At the time of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a man named Liu Bendao who studied hard for twenty years and was determined to get fame. However, his luck was too bad, and he didn't have the position to be an official, so he failed the exam several times. Liu Bendao's home lives on the Xunyang River in Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi). Since fame and fortune are hopeless, he relies on water to make a living by fishing on the Xunyang River.
Song Zhenzong The fourth year of Jingde (1007 AD) On the evening of August 14, he took advantage of the moonlight and drove a fishing boat to the middle of the river to fish. When we arrived at the middle of the river, the water and the moon shone on each other. He cast a net three times in a row, but he didn't catch a fish.
Suddenly, he heard someone shouting: "Liu Bendao, Liu Bendao, why don't a real man go to the exam for fame? But he came here to fish and lose his ambition!"
Liu Bendao was shocked and thought to himself: "Who is shouting? The person who named him seemed to be someone familiar with me!"
He looked around, but no one noticed. He plucked up his courage and threw a net again, but he still got nothing. When the net was closed, someone called his name again. Ben Dao was a little scared and worried that he would meet water ghost , so he leaned on the shore and decided not to fish tonight.
The next night, when he went fishing, he heard someone calling his name again. Ben Dao was irritated, put down the net and listened carefully, and the sound seemed to come from behind. Turning the bow of the boat and listening again, I found that the sound came from the reeds. When he went to search among the reeds, he still found nothing.
He thought to himself: "Who is? It's really a problem!" He simply ignored it and shook the boat to the middle of the river and continued to fish. This time I cast the net and felt a little heavy when I closed it. I put it away and looked carefully. It turned out that a golden carp that was about five feet long was trapped in the net! This Tao is both surprised and happy, thanks to the heaven and earth. I thought, if I took it to the city tomorrow and sold it, I could maintain my life for another three to five days. He leaned the boat on the shore with satisfaction, placed carp under the boat board, and kept it with live water.
He thought of taking off his clothes and sleeping in the cabin, but he felt hungry. Look at the cabin, there is nothing to eat. After thinking for a while, I thought of a hotel on the river bank. I just don’t know if Mr. Zhang has slept? If you haven't slept, you can buy some wine from him to drink.
Thinking of this, he took an empty wine gourd and went to the shore. Holding a gourd in his right hand, and holding a boating rod on his left flank, riding on the moonlight, walking along the river.
thought to himself: "If Zhang Taigong had already slept, he would have to endure his hunger and sleep for a night."
walked more than half a mile and came to the door of Zhang Taigong's hotel. Looking inside, the lights were still on.
Bendao was happy and knocked at the door, shouting: "Did your father-in-law sleep? I want to buy some wine. If your father-in-law sleeps, forget it; if you don't sleep, sell some wine for me to drink."
only heard Zhang Taigong answer inside: "The old man is not asleep yet!" As he said that, he opened the door.
Zhang Taigong took Liu Bendao's gourd, went in and served a gourd wine, handed it to Bendao and said, "There is a wine, but it's a pity that it's cold."
Bendao said, "Just drink it. I have no money tonight, and I will sell the fish tomorrow, and I will give it to you."
Zhang Taigong said, "It's okay, it's okay."
Bendao thanked Zhang Taigong and walked back along the same path.
He walked while drinking, and before he could get back to the boat, he had already drunk 20%. Suddenly, he saw a man standing under the moonlight, wearing a gauze hat and a wide-sleeved green robe, less than three feet tall. When the man saw Liu Bendao, he covered his face and cried, saying, "My descendants have been arrested by you and have almost been captured!"
Bendao was shocked and took a few steps back in fear. I thought to myself: "Where is such a person coming from the riverside? The strange one in ancient times must be a ghost!"
Thinking of this, he put down wine gourd , raised the pole, shouted, "Hold!" and beat him hard. There was only a loud noise, and the fire was everywhere in front of him. When he looked at him again, the man disappeared without a trace.
