Changzhou There was a scholar named Zhong Wu. His family was rich and he was also a famous rich man at that time. Zhong Wu is also a great man. He has been doing good deeds all his life, from helping beggars and poor people to building bridges and roads, as long as he sees it, he will never avoid it and will definitely pay for help.
However, good people are not rewarded. In his later years, Zhongwu's wife still failed to give birth to a son for him. He loved his wife and did not marry a concubine. What's even worse is that he was very poor in his later years and his family had no money.
Soon, Zhong Wu fell ill. He felt that his deadline had come, so he said to his wife: "After I die, don't put my body in the coffin, because I have something wrong with me. I have to tell King of Hell . Maybe it can be done, and even resurrected." After
explained this, Zhong Wu was so angry, but there was still warm in his chest. After hearing his words, his wife did not put him in the coffin, so she let his body lie on the bed.
Three days later, Zhong Wu woke up, and then he told him everything he went to the underworld.
When Zhong Wu arrived at the underworld, he saw that there were many people in the underworld, and people came and went, which was no different from the world. However, they looked less clear than the people in the world, and they were all dead, like walking corpses. He inquired and found out that there was a King Li who was responsible for rewarding good and punishing evil, so he asked someone to lead the way and found the King Li's mansion.
When we arrived in front of King Li's palace, Zhong Wu found that the palace was majestic and more grand than the palace on earth.
entered the hall and saw a man dressed in a very majestic dress sitting in the middle of the lobby. If he guessed correctly, he should be King Li. Zhong Wu went in and knelt down, told King Li one by one about his name, and told King Li about his life's good deeds. He also blamed the god for his injustice and for his inability to be effective.
"Wang Li said with a smile: "I naturally know that you do good things for the rest of your life. However, you become poor in your later years and will never have children in this life. I don't know that, and it's not my responsibility."
"Wang Li, which god is responsible for these?"
"Of course, it's King Su. I am King Li, and Li is the reason, and I only take responsibility for reasoning; Su is counting, and the number of days of life, I still have to ask King Su."
At Zhong Wu's begging, King Li agreed to send him to King Su's palace. King Li said: "King Su pays great attention to level and surface arrangement. He is not like mine. No one is watching the door or stops you. Coincidentally, I happened to ask him for something, so I will take you with me."
Then, King Li greeted the people next to him and went to prepare the carriage and horse. The man came back soon, his carriages and horses were ready, and all the servants followed him came, each dressed neatly and had a strong momentum.
When we walked halfway, many people were already following King Li.
Some people are covered in blood and are still flowing, and they say that they are wronged but cannot take revenge; some are chewing their teeth, saying that they are against the party and cannot get rid of them; there is also a young woman who is very beautiful, but she takes an ugly man to flirt with, saying that the couple is mismatched. The last man, with a crown, looked like an emperor and had a very elegant temperament.
This emperor said: "I am Zhou Zhaowang . My ancestors have been accumulating virtues since the Houji era. My grandfathers Zhou Wenwang , Zhou Wuwang , Zhou Chengwang, Zhou Kangwang , etc. are all sages. Why did an accident happen when they were passed down to my generation? I followed the tradition and went to the south to fight the enemy, but was drowned by the Chu people. Fortunately, there was one. The warrior, named Xin Youmi, has a long arms and a strong strength. He pulled my body up and took it back for burial. Otherwise, my body would have to be fed to fish. Later, although there was Xiaobai, the young master of Qi State, who accused the Chu people, it was just false. I was so injustice, but they had not retribution for two thousand years. I hope the great god will help me check it out."
After hearing this, Li Wang nodded and dealt with it.
When the other little guys heard this, they all looked angry and were very angry. After hearing this, Zhong Wu felt that he had never revenged his grudges for the past two thousand years. His poverty was really not a big deal, and he felt much better.
walked forward for a while and encountered a team of people facing each other. One person on the other side drank, "King Su is here!" After hearing this, the little ghosts knelt down and kowtowed.
When King Li heard this, he got out of the carriage and met it. Then the two of them got into the carriage and said in a nagging manner. Zhong Wu listened next to him. The two chatted a lot at the beginning, and slowly there seemed to be disagreement, and then they started to have a big quarrel, but because they spoke small and fast, they couldn't hear what they were quarreling clearly.
