During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, Deng Shaoxian served as the general soldier of Langshan Town, Nantong, Jiangsu. Although Deng Shaoxian had a group of wives and concubines, he did not have a son. Only his concubine Zheng had a daughter, and he named it "Qiaogu" because he was born on the seventh day of July. After Qiaogu was born, Zheng never got pregnant again, and Deng General Bing focused all his love for his children on Qiaogu.
When Qiaogu was ten years old, Deng Zongbing hired Jiangyou famous man Sun Qingzhou as Qiaogu's teacher with his daughter. Mr. Sun lived in Tangzha, not far from Langshan Town. He lost his wife in middle age and had no support, so he adopted his nephew Li Yaozong as an adopted son and changed his name to "Sun Yaozong". Sun Yaozong was 12 years old this year and also went to Deng Zongbing's house with his adoptive father to accompany Qiaogu as a student.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Qiaogu is already 16 years old, and she has a slim and beautiful appearance. In addition, she is eager to accompany Ying to learn, and she has four books and five classics. She knows all about chess, piano, calligraphy and painting, and her father is in the general army, so there is an endless stream of people who come to take care of their relatives. However, there are dozens of rich and powerful brothers, and Qiaogu has no match. Only then did the careful mother realize that her daughter had already had a crush, and he was Sun Yaozong.
Deng Zongbing was very angry when he heard the news and said, "I am a dignified general soldier in a town, and I only have such a pearl in my palm, how can I casually marry my daughter to a poor scholar. I will never agree to this matter." In order to make Qiaogu die, Deng Zongbing dismissed Mr. Sun on the grounds that Qiaogu had completed her studies and did not need to continue teaching.
On the night Sun Yaozong's return home, Qiao Gu fell ill. General Soldier Deng began to think that his daughter had a cold, so he didn't care too much. He did not expect to invite several famous doctors to the town and eat a lot of soup and medicine, but Qiao Gu's illness not only did not improve at all, but became more and more serious. Seeing that a person who was in good condition had no light in his eyes in just a few days, his face was yellow and thin, and finally he didn't think about his meals and was dying. Only then did General Soldier Deng panic and quickly discuss a solution with Zheng's.
"Nine times out of ten, Qiao Gu's illness has something to do with Sun Yaozong coming home. As the saying goes, the horn bell still needs to be tied to the bell, and no one but Sun Yaozong can cure her daughter's illness. I don't think you should follow her and fulfill their marriage. It's all destined." Deng Zongbing thought for a long time when he heard that, and his daughter's life was at stake, so he had to make concessions.
Without further ado, Deng Zongbing immediately sent two commanders to Tangzha Town and told Sun Qingzhou that Deng Zongbing was willing to give his daughter's words to Sun Yaozong, and immediately sent someone to Deng Zongbing's house to ask for marriage with the betrothal gift.
The marriage was settled like this, and Joe Gu's illness was indeed cured. Deng Zongbing and Zheng Shi were naturally overjoyed. After negotiations between the two families, they decided to marry Qiao Gu and Sun Yaozong next spring.
It is said that the day before Sun Yaozong's wedding, Sun Yaozhou and his son came to Langshan Town in advance and temporarily stayed in a hotel. Early the next morning, Sun Yaoshou took the colored palanquin to the General Army Mansion to greet the bride. Seeing that he was about to arrive at the gate of the General Army Mansion, Sun Yaozong saw from a distance that the General Army Mansion was lined with guards and heavily guarded, and the officials and yamen came in and out, in a hurry, very chaotic, and did not look like they were holding a wedding event at all.
What happened? Sun Yaozong quickly stopped the palanquin to inquire. This inquiry was not important, and it almost scared Sun Yaozong to death. It turned out that General Deng was stabbed to death last night, and the murderer was none other than General Deng's favorite Zheng. Sun Yaozong thought to himself that if there was a murder case, not only would the bride fail to marry, but he would probably be implicated if he went rashly. Thirty-six strategies, walk first. Thinking of this, Sun Yaozong quickly turned the palanquin and returned to his residence.
That night, Sun Yaozong went out to inquire about the news and learned that Zheng family had been escorted to Jinling by the government, and Qiaogu had committed suicide by throwing himself into the river. Sun Yaozong was in pain when he mentioned that Qiaogu was dead. Thanks to Sun Yaozong's kind words and persuasion, Sun Yaozong's mood was slightly better. What puzzled Sun Yaozhou and his son was that they had lived in the Deng family for seven or eight years, and they knew that General Deng was very affectionate. How could Zheng have the heart to murder her husband? Could it be that someone was visiting her? In order to get to the bottom of the matter, Sun Yaozhou and his son decided to go to Jinling to visit the prison.
After coming to Jinling, Sun Qingzhou and his son met the Zheng family who were imprisoned through real-world friends. Only then did Zheng family tell Sun Qingzhou and his son the whole story.
It turned out that Zheng's maiden name was Wu, and she changed to Zheng with her husband after she got married. Zheng's in-law's family was a well-known wealthy family within a hundred miles of western Sichuan. At that time, Deng Shaoxian, who led the army stationed in western Sichuan, coveted the property of the Zheng family, and sent his subordinates to quietly kill more than a dozen people in the Zheng family late one night, stealing all the gold and silver treasures of the Zheng family. The newly married Zheng family survived by hiding in a haystack.
