Text/Li Muxue
During the Tang Dynasty, a man named Wang Yong led his younger brother Wang Kui to burn charcoal in the BlackFish Valley for a living. On this day, Wang Yong's wife Liu Shi was late to deliver the meal, beckoning them to hurry up and eat.
Wang Kui was already hungry, so he sat down and devoured it, while Wang Yong continued to chop wood without looking back.
Liu Shi came over and called him: "You've been tired for most of the day, aren't you hungry yet?" "I'm not hungry, I just ate a black fish, and now I feel that I can't stop being useful." Wang Yong said and turned back, only to see that his whole head was much larger, a layer of hairy fine hairs had grown on his face, and his teeth were sharp.
Liu Shi was stunned and hurriedly asked Wang Kui to come and see. Wang Kui was frightened and trembled, "Brother, why have you become like this?" The king used this to perceive his own strangeness, he threw down his axe, touched his face with both hands, and suddenly lay upright on the ground, rolling back and forth in pain.
Wang Kui and Liu Shi thought that he was sick and hurriedly stepped forward to hold him, and Wang used several times more strength than usual, and threw the two out at once. He tore off his clothes and suddenly jumped up, turning into a tiger and fleeing into the mountains.
"Oh my God! Oh, my God! Liu Shi was shocked and afraid, and worried about her husband, and she cried unceasingly. Wang Kui was shocked and uncertain, worried that something else would happen, and coaxed his sister-in-law to hurry home.
The villagers were shocked when they heard about it, how could a good living person turn into a tiger?
According to Wang Kui, liu's meal was late that day, and Wang Yong was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, so he found some wild fruits in the valley to temporarily pad his stomach. When Wang Yong was washing the fruit by the waterhole, he suddenly beckoned him: "Come and see, two big blackfish!" ”
Wang Kui ran over to take a look, only to see that the water was clear to the bottom, there were only a few small fish and shrimp, where were there any blackfish? The king pointed at him and said, "Isn't that it?" Each one is more than a foot long, watch me catch them, let's open the meat! ”
Wang Kui saw him pretending to catch fish, thinking that his brother had deliberately tricked him, so he shook his head and continued to chop firewood.
Later, the king came back with a wild fruit in both hands, laughed and said, "Fished, caught!" You see, this is not a blackfish? Wang Kui ignored him. The king roasted wild fruit on the charcoal stove with his own care and ate it, and while eating it, he said, "This fish is so fragrant!" ”
"I only deliberately teased me when I was the eldest brother, did he really eat the god fish of the Blackfish Valley?" Wang Kui couldn't believe it. According to the Legend of the Blackfish Valley, there were two great blackfish with great spirituality, but no one had ever seen them, and Wang Kui was annoyed that he had not stopped his brother, but it was too late to regret it.
After a few days like this, one night, there was a sudden thud in the courtyard, and then someone knocked on Liu's door outside.
There were a few young people in the village who did not grow up, and when they had the opportunity, they hooked up with the big girl and the little daughter-in-law, and Liu Shi only thought that he was a second-rate son in the village, and he had the courage to scold: "Which one can't die with a thousand knives, when he sees my man turn into a tiger and leave, he knocks on the door in the middle of the night."
Uneasy and kind, watch out for my man to come to the door and bite you to death! ”
"Don't be afraid, it's me." Outside the door was the king talking. Liu Shi was overjoyed and was about to open the door when Wang Kui's voice came from the East Wing: "Sister-in-law Mo wants to open the door!" The eldest brother is still in the form of a tiger, and if he is confused for a while, he will eat people, and I don't believe you can look through the crack in the door. ”
Liu Shi looked at it from the crack in the door, where was the king outside the door, and it was indeed a big tiger with hanging eyes! She was distressed that her husband was suffering like this, and she was worried that he was really confused and could not eat people, and the husband and wife could not see each other through a door, and she couldn't help but cry.
Seeing that she did not dare to open the door, Wang Yong sighed and said, "I ate the fish raised by Lord Yin Cao, and I was punished to become a tiger, and I need to repay my sins to become a human being." You don't have to worry and be afraid, and when my sins are full, I will come back naturally.
Liu Shi listened to his sincere feelings, and secretly looked through the crack of the door, only to see Wang Yong put a dead roe in the open space in the courtyard, jumped on the wall, looked back, and reluctantly left.
Since then, Wang Yong has often thrown dead roe deer and deer into his yard, and on several occasions he has sent wild thousand-year-old ganoderma lucidum and ginseng, as well as a bag of jewelry, and he does not know where he got it.
Later, Wang Yong suddenly stopped coming, and Liu Shi guessed that he had encountered a tricky matter and was dragged down, hanging day and night.
Liu's family had no idea, so Wang Kui sold the thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng for silver, built two mansions for the family, and took the rest of the money in his hands, and his wife Yao was very happy.
A flash of two years has passed, and the money in Wang Kui's hand has gradually been spent, and now that he is accustomed to the rich days of pampering and pampering, he is no longer the mentality of burning charcoal for a living that day.
Wang Kui tricked Liu into taking out the original bag of jewelry, but Liu refused, saying: "Your brother will come back sooner or later, and the family's life will continue, and these must be kept as a capital." Since you are short of money, why don't you go to the Blackfish Valley to make a living by burning charcoal? ”
"Sister-in-law said easy, Blackfish Valley is very evil, is that a place where people can stay?" My brother has turned into a tiger, and I will go again, afraid that I am not going to change the head of the bear! Wang Kui Erlang's legs were upturned, and he sat and did not go.
Yao Shi then said, "Sister-in-law, the family should have helped each other, the eldest brother is not at home, this family all depends on Wang Kui's top door, otherwise, I don't know how many wild bees and butterflies beat your idea."
