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Author: Xiao Ye Ye Tells Stories
During the Song Dynasty , there was a man named Li Chenggui in Dong County. He was originally a businessman. He was involved in a lawsuit due to a business mistake. He was later investigated by the government and imprisoned.
Li Chenggui has a son named Li Dongqiang. When the case occurred, Li Dongqiang was just 14 years old.
Li Chenggui was imprisoned, and his release date was far away. The originally wealthy Li family soon fell into decline, and Li Dongqiang, who had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, became the backbone of the family.
Mother Zhang was in poor health, and her creditors came to her door every day to collect debts. However, the Li family had no money left. When the creditors refused, they beat and kicked Zhang.
Soon after, Zhang became bedridden.
There is an old carpenter in a small town, his surname is Zheng. It is said that his ancestors have been carpenters for three generations. He is not only exquisite in craftsmanship, but also knows thaumaturgy. He is an old craftsman with both talent and virtue.
Carpenter Zheng had some friendship with Li Chenggui. A few years ago, when Li Chenggui's family was building a house, he sent his butler to invite Carpenter Zheng without considering other craftsmen.
Carpenter Zheng was very grateful and kept this friendship in his heart. Now, Li Chenggui is behind bars and his wife and children are suffering. He cannot sit idly by and ignore it.
Therefore, Carpenter Zheng often gave them some rice and noodles. Soon after, he made an exception and accepted Li Dongqiang as a closed disciple. He taught Li Dongqiang the skills passed down from his ancestors without reservation.
With the help of Carpenter Zheng, the life of the mother and son finally improved. When Li Dongqiang was sixteen years old, he became successful in his studies, so he went out to work with Zheng Carpenter and began to make money to support his family.
Because I work everywhere, it is common to leave early and come home late. One night, when the master and the apprentice came home from work, they encountered a strange thing.
Fortunately, Carpenter Zheng knew magic, so the master and the apprentice were safe.
In the evening after autumn, the master and the apprentice rushed home from another small town. It was already late when they walked out of the town.
The weather was a little cold in the autumn night. Li Dongqiang crossed his arms and shivered all over.
Carpenter Zheng regarded him as his own son and asked with concern: "My child, if you are cold, let's go to the ruined temple in front to take shelter from the wind."
"Master, I can't hold it anymore, let me run over first!"
"Don't run around and come with me." Carpenter Zheng said. Li Dongqiang never dared to contradict the master. After hearing what the master said, Li Dongqiang followed obediently.
Li Dongqiang is already sixteen years old. Logically speaking, it is not difficult to walk alone at night, not to mention that the ruined temple is right in front. Why is Carpenter Zheng so cautious?
Because these days, Carpenter Zheng heard from the villagers that a young woman occasionally appeared near the ruined temple at night.
The woman has long hair reaching her waist, wears green clothes, and has a beautiful face. She will take the initiative to be courteous to passers-by and invite them to stay at her home.
Some villagers said that in the past few days, murdered passers-by have been found in the wasteland not far from the ruined temple. In view of this, Carpenter Zheng did not agree to let his apprentice go first. After
left for a while, the master and the apprentice came to the ruined temple.
"Master, there is no light inside, so no one should be resting inside."
"Well, let's go in quickly!" After Zheng Carpenter finished speaking, he walked ahead and walked into the ruined temple first.
This dilapidated temple has been around for a long time. It has been abandoned since Carpenter Zheng was a child and has become a good place for passersby to rest temporarily and take shelter from the rain.
Carpenter Zheng has been here several times and is no stranger to this ruined temple.
"Child, there should be a straw mat over there. Go there and rest for a while."
"Master, please sit down and have a rest." Carpenter Zheng smiled slightly and just kept looking around.
Although it was a ruined temple, it was still sheltered from the wind. Sitting on the straw mat, Li Dongqiang was obviously much better than before.
"Master, I'm hungry."
After hearing what his apprentice said, Carpenter Zheng looked at the moon above his head and said, "It's already the second watch. It's no wonder you're not hungry. I still have a piece of cake here. You take it first. Go eat. Let’s rest for a while.”
Li Dongqiang took the cake and ate it. It looked like he was indeed hungry.
After a while, the master and the apprentice were about to leave the ruined temple, when a rustling sound came from outside the ruined temple.
Carpenter Zheng became more vigilant and stared at the door of the ruined temple.
Suddenly, a petite figure flashed in. Carpenter Zheng took a look and saw that the person coming was a young woman.
