Chapter 20 The twentieth round of prodigal son gold and silver cutting sex ax Taoist ice and snow return soul incense

But Xiao Jinzi and Xiao Yinzi hugged Xu Liang desperately.Wu Erben sat near the door, opened a gap in the curtain, and peeped out.Tao San had already walked to the middle of the main room, with a drunken look on his face, he threw up the small golden door curtain, which was five or six feet high, and strode in.The guest who came first in the little gold room covered his face with his sleeve, ran out with a snort.Zhang Dajiao followed in.Tao San asked, "Where are the two bastards?" Zhang Dajiao said, "Sir, please sit down, come, come." Zhang Dajiao hurried over and said, "You two, don't say anything. The Dutou in the city and county is very popular in this county, and he is one and only in front of this official, and no one can provoke him. Don't blame the two of you, tell them to hurry over." Xu Liang said: " Our father is not afraid of him! How dare he do anything to us?"

As he said, Xiao Jinzi and Xiao Yinzi had passed away long ago. Wu Er felt sweaty in his heart when he heard this, and he had the IOU in his hand, so what should I do!Tao San couldn't help laughing in the room over there, and said, "Little Jinzi, I will reward you with a hundred silver coins! Little silver coins, I will reward you with a hundred silver coins!" The two of them said, "Thank you!" The third master's reward." Then I heard Tao San say: "You are welcome, this is all my grandsons honored me tonight, and they have honored me with a total of more than 3,000 silver. My second grandson Wu still has a pen note in it. In the hands of grandpa, Xu's grandson is the mediator, and he won't return it until tomorrow night, let's see if grandpa wants their lives!"

But Xu Da said to Wu Er: "This thing is really disgusting! However, I heard that he is very skilled in martial arts, and he can develop fifty or sixty people under his command. Can we swallow our sullen breath?" Wu Er said, "It's still a trivial matter. How about the proof of the thousand silver tomorrow?" Xu Da said: "Although I have silver at home, it will take at least three days if I send someone to say, 'Far water can't save near fire'!" Tao San yelled again: "Today, both of you sisters and sons are serving the third master. You are not allowed to go into other people's houses! Make a move and tell you to go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife!" Little Jinzi said, "I don't want to hide from the third master. , we both have guests today." Only Tao Sanye slapped the table and dropped the tea bowl, and there was a "clang" sound, and said: "Fuck! Who dares to live with Sanye's people? Ask him No head? Who would dare to hit a fly on a tiger's head? The third master has a lot of silver that his grandsons respect! He is going to kill one or two, and it will be over if he spends a few thousand silver! Let you go, go and ask those two grandsons who dare Come or dare not come!"

Xiao Jinzi hurried over to show Xu Da the banknote, it was the banknote that Xu Da lost, and he felt even more embarrassed to see it.Little Yinzi also came over and said in a low voice: "Grandpa, Second Master! You two are so wronged that we let our sister and son get two hundred silvers. We have grown up so much, and we have never seen a hundred silvers. Both of you There is no money left, let us earn two hundred silver, and buy wine and vegetables tomorrow, please you two." Xu became anxious, and said: "Go away!" Xiao Jinzi said: "Master, don't be angry! You are so wronged. You two The seat is on my kang for a whole night; he will leave tomorrow, and the uncle will go to my room to warm the bed. My sister will accompany the second master, okay?" Xu Dalian said repeatedly: "Get out! Get out!" Little Jinzi After leaving the room, he muttered: "Without any money, I'm still a gentleman! Don't be ashamed!"

Xu Da paled, sat blankly, took a break, pulled Wu Er and said, "Brother, I have something to discuss with you. We are all from Qihe County. I can't stand this kind of anger! I don't want to live anymore! Think about it, if you don't come out with the thousand silver, you will be dragged to the yamen tomorrow by him, and the officials won't see you, and the lynching will ruin your life Why don't we go out and find two knives and come in and chop him up, and it's just death! Do you think it's okay?" Wu Er was meditating, only to hear Fang Tao San yelling: "That kid Wu Er committed a crime in Qihe County, and he escaped! Grandpa sent him to Qihe County tomorrow to see him. It’s impossible to survive! That kid Xu Da is an accomplice, who doesn’t know? The murderer who escaped all the way!” Xu Da stood up and was about to leave.Wu Erlangzi stopped and said: "I have an idea, but you have to swear to the sky, "I can tell you. Xu Dao: "Look!"How sour you are!If you have a good idea, let's kill him, the idea is mine.If a crime is committed, I am the perpetrator and you are the accomplice, so am I still restricting you from getting through? "

