In the second year of Chui Gong's reign, Wu Zetian ordered the production of copper coins and placed them in front of Luoyang Palace. For a time, there was a trend of informing throughout the country. Because Wu Zetian adhered to the attitude of "rewarding those who have merit, a

In the second year of Emperor Chui Gong's reign, Wu Zetian ordered the production of copper crocodiles and placed them in front of the palace in Luoyang. For a time, there was a trend of informing throughout the country. Because Wu Zetian adhered to the attitude of "rewarding those who have merit, and not pursuing those who lie," whistleblowers were everywhere in the country, and everyone in the imperial court was in danger. Speaking of which, there may be some people who don’t know what Tonghuo is. In fact, it is like the current reporting box.

There was a young gangster named Cheng Chuliang on the streets of Chang'an . He spent all day doing nothing but doing his job. On this day, he passed by the gate of the governor of Hengzhou and saw the governor's house decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations for a happy event. He barged in without saying a word. Not only did they eat and drink a lot inside, but they also asked the host for a hundred taels of silver before leaving. Faced with such scoundrels that everyone hated, how could the dignified governor be so coddled that he just ordered the housekeeper to kick him out.

Cheng Chuliang was very angry after being kicked out. At this time, he happened to walk to the gate of Luoyang Palace. Suddenly he saw the bronze man in front of the palace gate. He couldn't help but sneer on his face, so he sued the governor.

He made up a random charge of rebellion and sued the governor. It didn't take long for the governor's family to be executed. Cheng Chuliang was also awarded the rank of fifth-grade guerrilla general and supervisory censor for his meritorious service in reporting. It can be said that he reached the sky in one step.

The right way is not to do bad things, and not to be afraid of ghosts knocking at the door in the middle of the night. Cheng Chuliang himself knew that he climbed to where he is today by stepping on the corpses of those innocent people. It can be said that he has countless enemies. In order to ensure his personal safety, he recruited many martial arts masters as his personal bodyguards. His mansion also sent additional soldiers, one post every five steps and one sentry every ten steps. There were soldiers patrolling inside and outside the mansion day and night, so there were many people looking for him. Everyone he came to take revenge on was dealt with by him one by one.

At noon that day, Cheng Chuliang was about to take a lunch break after eating lunch, when he suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps coming from outside the door. He was startled and shouted loudly: "Who is outside the door?" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw someone coming in through the curtain.

Cheng Chuliang took a closer look and saw that the person coming was the maid Feng Ma who had just entered the house not long ago. Feng's mother came in, knelt down, kowtowed, and said tremblingly: "Master, I have something to do. I don't know if I should talk about it or not."

Cheng Chuliang felt unhappy when he was woken up. He frowned and asked angrily: "You are an old woman. If there is anything important, it has to be said at this time!"

Seeing that Cheng Chuliang was angry, Feng's mother was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly, and then said hesitantly: "I feel that there will be assassins sneaking into the house today to kill you. I'm worried about your safety, so I hope you won't blame me."

Cheng Chuliang nodded and said, "It's rare for you to be loyal. I will send more people to patrol the house tonight."

Feng Ma. He said anxiously, "Master, I feel that the assassin will appear in the future."

"Appear in the future? Isn't it the time now?" Cheng Chuliang looked outside. The sun was high and there were soldiers inside and outside the mansion. Even though If there was really an assassin who wanted to assassinate him, he wouldn't choose this moment, right? He thought it was Feng's mother who wanted to take credit from him, so he didn't care.

However, before he could take a sip of tea, he heard someone arguing outside. Just as Cheng Chuliang was about to curse, he saw a man holding a steel knife and rushed into the house without saying a word. He raised the steel knife and slashed at him. go.

Seeing this, Cheng Chuliang quickly pressed a button beside the bed. Almost at the same time, he saw a large net woven with steel cables falling from the sky and lying directly in front of the assassin. While the assassin was fighting with the soldiers who came from the mansion after hearing the news, Cheng Chuliang pressed the button again, and saw the wooden bed flipped over, flipping Cheng Chuliang into the tunnel. Then the big wooden bed was tightly fastened to the bed frame. .

