Chapter 66 The story of the fisherman and the male fish-2

The fisherman explained his address.The jeweler held on to his jewels and told his followers: "This is the villain who stole the queen's jewelry, arrest him quickly." Then the followers beat the fisherman and tied him up.Then the ringleader announced to all the jewelers: "We have caught the thief." So the merchants talked a lot, some said: "Zhang San's goods were stolen by this scoundrel." Some said: "Li Si's house was stolen, he must have done it." , In one word, I blame all the thefts on the fishermen.But the fisherman kept silent and did not make any defense, and let them make false accusations.

After that, the merchants took him to the palace to punish him. The leader of the jeweler asked the king for his credit: "Your Majesty, after the Queen's jewelry was stolen, we were notified and ordered to assist in the arrest of the thief. We worked harder than anyone else and finally solved the case and captured the thief for Your Majesty. The thief It has been brought to the palace, please Your Majesty to judge. This is the stolen goods found from him." So he said, offering the fisherman's pearls and gems. The king accepted the jewels, handed them to the eunuch, and ordered: "Take it to the harem and let the queen have a look to see if these jewels are the ones she lost?"

The eunuch hurriedly complied. The queen took the pearl and gem in her hand, examined it carefully, and couldn't put it down.She said to the eunuch: "Go, go and tell Your Majesty that my jewels have been found. These jewels do not belong to me, but they are better inlaid than my batch of jewels. Please don't wrong and abuse the owner of these jewels. If he is willing to sell, please His Majesty buy these jewels and give our princess hairpin ring jewelry." The eunuch hurried to the king, as the queen had ordered, and repeated what the queen had said.When the king heard this, he lost his temper and scolded the leader of the jeweler and his colleagues, blaming them for wronging good people.The jeweler was scolded and argued strongly: "Your Majesty, we know that this man used to fish for a living. Where did he get so many jewels? They must have been stolen."

"You snobs, don't you think that commoners are not worthy of wealth? Why don't you ask him where his jewels come from? Maybe Allah gave him extra. How dare you say that he is Thief, insult him in public! You guys, get the hell out of here! " The fisherman and the king The king chased away the jeweler, and said to the fisherman in a pleasant manner: "Fisherman, you have been rewarded by Allah. I sincerely bless you and am willing to protect your life and wealth. Now you must tell me honestly that your jewels Where did it come from? Although I am a king, I have never seen such precious pearls and gems."

"Your Majesty, I have a basket full of pearls and gems like this. These jewels..." The fisherman told the king one by one the process of meeting the male mermaid and exchanging jewels, and finally said: "I have an agreement with the male mermaid, every day I brought him a basket of fruit, and he gave me a basket of pearls and gems in return." "This is your blessing, but if you don't have a reputation, you can't protect your wealth. I can protect your wealth from infringement, but in the future maybe I will be removed from office, or die, and someone else will be the king. At that time, you may die for wealth. Therefore, I want to recruit you as a horse, let you be the prime minister, and stipulate that you will inherit the throne. In this way, even after my death, your life and wealth will not be plotted against."

After the king finished speaking, he ordered his servants: "Take him to the bath quickly." The servants took the fisherman to bathe, scrubbed him, put him in the palace clothes, and then took him to court to the king.The king appointed him as the prime minister, and sent many men to the fisherman's house, dressed his wife and sons in gorgeous clothes, let his wife sit in the sedan chair with the youngest son in her arms, and greeted his family with hugs. into the palace. As soon as the fisherman's nine sons entered the palace, the king embraced them one by one, and made them sit beside him.As the king had no sons but only one princess, he loved the fisherman's sons very much.In the harem, the queen also warmly entertained the fisherman's wife, which made her feel very honored, and they were like a family.Soon, the king announced that he would recruit a fisherman to be his horse, and ordered judges and witnesses to witness the marriage between the fisherman and the princess. The fisherman's jewelry was used as a dowry gift.

