There are rich people in Puzhou, the Deng family has two brothers, the older brother Deng Chengwu, the younger brother Deng Chengji, the brothers in order to separate the family, the two brothers in order to separate the family, the public court.
Both of them are strong people, and they are not willing to give in to each other, so this lawsuit has not been successful for three years, and the brothers have also become enemies, although the two families' houses are not far apart, but the two brothers meet strangers, do not look up, each side.
On this day, Deng Chengwu bought a bigfoot at the market, which is commonly known as a turtle. Let the next person carry it back first.
Deng Chengji was standing at the door, and happened to see the next person passing by, he swept the feet of the fish twice, and stopped the next person: "You are a dry turtle, the legend is that it is a poisonous snake, but you must not eat it, otherwise even the gods and immortals will not be able to save it." ”
The next person was shocked and asked, "How can we prove that it is a dry turtle?" ”
Deng Chengji replied, "At night, you tie its tail with a rope and hang it upside down on the beam, and tomorrow morning you will be able to see the difference." ”
When Deng Chengwu returned, the next person told the truth.
Deng Chengwu sneered, "He knows that I like to eat turtles, he deliberately said this, he wanted me to eat it, ignore him, quickly cook the fish, when I finish eating, I will go and scold him!" ”
As for this side, Deng Cheng knew that his brother's stubborn temper would definitely fight against him, so he quickly went to jishang and bought another foot fish, secretly found the person before, asked him to send the fish he bought to the kitchen, and told him not to say that he bought it.
The next person sent the cooked turtle to the old man. The previous dry turtle was hoisted to the beam.
The next morning, when the next person got up to look at it, he was shocked to see that the turtle had turned into a white flower snake, about six or seven feet long, and the turtle cover on his head had almost been dragged to the ground.
The next person rushed out of the room in a panic, just as Deng Chengwu came to him, and his mouth was still chanting: "It has been all night, I have eaten this fish and have nothing to do, it must be my brother who does not have a good heart, waiting for me to go and scold him." ”
The next person did not care to say much, dragged the old man into the room, and when he saw the things on the beams of the room, he was also frightened like dust, and he could not say anything.
The next man was holding a wood knife and wanted to hack the snake to death. The old man stopped him: "Don't be busy first, go and ask the second master to come and see it." ”
Deng Cheng heard this and hurried to come, and the eldest brother looked ashamed and personally stood at the door to greet his brother: "Fortunately, my brother changed this fish, otherwise my brother's life would be in danger." ”
Deng Chengji bent down and replied, "I heard that the armor cover of the dry turtle has the marks of a coiled snake, and if it is eaten by mistake, it will hurt people's lives, and I have never seen it before, this time it was hit by mistake." ”
When the two brothers entered the house, they saw that the white snake was still dying and struggling, and he rolled his head and tried to turn around and chew the rope on the beam, which was particularly frightening, and the people in the family were all surrounded, all frightened, and there was the bold man who came forward, cut the snake into several pieces with an axe, and dug a deep pit to bury it.
Deng Cheng saw that the matter was over, so he resigned and went home, and in the evening, Deng Chengwu ordered someone to prepare wine and dishes, and personally went to invite his brother to come over.
The two brothers drank under the moon, and during the banquet, recalling that the brothers loved each other when they were children, and then to the later strange road, Deng Chengwu could not help but burst into tears; "I am really ashamed to be an older brother, over the years, not only did I not take good care of my brother, but I became an enemy with my brother for the sake of family wealth, even if I went down to Huangquan, I was ashamed of my father and my mother!"
Deng Chengji and his brother cried opposite each other, and also cried about his own mistakes.
After this incident, the two brothers were released from their previous suspicions, and the next day, the two went to yamen together and withdrew their lawsuits, and since then, brothers and brothers have never quarreled over the family property.
Qingxin Story Collection: Tell the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign, and see the world. Only by sweeping away the dust in the heart can we purify our minds and meditate.
References 《Puzzle Book》