Li Sheng and Wen have three daughters. The couple doesn’t like their youngest daughter Li Sanniang very much, and they always look disgusted when they see her.
This has to start with Li Sanniang’s birth.
When she was just born, Li Sheng and his wife were very happy. The eldest and second child had dark skin and plain appearance. The third child had a pair of round and big eyes, a pink face, and a rosy little mouth. The more people looked at it, the more they loved it.
Soon after, the two found out that the three women were abnormal and their eyes never turned. They invited the doctor to come for treatment, which was born blind.
The couple hugged their heads and cried for a day and a night, and had to accept their fate.
Li Sheng and his wife are illiterate and can only make a living by doing rough work.
Li Sheng worked as a helper at Zhu Butcher's house in the town, and Wenshi also worked as a female worker to subsidize the family income. The eldest daughter and the second daughter also helped to do some work, and the family barely took the blame.
The couple always sighed to Sanniang.
When Sanniang was three years old, the couple discovered that she was different from ordinary people, blind but never fell, and walked steadily.
The two of them, Zeng Huai, misdiagnosed and tried to test it. They held pastries in their hands and shook them in front of her. The eldest daughter and the second daughter immediately came to share the snatch. Sanniang turned her head left and right but didn't look at the cake, obviously she didn't see it.
What’s even more strange is what happened when Sanniang was five years old.
That day, Wen went to help his neighbors. Li Shengru often wanted to go to Zhu Butuhu’s meat stall to do work. Sanniang held her father’s trouser legs and refused to let go. She cried and made a fuss, and kept shouting, “Dad won’t go, Dad won’t go!” When she asked again, she couldn’t say anything, and she would just keep crying.
Li Sheng has a bad temper, and Sanniang made him feel upset. Then he broke the willow branches and beat them. Sanniang ran around the courtyard, avoiding all the dangers, and only chased Li Sheng was exhausted.
was about to go out, but Sanniang dragged the knife he used to chop meat and ran out of the yard and threw it into the river in front of the door.
is so fatal. This machete is extremely sharp and is the most expensive item in the family. The whole family is pointing at it to fill their stomachs.
Li Sheng cursed and jumped down and touched it for more than half an hour before he found it.
climbed ashore with a dark face and didn't bother to beat Sanniang, holding the machete and getting up to the meat.
As soon as he entered the door at noon, Li Sheng looked pale and his legs were shaking with weakness. He spread his butt on the stool, staring at Sanniang who was staring in surprise in the yard.
Wen saw that his clothes were covered in blood and his expression was abnormal, so he hurriedly came over from the kitchen to ask why.
"This morning, butcher Zhu was beaten to death with someone!" Li Sheng said in fear.
"I went to the butcher shop, and there was only one breath left. When I carried it to the pharmacy, I was exhausted." Li Sheng was still in panic.
"Bull Zhu died miserably! His body was cut through by a sharp axe, his flesh and blood were flying everywhere, his face was blurred, and blood was bleeding from the butcher shop!" He said and scratched, and Wen shook his neck straight.
She pulled Li Sheng up and down and asked, "Come on, I see where I was hurt?"
"Look, I'm not hurt at all." As Li Sheng turned around, Wen Shi felt relieved.
Li Sheng pulled his wife over, pointed at Sanniang in the yard, and explained in detail the incident of Sanniang not letting her go out at home this morning.
Hearing Wen Shi smacked her tongue and muttered, "Sanniang has always been different from ordinary people. Could it be that she is possessed by a ghost?"
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Sanniang was outrageous.
Suddenly, Sanniang ran into the door and said, "Dad, mom, don't be afraid, don't think about it."
Sanniang's words scared the couple, and she felt that Sanniang was strange.
The two discussed while Sanniang was asleep and found someone who understood the Tao to take a look.
On the second day, Li Sheng went to the town to find someone who understands Taoism and asked how many people he asked for at least thirty stagnant coins.
The family can’t sell thirty cents even if they don’t spend more than thirty cents, so they have to give up.
Since then, the couple has not been close to Sanniang very much and never brought her when she goes out, for fear that her strange behavior will be criticized.
Sanniang is also sensible, and she is quiet at home alone.
In the spring of the sixth year, she suddenly begged her parents to take her three sisters to visit her uncle.
The only ten coins of money in the family are saved from the gaps of their teeth. How could they be willing to spend it, Li Sheng and his wife refused.
