During the reign of Xuanzong Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty, the scholar Muhean had no hope of taking the imperial examination, so he simply stopped studying and worked as a farmer at home. This is very painful for him, everything has to start from scratch, and the life of the family is not as good as before. The key is that he is reluctant to take off his scholar's clothes, and he still speaks in a crepe manner, and everyone still calls him a scholar.
On this day, the youngest son of Muhean clamored for fish, so he rowed a small paddle to the river to net fish. This big river is about three zhang wide, the river is turbulent, it flows endlessly all year round, there are many fish in the river, people here never go to the market to buy fish, want to eat fish, they go to the river to catch it.
However, today is strange, Muhean cast several nets one after another, and not even a single shrimp was caught. He couldn't help muttering, "What's the matter today? Could it be that all the fish in the river have gone to the party? Why are the nets empty?"
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly appeared in the river, about a foot long. Makihean was startled, thinking that there was a water monster, so he hurriedly rowed a small paddle to the shore. It wasn't until the black shadow came up that he was relieved, and it turned out to be a big herring. He has lived for decades, not to mention seeing such a big herring, he has never even heard of it. He looked at the net in his hand, and had the intention to cast it to catch the big herring, but the net was too small to cover it.
At this time, the big herring opened its mouth and spoke, only to hear him say: "Hey, scholar, what do you think I look like?" Mu He'an suddenly understood, this is a big herring that cultivates, no wonder it has grown so big, it is begging for a mouth. Mu Hean blurted out, "I think you are like a dragon, sooner or later you will leap into the sea and soar into the sky." ”
The big herring was so overjoyed that it couldn't help but open its mouth and let out a laugh, and then spit out a column of water to Muhean, which showed its excitement. After a moment, it calmed down and said, "In order to thank you for letting me succeed in the mouth seal, I am willing to help you, tell me, what do you need most?"
Mu He'an didn't think about it, and said: "Then do you need to say? I want to get rich the most, you help me change my luck, let me get rich, to be honest, I dream of getting rid of poverty." ”
The big herring said, "If you want to get rich, I'll teach you a way to change your feng shui, dig a canal in front of the door, bring in the river water, pass in front of the door, and make sure you can get rich." ”
Mu Hean was overjoyed and asked, "Why do you want to do this? What is the doorway in the middle?" The big herring said: "Water is wealth, and the flowing river water represents a steady stream of wealth, and wealth will definitely be retained when it passes in front of the door." Mu Hean said, "Okay, I'll go back and ask someone to dig a ditch." ”
"However, you must remember that the canal should be deep, and the shallowest should be seven feet, and it should not be too close to your courtyard gate, nor too far, and the distance of nine feet and nine inches is the best." This is very particular, digging well, the financial resources are rolling in, and the digging is not good, and the financial resources cannot be retained. ”
Mu Hean was embarrassed and said: "It's so complicated, I'm worried that if it doesn't get it right, it will backfire, if only you could come to the scene to guide in person." The big herring said, "I am a thing in the water, and my current skills are limited, and I can't reach the land." In this way, if you encounter something that you can't decide, go to the river and call me, and shout three times in a row, and the river will part, and if you come to my house and knock on the door, I will come out and help you solve the problem. "Muhean was busy saying okay.
The big herring was about to sink to the bottom of the water, and Mu Hean hurriedly said: "Daqing, send me two fish and then go, my son wants to eat fish, go back empty-handed, he will cry endlessly." The big herring said, "Because I have come, the fish have shunned me." After half an hour, you will cast your net again, and you will reap the rewards. ”
Muhean rested on the shore for more than half an hour, and then rowed a small paddle to cast the net, and sure enough, the net was harvested, and a lot of fish came up. When he returned home, he told his wife and parents about the big herring begging for a seal, and they said, "Since the big herring said it, let's dig it." ”
That night, Muhean went to the homes of several relatives to call people and agreed to start construction tomorrow. Early the next morning, a dozen people came and began to dig ditches. They planned to start digging in front of the gate first, and then divide the troops into two ways, digging all the way up to bring in the river water, and all the way down to drain the river water.
