There was a scholar named Zhu Erdan in Juxian County, Shandong, who was very bold. One day, Juldan was drinking with friends, and someone joked with him:
"Old Brother Zhu, they all say that you are very bold, do you dare to go and carry the judges in the Ten Kings Hall at night, and I invite you to drink."
Originally, there was a hall of ten kings in the east of Juxian County, and many gods carved from wood were enshrined in the hall. These gods looked fierce, and even if they saw them during the day, a chill rose from the bottom of their hearts, let alone at night.
That Zhu Erdan was also on top, and said arrogantly, "What's not to dare about this, I'll go now." With that, he got up and walked toward the door.
After a while, Jul returned with a judge behind him. Everyone was just joking with him, who knew that he actually took it seriously. Seeing the judge's fierce appearance, one by one, his heart was straight, and they all stood up and resigned.
"I really don't give face, they are gone, I accompany the judge to drink." Juldan toasted the judge three cups. After drinking, Zhu Erdan carried the judge back to the Ten Kings Hall and settled down, and went home to sleep.
The next day, the friend invited Juldan to drink again and asked Himdam what strange things had happened last night. Zhu Erdan smiled and said, "The strange thing is there. ”
"What?" Everyone held their breath and listened.
"The judge asked me why you didn't drink with him, hahaha..."
He drank until dark before Juldan returned home drunk, but his addiction was still over, and he had a lamp in his hand, and he drank himself alone.
Suddenly, a man lifted the curtain and walked in. Zhu Erdan looked up and saw that it was the judge. He was not afraid either, laughing and saying:
"It turned out that the judge had arrived."
"You're not afraid?"
"What's the use of being afraid?" I offended you last night, and you can take this life, but before you do, you have to let me finish this pot of wine. ”
"It's an alcoholic."
"I just don't know if there are drunkards like me in the mansion."
"To tell you the truth, I was invited by you last night, and tonight I just happened to be free, so I would like to come back and forth." With a wave of his hand, the judge conjured up a table of rich wine and dishes.
"Haven't you asked the judge for his high surname and big name?"
"My last name is Lu."
"I heard that there are four great judges of Wen and Wu around the King of Yan, who belong to the Department of Rewarding Good, punishing evil, Yin Law, and Cha Cha, and the Lord of The Lord is Lu Dao who is in charge of cha cha si?"
"It's down there."
"It's really Lord Lu!"
"What do you want when you see me?"
"In addition to my love of drinking, I can say that there is no advantage, my friends say that I am stupid, can you make me smarter?" 」
"It's not hard to be smart, just change a smart heart."
"Okay, then you'll give me another one."
"I don't have that kind of heart yet, and when I find it, I'll put it on for you."
One night, Zhu Erdan woke up from a dream, felt a little pain in his stomach, opened his eyes, and found That Judge Lu was sitting in front of the bed, and was rubbing his intestines one by one.
"I guess you must have found a smart heart?"
"Good guess. Your thinking is not quick enough because your heart is blocked. I chose the best one from the hearts of the ten million people in the underground government, and replaced it for you, you are already the smartest person in the world. ”
After Zhu Erdan changed his heart, Wen Si made great progress, and it did not take long to pass the examination. One day, the two of them got together again to drink, and Zhu Erdan embarrassedly said to Lu Jue:
"I'm very grateful that you changed my heart and let me win the lift, but I have something else I want to trouble you."
"You say."
"The heart can be changed, and the face can be changed when you want to." My knotted wife's eyebrows are not very pretty, and she still wants to trouble you with a knife and axe, how about it? ”
"Hahaha..."
"What are you laughing at?"
"The heart of love of beauty, everyone has it, your request is not excessive, but a person's desire is too much, it will give birth to misfortune." 」
"I'm willing to bear the consequences."
"Well, let me think of a way."
After a few days, Lu Jue came. Zhu Erdan hurriedly invited him in and found him wrapped in clothes wrapped in something.
"What is this?" Juldan asked.
"The last time you told me, it was done."
Zhu Erdan opened the hem of his robe and saw that it was a bloody human head.
"Take me to your wife, and remember, don't make a fuss."
Zhu Erdan led the judge to the bedroom and found his wife still asleep. Lu Jue handed the head to Zhu Erdan, then felt a dagger out of his boots and cut off Zhu's wife's head like cutting tofu. Zhu Erdan hurriedly handed the head in his arms, and Lu Judgement rested on Zhu's wife's neck. When everything was finished, Lu Zhen asked Zhu Erdan to bury the severed head in a place where there was no one, and then he left.
Zhu's wife woke up the next day, felt some tingling in her neck, rubbed it with her hands, and there was even blood, she got up and washed her face, looked in the mirror, and found that it was not herself at all, and she was surprised. At this time, Zhu Erdan walked in from outside, and saw his wife Hua Rongyue, just like in the painting, very proud.
"Xiang Gong, what the hell is going on?"
Zhu Erdan told his wife that Judge Lu had changed her head, and her wife was shocked and did not know whether this was good or not.
The news of Zhu Erdan's wife becoming beautiful spread to the ears of a retired Wu Yushi in this county. Wu Yushi's daughter visited the Ten Kings Hall, was targeted by gangsters, and was beheaded for not obeying the adultery. Hearing that Zhu Erdan's wife and daughter looked similar, he sent a housekeeper to inquire. The housekeeper was shocked to see Zhu's wife's appearance, and came back to report that Zhu Erdan had killed Wu Nu with magic.
Wu Yushi reported Zhu Erdan to the county court, and Zhu Erdan was unable to argue and was asked to be a capital offense. At this time, he regretted that he did not listen to Lu Jue's words, but Lu Judge still saved his life, he gave Wu Yushi and the county order, so that the two believed in the ghost god, and finally Wu Shi and Zhu Erdan worshiped Weng's son-in-law and buried Lady Zhu's head on wu's body. Lu Jue also told Zhu Erdan that he had the life of a champion, but because of his desire to be dissatisfied, the result could only be a person.
@ Jiang Feng Yueye: This story is adapted from "Liaozhai Zhiyi Lu Judgment", the intention of this story Pu Songling was to convey the concept of good and good rewards, but the author felt that Zhu Erdan was insatiable, wanted to be dissatisfied, and could have such an ending, which was already worthy of him.
