Chapter 233 Yun Cuixian

Liang Youcai, a small peddler, from Shanxi Province, has no wife, no children, and no land, and lives in Jinan. On this day, I visited Mount Tai with the villagers. In April, believers gathered on Mount Tai, and the incense was strong. There are also hundreds of men and women, kneeling under the altar, looking at the incense of others, making a wish in their hearts, called "kneeling incense".

Liang Youcai looked around and saw a girl in the crowd, seventeen or 18 years old, beautiful and happy in his heart, so he disguised as a fragrant guest, knelt on the ground, took the opportunity to approach the girl, secretly stretched out his palm, and gently stroked the girl's calf. The girl frowned and turned around with an angry expression, but she did not attack. She just moved her body away from Liang.

Liang Youcai was not discouraged and stuck to the entanglement. The girl noticed that he had bad intentions, so she got up and stood up and rushed out of the door. Liang Youcai then chased after her and came to the door. There was no trace of the girl. He was melancholy and returned. On the way home, she met two women unexpectedly. The old and the young were a girl, and the old seemed to be her mother. The two women talked and laughed, and only heard the old woman say, "You know it's a good thing to kowtow to the Empress Taishan. I hope the Empress bless my daughter to find a fast son-in-law. The old lady dares not expect that his son-in-law is a nobleman. As long as he is filial, his wish is enough.

Liang Youcai eavesdropped on the two of them and was overjoyed. He came forward to chat up and asked the old woman about her origin. The old woman called herself "The surname is Yun, her daughter's name is Cuixian, and her hometown is 40 miles away from Xishan." Liang Youcai said, "It's hard to walk on the mountain road. My aunt is not young, and my sister is slim. How can I go back?" The old woman said, "It's not early, so I have to go to my uncle's house for a night."

Liang Youcai said, "The talented lady said that she wanted to choose a son-in-law, and she would not be disliked because of poverty and lowly. I'm still unmarried. Can you like it?" The old woman asked her daughter for her opinion. Cui Xian silently asked several times. Cui Xian said, "This man's character is free. Swing, the personality is repeated, the blessing is shallow, and the child does not want to marry him.

When Liang Youcai heard the words, he tried his best to defend himself. He swore to the sky and said, "I'm a simple person. I'm not a promiscuous son. Please check it clearly." The old woman nodded, looked happy, and said with a smile, "Okay, since the prince is good-hearted, I will make the decision for my daughter and marry her to you." Cui Xian was unhappy when he heard the words, but his mother's life was difficult to violate, and there was nothing he could do.

The old woman stretched out her hand and patted Liang Youcai on the shoulder to show her praise. Liang Youcai became more and more proud. She paid for two soft sedan chairs, escorted the two women on the road, and walked with each other, respectfully like a servant. Whenever the road is difficult to walk, Liang Youcai always tells the sedan chairman, "Lift it slowly and don't always sway around." Careful and considerate, attentive and flattering.

After a long time, the group came to a village. The old woman invited Liang Youcai into the house as a guest, and her uncle and aunt came out to welcome him. The old woman said, "Big brother, sister-in-law." Finger Liang Youcai said, "This is my son-in-law. I have a good character and I am predestined with Cui Xian. It's better to hit the sun than to pick up the sun. Let the young couple get married today. My uncle was overjoyed and immediately took out good wine and food to entertain Liang.

After a good time, Cui Xian put on makeup. After the man and woman worshipped the world, her aunt cleaned the bed and urged the two to go to bed. In the room, Cui Xian said, "I know that the prince is not a good man, but he just succumbs to his mother's orders for the time being. In the future, you will be a good person, so you can stay together for a long time. Liang Youcai promised to agree.

When she got up early the next day, the old woman said to Liang Youcai, "You go back first, and my daughter and I will arrive later." Liang Youcai returned home and cleaned the door. The old woman really escorted her daughter and went into the house to see that the room was empty and had nothing. She sighed, "How can you live in such poverty? Go back first and find a way to send some subsidies.

The next day, several men and women sent clothes, money, food utensils and other things. They were full of houses and did not eat. They left. When they left, they left a maidservant.

Since then, Liang Youcai has had a carefree diet. He gambles with all the scoundrels every day. He gradually sat and ate in the mountains. Later, he was penniless and turned to the idea of Cuixian. From time to time, he stole his wife's dowry jewelry. Cuixian advised him in all kinds of ways. Liang Youcai did not listen. He was quite impatient to see his wife nagging. Cui Xian can't do it, but he can only strictly guard his belongings, such as burglars.

On this day, a scoundrel visited him. When he first saw the appearance of Cuixian, he was shocked. He half-jokingly said to Liang Youcai, "Your Excellency is very rich, why are you poor?" Liang Youcai was puzzled and asked, "Why?" The scoundrel said, "I just got a glimpse of my wife. She looks like a fairy. If you sell it as a maidservant, you can get a hundred taels of silver. If you sell it as a prostitute, you can get a thousand taels of silver. If Brother Liang is pregnant with a daughter, will he still worry about not having money to gamble? Liang Youcai didn't say anything, and he was quite impressed.

When I went back, I complained to my wife that my family was poor and it was difficult to live. Cui Xian ignored it, and Liang Youcai was furious. He beat the table and threw chopsticks, insulted his maidservant, and made trouble for no reason.

