Wang Jiaoluan's father is Zhong Wang, a captain in Lin 'an, and he is a brave military commander. He has a son and two daughters. His son's name is Wang Biao. He inherited his father's characteristics and was brave and good at fighting. The second daughter, Feng Jiao, grew up with her grandparents and married her cousin early when she grew up. The eldest daughter is called Wang Jiaoluan. Although she grew up in a family of Wu officials, she loved literature since she was a child, studied under a famous teacher and had a high understanding. When she grew up, she became a talented woman who was proficient in classics and poetry. Therefore, she handled the paperwork for her father very early and did it properly. Gradually, Zhong Wang couldn't work without her, so she kept her for a long time.
During the Tianshun period of Ming Yingzong, the Miao people in Guangxi were in trouble, and the court ordered Zhong Wang to lead troops to war. Unexpectedly, due to the long distance and changeable climate, the troops delayed the time limit for reaching the border area. After returning to Li, he was demoted to thousands of households in Nanyang, Henan, from 5,000 to 1,000.
Wang moved from Lin 'an to Nanyang, all the way. Accompanied by his wife Zhou, his daughter Jiao Luan, and veteran Sun Jiu and maid-in-waiting Mingxia. Aunt Cao is the cousin of Mrs. Wang's Zhou family. She married a family named Cao. Less than a year later, she became a widow and was alone, so she took refuge in Wang Fu to help take care of the housework.
In Nanyang, Wang Jiaoluan is already in her twenties. According to the custom at that time, it was earlier than the age of marriage, but on the one hand, it was because my father needed her at work; On the other hand, because of her pride, marriage is always uncertain. Wang Jiaoluan is not only outstanding in talent, but also very beautiful in appearance, revealing a bit of heroism in her charm, and soon became the object of attention in Nanyang. However, Wang Jiaoluan looked down on the glitz of a dude, while ordinary aristocratic men thought she was an unattainable microscope.
It was a long afternoon in spring, and Wang Jiaoluan came to the yard to enjoy the flowers. In the prime of spring, the peony in the courtyard is in full bloom, and a pair of colorful butterflies are dancing and chasing among the flowers. Wang Jiaoluan is childlike, waving a handkerchief to shoot butterflies. The butterfly rises and falls like a trick on her, but it flies out on the edge of the jump and catches up with Wang Jiaoluan's forehead. I saw two butterflies flying lightly over the courtyard wall. Wang Jiaoluan looked inside, only to find a scholar-like teenager, dressed in a blue shirt and holding a folding fan, staring at himself through the courtyard wall. Wang Jiaoluan bowed her head in shame and hurried back to her room. The scholar over there also walked away embarrassedly.
Who is the scholar in blue? It turned out that Zhou's son, Zhou, was taught by a neighboring college. When he was sleepy after reading in the afternoon, he went for a walk in the yard to enjoy flowers. When he passed through the gap in the courtyard wall, he happened to find the spring scenery in the neighboring courtyard and was unconsciously attracted by the beauty and liveliness of Wang Jiaoluan.
A few days later, Tomb-Sweeping Day set up a swing in the Wangs' courtyard according to the custom. Wang Jiaoluan and Yicao took two handmaids to swing. Although Yicao is over 30 years old and still a widow, she is enthusiastic and active by nature and gets along well with her elder sister Wang Jiaoluan. The two men swung the swing high and flew out of the yard with the chirping of spring birds. On a bright spring day, I soon had a good time. After everyone felt exhausted, they went back to their rooms to have a rest. Ropa, who wiped the sweat with Wang Jiaoluan, accidentally left it in the grass. Zhou in the yard over there has long been disturbed by the laughter here. He pretended to endorse, walked back and forth in his own yard, and from time to time peeped through the gap in the courtyard wall at the spring play in the neighboring courtyard. The scene of Wang Jiaoluan throwing Ropa happened to be seen by him, and his heart could not help moving. Ropa fell near Zhou's yard. After Wang Jiaoluan and others left, Zhou found a slightly longer branch and quietly picked up Ropa.
