When the five brothers knew that their opponent was the nine-tailed demon fox Tamamo Mae, their nerves rose to their throats. Everyone worked together to figure out how to deal with this monster. This monster almost destroyed Japan before. If she really comes and fights all of us, none of us will be her opponent. This time it will definitely be a tough battle. If there is a chance of victory, I will fight for it, just because I am afraid that our efforts will be in vain.
After much deliberation, we decided to use the power of the five divine beasts in advance to secure the examination formation of the Five Beast Emperor, the strongest Taoist emperor.
When it comes to the Five Beast Emperor Examination Formation, the conditions for its activation are extremely stringent. All the statues of the five sacred beasts must be awakened, and then the blood of five Taoists with profound spiritual power and Taoism must be poured into them before humans and gods can be unified. This has just reached the conditions for activating the Five Beast Emperors Examination Formation. To truly unleash the power of the Five Beast Emperors Examination Formation, the five of us need to have a higher level of cultivation.
If what Kamakura said is true, then the final strength should be the mysterious man who rescued Kamakura. He is the distracting thoughts and evil thoughts of the five of us brothers. When we really absorb them and suppress the evil thoughts, Only when we are our true selves, and have gained complete power, can we truly control the power of the Five Beast Emperor Examination Formation.
Now, forcibly using and driving the Five Beast Emperor Examination Formation is tantamount to forcing the seedlings to grow. We have not yet reached our capabilities, so we must forcefully drive such a powerful formation, fearing that it will backfire on our own strength. But now, there is no other way. In order to save Su Kuangfeng's life, we can only try to forcefully drive this very dangerous formation.
The principle of the Five Beast Emperor Examination Formation is to position the five divine beasts in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and let the five of us Taoists with the strongest five elements drive the divine beasts to manifest themselves and exert powerful power to deal with monsters. The bottom line is that the power of the five of us is not enough, so we summon the five mythical beasts. When the time comes, the power of humans plus the power of the mythical beasts will defeat Tamamo Mae.
However, all this is only in the theoretical stage and has not been implemented yet. This is the first time we have rushed the product to the shelves. Previously, the enchantress Tamamo Mae had caused great trouble in Japan, defeating the Japanese army, the alliance of exorcists and monks, but it also showed how powerful Tamamo Mae was. Although Tamamo-mae's strength this time is much inferior to before, she cannot be underestimated. If we're not careful, we'll all be doomed.
Even Japan's former number one onmyoji, Abe Seimei, was helpless against Tamamo Mae. Tamamo Mae also admired Abe Seimei, a handsome and talented onmyoji, so they reconciled.
We are not Abe Seimei. Tamamo Mae once ate Su Kuangfeng in his previous life to strengthen his personal strength. Now, she will not let go of Su Kuangfeng in this life. No matter what, Su Fengfeng is also a great tonic. There were grievances in the previous life, so we have no choice but to fall in love with him.
So, everyone started to take action, and I started to tell them about the attributes and taboo knowledge of the five divine beasts, in order to get in touch with the divine beasts as soon as possible.
However, the five of us took turns to test the Five Beast Emperor Examination Formation, but none of us succeeded. Although Xu Chengcheng, Li Huhu, and Geng Biaobiao and I could barely communicate with Qinglong, Xuanwu, Suzaku, and Baihu. Su Fengfeng couldn't do anything, and you couldn't blame him. The reason was that Su Fengfeng's injury hadn't healed yet, and his energy hadn't recovered yet. The other four of us are in the best condition and can barely communicate with the mythical beast. What's more, Su Feng is crazy because he is injured. We can't make things difficult for him now.
Seeing that our cooperation was ineffective and the mythical beast Kirin was still unable to establish synaesthesia, Long Tian became anxious and asked us if there were any other ways to fight against Tamamo Mae.
Everyone looked at each other, helpless, but I sighed and said: "There is another method, but its power is greatly reduced. However, Tamamo Mae's strength has also weakened a lot. I only hope that the second method can withstand it." Tamamo-mae.”
Long Tian seized the opportunity and asked me: "Zhang Ruoxu, please stop being so pretentious. What method are you talking about?"
I sighed and said: "That is the inferior version of the Five Beast Emperor Examination Formation, the Four Beasts Heaven and Earth Formation. In fact, it changes the original five beasts into four divine beasts: Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu. It just so happens that Senior Brother He is a disciple of the Earth Taoist Law. It doesn’t matter if he lacks Qilin. The other four of us can do it.”
