What is Su San’s story?

Su San’s story

[b] Su San, whose surname is Zhou and whose name is Sister Yu, is from Quzhou County, Guangping Prefecture, Hebei Province. His father, Zhou Yanheng, is the son of a well-known Chinese medicine shop owner in Guangping Prefecture. He has been gentle by nature since childhood, extremely intelligent and quite talented. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial system was established. Zhou Yanheng went to take the provincial examination for the first time and was admitted to the imperial examination. His articles impressed the examiner named Tan, who accepted him as his disciple and trained him carefully. After being accommodated during the contract negotiation at Shangfeng, Zhou Yanheng was recommended to take the imperial examination, and he was awarded the title of Gongsheng. He also participated in the palace examination and came in seventeenth place. Zhou Yanheng gained the honor and returned to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors and express his gratitude to his mentor. Tan De then sent someone to arrange an agreement and promised his beloved daughter Tan Shuzhen to Zhou Yanheng as his wife. She was outstanding in talent and beauty, and was good at playing, playing, chess, calligraphy and painting. The combination of the two men's talents and looks has its own charm.

Soon, the emperor's imperial edict was issued, and Zhou Yanheng was named Datong Prefecture. After receiving the order, the whole family was happy, said goodbye to relatives and friends, packed their bags, and took office with his wife Tan Shuzhen. At that time, Datong Mansion was still very desolate and sparsely populated. Zhou Yanheng's ancestors were all businessmen, and he was polite and cautious. As an official in this place, he is honest and honest, free from filth and dirt, and is deeply supported by the local people. In the twelfth lunar month of the next year, Mrs. Tan received a thousand gold coins, which the young couple liked very much. It happened that there was an auspicious snowfall, and outside there were jade trees and silver flowers, and the fields were all white, the young couple named their daughter Sister Zhou Yu.

Sister Yu’s son was very handsome, and Zhou Yanheng and his wife loved him like the apple of their eyes. They taught him how to talk and how to move. Especially Mrs. Tan, in addition to caring about her husband, she devoted all her thoughts to her daughter. He taught her how to read when she was five and how to play the piano when she was six. This Sister Yu is so good, she has her mother's beauty and her father's talent. Learn everything quickly and remember everything well. The Zhou couple were even more happy. They made their daughter look as white and clean as a flower, and everyone who saw her would praise her.

When Sister Yu was seven years old, Zhou Yanheng and his wife had a son, named Golden Boy. While the whole family was rejoicing and the guests were celebrating, something unfortunate happened. Mrs. Tan suffered a stroke after giving birth. This caused everyone in the family to panic, and they sought medical advice everywhere, but their condition worsened day by day, and he died on the fifth day. Zhou Yanheng was very sad, and Sister Yu cried until she died. It was originally a happy and happy family, but since Mrs. Tan was missing, it suddenly seemed neglected. It was worthy of asking someone to talk about it, and restored the small coat of a dye house shop owner in Datong City as a string.

When Mrs. Yuan entered the Zhou family's door, she felt like she had climbed onto a high branch, and she felt very aware of everything in her heart. She raised the golden boy, greeted Sister Jade, managed the housework, and was cautious and diligent. In front of Zhou Yanheng, he was even more obedient. The home that had been deserted for a while became a little warm again.

Not long after, something happened in the government affairs. In the autumn of this year, Zhu Youtang, Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, collapsed, and Zhu Houming, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, succeeded to the throne. This Emperor Wuzong favored eunuchs and eunuchs. Emperor Wuzong believed the slander and dismissed a group of loyal people from their posts. When Zhou Yanheng heard about it, he was depressed and worried and became ill. He couldn't afford to fall ill, and died in a few months.

When my father died, Sister Yu suffered a lot. The successor's mother, Yuan Shi, was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic and became cunning and mean. Together with his natal brother Yuan Xicai, they came up with a bad idea. In order to get all the property of the Zhou family, they promised Sister Yu to that silly boy from Yuan Xicai's family. Their words were heard by Sister Yu, and she was willing to accept them. He rushed in, grabbed the Geng Tie, and tore it into pieces. This angered stepmother Yuan Shi and uncle Yuan Xicai even more, and the two siblings were discussing a vicious plan. On the night they agreed to snatch Sister Yu away, Sister Yu escaped alone, went to the place where her parents were buried, and cried loudly. From then on, Jiao Didi Deyu, the daughter of Datong Prefecture Yi, lived a wandering life outside the Great Wall of Quanliang.