When Zhou was holding the Ropa exhibition, the maid Mingxia turned to look for MISS ZHOU's lost Ropa. Zhou smiled at her through the partition: "That thing has fallen into someone else's hands. What are you looking for? " Mingxia found that Ropa was in his hand and asked him for it back, but Zhou said, "When my master comes to ask for it, I must return it to Zhao intact." Mingxia was a little unhappy and argued, "Since you have found something from others, you should return it to its owner as soon as possible." Zhou made a request: "I have long heard that your daughter's writing style is good. I have a little poem, so I bother my sister to pass it on." If I get the reward, I will return it to Ropa immediately. "
Ming had to nod, and Zhou He told her to wait for a while and then went back to the study. Before long, I took out a pair of peach blossom poems and handed them to Mingxia.
Wang Jiaoluan was locked in the boudoir, and her longing for love was lonely. On that day, it was heartbreaking to see the handsome guy in the yard next door. As a good girl, she dare not think much. Mingxia went out to look for Ropa and came back with a poem. When Wang Jiaoluan read a poem, her heart was pounding. There is a seven-character quatrain in this poem:
Beauty smells so sweet that God taught her to have a lover.
Courtesy and lovesickness mean to lead the red line into the bridal chamber.
Although this poem is frivolous, it is full of ridicule. Wang Jiaoluan was not angry, just because he had a good impression on the scholar next door, so he regarded his stupidity as a kind of warmth and courage. Besides, after listening to Ming's departure, it became a poem in an instant, and it was somewhat literary. He immediately moved his heart and wrote a poem in response:
I'm small and jade-free, and I'm from Xiang Jia, the God of Houmen.
In the quiet, there are relatives and the bright moon, and in the leisure, no one enjoys the flowers.
Only Wu Bi can come to Wenfeng, and bamboo can accommodate the old crow;
Don't worry about sending a message to a lonely guest in a foreign land.
This poem spread from Mingxia to Zhou, and Zhou was overjoyed. Although the center of a beautiful woman's poem is a sexual complaint, since she is willing to return the poem, it is intentional. So Zhou became more energetic and refused to return Ropa. Instead, I wrote a poem and wrapped it in a jade cicada for Mingxia to bring back. This poem is more telling:
Living in Houmen is also doomed, and the lonely fruit in a foreign land is pitiful;
Husband and wife live in empty trees, and the flute rings at night for nine days.
Although Wang Jiaoluan has been longing for spring, she is a governess after all and lives in a secluded boudoir. Faced with such a fiery lyric poem, she couldn't help blushing and saying, "The scholar is frivolous, which is an unsightly flirt!"
Ming also saw the doorway from the side. She has a problem with the handkerchief that Zhou picked up. At this time, she saw the young lady commenting on him like this and encouraged her: "Why not write a poem to scold him for reading four books and five classics for nothing?"
Wang Jiaoluan said with a smile, "It's unkind to say something ugly. Just persuade him." Now give a poem to answer:
How deep is the meaning of servants in the shade beside the single court;
Cover up the jade fragrance, and a cloud stirs up the rain.
Dangui can't let the child break, and the bead curtain can't invade Paula Tsui;
I advise you not to dream of a balcony. Strive to enter the Hanlin.
Although Wang Jiaoluan's poems are full of reserve, they constantly refuse. It seems that he just advised the other party to work hard and make plans for the future. Zhou hid this poem in his heart and begged Mingxia to pass it on to him again. I didn't expect Mingxia to annoy him, thinking that the young lady had rejected him, so she refused to help him again. Turned to leave, but forgot to ask Ropa to come back. Zhou stood helplessly in the yard.
In the blink of an eye, I smelled the fragrance of April. On the Day of Duanyang Festival, the Wangs held a banquet on the pavilion in the courtyard, and the whole family sat together and drank happily. Zhou secretly glanced at the partition wall and thought, if only he could sit inside and raise a glass with the beautiful woman! However, I am always overwhelmed and feel very disappointed. I went back to my study and wrote a poem:
The color matching line thought of the same knot and fell on the Puyi that was going to be * * *;
Fog across the Xiangjiang River, mallow has a sunny heart.
