In the early years, there was a child named Yu Ren in Mizhou. His family was very rich, but unfortunately the population was not prosperous. Several generations were single-handed.
When Yu Ren reached school age, he refused to study honestly, so he had a big fight and finally ran away from home. But how could he know the hardships outside, he soon spent all his money and had to beg for food and wander.
It was a cold night, and Yu Ren went to sleep in a haystack in the house. The next morning, the mistress of the house found Yu Ren and kindly brought him into the house to cook for him.
Yu Ren sat on the kang, and when he saw the bedding on the kang head, he immediately felt at home. He flipped the quilt up, stacked it on top of the other half, and fell asleep on the quilt.
The hostess cooked the meal, went to the house to take a look, and exclaimed: "Oh my God!" She pulled Yu Ren up and hurriedly opened the quilt. There was a baby in the quilt, and at that moment her face was blue and purple, and she touched her nose, and she was no longer breathing. It turned out that shortly after the child was born, the hostess went down to the kang early in the morning to cook, covered the sleeping child with a quilt, and put it on the kang head. Yu Ren did not care and accidentally smothered the child to death. The hostess was heartbroken and cried loudly while hugging the child, and Yu Ren was so scared that he didn't know what to do.
The hostess's husband's surname was Fang, and his name was Convenience. When he came back from the field at this time, he couldn't help but be furious. He wanted to settle accounts with Yu Ren, but was forcibly stopped by the hostess: "Hey, everything is destined! Fortunately, we are still young, and the child can be reborn." Convenience slowly calmed down, and after burying the child, he asked where Yu Ren's family was and why he came here. Yu Ren "plop" knelt down and said, "Big brother, I left home to skip school and wander here. I don't want to kill your child, you beat me to death, pay for the child's life..."
It was convenient to see that Yu Renren was still honest, so he pulled him up and said, "Don't be silly, little brother, I will kill you, and my child will not survive. I advise you to go home as soon as possible and study hard. If you can do it, you will be worthy of me."
Yu Renhe nodded in tears and agreed, and set off for home the next day. The couple changed him into clean clothes, gave him a few taels of silver, and sent him on his way. More than ten years passed in a flash, because of the long journey and inconvenient transportation, Yu Renhe had no contact after parting that day.
Perhaps it was Convenient's kindness that was favored by God, and in the years to come, his wife gave birth to two more boys and a daughter for him. The eldest daughter, Lian'er, is not only handsome, but also very sensible. Because Convenient's father used to play the erhu in the theater troupe, it is convenient to be immersed in the ears, and he can also play a good piano. Whenever they have time, their family plays the erhu and sings ditties, enjoying themselves.
In the summer of this year, there was a flood, so it was convenient for a family to sing a door in order to escape the disaster. The so-called door singing is also a kind of begging. Every time they go to a house, they call aunt and uncle, and then open their mouths to sing, and the owner will take out dry food to pass by. Conveniently pulling the erhu, the children sang ditties, walked through the streets, and sang village after village. In the first month of this year, they came to Weifang.
There was a bully here named Hou Si, and he did all kinds of evil because he had relatives who were officials in the capital. One day, the convenient family came to his door, and after Lian'er had just sung a few words, Hou Si came out of the door with the servant. Hou Si saw the handsome and watery Lian'er, and was immediately moved by bad intentions. He whispered to a servant, and the servant went to Convenience and said, "Congratulations, congratulations! My master has taken a fancy to your little girl and wants to marry her as the eighth aunt. Your good luck has come."
Conveniently raised his head to see the horizontal meat on Hou Si's face, at least ten years older than himself. He hurriedly said, "My daughter is still young and will not marry." After saying that, he turned around and led the family to leave.
Hou Si became angry and ordered Jiading to forcibly drag Lian'er to the Hou family. The Convenience family tried their best to stop them, but they were no match for them at all, and they were beaten to the ground one by one. Some kind people really couldn't stand it anymore, so they rescued the convenience family and placed them in a dilapidated temple outside the village.
On the seventh day after Lian'er was robbed, she was beaten to death because she didn't want to be spoiled by Hou Si, an old beast. The child's mother heard the bad news, "Ow," and passed out without crying. Convenient to go to the Hou family to fight hard, someone advised: "If you go, not only will you die in vain, but you will also implicate your two underage sons!"
