During the Ming Dynasty, a young man named Zhu Xiaotian lived outside the city of Qinzhou. He was a peddler on the surface, but behind his back, he was a tomb robber. However, he rarely went to the tomb and was just an intermediary, responsible for helping other tomb robbers sell stolen goods. With this, he made a lot of money and lived a very stable life.
Until this winter, Zhu Xiaotian's wife suddenly suffered from a strange disease, and her condition became more and more serious. Zhu Xiaotian, who was unwilling to take risks in the past, began to look for ways to cure diseases and save lives, but he left for three years.
Zhu Xiaotian's wife is called Aya, and she is childhood sweethearts with Zhu Xiaotian. The two became husband and wife at the age of fourteen and have a deep relationship. Back then, Aya advised Zhu Xiaotian not to go to the tomb, hoping that he could do a serious business and live an ordinary life. Zhu Xiaotian tried his best to change, but before he succeeded, Aya fell ill.
When Aya was sick, rumors spread everywhere in the village. Some jealous couples and their wealthy couple spread rumors and slandered them. It must be that Zhu Xiaotian robbed too many tombs, which damaged his good deeds, which affected his wife. After hearing these words, Zhu Xiaotian was angry and helpless, but he found many doctors, but his wife's condition did not improve.
Until this day, a friend of Zhu Xiaotian told him that the legendary "Buddha's relics" appeared. This relic was left behind by a monk from the Western Regions hundreds of years ago after the death of a monk. It is said that grinding this thing into powder and eating it can cure all diseases in the world and prolong life.
After hearing this, Zhu Xiaotian packed up his things and set off in order to save his wife. But when he left, there was no news. Fortunately, Aya kept fighting against the disease and her physical condition improved.
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhu Xiaotian is still missing. Many people say that he must have left Aya, the drag bottle, and ran away. But Aya didn't believe it, and always believed that her husband would come back to save her.
On the afternoon, Aya went to the river to wash clothes as usual. At this moment, she noticed that there was movement in the pile of water grass not far away. She looked closer and found that a water snake , which was as thick as her arm, was fighting a turtle. However, the water snake was obviously not the opponent of the turtle. It was bitten and covered in bruises, and it was about to fail.
At this time, the water snake noticed Aya beside him. It rushed towards her desperately and hid behind him. Seeing this, Aya felt compassion, so she picked up the stone and drove the turtle away. After doing all this, Aya brought the injured water snake home, took good care of it, and helped him treat the wound.
At night, Aya, who had been tired all day, fell asleep, but did not notice that the water snake had sneaked into her bed. At the same time, Aya had a strange dream. In the dream, she saw the water snake she saved during the day. The water snake in the door was spitting out a word: "Tomorrow, use a knife to cut my stomach, and tomorrow we will..."
Water snake kept repeating this sentence, and its voice was very rapid, which sounded very much like Zhu Xiaotian's voice. The next morning, Aya woke up from her dream, but suddenly found that the water snake she saved yesterday died by her side. Thinking of the strange dream, Aya was half-believing, but she still picked up the kitchen knife and cut open the water snake's belly.
Immediately afterwards, a golden bead slid from the belly of the water snake, and under the beads, there was an oil-sealed letter. After Aya opened the letter, she burst into tears.
It turned out that the bead in the belly of the water snake was the legendary relics. In order to rob the relics, Zhu Xiaotian fought with countless tomb robbers, and in the end they all died in the tomb of the monk. But Zhu Xiaotian was concerned about his wife and wrote the last breath. He grabbed a water snake, used the secret technique to transfer flowers and trees, and transferred part of his spiritual consciousness to the water snake's body, allowing him to swallow the relics and letters to find his wife Aya.Fortunately, the water snake lived up to expectations and successfully brought the relics to it.
After learning everything, Aya was extremely sad. She put away the relics and letters, and stepped on the whereabouts of her dead husband's body. Many years later, someone saw Aya return to her hometown with a corpse on her back, and no one saw her again.
