In addition to a few acres of fertile land, the Guo family also has a large area of peach orchard. Guo An is just like farming, but he is a good at serving peach trees. The peaches he planted are very sweet and full of moisture, which are very popular among people.
Whenever the peaches are about to come down, the wealthy families in Xiangzhou City come to pre-order them. Most of these people are willing to give them good peaches to high-ranking officials and nobles, so they are willing to give them rewards. The Guo family has a lot of income for this alone.
Guo An is kind and kind-hearted. When neighbors have difficulties, they can help them. The newly picked peaches will also be sent to the neighbors for a try.
After selling peaches this year, he had another money on hand. Guo An took out his past savings and decided to build a new house for his youngest son Guo Rong to get married. There is a piece of land at the west end of the village, so Guo An was preparing to come out to make a homestead.
In this village, there are more than a dozen families with the surname Zhang, who live in a family. The head of one of them is Zhang Sheng. He relies on his many brothers and nephews, and his cousin Zhang Ji is a village chief. He is usually extremely arrogant and the villagers have suffered his losses.
Since his father passed away, Zhang Sheng has suffered all the troubles and lost a lot of money in business. He begged gods and Buddhas everywhere to seek wealth. Unfortunately, a few years have passed and he is still standing still. Finally, he thought of the Feng Shui of Yangzhai.
I don’t know where he invited a Feng Shui master. After checking and calculating, he said that there is a piece of land in the west of the village with excellent Feng Shui. If you build a house there, you will definitely have a lot of money.
The land that Feng Shui master is interested in is the one left by Guo An as the building house. In fact, Zhang Sheng had an old house in the north of the village, which was bought by his father when he was alive. He has not lived in it for many years and the house has long collapsed.
In order to get the treasure land mentioned by Feng Shui Master, Zhang Sheng found Guo An and wanted to exchange the old house in the north of the village for the foundation in the west of the village. The old house of Zhang was six feet shorter than the foundation of the Guo family. No one could agree. Guo An was not angry, but refused politely.
It seemed so soft that Zhang Sheng immediately changed his face. After discussing with his brothers, he began to target the Guo family, making things difficult for him and deliberately sought trouble. Although the neighbors sympathized with the Guo family, they did not dare to stand up for justice due to the Zhang family's power.
Guo An knew in his heart that the Zhang family did this simply because they wanted the foundation in the west of the village, so that they could live a steadily life in order to have a peaceful family and be able to live a steadily life, so they agreed to the exchange.
Zhang Sheng got the Feng Shui treasure land and was very happy. He specially asked the Feng Shui master to measure the auspicious day and choose a day to start construction. Before the Zhang family started construction, Guo An had already found a good craftsman and started building a house. He had a good reputation and many villagers came to help.
In three days, the old house was cleaned up and the old things were started to dig down and re-draw the foundation. After digging two feet, a snake nest appeared, about twenty, two of which were as thick as a child's arms.
Craftsmen often flip their old houses and know in their hearts that this kind of snake is a protective house and cannot be hurt. It is best not to drive them away and let them crawl away naturally. Guo An has also heard of this, so he asked the craftsmen to drink tea under the tree and wait for the group of snakes to leave.
In the blink of an eye, most of the day went, and the group of snakes were still there, with no intention of leaving. Seeing that it was getting dark, Guo An asked everyone to go back and rest and come back early tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, when I came the next day, I saw that the group of snakes were still there. Guo An couldn't bear to drive him away, so he continued to wait. In a blink of an eye, another morning passed, but the group of snakes still refused to leave. A craftsman couldn't wait, so he took a stick and wanted to go over and pick the snake away.
Guo An stopped him and said, "Forget it, I don't rush to work here anyway, so everyone will go back first. If we don't leave tomorrow, we will pull them out. Although the work did not start yesterday and today, the wages will be calculated as the same."
Early the next morning, the group of snakes were still there, and there was no choice but to drive them away. At this moment, an elderly Taoist priest hit this and heard the details and said to Guo An: "Snakes are afraid of people. They gather together. There must be a reason. They will pull them away forever and never hurt them. After they are pulled away, they will dig down from the snake's nest. They may not be rich or powerful."The old Taoist said that, and left.
The craftsmen followed the Taoist's words and used sticks to pull the snakes to the vegetable field next to them. The snakes circled there for a long time before slowly dissipating. One foot down the snake's nest, Guo An and others dug out a box.
The box was wrapped in tart cloth and did not rot. When they opened the box, they saw that there were strings of copper coins on it, silver on it, and some jewelry on it. These things combined together were as much as 500 knots.
