It is said that in the Daoguang period, there was a scholar named Zhang Huijin, who was an atheist, and he felt that these things were deceitful when he looked at ghosts and gods, and felt that those who believed in these were ignorant people.
Zhang Huijin not only didn't believe this, but even went to the temple to see the jokes of those people, and then opened his mouth to mock them, saying that they had done too many bad things, and they would believe in this kind of ghosts and gods in order to get by in their hearts, so as to find a comfort.
In the face of Zhang Huijin's destruction, although everyone was angry, they were afraid that the ghosts and gods would blame Zhang Huijin and affect themselves, so in the face of his behavior, they didn't bother with Zhang Huijin's scholarly livelihood.
On this day, on July 14, when Zhang Huijin returned home from studying in the academy, he saw that the pedestrians on the side of the road had begun to burn paper money and incense at the intersection, Zhang Huijin immediately went over and said to these people, it is useless to do this kind of thing, if he believed in this kind of meaningful words, he would have already won the top prize, after speaking, Zhang Huijin laughed a few times and left the place to go home.
After arriving home, Zhang Huijin saw that his parents were also burning paper money and incense at home, which made Zhang Huijin very depressed, he opened his mouth to persuade his parents to do this useless, but his father did not get used to him at all after hearing it, and directly gave Zhang Huijin a few slaps.
This made Zhang Huijin very angry, glared at his father for a few seconds, and ran back to the room without even eating, although Zhang Huijin's mother knew that it was her son's fault, but because she doted on this baby son very much, in order not to be hungry for him, she brought food to Zhang Huijin's room for him to eat.
After seeing his mother leave, Zhang Huijin took out a jar of good wine from the secret compartment of the room, the reason for this was because his father did not give him wine, thinking that he had drunk too much and talked impulsively, and was afraid that trouble would come out of his mouth.
Zhang Huijin opened the old wine and drank three glasses in a row, and immediately sighed depressedly, feeling that no one could understand why he was so helpless, more because he didn't meet Huaicai, he had already failed many times when he went to the Xiucai exam, and every time he went to burn incense and worship the Buddha, it was useless, so when he encountered ghosts and gods, he would destroy it eventfully.
In this way, he drank cup after cup, and soon the wine in the wine jar was empty, and Zhang Huijin was also drunk, but he felt that he could continue to drink, in order not to be caught by his parents that he was drinking, he sneaked out of the house to buy wine while his parents were not paying attention.
And when Zhang Hui entered and went out, it was already completely dark, and he couldn't see the direction of the road clearly, so he walked into the mountain in a daze.
He pointed to the graves and said that if there were any ghosts, he would come out and let him see them, and when he said that he was not happy, he spat on the tablet, and then went up to the toilet on the stone.
Just when he felt happy, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder from behind, Zhang Huijin looked back, and saw that it was an old man, Zhang Huijin asked him why he was disturbing his good deeds.
The old man slapped Zhang Huijin twice, and then told Zhang Huijin that he wasn't looking for himselfcame out by himself, and angrily asked Zhang Huijin why he did such a thing at his own house.
After Zhang Huijin listened to what the old man said, he suddenly saw that the old man had no shadow, and even the old man's feet did not land, but floated in the air.
By the time Zhang Huijin woke up, it was the next morning, and Zhang Huijin woke up thinking that he had a nightmare last night, but he saw that he was surrounded by graves, and the words "honest man" were engraved on his right hand.
Zhang Huijin knew that everything last night was not a dream, and at the same time he was relieved that the old man had let him go, and he came to the old man's grave to bow and atone for him.
Since then, Zhang Huijin began to restrain himself, no longer care about other things, concentrate on studying, and with his efforts, he was admitted step by step to the top and became a good official who is the master of the people.