Preface:
Comb your hair to the end with one comb, comb your hair to the eyebrows with two combs, and comb your children and grandchildren to the ground with three combs; comb your hair to the end with one comb, and you will be rich and healthy; comb your hair to the end with two combs, and fly together with wings; comb your hair to the end with three combs, and you will be together forever, with a beginning and an end, and you will be rich and prosperous in this life...
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Yu Pingting happily gazed at herself in the bronze mirror. Her beautiful face became even more charming because of the red dress. Twenty-eight years old is the time of youth and grace.
My daughter is so pretty, more beautiful than flowers.
The daughter is so shy, shyer than the moon.
This year, Yu Pingting, who was only seventeen years old, married her father's disciple, Bai Zhankui, who was twenty years old.
It was a sad day when Pingting got married.
Because her father did not approve of this marriage, she did not have any dowry. But it didn't matter, the red dress she wore was sewn by herself, and the mandarin ducks on the red handkerchief were embroidered by her. The red sedan at the door was rented by her by pawning her jewelry.
The sky was overcast and the rain was continuous. A red sedan chair was crossing the Broken Bridge.
The groom walks in front and the bride smiles in the sedan.
Yu Pingting's father, Yu Hezhang, was an old scholar. He opened an academy in Guangyuan Town, a large town near the capital. The academy was quite famous and had trained many scholars.
Among his students, there was Bai Zhankui, who looked ordinary but was very intelligent. Bai Zhankui was born in a poor family, but he was diligent and studious. After studying under Yu Hezhang for three years, he finally passed the examination and became a famous talent in Guangyuan Town, bringing honor to his hometown, Baijia Village.
Yu Pingting met Bai Zhankui when Bai Zhankui was studying in her father's academy. The two were only three years apart in age and quickly left an impression on each other. When they first fell in love, they secretly promised to spend their lives together.
When Bai Zhankui passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, he came to propose to Yu Hezhang. However, Yu Hezhang beat him out on the spot. Bai Zhankui was so angry that he never entered the Yu family again.
Bai Zhankui left in anger, Yu Pingting was extremely sad and argued with her father.
Yu Hezhang said that although Bai Zhankui had some talent, he was not very smart and could only be a Jinshi at best.
Yu Pingting then cried and said, so what if he is a Jinshi? I love him as a person, not for his fame, wealth or status.
Yu Hezhang was deeply distressed and said that Bai Zhankui was too ambitious. You didn't want it, but he did. But this person was arrogant and narrow-minded, and he would definitely treat Pingting badly in the future.
Yu Pingting cried again and argued: You know a person's face but not his heart. Do you understand him? Or do I understand him
Yu Hezhang was really furious. His daughter was determined to marry Bai Zhankui. He, Yu Hezhang, had seen more people than Yu Pingting. He could tell at a glance whether the students who came to study with him could become great talents.
"Pingting, Bai Zhankui is a mean person! If you marry him, you will suffer in the future." Yu Hezhang tried his best to persuade his daughter to turn back.
Yu Pingting was filled with righteous indignation: "Dad, I didn't expect you to be such a rich person!"
Yu Hezhang stumbled and fell into a chair in the hall, his face pale. "Poor-minded doesn't mean his family is poor. If a person is narrow-minded, he will not know happiness and he will not cherish you... Baijia Village is a small village, and his family must value boys over girls. At home, you are spoiled by your parents and have never had to do housework. How can you adapt to his family?"
"Taking care of parents-in-law is a daughter-in-law's duty. Although I don't know how to do it now, I will learn it! Don't worry about it, dad. Dad, I might as well tell you that your daughter is already pregnant with Zhankui's child." Yu Pingting gritted her teeth and lied that she was already pregnant with Bai Zhankui's child.
Yu Hezhang was shocked and stopped trying to stop his daughter from marrying Bai Zhankui.
On the day Yu Pingting got married, Yu Hezhang was alone in the study room, secretly wiping away tears, while his wife was crying outside.
How could she know everything about this marriage? She predicted everything accurately and killed Pingting. When they tried to collect her body, they found that even her head was missing...
Three years later, Eight Gates Prison.
Bai Zhankui sat blankly in the corner of the cell in dirty prison clothes. His hair was disheveled, his face was covered with stubble, his eye sockets were sunken, and his body was thin.
A ray of moonlight penetrated the cell from the wooden window beside it, and fell on the hay in front of him. He stared blankly, and suddenly, he started to cry, sobbing and crying, and began to murmur in his mouth: "My wife, I was wrong... My wife, I was wrong..."
Zhou Acai, a prisoner in the cell next to him, looked at him, sighed and advised: "Brother, now that you are here, don't cry. We are all waiting to die here anyway, and you can't get out even if you cry."
Bai Zhankui was still sobbing in a daze: "My dear, I was wrong... My dear, I was wrong..." Slowly, he stood up with empty eyes, untied his belt little by little, and then wrapped it around his neck one circle after another.
"Hey, hey, hey! Brother! You can't strangle yourself to death! Don't waste your time!" Zhou Acai stood up hastily, "Really! It will be very uncomfortable!"
Bai Zhankui still dully wrapped his belt around his neck, and walked towards the wooden window. The wooden window was only about the height of a person. Bai Zhankui tied his belt to the wood of the wooden window, leaving a piece hanging in the middle.
"Hey! Hey! That wooden window is too low, it's impossible to hang someone to death! Jail boss! Jail boss—" Zhou Acai became anxious and shouted outside, but no matter how he shouted, the jail boss did not come, which made him very confused.
The eight doors were all filled with serious criminals, so the cell bosses were also extremely responsible people. Usually, they would come when they were called. But today, it was as if Zhou Acai's voice was blocked by something. Not only did the cell boss not hear him, he saw that even the cellmates in the cell not far away seemed to have not heard him and were doing their own things.
This is even stranger.
You know, being in jail is very boring, so if someone shouts, everyone will respond and run to the prison door to watch the fun.
But at this moment, those people seemed to have no reaction to the movement here.
Zhou Acai was a little panicked. He vaguely felt that the temperature in the prison was a little wrong. It was clearly summer, but why was it getting colder and colder? Moreover, although it was not as cold as winter, the breath he exhaled turned white.
The hairs all over his body immediately stood up and he began to look at Bai Zhankui with a little fear.
Bai Zhankui tightened his belt and turned around. He stopped crying and stared blankly ahead for a while. Suddenly, his mouth opened as wide as it could, almost reaching his ears. That smile was so weird. His eyes opened wide, and his mouth opened strangely. Then, he lay down, and the belt tightened around his neck. He didn't struggle at all!
Zhou Acai was so stiff that he felt like he was hanging himself. Who wouldn't struggle for a while after hanging themselves? Not to mention the one who was hanging himself while lying down. He would just stand up after kicking his feet.
However, Bai Zhankui just lay there straight, with his buttocks not even touching the ground. His eyes started to become bloodshot and his tongue started to stick out, but he still kept his eyes wide open and his mouth wide open. (To be continued)