After the meal and the shower, the five of us hugged together and sang our own songs.

"The vast land turned out of the red dust and white waves, worked hard to become a bad King Kong, borrowed a little bit of skill and kept fighting, just to be a good man. The yellow sand and clear water of the vast land are rippling, silently sweating, laughing and drinking the wind and frost, borrowing a little bit of effort to constantly improve themselves, just to be a good man. Maybe you and I can't be arhats, maybe you and I are just ordinary men, but I have to be good at everything. The vast land turned out of the red dust and white waves, worked hard to become a bad King Kong, borrowed a little bit of skill and kept fighting, just to be a good man. I want the world to know my strength, I want the world to feel my strength, and I want to be a good man with a little faith in eternal hope. Maybe you and I can't be big heroes, maybe you and I are just ordinary children, but I have a point of strength, maybe you and I can't be an arhat, maybe you and I are just ordinary men, but I have to be good at everything, in order to be a good man for myself, I just want to be a good man myself. ”

After singing, they went to open two rooms, and it was good for the brothers to sleep together.

I was in the same room with Li Huhu, and when I was sleeping with my eyes closed, Li Huhu woke up and said to me: "Yangsheng, don't sleep, I also dreamed a few days ago." Since you have a dream, you can still interpret the dream, or you can also interpret the dream for me. ”

It was rare for Li Huhu to have such thoughts, so I asked him: "What dream did you have?" ”

He said: "I only remember that I was a petty official, and later, I spent money to give gifts to my superiors and donated them to a big official." However, my official luck is not good, everyone is prosperous, but I am quite unlucky. When I was a junior official, my teeth fell off, and when a senior official was killed on the way to my post, I felt that I was not a human, I was a wolf, because after I was killed in a dream, several wolves appeared and took me away. ”

After listening to him, I understood and said: "You are also a chapter in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", called "Dream Wolf", have you heard of it?" Or, have you read this verse? ”

Li Huhu shook his head and said, "I don't know, I haven't read it, you know that I am not a reading material at all." Let me read, you might as well kill me, you tell me about it. Or else, you fall asleep. ”

I nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go to sleep." ”

According to my memory of the Book of the Five Elements, I began to perform the method of entering dreams. I first let Li Huhu lie down, although there is a clear record in the "Five Elements Law Book", but this is listed as a forbidden technique by the master. He said that although the method of dreaming is not very dangerous, it is very likely that people who are not very skilled will lose themselves in dreams and fall into it, after all, dreams are false to dreamers. However, for the dreamer, it is real, but now I am not what I used to be, and I can interpret dreams, after all, I myself found the image of the future from a dream, and I think Li Huhu can too.

So, according to my memory, I lit a stick of Daigo incense in the middle of the child hour to increase our sleep. At the same time, I bowed to the south three times, lost a yellow talisman to Li Huhu, wrapped three turns of chicken blood line around his fingers, and connected the other end to my right big toe, and lay back on the bed.

After a moment of hard work, my soul was out of my body, and I entered Li Huhu's brain along the chicken blood rope, and after a while, I entered his previous dream.

Standing in God's perspective, I came to a very ancient place, but looking at the situation, it is quite prosperous, and I looked at the words on the stone tablet - Baoding. That's right, Li Huhu entered the story of "Dream Wolf", because the Bai family is a big family in Baoding, Hebei, but I didn't expect Li Huhu to become an insatiable white armor here.

Old man Bai is a native of Baoding, Hebei. His eldest son Bai Jia, who is now Li Huhu, is a petty official in Jiangnan, and he has not brought news to his family for two years now.

It just so happened that today, Old Man Bai had a distant relative surnamed Ding who came to visit the Bai family, and Old Man Bai naturally held a banquet to entertain him very politely.

"Nephew Ding Xian, you haven't come to see me for a while, why are you thinking about coming today."

The middle-aged man surnamed Ding said in a solemn tone: "Uncle, I should have come to see you a long time ago, but I got another errand, and I used the time at night, so I always felt that I couldn't sleep enough and was easy to sleep." ”

"What kind of errand did the virtuous nephew make, can you tell the old man."

The middle-aged man surnamed Ding whispered: "I don't have real money paid for this errand, because I usually go to the underworld to work on errands. It's just a few people who are dying for the ghosts below, or I'll tell my uncle. ”

"Of course it couldn't be better!"