Wu Er thought about it for a while, and the reasoning was not wrong. In addition, there must be trouble tomorrow with a thousand silver coins. This is the only way, so he said: "My dear brother! I have a kind of potion that people eat, and their faces won't turn blue. Even if you are a god, you can't detect the poison!" Xu Liang was surprised: "I don't believe it! Is there such a good thing?" Wu Er said: "Who is lying to you!" Xu Liang said: "Where to buy it? I will buy it soon! "Wu Erdao: "There is no place to buy it! I got it from a family in the mountains in the valley of Taishan in July this year. I just give it to you, don't get involved with me!" Xu Liang said: "This is easy." Then take it He took out a piece of paper and wrote: "Xu Mou and Tao Mou got angry and killed Tao Mou. Knowing that Wu Mou could get a good medicine, it would kill him immediately after taking it, so he repeatedly begged Wu Mou to give some. Wu did not interfere." After finishing writing, handed it to Wu Er, saying: "If the case is closed, and you have this evidence, it has nothing to do with you."

Wu Er saw it and thought it was appropriate.Xu Liang said: "It's not too late. Where is your potion? I'll take it with you." Wu Er said, "It's in my pillow case, and it's here with him." He went to the kang and took out a small suitcase. , unlocked it, and took out a magnetic bottle, the mouth of which was sealed with wax. Xu Liang asked: "How did you get it on Mount Tai?" Wu Erdao: "In July, I came back from Diantai, a mountain on the west road, and came back from the east road. It was all trails. One day late, I stayed in a small shop. Seeing that there was a dead man on the kang, and it was well covered with a quilt. I asked them, "How do you put the dead man on the kang?" , the fragrance was lovely, so he picked a handful and came back to make a bowl of water to drink. Who knew that after drinking it, he seemed to be dead, so we cried terribly. We should be saved. There is a Taoist living in this cave in the inner mountain. Qinglongzi, who was walking by here that day, saw us crying, so he came to see us and said, "What disease did your old man die of? "I showed him the grass. He took it, smiled, and said: "This is not poison, it's called 'Thousand Day Drunk', and it can be cured.I'll go find some healing herbs for you.You can take care of your body, don't call it bad.I will send the medicine in forty-nine days, and it will be cured once it is cured. "It's been more than 20 days now." I asked him: "Is that grass still there?" 'He gave me a stick, and I brought it back, boiled it into water, and made a bottle to fill it up.Just used it today! "

Xu Liang said: "Is this water effective? If the medicine doesn't pour him out, we'll be ruined. Have you tried it?" Wu Er said, "It's a hundred shots. I've already..." At this point, he stopped.Xu Liang asked: "How are you doing? Have you tried it?" Wu Er said: "I haven't tried it. I have seen that the people in that family who were drugged looked as if they were dead; if Qinglongzi hadn't rescued him, he would have been buried long ago." Lost." The two were talking happily when they saw the curtain of the door lifted and a man came in, grabbed Xu Liang with one hand, and Wu Er with the other, and said, "Okay! Okay! Are you discussing murder for money?" , it was Tao San.Xu Liang held the potion bottle tightly, and struggled to escape, but Tao San was as strong as a bull, struggling to move there.Needless to say, Wu Er is a drunk and lustful person.Tao San pursed his lips, whistled twice, and two or three big men came in outside, and tied Xu and Wu with ropes.Tao San escorted him to the gate of Licheng County Yamen.

Tao San went in and informed the door of the manuscript, there was a message that it was late at night today, and I will hand over it to guard for the time being, and I will be in court tomorrow, and I will be escorted to the official restaurant. Fortunately, Xu Da still has a few taels of silver with me, so I took it out and managed it. Officials have never suffered. Tomorrow morning, I will ask the case in the flower hall, and I will be a trial committee member.They sent people to take the three of them to the hall.The committee first questioned the plaintiff.Tao San confessed: "Last night, the villain stayed at the local prostitute Zhang's house. Because he brought a few hundred extra silver, he was seen by Xu Da and Wu Er. Xiao Gong heard someone going out of the window, went in and caught it, turned it around and went to the hall, and begged the old man to deal with it."