Convenient couldnot swallow this breath, so he decided to go to the county yamen to complain. The kind-hearted person advised him not to act rashly. Hou Si is rich and powerful, and there are relatives who are high-ranking officials in the capital. Which county official would do justice to a beggar from a foreign country?
He told his family to run for their lives quickly, tore off his clothes, bit his fingers, wrote down his grievances, and ran alone to the county yamen to beat the drum to express his grievances. The county princess had just taken office, and he couldn't help but frown. After a long time, he sent the yamen to summon Hou Si to the yamen.
Killing someone is not a trivial matter for Hou Si? At the moment, he took out a hundred taels of silver and followed the yamen to the county yamen. He went to the back hall first, saw the county princess, and handed the silver ticket casually. The county princess hesitated for a while, but still took the silver ticket.
In the lobby, it was convenient to kneel on the ground, shouting that he was wronged. Hou Si stood as if nothing had happened. The county chief shouted, "Why didn't the defendant kneel?" Hou Si sneered, "I have a leg problem, so I can't kneel, and I'm not guilty." Unexpectedly, the county chief suddenly turned his face: "How can you have the final say if you are guilty or not? Come on, take it down!" The yamen were like wolves and tigers, forcibly pushing Hou Si to the ground. For a time, the people watching the fun applauded in unison.
In the lobby, the plaintiff broke down in tears and told how Hou Si robbed his daughter and her daughter was beaten to death. Among the crowd listening in the hall, some people could not help but come to the hall to testify and recount Hou Si's crimes.
The county mayor pointed at Hou Si and said, "You bully men and bully women, kill people and offend goods, the evidence is like a mountain, what else can you say?" Hou Si saw that he couldn't deny it, so he played outrageous and said with a laugh: "Xiao Ya I didn't know how to lift you up and was killed by me, what do you dare to do to me? I have someone in the capital!"
The county princess also laughed and said: "Since ancient times, killing people pays for their lives. First hit a hundred killing sticks, then go to death row, and ask for execution after approval from the above!"
The yamen took the order and pressed Hou Si to fight. Hou Si lay on the ground and cursed: "You accepted my silver ticket, but you dare torture me, let's see how I deal with you in the future."
The county lord was furious: "Hit me hard!" The yamen swung their sticks vigorously, "Pa! Pa! Pa..." Hou Si was silent before he hit a hundred sticks.
The county mayor was startled, but his face did not change, and he calmly said: "The murder of the murderer can be regarded as paying for the life of Lian'er who died with injustice, and allowing the servant to take back the body. In addition, the one hundred taels of silver that Hou Si bribed this official, the county decided to award compensation to the plaintiff."
Convenience did not expect revenge so quickly. He took the silver ticket and wanted to kowtow to the county princess a few more times to express his gratitude, but in the blink of an eye, the shadow of the county princess disappeared.
After leaving the city, Convenience found his wife and children. Learning that the big revenge had been avenged, everyone was relieved a lot. The family was in a hurry when they heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them, and someone rode up. Someone rolled over and got off the horse, hugged Convenience, "Brother, don't you know me?"
It was convenient to take a closer look. It turned out that it was the county princess who tried the case impartially. He quickly pulled the family to kowtow to thank him.
Back then, Yu Ren was still a teenager, but now he is a man in his early thirties, and his appearance has changed a lot. Yu Ren said that after parting ways, he studied hard and gained a reputation. As soon as he became a prefect, he encountered convenience to complain.
When the two brothers met, they had mixed joys and sorrows, hugged each other, and cried together. Yu Ren told Convenience that he had secretly caught up with everyone, one was to meet his brother and sister-in-law, and the other was to tell them that trouble might still lie ahead, and the top priority was to quickly find a place to hide in anonymity. After speaking, he turned around with tears in his eyes and went back to his horse.
Moreover, Yu Ren severely punished the bully, which was equivalent to poking a hornet's nest. Later, he was falsely accused by Hou Si's relatives in the capital, dismissed, investigated, and imprisoned, awaiting execution. Unpredictably, just a few months after Yu Ren was arrested and imprisoned, the Emperor of Apocalypse died, Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, and the power traitor Wei Zhongxian immediately fell, and his best friend was unlucky. Hou Si's relatives, who happened to be one of Wei Zhongxian's best friends, were naturally arrested, and Yu Ren was released from prison.
The story of Convenience and Yu Ren was passed down as a good story, and later there was a saying that praised good intentions and good rewards – "It is convenient to be with others."