Volume 1, photo building.

During the Zhizheng period of the Yuan Dynasty, there were two people in Qujiang County, Guangdong, who were in charge of Tiju and Tu Kuan. The two were originally husband-in-law, but their temperaments were completely different. Guan Tiju was "old-fashioned and stubborn" while Tu Kuan was "luxurious", so they divided the house into two courtyards and built high walls in the middle, even in the pond. Stone pillars, covered with stone slabs, build a wall.

The Tu family has a son named Zhensheng, and a housekeeper named Yujuan. They both often play in the waterside pavilion at home. Each caught a glimpse of the other's face from the water, and fell in love with each other, so they exchanged poems and notes. Use lotus leaves as boats to carry each other and make a lifelong commitment. Half a year later, Zhen Sheng compiled the manuscripts of his songs and poems into a "Photograph Collection". He was depressed and fell ill with lovesickness. Tu observed that he loved his son very much, so he asked his good friend Lu Gong to propose marriage to Guan Tiju, but Guan refused. It happened that Lu Gong had a daughter, Jin Yun, who was very talented and beautiful, so Tu Gong made a marriage arrangement with Lu Gong. Unexpectedly, when Zhen Sheng learned about this, he became even more seriously ill and asked his father to break off the engagement. Tu Kuan had no choice but to tell the truth to Lu Gong. After Lu Gong told his daughter, Jin Yun also became resentful and fell ill. Lu Gong was in a dilemma, so he came up with a plan to tell Guan Gong He pretended that Zhensheng was his son and asked Yujuan to be his wife. He also said that his daughter had been betrothed to Tu Gong's son, and the two couples chose a date to get married at the same time. On the day of the wedding, Guan Tiju realized that the groom was actually Zhensheng. He also suddenly realized that he and Tu Guan had settled their differences and reconciled as before. From then on, the wall above the water was knocked down and the two water pavilions were used as the bridal chamber. "Photo building".

Although the author does not act like a talented scholar and a beautiful woman in this novel, the plot is twists and turns

Volume 2, Seizing the Brocade Tower

In the early years of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, Qian Xiaojiang, a fish dealer in Wuchang, and his wife Bian gave birth to two twin girls. Both Qian and his wife were ugly, but the two girls were beautiful. Moreover, Xiao Jiang has a stubborn temperament and Bian's temperament is violent, so the two are at odds. When choosing a husband for their daughter, they also acted independently without letting the other party know about it. As a result, the two daughters were promised marriages from four families. As a result, disputes broke out and the disputes continued, and the lawsuit was filed with the government. Our Xingzun acted as agent for the case. Seeing that all the four families were ugly, it was difficult for them to marry two daughters, so he angrily accused Xiao Jiang and Bian of treating their children's lives as child's play, and ruled that no marriage was allowed in the four families. At this time, people from the mountains sent a pair of live deer, so Xing Zun ordered the live deer and two ladies to be the winners of the exams. For married people, the deer was the winner, and for the unmarried, the female was the winner. The Bian family was ordered to take their two daughters to temporarily live in an empty building in the examination room, and a plaque was hung as "Duojin Building". After the results were released, the two women who got the prize were Lang Zhiyuan and Yuan Shijun. Later it was discovered that Lang's papers were written by Yuan Shijun, so Xing Zun betrothed both women to Yuan.

Volume 3, Sanyulou

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a rich man named Tang Yuchuan in Chengdu County, Chengdu Prefecture, Sichuan Province. He was extremely stingy and did not maintain a palace, but only purchased land. His son, however, refused to settle for frugality and plotted to build a house for others. Tang Yuchuan's neighbor had a scholar named Yu Hao, whose courtesy name was Su Chen. He did not like fame in his life, but he was interested in studying and gardening. He spent all his life savings to build a garden pavilion, and even became heavily in debt and had to sell his house. Tang Yuchuan bought it at a low price on a terrace near the water. However, Su Chen alone did not sell his own high-rise building. This building has three floors. The lower floor is a place for receiving guests, titled "Being a disciple with others", the middle floor is a place for reading and writing, titled "Being a disciple with the ancients", and the upper floor is a place for meditation. It is titled "Being a Disciple with Heaven". The total is entitled "Three and Floors". Tang Yuchuan still plotted the building and forced Su Chen to sell the building, but Su Chen remained unmoved. A friend wanted to pay for the redemption of the garden for Su Chen, but Su Chen politely refused. When he was sixty years old, Su Chen got a son. , finally sold the building, and his friends advised him not to fulfill the Tang family's wish. Su Chen thought that he was old and would die soon, and his wife would be lonely in the future. As long as she could avoid being bullied by the Tang family, it was better to get rid of this problem early. The friend then planned to bury twenty ingots of gold ingots downstairs. After Su Chen's death, his son Hei Chen went to Beijing and passed the imperial examination, was promoted to the post of chief minister, and returned to his hometown with honor. However, the Tang family was accused of harboring stolen gold. The county magistrate dug out twenty ingots of gold from downstairs and used this as evidence of the stolen money, so he returned the broken garden pavilion to the Yu family. Later, it was discovered that burying the money to frame him was actually a plan by Su Chen's friends.