Although this was a false alarm, Cheng Chuliang still expressed his gratitude to the new Feng Ma and rewarded her with a lot of money. Half a month later, he decided to go to Dayun Temple to burn incense and make a wish, praying to the Buddha to bless him.

When he went out this time, he was afraid that the news would leak out and attract uninvited guests. So except for his wife who knew about it, he never mentioned it to anyone else.

Who would have thought that just the day before departure, when Feng's mother was serving tea to Cheng Chuliang, she suddenly said: "Master, you must not go to the temple tomorrow, it is a dangerous place!"

Hearing this from Feng's mother, The tea cup in Cheng Chuliang's hand almost fell to the ground. He stared at Feng's mother in surprise. Because no one knew about going to Dayun Temple, he asked in surprise: "What did you just say?"

Feng's mother hurriedly He bowed and said in a low voice: "I think you must not go to temples and other places recently, for fear of serious harm."

Cheng Chuliang didn't say anything after hearing this, but just waved his hand to signal Feng's mother to go down first. After listening to Feng Ma's words, although he was murmuring in his heart, he didn't want to change his mind just because of the servant's words.

The first thing is that he has done too many things to worry about in the past few years, and he needs the Buddha's blessing too much. Besides, Feng Ma is just a servant. How can I take the words of a servant seriously? If outsiders knew that a dignified guerrilla general was too frightened to travel just because of a subordinate's words, wouldn't that make people laugh out loud?

had to go, but Cheng Chuliang also made careful arrangements. He asked an old servant to put on his clothes and pretend to be himself, and rode a sedan to Dayun Temple. He also asked bodyguards to protect him as he moved around the sedan. And he followed behind on horseback in disguise, with only two followers, and kept a distance of about one mile from the sedan.

Cheng Chuliang followed the sedan at a short distance. Just as the sedan arrived at Dayun Temple and was about to get off the sedan, seven or eight burly men suddenly rushed out from Dayun Temple. They quickly surrounded him. On the sedan chair, just raise your knife and chop. In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and the poor old servant died without saying a word. Cheng Chuliang, who was following behind, was frightened and frightened.

He didn't care, he turned the horse's head and ran wildly. After returning home, his heartbeat was still beating. Cheng Chuliang couldn't help but secretly rejoice. If he had sat in that sedan by himself, he would have turned into a puddle of meat!

After this incident, Cheng Chuliang became fond of Feng Ma. He believed that Feng Ma Was it Guanyin Bodhisattva sent to bless him? So he called Feng's mother and asked: "Feng's mother, how did you know in advance that I would be in danger? Are you sent by Guanyin Bodhisattva to protect me?"

Feng's mother lowered her head and hesitated for a long time. Tell me any useful information. Cheng Chuliang shook his head and asked: "Feng Ma, I have already escaped two disasters, will there be more in the future?"

Feng Ma said with a red face: "Master, I was just about to tell you about this! In the past three days, , you must pay attention to the food, it may be poisonous."

"What?" He was a little suspicious when he heard what Feng Ma said. Because, in order to prevent someone from poisoning him, every time before using his chopsticks, he would watch a man named Zhang Bao stir each dish, and then this man would eat each dish first. After one bite, Cheng Chuliang moved his chopsticks to eat.

At noon the next day, as usual, Zhang Bao followed the people in the kitchen and served the food. Then as usual, Zhang Bao mixed each dish one by one, then took a bite of each dish, and then handed the chopsticks to Cheng Chuliang.

Cheng Chuliang took the chopsticks and was about to move them when he suddenly remembered Feng's mother's words and couldn't help but feel moved. He slowly put down the raised chopsticks and looked up at Zhang Bao quietly. Zhang Bao seemed a little flustered at this time and urged: "Master, why don't you eat! Eat quickly, or the food will be cold if you don't eat it."

