Forty Jigong Boiled Stone to Treat Diseases

In the third year of Shaoxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a farmer's household in Dujiazhuang, Shaoxing, Zhejiang. The head of the household was named Du Fuliang. The family owned ten acres of fertile land and five tile-roofed houses. They were a wealthy family. Among them, he lost his wife in middle age and had only one daughter named Xiu'er.

, she is twenty-eight years old. Xiu'er has delicate features and beautiful eyes, Juan is very quiet and beautiful, and she is also a little jade girl.

Du Fuliang remained a widower until his destiny. The matchmaker once persuaded him to renew his marriage. However, he was afraid that his daughter would be abused by his stepmother, so he decided not to marry. The father and daughter depended on each other. Du Fuliang had a cousin, Du Fulu, who was interested in the property and wanted to take it as his own. One day, Du Fulu said

Du Fuliang said: "Brother, you are already half a hundred men, and your strength is not as good as before. I want to adopt my second son under your knees and establish a household with you. Can you allow it?" Du Fuliang knew his cousin's plan and politely refused: "Brother, little brother

There is no such intention yet." No matter how Du Fulu waggled his lips and blustered, Du Fuliang still refused to agree.

Not many days later, Du Fuliang recruited a son-in-law. His son-in-law was named Zhao Shen, who had fled from the occupied land in the north. Zhao Shen was loyal, honest, hard-working, and liked Du Fuliang very much. When he recruited his wife, he signed the document as evidence, and Zhao Shen signed the document.

Letter: I, Zhao Shen, am helpless and have fled here. I am willing to change my surname with my wife and marry into the Du family. I will work hard and bear no complaints in the future and will never regret it. From the day of marriage, Zhao Shen changed my surname to Du Shen.

The next year, Du Fuliang fell ill and died. When he was about to die, he held Du Shen's hand, with tears in his eyes, and repeatedly warned him: "In the future, if you want to treat Xiu'er well and live in love, I will die without any worries." Du Shen was full of words.

Yunzhi. After Du Fuliang's death, Du Shen and his wife lived in love and lived happily. One day, Du Shen returned from the market and met Du Fulu, his son-in-law who was traveling with him. Du Fulu's plan for his cousin's family property failed, and the resentment in his heart was still lingering. Now he saw Du Shen

Living a happy life with Xiu'er, he became more and more jealous, so he sneered and said: "Nephew-in-law, you are so lucky. Although you were recruited as a bride, you can get all the real estate and property at your fingertips. However, you have failed the ancestors of the Zhao family and become the successor of my Du family."

Human beings are humble!"

The son-in-law who had adopted his daughter-in-law had a low status. Even if outsiders ridiculed him, he would not be mocked by his own family. The scholar could be killed but not humiliated. Du Shen couldn't bear it, and his face was really embarrassing. When he got home, Xiu'er saw Du Shen return home in anger and was concerned.

Asked: "Du Shen, who made you angry?" Du Shen frowned and couldn't respond. Xiu'er asked again: "Du Shen, what's the unhappy thing? Just say it, don't keep it in your heart." Du Shen yelled.

"What's there to say! They poked my spine and scolded me for betraying my surname and insulting my ancestors! Don't call me Du Shen, call me Zhao Shen!" After shouting, he stood up and slammed the door. When Xiu'er heard this, she was stunned for a moment.

, since the marriage, Du Shen has always been kind to her and has never been cold. Why is she so angry now? How can Xiu'er bear it? Her eyes couldn't help but burst into tears, recalling her father's last words, Du Shen agreed,

Now, because of people's ridicule, he turned his face and regretted it, and went out in anger. He was so sad that he cried bitterly and fainted in bed.

Duchesne wandered in the street for a long time, recalling his father-in-law's instructions before his death, and recalling how gentle and virtuous his wife was in ordinary times. He felt ashamed of himself for treating her so recklessly today. It was his mistake to treat her so recklessly. When he saw that the lamp was already on, he turned around and returned home.

When he got home, Du Shen was shocked when he saw the darkness in the house. He called out to Xiu'er urgently, but couldn't answer his calls several times. His heart sank again. Could it be that Xiu'er was angry and committed suicide? He hurriedly lit the sickle and held the lamp, and saw Xiu'er lying on the bed.

He went to bed, secretly crying, and his tears had wet the pillow towel. Du Shen felt a little relieved, and hurriedly stepped forward to apologize, but Xiu'er ignored him and continued to cry. Du Shen was busy lighting a fire to cook. When the rice was done, he put it into a bowl and served it respectfully.