Su Fengfeng said apologetically: "I'm sorry, four junior brothers, I couldn't get up at the critical moment. I really feel ashamed of my master to be this senior brother. From now on, I have to rely on you. I hope you succeed this time."
After saying that, I asked Long Tian to support Su Fengfeng and leave.
This was the first time the other three people heard that there was a secondary formation in the Five Beast Emperor Examination Formation, so they clamored for me to explain it to them.
But I insisted on letting them understand the four mythical beasts first.
The four mythical beasts are what modern people call the green dragon, white tiger, red bird, and Xuanwu. They are not actually mythical beasts, but gods. In ancient times, they were also called the four elephants and the four spirits of the sky. They are the products of ancient star worship. The four animals are integrated into the five elements and directions, represented by different colors: cyan in the east is wood, white in the west is gold, red in the south is fire, black in the north is water, and yellow in the center is earth.
Qinglong originates from ancient star worship. In ancient my country, the stars in the sky were divided into seven star regions: "Three Yuan" and "Four Symbols". "Sanyuan" is "Ziweiyuan", symbolizing the imperial palace; "Taiweiyuan" symbolizes administrative agencies; "Tianshiyuan" symbolizes the prosperous market. These three walls are arranged in a triangle around the North Star. In other words, the horoscope in the east is like a dragon. As the earth orbits the sun, the stars in the sky change with the seasons. Every evening at the turn of winter and spring, the blue dragon appears. The dragon is the seven constellations in the East - Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji, and the shape of these seven constellations is very similar to the shape of a dragon.
The white tiger is also the god of war and killing, originating from ancient star worship. The white tiger has many magical powers such as avoiding evil, warding off disasters, praying for good fortune, punishing evil and promoting good, making wealth, and getting married. It is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also made of stars. It is composed of the seven constellations in the west among the twenty-eight constellations: Kui, Lou, Wei, Pleiades, Bi, Gou, and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the West, and its white color is because the West belongs to gold among the five elements, and its color is white. So white comes from the five elements. At the same time, the white tiger has many magical powers such as avoiding evil, warding off disasters, praying for prosperity and punishing evil, promoting good deeds, making wealth, and getting married. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also made of stars. Since the White Tiger is the god of war, many powerful generals are said to be reincarnations of the White Tiger Star, such as Tang Dynasty generals Luo Cheng, Xue Rengui and his son.
The Suzaku is one of the four images in traditional Chinese culture and one of the four mythical beasts. It originated from the worship of the ancient stars. It is a mythical animal representing the south, its color is red, and its season is summer. Like the other three, it comes from the stars and is the general name of the seven southern constellations: Jing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen. Zhu is red, like fire, and the south belongs to fire, so it is called Zhuque.
Xuanwu is a spiritual creature composed of a turtle and a snake. The original meaning of Xuanwu is Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are connected. Like the other three spirits, Xuanwu is also formed from the twenty-eight constellations in the world: Dou, Ox, Female, Xu, Danger, Room, and Wall. The Five Elements Theory began to rise in the Han Dynasty, and its symbolic meanings included Rengui and winter.
If the five of us humanities reach a certain level, and the power of the five elements is combined with the five elements formation, we can form synapses with the five sacred beasts, and we can definitely form the strongest power, which is nothing but scum as strong as the enemy demons.
However, under the current situation, Su Kuangfeng, who practiced the local method, was still in poor condition and was unable to take out the Five Beast Emperor Exam Formation for the test. Now, we can only rely on the four of us.
After running in this way for a day, there is still no strong effect. I can only say that I have just developed synesthesia, which is considered a pass. Since the time has not come yet, we have to rest first and wait until the next day to try again.
However, I am still very confused and unsure. Because the four major mythical beasts are not actually mythical beasts, but gods. In ancient times, they were also called the Four Symbols and the Four Spirits of the Sky. They were the products of ancient star worship. The four animals are integrated into the five elements and directions, represented by different colors: cyan in the east is wood, white in the west is gold, red in the south is fire, black in the north is water, and yellow in the center is earth.
There are "four elephants" distributed around the "Three Walls": "East Canglong, West White Tiger, South Suzaku, and North Xuanwu".
