Mr. Lan cleared his throat and continued, "So, on the third day after Zhang Jialang's wedding, the villains fed him a fake death drug.

As soon as Zhang Dalang was buried in a grave and his family left, he was dug out from the cemetery by criminals and taken to a private gold mine to work as a coolie.

He was taken to a remote mining area and was strictly guarded there. Others who were taken to the mining area with a fake death drug like him had no way to escape except to work hard and earn three meals a day.

In order to maintain secrecy, those who had "died" could only die in the mining area.

A few days ago, under the leadership of Li Ping'an, all the evil forces and bandit dens in various places were wiped out.

Zhang Jiadalang and his fellow workers were also rescued. After the officers and soldiers verified their identities, they were all released without charge.

The officers and soldiers also paid them one hundred taels of silver as compensation for their three years of hard work in the gold mine.

Zhang Dalang was overjoyed. He dug out the gold particles he had secretly accumulated for three years and hurried home with the gold and silver.

But unfortunately, he met some villains on the road again. Not only was his 100 taels of silver robbed, but he was also pushed into the water by the villains.

Fortunately, he was rescued by a boat girl, who also spent three taels of silver to buy medicine for Zhang Jia Dalang to treat his cold.

With the careful care of the boat girl, Zhang Dalang recovered after seven days.

The boat girl's surname was Zhou, and everyone called her Madam Zhou.

Zhou Niangzi is a helpless young woman with only a cousin who works as a waiter in a teahouse on the shore. The siblings take care of each other.

Madam Zhou is very beautiful, but she has never found a suitable man.

When she saw that Zhang Jiadalang had fair skin, regular features, tall stature and a good temper, she became interested in him.

During the seven days of taking care of Zhang Dalang, Zhou Niangzi fell in love with this young, handsome and gentle man and wanted to marry Zhang Dalang.

Madam Zhou blushed and asked, "Master Zhang, you and I are destined to be together. I wonder if this fate can last a little longer?"

Zhang Jiadalang didn't understand and asked stupidly, "Mrs. Zhou saved my life, we are really destined to be together.

I have recovered? I have been away from home for three years and I am eager to go home to visit my parents, brothers, sisters and my wife. "

When Madam Zhou heard that Zhang Dalang had a wife, she immediately looked sad.

She cried and said, "Master Zhang, I'm telling you the truth. I love you and want to be with you forever.

But you said you have a wife, I am really miserable. I wonder if I can marry you and be your equal wife? "

Zhang's eldest son quickly apologized: "Madam Zhou, my wife and I have been childhood sweethearts.

Unfortunately, just three days after my marriage, I was fed a drug that made me fake my death and was captured by criminals.

She thought I was dead, so she stayed a widow, taking care of the whole family. I felt so guilty towards her.

I really cannot let my wife down, and even more so I cannot let you down as my great benefactor.

Besides, I am not a son of a wealthy family, so I cannot afford to have concubines, let alone take a concubine.

I have no way to repay Madam Zhou for saving my life, so I will give you twenty taels of silver as a thank you gift. What do you think?"

Madam Zhou also knew that she could not use force to repay a favor, so she no longer forced Zhang Jialang to do so, and could only lower her head with regret and remain silent.

But Zhang Dalang promised to give him money, but he didn't have any money. So he apologized and said:

"However, please give me a few days, Madam Zhou.

The silver I had with me was stolen by the bandits.

I promise that I will collect the money when I get home. You can ask your cousin Yang Xiaolang to go home with me to get the money."

The boatwoman, Ms. Zhou, was also a reasonable and kind person, and she originally had no intention of accepting any compensation.

She suggested: "Mr. Zhang still has one last dose of medicine. You can drink it tonight and tomorrow morning.

The doctor said that if you take the last dose of medicine, you will be cured of the root cause of the disease. You can go home tomorrow morning after taking the medicine. I don't want any compensation from you."

Zhang Dalang was extremely grateful to Lady Zhou for her loyalty and righteousness, and promised to send it to her when he got enough money back.

Unexpectedly, something happened to Madam Zhou that night.