This poem was sent to her dressing table by another maid of Wang Jiaoluan. Wang Jiaoluan was combing her hair and put it on the dresser at a glance. At this moment, it happened that Aunt Cao came in and saw this poem. She asked with concern and surprise, "Why didn't you keep it from me?" Although Yicao is an elder, she is congenial to Wang Jiaoluan and gets along like friends on weekdays. Seeing the grass, Wang Jiaoluan simply told the truth and stressed: "Only chanting Buddha, no other relationship!" Aunt Cao is a woman who knows amorous feelings. She met her son next door on weekdays and got to know him. So she suggested, "Duke Zhou is a talented man in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is a perfect match for Miss Zhou. Why not let him tell his parents and ask the matchmaker to make peace and achieve a hundred years of success? " This is in the middle of Wang Jiao's mind, so at the instigation of a grass, Wang Jiaoluan expressed his wish with a poem:
In the spring of 20 years, the fragrant boudoir was deeply sold, and the wind and moon were not allowed to penetrate the curtain;
Embroidered incense is warm, but who knows the bitterness? Brocade only loves spring sleep.
I'm afraid the cuckoo sound will reach my ears, and I'm worried about the butterfly dream.
Affection is accompanied by sympathy, and the iceman spreads it well.
The clever Zhou Ziran immediately understood the meaning of this poem and was overjoyed. He told his father immediately. I don't want to teach Zhou Sijiao, but I have other plans. He thinks that 3000 households are demoted here, which is not an ideal relative. His son is talented and handsome, so he should climb a high gate, which is of great benefit to his son's future. Therefore, he hesitated. Weeks helpless, again afraid failed to live up to the beauty of absolute beauty, had to under the guise of his father's instructions, please the central matchmaker to visit relatives and friends in the wangs. Although the households here appreciate Zhou Gongzi very much, they can't do without their dependence on their eldest daughter at work for a while, so they delay getting married right away.
Two soft nails in a row made Zhou feel at a loss and disconsolate, so he wrote a letter to Wang Jiaoluan, which wrote: "Looking at the fragrant boudoir from a distance is like looking at the moon palace of Emperor Taizong and dreaming of moths, like the cowherd crossing the river and thinking about the weaver girl the next day." This letter is accompanied by a poem;
No ceremony to comfort me, poor spring night is worth a thousand dollars;
Three glasses of wine under the window are annoying, and a piano is sad before the flower.
People are frustrated and have no opinions, singing to the room in the air;
Lonely as dusk, willing to sue with each other?
Mong Kok thinks that as long as the other side asks the media to make peace, good things will naturally succeed. Unexpectedly, his father hesitated, which made Zhou Gongzi very sad. After reading the letter, he quickly wrote back and said, "I was too lazy to listen to Dongfeng Du Yu before worshiping the moon pavilion;" Under the thrush window, strong tides rise and fall, stabbing Yuanyang. Self-pity for the beauty of misfortune, anger to kill passionate talents, you don't have to jump to the east wall to climb flowers, you can admire the heart of Beidou. " Write a poem according to rhyme after the letter:
Autumn moon and spring flowers also have feelings and know the preciousness of identity;
Although I caught a glimpse of the clear lock, I was ashamed to listen to what Cui Dong Wall said.
Obsession has scattered from the air, and good poems are only sung in dreams;
In this life, I have always been a brother and sister, and I was born with an inch of heart.
Wang Jiaoluan is full of helplessness and has to look forward to the afterlife. Zhou kept repeating it, but the phrase "just brother and sister" inspired him and found the best analysis method.
The next day, he came to the Wangs' house with a prayer sticker in his hand and solemnly asked for Mrs. Wang's week. After seeing Zhou Zhou, he counted several clansmen askew, but he was involved in the same clan relationship with Zhou, and sincerely wanted to worship Zhou as his aunt. When Zhou saw his good looks, his heart was sweet. Now I recognize this distant nephew. Since then, he has become a relative of the Wang family of Zhou. Of course, you can easily go in and out of the Wangs' house and have the opportunity to meet and talk with Wang Jiaoluan.
In summer, Zhou asked to borrow Wang's spacious backyard to study on the pretext that his bedroom was narrow and stuffy. As a relative, it was inconvenient for the Wangs to refuse, so Zhou publicly lived in the Wangs.
Wang Qian families still don't allow their daughters to get married, but Yi Cao is worried about them. Zhou Jian moved into the backyard of the Wangs, and she felt that the time was ripe. Resolutely decided to be her own master, which fulfilled the beauty of her little children, so she made an appointment with Wang Jiaoluan to meet Zhou in the boudoir at night.