The committee member asked Xu Da and Wu Er: "Why did you two seek money and kill yourself?" Xu Da confessed: "Xu Liang, a young man, is from Qihe County. Tao San bullied us two, and he couldn't bear it, so Shang Tong hurt him. Life, Wu Er said, he has a good medicine, it is infallible, he has tried it, and it is very effective. The villains were discussing, but Tao San caught him." Wu Er confessed: "Supervisor Wu Xinggan, from Qihe County. Xu Da was killed by Tao San The third bully had nothing to do with the supervisor. Xu Da was determined to kill Tao San. The supervisor was afraid of causing trouble, so he was told that there was a potion called 'Thousand Day Drunk', which was easy to get drunk and would not kill his life. It's really a big idea, and there is a pen to support it." He took it out of his arms and presented it to the court.

The committee member asked Xu Da: "What did you say when you discussed yesterday? Tell me the truth, and the county can excuse you." Xu Da then repeated what he said last night without changing a word.The committee member said: "In this way, you are only angry words, and that can't be considered murder." Xu Da kowtowed and said, "My lord sees it! Please forgive me!" The member asked Wu Er again: "Are the sections Xu Da said true?" Wu Er said, "One word is not bad." After making a full confession, he asked Xu Da: "Where is that bottle of medicine?" Xu Da took it out of his arms and presented it.When the committee member opened the wax seal and smelled it, the fragrance was the same as musk musk deer, with a slight smell of alcohol, he laughed and said, "Anyone is willing to eat this kind of poison!" He handed it to the clerk and said, "The potion is ready. Separate the case of the two of them and submit the whole case to Qihe County." With just the word "separate", Xu Daren and Wu Er separated in two places. That night Xu Liang took the potion to see Lao Can, and Lao Can poured it out to have a look, the color was like a peach blossom, and the smell was strong; when he tried it with the tip of his tongue, it was slightly sweet, and he sighed: "How can this kind of poison not make people drunk for a long time!" Pour the potion into the bottle with a glass funnel, and hand it to Xu Liang: "The murder weapon is well documented, but I'm not afraid that he will deny it. But according to what he said, it seems that these thirteen people are not dead, and there is still a way to resurrect them." I know that Qinglongzi is a hermit, but his whereabouts are uncertain, so it is not easy to find. You first take Wang Er back to report to your majesty. Although this case has been judged, it cannot be detailed. I will visit Qinglongzi tomorrow. , wouldn’t it be even better if we find this man and save thirteen people?” Xu Liang repeatedly agreed, “Yes”. The next day, Licheng County sent Wu Erlangzi to Qihe County.Xu Liang and Wang Er testified, and they were naturally convinced in one session.Put him in prison for the time being, and don't use torture tools, just listen to the news of the old and disabled. But he said that Lao Can hired a donkey the next day, loaded a quilt on it, had breakfast, and went to Taishan East Road.Suddenly, it occurred to me that there was a life-defying class stall next to Shunjing. The signboard was called "An Poor Son Knows His Fate".Thinking all the way, he had already arrived at An Poorzi's door, led the donkey, and sat down on the bench. After exchanging a few gossips with each other, the old man asked: "I heard that the master has been in contact with Qinglongzi. Do you know where he has been traveling recently?" An Poor said: "Oh! Do you want to see him? What's the matter? "The old disabled told An poor son about the above.Poor An said. "What a misfortune! He sat with me for a long time yesterday, saying that he would go back to the mountain early this morning, and it would be less than ten miles away from the south gate at this moment." Lao Can said, "What a misfortune! It's just what did he say?" Mountain?" Poor An said: "Xuanzhu Cave in Lishan. He lived in Lingyan Mountain last year; as the number of pilgrims has increased recently, some of them often come to his hut, so he got bored and moved to Xuanzhu Cave in Lishan." Ask: "How many miles away is Xuanzhu Cave from here?" An Poor said: "I haven't been there either. I heard from him that it's about fifty miles away. I'll go south, pass Huangyazuizi, and head west. Go to Baixuewu, and then go south, you will arrive at Xuanzhu Cave." The old man said, "Thank you for teaching me", stepped on the donkey, went out of the south gate, lived east at the foot of Qianfo Mountain, turned around the hillside, and headed south.After traveling for more than twenty miles, there was a village. I bought some cakes to eat, and