Author: Uncle Nanshan
Original folk tales, plagiarism must be investigated
01. Lijia Village, strange things, strange holes after heavy rain.
During the Great Song Dynasty, the prefect of Dingzhou was called Li Juzheng, who was said to be upright and filial to his parents and friendly to the villagers in his hometown. Therefore, the villagers regard Li Juzheng as the pride of their hometown, and Li Juzheng's family in Lijia Village is even more proud of Li Juzheng's writer clan. In the center of the Li Ancestral Hall hangs four big characters written by Li Juzheng: A Lifetime of Righteousness. Because his mother was going to celebrate his seventieth birthday, this summer's summer summer, Li Ju was returning to his hometown.
"Life is seventy years old", during the Great Song Dynasty, there were very few people who could live to seventy. Everyone said that it was because Li Juzheng was full of righteousness that his mother could live to such an age. On this day, Li Juzheng was at home to pay homage to the old man, when suddenly, the clouds in the sky were thick, and after a while, it began to rain heavily. The heavy rain fell for 3 hours before it stopped. After the heavy rain, suddenly the sun was shining, everyone was rejoicing, and suddenly, only a "boom" could be heard, and a landslide appeared in a mountain behind the Lijia Village.
After the landslide, everyone ran to see, only to see that the mountain had cleared all the trees and dirt at the top of the mountain. After the mountain was emptied, only a bare boulder remained. However, in the middle of the boulder, a large cave appeared. Only to see that above the cave, there are three big characters engraved: Cang Lao Cave. On the left side of the Cave, there are a few words inscribed: "Those who are highly respected and respected enter, ten years younger"; on the right side of the Cave, there are also 9 words: "Those who have ghosts in their hearts enter, and those who are old are 10 years old".
02. The people who enter the cave are not the same, and the results are very different.
At this time, there were some people in the village who could not hold themselves back. They went into the cave one after another, but when they reached the halfway point of the cave, they found that there was no way out of the cave, there was no way, they had to go out. However, when they came out, everyone exclaimed, it turned out that these good deeds had only been in the cave for a little time, but when they came out, they were clearly several years old.
"Is it really like the few words inscribed on the right side of the old cave, these good deeds are some people with ghosts in their hearts?" At this time, the village chief came, the village chief is a person of high moral standing, he honors his parents and serves the villagers all year round. At the instigation of everyone, the 50-year-old village chief also walked into the old cave. However, when he walked into the old cave, he found that he could go all the way to the end of the cave.
At the end of that cave, there is clearly a vast sea, but above the sea, there is nothingness, like a fairyland on earth. After people saw it, their mood was extremely comfortable, and their spirit suddenly became energetic. When the village chief came out, the villagers all exclaimed loudly: "Oh, how did our village chief become so young?" "It turned out that the village chief who came out of the old cave had become only about forty years old. It seems that he really fulfilled the words of the old cave: "Virtue is high and high, ten years younger."
03. Small county official, first into the cave, out of the old age of ten years.
At this time, Li Juzheng was at home to wish his mother a happy birthday. One of his subordinates told Li Juzheng what he had seen at the gate of Canglao Cave today. A county official under Li Juzheng wanted to seduce Li Juzheng, so he said to Li Juzheng: "Your Honor, you honor your parents, you are a clean and honest official, and you are a person of high moral standing, if you can walk into the Canglao Cave, I believe you will be twenty or thirty years younger." After Li Juzheng listened, he couldn't help but nod his head, he thought to himself: I honor my parents, and I can get the affirmation and support of my superiors and subordinates as a person, and in the eyes of the villagers, I am a person of high moral standing. If I had walked into the old cave, I believe that when I came out, I would have been ten years younger. In this way, won't I be able to become an official for a longer time?
Therefore, he greeted a group of dignitaries and subordinates, and walked forward and backward in the direction of the old cave. Li Juzheng led everyone to the door of Canglao Cave, and he really saw the three big characters of Canglao Cave, as well as the two lines on the left and right sides. He wondered: If I can walk into this old cave and come out, then won't I be ten years younger? Li Juzheng had a historian under him, and he was afraid of anything strange in the cave, so he beckoned a few villagers to go in and have a look. However, these villagers had done some bad things and did not dare to go in.
The county magistrate had a stroke of genius, knowing that his chance had come. So he said to the prefect, "Your Honor, I haven't been home for more than a year, and I'm a filial piety person, ashamed and ashamed, I might as well go in and see if this old spirit is alive?" After saying that, he lifted his feet and walked into the old cave. Like some of the villagers in front of him, he only walked halfway to the cave, and there was no way out of the cave, so he had to return. Walking outside the cave, everyone looked at the county order, and sure enough, the county order was suddenly several years old.
04. The Great Prefect, into the cave, came out as old as ten years old.
Li Juzheng patted Xian Ling's shoulder and praised: "You have worked hard, go home and recuperate for a few days." After saying that, he also raised his legs and walked in. However, the strange thing is that when he reached the halfway point of the cave, he was only halfway through, and there was no way out of the cave, so he had to walk out sadly. When he came to the mouth of the cave, everyone was stunned, and it turned out that the highly respected prefect had suddenly aged ten years. At this point, Li Juzheng had no face, he thought:
I was originally a person of high moral standing, but now how can I suddenly become a person with a ghost in my heart? If this matter is passed out, where can my face be placed? At this time, it was still the Zhixian head Gua Lingguang, who shouted loudly: This cave is a demon cave! Seal me right away! Li Juzheng whisked his sleeve away in a hurry. Everyone had to follow Li Juzheng back to his home and continue drinking.
