During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty , there was a man named Ji Liushan who worked as an errand in the county government. On this day, he returned home and drank heavily, and suddenly said, "I want to resign and stop doing yamen errands." His mother, Ding, asked in shock: "Why is this? Well done, why?" Suddenly you don’t want to do it?”
Under Ding’s cross-examination, Ji Liushan revealed the reason. It turned out that he was upright by nature and could not stand the custom of asking for bribes in the yamen. Whenever he did something, the officers would reach out to the person doing the work and ask for money. After the leader of the servants collects the money, he will share it equally with everyone, so that everyone has a share. He didn't want to do it, but he was worried that others would be unhappy. However, after taking the money, he felt uneasy. He was very distressed by this and had the idea of resigning.
Ding persuaded and said: "The income of the servant's job is stable, which at least ensures that the whole family has food and clothing. And if you work in the yamen, others will look down upon you if they don't dare to bully us. If you resign and don't work, our family will have no land. What do you do to support your family?"
Wife He continued: "We are together. The five members of the family all depend on your salary, so you must not act on your own initiative. I have an idea. If you feel that the dirty money is too hot to handle, use it to do some good deeds to eliminate your sins. He smiled and said: "This is a good idea, let's do it like this."
After that, Ji Liushan often did some small good deeds, not for anything else, just to feel at ease.
On this day, a rich man's son committed a capital crime. The rich man pushed a cart of money to the yamen to manage it, hoping to save his son's life and change the crime to a lighter one. The head of the police called the policemen over and gave each of them ten pieces of money. The other policemen left happily carrying the money, but Ji Liushan said with a sad face: "This is not good."
The head of the police said: "You Can it influence the outcome of the trial?" Ji Liushan smiled. He said: "The squad leader is joking. I have no authority, how can I influence it?" The head of the guard said sternly: "Since I can't influence you, just take the money I gave you and just shut up. If anything happens, there will be someone above to take care of you." "Do you care whether it's good or bad?"
Ji Liushan smiled bitterly and left with ten guan of money on his back. Along the way, he felt that the robe on his shoulders was very heavy and he felt very depressed. When he walked to the river, he saw two or three people watching the fun on the bank. When he came closer, he saw that the old fisherman had caught a rare large white fish .
白鱼 was tied to the stern of the boat with a rope passing through his gills. He kept struggling and the boat was being dragged and rocked. Ji Liushan couldn't help but said: "It's such a big white fish. It's a pity." The old fisherman rolled his eyes and said: "What's a pity?" Ji Liushan said: "It's not easy for a white fish to grow so big. The next step is to jump to the dragon gate and become a dragon. It’s a pity for you to catch it to satisfy your appetite. It’s a loss of moral character for you.”
The old fisherman said impatiently: "I fish for a living. I caught it because it was unlucky. How can you blame me for damaging your moral character? People in your yamen have done a lot of damage to your moral character. You have the nerve to talk about others." The onlookers laughed, and Ji Liushan blushed and laughed a few times.
Someone next to him said: "Master, if you feel sorry for the white fish, just buy it and release it. It's not easy for the old fisherman, so he can't work in vain." But the old fisherman said: "He wants to buy it, but I won't necessarily sell it. . Unless he is willing to spend ten The person next to me said, "That's your problem. Aren't you trying to steal money?" Ji Liushan thought to himself: I just think that these ten dollars are hot, but he opened his mouth to ask for ten dollars. Guan Qian, isn’t this God’s will? So he took off the robe from his shoulders, put it on the boat, and said, "I happen to have ten guan of money. As promised, you let the white fish go."
The old fisherman was overjoyed and quickly untied the rope. The white fish got free, shook a few times in the water, sank to the bottom and disappeared. The onlookers all clucked their tongues and said, "This poor man is so willful, and he took advantage of the old fisherman." They shook their heads and dispersed. Ji Liushan felt relieved and went home.
If there are words, it will be long, if there are no words, it will be short. Time flies, and three years have passed. Recently, a major case took place in the Yamen. In fact, the cause was very simple. There was a small dispute between Mr. Lu and Mr. Liu. Their fields were next to each other. Because the time for watering the fields was not allocated properly, the two families quarreled.
This matter was not a big deal at first, but Mr. Lu was narrow-minded and held a grudge, and deliberately looked for Liu Shusheng's fault. Liu Shusheng thought he was a talented scholar and liked to drink and write poems. Wherever he could write poems, his calligraphy was found.
On this day, Shusheng Liu and two literary friends were drinking in a restaurant by the lake, and he became inspired by poetry, so he wrote a poem on the wall to suit the occasion. As soon as Scholar Liu left, Rich Man Lu went to the restaurant, added a few strokes to the poem, distorted the original meaning, and turned it into an anti-poem, and then reported it to the Yamen.
After the county magistrate went to the scene to investigate, he preserved the evidence, and then took Shusheng Liu to prison, convicted him of treason, and executed everyone in his family. Liu Shusheng's wife, Cheng, was pregnant with her third child. In order to leave blood to the Liu family, she hid in the mountains after receiving the news. The county magistrate sent officers to cross the river by boat to search for the Cheng family.
Several officers were sitting in a boat, and when they reached the middle of the river, suddenly dark clouds covered the sun, strong winds came up, and the waves were rough, overturning the boat, and everyone was involved in the waves and struggled.
Ji Liushan was about to die, and suddenly a big white fish swam over, spit out the swim bladder from its mouth, and said: "My dear friend, quickly ride on the swim bladder." Ji Liushan followed the instructions and climbed onto the swim bladder, and the swim bladder instantly It has grown several times in size, like a huge wine gourd, holding Ji Liushan floating on the water.
This white fish is the one that Ji Liushan released. Not long ago, it jumped over the dragon gate and became a member of the dragon clan. It served as a river patrol general in the Dragon Palace. Now Ji Liushan is in trouble, and it appears in time to rescue him.
Ji Liushan sighed and said: "This storm is so strange, it really kills people!" Baiyu said: "It's enough for Scholar Liu to admit his injustice. The government wants to kill them all. God is angry and wants to take away the captors." Officers. The other officers have done many evil things and deserved to die. You still have a trace of kindness in your heart, so I came to save you." Liushan asked: "If you spit out the fish bladder, won't it affect your ability to float in the water?" Baiyu let out a burst of ethereal laughter and said: "I have become a dragon, so naturally I am no longer an idle person. This little thing counts. What? "
After a while, Ji Liushan climbed up to the shore. The white fish sucked back its swim bladder and sank to the bottom of the water. Back at the county government office, Ji Liushan told the truth. The county magistrate was frightened, so he fished out the bodies of the drowned officers and buried them, and stopped arresting the pregnant Cheng.
Ji Liushan still insists on doing some small good deeds. When they got old, the other officers were suffering from one disease or another, and only Ji Liushan died without any illness.
This is exactly what it is, there is a god three feet above the head, God is watching when people do something, sowing good causes will produce good results, and good people will eventually be rewarded. This story uses absurd writing methods to use events to illustrate principles and persuade the world, and has nothing to do with feudal superstition.
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