Cheng Chuliang didn't say a word, just stared at Zhang. precious. After a while, Zhang Bao was seen clenching his fists, frowning, sweat beads appeared on his forehead, and his body was shaking a little.

realized something was wrong. Just as Cheng Chuliang was about to stand up, he saw Zhang Bao falling on his back with a "plop". Then he saw Zhang Bao bleeding from his orifices and foaming at the mouth. He died after a while.

After being shocked, Cheng Chuliang thought it was too strange. Could it be that the cook and Zhang Bao had colluded? But why do we have to wait until today? After thinking about it for a while, Cheng Chuliang figured it out.

He just changed his chef the day before yesterday for a change of taste, and this Zhang Bao only came here half a month ago. Chu Liang was frightened when he thought of this mileage. If Feng's mother hadn't reminded him, he might have died from the delicious food.

Cheng Chuliang called the guards, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and roared: "Go and arrest the cook and Zhang Bao's family now." Just as the soldiers were about to leave after receiving the order, they heard Cheng Chuliang say again He shouted: "Wait a minute, there is no need to arrest people. Everyone will be punished on the spot. They will all be killed by me. No one will be spared."

After everyone left, he invited Feng Ma over and said respectfully: "Feng Ma , although you have not been in my house for a long time, you have helped me resolve three crises. I am really grateful for your life-saving grace, but even so, you have to tell me the truth, how did you know in advance. Those three things?"

Feng Ma said in a panic: "Master, those are all coincidences. I just said it casually. Don't take it seriously."

Cheng Chuliang sneered: "Feng Ma, even if you come to me. I haven't been in the Cheng family for a long time, but I think you know what kind of person I am. Whatever I want, I will never let it go, no matter what the means. You can predict good or bad luck, this is absolutely true. It's not a coincidence. If you tell the truth today, I will let you enjoy the glory and wealth for the rest of your life. If you don't tell me, don't blame me for being ungrateful."

Feng's mother hesitated when she heard this. She looked at the sky and said to Cheng Chuliang: "Master. , It’s not that I don’t want to say it, because this is a secret. If I tell it, I will leak the secret, and I will definitely die within three days.” After hearing this, Cheng Chuliang sneered: “Feng Ma, if you tell me, I will give you a thousand gold coins.” Two, even if you die, your family will enjoy wealth and food and clothing because of you. If you don't tell me, I won't let you walk out of the Cheng Mansion alive. You will die anyway. You chose to leave it to your family. You have a fortune, or you die in vain."

After hearing this, Feng's mother said, "If I tell you, will you really give my family a thousand taels of gold?"

"If you don't believe it, I will." You can make a pledge!"

Faced with this choice, Feng Ma had no choice but to agree! In desperation, Feng Ma told Cheng Chuliang her secret.

It turns out that the reason why Feng’s mother can predict misfortunes and blessings is because she has the ear-replying spirit to protect her. Once she is in any danger, or the people around her are about to encounter any major danger, the God of Ears will tell her in advance in her ears so that she can take precautions.

After hearing this, Cheng Chuliang felt that this was simply a fantasy, and asked in confusion: "Ear Retribution God? How can I have Ear Retribution God?"

Feng's mother said: "Actually, it is difficult to obtain Ear Retribution God. It's simple. That is, those who want to obtain the God of Ears must follow a special method when they know the secret of the God of Ears. As for whether they can get the protection of the God of Ears, it requires a certain amount of time. I have the courage."

Cheng Chuliang quickly asked Feng Ma how to do it.

As for the method of obtaining it, it is to go alone to a deep mountain on the night of the Ghost Festival on July 15th and put a live crow into a boiling oil pan between midnight and Hai hour. Cook and fry in medium.

has to recite a spell while blowing up. Later, some unjust ghosts will appear around you, but you have to remember that at this time, you must not be afraid at all. You have to talk to them just like chatting with friends. As soon as the hour passes, the hell gate is closed and the dead ghost will disappear. From now on, you can control the ear to repay the spirit.

Cheng Chuliang asked: "What is that spell?"

