This story is from "The Surprise of Shooting".
During the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Yuan, there was a member named Cui Ying in Zhenzhou, who had a rich family, and because of his father's official title, he was given a position as a Yongjia lieutenant in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, so Cui Ying took his wife Wang Shi and went to Yongjia by water to take office.
To the vicinity of Suzhou Mountain, the boat docked for rest. Cui Ying bought paper money and sacrificed to a nearby temple. When he was finished, he drank with his wife in the boat. The boatman saw that his hands were generous, and even the cups he drank were gold and silver utensils, so he had a bad heart.
That night, the boatman took advantage of his lack of preparation to push Cui Ying into the water and killed all the slaves of the two, leaving only Wang. Because the boatman's family has a young son, who runs the boat for many years and only comes back once a month or two, he has not yet married in his twenties. The boatman wanted to leave the Wang clan to his son.
Wang's life is important, how dare he say no? The boatman called her daughter-in-law reluctantly agreed, and he was also very courteous and flattering, only to survive. When the boatman saw that Wang Shi was well-behaved, he thought that she was timid and ignorant, did not frighten, and no longer embarrassed her, and over time, the care of Wang Shi was also loosened a lot.
It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the boatman set up a banquet in the boat and invited his companions to eat and drink together. In the middle of the night, a boat of people was drunk and unconscious. Seeing that there was no one to defend, Wang Shi got off the boat and fled to the mountain.
After walking for a long time this night, I saw that the sky was about to light, and finally I saw that there were houses in the forest in the distance. Wang Shi panicked and knocked on the door. The door opened, and out came a nunnery, which turned out to be a nunnery. Wang Shi couldn't wait for the other party to speak, and flashed in. After the Wang family had settled down a little, the owner of the house asked her why she had come here.
Wang Shi did not dare to tell the truth, and coaxed: "I was originally from Zhenzhou, and my father-in-law took his whole family to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to serve as an official, but I did not expect that soon after I arrived, my husband died." After my widowdom for many years, my father-in-law married me to Yongjia Cuiwei as a concubine. Who thinks that the lady is fierce, all kinds of difficulties, every day is not to fight or scold. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lang Guan took us on a boat tour to admire the moon, and my wife asked me to take the golden cup to drink wine, and I accidentally dropped the cup in the river. Fearing that he would be beaten to death by his wife, he fled for his life here. “
The owner of the courtyard saw that she was miserable and asked, "Since the lady does not dare to return to the ship, and her hometown is far away, how do you plan for the next few days?" Wang Shi did not make a sound, just lowered his head and wiped his tears.
The owner of the courtyard could not bear it in his heart, and sighed: "The nunnery is remote, and ordinary people will not come." There were only one or two fellows in the courtyard, all of whom were over fifty years old, and there were several waiters, all of whom were pure and kind people. If the lady is not abandoned, she will live here temporarily. Zen Buddha lamp, morning meal and twilight porridge, is better than being a spoiled concubine. “
The Wang clan paid homage to him, and followed the lord of the house to drop his hair in front of the Buddha, and the legislative name was Hui Yuan.
Wang's reading and literacy since childhood, well-written and literate, won the trust of the owner of the house, coupled with being kind and kind, lenient and gentle, and had to be liked by the upper and lower levels. It is only in the courtyard that people are low-key, and they stay in the living room every day after chanting the Buddha, except for the people in the courtyard, there are almost no outsiders.
At the end of a certain year, the good lord went to the courtyard to pray, and the next day, he sent a pair of hibiscus tubushi, and the owner posted it on the screen. Wang Shi was surprised to see it, recognized that it was her husband Cui Yingzhi's pen, and was busy asking where the painting came from. The owner of the courtyard replied, "Gu Axiu in the same county, several brothers are engaged in boating." In the past few years, the family has become rich and often comes to pay it back. The audience said that the two brothers were homeless by plunder. Wang Shi heard this, picked up a pen and inscribed a line of poetry on the side of the painting, and left silently.
A few days later, a man named Guo Qingchun in the city arrived at the nunnery, saw this painting by chance, was amazed, and bought a lot of money to play it. It happened that he met the imperial master Gao Nalin retiring to Gusu, and learning that he liked calligraphy and painting, Guo Qingchun dedicated the painting to Gao Nalin. At that time, Gao Nalin only placed it in the study room along with other gifts, and did not have time to ask the origin of the painting.
One day, outside Gao Mansion, he heard someone selling cursive calligraphy, and Gao Nalin called out to the book seller to look at his cursive works. It is said that these four cursive works were written by the seller himself.
Gao Nalin saw that his appearance was correct and his speech and demeanor were also generous, so he asked his name. The visitor replied: "My surname is Cui, my single name is an English character, I live in Zhenzhou, and on the way to make up for Yongjia, I was killed by the boatman, and I was drowned in the water, and my family's wife and concubines also disappeared." Fortunately, I learned to be a water since I was a child, and I was not drowned, but after swimming to a distance, I landed on the shore and was saved by a farmer. I wanted to go to the officials, but because I had no money, I wanted to sell words to raise some money and make plans. “
When Gao Nalin heard what he said, he felt deep sympathy and advised, "Since this is the case, why don't you stay in my house for the time being, be my private school teacher, and train your grandchildren to write?" Joy fell from heaven, and Cui Ying agreed at that time.
