There was a Wei lord, who was originally a high-ranking official in the court, but because of his upright temperament, he offended the emperor and was demoted to the imperial horse prison to take care of the emperor's favorite white horse.
This night, it snowed heavily overnight. In the morning, a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, and the servants panicked and prayed: The white horse was gone.
Lord Wei quickly took the servants to look for it, but fortunately there were clear horseshoe prints on the snow, and he directly found a small farm yard a few miles away.
There was only one old man living alone in the courtyard, surnamed Zhang, who was too old to be old, known as Zhang Laobo, and the white horse ran into his family's yard.
Zhang Laobo returned the white horse to them and invited them into the house to eat melons. The melon was picked fresh in the vegetable garden, and it was fragrant and sweet.
After returning home, When Lord Wei talked about this matter, everyone felt curious about how there would be melons in such a mid-winter season.
Winter to spring, taking advantage of the warm weather, Lord Wei took his wife and daughter to the countryside to play and enjoy the spring, and by the way, he brought a generous gift to thank Old Uncle Zhang.
At noon, the crowd held a banquet at Lao Bo Zhang's house. Zhang Laobo is an old man, and Neither Lady Wei nor Lady Wei has avoided suspicion.
When Mrs. Wei learned that Lao Bo Zhang was alone, she wanted to find him a wife, and Lao Bo Zhang was very happy.
Mrs. Wei said: Find someone who is about the same age as you. Zhang Laobo said: The age is too old.
Mrs. Wei also said that when she was sixty, fifty, forty, or even thirty, Old Uncle Zhang was too old.
Mrs. Wei was not pleased and asked: "Then how old are you looking for?"
Zhang Laobo pointed at Miss Wei and said, "I have a crush on this girl."
When Lord Wei heard this, he was so angry that he stood up and wanted to beat him. Mrs. Wei pulled him aside and said, "Well, we're here to thank him, he's old and confused, don't bother with him."
The crowd was bored and went back home.
Who knew that Old Bo Zhang was not talking nonsense, and after everyone left, he took out a piece of silver and found two matchmakers who could speak the Tao, and asked them to go to Wei Mansion to talk about media.
The matchmaker thought to herself, if she went to Wei Mansion, she would definitely be beaten out. The two discussed, went to the door of Wei Mansion for a turn, and then went to reply to say that Lord Wei had refused.
The two were quietly discussing, but they saw Lao Bo Zhang chasing after them and saying: "Do you want to go to the door of Wei Mansion for a turn, and then tell me that I didn't say it, didn't you?"
The two matchmakers looked at each other and thought the old man was a little strange.
Zhang Laobo also said: You just have to go, whether you can succeed or not, as long as Lord Wei gives you a word, I will give you another piece of silver, otherwise, the previous silver will be returned to me.
The matchmaker plucked up the courage to come to the Wei Mansion and said her intentions with trepidation, and Lord Wei was really angry and wanted to beat them out.
The matchmaker said with a smiling face: Adults give a word, let's make an errand money, otherwise the silver we have in hand will have to be returned.
Lord Wei said angrily, "Go and tell the old man, unless he can come up with a hundred thousand yuan for the dowry, and he doesn't want gold and silver, only copper plates."
The matchmaker went to talk back to Old Man Zhang, and Old Man Zhang was very happy to hear it, and opened a room full of copper plates, which were full of copper plates, enough to have 100,000 pieces.
Lord Wei did not expect that an old village man could really come up with so much money, he was very surprised, and he regretted it, and consulted with his wife: if you repent, it is a word without faith; if you agree, how can you marry your daughter to an old man in the village.
The lady had no choice but to ask her daughter what she thought.
Moreover, it is said that Lady Wei is only eighteen years old, gentle and beautiful, she can only speak when she is seven years old, and as soon as she opens her mouth, she reads a few poems, to the effect that there is providence in the underworld.
When Lady Wei heard her mother say this, she actually agreed, saying: "I am afraid that this is providence."
Since Lady Wei agreed, her father had no other way to marry her, but she refused to associate with the Zhang family.
