Episode Ming Dynasty Zhengde ( Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao's reign name, from 1506 to 1521 AD), there was a scholar named Jiang Yiyi in the south. He studied very hard and was preparing to get fame.
Jiang Yiyi studied hard for more than ten years and failed the previous exam. This time he would continue to go to the capital to take the imperial examination and become an official, and he would be able to honor his ancestors and live a happy life.
In addition to wanting to take the imperial examination, Jiang Yiyi also has an ambition, he wants to practice Taoism and become an immortal. Even if you can't become an immortal, you have to live for decades or even hundreds of years. Of course, it would be great if I could become an immortal.
Because over the years, Jiang Yiyi's study has been too hard, and he is not rich at all. In order to save money to study, he eats rough food and wears rough clothes. He is almost thirty years old and has not married yet. He suppresses his various desires just to be able to take the exam and live a rich life.
Jiang Yiyi had long thought that as long as he could take the Jinshi exam, even if he was just a small official, he would eat delicious food every day, wear beautiful clothes, marry a wife and three concubines, and be happy every day. Even if he died in happiness, he should not live in poverty and depression.
For this reason, Jiang Yiyi is also very hardworking. He study until late at night every day. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "hanging his head on the beam and stabbing his thighs".
Seeing that the exam day was coming, Jiang Yiyi got a donkey and rode to Chang'an . Every day on the donkey's back, Jiang Yiyi still has to read and recite, for fear of delaying his homework.
On this day, the river tram rode a donkey through a big mountain. The road at the foot of the mountain was very narrow, and there were still people chopping wood on the mountain.
The wind and clouds suddenly changed, and the originally clear sky suddenly became dark clouds, accompanied by bursts of thunder. Jiang Yiyi had already felt the raindrops. He looked around and found a grass house on the side of the road. Jiang Yiyi speculated that this was probably because people nearby would sometimes encounter rainy days when they went up the mountain to chop wood and hunt, so they built a simple house here to hide from the rain.
The river was swaying and led the donkey to the grass house to shelter from the rain. Under the eaves, he looked at the mountain opposite. There was a woodcutter on the mountain. He did not hide from the rain and continued to chop wood.
Suddenly, a thunder exploded in the sky. When the woodcutter saw it, he was very excited. He threw away the knife of chopping wood, chased towards the thunder, and shouted, " Thunder God strike me" and "Master Thunder God, strike me to death."
But the thunder passed quickly, the clouds disappeared, the rain cleared, and the sun appeared again. The woodcutter seemed disappointed and sighed back.
How could anyone hope to be struck to death by lightning? Jiang Yiyi couldn't figure it out, so he shouted, bowed to the woodcutter, and then shouted, "Brother Woodman, can you talk together?"
After hearing this, the woodcutter went down the mountain, got into the house, bowed to Jiang Yiyi a little, and then sat down in the house. It seems that he is very familiar with this place.
"I dare to ask the woodcutter brother, I saw you chasing the thunder and said that I would let the thunder kill you. Why is this? Even the ant is alive. Did the woodcutter brother encounter something? Otherwise, why are you so short-sighted?"
"Haha, I haven't talked to people for many days, but I actually met a pedantic scholar. Well, I'll tell you my story."
"I am a woodcutter, and I have always made a living by harvesting firewood. The woodcutter's life is very hard. He works hard to chop firewood every day, but it's just enough to make some money. It's only enough to make a living. To the south of this mountain, close to a big river, it is said that there is a dragon there. I never believed it until one day, I saw it in person."
"Oh, did you see the dragon? "
" That's right, it was cloudy that day, and it seemed like it would rain. I was chopping wood, but I heard the movement from the river. When I got closer, I saw a dragon, four or five feet long, rolling in the water, just like the dragon in the sky, but there was no dragon horn. I thought that this was a dragon flying in the clouds and rain, but I didn't expect that there was a crocodile monster not far away! "
" Crocodile monster? Could it be that they were fighting in territory? "
" I don't know either. Anyway, they fought very hard, and the crocodile monster was six or seven feet long, all over her leather armor, and even the sharp teeth of the dragon had to be bitten through. The two monsters fought for a long time, and their bodies were covered in blood. The river water was dyed red.
Episode Ming Dynasty Zhengde ( Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao's reign name, from 1506 to 1521 AD), there was a scholar named Jiang Yiyi in the south. He studied very hard and was preparing to get fame.
