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During the Zhenyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a man surnamed Li in the land of Heshuo, who had the strength to like martial arts when he was young, and often associated with some bad boys. In his twenties, he settled down to study. Li Mou was very accomplished after reading and wrote poetry very well, first as a magistrate of Heshuo, and later promoted to counselor of Shenzhou. He has a good image, is good at talking and laughing, and is very good at piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing and playing football, and is favored by Taishou.
At that time, Wang Wujun was an envoy of Chengde Jiedushi, who was proud of his achievements and had no court, and the taishou of all counties were afraid of him like a tiger. Once, Wang Wujun sent his son Wang Shizhen to inspect the counties. When he came to Shenzhou, he was too guarded to set up a feast and was very respectful. He was also afraid that someone would not be able to offend Wang Shizhen by speaking, and he did not dare to find his subordinates to accompany him.
Wang Shizhen was also very happy, thinking that Shenzhou Taishou was better than the officials of other counties. When drinking until midnight, Wang Shizhen said: "Thank you for your kindness, but no one is lonely with the wine, find two people to come!" TaiShou said: "There are no celebrities in the remote area here, and I am afraid of the prestige of the ambassador, so I dare not find some idle people." If you really want to find someone to accompany the wine, Li Mou who joined the army is still elegant. Wang Shizhen said, "Bring him here." ”
Li Mou arrived and respectfully saluted Wang Shizhen. After Wang Shizhen saw him, his face showed anger. After Li sat down, cautiously, Wang Shizhen was even more angry, staring at his eyes and holding his wrist, which was not at all the original happy look. Tai Shou was very scared, not knowing why Wang Shizhen was angry. And Li was pale, sweating profusely, so nervous that he couldn't even hold the wine glass.
Wang Shizhen stared at Li for a long time, and suddenly asked his entourage to arrest him. After Li was put in prison, Wang Shizhen was happy again. After the banquet, Taishou was shocked and afraid, and quietly looked for someone to go to prison and asked Li: "I didn't see that you were disrespectful at the banquet, why was the ambassador angry?" Do you know why? ”
Li Mou first shed tears, and after a long time, he said, "Listening to the Buddhists say karma, I now believe it." When I was young, my family was poor, and I used to rob passers-by with scoundrels in secret. One day, I met a young man on a mountain road riding alone with a knife. The man was holding a mule, on which were two large parcels. I saw that there was no one around, so I pushed him off the cliff and drove the mule home, and got a lot of silk. Since then, I have been a little more generous and have begun to study behind closed doors. It's been twenty-seven years now. When I see the ambassador today, he is like the young man who was killed before. Knowing that my death was not far away, I could only stretch my neck and wait, there was nothing more to say. Thank you for the kindness of Taishou for so many years, and hope that after death, he can properly arrange my aftermath. ”
In the morning, Wang Shizhen woke up, suddenly remembered last night's night feast, and hurriedly greeted his subordinates: "Go and take Li Mou's head." After Li Brought it first rank, Wang Shizhen laughed and was very happy, and once again looked for Taishou to drink. Taishou saw that he was in a good mood and took the opportunity to say: "I have no ability, I am lucky to manage a county, and the ambassador patrols and does not punish my mistakes, which is really kind." Last night, I let Li join the army to accompany the wine, originally I wanted to make you happy, but I didn't expect that he was stupid and did not know the etiquette, so that he made you angry. He deserves it, and his subordinates deserve to die for their sins. But why he angered the ambassador, I still don't quite understand. I would like to ask the ambassador to make it clear, and to warn his subordinates not to make such mistakes in the future. ”
Wang Shizhen said: "Li Mou is not disrespectful, but as soon as he saw him, I was angry, and now that I have killed him, I am also happy." Actually, I don't know why. ”
Later, Taishou inquired from the side, and Wang Shi was really twenty-seven years old. It seems that the young man killed by Li Mou was reincarnated into Wang Wujun's house that year. Taishou sighed for a long time and gave Li's family a sum of money.
Yu Shu
When King Shangshu was serving as an envoy to Jingnan Jiedushi, a relative, Lü Sheng, threw a business card to meet him. Wang Qian saw that he was dressed in rags and had a hungry and cold look on his face, so he did not receive him. Lu Sheng was very depressed and found a guest house to stay. After more than a month, it was even more tight, and I could only lead the donkey to the market to sell.