This night, the husband and wife drank together. Cui Xian pondered for a long time and suddenly said, "My husband always said that the family is poor and troubled every day. The cheap concubine can't share your worries for you. I'm ashamed. For today's plan, it's better to sell the maidservant and exchange it for some silver. Liang Youcai shook his head and said, "The maidservant is ordinary. How much is it worth?" Cui Xian drank a glass of wine and said, "What the minister said is very true. Now you are so poor. Even if I swear to die, I will live a hard life for a few more years. What's the future? Why don't you sell me to a rich family? What do you think?

Liang Youcai was overjoyed, but his expression on his face was very stunned. He said, "What's the pain?" Cui Xian insisted again and again. Liang Youcai gritted his teeth and said, "Let me think about it slowly." So he begged the eunuch to sell Cuixian into the government and act as an official prostitute. The eunuch saw the appearance of Cuixian and was extremely satisfied. He immediately offered 800 taels of silver and signed the deed of sale.

Cui Xian and Liang Youcai said, "My mother often misses me because my son-in-law is poor. Now that your fate is over, you and I have to let my parents know about the breakup. I want to go home and have a look, okay? Liang Youcai hesitated and said, "I'm afraid that my mother-in-law will know the truth and stop it." Cuixian said, "I volunteered to guarantee that you are fine." Liang Youcai nodded and obeyed and no longer objected.

In the middle of the night, the two returned home and knocked on the door. Liang Youcai and Cuixian have been married for more than a year and have never been to his mother-in-law's house. At this moment, he was in person. Seeing that the house was gorgeous and maidservants shuttled back and forth, he was frightened and thought, "My mother-in-law is a big family. I want to sell her daughter, but I'm afraid that the old man will be unwilling."

Cuixian led Liang Youcai upstairs. His mother came out to greet him and asked in surprise, "Why did you suddenly come back in the middle of the night?" Cui Xian complained, "I have long said that he is unrighteous, but now it has come true." He took out two ingots of gold from his sleeve, put it on the table, and said, "Fortunately, the gold has not been stolen by the villain. At present, it belongs to the original owner and returns it to his mother again." When his mother asked for the reason, Cuixian said, "He wanted to sell me, and it was useless to keep gold with him."

Finger Liang and scolded, "The jackal wolf and rat! At the beginning, you carried a burden on your shoulders, your face was stained with dust, and you were as ugly as a ghost. When I first got close to me, I smelled sweat all over my body, piled of dirt, and the old comet on my hands and feet was more than an inch thick, which was disgusting. If it weren't for my mother and daughter's dowry, where did you get the silver and two daughters? Mother, do you think I have slandered you?

Liang Youcai bowed his head when he heard the words and did not dare to say anything. Cui Xian said again, "Although I don't have the color of the city, I am not qualified to serve the rich man, but I think a man like you deserves it. Since I married you, I have not treated you at all. Why don't you think about incense? Don't I have the ability to build a building and buy land? It's just that you don't want to make progress, you are poor and look like a beggar. After all, you can't grow old together.

When the maidservant heard the words, they were angry. The regiment surrounded Liang and scolded, "It's better to kill such a ruthless man. Why say more." Liang Youcai was so afraid that he knelt down and said, "Everyone, forgive me. I know I'm wrong." Cui Xian said angrily, "I slept with you in the same bed. Why did I have so much patience to sell my wife as a prostitute?" It's a heinous crime." Before he finished his words, the maidservant's eyes were about to crack. They took out their scissors and hairpins and pointed them at Liang's ribs and calves. They stabbed randomly, and for a moment, they were scarred and bloody. Liang screamed harshly. Cui Xian listened to his ears and couldn't bear it. He sighed, "He is not benevolent. I can't be unrighteous. I read it to husband and wife. Let him go."

The maidservant agreed and went downstairs one after another under the leadership of Cuixian's mother and daughter. Liang Youcai sat alone and moaned, and there was silence beside him. He was about to sneak away. He looked up and saw the stars rising and sinking, and the dawn appeared in the sky. After rubbing his eyes, the house disappeared, the lights were extinguished, and the wildness around was vast, and he was already on the edge of the cliff.

The cliff was bottomless, and Liang Youcai was stunned. He turned around slightly and made a roar. The rocks collapsed, and his body fell straight down. Liang Youcai grabbed a dead tree with his hands and didn't die. However, his body was hanging in the air, and his hands and feet could not move. Looking down, the clouds and fog between the cliffs were ethereal, and they were hundreds of thousands of feet deep. Liang Youcai shouted for help. His voice was exhausted, and the wound was swollen. His eyes, ears, mouth, nose and body were even more exhausted.

The red sun gradually rose, and a woodcutter went into the mountain to cut firewood. From then on, he passed by and saw Liang Youcai dying, so he rescued him with a rope and carried him home. Liang Youcai tried to open his eyes and saw that the door of the house opened, and the walls of the family were four walls. The desolate was like a broken temple, and the dowry utensils all disappeared.

Liang Youcai regretted and lay in bed alone to recover from his wounds. When he was hungry, he went to his neighbor's house to beg. The wound was ulcerated and infected, and he was full of sores. The people in the neighborhood despised him and spit on him. Liang Youcai couldn't do it, so he had to sell his house, go to the street to beg, and perch in the earth cave every day. The only property around him was only a broken knife. Someone advised him to sell the knife for money. Liang Youcai refused and said, "The tigers and wolves in the wild are rampant. I have to keep this knife for self-defense." In fact, he had another plan in his mind. At the beginning, the scoundrel instigated him to sell his wife, and he wanted to keep this knife to settle accounts with him.

Later, Liang Youcai met a scoundrel on the road. Without saying a word, he stabbed him to death. He was arrested and imprisoned for homicide, and soon died in prison.