"Continuation of Huangliang" is an article in Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from Liaozhai". It tells the story of a Fujian Zeng surnamed Juren who wandered around the suburbs of the capital with a few Jinshi after taking the Jinshi examination, and met a fortune teller who said that he would be the prime minister for 20 years, and then had a yellow dream in a temple.
Tang Shen Jiji's "Pillow Notes" said that Lu Sheng stayed at the Handan Hotel, and Lu Sheng had a good dream of enjoying a lifetime of glory and wealth after falling asleep. When I woke up, the rice was not cooked, because I realized. The "Huangliang Dream" or "Handan Dream" that later generations said came out of this. After that, it was repeatedly written and adapted, such as "Nan Ke Ji" in the Tang Dynasty, "Nan Ke Taishou" in the Song Dynasty, Ma Zhiyuan in the Yuan Dynasty "Handan Dao Province Wu Huangliang Dream", Tang Xianzu in the Ming Dynasty adapted "Handan Ji", and Pu Songling in the Qing Dynasty "Continuation of Huangliang".
Original. Fujian Zeng Xiaolian, Gao Jie Nangong, and the second or third upstarts, traveled to the suburbs. Occasionally, I heard of the Bilu Zen Temple, a star person, because he rode to ask for divination. Sit down. The star saw his spirit and was a little disrespectful. Zeng Shaozhen smiled and asked, "Is there a python jade?" "The Star is allowing twenty years of peace prime ministers. Zeng Dayue, Qi Yigao. It is worth light rain, and it is a monk's house with wanderers to avoid the rain. An old monk in the house, with deep eyes and high nose, sits on the **, and is not polite. Everyone raised their hands and talked to themselves, and the group congratulated each other with the prime minister. Zeng was very angry, and pointed to Tongyou and said: "When a certain is the prime minister, he pushes Zhang Nianzhang to be the south fu, and the family table is to participate in and swim, and my old man also has a small handful, which is enough." He sat down and laughed.
When he heard the rain outside the door, he was tired of lying on the bed, and suddenly saw two envoys, who issued an edict from the Son of Heaven and summoned Zeng Taishi to decide the national plan. He was proud to enter the court. The Son of Heaven sat in front of him, and he spoke for a long time. Below the third grade, listen to its dethronement; That is, to give the python jade famous horse. He was worshipped. When you enter the house, you are not the old residence, and the painted building is carved and magnificent. I don't understand why this is so. However, if the twist of the hair is slightly exhaled, it should be moved. The Russian minister gave the seafood, and the people who were respectful went out one after another. Liuqing came, and greeted him; Waiters, and words; The next one is just a jaw. There are ten people in Jin Fu Female Music, all of whom are good women. The most important ones are curly, for the immortals, and the two of them are especially favored. The head of the department rests, and sings about the day.
One day, when I read the micro, I tasted the gentleman prince Liang Zhou Ji me, and now I am in the green clouds, and the Qu Shang is still on the road, why not take a hand? As soon as the early Dan was sparse, it was recommended as a suggestion, that is, according to Yu's order, it was immediately promoted. I also read that Mrs. Guo's servant had looked at me, that is, he passed Lu to the admonition and the servant Chen Chang, etc., and gave the will; In Vietnam, the bullet was handed over, and he was ordered to cut his post. It's a grudge, and it's quite happy. Occasionally, when he went out of the suburbs, he was intoxicated and touched the Lu book, that is, he sent someone to tie up Jing Yin and immediately killed him under the cane. Those who succeeded were all afraid of the situation and offered fertile production.
Since then, the country has been rich and prosperous. There is nothing to curl up, immortals, to thank the times, reverie day and night. Suddenly, I saw the beauty of the owner girl in the new year, and every time I thought about buying a concubine, I went against my wishes with a thin heart, and I was fortunate to be suitable today. but to make servants for generations, and to pay for their families. Oh, the vine is coming, and it is especially beautiful when I saw it in the past. Take care of your own life, and you are willing to be satisfied. Over the years, the courtiers stealed, and seemed to have a bad stomach. But each is a fighting horse; Zeng is also high-spirited and does not take it seriously.
