During the Ming Dynasty, a poor scholar dreamed of becoming rich overnight and living the life of a rich man, he begged a senior monk to help him, and the senior monk cast a spell to fulfill his wishes.
The name of the scholar is Zhende, a native of Taihe County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, who is twenty years old and has a table of talents.
Zhende's parents died early, and he sold out his family property to study, and had to live in the nearby Zhaoti Temple.
Zhende was bent on being a rich man, but he didn't have to study well, and he couldn't learn in business, so he had to dream of getting rich all day.
On this day, Zhende heard that an old monk with a strange skill had come to Zhao ti Temple, so he found him and pleaded:
"Master, you see that I am very good-looking, and I am a showman, and I have never done anything bad, can you let me get rich overnight and live the life of a rich man?"
The old monk laughed and said, "Wealth and nobility need to be fought for by yourself, either do things, or study to get a meritorious name, if I directly make you rich, not only can not help you, but will also hurt you." ”
"Master don't curse me, I just want to be a rich man, and I'm not committing murder, how can I endanger my life?" True virtue does not believe.
"Poverty can make you live a peaceful life, and wealth will only make you die at any time!" Why do you have to seek death? The old monk sighed.
"The disciple is now living in the world, even if the rich and noble let me die, I have no complaints or regrets, and I also ask the master for mercy!" Zhende's determination had been made, and he fell to his knees and pleaded.
The old monk suddenly laughed and said, "Since you are not satisfied, then do as you wish, and only hope that you will not regret it in the future." ”
After saying that, he rubbed his hand three times above Zhende's head, and waved his left sleeve and tucked him into his sleeve. Zhende felt a darkness in front of his eyes and fainted.
There was a rich merchant in Taihe County, Zhang Fugui, who was greedy for wine and lust, and married a wife and eight concubines, all of whom were as beautiful as flowers; the wine color quickly hollowed out his body and lay dying on the bed waiting for death.
The old monk came to the Zhang family and said to Zhang Fugui's wife and concubine, "This person is related to Lao Gu, and I can save his life." ”
After saying that he waved his left sleeve at Zhang Fugui, Zhende immediately woke up and found that he had changed into Zhang Fugui's appearance, but retained the memory of Zhende.
The old monk smiled at him and turned away, Zhende knew in his heart that the old monk let his soul enter Zhang Fugui's body, became a rich man, and began to enjoy a life of overnight wealth.
At first, Zhende always made mistakes, and his family thought that he was sick and confused, and Zhende quickly found out the situation of Zhang Fugui's family, and enjoyed the glory and wealth like a fish.
Slowly, Zhang Fugui's appearance became true virtue, and the wives and concubines felt that the old monk was really a strange person, not only saving Zhang Fugui who was about to die, but also turning him into a young man who was old and charming.
Zhende smiled secretly in his heart, but on the surface he did not move. Since then, he has squandered profligately, lived a life of poverty and luxury, ate a big meal and drank good wine, and spent the night with Zhang Fugui's wife and eight concubines.
But he did not know that although the life was very pleasant, but the body collapsed, one morning I got up early and inadvertently looked in the mirror, and found that I was twenty years old, and only then did I realize that I was hurt by the color of wine.
Zhende was frightened, and if he continued like this, he would not be afraid that he would die before long, so he stumbled to the old monk and fell to his knees to ask for help.
The old monk sighed, "You are poor and accustomed, and getting rich overnight will make you lose yourself, only knowing that greed takes, and eventually you will die." Now you finally understand, right? ”
"The master saved me, and the disciple knew that he was wrong!" Zhende wept and pleaded.
The old monk smiled slightly, waved his left sleeve, and Zhende returned to the past, while the rich man stood up straight and died in his bed.
Looking back on everything he had experienced, Zhende suddenly realized, broke out in a cold sweat, and suddenly laughed and said to the old monk, "Brother Master, let's go!" ”
So the two left one after the other, and disappeared without a trace.
@Mo Xue asked heart
The story "Overnight Rich", adapted from the Qing Dynasty Shen Qifeng's novel collection "Harmonic Duo", poor scholar Zhende did not work hard to have food and clothing, begged the monk to get rich overnight, almost lost his life, and finally woke up and embarked on the path of cultivation.
The story warns the world that only through their own hard work to get a rich life, will be happy for a long time; if you take the wrong way to get rich overnight, sooner or later you will lose more than you lose!
