This story is widely circulated among people, and it is known as the "Three Absolutes." Which Three Absolutes? The One Absolute, there is treasure in the treasure; the Two Absolute, there is love in the love; the Three Absolute, there is drama in the play.
1. The baby is missing
Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, there is a merchant in Mianzhou, surnamed Sun Yixing, relying on the family business left by his father, and he is willing to use his brain, so the business is doing very well.
This spring, Sun Yixing was going on a long trip to collect an old account left by his father. Before leaving, he took out a gold belly pocket from the bottom of the box and handed it to his wife, He'er, who had only been married for half a year. He said, "This belly pocket is woven from ten thousand gold threads. It is our ancestral treasure, and it will be handed over to you today. I went out this time as a last resort. My father's old account is scattered outside. I am afraid that it will be inappropriate for too long, so I have to go and collect it. When I am not here, you can be your companion during the day with Xiaoyue. Although Xiaoyue is a maid, she is your playmate since childhood, and you are like sisters. When you are alone at night, wear this belly pocket on your body, just like I am by your side." He'er nodded shyly when he heard that.
The next day, Sun Yixing went on his way, and reluctantly sent him to gate of the courtyard, watching him disappear at the end of the street corner. From then on, she did not leave the door, nor did she leave the second door, and she and Xiaoyue sang poems and painted in the room all day long. At night, with a golden belly pocket close to her body, she did not feel lonely.
Summer arrived in the blink of an eye. Summer in Mianzhou was particularly hot. That night, he took a comfortable bath in her room and soaked for a long time. Before she remembered it, she asked Xiaoyue, who was busy in the courtyard, to bring her some hot water. Hearing the "thump" sound in the courtyard, He'er was surprised: "Xiaoyue, are you okay?" Xiaoyue said: "Miss, I accidentally knocked over the water basin." He'er said: "Stop it, I'm almost done soaking, you can clean up yourself, I won't wash it." She got up and dressed as she spoke. Just then, she found that the gold silk belly pocket she put on the pole at the door before taking a shower was gone!
He'er panicked: "Xiaoyue, where did you put my belly pocket?" Xiaoyue was stunned: "I didn't take it!" "I obviously put it on the pole before taking a shower, why is it gone now?" "No way? Miss, you must remember wrong, it's just the two of us, who else would take it?" Xiaoyue looked around to help He'er find it, but strangely, she found it in the yard from the house, and even rummaged through all the cabinets, but she couldn't find it. He'er was so anxious that tears came down, and her husband had only left home for a few days, and the handed down baby was gone. How can I explain it when I come back?
2. Husband and wife discord
Besides, when Sun Yixing went out, he missed his sweet wife at home for a moment, so as soon as he finished collecting the bill, he rushed home day and night. When he walked to Chengdu Mansion that night, he couldn't walk anymore, so he found an inn to stay at. When he heard that there was a troupe in Mianzhou who also stayed in the store, Sun Yixing was overjoyed and felt very kind, so he went up to chat with them. There was a man in the troupe with a slender figure, fair skin and big eyes, and Sun Yixing couldn't help but praise in his heart: What a "pretty girl"!
Just as he was thinking about it, Huadan brought a cup over and asked Sun Yixing, "Where is Xiongtai's mansion in Mianzhou?" Sun Yixing told them one by one, and Huadan was overjoyed after hearing it, saying, "The younger brother's surname is Jiang, and his name is Yuchun. The humble house is not far from Xiongtai's mansion. The younger brother will toast Xiongtai first. At the end of the play tonight, I will invite Xiongtai to drink in the younger brother's room. The younger brother has something to ask for." Sun Yixing didn't know what Jiang Yuchun asked for, but since he was a fellow countryman, how could he not help? He agreed very readily.
That night, after Jiang Yuchun's play, Sun Yixing went to his room, just as Jiang Yuchun had just taken off his costume, Sun Yixing suddenly found that he was wearing a woman's belly pocket, which was exactly the same as the one he had inherited from his family, and he couldn't help but move. Seeing Sun Yixing staring at his belly pocket, Jiang Yuchun quickly put on his coat, and then invited Sun Yixing to sit down and drink. But where could Sun Yixing drink, he pushed away the wine bowl and asked anxiously, "I don't know where this close-fitting belly pocket of the good brother came from? Why don't you replace it?" Jiang Yuchun's face flushed with shame and explained, "This thing is a gift from my little lady, and my little brother is reluctant to replace it. It's really because I miss you, so please don't laugh at me." When Sun Yixing heard this, he was filled with grief and indignation: Unexpectedly, I have only been out for a few months, and He'er has become the little lady of this actor! He picked up the wine bowl and drank the wine from the bowl.