Then to the back, the carriage began to shake, and a dull sound came. What a guy, you don’t need to guess that the two great gods are fighting inside.
The two of them rolled out of the carriage together and fought hard. King Li gradually fell into a disadvantage. When the little ghosts behind him saw something was wrong, they all stepped forward to help. However, the little ghosts did not dare to really fight against King Su, but were beaten down one by one by King Su. When Zhong Wu saw it, he went to help, but he still couldn't beat King Su.
King Li was furious and said, "Please come with me, let's report Jade Emperor , and see how to deal with you!" King Su was not afraid of him, so he went with him.
The two gods were still fighting one second ago, but suddenly disappeared the next second.
After a while, both of them came down again. There were fairies in the clouds wearing fairy clothes and shrouded veils. They held golden cups and summoned the Jade Emperor for the Jade Emperor, saying, " Jade Emperor manages the affairs of the thirty-sixth heavens, and they don't have time to listen to your little quarrels. Now, the Emperor of Heaven gives you a bottle of heavenly wine, a total of ten cups. Whoever can drink more will make the decision for whom."
King Li was overjoyed and said, "I have the best alcohol tolerance, and I will definitely win now!" After
After saying that, King Li started drinking. After drinking a glass of wine, he didn't feel anything. He drank another glass of wine, and his expression was painful, as if he could not bear the alcohol. After drinking the third cup, he finally couldn't hold it in and vomited it all.
Look at King Su again. He drank a glass of wine and nothing happened. He drank another glass of wine, but nothing happened. After drinking seven glasses of wine in a row, his face remained unchanged and seemed to be able to drink it again. But, there was no longer any alcohol, so he stopped drinking.
So the fairy said, "You are waiting here, and after I report back to the Emperor of Heaven, I will tell you." After that, she instantly arrived in the sky and came back soon.
She took out the Jade Emperor's edict and said, "There are countless principles, and it has been the case since ancient times. After seeing your alcohol tolerance, you also know who wins and who loses. You must know that all the gods and Buddhas, ghosts, sages, heroes, talents, beauties, pearls and jade, brocades, famous paintings and calligraphy in the world are either born at the right time and are favored; or born at the wrong time, they are not satisfied with talent, or even suffered violence, suffer disasters, and King Su is in charge of seven points, King Li is in charge of three points, King Su is in charge of three points, King Su is in charge of a lot of alcohol, and often gets drunk, and is in charge of misfortune. Inverted behavior. I am the master of the three realms, and I will be in charge of the solar eclipse, astrological signs, etc. of the thirty-sixth heavens, and I will be abused by King Su, let alone King Li? However, King Li can drink three cups after all, so people's hearts, laws of nature, right and wrong, beauty and ugliness are still fair. It will continue until the ages."
This roughly means that the Jade Emperor is so awesome, and he still has some power to King Su. This is due to the number of days, and the Jade Emperor can't control it. However, there is still justice in the number of days, but unfortunately, only three points.
Then, the fairy said to Zhong Wu: "Zhong Wu, although your yang number is gone. This is different from the world. You may not understand it even if you say it. Sometimes, if you do good things, you will get good rewards. If you do good things with the mentality of getting rewards, it is not called good things. In your words, it is called investment, right? To put it bluntly, you still have to benefit. If everyone is like this, the essence of kindness has changed. Is it still called kindness? However, in my mind that you have indeed done a lot of good things and saved many people, I will open the underworld to add a century (twelve years) of life. Go back to the sun, and I won't be the case!"
As soon as the fairy finished speaking, Zhong Wu woke up.
When living, Zhong Wu often tells others: "King Li is elegant in appearance, just like the Wenchang God sculpture on earth.King Su is ugly, his ears, nose, mouth and eyes seem to be squeezed together, and he can hardly tell the difference. The people behind them also have similar appearances to them. ”
After Zhong Wu woke up, he changed his name to Zhong Wu. Even if he did good deeds in the future, he would not want to repay him. Twelve years later, he passed away peacefully.