Volume 4, Xia Yi Tower

During the Zhizheng period of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a squire Zhan Bifeng in Jinhua County, Zhejiang Province. The girl was Xianxian, beautiful and dignified. She lived in Xia Yi Tower and taught her family how to cook. Women read and write and never go downstairs easily. Qu Ji, a young man from a local old family, was determined to find a stunning beauty as his wife. He accidentally bought a Western telescope, so he climbed up to the pagoda of Gaoshan Temple and looked far away. He saw beauties in the county everywhere, but they all did not suit him. One day, Qu Ji saw the maids of the Zhan family taking a bath in the lotus pond. Duke Zhan refused to recruit a son-in-law in white clothes, and ordered him to obtain a meritorious service before proposing a marriage. After Xianxian heard about this, she became ill due to worry, and was seen by Qu Ji's telescope. She sent a matchmaker to pay tribute to the young lady again and again, asking about her health and well-being. She also claimed to have divine eyes and could see things far and near. Miss Hou wrote a poem, but stopped writing before finishing four sentences. After seeing it with a telescope, Qu Ji continued the text and sent it to the miss. The miss was shocked and suspected that he was a god. Qu Ji went to the capital to take the examination, and returned with the second grade. Three people on the list came to Zhan's house to propose marriage. Xianxian falsely entrusted her late mother to her dream, saying that a man surnamed Qu would be a good son-in-law. Duke Zhan was doubtful, so he prayed in front of the shrine for answers. He said that his late mother was in a dream and recited some essays. His father's feelings began to move, and the two got married. After the marriage, Qu Ji Fang told the truth.

◇Volume 5 Guizheng Tower

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a mysterious thief in Gao'an County, Zhaoqing Prefecture, Guangdong, named Bei Qurong, who was known as the "Devil King who disturbs the world."

He uses various methods to defraud people of money and has a lot of savings, but he has a luxurious temperament and spends generously. One day, he suddenly had a kind thought and redeemed the life of the prostitute Su Niang, and made her become a nun. In order to buy a big house, she built a nunnery where she could practice Buddhism, named Lianjing. There is a building in the house, and the old plaque said: "Gui Zhi Building". Unexpectedly, a swallow swallowed mud and added a cross on the "Zhi", which became the "Gui Zhi Building". Suspecting that this was a sign from the gods, the thieves corrected their evil ways and became a Taoist monk. In the name of "returning to the righteousness", he also wanted to build a palace, so he devised a trick to raise thousands of gold and built a palace. Be successful.

◇Volume 6 Cui Ya Lou

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Jin Zhongyu and Liu Minshu, the capital’s masters, and their young friend Ru Xiu from Yangzhou jointly opened an antique shop named Cui Ya Lou. Quan Ruxiu is as beautiful as a woman, and together with Jin and Liu, they become Longyang. Yan Shifan heard Quan Ruxiu's name and wanted to call him into the palace, but Quan refused. Yan Nai colluded with the eunuch Sha Yucheng and designed to lure Quan to the palace and castrate him

as a palace servant. After the death of Eunuch Sha, Quan belonged to Yan. After Quan Ruxiu arrived at Yan's mansion, he went in and out of his court and recorded all the evil deeds he observed in Yan's scriptures. Later, Yan Shifan was impeached, and Quan reported to the emperor what he had recorded. Emperor Shizong was furious when he saw it, and sentenced Shifan to death. Quan Ruxiu went to the execution ground and denounced Yan Shifan, and took his head as a drowning device to avenge the old grudge.

◇Volume 7 Fuyun Tower

In the Yuan Dynasty of the Song Dynasty, there was a young scholar Pei Yuan, who was fortunate enough to have a marriage contract with Wei Shi. Later, because Pei's father was greedy for the dowry of a wealthy family in the county, he was granted the title of family. Then he regretted abandoning the previous agreement and got engaged to Feng. However, Feng was ugly, but he was dressed in colorful makeup and clothes, and showed off his coquettishness, which Pei Yuan was not satisfied with. One day when Pei Yuan was traveling in the West Lake, he happened to meet Wei Shi and his maid Neng Hong in the rain. Both of them were extremely beautiful, and he was extremely upset. Mr. Feng also traveled to the lake with him, and became ugly in the heavy rain. After returning home, he died of depression. Pei Yuannai proposed marriage to the Wei family again, but Wei's father sternly refused because of his capriciousness. Pei Yuan also asked the female worker Aunt Yu to tell Miss Wei, but Miss Wei also refused. Pei Yuan retreated to the next best thing and wanted to marry Neng Hong. When Neng Hong saw Pei Yuanfeng's handsome appearance in Fuyun Tower, he fell in love with her, so he designed a plan to make the Wei family change their minds and agree to the marriage between Pei Yuan and Miss Wei. He also became the concubine. .

