In ancient times, there was a lively town outside Jinling City, and there was a young scholar named Zhu Huan in the town. This person can speak eloquently and has excellent eloquence, full of ambitions, but he has been studying hard for many years and is only a poor and corrupt talent, and the family only relies on his wife Zhang Shi to do some needlework every day to get by, and every time after the name falls on Sun Shan, Zhu Huan will read hard day and night, vowing to get the title of the gold list.
One year, after Zhu Huan finished the scientific examination, he was full of confidence that he would definitely be named in the gold list in the future, but he did not want to hope to fail again. He came alone to the lake in search of a short sight. At this time, an old Taoist monk with a crane hair and a childlike face came to him and said, "This benefactor, what do you want by the lake?" Don't you want to look for short-sightedness? ”
Zhu Huan nodded and said the depressed bitterness in his heart, and said: "The world is full of wonderful things, why do you have to take the road of scientific expedition?" ”
Zhu Huan said: "The boy's ambition is in the four directions, if I can't get the title of the gold list, what face do I have to face the father and elder of my hometown?" I swore to pass the exam to honor my ancestors, but now that things have backfired, how can I not be depressed? Now that I have made up my mind, you must not persuade me again! ”
"There are thousands of students in the world, so why are you so bitter?" The Daoist priest hesitated for a long time, "As the saying goes, saving a person's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating massacre, if you hit someone and give up on it, the poor Dao can help you think of a way!" ”
Zhu Huan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately nodded his head in agreement, and the Taoist priest agreed with him to meet here every day, and he would teach Zhu Huan a little bit of the Qi men technique to increase his sanity. Zhu Huan gladly agreed, and every day when he came to the lake, the Taoist priest would pass on some of his strange skills. Since Zhu Huan learned these Taoist techniques, his heart was suddenly enlightened, and when he read, he never forgot to look at ten lines, and the next year he won the lifting.
Zhu Huan almost fainted after the middle lift, slapped himself fiercely to make sure that he was not dreaming, he found the Taoist priest and knelt in front of him and cried bitterly, saying: "Thank you for your help, you are really a god and immortal, let my dreams come true." I don't know if you can point out one or two more, let me become a soldier as I wish, and then be a middle-ranking person, so that I will no longer let my hometown fathers and elders suffer from poverty again! ”
The Daoist priest shook his head and said, "Desire has a degree, and if you see it, you will receive it!" Now that you have won the lifting, there is no one in the world. Before, I just couldn't bear to let you find short-sightedness. If you are bent on taking the exam, you can concentrate on reading hard, and as for the result, then go with the flow, and the poor Daowan will no longer point out the bad rules. ”
Zhu Huan saw the Daoist priest with a serious face, pondered for a moment and then begged: "We met once, not a master and apprentice but better than a master and apprentice, not a father and a son but also a father and son. Now that you have taught me the truth of contentment and happiness, I will remember it in my heart, thank you for your support and teaching, I don't know if I can ask you some strange techniques to do some good deeds for the people! ”
The Daoist priest frowned, and Zhu Huan immediately said, "For example, you taught me some stealth or transfiguration techniques, so that I can hoe the strong and help the weak!" ”
The Daoist priest repeatedly looked his beard up and down and said, "The human body is difficult to purify in the six roots of the earthly world, and because of desire, it is inevitable that if you learn this technique, you will inevitably do something harmful to nature and reason." If you really want to help the people, I will teach you the art of asking for rain, and if the people suffer from drought, you can use the art of asking for rain to help them! ”
Zhu Huan's eyes flashed a trace of disappointment, and he secretly thought in his heart that this old Daoist was indeed powerful, and he could see the purpose in his heart. He pretended to be excited and said to him, "This is very good, and your proposal is also a good plan, so that I can do something good for the people and solve the people's needs." ”
The Taoist priest then passed on two sets of mantras, which could be used to ask for rain and snow, and gave him an incense burner and said to him, "If you want to ask for rain, first light three incense sticks in the incense burner, and then chant the mantra to ask for rain or snow." Remember, don't go backwards, don't ask for heavy rain in winter, and don't ask for heavy snow in summer. Do more good deeds, be cautious and low-key, do not break the rules for your own selfish desires, lightly break the head and bleed, cause yourself to be disabled, and seriously risk your life. ”
Zhu Huan took the incense burner and thanked him again and again. After returning home, Zhu Huan took out the incense burner and recited the incantation, and sure enough, the dark clouds rolled in the sky, and soon it began to rain heavily. Zhu Huan was overjoyed, and if he had obtained the most precious treasure, he hid the incense burner, and soon after he became the local lord of the bo, which could be described as an infinite scenery.