The woman had long hair reaching her waist and was wearing a green dress. She had a beautiful face and a graceful figure. She walked towards the master and apprentice with a smile.
"What a beautiful sister!" Li Dongqiang couldn't help but said.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Carpenter Zheng glared at him and whispered.
"The two masters are here to take shelter from the cold and rest, right? Is your home far away from here?" the woman asked softly.
"Yes!" Li Dongqiang answered first. Carpenter Zheng glared at him fiercely and said with a smile: "The night is dark and the sky is cold. Girl, please go home quickly! We, the master and the apprentice, are also on our way."
"Masters, please stay! Since it's night and day, please go home quickly!" "Han, why don't you two masters stay at my house for one night? My father likes to make friends and drink in the cup. My house is right in front, very close to here."
Hearing this, Carpenter Zheng carefully looked at the woman in front of him and saw that she was dressed exactly as the villagers said before!
"Isn't this the weird woman that the villagers talked about before? I really didn't expect that I met him tonight. This person's origin is unknown, and it's hard to distinguish between good and evil, so it's best to take action!" Zheng Mujiang said heartily. .
"Master, you usually like to drink a sip of wine. This sister is so kind and her home is nearby. Why don't we go to her home to have something to eat and have the strength to go on the road!" Li Dongqiang said.
"I told you, don't talk nonsense!"
After Zheng Carpenter finished speaking, he hunched over his waist with his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, girl, for your kind invitation. However, it is getting late and it is inconvenient, so we will Don't bother me, girl, please leave here quickly!" After saying that, Carpenter Zheng pulled Li Dongqiang to leave.
The woman dodged, stopped them, and said with a smile: "My father is at home and has prepared drinks. You two masters don't need to refuse anymore, just come back with me!"
"You are so kind and have prepared drinks?" There must be something wrong with this woman!" Carpenter Zheng is sure that the woman in front of him is definitely not a good person!
"You go on your Yangguan Road, and we go on our single-plank bridge. Besides, we have no grievances or grudges, so why bother bothering us?" After Zheng Carpenter said this, the woman was stunned for a moment.
After a moment, the woman said with a smile: "The night is dark and the sky is cold. I just want to invite the two masters to stay at home for one night. There is no harm."
Li Dongqiang was anxious and wanted to persuade, but Zheng Carpenter glared at him. He swallowed the words that came to his lips again.
"Thank you for your kindness, let's get out of the way, girl, and we're on our way." Carpenter Zheng said seriously.
The young woman's expression changed, and she stood there blankly, not moving away.
"If you don't get out of the way, don't blame me for being rude." After Zheng Carpenter finished speaking, he winked at Li Dongqiang. Li Dongqiang understood and took a few steps back.
Seeing that he was about to take action, the woman looked up to the sky and smiled, and said contemptuously: "If I had to force myself, how could I be afraid of a mortal like you?"
After saying this, the woman took the initiative and stretched out her hands, with nails about a foot long and fangs exposed. Attacking Carpenter Zheng.
"You ghost, you finally showed your true colors!" Carpenter Zheng said coldly, and then took out a box from his arms.
He dodged in a flash. He hurriedly opened the box, smeared the black and red stuff on his hands, took out the ink fountain from his waist, pulled out the ink fountain line, and laid it horizontally in front of him.
The woman was startled, and then rushed forward.
" If you don't eat the toast, you will be fined. How dare you provoke the descendants of the Zheng family in Dongxian County? You are asking for trouble!" After Zheng Carpenter said this, he went up to him with the ink brush.
When the young woman heard that she was a descendant of the Zheng family, she was immediately surprised, because the old Zheng family in Dong County only had this lineage. Everyone was a carpenter, knew thaumaturgy, and was very good at subduing monsters and catching ghosts.
The young woman's face suddenly changed. Seeing that the situation was not good, she wanted to run away, but Zheng Carpenter was already in front of her, and the ink line burst into yellow light and struck towards the woman's face.
The woman was blinded by the yellow light. Zheng Carpenter saw the right moment and kicked the woman away. The woman flew several feet away.
After reaching the end, the woman covered her chest and looked at Zheng Carpenter in surprise. Carpenter Zheng walked over and wanted to be cruel. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the woman hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "I am blind and have offended the descendants of the Zheng family. Please be noble and let me go!"
"If I let you go, wouldn't you still bring harm to this party?" ? What should the local people do?" Zheng Carpenter said.
Li Dongqiang on the side was frightened by the scene just now. This was the first time he saw his master take action, and he didn't expect his master's skills to be so powerful.
