Cha Yihuang, a person from Zhejiang, drank in a wild temple during the Qingming Festival and encountered a strange thing. He found that there was an ancient bell in front of the main hall, which was very large, even larger than a large urn that could hold two stone objects. There are clear handprints left on the top and bottom of the bell, as if they were newly left.
Curious, he looked down at the inside of the clock, and saw a bamboo basket that could hold eight liters of goods in a corner, but he didn't know what was inside. He asked for help and tried to lift the bell, only to find that it weighed as much as a mountain. Feeling more and more mysterious, he sat down on the floor and continued to drink, waiting for the man hiding in the bell to appear.
Soon a beggar walked through the temple gate and piled the begging food under the bell. He lifted the bell with one hand and placed the food in the basket with the other, and so on until all the food was in. When he was done, he fastened the bell to the ground and left. After some time, the beggar came back and fetched food under the bell. He picks up food with ease, like opening a wooden box. Everyone was shocked.
Chai Juan asked him, "Why do you beg when you are strong?" The beggar replied, "I have eaten too much, and I have no one to hire." Seeing that he was in good health, Chai Huang suggested that he join the army. But the beggar said that he had no way out, so Cha Yihuang took him home and provided him with food, estimating that he would eat five or six people. He changed his clothes, shoes and socks, and gave him fifty taels of silver as his travel expenses, and let him go.
More than a decade later, Cha Yihuang's nephew held the post of county magistrate in Fujian. One day, a general named Wu Liuyi suddenly visited. During the in-depth conversation, General Wu asked curiously, "What is Mr. Yihuang's relationship with you?" The nephew replied, "He is my uncle, I wonder where the general had a friendship with him?" General Wu said with emotion: "He was my teacher, and we haven't seen each other for ten years. Please tell me sir that I would very much like to see him again. Cha Yihuang's nephew agreed casually, but his heart was full of doubts, his uncle was a sage, and he had never mentioned such a martial artist.
Cha Yihuang came to Fujian at the right time, and his nephew told him about the unexpected, but he had no impression. Because of General Wu's warm greeting, he ordered his servants to prepare their horses and go to meet General Wu in person. When he arrived at the door, he handed over his name card, and General Wu immediately went out to greet him.
Cha Yihuang looked at General Wu, but he was not impressed at all. He secretly wondered if General Wu was mistaken, but General Wu invited him in the door even more respectfully.
After passing through a few doors, Cha Yihuang suddenly saw a woman walking around, realized that it was an inner house, and stopped. General Wu bowed again and invited, and they came to the lobby. The curtains and seats in the hall were all young maids. After sitting down, Cha Yihuang was about to ask, General Wu moved his chin slightly, and a chamberlain sent court clothes, and General Wu immediately got up and changed his clothes. Cha Yihuang didn't know why, so he could only wait and see.
Some of the concubines helped him stretch his sleeves, some helped him tidy up his clothes, and after some busyness, General Wu visited him first, as if he was meeting his father. Chai Juan was surprised, not knowing why. After the salute, General Wu changed into civilian clothes and sat down, and asked with a smile: "Sir, don't you remember the beggar who held the bell?" It dawned on Cha Yihuang.
Subsequently, General Wu held a banquet for hospitality, and the family band played in the hall to cheer up. After three rounds of drinking, the waiters stood in a row to serve the guests. General Wu returned to his bedroom and personally arranged accommodation for Cha Yihuang before leaving. Cha Yihuang got up late because he was drunk, but General Wu had already greeted him many times outside the door. Feeling uneasy, Cha Yihuang said goodbye to General Wu and wanted to go back, but was told that he had prepared a carriage and horses for him, but would have to wait a few days.
In General Wu's house, Cha Yihuang saw General Wu busy with household chores, counting the edible utensils of the maids, maidservants, chading, and mules and horses, registering them, and warning them not to omit. Cha Yihuang is inconvenient to ask, so he can only wait and see. One day, General Wu took the book and said to Cha Yihuang: "My position today is due to the gift of Mr. I don't dare to own these handmaidens and utensils alone, so please take half of them. Cha Yihuang was surprised and resolutely refused to accept it.
General Wu ignored his objections and divided the ** into two parts. According to the book, antiques, beds, and tables are full inside and outside the hall. Cha Yihuang tried to stop it, but General Wu ignored it. After checking the names of the maidservants, he immediately ordered the manservant to pack for Cha Yihuang, and the maid to pack his belongings for him, and told them to serve Mr. Cha well. The crowd agreed in awe. General Wu personally supervised the maids and maids to get into the car, and the groom led the mules and horses, and the cart started before saying goodbye to Cha Yihuang.
Later, Cha Yihuang was implicated in the case of revising the History of the Ming Dynasty and was finally pardoned, thanks to the full rescue of General Wu.
Yi Shi said: Donating generously without taking into account the identity of the other party is really the work of a husband who upholds the heroic style of the ancient road! General Wu's reciprocal affection was generous and passionate, which can be called a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. With such a mind, how can you end up in obscurity in the wilderness? It can be seen that the encounter between these two sages is really inevitable.