速描《金瓶梅》第 64 回／100

六妻瓶儿原是梁高官的小三儿，高官与正妻逃命， 带不走的金银财宝随瓶儿嫁到花子虚成为正妻老大，瓶儿与在皇家侍奉过的花公公有私密， 他偷来的皇家金珠宝石，玩物奇货，私下流入瓶儿私房。 瓶儿与邻居西门庆偷情，当丈夫在兄弟分家产中冤枉死去后， 瓶儿早把私房家产翻墙偷运入西门庆， 后嫁西门庆成为小六儿。

 

瓶儿生前万人无怨，人人借钱，无人还钱，可怜命薄，葬礼弥补，西门庆要与灵柩相伴四七（28天）后安葬。  众官前来上祭， 赞灵棺采用顶级杨宣榆， 高官死后都无此礼遇。

 

Ximen’s 6^th wife Ping used to be a concubine to Liang, the high ranking official,  who ran away with his wife due to political trouble, the house treasures he couldn’t bring along with, went together with Ping, who then married with Hua.  Ping had an affair with her father-in-law, who had worked for royal family, she then secretly inherited the royal treasures he had stolen.  Ping cheated on her husband, fooled around with Ximen, when her husband died on family property split fight, she had already hidden her treasures in Ximen’s house.

 

When she married with Ximen, everyone in the house borrowed money from her, no one returned. Nobody talked bad about her.  Poor Ping had a short life, but long funeral instead. Ximen requests for 4 x 7 days (28 days before burying her.  When the officials come to Ping’s wake ceremony, and see the expensive coffin, they say if they die, they cannot afford such coffin and ceremony. 

[宝尔]

100年后的《红楼梦》里贾家儿媳妇秦可卿的棺材昂贵和葬礼隆重与《金瓶梅》西门庆6妻瓶儿的棺材和葬礼气派阵势是大同小异， 异曲同工。

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