During the conversation, the old man Bai asked the interesting things that happened in the underworld surnamed Ding, and Ding replied with some illusory words, saying that there are ghosts who do not obey and love to make trouble, and then saying that people who are dying always have a dead appearance. When the old man Bai heard this, he didn't think it was true, but just smiled slightly.

A few days after saying goodbye, the old man Bai just lay down, and saw that the relative surnamed Ding came again, and said hello to the old man Bai: "Uncle, I know that you didn't believe me last time I came to your house and told you about my errand in the underworld, no, I took out the spirit body this time to take you to travel below, what do you think?" ”

I figured it out, it turns out that people have been yin errand since ancient times, and my master has also been a yin errand for 30 years! This surnamed Ding dared to invite the old man Bai to travel to the underworld, the surname Ding is really stubborn enough, the old white head doesn't believe it, why are you more serious?

The old man went with him and entered a city gate.

After walking for a while, Ding pointed to a gate and said, "This is your nephew's official office." ”

At that time, the son of Old Man Bai's sister was the county magistrate of Shanxi. The old man Bai asked the surnamed Ding in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

Ding said, "If you don't believe it, go in and find out." ”

When the old man entered the gate, he saw his nephew sitting in the lobby, wearing a hat decorated with cicada patterns, wearing an official uniform embroidered with a pattern of a pig, and the halberd and the flag were lined up on both sides, but no one reported to him.

Ding pulled him out and said, "How is it, I have seen my nephew's county office, what do you think?" Is there majesty, is it very magnificent? By the way, your eldest son's office is not far from here, would you like to go and see it? ”

Old man Bai agreed: "Okay, it just so happens that Jia'er hasn't sent a letter back home for two years, so I'll go with you to take a look." ”

After walking for a while, he came to the head of an official mansion, and it seemed that he had arrived, and Ding said, "Go in." ”

The old man looked inside, and there was a huge wolf blocking the road, and he was very afraid and did not dare to go in.

Old man Bai asked Ding: "Virtuous nephew, are you mistaken, this is the yamen, you see such a big wolf, it is clearly a wolf's den!" How could Bai Jia be an official here? ”

Ding said: "That's right, it's here, let's go, let's go in." ”

The old man entered another door, and saw that above the lobby and under the lobby, those who were sitting and lying were all wolves. Looking at the high platform in front of the hall, the white bones were piled up, and I was even more afraid.

The old man said, "Virtuous nephew, are you sure you are not mistaken? There are so many wolves, how dare I go in. ”

"Don't be afraid, I'm covering you, these wolves don't dare to approach."

After speaking, Ding covered the old man Bai with his body and walked in.

At this time, Bai Jia, the son of the old man Bai, who is also Li Huhu, happened to come out of it and was very happy to see his father and younger brother surnamed Ding coming.

"Dad, Brother Ding, why don't you say anything when you come. Then I will be ready, come, go into the room and sit down, and I will tell my servants to prepare some food. ”

After inviting them into the house and sitting down for a while, he asked the attendants to prepare the meal.

Suddenly, a wolf ran in with a dead man in its mouth, and the old man Bai trembled with fright, and said, "What is this for?" ”

Bai Jia, who is Li Huhu, said: "For the time being, I will act as a cook and cook a few dishes." It's all right,"

Old man Bai hurriedly stopped him, and said, "Jia'er, why are you so confused, how can people cannibalize each other and mess around, I don't eat human flesh." ”

After speaking, the old man Bai's heart became more and more panicked, and he wanted to say goodbye and go back, but a group of wolves blocked the way and threatened: "Since you have entered our wolf's den, if you don't eat people, you won't stand on our team, and you won't be of the same kind, then you have to die here." ”

When the old man Bai was in a dilemma, he suddenly saw a group of wolves howling and scattering to escape, some ran to the bottom of the bed, and some lay on the table, the old man Bai was very surprised, and he didn't understand what the reason was.

After a while, two warriors in golden armor broke in and took out black ropes to tie Li Huhu up. Li Huhu fell to the ground and turned into a tiger with sharp teeth, Li Huhu is really a human being, as his name suggests, he was actually a tiger in his previous life.

