After dinner and showering, the five of us hugged each other and sang our own songs.
"The vast earth turns up the red dust and white waves, and you work hard to become an indestructible King Kong. You use a little bit of skill to keep struggling, just to be a hero. The yellow sand and clear water of the vast land are wandering, silently sweating and laughing, drinking the wind and frost, Use a little effort to constantly improve yourself, just to be a good man yourself. Maybe you and I can't be Arhats, maybe you and I are just ordinary men, but I have to be outstanding in whatever I do. The vast earth turns red dust and white waves, I work hard to become an indestructible King Kong, and I use a little bit of skill to keep fighting, just to be a good man. I want the world to know my strength, I want the world to feel my strength, and I want to use a little faith to create eternal hope. , just want to be a hero yourself. Maybe you and I can't be great heroes, maybe you and I are just ordinary boys, but I have the power to shine, maybe you and I can't be Arhats, maybe you and I are just I am an ordinary man, but I have to be outstanding in whatever I do. In order to be a good man for myself, I just have to be a good man myself."
After singing, we went to open two rooms. It was good for the brothers to sleep together.
Li Huhu and I were in the same room. When I closed my eyes and slept, Li Huhu woke up and started talking to me: "Yang Sheng, don't sleep anymore. I also had a dream a few days ago. Since you have a dream, you can still interpret it." , how about you also interpret a dream for me."
It was rare that Li Huhu had such thoughts, so I asked him: "What dream did you have?"
He said: "I only remember that I was a minor official. Later, I spent money to give gifts to my superiors and donated it to become a high official. But, my official career was not good. Others were successful in official career, but I was very unlucky. Being a minor official When I was young, I lost my teeth, and when I was a high-ranking official, I was killed on my way to my post. Mainly, I felt that I was not a human, but a wolf, because after I was killed in my dream, there were several The wolf showed up and picked me up.”
After listening to what he said, I understood and said: "This is also a chapter in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", called "Dream Wolf". Have you heard of it? Or, have you ever read this chapter? "
Li Huhu shook his head and said: "I don't know, I haven't read it either. As you know, I'm not good at reading at all. If you let me read, you might as well kill me. Tell me about it. Otherwise, you'll fall asleep .”
I nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll fall asleep."
According to the memory of "Five Elements Dharma Book", I started to use the method of dreaming. I first asked Li Huhu to lie down. Although there was a clear record in the "Five Elements Dharma Book", this was listed as a forbidden technique by the master. He said that although the method of entering a dream is not very dangerous, people who are not very skilled in it are likely to lose themselves in the dream and fall into it. After all, the dream is false to the dreamer. However, for dreamers, it is real. However, I am no longer what I used to be. I can completely interpret dreams. After all, I myself found an image of the future from a dream. I think Li Huhu also Can.
So, based on my memory, I lit a stick of Daigo incense at the right time to increase our sleepiness. At the same time, I bowed three times to the south, missing a yellow talisman to Li Huhu, and wrapped three chicken blood threads around his fingers, and connected the other end to the big toe of my right foot, and then lay back on the bed.
In a moment, my soul left my body and entered Li Huhu's brain along the chicken blood rope. After a while, I entered his previous dream.
From God's perspective, I came to a very ancient place, but judging from the situation, it was quite prosperous. I looked at the words on the stone sign - Baoding. That's right, Li Huhu was included in the story of "Dream Wolf" because the Bai family is a wealthy family in Baoding, Hebei. Unexpectedly, Li Huhu turned out to be the greedy Bai Jia here.
Old Man Bai is from Baoding, Hebei Province. His eldest son Bai Jia, now Li Huhu, was working as a minor official in Jiangnan. Up to now, he had not sent any news to his family for two years.
It happened that today, Old Man Bai had a distant relative named Ding who came to visit the Bai family. Naturally, Old Man Bai was very polite and hosted a banquet for him.
"Nephew Ding Xian, you haven't visited me for a while, Lao Bai. Why did you think of coming today?"
The middle-aged man surnamed Ding said in a solemn tone: "Uncle, I should have come to see you long ago, but, I have another job, so I use my time at night, so I always feel that I don't get enough sleep and I get sleepy easily. .”
"What kind of errand has your good nephew planned? Can you tell me about it to this old man?"