Jiang Yiyi studied hard for more than ten years and failed the previous exam. This time he would continue to go to the capital to take the imperial examination and become an official, and he would be able to honor his ancestors and live a happy life.
In addition to wanting to take the imperial examination, Jiang Yiyi also has an ambition, he wants to practice Taoism and become an immortal. Even if you can't become an immortal, you have to live for decades or even hundreds of years. Of course, it would be great if I could become an immortal.
Because over the years, Jiang Yiyi's study has been too hard, and he is not rich at all. In order to save money to study, he eats rough food and wears rough clothes. He is almost thirty years old and has not married yet. He suppresses his various desires just to be able to take the exam and live a rich life.
Jiang Yiyi had long thought that as long as he could take the Jinshi exam, even if he was just a small official, he would eat delicious food every day, wear beautiful clothes, marry a wife and three concubines, and be happy every day. Even if he died in happiness, he should not live in poverty and depression.
For this reason, Jiang Yiyi is also very hardworking. He study until late at night every day. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "hanging his head on the beam and stabbing his thighs".
Seeing that the exam day was coming, Jiang Yiyi got a donkey and rode to Chang'an . Every day on the donkey's back, Jiang Yiyi still has to read and recite, for fear of delaying his homework.
On this day, the river tram rode a donkey through a big mountain. The road at the foot of the mountain was very narrow, and there were still people chopping wood on the mountain.
The wind and clouds suddenly changed, and the originally clear sky suddenly became dark clouds, accompanied by bursts of thunder. Jiang Yiyi had already felt the raindrops. He looked around and found a grass house on the side of the road. Jiang Yiyi speculated that this was probably because people nearby would sometimes encounter rainy days when they went up the mountain to chop wood and hunt, so they built a simple house here to hide from the rain.
The river was swaying and led the donkey to the grass house to shelter from the rain. Under the eaves, he looked at the mountain opposite. There was a woodcutter on the mountain. He did not hide from the rain and continued to chop wood.
Suddenly, a thunder exploded in the sky. When the woodcutter saw it, he was very excited. He threw away the knife of chopping wood, chased towards the thunder, and shouted, " Thunder God strike me" and "Master Thunder God, strike me to death."
But the thunder passed quickly, the clouds disappeared, the rain cleared, and the sun appeared again. The woodcutter seemed disappointed and sighed back.
How could anyone hope to be struck to death by lightning? Jiang Yiyi couldn't figure it out, so he shouted, bowed to the woodcutter, and then shouted, "Brother Woodman, can you talk together?"
After hearing this, the woodcutter went down the mountain, got into the house, bowed to Jiang Yiyi a little, and then sat down in the house. It seems that he is very familiar with this place.
"I dare to ask the woodcutter brother, I saw you chasing the thunder and said that I would let the thunder kill you. Why is this? Even the ant is alive. Did the woodcutter brother encounter something? Otherwise, why are you so short-sighted?"
"Haha, I haven't talked to people for many days, but I actually met a pedantic scholar. Well, I'll tell you my story."
"I am a woodcutter, and I have always made a living by harvesting firewood. The woodcutter's life is very hard. He works hard to chop firewood every day, but it's just enough to make some money. It's only enough to make a living. To the south of this mountain, close to a big river, it is said that there is a dragon there. I never believed it until one day, I saw it in person."
"Oh, did you see the dragon? "
" That's right, it was cloudy that day, and it seemed like it would rain. I was chopping wood, but I heard the movement from the river. When I got closer, I saw a dragon, four or five feet long, rolling in the water, just like the dragon in the sky, but there was no dragon horn. I thought that this was a dragon flying in the clouds and rain, but I didn't expect that there was a crocodile monster not far away! "
" Crocodile monster? Could it be that they were fighting in territory? "
" I don't know either. Anyway, they fought very hard, and the crocodile monster was six or seven feet long, all over her leather armor, and even the sharp teeth of the dragon had to be bitten through. The two monsters fought for a long time, and their bodies were covered in blood. The river water was dyed red.After fighting for more than half a day, the two monsters were exhausted and lay on the shore to breathe heavily. Many times, they began to spit out chestnut-sized orbs from their mouths, turning over their mouths, and still glowing a golden light. "
" inner alchemy, did you see them vomiting inner alchemy? This is a good baby, they should be spitting out to heal the wound! Brother Woodman, you are so lucky to see the inner alchemy! "
" Yes, I only found out later that it was inner alchemy. I was watching, and suddenly the crocodile monster used a trick. It ignored the inner elixir and took advantage of the dragon's inattention and bit the dragon's neck! The dragon was caught off guard and his neck was instantly bitten through by the crocodile's two-foot-long fangs. But the dragon was not weak either. While the crocodile was exposed on its side, it scratched the crocodile's abdomen with its sharp claws and suddenly cut it down. The crocodile monster's stomach broke through the intestines. In the end, both monsters died. "
" What about their inner alchemy? Have you found it? "Jiang Yiyi only cares about the inner elixir.
