During the Xianping period of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, there was a member of Kaifeng Province named Li Shiliang, who was loyal and simple, and was willing to be charitable and charitable, saving people from danger. But as the saying goes, good people have no good rewards, and bad people are happy! Li Shiliang became a relative since he was twenty years old, his wife unfortunately died of illness, and in the next twenty years, he married a total of eight wives, all of whom died violently one after another, either suddenly ill or in distress.
Li Shiliang was forty-five years old at the time, not only had no wife and no concubines, but also had no children and no daughters, and often burst into tears, sighed at the sky and hated his unfair fate. On this day, Li Shiliang was walking in the courtyard, and the housekeeper Li Erxing rushed to him and said to him with a smile: "Outside the staff, the small people have heard that a new Taoist priest has come to the Zhenyang Temple in the western suburbs, calling General Dan Yunzi. It is said that this person has a deep humanitarian behavior, and he is the best at breaking disasters, so it is better to ask him to relieve the disaster of losing his wife and childlessness for the outside world. ”
Li Shiliang listened and did not say anything, there was no good strategy left and right, it was better to go to the True Yang Temple. The two masters and servants came to the True Yang Temple, first worshiped Sanqing, and then asked Dan Yunzi to divinate for him. Dan Yunzi looked at Li Shiliang's birthday eight characters, closed his eyes and calculated, and after a long time said: "The outside of this robbery is not big, and it is not small to say that it is small." According to the eight characters, it is not the fate of the wife, but the marriage and resentment of the past life, and must be repaid in this life. Li Shiliang was surprised: "Oh? Who is that person's last name? Where is it now? How do I repay her? Dan Yunzi calmed down, calculated again, and said a proverb to Li Shiliang: "I want my wife to go to Shanxi (shanxi here refers to the area west of the Taihang Mountains), and meet a cripple holding her son." ”
Li Shiliang was puzzled and asked, "I don't know what the chief said?" Dan Yunzi Shi Li said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Dignity, the Heavenly Opportunity must not be leaked!" I would also like to ask for your understanding. Dan Yunzi looked at Li Shiliang's distant back and sighed, "You are destined to marry a female ghost!" Li Shiliang returned home with an itch and an itch, thinking about it or deciding to go to Shanxi. Three days later, the master and servant crossed the Yellow River all the way west, but after a month of traveling, Li Shiliang did not meet a woman who was related to him. Disappointed, he returned to the inn to let Li Er pack his bags and prepare to go back, but at this moment, he heard the innkeeper scolding and grinning: "No money to hurry up!" I have asked you to stay for three more days, and you old man is not satisfied. ”
I saw only an old man with a woman behind him, crying and pleading: "Please do a good job and send kindness!" My daughter has been ill for a long time, and she really can't walk, and when I make money from my work, I will definitely pay you back. The treasurer was impatient and wanted to scold again, but he listened to Li Shiliang: "The treasurer does not need to say much, I gave them money!" When the treasurer heard this, he immediately changed his face and smiled: "Even so, it is not difficult for me to do it for them." Li Shiliang paid them back for the house, and gave the old man a hundred and two silver, and saw that the woman on her back was about twenty years old, but it seemed that she was already dying.
Li Shiliang sighed, "Old man, your daughter is not lightly ill!" If you take this money, you must find a good man, and you can't delay it! The old man was grateful and wanted to kneel down to thank him, but Li Shiliang hurriedly lifted up and kindly explained a few words before leaving. Strange to say, Li Shiliang returned home, and after about a month, every night he would dream of a beautiful woman entangled with himself and call him a fair man. Li Shiliang woke up to realize that it was a beautiful dream, but he gradually began to immerse himself in the dream, looking forward to falling asleep at night every day.