When he came to Xiu'er, Xiu'er still ignored her and just kept crying. Du Shen knelt down and begged, "Xiu'er, I was wrong. I shouldn't have talked nonsense and invited you to eat." Despite Du Shen's various excuses and persuasion,

Xiu'er still refused to eat. For two days, Xiu'er's rice did not stick to her teeth, and no water dripped into her mouth. She was bedridden all day long, in a daze, and her eyes were red and swollen.

Du Shen was worried and asked the doctor to treat him. After checking his pulse, the doctor said that the disease was caused by qi and blood stasis, and that it needed to be treated by opening the chest and smoothing the qi. Du Shen took medicine according to the doctor's prescription. After decoction, he helped Xiu'er to give the medicine, but Xiu'er still couldn't.

He opened his mouth to eat. Du Shen had no choice but to call the doctor again. The doctor shook his head and said: "I can't do anything. I don't know what kind of strange disease your wife has. Please ask another expert to treat her."

Du Shen returned home anxious and furious. He walked to the Shun River Bridge at the edge of the village and looked at the river flowing eastward. His eyes were dull and he lamented: "Oh! My wife is suffering from this strange disease, and I have been ridiculed. My life is miserable, and it is better to die."

Finish it!" Du Shen was about to throw himself into the river. He closed his eyes and was about to jump. Suddenly, he felt someone behind him patting his shoulder. He said with a smile: "If you abandon your wife and drown yourself, she will not survive.

The business belongs to outsiders!" Du Shen looked back at him, and the original monk laughed and tried to stop him. He saw that the monk was wearing dirty robes, a torn hat and shoes, and holding a broken banana fan. Du Shen was confused and asked: "How do you know me?

What are you thinking?" The monk smiled and said, "The poor monk not only knows your thoughts, but also knows that your wife is sick in bed. It is your fault that your wife is sick." Du Shen was surprised, knowing that this monk must be an eminent monk, and he knelt down hurriedly

He saluted and said: "Since the eminent monk knows my predicament, please save me." The monk helped Du Shen up and said to him: "Why is it necessary to be so generous? Your wife's illness is not difficult to treat." Du Shen turned from sadness to joy and said hurriedly:

"Please, the eminent monk, please come to my humble residence quickly and diagnose my wife's pulse." The monk said, "The poor monk can cure your wife's illness without seeing her. However, I am missing a medicine in my hand and cannot prepare the complete prescription." After saying this, the monk said.

Step off the bridge, pick up a pebble from the riverside, the stone is as big as a fist, use the nail of your index finger to write the word "qi" on the stone, say: "Om Mani Pa Mi Hum." Then hand it to Du Shen.

Du Shen was puzzled, and the monk told him: "When you return home, put this stone in a clay pot with the side with the writing on it facing down. Add water to the pot to cover the stone, and burn it with a strong fire. After the water boils, burn it with a gentle fire."

Then, the water recedes to reveal the stone, add more water to cover the stone, and continue to burn it. When the stone becomes soft and the word "qi" is eaten into the stone, you are done. The soup in the pot can be used as medicine. You can find me to get the medicine tomorrow morning.

I'll wait for him at the bridge. Remember, you can't leave the fire and the water can't be boiled dry, otherwise the medicine will fail."

Du Shen took the pebbles and thanked him profusely. He quickly returned home and told Xiu'er the monk's method. He immediately prepared a casserole to boil the pebbles. When the pebbles were exposed, he added water and boiled them several times according to the monk's instructions.

After the water was boiled, he used bamboo chopsticks to poke the stone, but it was still hard. After burning until midnight, Xiu'er woke up from a drowsy sleep and heard the sound of water boiling in the kitchen. She was deeply moved to see Du Shen staying up all night for himself, so he called out: "

Du Shen, it's getting late, you should go to bed first, and it won't be too late to start burning again tomorrow." Du Shen said, "No, the monk told me that one cannot leave the fire. If the water is boiled dry, all the previous efforts will be wasted."

At dawn, Xiu'er woke up again and heard that Du Shen was still boiling water. He asked, "Du Shen, can the stone be boiled until it becomes soft?" Du Shen replied, "No, don't worry, I will boil the stone."

Soft, it can be used as a medicine to cure your disease." Xiu'er asked again: "Why is the stone not soft after such a long time? Could it be that you have mistakenly remembered the method of boiling the stone?" Du Shen said: "No, this is important.