The middle-aged man named Ding said quietly: "I don't get paid in real money for this job, because I usually go to the underworld as an errand. I just trap a few dying people for the ghosts below. How about I Tell your uncle."
"Of course that's perfect!"
During the conversation, Old Man Bai asked the man named Ding about interesting things that happened in the underworld. Ding replied with some unreal and nonsensical words. At one time, he said that there were ghosts who were disobedient and made trouble. At another time, he said that dying people always have a sign of death. After hearing this, Old Man Bai didn't take it seriously, he just smiled slightly.
A few days after leaving, Old Man Bai just lay down and saw the relative surnamed Ding coming again. He also said hello to Old Man Bai: "Uncle, I know that I told you about my errand in the underworld last time I came to your house. If you don’t believe it, this time I took out my spirit body to take you on a tour below, what do you think?”
I figured it out. It turns out that people have been acting as shackles since ancient times. My master has also been a shackles for thirty years! This man named Ding has come to invite Old Man Bai to travel to the underworld. The man named Ding is really stubborn. If Old Man doesn't believe it, why are you so serious about it?
Old Man Bai followed him and entered a city gate.
After walking for a while, Ding pointed to a gate and said, "This is your nephew's official residence."
At that time, Old Man Bai's sister's son was the county magistrate of Shanxi. Old man Bai asked the man named Ding in surprise: "Why are you here?"
Ding said: "If you don't believe it, just go in and see for yourself."
Old Man Bai entered the gate and saw his nephew sitting in the lobby, wearing a hat with a cicada pattern on his head and an official uniform embroidered with a Xie Zhi pattern. There were halberds and flags on both sides, but no one informed him.
Ding pulled him out and said, "How about it? I've seen my nephew's county government office. What do you think? Is it majestic and grand? By the way, your eldest son's government office is not far from here. I would like to Go and have a look?"
Old man Bai agreed: "Okay, it just so happens that Jia'er hasn't sent a message to his family for two years, so I might as well go and have a look with you."
After walking for a while, they came to the front door of a government palace. It seemed that they had arrived. Ding said, "Go in."
Old Man Bai looked inside and saw a giant wolf blocking the road. He was very frightened and did not dare to go in.
Old man Bai asked Ding: "My nephew, are you mistaken? This is not a yamen. Look at such a big wolf, it is clearly a wolf den! How can Bai Jia be an official here?"
Ding said: "That's right, it's right here. Come on, let's go in."
Old Man Bai entered another door and saw that all the people sitting and lying above and below the lobby were wolves. Looking at the high platform in front of the hall, there were mountains of bones, which made me even more frightened.
Old Man Bai said: "My dear nephew, are you sure you're not mistaken? There are so many wolves, how can I dare to go in?"
"Don't be afraid. I'm covering you. These wolves don't dare to get close."
After saying that, Ding used his body to cover Old Man Bai and walked in.
At this time, Old Man Bai's son Bai Jia, also known as Li Huhu, happened to come out and was very happy to see his father and his younger brother named Ding arriving.
"Dad, Brother Ding, why didn't you say something when you came. This way, I can prepare myself. Come on, sit in the room first, and I'll tell my servants to prepare some food."
He invited them to sit in the room for a while, and then asked the attendants to prepare the meal.
Suddenly, a wolf ran in with a dead man in its mouth. Old Man Bai was so frightened that he trembled all over and said, "What is this for?"
Bai Jia, who is Li Huhu, said: "Let's act as a chef and cook a few dishes for the time being. It's okay,"
Old Man Bai hurriedly stopped him and said, "Jia'er, why are you so confused? How can people cannibalize themselves? It's such nonsense. I don't eat human flesh."
After saying that, Old Man Bai became more and more frightened and wanted to say goodbye and go back. A group of wolves blocked the way and threatened: "Since you have entered our wolf den, if you don't eat people, you will not join our team. If you are not the same kind, then you will die." it's here."
When Old Man Bai was in a dilemma, he suddenly saw a group of wolves howling and fleeing in all directions. Some ran under the bed and some lay down on the table. Old Man Bai was surprised and didn't understand the reason for this.
After a while, two warriors in golden armor broke in, took out black ropes and tied Li Huhu up. Li Huhu fell to the ground and turned into a tiger with sharp teeth. Li Huhu lived up to his name. He was actually a tiger in his previous life.