During those days, Sanniang became extremely unreasonable, cried day and night, and insisted on going to visit her uncle with her family. Her crying sounds were particularly loud, and the neighbors knocked on the door every day and called on the couple to take care of their children.
At first, Li Sheng and his wife just scolded her.
When the neighbor cursed and knocked on the door in the middle of the night on the fourth day, Li Sheng couldn't bear it and jumped out of bed, picked up a wooden stick and swung it down at Sanniang who was crying in the yard. He put more than a dozen sticks on him, and stopped when he saw his daughter falling to the ground and not crying or making a fuss.
Wenshi got up to check, Sanniang fainted, and hurriedly pinched her hard, and her daughter woke up after a long time.
In fact, Wen Shi really wanted to see her brother Wenshan who lives in Lianhua Town. The brother and sister had not met in nearly ten years, but they just didn't dare to speak. After all, Li Sheng raised his family and was the head of the family.
She criticized Li Sheng for his death because of Sanniang's death, and cried and scolded him for being cruel, and attacked him with tears. He also said that there was something wrong with visiting his brother. The brother and sister had not met in nearly ten years...
Wen's crying, and because she was too impulsive, she didn't do anything serious, and she felt a little guilty. Although this woman was blind, she was also her own flesh and blood.
Li Sheng waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, it's all your mother and daughter's wishes, and we'll set off tomorrow."
Sanniang slept very peacefully that night, but because of the pain on her body, she moaned a few times.
On the second day, Li Sheng and Wen packed up their bags and found that Sanniang was missing.
came out to look for her and saw her in the yard of the neighbor Wang Aunt Wang's house, she was sincerely urging Aunt Wang to go far away to see her son.
Wen apologized to Aunt Wang and pulled Sanniang back and scolded her, calling her meddling in other people's business.
Li Sheng and his family set out for Lianhua Town, a hundred miles away.
Wen's family prepared enough dry food, and the eldest daughter and the second daughter were all excited all the way. Sanniang, who was beaten to the eldest uncle's house, looked very worried.
The couple couldn't figure out Sanniang's temperament.
After walking for a day and a half, he came to Wenshan's home in Lianhua Town.
Only then did Wenshi realize that her sister-in-law had died of illness. Her brother was smashed to his right arm when he was working to carry the wood, and he was disabled.
Lanhua Town has beautiful mountains and rivers, pleasant scenery, and the wild fruits in the mountains are numerous and sweet.
Li Sheng's family lived for more than ten days before he returned reluctantly.
Returning to his own town, Li Sheng and his wife were shocked and their house collapsed into ruins.
Inquiry learned that the river in front of the door had a flood in the middle of the night four days ago. The three closest households by the river survived the disaster except for Li Sheng's family visiting relatives, the other three families were all swept away by the flood, including Aunt Wang.
Learning about this, the couple thought of Sanniang's unusual behavior more than ten days ago. They cried all night at their home and urged them to go to Lianhua Town, and advised Aunt Wang to visit her son in a distance.
Li Sheng and Wen did not think about Sanniang saving the lives of the whole family, and even thought about saving the neighbors.
instead secretly argued that Sanniang is different from ordinary people either demons or monsters.
They think that if others know about Sanniang’s various strange things, they will affect the family and will definitely drive them out of the town.
Li Sheng also said, if Sanniang was a god, how could she be blind and live a hard life with her family in a dilapidated house?
The two guessed everything and finally decided that Sanniang was an ominous person. Sooner or later, it would bring disaster. I became more and more resentful towards Sanniang.
Li Sheng and his wife chose a place far away from the river and built three thatched houses in a few days.
One room is where he and his wife live, one is where the eldest daughter lives and the second daughter lives, the other is where the firewood is placed in the kitchen, and a corner is used to lay a straw mat for Sanniang to live.
Sanniang is still the same as before, without any dissatisfaction or complaints.
In the evening of that day, the family gathered in the kitchen to eat wild vegetable rice with bran. The eldest daughter and the second daughter complained and scolded Sanniang, saying that if she hadn't encouraged the family to spend more than a dozen chunks of money to go to her uncle's house, she wouldn't have to eat bran and vegetables every day.
Recently, Li Sheng and his wife were busy building a thatched house, but they were not satisfied with their work. The family was worried about their meals after eating, and they had no intention of caring about their sisters to treat their Sanniang.
On this day, Sanniang was being chased by two sisters. "Squeak", someone pushed open the wooden door and walked in.
