#Legends ##民间传说 #
There is a surgical langzhong in the Taihang Mountains, named Mao Dafu, who is very skilled in medicine. What to cure sores and carbuncles, after he prescribed the medicine, often hand to the disease, in the four townships and towns is very famous.
On that day, he returned home from practicing medicine in a mountain village, and the sun was already in the west. He was hurrying with his head down, when he suddenly heard a soft roar in front of him, and looked up to see that there was a wolf crouching on the road two feet away. It saw that Mao Dafu had noticed it, dropped something from its mouth, and then ran with its tail between its legs to a distance of more than a mile by the side of the road and stopped. Dafu went forward to look, the wolf's mouth put down a cloth bag-like thing, with a foot, the cloth pieces scattered, inside were a few pieces of yellow and brilliant gold utensils, Mao Dafu picked it up, saw a pair of gold bracelets, two gold noodles, did not feel very strange, the roadside parked wolf saw Daifuku took the gold, and then slowly paced over, leaned down at The foot of Daifuku, and gently dragged the front placket of Dafu's clothes with his teeth. After dragging for a while, he stood up and walked forward, and frequently turned back to look at Daifuku. Daifuku thought, "Is this wolf going to lead me somewhere?" It didn't seem to be malicious, so he put the gold ornament into his arms and followed the wolf forward.
Climb over an earthen mountain covered with small trees of artemisia grass, and then walk along the bends of the creek for a while. The wolf seemed to be very happy, jumping and jumping in front of him to lead the way, always turning around and lovingly rubbing Daifuku's legs and feet with his neck, like a tame hunting dog.
At the end of the stream, there was a pile of rugged rocks, and there was a natural cave against the rock wall, and the wolf came to the mouth of the cave, used his front legs to cut open the grass, came around Dafu, and circled around in front of and behind him, meaning that he wanted Dafu to enter the cave. Bare-handed wolf's den? Mao Dafu was a little timid, and he hesitated and stopped. The wolf seemed to understand what he meant, and his whole body lay on the ground and "whimpered" and whimpered. Mao Dafu thought that since he had come here, he would not be afraid to enter the cave, so he secretly touched the knife inserted in his belt to open the sores and boils, and with great courage, he followed the wolf into the cave.
The wolf hole was long and narrow, with a man coming high, and there was a small hole in the back slightly higher, presumably the back door of the wolves, and the light was coming in from there, and the hole was not too dark. Mao Dafu stared at it, and there was a wolf in the cave, lying on the thatch and gasping for breath. The wolf that brought him in circled repeatedly, directing Daifuku's eyes to the head of the other wolf. It turned out that it had a large boil on its head, its skin and flesh had festered, its pus and blood were dripping, and there were many maggots squirming and moving there. Only then did Daifuku understand the wolf's intentions, he had originally invited himself to treat the disease, and the gold jewelry seemed to be the cost of the consultation. So he took out the medical instruments and medicines from his arms, first removed the rotten flesh, wiped the pus and blood clean, and then put on the powder and glued the plaster, just like the treatment of an adult gentleman.
After the treatment, the light from the small hole was already very dim, and it was estimated that it was late. Daifuku packed up his equipment and gestured to go out of the hole and go back. The previous wolf immediately burrowed out of the hole, waiting for Dafu to come out and slowly lead the way ahead. Walking through the stream, at the foot of the earth mountain, suddenly, four big wolves sprang out of the bushes, grinning at Dafu, trying to pounce on them. Frightened, Dafu stopped, and the wolf that led the way hurried to the wolves, touching its kind with its pointed mouth, as if to tell them what Dafuku had come to do. In a moment, all four wolves bowed their heads and burrowed into the grass. When Dafu walked up the road, the wolf who sent him squatted on the boulder to watch him go far, and then jumped away.
Mao Dafu went back and talked to his family about today's encounter, and everyone was very surprised. Wolves, who have always been notorious, are also psychic and will ask for a doctor for their companions, which is really incredible.
Soon, Mao Dafu took the gold jewelry given by the wolf to the gold shop in the city to sell. The treasurer of the gold shop repeatedly inspected these ornaments for a long time, with a smile on his face, and asked Mao Dafuli to use tea, saying that these things were of high color and should be carefully studied according to the quality of the price. Several people surrounded him and said that the long argument was short and perfunctory for a while, and suddenly there was a burst of Luo Zhao outside the door, and four messengers broke in, "bell hammer" sounded, and the chain was shaken to lock Mao Dafu and sent it to the yamen.
It turned out that the owner of this gold shop, surnamed Ning Mingtai, brought some customer-customized gold jewelry and four hundred and two grains of silver to a neighboring county a month ago, and three days later found that he was killed in the wilderness, the silver goods had been robbed, and there was no clue to report the case - Mao Dafu came to exchange the gold jewelry on Ningtai today.