Li Dongqiang heard that the woman was a ghost, so he did not dare to approach her and hid far away.
The woman cried softly and told Carpenter Zheng about her life experience.
It turned out that this woman lived in a small village and was a childhood sweetheart with a man in the town. She thought that when the wedding year came, the man would come to marry her, but the man fell in love with someone else and married someone else. The woman is his wife.
She was heartbroken, and her mind replayed the vows between the two of them. The more she thought about it, the more distressed she became, so she chose to commit suicide.
But the resentment in her heart was too heavy, and she refused to reincarnate, so she just wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge on the man.
However, the man invited a Taoist priest to practice the method, and the entire courtyard was shrouded in Taoism, and she could not get close at all.
The woman hated the unkind lover in the world, so she struck up conversations with passers-by near the ruined temple. If the other person is frivolous, the woman will be ruthless and throw her away into the wilderness.
After hearing the woman's confession, Carpenter Zheng couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Girl, you are also a pitiful person, so I will let you go. However, things have become like this and cannot be undone, so why are you so persistent? What's the point of repaying injustice? It's time, I advise you, put down your resentment and go to reincarnation! You are a victim, and everyone who knows you will pity you. But if you do bad things again, who will pity you? Don't add more karma to yourself. "I am in a place of eternal doom!"
The woman kept crying, nodded towards Carpenter Zheng, and said: "Teacher, you are right, as you said, things are already like this. I don't need to be persistent anymore. It's better to let go of my resentment." Go to reincarnation, thank you for your guidance!"
"Well! Go ahead! Remember, if you let me meet you again, I will never let you go!" The ink line. The woman kowtowed to him to thank him, and then disappeared.
"Master, what if she continues to harm others?"
"Don't worry, she doesn't dare."
"Master, how do you know there is something wrong with her?"
"Haha! Child, remember, you must improve yourself when you go out. Be careful and don’t trust strangers. You don’t know what the other person is trying to do. When you travel alone in the future, you must remember what Master said and be careful when sailing." Carpenter Zheng said.
"Master, I remember!" Li Dongqiang said, and the master and apprentice continued on their way.
Since then, peace has returned to the vicinity of the ruined temple, and no one has seen the young woman again.
Soon after, Carpenter Zheng taught Li Dongqiang the ancestral thaumaturgy. Five years later, Carpenter Zheng no longer went out to work, and Li Dongqiang still worked early in the morning and late at night to work for his family, but he never encountered anything strange.
Five years later, Li Chenggui was released, and the person who rescued him was said to be the youngest daughter of the prefect.
It is said that the prefect’s youngest daughter once contracted a strange disease and was in a coma for half a year before she woke up. When she woke up, her little daughter seemed to be a different person.
Soon after, the younger daughter pleaded for Li Chenggui all day long. Therefore, the prefect wrote a letter to Magistrate Wang of Dong County. Magistrate Wang did not dare to neglect and re-investigate the case.
Only then did he realize that although Li Chenggui was guilty, his crime did not end there. In addition, before the incident, Li Chenggui also asked someone to send gifts to County Magistrate Wang.
County Magistrate Wang thought again and again, so he released Li Chenggui and reunited Li Chenggui with his wife and children. After he learned about Carpenter Zheng's help to his wife and children, he took the initiative to visit and knelt down to thank him.
Carpenter Zheng helped him up, and both of them shed tears.
And why did the prefect’s youngest daughter intercede for Li Chenggui?
I think friends who read the story carefully should have guessed the answer.
Folktales often convey positive energy in exaggerated and bizarre ways. Many times, the plot of the story is mythical, and the purpose is to punish evil and promote good.
That poor woman was injured by Carpenter Zheng. After that, she listened to Carpenter Zheng’s advice and went to reincarnation.
Unexpectedly, she became the youngest daughter of the prefect. If she had not followed Carpenter Zheng’s advice, how could she have such a happy ending?
In that case, what awaits her may be a place of no return.
Dear readers, what do you think?
statement: This story is a virtual creation, intended to inherit traditional culture and convey positive energy to the world. It should not be compared with feudal superstition.
If you like my story, please like and support it. Your support is the motivation for my writing!
"Master, I'm hungry."
After hearing what his apprentice said, Carpenter Zheng looked at the moon above his head and said, "It's already the second watch. It's no wonder you're not hungry. I still have a piece of cake here. You take it first. Go eat. Let’s rest for a while.”
Li Dongqiang took the cake and ate it. It looked like he was indeed hungry.