When they dug six feet nine inches deep, water seeped out from below, and two toads jumped out. Mu He'an thought it was strange, why did toads appear in such a deep place? There was a water source below, should we continue to dig down? He asked people to catch two toads, keep them in buckets, and decided to go to the big herring and ask them.
When he came to the river, Muhean circled his hands in the shape of a trumpet and shouted "Daqing" three times towards the river. As soon as the words fell, the river parted, and a cobblestone path appeared. Muhean walked along the path, and after a while, he came to a cave. The door of the cave is closed, and there are two stone doors with iron rings on them.
Makizuruan shook the iron ring and slammed into the stone gate. After a while, the stone door opened, and a large pool appeared inside, and the big herring was lying in the pool. However, its head has begun to grow horns. I heard it shout, "Come in, go to the pool and talk." When he came to the pool, he was surprised to find that the pool was actually made of a single piece of jade, and the edge of the pool was inlaid with five sapphires, exuding a ghostly light. He said in his heart that as long as he had such a sapphire, he would be rich.
I only heard the big herring ask, "You came to me, do you have any problems?" Mu Hean told the reason. The big herring suddenly stood up from the pool and said suspiciously, "Dig out two toads, could it be that you have dug up the dragon's den?" With that, it touched a whisker on the side of its mouth, closed its eyes, and tapped its fingers incessantly. Mu He'an couldn't help but widen his eyes, the herring fish has no beard, and now it has horns and beards, it seems that it is going to be the rhythm of Jackie Chan.
After a while, the big herring opened his eyes and said, "It's broken, it's broken, it's dug out of the dragon's den, those two toads are the vanguard of the dragon, and this dragon is about to be born." ”
Mu He'an couldn't help but be stunned, he had heard the folklore, when the dragon was born, he had to go to the sea, and there were two pioneers in front of him, and the pioneers were toads. Thinking of this, he anxiously asked, "Now that the dragon's den has been dug up, how can it be good?"
Da Qingyu smiled bitterly and said: "No one thought of this kind of thing, and the only way is to move quickly." However, as the saying goes, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and digging out the dragon's den is not necessarily a good thing, at least when the dragon is born, you will not suffer disasters. If you don't find the dragon's lair, when the dragon is born, you will be miserable, the house will collapse, and people may be injured. ”
Mu Hean nodded and sighed. The big herring asked, "What's the matter?" and said Muhean, "However, our family doesn't have the money to build a new house." The big herring took out a pearl and said, "Take this to the jewelry store and sell it, and the money you will get will be enough to build a house, and the rest will be used to dig a canal." Muhean was shocked and asked, "Do you want to continue digging the canal?"
The big herring said: "Dig wide, and dig deep so that the dragon can swim into the river, so that when the dragon is born, the water will not rise by five feet, and the people in the vicinity will not be trapped by the flood." ”
Mu Hean nodded, took the pearl and left, and went up to the river bank, he looked back and saw that the path had been covered by the river and disappeared.
Back at home, Mu Hean instructed people to continue digging canals, and he went to the county jewelry store and sold pearls. He bought materials for the construction of the house, brought in craftsmen, and began to build a new house.
After some time, the house was built, the whole family moved into the new house, and the canal was dug and watered, just waiting for the dragon to be born.
A few days later, one night, as soon as he closed his eyes, he dreamed that a white tiger came to the yard and ate all his chickens. He woke up frightened, thinking it was just a dream, but before he got up in the morning, he heard his wife yelling, and it turned out that there were no chickens in the chicken coop.
Mu Hean told his wife about the scene in the dream, and the two couldn't help but wonder, there was no trace of the tiger on the nearby high mountains, and they had only seen the tiger in the New Year's painting, where did this white tiger come from now?
