In ancient times, there was a man named Peng Lin in the suburbs of Shanxi. He was kind and cowardly. His wife, Shen, looked dignified and beautiful. The couple was a man who farmed and had a deep relationship. But there was a lustful person in the same village that both of them were upset. The man was named Chen Nan and had studied medical skills for several years. Whenever Peng Lin went out, Chen Nan would come to Peng Lin's house to tease Shen verbally. Shen neither scolded nor responded, which made Chen Nan very boring.
Peng Lin went out to do farm work on this day, and Shen was weaving cloth at home alone. Chen Nan broke in at some point, scaring Shen's face and scolded him sternly: "You are so brave. You dare to break into my house in broad daylight. When my husband comes back, he will definitely not spare you lightly!"
Chen Nan waved his hand quickly and said: "I'm afraid he doesn't have the courage! Besides, I came here today to save people. You should be secretly happy. If you drive me out, you will regret it!"
Shen was puzzled, thinking why did Chen Nan save his family without illness or disaster? She quickly opened the door and said, "If you don't leave, I'll call someone!"
Chen Nan was not in a hurry. He walked straight into the room, picked up the wine pot and said, "Oh! What a beautiful wine pot. It's a pity that the owner of the wine pot is seriously ill and is about to pass away. At that time, you will be lonely alone in the empty room. It's better to leave me as soon as possible! If you don't believe it, just walk around." After Chen Nan said that, he put down the wine pot and looked at Shen with lustful eyes and left. Before leaving, he said, "I will tell that your husband is seriously ill, unable to speak, and his face is like a paint. This is a symptom of being infected with the Gu. Only I can cure it!"
Shen ignored it. After Peng Lin came back in the evening, Shen hesitated for a while, fearing that her husband was angry, so he didn't tell me about Chen Nan's breaking into the house. During dinner, Shen saw that her husband's face was flushed and drank a few glasses of wine happily, and didn't look like a seriously ill person. He asked him tentatively, "Did you feel uncomfortable in the past period of time?"
Peng Lin raised his head and laughed, "I am as strong as a cow, how can I feel uncomfortable!"
Shen's heart was relieved. At midnight, Peng Lin struggled for a while and vomited wildly. Shen quickly lit the oil lamp and asked her husband where he felt uncomfortable. Peng Lin stared at him with big eyes, but he couldn't speak. Shen was anxious. Seeing that her husband's face was as dark as he thought of Chen Nan's words, he quickly went to find Chen Nan for help.
Chen Nan knew that Shen would look for him, so he deliberately opened the door in disorganized clothes and replied, "This is unsaved, and the gods are helpless when they come!"
Shen quickly knelt down for him and said, "Please, as long as you can save his life, I can do anything."
Chen Nan's eyes lit up when he heard this. But he still pretended to be deeply frowning and said, "That's fine. If you can be my concubine for half a year, I can consider saving his life. Otherwise, I won't agree even if you kneel until next year!"
Shen was embarrassed and annoyed when he heard Chen Nan's words, Chen Nan deliberately said impatiently: "He can live for up to three days. You can think about it when you go back. Anyway, you won't lose anything. Only I can cure this evil disease."
Shen couldn't bear this humiliation, so he immediately stood up and walked home. The more she thought about it, the sadder she felt. She said to herself, "Since my husband's life is not long, what's the point of living in the world? Why not take a step first!" After that, she walked to the river and wanted to jump into the river and commit suicide.
At this time, a lame old man blocked her. The lame old man was named Wang Crook. He made a living by collecting herbs on weekdays and lived in a dilapidated temple at night. He was awakened by Shen's crying sound. When he saw Shen's attempt to find a short-term view, he came out to stop her. He asked Shen, "What are the difficulties you have to tell me? Why do you have to find a short-term view? This person cannot be resurrected by death."
Shen cried and told in detail about what happened recently. After hearing this, Wang Cutezi nodded and said, "In my opinion, this is probably caused by poisonous insects. I have practiced medicine and collected medicine for decades. Why don't you let me go and see it!"
Shen was half-believing, but he still took Wang Cutezi home with a try-and-see attitude.Wang Cutezi carefully observed Peng Lin's eyes and tongue, pondered for a moment, took out a few herbs from the medicine basket and handed them to Shen and said, "You can boil these herbs into soup and take them. After two hours, he can speak. After he recovers his mind, he must not drink. I put poisonous insects to remove evil in his wine pot. After 49 days, you can cover the wine pot with a cotton coat and throw it into the river."
