Chapter 4 Chapter 4

Wang Xianke complained that the gentlemen in Xuanyangfang were too unfriendly.He came to the workshop just to find his cousin and then return to Shandong as soon as possible, there is no other meaning.But everyone didn't understand him, not only didn't help, but made fun of him.There is an empty courtyard in front of me, sometimes it is said to be a nunnery, and sometimes it is said to be a Taoist temple.What does it matter if you say it is Wushuang's home?Although Wushuang was naughty when he was a child and did many things that disturbed the people, it has been many years now, so there is no need to hold grudges.Boss Luo who provided the information said that it seemed that Wang Xianke had misunderstood them a little.This courtyard has been empty, and everyone has ignored it.Suddenly someone asked, but no one could answer, so I had to make up nonsense.Now that Wang Xianke has offered a reward, who can make it up again?The past owner of this house was indeed Yu Xuanji.The deeds of this Merry Fairy have long been well-known, how could it be made up.Not only Boss Luo said so, but other people also said the same.It seems that to confirm who the owner of the house is, I have to ask Yu Xuanji.But this cannot be done, because Yu Xuanji is already dead.

Yu Xuanji's deeds are as follows: A few years ago, this Taoist nun came to Xuanyangfang, bought several large courtyards, and built this courtyard on the land of these large courtyards as her place to nourish her energy.She is very rich, so the yard was built very large, and two stones for mounting horses were placed in front of the gate.Generally speaking, there is no Mounting Stone in front of the gate of Taoist temples, but Yu Xuanji is not an ordinary female Taoist priest, and all the people who come and go are princes and grandchildren, so it would be impossible without the Mounting Stone.Since she came to Xuanyangfang, this place has been unsafe, because she has a party every night, and it won't end until three o'clock at night.In the middle of the night, when others were sleeping soundly, she sang and screamed.Or at five o'clock, when everyone was in love with each other, a large group of dudes came out of her house, filled their stomachs with yellow soup, and rode to the gate of the workshop on horseback, screaming strangely to ask the old man to get up and open the gate of the workshop.If you come out later, give your father a horsewhip.That Yu Xuanji is tall, with a slender waist and plump hips, a face like a peach blossom, eyes like autumn water, although he behaves badly, he is really good-looking.

What Wang Xianke found most strange was that he had nothing to do with this Yu Xuanji, yet others took the trouble to tell him about her.The story has a beginning and an end, but no middle.Anyone who wants to tell this story is not qualified to be Yu Xuanji's guest, so no one can tell how she broke the rules.Everyone knows the ending: the nun beat her maid to death, was sentenced to death, and was hanged at the entrance of Chang'an Street.But why she killed the handmaid, everyone said differently.Some people said that the maid was also quite pretty, and some of the princes and grandsons who came to Yu Xuanji's place praised her, and Yu Xuanji was jealous of her, so he beat her to death.Others said that this maid was a good girl who was pure and pure, and couldn't understand Yu Xuanji's debauchery, so when the two got into an argument, Yu Xuanji beat her to death.Others said that this Yu Xuanji was actually a homosexual and had an affair with that maid, so the essence of this matter was love killing.No matter what it is for, the result is the same.She whipped the girl all over her body and strangled her neck, so the girl died.Originally, beating the servant girl to death was not enough of a capital crime, but Yu Xuanji didn't report to the officials for an autopsy, so she wrapped her in a mattress and buried the dead woman under a plum tree in the yard.It was buried too shallow, and it rained a lot, and a human leg was exposed from the ground.When others saw it and started making a fuss, the yamen arrested Yu Xuanji and sent him to prison, where interrogation became a capital crime.

The thing about the dead maidservant is this: during the burial period, the mole crickets ate her eyes and nose, and part of her lips, so that only four black holes remained on her face.Seeing this scene, Yu Xuanji was frightened to death, pulled out her hair, slapped her cheeks, and wailed loudly, she wants to kill the dead.So when he arrived at the yamen, he confessed all the crimes in a hurry without waiting for the official to ask, and without being tortured in any way. Boss Luo in Xuanyangfang is about fifty years old and looks very rich.I read a few books when I was young, and I am very quiet.When he told these stories to Wang Xianke, he held his three-strand beard in one hand and pinched the handle of the teacup with two fingers in the other.Although he is a businessman, Wang Xianke feels close to him.It was also for this reason that Wang Xianke felt that his words were extremely credible.In addition, Boss Luo also said, what I tell you is what I have seen with my own eyes, and I will not say what I have heard.So Wang Xianke was looking forward to him saying something more, preferably some news about Wushuang.But Boss Luo said, I have never met the girl named Wushuang, I have only seen Yu Xuanji.Boss Luo has seen Yu Xuanji like this: Regardless of season, summer, autumn or winter, she always wears all black.The upper body is a bat shirt with tight cuffs, and a black belt is tied around the waist.The lower body is a pair of thin-leg trousers and high-heeled riding boots; no matter who wears that outfit, it looks ugly.Only Yu Xuanji's clothes are different, because she looks good in anything.She always had a leather whip in her belt and a leather collar around her neck.Some people said that she was hanged because she always wore a leather collar, and that collar was a bad omen.She always wore this kind of clothes, except for one time, which was when she was sent to the execution ground.That day she was wearing a white satin gown with a red silk sash around her waist, she was extremely charming.