There is a dragon picture bachelor on the bag, which slightly said: "Stealing from Zeng, the original drinking and gambling scoundrel, the villain in the market." In a word, he was honored as a saint, and his father Zi'er Zhu was extremely favored. I don't want to donate my body to repay the occasion; Regurgitated and open-minded, good at Weifu. Deathly sins, innumerable! The famous utensils of the imperial court are strange goods, the quantity is short of fat and barren, and the price is heavy. Therefore, the ministers and soldiers, running under the door, estimated the fate, like a negative dealer, looking up to the dust, can not be counted. Or there are virtuous ministers who refuse to be attached, and they will be idle at the least, and they will be made up as hooligans. even without one arm, and the treachery of deer and horses; The phrase is dry, far away from the land of jackals. The courtiers were chilled, and the court was isolated. and the common people are anointed and allowed to be eaten by wantonly; A woman from a good family, strong poultry makeup.
The atmosphere of injustice is dark! As soon as the slave arrives, he will keep and order his face; As soon as the letter is submitted, the department and the court will bend the law. Or there are children who are raised, relatives who are involved, and when they go out, they will be passed on, and they will be thunderous. The supply of the place is a little late, and the whipping is immediately there. Poisoning the people, slaves and officials, and there is no grass in the wilderness. And a certain party is scorching, and there is no regret about it. summoned the other party to accept it, and Meng Fei entered in front of the king; The snake retreated from self-righteousness, and the song has started in the back garden. Lustful dogs and horses, day and night lewdness; The national economy and people's livelihood are reckless. There is such a prime minister in the world! Horror inside and outside, human feelings are turbulent. If you don't rush to punish the axe, it will inevitably lead to the disaster of manipulation and recklessness. The ministers were only afraid at night, and they didn't dare to be peaceful, risking their lives to list the money, and Yang Dachen listened. Fu prays to cut off the head of the traitor, by virtue of the greedy property, the last time, the next time, and the public opinion. If the minister's words are false, the knife and saw the wok, that is, the minister's body. "Yunyun.
Shushang, once heard it, the spirit is terrifying, like drinking ice water. Fortunately, the emperor is tolerant and does not send it in the middle. followed by Ke, Dao, and Jiuqing, and the article was impeached; That is, those who worshiped the door wall and called the false father in the past also turned against each other.
Ordered to be a family member and serve as a Yunnan army. Zi Ren Pingyang Taishou has sent someone to ask questions. Zeng Fang was shocked when he heard the decree, and there were dozens of samurai, with swords, until they went to bed, stripped their clothes, and tied them with their wives. Russia saw several husbands in the court, gold and silver money in millions, pearls and jade, hundreds of jade, curtains and couches, and thousands of things, so that children and daughters fell down the court steps. I once looked at them one by one, and my heart was sour. and a person plundered the beauty of the concubine, wearing a delicate hair, and having no owner. Sadness burns his heart, and he dare not speak with indignation. Russian Pavilion Warehouse, and has been sealed. Standing up once out. The prisoner dragged out. The husband and wife swallowed their voices and said, begging for a bad car, less transportation, and they were not allowed. Ten miles away, his wife was weak and wanted to fall, and he once climbed with one hand. For more than ten miles, I am also tired. Seeing the high mountains, he went straight into the sky, and he was worried that he couldn't climb over, and he cried when he pulled his wife. And the prisoner came to peep in, and he could not stop for a moment.
Gu Gu has fallen in the sun, there is no way to stop, and he has no choice but to walk in a hurry. Compared to the mountainside, his wife's strength was exhausted, and she sat on the corner of the road. Zeng also stopped, and the prisoner scolded. Suddenly, there were hundreds of noises, and a group of thieves each wielded their blades and jumped forward. The prisoner was horrified and escaped. Zeng knelt down and said: "I am alone and far away, and I have nothing in my pocket." "I beg for forgiveness. The group of thieves declared: "My generation has been wronged, and he only begs for the head of the thief, and he has nothing to ask for." Zeng Yan said angrily: "Although I am guilty, I am an official of the court, how dare a thief!" The thief was also angry, and swung his great axe. Feeling that his head fell to the ground, the soul was suspicious, that is, two ghosts came, took his hand and drove him away.