The money was a huge sum of money for farmers. The craftsmen congratulated each other: "Good luck to the boss, this fortune was given to you by God. "
Guo An calmed down and said, "Suddenly, the windfall will be reduced, and those who see will have a share. After I count it clearly, I will give you three of them. "This decision made the craftsmen crazy and they were very excited to work.
The Guo family dug out wealth, and Zhang Sheng quickly found out. His wife He complained: "Look at you, you had to listen to the words of the Feng Shui master and tried every means to change the house. Now, the Lao Guo family dug out huge wealth, God! What a gift for wealth! "After saying that, He started crying with heartache.
Zhang Sheng was already very regretful, and after hearing this, he was even more upset. He gritted his teeth and said, "Hmph! I can't let the Guo family get the advantage in vain. I swear to take back the property. "
" The house deed has been changed long ago. The property dug out of the house has nothing to do with us. What else do you have? "He said while wiping his tears.
"I have only one way. "After saying that, Zhang Sheng hurried out.
The next morning, Zhang Sheng's brothers brought their cousin Zhang Ji to Guo's house, holding a letter in his hand. Zhang Sheng said that the letter was left by his father, and he was only found in the relics yesterday. His father said in the letter that he left a large amount of money for his sons, including copper coins, silver, and jewelry.
Zhang Sheng's purpose was very clear, that is, to ask for that box of money. Zhang Ji, as a Baozheng, confirmed that the letter was his cousin, that is, Zhang Sheng's father.
Guo An’s eldest son is Guo Rong, and he has a hot temper. If his family had not stopped him from changing houses, he would have already made arguing with the Zhang family. Now that Zhang Sheng does this, it is obvious that he is making trouble and getting more and more flawed. How can he tolerate this?
Guo Rong shouted: "Uncle Zhang, you are too convinced. Our family can’t recognize a few words, and they don’t know whether this letter is true or false. Even if it is true, the house has been exchanged, then the house belongs to my family, and the underground things should be ours. Want to take them away? No way. "
Zhang Sheng was used to being arrogant. Seeing Guo Rong's attitude, he became angry and turned around and called out a few brothers and nephews to beat Guo Rong. Guo An was worried about his son and quickly blocked him behind him.
At this time, many neighbors surrounded him. They were very dissatisfied with Zhang Sheng's actions and stepped forward to persuade him.
Zhang Sheng said angrily: "Everyone is gone, I'll ask for my own property, what's wrong? Even if it is in trouble, the Guo family will have to give me the money. Second uncle, do you think so? "
Zhang Ji replied, "It's this the truth. Money is of course the father is passed down to the son and the son is passed down to the grandson. The rules are also determined in this way. Don't stop them, Zhang Sheng, don't do anything. Guo An, you should return the money in full. "
Zhang Ji is the head of a village. He knows a lot about literature and works, and has some contact with the above. When he said this, the neighbors stood there on the spot, and the Guo family was stunned, and they didn't know what to do for a moment.
At this moment, a voice came from behind: "What's the trouble?" "As soon as he finished speaking, an old man came over. The old man had white hair, looked at least eighty years old, with a crutch in his hand, and was a little staggering when he walked. A man in his forties was supporting him.
When people saw the old man, they smiled and went up to ask, "Grandmaster, are you in good health? What a great joy! "The old man nodded to everyone and said, "I'm not dead yet, my old bones are still tough." "
Zhang Ji also came over at this time and said with a smile: "Fifth Master, you have recovered. It's so good. Look at you at such an old age, why are you here to do? I'll just be able to greet me for the rest of my life if I have something to do."
This old man is named Wang Zishan. He is nearly ninety years old and has a great seniority. He is kind and has a fair and clear attitude. He has been doing justice for more than 20 years and has a very high prestige. Later, he became seriously ill and has not left his home for more than ten years.
Wang Zishan smiled and said, "Oh! I have been sick for more than ten years and thought I was going to see 口官网 . Unexpectedly, I suddenly got to the ground this morning. I heard you all this trouble, so I came to see. I have heard what everyone said just now and understood the matter. Let the yamen handle it. I have asked my grandson to report the case. "
When everyone heard the word "report the case", everyone was surprised, especially Zhang Sheng, which seemed very unnatural. Wang Zishan walked up to him and said, "I am almost ninety years old. I still know the affairs of your Zhang family. Since your great master, you have been farming for a living. I am afraid that it will be difficult for you, the Zhang family to save up this large amount of money for five or six generations, right? "
Zhang Sheng's face turned red after hearing this.
