During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a butcher named Zhao Qiusheng in Xi'an (hu) Village, who was tall, had good strength, and was very kind to people. The Ancestors of the Zhao Family have been butchers for generations, probably because there are too many people who have murdered, so the people of the Zhao Family have not been very prosperous.
This year, Zhao Qiusheng was twenty-six years old, his father was seriously ill, and he died soon after, and before he died, he said to his son in a serious voice: "Son, in the future, you will do a decent job, and you will never do anything to make a living by slaughtering anymore." Zhao Qiusheng nodded in response to his father while tightly grasping his old father's hand.
Not long after, Zhao Qiusheng cried out for his life, Zhao Qiusheng cried and cried to deal with his father's aftermath, as soon as his father left, there were no brothers and sisters in the family, leaving him alone to live, it was inevitable that he would be lonely and lonely.
Day after day, soon a few months passed, and the only silver money left in the family was spent, Zhao Qiusheng thought, "Before my father died, he told me to do something serious, but in these years I will not do anything but kill pigs and slaughter dogs!" ”
Remembering the situation in the future, Zhao Qiusheng sighed one after another: It seems that it is not okay to have brute force in the air this year!
On this day, Wang Er, a friend of the same village, came to Zhao Qiusheng happily, and as soon as he entered the door, he said: "Qiusheng, tell you a good news, Zhang Yuanwai in the town wants to build a new house, and is recruiting craftsmen, you have great strength, I happen to be a carpenter, we both go together, it is good to be a companion, I heard that Zhang Yuanwai is rich, I think I can also reward us with a few extra silver?" ”
Zhao Qiusheng listened, and rubbed his hands happily, saying: "Very good, very good, before my father died, I will not be allowed to be a butcher anymore, I am worried about not having a livelihood to earn money?" ”
The two speculated sentence by sentence, agreed to pack their bags the next morning and go to the old residence of Zhang Yuanwai's family.
Besides, this staff member is indeed rich and powerful, before starting the construction, first give the craftsmen one or two silver per person, and instruct them to work hard after eating and drinking, and there are heavy rewards for the completion of the house, and the people who hear it loudly cater to it.
After January, the mansion has basically had a large sample, but there is still a lack of a main beam, the anxious Zhang Yuanwai screamed, at this time Wang Erzhu turned his eyes and said: "Master Yuanwai, I know that there is a forest in the north of the city, and there is a towering tree next to the broken temple in the forest, and the tree pole is thick and straight, and it is most suitable for the main beam." ”
When Zhang Yuanwai heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows, gave Wang Er one or two silver coins, and led the people to the woods north of the city in a hurry.
When they arrived in the forest, the craftsmen clapped their fists and prepared tools, and in less than an hour a towering tree was dismembered, at this time, the roots of the tree suddenly crawled out of several pythons, and the frightened people retreated, but Zhang Yuanwai laughed and said: "I like to eat snake meat the most on weekdays, and today the main beam has landed, and a big meal has been delivered to the door." ”
After saying that, he grabbed the axe and slashed at the group of snakes, and Zhao Qiusheng, who was beside him, hurriedly stepped forward to stop Zhang Yuanwai and said, "Old Master Zhang, you see that these pythons are old and small, presumably they are a family, it is better to release them, it is also a piece of merit!" ”
Zhang Yuanwai was willing to give up and slash at the snakes again, Zhao Qiusheng grabbed the axe, stopped in front of the python, and scolded: "If the old master insists on moving, don't blame me for not being polite!" ”
Zhao Qiu's vitality was incomparable, and Zhang Yuanwai was an opponent, and then he snorted coldly: "From today onwards, I don't need you!" Then he packed up the wood and led the people away.
Zhao Qiusheng also left after releasing the snakes, but remembering his father's advice, he also felt ashamed.
This night, Zhao Qiusheng had just fallen asleep, when suddenly a white-haired old Man appeared and said to Zhao Qiusheng: "Thank you Gongzi for saving my descendants' lives today, I have come to thank you for my kindness, and there is another thing to ask for, I was originally a big snake cultivating in this mountain, tomorrow I will molt in the broken temple in the north of the city, and that Zhang Yuanwai will harm me again, I hope you will help me escape this disaster, and there will be pearls to give each other afterwards." ”
The old man said, and as soon as he waved his hand, two turquoise beads appeared on the table, and then disappeared.
Zhao Qiusheng suddenly woke up from the dream, only to understand that it was a dream, and then looked at the table, there were indeed two beads, he inhaled a cold breath.
The next day, he secretly informed Wang Er of last night's experience, and the two decided to go to the broken temple together to guard the big snake, and after a while, Zhang Yuanwai did appear, but Zhao Qiusheng stopped him, and the two sides tore each other apart, and Zhang Yuanwai returned sadly.
The two of them waited until dusk, but there was still no movement, and Wang Er couldn't help but say, "I heard that after many years of snake essence cultivation, there are valuable snake beads hidden in the stomach, and the snake essence is the most vulnerable when it comes to peeling, so it is better for us to kill the snake essence and take out the snake beads, that snake beads are more expensive than pearl gold!"
Zhao Qiusheng did not agree at first, but Wang Er's words made him a little moved, so the two quietly touched into the broken temple, but when they saw that the big snake was shedding in pain, the two looked at each other and pounced on it together, opening the skin of the big snake, and then cutting open the belly of the big snake, and sure enough, there was a golden snake bead.
Afterwards, the two sold the snake beads, each got a thousand taels of silver, met in the Red Chamber, the two were playing happily, suddenly heard someone outside shouting: "No, there is a python outside, everyone heard the sound, suddenly scattered, but Zhao Qiusheng and Wang Er's door was like a lock, how can not open, suddenly, the roof of the beam fell down to smash the two people alive, and then a thunder flashed, the two bodies were turned into ashes." ”
Later, I only heard the crowd say, "The deaths of Zhao Qiusheng and Wang Er were so tragic that they could not even find the corpses..."
Wang Er and Zhao Qiusheng murdered the living beings because of their momentary greed, but unexpectedly ended up like this.