After a few moments, enter a metropolis. In the past, see the palace; An ugly king in the palace is blessed with a few crimes. Zengqian, prostrate and ask for help. The king read the papers, only a few lines, and then said angrily: "This crime of deceiving the king and misleading the country should be placed!" "Ten thousand ghosts are harmonious, and the sound is like thunder. That is, a giant ghost struck down to the bottom of the mound. Seeing that the height of the peak has come, the charcoal is blazing all around, and the tripod is full of red. He had been crying and crying, and there was no way out. The ghost grabs the hair with his left hand, holds the ankle with his right hand, and throws it in the middle of the ding. Feel the block, up and down with the oil waves; The flesh is scorched, and the pain is heart-wrenching; Bring boiling oil to the mouth, fry the heart. Thoughts die quickly, but you can't die. When the meal was made, the ghost side took Zeng with a giant fork and subdued the hall.
The king checked the register again, and said angrily: "Relying on the power and bullying people, they will be imprisoned in the sword mountain!" "The ghost is gone. See a mountain, not very vast; And the sharp wall stands, the sharp blade is vertical and horizontal, and the chaos is like dense bamboo shoots. First, a few people stabbed their stomachs in the stomach, and the sound of shouts was miserable. The ghost urged Zeng to go up, and he cried and retreated. The ghost stabbed the brain with a poisonous cone, and once begged for mercy. The ghost is angry, catches Zeng up, and looks at the sky to throw. Feeling that he was above the clouds, he fell dizzily, and the blade was in his chest, and the pain was indescribable. When moving again, the body is driven heavy, and the knife hole is gradually widened; Suddenly, it fell off, and the four branches bent. And the demons came to the king after him. Wang ordered the accountant to sell his name in his life, and he overtook the property in vain, and he earned a lot of money. That is, there is a bearded person who holds the calculation, saying: "Three million two hundred and twenty-one thousand." The king said, "He has accumulated it, and he has ordered it to be drunk." ”
Rarely, take money on the stack of steps, such as hills. Gradually enter the iron cauldron, and burn with fire. The ghost makes several generations, and even pours it into his mouth with a ladle, and the flow is ** stinking and cracking, and the viscera is boiling when it enters the throat. When you are born, you suffer from this thing, and you suffer from this thing! Half a day. The king ordered her to be escorted to Ganzhou as a woman. Walk a few steps, see the iron beam on the shelf, the circumference can be a few feet, a hot wheel, its big does not know hundreds of years, the flame is full of five colors, and the light is in the sky. The ghost tart makes the ship. Fang closed his eyes and jumped up, and the wheel turned with his feet, as if he felt falling down, and his body was cold. Open your eyes to take care of yourself, she is already a baby, and she is also a woman. Depending on his parents, he will be defeated. In the earthen chamber, the scoop staff remains. I know that I am a beggar. The day is with the beggar to take care of the bowl, and the belly is often not full. Wearing defeated clothes, the wind is often biting. At the age of fourteen, Fu and Gu Xiucai prepared concubines, and they were self-sufficient in food and clothing. And the mound room is very fierce, and he is engaged in whipping every day, and he is branded with red iron. Fortunately, the lover was quite pitiful and relieved.
The evil boy in the east neighbor suddenly stepped on the wall to force him to be private. He remembered the wickedness of his former body, and he was blamed by the devil, and now he has revenge. So he cried out, the lover and the concubine got up, and the wicked boy began to run away. There is nothing to live in, Xiucai stays in his room, chatters on the pillow, and complains of grievances. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, the door of the room was opened, and two thieves entered with knives. The group was lying on the bottom and did not dare to repeat it. If the thief goes, he shouts to run to the chamber. Yan was shocked and cried. then suspected that the concubine killed her lover with an adulterer, because of the history of stabbing in vain; Assassinated Shi Yan, and was actually executed for torture in accordance with the law, and went to the execution center. The grievances in the chest are choked, and the distance is bowed, and there are nine secluded and eighteen prisons, and there is no such darkness. In the midst of the sorrow, the traveler shouted: "Brother, nightmare? Suddenly, I saw the old monk still on the seat. Fellow couples competed and said: "Why do you sleep soundly at sunset?" "Zeng Nai rose from the bleak. The monk smiled and said, "Is the prime minister's possession test?" Zeng Yi was amazed and asked for advice. The monk said: "Cultivate virtue and practice benevolence, and there is a green lotus in the fire pit." How do the mountain monks know. "I came in a good mood, but I didn't feel discouraged. The thought of the pavilion is so indifferent. I don't know what to do when I enter the mountain.
