Translation of Peacock Flying Southeast

The story took place in the Jian 'an period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Lanzhi, a young girl, has been learning embroidery since she was a child. She is good at playing the piano and reciting poems. /kloc-married Jiao Zhongqing at the age of 0/7. She worked hard day and night and did housework diligently, but her mother-in-law could not tolerate her. So, she wrote to her husband who was a small official in Lujiang County and told her unbearable suffering. Zhong Qing came back to plead for his wife, but his mother scolded him and asked him to divorce his wife and marry another bride. Zhong Qing knelt down and said, "If you send this girl today, you can't remarry for life." Mother was furious. Because she still wanted to get back to the county government, Zhong Qing had to let her wife go back to her family first and take refuge temporarily. Lan Zhi naturally understood that such a farewell was tantamount to giving up, and it was difficult to see you again in the future, so she left her usual sachets, dowry and other things to Zhong Qing as a souvenir.

After the cock crowed at dawn, Lan Zhi dressed herself up, bid farewell to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and boarded the bus with tears in her eyes. At this point, Zhong Qing has been waiting by the roadside, and the husband and wife meet. Feelings, bowed their heads and whispered: "I swear that heaven will not be negative."

Liu Lanzhi was sent home for more than ten days, and the county magistrate sent a matchmaker to propose to his son, but Lan Zhi politely refused. A few days later, the satrap asked him to propose marriage again, saying that the five sons of the satrap were not married, and they were willing to marry the Liu family for a hundred years, but they were rejected. This annoyed Lan Zhi, Brother Thunderstorm. My brother's life is hard to disobey, but Lan Zhi was forced, so he had to make all the arrangements. The matchmaker there reported that the Liu family had agreed to get married. Just three days later, it was another auspicious day, and the satrap immediately sent people everywhere to prepare gold and silk bride price in order to get married as soon as possible. When Zhong Qing was in office, he heard about this change and hurriedly asked for leave.

The next day, Lan Zhi was silent all day, just cutting clothes with tears. Suddenly, I heard the familiar neigh of horses. When I went out and looked at each other from a distance, I knew I was an old friend. Lan Zhi hand caressed the saddle and told the story one by one. Zhong Qing mentioned the oath of that day, so they had to "meet under the grave." Go home separately. After returning home, Zhong Qing said to her mother: "Today, the strong wind blew off the trees, and the orchids in the yard were frosted;" The child's life is like the sunset in the western hills, and the mother will take care of herself in the future. " Then she bowed again and left with a sigh.

On this day, the wedding carriage and horses were particularly lively, and the bride had already entered the door. After dusk, the crowd gradually dispersed, the night was deep and everything was silent. Lan Zhi drowned with a skirt. Zhong Qing learned that he was wandering under the tree and hanged himself. The latter two were buried beside Huashan Mountain.