The son of the old woman was eaten by a tiger, and she went to the government to file a complaint, and then got a "tiger son" to send her pension to the end. Zhao Chenghu, a small story with feelings and righteousness.
During the Qing Dynasty, there was an old woman in Zhao Cheng County who was more than seventy years old, her wife had died a long time ago, there was only one son under her knees, mother and son were dependent on each other, one day, his son went into the mountains to cut firewood, and his life was lost.
The old woman was in pain, so she cried and went to the gate to complain. The county commander said helplessly, "How can the tiger be punished by the law?" This officer is also incompetent. "The old woman did not listen, crying and making trouble in the lobby, the county order did not listen to her kind words, had to drink sharply, but the old woman was not afraid at all, she had no son, no one was reliable, she was not far from death, she lay on the ground and could not afford it.
The county order saw that she was old and could not punish her with torture, and was forced to reluctantly agree to avenge her capture of the tiger. The old woman was afraid that the county order would deceive herself, and she must make sure that he sent a letter to catch the tiger before she would return home. The county order was really unable to make a fuss, so he asked the servants in the hall who could volunteer to hunt the tiger, and once they succeeded, there would be a heavy reward.
At that time, a servant named Li Neng was drunk, and before he could wake up, when he heard the county order's questioning, he walked to the county order step by step, patted his chest and said, "I can." The county commander knew that he was drunk, and at this time he could not be punished, so he agreed to it, and Li Neng took the hook down, and the old woman got up and left.
Li can wake up the wine to regret it, they all say that the wine is strong and courageous, he has planted it, think about it, this is basically the scam of the government to deal with the old woman, in order to get rid of her entanglement, think about it, and do not pay attention to it, so he takes the hook to make a difference.
When the county commander saw it, he wanted him to be punished, but he did not expect that he actually perfunctorily rebuked himself and angrily rebuked: "You swore that you could do it, how could you rebel?" ”
Li Neng was very embarrassed, how could he catch the tiger by his own strength? Maybe he himself will become the food in the belly of the tiger at that time, and he asked the county order to summon the hunters to go into the mountains to catch the tiger, and the county order agreed.
Li was able to find all the hunters and ambush them in the valley day and night, hoping to catch a tiger, but more than a month had passed, and not even a tiger hair had been seen.
He was beaten dozens of times because of his poor work, and he felt particularly wronged, so he went to the East Temple of the City to cry and pray, and when he talked about his sadness, he couldn't help but cry. After a while, a tiger came in from outside, and Li was so frightened that he was scattered, thinking that he must be dead, and he couldn't help but close his eyes.
When the tiger came in, he didn't look anywhere, just crouched in the middle of the door. Li Neng waited for a while, did not move, opened his eyes to see that the tiger did not look like he wanted to hurt himself, so he boldly bowed to the tiger and said, "If you have harmed the old woman's son, please lie down and let me tie up and go on an errand." The tiger nodded, And Lee could take out the rope and tie it around its neck, and the tiger bowed down to let him bind it.
Li Neng led the tiger to Yamen, and the county order asked the tiger: "Since the old woman's son is what you eat, since ancient times, you should kill people to pay for your life, but the old woman is old and has no one to be reliable, if you are willing to give her a son, I can forgive you." The tiger nodded in agreement, and was untied and let go.
When the old woman found out, she complained about why the county order did not kill the tiger to avenge her son, and the county order replied that it was for her own good. The next morning, the old woman opened the door and saw a dead deer at the door, so she sold the deerskin venison to maintain the family.
After that, tigers often sent things, and if it was money or cloth, they threw it in the yard. Gradually, the old woman no longer worried about food and clothing, lived a richer life than when her son was alive, no longer hated the tiger, but was grateful.
Tigers sometimes lie under the eaves all day long, people and animals coexist peacefully, peacefully, and the neighbors around them are not strange and accustomed.
A few years later, the old woman was dying, the tiger was roaring loudly in the room, the people in the family heard the voices coming, the old woman's usual savings were enough to give her a beautiful funeral, they repaired the grave, and just buried the old woman.
The tiger suddenly came, the crowd scattered in fright, the tiger howled like thunder in front of the grave for a while before leaving, and then did not appear again, the villagers were touched by the friendship of the tiger, and set up a "Righteous Tiger Shrine" in the eastern suburbs.
The tiger eats people instinctively, but it keeps its promise and is willing to give the old woman a pension to the end, which is also a sentient and righteous tiger.