During the apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty, there was a young craftsman named Ma Sandao in Shangzhuang Village, Xiuning County, Huizhou Prefecture. Because his parents died when he was a child, the old craftsman in the village could not bear to suffer from cold and hunger, so he took him with him and taught him the craft of basket weaving. This year, Ma Sandao came back from weaving baskets and met a marriage team at night, and wanted to come forward to ask for a lottery, but he almost lost his life because of it.
Shangzhuang Village is located in the westernmost part of Xiuning County, because it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, fertile land is scarce, and most of the people in the village make a living by walking the streets and alleys to weave baskets for people, and among them, the skills of Ma Sandao are the most exquisite.
In the autumn of this year, when the farming was busy, Li Yuanwai from Shitai County next door came to ask Ma Sandao to go to the house to help weave a new batch of baskets. Ma Sandao saw that there was a job coming to the door, so he immediately packed up his tools and followed his family.
Li Yuanwai is not from Shitai County, but the son-in-law of a large local family thirty years ago, and then for some reason, the owner of this family died one after another, and only one son was left who was suddenly stupid. Since then, this wealthy uncle has taken possession of all the family property and has become a well-known Li Yuanwai.
After following his family for a long time, Ma Sandao finally came to Li Yuanwai's mansion, but as soon as he entered the door, Ma Sandao smelled a strong fishy smell, and the people in the mansion also covered their noses.
This sudden burst of fishy smell made Ma Sandao vomit on the ground, and then straightened up and asked Jiading: "Brother Tai, dare to ask if there is something dead in the house?" Why does it stink so much? ”
Seeing Ma Sandao asking, the family immediately pointed to the shelf in the corner of the courtyard and said: "My family eats salted fish outside, and every season they will pickle a large amount of salted fish and then dry it, and these fishy smells come from there." ”
Ma Sandao looked in the direction of Jiading's finger when he heard this, and saw that there were many baskets in the corner of the courtyard, which were full of undried salted fish pieces, and the fishy smell did emanate from here.
After the family finished speaking, he led Ma Sandao to the inner hall to see Li Yuanwai, above the hall, I saw that Li Yuanwai was sitting in it, his eyes narrowed slightly, and when he saw Ma Sandao coming, he simply said the requirements of the required basket, from beginning to end, Ma Sandao did not see any emotional fluctuations from Li Yuanwai.
Seeing this, Ma Sandao didn't take it to heart, thinking that he would quickly weave the basket and leave. After a brief preparation, Ma Sandao began the day's basket weaving work, and did not stop his work until evening.
Because there were many baskets needed, it would take several days to complete, so Li Yuanwai sent someone to arrange a guest room for Ma Sandaoan to live in in the west.
In the evening, after Ma Sandao finished eating, he saw that it was still early, so he went out to walk in the courtyard, and when he walked to a room on the east side, he found that this room was locked from the outside, and there was no rust on the lock, which should have been locked recently.
Immediately, Ma Sandao looked around, and saw that there was no one else, so he leaned down and looked inside the crack in the door, only to see that it was pitch black inside, and he didn't see anything else, only a foul smell came to his nose.
Ma Sandao immediately ran to the side, scolding in his mouth: "Drying a few broken salted fish and locking them in the house, who is rare!" After saying that, I was not in the mood, so I simply went back to the room to sleep.
Just as he was gone, a figure came out of the dark corner next to him, and seeing that the lock was not damaged in any way, he threw the stick in his hand aside.
In the following days, Li Mansion would dry a batch of fresh pickled fish every day, and the baskets woven by Ma Sandao were also put into use, and at this time, the east house was getting smellier and smellier day by day every night, and Ma Sandao couldn't stand the smoke, so he worked overtime day and night to weave, and finally, in the afternoon of the tenth day, the required baskets were all finished.
After Li Yuanwai's acceptance was correct, he received his salary and fled quickly. However, just as he left, an old man walked out from the corner of the street, and after taking a look at the Li Mansion, he followed the place where Ma Sandao had left.
Because it was already afternoon when I left, it was dark before I reached the halfway point, and if I took the road again, I would definitely not be able to get home today, after thinking about it, Ma Sandao decided to cross a mountain and go back from the path.
This path is hidden in the barren mountains, and there is a mass grave in the middle, and the surroundings are even more eerie and terrifying, and during the day a few people can barely pass through it, and at night, even many people dare not pass here.
At this time, Ma Sandao was also very nervous, the more he walked inside, the more he felt a chill coming, just as Ma Sandao was about to pass through the mass grave, there was a sudden burst of suona sound in front of him, Ma Sandao heard the sound and looked, but it was a team to welcome relatives.
Seeing someone walking on the opposite side, Ma Sandao's heart suddenly relaxed a lot, so he quickened his pace and walked towards the welcoming team.
There are not many people in this team, except for the four people who carry the sedan chair, there is only one matchmaker and one who blows suona. **Ten Thousand Fans Incentive Plan Just as Ma Sandao was about to walk to the team, an old man came out from behind, and then pulled him into the grass on the side, and only after the marriage team left, did he let go.