How can I remember things wrong?" Xiu'er asked, "Do you think the words on the stone can be eaten into the stone?" Du Shen turned over the stone with chopsticks, and couldn't help but scream, his face suddenly changed. Xiu'er hurriedly asked him

Because of this, Du Shen was shocked and said: "The word "Qi" on the stone has disappeared! What should I do?" It turned out that after long-term cooking, the word "Qi" was not eaten into the stone, but disappeared. Du Shen shouted anxiously: "What should I do?

! What should we do!" Upon hearing her husband's call, Xiu'er hurriedly got up and went to the kitchen, comforting Du Shen and saying: "Don't be anxious, you can ask the monk for an explanation, I will continue to burn it here." Du Shen

Seeing that his wife was ill and unwilling to leave, Xiu'er knew her husband's thoughts and urged her, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."

It was already dawn, Du Shen hurried to the Shun River Bridge, and saw the monk Guo waiting at the bridge head. Du Shen described the changes in the boiling stone in detail, and the monk scolded him: "The poor monk has repeatedly told me that people cannot leave the fire. Why did you leave?"

Do you ignore it?" Du Shen said: "My wife urged me to come here, and she lit a fire for me to watch." After hearing this, the monk smiled and said: "Congratulations to the donor, the word "Qi" means "Qi" will also disappear, your wife's illness will be cured!" Du Shen said with a smile: "Congratulations to the donor.

Shen Huo said: "The eminent monk has not yet prescribed any medicine. Can my wife's illness be cured?" The monk explained: "Your wife's illness is caused by qi. This disease cannot be cured by medicine. Eliminating qi is the key. When qi disappears, the disease will develop."

Hey, your wife's anger was caused by your fault and needs to be eliminated in your body. Everyone knows that the pebbles are hard, how can you boil them until they are soft? You stayed up all night boiling the pebbles, and your wife saw that you worked hard to treat her illness. How could you?

Can you not feel it? Then the qi will disappear. When the qi disappears, the liver musu will move the spleen and stomach. Your wife got up and urged you to come here. She will light the fire for you and watch it, which means that her illness has been cured. Now it is

He is already hungry. You should go back and prepare a meal for him quickly. Don't delay here." Du Shen was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to the monk to express his gratitude. The monk said: "Donor, there is no need to be polite. You should make peace with your wife as before. In the future,

Don't do it again. Those who instigate this matter will be punished by the poor monks."

Du Shen returned quickly and saw that Xiu'er had heated up the leftover rice and devoured it, and her illness was indeed cured. Du Shen was overjoyed and said excitedly, "The monk is really a god!" Xiu'er asked, "Husband, do you know the monk's name?"

Where can I become a monk?" Xiu'er called Du Shen her husband for the first time since her marriage. Du Shen felt very cordial and felt ashamed and said, "I didn't ask because I was in such a hurry." Xiu'er asked again, "Can you remember the monk's clothes?"

What does he look like?" Du Shen said: "The monk is wearing dirty robes, a torn hat and shoes, and he is holding a broken banana fan." Xiu'er was surprised and said: "This monk is Jigong! I have long heard that Jigong is a living Buddha with great mercy and compassion, and you are from

The people in the north are foreigners who don’t know this Living Buddha, so they are not angry.” Du Shen said hurriedly: “Madam, please come with me to the bridge quickly to thank the Living Buddha for saving me.” Du Shen called Xiu’er for the first time after her marriage.

As a wife, Xiu'er also felt warm and warm. She said, "The Living Buddha has gone away long ago. I heard that the Living Buddha is wandering around Jiangsu and Zhejiang, living in no fixed place. Where can I find him?"

The couple burst into tears of gratitude. They both knelt down and kowtowed in the air to thank Jigong for saving him.

Du Fulu heard about the quarrel between Du Shen and Xiu'er. Xiu'er was angry and suffered from a strange disease. She was lying in bed without eating or drinking. After hearing this, he was secretly happy and wanted to watch the death of the couple and gloated about it. He refused, but when he saw that Xiu'er recovered from his illness and the couple reconciled as before,

Especially jealous, when he saw Xiu'er, he pretended to comfort her and said, "My niece, you should take care of yourself and don't get angry with someone who is humble." After saying this, he suddenly felt pain in the corner of his mouth. The next day, he developed aphthous sores, erosion and pus, the pain was unbearable, and he couldn't eat well.

He sought treatment all over the place but failed, and he recovered after a year. Du Fulu knew that his words had not accumulated good deeds and had been punished, and from then on he no longer dared to talk nonsense and stir up trouble.

From then on, the Duchesne couple became more and more loving. Over the years, Xiuer gave birth to a son, and the family of three lived happily.
Chapter completed!