The story takes place during the Jianzhen period of the Tang Dynasty. There was a scholar named Lu Qingshou in Yangwu County, Kaifeng Prefecture. Lu Xiucai's ancestors came from a scholarly family. Lu Qingshou was smart since he was a child and had high hopes from everyone. Unexp

The story takes place in Tang Dynasty During the Jianzhen period, there was a scholar named Lu Qingshou in Yangwu County, Kaifeng Prefecture. Lu Xiucai's ancestors came from a scholarly family. Lu Qingshou was smart since he was a child and had high hopes from everyone. Unexpectedly, Lu Qingshou was so proud and arrogant that he failed the exam three times. Unable to accept such a blow, Lu Qingshou began to give up on himself, drinking to drown his sorrows all day long, and indulged in fireworks and willow alley.

The gangsters in the county wanted to drain the Lu family's money, so they lured Lu Qingshou into gambling. At the beginning, Lu Qingshou won a little money. He thought he had found a way to make a fortune, so that he could raise his head in front of his tribe. Finally, he kept increasing the bets, hoping to get rich overnight. As a result, Lu Qingshou got deeper and deeper into trouble, losing all his family property, and his parents were angered to death by him.

Lu Qingshou, who was originally well-dressed and well-fed, ended up begging for food. The locals all knew that Lu Qingshou was a prodigal, so they were unwilling to give him alms. In the end, Lu Qingshou couldn't resist his hunger, so he went to a remote restaurant in the suburbs to eat free food. After Lu Qingshou finished eating, he spread his hands and said, "I didn't bring any money today, so I'll charge it to my account first."

After hearing this, the waiter in the restaurant became so angry that he hit Lu Qingshou in the face with his fist. He stumbled and fell to the ground, with a lot of blood coming out of his nostrils. At this moment, a woman walked out of the back hall and shouted softly: "Who is making trouble in the store?" The waiter stepped aside and said, "Miss, this man wants to eat for nothing in broad daylight. I am going to teach him a lesson."

Then The woman glanced at Lu Qingshou and asked the boy: "How much does his meal cost in total?" The boy said: "This boy is so bold that he ordered a table of top-quality seafood dishes. It is worth at least twenty taels of silver. If he is allowed to run away, I'm afraid I won't be able to pay for it even if I take the blame."

The woman looked at Lu Qingshou with interest and said, "Sir, do you want to accept the beating or the punishment?" Lu Qingshou saw that the woman was not only satisfied. She was beautiful and spoke kindly, so she replied: "How do you say admitting to beating? How do you say admitting to punishment?" The woman smiled and said: If so, I will let the man beat you to death and then abandon the body in the wilderness. If you accept punishment, you will be punished. my husband. "

When Lu Qingshou heard that there was such a beautiful thing in the world, he immediately said: "I am willing to accept the punishment. Being able to marry a beautiful woman like you is the smoke rising from the graves of my ancestors. "Lu Qingshou didn't notice that there was a strange smile on the woman's face. It turned out that the woman's name was Hu Sanniang, she was the daughter of Hu Sanniang, a butcher in Yangwu County . Although she was very beautiful, she was ruthless and had a very good taste in choosing a mate. , I don’t know why I fell in love with Lu Qingshou today.

Lu Qingshou thought that a pie fell from the sky, and it happened to hit him on the head. Unfortunately, Lu Qingshou was too happy on the night of the wedding, and Hu Sanniang wanted to give Lu Qingshou a bath, but Lu Qingshou just jumped. After getting into the bathtub, Hu Sanniang poured a pot of boiling water into it and burned Lu Qingshou until his skin and flesh were ripped open. Lu Qingshou screamed in pain and hurriedly jumped out of the tub.

Hu Sanniang pretended to be frightened and said: "Mr., I didn't do it on purpose, I just forgot. Pour cold water. My husband, please don’t exclaim like this, others will think that we are killing pigs in the middle of the night if they don’t know. "After that, Hu Sanniang took off a butcher's knife from the wall and made a few gestures with her hand. Lu Qingshou was so frightened that he quickly covered his mouth and did not dare to say anything.