There was nothing to say during the day, and at night, Muhean dreamed that the white tiger walked in again, and this time, the white tiger jumped into the pigsty and ate the big fat pig. Mu Hean woke up and woke up his wife, and the two immediately lit the lantern and went out to check, and the fat pig in the pigsty was indeed gone. They were bold enough to look around, but they didn't see the shadow of the white tiger at all, so the couple had to go back to their rooms in frustration.
When I got up in the morning, Muhe'an opened my thoughts, could it be that the house was built on the white tiger's den? Why did the white tiger appear? Why couldn't I find it? It seems that we still have to ask the big herring fish about this matter.
So, Muhean came to the river, shouted three times, and after the river parted, he walked up the cobblestone path and knocked on the door of the cave. I saw that the big herring was still lying in the pool, and let him speak in front of him.
Muhean found that the big herring had changed a little, its beard had become longer, its horns had become larger, and the rudiments of its claws had faintly appeared on both sides of its body. Makizuru confirms that it is about to become a dragon.
I only heard the big herring ask, "Isn't the canal already dug up, why are you here again?" Mu He'an told him about the dream of the white tiger, and the big herring was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why did this kind of thing happen to you?" This time, it touched another whisker and tapped it with its fingers.
After a while, the big herring sighed and said, "It's really a coincidence, you built the house on the White Tiger's Den." It looks like you're moving again, and there's nothing else you can do, otherwise, the white tiger will jump out and bite. ”
Mu Hean said, "I don't have money to build a house, so please give me another pearl." The big herring said, "The pearl is what I used for my cultivation, and I can't give it to you anymore." Well, go dig up the willow tree. ”
It told Muhean that he found an old willow tree with a crooked neck by the river, counted to the left facing the river, found the eleventh willow tree, dug it down, and there was a jar of gold, about a hundred taels. This jar of gold was originally buried by a rich man at the end of the Han Dynasty, because his descendants died in the change of dynasties, so it became ownerless wealth.
Muhean was overjoyed and was about to leave, but was stopped by the big herring. The big herring said: "You have also seen it, I am about to become a dragon, don't come to me again in the future, no matter how much you shout Daqing, it will not work." Mu Hean said yes and walked out.
Muhean found the willow tree, and sure enough, he dug up a jar of gold. This time, he called Mr. Feng Shui and carefully searched for a good piece of land and built a new house. Maybe it's the white tiger that has a spirit, and it hasn't been seen since he decided to build a house.
After the house was built, the Makihean family moved into a new house, and nothing strange happened.
In this way, two years passed, although Muhean did not make a fortune, but there was no worry about food and clothing. On this day, it suddenly rained heavily, and by the evening the water had risen a foot deep.
In the middle of the night, there was a sudden tremor, and Mu He'an woke up, and his heart moved, could it be that Feilong was born tonight? He got out of bed, put on his robe, took a shovel, and walked out to the side of the canal. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning, and he saw a dragon swimming in the canal, and the dragon's body was almost full. There was another flash of lightning and thunder, and he saw the dragon's head suddenly raised, and looked at him, so frightened that he sat down in the muddy water.
The next morning, people went to check the address of the old house in Muhe'an, only to see that it had become a waterhole, a few zhang deep, just as wide as the courtyard. People can't help but wonder if the family would have been swimming in a waterhole if they hadn't moved out, and if they didn't drown, they would have been scared to death.
In the blink of an eye, another two years have passed. In the summer, people are sleeping in the yard, and in the middle of the night, there is a sudden tiger roar, which wakes up many people, and they open the door to check. They were surprised to find that a white tiger stepped on the clouds and flew to the horizon. Muhean also saw this strange scene, and then he understood that the white tiger was born tonight.
In the morning, people rushed to check, only to see that the old site of the house had collapsed into a hole, and several good people jumped into the pit and found a hole. They carried torches into the cave to check, and found that it was dozens of zhang deep, and there was nothing in it, and people called this hole the White Tiger Cave. Miraculously, no matter how heavy the rain is, there is no water in the cave.
