Chapter 20 The Prodigal Son's Gold and Silver Cutting Axe Daoist Ice and Snow Soul Incense

said that the little gold and the little silver desperately hugged Xu Liang. Wu Erben, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, sat close to the door, opened the curtain and peeked out. I saw that Tao San had already walked to the middle of the hall, drunk with a drunken face, and threw the curtain of the small gold on it up, five or six feet high, and strode in. The guest who came first in the little gold house covered his face with his sleeve, snorted, and ran out. Zhang Da heeled in. Tao San asked, "What about the two kings and eight lambs?" Zhang Dajiao said: "Third master, please sit, come, come." Zhang Dajia hurriedly ran over and said, "Don't be silent, you two. This Tao Sanye is the head of Licheng County, and he is very popular in this county, and he is the only one who says nothing in front of the official, and no one can afford to provoke him. Don't blame the two of you, just tell the two sisters to hurry over. Xu Liang said: "Our Lao Tzu is not afraid of him!" How dare he? ”

Saying that, the little gold and the little silver have already passed, Wu Er heard it, and he sweated in his heart, and he borrowed it in his hand, how is it good! I only heard Tao San laughing in the room over there, and said, "Little gold, the master will reward you with a hundred silver!" Little silver, the lord will also reward you with a hundred silver! Listen to the two of them say: "Thank you for the reward of the third master." I heard Tao San say: "No thanks, these are all my grandsons who have honored me tonight, and they have paid more than 3,000 silver in total." My second grandson Wu still has a note in his grandfather's hand, and the middle guard made by the eldest grandson will not be returned tomorrow or night, see if grandpa wants their lives! ”

This Xu Da said to Wu Er: "This thing is really hateful!" However, I heard that his martial arts skills are very high, and he can develop fifty or sixty people under his hands, can we swallow this sullen breath? Wu Er said: "Qi is still a trivial matter, how is Ming'er's thousand silver notes good?" Xu Da said: "Although I have silver at home, if I only send someone to it, it will take at least three days, 'far water can't save the near fire'!" ”

I heard Tao San shout again: "Today, both of your sisters and sons are serving the third master, and you are not allowed to go to other people's houses!" Move, tell you to go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife! Xiao Jinzi said: "Don't hide it from the third master, we both have guests today." I only heard Tao Sanye slap the table, the tea bowl fell, and the price of "enamel" sounded, saying: "Fart!" The people of the third master, who dares to live? Ask him if he has a head? Who dares to hit flies on the tiger's head, the third master has the silver of the filial piety of his grandchildren! Prepare to kill one or two, spend a few thousand silver, and you're done! Let you go, you go and ask those two grandsons if they dare to come! ”

Xiao Jinzi hurriedly ran over and showed Xu Da the silver ticket, which was the silver ticket that Xu Da lost, and he felt even more embarrassed when he looked at it. Xiao Yinzi also came over and said in a low voice: "Uncle, second master!" You two have so much to give our sisters and sons two hundred pieces of silver, and we have grown so old that we have not seen a whole hundred pieces of silver. The two of you have no silver, let us earn two hundred silver, and invite you two to buy food and drink tomorrow. Xu was anxious and said, "Get out of yours!" Xiao Jinzi said: "Uncle, don't be angry! How aggrieved you are. You two will stay on my kang for a night; Tomorrow he leaves, and my uncle will come to my house to catch the bed. My sister is here to accompany the second master, okay? Xu Dalian said: "Get out!" ! Xiao Jinzi walked out of the room, and muttered: "Without the silver, you are still an uncle!" Shameless! ”

Xu Qi's face turned white, sat in a daze, rested for a moment, pulled Wu Er and said, "Brother, I have something to discuss with you." We are all from Qihe County, and we can't stand being angry with them when we go to this province! I don't want to live anymore! You think, your 1,000 silver can't come out, Ming'er was dragged to the yamen by him, and the official can't see it, and the lynching will end your life. Why don't we go out and find two knives to come in and chop him off, it's just a death!" Do you like it? ”

Wu Er was groaning, only to hear Fang Taosan shouting: "Wu Er, that kid is a murderer who committed a crime in Qihe County and escaped!" Grandpa Ming'er sent him to Qihe County to see if he survived! Xu Da that kid is an accomplice, who doesn't know? The murderer who escaped all the way with two people! Xu Da stood up and was about to leave. Wu Er's prodigal son pulled and said: "I have a way, but you have to swear to the sky," I can tell you. Xu Dadao: "Look! How sour you are! If you have a good idea, we will kill him, and I will come up with the idea. If I commit a crime, I am a culprit and you are still an accomplice, can I still limit you to get by? ”