After a while, the master and the apprentice were about to leave the ruined temple, when a rustling sound came from outside the ruined temple.
Carpenter Zheng became more vigilant and stared at the door of the ruined temple.
Suddenly, a petite figure flashed in. Carpenter Zheng took a look and saw that the person coming was a young woman.
The woman had long hair reaching her waist and was wearing a green dress. She had a beautiful face and a graceful figure. She walked towards the master and apprentice with a smile.
"What a beautiful sister!" Li Dongqiang couldn't help but said.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Carpenter Zheng glared at him and whispered.
"The two masters are here to take shelter from the cold and rest, right? Is your home far away from here?" the woman asked softly.
"Yes!" Li Dongqiang answered first. Carpenter Zheng glared at him fiercely and said with a smile: "The night is dark and the sky is cold. Girl, please go home quickly! We, the master and the apprentice, are also on our way."
"Masters, please stay! Since it's night and day, please go home quickly!" "Han, why don't you two masters stay at my house for one night? My father likes to make friends and drink in the cup. My house is right in front, very close to here."
Hearing this, Carpenter Zheng carefully looked at the woman in front of him and saw that she was dressed exactly as the villagers said before!
"Isn't this the weird woman that the villagers talked about before? I really didn't expect that I met him tonight. This person's origin is unknown, and it's hard to distinguish between good and evil, so it's best to take action!" Zheng Mujiang said heartily. .
"Master, you usually like to drink a sip of wine. This sister is so kind and her home is nearby. Why don't we go to her home to have something to eat and have the strength to go on the road!" Li Dongqiang said.
"I told you, don't talk nonsense!"
After Zheng Carpenter finished speaking, he hunched over his waist with his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, girl, for your kind invitation. However, it is getting late and it is inconvenient, so we will Don't bother me, girl, please leave here quickly!" After saying that, Carpenter Zheng pulled Li Dongqiang to leave.
The woman dodged, stopped them, and said with a smile: "My father is at home and has prepared drinks. You two masters don't need to refuse anymore, just come back with me!"
"You are so kind and have prepared drinks?" There must be something wrong with this woman!" Carpenter Zheng is sure that the woman in front of him is definitely not a good person!
"You go on your Yangguan Road, and we go on our single-plank bridge. Besides, we have no grievances or grudges, so why bother bothering us?" After Zheng Carpenter said this, the woman was stunned for a moment.
After a moment, the woman said with a smile: "The night is dark and the sky is cold. I just want to invite the two masters to stay at home for one night. There is no harm."
Li Dongqiang was anxious and wanted to persuade, but Zheng Carpenter glared at him. He swallowed the words that came to his lips again.
"Thank you for your kindness, let's get out of the way, girl, and we're on our way." Carpenter Zheng said seriously.
The young woman's expression changed, and she stood there blankly, not moving away.
"If you don't get out of the way, don't blame me for being rude." After Zheng Carpenter finished speaking, he winked at Li Dongqiang. Li Dongqiang understood and took a few steps back.
Seeing that he was about to take action, the woman looked up to the sky and smiled, and said contemptuously: "If I had to force myself, how could I be afraid of a mortal like you?"
After saying this, the woman took the initiative and stretched out her hands, with nails about a foot long and fangs exposed. Attacking Carpenter Zheng.
"You ghost, you finally showed your true colors!" Carpenter Zheng said coldly, and then took out a box from his arms.
He dodged in a flash. He hurriedly opened the box, smeared the black and red stuff on his hands, took out the ink fountain from his waist, pulled out the ink fountain line, and laid it horizontally in front of him.
The woman was startled, and then rushed forward.
" If you don't eat the toast, you will be fined. How dare you provoke the descendants of the Zheng family in Dongxian County? You are asking for trouble!" After Zheng Carpenter said this, he went up to him with the ink brush.
When the young woman heard that she was a descendant of the Zheng family, she was immediately surprised, because the old Zheng family in Dong County only had this lineage. Everyone was a carpenter, knew thaumaturgy, and was very good at subduing monsters and catching ghosts.
The young woman's face suddenly changed. Seeing that the situation was not good, she wanted to run away, but Zheng Carpenter was already in front of her, and the ink line burst into yellow light and struck towards the woman's face.
The woman was blinded by the yellow light. Zheng Carpenter saw the right moment and kicked the woman away. The woman flew several feet away.
After reaching the end, the woman covered her chest and looked at Zheng Carpenter in surprise. Carpenter Zheng walked over and wanted to be cruel. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the woman hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "I am blind and have offended the descendants of the Zheng family. Please be noble and let me go!"