What's the matter with you old man? I was about to go to ask for a prize, why did you pull me away? Ma Sandao said angrily.
When the old man saw Ma Sandao questioning himself like this, he didn't get angry, but just took the wine jug from his waist, took a sip of wine and said, "If I hadn't pulled you down just now, maybe you would have been a corpse tonight!" ”
You old man, so rude! I don't know you, I haven't sinned against you, how can you curse me like this? Ma Sandao said angrily.
Young man, you're a basket weaver, aren't you? Did you just come out of that Li Yuanwaifu today? Didn't you find anything wrong with those days in it? The old man continued.
Ma Sandao saw the old man say this, and then he paid attention to it, and then said: "It's really strange, when I first arrived at the Li Mansion, I smelled a fishy smell in the house, and the family told me that it was the smell of salted fish dried in the house, and I didn't care about it at the time, but what made me wonder was that it was an ordinary salted fish, why it was locked in the house at night, which made me very puzzled." ”
After hearing this, the old man immediately laughed and said: "That's right, you follow the team to welcome the relatives, and see if they go to **!" Perhaps, you can still get a marriage! After speaking, before Ma Sandao could ask carefully, the old man disappeared.
After thinking about it, Ma Sandao immediately decided to go back again, so he turned back and quietly followed behind the welcoming team.
After coming to Shitai County, the welcoming team no longer blew the suona, but walked forward silently, and suddenly stopped when they came to the gate of the Li Mansion. I saw the matchmaker looking around and seeing that there was no one around, so she knocked on the door of the Li Mansion.
After a while, the house opened the door, and the person who carried the sedan chair quickly carried the sedan chair in, Ma Sandao saw this, and suddenly felt puzzled in his heart, he stayed in the house for a few days, and he had never heard of a happy event in the house recently. Out of curiosity, Ma Sandao decided to follow up to find out.
After making sure that they were all inside, Ma Sandao put the toolbox on the ground, and then jumped up the wall with a strong jump, and secretly jumped down when he saw that there was no one in the courtyard.
Then taking advantage of the night, Ma Sandao quietly came to the location of the Li Mansion lobby, at this time the wedding sedan chair was parked on the side, and what made people feel puzzled was that it was obviously a happy event to welcome relatives, but at this moment the Li Mansion lobby was hung with red and white satin, and there were two kinds of candles on both sides of the case hall, one red and one white, and the family standing on the side lowered his head, without any joy.
Just when Ma Sandao was still hiding aside and wondering, the matchmaker took the lead to walk to Li Yuanwai, who was sitting in the hall, and then leaned down and said: "Outside, the time has come, so hurry up and visit the church, don't miss the hour." ”
When Li Yuanwai heard this, he nodded slightly, and then the matchmaker walked to the side of the sedan chair and pulled a woman with a big tie out of the sedan chair, because she couldn't speak because she was stuffed with cloth in her mouth, and the woman could only make a whimpering sound. ”
Seeing this, Li Yuanwai immediately said to the matchmaker: "It's almost from the Li Mansion, remove the cloth from her mouth!" When the matchmaker heard this, she tore off the cloth from the woman's mouth.
Phew! You old thing, who is from your Li Mansion, I don't want to marry you old and ugly old thing! The woman roared hysterically.
Hearing this, Li Yuanwai laughed instead of being angry, and then said: "No, no, no, no......."I think you're thinking too much, you're not marrying an old man, you're marrying my son! After saying that, he asked the family to go and invite the son over.
When Ma Sandao saw this, he understood in his heart that it was not Li Yuanwai who took a concubine by himself tonight, but a daughter-in-law who married his son. It is rumored that Li Yuanwai's son is a fool, no wonder he has to be sneaky to marry a daughter-in-law, thinking of this, Ma Sandao was amused in his heart.
After a while, a few family members came to the locked door on the east side, and then took out the key to open the door lock and walked in.
I saw them carry out a red coffin from the house, the coffin was now covered with a red cloth, and a big red rooster hung under the coffin, and when they were carried to the hall, a foul smell came to the nostrils.
Ma Sandao hid aside, stinky and retching! No wonder the Li Mansion pickled so many dried fish, it turned out to be to cover up the smell of the corpse with a stench, no wonder the room in the east was locked with a lock.
After the coffin was parked, the matchmaker took off the big rooster hanging on the coffin and said, "When the son dies, he will use this rooster to perform the wedding ceremony on behalf of the king".
After the ceremony was completed, I saw the matchmaker shouting loudly: "After the ceremony, the bride and groom enter the cave room!" ”
After hearing this, the woman's eyes suddenly widened, her face was full of fear, her mouth shouted no, and her body kept struggling. However, under the persecution of everyone, all resistance was in vain.
I saw that the family of the Li Mansion carried another coffin out of the east house, and after placing the coffin with the son's, he lifted the lid of the coffin, forcibly stuffed the woman in, and then in the woman's roar, the coffin lid was completely nailed to death.
Outside, now that the marriage has been completed, the two will be buried together, and this matter will be counted," said the matchmaker.
