There is a village at the western foot of Wulong Mountain, known as the "Bandit Den". This is because most of the people in the village are domineering and often paint their faces black. They also go to other villages to rob when it is dark and are often captured by the officers and soldiers. Tao Qinghu was born here. His father, Tao Facai, spent ten years in prison for robbery when he was young. He only restrained himself when he was old. But Tao Qinghu is unlearned in this "craft" and seems to be born with this hobby. Maybe he has inherited his thief nature. He is an eccentric person and often quietly throws a copper coin into the boiling kettle. Then he quickly put his hand into the pot and took out the copper coins. His hand was not burned at all. As the neighbors watched, most of them had no idea what he was doing. Only his father, Tao Facai, knew that his son was practicing quick pickpocketing moves. So every time I see it, I complain and say: Green tiger! Don't be too good at this "craft". I have personal experience. Anyone who is a thief will not make a fortune no matter how much he steals. If you think about it, you will lose your ill-gotten gains, and it is normal to lose them. The problem is that there will always be times when you are exposed, and you will live in the terror of everyone shouting and beating you all year round, making others uneasy and yourself uneasy. Qinghu, there are several acres of land at home. You'd better make a living by farming, so that you can live a peaceful life. But Qinghu couldn't listen. On the surface, he obeyed his father, but behind his back, he collaborated with a group of thieves and did all kinds of bad things. When he went home that night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, always thinking about how to get the invisibility suit of Master Miaoyi. This was a treasure. If he could get it to hide himself, he could do that kind of business in broad daylight. He suddenly calculated that there were several silver shops in the city not far from here, which would be where he would show off his skills. But if you don’t get that treasure, everything will be in vain. He was so agitated by this that he didn't sleep a wink all night. In the early hours of the morning, he finally came up with an idea, which was to invite Master Miaoyi to drink until he was drunk and then steal the treasure.
Tao Qinghu immediately put it into action, but he couldn't get Master Miaoyi to do anything. Master Miaoyi didn't drink, and was pondering Tao Qinghu's plan. Tao Qinghu revealed his thoughts: Master Tao, can you lend me your invisibility suit to try on. Master Miaoyi shook his head. Tao Qinghu repeatedly asked to try it on. Master Miaoyi felt that he was up to no good and said displeasedly: The invisibility suit was given by gods, how can it be allowed to be tried on casually? Tao Qinghu felt that the invisibility suit was mysterious and precious more and more, and wanted to get it very much. He said: Master Tao, can you ask the gods to give me an invisibility suit?
Will gods give people random things? Master Miaoyi asked him back. Then, in front of Tao Qinghu, he gave an instruction to the stealth suit to turn blue, and it immediately turned blue. Then he gave instructions such as red and yellow, which made Tao Qinghu dazzled and envious. Tao Qinghu suddenly knelt down, bowed several times to Master Miaoyi and said, "Can you tell me how to get this kind of treasured clothes?" Seeing his belief in this thing, Master Miaoyi said: Get up! Worshiping me has no effect. I don’t know how I got this kind of treasured clothes? I didn't ask for it deliberately at all. As far as I understand, gods will never give this kind of treasure to those who do bad things. Only by insisting on doing good deeds and not doing evil can gods favor him.
Tao Qinghu stood up with emotion and sighed, thinking that he often engaged in sneaky things and would not be destined for this treasure. But he deliberately wanted to get it. Now the red clothes worn by Master Miaoyi have not returned to colorless. Tao Qinghu stared at them intently, but he thought to Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, as long as this precious clothes remains red for one night, I will Can you steal it and keep it for yourself? He was secretly happy, and he just bowed his hand to Master Miaoyi and left quickly.
There is a wing room on the west side of the Taoist temple, and a wooden window on the north wall. There is always a candle placed under the wooden window. At night, it lights up the whole house. Master Miaoyi lives here. That night, he felt sleepy, so he put the red treasure clothes on the bedside without changing them into colorless, and fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, it was already broad daylight. He squinted slightly and saw a white thing on the ground. He looked at it carefully and saw that it was a candle stained with dust. Why did it fall to the ground? Looking at the window sill again, the wooden railing had been sawed off, revealing a big hole. His sixth sense told him that something in the room had been stolen. He immediately realized that the treasured clothes that had been placed by the bedside last night were missing. And fly. He broke into a cold sweat. This was a gift from the gods. How could it be lost? He immediately got up and wanted to look for it. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. When he opened it, he saw a young man kneeling in front of him, holding the red treasure robe in front of his forehead. The resentful Master Miaoyi was attracted by this Confused by the scene, he took the red treasured clothes. There was no need to take it, it was sent by this young man, but he said to himself: It really scared me, why are my clothes here with you?
Suddenly, he saw clearly that this young man was Tao Qinghu, who had come yesterday to try on this treasured garment. He turned out to be a thief, and he was so angry that he wanted to kick him. But when Tao Qinghu saw Master Miaoyi, he slapped himself three or four times in succession, and kept saying: I'm sorry, I admire this treasured garment too much, so I couldn't control the temptation. I took advantage of you last night The opportunity to fall asleep is here for your indecency, and I am willing to accept all your punishment.