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Jiang Yuchun thought that he was tired from the journey and saw that it was too late, so he got up and took out fifty taels of silver from the cabinet and handed it to Sun Yixing, saying, "Please take this silver with my father. Our troupe has been out for many days, and my father must be worried at home. Please tell my father that everything is fine outside." Sun Yixing saw that Jiang Yuchun was hateful, but he was still a filial person, so he reluctantly agreed to him, took the silver, and got up to go back to the room.
The next day, Sun Yixing continued on his way, but he felt something different in his heart. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more boring he became. When he got home and opened the door, He'er came up to greet her in surprise, but Sun Yixing pushed her away rudely. Xiaoyue saw that the young lady was suddenly snubbed by the uncle, and she didn't know what happened, so she took advantage of the tea for Sun Yixing and quietly said to Sun Yixing, "Uncle, the young lady looks forward to your return every day, this is great!" Who knew that Sun Yixing said angrily, "I'm afraid it's good that I never come back!" After saying that, she turned around and went to the room.
He'er was inexplicable, she really didn't know what she had done wrong, and after thinking about it, she followed Sun Yixing into the room, she wanted to find out. But as soon as she stepped into the door, Sun Yixing opened her clothes and asked sharply, "Where is our treasure?" He'er finally understood why her husband was so cold to her. In fact, from the moment Sun Yixing arrived home, He'er's heart was lifted. She wanted to find a chance to tell her husband slowly, but she didn't expect him to know. At this moment, He'er was flustered and confused, and said hesitantly, "I... I don't know how I disappeared. After taking a shower that day, I suddenly couldn't find it." Sun Yixing glanced at her and sneered: "It's really weird, lost after taking a shower? Why didn't you lose you, a living person? Hmph, I'll ask your father to take you back tomorrow, and you don't have to be so sneaky with whoever you like in the future."
3. The maid takes the blame
But when He'er heard that Sun Yixing wanted to divorce him, he was so anxious: "You made it clear, why did I sneak around?" Sun Yixing told Jiang Yuchun again: "People call you little lady, don't pretend to be crazy here!" He'er's heart is really wronged, thinking about this matter, she can't tell if she jumped into the Yellow River, she can only prove her innocence by death. Thinking of this, she rushed out the door and hit the courtyard wall.
Xiaoyue, who was in the yard, was frightened by the sudden collision of He'er, and quickly helped her back to her room. He'er cried and said to Xiaoyue, "Why do you care about me? Let me die! I have never seen anyone with the surname Jiang, how could I go... The baby is gone, where do you want me to find it?"
Xiaoyue is a clever maid, and as soon as she heard what He'er said, she knew the reason why she hit the wall. She thought to herself: The belly pocket is the handed down treasure of the uncle's family, and the uncle will never give up; now that the uncle wants to rest the young lady, the young lady is wronged and hits the wall, almost losing her life; if I take the matter down and say that the belly pocket is taken by myself, the uncle will not rest the young lady, and the young lady will not seek death. The young lady treats me like a brother and sister, and I can't help but report this kindness. I would rather not have my reputation, and it is important to protect the young lady! When she thought of this, she knelt down with a "plop" and said to He'er tearfully: "Miss, Xiaoyue deserved death, not only did she ruin your reputation, but she almost cost you your life, you punish Xiaoyue! Miss's belly pocket was taken by Xiaoyue while Miss was bathing, and it was also given by Xiaoyue to Jiang... Young Master Jiang. He has been secretly communicating with me and gave me a lot of things.
Sun Yixing listened and was skeptical, "You... How did you know this actor Jiang Yuchun?Xiaoyue lowered her head and murmured, "Xiaoyue... Xiaoyue usually goes out to buy what buyers use, so I met Young Master Jiang. Uncle, Miss Xiaoyue is not sensible, please forgive Xiaoyue!"