At night, when the guests dispersed, Li Ju was lying on the bed, but he was tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Although the county order gave him an excuse to "demon cave" and left himself a face that was not embarrassed, why was the little village chief able to walk into the canglao cave and see the fairyland-like scenery, and after coming out, he was still ten years younger. And I am recognized as a great filial piety, a recognized person of high moral standing, but I can't go to the end of the old cave and leave the villagers with a ghost in my heart and a dark handle on doing things? No, I must go to the end of the old cave, I must see the wonderland, I must be ten years younger, twenty years old! However, I entered the old cave myself but I obviously couldn't continue to move forward, was there anything I couldn't do well?
05. The great prefect, the bridge was built, and the cave was still ten years old.
Thinking about it, Li Juzheng suddenly "exhaled" and climbed up, he shook his head vigorously, and shouted in shame: "Last year, I promised the people who watched the lanterns that they would build a Dingzhou Bridge on the Dingzhou River to facilitate trade and commerce between the people on both sides of the strait. No wonder I couldn't get to the end of the old cave. The next day, he immediately summoned several local officials and asked them to immediately prepare to gather bridge builders, prepare stones and workers, and spent three months building a Dingzhou Bridge about thirty meters long.
Li Ju was looking at the people coming and going on the Dingzhou Bridge, and thought to himself: Now that I step into the old cave, I should be able to come to the end, and I can be ten years younger after I come out. Therefore, the next day, Li Juzheng immediately returned to Lijia Village with his men. He came to the door of the Canglao Cave alone, and then folded his hands together: "Heavens, bless me to be able to reach the end of the Canglao Cave smoothly this time." Then he lifted his legs and walked slowly toward the old cave. However, just like last time, when Li Ju was halfway to the cave, there was no road. Frustrated, Li Juzheng had to return again.
When he came to the door of the Canglao Cave, he saw that there was no one around, and he couldn't help but kneel down, look up at the sky, and cry loudly: "Heavens, I Li Juzheng is also a filial piety to my parents, a person of high moral standing, how come I can't walk to the end of the Canglao Cave?" Li Juzheng returned home with a gloomy look, and his wife asked in surprise, "Lord, how did you become so old?" ”
06. When the county order, do the people's livelihood, three into the cave after seeing the wonderland.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, Li Juzheng had an accident. There was a big official in the capital who committed the crime of corruption, and was known to Song Zhenzong, who was furious and killed this corrupt official. Because Li Juzheng had exchanged letters with this corrupt official, he was also implicated and demoted to a small county and became a seven-pin sesame official. However, Li Juzheng, who became a petty official, experienced happiness in handling one case after another of the common people. Under his administration, the small county where he worked changed from a place with chaotic public security and a difficult life for the people to a small county where the people had enough food and clothing.
Walking in the streets and alleys of the county town, he heard the praise of the people everywhere and felt very happy. He also often remembered that when he was in the prefect, although he had not been corrupt, he had also accepted gold and silver treasures from his subordinates during the New Year's Festival, and suddenly felt how shameful he was. On this day, he met a senior monk who talked about his encounter in and out of the Canglao Cave in Lijia Village. When the senior monk heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Lord Li, now, you can go home and walk through that old cave." ”
Half a month later, Li Juzheng returned to Lijia Village. This time, he still went to the old cave alone. This time, when he walked into the Canglao Cave, his heart was incomparably calm, he knew that life and death have a fate and wealth in the sky, even if he could not go to the end of the Canglao Cave, he could accept it calmly. However, the strange thing was that this time Li Juzheng actually walked to the end of the cave without any obstacles. At the end of the cave, he did see a beautiful scenery that he had never seen before: only in front of him, there appeared a sea of ethereal seas, and on the sea, there was an island, which was clearly the legendary PenglaiXian Island. Looking up at the sky again, I saw that there was a beautiful courtyard in the sky, and in the courtyard, there were flowers.
07. When officials do not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.
Li Ju was looking at this fairyland-like beauty, and he couldn't help but feel relaxed, and his energy suddenly became full of energy. So he turned and went back to the cave, ready to go home. However, when he looked up at the rocks on both sides of the end of the cave, he suddenly saw a line of large characters: "When the official is not the master of the people, it is better to go home and grow sweet potatoes; when the official can be the master of the people, you will always live in the hearts of the people." ”
Li Juzheng suddenly understood that it turned out that only those who were officials could be young forever if they regarded the common people as their own food and clothing parents and truly served the common people. In the past, all he thought of was that he would not do bad things, and he rarely thought of doing things for the people, so it was no wonder that he had to be ten years old every time he entered the old cave. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but "pounce" and kneel down, muttering to himself:
From now on, I must regard the people as my parents and do good things for the people in a down-to-earth manner. I want to be a clean official who really does things for the people..."
【Disclaimer】:This story is a fictional original folk tale, based on folklore, strange talk, myths, stories, legends, etc., aiming to inherit, expand and develop Chinese folk cultural heritage, do not be linked to feudal superstition!
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