31 Liu Shichun

During the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a rich child in Zishan Village, Nanyang, Henan Province. His surname was Liu Shichun. He loved music and was kind and generous since childhood. He was suffering from pleasing himself after his twenties. No matter who asked him to do things, he was overly polite and did not hesitate to help him with his kindness. His father sighed and said, "After my life, Shichun's son will have nothing, and I can do nothing!"

As soon as his father said, his parents died, Liu Shichun was in charge of the family, and even regarded money as dirt. When his zither friends came to visit him, they played the zither and treated him with a feast. When his poor friends came to his house, they gave him money to help him. If he was in a famine, his rituals would be sold in the countryside, and he would give him porridge and disaster relief in front of the door to show his kindness. In less than three years of this journey, all his family property was gone, and Shichun was indeed penniless.

Liu Shichun was penniless and only had a guqin left. However, he was open-minded and cheerful, wandering around and wandering south, playing at the city and village every day, and making a living by selling his skills is a hard time!

One afternoon, Liu Shichun walked to Shizi Mountain, Zaoyang, Hubei Province. When it was raining in autumn and had nowhere to perform, he lost his livelihood. He was hungry. Seeing a cave at the foot of the mountain, he wanted to go into the cave to shelter from the rain. Suddenly, he saw a man lying in the grass beside the cave. Shichun was shocked and looked at it carefully. He saw an old man with white hair and hair, who was over 70 years old, and he was stroking his nose and still had a breath. He shouted. When the old man woke up and asked, he realized that the old man was a man who was picking herbs, walking on the hillside with his baskets in the rain. The road was slippery in the rain. He accidentally rolled down the mountain and fell to the dusk. Fortunately, Shichun saved him.

Liu Shichun helped the old man into the cave and took a break. The old man moved his body. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured. He said to Shichun, "I am lucky to have been rescued by my benefactor. Please be worshiped by my elders." After saying that, he wanted to kneel down to perform a great gift. Shichun hurriedly helped him up and refused, "This is a trivial matter, not worth mentioning, why should such a great gift?" The old man knew that Shichun was very hungry, so he took wine and food from the basket for food. The two of them talked while eating. The old man took out a bunch of grass from the basket and said, "I am a person who collects herbs and often walks in the mountains and fields. Now he has no way to repay his life. He sent this grass to be sent to the benefactor. This grass is mugwort, which is scarce and cannot be found. It is extremely precious and can cure tumor diseases. It is special." Shichun saved people without seeking retribution, but heard that this mugwort can save the world and cure diseases, so he accepted it. The old man told him how to use mugwort, and Shichun remembered it silently.

The two broke up. It was getting late. Liu Shichun saw a temple on the mountainside, named Baishui Temple, so he held the door and asked for a stay. The old monk on duty opened the door and took it in, and treated it enthusiastically. The old monk's name was Huiqing. After the meal, Shichun saw a sarcoma that was as big as an egg in Huiqing's ear, which was swaying back and forth, which was ridiculous. He thought: I have mugwort, why not try it to test its spirit. So he said that Huiqing was worried about the sarcoma and was unbearable. How could he not agree? Shichun followed the method taught by the old man to collect herbs, first used a mugwort to wrap the root of the sarcoma, and then

I lit another mugwort and smoked it around the previous one. After about a moment, the sarcoma fell and the skin of the original sarcoma was left with only copper coins. Huiqing was overjoyed and praised the magic and recommended it, "I am a poor monk. All four elements are empty and I have no money to thank him. There is a rich man in Wudian Village at the foot of the mountain. His name is Wu, and his name is Wancai. He had a huge tumor on his shoulder, which was the same as his head. He claimed that if someone cured him, he would like to thank him half of his family property. I had asked for medical treatment and medicine with him, and he would like to share the same illness and pity him. I wrote a letter for the donor, and I will see it tomorrow."

Liu Shichun had no intention of making money, but he had proved that he was very happy to see the magical effect of this mugwort. Since this mugwort can cure stubborn diseases, why not use this to help the poor with the reward. In the early morning of the next day, Shichun bid farewell to the old monk, went down the mountain to Wudian Village, and found Wu Wancai's residence, and threw in the letters of the old monk. Wu Wancai read it and was overjoyed, so Shichun was sent into the living room.