Ignore it and lifts the wine gourd and walks to the boat. When he arrived at the place where the boat was stopped, he couldn't help but scream: "Treat!" It turned out that his ship was no longer there! He looked around and saw no sign of the ship.Looking at the other side of the river again, everything was silent, and I didn’t see a boat.
thought to himself: "I don't know who stole my boat? Without the boat, where will I go to sleep tonight?"
had no choice but to follow the river bank and search slowly. While walking, I continued to drink the wine in the gourd. After a while, I drank all the wine, threw the gourd and continued to look for the boat. However, from the second update to the third update, there was still no sign of the ship. He really didn't want to go on, so he planned to find a place to sleep for a night.
Suddenly, he saw a house not far ahead, with lights on inside. He walked up and arrived at the door. I want to shout, but I feel that I don’t know each other before, and I’m a little presumptuous; I don’t shout, but I really have no place to sleep. At no time, he had to take the liberty.
knocked on the door and shouted, "Is there anyone inside? I am Liu Bendao, a fisherman. I found this place because I lost the boat. There is no place to stay late at night. I hope the owner will let me stay for one night!"
only heard someone inside answering, "Here is here! Official, please wait." It was a woman's voice.
After a while, a woman came to open the door. My head lowered my head and bowed. After the woman returned the greeting, she said to me: "Person, please come in!"
Bendao and the woman entered the door and came to living hall to sit down.
The woman said enthusiastically: "I'm afraid the official is hungry, right? I'll make some wine and food to satisfy the official's hunger. How about it?"
said: "Thank you, little lady, I don't dare to disturb you too much, I just arrange a place and let me spend the night."
The woman said: "It's okay, the wine and food are ready-made, and there is also a place to live..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard someone knocking on the door outside. While knocking, he also called out, "Oh, oh! I didn't provoke him, but he hit me! This person has no other place to go, and he will definitely come to my house to spend some time." When he heard this, he became anxious and asked the woman: "Who is outside the door?" The woman replied, "It's my brother." When he heard this, he hurriedly hid in a place outside the guest hall where the lights could not be shone and watched in the dark.
The woman went out and opened the door. The man continued to shout, "Oh, oh! Sister closes the door, come in with me."
The woman closed the door and entered the living room with the man. When I saw it through the light, I almost cried out, and my heart was secretly complaining: "My life is over!"
It turned out that it was not an enemy who was not gathering, that person was not someone else, but the person wearing a gauze hat, a wide-sleeved green robe, and less than three feet tall.
Bendao thought to himself: "It's really a pig and sheep slaughtering home, and he's looking for death step by step. I just hit him a rod, and thought he fell into the river and died. Why do I dare to stay at his house now?" He said it slowly, and at that time, I didn't care what they said. Before the woman could tell her, she slipped out and quietly opened the door. She ran far away in one go before she could slow down.
The woman's brother said, "Sister, give me a piece of frankincense , boil a bowl of hot wine to drink for me to relieve the pain on my back."
The woman took out the wine and asked, "Why is the pain in my back?"
The brother replied, "Sister, you don't know, I didn't mess with him. I stood by the river and saw that guy come back from buying wine. I covered my face and cried, saying, "My descendants, you've been arrested and almost got it!" The guy didn't say anything, suddenly raised the pole and slapped me hard. I turned into a fire and fled into the water. In a fit of anger, He took his boat elsewhere. The guy looked around and found it along the river. I thought he had no place to sleep, so he would definitely come to our house to stay. Sister, has he been here? "
sister asked, "Who is that person?"
brother said, "It's Liu Bendao, he now makes a living by fishing."
woman thought to herself: "It turns out that this official hit my brother. I should cover it up."
then said to her brother, "He has been here, I didn't keep him, so he left. Thank you brother, brother, go to bed early."
Liu Bendao had no place to sleep, and was frightened again, so he walked around the river bank without target.From the third update to the fifth update, I walked sore and weak, and then I sat down on a stone and placed the rod at my feet. Not long after resting, I heard someone coming quickly and shouted loudly, "Liu Bendao, don't leave, I'll drive you away!" When
Bendao heard it, the three souls scared her, thinking that it was the beaten monster who came to avenge the revenge of the boat rod. He quickly stood up, held the pole in his hand, and prepared to go out and fight him.
After a while, the man approached. When he saw that it was the woman just now, wearing white clothes and holding a package in her hand. Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief.
The woman walked to Liu Bendao and said, "Official, why are you leaving? I can't find you everywhere. After I arranged for my brother to sleep, I rushed here."