Master Miaoyi, who held this treasured garment in his hand, quickly issued a colorless and invisible command, and it immediately disappeared. Master Miaoyi still said angrily: What should I punish you for? You should repair the broken window first and then talk about it. However, Tao Qinghu knelt down and said: Taoist Master, there are groups of Taoist priests in this Taoist temple, including the Taoist priest, and they are not envious. I envy you. It's easy for you to ask me to repair this wooden window, but you have to agree to my request.
any request? Are you still worthy of making demands of me? Master Miaoyi spoke more and more angrily.
Yes, if you don't agree to my request, even if you file a lawsuit and let me take a lawsuit, I will not repair this wooden window. Although Tao Qinghu was kneeling, he was still "arguing."
Well, just say it! any request?
I ask you to accept me as your Taoist disciple. Tao Qinghu made the last two words longer for emphasis.
At this time Master Miaoyi sneered, pointed at him and said: Tao Qinghu, you are a habitual thief and you don't even take a look in the mirror. Are you worthy of being my Taoist disciple?
Yes, I am a habitual thief. If I become your Taoist disciple, I will listen to you and never steal again. You should believe that I will change my ways. Tao Qinghu's words made Master Miaoyi a little tempted. He said: You should repair the broken window first.
sure. Tao Qinghu stood up and left. After walking two or three steps, he turned back: Master, don't worry, my father is a carpenter, I asked him to come and repair it. Master Miaoyi saw that he was about to leave after saying this, so he stopped him: No matter who you let to do the repairs, they are not allowed to do it during the day.
Tao Qinghu didn't understand why? When asked, Master Miaoyi didn't answer, and only said: Just do as I say. On the contrary, Tao Qinghu felt that Master Miaoyi was somewhat mysterious, so he said: OK, I will follow Master's instructions.
After Tao Qinghu left, Master Miaoyi sighed, thinking that it would be better to start repairing the windows during the day, but considering that no one knew about it, it was better not to let them know about it, because he had not been in the Taoist temple for a short time, so as not to alarm the Taoist priests about this mistake. , which is not good for oneself.
Tao Qinghu came home that day and knelt down in front of Tao Facai again. Tao Facai felt strange and was about to ask questions. Tao Qinghu told the whole story, saying that he had stolen the invisibility suit of Master Miaoyi, but he didn't know how to use it. After being exposed, he was sent back to Master Miaoyi, and was willing to worship him as his teacher to correct his evil ways and stop stealing. Tao Facai said: Son, are you making up lies to deceive me?
No, absolutely not. Tao Qinghu continued: Father, I want you to help me with something.
What's up? Tao Facai became serious.
It was when I stole Master Miaoyi's invisibility suit last night that I broke his window. I need your help to repair it. Otherwise, Master Miaoyi will not accept me as a Taoist disciple.
Tao Facai didn't believe this was true, so he said, "I approve of you taking Master Miaoyi as your teacher. The problem is that I don't fully believe what you say." Tao Qinghu said: Then come with me to see Master Miaoyi and ask if I have told lies.
As expected, Tao Facai went to Wulong Mountain with his son. Before going, Tao Facai brought axes and other carpentry tools. Tao Qinghu said that he could not repair the windows for Master Miaoyi during the day, but had to repair them at night. Tao Facai asked what the reason was, but he couldn't tell him. He only said that it was said by Master Miaoyi. So in the evening, they went up to Wulong Mountain. At the gate of the mountain, they heard a voice saying, Tao Qinghu, you finally kept your word, but it's still early now. Wouldn't it be better to come back later? Tao Facai looked around and saw no one, so he asked what was going on. Tao Qinghu knew it, but had no time to tell Tao Facai, so he said to the voice: Since we are early, we will wait here until it gets dark before going to the Taoist temple. .
Tao Facai suddenly saw a young man in blue clothes appearing in front of him and said to him politely: Master Tao, please excuse me. Tao Facai knew it was Master Miaoyi, so he held up his hands and said: "Yes, yes, it's just my son's failure." My son is naughty by nature, and I hope you can teach him a lesson.
It all depends on fate! After Master Miaoyi said this, he disappeared in the blink of an eye. This made Tao Facai fear him psychologically and did not dare to neglect him.
Returning to the Taoist temple dormitory at midnight, he lit a candle and saw that the wooden window had indeed been repaired. When he was about to put out the candle and fall asleep, a person crawled out from under the bed. Master Miaoyi recognized him at a glance as Tao Qinghu, who was used to playing pranks. Before he could say anything, Tao Qinghu stood up and said: Master, this wooden door and window Are you satisfied with the repair? Master Miaoyi didn't answer, and after a long time he said: Since you have become my Taoist disciple, why can't you change your obscene and bad habits?
Master, this can be easily changed. Tao Qinghu looked at Master Miaoyi and said: Master, from today on, you should tell me to do some good things. Otherwise, how can you see me change my ways? Master Miaoyi said that you should guard the mountain gate for me! From now on, if anything is lost in the Taoist temple, its orchards and vegetable gardens, you will be held responsible.