Wang Zishan continued, "I know the situation of that house. In the early years, there was a big family in the village, surnamed Shang. The old man was a retired official and was kind-hearted. The old man belonged to his family. I remember that when I was in my twenties, Old Man Shang died of illness. For some reason, his son distributed the house to the servants in the mansion and moved out of the place with his family. Those servants later sold the house one after another. Later, the people living in that house were all ordinary families. Until your father bought it ten years ago, I couldn't remember how many owners he changed in the middle, so I didn't know how many times he had changed, so I didn't dare to judge who left the money. Then I reported it to the official and the yamen ruled. "
The village is only four or five miles away from the county town. After Wang Zishan said this, his grandson arrived with the servants. After the servants inquired in the village for three days, he took a group of people to the yamen.
The magistrate was Zhou, who was in his forties and was good at judging his official position. After he learned about the situation from the servants, he opened a court for trial.
Zhou was capable in his work, without those words to open the ceremony, and went straight to the point. He asked, "Zhang Sheng, your ancestors were all farmers for six generations, so how could he save so much money? Could it be that this money is not from the right way? "
" I'm wronged, my ancestors are all kind people, and I dare not do evil, but the property is left by my father. There is a suicide note as evidence. I don't know where to get it. "Zhang Sheng kowtowed repeatedly.
"Okay, I believe that your ancestors did not do evil, but your father can't recognize a few words. How can you have talent to leave a letter? The suicide note is very similar to your father's handwriting, but the county school teacher has carefully distinguished it and confirmed that it was not done by one person. If someone asked someone to write it on his behalf, who was the one who wrote it on his behalf? Besides, your father has passed away for seven years, why is his suicide note so new? Could it be that you are greedy for wealth and can’t you find someone to imitate it? If it is a counterfeit, then who is the counterfeit person? Tell me the truth, but there is a lie, and it is a great punishment. "Zhou Zhixian asked so many questions in one breath, shocking everyone in the hall.
Although Zhang Sheng was domineering, he had never seen such a situation. He was so scared that he hesitant and didn't know where to make a judgment.
"Bastard, I have investigated clearly. You have always been domineering and arrogant because of your family, and you have always been domineering and arrogant, bullying the villagers. This time you used a forced exchange for the homestead. You knew that you had dug up huge money and framed it. It shows that you were not upright and are really a troublemaker. Come on, you should beat me up ten steps first. If you dare to hide it, you will continue to blame me. "Zhou Zhixian rebuked sternly.
The officers were very serious. After two steps, Zhang Sheng was already shouting like a pig. After ten steps, he almost didn't take any hesitation. How could he dare to hide it? He was like sifting his head and confessed truthfully. It turned out that the so-called suicide note was made by Zhang Sheng who promised fifty coins of money and asked his cousin Zhang Ji to write it in his father's handwriting.
After Zhang Sheng finished his confession, the case was revealed. Zhou Zhixian sentenced him to 40 bans to serve as a warning to You. Zhang Ji and Zhang Sheng's brothers who went to the Guo family to make trouble were also beaten by ten bans.
Zhou Zhixian warned the Zhang family that if they commit crimes again in the future, or use excuses to make things difficult for the Guo family, they will never give up easily. As for the property, the original owner will no longer investigate. Since the house is now owned by Guo An, the property excavated is naturally owned by the Guo family, and the case will be settled.
Zhou Zhixian admires Wang Zishan's character very much. He wrote this matter to the court, and the court issued an order to praise him, calling Wang Zishan a model for elders. Guo An kept his promise and after the house was built, he gave the three parts of the property to the craftsmen. (The story is over)
[Written at the end]
Guo An is kind and steady, and is kind to others. Sometimes he would rather suffer a loss than take a step back than hurt others.
Some people say that suffering a loss is a blessing, but this is more appropriate in this story. Guo An took a step back and got the old house, and let go of the snakes with kindness. The old Taoist passed by was awakened, allowing him to get huge wealth. Later, he relied on the righteousness of Wang Zishan to leave behind this batch of property. In this way, it was Guo An's kindness that accumulated blessings for him.
But in reality, this kind of concession is terrible because it will encourage the arrogance of the evil. There are no evil people in this world, and the cowardice of the kind is a breeding ground for the evil people.
There is a saying that goes: without thunder means, don’t have the heart of a bodhisattva; if the wealthy wolf spares the lamb, it is called kind-hearted; if the lamb takes a step back and leads the jackal into the door, it is called stupidity; if the strong takes a step back, it doesn’t matter if the weak takes a step back, he may lose his life.
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