Chapter 318: Good Deeds Are Rewarded
The rose said, "Then the fish said, "If you turn against you, we will turn against you; If you keep your promise, we will keep it; If you forsake your oath, we will accompany you. The slave walked over, lifted the branch, overturned the frying pan, and disappeared through the crack in the wall.
The king looked carefully, and when he saw that the fish were all burned to the ground like charcoal, he could not help but be shocked, and said, "You cannot remain silent about such a thing, for this fish must have a strange fate." So he ordered the fisherman to enter the palace and asked, "Damned fisherman, where did you get this peculiar fish from?"
"Called from a lake in the valley outside the city. ”
"How far is it from here?"
"Your Majesty, it's about half an hour away. ”
Hearing the words of the fisherman, the king was amazed. He was anxious to find out what was going on, so he ordered his subordinates to set off immediately. So the king's men and horses drove out of the city with great and clear banners. The fisherman leads the way. They passed through the suburbs, climbed over the mountains, and came to a vast valley. Everyone was amazed when they saw that the lake was clear and surrounded by mountains, and that there were red, white, yellow, and blue fish swimming in it, because they had never seen such a sight, and no one had ever seen this lake. The king asked the older men, and they all said, "We have never seen this lake in our lives." ”
The king said: "By Allah, I will find out the origin of the lake and the fish before I will return to the palace." So he ordered his subordinates to camp in the mountains, and said to the shrewd, capable, knowledgeable, and experienced prime minister: "Tonight I want to hide quietly in the tent alone, without the first marquis, generals, attendants, and servants, all of whom will stand in the way." Tell them that I am not in good health and cannot be interviewed, and that I am not allowed to reveal my true intentions to anyone. The prime minister complied with the order and carefully guarded the outside of the tent.
The king changed into civilian clothes, put on his sword, quietly left the tent, and climbed the mountain in the night. He trudged until dawn and continued to walk day and night in spite of the heat and fatigue. The next day he walked for another day and night, and when it was dawn, he found a dark shadow in the distance, and he was very happy, and said:
"Maybe I'll meet someone who can tell me where the lake and the fish came from. "The black shadow turned out to be a palace built of black stone, with two gates, one open and one closed.
The king came to the door cheerfully and knocked softly, but there was no answer. He knocked again a second and third time, and still no one answered. He knocked violently for a while, but still no one answered. "There is no doubt that this must be an empty house," he thought. So he plucked up courage, broke through the door, came to the bottom of the porch, and cried out: "I am a stranger, you who live in the house." I'm passing through here, do you have any food to feed me?" He shouted three or four times in a row, but still no one answered.
He mustered up his courage and spirits, and went straight into the hall. The house was empty, but well arranged, all the furnishings were silk and very rich, with glittering carpets on the ground, embroidered curtains hanging in front of the windows, four vaulted halls surrounded by a spacious courtyard with stone benches and fountains, four golden lions squatting by the pool, spewing pearl-like water from their mouths, songbirds in the courtyard, and a flock of birds in the air with a golden net. The sight was wonderful, but no one came to talk to the king. Strange mountains, lakes, four-colored fish, and palaces, the king was both amazed and sulky.
Helpless, he sat down in front of the door, bowing his head and pondering. At this time, he suddenly heard a melancholy sigh. The voice groaned:
"I hid everything you had, but you exposed yourself. Drowsiness passed from my eyes, and in exchange for insomnia. ......”
The king stood up and looked in, and saw a curtain hanging over the door of the hall. He reached out and lifted the curtain, and a young man sat in a bed behind the scenes, more than a foot high. This young man is a young man with clear eyebrows, dazzling brilliance and a marked figure, it is: a handsome young man with black hair and a pink face, who appears in front of people day and night. It is undeniable that the black mole on his cheek and the autumn peony have a sunspot. When the king saw the young man, he was overjoyed and greeted him.
The young man sat upright, dressed in an Egyptian robe embroidered with gold thread and a crown of pearls, but his brow was full of sorrow. He politely returned the salute to the king, and then said, "Forgive me because I am disabled and cannot get up to meet you." ”
"You're welcome, young man, now I'm your guest. I have come to you for an important matter. Can you tell me the origin of the lake, the four-colored fish, and this palace? I wonder why you live here alone, why are you so miserable?"