◇Volume 8, Ten Buildings

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a drunkard named Guo in Yongjia County, Wenzhou Prefecture, who could hold a ji and predict good or bad luck. When the scholar Yao Jian was newly married, he built a building on the first floor. Guo inscribed a plaque on it saying "Ten Building". He didn't understand what it meant. When the bride passes the door, I realize that although she is very beautiful, she is actually a stone girl. So he married his younger sister, who was extremely ugly and suffered from night sickness, and then married his younger sister, who was good-looking but pregnant. The scholar was angry and divorced her. After that, he continued to marry and had nine affairs. They were either newly married or died, or they divorced for some reason. The scholar was extremely lonely. Three years later, his maternal uncle found another daughter for him from Hangzhou. After marrying him, he found out that she was the first. The stone girl who got married for the second time. A few nights later, the woman developed a sore on her lower body due to a desperate situation, but human nature finally opened up, and the husband and wife got along well. From then on, the prophecy of the "Ten and Thirteen Years" was fulfilled.

◇Volume 9: Crane Guilou

During the Zhenghe period of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong issued an edict to seek talents. Duan Yuchu and Yu Zichang, both sons of the old family in Bianjing City, were on the gold list. Guan Shangbao's family had a daughter, Wai Zhu, and a niece, Wai Cui. They were supposed to be concubines chosen by Emperor Huizong, but due to the crisis of the siege, he had no time to accept concubines, so he married the two daughters to Duan and Yu. Yu De Wai Zhu and Duan De Wao Cui. Huizong knew that the two daughters had been obtained by the two of them, and he felt resentful in his heart, so he ordered them to go to the gold to pay the annual coins. Yu Zichang was romantic and affectionate, and he was reluctant to leave his wife; Duan Yuchu was cold and decisive, saying that it would be better for his wife to remarry, and named the building where he lived as "Crane Gui Tower" to show that he would not survive. After arriving in the Kingdom of Jin, both of them were detained. Duan Yuchu was content with the situation, while Yu Zichang missed his beloved wife and his beard and hair turned white. Eight years later, the two were released. After arriving home, they found out that Yu's wife had become ill from missing her husband and died of haggard, while Duan's wife was still beautiful, but her resentment had not disappeared. Duan Yu initially said that it was because of his heartlessness, and used the poems in the letters he sent in the past eight years as evidence. Reading them forward seemed to be words of end, but reading them backwards seemed to be words of tenderness and consolation. His wife suddenly realized , the two worshiped Huatang again and reconciled as before.

◇Volume 10 Fengxian Tower

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a scholar in Dongliu County, Chizhou Prefecture, Nanjing. He was a single scholar for seven generations. After marrying a wife, he did not have a son until he was thirty years old. At that time, there was a war and chaos, so Shu Xiucai's clan members went to the ancestral hall to enshrine the ancestors, and advised the lady to make a decision to remain an orphan and not to be constrained by trivial matters. Half a month later, the rebel soldiers arrived in Dongliu, and the scholar abandoned his home and fled. His wife was raped by the soldiers, but he endured the humiliation and survived to raise his son. After the Ding revolution, his wife was owned by a general, and the scholar fled to Hunan, where he was held by soldiers and worked as a tracker. Just met his wife. His wife tied an iron rope around his neck. When the general came, he saw the iron rope and knew there was no one else, so he gave his son to Shu Xiucai. After the scholar left, his wife hanged herself, but was saved by the general. Feeling of integrity, he ordered his family to be killed. reunion.

◇Volume 11: My Building

In the late Song Dynasty, there was a wealthy man named Yin Xiaolou in Zhushan County, Xunyang Prefecture, Huguang. He married his wife Pang, who gave birth to a son when he built the building. Born as a child name. Only egg. He disappeared when he was young. Xiaolou wanted to have an heir, but was afraid of being deceived by others, so he wrote a notice of prostitution on his back and wrote it on a cursive sign. When he arrived in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, he was born next to Yao Ji

He bought it as promised, and he held it with great courtesy. When Yuan soldiers went south, father and son returned home. When he arrived in Hankou, Yao Ji went to look for his betrothed wife Cao Yuyu. Unexpectedly, all the women were kidnapped and sold by bandits. Yao Ji was forced to buy a mother, and with her advice, he bought a beautiful woman, who happened to be Cao Yuyu. When he returned home, he met Xiaolou and found out that the old woman he bought was his wife Pang, and later he learned that Yao Ji was Xiaolou's missing son.

◇Volume 12 Wen Guolou

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Taishi Duan, Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, Zhili Province, had a Chinese name called Gu Daisou. Unfavorable, unfavorable for fame, outspoken when interacting with friends, valued by Taishi and local officials. Daisou took refuge in the countryside for the sake of peace and quiet. Taishi thought about it so much that he wrote the name of his building as "I've heard of it" to show his admiration. The newly arrived county magistrate Li Xian

Corporal conspired with others to invite the old man to come out of the mountain, and then he was appointed as a rafter official. The old man was relieved of his duties with a huge sum of money, and he also sent people pretending to be thieves to rob his family property. Daisou still guarded his home, and finally falsely accused him of being in contact with thieves and detained him in the city. Daisou had no choice but to enter the city, but Duan Taishi and others had built a new residence near the city, invited him to move in, and said that he was "evil advice" "From the beginning to the end, Daisou was moved by everyone's kindness and moved into a new home. From then on, everyone heard about it.