We husband and wife treat you sincerely, you can't treat us as outsiders, just as if we borrowed it, and then return it to you when we have earned the silver..."
Liu Shi couldn't, sighed, and had to take out a pearl-studded gold noodle from the cabinet and give it to her. The couple looked happy and grunted out the door.
Since then, Wang Kui and Yao's two sons have come to the door every three to five minutes to "borrow money", but they have never returned it. Liu Shi was miserable, and after giving it a few more times, there were only two or three pieces of jewelry left in the cabinet. No matter how much these two mouths were forced, she was determined not to take them out.
The Yao people have many bad hearts and eyes, and said: "According to me, it is better to marry the eldest sister-in-law, and it is common for the widow to remarry, not only can we get a dowry in vain, but the mansion is also ours!" Wang Kui was a little jealous: "What if the eldest brother comes back?" ”
"Spoil the goods! Since ancient times, have you ever heard the anecdote of people turning into tigers? Our family has caught up, the change has changed, and we still want to change back? I think it's hard! ”
Yao Shi snorted, "Besides, it's been almost three years, and the tiger who became the eldest brother has never sent anything back, maybe he was killed by the hunters who entered the mountains long ago!" Let's help my sister-in-law find a good family, this is to help her! ”
Wang Kui was originally soft in the ear, and when he saw Yao's analysis, he felt that this was indeed the case. Yao Shixing rushed and said: "In my opinion, the Zhang butcher in the next village is very suitable, although the Zhang butcher is older, but the family is well-off, and we don't have to spend money to buy meat in the future!" ”
The two of them summed up, and the next day they found a matchmaker to match the matter. When Liu Shi heard this, he trembled with anger: "You have looted all my family's money, and now you still want to sell me, are you not afraid of thunder and thunder in the sky?" Well, even so, you will return the silver to me!" ”
"Who saw your money?" You said that if you don't have it, there will be no more, I know which wild man you took to raise? Wang Kui turned his face and did not admit it, "Brother is not there, I will make the decision for him, let you marry out of the scenery, this is to save your face, if you catch adultery, it is going to sink the pig cage!" ”
"You are not afraid of thunder and thunder in the sky when you speak, and you still pollute my innocence like this, are you worthy of your eldest brother?" Liu Shi was ashamed and angry, and cried incessantly.
Wang Kui issued an ultimatum: "Now this matter is up to you, either marry or take out the remaining silver jewelry!" ”
Liu Shi only felt cornered, and that night he planned to hang himself. She tied the rope to the beam, lit a stick of incense before dying, folded her hands, and prayed with tears: "King, king, you have eaten the blackfish for a momentary appetite, and caused such a great tribulation."
Now that you have heard nothing, and you can't wait for you to become a human being and come back, I already knew that there was a day, no matter whether you became a tiger or a ghost, I should have gone with you! ”
Liu Shi was full of ashes, stretched his neck into the rope, and was about to kick over the stool under his feet, when suddenly there was a woman's miserable cry, followed by Wang Kui's frightened voice: "You... Who are you? Are you my big brother? Spare your life, big brother spare your life..."
As soon as Liu Shi heard this, he knew that Wang Yong had returned, and he did not ask for death at the moment, so he opened the door and rushed out. When I arrived at my brother's courtyard, I saw Yao Shi lying in a pool of blood, his chest like some beast had been torn apart.
Wang Kui knelt on the ground trembling, his body like a sieve chaff.
Wang Yong stood opposite him, naked, with only a rag to hide his shame, and the most terrifying thing was that Wang Yong only had a human body, and his head was still the head of a tiger. Liu Shi was shocked and frightened, and asked, "Where have you been in the past two or three years?" How come I haven't come back? ”
"Because I sent the ownerless money home without permission, I was detained by the Yinji messengers, and I never had the opportunity to escape." Fortunately, I atone for my sins in a down-to-earth manner, and I could have recovered my body in a few months, but there was such a human tragedy in my family, and I really couldn't wait! The king replied angrily with an urn.
Liu Shi was in tears, and Wang Yong looked at his younger brother Wang Kui and said, "The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, since I am not there, you should take good care of the family, how can you listen to the woman's rumors, confused to this point?" Wang Kui trembled, prostrated his head, and begged his brother to spare his life.
"I spared you today, and you will marry your brother and sister-in-law tomorrow, so I might as well cut open your chest to see if I have the same black heart and liver as your daughter-in-law..." Wang Kui was already frightened and had his liver and gallbladder cracked, and he fell down and lost his breath on the spot.
At this time, the open fire outside suddenly began to stir up, and it turned out that the villagers learned that Wang Yong, who had turned into a tiger, had returned to the village, and had already rushed to report to the officials, and at this time the officials and the people surrounded them together.
Wang Yong said to Liu Shi, "I have no chance to recover my life after I hastily escaped this time, so in the future, you will find a good family and take another step forward!" ”
Liu Shi cried and refused, and Wang Yong saw that the noise had reached the door of the mansion, and his hands and siblings climbed the wall and struggled to disappear into the darkness. In the years since, Liu has not remarried. The king's use of non-man and non-beast was not tolerated by the world, and never appeared again.
Wang used the opportunity to see the blackfish raised by Yin Si and ate it without knowing it, which was originally unintentional. He turned into a tiger and still cared about his family, which can be described as sentient and righteous.
Originally, after atonement for their sins, they could reunite husband and wife, but they did not expect that the interests of the younger brother and daughter-in-law were smoked, and the money was obsessed, so that the husband and wife regretted the rest of their lives, but fortunately, good and evil were finally rewarded, and Wang Kui and his wife finally paid the price of their lives.
This article is from "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks"