There is a young man named Deng and Hui in Tongcheng, Anhui who loves studying especially. He rented a thatched house in the suburbs of the city and studied hard day and night, and got his wish and passed the scholar's examination.

Tongcheng, Anhui (now Tongcheng ) There is a young man named Deng Minghui who loves studying especially. He rented a thatched house in the suburbs of the city and studied hard day and night, and got his wish and passed the scholar's examination. After that, he planned to go further and wanted to pass the imperial examination in one go, but he was unlucky and failed to pass the imperial examination until he was thirty years old.

Deng Hui studied hard in the room that day, and an old friend came to visit him. The two met too late, so Deng Hui kept her friend for dinner and bought a big rooster to kill her old friend. The next day, as soon as my old friend left, Deng Hui's neighbor, Widow Chen, pointed at Deng Hui's house and scolded him. Deng Hui walked out of the door in confusion and saw Widow Chen angrily saying, "You two have no consciences, you actually stole my chicken. Do you still have to be conscience? You just think that my orphan and widow are easy to bully, right?"

Deng Hui then realized that a rooster happened to be lost in Widow Chen's house. Deng Hui said angrily: "I have read the books of sages since I was a child and do things that are open and upright! Never I have done stealing. I am entertaining my old friend in the market. Don’t swear at someone else! "

Widow Chen puts his hands on his hips and pointed at him with the other hand: "I swear at someone else? I am so embarrassed to say that I am a sage. It’s such a big joke. No wonder you have been losing your name. It’s all the retribution for doing bad things."

Deng Hui could not bear this humiliation. He stepped forward to argue with Widow Chen, and the two of them were quarreling with each other. At this time, many neighbors came to watch, and some people persuaded Widow Chen, "Deng Hui doesn't look like this, maybe there is a misunderstanding!"

Widow Chen sternly said, "What misunderstanding? He is so poor that he can't afford to buy a rooster? It's clearly what he did, it depends on my orphan and widowed mother who is easy to bully..."

Deng Hui was angry, and her neck was angrily angrily and said, "You are talking nonsense, my friend can prove it! In addition, I bought the rooster, and the feathers have not been cleaned yet. Open your eyes and see if it is your rooster. Don't talk nonsense!"

Wife Chen clapped her hands and cried, "Oh, it can't speak, no matter how small my eyes are, I can recognize that it is my rooster. Your friend is in a gang of trouble with you. What's the use of finding him? Pity our mother and son!"

At this time, everyone around him pointed at Deng Hui and said, "A man dares to act and do these things, and he is not afraid of retribution..."

"That's right, that's it! It must be them who ate it, so how could such a coincidence!" A group of people pointed behind Deng Hui.

Deng Hui was very angry and immediately pulled Widow Chen and said, "Let's go report to the official!"

A young man was indignant at this time, and said, "You have been reading for a few years. If you know that the county magistrate will not judge this small matter, just report to the official. Just a chicken, so what if you compensate them? Do you really want a woman to accompany you for dozens of miles to find the county magistrate to review?"

Deng Hui was suffering and humiliated. He immediately said, "I swear to the heaven that if I steal the chicken, I will be struck by lightning. Can the heavens be struck by lightning? You have to die so much! Whoever falsely accused me of evil diseases will not end well."

Deng Hui finished his oath and the onlookers discussed again: "If the swearing is useful, how can anyone in the world do evil? Even though he knows that he will not be struck by lightning, he still pretends to make such a poisonous oath. You think we are all fools!"

Deng Hui could no longer hold it back and immediately said: "I will kill this tree to death to prove my innocence today. At that time, I will become a ghost. I will seek life for you, those of you who are bad and ignorant, and you will remember it for me!" After saying that, he gritted his teeth and rushed towards the big tree.

At this time, a passing monk was quick-witted and hugged Deng Hui quickly. After finally persuading Deng Hui, he clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, my Buddha is merciful. Now I have to tell the truth that the rooster in the female donor's house was stolen by me.I was hungry and ate this chicken. I didn't intend to admit it all, but I was afraid that the Buddha would blame him for his life, so I had to admit it! "

The onlookers looked at each other in surprise. Widow Chen stared at Monk Dezhi with anger. Seeing that he was carrying a young novice behind him, she angrily scolded: "You thief monk dare to break the precepts and eat meat? Are you not afraid of Buddha blaming such unethical things with your young disciples? Aren't you afraid of falling into the eighteen levels of hell after death? I have also lost a lot of sheep and geese in my family. Did you do it? Just tell me what to do! "

The monk put his hands together and said that his name was Dezhi. He practiced according to the principle of "being cautious but not speaking" by Jigong Living Buddha, so he had no taboos about meat and fish. He asked Widow Chen to calculate how many domestic animals he lost in total, and he compensated her with a lot of money.