Wu Er thought about it, the way is good, and tomorrow a thousand silver must be in trouble, there is only one way, so he said: "My brother! I have a potion that I give to people to eat, and my face is not bruised, and I can't detect poison with your gods! Xu Liang was surprised: "I don't believe it!" Is there really such a good thing? Wu Er said: "Who still lied to you!" Xu Liang said: "Where to buy?" I'll buy it! Wu Er said: "There is nowhere to buy!" I got it from a mountain family in the valley of Mount Tai in July this year. It's just that I'll give it to you, don't bother me! Xu Liang said: "This is easy. Then he took a piece of paper and wrote: "Xu and Tao vomited and killed Tao, knowing that Wu had a good potion, and people would be killed immediately after eating it, and repeatedly begged Wu to give some, and Wu had no interference in this case." After writing it, he handed it to Wu Er and said, "If the case is closed, you have this credential, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

Wu Er saw it and felt that it was very appropriate. Xu Liang said, "Without further ado, where is your potion?" I will take it with you. Wu Er said;" It's in my pillow box, and it's here with him. So he went to the kang and took out a small leather suitcase, unlocked it, and took out a magnetic bottle, which was sealed with wax.

Xu Liang asked, "How did you get it in Mount Tai?" Wu Er said: "In July, I came back from the mountain on the west road of Diantai, and came back from the east road, which was full of trails. One night, I stayed in a small shop, and saw that there was a dead man on his kang, and he covered it with a quilt. I asked them, 'How do you put a dead man on a kang?' The old woman said, 'It's not a dead man, it's my house.' The day before yesterday, he saw a kind of grass on the mountain, which was so fragrant that he picked a handful and made a bowl of water to drink. Who knew that when we drank it, it would be as if we were dead, and we would naturally cry a lot. Deserve to be saved, there is a Taoist living in the stone cave in this inner mountain, called Qinglongzi, he was walking by here that day, saw us crying, he came to see, and said: "Why did you die of illness?" "I'll show him the grass. He took it, smiled, and said, "This is not a poison, it is called 'Thousand Days of Drunkenness,' and it can be saved." I'll go find some relief herbs for you. You can take care of your body, don't call it bad. I'll send the medicine in another forty-nine days, and I'll be cured. "It's been more than twenty days now. I asked him, "Is there any grass left?" So he gave me a handful, and I brought it back, boiled it into water, and put it in a jar for the stubborn one. It's time for today! ”

Xu Liang said: "Is this water spirit ineffective? If the medicine doesn't kill him, we'll be ruined." Have you tried it? Wu Er said: "100 shots." I've ......" and stopped. Xu Liang asked, "How are you?" Have you tried it? Wu Er said: "It's not that I've tried, I've seen that the person who was drugged looks like dead; If Qinglongzi hadn't rescued him, he would have been buried long ago. ”

The two were talking happily, when they saw the curtain of the door opened, and a person came in, grabbed Xu Liang with one hand, and grabbed Wu Er with the other, and said, "Okay!" Good! Do you seek to kill for money? "At first glance, it was Tao San. Xu Liang held the potion bottle tightly, and struggled to escape, how could Tao San be as strong as an ox, and he struggled there. Wu Er's wine-colored disciple, not to mention. I saw Tao Sanwo pursed his lips and made two whistles, and two or three big men came in outside, tying Xu and Wu with ropes. Tao San escorted him to the Yamen of Licheng County.

Tao San went in and informed the manuscript on the door, and the word came out, it was late tonight, and he would take care of it for the time being, and he would be carved into the hall tomorrow and taken to the official hotel, but fortunately, Xu Da still had a few taels of silver around him, and he took it out to beat the officials, but he did not suffer hardship.