asked about the route to Xuanzhu Cave. Jiuli Road is Baixuewu, and eighteen miles to the south is Xuanzhu Cave. It's just that this road is very difficult to walk.There are seven big and eight small stones, and there are endless thorns, which can't be walked in a lifetime!I don't know how many people lost their lives! "Old Can smiled and said: "Is it more difficult than Tang Monk to learn Buddhist scriptures?" "The old dealer said with color: "It's almost the same! " The old man thought for a moment that he was well-intentioned, so he should not be ignored, so he said respectfully, "Old gentleman, forgive me for my slip of the tongue. I also need to ask you how to walk is easy, but how to walk is difficult. Please give instructions." The old dealer said: " The road in this mountain is born like a nine-curved bead, with two curves in one step. If you go straight forward, you will walk into a thorn bush. But you are not allowed to take a detour intentionally. If you intend to bend, you will fall into a deep trap and never get out. Let me tell you a trick: you are very modest, let me tell you, the road in front of you is born from the road in the past; if you take two steps and look back, you will definitely not make a mistake.” After hearing this, the old man saluted repeatedly and said, "I would like to accept the instructions." At that time, he paid his respects to the old man of the dealer, and went as he said, and he arrived at the entrance of Xuanzhu Cave soon after.I saw an old man with a long beard that crossed his abdomen.He saluted before entering, and said: "Could it be that the Taoist priest is Qinglongzi?" The old man hastily returned the salute, and said: "Where did you come from, sir? What are you doing here?" The old man then told the case of Qidong Village. .Qinglongzi pondered for a while, and said: "It is also destined. Let's sit down and talk slowly." It turned out that there were no tables, chairs or furniture in the cave, but stones of all sizes.Qinglongzi and the old man sat down as guests and hosts, Qinglongzi said: "This 'thousand-day drunk' is very powerful. If you eat less, you will be drunk for a thousand days before you wake up. If you eat too much, you will die. There is only one medicine that can cure it. It is called "Huanhunxiang", which comes from the ancient ice and snow of Huashan Mountain in Xiyue. Because a person died of drunkenness in the depression of Mount Tai, I personally went to Huashan to find an old friend, and I got some money. Fortunately, I still have some sons here. Probably enough perfunctory." Then he took out a big gourd from the stone wall, and put it inside There are many miscellaneous objects in the middle, and there is also a small bottle, less than an inch high.Pass it to the old man. The old man leaned out and took a look, it looked a bit like frankincense, and the color was dark; when he smelled it, it looked like stinky sticks.Lao Can asked: "Why is the color and taste not very good?" Qinglongzi said: "The things that save lives, they have good looks and smell!" Lock the patient in a room, and the doors and windows must be airtight. Burning this incense can also distinguish the good and bad of the human body: if the quality is good, it will live at a little; to live." The old man said thanks and went back along the same road.When I walked to the small shop for eating, it was already dark. I stayed overnight and returned to the province early in the morning, but it was still not time to sign up.Then the upper court reported the details to Zhuang Gongbao, and explained that he was going to Qidong Village with his family.Kung Pao said, "What's the use of going to the family?" The old man said, "This fragrance cures men and requires women to burn it; it treats women and requires men to burn it: so you can't handle it unless you bring a concubine." Kung Pao said: "Both In this way, it is up to you. But I hope to go early and return early, and the seal will be sealed soon. Brothers have a little leisure time, so they can learn more." Lao Can agreed "yes", rewarded Huang's family with a few taels of silver, and took Huancui to Qihe County first, where he still lived in the shop outside Nanguan, but he was also very happy to meet Zijin in the county.Zijin also informed: "Wu Erlangzi has accepted all the circumstances. The one thousand silver brought by Xu Liang has also been handed over. After receiving the letter from Bai Taizun, he was asked to return it to Wei Qian. Wei Qian refused to accept it when he died, and let him donate it to charity Hall." The old man said: "Return the three hundred silver entrusted to Xu Liang the day before yesterday, have you received it?" Zi Jin said: "Not only have I received it, but I have already made a fortune! Gong Bao heard