After Chen Sheng established the Zhang Chu Kingdom, it caused a shock in the world. Some heroes were eager to get ahead, especially the people in the Chu region. Countless people gathered together to revolt. When Chen Sheng became king in Chen County, its neighboring Sishui County was most affected, which naturally alarmed many heroes. At that time, to the north of Pengcheng, there were Yishan Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain, which were nine miles long. They were collectively called Jiuli Mountain. There lived a family at the foot of the mountain named Han. The old man in this family has died long ago, leaving only the old woman and her two sons. The eldest son has already married another wife and started a family. He lives with the younger son and depends on each other. The youngest son's name is Han Xin. Because he has not had a father to discipline him since he was a child, and he has no good moral character. In addition, he is poor, and no one recommended him to do any errands in the countryside. He is already twenty years old this year.
By chance, someone read Han Xin's fortune and said, "You kid is destined to be rich!" After hearing this, Han Xin curiously asked, "Is what you said true?" said the fortune teller. : "How could I tell lies? But you must do three short things, otherwise you will be a poor old man with a long life." Han Xin asked what short things were. The fortune teller said: "It's just an immoral thing!" Han Xin asked in confusion: "What are you talking about? Doing something immoral will ruin your life, so who would do that?" The fortune teller said: "Yes. , if you do one bad thing, your life span will be shortened by eighteen years, and the three things add up to fifty-four years. If you don't do short things, you will be destined to be mediocre and inactive in this life!" Han Xin pondered for a while and said: "You have done three short things. How expensive can things be?" The prime minister affirmed: "I will definitely be able to be crowned king, worship general, and become prime minister!" Han Xin heard what he heard and thought to himself: Wu Qi killed his wife to seek generals and achieved unparalleled achievements. People are the heroes I admire most. When a real man is born in heaven and earth, he should make great achievements and be famous in history just like him.
But Han Xin's family was too poor. In order to have enough food, he had to herd sheep for others. One day, Han Xin drove a group of sheep to Jiuli Mountain. He saw the sheep grazing leisurely on the hillside, so he lay down to rest and covered his face with a straw hat. After a while, he suddenly heard someone talking. Han Xin lay there motionless and listened to the words. It turns out that during the Qin Dynasty, there were many doctors in the Qin State looking for clouds and dragon veins, so this job was also very popular among the people. At that time, Master Kanyu passed by, and one of them said: "Junior brother, what do you think of this place?" Another asked: "Which place?" This man said: "It is where the sheepherder boy lies." Another said: "Indeed It is a geomantic treasure. If the ancestors of any family can be buried here, their descendants will definitely be prosperous! This place is indeed an extraordinary treasure cave!" Another person said: "Brother, in my opinion, the shepherd boy may not be lying in the right place. If the acupoint can be moved slightly to the right, then it will be the correct position of the treasure acupoint!" Han Xin said it unintentionally, but the listener was interested, Han Xin pretended to turn over and moved to the right. I just heard the people above kept saying: "Accurate! Accurate! Accurate! The treasure hole is completely in the right position!" After saying that, the two of them sighed and left. As they walked, they said: "Oh! It's so good. It's a place that the world doesn't know about! What a pity! What a pity!" Han Xinxin thought that it was two Feng Shui masters who passed by here. Han Xin guessed that Mr. Feng Shui had gone far, so he slowly got up. When he saw no one was around, he marked the place where he had been lying, and then he drove the sheep happily down the mountain.
Han Xin was happy when he returned home, but when he thought about it carefully, he found that his father had died long ago and now he only had his mother. Although my mother is old and sick, it is still too early for her to pass away. Han Xin thought again, didn't the fortune teller say he should do three immoral things? If the mother died normally, it wouldn't be called immoral. Besides, if someone else takes such a good place first, wouldn't it mean that the benefits belong to them?
The next day, Han Xin drove the sheep to the mountain again. He sat at the marked place for a whole day. He thought so hard that his head was about to explode, and there was thunder and lightning in his head. In the end, evil defeated justice, crime defeated conscience, and brutality defeated reason. Suddenly, heavy rain fell from the sky. Han Xin had no time to hide, so he drove his sheep down the mountain in the heavy rain.