" Of course, their inner elixirs are all on the shore and are still shining with golden light. When I saw it, I knew it was a treasure, so I hurried over and picked up the golden elixir, but the golden elixir penetrated directly into my stomach. I just felt my stomach was hot, as if it was burned inside. I couldn't stand it, so I fainted. When I woke up at night, I forgot about this and felt unspeakable. I saw that you, dragons and crocodile monsters, were full of treasures, so I thought that I could peel them off and I would definitely sell them for a good price. I thought I couldn't pull them, but I didn't expect that I could pull their bodies easily. So I stripped them and cut them into two or three hundred yuan, and sold them for thousands of taels of silver. "
"Brother Woodman, you are so lucky! "
" Alas, it was indeed a blessing at the beginning. I used this money to marry a wife and a concubine, and gave birth to three sons, and lived a happy life. Later I realized that such days were actually a curse. After taking two inner elixirs, I am neither hungry nor thirsty, I am not sleepy nor sick, and I am not old or dead. At that time, it was still , , and now it has been the Ming Dynasty, and it has been eight hundred years. "
" Isn't this very good? I dreamed of this! "Jiang Yiyi said enviously after hearing this.
"Okay? I tell you, and you will know if it's going to be fine. I don’t have to eat, drink water, or sleep and see a doctor, but how can normal people not eat, drink water and sleep? So gradually, some people suspected me, and some even said that I was a monster. They even secretly called some people to come to my house with mirrors and runes, tried and tried again and again, and finally left half-believingly. Some people also say that it is very abnormal for me to go from a poor woodcutter to a rich man, so I asked the government to investigate. After checking for a long time, I still couldn't find anything, so I left. "
Jiang Yiyi nodded slowly after hearing this, feeling that this is indeed the case. He had never thought about these questions before.
"As long as they can't prove that you are a monster, then you can live with peace of mind, right? "Jiang Yiyi couldn't help asking. He thought ignorantly that if he became an immortal in the future, he would encounter such trouble, but after proving it, he would always be at peace.
"You are thinking too much, young people, they have already decided that I am a monster in their hearts. Even if they can't prove that I am a monster, they will still doubt me. After that, the people in the yamen came to ask me; the powerful and powerful also came to ask me, and they wanted to do this, so they asked me how I could do this. I really couldn't stand it, so I ran out of my house, hid in the mountains, and finally lived a quiet life. "
"Since that's the case, why do you still chase the Thunder God and let the Thunder God strike you to death? "
" There are too few quiet days after all. I don’t know which master it was. When I saw the corpse of dragons and crocodile monsters by the river, I guessed that the inner elixir was lost and I ate it. As a result, after the news spread, the monks, old Taoists, martial artists and alchemists from famous sects all came to grab the inner alchemy. Hehe, I used a fake bead to trick them into killing each other. There are also vixen , bison monster, big dog monster, two-headed snake, three-tailed scorpion, six-winged Xuanwu... and they all want to seize the inner elixir, but often before they find me, they will fight to death because of the inner elixir. Humph, beasts are beasts. "
Jiang Yiyi couldn't help but be scared when he heard this.