Tomorrow morning, the court will ask the case in the flower hall, and he is a member of the issuance review committee. He sent them to take them to the church. The commissioner first asked the plaintiff. Tao San confessed: "The villain stayed at the prostitute Zhang's house last night, and because he brought a few hundred extra silver, he was seen by Xu Da and Wu Er, and they wanted to make money, and the two discussed to kill the villain. When the villain heard it outside the window, Xiao Gong went in to catch it, twisted his head to the hall, and begged the master to deal with it. ”

The committee member asked Xu Da and Wu Er: "Why do you two seek money and kill people?" Xu Da offered: "The little Xu Liang is from Qihe County." Tao San bullied the two of us, but he couldn't be angry, so Shang Tong harmed his life, Wu Er said, he has a good medicine, he has tried it, and it is very effective. The villains were discussing and were caught by Tao San. Wu Erfu: "Prison student Wu Xinggan, a native of Qihe County." Xu Da was bullied by Tao San, and he really had nothing to do with the prisoners. Xu Da was determined to kill Tao San, and the prisoner was afraid that something would happen, so he was told that there was a kind of potion, called 'Thousand Days Drunk', which was easy to get drunk and did not harm his life. It's really a big idea, and there is a written evidence here. He took it out of his bosom.

The committee member asked Xu Da: "What did you say yesterday when you discussed?" Tell me the truth, and the county can exonerate you. Xu Daben said last night's words word for word. The commissioner said: "In this way, you are not angry, and it cannot be considered murder." Xu Da kowtowed and said, "The old man sees it clearly!" Mercy! ”

The committee member also asked Wu Er: "Are the sections mentioned by Xu Da realistic?" Wu Er said: "One word is also good." The committee member said: "You are not guilty of this matter. The scribe recorded the full offering, and asked Xu Da, "Where is the bottle of potion?" Xu Da took it out of his arms and presented it. The committee member opened the wax seal and smelled it, the fragrance was the same as the blue musk deer, with a slight smell of alcohol, and said with a big laugh: "This poison is willing to be eaten by anyone!" Then he gave it to the scribe and said, "This potion has been collected." The two people and the whole case were handed over to Qihe County. With only the word "respectively", Xu Daben and Wu Er split it in two places.

That night, Xu Liang took the potion to see the old remnant, and the old remnant poured out to see, the color was like a peach blossom, and the taste and aroma were strong; Tried it with the tip of his tongue, it was a little sweet, and sighed: "How can this poison not make people drunk for a long time!" The potion was still poured into the bottle with a glass funnel and handed it to Xu Liang: "The murder weapon has all the evidence, but I am not afraid that he will not admit it." But according to what he said, it seems that these thirteen people are not dead, but still have a way of resurrection. The green dragon, as I know, is a hermit; But its whereabouts are uncertain and it is not easy to find. You take Wang Er back to Zhigui first, although this case has been approved, it cannot be detailed. I'll visit Qinglongzi tomorrow, if I find this duke, wouldn't it be better if I could save thirteen people? Xu Liang promised "yes" again and again.

The next day, Licheng County sent Wu Er's prodigal son to Qihe County. Xu Liang and Wang Er testified, and they were naturally convinced. For the time being, he will be imprisoned, and he will not be tortured, and he will listen to the news of the old and disabled.

But he said that the old cripple hired a donkey the next day, carried a quilt, had breakfast, and went to Taishan East Road. Suddenly I thought that there was a life class stall next to Shunjing, the signboard was called "An Poor Son Knows His Fate", this person has a bit of a background, it is better to ask him first, fortunately, the only way out of the south gate. Thinking all the way, he had already arrived at the door of the poor man, led the donkey, and sat down on the bench.

After a few gossips with each other, the old man asked: "I heard that Mr. has been in contact with Qinglongzi for a long time, do you know where he has been traveling recently?" An Poor Man said, "Oh! Do you want to see him? What kind of pavilion is there? The old man told the poor son about the above things. An Poor Man said. "What a coincidence! He sat with me for a long time yesterday, saying that he would go back to the mountain early this morning, and that he would not be able to travel more than ten miles out of the south gate at this moment. The old cripple said, "This is really unfortunate! It's just that what mountain does he go back to? An Poor Man said: "Lishan Xuanzhu Cave." He lived in Lingyan Mountain last year; Because there have been more and more pilgrims recently, they often come to his tent, so he got bored and moved to the Xuanzhu Cave in the mountains. The old remnant asked: "Xuanzhu Cave is dozens of miles away from here?" An Poor Man said: "I haven't been there either, I heard him say, it's about fifty miles away." This goes all the way to the south, through the Huangyazuizi, to the west to Baixuewu, and then to the south, to the Xuanzhu Cave. ”