After dawn, Deng Shaoxian pretended to pass by again, went to Zheng's house to check in person, and found the young and beautiful Zheng family, and suddenly became a thief. He pretended to be a good person, spoke kindly to Deng's uncle, cared more, and sent someone to bury the bodies of more than a dozen people from the Zheng family. The family suffered a great disaster, and Zheng did not want to live in the world, but she was already pregnant with the blood of the Zheng family. In order not to break the incense of the Zheng family, there will be people who can avenge the Zheng family in the future. In addition, the Deng family suffered a great disaster first, and Deng Shaoshan showed his kindness first. Zheng did not see the true face of Deng Shaoshan, but was grateful to him. Therefore, she tolerated humiliation and agreed to marry Deng Shaoxian. Six months after marriage, she gave birth to a clever aunt.
The day before Qiaogu got married, Zheng Shi found a marble pendant worn by her ex-husband and gold and silver jewelry worn by her mother-in-law in the box, and suddenly became suspicious. He asked about the origin of these things. Deng Shaoxian was drinking a few glasses of wine at that time and said casually, "This is the goods of a rich family in Sichuan. I sent someone to kill his family and snatched it." Zheng shi suddenly realized, and without saying a word, lowered his head and left silently.
That night, Deng Shaoxian came to Zheng's room. Due to drinking too much during the day, Zheng fell asleep with his head covered not long after dark, but Zheng Shi turned around and couldn't sleep. She never thought that her husband, who had been in the same bed as her for 18 years, turned out to be her sworn enemy. After a fierce ideological struggle, Zheng Shi finally had the courage to pick up scissors and stab Deng Shaoxian's throat as he slept.
After killing Deng Shao, Zheng came to her daughter Qiaogu's room, full of tears, and told the story of Qiaogu's life and the news that she had killed Deng Shaoxian. After listening, Qiaogu felt like she had knocked over the five-flavor bottle, and she didn't know what it was like. At this point, she had nothing to say. She knew that killing the general soldier was no small matter, and she would inevitably be implicated if she was investigated. It was better to die than to be humiliated in court. Therefore, after dawn, Qiaogu took advantage of the chaos in the General Army Mansion to run to the riverside and throw himself into the river. After the government found out, they sent someone to salvage Qiaogu's body, but because the river was flowing too quickly, they could not find it.
The matter had arrived in such a field, and Sun Qingzhou and his son had no choice but to give up and return to the hometown of Tang Zha angrily.
In the autumn of that year, the Zheng family was executed by Ling Chi for murdering the court.
A year later, Sun Qingzhou unfortunately passed away, and the clansmen wanted to monopolize the property of the Sun family. They insisted that Yao Zong's surname Li was not Sun, and he was not qualified to inherit the property of the Sun family.
A few years later, Li Yaozong participated in the township examination, won the first place in one fell swoop, and won the juren. The examiner, Fan Wengong, took a fancy to Yaozong's character and talent, and wanted to match his daughter's words to Yaozong, asking a matchmaker to propose to Yaozong. Since the death of Qiao Gu, Yaozong has long been calm and has no intention of getting married. But his parents made their own decision and agreed to this marriage. Yaozong was unable to resist his parents' orders, so he had to let nature take its course and resign to fate.
But it was said that on the wedding day of Yaozong, the house was full of friends, and the traffic in front of the door was very lively. However, at that moment Yaozong missed Qiao Gu and sat alone on the wall to relieve his tears, until the sedan chair came to the door and was pulled out to welcome the bride. Who knew that Yaozong opened the curtain of the sedan chair and looked inside, and everyone was dumbfounded. It turned out that the bride covered her head, tied her neck with a silk scarf, and hung herself in the sedan chair. Everyone was in a hurry, untied the silk scarf around the bride's neck and saved the bride.
Due to the short time the bride had been hanging herself and the lack of height in the sedan chair, the bride slowly woke up after about two hours. Just at this moment, Yaozong came to the house to visit the bride, his eyes met, and the two of them exclaimed in unison, "How... could it be you?"
It turned out that the bride was none other than the woman who committed suicide by throwing herself into the river.
That day, after Qiaogu threw herself into the river, Pan Wengong happened to pass by the place where she threw herself into the river by boat, and hurriedly ordered someone to rescue her. After Qiaogu woke up, Pan Wengong asked about the situation, and saw that Qiaogu accompanied Mingqiao, who was beautiful and intended to take her as an adopted daughter. The homeless Qiaogu had to be Pan Wengong's adopted daughter and went with Pan Wengong. After life settled down, Qiaogu asked Pan Wengong to send someone to the Tang Gate to inquire about the whereabouts of Yaozong, but because Yaozong had already returned to his hometown in Pinghu and his surname was Li, there was no result.
When Pan Wengong told QiaoGu to give her information to Li Juren, QiaoGu had the intention not to agree, and she couldn't bear to betray her adoptive father's life-saving grace and kindness, so she had to reluctantly agree.
On the day of her marriage, Qiaogu missed Yaozong and was extremely sad. After thinking about it, she decided to express her deep affection for Yaozong by dying. Therefore, she quietly untied the silk scarf around her neck in the palanquin, tied it to the top of the palanquin, and hanged herself. Thanks to timely rescue, she saved her life. She never dreamed that when she woke up, the first person she saw when she opened her eyes was the brother Yaozong she had been thinking about.
In this way, Qiao Gu once almost died of illness, committed suicide twice, and was rescued twice. Finally, by mistake, she finally formed a hundred-year-old relationship with the person she deeply loved. It was truly a wonder through the ages.