Feng's mother did not say the spell directly this time, but asked: "Master, I have told you all these secrets with my life, and you should too Give me a note!"

"Yes, I was just so happy that I forgot about it." Cheng Chuliang immediately wrote a note promising to give Feng Ma a thousand taels of gold.

Feng Ma carefully folded the receipt and put it into her arms, and then warned: "Master, only you know about this matter. God knows, earth knows, you know, I know. I will know it soon." He's going to die. If you tell anyone else about this, you will suffer the same punishment as me."

Until now, Cheng Chuliang still didn't fully believe what Feng Ma said. Of course, he really hopes that he can be protected by the God of Ear Retribution. If that is the case, he will know who has unexpected intentions for him. From now on, he will no longer have to be afraid of those who seek revenge on him. However, he was waiting...waiting for Feng Ma to die in three days as she said.

One day, two days, and on the third day, someone reported at dawn: Feng's mother died. No one knew why. Feng's mother was fine before going to bed the night before, but she suddenly fell ill and died in the morning.

Cheng Chuliang was surprised and happy after hearing this. To his surprise, what Feng's mother told him turned out to be true. There really is a God of Ear Retribution in this world! Happily, he will soon be protected by this God.

Just when he imagined that he was so great after being protected by the gods, he suddenly thought of something, hurriedly broke into the servant's residence, waved the others away, and looked at Feng Ma coldly After looking around to make sure there was no one around, he put his hand into Feng's mother's arms and took out the piece of paper. Then a satisfied smile appeared on Cheng Chuliang's face.

Cheng Chuliang counted with his fingers. In ten days, it will be the Hungry Ghost Festival on July 15th. In these ten days, Cheng Chuliang lived like a year. Since Feng's mother died, no one could predict good or bad luck for him anymore. He always felt that someone would harm him at any time, and he was in constant fear every day. He had to survive these ten days without any accident.

Finally waited until July 15th. Cheng Chuliang was restless all day long, looking forward to getting dark earlier. Just after dusk arrived, Cheng Chuliang quietly slipped out of the house with a few personal guards, and the group wandered around outside the city. It was already midnight, and seeing that it was almost midnight, he waved his hand and asked the guards to leave on their own and go home first. One of the guards asked: "Master, why is it getting late? Where are you going? It's really dangerous for you to be alone in this wilderness, so we should follow you!"

Cheng Chuliang suddenly turned gloomy and scolded: "Master, where do I want to go, when do I need your help?" Several guards shook their heads after hearing this, and did not dare to ask any more questions.

They have been following Cheng Chuliang for several years and know that he is not only weird but also very suspicious. When he usually goes out, no one knows his route and method of travel, he appears and disappears. Even at home, no one knows where he will be when he goes to bed every night. It was precisely because of his suspicion that he avoided assassins' attempts to kill him many times. After listening to Cheng Chuliang's words, the guards looked at each other, clamped the horses, turned their heads and walked back.

Cheng Chuliang looked at the guards leaving and smiled in his heart. Then he turned his horse and hurried towards Lianyun Mountain. Cheng Chuliang looked left and right along the way, fearing that an assassin would suddenly appear on the road. If he hadn't been looking for the God of Ears, he would never have traveled alone.

Before long, Cheng Chuliang had penetrated into the depths of Lianyun Mountain. He found an open flat land, set up a small pot, and when it was approaching Haishi, he lit a fire and heated the oil. When the time came, he directly threw the live crow he had prepared in advance into the oil pan, then sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes and recited the incantation.

About a quarter of an hour later, Cheng Chuliang heard footsteps coming from his ears. His heart beat faster and faster as the footsteps got closer. Did he expect that a ghost was really coming?

Cheng Chuliang couldn't bear it any longer. He opened his eyes slightly. He saw seven or eight tall male ghosts standing next to him under the bright moonlight.Cheng Chuliang asked tremblingly: "Brother ghosts, what kind of ghosts are you?"