At the second watch, the bright moon was in the sky, and Zhou, who couldn't wait, came to the courtyard gate and was introduced to the boudoir by Mingxia, who was waiting there. Wang Jiaoluan is sitting in front of the dresser. When Zhou came in, she solemnly said to him, "I am a virgin, but you are not a slut." Just because the two sides admire each other, the family is blocking it, not voyeurism, and I am willing to marry each other and never give up! "
Wang Jiaoluan's words were harsh, and Zhou was awed. At this time, I turned out from behind the screen and seriously explained to Zhou: "If you are interested, please don't disappoint our girl's sincerity. For the sake of prudence, please write down the engagement in four copies. " He spoke very seriously, and Zhou He dared not refuse. He immediately wrote an engagement oath in quadruplicate, which read: "If a woman is negative to a man, she will be thunderous;" If a man betrays a woman, he will be shot to death by an arrow, and then he will be punished by the underworld and fall into the prison of Fengdu forever! " After writing, one copy burned the world; A certificate collected by Yicao as a media; The other two are for couples. Then, under the auspices of, Zhou and Wang Jiaoluan made a decent ceremony to Tiandi and thanked the big media. Finally, the maid brought out the fruit wine, and the couple drank a toast and entered the bridal chamber.
The bridal chamber is Wang Jiaoluan's boudoir. This night, the boudoir is warm in spring, and there are endless beautiful scenery. The next day, Wang Jiaoluan also wrote a poem about the amorous feelings of this night;
First of all:
Last night, I was happy with you, and the words in Furong's account were calm;
Make love to your chest and stir the rain to make the clouds thicker.
A pillow full of phoenix, half a window full of shadows;
At night, I came to peep at the Yuanyang pillow, and there were countless embroidered fast-flushers.
Second:
It's a shame to hug Lang's waist at first sight.
When the moon is full, the flowers bloom just right and the rain is at the beginning of the cloud.
A group of love falls from the sky, and ten thousand kinds of feelings are free;
The message is that there is no need to watch Petunias in the middle of the night.
Since then, every night in the boudoir, spring night, Yuanyang twisted. Six months later, Zhou Sijiao was promoted to Yin, a native of Emei County in central Sichuan. Zhou said that he was unwell and couldn't stand the long journey. He asked to stay at the Wangs' home in Nanyang and not go with his parents. Half a year later, a letter came from Shuzhong, saying that his father had returned to his hometown Suzhou to recuperate because he was acclimatized in Shuzhong. Zhou wanted to go back to his hometown to visit his father, but he could not bear to be separated from Wang Jiaoluan, and his worries were beyond words.
After learning his feelings, Wang Jiaoluan comforted him and said, "The love between husband and wife is as deep as the sea; The love between father and son is unparalleled. Two kinds of love are indispensable. We will be together for a long time. Father is seriously ill and should visit! "
After knowing it, a grass also said: "It is not a long-term solution to hide love now. Son, why don't you go back to your hometown for a while? If your father recovers, you can discuss the marriage again and make a wish earlier. Isn't it the best of both worlds? "
Zhou finally decided to go back to his hometown On the eve of his departure, Wang Jiaoluan inquired about his hometown address in detail. He replied: "My family lives by the Yanling Bridge in Gusu, and my ancestors have made contributions to the grain supervision. The locals also call my home Zhou Jia, just ask. " Wang Jiaoluan is reluctant to go, tearfully wrote:
Plain hands and fragrant shoulders, weeping and not sending lang;
Lang Ma has not left Qingliu, and her heart is in Bai Yunbian first.
I have integrity like Miss Jiang, and you value discipline.
Looking back in a hurry, the lady was thin and awake.