The king recruited a horse, and was very relieved. At dawn the next day, the king woke up from his dream and looked out the window. He saw a fisherman with a basket of fruit on his head and was about to go out. What? Where are you going?" "I took the fruit to Abdullah in the sea and exchanged gifts with him." "My son-in-law, now is not the time to find friends." "I must keep my promise, or he will say that I don't keep my word. I'm not a liar, and I don't want to forget old friends for pleasure." The fisherman explained the reason why he must meet the male mermaid.

"You are right, go meet your friends. May Allah bless you." The king agreed to go to his friends on horseback. The fisherman happily left the palace and went to the seashore. Along the way, people were talking about it: "This is the son-in-law who just married the princess, and he went to exchange fruit for jewelry. Some people thought he was a fruit seller, so they stopped him and asked, "Hey!How much is a catty of fruit?Sell ​​it to me! He didn't want to offend anyone, so he had to deal with it casually, and said, "Just wait until I come back." " He went straight to the seashore, met the male mermaid, and exchanged gifts.

Abdullah, who sold noodles, was promoted to prime minister. Although the fisherman became the king's son-in-law, he still fulfilled his promise and went to the beach to meet the male fish on time every day to exchange gifts.Every day he passed by the oven selling bread, only to see that the door of the shop was locked, and the door had not been opened for ten days in a row.He felt very strange and thought to himself: "Where has he gone?" He asked the neighbors: "Dude, do you know where Abdullah the bread seller is? What happened?" "He was sick and lying at home," the neighbor said.

"Where is his house?" The fisherman inquired about the address, and then went to his house according to the neighbor's instructions. Abdullah, the noodle seller, heard the knock on the door. He looked out the window and saw the fisherman standing in front of the door with baskets on his head. He ran downstairs and opened the door.He threw himself into the fisherman's arms and held him tightly. "How are you, my friend?" the fisherman asked him. "I pass by your oven every day and see that the shop door is always locked. I asked your neighbors for information and found out that you were sick, so I asked you address, to visit you."