Wu Wancai's sarcoma is shocking, it can be like a fight, growing taller than the left shoulder, like a neck with two heads, so the sarcoma squeezed it, and the head could not be turned, and the eyes were straight and frightened! Wancai was wearing a long gown, and because the collar was small, it was difficult to accommodate both heads. The long gown had to be slanted over the shoulders, like a monk wearing a cassock. Shichun saw that his condition was serious and did not dare to be careless. He had the experience of the last time and did it according to the method. He was able to do it with ease. After half an hour of smoke, the big sarcoma fell to the ground. Wancai removed the stubborn disease, turned his head happily, and moved freely. He was very excited and immediately knelt down without regretting the preface. He was willing to share half of his family property to thank him!

At noon that day, Wu Wancai held a banquet and asked his relatives and friends to congratulate him. During the banquet, he repeatedly stated that he would give half of his family property to Shichun to express his gratitude. When Liu Shichun heard about it, he had his own plans and wanted to disperse half of the income from the poor to show his kindness.

Wu's house is huge, divided into three courtyards in front, middle and back and back garden. The house is sleek, the front and back wings are in an orderly manner. The front and back wings are out of the corridor, with carved beams and painted pillars covering an area of ​​100 acres. Wu Wancai has dozens of hectares of land, scattered in all directions outside the village. How to divide the property? There is no time for thousands of wealth yet, so Liu Shichun is patient and stays in the wing room of the middle courtyard. A servant is waiting for him.

Liu Shichun was free and had nothing to do. He was wandering around Wu's house. One evening, he turned to the back garden. The pavilions and water pavilions in the courtyard were lush with flowers and trees. When he was enjoying the flowers, he suddenly heard the sound of Ding Ding's piano coming from the embroidery building in the backyard. The song he played was "High Mountains and Flowing Water". The sound of the piano was melodious and melodious, and the melody appeared and disappeared, just like the top of a mountain, clouds and mist, floating, and the rhythm was clear and lively, like the streams in the mountains, gurgling, cool and cheerful

, flowed down quickly. Shichun suddenly felt elegant, so he ordered his servant to get the guqin and wanted to play it in the pavilion. The ancient song "Fishermen and Woodcutters' Questions and Answers" was played on the upper floor. The tune was light and bright, sweet and elegant. Shichun then accompanied it, and the sound of the piano was continuous, low and gentle. The sound of the piano was accompanied by the piano, and the tune was leisurely and contentment, elegant and free. The two pianos played it together, complementing each other, as if they heard the fishermen and woodcutters' questions and answers, and the sound of rowing oars and logging wood.

At the end of the song, he was careful when he was decorating the strings of the piano. Liu Shichun was trying to play the music. At this time, he saw a woman walking down from the embroidery building. She was eighteen years old and beautiful as a flower. She made graceful steps, and she turned gracefully with the wind, shaking her fragrance, and swaying in the face with the wind. The servant introduced that this woman was a lady from the Wu family, named Liqiu. Wu Wancai loved her like a pearl in her palm. She practiced calligraphy and painting every day and loved the music and joy of the piano. Shichun hurriedly bowed and said, "You are not talented, and you are too arrogant." Liqiu returned to the ceremony and said, "Can you get rid of the tumor for my father to get rid of the disease? The little girl is polite." The two of them exchanged greetings and talked about the music and piano. It was very comfortable. They loved each other, and they both wanted to meet too late. Until they were on the lamp, they said goodbye, and Liqiu reluctantly went upstairs.

That night, Wu Liqiu told her father that she would be willing to betroth Liu Shichun for life, but she did not give Wu Wancai a full answer. Liqiu was very surprised. Why did her father use her intentions? Wu Wancai had other plans. When the sarcoma was removed, he was very excited and did not lose the preface. He fulfilled half of his family property and shared half of his family property with Shichun. However, after meditating, he knew that half was not a small amount, and regretted it. When there was no way to do it, his daughter made a wish to give Shichun a body. If Shichun recruited a wife, half of his share was not owned by others? How could he not agree?

Wu Wancai was anxious to accomplish the matter, and the next day he made it clear to Liu Shichun. The matter happened suddenly. Shichun was worried: Miss Wu is young and beautiful, and she is also a master of piano playing. She is my soulmate. After marriage, she resonates with her zither and is also a pleasure. However, lifelong affairs are not a joke, so you must be careful. Shichun then talks about his family and his people, and laughs and says, "I regard money as money as dirt, and is a person who distributes money. Please think about it twice." Wancai was surprised when he heard it and thought to himself: There is such a person in the world? What a strange thing! But if you recruit a wife and have no right to control my family's property, how can you disperse it? Then he said, "It's okay, if you encounter an urgent person, you can give it a little money." Shichun gave a great gift and said, "If Wu Yuanwai does not dislike it, I will agree to this marriage. My father-in-law, please accept a bow from me."

