It is said that in ancient times, there was a thief named Zhang Shi in Liaocheng County, Dongchang Province, Shandong Province. He came from a well-to-do family, but when he was young, his family suddenly changed and became destitute, and under the heavy blow, his parents unfortunately died. The young Zhang Shi had no way to make a living and could only become a thief.
Poor guy
Zhang Shi has been stealing in Liaocheng for many years and has committed many theft cases. He is as quick as an ape, and has repeatedly been able to escape in time after stealing. The crowd could not catch him, nor did they know who the thief was.
There is a large family in Liaocheng County, and the head of the household is the three brothers of the Chen family. The eldest of the Chen family married his wife Zhao, the second elder of the Chen family married his wife Qian, and the third elder of the Chen family married his wife Sun, and the three couples were very affectionate. Unfortunately, the heavens were not beautiful, and three months ago, the three brothers of the Chen family fell ill and died together, leaving behind three poor widows. Neither the Zhao nor Qian clans left any heirs, and the Sun clan became pregnant four months ago. The three widows prayed day and night in the ancestral hall, hoping that the Sun clan would give birth to a male and continue the Chen bloodline.
Three women
On this day, it is the Qingming Festival, and the three widows of the Chen family will go to pay tribute to their deceased husbands. Zhao and Qian said to Sun: "This is a long way to go, it takes three days to go round-trip, sister you are pregnant, it is not convenient to walk, or stay at home." The two of us just went to the grave. Sun nodded in agreement. Zhao and Qian left only an old maid to take care of the Sun family, and then they set out with the servants.
When Zhang Shi found out about this, he was overjoyed and thought to himself, "At this time, there are few people in Chen Mansion, and it is a good time to start." That night, he turned over and easily jumped into the Chen Mansion. Zhang Shi sneaked in the Chen Mansion, and he saw Sun Shi and the old maid coming out of the room in the distance, holding a lamp to inspect the portal. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Shi sneaked into Sun's room and hid in the closet.
Soon after, Sun and the old maid finished their inspection and returned to the room. Zhang Shi did not immediately lie down, but sat under the lamp reading a book, and the old maid yawned and urged Sun Shi to hurry to sleep. Sun Shi was displeased and said, "I'm not sleepy yet, you lock my door and go out to sleep, don't disturb me!" ”
Widow and old maid
The old maid hid the door and hurried away. In the room, only Zhang Shi in the dark and Sun Shi in the bright place were left. As long as Sun Shi was asleep, Zhang Shi could steal.
At this time, a teenager pushed open the door of Sun's room and rushed in. Zhang Shi, who was hiding in the cupboard, initially suspected that he was a fellow believer, but first of all, he was well dressed, and second, he did not wait for Sun Shi to fall asleep and rushed in, looking like a thief.
When Sun Shi saw a strange man breaking in, he was shocked and wanted to reprimand. Who knew that the teenager's eyes were fast, and he quickly went forward to hug Sun Shi and eagerly asked for pleasure. Sun Shi pushed the teenager away with both hands and called out to the old maid, but the old maid did not respond.
Seeing that Sun Shi insisted on refusing, the teenager was furious, pulled out a knife and pointed it at Sun Shi: "If you don't follow, I will let you put a white knife into the red knife and out!" Sun Shi sternly rebuked: "My family is innocent, how can I be polluted by such a scoundrel as you, if you want to kill, you will kill, I would rather die than obey!" The teenager was furious and put the knife on Sun's neck, threatening to force her to commit the crime.
Juvenile murder
Zhang Shi, who was hiding in the closet, saw that the teenager was so inferior to the beast, and the anger rose from his heart, and a mighty and righteous qi gushed out, and he absolutely could not sit idly by. Only to see him break out of the cabinet, quickly take the knife from the teenager's hand, and smash the handle of the knife towards the teenager. The teenager was hit in the forehead and fell down in response. This sudden change completely frightened Sun Shi, and she trembled and could not say a word in her mouth.
Zhang Shi hurried out the door and shouted to the surroundings: "Come, come and catch the thief!" The neighbors rushed into the Chen mansion, saw Zhang Shi, and asked, "Where is the thief?" Who are you? ”
Zhang Shi had just forgotten that he was a thief out of righteous indignation, and now that the people were saying this, he remembered his purpose of coming here, and he could only smile bitterly: "I am a thief, but there is a person in the room who is more hateful than a thief, please come with me." ”
Zhang Shi led everyone into Sun's room, and Sun had already avoided going to another room at this time, and only the teenager who was lying in a pool of blood was left in the room. Everyone held up candles to take a closer look and found that the teenager was a neighbor of Chen Fu, but he was only slightly injured and was not in danger of life. The crowd asked why the teenager was here, the teenager was silent, and then asked Zhang Shi, Zhang Shi gave up all he saw, and the crowd tied the two up.