Shen was puzzled, and Wang Cutezi smiled and said, "You just need to do what I said. Remember not to touch the wine pot with your hands, nor can your family touch it, otherwise you will fail." Wang Cutezi left after saying this.
Shen, as Wang Crook said, after decocting the herbs for her husband, two hours passed, and Peng Lin could indeed speak, and Shen and Peng Lin were overjoyed. After two days of rest, Peng Lin completely recovered, and the couple secretly praised: Wang Crook is indeed a miracle doctor!
Chen Nan saw that Peng Lin could go to the fields to work happily, frowned and confused. On that day, he took advantage of Peng Lin going out to do farm work and broke into his yard again. Shen asked him out in a panic look. Chen Nan asked coldly, "Who saved him?"
Shen did not tell Wang Crook, but just scolded Chen Nan loudly. Chen Nan gritted his teeth and said, "Hmph, let's go and see!" After that, he picked up Peng Lin's wine pot and placed it heavily on the table. For some reason, his hand seemed to be touched by something, and he hurriedly left after a whistle.
Shen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went to find her husband who was busy farming outside and told him that Chen Nan wanted to do something wrong. Peng Lin was furious after hearing this, but after thinking about it, he finally chose to swallow his anger and did not dare to settle the score with Chen Nan. Shen told Peng Lin about Wang Crook saving him. Peng Lin was very moved and immediately found Wang Crook and couldn't stand up, thanking him for saving his life.
Wang Crooked and said unyieldingly: "You are cowardly and timid, how come you are doing as a seven-foot man? Remember, kindness is moderate compassion rather than tolerance without bottom line!" Peng Lin nodded repeatedly.
A few days later, Chen Nan's mouth was crooked and his eyes were slanted. He covered his right arm with his left hand every day and complained. An old man said that this was a symptom of being poisoned by the poison. The method of the poison was above Chen Nan. If the poisoned person did not remove the poison for him, no one would be able to save him. Since Chen Nan was poisoned by the poison, he shed tears in front of Peng Lin's house every day and begged: "I know you must have a master's advice. He is a senior with advanced medical skills. Please let him take my life around me. I am willing to be a cow and a horse for you. I will never thank you for your kindness!"
Peng Lin saw Chen Nan in such a embarrassment, and at the beginning, he felt unspeakable happiness. After a long time, he felt compassion. The couple were also in a state of conscience, so they found Wang Crooker to relieve the Gu for Chen Nan.
Wang Crooker said to the two: "You suddenly got sick that day. He tampered with the wine pot. I knew that after saving you, he would use the same trick again, so I also used some tricks on the wine pot to make him suffer. This person's vicious heart is to make you die in a bad life and achieve his goal. Can you really forgive him?"
Peng Lin thought for a while and nodded and said: "I would rather believe that he was confused for a while and was confused by lust. Just teach him a lesson. Forgive others, there is no need to harm his life!"
Wang Cruzi took out two bags of herbs from the basket and said meaningfully: "This is an antidote. You will decide whether to save him or not! I admire your hearts, but what I have to remind you is that leaving a way out for others while leaving a way out for yourself. Isn't it a fool to be a flood of compassion? If he does not repent, he will bear all the consequences and have nothing to do with others!" After Shen took the herbs and thanked Wang Cruzi again, Wang Cruzi sighed and said nothing.
When he returned home, Peng Lin wanted to hand the herbs to Chen Nan. Shen remembered Wang Crook’s words and left a bag of herbs privately to prevent accidents. Peng Lin kept a pack at home according to what Shen said. When Chen Nan handed one of the bags of herbs to Chen Nan, Chen Nan was overjoyed and quickly decocted the herbs and took them. Their condition began to improve.
At this time, Chen Nan seemed to have become a different person. He stood at the door of Peng Lin’s house with a long knife in his hand and cursed, threatening to retaliate, making Peng Lin and Chen’s not willing to survive or die.
Peng Lin and Shen looked at each other. After thinking for a long time, they decided to throw the remaining bag of herbs into the fire. A few days later, Chen Nan's old disease relapsed and lay on the ground and wailed constantly, begging for the antidote in the middle of the night without waiting for the antidote, and ended up suddenly dead! Peng Lin and Chen thought of Wang Crook’s words again, and felt mixed feelings and sighed for a long time!
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This story is a purely original folk story, with an educational and entertaining style, aiming to enrich readers' amateur cultural life, and all plots are compiled based on folk oral descriptions. Pure literary works, use the past to describe the present and make sense of the truth and do not match feudal superstitions! Plagiarism and infringement will be pursued!