Sister Yu has been smart since she was a child. She got the true inheritance from her mother, and she plays the pipa very well, with skillful skills, flexible fingering, and very beautiful playing. When she ran away, she missed her parents and couldn't seduce her younger brother Jintong. She brought nothing but a pipa left by her mother. During her wanderings, she held the pipa in her arms, played music, and wandered around the villages, begging for a living. One day, while he was playing and singing in an inn, he met a merchant from Gela Camel. He expressed his disappointment with the cargo transporter in Quang Binh Prefecture and promised to take him to Quang Binh Prefecture to find his relatives. Sister Yu was very happy and quickly thanked him and called the camel puller his "godfather". Poor Sister Yu felt that she had met a "kind-hearted" godfather, but it turned out that he was a private trafficker who drove camels to transport goods as a cover. The godfather took Sister Yu to Beijing, where the emperor lived, and introduced a large courtyard to an old man, saying that he would come to pick him up after finishing the goods. In this way, Sister Yu was sold to a theater troupe. This opera troupe is different from other opera troupes. It is run by the eunuch Liu Jin. The opera troupe is in his name. In fact, beautiful women are bought from various places, trained here, and then selected as palace maidens who are good at playing, playing and singing. How did Sister Yu know that she played the pipa so beautifully and danced so charmingly that the master and the old man who trained her looked at him differently? As time went by, Sister Yu became very close to her two older sisters, Yiqing and Yihong. Yi Qing and Yi Hong slowly told him about the dirty things here, one by one. Only then did she know that her godfather had sold her for a sum of money. Later, she saw with her own eyes that some high-ranking official came and asked her to play the pipa. Sisters Yiqing and Yihong sang and danced until midnight. When she came back, her two sisters stayed behind and said It's the master who stays with me all night.

It turns out that this is a place that is magnificent on the outside but very dirty on the inside. Once, the fate of Yiqing and Yihong happened to her, and she was asked to spend the night with a high official. She couldn't stay any longer, so she was so cruel that one dark night, Sister Yu escaped again.

At this time, where can a daughter’s family go? She was taken in again by a family. This person is Liu Jian, the great scholar of Zuo Xiangguo. This Liu Jian is a well-known loyal person in the court. He saw that the emperor listened to the slander, favored treacherous ministers, and the government became increasingly corrupt. He took the memorial and submitted it. However, the young emperor did not allow his memorial and instead dismissed him. After Liu Jian was dismissed, he moved out of his original government office to prevent spies from harming him. Live in seclusion in a remote place. Compose the Ming Dynasty's yearbook. This morning, Mr. Liu Jian was practicing boxing in the wild. He met a frozen woman by a stream and rescued her home. This woman is Sister Zhou Yu, the daughter of Zhou Yanheng from Datong Prefecture. So he took her in and took good care of her. After she recovered and found out about the situation in her hometown, she was sent back to Guangping Mansion.

Liu Jian liked Sister Yu very much when he saw that she was so smart and played the piano well. She asked Sister Yu to practice the piano and compose the lyrics she had written into a song. Practice playing. Sister Yu's piano skills have improved, and Master Liu's depression has been relieved.

Unexpectedly, Liu Jian also had a bad family background. The government was corrupt and her official career was difficult, which was enough for her to suffer. However, she met an unscrupulous son named Liu Zhilian. Seeing that his father Qinjin had met such an end while serving in the government, he felt that studying and becoming an official was meaningless. Taking advantage of his father's anger at being demoted and lax discipline, he didn't want to study and make progress, so he got into trouble with some unscrupulous people outside. First they gambled together, and then they went to the hospital without returning. One day when they returned home, they met Sister Yu. She was just the sister of "Yichun Hall" who was rescued by his father. He was planning on Sister Yu. He was outside Sister Yu's room in the middle of the night. Call the door. After his father learned about it, he severely reprimanded him. Unexpectedly, he had become a dissolute man and could not be disciplined. Instead, he spoke harshly. The angry old man Liu Jian fell ill in bed.

In order to repay Mr. Liu for saving his life, Sister Yu stayed at the bedside to serve him. When the master's illness improved a little, he would play the piano for him and play his favorite music. At this time, Liu Jian's colleague Wang Qiong from Nanjing sent his third son Wang Shunqing to visit him. He was the later Third Young Master Wang. He met Sister Yu here, and especially heard Sister Yu play the piano. The sound of the piano left a deep impression on him.