Court
Early the next morning, the two men were escorted to the county court. The teenager refused to admit guilt, but instead framed Zhang Shi for adultery with Sun Shi, and claimed that he heard the voices of the two and rushed to catch the adulteress, but was unexpectedly injured by Zhang Shi.
Seeing that the teenager bit himself back, Zhang Shi retorted: "I am a little hairy thief, who does not know, who does not know." If Sun Shi is really an unchaste woman, how can he have an affair with a little thief like me! After saying that, he said everything he saw last night. In order to convince Xian Ling that he was really a thief, he even shook out all the details of the theft he had committed over the years.
The county order verified the file and confirmed Zhang Shi's identity, believing his words. The county order instructed the servants to serve the juveniles, but the teenagers could not bear it and could only tell the truth. It turned out that the teenager coveted Sun's beauty and had always wanted to find an opportunity to occupy her. The other day, he bribed the old maid to cover the door and let him in. Whoever wanted to meet Zhang Shi fell short.
The county decree disposed of the young and old maids in accordance with the law, and expressed the virginity of the Sun clan. The county commander, sensing Zhang Shi's righteous spirit, did not punish him for the crime of theft and released him in court.
Punish the evil less
After Zhang Shi was released, he still stole as usual.
On the evening of this day, Zhang Shi was a small town burglary, accidentally found by the owner of the house, Zhang Shi fled in fear. Under the pursuit of everyone, Zhang Shi accidentally mistakenly entered the Jedi and could not escape.
In a panic, Zhang Shi saw a broken temple in front of him, so he turned over into the wall, planning to hide in the god case to avoid this disaster. Zhang Shi ran in a hurry and accidentally knocked down a statue of a god standing next to the temple.
Broken temple
Zhang Shi was knocked unconscious, and in a daze he saw that the statue of the god he had knocked down suddenly stood up. The god was blue-faced and bearded, holding a large knife in his hand, and angrily rebuked Zhang Shi, "Who are you?" How dare they knock me down! After saying that, he grabbed Zhang Shi and wanted to kill him.
Zhang Shi resisted vigorously, and at this time he only heard a voice coming from the middle of the hall: "This man has preserved the virginity of others, continued the blood of others, yin and virtue are huge, and the heavens have already given him great blessings, you are a little ghost pawn, you dare to harm him!" As soon as he finished speaking, the blue-faced Akatsuki god was taken down and whipped hundreds of times.
After dealing with the blue-faced Akatsuki God, the voice said to Zhang Shi, "There is a huge amount of money given to you by heaven on the steps, so go and get it!" Zhang Shi thanked him again and again, and in a trance, he saw that the gold on the steps was piled up like a mountain, and he rushed over. Who knows, he accidentally stepped on the steps and fell to the ground.
Torream
Zhang Shi woke up in a daze and realized that he had just been dreaming. He looked up at the starry sky and saw that there were only three or five stars in the sky, and it seemed that the sky was about to light up. Zhang Shi memorized the words of the immortals, looked for traces of money everywhere along the steps, and finally found a penny under the first step. Zhang Shi smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking that the immortals were deliberately entertaining him, but Providence could not be violated, and he could only put away the money.
After dawn, Zhang Shi left the broken temple and came to a village. At this time, he was hungry in his stomach, and when he saw that someone next to the road was selling cooked potatoes, he took out the money and bought a potato to eat.
Soon after, an old man also came to buy food and sat with Zhang Shi. After eating, the old man left in a hurry, forgetting to take away the folds he had brought with him before leaving. Zhang Shi got up after eating, saw this fold, and knew that it was lost by the old man.
old man
Zhang Shi opened the fold and saw that inside there were two large ingots of gold, more than 100 Western silver coins and hundreds of copper coins. In addition, there were four books of accounts, Zhang Shi opened it and found that it was recorded that the old man still had tens of thousands of taels of silver uncollected. Zhang Shi looked around, afraid of being seen by the taro seller, and hurriedly hid the folds.
Zhang Shi pondered in his heart, "Is this the huge amount of money given to me by the immortals?" Although this money was given by the gods, but if the old man lost this fold, what would he rely on to collect the money? If I accept this money, it will be a loss to others. Although this money is given by God, it is not acceptable. After thinking about it, he sat where he was and waited for the old man to return.