Wen's eyes lit up and shouted, "Brother, why are you here!" Wenshan came in with three big fish and a box of pastries with a smile on his face.
The two daughters shouted repeatedly: "Uncle! Uncle!" and went up to grab the pastry from Wenshan's hand.
Sanniang stood up, didn't speak, and stared at Wenshan blindly.
"Sanniang, how could she be so rude? Call me uncle!" Wen Shi knocked on the table to remind her.
She still faced Wenshan, and she felt relieved when she saw it, "Sanniang's blindness has been cured?" Wenshan asked.
"Oh, I'm born blind, and the doctor is not good." Wen sighed.
Wenshan gradually approached Sanniang and looked at it.
The first time I met Sanniang in Lianhua Town, he didn't believe that his little niece was blind. How could such a clear and beautiful pupil be blind? Later, I found that Sanniang really couldn't see the crispy candy in his hand, and the colorful hairpin beads and earrings at the market.
Now, his blind eyes stared at him like this, as if he had seen through the purpose of this trip, and he felt very uncomfortable.
Li Sheng saw Wenshan's displeasure and took Wenshan to another house, asking Wenshi to take Sanniang to stew the fish to make everyone enjoy the food.
After eating a large pot of hot and fragrant fresh fish soup , Wen urged her three daughters to go to bed.
Wenshan saw that his three nieces were asleep, and he chatted for a while before he lowered his voice and asked, "There is a way to make a fortune. If you succeed, you can get 500 taels of silver. Do you want to leave?"
Li Sheng and Wen nodded desperately. "It's not killing or robbery, right?" Li Sheng said in confusion.
"Of course not!" After saying that, Wenshan looked at Sanniang who was sleeping in the corner of the kitchen.
was worried and winked at Li Sheng and Wen, and signaled to go out and say.
The three of them came to the yard, and Wenshan said "the way to make money."
The Lianhua Town where he lives came two years ago. A "Thousand-faced God" came to Lianhua Town every other year. Every year, Lianhua Town needs to worship a boy or virgin to him with great fanfare.
At the beginning, people in Lianhua Town could not believe in him. Back then, people died in the town for three consecutive days, and everyone was terrifying.
"Thousand-faced God" sent a letter to the Lizheng family. If you don't send a child boy or a girl to worship, you will let the town continue to die.
was just taking the villagers out overnight.
Going out of Lianhua Town to cross the river, there is only a single-plank bridge above it. People in the town dragged men and women, and carried the elderly and the young to cross the river.
A thousand-foot waves suddenly rolled up on the surface of the river, overturning the wooden bridge, and more than a dozen people fell into the river, two people died on the spot, and the rest were injured.
Li just took the pain and led everyone back to the town, and then cruelly offered his eight-year-old granddaughter to the "Thousand Faces God".
That night, the "Thousand-Faced God" appeared at the Lizheng family. According to people who have seen it, he was seven feet long, wearing a gorgeous dress, but wearing a mask.
"Thousand-faced God" said that he took boys and girls to practice immortality. He never appeared again a year after
, and the town was in peace.
Unexpectedly, a few days ago, the "Thousand-faced God" appeared again. This time, he openly called the Li to gather everyone under the stage with gongs and gongs.
said in front of the whole town that if the boys and girls are not handed over, the whole town will suffer.
Everyone remembered the disasters they encountered when they fled last year and crossed the river. They were all afraid of it, but in a year, Li Zheng’s granddaughter never appeared again.
is asking where the granddaughter of "Thousand Faces God" is. The God said that he was in seclusion and cannot be visited, so he stopped talking about this. It is also limited to six days to send boys and girls.
Two days passed, and no one in the town was willing to give birth to a boy or a girl. The inner king said, wishing that those who offer boys and girls would be rewarded with 500 taels of silver.
Speaking of this, Wenshan looked at Li Sheng and his wife meaningfully, and pointed to Sanniang in the woodshed.
"You mean... exchange Sanniang for silver?" Li Sheng asked.
Wenshan nodded, and the two looked at Wenshi. Seeing that she was hesitant, Li Sheng said, "Sanniang is blind and has many different aspects of ordinary people. Sooner or later, let others see her. If she is possessed by a ghost, our family will be implicated. Instead of sitting there and waiting for death, it is better to worship her to the 'Thousand-faced God Lord' to practice immortality, and we can still get silver."
Wenshan nodded repeatedly and said, "What my sister-in-law said is very true."