Yi Shi said: "Blessings, good and evil, the common way of heaven." Those who hear that they are prime ministers and are in the middle will not be happy with their dedication. It is the time every inch, the palace wives and concubines, everything. However, dreams are delusional, and thoughts are not true. He does it with falsehood, and God repays it with illusion. The yellow sorghum will be ripe, this dream must be there, and it should be attached to Handan. ”
Translations. There is a person surnamed Zeng in Fujian, when he was admitted to the Jinshi, he went to the suburbs of the capital with two or three Jinshi who had obtained the same subject. I happened to hear someone say that there was a fortune teller living in a Buddhist temple, so I went to ask the fortune teller to tell a hexagram. When he entered the house, he bowed and sat down. When the fortune teller saw his smug look, he flattered him by the way. Zeng shook his fan and smiled, and asked the fortune teller: "Do I have the blessing of wearing a python robe and a jade belt around my waist?" The fortune teller said solemnly: "You can be the prime minister of peace for twenty years." Zeng was very happy when he heard this, and his spirit was even more vigorous.
At this time, it was raining lightly outside, so he took shelter from the rain in the monk's house with his fellow travelers. There was an old monk in the room, his eyes were deeply sunken, the bridge of his nose was high, he was sitting upright on the **, his expression was faint and he did not take the initiative to salute. They all called Zeng Mou as the prime minister and congratulated him. At this time, Zeng Mou was high-spirited, pointed to a fellow traveler and said: "When Zeng became the prime minister, he recommended Zhang Nianzhang to be the governor of Nanjing; The middle cousins in the family can be used as generals and guerrillas; The old servant of the family should also be a small thousand or a small president, and my wish will be fulfilled. Everyone in the room burst out laughing.
After a while, the rain outside the door fell even more. Zeng felt very tired and lay down on the bed. Suddenly, I saw two palace envoys send an edict written by the emperor, summoning Zeng Taishi to the palace to discuss state affairs. Zeng was very proud, and quickly followed the envoy to meet the emperor. The Emperor moved his seat forward, and talked to him for a long time in gentle words; and said that the ** below the third grade must obey his appointment, dismissal, and promotion, and there is no need to play to the emperor; He was given a python robe, a jade belt, and a precious horse. Zeng Mou was dressed neatly, knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor to thank him, and went down. When I returned home, I found that it was not the old houses, but the carved beams and paintings, which were extremely magnificent, and I couldn't tell why they had suddenly become like this. But as soon as he twisted his beard and called, the servants of the house responded like thunder.
After a while, some ministers presented him with delicacies from the mountains and seas, and people bowed down and went in and out of his door one after another. The six books came, and before he could put on his shoes, he greeted them; When the squires came, he only made a gesture and said a few words with him; The ** that is one level lower than this is just a nod. The governor of Shanxi gave him ten music girls, all of whom were beautiful women. Among them, the particularly handsome curls and immortals are especially favored by him. Whenever he rests at home, he indulges in singing and dancing all day long.
One day, he suddenly remembered that when he was not developing, he had been helped by the gentry Wang Ziliang of this county, and today he is on top of the clouds, so Wang Ziliang is still very unambitious in his career, why not pull him along? When he got up early the next day, he wrote a note to the emperor, recommending the king as a doctor. With the emperor's permission, Wang Ziliang was immediately promoted to the middle of the court. Thinking again, Mrs. Guo once had a small grudge against him, so he immediately called Lu to advise and Chen Chang, the servant, and told them his intentions. One day later, the chapters of the ** Guo Taifu were thrown in front of the emperor, and they got the emperor's holy decree to remove Guo from his post and drive him out of the court. Zeng repaid his grievances, and he was very happy and happy.