That night, Han Xin took the farm tools and came to the mountain alone, where he found the marked place. After Han Xin confirmed that the location was accurate, he started digging and digging until dawn, when he had dug a big hole. Han Xin was exhausted at this time. In order to cover his eyes and ears, he found some branches around to cover it. After Han Xin had prepared everything, he hid the farm tools and hurried down the mountain.
On this day, he still came to the mountain to graze the sheep, but he no longer had the intention to watch the sheep gnawing grass. He only thought about what he was doing. Before dark, he drove his sheep down the mountain. In the evening, when he returned home and finished eating, he stared at his mother and cried. Seeing this, his mother asked him what was wrong. Han Xin hesitated and had to say: "The child is unfilial and has not allowed his mother to enjoy the wealth for a day!" His mother said: "A good man has his ambitions in all directions. He must not cry and cry. The world is in chaos now. You should go out and make a living. It's time to do a man's business, and don't stay at home and sigh all day long!" Han Xin was vague and noncommittal.
When it got dark, Han Xin quietly knocked on his mother's door. The mother opened the door and saw Han Xin, so she asked what happened. Han Xin pretended to be surprised and said: "My child wants to tell my mother something good!" He walked in and closed the door, and then said: "When my child came down from the mountain today, he found a lot of treasures in a big pit. I'm afraid it was stored by others. , and stayed there, but when it got dark, no one came to pick it up. Now let me tell my mother, please decide what to do?" The mother said: "Your Han family is in decline, and you are really poor. Now you suddenly see the treasure. , I'm afraid it's an ominous sign. Ill-gotten wealth cannot be taken. How about my son not touching it?" Seeing his mother saying this, Han Xin said, "Ill-gotten wealth cannot be obtained, but no one has taken those treasures. What's the harm in us taking it?" Han's mother said, "My eyes have been twitching recently, for fear of disaster!" When Han Xin heard this, he was secretly surprised, and he repeatedly begged his mother to go and have a look. The mother couldn't resist, so she had no choice but to follow Han Xin towards Jiuli Mountain.
The two of them walked for a long time, one foot high and the other shallow, and finally arrived at the place where Han Xin dug the hole. Mother Han walked very hard, and when she reached her destination, she asked where the treasure was. Han Xin pointed to the big pit and said, "It's in that pit." His mother came closer and looked down. It was dark, so she asked, "Son, mother can't see anything. It seems that someone else dug this pit to bury people." Yes, I..." Before his mother could finish her words, Han Xin panicked and said: "Mom, my child is really sorry for you! There used to be a fortune teller who said that if my child can do three bad things in the future, Then the child will definitely be able to be crowned a king and a general. The day before yesterday, the child met two Feng Shui masters again. They said that this place is a treasure cave, so if the mother is invited here, you will fulfill the child's wish, right? From now on, if the child can be crowned a king and a general, I will definitely build a tomb and temple for you!" He pushed his mother from behind.
Han's mother was stunned for a moment. Before she could realize what was going on, she was buried alive by Han with shovelfuls of soil. After Han Xin buried his mother, he was sweating profusely. He knelt down next to her and cried loudly. He cried really sadly because he was really guilty and sad. Suddenly, a sharp flash flashed across the sky, illuminating the surrounding area as if it were daytime, followed by another heavy downpour. Han Xin didn't see the changes in the sky at all. When he saw thunder and lightning, he thought that the sky was coming to kill him, so he rolled down the mountain and crawled on the ground.
After daybreak, Han Xin came home and told his brother and sister-in-law that he lost a sheep while herding sheep during the day. Last night he went up the mountain with his mother to look for the sheep. His mother accidentally slipped and fell into a pit, and she died from the fall. Han Xin's brother was also an honest man, so he believed his brother's words, because he would never think that his brother would do such a thing, so he could only cry and sacrifice with Han Xin, treating this place as his ancestral grave.
After his mother died, Han Xin wanted to separate the family. The brother and sister-in-law said, "Everyone has his own home. There is nothing to divide." Han Xin said, "The well in your home should also be divided." The brother and sister-in-law said, "There is only one well, how can we divide it?" ?" But Han Xin refused and insisted on splitting the well into two. The elder brother and sister-in-law had no choice but to ask: "How can a well be divided into two halves for use?" Han Xin said: "Just split it in the middle, and I will use my half! You can use the other half, and we will not interfere with each other." The elder brother and sister-in-law agreed with a smile. But a few days later, my brother found Han Xin squatting over him, pooping and peeing inside. The elder brother fell ill in anger. The sister-in-law spread the news everywhere, and as a result, good things didn't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles away. People were blaming Han Xin for being so wicked. At this time, some people also suspected that Han Xin might have murdered Han's mother, but there was no conclusive evidence. Just let it go.
