What is Dou E?

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Dou E is a character in Guan Hanqing's work Dou E Yuan in Yuan Dynasty. Yuan describes a lonely woman who was innocently framed and sentenced to death by a corrupt official who took bribes. Dou E's grievances were nowhere to be felt. When she died, she vowed that her blood would be cheaper in the white practice of the execution ground, and it would snow all over the sky in June.

More detailed plot:

Dou E lives in Shanyang County, knows books and is humble and filial to her parents. Her father, Dou, has read a lot of poetry books since childhood, and has great wit, bad luck and repeated failures. Unfortunately, his wife passed away again, leaving his little daughter Dou E, who lived alone with her father and daughter, hungry and cold. There is a young widow named Cai Po next door. She has an only son named Cai Changzong. Both mother and son have the inheritance left by their husbands and live on usury. Dou is short of money and often borrows money from Cai Po, but Cai Po is unable to repay it when it expires. Cai Po doesn't delve into it either, because she likes Dou E very much and has been considerate since she was a child. Seeing that she often plays with Changzong, she is a childhood friend, and Cai Po has already intended to hire her as his wife.

In spring, Dou tried to take an exam in Beijing and get a good future, but there was nowhere to put her daughter. Cai Po came to comfort Dou and wanted to adopt him as his daughter-in-law. Since then, Dou's debts have been written off. Although I can't bear to part with my daughter, it is also the best arrangement. The Cai family has always been a scholarly family and loyal. The daughter has no worries about food and clothing in her house, and someone loves her. It is certainly the best thing to have a good son-in-law when you grow up. Cai Po immediately paid off his debt and gave him money. Dou Zhangtian received the debt and the money, and his heart ached. From then on, he will say goodbye to his daughter. For the future, he doesn't care at all.

After Dou left Chuzhou, there was no news. Xiao Dou 'e helped the maid to clean the floor and cook and cook in Cai's home. She works hard every day, is diligent and capable, and wins the favor of Cai Po. After ten years of cold and heat, Dou E became a beautiful and dignified girl, and Cai Po chose an auspicious day to marry a pair of children.

After marriage, Cai Changzong studied hard in the cold window every day, Dou E did housework, and the family lived a quiet and smooth life.

In the year of the Beijing Competition, Cai Changzong was going to Beijing to take the exam. Cai Po doesn't trust her son to go alone. Please help Zhang Lu 'er, the son of Zhang Ma, escort Cai Gongzi to Beijing to catch the exam.

Zhang donkey didn't know how to make progress since he was a child. He didn't do anything. He ate, drank, whored and gambled. Zhang Ma is also a wicked woman, who pampers her son without restraint. Every day, Zhang Lver often goes to Cai's house to do some idle work. Because of his notoriety, he has reached the age of marriage. No one dares to marry his daughter, and he is drooling over women. Because I can go in and out of the inner room when I go to Cai's house, I often have the opportunity to see Dou E. Whenever I see this beautiful and kind housewife, my eyes are staring at him and I am scratching my heart. I wish Cai Changzong would not die in a hurry and become his wife.

Today, Zhang Ma told Zhang Maolv about the task of escorting Cai Gongzi to Beijing. Zhang donkey was overjoyed. Cai Gongzi is weak and secular, and knows nothing. This time he left home for Beijing, and everything was out of his control? If she is killed unnoticed on the way and comes back with bad news, Cai Po will die of anxiety, leaving only a Dou E who has neither her mother's family nor her husband's family. Is it not at the mercy of her two girls? He told his mother about this harmful trick, but Zhang Ma didn't stop it, but quite agreed. Now his son's daughter-in-law has finally landed, and there are still many possessions to go. She was very happy and whispered to her son that things must be strictly carried out.

