《Yu Ting Yao》Episode 1 plot introduction

At Shazhou Girls' School, Meng Tinghui excitedly ran into the school holding the predictions for the women's imperial examination and rural examinations that he had compiled, and announced that he was going to sell the predictions for forty taels of silver.At that time, there were very few people who could predict the test questions, not to mention that Meng Tinghui offered a high price. Even so, some wealthy classmates were still willing to pay a high price to buy it, because someone got a high score last time by relying on Meng Tinghui's prediction of the questions, and there were three identical questions.

Seeing that the deal was about to be completed, Jiang Meier suddenly rushed in arrogantly, slapped the classmate who wanted to buy the prediction questions, and then warned Meng Tinghui coldly that she was not allowed to sell predictions in the future. Last time, it was because someone bought her predictions that she came last in the exam.

Jiang Meier can also buy Meng Tinghui's prediction questions, but this person is very lazy. Not only does he not study, he also doesn't let others use the prediction questions to get high scores.Meng Tinghui originally wanted to argue, but Jiang Meier directly took Meng Tinghui's personal confession documents and threatened to destroy the personal confession documents if she disobeyed, so that she would not even have a chance to participate in the provincial examination.Jiang Meier had been acting unscrupulously for a long time because she was a relative of Ding Chong, the governor of Shazhou. Meng Tinghui tolerated it in every possible way, but today this woman actually stole Meng Tinghui's personal confession document. This made Meng Tinghui intolerable. Taking advantage of Jiang Meier's opportunity to wave the dagger in front of her, Meng Tinghui grabbed it with her backhand and put the dagger against Jiang Meier's neck.

Jiang Meier's face changed with fright. She knew that if the dagger in Meng Tinghui's hand stabbed down just a little bit, her life would be in danger. Jiang Meier hurriedly returned the personal confession document to Meng Tinghui and ran away in a panic.

When Meng Tinghui was studying at Shazhou Girls' School, he made a good friend named Yan Fuzhi. This man was simple, kind, and always upright. When he heard that Meng Tinghui had been wronged by Jiang Meier, he suggested that Meng Tinghui move in with her to avoid being angered again.Meng Tinghui knew that Yan Fuzhi meant well, but Yan Fuzhi's mother acted like she was guarding against thieves every time she saw Meng Tinghui, which made Meng Tinghui uncomfortable.Meng Tinghui heard Yan Fuzhi complaining about her grievances. Yan Fuzhi's mother insisted on forcing Yan Fuzhi to marry early. Yan Fuzhi didn't want to be restrained at all now. Both she and Meng Tinghui yearned for a free life.

Meng Tinghui heard Yan Fuzhi say that her mother was going to leave the Bo Feng Building to her to take care of the soon-to-be-closed house. If Yan Fuzhi could not earn three hundred taels in a short period of time, he must get married quickly.For Yan Fuzhi, it was as difficult as climbing to the sky, but Meng Tinghui had his heart set on it.She disguised herself as a famous actress from Kyoto. Yan Fuzhi did a lot of publicity and packaged it for Meng Tinghui. She wore a veil and dressed up and appeared on a float in the downtown area. Many people told each other that the famous actress from Kyoto was coming to the Bofeng Tower to perform for three days. Suddenly, the Bofeng Tower became lively.

Meng Tinghui's plan was originally very clever, but this day happened to be the anniversary of the death of the old lady of Black Tiger Hall. Feng Lu, the head of Black Tiger Hall, had always done many evil things. On the anniversary of his mother's death, the people of the whole city had to wear mourning for him.If they don't comply, they will all be killed, even the newlyweds getting married on the same day. The groom will be killed on the spot, with blood splattered on the spot, leaving the newlyweds wearing phoenix crowns and harems crying.The British widow passed by this place and saw the bride holding the groom and crying inconsolably. She felt cruel and hurried over to see who was responsible.

When Feng Lu saw Meng Tinghui and Yan Fuzhi's busy Bo Feng Building, he immediately became jealous and felt that they were in trouble with him, so he ordered his men to kill them. Meng Tinghui saw that the situation was wrong and quickly apologized and wanted to close the business and pay homage to the old lady. However, Feng Lu pressed forward step by step and saw that the knife in the opponent's hand was about to fall down. At this time, Yingzi stepped forward and saved the two lives.

Meng Tinghui saw that Yingzi had bright eyes and sparse eyebrows, unusual conversation, and an accent that was not like the locals, so he pushed Yingzi out and asked Feng Lu of Black Tiger Hall not to vent his anger on her and Yan Fuzhi.Yan Fuzhi saw through Meng Tinghui's little trick, sneered, and decisively took away Meng Tinghui's personal confession documents.

Meng Tinghui could not help but list the various charges against Ding Chong, the governor of Shazhou, without a personal confession. When the British widow heard that a woman had to pay a hundred taels for the examination fee to take the provincial examination, she couldn't help but marvel. The examination issued by the imperial court was free of charge. When it came to Ding Chong, it was a hundred gold. It can be seen that this man was used to dominate the local people.