The small official in charge of supervising the street market was called Yu Shuo, and he called Lü Sheng over to ask why. Lü Sheng said: "My family lives in Weibei, poor and unable to support their parents, And Jiedushi is my uncle, so I came to ask for help. When they arrived at the Shuai Mansion, Jiedushi was dismissive. There was no way home, so he stayed in the guest house and sold donkeys to maintain. ”
Yu Shu said: "This is really unfair, although I am poor and can't help you in terms of money, you can temporarily go to my house to eat and live, without prevarication." ”
Lü Sheng expressed his gratitude and later came to Yu Shuo's house, which was narrow and simple, and the eaves and walls were damaged. There was not even a bed in the house, and a broken grass mat was spread on the floor. Yu Shuo used a crock pot to fill small rice for Lü Sheng to eat.
In the middle of the night, Yu Shuo said to Lü Sheng, "When I was young, I liked Taoism, and I learned the method of immortality with Daoist monks in the Siming Mountains. Because one thing has not been done, the hidden tracks have been in this decade. No one around the neighborhood knew I could spell. Seeing you trapped in a foreign land today, I am very sympathetic, and tonight I will use a small spell to help you raise money for the journey home. ”
Lü Sheng didn't quite believe it, but he also saw that Yu Shuo was not an ordinary person, so he agreed and thanked him. Yu Shu took out a crock pot and put it on the ground and closed the lid. Half a meal kung fu, open the lid, inside appeared a small person, more than five inches tall, purple clothed with gold belt. Yu Shuo pointed at the little man and said, "This is the soul of Wang Jiedushi." Lü Sheng took a closer look, and sure enough, it was very similar, and he couldn't help but feel strange.
Yu Shu said to the little man, "Your cousin's family is poor, and your parents cannot support him, so he came from Weibei to seek help." You should have entertained him well and sent him some money, so why did you ignore the poor and love the rich? Don't punish you today, hurry up and send him a large amount of money to let him go back to his hometown. The little man in purple bent down and saluted, making the appearance of following the teachings.
Yu Shuo also said, "Lü Sheng has no servant horses, so you send him a horse and a servant, and bring two hundred pieces of cloth." The little man bent down again to be taught. Yu Shu closed the crock pot and opened it again, and the little man was gone.
At dawn, Yu Shuo said to Lü Sheng, "Hurry back to the guest house, the emissary of Jiedu is looking for you." Lü Sheng returned to the guest house, and the Shuai Mansion did send someone to find him. Wang Qian saw Lü Sheng and apologized: "My nephew came from afar, but I was really ashamed that I did not entertain well because of my busy military affairs, and I hope you can understand." ”
On the same day, Lü Sheng was arranged to live in the official pavilion and feast for two days. Then he sent the horse servants back to their hometown with two hundred pieces of cloth. Lü Sheng never dared to tell anyone about this matter, until many years later, when friends accidentally talked about the immortals, he did not tell it about it.
Shi Min
There was a man named Shi Min, who didn't know where it was. He has been wandering in the rivers and lakes for many years, and his Taoist skills are mysterious and unfathomable. During the Changqing period, Shi Min wandered in Wanling County, and there was a subordinate surnamed Lei who invited guests, and Shi Min was also among them. Lei's servant netted a large fish, a few feet long, and Lei let it be put in the kitchen to prepare for cooking the next day. On that day, the guests all left drunk, and only Shi Min stayed at the host's house.
The next day, when I was ready to make fish, it was too hot to eat the big fish because it was too hot. The servant wanted to throw it away, and Shi Min said, "Don't throw it, I can save it!" Lei Mou smiled: "Sir, don't talk nonsense, even if there is good medicine, how can you save the dead fish?" ”
Shi Min said, "Let's wait and see!" After saying that, he took out a small cloth bag and poured out a few pills and sprinkled them on the dead fish. After a meal, the fish's scales gradually became bright, and then it shook its head and tail and struggled to beat.
Everyone exclaimed, and Lei mou bowed down and said, "Sir's spell is really magical, we are all ordinary people, we really don't deserve to be with you." ”
Lei has always been a little old and sick, so he asked Shi Min to give medicine for treatment. Shi Min said, "No, my elixir is the most pure and incorruptible thing, you are a layman, the chicken, duck, fish and meat in the internal organs are piled up." If you take my medicine, you will attack each other, as incompatible as water and fire, will your body still be intact? Shi Min added, "It is not difficult to cultivate and become an immortal, but there are many worldly affairs, and everyone is like a bird in a cage, and although they have the heart to soar, they cannot do it." ”
During the Huichang period, Shi Min died in Wu County. (It could also be that the necropsy was solved.) ）
(All three of these stories are from the Xuanmu Chronicle.) ）