It is said that Lord Wei also has a son who is an official in other places. On this day, When Wei Gongzi returned, he saw a disheveled woman selling melons on the street, and it turned out to be his own sister.
Only then did Wei Gongzi know that his sister had married an old man in the village, and he was furious, and he raised his sword and rushed to Zhang Laobo's house, and Wei Girl could not stop him.
Seeing Old Uncle Zhang's appearance, Wei Gongzi was even more angry, and he took the sword and slashed at his head, who knew that when a sword was cut down, Old Bo Zhang was unscathed, but Wei Gongzi's sword was broken.
Zhang Laobo sighed: Unfortunately, there is one less immortal.
Wei Gongzi couldn't understand, was stunned, and went back to tell his father. Lord Wei said that the old man was a strange man and told his son not to look for him again.
Wei Gongzi did not listen, and the next day he went to the Zhang family again, determined to snatch his sister back.
Who knew that the Zhang family was no longer there, leaving only a note saying that it had moved to Maoshan Peach Blossom Village.
I also heard people in the neighborhood say that the two had left overnight, and That Aunt Wei wanted to say goodbye to her father,but Old Uncle Zhang refused, and That Lady Wei was scolded and cried and left.
Wei Gongzi was even more furious, chasing all the way to Maoshan Mountain, but he did not know where The Peach Blossom Village was, only a large river blocked the way, and the scenery on the other side was picturesque, but mortals could not pass.
At this time, a small child led a donkey over and said to Wei Gongzi: Zhang Zhenren has please.
Then let Wei Gongzi ride on a donkey and float across the river, through a waterfall, to a wide cave house.
At this time, it was late autumn outside, but in the cave house, peach blossoms were in full bloom, auspicious clouds were shrouded, and cranes danced, which was clearly a fairy residence. There is also a splendid temple in which a god and immortal sit.
The little boy took Wei Gongzi to meet Zhang Zhenren, and zhenren said: You should have become an immortal, but you should not have cut me with a sword and chased me to this place, and now look at your sister's face, send you back, and send you another hundred thousand yuan.
Then, he asked Xiao Tong to take out an old straw hat and give it to Wei Gongzi, saying: You take this hat and go to Shen Gong, who opened a medicine shop in Yangzhou, to take it.
When Wei Gongzi returned home, he saw that his home was empty and the house was deserted. The neighbor said: Twenty years ago, Lord Wei's whole family soared into immortals in daylight.
Wei Gongzi was shocked and asked carefully, only to find that he had entered the cave house for a day, and twenty years had passed since he came out.
After that, Wei Gongzi took a straw hat and went to Yangzhou to find Shen Gong, found a medicine shop, only to see an old man, who looked like a crane-haired child and a fairy wind Dao bone, it was Shen Gong.
Wei Gongzi explained his intentions and took out his hat to Shen Gong.
Shen Gong asked Madame Shen to come out to see, and Mrs. Shen came out, and she was an eighteen- or nineteen-year-old woman. Wei Gongzi belly slander: This old man, likes to marry little girls likes to marry Old Uncle Zhang.
Mrs. Shen took the hat and looked at it and said: This is indeed Zhang Zhenren's hat, the day before yesterday he passed by here, the hat was broken, let me sew a seam, this is exactly the thread I sewed.
With the voucher, Shen Gong took out 100,000 yuan and gave it to Wei Gongzi.
Wei Gongzi received this large amount of money, all of which was used to repair bridges and roads and provide relief to the poor.
Years later, Wei Gongzi met the child again on the street and learned that Zhang Zhenren and Shen Zhengzheng were drinking in the nearby restaurant.
Wei Gongzi went upstairs to meet him, and Zhang Zhenren said: I was originally a Shangxian and Lingmei was a heavenly jade girl, because Si Fan was in the netherworld, and the Jade Emperor was afraid that she would be infected by mortals, so he asked me to lead her back to the heavenly court.
He also said: You should have ascended to the immortals, but unfortunately you were too murderous, and now you can only do this city god.
After saying that, Zhang Zhenren beckoned two cranes, and Shen Gong flew away in the air with the cranes.