In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there was a man named Xu Si in the Baiyala (Beijing Guards. Elite troops.) who lived in Jinyu Alley in the capital and his family was very poor.

There are a total of five rooms inside and outside his house. His brother and sister-in-law live with him. Like him, his brother is also doing his job.

On this day, it was my brother's turn to go out on duty.

His sister-in-law has always been virtuous. As the saying goes, a sister-in-law is like a mother. She also loved her brother-in-law Xu Si very much.

Seeing that my husband was out on duty and the weather was very cold, I was worried that my brother-in-law Xu Si would not sleep well at night, so I said to him: "It's too cold today. The northwest wind outside is too strong, and we only have one heated Kang at home. Although my uncle and I They are both afraid of the cold, but there are differences between men and women, and it is not convenient for me to sleep on the same kang as my uncle. So I will go back to my parents' house to sleep tonight, and I will give the warm kang to my uncle."

Xu Si was very grateful to his sister-in-law, but his family was poor and poor, and he had no other way to make both ends meet, so he could only silently agree.

So, the sister-in-law returned to her parents' home, leaving Xu Si alone at home.

At the second watch that night, the moon outside rose, giving off a faint cold light.

Xu Si was thinking about sleeping on the heated kang in his brother-in-law's room when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside.

As soon as he walked over and opened the door, a handsome young man rushed in.

I saw the man wearing a mink hat and fox fur coat, holding a package in his hand, and ran directly to the kang in the inner room to sit down.

When Xu Si saw him, he didn't recognize him at all, so he asked him who he was and why he came to his house.

The handsome young man cried and said: "Please save me, sir! Actually, I am not a man!"

With that said, she took off her mink hat and showed it to Xu Si.

Xu Si took a look and found that she was indeed a handsome little daughter-in-law. (Married and unmarried women in ancient times can be distinguished by the hairstyle on their heads.)

The woman then sobbed and said: "I have my own difficulties. Please don't ask me where I come from or where I am going. I just want you to let me stay for one night. I will leave at dawn tomorrow."

If sir agrees, I will give you my mink fur and all these jewelry to thank you for saving your life! "

After saying that, the woman unwrapped the package in her hand and showed it to Xu Si.

Xu Si took a look and saw that it was all filled with gold and silver jewels and jewelry. He roughly estimated that it was worth about ten thousand taels of silver.

At this time, Xu Si was young and energetic. Seeing that the woman was as beautiful as a flower and carrying so much gold and silver with him, it was impossible for him to remain indifferent.

But Xu Si did not lose his mind due to wealth and lust. He then thought about it, this woman had come in a strange way, and she was unwilling to tell her origins, so he stayed with her for fear of getting into trouble. He felt a little intolerable when he refused her. After all, it is not a manly thing to drive a young woman out of the house on a cold day and at night.

Xu Si felt a bit in a dilemma. After thinking for a while, he said to the woman: "Young lady, please stay at my house for a while. After all, I am a man at home, and it is a bit inconvenient to leave you alone as a woman. I will go to the neighbor's house to discuss it and see if I can invite him. The female members of the family are here to accompany you. Don’t be afraid, they will be back soon.”

The woman agreed: "Okay, you go!"

Xu Si walked out and closed the door from the outside. He did not go directly to his neighbor's house, but ran to the nearby Shanjue Temple. He wanted to go to the monks in the temple to discuss countermeasures.

After arriving there, he found the abbot of the temple, Monk Yuanzhi, and told him what had just happened, and asked him for advice on what to do.

Monk Yuanzhi was an older man with profound spiritual knowledge. He was someone Xu Si usually respected.

After listening to Xu Si's story, Monk Yuanzhi said in a panic: "This person might be a concubine of a wealthy family who ran away when something happened.

If you keep her, you will easily get into trouble; if you drive her away, you can't bear it. I think it would be better for you to do this. Just stay in my temple until morning, and then go home at dawn. "

Xu Si also thinks this is best. So he listened to Monk Yuanzhi and did not go back.

Neither of them expected that the wall had ears. Their conversation was heard by other interested people.

Monk Yuanzhi had an apprentice. Although he became a monk, he was always a rogue and did not abide by the rules and regulations at all.

He passed by the abbot's Zen room and overheard the conversation between Monk Yuanzhi and Xu Si. He learned that Xu Si would not go back before dawn and that the woman was alone in his home.

Suddenly he had evil thoughts, greedy for money and sex, so he secretly ran to Xu Si's house, pretended to be Xu Si and returned to Xu's house.

The man opened the door and went in. Worried that the woman would find out that it was not Xu Si, he immediately blew out the oil lamp, and then got on the kang and hugged the woman to sleep.

Besides, the weather was too cold that night. Xu Si's brother couldn't stand the cold when he was on duty, so he wanted to go home and get a leather jacket to keep warm.

At the fourth watch of the day, Xu Si's brother returned home and lit an oil lamp to look for the leather jacket. Who knew that when he picked up the oil lamp and shined it under the kang, he saw a pair of men's shoes.

Looking at the kang again, there were two people sleeping together in the bed.

Xu Si’s brother suddenly became furious!

He thought those two people were his wife and Xu Si! While he was not at home, the uncle and the sister-in-law committed adultery, what a waste!

In a fit of rage, he pulled out the sword from his waist and slashed with it, decapitating the two people on the kang in succession.

Even so, there was still lingering anger in his heart. He rushed out of the house and went to his parents-in-law's house. He wanted to tell his parents-in-law that their daughter had done something scandalous and unethical!

Xu Si's brother ran to his parents-in-law's house and made a fuss when he entered.

My parents-in-law didn’t know why.

Xu Si's brother was about to narrate what happened, but found his wife walking out of the house.

The elder brother was so shocked that he fell to the ground and thought he saw a ghost.

While they were making a fuss, they saw Xu Si and Monk Yuanzhi coming.

It turned out that it was already bright at this time, and Xu Si was walking home. He was worried that when he went back, a lonely man and a widow would easily cause trouble, so he asked Monk Yuanzhi to go back with him.

The two of them passed by Xu Si's brother-in-law's house and heard the noise, so they came over to see what was going on.

When Xu Si's brother saw his wife and brother standing there alive, he realized that he had accidentally killed someone else!

Everyone quickly reported the matter to the government.

The Ministry of Punishment believed that this was murder and rape, which was not sinful according to the laws of the time!

The government just hung the woman's head and called people to come and claim the body. After several days, I still don’t know whose family the girl belongs to, and no one has come to claim her.

In the end, Xu Si felt that he was also responsible for the woman's death. He felt guilty and pitied her for losing her life for no reason, so he sold her gold and silver jewelry and collected her body for her. I held a funeral for her and bought a cemetery for her so that she could be buried alive!

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