A warrior drew his sword and tried to cut off the tiger's head; Another warrior said: "Don't cut, don't cut, give this corrupt official another chance, ask for his life, this is a matter in April next year, it is better to knock out its teeth for the time being, give him a warning first, and then bend the law for bribes, that is, the gods will not be able to save it." ”

So he took out a sledgehammer and struck the tiger's teeth, and the teeth fell to the ground in pieces. The tiger roared in pain, and the sound shook the mountains. The old man Bai was terrified, and suddenly woke up in fright, only to know that it was a dream.

Old man Bai always felt that this dream was very strange in his heart, and thought that this was a hint given to him by his nephew surnamed Ding.

So, he immediately sent someone to invite Ding, but Ding couldn't excuse himself, but just brought back a sentence, saying that he had leaked the secret of heaven and broken the rules of the earth, and he was no longer the underworld.

Old man Bai wrote down his dream and asked his youngest son to visit Li Huhu, and the words of admonishment to Li Huhu in the letter were very sad and sad, because I saw the content of his letter. is really a knowing son, Mo Ruo's father, Li Huhu has such a good father, he should be reined in from the precipice.

When the youngest son arrived with the old father's letter, he hurriedly felt the government office where Li Huhu was an official, and saw that Li Huhu's front teeth had really fallen off.

Horrified, he asked Li Huhu: "Big brother, your teeth are good, why are they gone?" ”

Li Huhu said: "It was because I was drunk a few days ago and fell off my horse. ”

This sentence made her younger brother stunned, so she decided to take a closer look at the time: "Big brother, what's going on with you?" What day did the tooth fall out? ”

"Three days ago!"

These words completely stunned the younger brother, because three days ago, it was the day when the old man Bai dreamed, and he was even more shocked.

He took out the letter that his father had written to Li Huhu, and after reading the letter from the old man Bai, Li Huhu's face turned pale, and he pondered for a while and said, "This is an illusory dream, an accidental coincidence, what is there to make a fuss about." Let me tell you, I have been appreciated by my superiors, and I want to go to a higher place. ”

At that time, Li Huhu was bribing the officials in power to get the opportunity to be recommended first, so he didn't care about this strange dream.

The younger brother lived in Li Huhu's official mansion for a few days, and saw that the hall was full of evil officials, and the bribes of people who went through the back door continued until late at night. The younger brother admonished with tears: "Big brother, don't do this again, my father specially instructed me not to let you be corrupt and pervert the law, why don't you listen to persuasion, at the beginning, you studied hard for ten years, became a jinshi, and became a parent official!" But I forgot the original intention of the reader, you are very dangerous like this. Dad is afraid that you will be beheaded in April next year. ”

Li Huhu still said disapprerovingly: "Brother, you have lived in a mud-walled thatched hut in the countryside since you were a child, so you don't know the tricks of officialdom." The power to promote and demote officials is in the hands of the superiors, not in the hands of the common people. If your boss likes you, you are a good official; You love the people, what is the way to make your superiors like you? ”

Li Huhu in the previous life was not stupid, but unfortunately he used it in the wrong place, in fact, the officialdom at that time he said was not alluding to the current officialdom! It's really ironic, the exploitation and oppression between people seems to be unstoppable.

The younger brother knew that Li Huhu was incurable, and it was already incorrigible, so he returned home and told his father about Li Huhu's behavior. When the old man heard this, he cried bitterly.

There is no other way but to donate the wealth of his family to the poor and needy, and pray to the gods every day that God will recompense the rebellious son and not affect his wife and children.

The son can't help his father, Li Huhu is promising, but he offended the person who should not be offended, no wonder he is Tai Sui's fate! I understand, with such a background, how can his life not be hard, he was born with a master again, which is atoning for his sins! When Li Huhu was Baijia, he had killed too many people, if it weren't for the master, I was afraid that he would still do evil and kill.

In the second year, it was rumored that Li Huhu was recommended by the first to be an official in the Ministry of Officials, and the people who came to congratulate him crowded the courtyard of the Bai family. The people who congratulated him were very happy, and they stammered one after another, but the old man Bai sighed heavily and sighed heavily, lying on the bed and saying that he was sick and did not want to meet the guests.

Sure enough, Li Huhu suffered retribution. Soon, it was rumored that Li Huhu encountered robbers on the way home, and both his servants were killed.