Time flies, and a few years have passed in a blink of an eye. This year, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and Muhean's hometown was in the war zone, so he took his family and the villagers to embark on a journey of escape.
Hiding and hiding along the way, encountering the impact of several chaotic soldiers, Muhean's family and the villagers dispersed and joined another group of refugees, but fortunately, his family did not disperse.
On this day, they encountered a group of rebels, who had been defeated from the battlefield, about two hundred people. They rushed into the ranks of the refugees and cut down people on sight, looting their belongings and women. Muhe'an's family ran wildly for their lives, and more than a dozen rebels chased after them, and finally blocked their family under the cliff.
The family cried in despair, this time they were dead, and there was no chance of survival. The rebels smiled and raised their knives to pounce, and at the moment when the knives were about to fall, a white light flashed, and a white tiger appeared. I saw that the white tiger let out an angry roar, and a white light swept towards the rebels, and this group of rebels suddenly flew a few feet away, fell down, and fell into a meat pie.
The white tiger glanced majestically around, then turned around and disappeared into the cliff. The family quickly knelt down and couldn't stop thanking the white tiger for saving his life.
Mu Hean asked his family to go first and climb up the mountain, while he was bold enough to find a lot of belongings from the dead rebels, put them in their baggage, and then chased after his family.
After crossing the mountain, to the other side of the mountain, it is still a war zone, but as long as you cross the river and reach the side of the river, it is a safe area.
There were many refugees rushing to cross the river, and it took a lot of effort for the family to squeeze into a small boat and row to the opposite bank. After a while, in the middle of the river, several large boats came from the opposite bank, belonging to officers and soldiers. In order to prevent the spies from following the refugees across the river, they did not allow the boats to approach and ordered the boats to go back.
The refugees did not listen, rowed a small boat and continued to move forward, the official boat began to release arrows, for a while, more than a dozen people in the small boat, one after another fell into the water with arrows, even if there were no arrows, close to the big boat, the big boat stretched out a spear, also poked to death.
Makihean was also hit by an arrow, but it didn't hurt the vital point. The family lay on the boat, dodging the bow and arrow, but could not dodge the spear, and seeing that the spear was about to pierce their body, suddenly the waves rolled and a huge dragon rose out of the water, so frightened that the officers and soldiers quickly hid in the cabin.
The dragon pushed the boat of Makizuru-an until it reached the other side. When all the family of Muhean went ashore, the dragon sank into the water and disappeared. The family quickly knelt down and kowtowed to the place where the dragon disappeared to express their gratitude.
The family continued to hurry, until they reached a safe place, and then rented a house to live in and lived a stable life.
A few years later, the Anshi Rebellion was put down, and the family returned to their hometown. The people from the hometown came back one after another, and each family lost its population on the way to flee, and many even lost five or six people, only the Muhean family was safe and sound, and the whole family was still alive.
People were envious, but Mu He'an said with palpitations: "Our family almost died twice, but thanks to the rescue of the white tiger and the dragon, we survived. So I told the two experiences in detail. There is no need to guess the white tiger, it must be the white tiger that flew from here, as for the dragon, everyone guesses, it should be the dragon born from here. Everyone said that the white tiger and the dragon knew how to be grateful, and they saved the family of Muhean when they moved for them.
Life gradually returned to peace, Muhean has transformed from a scholar, into an authentic farmer, the life of the family has not been much improved, still more than enough food and clothing, lack of wealth, wealth is still his constant dream.
On this day, Muhean rowed a small paddle to the river to net fish, but the three nets were empty in succession, and not even a small shrimp was seen. He couldn't help but think of the day when the big herring begged for a seal, which was also such a phenomenon, and he couldn't help muttering to himself, "Could it be that the big herring is here again today?"
