During the Zhenguan period, under the rule of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, there lived a warlock surnamed Zhong in the deep mountains.
He has a high level of spiritual skill and has solved many mysterious problems for people.
However, his son Zhong Chujie was not interested in spells and refused to take over his father's mantle.
He had no choice but to bring his life's accumulated knowledge into the coffin.
One year, the warlock surnamed Zhong fell seriously ill and lay in bed for half a month, his life hanging by the balance.
On his deathbed, he told his son: "My child, I am deeply sorry that I did not leave any property.
One thing you must keep in mind is that in the early morning of July 22, three years later, you must cut down the big willow tree in front of the door. ”
With that, he closed his eyes and passed away forever.
At that time, Zhong Chujie was only seventeen years old and had not yet married.
Earlier, he had been engaged to a woman surnamed Ma, and each other's father was a good friend, and he was engaged to them early more than ten years ago.
Now, the warlock surnamed Zhong has died, and the woman's father saw that the Zhong family was poor, so he tore up the marriage contract and married his daughter to the Ji family.
Zhong Chujie had no choice but to accept the reality and concentrate on taking care of his mother.
He earns a living by doing odd jobs, barely supporting his mother and son on a meager daily salary.
In the blink of an eye, on July 22, three years later, Zhong Chujie cut down the big willow tree in front of the door in accordance with his father's will.
He was surprised to find that the inside of the big willow tree was empty, and there was a soft crystal in the hole, which turned out to be resin.
He took out the resin and looked closely, only to see a small dragon swimming in it.
This big willow tree has long been refined, and it took a hundred years to make this piece of living dragon resin.
When the year matures, it is planned to be dedicated to the God of Wealth on his birthday.
The living dragon resin gathers the essence of heaven and earth, and if it is burned in the incense burner, it will emit a strange fragrance, attracting the dragon and phoenix to dance, and there will be an auspicious atmosphere.
The warlock had long anticipated today's events, so he instructed his son to cut down the large willow tree and obtain the living dragon resin.
Since the wee hours of the morning are the time when the Great Willow Tree is at its lowest energy, it is easy to cut it down.
Zhong Chujie didn't know anything about the function of this thing, so he put it in the cabinet, and when the guests came, they took it out and enjoyed it together.
After a while, a team of people suddenly came, and it turned out that Lord Thorn Shi had come with the envoy of the prince.
Li Shimin has invited many famous doctors, but they have not been able to cure this pain.
Later, a Taoist chief went to Fang Xuanling's house as a guest, he knew medical skills, and Fang Xuanling asked him to treat the prince.
After the inspection, the Taoist chief said: "This is not an ordinary illness, but the prince has killed too many people for many years, and many of them have come to trouble the prince. ”
After hearing this, the prince asked how to solve it? The Taoist chief said: "There is a living dragon resin in the southwest, which can be purchased with a thousand taels of **, and it is decocted with a millimeter of water every day, and the remaining part needs to be properly kept, do not throw it away, otherwise it will cause trouble." ”
According to the instructions of the Taoist chief, the prince sent an envoy with a thousand taels to the southwest government to inquire about the news, and finally learned that Zhong Chujie had a piece of living dragon resin, so he came to find him.
Zhong Chujie didn't dare to refuse, not to mention that one thousand taels ** was a huge amount of money for him, so he took out the living dragon resin.
With one thousand taels **, Zhong Chujie instantly became rich.
He renovated old houses, bought a lot of land, and married a woman surnamed Zhang.
A few years passed, Zhong Chujie rode a little donkey to the market early in the morning, passed by a forest, and suddenly found a woman hanging from a tree, and hurriedly untied her.
Fortunately, the woman did not die completely and woke up soon after.
Unexpectedly, the woman turned out to be Ma, after she married the Ji family, her husband treated her very badly, and often kicked her with his fists when he was drunk.
Ma was reluctant to go home and decided to follow Zhong Chujie to leave.
Zhong Chujie said that he already had a wife, but Ma was willing to be a concubine.
Zhong Chujie and Ma are like sisters and have a deep relationship, and immediately asked the government to force the Ji family to write a letter of resignation, marry Ma and go home, and become the second wife.
The woman surnamed Zhang and Ma get along like sisters, and the three of them live happily.
About three years later, the prince was cured of his illness.
One day, a sloppy Taoist suddenly appeared, and the doorman couldn't stop him at all, only to see him pick up the live dragon resin, drop a bead and flee, and the servants couldn't catch up.
The prince took the bead to the original Taoist, and the Taoist said that the person was transformed by the God of Wealth, and asked for the living dragon resin, and the bead belonged to the heavenly realm and was priceless.
The prince's illness never flares up again, and he lived until he was over 90 years old before he died.
The world is so big that there are no surprises, but fortunately, Zhong Chujie is a kind person, he always remembers Ma's past love and helps her get rid of the predicament of marriage.
Therefore, it can be said that he deserves some wealth.
The writing style of this story adopts an absurd approach, using metaphors to persuade people, which has nothing to do with feudal superstition.
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