Cai Po sent her son away from home to prepare food and clothing, and was busy for several days. When she was on the road, her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were urging Zhang Lver to take care of her son in detail and not be careless. Nuo Nuo a donkey, a toll heart to wait on the childe. When you stay in the hotel, you don't have to worry about eating. After a short walk and a night's rest, I realized that the master and servant had reached the bank of Huaihe River. The hot sun, two people sweating like a pig. The river is breezy and very cool. Zhang Maolv took the luggage and even shouted that he was hot and tired before leaving. I saw flowers on both sides of the Huaihe River, fish swimming freely in the river, a donkey waiting for the son to dismount, and Cai Gongzi ignored it and took a leisurely walk by the river, enjoying the pastoral scenery. Zhang donkey looked around and there was no one. This is the right time. He punched the childe on the head, and the childe was unstable. He pushed the son into the river conveniently. The current was swift, and without shouting, it was swept away by the river.

The sun is shining high in the sky, and the bank of Huaihe River is still breezy. Ghosts and gods don't know, and Zhang Lver wants to kill a big living person. Everything went well, and he became more and more calm and bold. He sold the animals that carried the people, got the money, took the travelling expenses himself, and then returned to Yang Shan to report the bad news.

Dou E has been fidgeting since her husband left. Zhang Donkey is a bad man, and her husband is a scholar and has never been out of the house. It seems unlucky for them to walk together. Sure enough, on this day, Zhang Ma reported the murder case with her flustered son: "On the way to the exam, Cai Xianggong was eager to visit the scenery of the Huaihe River and accidentally fell into the river and drowned!"

Dou E was surprised and burst into tears. The crying alarmed her mother-in-law Cai Po's hopes all her life are pinned on her son. She died unexpectedly when she didn't want him to leave the house. She was angry and vomited blood, and she was terminally ill ever since. To make matters worse, Dou E endured grief, treated her mother-in-law's illness attentively, and stayed with her day and night.

Today, Cai Po feels a little better and wants to eat a bowl of fresh mutton soup. Zhang Ma ordered her son to go to the market to buy it and serve the patients. Zhang donkey is happy again, and God has given her another chance! He sprinkled a pack of rat poison in the boiling mutton soup and handed it to his mother, asking her to urge Mrs. Cai to drink it while it was hot.

Cai Po picked up the mutton soup and suddenly felt fishy and vomited again and again. She waved to Zhang Ma to take it away and drank it quickly. Zhang Ma smelled the delicious mutton soup, and a few pieces of fresh coriander Ye Er floated on the noodle soup. She swallowed and thought, "It's hard to import such fresh and delicious food. It seems that the patient is blind with ointment and is not far from death! " Zhang Ma dreamed that she would drink mutton soup clean, suddenly felt abdominal pain and fell to the ground to die, only to see her facial features distorted; Seven bleeding. For this accident, Cai Po and Dou E were so scared that they were at a loss. Unfortunately, the family is in trouble again. Called Zhang donkey in, but Zhang donkey didn't go far at all. She heard that the house was in a mess and came to see it. Unexpectedly, her mother drank poisonous soup and lost her life for Cai Po! The scoundrel has no humanity, he just howled twice. He turned his face and grabbed Cai Po and killed him. Cai Po was timid and encountered such a fatal disaster. He has been scared out of his wits and is at a loss. Zhang Maolv deliberately publicized and shouted at his neighbor: "Why did you poison my mother? She has served your family for many years. Why did you kill her? You are so heartless! "

Cai Po quickly begged him not to make public. Seeing that Cai Po had given in, Zhang Maolv put forward a threatening condition and asked Cai Po whether she was willing to settle it privately or make it public. Cai Po doesn't know what this means. Zhang donkey said, "If you are willing to make it public, I will sue the government and say that you poisoned my mother. At least you are guilty of beheading! "

Cai Po waved her hand again and again in fear.

"Set, isn't it! Let's bury it! "

"Of course it's a person!"

"Then you have to promise me three conditions."

"You speak slowly."

"I want to be your own son!"

Cai Po promised.

"You have to marry a good wife for me!"

"You are old enough to get married!"

"I don't like others. Since I am your son, Dou E has to be my wife! "

After that, Zhang Maolv began to fight ... Dou E is usually a gentle person and doesn't talk much, but she never wants to be bullied. She has long been disgusted and wary of Zhang Er's rogues. At this time, the rogue actually wants to marry her. She raised her hand and slapped him hard, and Cai Po became brave: "Bold slave, you are reborn!"