As soon as the words fell, he showed his head and said, "You are right, and you are wrong." I am no longer the herring fish of the past, thanks to you for letting me succeed in begging for a mouth, I am already a dragon. ”
Mu He'an looked at it, and there was indeed a dragon's head floating on the water, so he asked: "Mr. Jiaolong, why are you here today?" Jiaolong was happy and said: "There is nothing else, just come out to see you and say a word of thanks." Mu Hean smiled and said: "Needless to say, thank you, it's just that the thing you promised to help me change my fortune and make a fortune has not yet been fulfilled." ”
Unexpectedly, Jiaolong said: "Why didn't you cash it out? Your family should have died in the war, but now that the whole family is healthy and has been able to continue its bloodline, hasn't it changed its fortune?
Mu He'an laughed out loud, and said with a smile: "According to what you say, my family has indeed changed its luck, and the two escapes from death were caused by digging a canal, I have no objection to this, and I really want to thank you." However, when it comes to getting rich, it is a bit far-fetched. Although my family has no worries about food and clothing, they all earn a little to eat, and if they don't earn, they don't have anything to eat, compared with those wealthy families, how can we be considered rich?"
Jiaolong laughed and said, "Let me tell you the truth, I haven't forgotten my promise to make you rich, and I came today to give you wealth." ”
It turned out that Jiaolong was leaving this place, and the jade pond could no longer accommodate its body, so it took off the five sapphires inlaid on the edge of the jade pond and planned to give them to Muhean.
Mu He'an was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly reached out to take the sapphire, and couldn't help laughing, and said: "I have finally made a fortune, and this money is enough for my family to eat and drink for several generations." He suddenly remembered Yuchi and asked, "Yuchi, what are you going to do with it?"
Jiaolong said: "I plan to bury it at the bottom of the river and not let it appear." Mu Hean hurriedly said, "Don't don't, you can give it to me." Jiaolong sneered and said, "Don't be too greedy, too much wealth is easy to cause disaster." ”
However, Makizuru insisted on it. Jiaolong said, "Okay, I'll give it to you." However, I have said something wrong, and if it brings disaster to you, you don't blame me. Muhean hurriedly said: "I don't blame you, I don't blame you!"
Jiaolong then dived into the water, and after a while, he came up with the jade pool. Muhean knelt down and kowtowed nine heads, and the dragon sank under the water and disappeared.
Mu Hean called a dozen people and carried Yuchi home. He sold a sapphire, built a large estate, bought thousands of acres of fertile land, and lived the life of a rich man ever since.
That jade pond was placed in the backyard by him, and as long as there were guests, he would take them to visit and show off. After a long time, Thorn Shi got the news and came to ask for it. However, how could Mu He'an be willing to give it up? He didn't take the assassin history seriously, so he flatly refused.
After a while, Thorn Shi caught a group of thieves, and he took it upon himself to buy off a few thieves and let them insist that Muhean was an accomplice and was responsible for selling the stolen goods. The assassin led the people to arrest all the family of Muhean, confiscated the family property, and took away the four sapphires and the jade pool.
The four sapphires were invaded by the Thorn History, and the jade pool, the Thorn Shi was dedicated to Tang Suzong. Tang Suzong was overjoyed and promoted the assassin to two levels and transferred to the imperial court as an official. After all, Thorn Shi relented, released the Muhean family, and returned the house and land.
Because the money was looted, Muhean had to sell the fertile land, and the family road gradually declined. He remembered Jiaolong's advice at the beginning, and couldn't help but feel remorseful, and sighed: "I seem to be living in a dream!"
Everyone wants to be rich, but how many people in the world have made a fortune? The whole family is healthy, and there is no need for food and clothing, and it is already considered rich. People's hearts are still content, don't be dissatisfied, the result is just like Muhean, and finally ended up in a situation where money was lost. To be a man, we must know the blessings and cherish the blessings, and the blessings will last for a long time.