The story takes place during the reign of Renzong of the Song Dynasty. There is a businessman named Jia Cheng in Chenliu County. Jia Cheng's ancestors were business families, and he accumulated a lot of wealth. In Jia Cheng's generation, he became the richest family in the local area. Although Jia Cheng was rich, he was not unkind to his wealth and was very generous to his own tenant farmers. Sometimes when he encountered famine years, he would take the initiative to open warehouses and release grain to help the victims.
People admire Jia Cheng's good deeds. Everyone calls him a great good man, but what is puzzling is that a great good man like him has no descendants. Jia Cheng's wife gave birth to three sons for him, but all died prematurely. Jia Cheng was asking for immortals and divination everywhere, but he didn't figure out why.
One day, Jia Cheng took his wife to the temple to burn incense, but when the incense was halfway, the incense suddenly broke into two pieces. Jia Cheng was shocked. He was most afraid of burning incense. If the incense was cut off, it was a sign of a successor. Just at this moment, the abbot of the temple passed by and caught a glimpse of this scene. The abbot sighed and turned to the back hall.
Jia Cheng knew that the abbot's teachings were profound, so he got up and went to the back hall, asking the abbot why he did good deeds throughout his life, but had no children. The abbot said with anger, "This is all your own sin. If you commit sins, you can still forgive the sins of heaven, but you can't live up to your own sins." After hearing this, Jia Cheng felt a little shocked in his heart, and then he knelt down and said, "Please tell the truth from the master."
The abbot said, "You have countless enemies and creditors following you, it would be strange if you have children. You are now blessed with good deeds. If your good deeds are exhausted, even your life will be difficult to protect. "Jia Cheng became more and more confused and said, "I have always accumulated virtue and do good deeds, and I have never harmed anyone. Even if I do business, I buy and sell publicly. Where did the enemies, relatives and creditors come from?"
Abbot pointed to Jia Cheng's back and said, "Do you feel heavy and weak on both shoulders?" Jia Cheng was surprised, "How did the master know? My shoulders are often sore, as if there is something heavy on them." The abbot twisted the Buddhist beads and said, "It's true that we Buddhist practitioners have cultivated to a certain level." , can open the eyes of the sky, see things that ordinary people cannot see, and hear sounds that ordinary people cannot hear, do you know what I see on your shoulders?"
Jia Cheng widened his eyes and asked, "What is on my shoulders?"
Abbot said, "It's a pig! Little piglets! And there are dozens of them, they cried to me, saying that they were just born, and they were caught by you and roasted them, and they turned out to be lonely ghosts, they had no If you can go, you will depend on your body. Your children will die for no reason because they are eroded by their yin energy."
After hearing this, Jia Cheng suddenly realized it and was extremely regretful. Although he and the abbot had never met before, they were all told by the abbot that Jia Cheng had no other bad habits, only one he had never quit, that is, he liked to eat roasted suckling pig . If an old sow is going to give birth to a cub, Jia Cheng would wait in advance. As soon as the piglets were born, they would buy them back at a high price, and then go home and bake them for food.
Jia Cheng never thought that his actions would bring retribution in this life. He cried and said, "Mr. Jia knew he was wrong, so I asked the master to teach you how to correct me."
Abbot said, "If you are willing to sincerely regret, I am willing to help you save these creatures that have been harmed by you. I hope you will repent and reform in the future. Don't do such a thing again." Jia Cheng nodded, and the abbot was very grateful. He left 100 taels of silver to donate incense before leaving, and swore to eat vegetarian food and recite the Buddha's name after going down the mountain.
It is strange that since Jia Cheng went down the mountain, the pain on his shoulder gradually disappeared. Shortly after that, his wife became pregnant again and gave birth to a pair of twin sons ten months later. Later, his two sons grew up healthy and Jia Cheng's business was smooth.
[Soul Statement]
This story is a folk story, purely literary creation, the plot and characters are all fictional, aiming to enrich readers' spare time, please do not match feudal superstitions.
