At this time, someone leaned over and smelled the smell of alcohol coming from Cao Nanshan's body, and shouted that Nanshan must have drunk too much alcohol. After drinking too much alcohol, he will easily get cramps when he gets into the water. If he gets cramps, he will be unable to move his hands and feet. Can sink...
Cao Baohua said, "My son, today during the Qingming Festival, when he was worshiping his ancestors on the ancestral tomb mountain, he drank more than half of the pot of wine."
Meihua said, no wonder! He complained angrily, old man, you are responsible! How can you let Nanshan drink while worshiping ancestors on the ancestral tomb mountain?
Cao Biaohua didn't answer. He clenched his hands into fists and hit his head desperately. Someone came over and hugged Cao Bianhua, preventing him from moving his hands, and advised, Uncle Cao, people cannot be resurrected after death, so you have to pay attention to your body.
At this moment, the undead Cao Nanshan, who was separated from the yin and yang, saw his parents crying so sadly and dripping wet, and he actually shed tears. When Tang Shen approached him, he was particularly respectful and told a story of cause and effect, which made him feel horrified and deeply regretful.
The Pond God said, Nanshan, if you had not drank to save your father who fell into the water, you would never have drowned, but you drowned after all. This seems to be accidental, but it is inevitable.
The undead Cao Nanshan raised his hand to wipe the tears that were pouring down and asked, "How do you say this?"
The Tang God said, the last time I attended the Puqi City God Temple Fair, I heard the City God say that in the past life, your name was not Cao Nanshan, but Xiang Lai Zao. He once participated in a group of strongmen on the Chibi River to rob a ship of soybeans, and took a man and his family into custody. The old man named Cao Hongyou who sold the goods was pushed into the river and drowned. He is your father Cao Huahua who has been reincarnated, and your current mother Meihua, whose name was Xiao Huaihua in the past life, was also Cao Hongyou's wife. In this life, they become yours. Parents, this is exactly why enemies don’t get together.
Ordinary family members are all related by karma, and there are roughly four situations: one is collecting debts; the other is repaying debts; the third is revenge, and the fourth is repaying kindness. Now that you have saved the life of your father, Cao Biaohua, and sacrificed your own life, it can be seen that you came to this family to repay a debt.
Not only did you repay the life debt you owed to Cao Hongyou in your previous life, but you also achieved the filial virtues of being obedient and obedient to your parents. In this regard, I will report the merits you have done to the City God, and then the City God will write a memorial and report it to the underworld. If the underworld recognizes your merits, then you can be reborn in a good land in the next life, and you will be born with a good appearance and great achievements. blessings. From this point of view, I have to congratulate you!
The undead Cao Nanshan bowed and said, thanking Tang God for his instructions and good words.
That day, in the Ghost Judge's Hall, the ghost Cao Yang took the decree demanding Cao Nanshan's life in his hand and preached to the judge,
Report to the judge that I will no longer ask for my life from Cao Nanshan.
The judge was very surprised and asked, why is this?
The ghost Cao Yang replied, I wanted to ask for his life at first, but when I arrived at Caojiazhuang, where he was reincarnated in this life, I found him repairing a bridge and repairing a road. The local land god stopped me and interceded for him, and persuaded me not to ask for his life. Life, said that he has become better in this life and is very filial to his parents.
I believe that filial piety comes first, and I saw him building a wooden bridge across a large ditch between the two villages. I thought that he might have really abandoned evil and turned to good, so I held this promise to him. The decree that demanded his life also forgave him.
Of course, this is what I told the local land god. I will inspect him for three years. If within three years, he does continue to do good deeds and fulfill his filial piety, I will forgive him and no longer ask for his life. revenge. This decree is now returned intact to the Ghost Judgement Hall of Hades.
The judge looked at the recently issued decree demanding Cao Nanshan's life that was already on the desk and asked in confusion, why did you withdraw so early?
The ghost Cao Yang was silent, and then solemnly told the judge that Cao Yang really planned to inspect Cao Nanshan for three years, and did not want to return the unused edict so early, but something unexpected happened, on Qingming Festival today On the festival day, Cao Nanshan and his father came back from worshiping their ancestors on the ancestral tomb mountain. His father accidentally slipped and fell into the pond. Cao Nanshan desperately plunged into the water and lifted his father up. His father came ashore and was rescued. Later, Cao Nanshan unfortunately drowned.