Master Liu Jian's illness did not recover. After the "Frost Descent", it worsened day by day, and he died within a few days. When his son Liu Zhilian saw that his father was dead, he hurriedly returned home. Not only did he not take care of the family affairs, but he also showed his filial piety before his death. He forced the old lady to accompany his coffin back to his hometown. Seeing how unfilial he was, Sister Yu was very angry and followed the old lady back to her hometown with the coffin. Sister Yu was very angry when she saw that he was so unfilial, and accompanied the old lady back to the countryside with the coffin for burial. Soon, the old lady also passed away.

After sending his mother and family to the countryside, Liu Zhilian sold his courtyard to Su Huai and opened a brothel, which became known as "Yichun Courtyard". He pretended to be attending a funeral for his mother and returned home, saying that there was a treacherous official in the court and that the emperor was apologetic for his father. He wanted to take the girls at home to the capital to celebrate. Poor Sister Yu was deceived into the capital by Liu Zhilian. Sold to Su Huai and made her his daughter. Because there were two sisters, Cuixiang and Cuihong, the first sister was named "San'er". This is how the name Su San came about.

Fate has to play tricks on a delicate woman like this! Su Huai, the "Yin Peng Jin" couple, regarded Su San as a "money tree" and wished that he would grow up quickly. When Su San reached the age of sixteen, the Madam forced him to "turn his head" and get married for "a piece of gold". The person who got married was Wang Shunqing, the young master of Nanjing.

After Wang Qiong was dismissed, he took his family to Nanjing. In the spring of this year, he took his third son to Beijing to take the exam, asking him to collect some old accounts after finishing the exam and return to Nanjing as soon as possible.

One day, Third Young Master Wang came outside "Yichun Courtyard" and heard a melodious and melodious sound of pipa, which was like a roaring wave for a while, and weeping for a while. The sound of the piano is so tempting and familiar, as if I have heard it before. I can't remember it at the moment. Third Young Master Wang came into the courtyard looking for the sound of the harp. It was Su San who was playing the harp.

As soon as Mr. Wang San saw Su San, he recognized him as Sister Yu whom he had met at Uncle Liu Jian’s house. Su San also recognized him as the third son of the Wang family in Nanjing. The two met here, no one expected it. Especially Mr. Wang, he was very puzzled as to how his sister could come to this "Yichun Courtyard". He wanted to ask what happened, but because of the Madam's obstruction, he just saw the ceremony. The Madam saw that the Third Young Master Wang was not from an ordinary family and must have a lot of money. He enthusiastically offered his salary and persuaded him kindly, and asked Su San to stay in the courtyard with him.

After the Madam left, Third Young Master Wang asked Su San. Su San burst into tears and told Third Young Master Wang what had happened. Third Young Master Wang scolded Liu Zhilian for being unfilial and unjust. He persuaded Su San to take care of himself and discussed various strategies to save him from the hospital. Su San was very grateful. At this time, the Madam really played the role of the "Old Man under the Moon". He wanted to keep the young master living in the courtyard, and he wanted Su San to "get married" to the prince, which was in line with their wishes. After the marriage, The three young masters, Yu and Su, fell in love with each other and stayed together day and night. After a few months, all the money that the third young master Wang had had was spent. When the madam saw that he had no money, he was sent to the hospital. When Su San heard about it, he went to the temple under the guise of offering incense and gave some clothes and silver as a gift.

Third Young Master Wang brought a package to the hospital for the second time, and the Madam was once again attentive to him. That night, I donated all my savings to the young master for his own expenses. He was advised to go home and study hard in order to make progress. Once he becomes successful, he can be rescued and discharged from the hospital. Mr. Wang could wait there. He advised Su San to rest assured that when he returned to Nanjing to report to his parents, he would bring a large sum of money to redeem him from the hospital. Before the fifth watch, Su San sent the young master out of the hospital. The Madam had not seen Third Young Master Wang in the morning. When she asked Su San, he pretended to know. The Madam hurriedly opened the package given by the young master, but inside there were a few rags and bricks and tiles. He was so angry that he slapped his butt and stamped his feet. Feeling unhappy, he beat Su San thoroughly.