The time was unpredictable. Three days later, Wu Wancai had another change. When his sarcoma was not removed, he sought medical treatment everywhere. All treatments were ineffective. His shoulders were two heads, and he looked like monsters. Everyone was afraid of it. His relatives and friends were alienated. The shops all refused to enter it. He had no face to see people. He stayed at home all day long, and his heart became more and more intense, and his temper was irritable. He beat and scolded servants for no reason and blamed his wife and children. He was complained and hated by the crowd and was uneasy at home. Wancai suspected that there were ghosts in the house, so he asked a sorcerer named Dan to drive away ghosts. Shan sorcerer went to Wu's house to inspect, saying that there were indeed evil ghosts in the house, and the ghosts had a very deep demonic power, which was difficult to drive them away. Wancai

He heard this and said, "What's the best way to do this? Please understand it." The sorcerer said the method of explaining it: on the third day of the September 3rd every year, he set up a clean room in his house and took a head to sacrifice it. Ten thousand treasures said, "Where do I look for a head to sacrifice it?" The sorcerer smiled and said, "What's the difficulty of killing a person in this remote place?" Ten thousand treasures were eager to ask for peace, so he gave it to him. Every day on the third day of the September 3rd, he ordered his confidant family to go to the wild to stop passers-by, and then beheaded to sacrifice to ghosts. It has been two years since the matter has changed this year, the sarcoma has been eliminated, and the family is about to be divided. Tomorrow is September 3rd. What is it?

Wu Wancai tossed and turned, but did not sleep all night, and finally thought of a poison strategy: kill Liu Shichun to sacrifice to ghosts. He was traveling around the world outside the world, and destroyed him without anyone to investigate. He used this to protect his family's property and not to be dispersed. If his daughter knew about it, she would have no choice. Why not do this strategy of the best of both worlds?

The next night, Liu Shichun fell asleep. Wu Wancai ordered his confidant family to lock the door of the house and quietly set the altar. He waited for the third hour to come and took Shichun's head to sacrifice him. Shichun was sleeping soundly, without distraction, and dreamed of the beauty of spending wealth after marriage with Wu Liqiu. Suddenly, he was awakened by the sound of knocking on the back window. When he heard Miss Wu urged, "Young Master Liu, escape quickly!" Shichun stood up, tore open the back window paper, and asked through the window, saying, "I chose a day to get married, why did I escape when I was happy? Miss

Could it be that it is not satisfactory? I love it deeply." Liqiu was anxious and briefly described his father's sacrifice to ghosts, and urged him, "If I have a fate with you, it will not be too late to continue again. I will give you a knife to cut a knife, break the window lattice, and quickly escape!" After saying that, Wu Liqiu sent the knife in and left quickly. Shichun took the knife, and his confidant felt urgent. He was puzzled and had become a guest of honor. Why did he want to become a ghost under the knife? He ignored his thoughts and cut the window lattice, crawled out of the bedroom, and ran away.

At the third update, Wu Wancai ordered his family to take Liu Shichun's head. When his family arrived at his bedroom, they saw that Shichun had broken the window and fled. How could anyone get a head? Wancai was furious when he heard this and suspected that his daughter had reported the news. He ordered his family to call the lady. He found it. However, Wancai became more angry and cursed his family. But what's the use of scolding? How to explain the ghost without a head? In desperation, Wancai suddenly thought of countermeasures. The sarcoma I removed was like a head, so why not use it instead? So he placed the sarcoma on the altar table, burned incense and paper, and knelt on the ground to pray.

Liu Shichun fled from Wu's family, panicked, fled into the fields, stepped on the air, fell into the dry well, fortunately, he did not hurt his muscles and bones. He was not injured until dawn, and shouted for help, but there was no way to respond. When he was anxious, he suddenly saw a thick rope hanging down from mid-air, and the rope head was tied into the well. Shichun was surprised, and grabbed the rope head tightly. The rope slowly rose. He tied Shichun to the well and finally saved him. The rope suddenly disappeared. When Shichun was confused, the old man picked herbs suddenly appeared at present. Shichun knew that the old man saved his life and thanked him for his great tribute.

, The old man was not a collecting herbs, but an immortal! When he met in front of the cave, the old man pretended to fall off a cliff to test my good and evil. Shichun said, "Thank you the immortal to rescue me, but I am being chased by evil people. Please ask the immortal to point out the way to escape." The immortal asked, "Who introduced you to the Wu family?" Shichun replied, "It is the Huiqing monk in Baishui Temple." The immortal said, "Please go to Baishui Temple as soon as possible to avoid it, and good and evil will naturally be clear." After saying that, the immortal flashed and disappeared. Shichun looked at the sky and knelt down and thanked the immortal for his advice.