That is to say, the stars in the east are like a dragon, the stars in the west are like a tiger, the stars in the south are like a big bird, and the stars in the north are like turtles and snakes. As the earth orbits the sun, the stars in the sky change with the seasons. Every evening at the turn of winter and spring, the black dragon appears; at the turn of spring and summer, the red bird rises; at the turn of summer and autumn, the white tiger appears; at the turn of autumn and winter, the basalt rises, collectively known as the "four great beasts".
If the four of us want to do this formation well, we must master all the positions and connections of the twenty-eight constellations.
In addition to the four-symbol theory in the four poems, there is also the theory of six beasts, namely Qinglong, Suzaku, Gouchen, Soaring Snake, White Tiger, and Xuanwu. In addition to expressing the five elements and directions, it also reflects hexagram information.
By the way, is it possible that the Five Elements Bagua and the Six Elephant Orientations are also related? If I study further, I might be able to find out the key links and strengthening points of the Four Beasts Heaven and Earth Formation! After all, everything is connected and there must be a breakthrough. Thinking of this, I started drawing again with paper.
"Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, the five elements, mark the strongest position in the Bagua position first." I wrote the picture while dictating.
At night, Geng Biaobiao came to the door and said: "Fourth Senior Brother, you are still not resting so late! You have been studying the formation for such a long time, and it is getting late."
"Huang Sheng, I am your senior brother and I don't know you yet? You don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. Since you come to me, something must be wrong. Tell me, what do you want to tell me?"
"Yangsheng, do you still remember that we were restrained by Etianwan two days ago?"
"Of course I remember. How could I forget that we were all trapped in a poisonous cocoon and had a dream! Are you looking for me to interpret the dream?"
Geng Biaobiao nodded and said: "You have already helped Tiansheng and Xuansheng interpret their dreams, so you can help me too! I will tell you the dream in the poisonous cocoon, and you can borrow it for me. It just so happens that this dream is also very special. Like a passage from "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". Let me describe it to you!"
"Okay, you say it!"
Geng Biaobiao said patiently: "My dream is like this. I am a hunter. My mother and I depend on each other. Although life is poor, I live happily. My mother always calls me by my name, Qilang. Later, I I got involved in a life lawsuit, but fortunately a wealthy family named Wu settled it for me. Later, my mother asked me to repay the family with my life. Finally, Mr. Wu and his family were killed and were in dire straits, so I risked my life to help him. People seek revenge. In the end, my head fell off, but I was still alive. I didn’t really die until I killed the enemies of Mr. Wu’s family.”
After he finished explaining, I also knew what was going on. Isn't this the story of "Geng Biaobiao"!
However, I didn't tell him clearly, I just told him: "Come with me to find the Crystal Girl and restore all your dreams, so that I can know the final result."
When we arrived at Yang Saifeng's house, it happened to be that she hadn't gone to bed yet, but had just changed into her pajamas and was about to fall asleep. She was obviously pregnant, but there was no man at home. Only after asking her did she find out that she was pregnant out of wedlock. The man she had a relationship with did not want to be responsible for the child in Yang Saifeng's belly, so he lost contact and could not be found. Yang Saifeng was also stubborn and unwilling to abort the child, but chose to endure everything silently in order to give birth to the child.
What can I say if it's really not convenient for me? I went straight to the point and let Yang Saifeng hypnotize Geng Biaobiao while I continued to observe Geng Biaobiao’s past life.
Now I completely understood what was going on.
In ancient Northeast China, there was a family with the surname Wu. Wu Chengxiu liked to make friends, and the people he interacted with were all well-known figures.
One night, Wu Chengxiu dreamed that an ancestor of his family told him: "Your friends are all promiscuous all over the world. There is only one person who can share the difficulties with you, so why don't you get to know him?"
Wu Chengxiu asked: "Who is he?" The man said: "Isn't he Tian Qilang?"
In fact, I knew in my heart that Tian Qilang was Geng Biaobiao. I never thought that in the previous life of this naive fat man, he was a chivalrous and courageous man who knew how to repay kindness.
Wu Chengxiu felt strange when he woke up. The next morning, when he saw his friends, he asked who Tian Qilang was. Some of my friends recognized Tian Qilang, who was also Geng Biaobiao. He was just a hunter from the East Village. Geng Biaobiao's hunting skills were very good.