Sun Yixing and He'er were shocked when they heard Xiaoyue's words. He'er's face was so pale that he said, "Xiaoyue, how can you treat me like this? We have been like sisters since we were young, you say it clearly, I will marry you in style, why is this?" Sun Yixing was even more furious, "Teng" took out the silver that Jiang Yuchun asked him to carry, threw it in front of Xiaoyue, and said, "This is the fifty taels of silver that your actor brought to his father, you go to his father. You go, never come back in the future!"
Xiaoyue suddenly cried bitterly, but she had no choice but to leave the Sun family with the silver, leaving the young lady she had been with for many years. She sat outside the gate of the Sun family for one night, and at dawn, she walked all the way to the Jiang family. Finding the master of the Jiang family, Xiaoyue handed the silver in her hand to him, saying, "This is the silver that your young master asked my uncle to bring, please accept it!" Master Jiang looked at it, angry and angry, loving and hating, and said, "This beast, I don't lack silver, why don't you bring me a letter back?" Seeing that the old man was uncomfortable, Xiaoyue comforted him and said, "Being able to bring back the silver means that he is not frozen and starving outside, so you can be relieved!" As soon as Master Jiang heard it, this girl's words made sense, and the face that was sinking just now immediately stretched out.
4. The judge is investigating the case.
After bidding farewell to the Jiang family's master, Xiaoyue didn't know where she should go for a while. Thinking about the size of the world, there was no place for herself, and she didn't realize that tears welled up, and she wandered aimlessly on the street. It was also a coincidence that when she passed by the entrance of the county yamen, she saw many people there. When she inquired, it turned out that the yamen were recruiting errands, and the maids were also needed. Isn't this "sesame seeds fell in the eye of a needle"? Coincidental! Xiaoyue was selected at the first try based on her appearance and experience as a maid for many years, and she has been in the yamen since then.
Xiao Yue had been in the yamen for a long time, and when everyone mentioned him, they all gave him a thumbs up, so they kept an eye out and wanted Tian Zhi County to solve the strange case of the Sun family's belly pocket. On this day, while Tian Zhi County was in the lower hall, Xiao Yuekou shouted "innocent" and knelt in front of the county governor.
Tian Zhixian felt that the case was indeed unusual after hearing Xiaoyue's story. He pondered for a while and decided to follow the lead and find out the truth about the case. He immediately sent someone to Chengdu Mansion to arrest Jiang Yuchun and take him back to the yamen. Sure enough, he saw him wearing a golden belly pocket. Tian Zhixian asked him, "Do you know Miss He'er?Jiang Yuchun didn't know who He'er was at all, so he naturally shook his head. Tian Zhixian pointed to Xiaoyue again: "Then take a closer look, do you know this woman?" Jiang Yuchun naturally shook his head. Tian Zhixian was stunned and shouted sharply, "You are bold to make things worse. The golden belly pocket is Miss He'er's personal thing. It is the treasure handed down by her husband, Sun Yixing, and the Sun family. Why did it come to you?
Only then did Jiang Yuchun know why he was taken, and he shouted that he was wronged, saying that he bought the belly pocket for one hundred taels of silver. Tian Zhixian was puzzled: "You are a big man, what's the use of buying such a female family thing?" Jiang Yuchun hesitated for a long time and asked Tian Zhixian to step back from the left and right, and then hesitated to tell what happened.
It turned out that Jiang Yuchun liked to dress up as a man since he was a child, and he was beaten and scolded by his father a lot for it. When he grew up, he became more and more interested in being a woman, and Master Jiang forced him to learn business in his pawnshop, but he couldn't get any interest. One day, someone came to the pawnshop and said that he wanted to be a belly pocket. The man happened to be upset, so he angrily said, "Go, go, don't mess around, this kind of woman's personal thing is not suitable for this shop!" But who knew that when the man walked forward, Jiang Yuchun quietly chased after him and bought the belly pocket in his hand for one hundred taels of silver. When he got home, Jiang Yuchun hid in his room and opened his belly pocket to see that the workmanship was fine and glittering, and he couldn't help but like it more. When the night was quiet, he put on his belly pocket and wore female makeup. He sang and danced in the mirror, feeling that he was a beautiful woman. Since then, he has been out of control, and he has to wear his belly pocket to sleep at night. Later, when he saw the troupe singing, he thought: If I were in the play, wouldn't I be able to wear my daughter's clothes generously? So he went to the troupe owner. Seeing that he was handsome and spoke softly, the troupe owner asked him to learn to sing a few words, and he agreed to keep him. But when he went home and talked to Master Jiang, he almost made the master angry to death, beat him up, and locked him in the room. But Jiang Yuchun had made up his mind to leave, and jumped out of the window that night to escape the house and run away with the troupe. Until he met Sun Yixing not long ago, he still remembered his father in his heart, so he asked Sun Yixing to bring silver back, but he didn't know that this person was the owner of the belly pocket!