Liu Bendao looked at the woman and muttered in his heart: "I don't know if she is a human or a ghost?"
The woman seemed to see his thoughts and said, "Don't be confused. I am not a ghost, but a human. Look at my clothes with a gap and a shadow under the moon, and my voice is higher than the other. How could it be a ghost? I came to chase you specially."
Bendao heard her say this, and put down the rod in his hand and asked, "Is there anything wrong with chasing me?"
The woman said, "I don't know if the official has a wife? If you already have a wife, I will be a concubine for you; if you don't have a wife yet, I will marry you as a wife. My package has money, enough for us. I wonder if the official is willing to do it or not? "
Bendao thought to himself: "A woman with such a beautiful woman brought a lot of money, which is a good marriage that I can't get. Who wouldn't want to?" Then he said to the woman: "Thank you, little lady, I don't have a wife yet. If you really want to, be my wife!"
So, Bendao and the woman walked towards Jiangzhou City together. By dawn, they came to the city.
The woman asked, "Husband, where are we settled?"
said, "Don't worry, madam, I have a solution." After walking for a while, I saw a sign hanging on the door with the words "Gu Yilang Shop" written on it.
Bendao walked up and asked, "Which is Gu Yilang?"
someone came out and replied, "I am."
Bendao said, "Xiaosheng couldn't get along with his father at home. He drove us and my wife out and had nowhere to live. I want to live with you for a while, and when the relatives advised him to change his mind, they would go back."
Bendao agreed and arranged the couple in a room south of the yard. Bendao went out to buy some daily necessities, and the couple took the inn as their home and lived there.
About half a year later, one day, Bendao said to his wife: "Although we have some money, we can't live a waste, we should find something to do."
After hearing this, his wife smiled and said, "Husband, don't worry!" As she said that, she took out something from the box and let Bendao see it. When Liu Bendao looked, it turned out to be a hexagram with a round sky and a square place.
The wife said, "Just rely on this, I can make you use it forever in your life."
Bendao was puzzled and asked his wife: "Why did you know this?"
The wife replied, "When my father was alive, he was the prefect of Jiangzhou, his surname was Qi, and his name was Uncle Wen. When I was a child, I was called Shounu. When my father left office, our family took a boat back to his hometown, but unexpectedly, the boat overturned and the boat fell to pieces. My parents and servants were drowned, and only I was rescued. The one who saved me was the dwarf who was beaten with a rod by you. From then on, I worshiped him as my brother. Living together. Your boat disappeared because you hit him and was taken away by him. That night you came to my house to stay, and later he asked, I hid it. Because I already wanted to be a husband and wife with you. "
Bendao asked again: "Where did your divination chart come from?"
wife replied: "When I was a child, my dad taught me three things: one is to read and write, two is to write talismans, spells, and fortune telling and fortune telling. So there is this divination chart. You can rent a shop on the street, and I will tell fortunes for others. In this way, you can live a peaceful life."
After hearing this, he said happily: "It's all up to my wife to be virtuous! "
The next day, Bendao asked Gu Yilang for help, rented a shop on the street and hung a sign called "White-clothed Ladies' Hexagram Shop". After getting ready, he chose an auspicious day and officially opened.
However, the couple sat in the shop for three days in a row, but no one came to visit.
The wife said to Bendao: "If it doesn't open for three days, it must be someone who fought and robbed our business. Go and see if there are any fortune tellers nearby? Come back and tell me. "
After hearing this, I left the shop and went around nearby. After walking a short distance, I saw a group of people gathered around there to see something. The path squeezed into the crowd. It turned out that a Taoist was selling medicine and emitting spiritual talismans.
said: There is a small peak in Wuli Tingting, and I know the north and south and west. How many lost tourists in the world don't know how to return to the great road.
read, and said, "I am a Taoist practitioner from Angong Mountain in Wan. There are three things to come here: the first thing is that I have practiced in the mountains for thirteen years and refined a good pot of pill to save people; the second thing is to find someone; the third thing is to save people from Jiangzhou. "
When everyone heard him say this, they were shocked, as if a disaster was about to come.