Zhang donkey's face was torn, and he became more and more arrogant and rogue: "I'll tell you clearly!" " In this family, Dou E is not only mine! All my property is mine, too If you don't agree, we will go to the yamen to file a lawsuit! "Say, seriously ill Cai Po hurried to the county government.

Zhang Maolv's sinister intentions are obvious. My mother-in-law was ill and went to court, and her timidity made her uneasy. She asked her neighbors to look after the portal and then filed a lawsuit.

Shanyang county magistrate is a corrupt official, unconscious, confused, overbearing, and unreasonable in recognizing money. His knack for being an official is also very simple: "I am an official to win over others, and I want gold and silver if I have any complaints." If the boss comes to check, I will pretend to be sick at home! "

Zhang Lver is a rascal. He goes to the yamen to file a lawsuit every now and then. He is familiar with the county magistrate and the routine of litigation. He lied about how Cai Po killed her mother and persuaded the county magistrate. The county magistrate neither inquired carefully, nor did he do any investigation and study, but only recognized one truth. If someone dies, someone will pay for it, and the chief will torture Cai Po to confess. At a critical juncture, Dou E came all the way to beg for mercy. When Zhang Maolv saw the complaint, he was even more excited. He simply made a big noise in the court: "Brothers, give me a fight! Master Sky, if you don't force me to confess, my mother will die in vain! "

The magistrate only had to believe in the coup and ignored Dou E's begging. The executioners were all big and round, and the fierce ones were about to start work. The mother-in-law was in danger and the situation was urgent. Dou E knelt down to forgive her mother-in-law and took all the sins on herself:

"To kill Zhang Mu, my mother-in-law was seriously ill in bed for several days, and she knew it! All this was done by a single woman! "

When confessing, Zhang Maolv was blindsided and anxiously shouted: "Master Qingtian, don't listen to her, she is crazy!" "

The county magistrate also said, "Dou E! Life is a matter of life. If you plead guilty, you will never change! "

"It's really that woman who did it. She is willing to plead guilty and die!"

Someone confessed and punished, and the murder case was replaced by human life. The magistrate naturally stopped digging into it and ordered it to serve the confession of the guilty woman. Dou E offered to untie her mother-in-law and let her go home first, so that she could plead guilty to the law. Cai Po fell to the ground crying, and her son died, leaving only a filial daughter-in-law. Now she was wrongly convicted. Who can she rely on in the future? She lamented, daughter-in-law benevolence and duty, how can have the crime of murder! Their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are all good women who can't leave the house or the second door. Please raise your eyes and find out the real murderer ... The county magistrate has long been impatient. Two inexperienced women cry foul and disturb the court. In addition, several small right-handers died unjustly. What harm does it do to his future? I ordered Cai Po to be dragged out of court as soon as possible, while Dou E, the convicted woman, was put in prison, awaiting trial. The case was over and she was fired.

The case of Dou E shook Shanyang County. In the Chua family, the son died unexpectedly, the maid was poisoned for no reason, and Dou E confessed his mistake, all of which made the neighbors feel that there must be something hidden. At this moment, there was a sensation in Shanyang County. The Emperor of Beijing personally sent eight government inspectors to Chuzhou to observe the people's feelings. They made a long journey and stopped the sedan chair to complain.

This court official was none other than Dou E's father Dou. That year he left his daughter in Beijing to take the exam, and then he stayed in Beijing as an official. He once sent someone to Shanyang County to look for his daughter. The Chua family moved to another place and lost contact. They never found the whereabouts of their daughter. After more than ten years, they are on tenterhooks all day. The youngest daughter made a child bride for others, but she is still doing well in other people's homes. Are husband and wife harmonious? He is anxious day and night. Dou is an official, diligent and fair, honest and honest, and won the trust of the emperor. He was given a sword and ordered to patrol the south of the Yangtze River, severely punish corrupt officials and appease the local people. This time, Dou is also looking for his daughter. When the sedan chair entered the border of Chuzhou, a group of people knelt in front of the sedan chair and shouted injustice. Dou Zhang Tian ordered the sedan chair to stay, and everyone presented a form paper, saying that the Chua's Dou 'e family had been wronged. Dou Zhangtian was surprised, took the note back to the office and carefully examined it, and politely comforted everyone. Three days later, he will definitely arrive in Shanyang County.