The taro seller saw Zhang Shijiu sitting motionless in the shop and angrily said, "You just paid a penny, you have to sit here for a long time, why, do you want to stay here?" Zhang Shi said busily, "No, I just want to buy a few more potatoes." After saying that, he took a few pieces of money out of the folds, bought a few potatoes, and ate them slowly, waiting for the old man to return.
Soon after, the old man did rush back, only to see that his face was panicked and sweat was like rain. Seeing that Zhang Shi was still there, the old man asked eagerly: "Young man, you haven't left yet, I just lost a fold here, have you seen it?" ”
Old man and guy
Zhang Shi took out his jacket and smiled, "If it weren't for this jacket, I would have left a long time ago." Old man, the original is there, I only borrowed a few pieces of money to buy some potatoes, please don't be surprised. The old man took the fold, did not open it, did not thank Zhang Shi, and only said: "My home is not far from here, do you want to come to my house as a guest?" ”
Zhang Shi promised, followed the old man forward, walked for several miles, and came to a large mansion, which was beautiful, entangled with green plants, and very elegant. After the two entered the middle hall, the old man asked Zhang Shi to wait for a moment, and then came out after he sorted out his clothes.
Soon after, the old man came out and said to Zhang Shizuo: "The old man's surname is Li, a Jingchu person, who has been in the timber business here for many years. The lumber shops in the nearby state capitals and counties were all opened with my loan money. I borrowed tens of thousands of taels of silver to others, and the names of the borrowers, the amount of the loans, and the loan contracts were all in the four books. It's good that you gave it back to me, otherwise it would be troublesome! Boy, I'm going to give you a thousand taels of silver, but I can't repay you for your deep gratitude. ”
Zhang Shi resolutely resigned, saying that this was just a show of hands and was not worth mentioning. Li Weng saw that he was sincere and told him about his family.
Wealthy Lee Weng
Li Weng first asked him what profession he was engaged in, and Zhang Shi was embarrassed and said, "Unemployed." ”
Li Weng asked him if he had any relatives, and Zhang Shi truthfully said: "Luo Tuo is alone, and there is no family." ”
Li Weng said strangely: "Young man, you have no family or occupation, why do you think you are a child?" ”
Zhang Shi sighed and replied, "Old man, don't dare to lie to you, I am a thief." ”
Li Weng was amazed in his heart, as if thinking of something, and hurriedly asked for his name. Zhang Shi replied, "The truth is not hidden, in the next Zhang Shi?" ”
Li Weng nodded approvingly, "I heard that there was a righteous thief in Liaocheng who stopped the atrocities of the evil youngster and preserved the virginity of the festival woman, is it you?" ”
Zhang Shi was embarrassed and said, "Yes." ”
Li Weng sighed: "Young man, your original righteous deeds were admirable, and now you see that you are not profitable, which shows that you are a bright and upright person." The world is big, how many people with better virtue than you can have? My family has a million business, and I have not been able to find someone to manage. Boy, if you don't hate it, follow me and manage the money for me. Isn't it better to be a gentleman on the beam than to be a gentleman on the beam? Hearing Li Weng say this, Zhang Shi was overjoyed in his heart, and after that, he followed Lao Weng's side.
Guys who live a good life
Zhang Shi was born in a well-off family, and he already knew many words, so Li Weng asked him to collect the account. Zhang Shi spent two years to recover all the accounts, and there was no shortage of money. Li Weng was very satisfied with Zhang Shi.
Li Weng had no children, so he adopted Zhang Shi as a son. A few years later, Li Weng took Zhang Shi back to his hometown in Jingchu. Because Li Weng left the hometown for thirty years, the townspeople had never seen Zhang Shi and thought that he was Li Weng's own son.
After a few more years, Li Weng died. Zhang Shi inherited Li Weng's million family business and became a famous rich man in the land of Jingchu. Zhang Shi had many descendants, the family multiplied endlessly, and some of his descendants won the imperial examination, and the highest official position became the Daotai.
Adopted as a son
Just so-called: the night line steals next to the hidden beam, and the rape is worse than the tiger wolf. If the woman does not suffer two lives, she will take the knife and stab the black heart. The three words frequently call me a thief, and I can know the arrogance of this heroic. Qiao Qiao also inherited his business, gaining and losing Xin like a Chu Guo bow.
Postscript: A habitual thief, because of good deeds and righteous deeds, gets shelter, becomes a rich man, and his descendants continue to multiply. This corresponds to the saying of the ancients: "The Heavenly Dao has no relatives, and is always with good people." ”
Adapted from "Sitting On the Flowers"
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