Wu Chengxiu respectfully visited Tian's house and knocked on the door with a horse whip. Not long after, a man came out. He was in his twenties, with a slim waist, a beanie hat full of oil stains, and black calf-nosed trousers with many white patches on them.
The desolate image of my fifth junior brother makes me feel very shabby. I lived in such poverty in my previous life, and now I eat and drink with a vengeance. Now I am a fat man weighing more than 200 pounds. This is also a kind of irony...
He cupped his hands and raised his eyebrows and asked where the guest was from.
Wu Chengxiu told him his name and pretended that he was not feeling well on the road and wanted to borrow a house to rest temporarily. He asked who Tian Qilang was, and Qilang replied: "I am."
Geng Biaobiao was really down-to-earth. He was unprepared and answered like this when he didn't understand the origin of the other party.
I have also read the Tian Qilang chapter in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". I have no favorable impression of Wu Chengxiu, a playboy from a wealthy family. After all, his friendship with Tian Qilang was not a favor without repayment, but a purpose. I hope Tian Qilang can prevent disaster and resolve difficulties for him. Thinking that Geng Biaobiao gave up his life for such a selfish person in his previous life, I really feel that it is not worth it for him.
My silly junior brother did not have any suspicion, but instead led Wu Chengxiu into the house.
Wu Chengxiu saw several broken houses in the courtyard, with wooden prongs supporting the walls. Entering a hut, I saw some tiger and wolf skins hanging on pillars, and there were no benches or chairs to sit on.
Geng Biaobiao, a Korean man, spread tiger skins on the ground instead of seats, so Wu Chengxiu started chatting with him. Hearing that his words were very simple, he liked him very much and immediately gave him some money to help him live.
Geng Biaobiao, who was also honest-minded, refused to accept it. After all, he was not rewarded for his merits! However, Wu Chengxiu couldn't stand it and gave it to him. Geng Biaobiao didn't pay attention for a while, so he took the silver and told his mother.
After a while, he took it back and gave it back to Wu Chengxiu, firmly refusing to accept it. However, the selfish Wu Chengxiu forced him to give in many times, and my junior brother Geng Biaobiao also became aggressive and refused to accept it.
At this time, Tian's mother arrived in an old manner and said sternly: "I only have this son, and I don't want him to serve the distinguished guests!"
Geng Biaobiao and his mother understand the truth. In other words, there is no free lunch in the world, and those who appreciate kindness will definitely find opportunities to repay. Wu Chengxiu's uneasy and well-intentioned approach of a weasel paying New Year greetings to a chicken cannot be concealed. My junior brother's mother has such sharp eyes. Now I finally understand why my junior brother is so solid-eyed. This is still a problem left over from my previous life. However, his mother is not an ordinary person, and her mind is twice as sharp as that of ordinary people!
The deflated Wu Chengxiu retreated in shame and walked home unhappy and depressed.
On the way home, Wu Chengxiu thought about it over and over again, not understanding the meaning. It happened that the accompanying servant heard what Tian's mother said at the back of the house, so he told him: "Tian Qilang's old mother means that he has only one son, and he has to take care of him until the end of his life. Now the two of them are lonely and helpless. Tian Qilang is everything Mrs. Tian has, that is, her only support. This old woman is very vigilant and is always afraid that you will give away money for no reason and harm her son in the future. After all, people are short-handed!"
Only then did Wu Chengxiu realize that this was not the case, because Mrs. Tian's eyes were not as sharp as usual.
At first, his junior brother Geng Biaobiao took the money and went to tell his mother. Tian's mother said: "I just saw the young master with unlucky lines on his face, and he must be in trouble. Don't you hear: Those who are well-known and favored should share their worries, and those who suffer Those who are kind to others should be in a hurry. The rich repay others with wealth, and the poor repay others with righteousness. It is unlucky to receive generous gifts from others for no reason, and I am afraid you will die in return."
To briefly explain Mrs. Tian's words, the boy surnamed Wu has evil spirits between his eyebrows, which means his hall turns black. There will definitely be disaster in the future, and it is not a small disaster. Failure to protect the whole family is the kind of disaster where the family is destroyed. Who doesn't know that if you receive someone else's favor, you have to share the other person's grudges, and if you receive someone else's favor, you have to worry about other people's difficulties. Rich people repay others with money, which is the most direct way, but poor people can only repay with loyalty. It is not a good thing to receive a big favor from others for no reason. The young master named Wu may make you die to repay his kindness in the future.
