The story about Dou E

In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court abolished the imperial examination, and there was no hope of studying, so it had to sit on an empty seat, which was getting worse every day. There is a scholar named Dou in East Chuzhou. His wife died four years ago, leaving his daughter Duan Yun, who is also seven years old. Father and daughter live together.

Dou borrowed twenty taels of silver from Cai in the same street; It's not up for a while, but it's been delayed for a year, and the principal and interest add up to forty taels, and the usury is still unclear.

Cai's mother-in-law is in no hurry to urge Dou to pay her debts. She has her own wishful thinking. Her son is 8 years old. Seeing that Duan Yun, Dou's daughter, is clever and can do housework, she wants to call Duan Yun a child bride. This time, when she heard that the imperial court was going to resume the imperial examination, she went to discuss it with Dou. If Duan Yun is her daughter-in-law, she will write off the 40 taels of principal and interest she owes, and give her in-laws 10 taels of silver to travel to Beijing to catch the exam, otherwise she will pay her debts.

Dou couldn't pay his debts, and he couldn't resist the temptation to go to Beijing to take the exam. He gritted his teeth and agreed to grandma Cai.

Before the exam, he asked his daughter to be filial to her mother-in-law. Grandma Cai was full of joy and promised to take good care of Duanyun. However, Dou Qianzu left Chuzhou and later moved to Shanyang County, renamed Duanyun and called Dou E.

In a blink of an eye, 13 years passed. Over the years, mother-in-law Cai has been really good to her.

/kloc-When he was 0/7 years old, he was anxious to marry his son. Unexpectedly, two years later, Dou E's husband fell ill and died.

Dou E and her mother-in-law are widows. They are in the same boat, but they are also very close, like mother and daughter.

Bad things always find bad people. On this day, mother-in-law Cai went out of town to collect debts. Dr. Sailu, who is heavily in debt, is actually a charlatan who runs a pharmacy to practice medicine. He owes Grandma Cai 10 two taels of silver, and he has to pay back 20 taels of principal and interest. Dr. Sailu was unable to pay her debts, and when she saw Cai's mother-in-law alone, she had a bad heart of killing and defaulting on her debts.

He tricked grandma Cai into taking money from the village, but led her to a remote forest and took out a rope around her neck. At the critical moment, two men, an old man and a young man, suddenly appeared in the Woods, shouting: Hey! Clear sky Wan Li, which murderer kills people! Hearing this, Dr. Sailu threw down the rope and ran away.

This is a donkey and his son, a pair of lazy shoes. The father and son rescued Cai's mother-in-law, asked about the cause and effect, and found that Cai's mother-in-law had a lot of money and only a pair of widows at home, so they had evil thoughts.

Zhang Maolv winked at Lao Zi and said to Grandma Cai: It's really fate to meet thousands of miles away. There are two widows in your family and a pair of bachelors here. You married my father and I married your daughter-in-law. what do you think? Cai quickly said: What is this? You two saved me, and I will give you more money when I go back. If there are different families, how is that possible? Hum! Zhang donkey shows a lost expression, but won't you?

Dr. Cyrus's rope is still there, and he's still strangling you. We will report to the government again. Anyway, Dr. Sailu killed someone, and the government will give us a reward. Father and son really want to put a rope around grandma Cai's neck.

Just now, she was strangled. Grandma Cai was scared to death when she saw that the two devils were fighting again.

In desperation, mother-in-law Cai had to promise to take her father and son home.

Along the way, Zhang Luer worked hard, had money and a family. I also have a wife, just like a mouse falling into a white rice shop, very beautiful.

How could Dou E agree to recruit such a pair of gangsters? She really scolded her mother-in-law: mother-in-law, you are so confused. Neither father nor son is a good man. You're inviting the wolf into the house. Why don't you send them out quickly! Zhang donkey drooled and accosted, and was pushed and stumbled. Cai's mother-in-law can't get along, so she can only let Zhang and his son live at home inexplicably.

A few days later, Zhang's donkey was like a derailed cat. As soon as he smelled it, he couldn't eat any more, and he couldn't help but commit suicide. No poison, no husband. I killed the old fairy's mother-in-law, Cai, and left the little one, not afraid of not listening to me.

In the blink of an eye, I thought of Dr. Lu Se who killed people.

