In ancient times, when a newlywed couple had a cave night, the bride did not sleep with the groom, but sat alone on a chair. The bridegroom asked, "Why doesn't the lady sleep?" What does it mean to sit alone? "The bride told the truth. After hearing this, the groom took the bride to a friend's house overnight and was able to escape.
Looking at the newlywed wife in front of him, Shen Canruo's mind came up with the picture of getting married back then, yes, this is not the first time he has been married.
As early as six years ago, he had already been married once, and his first wife was a childhood sweetheart, loving and loving, but fate did not favor them.
Just three years ago, his first wife died tragically, and there was a bizarre experience in it.
(This article is adapted from Liao Zhai Zhiyi)
Thinking about it, Shen Canruo's thoughts drifted to three years ago......
At that time, Shen Canruo was high-spirited, Tong Sheng and Xiucai had passed the exam one after another, and the three or five friends who traveled with him thought that he had the qualifications to be the champion.
I am even more high-spirited, chanting poems against each other, coming casually, quite a bit of everyone's demeanor.
But things didn't go well, and after marrying his wife, he failed the imperial examination one after another, which made him fall into deep self-doubt.
His wife also saw Shen Canruo's loneliness, and often comforted and encouraged him, and the friends around him also asked him one after another to drink and talk about life.
With the help of these people, Shen Canruo regained his strength and went to Beijing again to take the exam, wearing a white dress with a white horse, he was really high-spirited!
After arriving in the capital, Shen Canruo found an inn, recuperated his spirits, and prepared for another exam.
The day before the exam, Shen Canruo warmed a pot of wine, which was not strong but very intoxicating, and before he knew it, he fell asleep.
Suddenly, he heard a hurried knock on the door, and when he opened the door, it turned out to be an old Taoist, this old Tao was strange, and since he opened the door, he stared at Shen Canruo directly, without saying a word.
Suddenly spoke, his voice was hoarse, not like a human voice: "I look at the face of the son, there will be a catastrophe, if you can survive this catastrophe, the position of the champion will be captured." ”
These words made Shen Canruo's words in a fog, and just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, he saw that the old way turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared.
The strange scene startled Shen Canruo, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself lying on the table, and the scene just now was just a dream of Nan Ke.
But he was deeply trapped in a dream and couldn't extricate himself, and when he came back to his senses, it was already dawn, and before he could figure out what was in the dream, he hurried to the examination room.
stayed awake the night before, coupled with that bizarre dream, Shen Canruo only felt that he was playing abnormally, and sure enough, on the day he was released, there was no name on the list.
Disappointed, he was still thinking about that dream on the way home: robbery? What calamity? Why was he able to reach the top of the throne after the tribulation?
After thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't understand what he meant, but when he returned home, he found that the house was covered with white cloth, Shen Canruo's heart tightened, and he hurriedly grabbed a person next to him and asked.
"Don't you know? Mrs. Shen passed away four days ago! ”
Hearing this, Shen Canruo only felt that the sky was collapsing, Mrs. Shen? His parents died early, and the Shen family himself is the boss, isn't this the death of his wife?
When he got home, he saw that this was really the case, and after finishing the funeral for his wife in a daze, Shen Canruo only felt empty, and suddenly he thought of the old words in his dream: Could it be that this is the catastrophe he should overcome?
But no one could give him an answer......
What his wife longed for most before her death was to see Shen Can become famous, so after his wife's death, he worked harder and was eager to gain fame.
Three years after his wife's death, he came to the capital in March, hoping to find like-minded people to make progress together.
With his full body of knowledge, he made five friends in just one month, and he often drank and talked.
On this day, Shen Canruo and these five friends met outside the city to drink, and on the way, he felt unbearable abdominal pain, so he hurriedly found a haystack and solved it on the spot.
As soon as he lifted his pants, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves not far away, looking for prestige, and the leader looked exactly the same as his deceased wife!
Could it be that this is the arrangement of fate?
Ignoring the friend who was waiting for him, Shen Canruo hurriedly followed the woman, wanting to find out.
After turning left and right, he came to a thatched hut, where the woman lived, and after mustering up his courage, Shen Canruo knocked on the door.
After the other party went out, Chen Canruo was even more suffocated, this woman and his deceased wife were like carved out of the same mold!
After some understanding, I also learned the identity of the other party, it turned out that the woman's name was Hui Niang, she had lived here since she was a child, and she had never been far away, but she also had a good literary style.
Since then, Shen Canruo can no longer take care of his friends, and often reciting poems and painting with Hui Niang, as if his deceased wife is still alive.
When there was still half a month before the exam, Hui Niang's brother Zhang Liu'er appeared, and when he saw that Lang had a concubine, he decided to marry Hui Niang to Shen Canruo.
Shen Canruo was overjoyed, agreed to get married in three days, turned around and went back to the capital to prepare for marriage.
Three days later, if Shen Can abides by the agreement and comes to marry Hui Niang, the process is very smooth, and the night is the night of candles in the cave room of the two.
Thinking of this, Chen Canruo raised his eyes to look at Hui Niang, his eyes were full of affection, but at this time, Hui Niang's eyes were evasive, and she seemed to have something to hide.
Shen Can was puzzled, and asked: "Does the lady have something to worry about, is she unwilling to marry me?" ”
Hui Niang hurriedly shook her head, seeing her sweetheart behaving like this, Shen Canruo was even more puzzled, and after asking again, Hui Niang sat on the chair and didn't want to go to bed again.
After about a stick of incense, Hui Niang seemed to have made up her mind: "Son, let's go quickly, that Zhang Liu'er is actually not my brother'......"
After listening to Hui Niang's story, Shen Canruo was shocked, it turned out that this Zhang Liu'er was a bandit, and he usually relied on Hui Niang's beauty and literary brilliance to attract readers.
Then use the same words to let them marry Hui Niang, but they don't have sex, and suddenly break in in the middle of the night, calling it indecent and asking for money.
After knowing this situation, Shen Canruo was shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly took Hui Niang to a friend's house to hide, and there was nothing wrong all night, and the next day he went to report to the official and wiped out Zhang Liuer and his party.
When the dust settled, he and Hui Niang became husband and wife, and then he realized that this was the case that the old Tao said.
Sure enough, Shen Canruo was the top student in high school, returned to his hometown in fine clothes, and lived a happy life with Hui Niang.
(This article is adapted from Liao Zhai Zhiyi)