Mrs. Tian said it categorically, and it is indeed true. It is not necessarily a good thing for others to give out too much money. No one's money comes from the strong wind, and it may really harm innocent people. Sadly, people nowadays take the benefits of others without knowing anything in return. There are fewer and fewer people like Geng Biaobiao who know how to repay their kindness.
Wu Chengxiu later heard these words from Geng Biaobiao's mouth, and deeply admired Tian's mother's virtuousness. However, he also admired me, this silly junior brother, even more.
The next day, Wu Chengxiu held a banquet and invited Geng Biaobiao, but he refused. Wu Chengxiu went to Qilang's house, sat in the house and asked for a drink. Geng Biaobiao couldn't refuse, so he could only pour wine for him personally and serve him dried venison, which was very polite.
One day later, Wu Chengxiu invited and thanked him again. Faced with the other party's repeated enthusiasm, Geng Biaobiao felt that he couldn't keep it on his face and completely forgot about his mother's warning.
The two were close and harmonious and very happy. Wu Chengxiu gave him another gift of money. At this time, Geng Biaobiao remembered his old mother's words and refused to accept it. However, the cunning Wu Chengxiu was smarter and used the excuse to buy his tiger skin. Geng Biaobiao thought it was a deal, and it happened that his family was also short of money so he accepted it. Geng Biaobiao went home and looked at the tiger skins he had saved. He calculated it and found that it was not worth Wu Chengxiu's money. He could not take advantage of others, so he wanted to hunt another tiger skin and donate it to him.
But after three days in the mountains, I found nothing. Then my wife was sick and needed to be nursed and made up of medicine, so it was too late to go hunting. Ten days later, his wife suddenly became seriously ill and died. In order to prepare sacrifices and funerals, the money brought back was gradually spent.
Geng Biaobiao was destined to hurt Wu Chengxiu because the house leaked and it rained all night, so everything needed money, so Geng Biaobiao changed his original intention and embraced Wu Chengxiu, a rich man.
Wu Chengxiu personally came to express his condolences and deliver the funeral, and the etiquette was very generous.
After the funeral was done, the stupid Geng Biaobiao took his bow and arrows and went into the forest. He even wanted to hunt tigers to repay Wu Chengxiu, but in the end he found nothing. After Wu Chengxiu found out, he advised him not to worry and sincerely hoped that Geng Biaobiao could come to visit him. However, Geng Biaobiao always felt that he owed Wu Chengxiu a debt and felt regretful and refused to come.
Wu Chengxiu then asked him for the tiger skins he had saved as an excuse so that Geng Biaobiao could come quickly. Geng Biaobiao looked at the tiger skin he had saved and found that it had been eaten away by beetles and the hair on it had fallen off. He felt even more depressed. Wu Chengxiu found out and rode to Qilang's house, trying his best to comfort and persuade him. He looked at the damaged leather again and said, "This is better. The leather I want does not use hair." Then he rolled up the leather and took it out, and invited him to go with him.
Geng Biaobiao still didn't know that he was getting closer and closer to Wu Chengxiu Zhiluo Hao's trap. The more benefits he received from Wu Chengxiu, the closer he was to death. This time, it reminded me again that once a small corruption incident occurred, an originally honest official became more and more unscrupulous, knowing that he would pay the price with his life.
Geng Biaobiao felt that these tiger skins were really useless, so he disagreed, and Wu Chengti had to go home by himself.
Then, the stubborn Geng Biaobiao thought that this was not enough to repay Wu Chengxiu, so he took the dry food into the mountain.
After several nights of squatting, Geng Biaobiao finally hunted a tiger and gave it to Wu Chengxiu intact.
Wu Chengxiu was overjoyed, held a banquet, and asked Geng Biaobiao to stay for three days. Geng Biaobiao refused firmly, always using the excuse of serving his mother as an excuse.
The unreasonable Wu Chengxiu was afraid that he would have to pay off his property debts because of the tiger skin incident, so he asked his servants to lock the gate of the courtyard so that Geng Biaobiao could not go out. Helpless, Geng Biaobiao had no choice but to agree to stay at Wu's house for a few days. During this period, he was invited to have a banquet together and get to know Wu Chengxiu's friends.
