Chapter 221: King Han Tells a Story
Zhu Song was stunned after hearing this.
"Haven't you heard the story of the White Lady?"
Shen Zhengcong and Yao Dongwang looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
Zhu Song looked puzzled, he remembered that it was in the Northern Song Dynasty, why did no one have heard of it in the Ming Dynasty now?
"This king remembers that this story has been around since the Northern Song Dynasty, telling the story of a white snake and a scholar, this scholar is kind to this white snake, so after this white snake has been cultivated for thousands of years and transformed into a human form, he found the reincarnation of the scholar to repay the kindness."
When Zhu Song said this, Shen Zhengcong finally vaguely remembered a story, but there were some discrepancies with what Zhu Song said.
"It turned out to be the story of the white snake, and the grass people have heard this story, but it is slightly different from the story that His Highness heard."
"Oh?" Zhu Song became interested: "Then please ask Shopkeeper Shen to tell me carefully, and this king will also listen to what is the difference between Shopkeeper Shen knowing the story of the white snake and this king knowing the story of the white snake." ”
Then Shen Zheng told the story of the white snake he knew from the beginning, in his story, Bai Suzhen is also a snake spirit who has cultivated for thousands of years, but her fate with Xu Xian is only one life.
In this story, Bai Suzhen changed from the gentle and virtuous, dignified and generous in the story that Zhu Song knew, but became a playful and naughty snake demon, curious about everything in the world, and found Xu Xian purely to experience the fun of marriage and funeral between mortals.
Until one time, Bai Suzhen got rid of it, and accidentally drank realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival, showing his true body, which frightened Xu Xian, Xu Xian fled in a hurry, and found a temple, and the abbot of the temple, Fahai, saw that Xu Xian had a demonic energy, and he should have been entangled by a goblin.
So this Fahai shot righteously and beat this Bai Suzhen to death, Xu Xian had an epiphany from then on, devoted himself to the Buddha, and donated a lot of incense money to the temple, and later this Xu Xian remarried someone else, and his son was full of children and grandchildren, and his son was also a high school champion.
This story is not novel or brilliant, but in Zhu Song's ears, Zhu Song only feels like eating a fly, which is not a taste.
Before Zhu Song could speak, Cheng Lou'er complained first.
"This Xu Xian is too unkind, although this white snake is a demon, but he has never harmed him, since he knows his wife's true body, he let people leave, write a letter of resignation, and ask someone to beat this white snake to death, it's really not worth it."
Shen Zhengcong saw that Cheng Lou'er was a little out of shape in front of King Han, and hurriedly reminded him.
"Lou'er, it's just a story, how can you lose your temper in front of His Royal Highness King Han?"
Hearing Shen Zhengcong's words, Zhu Song waved his hand: "What's wrong with this?" What Mrs. Shen said made this king agree, and this Xu Xian was indeed a little unkind. ”
"I believe that the next story of this king will definitely make Mrs. Shen like it, and it will definitely be more acceptable than the story told by the shopkeeper Shen!"
Then this Zhu Song told the story of the white snake he knew, and the story of the birth of the two snakes, the encounter of the broken bridge, the theft of medicine by Emei, the flooding of Jinshan, and the escape of Fahai were told.
I don't know how many generations of artistic processing this story has been undertaken, it is more vivid and touching than the story that Shen Zheng told from him, and the only person present is Cheng Lou'er, a woman, women are emotional animals, this Cheng Lou'er heard this story, and his eyes immediately turned red.
After the story was told, Zhu Song picked up a crab, peeled off the shell, and removed the crab stomach.
As if he had obtained a terrific trophy, Zhu Song showed everyone the synthetic imprint inside the crab shell.
"Let's see, this monk has been in this crab for too long, and there are traces in this crab, just like the Dharma wall, the wall has left traces of meditation, leaving the shadow of Bodhidharma, and this crab can naturally leave the shadow of Nafahai."
Cheng Lou'er picked up another crab as if it was an inspection, and learned from Zhu Song to peel off the crab shell and remove the crab stomach, and sure enough, he also found the mark of a monk who was patrolling and meditating.
This Cheng Lou'er is thirty-nine years old at this time, and there are all kinds of styles, but after finding the imprint of the monk meditating in this crab, she was happy like a little girl, and came to Shen Zhengcong with the crab, and said happily.
"Master, look, look at me, I've found this monk, I've found this monk."
Although Shen Zhengcong's expression was doting, he did not respond to Cheng Lou'er immediately, but looked at Zhu Song and explained.
"Please don't be surprised, this woman is always not more stable than a man, please forgive me."
Zhu Song laughed and shook his head after hearing this.
"Where, Mrs. Shen is innocent and lively, this is the usual care of the shopkeeper Shen, if not, how can she have such a joyful and cheerful temperament?"
After Shen Zheng heard this, he was very sure in his heart, but it was not a taste, although the shopkeeper Shen looked no different from ordinary people on the surface, but he knew in his heart that he was a eunuch.
But since the eunuch has become a relative, then this woman is his wife, no matter whether the two of them can really do the things of husband and wife, but in the end they are nominally wives, even if they are eunuchs, they are not willing to give their women to other men to enjoy.
Even if it is the predecessor of this woman, she is a prostitute with a pair of jade arms and a thousand pillows, and a little red lips and ten thousand tastes.
But Shen Zheng was also happy in his heart, maybe it was because he was incomplete, so he was more or less different from ordinary people.
At best, it is Yao Dongwang, this kind of official who can't manage himself well and doesn't have much ability, it is credible that if His Royal Highness King Han, who is young and strong, and has strong firepower, asks for Lou'er, then it is really like what he said, he has tasted the dragon qi of the dragon son and the dragon grandson.
It is said that Zhu Song's side has actually been waiting for Shen Zhengcong or Yao Dongwang to make a move, but neither of them seems to be in a hurry.
Zhu Song also resounded the possible moves of the two of them, basically thinking of everything that should have been thought of, but where could Zhu Song have thought that Shen Zheng had the idea of pushing his wife on his bed.
The wine should have been drunk and the meal should have been eaten almost as well, and now it is time to discuss the matter.
"One of the two is an official who specializes in managing the salt tax in Zhejiang, and the other is the largest salt merchant in Hangzhou.
"This king is not embarrassed, this time as long as this king can bring back five million taels to make up for the salt tax for the previous year, the emperor can pay the difference, and you will have less trouble"