Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi.
Jiao Zhongqing and his wife are very loving, but they dare not go against their mother's wishes, so they said to Liu Lanzhi, "Go back to your parents' house for the time being, and I'll pick you up at your house after I finish the official business of the Taishoufu." Liu Lanzhi said, "Don't waste your breath. I have been taking care of my mother-in-law since I married your family that winter. Working day and night, I am still tortured. I don't know what I did to her, but I was finally driven away. How can I expect to come back again? "
Mother-in-law accused Liu Lanzhi
Early the next morning, Liu Lanzhi said goodbye to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and prepared to go back to her family. Before Liu Lanzhi left, Jiao Zhongqing said to her, "I swear, I will never break up with you! Go back to your mother's house for the time being. I'll go to the Taishou House and I'm sure I'll pick you up soon. Don't worry, I will never be sorry for you! " Under the guarantee of Jiao Zhongqing, Liu Lanzhi returned to his family. When the magistrate heard that Liu Lanzhi had returned from her husband's family, he sent a matchmaker to act as matchmaker for his three sons. Liu Lanzhi kept his promise to Jiao Zhongqing and refused the county magistrate's matchmaker.
Liu Lanzhi
A few days later, the satrap was sent to the Liu family to seek relatives and friends. Originally, Liu Lanzhi's mother refused for her, but Liu Lanzhi's brother was moved. Finally, under the pressure of his brother, Liu Lanzhi was forced to agree. When Jiao Zhongqing heard about it, he came to Liu Fu to question Liu Lanzhi and said many sad words. Finally, Liu Lanzhi said: "Since we are all forced to suffer, let's meet underground!" After the agreement was reached, Liu Lanzhi threw himself into the river. However, Liu Lanzhi's little gesture before he threw himself into the river caught people's attention: "Take off your skirt and silk shoes and lift yourself to the pool."
Women throw themselves into the river.
Why did Liu Lanzhi take off his shoes on the shore before jumping into the river? On this point, there are the following statements: first, in order to tell the government that he committed suicide, not homicide. Generally, the killer doesn't think of taking off his shoes when he is killed. People who have the time to commit suicide are usually intentional. Therefore, people who throw their shoes on the shore will avoid innocent people being implicated.
Women throw themselves into the river.
The second is to inform the family to bury themselves. In the ancient concept, even if you commit suicide, you should tell your family, and the way to inform your family is to leave your shoes on the shore. They told their relatives this way: I have passed away, help me salvage the body and bury it.
The ancients threw themselves into the river.
Third, the traditional folk customs in China. In the traditional customs of China, people who "suddenly die" are not allowed to enter family ancestral temple. Such people will destroy the family feng shui, but suicide is not among the "violent deaths". Then how to prove that the deceased did not "violently die" but committed suicide? The shoes left on the shore are the most important evidence. Although these people are no longer attached to the world, it does not mean that they want to be ghosts after death. So in order to enter family ancestral temple, they will take off their shoes and stay on the shore.