These days, Dr. Sailu has had a hard time. He was already very nervous when he saw a donkey coming to his door. When he heard that he was going to ask him for poison, he was even more afraid. However, the handle fell into somebody else's hand, and only a post was given to a donkey. I fled to Zhuozhou to sell rat poison.

Zhang donkey's arms are full of killing poison, and she is planning how to make her mother-in-law Cai eat it all the way. When I returned to Cai's house, I only heard my father call one after another and ask her to make a bowl of mutton soup for her mother-in-law.

This Cai's mother-in-law was frightened by Dr. Lulu, pushed by a donkey, and scolded again. She was depressed and fell ill. I can't eat, I can't sleep well, I just want to eat a bowl of mutton soup.

Dou E looked on coldly. She felt sorry for her mother-in-law Although I also blame my mother-in-law for doing something wrong, my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been like mother and daughter for many years and feel sorry for her. She cooked a bowl of delicious mutton soup with oil and sent it to her mother-in-law's room.

Zhang donkey waited on the road, stretched out his hand and stopped him: I'll get it. I want to curry favor with this stepmother. Hee hee. Bah! When Dou E saw a donkey, she got angry, put the bowl on the table for a while and turned away. Wait, Zhang donkey took a sip of soup. How can you drink this soup without vinegar? Go get it. As soon as Dou E entered the kitchen, she cruelly poured a pack of poison into the soup.

According to a donkey's calculation, as soon as this bowl of soup entered Mrs. Cai's stomach, her plan was more than half successful.

Unexpectedly, Cai's mother-in-law happened to be eating soup. When the soup reached her mouth, her heart vomited. She didn't want to eat it at all, so she let Zhang sit there and eat it. The old son's nose has been stretched by the smell of soup, and he took the soup and drank it.

The medicine was very heavy. After a while, Lao Zhangman only felt dizzy and his stomach ached like a knife. He groaned a few times and fell to the ground. Grandma Cai struggled to get out of bed, and when she got closer, she saw the old man bleeding from seven holes, alas.

Zhang donkey heard the cry and ran in, only to find Lao Tzu lying on the ground. Grandma Cai is very good. How high did he jump? He shouted to Dou E outside the door, Hello Dou E, how dare you kill me! I'm not finished with you! Dou E was shocked at first, thought for a while, and calmly replied: I will kill you! Where did I get the poison? Just now you sent me to get salt and vinegar, poisoned myself, and tried to kill my mother-in-law.

Unexpectedly, poisoning my father is really retribution! You talk nonsense! Zhang's donkey barks and jumps like a cat with its tail between its legs. He is my father. Why should I poison him? After that, he ran to open the door and shouted, neighbors and gentlemen, look, Dou E poisoned my father! Grandma Cai, who was scared just now, quickly covered the door and begged Zhang Donkey not to shout loudly.

Are you scared? Zhang donkey raised his chin and pointed, telling me not to shout. As long as she thinks I'm a man, I think you're a mother. Of course, I didn't shout when I was a family. Doue turned her head and thought she didn't hear.

Zhang donkey shouted at him, You poisoned my father. Do you want to take a personal leave or a personal leave? Dou E snorted and didn't look at him: What is a business break and what is a private break? You want a formal vacation? Zhang Maolv gritted his teeth and said that he told you to poison your father-in-law, dragged you to the lobby, pushed three questions and six questions, and sentenced you to eighteen criminal laws. Your delicate body can't stand it, and I'm not afraid that you won't talk. Take a private rest. After a pause, Zhang donkey's face drooped again, saying that if you recognize me as a husband, I will take advantage of you. Bah! Dou E doesn't want to listen to him. I can't kill your father. The world has its own justice. What are you afraid of? I'll accompany you to see the official! Two people shouted and drank, followed by Cai's mother-in-law, and more and more people gathered along the way, all crowded into the front of the hall of the Taishoufu.

This satrap is a guy who loves money and doesn't say anything. When he heard that someone was suing, he immediately went to court. Looking down, the plaintiff is a man and the defendant is a woman. This case will definitely cost the plaintiff a sum of money.