" Compared to these monsters, the most terrifying thing is the people around him, even they want inner alchemy.Alas, even my own son has a fierce look on his eyes, forcing me to want inner alchemy and immortality! Alas, if I could spit out the inner elixir, I would have spit out long ago. Such a day is so painful! There is also every time there is a war, I see corpses everywhere and countless wives and children, which makes me feel so uncomfortable. "
Before Jiang Yiyi could speak, the woodcutter said again: "This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that I watched my son die and my daughter-in-law die, and then my grandson, granddaughter, great-grandson, great-grandson... Until today, I don't know if I have any descendants. I wanted to have more lives, but when I thought about seeing them die one by one, I had to give up. Longevity is a lot of humiliation, and the ancients really did not bully me! To the end, there are no emotions and desires, no joy, joy, sorrow, and sorrow, and no wonder the ups and downs, like a stone, what is the meaning? "
" So, you are chasing Thunder God, hoping that Thunder God will kill you, right? "Jiang Yiyi asked.
"Yes, it's a pity that Lei Gong only struck unfilial people. When my mother was alive, I was very filial, so Lei Gong did not struck me. Over the years, I have tried many methods, but I can't die. I jumped into the river without sinking, hitting the rocks, drinking poison is not poisonous, I hung it for three days and three nights, but I didn't respond..."
"Ah, I thought of it, you don't have to eat and rest anyway, so you can do something, such as continuing to collect firewood, and then exchange some money to help those poor people, such as me, isn't that great? In this way, you won't be worried. "
" Do you think I haven't thought about it? You were wrong, I thought about it, and I did it. I went to help the poor, but over time, they started to be rogue again. Not only did they become lazy, but they actually forced me to send more money. It was really hateful! Among the older generation, it seems that it makes sense to save the poor if they are not. If you help those people frequently, their hearts will change! Is there no way to die with "
"? "
" I have asked those gods of the Youfang. My destiny requires three tribulations and I can live to be 1,580 years old. Now, only eight hundred years have passed, and I really can't wait, so I want the Thunder God to kill me as soon as possible. People in the world try every means to live forever, but they don’t know that eternal life will only bring endless pain! "
After saying that, the woodcutter stopped talking and went out to continue chopping wood.
"Dare you ask the woodcutter brother, do you respect your surname and name? "Jiang Yiyi only remembered to ask him.
"I have forgotten, young man, be a good official in the future! "The woodcutter replied from a distance.
Alas, even my own son has a fierce look on his eyes, forcing me to want inner alchemy and immortality! Alas, if I could spit out the inner elixir, I would have spit out long ago. Such a day is so painful! There is also every time there is a war, I see corpses everywhere and countless wives and children, which makes me feel so uncomfortable. "Before Jiang Yiyi could speak, the woodcutter said again: "This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that I watched my son die and my daughter-in-law die, and then my grandson, granddaughter, great-grandson, great-grandson... Until today, I don't know if I have any descendants. I wanted to have more lives, but when I thought about seeing them die one by one, I had to give up. Longevity is a lot of humiliation, and the ancients really did not bully me! To the end, there are no emotions and desires, no joy, joy, sorrow, and sorrow, and no wonder the ups and downs, like a stone, what is the meaning? "
" So, you are chasing Thunder God, hoping that Thunder God will kill you, right? "Jiang Yiyi asked.
"Yes, it's a pity that Lei Gong only struck unfilial people. When my mother was alive, I was very filial, so Lei Gong did not struck me. Over the years, I have tried many methods, but I can't die. I jumped into the river without sinking, hitting the rocks, drinking poison is not poisonous, I hung it for three days and three nights, but I didn't respond..."
"Ah, I thought of it, you don't have to eat and rest anyway, so you can do something, such as continuing to collect firewood, and then exchange some money to help those poor people, such as me, isn't that great? In this way, you won't be worried. "
" Do you think I haven't thought about it? You were wrong, I thought about it, and I did it. I went to help the poor, but over time, they started to be rogue again. Not only did they become lazy, but they actually forced me to send more money. It was really hateful! Among the older generation, it seems that it makes sense to save the poor if they are not. If you help those people frequently, their hearts will change! Is there no way to die with "
"? "
" I have asked those gods of the Youfang. My destiny requires three tribulations and I can live to be 1,580 years old. Now, only eight hundred years have passed, and I really can't wait, so I want the Thunder God to kill me as soon as possible. People in the world try every means to live forever, but they don’t know that eternal life will only bring endless pain! "
After saying that, the woodcutter stopped talking and went out to continue chopping wood.
"Dare you ask the woodcutter brother, do you respect your surname and name? "Jiang Yiyi only remembered to ask him.
"I have forgotten, young man, be a good official in the future! "The woodcutter replied from a distance.
