The man released the tiger and married two daughters-in-law two years later, and the eldest daughter-in-law became more and more wrong
A long time ago, there was a family in Hajian Province who made a living by domesticating tigers. The eldest son of the family played the gong, the second son played the drums, and the old man was responsible for getting close to the tiger. One day, they came to Liujia Village in Anxian County, Kaizhou, where they prepared to demonstrate their skills. When the people in the village heard the news, they rushed to **, and the scene was very lively for a while, and it was extremely lively.
In the process of domesticating the tiger, the old man suddenly made the tiger open its mouth, but was bitten by the tiger and died tragically on the spot. This turn of events caused chaos in the scene, and the audience scattered and fled, and the scene was chaotic. The two sons watched the tiger bite their father to death, and immediately became furious, and armed with knives to strike a fatal blow at the tiger.
At this critical moment, a Xiucai named Liu Xiusheng arrived in time, hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, and persuaded the two sons: "Killing the tiger can't save your father's life, it's better to sell the tiger, use the money from the sale to buy a coffin, and bury your father well." The two sons agreed to the offer in tears. Liu Xiusheng offered to buy the tiger and paid the price of six hundred taels of silver.
Liu Xiusheng is 18 years old this year, and he was originally the son of a wealthy family in Liujia Village, with a wealthy family with more than 10 hectares of land and herds of mules and horses. His father died early, and his mother fasted for many years, teaching Liu Xiusheng to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, regardless of future glory and wealth. Liu Xiusheng was deeply influenced by his mother, so he was willing to buy a tiger and release it at the foot of a big mountain, telling the tiger that he could no longer harm people's lives and that he must find a high mountain ancient cave to practice.
After Liu Xiusheng released the tiger, the tiger made three gestures to him, and then turned back and left one step at a time. Liu Xiusheng waited until the figure of the tiger completely disappeared before returning home.
Two years later, Liu Xiusheng embarked on the journey to Datong Mansion to catch the exam, and his scholar Liu An accompanied him to carry the bookbox. On the way, they encountered heavy snowfall, and the two were hungry and cold, and they were forced to stay in a village. They came to a manor and were warmly received by the old man.
The old man's home was simple, with three rooms and a straw hut, and a donkey. The old man arranged for the guests to stay in the front hall while his daughter prepared tea and dinner. Liu Xiusheng noticed that this daughter was beautiful and had a good impression, but because it had just arrived, he didn't dare to look at it more. Liu An was so hungry that he devoured the food as soon as he came up, and sat aside to rest after he was full.
One day, the old man accompanied the young man Liu Xiusheng to drink and curiously asked for his address and name. Liu Xiusheng answered the old man's question enthusiastically. The two drank until late at night and had a good time to the fullest. The old man instructed his daughter with concern: "Nier, make the bed in the east room and let the guests rest there." This lad is with me**.
The daughter walked into the house with the lamp and made the bed. Liu Xiusheng also felt tired, so he walked into the east house. As soon as he sat on the edge of the bed and took off his shoes, his daughter brought another pot of tea and placed a tea bowl on the table. Liu Xiusheng saw that his daughter was even more moving under the light, and couldn't help but reach out and hold her hand. The daughter said shyly, "What are you doing?".Daddy will be angry when he sees it. She broke free and ran away.
The next morning, Liu An reminded Liu Xiusheng: "Uncle, the snow is still falling." Liu Xiusheng smiled: "It seems that it will rain for seven days and seven nights." Sure enough, the snow fell for seven days in a row, and during this time the old man was hospitable and did not feel irritated at all.
On the seventh day, the old man accompanied Liu Xiusheng to drink and talk: "I only have this one daughter in my family. Seeing that you are talented and loyal, if you don't dislike it, I want to marry my daughter to you, what do you think?Liu Xiusheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Thank you father-in-law for your appreciation." ”
When the old man saw that Liu Xiusheng agreed, he also readily agreed, and hurriedly said to him: "We don't need to pay too much attention to this remote place, why don't we hold a ceremony to worship heaven and earth today?"Liu Xiusheng readily agreed. So, in the hall, they worshipped heaven and earth and became married.
After getting married, the daughter is very virtuous, and the relationship between husband and wife is sweet. On the tenth day, Liu Xiusheng said goodbye to the old man in order not to delay the exam. The old man said, "You will definitely be able to take the high school entrance examination, so take my daughter with you." I've saved up some things over the years, so I'll bring them to you. The old man took out three horses of silk from the house, two hundred pieces of horseshoe gold, and one thousand taels of silver, put them in a bag and tied them to the donkey, and let his daughter ride them, and Liu Xiusheng and Liu An accompanied them, and set off. arrived at Datong Mansion in less than a day, and sure enough, Liu Xiusheng took the top three exams, was appointed as Yangzhou Daotai, and went to work within a month.