At that time, there were people who knew Feng Shui and went to Han Xin's mother's tomb to inspect it. Sure enough, they saw that the tomb was high and spacious, and the bright hall could accommodate 10,000 families. It was indeed a good place. Only the person who met Han Xin saw Han's mother's grave and understood in his heart: his mother was buried alive in front of Jiuli Mountain, and the two brothers shared the well. These two things were absolutely true, so he sighed: "Bai Qi killed his wife in the past to beg a general, and today Han Xin buries his mother to beg for an official. This man is so cruel and heartless, he will not die a good death in the future, but in this world A military genius is about to be born!"
The morally corrupt Han Xin was increasingly condemned and despised by people. It seemed that he could no longer stay here, so Han Xin decided to leave. He then came to live in Huaiyin County, which is under the jurisdiction of Donghai County. This is a town located in the middle of Donghai County. When Han Xin arrived for the first time, people didn't know his past, so no one gossiped about him. Not only that, some people even took the initiative to call him. There happened to be a pavilion in the countryside of Huaiyin County called Nanchang Pavilion. The director of this pavilion met Han Xin by chance. After a while, the two became very familiar with each other, and the director of the pavilion invited Han Xin to his home. Han Xin came to the pavilion chief's house and lectured on the art of war and some classic wars in ancient times. The chief of the pavilion also liked hearing these stories. When he saw that Han Xin had studied the art of war, he thought he was a strange person and let him live at home for a long time. After a period of time, the pavilion chief's wife couldn't bear it anymore and started talking ill of Han Xin to her husband. The director of the pavilion said to his wife: "Han Xin is a strange man. Even if he is poor, he will definitely be successful in the future! You ladies, you really have long hair and short knowledge. Once such a person breaks off the relationship, it will be too late to regret in the future!" The wife was very angry. Said: "Han Xin can't even eat, what future can he have? I think he is just a lazy man cheating on food and drink!" The pavilion chief had no choice but to let it go.
Two days later, the pavilion chief's wife got up early to cook in order to drive Han Xin away. When Han Xin went to eat, the pavilion chief's wife stopped greeting him. For three days in a row, Han Xin came to say goodbye to the pavilion chief: "You have a beginning but no end. You are not a hero. I don't regret losing a friend like you!" After that, he left without looking back.
But Han Xin still couldn't eat and wandered around hungry. One day, he came to the Huaihe River in the west of the city to fish, but unfortunately he didn't catch a fish all day. At dusk, he fainted from hunger by the river. It happened that there was an old lady who rinsed silk cotton, known as the bleaching mother. When Piao's mother saw Han Xin fainted, she took out her own rice and gave it to him. Han Xin slowly woke up after eating. This floating mother washed silk cotton by the river for more than ten days, and Han Xin followed her and ate the ready-made silk for more than ten days.
When Piao's mother gave Han Xin a meal for the last time, she said to him: "You are young, you should learn a craft to earn money to support yourself." Han Xin was grateful and happy after hearing this, and said: "I will definitely listen to you, but You have helped me a lot these days. If I, Han Xin, become rich in the future, I will definitely repay you heavily!" After hearing this, Piao's mother said angrily: "A man can't support himself, I only give you food because of my pity. , who wants to repay you? Bastard, remember, 'A man should not be without power for a day, and a little husband should not be without money for a day'! You, Han Xin, are not a man, but as a little husband you should earn money to support yourself. Now the world It’s a big mess, all the men have gone out to serve as soldiers, don’t be so worthless!” After saying that, he left with a face.
Han Xin stared blankly at Piao Mu's back, not knowing what he felt in his heart. As time went by, the image of this amiable and respectable Piao Mu left an everlasting memory in his heart, especially the words she said before leaving, which also became a spur and encouragement to Han Xin to strive for self-improvement, work hard, and be determined. Promising motto.
