing suspicion from the Huo family. Huang Sheng said: "To tell you the truth: Even if Huo Nu comes back from Nanhai, faces the witness and decides on the identity, I can't live here anymore. Now I want to take you away, but I'm afraid your father will say something else." . It's better to break up for now, I will come back in two years. If you can wait, wait for me; if you want to marry someone else, let it be your decision." A Mei wanted to tell her parents and leave with Huang Sheng, but Huang Sheng refused. Amei shed tears and asked Huang Sheng to make a vow, then said goodbye and returned to her parents' home.
Huang Sheng went to say goodbye to Huo Nu's parents. At this time, several of Huo Nu's brothers went out. Huo's father persuaded Huang Sheng to stay and asked him to wait until they came back before making a decision. Huang Sheng did not listen and left. When he got on the boat, he felt very desolate, listless, and lost his mind. When he arrived in Guazhou, Huang Sheng suddenly turned around and saw a sailboat approaching quickly. The sailboat gradually approached, and it was Huo Dalang sitting on the bow with a sword. He said to Huang Sheng from a distance: "You are in a hurry to go home, why don't you discuss it with us again? You left your wife alone and left alone. Who can wait for two or three years?" As he spoke, the sailboat was already approaching. Amei walked out of the cabin, and Huo Dalang helped her board Huang Sheng's boat. He then jumped back into the sailboat and went back.
It turned out that A Mei returned to her parents' home and was crying to her parents. Suddenly Huo Dalang came to the door with a car, threatened her with a sword, and forced A Mei to leave like a gust of wind. Amei's whole family was so scared that they didn't dare to breathe, and no one dared to stop him and ask him. After A Mei told this experience, Huang Sheng didn't understand what the Huo family meant, but he was very happy to get A Mei and set off on the boat. After arriving home, Huang Sheng used his money to do business and lived a very prosperous life. A Mei often misses her parents and wants Huang to visit them; she is also worried that after Huo Nu comes, there will be disputes over the status of wives and concubines. Not long after, Zhang Gongshi came to Huang Sheng's house to look for it. He was relieved to see that the house was neat and tidy. He said to his daughter: "After you went out that day, I went to Huo's house to inquire. I saw that the door was locked and the owner of the house was gone. Half a year later, there was no news. Your mother cried day and night, saying that you were The bad guys deceived him and left him unknown. How are you now?" Huang Sheng told him the truth, so everyone guessed that the Huo family were gods.
Later, Ami gave birth to a son, named Xianci. When Xianci was a teenager, Ami asked him to go to Zhenjiang. He came to the border of Yangzhou and rested in the hotel. The servants had gone out. Suddenly a woman came in, pulled Xianci into another room, lowered the curtain, held him on her knees, and asked his name with a smile. Xianci told her the truth. The woman asked: "What is the meaning of this name?" Xianci replied: "I don't know." The woman said: "Go back and ask your father, and you will know." She then combed Xianci's hair and took off her own bun. Put the beads and flowers on him and put them on his wrists; take out the gold bracelets and put them on his wrists. She also put gold into his sleeve and said, "Take it to buy books and read." Xianci asked her who she was, and she said, "Don't you know you still have a mother? Go back and tell your father: After Zhu Daxing died, There is no coffin, so you should support him, don't forget it." The old servant returned to the hotel, but the young master was missing; when he found another room, he heard him talking to others, and when he took a peek, he found out it was Huo Nu, the master's former wife. The old servant coughed slightly outside the curtain and planned to report to Huo Nu. Huo Nu pushed Xianci onto the bed and disappeared without a trace. I asked the hotel owners, but no one knew. A few days later, Xianci returned home from Zhenjiang, told his father about the incident, and took out the things given by Huo Nu. Huang Sheng sighed. When I found out about Zhu Daxing, he had only been dead for three days. His body was exposed and Huang Sheng gave him a generous burial before he was buried.