Liu Xiusheng did not go home, but took his wife and Liu An to Yangzhou. In office, everything is taken care of by his wife. He befriended a number of ruffians and was often keen on drinking and feasting. One day, the ruffians discussed, "Lord Liu takes such good care of us, how can we reciprocate?"A proposal: "There is a beautiful girl in Xiguan Fireworks Lane, let's not tell the master first, and pay to buy her for the master, he will definitely be happier." It will be much more convenient to find him to do something in the future. ”
So, they really redeemed the girl and made her Liu Xiusheng's second wife. Since then, the second wife has been powerful in front of Liu Xiusheng, and the words of the eldest lady are no longer taken seriously. One day, Liu Xiusheng was sick and found a gentleman for treatment, and the gentleman said after reading the pulse: "It's not a big deal, just take two doses of tonics." ”
After boiling the medicine according to the prescription, the eldest lady personally took the medicine to Liu Xiusheng's bed, and prayed sincerely while boiling the medicine: Bodhisattva bless, let her husband's illness be as soon as possible**. The second lady gave Yahuan ten taels of silver behind her back, and secretly said: "Go and buy five pieces of poison for silver, and the rest will be your reward, and you must not leak it out." ”
Yahuan bought the poison, and just as the eldest lady boiled the medicine and put it on the table to cool, the second lady took advantage of the unpreparedness and dissolved the poison in the bowl. She turned to Liu Xiusheng and said, "This medicine can't be tried easily, I smell some unusual smells, let's try it first." ”
After pouring the medicine into the meal, she summoned the big yellow dog to eat some. Soon after, the dog bled and died. The second wife accused the eldest lady of poisoning and trying to kill the master, which made it difficult for the eldest lady to defend herself.
Since then, Liu Xiusheng has been more devoted to the second wife, and he tortures the eldest lady in every way, sometimes scolding, sometimes doing something, and wants to get rid of her. The eldest lady kept begging: "I can make tea and pour water for you, make the bed and fold the quilt, and serve you meticulously." Liu Xiusheng ignored it and insisted on getting rid of her.
In desperation, the eldest lady said, "I can leave, but you must also return to me all the possessions that my father has given." Liu Xiusheng agreed, and the eldest lady was expelled from the house. After Liu Xiusheng divorced the eldest lady, it caused some gentlemen to be dissatisfied, they thought that Liu Xiu ignored government affairs on the night of her birthday, was close to the ruffian, and divorced such a good lady, so they jointly sued.
After the first trial, Liu Xiusheng was demoted to the mayor of Shagou Town, Teng County. Seeing that he was demoted, Liu Xiusheng's second wife was dissatisfied, and felt that it was better to pack up and leave than to get along with him. She took all the gold and silver treasures with her and left Liu Xiusheng. After Liu Xiusheng served as an official in Shagou Town for two months, he was demoted to the fourth official of Teng County. Even more unfortunate, he was involved in another criminal case soon after, and was finally convicted of being sent to Yunnan.
One day, Liu Xiusheng was escorted by four messengers to the foot of a big mountain, and it suddenly rained heavily in the sky. The messenger found that there was an ancient temple halfway up the mountain, so he escorted Liu Xiusheng to hide from the rain. As soon as they arrived at the temple, they took off their wet clothes and hung them on the statue, while complaining: "It's all your guy's fault, I'll let you taste the bitterness today, your days are over, stay here." ”
After speaking, the four of them pulled out their waist knives and slashed at Liu Xiusheng. Just then, a huge tiger suddenly rushed in and quickly killed four of the grums. Liu Xiusheng fainted in fright. When he woke up after a while, he saw four corpses lying on the ground, and a beautiful woman standing beside him, but the tiger was missing.
He froze, and his wife smiled: "What's the matter, I don't know each other?."Liu Xiusheng took a closer look, and it turned out to be the eldest lady he had divorced from. Liu Xiusheng's mood was mixed for a while, bitter, sweet, sour, and spicy were intertwined in his heart, he grabbed the eldest lady's arm, sadness came from it, and he hugged his head and cried.
While crying, Liu Xiusheng told the eldest lady about the hardships of these years, and the eldest lady also cried with her.
After crying for a while, Liu Xiusheng asked the eldest lady, "Why did you come here?"The eldest lady replied, "I am here to save you." "How did you know I was here?Liu Xiusheng was confused. The eldest lady explained: "I am not actually a human, and the man-eating tiger just now is me. Do you remember the tiger you bought for six hundred taels of silver that year?That's my father.