After several casual interrogations, Tao Xun immediately tortured Dou E, who fainted and died three times in a row, but still refused to plead guilty. Seeing that the younger one refused to plead guilty, he said, This old lady Cai and her gang beat this old lady! Dou E was killed and just woke up. She heard that she was going to beat her mother-in-law. She thought her mother-in-law was old and would die if she was beaten. This corrupt official must be forced to confess today. It's better to be dead than one. Don't involve her. He gritted his teeth and admitted the great sin of killing his father-in-law with drugs.

Tao Xun, the satrap, had a ghost in his heart, so he immediately put Dou E on death row and had an operation the next day to let him cut him down. Looking back, I asked Zhang Lver and Cai to pay the deposit, and then I was willing to let them go out.

Near noon the next day, the prison in Shanyang County went to the street where the ceremony was held, and many people stood and watched. It was June, and the weather was surprisingly sultry. The soldiers guarding the street kept lifting their skirts to wipe the sweat.

Suddenly, a drum sounded, and then a gong sounded. The prison door creaked open, and the beheading officer rode a horse. Surrounded by tolerance, the executioner came out with a ghost knife and Dou E in a red skirt. Watching people crowded forward together, all wanting to see the young woman who brought fresh topics to Shanyang County.

Dou E tripped over the crowd, and her heart was like a billowing wave. She couldn't figure it out: didn't she say that good is rewarded with good and evil with evil? However, Zhang Maolv was killed without due punishment, and I, a weak woman, suffered such injustice for no reason. Didn't you say that Wang Fa doesn't talk about personal matters? How can officials in Shanyang County be so indiscriminate and careless? Isn't the god of heaven and earth upholding justice? However, on this day, this place, this ghost and this god are all blind and shut up. Where is justice?

No! DouE let out a cry from the bottom of my heart. Her crying touched many onlookers and there were many comments in the crowd. Well-informed, tell others that a donkey is wrong; Unconsciously ask the person next to you. Everyone thinks that the officer in Tao Xun is busy trying a case and killing people. There is something really fishy about this case.

The executioner urged Dou E to go quickly. Dou E said, take me from the backstreet. If my mother-in-law sees me walking in the front street, she will feel so sad! Just then, Cai came crying. Dou E said to her mother-in-law: Zhang Maolv tried to poison you, but I gave up because I was afraid of bringing trouble to her mother-in-law. After I die, you should go to my grave on holidays. You are the only family I have here. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cried bitterly, and the onlookers were also sad.

Seeing this situation, the supervisor can't help it. He was anxious to ask if it was three o'clock at noon. He asked Dou E what else he wanted to talk about. He was going to have an operation soon.

Dou E said: I have three vows. If these three vows are fulfilled, I will die. Come on, what's the first pile? The examiner urged her.

I want to hang a white silk in front of this reed mat. When I die, I will spray all my blood on the silk, not a drop on the reed mat. What happened? Get her ready quickly. The prison chop officer readily agreed.

My second vow is to let the world snow heavily in June. Dou E shouted to the sky, "Oh, my God, you will cover my body with snow next day!" " ! Hey hey, the supervisor smiled. It's so hot that people are sweating. Why is it snowing? The condemned man has gone crazy with heat. Dou E continued to raise her throat and shouted: A filial wife died unjustly in Donghai County, which was a three-year drought.

Today, I, Dou E, died of injustice. After my death, there will be no rain in this Yang Shan county for three years, which is a disaster caused by officials not acting according to law! Hit the mouth! The prison officer drank nonsense before he died, so he was a fucking bitch!

Time's up, torture! Say, throw the order and sign it.

The executioner took the order and went to the battlefield. At this time, a cold wind suddenly blew, and the people on the field couldn't help but have a cold war. Looking up at the sky, dark clouds are coming from all directions.

Dou E shouted: The wind is cold, folks, watch the three vows come true! Ghost Dao flashed cold light, and Dou E's head fell to the ground. A gust of wind rolled up and fluttered, and it really snowed all over the sky. In the howling wind, only the executioner shouted in surprise: Oh! The blood was sprayed on the silk, and there was not a drop on the table. How strange! Three years have passed, and there are no crops in the baili red land in Shanyang County, so the people have to flee everywhere. The drought alarmed the imperial court, so an inexpensive ambassador was sent to Yang Shan to examine the people's feelings and review the backlog.