Dou E was tortured and put in prison for her disposal, leaving only her widowed and seriously ill mother-in-law, which made her very worried. She has no money, so she can't bribe the forbidden girl in prison and forbid her to die, be bullied and humiliated. Jesus Christ. Oh, my god Since you have given the world light and warmth, why not give the world justice and clarity! Unfortunately, her husband died recently, and her mother-in-law was seriously ill and was sued. Dad, dad. Where are you? If you are alive, and high officials have to do it, you know that your daughter has a great grievance and will die!

I only heard the forbidden woman calling Dou E's name outside the door. The boss's reply has arrived, and she will be paraded in the street tomorrow morning. Dou E stayed up all night. It was twilight, and the three-way death warrant drums rumbled. Two bold men put Dou E on the execution ground.

Thousands of people crowded in the market to see Dou E off. Dou E stopped and prayed to the two executioners: "Please do me a favor and never cross the street, lest my heavy mother-in-law see me crying."

The executioner was felt by filial piety and followed her around the path.

Cai Po went to the market without waiting for her daughter-in-law and stumbled to the execution ground. Where are the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sad? The daughter-in-law said, "Mother-in-law! No one will take care of you after I die. Take care! "

My mother-in-law sobbed.

"Oh my God! Land! I think my family has suffered a lot from Zhang's donkey. When will the gods of heaven and earth uphold justice for me and put the traitor to death? "

Mother-in-law said, "Son! If your father comes back and asks why his daughter died, how can I answer correctly? "

"You said that your daughter-in-law died of a sudden illness and there was no cure."

The market is full of people, sighing and crying, feeling the earth shaking.

It's time to behead. The magistrate sent Cai Po away and asked Dou E what he had to say. Dou E shouted to the sky, "Oh, my God! If you think Dou E has been wronged in this way, will I die by the sword today? "

She wants a clean reed mat to be laid underground, and a one-foot-two-foot white cloth is hung on the flagpole.

"If you behead me, my blood will be sprayed on the white cloth together, so as not to let a drop flow on the ground to prove my injustice!"

"My DouE died today, and I don't want anyone to accept the body and bury it. I will cover myself with three feet of snow in June to prove my innocence; I want to let Yang Shan dry for three years, and there is no harvest, which proves that you corrupt officials have no just law and make the people speechless! God of heaven and earth Please let my three Dou E vows come true together! "

Dou E wept bitterly at the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth. Suddenly, the sky in Shanyang County was gloomy, and a cold wind hit the world. In June, the sun disappeared, and pieces of goose feather and heavy snow were falling in the sky. The county magistrate Abarar was frightened by this impermanence and ordered immediate execution. Where the knife passed, his head fell to the ground, and Dou E was full of enthusiasm. If there is, he will spray the white cloth high and straight without half a drop. Three feet of snow quietly buried Dou E's body.

Everyone exclaimed that heaven and earth were abnormal.

The magistrate panicked and left the execution ground in a hurry.

Three days later, Dou came to Shanyang County and was killed by a knife. The patrol of the Eight Houses was extremely sad. In the mirror, people were sent to bring Zhang Lver, Cai Po, Shanyang County Order and other neighbors to conduct the first trial, retrial, investigation and research, and obtain confessions. The case of Yang Duer Tang was finally heard clearly.

Zhang Donkey, kill Cai Changzong and Zhang Ma, and be fined and executed immediately. Shanyang county magistrate always complains about the staff and can never be hired. The old and helpless Cai Po was taken in and raised by Dou Zhangtian.

Dou E's unjust case was finally exposed.

In the past three years, there has been no rain in Shanyang County.