The guests saw that Qilang's clothes were simple and simple, and they secretly said that Mr. Wu made friends indiscriminately.
Wu Chengxiu, on the other hand, took good care of me, his junior brother, much more thoughtfully than he did the other guests. Moreover, he really listened to what these guests said, so he asked his servants to bring back new clothes.
He changed his clothes for Geng Biaobiao, but Geng Biaobiao didn't accept it, so he secretly changed his clothes while Geng Biaobiao was sleeping. Geng Biaobiao had no choice but to put them on.
I really understood that Wu Chengxiu’s intention was to incubate my stupid junior brother little by little and turn him into a pitiful person who was willing to sacrifice for himself. If you really want to say that entering the dragon's den, that's not the most dangerous thing. The most dangerous thing is the home arranged by sugar-coated bullets like Wu Chengxiu.
After Geng Biaobiao returned home, his son followed his grandmother's instructions and sent new clothes to the Wu family and asked for his father's tattered clothes.
Wu Chengxiu understood in his heart and deliberately refused to agree. He found an excuse and said with a smile: "Go back and tell your grandmother that the old clothes have been used as shoe linings."
From then on, Geng Biaobiao completely fell into the trap and could not get rid of his relationship with Wu Chengxiu. He gave Wu Chengxiu the rabbits and deer he hunted every day, but when Wu Chengxiu invited him, he never went again.
At this time, Geng Biaobiao should have understood that the other party did not have good intentions, so that one day he could use himself to ward off disasters for him.
One day Wu Chengxiu went to Geng Biaobiao's house and met Geng Biaobiao who had not returned from hunting. Tian's mother came out, leaned against the door and said to him, "Please don't come here to tempt my son again. You have bad intentions!"
At this time, Mrs. Tian had already begun to be rude to Wu Chengxiu. Knowing that he was a disaster star, out of the protection of her son, she tore off the old man's face and cursed at the people who had helped her several times.
In fact, I understand the principle of loving one's son as a mother, but my son's fate has long been assigned the surname Wu.
Wu Chengxiu bowed respectfully to Tian's mother and left in shame.
More than half a year later, the family suddenly told Wu Chengxiu: "Geng Biaobiao got into a dispute with someone while hunting leopards, beat someone to death, and was taken to the government."
He was shocked when he heard that, and he mounted his horse and galloped to the government to visit. At this moment, Geng Biaobiao was shackled and detained in prison.
Geng Biaobiao had nothing to say when he saw him. He just said: "From now on, please help my mother more."
It has to be said that Geng Biaobiao was a filial son. He did not forget his old mother's life even before he died. He could only beg Wu Chengxiu to take more care of his old mother.
This also shows that Geng Biaobiao is now trapped by fate, and what will greet him is death in the future. I felt another sense of loneliness, knowing that my death was coming, but having no choice but to do anything about it.
Wu Chengxiu came out miserable, and hurriedly gave a large amount of silver to the county magistrate, and another 100 taels of silver as a gift to the deceased's family. After more than a month with nothing going on, Geng Biaobiao was released and returned home.
Tian's mother said to Qi Lang with emotion: "Your life was given by Mr. Wu, and I can't begrudge you any more. I hope that you can have a safe life and not encounter disasters. This is your blessing."
This sentence also shows that Mrs. Tian accepted her fate and knew that her son's life was closely linked to Wu Chengxiu. The only thing he could do was hope that Wu Chengxiu would have a good life and not lose his only son. However, all this was in vain, and Mrs. Tian could not escape the tragic reality of the white-haired person giving away the black-haired person.
Geng Biaobiao understood his old mother's helplessness, but he was too embarrassed not to thank his savior, so he said he wanted to thank Wu Chengxiu. Tian's mother said, "Just go and don't thank Mr. Wu when you see him. You know how small a favor can be." Thank you, but a great favor cannot be thanked."
When Geng Biaobiao arrived at Wu's house, Wu Chengxiu comforted him with warm words. Geng Biaobiao just agreed humbly. The family blamed Geng Biaobiao for being rude, but Wu Chengxiu liked his honesty and treated him more favorably.
Since then, Geng Biaobiao often stayed at Wu's house for several days. If you give him something as a gift, accept it without refusing or saying anything in return.