He sacrificed his life to save his father, and there is no way I can take revenge on him. As far as I know, the father Cao Biaohua he rescued was my father Cao Hongyou in the previous life. In this way, in the previous life, Xiang Chang had already participated in robbing a ship of soybeans on the Chibi River and pushed my father Cao Hongyou into the river and drowned. In this life, he reincarnated into Cao Nanshan and rescued my father, Cao Hongyou, who was reincarnated as Cao Biaohua, from the water, but he himself drowned. The grudges and hatreds of the two lives were canceled out, and I no longer need to look for him. He claimed his life, so he returned the decree to the judge.
The judge stroked his purple beard, smiled slightly, and then sighed, oh, that's it.
Suddenly, the Jiangnan City God sent the deceased Cao Nanshan into the palace and bowed to the judge together.
Facing the wet dead souls Cao Nanshan and Jiangnan City God, the judge asked Jiangnan City God, "Generally the souls of the dead are escorted by hookers. Why are you delivering them in person today?"
Jiangnan City God replied, Your Majesty, Cao Nanshan is not a sinful soul, but a good soul with meritorious deeds, so I personally sent him here, just to tell his story in the underworld.
The judge said, I have heard about Cao Nanshan's deeds of virtue and good deeds in this life. You don't need to tell them. I know that he built bridges and roads and made meritorious deeds. He also valued filial piety, especially his sacrifice to save his father, which is worthy of praise. In the next life, he will be reborn in a good land and become a descendant of an official family, with good fortune, longevity, happiness and wealth.
The ghost Cao Yang raised his hands to the dead soul Cao Nanshan who was standing in front of the hall and said, "Not only do I not hate you now, I also admire you very much."
Undead Cao Nanshan said, no need. Cao Nanshan was originally a heinous sinner. Having said this, he raised his right hand and touched the earhole without ears and said, "Look, I was born with an ugly face, and I don't even have ears. This is the result of the bad karma I committed in my previous life, and it is also retribution."
If I don't give up evil and do good, I may not be able to save my life in the next life, and I may even be demoted to a beast. Can I change my mind and become a good person without awakening?
The judge said with certainty that what Cao Nanshan said was extremely true. As long as a very evil person wakes up and can repent, he can become a very good person.
At this moment, the bull-headed and horse-faced men entered the palace one after another and bowed their hands to the judge.
The judge asked, why did the two divine kings return to the palace empty-handed today and not capture a single soul?
Niu Tou and Ma Mian said in unison, reporting back to the judge, we two divine messengers were ordered by Hades to capture and bring to justice the seven strongmen who were involved in the robbery of a ship of soybeans on the Chibi River more than 120 years ago, and the murder and robbery. Completed the mission that the Yangshi government could not complete.
There was one exception, Qian Wankuan, who changed his ways during his lifetime, repented of his past mistakes, followed good deeds, fasted and chanted Buddha's name, and finally was reborn in the Western Pure Land. Except for him, we don’t need to arrest the other six people one by one, including Cai Wanmin, who participated in the case and evaded arrest in this life, and was reincarnated into the second life - Luo Zixin, we They all captured him and brought him to justice.
The judge was overjoyed and said in a loud voice, "I will petition Hades to give additional first-class merit to the two gods with the bull head and the horse face. The case has only been settled today."
The ghost Cao Yang also raised his voice and said, "On behalf of the seven innocent souls of our Cao family who were wiped out on the Chibi River more than 120 years ago, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those who have persisted in solving the case and arrested criminals for more than 120 years, enforce the law impartially, and are selfless." The judges of Hades, especially the two gods who have worked hard for this, including the ox-headed and horse-faced gods, as well as the sinister ghost soldiers who assisted in arresting the murderers and handling the case, the Jiangnan City God, the relevant door gods, family gods and other gods express their heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude. Respect! At this moment, I walked in front of the hall and bowed to everyone again and again.
The judge smiled and took the lead in applauding! All the gods also applauded! The dead soul Cao Nanshan looked ashamed.