After becoming an official, Zhu Huan was able to speak well, and soon Learned of the county's appreciation. Soon after, the weather was unusually hot, and the county commander thought about raining to relieve the heat, and Zhu Huan asked for rain for him on the spot. Zhixian was horrified, repeatedly tempted, found that Zhu Huan could successfully ask for rain every time, since then, Zhixian was very important to him, and for a time Zhu Huan became famous and became a red man in the county!
One year there was a great drought in the capital, and the Heavenly Master (who was the imperial court's imperial heavenly master) prayed for rain in January, and the people from the emperor down to the people were very anxious, so the imperial court posted the imperial list to ask for talents and strangers who could ask for rain. Whoever can pray for success in all things will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. Zhixian recommended Zhu Huan to the emperor, and the emperor was very happy to hear that, and Zhu Huan was also ecstatic, and had long been looking forward to this hard-won opportunity.
Zhu Huan was summoned by the emperor to the main hall, and the emperor asked him if he could ask for rain, and Zhu Huan was full of confidence and took out an incense burner on the spot and began to ask for rain. After a short time, it was raining heavily, and for a time the river canal was full of heavy rain. The cheers and cheers of the crowd of onlookers around them, from the officials to the people, all thought that Zhu Huan was indeed a powerful and powerful person, and the Heavenly Master looked embarrassed and secretly marveled at the side.
After this rain, the emperor rewarded Zhu Huan with hundreds of taels of silver, and Zhu Huan became a red man in front of the emperor, and the official was promoted to three products. The house in the family was magnificently built, and there were eight large cars outside. One day the emperor asked Zhu Huan if the heat was unbearable, could he drop some snow to relieve the heat? Zhu Huan remembered the words of the old Daoist and felt uneasy in his heart. But when he thought that he could get a heavy reward for asking for rain for the emperor, he nodded his head hard.
The emperor immediately asked him to ask for snow, Zhu Huan took out the incense burner and immediately begged for it, after the incantation was read, a cold wind blew in the sky, people felt cold, and it wasn't long before the sky really fluttered snowflakes. Zhu Huan was extremely happy in his heart, thinking that this time the emperor would definitely reward himself again, but he did not expect that the emperor was livid. Ordering the guards to push Zhu Huan to the ground, he said angrily, "Who the hell are you?" Can make June Flying Snow, must be a curse on the country and the people, push him out and behead him! ”
Zhu Huan couldn't imagine that he would get such a fate after successfully seeking snow, which frightened him into kneeling on the ground and prostrating his head and shouting for his life. It turned out that the Celestial Master was jealous of Zhu Huan's ability to ask for rain, and secretly and quietly told the emperor that Zhu Huan's method of asking for rain was a magic trick, which was a magic skill that could make June fly snow, and if Zhu Huan was not removed, he was afraid that in the future he would definitely use magic to do things that would bring calamity to the country and the people. The emperor was shocked when he heard this, so he found an excuse to let Zhu Huan ask for snow, and after Zhu Huan did so, zhongji caused a big disaster!
When the emperor saw Zhu Huan shouting injustice, he asked him to confess the truth of the art of asking for rain, and Zhu Huan had to confess truthfully. After hearing this, the emperor said angrily: "Ignorant of the people, the middle move is actually a fraud, how is this different from the crime of deceiving the king?" Today you can avoid the death penalty, and the living sin cannot be escaped! After saying this, he let the guards hit a hundred boards and then raided the house to take all the family property, and finally reduced him to a poor man.
After Zhu Huan was beaten, he fell into a lifelong disability, sighed long and short every day, and remembered the Taoist priest's admonition to cry bitterly and regret not being the beginning!
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