The old man got up and said to the people, "The wrath of the ghosts and gods has only affected himself, and the kindness of bless my whole family cannot be said to be unkind." "Give thanks to the gods by burning incense. The people who came to comfort the old man said that it was hearsay and persuaded him not to believe it. But the old man Bai is believed to be undoubted, and the date is set to build a tomb for Bai Jia.

The people around him even thought that Old Man Bai was crazy, and his son was a big official and actually set up a grave for his son, which was very incomprehensible.

But Li Huhu did not die. It turned out that in April, Bai Jia left his post and was transferred to Kyoto, and before he left the prefecture, he encountered robbers.

Li Huhu gave up all the clothes he carried, but the leader of the robbers who robbed him said: "We have come here to avenge the grievances of the people of the whole county, and we are here for these things!" Bai Jia, you corrupt official, originally we were all law-abiding croppers, and we all blamed you for killing us and forcing us to be robbers, so I will ask for your dog's head. ”

Then he cut off Li Huhu's head.

asked Li Huhu's family again: "Which one is there named Si Dacheng?" ”

Si Dacheng is Li Huhu's henchman, specializing in helping him do bad things, and the first giant wolf I saw in Old Man Bai's dream was changed by him. The wolf-hearted person is him, and Si Dacheng should also be killed!

At this time, Li Huhu's family still dared to protect Si Dacheng, and they all picked up the receipts, pointed at the person named Si Dacheng, and the robbers also executed him.

The people who were in cahoots with Li Huhu and Si Dacheng, as well as the four greedy officials, were all Li Huhu's accomplices, and they were the minions of looting the people's money, and Li Huhu was ready to take them to the capital, because the dog's legs were used easily.

The robbers also found them out of the servants and killed them, and only then did they take Li Huhu's ill-gotten wealth with them, and galloped away on horseback.

Li Huhu's soul lay on the side of the road, walked out, looked at himself in a different place, and couldn't help but burst into tears. Seeing an official passing by, he asked, "Who is this man who was killed?" ”

The person who walked in front of him said, "It's Shirachi Prefecture of a certain prefecture." ”

The official said: "It turned out to be Bai Jia, I know his father, the deceased is the son of the old man Bai, he should not be asked to see such a tragic scene at this age, he should be connected to the head of the deceased again." ”

Immediately after saying this, one of the attendants attached the head of the white armor and said, "The head of such an evil man should not be justified, but let him put his chin on his shoulder." ”

Settle on and go. After some time, Li Huhu, who had been taken on his head, woke up.

Li Huhu's wife went to clean up his body, and when she saw that he still had a little breath, she drove him away in a car and slowly poured him some soup, which he could swallow. But living in a hotel, he was so poor that he didn't even pay for his journey.

After more than half a year, Old Man Bai learned the true news of his son, so he sent his younger son to pick him up. Although Li Huhu is alive, his two eyes can only see his back, and people don't treat him as a human being. The child of Old Man Bai's sister has a good reputation in politics, and this year he was assessed to enter Beijing to do imperial history. It was exactly what he saw in his dreams.

Li Huhu's white armor, the fish and flesh people, and the family have come to persuade him, but he still doesn't stop, and it is really difficult to change his greedy nature. There is hardly anyone who is not in a position and does not make mistakes. Bai Jia is alive like this, it is better to die.

Everything was understood and returned, and after my soul returned to its place, I also went to sleep.

When I woke up the next day, I told him.

Li Huhu was a little confused and asked me: "What does this story have to do with me?" Since you know how to interpret dreams, tell me about it! ”

"Actually, the story written by Master Pu Songling is very interesting, there is a saying, Pu Songling writes ghosts and foxes are superior, and he is greedy and cruel. What should you learn from the story of Baijia! Pu Songling's story is just an insinuation, and what the envoy said in the end is the key. ”

"What did the envoy say?"