This was not the end yet. Hu Sanniang took out another red-hot knife. He used a branding iron to carve out a love shape on Lu Qingshou, asking him to show his loyalty. Three days later, Lu Qingshou transformed from a heroic young man into an ugly monster. They were all riddled with wounds by Hu Sanniang.

Even if Lu Qingshou becomes like this, Hu Sanniang will not let him go. Hu Sanniang gave Lu Qingshou a pole and said: "You really think you are allowed to be the uncle! You met me, this is your retribution! Now go up the mountain to chop wood, the sunset I chopped a load of firewood before, if you dare to be lazy, watch how I torture you!"

Lu Qingshou was afraid that Hu Sanniang would try to punish him again, so he limped up the mountain. When Lu Qingshou reached the top of the cliff, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, why did he end up in such a situation when he originally had a happy family? Lu Qingshou felt desperate and thought that he might as well die. Just when Lu Qingshou was about to jump off the cliff and commit suicide, a pair of big hands suddenly grabbed him from behind.

Lu Qingshou turned around and saw that he was a monk. Lu Qingshou said: "Master, why did you save me? Let me die." The monk clasped his hands together and said: "Your old debt has not been eliminated, and you will not be able to escape punishment even in the underworld. Why not live in this world?" If you accumulate virtue and do good deeds, you will be reborn in bliss?" Lu Qingshou asked in confusion, "What does the master mean by saying that my old debt has not been cleared?"

The monk said, "You and your wife have been enemies for eight generations, so that's why she treats you like this in this life. "You." Lu Qingshou said, "Where do you start with this?" The monk said, "In your previous life, you were a wealthy businessman, and your greatest pleasure was to taste all the delicious food in the world. In order to try something new, you made your own charcoal-grilled suckling lamb and crispy goose intestines. , air-dried chicken , dragon beard and chicken feet , live barking donkey, roast duck paw, sizzling soft-shell turtle, Sanzhi'er. Your wife died tragically in your hands in the past eight lives, so she wants to give you a taste of life in this life. It's worse than death."

After hearing this, Lu Qingshou realized that no wonder Hu Sanniang hated him so much. Lu Qingshou bowed to the monk and said: "I have made a big mistake in my life. I ask the eminent monk to give me a way to liberate myself." The eminent monk sighed and said: "When will the injustice be repaid? To untie the bell, you must tie the bell. If you want to be liberated, the only way is Repent sincerely to her and keep away those enemies and creditors from your past life, so that you can return to your normal life."

When Lu Qingshou wanted to ask again, he saw that the mountain was empty except for himself. Lu Qingshou didn't know that it was him just now. Hallucination or something. Before sunset, Lu Qingshou carried firewood down the mountain, and Hu Sanniang was already waiting at the door with a whip. Lu Qingshou fell to his knees on the ground and regretted: "I was too cruel in my previous life. I hope you will forgive me and never complain whether I am beaten or punished."

After hearing this, Sanniang Hu suddenly let go of the whip and dropped it to the ground. People also fainted. When Hu Sanniang woke up again, she seemed to be a different person, very gentle and virtuous. When she saw Lu Qingshou's body covered with scars, she burst into tears and said, "Mr., I don't know why at that time, but I just wanted to torture you severely. It's all my fault." Lu Qingshou knew that those enemies and creditors were far away, so he comforted her. Hu Sanniang said: "It's all my fault. What happened in the past is in the past. Let's just live a good life in the future."

From then on, Hu Sanniang and his wife changed to a vegetarian diet, and Hu Sanniang also persuaded her father not to be a butcher. Hu Sanniang encouraged Lu Qingshou to resume his studies. After experiencing so many storms, Lu Qingshou had already seen through life and his mentality had become calm. In the autumn of that year, Lu Qingshou passed the imperial examination and passed the Jinshi examination the next year. Later, he was awarded the title of second-rank official. Hu Sanniang gave birth to two sons for Lu Qingshou, and both of them later became very good.

[Solemn statement]

This story is a folk tale, purely a literary creation. The plot and characters are fictitious. It is intended to enrich readers' spare time. Please do not contradict feudal superstition.