Tian Zhixian asked, "Do you know the person who used to be the belly pocket?" Jiang Yuchun shook his head: "I don't know. I only remember that he was about 30 years old, thin, and wearing a black robe." Tian Zhixian asked, "If you see this person again, can you recognize him?" Jiang Yuchun nodded affirmatively. Tian Zhixian immediately sent someone to call Sun Yixing, and Sun Yixing heard what had happened. Sun Yixing beat his chest and felt sorry for Xiaoyue, saying, "It's all my fault for being angry and aggressive at the time. Now think about it, if Jiang Yuchun really had something to do with He'er, he should have avoided me when I told him his name at the inn."
Tian Zhi County nodded while listening, and he pondered: How can I find the person who is the belly pocket as soon as possible?
5. There is a play in the play
A few days later, the Mianzhou opera troupe came back to set up a stage to sing a play, and the name of the play was "Golden Belly Den". At this time, the class leader reported good news to everyone, saying that the good play was still to come, and the whole city was sensational, and everyone rushed to watch it. The play was written according to the story of the Sun family's belly pocket, but who knew that on the first day, the story of the belly pocket was just explained, and the play ended, saying that it would be sung tomorrow. The next day more people came, but the play was not sung until the maid took the blame. Everyone thought the play was over, and they all scolded the maid for being vicious, because the play did not say why the maid took the blame. At this time, the class leader reported good news to everyone, saying that the good play was still to come, and that there would be new developments in the plot tomorrow. When everyone heard that there was still a good play to watch, they were very excited, and so one passed ten, ten passed hundred, the third day, the stage in front of a sea of people.
On this day, when the young master of the Jiang family was thrown into prison and the county master was promoted to the hall for interrogation, everyone was happy: why was Tian Zhi County the one who rose up on the stage? Only to hear him shout loudly: "Bring someone to commit a crime!" The yamen tied a small and thin man to the stage with a rope. Tian Zhi County was shocked: "Who is in the hall? Do you know the crime?" The man landed on his knees and sweated profusely: "My lord, forgive me, the criminal's surname is Wu Mingfei, known as'Flying on the Grass', and the villain is the one who stole the golden silk belly pocket."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the audience: this is a fake play and a real trial! After listening, I found out that the man who knelt on his knees was originally called Wu Fei, and his qinggong was very good. He was a common thief in this area.
He'er took a bath that day, his belly pocket was on the pole, and Wu Fei happened to walk past Sun's house. At a glance, he caught a glimpse, and his heart was itchy, so he took it; he took it home and saw that he knew it was valuable, so he sent it to the pawnshop; the pawnshop didn't want it, but Jiang Yuchun chased after it, so he naturally changed the money; these days, he heard that the troupe was acting in a play about a woman's belly pocket, and he heard that the girl in the play was the one who stole the belly pocket, which aroused his curiosity: how could the play sung by the troupe be so similar to what he did? Hearing that there was a good show later, he didn't know what would happen next, so he mixed in with the crowd today to watch. How did he know that the singing was actually just bait. This was a plan deliberately set up by Tian Zhi County. His sneaky and poking around in the audience had long been recognized by Jiang Yuchun and reported that Tian Zhi County was eyeing him.
The truth of the case came to light, and the golden belly pocket naturally returned to the Sun family. As for the story of Xiaoyue, who was affectionate and righteous, and later won the love of Tianzhi County, and finally became Mrs. Tian, I will not mention it here. And Jiang Yuchun, who traveled all over the country with the Mianzhou opera troupe, "Golden Belly" became their finale.