Leaving the Soul

Inferiority Attack + Affectionate Feeling = HE In the third year of Tianshou, Zhang Yi of Qinghe was an official in Hengzhou. Simple and quiet in nature, few friends. No children, but two daughters. His eldest son died young; his youngest daughter, Qianniang, was extremely beautiful. Yi's nephew, Wang Zhou of Taiyuan, was smart and enlightened at a young age, and was a beauty expert. Yi often valued her and said: "He should be treated as his mother-in-law and his wife." After that, each of them grew up. Zhou and Qianniang often think about each other secretly while sleeping, and their family members don't know what they are doing. Later, those who were selected by Binliao asked for it, and they agreed. When the woman heard this, she became depressed; Zhou also felt deep hatred. He was asked to be transferred and asked to go to Beijing. He was unable to stop him, so he was sent generously. Zhou Yin was so sad that he never got on the boat. At dusk, we reached the mountain a few miles away. In the middle of the night, I couldn't sleep, and suddenly I heard a person on the shore, walking very fast, and he arrived at the boat in a moment. When asked, Qian Niang came walking barefoot. Zhou was so surprised that he held his hand and asked about the origin. He cried and said: "Your kindness is so great, and I feel it when I sleep and eat. Now I will take away this ambition from me, and I know that it is not easy for you to be affectionate. I want to kill myself to repay you, so I run for my life." Zhou Fei was very happy as he expected. Then he hid Qian Niang in the boat and escaped overnight. Traveling both ways, we reached Shu in a few months. In the fifth year of Fan's life, he gave birth to two sons, and he and Yi never trusted each other. His wife often thought of her parents, and said with tears, "I couldn't live up to you in the past, so I abandoned my righteousness and came to you. In the past five years, my kindness has been blocked. Under the heavy burden, how can my face be alone?" Zhou mourned him and said, "I will return without suffering." So they all returned to Hengzhou. When he arrived, Zhou alone went to Yi's house first to thank him for his service. Yi said: "Qianniang has been ill in her boudoir for several years. How ridiculous!" Zhou said: "I saw her in the boat!" Yi was shocked and urged people to check it out. As expected, he saw Qianniang in the boat, looking happy and cheerful. The messenger asked, "How are you, sir?" The family members were surprised and rushed off to report. When the women in the room heard this, they got up with joy, put on their makeup and changed their clothes, smiled without saying a word, came out to greet each other, bowed and merged into one, and their clothes were all heavy. His family believes that things are not right and keeps it secret. Only relatives have hidden knowledge. In the next forty years, both husband and wife died. The two men were promoted to the rank of filial piety and integrity, to the rank of Cheng or Wei. Xuanyou Shao often heard this theory, but there are many similarities and differences, which may be said to be false. At the end of the Dali Dynasty, I met Zhang Zhonggui, the magistrate of Laiwu County, in order to prepare the story. Yi Ze was Zhong Guitang's uncle, and his explanation was extremely detailed, so he recorded it. ——Leave the Soul? Chen Xuanyou