One warrior pulled out his sword and wanted to chop off the tiger's head; the other warrior said: "Don't chop, don't chop, give this corrupt official another chance to kill him. This will happen in April next year, so why don't we chop it off for now?" Lose its teeth, give him a warning first, and then resort to corruption and perverting the law, then even gods can’t save it."
So he took out a big hammer and hit the tiger's teeth, and the teeth fell to the ground in pieces. The tiger roared in pain, and the sound shook the mountains. Old man Bai was greatly frightened and suddenly woke up, only to realize that this was a dream.
Old man Bai always felt that this dream was strange, thinking that this was a hint given to him by his nephew named Ding.
So, he immediately sent someone to invite Ding. Ding refused to come, but just sent back a sentence, saying that he had revealed the secret of heaven and broke the rules of the underworld. He was no longer an underworld agent. Bai Jia Let Old Man Bai take care of himself.
Old Man Bai wrote down the story of his dream and asked his youngest son to visit Li Huhu. The words of advice to Li Huhu in the letter were very sad and sad, because I saw the content of his letter. He really knows his son better than his father. With such a good father, Li Huhu should have stopped at the brink.
The younger son arrived with a letter from his old father and hurriedly went to the government office where Li Huhu was an official. He saw that Li Huhu's front teeth had really fallen out.
He was horrified and asked Li Huhu: "Brother, your teeth are in good shape, why are they gone?"
Li Huhu said: "It was because he was drunk a few days ago and fell off the horse and knocked himself."
This sentence made her brother feel frightened, so she decided to check the time carefully: "Brother, what happened to you? When did your tooth fall out?"
"Three days ago!"
These words completely shocked the younger brother, because three days ago was the day when Old Man Bai had his dream, and he was even more horrified.
He took out the letter written by his father to Li Huhu. After Li Huhu finished reading Old Man Bai's letter, his face turned pale, he thought for a while and said: "This is an illusory dream, a coincidence, there is nothing to make a fuss about. Let me tell you, I have been appreciated by my superiors and I want to seek higher places."
At that time, Li Huhu was bribing the officials in power to get the opportunity to be recommended first, so he didn't take this strange dream seriously.
My younger brother stayed in Li Huhu's official residence for a few days and saw that the hall was full of evil officials. Bribing people to get through the back door continued late into the night. The younger brother cried and admonished: "Brother, please don't do this again. My father specifically told me not to let you take bribes and pervert the law. Why don't you listen to my advice? Back then, you studied hard for ten years and became a Jinshi. One parent is an official! But you have forgotten the original intention of a scholar. It is very dangerous for you to do this. Dad is afraid that you will be beheaded in April next year."
Li Huhu still said indifferently: "Brother, you have lived in a hut with earthen walls in the countryside since you were a child, so you don't understand the secrets of officialdom. The power to promote and demote officials lies in the hands of the boss, not in the hands of the common people. . If your boss likes you, you are a good official; if you love the people, what can you do to make your boss like you?"
Li Huhu in the previous life was not stupid, but it was a pity that he used it in the wrong place. In fact, the officialdom he mentioned at that time was not an allusion to the officialdom now! It is extremely ironic. It seems that the exploitation and oppression between people cannot stop.
The younger brother knew that Li Huhu could not be persuaded and was already in a hopeless state. Disappointed, he returned home and told his father about Li Huhu's behavior. When old man Bai heard this, he burst into tears.
There is no other way but to donate the property at home to help the poor and pray to the gods every day, asking God to retaliate against the traitor and not to implicate his wife and children.
The child has grown up because of his parents. Li Huhu is promising, but he has offended the person who should not be offended. No wonder he is Tai Sui Yin Ming! I understand, with such an origin, how can one’s destiny not be tough? He was reborn and followed the master to atone for his sins! When Li Huhu was Bai Jia, he harmed too many people. If it weren't for the master, I'm afraid he would still commit evil and murder.
The next year, some people said that Li Huhu was the first to recommend him to be an official in the Ministry of Personnel. People who came to congratulate him crowded the Bai family's courtyard. The congratulators were all very happy, and they were fawning over each other. Only old man Bai sighed deeply and lay in bed, saying that he was sick and did not want to receive guests.
Sure enough, Li Huhu suffered retribution. Soon, it was rumored that Li Huhu encountered robbers on his way home, and both his servants were killed.