The envoy said: "I lament in private, the world officials are as fierce as tigers, and officials are as evil as wolves, this situation is everywhere, even if the officials are not tigers, the officials are often wolves, not to mention that there are more fierce officials than tigers!" People suffer from not being able to see their backs; But when he woke up, he could see how profound and mysterious the exhortations of the demons were! ”

"You tiger, you were a corrupt and corrupt official in your previous life, and you are innocent of death, the reason why the master chose you is that he took a fancy to your Tai Sui Yin's life, and second, he wants to leave you to kill demons and redeem the sins of your previous life. At this time, we are destined to be brothers, you must seize the opportunity, why you have such a bad fate, all of them are the sins you created in your previous life. Why are you beheaded but not dead? It is also your Tai Sui Yin's destiny to protect you, since you are Bai Jia, your two eyes can only look at your back. It also reminds you that you have to sit up straight, you understand! Pu Songling is really clever, every story can allude to our different lives. Since you are Bai Jia in "Dream Wolf" and I am Ning Caichen in "Nie Xiaoqian", the other brothers may have similar pasts. ”

"By the way, I'll tell you another story. It's also about being an official, but this official is very incorruptible, but his servants are very bad, so to speak, all of them are hungry wolves. These evil officials are very good at fox and fake tiger power, you listen carefully. ”

There is a jinshi named Li Kuangjiu in Zouping, Shandong, who is quite honest and virtuous as an official. There was once a rich man who was sent to the government for investigation and punishment on some charges, and before the court opened, the doorman threatened him and said: "The official wants you to ask for two hundred taels of silver, so you must go back and deal with it quickly." Otherwise, the lawsuit will be lost! ”

The rich man was scared and promised to give half. The doorman shook his hand to indicate no.

The rich man begged the doorman bitterly, and the doorman said, "There is nothing I do not do my best to help, but I am afraid that the officials will not allow it." When the trial is held, you can see me intercede for you, see if the official is allowed to do so, and you can also understand that I mean nothing else. ”

After a while, Li Kuangjiu began to hear the case. Knowing that Li Kuangjiu had recently quit smoking, the officer deliberately approached him and asked him in a low voice if he wanted to smoke, but Li Kuangjiu shook his head and said that he would not smoke.

The servant went to the rich man and said, "I just told you that you gave a hundred taels of silver, and he shook his head and refused to agree, as you have seen with your own eyes!" ”

The rich man believed his nonsense and promised to give two hundred taels of silver. The errand officer knew that Li Kuangjiu liked to drink tea, so he approached and asked, "Let's make some tea?" Li Kuangjiu nodded.

Then the servant came to the rich man and said, "It is finished." The old man nodded in agreement, you saw it with your own eyes! ”

Later, the case was closed, and the rich man was acquitted. The officer received not only two hundred taels of silver, but also an additional thanks.

Alas, there are many officials who think they are honest and honest, and there are many people who scold them for being corrupt. This is to indulge the servants to do evil, like a wolf, and he is still confused and unconscious. There are many such foolish officials in the world, and this incident can be a mirror for those who are honest and honest in government.

There is also a county commander, Mr. Yang, who has a strong and upright temperament, and if he offends him when he is angry, he will definitely die. He especially hated the petty servants, and did not forgive the slightest mistake.

Often he sat in the hall, and none of those little officials dared to cough. These subordinates may occasionally say favors in front of others, and he will definitely use the punishment of the prisoner on his subordinates.

There happened to be a local who had committed a great crime and was afraid of being put to death. A servant demanded a heavy bribe from him and interceded for him. The local could not believe him, and said, "If I can do it, how can I be so stingy to repay you." And he made a covenant with him.

After a while, Mr. Yang interrogated the matter. The locals refused to plead guilty. The little official stood next to him and scolded him and said, "If you don't want to confess quickly, you will be killed when the adults torture you!"

Mr. Yang said angrily: "How do you know that I must torture him to death? I guess his bribe hasn't reached you yet!" So he rebuked the servant and released the local.

The locals gave a hundred gold to repay the servant. You must know that wolves are scheming, and if you relax a little bit of awareness, you will be used by it, and it is really not just a matter of letting his minions eat people in the countryside. These people have ruined our merits in the underworld, and even caused us to lose our lives. I don't know what kind of heart those officials have, but they want to use the common people to feed the brutal Mahu.

After the story was told, I said meaningfully to Li Huhu: "Third Senior Brother, you have official luck in your life, but you are not suitable to be an official. The reason why the master asked you to practice the fire method is to cultivate your temperament, and you must no longer be fascinated by interests, if you really have the opportunity to become an official. Remember, you must refuse, you still have the legacy of Baijia in your bones, and you can't be an official. ”

Li Huhu nodded and said, "Thank you, fourth junior brother, don't worry, since I was wrong in one life, I won't be wrong again in this life." ”