Suddenly, one day, Li Shiliang realized that he must not be obsessed with the illusion, so he came to the True Yang Temple again and asked Dan Yunzi for advice. Dan Yunzi paced in the room, while calculating, after a long time smiled: "The staff will go home and wait with peace of mind, and in the middle of the night after seven days, a female beggar will come to the door to ask for alms." He must leave her behind, and the son will marry her first, and then kill her with his own hands, and this curse will be solved! Li Shiliang was stunned and said, "Isn't it necessary to pay for killing people?" Dan Yunzi smiled and said, "There is no need to worry much outside the staff, according to what the poor Dao said." ”
Li Shiliang returned home with a nervous mood and waited, and seven days later, a man and a woman and two beggars came to the door. The man was a sixty-year-old man with a tattered shirt and a haggard face behind him. Li Shiliang recognized them at a glance, it was the father and daughter who rescued them in Shanxi, Li Shiliang was very happy, first invited them to his home, and then told them Dan Yunzi's words, but omitted to kill people with his own hands. The old man smiled happily when he heard this, and said, "Yuanwai is really our great benefactor, not only saved our lives, but also let my daughter have a home!" You are such a great and good person. ”
Although the female beggar was ill and listened to Li Shiliang's words, she revealed a mysterious smile that was not easy to detect. At three o'clock in the evening, two servants helped the female beggar to marry Li Shiliang and sent them to the cave room. However, Li Shiliang could not kill her with a clear conscience, drank a few glasses of wine in irritability, and unconsciously slept. When Li Shiliang saw the beautiful woman in his dream, Yun Yu found that she and the female beggar looked very similar, so he asked, "Are you the female beggar I married today?" ”
The woman laughed and said, "Exactly! At this point, I have informed Xiang Gong of the truth of the matter. That day Xianggong saved our father and daughter at the inn, and soon I fell ill and died, and my father was overly sad and depressed. When I arrived at the Yin Cao Mansion, the judge opened the Yin Bo and saw that I had a grudge with Xiang Gong in my previous life, and that I had grace in this life, and that my love affair had not yet ended. Moreover, xiang gongsheng did more good deeds, and the judge made an exception to allow my father and daughter to return their souls for seven days, ending the curse of losing his wife. ”
Li Shiliang was disappointed and said, "Seven days? So you're going back to Hades tomorrow?" The woman said, "Don't worry, there is a member of Luoyang City with a foreign surname, Liu Yuzhen, and his daughter Liu Yuzhen is mean and cunning, and often abuses his subordinates." Soon she will be infected and die, and after she dies, I will borrow the corpse to return the soul, and when xianggong hires a wife, you and I will be reunited. Li Shiliang nodded happily, and suddenly said anxiously, "Dan Yunzi in the True Yang Temple once said that I wanted to kill you with my own hands to break this curse, how is this good?" The woman smiled and said, "He is right, only if you kill me with your own hands can you end the grievances of your past life!" ”
But he saw her hand Li Shiliang a pair of scissors and said, "Xianggong just need to stab me boldly with confidence." Li Shiliang took the scissors and looked hesitantly at the woman, who did not speak, but only smiled and nodded. Li Shiliang turned his heart sideways, closed his eyes and stabbed the woman's chest, Li Shiliang suddenly fought a cold war and woke up from the dream. He subconsciously probed under the beggar's nose and found that she had lost her breath. Li Shiliang was spontaneously shaking, but he heard the next person report that the old man laughed loudly and died of anger.
Li Shi's conscience was chaotic, and he didn't know whether he was happy or sad, so the next day he let the next person find a piece of feng shui treasure land and bury the father and daughter for a good life. In the meantime, Li Shiliang came to Luoyang City with a large amount of expensive dowry to propose to Liu Yuanwai. Liu Yuanwai saw that Li Shiliang was already forty years old, but his daughter was only twenty-five years old, and he refused to agree. Liu Yuzhen was originally a female beggar who borrowed a corpse to return her soul, and she had to marry Li Shiliang when she cried twice, and Liu Yuanwai had no choice but to respond to this family affair.
A year later, Liu Yuzhen gave birth to a baby boy for Li Shiliang, whose name was Bao'er. But he said that this treasure was playful by nature, and one day he climbed onto the table and jumped down when he was not prepared, and Li Yuzhen was shocked into a cold sweat after seeing it, and rushed to the table. Although he caught his son, but was lame by the table, Li Shiliang shook his head and sighed helplessly: "But I don't want to, I want to ask my wife to go to Shanxi, and when I meet a cripple holding my son, I should be here." ”