The old remnant said, "Understand, thank you", stepped on the donkey, went out of the south gate, lived in the east from the foot of the Thousand Buddha Mountain, turned the hillside, and went south. After traveling more than 20 miles, there is a village, bought some cakes to eat, inquired about the path of the Xuanzhu Cave, the old dealer said: "The past is not far away, next to the avenue is Huangyazui." After the Huangyazui to the west nine miles of the road is Baixuewu, and then eighteen miles south is the Xuanzhu Cave. It's just that this road is very difficult to walk, "I can walk, all the way to a smooth road; If you can't go, you'll be gone! There are seven big and eight small stones, and there are endless thorns, which you can't walk in a lifetime! I don't know how many people have lost their lives! The old man smiled and said: "Isn't it more difficult than Tang Seng learning scriptures?" The dealer said: "It's about the same!" ”

The old man thought that people had good intentions, and he should not be dismissed, so he said respectfully: "Old gentleman, forgive me for my miswords." I also ask the gentleman: how to walk is easy, how to walk is difficult, so as to give instructions. The old dealer said: "The road in this mountain is like a nine-curved bead, one step and two curves." If you keep going, you will go into a bush. But you are not allowed to deliberately take a tortuous road, and if you deliberately curve, you will fall into a deep trap and never get out. I'll tell you a trick: you gentleman is quite modest, and I tell you that the road ahead of you is born from the way of the past; You take two steps and look back, and you can't be wrong. ”

When the old cripple heard this, he congratulated him again and again, and said, "I would like to receive instructions." At that time, I said goodbye to the old dealer, and went to go as I said, and sure enough, I soon arrived at the entrance of the Xuanzhu Cave. I saw an old man with a long beard over his abdomen. stepped forward and gave a salute, and said, "Isn't the Taoist chief a Qinglongzi?" The old man hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Where is the gentleman from?" So far? The old cripple told the story of a case in Qidong Village. Qinglongzi pondered for a while and said, "It's also fate." Sit down and speak slowly. ”

It turned out that there were no tables, chairs, and furniture in this cave, but all large and small stones. Qinglongzi and the old remnant sat down, and Qinglongzi said: "This 'thousand days drunk' is very powerful, if you eat less, you will be drunk for a thousand days before you wake up, and if you eat more, you will not live." There is only one medicine that can be solved, called 'Soul Rejuvenation Incense', which comes out of the ancient ice and snow of Huashan Mountain in Xiyue, and is also formed by the grass and tree elites. If you use this incense to slowly simmer the fire, no matter how drunk you are, you will be able to resurrect. A few months ago, I was drunk to death because of a person in Taishan Pass, I personally went to Huashan to find an old man, and asked for some, fortunately, there are still some children here. It's about perfunctory enough. So he took out a large gourd from the stone wall, which contained many miscellaneous items, and a small bottle, less than an inch high. Hand it to the old cripple.

The old remnant poured out to see, a bit like frankincense, the color was dark; I sniffed it, and it was like a stinky branch. The old cripple asked, "Why is it not so good in color and taste?" Qinglongzi said: "Life-saving objects, there are good things to look and smell like!" The old cripple respectfully comprehended, I am afraid that there will be a mistake, and I asked how to use it, Qinglongzi said: "Shut the patient in a room, and the doors and windows must not be exposed to a little wind." Burn this incense, and divide the good and evil of the human body: if the quality is good, a little will live; If the quality is evil, it has to be boiled slowly, and it will be alive for a long time. ”

The old man thanked him and went back the way he came. Walking to the small restaurant to eat, it was already dark, and I stayed overnight, and returned to the province in the early morning, but it was still not yet the time when the card was ready. Then the upper court informed Zhuang Gongbao of the details of the situation, and explained that he would go to Qidong Village with his family. The palace guard said, "What's the use of the treasure family? The old cripple said: "This incense cures men, and women must be burned; To treat a woman, a man must be burned: so you can't do it unless you take a concubine. The palace guard said, "In this case, it is up to you." But I hope to go early and return early, and soon it will be sealed, and the brothers will be a little more free on business, so they can receive more teachings. ”

The old remnant promised "yes", rewarded the Huang family with a few taels of silver, and took Huancui to Qihe County first, still living in the store outside Nanguan, but he was very happy when he went to the county to meet Zijin. Zi Jin also informed: "Wu Er's prodigal son has accepted all the circumstances. The 1,000 silver that Xu Liang brought with him was also handed over. Received Bai Taizun's letter and asked to return it to Wei Qian. Wei Qian refused to accept it when he died, and listened to his own donation to the charity hall. ”