This cheap visiting ambassador is Dou who went to Beijing 0/5 years ago to catch the exam. After he became famous in the imperial examination, he also went back to Chuzhou to find Duanyun, but the neighbors said that Grandma Cai didn't know where she had moved, so he could only bury his thoughts about her daughter deeply in his heart.

When he arrived, Dou checked the files for several years that night.

The first case is that Dou E poisoned her father-in-law. Dou Zhangtian looked at this line on the cover for a long time, shook his head and thought, what bad luck! The first case was a heinous one, and the criminal's surname was Dou .. So he put the case file at the bottom.

I was about to see the second case when suddenly a cold wind blew from somewhere and the candlelight wobbled and was about to go out. Dou Zhang Tian quickly stretched out his hand to cover the candle. When the flame straightened, he went to get the file again. Hey! He looked around, and it was still the case file that poisoned my father-in-law. I just put it down. Well, I'm getting old. He shook his head, put the file at the bottom, pressed his hands and looked at the second file.

A gust of wind blew the window open and the candlelight went straight to one side. Dou Zhangtian stood up, closed the window and went back to the table and sat down. Oh, dear! He stood up again in fear. Why did he poison his father-in-law? A sense of foreboding rose from the bottom of my heart, and Dou immediately looked at the document carefully.

The criminal, 19 years old, is as old as Duanyun: there is a mother-in-law named Cai, who has the same surname as Duanyun; The plaintiff is a donkey, and Dou E is like his wife.

Dou feels more and more wrong. Why did Dou E poison her father-in-law? Where did her poison come from? This case is too confusing.

Watching, Dou Zhangtian fell asleep at his desk. In my dream, I clearly saw my daughter Duanyun coming to see him, saying that Cai's mother-in-law changed her name to Dou E, and this case of poisoning her father-in-law was forced to confess. Before she died, she made three wishes, and the three-year drought was the third. Dad, you must avenge your daughter! Listening to her daughter's crying, Dou Zhangtian couldn't help crying. He rushed to hold her hand, but her daughter disappeared like a faint shadow. He woke up crying and sad for a long time.

The next day, the relevant personnel were ordered to be detained. After meeting, she realized that Cai was indeed her former creditor. After a round of interrogation, he has made it clear that this mother-in-law Cai has not married Zhang again. Dou E never married Zhang Lver, and her stepmother and father-in-law are not real. The crime of poisoning my father-in-law is not established in itself.

A few days later, I arrested Dr. Sailu from Zhuozhou. Zhang Maolv and Dr. Sailu began to think that death tells no tales and refused to admit anything. At this moment, the two men suddenly stared nervously at the dark place on the right side of the court and kowtowed there.

I didn't do it. Zhang donkey made me beg for poison. Dr. Sailu kowtowed and said.

Dou E, forgive me! Forgive me! Zhang Maolv was so scared that he slapped himself in the face and told the whole story.

In the shadow, everyone saw a woman dressed in evil clothes and dressed in evil. Her angry eyes pointed at Zhang Lu and Dr. Sailu.

Grandma Cai cried sadly: Daughter-in-law, you are dead! The case was quickly clarified and Dou handled it according to law. Tao Qiu, the satrap, took bribes and perverted the law, reported it to the Ministry of Justice and sent it to the Ministry of Punishment for dismissal. Zhang Maolv paid for murder and was found guilty. Dr. Sailu shouldn't be fierce in the first place, and he shouldn't send poison in the second place. He was beaten 50 times and sent to exile in the distance. Zhang is dead and will not be investigated for his crimes.

Extended data:

Dou E is the protagonist in Guan Hanqing's zaju Dou E Yuan, and a typical example of oppressed women in feudal society. She is kind and strong, and has a strong spirit of resistance. At first, Dou E was just a woman who swore to abide by feudal ethics such as filial piety and chastity, but the cruel reality pushed her to the abyss.

First, Zhang Lu, a rogue villain, forced her to get married, and then she was tortured by the government. In the struggle against evil forces, her rebellious character developed rapidly, from self-discipline and resignation to resolute struggle. In court, she made a thrilling accusation against the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, which was actually a denial of the reality of the dark society and highlighted her unconquerable spirit of resistance.

References:

Dou e Baidu encyclopedia