Liu Shichun went to Baishui Temple. Huiqing saw it and asked, "Why are you so embarrassed now when you hear that the donor has received a huge amount of rewards? Why are you so embarrassed now?" Shichun smiled bitterly and said, "Where is the reward? I almost died!" So Xiang said, "He heard that the encounter of the people and ghosts are sacrificed every year. Huiqing sighed and said, "I have heard that the Wu family sacrificed to ghosts every year. Who doesn't know that it is a murderer to sacrifice to ghosts. There is such a bad thing in the world, Amitabha Buddha." Shichun said, "Wu Wancai killed people and ghosts, and killed innocent people indiscriminately. I want to go to the government to complain, so I ask the monk to testify for this." Huiqing said, "The donor used strange medicine to treat my monks. I can testify for it. Now Wu Wancai killed people and sacrifice to ghosts. There is no evidence to prove it. However, Buddhism has said that good things will be rewarded and evil will be rewarded. Please wait for the donor."

While the two were discussing, they saw Wu Liqiu coming in a hurry. Liu Shichun asked him, "Why did Miss?" Liqiu gasped and said, "I didn't escape, and I was killed immediately. My father knew that I had reported to the young master, so he looked for me everywhere, completely ignoring the father and daughter's feelings, and said that he wanted to kill me to relieve his anger. I had no choice but to escape here, and I didn't want to see the young master here." So he said, "This morning, Wu Wancai and Shan Jingshi turned against each other. The first two times, Wancai used human heads to sacrifice to ghosts. After the sacrifice, the human heads disappeared. Wancai

The money is considered to be enjoyable by ghosts. Now that they use sarcoma instead, who knows that the sorcerer comes to the door to ask for guilt, saying that the money is not sincere to the ghost, the ghost is furious, and asks the money to use the head to pay for it. Otherwise, they want to bring disaster to the Wu family! The money is in a dilemma, how can it be easier to kill people than kill chickens? The martial arts have escaped, so where can we find the head? The money to seek the sorcerer to be able to give it to it, and swear to use the head to pay for it next year. However, the sorcerer does not rely on it, and the money is angry, and he sneeres it, saying that my sarcoma has been eliminated, Wu’s house is safe, why should the ghost do to me? The two of them argue endlessly and almost started to fight.

After hearing Wu Liqiu's remarks, Liu Shichun said to Huiqing: "I'm now hearing Miss Wu's words that Wu Wancai killed people and sacrificed to ghosts is a real thing. As long as a single sorcerer is captured, the evidence will be enough." Huiqing replied: "Amitabha Buddha harms living beings, and the Buddha does not tolerate it. There is evidence that can be found. I am willing to write a complaint on behalf of others to sue him."

Master Zhou, the magistrate of Zaoyang, only knew that the mountains were high and dense, the land was vast and the people were sparse, and the people were dull. However, how could he know that he had committed murder and sacrifice to ghosts? After reading Liu Shichun's paper, he was shocked and angry, so he sent someone to arrest Wu Wancai and Dan Shushi to the yamen. After a trial, the two confessed, and Wancai was instigated by the sorcerer to kill innocent passers-by and take human heads to the ghosts. The sorcerer confessed that in order to develop a medicine for immortality, he needed to use human brains to drive away ghosts, and to use a knife to kill people, steal human heads and sacrifice to brains. However, this year, ten thousand wealth was replaced by tumors, so how could there be brains? The sorcerer asked for human heads and had a dispute.

The case was revealed. According to the Ming Dynasty, Wu Wancai and Shan Shushi were sentenced to death. Liu Shichun and Wu Liqiu married and inherited all the property of the Wu family.

After Liu Shichun had millions of property, he suffered from self-pleasing symptoms and wanted to take half of his property to Baishui Temple, but was objected by Wu Liqiu. Self-pleasing symptoms are psychological diseases and need to be treated with heart. Monk Huiqing saw that Shichun was too generous to take action, so he advised him, "It is commendable to be kind and give, but he cannot do it completely without regard for his face and face. The poor people in the world are widespread. Although the donor has a fortune of ten thousand gold, how can he save the poor in the world? He should save the urgent need not save the poor, and save the poor without saving the poor. This is the right way for people to do this!" When Shichun heard this, he suddenly realized and realized that he was happy with his own illness. Since then, Shichun has given him love and gave him love.

Huiqing also said: "Good will be rewarded with good deeds. Any good deeds will be merciful to the gods and immortals, and they will be saved. Those who are good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds."
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