about this and sent it here I have already accepted the three hundred taels of silver; two days later, Huang Renrui sent another three hundred taels on behalf of your Excellency; later when Xu Liang came, you sent another three hundred taels, and you got three shares in total. Isn't it rich? The guarantee is absolutely non-refundable, and both Renrui and Your Excellency will be paid." Lao Can pondered for a while, and said: "I think Renrui also has a similar relationship, named Cuihua, who is from the same concubine's family. My son. He is quite conscientious, and he is quite lonely among Renrui, so it’s not as good as my brother who doesn’t stop at nothing, so let’s use these two models to replace Renrui.” Zijin clapped his hands and said: “ I'm going to Qidong Village with my brother tomorrow, what can I do?" After thinking for a while, he said: "Yes!" Immediately call the messenger to inform the matter, and tell him to do it tomorrow. The next day, Wang Zijin and Lao Can took two sedan chairs and came to Qidong Village.A long time ago, the chief security officer of the land had prepared the mansion.After lunch at the mansion and exploring Jia's tomb, there was a small meeting not far away.Lao Can chose two small rooms in the temple, and ordered people to paper them all night, so that no ventilation was allowed.In the early morning of the next day, all twelve coffins went to the temple. First, we opened the coffin of a long worker to see that the body was not damaged. Then we took out all thirteen corpses and put them in these two rooms for burning. It took less than two hours for the "Returning Soul Fragrance" to be heard, and there was already a little noise.The old man made arrangements, first with warm soup, then with porridge, and slowly waited for seven days for them to send them home. The prince would like to go back to the city three days ago.After finishing all his affairs, the old man wanted to go back to the city. At this time, Wei Qian knew that it was the old man who wrote to Gong Bao the day before yesterday, so both Wei and Jia came to kowtow and tried hard to persuade him to stay.The two families each gave three thousand silver, but Lao Can didn't accept any of it.The two families had no choice but to please listen to the play, and send people to the provincial capital to invite a big theater troupe and the cook from Beizhulou to prepare to stay for the old and disabled for the New Year. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night the next day, Lao Can slipped back to Qihe County.When I arrived in the city, it was only twilight, and it was inconvenient to go to the county office. I went to the store where I lived to see Huancui first.Pushing the hall door open, I saw Xu Ming's wife sleeping outside.Then I opened the door and looked at the kang. I was surprised to see that the quilt was wide, and there were two human heads on the pillow. They were sleeping deeply.On closer inspection, it turned out to be Cuihua.In order not to be disturbed, he exited the door and woke up Xu Ming's wife.But he had nowhere to live, so he ran to wander in the yard.Seeing that in the Xishang room, the family members were loading luggage into the car, and they were guests from afar, who looked like they were about to leave, so they stood and watched. Only one person came out to share with the family members.When Lao Can saw it, he shouted: "Brother Dehuisheng! Where did you come from?" The man took a look and said, "Isn't it Brother Lao Can? Why are you here?" Lao Can recounted the above twenty volumes, and then Ask: "Where is Brother Hui going?" De Huisheng said: "There may be military incidents in the Northeast next year. I will send my family back to Yangzhou." The old disabled said: "Please stay for a day, how about it?"At this time, Er Cuiju had already got up to wash his face, and the two families met first. It has been engraved, the old man went to the county office to learn about the case of the Wei family, and the palace guard sentenced the second prodigal son of Wu to be imprisoned for three years.Cuihua shared four hundred and twenty taels of silver, Zijin returned three hundred taels of silver, and Lao Can took one hundred and eighty taels of silver, saying: "Today, I will send someone to send Cuihua to the province." Zijin wrote the details in one letter. Lao Can went back to his apartment and sent Xu Ming and his wife to send Cuihua to the province. At night, he asked the shopkeeper to hire a long car and brought Huancui's brother. up. But Xu Ming and his wife sent green flowers to Huang Renrui's house. Renrui was very happy. He opened the letter from the old man and read it. It said: May all lovers in the world become family members; it is preordained in the previous life, don't miss the marriage.