Old man Bai got up and said to people: "The anger of the ghosts and gods only affects himself. The kindness of blessing my whole family cannot be said to be unkind." He burned incense paper to thank the gods. Those who came to comfort Old Man Bai said it was hearsay and advised him not to believe it. But Old Man Bai believed it and set a date to build a tomb for Bai Jia.
People around him even thought that Old Man Bai was crazy. It was very confusing for his son to build a tomb for his son when he was a high official.
But Li Huhu did not die. It turned out that in April, Bai Jia left his post and was transferred to Kyoto. As soon as he left the county, he encountered bandits.
Li Huhu donated all the luggage he carried, but the bandit leader who robbed him said: "We are here to redress the grievances and vent the anger of the people in the county. We are here just for these things! Bai Jia, you corrupt official, Originally, we were all law-abiding farmers, but you blame us for preying on us and forcing us to become robbers, so I want your dog’s head.”
Then he cut off Li Huhu's head.
Then he asked Li Huhu’s family: “Who is this person named Si Dacheng?”
Si Dacheng is Li Huhu's confidant and helps him do bad things. The first giant wolf I saw in Old Man Bai's dream was his transformation. Si Dacheng deserves to be killed even if he is the arrogant person!
At this time, Li Huhu's family still dared to protect Si Dacheng. They picked up the receipts and pointed at the man named Si Dacheng. The robbers also executed him.
Working in cahoots with Li Huhu and Si Dacheng, there were also four greedy government servants, all of whom were Li Huhu's accomplices and served as minions to plunder people's money. Li Huhu was going to take them to the capital because he was so easy to use.
The robbers also found them among the servants and killed them. Then they took Li Huhu's ill-gotten wealth with them and galloped away on horseback.
Li Huhu's soul lay beside the road, and when he came out, he couldn't help but burst into tears when he looked at himself with his body and head missing. I saw an official passing by and asked, "Who is this man who was killed?"
The person walking in front of us said, "It's Baizhi County of a certain county."
The official said: "It turns out to be Bai Jia. I recognize his father. The deceased is Old Man Bai's son. He should not be allowed to see such a tragic scene at his old age. The head of the deceased should be reattached."
After saying that, an accompanying servant immediately put Bai Jia's head on, and said: "Such an evil person should not be justified by his head. Just let him support his chin with his shoulders."
They all left after putting their heads on. After some time, Li Huhu regained consciousness after his head was connected.
Li Huhu's wife went to pick up his body. Seeing that he was still breathing a little, she took him away in a car and slowly poured some soup into him until he could swallow it. But living in a hotel, I was so poor that I didn’t even have travel expenses.
After more than half a year, Old Man Bai learned the real news about his son, so he sent his younger son to bring him back. Although Li Huhu was alive, his eyes could only see his own back, and people did not treat him as a human being. Old Man Bai's sister's child had a good reputation in politics, and this year he was admitted to Beijing to be the imperial censor. These were all consistent with what he saw in his dream.
Li Huhu worked as a white armor and was a slave to the common people. His family members came to persuade him, but he still didn't stop. It is really difficult to change the greedy nature. There is almost no one who is not in an important position and does not make mistakes. It would be better for Bai Jia to be dead if he were alive like this.
Everything came back to me, and after my soul returned to its proper place, I fell asleep.
When I woke up the next day, I told him.
Li Huhu was a little confused and asked me: "What does this story have to do with me? Since you can interpret dreams, then tell me about it!"
"Actually, the stories written by Master Pu Songling are very interesting. As the saying goes, Pu Songling's writings about ghosts and foxes are superior to others, and he is greedy, greedy, and cruel. You should learn something from Bai Jia's story! Pu Songling's story is just an insinuation, and what Yishi said in the end is the key."
"Then what did the Yishi say?"
Yishi said: "I lament privately that in the world, officials are as fierce as tigers, and officials are as vicious as wolves. This situation is everywhere. Even if the officials are not tigers, the officials are often wolves, not to mention that there are What about officials who are more ferocious than tigers! People suffer from not being able to see their own backs; but after waking up, they can see how profound and mysterious the warnings of ghosts and gods are!"
