Yamen door

Author: Sun Fangyou
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: During the Qing Daoguang era, the wealthy Zhang Baifan of Taiyuan Prefecture in Shanxi had two daughters. The eldest daughter, Jingu, married the son of the pawn shop owner Li Bopai. Three months after the wedding, she became a widow. The younger daughter, Yugu, had an, Cao Wenghuang, who had gone to Guangzhou for business three years ago and had been missing ever since. Zhang Baifan, citing Cao Wenghuang's supposed death in a foreign land, forced Yugu to remarry. Yugu refused. Behind Yugu's back, Zhang Baifan secretly betrothed her to the son of the wealthy Yao Bancheng of Taiyuan, Yao Sixiao, and accepted the Yao family's betrothal gifts. The maid Xiuxiang spread the news to Yugu, who became despondent. Just then, Cao Wenghuang suddenly returned for a family visit. Unprepared, Zhang Baifan sent his steward to poison Cao Wenghuang. Yugu saved the young master Cao, and the two eloped. They came to their older sister Jingu's door but couldn't get in and had to leave. As soon as they left, Zhang Baifan and his men gave chase, climbing over the wall and prying the door open. They found Jingu sitting motionless on a large cabinet, which raised their suspicions. They had the cabinet carried back to the mansion, only to discover inside a fat monk wearing only underwear, dead inside the cabinet. The entire book is humorous and vivid, gripping the reader, leaving them reflecting and laughing uncontrollably.