Cui Ying followed Gao Nalin into the study, but found this furong map, and tears fell like rain. Gao Nalin asked incomprehensibly what was going on. Cui Ying replied: "This painting was painted by me, and I didn't know where I was when I was killed, so I don't know why it was in the hands of Gao Gong." The words next to it should have been written by my wife, and I knew her handwriting, and looking at the meaning of the words, it was my wife who was correct. “
Gao Nalin hurriedly approached Guo Qingchun and asked where he had obtained the painting. Guo Qingchun said it was in a nunnery. Gao Nalin sent someone to the nunnery and asked the owner who had provided the painting and who had inscribed the words. Answered by Gu Axiu of the same county, Hui Yuan asked the question.
After the next person returned the prayer, Gao Nalin thought about it, and then sent someone to the nunnery, saying that Mrs. Gao's wife liked to recite the Buddhist scriptures, and heard that Huiyuan in the nunnery was very good, and wanted to invite the master to come down the mountain as a teacher.
The owner of the courtyard did not want wang to leave, but Wang insisted on leaving, thinking that he could find an opportunity to take revenge, so he went to the Gao family with the people who came.
When they arrived at the Gao family, the Wang family and Lady Gao ate and lived together, and when they asked about the Wang family lineage, Wang Yiju told the truth one by one, and also said about furongtu, and begged the lady: "The robber is here, but I hope that the lady will help me, tell Gao Gong, arrest the bad guys, and avenge my husband's hatred." “
Lady Gao relayed what Wang said to Gao Nalin, but saw that Gao Nalin did not respond, but only asked Lady Gao to persuade Wang to grow his hair and return to the customs.
Half a year later, Xue Lipu came to Gusu City as an inspector of Yushi, who was once an old subordinate of Gao Nalin, and this person was quick-witted and daring. Gao Nalin then asked Cui Ying to go to the door to file a complaint.
Within half a day, Gu Axiu was arrested, and the wealth he had sought was still there, but the Gu family did not have the shadow of the Wang family. According to Gu Axiu, she wanted to leave the Wang clan behind to marry her son, but she did not expect that in the autumn of the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, she actually escaped, and since then there has been no news.
The stolen money recovered was also returned to Cui Ying, and although his wife was gone, he still had to go to ren.
Before leaving, Gao Nalin said to Cui Ying: "I am a matchmaker with The Foot, and it will not be too late to marry and leave." Cui Ying refused Gao Gong's kindness: "The wife of the chaff and the common suffering, how can I leave her at will and marry her else?" I want to keep looking. If one day there is mercy in heaven, she is still alive, and we can be reunited, I would like to continue the frontier with her. ”
Cui Ying's words made Gao Nalin sigh with emotion: "Gao Yi is like this, the heavens will be blessed, and I will not mention this matter again." But allow me to practice for the public today and leave tomorrow, okay? ”
Cui Ying could not shirk and had to agree.
At the banquet for Cui Ying, the officials and celebrities in the city gathered together, and Gao Nalin raised his wine glass and said in front of everyone: "The old man has this life for Cui County today!" So he exhaled the Wang clan.
For a moment, the four eyes were facing each other, each of them was excited, and then the two hugged each other tightly and cried bitterly.
Gao Nalin explained the reason to everyone and took out the Furong diagram, and the crowd understood what Gao Nalin said about "this life". Everyone present wept and sighed at the high wind and bright festival.
The next day, Gao Nalin gave Cui Ying and his wife two slaves, attached some belongings, and sent several family members to escort them to the post.
A few years later, when Cui Ying's term of office expired, he regained his old place, and when he learned that Gao Gong had passed away, the couple cried loudly, such as mourning, and funded the festival for Gao Gong for a few days before leaving.
This is a story in "The Surprise of Shooting", which tells the story of a couple who divide their own things after being robbed, and with the help of well-meaning people, use the Hibiscus screen as a medium, and finally reunite the husband and wife.
The story seems to be plain, but it reveals a hundred faces in the world: thieves see profit and forget righteousness, husband and wife are inseparable from sorrow and joy, and the great grace of the high prince.
There are thousands of people in the world, it is not easy to meet a bad person, and it is not easy to meet a good person. When encountering bad things, don't give up on yourself, but firmly believe that there is a day when there are willows and flowers; when you meet good people, you must also be humble and kind, and cherish the efforts of others to you.
More importantly, a person should learn to do more good deeds, not to be evil with others, and to be good to others. Only when you are willing to pay sincerely for others, others will treat you sincerely.
Just like Gao Nalin in the text, although there are no excessive words, his behavior is all an effort to reunite the husband and wife, which makes the husband and wife respect him and love him so much.
Look at the world's affairs optimistically, and treat the people of the world with kindness.