Chapter 108: The Silver Man
Not long after, one of Zhang Bairen's great-grandsons got married, and the Zhang family became rich and powerful. All of this is all due to the blessings brought by this Zhang Bairen's good deeds and accumulation of virtue.
His great-grandson and daughter-in-law are as beautiful as flowers, outstanding, and very endearing. Let's say, on that festive day, suddenly there was a person named Hanako outside the door.
Looking at his age, he is already in his seventies. The whole body was dirty, holding a broken bowl in his left hand, a cane in his right hand, and a begging bag on his back, he came to the gate of Zhang's house and shouted: "I want to drink and eat." ”
The great-grandson of the Zhang family got married today, and a poor ghost who begged for food came to him, so he gave him some food and let him leave quickly. Unexpectedly, after the old man begged for food, his temper became even greater.
I saw him shouting loudly: "What? You still haven't paid me back." After hearing this, the Zhang family all felt inexplicable, so they asked him in wonder: "Our Zhang family, who sent you money, are you confused?"
The old man begging smiled and said, "Hmph, whoever sent me money, the old lady of your family sent me money." ”
As he spoke, he pointed at Zhang Bairen with his hand, and after hearing this, Zhang Bairen said angrily: "What? I sent you money, this is absolutely impossible? I, Zhang Bairen, am a 100-year-old person who has never borrowed money from others? How can you ask me for money today? Then how much do you say I send you?"
The old begging man said, "You owe me 100 taels of silver, pay me back quickly, or I won't leave today." ”
Zhang Bairen was afraid that the old man begging would make trouble, so he had to persuade his family to give him 100 taels of silver as soon as possible, and send the old man away, the bride was about to come.
The family forbears Zhang Bairen and gives the old man 100 taels of silver and asks him to leave quickly.
I saw the old man begging for food, after getting 100 taels of silver, he saw an old chair outside the door, so he took the broken chair and said, "I am tired of walking now, I want to sleep under the big tree before leaving." ”
When he had finished speaking, he took the broken chair and went to sleep under the tree. In the evening, the old begging man came again, saying that he would sleep on the bride's marriage bed tonight.
If he doesn't agree, he won't leave. If anyone dares to beat him, he will die in the Zhang family. His troubles made the Zhang family anxious: I saw that many people from the Zhang family up and down came to persuade the old man to stop making trouble and leave quickly.
But no one expected that this begging old man had a very strong temper, and no one would listen to him, and he would have to sleep on the bride's marriage bed tonight. Zhang Bairen saw that it was almost 11 o'clock at night. It's easy to talk about persuading the family, and endure things to eliminate self-destruction: he persuaded the great-grandson, and then went to persuade the great-grandson's daughter-in-law to endure it once, and then sent the reborn daughter-in-law to kneel and kowtow.
The great-grandson's daughter-in-law had no choice but to agree, and finally the old man who begged for food slept on the marriage bed of the reborn daughter-in-law. He bathed and changed his clothes, as if he were an ancestor or an old lady: respectfully let him sleep on the bride's marriage bed after he had drunk and eaten enough, and the bride and the great-grandson had to sleep on a sofa in the room.
Just like that, this Zhang Bairen finally endured it again. Let's say that this Zhang Bairen has lived for a total of 100 years, but he has endured 100 times.
The next morning, the Zhang family went to wake up the old man who was begging for breakfast, and called him several times in a row, but he didn't say anything.
So, he came to the old man who was begging for food, and when he opened the quilt, he saw that there was a silver man lying in the bed.
This silver man was full of shiny silver all over his body, and all of a sudden the whole family was happy: "Rich!" They all praised Zhang Bairen's merits, saying that he had endured hundreds of times in his life, and he was a very rare good man in the world.
After hearing this, Zhang Bairen came to the silver man and took a look: I saw that the silver man had a character on it, which read: Zhang Bairen, a heaven-given silver man, forbears and forgives people and disasters and disappears himself! Zhang Bairen read it twice in a row, and then laughed three times, but in the end, because of happiness and sorrow, he died and lived for a full 100 years.
Let's say that after Zhang Bairen died, his soul returned to the heavenly realm and became the Jade Emperor. When everyone saw that the Jade Emperor had returned from the human world, they were all happy.
All the ministers said: The Jade Emperor has a good heart, no matter how big or small he encounters, he can endure it, and let him be the Lord of the Three Realms, and none of the ministers will be dissatisfied.
In that way, this Jade Emperor also became the God of the Three Realms very smoothly, he was dedicated to goodness, purified all sentient beings, and did many good deeds for the common people of the Three Realms.