In Weibei , there is a family whose father is called Lu Saner and his son is called Lu Dalang. Their family is an ordinary person. However, Lu Saner had ambition and did not want his son to work hard all his life like himself, so he saved money and let his son Lu Dalang study.
Lu Dalang is not smart, and his father is not educated, so he can't help him, so he is very average in his studies.
A few years later, Lu Dalang was still a child student and failed the scholar. My mother died early, and my father fell seriously ill again and died soon. After Lu Dalang buried his father, his family already owed a lot of money.
At this time, although Lu Dalang was twenty years old, he was studying since childhood, unable to farm, unable to make money to pay back his debts, and even had difficulty in living. He remembered what his father told him before his death.
"Dalang, if you can't farm, sell the land for two yuan, pay off the debt, and then go to find Lord Wang. He is your cousin (the uncle of two cousin). I helped him before, but now he is a high-ranking official. If you go to him, he will definitely help you. If you get money, remember to go home and be a duty person. Don't rely on others."
The Lord Wang mentioned by my father is Lu Dalang's cousin, named Wang Qian. Wang Qian's family was also very poor before. When he was a child, he lived in Lu Dalang's house for several years. Lu Ersan had been supporting him. Later, he went to study for an exam, and Lu Ersan also borrowed a lot of money to help him with money. Later, Lu Ersan paid back the money.
However, after Wang Qian passed the exam, he became the county magistrate. He has been promoted over the years. Now he has become the Minister of Shang and the governor of Jingnan. He is even busier, so he has not been able to visit Lu Ersan. Over the years, they have no contact. If they were not forced to do so, Lu Ersan would not have let Lu Dalang find Wang Qian.
After thinking for a while, Lu Dalang sold two pieces of land at home, then paid off the debt, and took all the remaining money with him, then bought a donkey, rode to Jingzhou , and went to find Lord Wang Qian.
When he arrived in Jingnan, Lu Dalang quickly found the Jiedushi's mansion, and then told the person in the door that he was Lord Wang's cousin and wanted to pay homage to Lord Wang. The doorkeeper saw that Lu Dalang was wearing shabby clothes, with a pale face and thin skin, and seemed to be sick, and he didn't believe it. Lu Dalang tried his best to persuade him, and then the person went in to report.
Soon, the man came out and said that Lord Wang had no cousin and refused to see him, so he asked Lu Dalang to leave quickly.
Lu Dalang had no choice but to find a place to stay for the time being, and then he went around the mansion of the Jiedushi without any trouble, hoping to meet Lord Wang and talk to him in person.
However, a month has passed, and Lu Dalang has not been able to see Lord Wang either. He almost spent all his money, and to save, he sometimes didn't eat a day.
There is no way, so Lu Dalang could only lead the donkey and sell it on the street.
On the street, Mr. Yu, a door supervisor in charge of opening the market, saw Lu Dalang very strange and seemed reluctant to sell a donkey, so he asked him what was going on and if he was in trouble.
Lu Dalang sighed and said, "My family is in Weibei. My family is very poor. My father passed away. I was desperate, so I came here. Lord Wang, the governor here, is my dear cousin (that is, my cousin). My father helped him before. I really had no choice, so I came to him and hoped that he would help me. However, when I went to pay homage to him, he didn't see me at all. Later, I finally saw him, but he refused to recognize me. Alas, maybe this is fate. I have no money, so I can only sell the donkey and slow down. But what should I do in the future?" After
finished speaking,Lu Dalang sighed deeply again. After sighing, a rumbling sound came from his stomach, obviously he was hungry.
The warm-hearted Master Yu heard this and said, "I'm poor, but better than you. Although I don't have the money to help you through the difficulties, I see that you have been pale and thin, so I must have been hungry for many days, right? Thinking of Mr. Wang's behavior towards you, I'm very angry and unfair to you. Let's do this, you can live in my house and save some money."
Lu Dalang was very happy. After thanking Mr. Yu, he followed him home.
Sure enough, Mr. Yu's family is very poor, and two small, which look like they are about to collapse.After entering, Lu Dalang discovered that there was nothing in the room, no cooking stove, no tables, chairs, benches, and even beds. There was only one broken mat, and the two were sitting on the broken mat.
After a while, Mr. Yu didn't know where to get a pottery, put some rice in it, and then let Lu Dalang eat it. When Lu Dalang saw that there were no chopsticks, he had to hold it with his hands to eat. He was indeed hungry, and he ate it in three or five bites.