"Can you see Sanniang again in the future?" Wenshi asked in a low voice.
Li Sheng glared at him and said, "Everyone said that he is going to cultivate immortality, don't worry!"
After saying that, he went to discuss with Wenshan the division of the silver.
Mr. Wen quietly came to the woodshed. A ray of moonlight shone on Sanniang's face. She was sleeping soundly, and her long and dense eyelashes covered her beautiful eyes and trembled slightly.
"It would be great if it wasn't blind!" Wen sighed lightly and twisted away.
As soon as the day began, Li Sheng and his wife deceived Sanniang and followed Wenshan to leave on the grounds that their uncle took Sanniang to look at the eyes.
took a few steps, Sanniang turned around and ran back, holding Wen Shi crying and reluctant to leave.
Li Sheng scolded him with a tiger's face, and Wen's cheating again.
Sanniang stopped crying, her expression dimmed, and she said calmly: "Dad, mom, Sanniang can no longer be filial to her for the rest of her life, just pretend that she had never given birth to Sanniang!" After that, she left without looking back.
Li Sheng and his wife were shocked. This voice was completely different from Sanniang's previous voice.
77 days later, Wenshan sent a message to ask Li Sheng and his wife to go to the "Tianzi" money house in Lianhua Town to collect the silver obtained by Sanniang.
With a few hundred taels of silver, Li Sheng and his wife moved to the town center and bought a large house and a few acres of fertile land and mulberry fields, and their lives became more and more prosperous.
A year has passed, and they gradually forgot Sanniang and lived a comfortable and comfortable life.
On the fifth day, the town beat gongs and drums, and everyone ran around and told me that there was a goddess who could subdue demons and eliminate demons passing by. It is said that in addition to many ghosts, it can also guide people to seek evil and avoid disasters and eliminate bad luck.
People lined up in long queues to welcome the goddess to come here.
When the first ray of morning light first dew and the golden sunshine shines on the earth, the goddess comes.
is leading her out of the sedan chair.
People were amazed that the goddess was actually a cute girl of eight or nine years old.
Li Sheng and his wife chased the goddess as soon as they saw it and called out, "Sanniang! Sanniang!
The couple squeezed through the crowd, regardless of the onlookers' ridicule, and rushed over to block the goddess.
They found that the goddess was clearly Sanniang, but her eyes were not blind and she looked at her godly. The couple rushed over and were stopped by Li Zheng and a white-eyed Taoist beside him.
Li was accusing the couple of the couple of being so reckless and disturbed the goddess. He ordered people to drive the two back. The neighbors of Li Sheng and his wife in the crowd also helped to confirm that the goddess was indeed Li Sanniang, the third daughter of their couple. The crowd talked loudly about this matter.
The goddess stopped and whispered to the Taoist priest: Master, since I mistakenly recognize me as their daughter, let me explain it clearly to them! "
Baimei Taoist priest pondered for a moment and nodded, and ordered someone to call Li Sheng and his wife.
An old man in his sixties approaches the couple.
"Can you two recognize the old man?" asked the sixty-year-old man.
The couple nodded and said, "You are Li Zheng in Lianhua Town. I met at my brother Wenshan's house last year."
"Li Zheng, why don't you see my wife?" Wen asked.
The old man in the sixties lowered his face and said, "Your brother was taken to cultivate immortals by the 'Thousand-faced God'?"
"Cultivating immortals is just a trick to fool a three-year-old girl!" Wen retorted angrily.
"So, you know that cultivating immortality is fake! Why did you join hands with your brother to sell your biological daughter and the 'Thousand-faced God' to cultivate immortality?" Taoist Master Baimei said coldly.
Li Sheng and his wife looked at each other for a moment.
In fact, after Li Zheng never saw his granddaughter again, he realized that the "Thousand Faces God" was inhuman.
He was heartbroken and he didn't want to send his child to die again. On the one hand, he was very attentive to the "Thousand-Faced God" to stabilize him, and on the other hand, he secretly sent two strong men to Cangshan Temple to invite the masters. At the same time, he deliberately made a statement, wishing that boys and girls would be rewarded with 500 taels of silver.
"Thousand Faces God" learned that the boys and girls from the Lizheng Awards were very satisfied and relaxed his vigilance against Lianhua Town.
Wenshan volunteered to go out of town to find boys and girls.
is thinking that he is making excuses to escape from Lianhua Town, so he let him go. I can only take a gamble. If I can’t invite a master, the whole town will suffer. Wenshan is alone, unlike others who are unable to escape with their families. Let's escape first.