"You Huhu, you were an evil official who was corrupt and perverted the law in your previous life, and you deserved to die. The reason why the master chose you is, firstly, because of your Tai Suiyin fate, and secondly, he wants you to kill demons and atone for the sins of your previous life. At this time, we are destined to be brothers. You must seize the opportunity. Why do you have such a bad fate? It is all the sin you made in your previous life. Why did you not die even though you were beheaded? It is also your fate of Tai Sui Yin that protects you. Since you When you are wearing white armor, you can only see your own back with your eyes. This reminds you that you have to sit up straight and upright. You understand! Pu Songling is really smart. Every story can insinuate us. The same life. Since you are Bai Jia in "Dream Wolf" and I am Ning Caichen in "Nie Xiaoqian", then several other brothers may have similar pasts."
"By the way, let me tell you another story. It's also about being an official, but this official is very honest, but his own government servants are very bad. It can be said that they are all hungry wolves. These evil officials are very good at pretending to be powerful, so be careful listen."
There was a Jinshi named Li Kuangjiu in Zouping, Shandong. He was a very honest and wise official. There was once a rich man who was accused of being accused and sent to the court for prosecution. Before the court session, the doorman threatened him and said: "The officer wants to ask you for two hundred taels of silver. You must go back and deal with it quickly. Otherwise, the lawsuit will be over." We’re going to lose!”
The rich man was afraid and agreed to give half. The doorman shook his hand and said no.
The rich man begged the doorman bitterly, and the doorman said: "I don't try my best to help, I'm just afraid that the official won't allow it. When you hear the trial, you can see me interceding for you with your own eyes, and see if the official It’s not permission, but it also allows you to understand that I have no other intentions.”
After a while, Li Kuangjiu began to hear the case. The guard knew that Li Kuangjiu had recently quit smoking, so he deliberately walked up to him and asked him in a low voice if he wanted to smoke. Li Kuangjiu shook his head and said he didn't want to smoke.
The servant then walked up to the rich man and said, "I just reported that you offered one hundred taels of silver, but he shook his head and refused. You saw this with your own eyes!"
The rich man believed his lie and promised to give him two hundred taels of silver. The officer knew that Li Kuangjiu liked to drink tea, so he approached and asked, "Would you like to make some tea?" Li Kuangjiu nodded.
The servant came to the rich man again and said, "It's done. The master nodded and agreed. You saw it with your own eyes!"
Later, the case was settled and the rich man was indeed acquitted. The officer not only received two hundred taels of silver, but also received additional gratitude.
Alas, officials think they are honest in government, but there are many people who accuse them of being corrupt. This means that you allow your servants to do evil, like a jackal, while you are still in a daze and don't realize it. There are many such foolish officials in the world. This incident can serve as a mirror for those officials who are committed to serving the government with integrity.
There is also a county magistrate, Mr. Yang, who has a strong and upright temperament. If you offend him when he is angry, you will definitely die. He especially disliked the small government officials and would not forgive even the smallest mistakes.
Often he would sit in the hall with dignity, and none of the young government servants would dare to cough. Occasionally, these subordinates would like to speak favorably for others in front of him, and he would definitely use the same punishment as punishing criminals on his subordinates.
It happened that a local man had committed a serious crime and was afraid of being executed. A petty official demanded a heavy bribe from him and interceded for him. The local man couldn't trust him and said, "If I could do it, how could I be stingy about repaying you?" So he made a covenant with him.
After a while, Mr. Yang interrogated the matter. The locals refused to plead guilty. The little official stood nearby and scolded him: "If you don't confess to the truth quickly, I will torture you to death when the master punishes you!"
Mr. Yang said angrily: "How do you know that I must torture him to death? It must be that his bribe has not yet reached your hands!" Then he blamed the clerk and released the local man.
The local people gave a hundred gold to repay the small official. You must know that the wolf is cunning. If you relax your awareness even a little bit, you will be taken advantage of by it. It is really more than just letting his minions eat people in the countryside. This group of people ruins our merits in the underworld and even causes us to lose our wealth and life. I don’t know what kind of heart those officials have, but they want to use the common people to feed the cruel Ma Hu.
After telling the story, I said meaningfully to Li Huhu: "Third senior brother, you are destined to be an official, but you are not suitable to be an official. Why does the master let you practice the fire method hard? It is to cultivate your character. You must not be able to do it anymore." Fascinated by benefits, if you really have the opportunity to be an official. Remember, you must refuse. You still have the legacy of Bai Jia in your bones and cannot be an official."
Li Huhu nodded and said, "Thank you, Fourth Junior Brother, don't worry, since I made a mistake in this life, I won't make a mistake again in this life."