People who don't know think that Geng Biaobiao is greedy. Only those who understand know that they are ready to die calmly, and they can take it with peace of mind.
It happened to be Wu Chengxiu's birthday. There were many guests and servants on this day, and the house was full of people at night. Wu Chengxiu and Geng Biaobiao slept in a small room, and three servants spread straw under the bed. At the end of the second watch, the servants were all asleep. The two of them continued to talk. Shichiro's sword was originally hanging on the wall, but suddenly he jumped out of the scabbard several inches, making a clanking sound, and the light flashed like electricity.
Wu Chengxiu got up in shock, and Geng Biaobiao also got up and asked, "Who are those people lying under the bed?"
Wu Chengxiu replied: "They are all servants."
Geng Biaobiao said: "There must be bad people among them."
Wu Chengxiu asked him why, and Geng Biaobiao said: "This knife was bought from abroad. It kills people without showing traces of blood. It has been worn by three generations. I have chopped off thousands of heads with it, and it still looks like a newly sharpened one." . Whenever it encounters a bad person, it screams and jumps out of the scabbard. At this time, it is not far away from killing. The young master should stay close to the gentleman and stay away from the villain. Maybe disaster can be avoided. "
Wu Chengxiu nodded in agreement, and at the same time he understood in his heart that his own disaster was not far away.
Why didn't Geng Biaobiao know this? So he was unhappy all day and night, tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep.
Wu Chengxiu said: "Man's misfortunes and blessings are just fate, why should we worry so much?
Geng Biaobiao said: "I am not afraid of anything, just because my mother is here."
Wu Chengxiu said: "How come it has reached this point!"
Geng Biaobiao said: "It will be good if nothing happens."
It turned out that there were three people sleeping under the bed: one was named Lin'er, a servant who had always been favored, and was very popular with Wu Chengxiu; one was a boy servant, twelve or thirteen years old, who was used by Wu Chengxiu on a daily basis; the other was named Li Ying, who was the least favored. He was obedient so that he could argue with the young master over trivial matters. Wu Chengxiu was often angry with him.
That night Wu Chengxiu speculated in his mind that this "bad guy" must be Li Ying.
In the morning, he called Li Ying to him and dismissed him with kind words.
Wu Chengxiu's eldest son, Wu Shen, married the Wang family. One day, Wu Chengxiu went out, leaving Lin'er at home to look after the door. At that time, the chrysanthemums in Wu's residence happened to be in bloom. The new daughter-in-law thought that no one would be in the yard when her father-in-law was out, so she went over to pick the chrysanthemums.
Lin'er suddenly came out of the house to seduce and tease her. Wang wanted to escape, but Lin'er forced her into the house.
She shouted and resisted, her face changed rapidly and her voice became hoarse. When Wu Shen heard that he was running in, Lin'er let go and ran away. When Wu Chengxiu came back and heard about this, he looked for Lin'er angrily, but he didn't know where he had fled.
After two or three days, I found out that he had gone to the home of a certain censor.
The censor served in the capital, and all family affairs were entrusted to his younger brother.
Because Wu Chengxiu had a neighborly relationship with him, he sent a letter to ask for Lin'er's return, but he actually ignored it. Wu Chengxiu became more and more angry and complained to the county magistrate. Although the arrest warrant was issued, the government officials did not arrest him and the county magistrate did not ask questions.
When Wu Chengxiu was angry, Geng Biaobiao arrived. Wu Chengxiu said: "What you said has come true."
So I told him what happened.
Geng Biaobiao's face turned pale when he heard that, but he didn't say anything and walked away.
Because Geng Biaobiao knew in his heart that it was time to sacrifice his life to compensate the gentleman...
Wu Chengxiu asked his capable servants to search for Lin'er's whereabouts. When Lin'er went home at night, she was caught by the searching servant and brought to her master. Wu Chengxiu tortured him, and he actually insulted his master rudely. Wu Chengxiu's uncle Wu Heng was originally a very kind elder. He was afraid that his nephew's anger would cause disaster, so he advised him to use official laws to deal with Lin'er.
Wu Chengxiu obeyed his uncle's orders and took Lin'er to court. However, the letter from the censor's family was also sent to the county government. The county magistrate released Lin'er and gave her to the housekeeper of the censor's brother to take away.