Captured in the county government, Daifuku recounted the experience of encountering wolves and seeking medical treatment that day. Knowing where the county was willing to believe it, he only said that Mao Dafu killed people to make money, fabricated lies in an attempt to deceive and pass the pass. After several times and three times of torture, Daifuku only cried out for injustice. Later, Mao Dafu appealed to the church, he said: "The confessions of the villains are the truth, but the matter involves strange things, and it is really difficult to win the trust of people." The little man in the wolf's lair remembered that the boils on the sick wolf's head might not have healed. The villain asks to send a messenger to escort the villain to the wolf's den to investigate, and if no evidence is found, the villain is willing to draw a confession to confess his sins and die without complaint. ”
Zhixian thought it was also reasonable, agreed to his request, sent two tolerances, and escorted Mao Dafu to find the wolf's den, in order to prevent the criminals from escaping, still with hand casting, iron chains and necks, only two feet can walk freely.
Mao Dafu followed the original road, crossed the tushan mountain, and looked down the creek, and soon saw the wolf cave, and took two messengers into the cave to take a look, it was empty, there was nothing, I don't know if the wolf went out and did not return, or moved. Mao Dafu cried bitterly, and there was nothing more to say. The servants had already accepted the Mao family's silver in advance, and at this time they also sighed for Mao Dafu.
Full of chagrin and sorrow, Mao Dafu suddenly left the wolf's lair and went back, and halfway through, he suddenly saw two wolves rushing in front of him. A glimmer of hope rose in Mao Dafu's heart, and he stopped to wait for them to approach, and when he looked closely, there was a wolf with scabs on the top of his head. The wolf, apparently recognizing Daifuku, also pounced on the two servants, as if to liberate the benefactor. The servants were prepared in advance, and immediately pulled out their swords to defend themselves, and the people and wolves stared at each other, and They could not stand each other, and Daifuku stood aside and was overwhelmed.
When the wolves saw that the servant had shown off their sharp weapons, they knelt down on their front legs and stuck their mouths to the ground with their mouths, and suddenly, the sound of wolves howling was emitted everywhere in the mountains, and in a few moments, wolves gathered on all sides, encircling Dafu and the other three, and everywhere there were the shining eyes of wolves. Outnumbered, the two servants were frightened, and Daifuku rushed forward to congratulate the two wolves before him: "I was arrested because of the gold jewelry you gave me, and these two are sent by public servants, and I cannot blame them; I hope that you will help me find out the origin of the gold jewelry." ”
After saying this a few times, the wolves seemed to understand, and they roared twice at the servants, and then came to Daifuku, and stood up like a man and kept stroking the handcuffs and chains with their front paws. The messenger will understand and go forward to loosen the torture device on Daifuku's body. The two wolves walked around Daifuku three times, howled, and scattered along with the wolves around them.
The messenger and Dafu returned to the county and reported the situation to the county, and the county master could not help but believe it, but he also refused to rush to release Dafu, and only ordered to continue to be in the custody of Haosheng, planning to separately investigate the real murderer of NingTai - because Ningtai was wounded by a knife and could not have been killed by a wolf.
A few days later, Zhixian traveled to the outside of the city on business, and suddenly, a wolf grabbed an old shoe, threw it in front of the palanquin and left. Ignoring it, the servants kicked their shoes aside and continued to walk their way, but the wolf rushed to the front of the sedan with his shoes and threw them down. Zhixian sat in the palanquin and saw it very clearly, and he thought of Mao Dafu's case, so he ordered the car to stop and pick up his shoes and take them back to Yamen. The next day, he sent several people to the four townships to secretly investigate whose shoes belonged to them and what strange things related to wolves had recently happened. The messenger found Kitamura, and sure enough, there was a wood-collecting Li Da, who had recently been chased by two wolves, and took one of his shoes, but did not hurt him. The government arrested Li Da and recognized him, and the shoe sent by the wolf was indeed his.
Zhixian suspected that Li Da might be related to the murder of Ning Tai, and on the one hand, he was interrogated by Shengtang, and on the other hand, he immediately sent someone to Li Da to search. Before Li Da had finished his words of defense in the courtroom, the official had already searched for the four hundred and two grains of silver that Ning Tai had been robbed and the burden of the Ning family. Li Da had nothing to say, so he had to bow his head and accept his guilt.
It turned out that Li Da, seeing the wealth, killed Ning Tai, snatched the silver bag in his hand and left, but he did not know that he still had gold jewelry in his arms. Afterwards, he was probably discovered by the wolf, who used it as a reward for the doctor's consultation, and almost lost Mao Dafu's life. Fortunately, this wolf also had a beginning and an end, and only then did he save Dafu and clarify the facts of the case.
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