Once, when he occasionally came to the avenue on the outskirts of Beijing, a drunken man rushed into his honor guard, so he ordered his subordinates to tie him up and hand him over to the Beijing official, and immediately *** under the wooden stick. The wealthy families who were close to him and connected to the fields were also afraid of his power and offered him their good houses and fertile land. Since then, his family's wealth has rivaled that of a king. Soon, Xuan Xuan and Xianxian died one after another, and he missed them day and night. Suddenly remembered that there was a young girl in his eastern neighbor who was particularly beautiful in the past, and he wanted to buy her as a concubine, but because the family was weak and financially weak at that time, he could not do so, and today, he can meet his wishes. So he sent a few able servants to deliver the money to her house. After a while, she was lifted in a rattan sedan chair to see that the woman was more beautiful than when she had seen it before. I recalled my life, and all kinds of wishes were achieved.
After another year, Zeng often heard people in the court whispering about him behind his back, but he thought it was just like those honor guards at the gate of the court. He is still domineering and does not take other people's opinions to heart. Who knew that there was a scholar of Longtuge University, Bao Gong, who was bold and sparse, **Zeng. Song Shu said: "The minister thinks that Zeng was originally a scoundrel who drank and gambled, and a villain in the market. It's just an occasional word of the conjunction, and he gets the favor of the saint. The father wore a purple court robe, and the son also wore a red court robe. The emperor's favor has reached its extreme. Zeng Mou did not sacrifice his body, and did not think about repaying the emperor in case; On the contrary, he acted arbitrarily in the DPRK and the central government, and acted as a prestige without authorization. The sins that he could put to death were as hard to count as a hair; The important official positions in the imperial court were regarded as strange goods by Zeng, and the weight of the official position was measured by the level of the price. Therefore, the ministers and soldiers of the court and the central government all rushed to his door, estimating the price of official positions and buying and selling, looking for opportunities to steal the empty camp, just like a trader. The characters who rely on his snort and worship in the dust cannot be counted.
Even if there are outstanding people and virtuous ministers, who refuse to attach themselves to him and flatter him, he will be placed in a position of leisure and no real power, and he will be cut down by him for the people. What's more, as long as he doesn't favor him, he will easily offend his traitor who refers to a deer as a horse; As long as the words offended him, he was exiled to a remote land infested by jackals. The people with lofty ideals in the court were cold, and the court was isolated. and the anointing blood of the common people, which was eaten up by them at will; A woman from a good family marries according to the situation. The ferocious arrogance, the indignation of the victimized people, is dark. As long as the servants of his family arrived, the Taishou and the county order had to act according to the color; As soon as his letter arrived, even the Attorney's Office and the Metropolitan Procuratorate would bend the law for it. Even the sons of his slaves, or relatives who had a slight connection, went out to take the bus of the post station, and the momentum was huge. The ground is a little sluggish in what is supplied, and the whip on the horse will whip you at once. He brutalized the people and enslaved the magistrates, and wherever his entourage went, the grass in the fields was bare. But Zeng is now a powerful and hot man, relying on the court's favor and trust in him, and he has no repentance.
Whenever the emperor summoned him to the palace, he took the opportunity to trap others; Zeng had just returned from the government, and singing was already ringing in the back garden of his home. has a good voice, plays with dogs and horses, is lascivious day and night, and the national economy and people's livelihood, he never thinks about it. Is there such a prime minister in the world? Frightened inside and outside, human feelings are turbulent, if he is not immediately eliminated, it will inevitably cause a disaster like Cao Cao and Wang Mang to seize power. The minister was worried day and night, and did not dare to live in peace, so I risked the crime of killing my head, listed Zeng's crimes, and reported it to the saint. Bow down and ask to cut off the head of the traitor and confiscate his **'s property. The upper can redeem the wrath of the heavens, and the lower can greatly rejoice the people's hearts and smooth the people's feelings. If the words of the courtiers are false and fabricated, please dispose of them with knives, saws, dings, and woks."
When Zeng heard the news, he was so frightened that he was like drinking a glass of cold water, and his whole body was cold. Fortunately, the Holy One was preferential and tolerant, and this negligence was not dealt with. However, the ministers of the various departments and provinces, the three departments and the six departments continued to play the chapters**; Even those who bowed down to him in the past and called him godfather turned their faces and attacked him. His Majesty ordered his family's property to be confiscated and sent to Yunnan as an army. His son, who was serving as a taishou in Pingyang, Shanxi, had also sent a messenger to bring him to Beijing for interrogation. Zeng Mou just heard the holy decree and was terrified, and then dozens of warriors, with swords and guns, went to Zeng's inner room, took off his official uniform, took off his hat, and put him and his wife together.