"You have a good heart, may Allah bless you." Abdullah, who sells bread, expressed his gratitude. "In fact, I am not sick. I just heard that someone made a rumor about you, accused you of stealing, and was arrested by the king. I was so scared that I turned off the oven and hid at home, not daring to go out." "There is such a thing." Then the fisherman told the jeweler's slander and the course of his judgment of right and wrong in front of the king, from beginning to end, in detail.Then he said: "The king has recruited me as his horse and appointed me as his prime minister. From now on, you don't have to be afraid. I will give you this basket of jewels today. Please put it away." He comforted Abdullah, the bread seller, and then took his leave and returned to the palace with an empty basket. "Son, did you not see your friend, Abdullah of the sea today?" The king was full of doubts when he saw him come back with an empty basket. "I saw him. The jewelry he gave me, I gave to a friend who sold bread, because that friend helped me in my most difficult time." "Who is that friend who sells noodles?" "He is an honest and good man. When I had no means of living and was about to starve to death, I relied on credit from him to maintain my life. He always comforted me with kind words and never neglected me." "What's his name?" "He is Abdullah who sells bread; my name is Abdullah on land, and the friend who exchanged gifts with me is Abdullah from sea. We are good friends with the same name." "My name is also Abdullah," said the king. "What a coincidence! So, all the servants of Allah are brothers. Please come into the palace and let me appoint him as Prime Minister Zuo." Following the king's order, the fisherman invited Abdullah, who sold bread, into the palace and accompanied him to meet the king. The king rewarded him with a set of palace clothes, appointed him as the prime minister of the left, and announced that the fisherman was the prime minister of the right. The fisherman travels in the sea Every day, the fisherman brings a basket of fruit to the beach and exchanges gifts with the male mermaid. This kind of life has passed for a whole year. In the season when there is no fresh fruit, he exchanges some dried fruits such as raisins, almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, and dried figs.The male mermaid gladly accepted whatever he brought, fresh or dried, and gave him a basket full of jewels in return as usual.On the day just a year after the exchange of gifts, the fisherman still came to the seashore with fruit and gave it to the male mermaid. He sat on the bank and chatted with the male mermaid standing in the water on the bank.The more they talked, the more speculative they were. They talked about everything in the sky, the world, and the sea, and finally they talked about life and death. The male mermaid asked: "My friend, it is said that the Prophet Muhammad was buried on land after his death. Do you know where his tomb is?" "I know." "Where is it?" "In a city called Mecca." "Do people on land go to Mecca to visit the tomb of the Prophet?" "Yes, people often visit." "Anyone who visits the Prophet will be saved by him. You people on land are so lucky to be able to visit the tomb of the Prophet. My friend, have you ever visited the holy tomb?" "I have never visited the Holy Tomb, because I was poor in the past, and I didn't spend much time to visit the Holy Tomb. I didn't become rich until I got to know you and received your blessing. Now that I have the conditions, I should go to Mecca for pilgrimage first, Then go to Yeling. This is a natural obligation for me, but I haven't done it yet, because I love you so much that I can't live without you for a day." "Don't you think loving me is more important than Yaling? Don't you know? The Prophet Muhammad in Mecca is powerful. One day in the future, he will rescue you in front of Allah, intercede for you, and make you You can enter heaven. Are you willing to abandon the important matter of Yeling for the sake of pleasure?" "No, by Allah, the visit to the mausoleum is a top priority for me. I beg you to allow me to leave you temporarily, so that I can go on a pilgrimage to the mausoleum this year." "If you want to go, of course I agree. When you go to the Mausoleum of Mecca, please pay tribute to the heroic spirit of the Prophet for me. I want to ask you to bring some gifts to worship the Holy Tomb of the Prophet. Now you go into the sea with me, I Please go to my house and give you the gift for the Prophet, and help me to take it to Mecca. Please help me to say to the Holy Spirit: 'Prophet, Abdullah of the sea greets you and sends you this A gift, I beg you to bless him in the presence of Allah in the future.'” "My friend, you were born and grew up in water, and water will not harm you. If you leave the water and come to land, will your body be able to bear it?" "Yes, my body is out of water, after drying, and then blown by the wind, my life will be in jeopardy." "I am the same as you. I was born and grew up on land. If I go into the sea, the sea will fill my stomach and drown me." "You don't have to worry, I'll put oil on you, and you won't be afraid of water. In this way, even if you live in the sea, everything will be fine." "Oh, I don't worry about that, you bring me oil, let me try it." "Okay, I'm going." The male mermaid jumped into the water with the fruit and disappeared. After a while, the male fish appeared in front of the fisherman again, holding a kind of fat in the shape of butter.The fisherman saw it and asked, "My friend, what is this?" "This is cod liver oil. It is obtained from the 'Dandong fish'. Among fish, this fish is the largest, bigger than any beast on your land. It can devour camels and elephants. This fish often follows us. It is our mortal enemy." "My friend, what do these vicious creatures survive on?" "Eat all kinds of creatures in the sea. Don't you humans often use 'big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp' as a metaphor for bullying the weak in the world? Haven't you heard of this proverb?" "You're right, but is there a lot of this 'Dandong fish' in the sea?" "There are so many, only Allah knows how many." "I'll go into the sea with you. If I meet Dandong fish, won't I be eaten by them?" "Don't be afraid, because when Dandong fish sees you, it knows that you are a human being, and will only be busy running for its life. Dandong fish is not afraid of creatures in the sea, only humans, because human beings are the enemy of Dandong fish. Once Dandong fish eats If you eat human flesh, you will die immediately. The fat on the human body is its deadly toxin. We collect the fat of dandong fish through human media. If someone falls into the water, the body is changed or broken, and it is eaten by dandong fish. It will die immediately from the poison. One person roaring in the middle of a group of Dandong fish is enough to scare them to death in one fell swoop, and there is no one left." "I rely on Allah to bless me." The fisherman readily accepted the invitation and was willing to go for a tour in the sea.