Boss Luo also said, I have been running a silk and satin shop all my life, selling white satin all my life, and I have never seen a woman wear white satin as well as Yu Xuanji.This is because the white satin is like bright silver, if it is worn on a person whose skin is not white and tender, the face will look like the bottom of a pot, and the hands will look like ginger. No matter how you apply powder, it will not work.Moreover, the satin is soft yet thick. If you use it as underwear, you must not only have a good figure but also be tall to wear it, it will almost be bad.And Yu Xuanji actually wore it as obscene clothes, not only has the courage and insight, but also really has the capital to do so.Boss Luo also said that although he is an ordinary businessman, he has read the books of sages and sages in the past, and he has served the people at the feet of the emperor, so he knows that he should have a correct attitude towards everything.That Yu Xuanji violated the national law and was about to be executed on the streets of Chang'an, she deserved it.We are watching the execution, on the one hand, we are watching the dignity of the law, on the other hand, we are also being educated, seeing the tragic situation of her execution, and from then on, we will restrain all criminal intentions.Other than that, there should be no other thoughts.In particular, one should not sympathize with the prisoners and complain that the laws of the state are ruthless.But seeing Yu Xuanji on the execution ground, he forgot all these truths.At that time, Boss Luo not only sympathized with Yu Xuanji, but even shed tears.

Boss Luo said that he was standing at a corner of the intersection, and the torture vehicle carrying Yu Xuanji drove past within a short distance.When others go to the execution ground, they all sit in a broken cart pulled by skinny cows, tied up, frowning, and ashen-faced, and drag their heads in a slumber.This is not the case for Yu Xuanji going to the execution ground.The car was a small four-wheeled cart pulled by a team of white sheep, covered with a piece of bright red orangutan felt.Yu Xuanji lay reclining on the felt, dressed as mentioned above, with thousands of strands of black hair hanging around, resting his chin in one hand, with a camellia in the corner of his mouth, looking thoughtful.Although there was no blood on his face, it looked even more human, delicate and pitiful.This is what Yu Xuanji looked like when he entered the execution ground.

Boss Luo also said that later Yu Xuanji got out of the car and walked up to the platform made of loess.Originally, killing people in Chang'an City, just casually killing people in the open field, but when killing fish mysteriously, the higher authorities considered that this woman is very famous and should be seen by everyone. They are all educated, so they transported a few truckloads of loess from the suburbs. Come, build this platform, which is more than five feet high.Later, Yu Xuanji died three times on this platform, and people from all directions saw it without tiptoeing.Before she was hanged three times, Yu Xuanji walked up to the stage, pushed her hair back with her hands, and asked the executioner to tie a noose around her neck.At that time, she still smiled and said to the executioner: Don't try too hard for a while.My neck is very thin!

Boss Luo said that Yu Xuanji's fingers are long and slender, and his nails are painted red;It's a pity that at this time the noon bell rang from the bell tower in Chang'an, and an executioner brought a thick hemp rope and said: "Xiangu, the law of the world."She had no choice but to sigh, and turned her hands away, letting someone tie her up.The two executioners began to tighten the noose.That kind of noose is made of cowhide strips, very long, connected to two twisted rods on both sides, scattered on the ground, like a pile of waste fishing nets.The executioner moved very nimbly, and quickly fixed it, that is to say, it was all wrapped around Yu Xuanji's neck, and the noose seemed not so long after it was wrapped around the neck.An executioner in charge of massaging came up behind Yu Xuanji and pressed her shoulders. She knelt down on the ground, shook her hair, straightened her neck, and closed her eyes, as if she was sitting on a barber chair.All the people present held their breath, waiting for the sound of a drum on the drum tower.This was the situation before Yu Xuanji's death.

Boss Luo told Wang Xianke everything except one thing.That is, when the noose wrapped around Yu Xuanji's neck, he felt not only sympathy, but also excitement.That's a euphemism, and if it's being blunt, that's when he had an erection.Clothes in the Tang Dynasty were very loose and loose, so the front of the clothes arched a lot, which was very ugly.At that time, he was very panicked, afraid that others would see it.Fortunately, everyone was watching Yu Xuanji and no one came to see him, but he was already in a cold sweat.This was a few years ago.But not quite right.Boss Luo hasn't had any bad thoughts since he passed the age of 40, and the thing has been pumped back a long time ago, and now it has reached the size of a silkworm.It would be too wrong if he went straight once just for Yu Xuanji's sake, it's simply old absurdity.