After a while, he saw many servants carrying goods from his house, including millions of gold and silver coins, and hundreds of pearls, jade, and agate treasures. the genus of curtains, curtains, and beds, which are thousands; As for children's swaddling clothes and women's shoes, they fell all over the steps. I saw it very clearly and felt sad and sad. After a while, a person dragged Zeng's beautiful concubine out, her cloak and screamed, and her beautiful face was six gods and no owner. Zeng was on the side, his sad heart was like fire, and he didn't dare to say it with anger. After a while, the pavilion and warehouse were all seized. The officer immediately told Zeng to go out, and the person who supervised him put a rope around his neck and pulled him out.
Zeng and his wife went on the road with tears in their eyes. asked for a broken cart drawn by an old horse, and the errand did not agree. After walking ten miles, Zeng's wife was weak and about to fall, so Zeng supported her with his hand. After walking ten miles, I was exhausted. Suddenly, I saw a high mountain in front of me, reaching into the sky, and I was worried that I couldn't climb it, so I kept my wife and cried. And the superintendent came and urged them with hideous faces, and they were not allowed to stop for a while. Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, and that there was nowhere to stay at night, he had no choice but to bend over, and walk one step deeper and one shallow. When she was almost halfway up the mountain, her wife was so weak that she sat on the side of the road and wept. Zeng also sat down to rest a little, and let the prisoner's errand scold him.
Suddenly, I heard a number of people shouting in unison, and a group of robbers, each with sharp knives and guns, jumped and ran after them. The prisoner fled in shock. Zeng knelt on the ground straight and said, "I was degraded to the frontier alone, and there was nothing worthless in my luggage." "Ask them for forgiveness. The robbers' eyes widened, and they said angrily, "We are a wronged people who have been killed, and as long as you are the head of the thief, we want nothing else!" Zeng Mou angrily reprimanded: "Although I am guilty, I am still the official of the imperial court, how dare you thieves do nothing!" The thieves were also furious, swinging a huge axe, and slashed at Zeng's neck, only to hear the sound of their head hitting the ground. Frightened, he immediately saw two imps, tied his hands, and drove him away. After walking for a few hours, I arrived at a large metropolis. After a while, I saw a palace, and on top of the main hall sat a very ugly-looking king of Hades, leaning on a long case, deciding the good and bad fortune of the ghost. Zeng hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and begged Hades for forgiveness.
The king of Hades flipped through the dossier, and after only a few lines, he was furious and said, "This is the crime of deceiving the king and misleading the country, and it should be fried in an oil pot!" "Your Highness's countless ghosts are responding, and the sound is like thunder. Immediately, a giant ghost grabbed Zeng and threw him under the steps. I saw a large oil pot, about seven feet high, with coals burning around it, and the legs of the oil pot were burned red. Zeng was trembling, wailing and crying, and there was no way to escape. The troll grabbed him by the hair with his left hand and his ankle with his right hand and threw him into the oil pan. I felt that my lonely body was tumbling up and down with the oil flowers, the skin and flesh were burnt, and the pain was piercing my bones; The boiling oil poured into his mouth, cooking his lungs and intestines. I thought I was going to die, and I couldn't die right away after thinking about it. After about a meal, the giant ghost took Zeng out of the oil pot with a big iron fork and made him kneel under the lobby. The king of Hades checked the books again and said angrily: "When you are born, you rely on power and bully others, and you should go to the prison of Sword Mountain." Then the demon took him away, and behold, he saw a mountain, not very large, but steep and steep, with sharp blades criss-crossing like dense bamboo shoots. There were already a few people with their stomachs hanging on it, and the sound of shouting and screaming was terrible.