The Third Young Master Wang returned to Nanjing and knew that his family had already informed his parents, so he told his father that he had been raped by powerful men in the examination room, failed to pass the exam, and was not going well in collecting accounts. Again. His father asked him: "In this case, we should return as soon as possible, how can we stay until today." Prince Wang then brought Su San to "Yichun Courtyard". He was originally a relative of Mr. Liu Jian and was sold to the courtyard by Liu Zhilian. In order to save Su San from being discharged from the hospital, he decided that Su San was a good friend for a hundred years and asked his parents to help them. This old man Wang Qiong is a person who follows the rules and respects the ancient times. After hearing what my son said, I thought he was making up lies. I thought to myself, Wang Qiong, that my official career was not going well and that my family was unlucky. How could I tolerate such a treacherous son? Immediately, he couldn't help but ordered his family to take down his son, beat him well, and said that he must put his son to death to correct the family tradition. Young Master Wang begged hard, asking his father to save Su San from the hospital for the sake of old man Liu Jian, even if he was willing to put his son to death. Wang Qiong listened. The more he begged, the more his father thought that he had been taken away by the prostitute, and the more he beat him. The old lady was so frightened by this opinion that she persuaded the master, but was scolded by her. She found that it was difficult for her to persuade the master. After busy sending people to invite relatives and friends, Mr. Wang Qiong agreed to avoid the death penalty, but the living penalty was inevitable. Then he imprisoned the rebellious son in the study room in the backyard and asked him to study poetry and books and take the exam again next year. If he rushes to take the exam in the next spring and wins the gold medal, he will be spared. If he neglects his studies and still fails to pass the spring class, he will be killed.

The rescue of Su San failed, and I missed Su San but could not see him again. At this time, Third Young Master Wang remembered his farewell words to Su San and felt that what he said was right. If his parents agreed to rescue Su San, it would only be a fantasy. Only by studying hard can he be rescued from the hospital and the couple reunited. For Su San, he was determined, gritted his teeth, and studied hard day and night.

Su San was severely beaten by the bustard and became bedridden and stayed behind closed doors. The madam tried to persuade him, but he said he was sick; the madam beat him and scolded him, but he didn't say anything. He doesn't think about food and tea all day long, is too lazy to dress up, and cries with tears in his eyes. In a few days, a person who was as beautiful as a flower and jade, with a clear face, became haggard and unattractive. In the eyes of the Madam, Su San was just a money tree. He couldn't bring in a single penny. On the contrary, he made people angry. It was better to sell him. Coincidentally, there happened to be a guest from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province living in the courtyard. This person was none other than the horse dealer Shen Hong.

When all the madams in the world look at men, they don’t look at their grade or handsomeness. They only look at the luggage on their backs and the wallets in their waists. He knew from Shen Hong's mouth that his wife was not as he wanted, so he persuaded him to take a side house and sold Su San to Shen Hong for three thousand taels of silver. In order to hide it from Su San, the Madam also told Shen Hong about Su San's friendship with Wang Sangong, and made up words for Shen Hong to deceive Su San. It is said that Third Young Master Wang was Shen Hong's life-savior. After Shen Hong learned that Su San was in love with Third Young Master Wang, Shen Hong was willing to pay a lot of money to save Su San from the hospital. He went to Nanjing with it to visit Third Young Master Wang to repay the favor of saving his life. The two also agreed to pay someone in a deserted suburb ten miles south of Beijing.

What happens next has been explained in the previous sections. That is when Shen Hong brought Su San home, and Su San was falsely accused and unjustly convicted.

Besides, under the strict discipline of his father, Third Young Master Wang studied hard behind closed doors. The following year, in Chunke, he won the imperial examination and was granted the title of patrol officer. He learned from the Madam that Su San had been sold to Hongdong, Shanxi. He was eager to find Su San, but before he could go home to worship his ancestors, he took office and first went to Shanxi to patrol. One day while reading the papers, he discovered a case of "Su poisoned her husband". The mistress mentioned in the papers was Su San. He disguised himself as a businessman and paid a private visit to Hongdong. He learned that the prisoner's wife was Su San, whom he missed day and night. After returning hurriedly, he issued an order to liberate Taiyuan. After a "three-chamber trial", the case was revealed.

After Su San’s unjust case was revealed, what happened to Mr. Wang and Su San? There is a theory that Prince Wang was dismissed from his post by the imperial court after he was married to Su San. The two of them concealed their names, traveled far away, and settled in other places. A few years later, there was a change of emperor in the court, and the third son, Wang, got a second chance and became an official again.