When Master Yu saw it, he went out again immediately and got a bowl of millet rice. Lu Dalang ignored his appearance and finished a few more bites. In this way, he ate five bowls of rice in a row and felt more full.
After dinner, it was already midnight. Mr. Yu told his story to Lu Dalang.
It turns out that Mr. Yu liked Taoism in his early years and often lived in seclusion in Siming Mountain. He followed an Taoist priest to learn the ability to live forever. Later, when he learned the skills, his master asked him to do more good deeds, and in order to cultivate his mind, he came to the world of fireworks. However, he has only been in Jingzhou for ten years and has hardly shown his skills, so everyone does not know how powerful he is.
He said to Lu Dalang: "Your family has such kindness to Lord Wang, but he can't help you when you are in trouble. It's really hateful. I will punish him tonight and ask him to give you money. How about it?"
Lu Dalang felt it was unlikely, but he still thanked Mr. Yu.
Mr. Yu went outside and didn't know where to get a big pot (a container for wine. After covering the lid, it can also be hit as a musical instrument, similar to big drum ) and put it on the ground. Then, Mr. Yu began to walk the Tiangang Step, thinking non-stop. After about a meal, a miracle happened.
Lu Dalang saw with his own eyes that there was a man on the cage, only about five inches tall. He was wearing an official uniform, an official hat, and a purple ribbon and a gold belt around his waist. He looked like a high official. After seeing Lu Dalang, the high-ranking official bent down and bowed, as if he was apologizing.
Master Yu pointed at him and said to Lu Dalang: "This is the soul of the minister Wang Qian, the current Jiedushi."
Lu Dalang approached and looked closely and found that this villain was Lord Wang. Except for being smaller, the rest are the same as Lord Wang. Seeing this, he immediately understood that Mr. Yu in front of him was indeed a master, and he could actually capture Wang Qian's soul!
Mr. Yu began to ask for guilt. He said to Wang Qian's soul: "Lu Dalang is your cousin. His family is very poor. He is desperate and he is so desperate that he asked you for help. How could you not repay your kindness when you endured his father's grace? Instead, you pretended not to know him? He was not trying to cheat you!" After hearing this, Wang Qian's soul bowed and said something. Although he couldn't hear it clearly, he could tell that he was apologizing.
"He comes from Weibei. You should give him some money and let him go home to support himself. In this way, you can repay his family's kindness to you, right? Now you have the ability to sprinkle a little food from your finger cover, which is enough for him to eat. But you know how to repay your kindness. What's the difference between you and a beast? I won't punish you anymore. Think about how to do it quickly and don't let this child suffer."
Wang Qian's soul bowed again, expressing his agreement.
"By the way, he sold the donkey. If he goes back, you have to buy him another horse." Mr. Yu told Wang Qian again.
Wang Qian's soul bowed again, and then it slowly disappeared after a while.
After dawn, Mr. Yu said to Lv Dalang: "Okay, you go outside Lord Wang's mansion and wait now, he will come out to find you."
Lu Dalang thanked Mr. Yu and then went to the Jiedushi's mansion. As soon as he got there, someone took him into the house and took him to see Lord Wang.
Lord Wang saw Lu Dalang and quickly apologized and said, "You came here. I didn't believe it at first, so I refused to see you. Later, although I saw you, I still didn't believe it. In addition, the military affairs have been busy recently and have no time to deal with other matters, so I didn't help you. Last night, the True Lord arrested my soul and asked me for guilt. I realized that I was wrong. I hope my cousin would not mind. You can live here in the future."After
, Lu Dalang lived in the residence of the Jiedushi, and sometimes he was taken to meet guests by Wang Qian, or attend banquets, etc.
Lu Dalang did not want to follow Wang Qian and then found an excuse to leave. Wang Qian did not keep him, and took out 200 taels of silver, 200 good silk, and bought a good horse for him.
Lu Dalang was not greedy. He originally wanted to take twenty taels of silver and go home to overcome the difficulties. , in the future, just take the exam and farm. However, Wang Qian said that if he didn't take it, someone would punish him, so Lu Dalang accepted it.
Later, Lu Dalang went home and lived a good life with the money. He seemed to have a good idea, passed the scholar, married a wife and started a family, and his life was getting better and better.
A few years later, Lu Dalang got drunk and told his friends about this, and everyone knew about it.