Okay, I've already got the tomb ready, just put the coffin in and bury it! Now is the right time, so let's go! Li Yuanwai said to the matchmaker.
After hearing this, the matchmaker immediately asked the family to tear off the red cloth on the coffin of the prince of Li Mansion, then cover it with a piece of white linen, and finally lift the coffin of the son, press it on the coffin of the woman, and carry it out after the ** is ready.
Ma Sandao saw this scene, his heart was suddenly horrified, he had heard the old man in the village say that "the red sedan chair enters, the white sedan chair goes out", which is a way to change his life against the sky, "red joy into wealth, white joy to obscurity!" Of course, this practice is at the expense of other popular operations, and it must be accompanied by a young woman to accompany the funeral, so that it can be effective. Obviously, this Li Yuanwai used this kind of secret technique.
After everyone carried the coffin out of the door, they hurried to the back mountain in the west of the county, and at this time, a large tomb had already been dug next to a mountain rock.
Hurry up and ......Hurry up and bury it, don't delay the hour! Li Yuanwai said urgently.
When everyone saw that Li Yuanwai had spoken, they immediately put the two coffins in front of the other, and then began to fill in the soil.
At this moment, Ma Sandao couldn't hold back any longer, so he jumped out of the grass, and then shouted in his mouth: "Stop, otherwise I will report to the official!" ”
That Li Yuan saw that the person who came was Ma Sandao, and immediately glanced at a few people around him, and then several people rushed up, Ma Sandao couldn't dodge, so he scuffled with a few people, but after all, two fists were hard to beat four hands, and after a while, he was pressed to the ground by several people.
That Li Yuanwai saw that Ma Sandao had been pressed to the ground, so he stepped forward and said: "Ma Ming, there is really a way in heaven that you don't go, and there is no door to hell, you want to break in, a few days ago when you peeked into the east house in my house, I have let you go, I didn't expect you to dare to come over today to send you to death, then you can't blame me!" After saying that, he picked up the shovel on the ground and threw it at Ma San's head.
At the last moment, a stone shot out of the darkness and hit Li Yuanwai's arm, Li Yuanwai was in pain, and the shovel in his hand fell to the ground, and then shouted: "Who is it?" Get out of here, old man! ”
Haha......Li Xunhuan, we haven't seen each other for a long time! After speaking, a figure came out of the darkness, and Ma Sandao raised his head vigorously, only to see that it was the old man who stopped him at night.
Li Yuanwai looked at each other in the moonlight, and then shouted in panic: "Impossible, how are you still alive, I obviously watched you die with my own eyes!" ”
When the old man heard this, he snorted coldly, and then said: "It feels very strange, more than 20 years ago, in order to occupy my family's property, you poisoned my parents successively, and later because your wife and children discovered your bestiality, you even killed your own wife, in order not to expose yourself, you ruthlessly forced your son to become a fool!" But what you never expected was that I wasn't dead at the time! ”
After Li Yuanwai panicked, he immediately calmed down, and then said with a sneer: "I didn't expect that a moment of negligence would allow you to escape for more than 20 years, maybe, if you don't come out, you may be able to survive for decades, but now you just come out to find death, then I have to fulfill you!" With that, at the sound of an order, the housekeepers rushed up with sticks.
I saw the old man standing still and let them rush up, and when they were about to come to him, the stone in his hand suddenly shot out, and with a scream, the other party fell to the ground and kept wailing.
Li Yuanwai saw that something was wrong, so he turned around and ran down the mountain, and the old man reacted, and then rushed down.
Seeing that Li Yuanwai had run away, the matchmaker also got up and ran quickly down the mountain, Ma Sandao saw this, quickly got up, and then jumped up, threw the matchmaker to the ground, and scolded angrily: "You old witch, you do a lot of evil, and you still want to run!" Look where you're going! With that, he tied his hands and feet and threw them aside.
After making sure that there was no danger around, Ma Sandao immediately pulled the coffin containing the woman out of the hole, and then pried open the coffin lid with a tool.
After dawn, Ma Sandao and the woman escorted the matchmaker down the mountain, and when they returned to Li's house, Li Yuanwai had already been put on the ground by the old man, and then, Ma Sandao immediately went to the county government to report the case, and after the county government checked, Li Yuanwai's criminal behavior was determined, and finally Li Yuanwai and the matchmaker were beheaded to show the public.
A month later, Shangzhuang Village was very lively, and Ma Sandao, a basket weaver in the village, got married today, and his bride was the woman he saved that day......
Written at the end: Confucius once warned us: "A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way".
There is nothing wrong with liking money, but the way to get it cannot go against the principle. Either way, we must rely on our own hands and use our own hard work to obtain wealth, and we must not try to obtain wealth by doing something that does not obey the law and is not ethical.
Otherwise, although you can get temporary benefits, you will eventually pay the due price for what you have done, and at that time, any reason, any excuse, will be too late.
When encountering others who are hurt and need help, we should help in time, of course, when helping each other, we need to pay attention to ways and means, and we must do a good job of self-protection rationally when shooting, so as not to be hurt ourselves.