Unexpectedly, on the evening of the next day, Wenshan led Sanniang to find the li and was about to cash in the money. How did he persuade Sanniang in
? He was unwilling to take Sanniang back. He also said that a blind girl is a burden in troubled times, so it is better to practice immortality.
lizhi pieced together five hundred taels of silver for Wenshan and sent him away.
Seeing that Sanniang looks good and doesn't cry or make a fuss, Li Zheng feels even more distressed and plans to hide her into the cave.
"Ah Weng, don't hide it. My greedy uncle has already informed the 'Thousand-faced God' and they will arrive immediately." Sanniang spoke.
Li Zheng was very surprised and asked, "Child, how did you know?"
Sanniang said, "Aweng, I said you don't be afraid."
Li Zheng said, "Aweng has seen many strange things and is not afraid of it."
"I am different from mortals. I am born with two souls, one is a sick and the other is a general spirit. What is presented to the world is a sick and weak spirit, that is, the blind girl Sanniang who people see. This spirit is a great kind person of the ten generations. He accidentally surrendered to the wrong fetus for a moment. Ghost King sent the general spirit to protect it. To make the sick and weak spirit stronger, there is only one way, which is to get the love and care of his parents, otherwise it will die." Sanniang said slowly.
"Do your sick and weak spirit still exist?" Li Zheng asked.
Sanniang shook her head and said, "The moment she stepped out of the gate of the middle courtyard, she died. The sick and weak spirit never received the love of her family and was abandoned in the end. She died naturally. The general spirit in her body had been helping the sick and weak spirit, so why not reversal the praise?" Sanniang sighed.
is looking at Sanniang with pity, thinking about how to hide her.
Sanniang turned her head and stared out the door sharply.
"Thousand-faced God" comes with a mask as usual. Li Zheng felt sorry for Sanniang, but saw her blinking at herself and whispering, "See you tomorrow." After saying that, he ignored the visitor and went to see the two flying butterflies in the yard.
"God, look, this is the girl I worship. Fortunately, we came quickly, and we were one step later. I am afraid that there will be a hidden person!" Wenshan said proudly.
"Thousand-faced God Lord" was very satisfied when he saw Sanniang. He talked about the various benefits of going back to practice immortality with him, and his eyes were full of greed.
Wenshan pulled a position of the "Thousand-faced God" to ask for money. Ruo was annoyed and reached out to grab Wenshan and fell down the mountain stream, grabbed Sanniang and flew away.
Early the next morning, I was taking people to retrieve Wenshan's body and buried it.
At noon, the inner room was sitting in the yard, annoyed that he did not hide Sanniang as early as possible.
"Ahon!" As the crisp shout came, I looked up and saw that Sanniang was back, holding a big black fish in both hands.
was looking at her carefully, without any damage.
Sanniang put the black fish on the ground and talked about what happened yesterday evening.
She was taken into a cave by the Thousand Face God. When she walked deep into the cave, she saw several white bones. The bones were all from minors at first glance.
"Thousand-Faced God" took off his mask and showed his true face. A monster with a man's figure and a black fish face.
It approached with a grim smile. Sanniang closed her eyes, mobilized the sky eyes, gathered the general spirit, and luck. As soon as the black fish monster approached, she bit her fingertips, and blood dripped on her right palm and slapped the black fish's head. With just one palm, the black fish monster appeared in a fish shape and jumped on the ground.
Sanniang folded a artemisia through the fish gills, tied it up, and walked back to the house of the inner child with her.
While the two were talking, Taoist Priest Cangshan Temple also arrived. When he saw Sanniang, he was overjoyed and said, "I have been looking for it for seven years, and finally saw the general reincarnation. Although he is a little girl, I am willing to teach you all the best."
Sanniang later learned that the Taoist Priest's old friend was the general. Seven years ago, the general died in battle. The Taoist Priest went to find the general's reincarnation, but failed. Now, when he saw Sanniang recognize her as the reincarnation of the general's spirit at first sight, he also saw the sick spirit that had died on her body.
Sanniang worshipped Taoist Master Cangshanguan as his master. The two of them subdued monsters and eliminated demons and moved to their former residence.
When Li Sheng and his wife heard this, they were ashamed and regretted that they had short-sighted eyes.
Sanniang is completely different from the past. When she saw him and his wife, they had no attachment at all. She followed her master to eliminate demons without looking back.
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