That morning, a Taoist priest with his hair tied up in a high bun and a Taoist boy walked down Fencai Mountain. They both carried bamboo baskets full of herbs on their backs and came to the bank of the Lushui River. They sat on a stand covered by willow shade. Cool off on the rocks.
It was June weather, the sun was scorching like fire, and the weeds on the fields were half-scorched. But it was still cool by the Lushui River, and the wind was gentle. The sweat on the faces of the Taoist priest and the Taoist boy dried up in a short time.
The Taoist priest sat there restlessly, concentrating on reading a medicine book.
Of course the Taoist boy couldn't stay still. He sat for a while and then stood up and looked around. Finally, he looked at the fields to the north with concentration: a black pig was swaying on the fields with green vegetables. It could be said that it had chewed half of it, and then Half of it was ruined.
An old man with a hoe wearing a straw hat chased after him, and the black pig slipped away alertly.
One young man didn't give up and spread his legs wildly to chase him over. The black pig was frightened and rushed towards the Lushui River. It stumbled and rolled down the river bank. The black pig was like a falling boulder, causing water to rise to a height of ten feet on the river surface.
It struggled constantly due to choking on the water. One of its heads stuck out of the water and its limbs swam hard toward the shore.
It is said that one can be saved. But the young man chasing him got a bamboo pole from nowhere. Instead of rescuing him, he used the bamboo pole to push the black pig's head into the water, causing blisters to appear on the surface...
The disciple stretched out his hand and gently pulled the Taoist priest's robe, then pointed to the puzzling scene and said, Master, look, I don't understand why the young man didn't rescue the black pig that fell into the river, but used a bamboo pole to rescue it. By pushing its head into the water, isn't this an intentional attempt to drown it?
The Taoist Master stood up from the upright rock, held a thread-bound medicine book in one hand, put the other hand on his waist, and looked in the direction pointed by his disciple. He didn't answer his disciple's question, he just blinked, as if he had seen another scene.
The disciple saw the Taoist priest sometimes staring at the black pig being held down in the water, and sometimes staring at the young man standing on the river bank using a bamboo pole as a murder weapon, trying to kill the black pig. Then he stopped looking, turned his back to the river, and smiled mysteriously.
The disciple asked, Master, why are you laughing?
The Taoist priest said, I laughed at that young man taking revenge on that black pig.
The disciple asked in confusion, Master, I don’t understand what you mean. What kind of retribution! Who has a grievance against whom?
The Taoist priest said that the young man had a grudge against the black pig.
The disciple was even more puzzled. He stared at the Taoist priest and asked, how can humans have enmity with animals? Just now I saw the black pig eating the vegetables on the field. Even if the vegetables on the field belong to the young man, there is no enmity between the young man and the black pig.
The Taoist priest said, you don't understand what I mean. Then I'll make it clear.
That black pig was transformed from a human. One winter day eighteen years ago, a man named Wu Daode joined a group of strongmen to rob a ship of soybeans on the Chibi River and killed a family of seven.
Later, the Yangjian government never solved the case. Wu Daode was occasionally caught and beheaded because of other cases. The bull-headed horse-faced detained his soul to the underworld, investigated past crimes, and sent his soul to hell to be tortured. Once the sentence was over, he was reincarnated into a pig.
To put it simply, the black pig you saw falling into the river just now is the reincarnation of Wu Daode's undead, and the young man is the reincarnation of one of the seven members of the family. He was reincarnated here to take revenge. You see, he was pinned down in the river with a bamboo pole by Wu Daode who participated in the robbery and drowned. Now the black pig is pinned down in the river with a bamboo pole and drowned by the young man he transformed into. This is really unjust. If you don't retaliate, the time has not come. When the time comes, retaliate.
The disciple asked with great reverence, Master, how do you know this?
The Taoist priest said, I have been practicing Taoism for decades, and my third eye has been opened, so I can see things in my past and present lives.
The disciple sighed with sincerity, Oh!
At night, Xiong Fangfei's boudoir was filled with a warm atmosphere.
Xiong Fangfei was looking at the shaded lamp on the table, staring at a pair of shiny jade bracelets that Kan Nenglai had given her and had already put on her wrist. She had a smile in her eyes and lowered her head shyly.
Kan Nenglai, who had already come in and was staying aside, felt that the time had come and slowly approached her. Seeing that she did not resist, he picked up her delicate body and gently placed it on the bed. After a burst of clouds and rain in Wushan, I suddenly heard a dog barking.
Kan Nenglai asked in surprise, is that your white dog barking?
Xiong Fangfei said "hmm".
Kan Nenglai asked in a low voice, I heard that your white dog is kind to you, right?
Xiong Fangfei replied, yes, the last time I went for an outing in the wild, I came to a place full of flowers to enjoy flowers under a thorn canopy, and suddenly a black-tipped snake about ten feet long wrapped around my body.
Fortunately, the white dog that had been accompanying me saved me. It opened its mouth and bit the snake's body. The snake opened its mouth in pain and tried to fight the white dog. I took the opportunity to escape and got seriously ill when I returned home.
I asked a doctor to give me medicine but it didn't cure me. Later I asked a witch doctor to tell me that I had lost my soul and that I had to take it back to recover. However, the witch doctor's method was too expensive and my mother didn't agree. She gave birth to my son every night. At this moment, he stood at the door and called my name. While calling, he answered by himself: Is Fangfei coming back? came back. He didn't give up until he called me to my shop and asked me for an answer.
My mother screamed like this for seven consecutive nights. The frightened illness actually healed me and I became energetic again. I don’t know whether my soul was really called back, or whether this kind of psychological adjustment had an effect.
Kan Neng said, I have always been a fan of dog meat. It seems that I can't eat the meat of your white dog.
Xiong Fangfei said, my white dog is not going to be slaughtered, let it die of old age naturally. After that, I have to dig a hole and bury it, build a grave, and every Qingming Festival, I have to sweep its tomb and offer sacrifices!
Kan Neng said, "The white dog saved you, you want to repay it's kindness." I'm just telling you that I love eating dog meat.
Xiong Fangfei said, as a tax collector, you travel to many places, where is there no dog meat to eat? Are you just staring at my white dog and thinking about it?
Kan Neng said, no, I don't want to worry about your white dog. I may be a bit special. I feel very good after eating dog meat.
Xiong Fangfei objected slightly and murmured that dog meat was not an aphrodisiac.
Kan Nenglai smiled and said, I will take it as an aphrodisiac.
The two of them murmured, got excited again, and tossed about on the bed for a while. After the rooster crowed twice, they fell asleep sleepily.
The next night, Kan Nenglai got a few kilograms of dog meat from somewhere and cooked it at Xiong Zhengnan's house. Perhaps Kan Nenglai ate too much and got angry, so he actually vomited a pool of blood. He was afraid that Xiong Fangfei's family would see him, so Ma Li stepped on him.
On the third night, he no longer ate dog meat, but bought an aphrodisiac at the drugstore and ate it. The drug really worked, making Xiong Fangfei excited and screaming all night long.
Kan Nenglai felt that he had conquered Xiong Fangfei, so he encouraged her to tell her parents! Is it okay to cancel the engagement that was made in advance? I will marry you then.
Xiong Fangfei said in a cooing voice, "Okay... I don't know if my parents agree or not. I'll talk to them tomorrow."
