During the Northern Song Dynasty, in Fushou Village west of Huainan, there was a young man named Zhu Dachang. He was smart and capable and made a lot of money at a young age. It is a pity that he is ugly and has never married a wife when he is over thirty.
One day, Matchmaker Wang came to visit and said that she would introduce a woman to Zhu Dachang. Her name was Dongmei, she was eighteen years old and she was the most beautiful girl in the neighboring village. Zhu Dachang was confused and asked why a good girl would marry an ugly man like herself.
Matchmaker Wang said that the girl's family was in trouble a few years ago, and it was thanks to his help that they got through the crisis. Now that Dongmei has grown up, she came to him specifically to repay her kindness. Upon hearing this, Zhu Dachang suddenly remembered that such an incident did happen a few years ago, and agreed to meet Dongmei.
After the two met, they were very satisfied with each other and soon became husband and wife. Dongmei is gentle and virtuous, and keeps the house in order after her marriage. I wish Dachang can have hot meals every time he comes home. He feels very happy and wants to give his wife a better life.
Soon, many rich people came from other places and wanted to recruit some capable people to do a big business. Zhu Dachang was selected by the rich people because of his outstanding ability. If he agrees, he will have to leave home for several months, and Dongmei will have to stay at home by herself. If he doesn't agree, the opportunity to make money will be wasted.
Just when Zhu Dachang was in trouble, Dongmei took the initiative and said: "Husband, you are also doing it for our family, so just go and fight with peace of mind." Zhu Dachang was moved and promised: "I will go back as soon as possible. When I get home again, we will Build a mansion and hire people to take care of it." A few days later, the couple parted in tears. Before leaving, Zhu Dachang even bought his wife a big black dog to prevent her from being afraid.
After that, Dongmei lived a solitary life, rarely having any contact with people except talking to dogs. Black dogs are also very understanding of human nature and must be vigilant every day to avoid being broken into by bad guys. Even so, there are still people with evil intentions eager to take over Dongmei.
This man’s name is Ximen Bin, a bricklayer in the village, who grew up with Zhu Dachang since childhood. But he was jealous, especially after seeing that Zhu Dachang, who was uglier than him, married a beautiful wife, he felt unhappy all the time. He wanted to cause trouble for the couple several times, but he had to give up because he had no chance. Now that Zhu Dachang was out, his lust was aroused again.
And on this night, Ximen Bin took advantage of the dark moon and high wind to sneak into Dongmei's house along the eaves. Just as he was about to enter the house to commit mischief, a big black dog suddenly pounced on him and bit him on the leg, causing him to scream in pain.
At this time, Dongmei came out after hearing the sound and said angrily: "Okay, how dare you break into the empty door at night? I will report it to the Yamen right away." Ximen Bin was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy, swearing that he would never dare to do it again. . Dongmei thought to herself that she would be a good person so that they could meet each other in the future, so she let him go. However, her kindness was not rewarded and she even almost died.
Half a year passed, and Zhu Dachang still didn’t come back. That night, looking at the falling snow outside the window, Dongmei said sadly: "Hey, when will you come home?" At this time, there was a knock on the door. She thought her husband was back, so she ran out to open the door quickly. It turned out that standing outside was a ragged and shivering beggar.
Dongmei asked warily: "Who are you? What do you want to do?" The beggar said: "Good Samaritan, have mercy on me. I haven't eaten for several days." She thought that there was a black dog at home, and the beggar didn't Dare to do anything, so he greeted him to come in. When
entered the house, Dongmei accidentally fell down and her sleeves were torn. The beggar frowned and asked, "Are you okay?" Dongmei smiled awkwardly and said it was okay.
Dongmei made a bowl of hot noodle soup for the beggar. Seeing that he was enjoying the meal, she quietly returned to the room to mend his clothes. Dongmei took off her coat, took out her needle and thread and started to sew. Unexpectedly, she didn't pay attention, and the needle severely cut her hand.
Dongmei cursed secretly and was about to stop the bleeding when the beggar suddenly kicked open the door, took her hand and squeezed the blood on her clothes.Dongmei screamed: "Crazy beggar, what are you going to do?" The beggar said solemnly: "If you don't want to die, just do as I say, and quickly cover your clothes with blood."
Dongmei thought that if she didn't do as he said, He might suffer a loss, so he endured the pain and squeezed out a lot of blood. The beggar threw the bloody clothes on the bed, then took the black dog and gently opened the dog's claws. After filling a bowl of blood, he handed it to Dongmei and said: "Put the dog's blood on your belly button and get into the closet. I won't call you." Don't come out." Dongmei nodded and obeyed.
After a while, Dongmei felt that the temperature of the room dropped sharply, as if she was outside in the ice and snow. The next second, two more people suddenly appeared in the room. They all have green faces and fangs, one is holding a soul-calling flag, and the other is holding an iron chain. The two of them shouted together: "Dongmei, your life is over, come back to the underworld with us quickly." After that, they walked to the bed and took away the bloody clothes.
When the two of them walked to the door, one of them suddenly looked back at the big closet. Dongmei's heart suddenly rose to her throat, but fortunately, he just looked at it and left. Half an hour later, the beggar shouted: "Come out, it's okay." Dongmei was so frightened that she fell out of the cabinet.
After waiting for a while, Dongmei asked: "Are those two people just ghosts? Who are you?" The beggar said: "To be honest, I am a Taoist priest."
It turns out that beggars are extremely high in Taoism. A Taoist priest happened to encounter a heavy snowfall for several days when passing through Wangjiacun, which turned him into a beggar. He had no choice but to knock on the door of Dongmei's house. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the door, she saw that Dongmei Yintang was black and blue. She happened to fall again, so she guessed that she might suffer a bloody disaster.
Later, the beggar took advantage of Dongmei’s return to the house to make up his mind and calculated that she would be taken away by a ghost at night. Then she hurriedly rushed into the boudoir and asked Dongmei to smear blood all over her clothes to trick the ghost. Just in case, Dongmei was also asked to smear her navel with evil-proof black dog blood to seal the living person's yang energy and prevent ghosts from discovering her.
After learning the truth, Dongmei said sadly: "Am I really going to die soon?" The beggar said: "According to my guess, you must have offended someone. Logically speaking, you should live to be eighty years old."
Dongmei Si After thinking about it, I told him about the black dog biting Ximen Bin. The beggar said angrily: "He was a promising bricklayer, but he did such an immoral thing, but there is no need to worry. He deceived others and caught the wrong person, and he probably won't live long."
The next day, Ximen Bin was found exposed. In order to thank the beggar for saving her life, Dongmei specially gave out ten taels of silver as a reward. The beggar declined politely and said, "I came to the rescue because you were kind-hearted. You must do more good deeds in the future." Dongmei nodded.
Shortly after the incident, Zhu Dachang took nearly ten thousand taels of silver home to reunite with Dongmei. After this incident, the couple did not build a mansion as originally planned, but used the money to do good deeds. A husband and wife who devote their lives to being kind to others will be rewarded with a lifetime of wealth, children, and both will live to be eighty without any illness.