The giant ghost urged Zeng to go up, and Zeng cried and retreated. The ghost stabbed him on the head with a poisonous cone, and Zeng begged for mercy. The minister was furious, grabbed Zeng, and threw it into the air. Zeng felt that he was in the clouds, and he fell down in a daze, and the sharp knife stabbed him in the chest, and the pain was indescribable. After a while, because his body was too heavy, he pressed downward, and the stabbing edge gradually increased, and suddenly he fell off the knife and curled up on all fours. The giant ghost dragged him to Hades again. The king of Hades asked him to calculate the amount of gold and silver treasures he had obtained from selling his official position and tyrannizing the law in his life. Immediately a man with a curly beard counted his chips, curled his fingers and calculated, "Three million two hundred and twenty-one thousand." Hades said, "Since he can collect them, let him drink them all." "It won't take long, take the money and pile it up on the steps, like a hill. Slowly place in an iron pot and melt over a blazing fire. The giant ghost made a few imps pour a spoon into his mouth in turn, and it stinked on his cheeks; Poured into the throat, the internal organs are like.
Boiling the same as boiling. When Zeng was alive, he hated himself for searching too little, and now he is suffering from too many things. Half a day to fill it out. The king of Hades ordered that Zeng be escorted to Ganzhou, Gansu Province to give birth to a girl. After walking a few steps, I saw an iron beam on the shelf, several feet thick, wearing a fire wheel on it, which was hundreds of miles large, emitting multicolored flames, and the light shone into the sky. The giant ghost whipped Zeng and went up to kick the fire wheel. As soon as he closed his eyes, he jumped onto it, and the wheel of fire swung with his feet, as if his body was falling downward, and his body was cold.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that he had become a baby, and he was still a woman. Look at the parents who gave birth to him, both wearing tattered cotton clothes. In the earthen house, there are broken scoops and begging sticks. She knew that she had become a beggar daughter. From then on, he followed the beggar along the street every day, and his stomach often screamed with hunger, and he couldn't get full. Wearing tattered clothes, the wind blew bitterly. At the age of fourteen, he was sold to a Xiucai surnamed Gu as a concubine, and he was self-sufficient. And the eldest wife in the family is very **, she either whips or beats with a board every day, and also uses a red-hot soldering iron to brand her breasts. Fortunately, her husband still took pity on her and comforted her a little. There was a wicked young man next to the wall who suddenly crossed the wall and forced him to have an affair with her. I thought to myself, the sins I did before have been punished by the devil, and now I can do it again! So he shouted for help.
And the husband and the eldest wife got up, and the wicked young man fled. Soon after, Xiu had just gone to sleep in her room, chattering on the pillow about her grievances. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, the door opened, and two thieves broke in with knives, cut off Xiucai's head, snatched all his clothes and left. She crawled under the quilt in groups, and she didn't dare to come out. When the thief went, he ran to the eldest wife's room crying. The eldest wife was shocked, crying and going with her to inspect Xiucai's body. It is suspected that she lured the adulterer to kill her husband. Therefore, he wrote a complaint to the state official assassination history. Assassin Shi was severely tortured and beaten by torture, so that she confessed to the case, and in accordance with the law, sentenced Ling Chi to death, and tied her to the place of execution. The anger of wrongs in her chest was clogged, and she jumped and shouted grievances, feeling that it was darker than the eighteenth layer of hell.
When he was crying out in grief, he heard a friend who traveled with him say, "Brother, did you have a nightmare? Zeng suddenly came to his senses. I saw that the old monk was still sitting there cross-legged. The people who traveled with him all asked him, "It's late and my stomach is hungry, why did I sleep for so long?" Zeng sat up with a gloomy face. The old monk smiled and said, "The divination says that you are the prime minister, is it effective?" Zeng became more and more surprised, and saluted to ask the old monk for advice. The old monk said, "If you want to cultivate your own virtues and practice the path of benevolence, even in the fire pit, you can grow a blue lotus." I, a monk in the mountains, can understand the mysteries! Zeng came full of victory, and went back dejectedly, pursuing the idea of being promoted and enjoying glory and wealth, which slowly faded. Later, he retreated into the mountains, not knowing what to do.
Yi Shi said: It is the unchanging principle of Heaven to bless those who do good deeds and evil to those who are wicked. Those who are overjoyed to hear that he has become prime minister must not be because they know that this position requires dedication. In the dream, there are all kinds of wives and concubines in the palace. However, dreams are false, and delusions are not real. He (Zeng) did evil deeds in his dream, and the ghosts and gods gave Zeng evil retribution in the dream. People have not yet understood that life is short, and such dreams of soaring prosperity are inevitable, so this story should be regarded as a sequel to "The Legend of Handan".