During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, a mother and son lived in a small mountain village. The mother and son's son, Zhu Hanjie, was a scholar who was eighteen or nineteen years old at the time, and was not yet married. His mother was Liu, about forty years old, and her husband had been dead for many years, and although he had always been in good health, he had recently suddenly contracted a strange illness.
The strange thing about this disease is that during the day she is in normal health, she can eat, drink, and work, but at night, when the disease attacks, she will have unbearable pain, high fever, coma, and gibberish. Zhu Hanjie invited many doctors, and Liu took medicine every day, but nothing worked. The disease has lasted for more than a year, and the family's savings are about to be spent, but Liu's symptoms are still the same as before.
One day, a domestic servant came to visit Zhu Hanjie with a letter. It turned out that a friend of the Zhang family in the town invited him to participate in the chrysanthemum poetry party two days later. The Zhang family is very rich, Zhu Hanjie once studied Xi in a academy with the scholars of the Zhang family, and his family's chrysanthemums are very beautiful, so he held a chrysanthemum poetry party and invited Zhu Hanjie to participate in it.
When it came to the appointed date, Zhu Hanjie came to Zhang's house, and the guests of the Zhang family were already full, all of whom were respected literati and scholars. Among them was a middle-aged scribe surnamed Tong, who was originally from Jingzhou and was a distant cousin of the scholar of the Zhang family. When he came here to play this time, he came to visit Zhang's family. The scholar of the Zhang family let him stay a little longer and invited him to participate in the chrysanthemum poetry party.
The surname Tong is a study of the Book of Changes, he is good at divination, and he is very effective. Zhu Hanjie described his mother's illness to him and asked him to divinate and see what should be done about his mother's illness. The surnamed Tong readily agreed, lit a stove of incense, took out a few ancient coins, prayed, and began to divination.
After reading the hexagram, the surnamed Tong said to Zhu Hanjie: "In the future tomorrow, you should go and wait under the big willow tree on the bank of the river, and if you see a fisherman carrying a harpoon, you should beg him bitterly, and your mother's illness will disappear." Hearing this news, Zhu Hanjie was very happy and sighed a lot of words of gratitude.
The next day, Zhu Hanjie followed the instructions of the surnamed Tong and came to wait under the big willow tree on the bank of the river. Although he was skeptical, he thought that as long as there was a little hope, he would not let it go. Just as he was about to give up, a fisherman with a harpoon appeared in his sight. Zhu Hanjie immediately ran over and begged the fisherman. The fisherman looked at him and said, "Why are you so emaciated, young man, and what is your mother's disease?"Zhu Hanjie hurriedly told the fisherman about his mother's situation. The fisherman was silent for a while, and then said, "Your mother has a very strange disease, but don't worry, I can help you." As he spoke, the fisherman took out a small box wrapped in lotus leaves from his bosom, and inside was some yellow powder. He told Zhu Hanjie: "When you go back, take off your mother's quilt and clothes, burn them, and then let her drink this powder." She will get better when she drinks it. Zhu Hanjie took the small box, and his heart was full of gratitude. Back home, Zhu Hanjie followed the instructions of the fisherman and let his mother drink the medicinal powder. It didn't take long for Liu's condition to begin to gradually lessen, and by the next morning, her illness was completely cured. Zhu Hanjie was very grateful for the help of the fisherman and personally brought gifts to thank him. The fisherman refused his gift, saying, "I didn't help you in return, I just felt that you were a dutiful son, and I am glad that your mother was able to recover her health." Zhu Hanjie was even more moved after hearing this, and bowed deeply to the fisherman. After this incident, Zhu Hanjie was even more grateful and admired the friends of the Zhang family. After attending the chrysanthemum poetry party, he said goodbye to them and returned home. Since then, he has worked harder to study Xi and study, and finally passed the Jinshi examination and became an excellent **. And Liu's body has always been very healthy, and her condition has never been ** again. 