He originally had a thousand years of cultivation, but that year was his calamity, and he should have suffered a calamity, but he was saved by you. He always wants to repay you for your kindness, but he doesn't have the opportunity. By chance, when you encountered heavy snow on the way to the exam, my father deliberately guided Xianzhuang and promised me to you, asking me to serve you for life. Who knew that you liked the new and hated the old, and divorced me. Alas!This is also meant to be. Liu Xiusheng suddenly realized, knelt in front of the eldest lady and confessed, and kept kowtowing to make amends. The eldest lady persuaded: "Get up, let's go home!."Liu Xiusheng asked: "Where is home?"The eldest lady said, "You will know if you come with me." ”
The two walked out of the temple and walked more than 20 miles of mountain road, and a stone cave appeared in front of them, and the door of the cave was closed. The eldest lady pushed the door open, and the two walked in. Liu Xiusheng saw that the beds, tables and stools in the cave were all carved out of stone, and there was a child lying on the bed. Liu Xiusheng asked, "Whose child is this?"The lady replied, "It's your child, what else do you ask?"Liu Xiusheng was very happy, picked up the child and kissed it again and again, and the family of three was finally reunited.
After three days, the eldest lady said, "You might as well stop being an official, let's cultivate together." Liu Xiusheng asked hesitantly, "What about the child?"The eldest lady smiled: "The child has been sent back to his hometown, and there is no one else in our family except us." Liu Xiusheng said: "There is only one cousin in the family, named Liu Ansheng, we have a very good relationship, he also has more than ten acres of land, I live in the north, he lives in the south, and lives opposite the door." ”
The eldest lady said, "That's good." Write a letter and entrust your child to him, and at the same time give him a name. Liu Xiusheng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's call it 'Liu Enhu', don't forget our kindness when you grow up." He then wrote a long letter, sealed it, and stuffed it into the child's arms.
Liu Xiusheng felt embarrassed about the delivery of the letter, so he asked the eldest lady: "How should we send it?"The eldest lady smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, I have a way." She carried the child out of the cave door, pointed to the south and said, "Here's a car." In the blink of an eye, a brand-new sedan appeared in front of them, pulled by a mule with a yellow straw hat on its head. The coachman sat in the car with a whip.
The eldest lady put the child in the car and said, "Go find your parents!".Then he said a few words to the driver of the car. The driver waved his whip and the car drove away. Since then, Liu Xiusheng and the eldest lady have practiced behind closed doors and never asked about the world again.
When it comes to Liu Ansheng, he is one year younger than Liu Xiusheng. When Liu Xiusheng was still at home, the two cousins had a deep relationship. Liu Xiusheng was involved in a lawsuit, which made Liu Ansheng worried. One day, the two had nothing to do and sat together chatting.
Liu Ansheng's wife breathed a sigh of relief and said to Liu Ansheng: "We have been married for seven or eight years, and I have not been able to get pregnant, and it seems that I can't have children." You should find another person and let her give birth to children for you, so as to continue the incense of our Chen family. Otherwise, our family's property will be inherited by no one, and we will not even have one to rely on when we are old. ”
Liu Ansheng replied: "With you and me, I won't go to anyone else." Look at our brother Xiusheng, he married an aunt's wife, but as a result, the chickens flew and the eggs were beaten, and the people and money were empty, and he finally ended up in Yunnan, and even his life could not be guaranteed. There are sons and no sons, and the results are all about the same!”
Hundred Families Help Program Just as the two were chatting, the family at the door hurriedly came to report: "There is a car parked outside the gate, and there is a child sleeping in the car, and the person who drove the car said that it was for your son." Liu Ansheng was quite puzzled, and when he walked out of the door, he saw that it was indeed the case. He walked to the car and picked up the child, looking at the white and chubby boy, with a letter in his arms, which read, "Liu Ansheng younger brother Qi".
Liu Ansheng opened the letter and saw that everything suddenly became clear. He hurried home with the child in his arms and said to his wife, "Why are you so bothered?"Someone sent us a son!”
The wife hurriedly asked what was going on, and Liu Ansheng handed her the letter. The general content of the letter said: This child is the bloodline of the Liu family, and his name is Enhu. He is currently cultivating with his wife and cannot continue to raise him. You have to raise him **, as your son, and when he grows up, he can continue the incense of the Chen family. Since I could not come in person, I had to use this letter instead, so that we would have the opportunity to meet again in the future.
After Liu Ansheng had Xiao Enhu, his wife never mentioned finding a small thing, and the two couples treated Xiao Enhu as if he were their own son. When Xiao Enhu was eight years old, Liu Xiusheng and his wife went home once, but they have not been heard from since.