Zhou tearfully bid farewell to Wang Jiaoluan and took a boat all the way to Suzhou. His mind is full of voices and faces in Mong Kok. However, when I got home, everything changed unconsciously. At this time, Zhou's illness has basically recovered and he is planning a marriage for his son. For the sake of his son's future, he was booked as a high relative, the daughter of Comrade Wei, a famous local family. Zhou was going to refuse, but her parents coaxed her, and she heard that this Wei girl was called "the first beauty in Suzhou" and her dowry was surprisingly rich. In the future, the Wei family can support his career, and he can't help but feel a little tempted, so he reluctantly worships heaven and earth with Miss Wei, and soon he is intoxicated in the new gentle town and forgets Wang Jiaoluan. Wang Jiaoluan looked around at home, but there was no news from Zhou Lang, so she sent messages to Gusu again and again. Zhou Gang got married and was impatient with Wang Jiaoluan's urging. He wrote back and said, "My father is still ill, waiting for the decoction. He has missed the wedding day and will have a good meeting soon. "
After waiting for several months, Zhou Lang still disappeared. Wang Qian families hope to choose a married husband for their daughters so as not to miss their youth. Wang Jiaoluan just refused blindly, and her parents didn't know her mind. One grass can't bear it, so let veteran Sun Jiu make a special trip to Gusu to find out.
Sun Jiu went for a whole month, and Wang Jiaoluan was looking forward to it. Who knows that when he came back, it was a piece of engagement between Ropa and Zhou that had fallen into the hands. Wang Jiaoluan immediately understood everything. She felt suddenly that everything was spinning and she didn't know where she was. In the midst of grief and indignation, Wang Jiaoluan wrote thirty-six "Desperate Poems" in one breath, putting together the process of their love, and also expressing his grief after the shocking news, two of which were:
First of all:
From the beginning, the past friendship did not lose you;
Since love is like a cloud, why not get along well from the beginning?
Second:
Poor armored general's home, boudoir adopted daughter like a flower;
Acacia debt to Jiuquan, Jiuquan will not spare you.
Wang Jiaoluan is a military commander after all. After grief and anger, he showed his strong will and vowed to get back at the ungrateful man.
I wrote thirty-six "desperate poems". I wanted Sun Jiu to go to Gusu and give them to Zhou to see if I could call back his true feelings. However, Sun Jiu hated Zhou's ruthlessness and refused to see him again. Wang Jiaoluan is very helpless.
At this time, it happened that the family had a document to send to Wujiang County, which was a discussion about the defeated army of Wei in Nanyang. This is about a military plane, and a courier is going. As usual, official documents are handled by Wang Jiaoluan. She looked at the situation with a normal heart and came up with a unique plan. She sorted out the poems she sang with Zhou in the past, two papers of marriage papers and poems about death, sealed them together in a briefcase, sealed them with wax and sent them on a business trip. Her father doesn't know about it.
That night, Wang Jiaoluan bathed, smoked incense, made up and changed clothes slowly. At midnight, she took out her lost Ropa, pondered for a long time, and then hanged herself in the Japan Pavilion.
Here, Nanyang Wei's courier arrived in Wujiang County, and the county magistrate opened the briefcase. Besides official documents, there is a big bag of poems and manuscripts. After he looked at it carefully, he soon understood the whole thing. However, because the Zhou family is a three-generation scholar and has a high reputation, it is not convenient to investigate this small county magistrate. Just then, Fan Gongzhi of Douchayuan came to Gusu. The county magistrate reported the situation and information to Fan Commune.
Fan Gongzhi pities Wang Jiaoluan's talent and hates Zhou's fickle feelings even more. So he ordered Zhou to be arrested and tried. In addition, he sent someone to Nanyang to send urgent documents, hoping to bring Wang Jiaoluan to justice. If Zhou changes his mind, he will simply persuade them to make up, and monogamy is also a good thing.
However, the news brought back by official business is that Wang Jiaoluan has hanged himself. Fan Gong was so angry that he immediately took Zhou to court and reprimanded him: "You molested an official woman. First, it was a crime; If you stop your wife from remarrying, you will be abandoned at first, and you will commit two crimes; Rape to death, three crimes. These three sins, you deserve to die At the beginning, the marriage book said,' A man betrays a woman and dies with an arrow.' I didn't shoot your arrow, but I can kill you with a stick and think it's unlucky for a man to quit! "
Zhou felt ashamed and sorry, and had nothing to say. At Fan Gong's command, the officials were in chaos. On Monday, he was bleeding in the blink of an eye and was killed. Affectionate women lose their true feelings in vain, and ungrateful men finally get the end they deserve, leaving more regrets!