Widow Chen stretched out his right hand and said, "You can do it yourself. If you can't take it out, I will tell the abbot to expel you from Buddhism and let your scandal be revealed to the world. "

Dezhi poured the copper coins from begging for alms in front of Widow Chen and said, "This is obtained by begging for alms these gods. It was originally transformed for the construction of a temple. I’m going to give it all back to you now. I wonder if the donor can forgive me? "

Widow Chen did not agree more. Everyone sneered at this and discussed in a low voice: "This thief monk is not a good person at first sight. You see, he has violated all kinds of precepts and has done many tricks. After he dies, he will go to Abi hell..." People around him were talking. Monk Dezhi was not angry. After apologizing to Widow Chen, he took the young novice monk away.

When Monk Dezhi left, the conflict between Deng Hui and Widow Chen was settled. The two looked at each other with disgust. Not long after, Widow Chen's home was often stolen for no reason. Once Deng Hui heard Widow Chen shouting hysterically: "You thief monk dare to hit people, but you will never change your skills and be full of evil. You will not die well! "The next day, her face was indeed covered with dredging. When someone asked the reason, she said that she saw a monk coming to his house to steal chickens. When she was discovered, she not only refused to run away, but also punched herself a few times.

The neighbors around her hurriedly suggested that he find the abbot. Widow Chen sighed and said, "Forget it, the thief monk is narrow-minded and does bad things. I'm afraid he will take revenge again, so let's give up this matter! "No matter who persuaded him again, Widow Chen swallowed his anger.

Deng Hui sighed after hearing this and said to herself: "The sky has eyes, why didn't it kill this thief monk? "After saying that, he picked up the book and continued to study hard. Three years later, he finally got the title of the Golden List. Deng Hui had a successful career after passing the imperial examination. A few years later, he served as the local county magistrate. For a time, everyone envied.

Shortly after he took office, he heard that a local abbot named Dezhi passed away, and many people went to the temple to see him off. Deng Hui sneered and thought that this thief monk could be the abbot? When I expose the bad things he had done, let the world see through his true face!

Deng Hui came to the temple and snorted coldly and told the story of stealing the chicken that day. The monks present looked at each other, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward!

At this time, a young monk said, "You are wrong. Master has never violated the precepts since he became a monk. The so-called meat and fish are nonsense! "

Deng Hui sneered: "Can you know better than me? I am an witness of this incident. This stealth is not glorious. It is really a disgrace to say that "cultivating the mind but not the mouth" is really a disgrace to Buddhism. Such people will go to Avici Hell after death. "

The young monk said coldly: "I wonder if the donor is interested in listening to a story? ”

Deng Hui said coldly: “Say! "

The young monk said, "Once upon a time, a monk took the little monk to beg for alms. They saw two people quarreling, a widow accusing the scholar of stealing her rooster. The two were in stalemate, and passers-by accusing the scholar of doing something wrong. The scholar was speechless, so the old monk took the initiative to stand up and took over everything.In order to make people believe that he is a thief, he casually said, "Cultivate the mind but not the mouth"! Actually, you should know that the widow did not throw a chicken at all. Her purpose was very obvious, just to make a mistake! "

Deng Hui was speechless and surprised. The monk said, "Afterward, the little novice monk asked the master why he did this. The master said that this conflict cannot be mediated. The best way is to someone come forward to take over all this, which is also the best way to save scholars. In order to make people no longer have prejudice against scholars, he has been criticized for many years, just for the scholar to study with peace of mind and no burden. Today, the scholar appears on the day of his death and speaks insults, which is heartbreaking. "

Deng Hui hesitated for a long time and said, "This is nonsense. No matter how beautiful the story is, no one will believe it! A lie is a lie! As far as I know, Widow Chen also discovered that a monk had stolen his chickens and ducks. These were all done by him. How do you explain it? "

The young monk was silent for a while and said, "I wonder if the donor can recognize me. I am the little novice monk that day. As for stealing chickens and ducks, all this is done by me, and there is no false statement in front of the Buddha. "

Deng Hui was confused and didn't understand why. The young monk said, "I had just entered Buddhism. I couldn't stand the fact that Widow Chen stole her chickens and ducks. He sold enough money given to her by the master that day before he stopped. When he discovered that, I did take action! Why didn’t she dare to seek a judge from the abbot? It was because she felt ashamed and knew that there was a reason for it. At that time, I firmly believed that bad people should be punished. I still believe in this saying: If good and evil are not rewarded, there will be selfishness in the universe! "After saying that, the monk lowered his head and said, "Amitabha, sins are sins! "

Deng Hui stood there for a long time, and suddenly knelt on the ground with a plop, tears falling like rain...

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This story is a purely original folk story, with an educational and entertaining purpose, aiming to enrich readers' amateur cultural life, and all plots are compiled based on folk oral narratives. Pure literary works, using the past to describe the present, and making sense, do not match feudal superstitions! Plagiarism and infringement will be pursued!