One of the ghosts laughed "haha" and said: "Old thief Cheng, we are the family of the Hengzhou governor who was killed by you. "Ghost!"

Cheng Chuliang was so frightened that he backed away and stammered: "Brother ghosts, that is all in the past. Don't worry, I will definitely ask the eminent monk to save you as soon as possible when I return. Reincarnation. We will be friends from now on, and I, Cheng, will rely on you a lot in the future."

After listening to Cheng Chuliang's words, the seven or eight male ghosts burst out laughing. One of the tall ghosts grabbed Cheng Chuliang's hair. He picked him up, kicked him in the stomach and knocked him to the ground, and said bitterly: "Old thief Cheng, you are on the verge of death, and yet you are still dreaming of harming others! "

Cheng Chuliang said in astonishment: "Don't you-?""

"Yes, we are not ghosts at all. We are all descendants of loyal people who were framed by you and killed by the whole family. How much effort have we put in to get where we are today!" Aren't you the ones who rewarded the gods with their ears?" That was our plan to lure you here. If not, how could you, an old thief, go up the mountain to die alone? Forget it, we would let you die today. You must understand..."

It turns out that Cheng Chuliang knew that he had killed too many innocent people over the years. In order to prevent himself from being assassinated, he took many precautions. In the past few years, although many people had done nothing to him Assassinations, whether at home or on the road, were resolved by him one by one.

In order to take revenge, they finally came up with this revenge plan. In order to realize this plan, several martyrs sacrificed their lives for it, including Feng Ma, Zhang Bao, the cook, and the infiltrator Cheng. Several people were assassinated by the government.

And that Feng mother is the daughter of the governor of Hengzhou. On the day of the execution, she happened to go to the temple to burn incense and luckily escaped a disaster. In order to take revenge, she disguised herself and infiltrated Cheng Mansion, and fabricated the myth of the God of Ear Retribution.

In order to make Cheng Chuliang believe, he also deliberately made several prophecies to make him believe in himself more. As for how Feng's mother knew that Cheng Chuliang was going to burn incense, that was what Cheng Chuliang's wife accidentally said when she was chatting with him. Although several people were sacrificed in the three "predictions", as long as Cheng Chuliang could be eliminated, all the sacrifices were worth it.

After hearing this, Cheng Chuliang's legs softened and he knelt down on the ground. He kept kowtowing and apologized, and begged: "Everyone, please show me your noble hands and spare me! I can give you all my money, as long as you don't Kill me, and I can arrange for you to become high officials. Don't kill me, I will never dare to frame others out of thin air again."

Is a person like him worthy of forgiveness? Obviously it's impossible. The seven or eight big men all took out daggers from their arms and "killed" Cheng Chuliang alive under the bright white moonlight.

Cheng Chuliang did not come home for several days. His family felt uneasy, so they sent people to search everywhere, and finally found a white skeleton on the top of Lianyun Mountain. Through the clothes left behind, they were able to determine that the white skeleton was that of Cheng Chuliang.

finished.

Xiao Ran wants to say: Since Wu Zetian has an attitude of not punishing all informants, but rewarding those who have merit, in order to obtain Wu Zetian's generous rewards, snobs rushed to expose and even fabricate evidence to invest in copper coins. And those officials who read the letters took Wu Zetian's happiness and anger as the criterion, and created countless unjust prisons in the world. A generation of officials Di Renjie could not go to the temple to face the saint for eight years, and the people's injustice was not redressed, which was even worse. forward.

Although such things will not happen now, there are still many people who spread rumors behind the scenes. Their casual words can cause a lot of trouble to others.

Those who spread rumors are hateful, those who spread rumors are hateful, and those who believe in rumors are miserable.

Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small. A casual remark may be unintentional on the part of the speaker, but intentional on the part of the listener.A soft tongue can sometimes break a person's bones. Words can sometimes hurt more than sticks.

Many times, what we see is not necessarily the truth, and what we think is the fact is not necessarily the truth.

Don’t judge people easily, it is actually a kind of cultivation.

What do you think?