When the young man heard the king's words, tears flowed down his eyes, and he could not help but groan sadly: "O man of heavy dreams, how many people have fallen and how many have risen up when the lord of the times has caused him to fall. Entrust everything to the master of humanity, and leave aside hatred, without going back: 'What has disappeared, why has it evolved like this?' Because ah, fate is the root of everything. When he heard this, the king was strange and asked, "Young man, why are you weeping with sorrow?"
"How can I not be sad because of what happened to me!" He lifted his robe and showed the king his lower body. It turned out that from waist to foot, half of the young man's body had turned into stone, but the upper body was still conscious.
When the king saw this, he could not help but feel sorrow, and sighed for a long time: "Young man, you have added new sorrow to my old wounds. I originally came here to inquire about the four-colored fish, but now I need to know you more than the fish. There is no choice but to hope for the help of Allah, the God Almighty. Young people, please tell me what happened to you. ”
"I'll tell you. ”
"I'm listening, you say. ”
"I myself had a bizarre and strange experience with the four-colored fish, and if I recorded it, it would be a good admonition for future generations. ”
"What's going on?"
What happened to the enchanted youth. Sir, you must know that my father was the king of this country called the Black Isle, called Hammoud. Black Island is surrounded by mountains. After my father's death after his death for 70 years, I succeeded to the throne and married my uncle's daughter. We fell in love with each other, and she loved me so much that she didn't think about eating or drinking without seeing me. This life lasted for five years. One day, she went to the bathhouse to bathe, and I told the cook to hurry up and prepare dinner so that she could enjoy it when she returned. At that time, I was in this palace to report that two palace maids were sitting at the head of the bed and the end of the bed. With my wife not around, I felt restless and lay in bed, tossing and turning, just closing my eyes and recuperating. The two maids thought I was asleep, so they started talking. I heard the maid sitting at the bedside say, "Mais, our master is very pitiful! ”
"Yes, may Allah punish this wicked woman!" The palace maid sitting at the end of the bed said, "How could our master marry such a woman as a wife when he is so young?"
"The master was so mediocre that he didn't care about her. ”
"Damn you! If the master knew about her, could she not ask? She was messing around behind her master's back. The owner drinks every day before going to bed, she puts the anesthetic in the wine, and the master will pass out when she drinks it, of course I don't know where she went, what she did, and I don't know where she came back from. She was well-dressed, dressed up, and slipped out, and did not return until early in the morning, and then she lit incense and smoked it in front of her master's nose, and the master would come to his senses. ”
Hearing the palace maid's conversation, I was anxious and angry, and my face turned black.
In the evening, my wife came back from bathing in the bathhouse, and we set out our meals and ate and drank together. After the meal, we sat and chatted for a while. It was late, and I packed up and got ready for bed. My wife, as usual, commanded her servant to bring me wine, and gave it to me with her own hands. I took the wine, poured it out secretly, and then pretended to be unconscious, and fell on the bed, pulling the quilt over it, as if I had fallen asleep. Then I heard my wife say to herself, "Sleep and never get up again." I hate you, especially your image. I am tired of you, and I don't know how long I have to endure before Allah comes and takes away your soul and makes you die. ”
After she finished speaking, she calmly changed into a gorgeous dress, put on grease and powder, and dressed up, and then, she took my sword, opened the door, and went out.
I immediately jumped out of bed and followed my wife out of the house. I saw her go out of the palace gate, through the streets and alleys, and when she came to the city gate, she muttered something in her mouth, and the iron lock immediately fell off by itself, and the city gate opened. She slipped out of the city, and I followed her quietly, chasing her all the way, until I came to a group of mounds. In the middle of the mound stands a fortress with a brick domed house. I followed up and climbed up the dome to spy on her. It turned out that she had come to live as a black slave in the house. The black slave's lips formed a line, protruding outward, and he was dressed in filthy clothes and lying leaning on a pile of sugar cane leaves.
My wife knelt in front of the black slave and kissed the ground, and the black slave raised her head and scolded, "You damn fellow, why are you delaying for so long?"
"Oh my lord, you don't know, I was married to my cousin, but I hate him, and I don't want to live with him. If I hadn't thought about your safety, I would have destroyed his city before sunrise, and I would have called owls and crows around, sent wolves in packs, and moved all the stones in the city to the Gofu Mountains. ”
"Damn it, do you dare to lie and deceive me? In the name of the black heroes, we blacks are so much more proud than you whites. From now on, you will have to delay and procrastinate, and I swear to cut ties with you, you filthy, slutty, contemptible fellow, who is playing with me at will. ”
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