"If I let you go, wouldn't you still bring harm to this party?" ? What should the local people do?" Zheng Carpenter said.
Li Dongqiang on the side was frightened by the scene just now. This was the first time he saw his master take action, and he didn't expect his master's skills to be so powerful.
Li Dongqiang heard that the woman was a ghost, so he did not dare to approach her and hid far away.
The woman cried softly and told Carpenter Zheng about her life experience.
It turned out that this woman lived in a small village and was a childhood sweetheart with a man in the town. She thought that when the wedding year came, the man would come to marry her, but the man fell in love with someone else and married someone else. The woman is his wife.
She was heartbroken, and her mind replayed the vows between the two of them. The more she thought about it, the more distressed she became, so she chose to commit suicide.
But the resentment in her heart was too heavy, and she refused to reincarnate, so she just wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge on the man.
However, the man invited a Taoist priest to practice the method, and the entire courtyard was shrouded in Taoism, and she could not get close at all.
The woman hated the unkind lover in the world, so she struck up conversations with passers-by near the ruined temple. If the other person is frivolous, the woman will be ruthless and throw her away into the wilderness.
After hearing the woman's confession, Carpenter Zheng couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Girl, you are also a pitiful person, so I will let you go. However, things have become like this and cannot be undone, so why are you so persistent? What's the point of repaying injustice? It's time, I advise you, put down your resentment and go to reincarnation! You are a victim, and everyone who knows you will pity you. But if you do bad things again, who will pity you? Don't add more karma to yourself. "I am in a place of eternal doom!"
The woman kept crying, nodded towards Carpenter Zheng, and said: "Teacher, you are right, as you said, things are already like this. I don't need to be persistent anymore. It's better to let go of my resentment." Go to reincarnation, thank you for your guidance!"
"Well! Go ahead! Remember, if you let me meet you again, I will never let you go!" The ink line. The woman kowtowed to him to thank him, and then disappeared.
"Master, what if she continues to harm others?"
"Don't worry, she doesn't dare."
"Master, how do you know there is something wrong with her?"
"Haha! Child, remember, you must improve yourself when you go out. Be careful and don’t trust strangers. You don’t know what the other person is trying to do. When you travel alone in the future, you must remember what Master said and be careful when sailing." Carpenter Zheng said.
"Master, I remember!" Li Dongqiang said, and the master and apprentice continued on their way.
Since then, peace has returned to the vicinity of the ruined temple, and no one has seen the young woman again.
Soon after, Carpenter Zheng taught Li Dongqiang the ancestral thaumaturgy. Five years later, Carpenter Zheng no longer went out to work, and Li Dongqiang still worked early in the morning and late at night to work for his family, but he never encountered anything strange.
Five years later, Li Chenggui was released, and the person who rescued him was said to be the youngest daughter of the prefect.
It is said that the prefect’s youngest daughter once contracted a strange disease and was in a coma for half a year before she woke up. When she woke up, her little daughter seemed to be a different person.
Soon after, the younger daughter pleaded for Li Chenggui all day long. Therefore, the prefect wrote a letter to Magistrate Wang of Dong County. Magistrate Wang did not dare to neglect and re-investigate the case.
Only then did he realize that although Li Chenggui was guilty, his crime did not end there. In addition, before the incident, Li Chenggui also asked someone to send gifts to County Magistrate Wang.
County Magistrate Wang thought again and again, so he released Li Chenggui and reunited Li Chenggui with his wife and children. After he learned about Carpenter Zheng's help to his wife and children, he took the initiative to visit and knelt down to thank him.
Carpenter Zheng helped him up, and both of them shed tears.
And why did the prefect’s youngest daughter intercede for Li Chenggui?
I think friends who read the story carefully should have guessed the answer.
Folktales often convey positive energy in exaggerated and bizarre ways. Many times, the plot of the story is mythical, and the purpose is to punish evil and promote good.
That poor woman was injured by Carpenter Zheng. After that, she listened to Carpenter Zheng’s advice and went to reincarnation.
Unexpectedly, she became the youngest daughter of the prefect. If she had not followed Carpenter Zheng’s advice, how could she have such a happy ending?
In that case, what awaits her may be a place of no return.
Dear readers, what do you think?
statement: This story is a virtual creation, intended to inherit traditional culture and convey positive energy to the world. It should not be compared with feudal superstition.
If you like my story, please like and support it. Your support is the motivation for my writing!