The old cripple said: "The three hundred silver that Tuo Xu Liang brought the day before yesterday, have you received it?" Zi Jin said: "How can I receive it, I have already made a fortune!" When the palace guard heard of this, he sent three hundred taels of silver, and I have already received it; Two days later, Huang Renrui sent another three hundred taels on behalf of Your Excellency; Later, when Xu Liang came, Your Excellency sent another three hundred taels, and got three of them, wouldn't he be rich? A copy of the palace guard cannot be returned, and Renrui and Your Excellency's should be paid. The old man pondered for a while and said, "I think Renrui also has a match, named Cuihua, who is from the same concubine's family." He has a good conscience, and he is also quite lonely among the people, so it is better for the old brother to do two things without stopping, and he will swing an axe for these two people. Zijin clapped his hands and applauded, saying, "I'm going to go to Qidong Village with my brother tomorrow, but what?" He thought about it and said, "There it is!" "Immediately call a messenger to inform him of the matter, and tell him to do it tomorrow."

The next day, the prince sat in a sedan chair with the old man and came to Qidong Village. The landlord has already prepared the mansion with the first event. I had lunch at the mansion and visited the tomb of the Jia family, and there was a small session not far away. The old cripple chose two small houses in the temple and ordered people to paste them overnight to prevent them from being ventilated. In the early morning of the next day, the twelve coffins were all in the temple, first opened a coffin of a long worker, and sure enough, the body was not damaged, and then rest assured, the thirteen corpses were all taken out, placed in these two rooms, and burned the "soul incense", less than two hours, there was already a little sound. The old cripple dispatched, first with warm soup, then with gruel, and slowly waited for them to pass seven days, and sent them home.

The prince had returned to the city three days earlier. After the old disabled man finished all his things, he wanted to return to the city, at this time Wei Qian knew that it was the old disabled man who wrote to the palace guard the day before yesterday, so Wei and Jia came to kowtow and struggled to stay. The two families each gave three thousand pieces of silver, and the old man did not accept it at all. The two families had no choice, so they had to listen to the play, and sent someone to the provincial capital to call a big opera troupe, and the well beckoned the cook of the North Pillar Building to come, preparing to leave the old and disabled for the New Year.

In the middle of the night the next day, the old remnant slipped back to Qihe County. When I arrived in the city, it was not light, and it was inconvenient to go to the county office, so I went to the store where I lived to see Huancui. Pushing the door open, I saw Xu Ming's wife sleeping outside and not waking up. Pushing open the door again, looking at the kang, I saw that the quilt was wide, and there were two heads on the pillow, and I was taken aback when I was sleeping thickly. If you look closely, it turns out to be a green flower. It was inconvenient to be alarmed, so he withdrew from the door and woke up Xu Ming's wife. But he had nowhere to stay, so he ran to the yard and wandered. Seeing that in the west room, the family was carrying luggage and loading the car, and it was a guest from afar, who was about to leave, so he stood and watched.

I saw a man come out and pay for his family to speak. When the old cripple saw it, he shouted: "Brother Dehui! Where do you come from? The man looked at it and said, "Isn't it an old cripple, how is this here?" The old man recounted the above twenty books, and asked, "Where is Brother Hui going?" Dehuisheng said: "I am afraid that there will be a military incident in the Northeast next year, and I will send my family back to Yangzhou." The old cripple said, "Please stay for a day, what's the matter?" Hui Sheng promised. At this time, Ercui had already gotten up to wash his face, and the two families met first.

It has been engraved, the old remnant went to the county office, learned about the case of the Wei family, and the palace security approved Wu Er's prodigal son to be imprisoned for three years. Cuihua shared 420 taels of silver, Zijin returned 300 silver, and the old remnant received 180 taels, saying, "I will send someone to send Cuihua into the province today." Zi Jin wrote a letter detailing the situation.

The old disabled man returned to the apartment, sent Xu Ming and his wife to send Cuihua into the province, and the night nursery hired a long car, and brought Huancui's brother, the old disabled man took Huancui and his brother to drive with De Huisheng and his wife Tianming, and went to Jiangnan together.

But it was said that Xu Ming and his wife sent Cuihua to Huang Renrui's house, and Renrui was overjoyed, and opened the old man's letter to take a look, and wrote:

May there be lovers in the world who have become dependents;

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