As a result, Lin'er became even more impudent and even threatened in the crowd, fabricating the story that the Wu family's daughter-in-law had an affair with him. Wu Chengxiu had no way to deal with him. He was filled with resentment and was so angry that he died. Then he rode to the door of the censor's house, pointing to the sky and the earth and shouting curses. The neighbors at least comforted him and allowed him to return home.
One night later, a family member suddenly came and reported: "Lin'er was cut into pieces and thrown into the wild."
Wu Chengxiu was surprised and happy after hearing this, and his mood relaxed a little.
After a while, he heard that the censor had accused him and his uncle of murder, so he and his uncle went to court to confront him. The county magistrate did not allow them to defend themselves and wanted to punish Wu Heng with a cane.
Wu Chengxiu said loudly: "It is a false accusation that we killed people! As for insulting a family of officials, I did do it, but it has nothing to do with my uncle."
The magistrate ignored what he said. Wu Chengxiu's eyes widened with anger and he wanted to rush forward, but the officers surrounded him and grabbed him. The officers who carried out the execution with sticks and canes were all lackeys of the officials. Wu Heng was old and died before half of the numbers were drawn. When the county magistrate saw that Wu Heng was dead, he stopped pursuing him.
Wu Chengxiu cried and cursed angrily, but the county magistrate didn't seem to hear him. Wu Chengxiu then carried his uncle back home. He was so distraught that there was nothing he could do.
I wanted to discuss it with Geng Biaobiao, but Geng Biaobiao never came to offer condolences. He secretly thought: He treated Geng Biaobiao very well, so why did he treat him like a stranger? Furthermore, he also suspected that the person who killed Lin'er must be Geng Biaobiao. But then I thought about it, if that was the case, why didn't he come and discuss it with me beforehand? So they sent people to Tian's house to search. When I went to take a look, I found that Tian’s house was closed and quiet, and no one was there. The neighbors didn’t know where they had gone.
Wu Chengxiu then said regretfully: "Tian Qilang, you are such a merciless and unjust person."
One day, the censor's younger brother was at the county government house, interceding with the county magistrate. It was in the morning when the county government was bringing in firewood and water. Suddenly a firewood collector came to them. He put down his load of firewood, pulled out a sharp knife, and came straight towards them. The censor's brother panicked and tried to block the knife with his hand, but his wrist was cut off, and then his head was cut off with a knife. The county magistrate was shocked when he saw this and ran away with his head in his arms.
The firewood collector was still looking around, and the officials hurriedly closed the gate of the county government office, picked up the wooden sticks and shouted loudly. The woodcutter then cut himself to death with a knife. The servants came over to identify him one after another, and those who knew him knew that the woodcutter was Geng Biaobiao.
The county magistrate calmed down after being frightened, and then came out to re-examine the scene. He saw Geng Biaobiao lying frozen in a pool of blood, still holding the sharp knife in his hand. Just as the magistrate was about to stop and take a closer look, Geng Biaobiao's zombie suddenly jumped up and cut off the magistrate's head, before falling to the ground again.
County government officials sent people to arrest Geng Biaobiao's mother and son, but they had already escaped for several days.
When Wu Chengxiu heard that Geng Biaobiao was dead, he hurried to cry and express his sorrow.
Enemies all said that he ordered Geng Biaobiao to kill people, and Wu Chengxiu sold his property to bribe those in power, so he was spared. Geng Biaobiao's body was left in the wilderness for more than thirty days, surrounded by many birds and dogs guarding him. Wu Chengxiu took Geng Biaobiao's body away and gave him a generous burial.
Geng Biaobiao's son lived in the Dengzhou area and changed his surname to Tong. Later he joined the army and was promoted to General Tongzhi for his meritorious service. When he returned to Liaoyang, Wu Chengxiu was already over eighty years old, so he led him to find his father's grave.
I really sighed, as expected, how right it is not to accept a penny of gifts easily. How virtuous the mother of my singing junior brother is! Geng Biaobiao was so angry that he still killed the county magistrate even after he died. How miraculous is this!
In this case, I also know what the problem is! Geng Biaobiao has always been taken care of by his senior brother. Junior Brother Huang Sheng will definitely be able to resolve this disaster for him, but it may cost us the fifth junior brother.
I hope that the fifth junior brother can fight again after death, maybe death is life at the same time!