The Taoist looked up and suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Everyone hasn't bought my medicine yet, but the person I'm looking for has arrived! "
said, waved to Liu Bendao and shouted, "That young man, come here quickly! "Ben Dao saw him pointing at him, looking at him in confusion.
Taoist said again: "It's you, I have something to say to you! "Then Dao walked over.
Taoist said, "I see there is a black air between your eyebrows, and you are being stalked by the evil spirit. Tell me what happened recently. "
Bendao was told to his mind, so he told the story of his relationship with his wife.
Taoist said after hearing this: "What I am looking for is actually that woman! Let me save you. "
After saying that, he took out a spiritual talisman, handed it to Liu Bendao, and said to him: "You take this talisman back, go home first, and pretend to be drunk and sleep. By the third o'clock in the middle of the night, you can see her true face by putting this talisman on her. "
Bendao was originally a little suspicious of his wife's origin. After hearing what the Taoist said, he did not go back to the hexagram shop. He went back to the inn directly, said to Gu Yilang and fell asleep on the bed. His wife did not see Bendao's return to the hexagram shop. After that, she closed the shop and returned to the inn in a depressed mood.
She asked Gu Yilang: "Have my husband been back? ”
Gu Yilang said: “He’s back. He said he was drunk and went to bed early. "
Bendao's wife smiled after hearing this and said, "So that's it! "
She walked into the house and saw Bendao and shouted loudly. Bendao was startled by her.
The wife said to Bendao: "It makes no sense for her husband! You and I are having sex with each other, what can I do to you wrongly? But you believe in others to help me and the two of you are in conflict! I asked you to see who was fighting with us, but you believed the words of the rascal Taoist, pretended to be asleep, and put a talisman on me and see my true face! I have told you that I am the daughter of Prefect Qi, or is it a ghost? But you believe this unreasonable thing and want to harm me! Give me that talisman and we will be a good couple, otherwise I will leave you immediately! "
Bendao was speechless by his wife, so he had to take out the talisman and hand it over to his wife. The two of them made up their minds and ate dinner and went to bed.
The next morning,Bendao asked his wife to go to the hexagram shop together.
The wife said: "Today we won't go to the hexagram shop. I will go to the hexagram shop with you and I will ask him what the reason is, and why do we provoke the disagreement between us and our husbands? At the same time, let you see how I fight with him. "
Bendao heard her say this, knowing that she could not stop it, so she had to go with her to find the Taoist man.
The two walked to the place yesterday and saw that the Taoist man was still there, and there were still many people around. The Taoist was talking happily. Bendao's wife separated the crowd and shouted: "You rascal Taoist, you are a beggar in the wild, but you used some ghost talisman to provoke the disagreement between us and our wife.I want him to put it on me and see what I am like! "
said, and she clapped her hands again and said to the onlookers: "I am the daughter of the former prefect Qi of this state. Who doesn't know my father? He dares to say that I am a ghost! "
turned around and said to the Taoist, "That's it! If you have the Dharma, you will beat me in front of everyone! "
The Taoist was furious when he heard this, lifted up his sword and chopped it down on her head. Everyone couldn't help but scream, thinking, this woman is over!
However, she pointed with her hand and shouted: "Come on! "The sword that the Taoist man held stopped in the air, neither cutting it down nor taking it back. Everyone shouted in unison, all shocked.
Bendao's wife said, "Just with your ability, why dare to send out ghost talismans to ruin my husband's relationship. What are you saying now? "
Taoist man blushed and said, "Please forgive me, my wife! I was confused for a moment and angered my wife. I hope she will forgive me for her sins! "
Everyone laughed and advised her to forgive the Taoist.
Bendao's wife smiled slightly and said, "Just for everyone, let you, the raspy Taoist. "
Just heard her muttering words, the sword in the Taoist hand fell to the ground. Everyone burst into laughter again, the Taoist looked ashamed, and left the crowd. After walking a few steps, he turned back. Instead of fighting with the Taoist wife, he picked up the sword from the ground and ran away.
From then on, his wife's fortune-telling business was particularly prosperous. From morning to night, there were many customers and he didn't even care about eating. For a moment, his reputation in Jiangzhou City was so great.
One day, a man came to invite the Taoist wife with a sedan chair. The man said, "The villain is the servant of the prefect Zhao of the Prefect. The prefect Xiaoyanei was sick recently and the treatment was ineffective. The prefect sent the villain to invite the lady in white to take a look. "
Bendao's wife heard that, so she ordered her husband to close the shop and go back to the inn, and took a sedan chair to the Zhao prefect's mansion. The prefect welcomed the people's garden. The magistrate welcomed the people's garden. The little yaene was talking to himself, and the wine was fragrant in his mouth.
While the wind was lying, a strong wind blew up.
When the wind passed, a woman in yellow appeared and shouted angrily: "Who dares to provoke me? "After drinking, he saw the lady in white standing there, and quickly bowed deeply, saying, "So it's sister! "
The lady in white said: "The yamen of the prefect is sick. Please ask me to exorcise evil spirits. I didn't expect that it was you here to cause trouble! "
The woman in yellow was still not listening. When she heard this, she opened her eyes wide open and said, "You can't even save your husband. Do you still want to save outsiders? "After saying that, the breeze turned away. The prefect yamen immediately calmed down and asked his family to help him rest. Prefect Zhao rewarded the lady in white and asked someone to take her back in a sedan chair.
Back at the inn, she asked Gu Yilang: "Is my husband at home?" "
Gu Yilang said panickedly: "I learned that a woman in yellow suddenly came, and took the official and floated away from the southwest. I'm in a hurry to find you. "
The lady in white said: "It's okay. "Called, "Get up!" "Then she stepped on a cloud from the ground and went to chase the woman in yellow.
looked after her and caught up with her. She shouted loudly: "Give me back my husband back! "
The woman in yellow saw the woman in white coming and shouted: "Fallen! " Then he put down Liu Bendao and fought with the lady in white. After the road landed, he didn't care about his wife anymore and just ran to a temple. He couldn't run away. Seeing a monk standing at the door, he stepped forward and asked, "Can I let me rest in the temple for a while? "
Monk said: "The temple is very busy today, and there is a donor who is the main one to give alms. "
was talking when the porters came to the temple gate with a few loads of firewood, buckets of sauce, rice, incense, candles, paper money, etc., and a person followed behind him. When Liu Bendao saw it, his soul was scattered.
It turned out that the man was wearing a gauze hat, a wide-sleeved green robe, and was less than three feet tall. He was the short monster who was beaten by him.Liu Bendao turned around and ran away. The short monster was very quick and grabbed Liu Bendao and said, "You are the one who beat me up! Now it falls into my hands, I want to take out your heart and drink!" Bendao was so anxious that he was at a loss.
is in crisis, Bendao's wife, Ms. White, came and shouted loudly, "Brother, don't blame me! He is my husband." Before he finished speaking, the woman in yellow came again and shouted loudly, "Brother, don't listen to her. How could she be her real husband? Since she beat her brother, she is our enemy."
Several people pulled Liu Bendao and pulled him into a mess.
At this time, an old man came out of the temple and shouted: "Beasts must not be rude!" He called out again: "Change!" Suddenly, the woman in yellow turned into a yellow deer, the woman in white turned into a white crane, and the short monster in green robe turned into a green-haired spirit turtle.
Liu Bendao quickly kowtowed to the old man, and the old man said: "Do you still remember your previous life?"
Liu Bendao was confused.
The old man tapped his fingers in front of his forehead, and he suddenly realized and remembered everything in the past. It turns out that the old man is no one else, but the birthday star of the Antarctic. Liu Bendao was originally an immortal official in charge of the secretary of the Sushi in front of the Nanji Birth Star Hall. Because he liked to play with cranes, deer, turtle, that is, blessing, wealth and longevity, which caused trouble, he was exiled to the mortal world to be a poor scholar and was not allowed to pass the exam to become an official. Now the exile period has expired, so the Antarctic Birthday Star has asked Fulu and Shou Sanxing to save him ascend to heaven.
After Liu Bendao achieved great enlightenment, the Antarctic birthday star rode on the white crane, the original road rode on the yellow deer, and the green-haired spirit turtle was guided by him, and ascended to the sky. From then on, people called the temple Birthday Temple. Now, there are ancient monuments on the Xunyang River in Jiangzhou.
