"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio": A man saved a beggar, and the beggar gave him his life!

"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio": A man saved a beggar, and the beggar returned his life! I have brought a detailed article for your reference.

Immortals refer to extraordinary beings, beings with supernatural powers among humans. Immortals are unique to our country. In folk mythology, they refer to characters who are transcendent, transcend the three realms, and live forever. If gods help mortals, they can turn danger into good fortune and escape life and death. In "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", there is a story about a beggar fairy who helped mortals escape from the ghosts that threatened their lives.

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Gao Yucheng came from a wealthy family and lived in Guangli, Jinling. He was proficient in acupuncture and treated both poor and rich people. One day, a beggar came to the place where he lived. He had a festering sore on his calf. It was full of pus and blood. It was a mess and the smell was so strong that no one could get close to him. The locals were afraid that he would die and gave him a bowl of porridge every day. Gao Yucheng felt pity for him after seeing him and asked his family to help him to his home. Arranged in a side room. The family hated the smell and stood at a distance covering their noses. Gao Yucheng took out mugwort and gave him moxibustion treatment himself, and gave him rough meals every day. A few days later, the beggar asked for wontons. The servant scolded him angrily. Gao Yucheng knew about it and asked his servant to bring him wontons to eat. Soon, they asked for wine and meat. The servant came and told Gao Yucheng: "This beggar is so ridiculous! When he was lying on the roadside, he was about to die. Now he is not satisfied with three meals a day and still wants to eat meat. We might as well throw him out." "It's gone." Gao Yucheng asked how the sore was. The servant replied: "The scab has gradually fallen off and I can walk, but I still pretend to be in pain."

Gao Yucheng said: "How much money can it cost! Give him food and wine, and wait for him It won't be like this if he recovers completely." The servant pretended to agree, but in fact he did not give him food and wine, and when talking to other servants, they laughed at the master for being stupid.

The next day, Gao Yucheng went to see the beggar in person. The beggar stood up lamely and thanked him and said: "I will never forget your great kindness. It's just that the leg injury is just right and not strong enough, so I just wanted to eat some meat." Gao Yucheng knew that the servant did not comply, so he called the servant and beat him up, and immediately ordered the beggar to be given wine and meat.

The servant had a grudge and set a fire at night, burning down the side room, and then shouted to put out the fire. Gao Yucheng got up and saw that the house had been burned to ashes, and sighed: "The beggar is finished!" After commanding everyone to put out the fire, he saw the beggar sleeping soundly in the fire, snoring like thunder. After waking him up, he pretended to be surprised and asked: "Where has the house gone?" Everyone was surprised that he was not a mortal. Gao Yucheng valued him even more. He invited him to stay in the guest room, gave him new clothes to wear, and stayed with him all day long. The beggar spoke and behaved very gracefully. They lived like this for half a year. The beggar refused to leave, and Gao Yucheng was unwilling to let him go. One day, the beggar suddenly said to Gao Yucheng: "I want to leave. I have been deeply favored by you and I can't repay you. Your life is not long. Go to Xishan as soon as possible tomorrow to avoid it. You can avoid it." Gao Yucheng also said When I wanted to ask more about it, he actually turned around and walked away.

Gao Yucheng felt that the beggar was not a mortal and believed in his words. The next day, I went into the mountains with dry food. It was very foggy that day, and it was so vast that I couldn't see the road, so I walked quickly in the wilderness. Suddenly he lost his footing and fell into a cave. It felt unfathomable, but luckily he was not injured. I thought to myself: "The beggar asked me to escape, but the fate cannot be changed. I will definitely not be able to get out of this cave, and I will die sooner or later." After sitting for a while, I saw a faint light in the depths of the cave, so I got up and walked slowly towards the cave. Go inside.

Once inside, there is another world. There were three old men playing chess. When they saw him coming, they ignored them and continued playing chess. Gao Yucheng squatted aside and watched. After finishing a game of chess, I asked him why he came here. Gao Yucheng said that he got lost and fell in. The old man said: "This is not the human world. You should not stay for a long time. I will take you back." He led him to the entrance of the cave. Gao Yucheng felt that the clouds were embracing him and rising up, and he reached the flat ground.

I saw the trees in the mountains were dark yellow and their fallen leaves were falling, like autumn. He was shocked and said to himself: "I came here in winter, why did it suddenly turn into late autumn?" When he returned home, his wife and children were shocked and cried to each other. Gao Yucheng asked in surprise. His wife said: "You have been away for three years and have not come back. Everyone thinks you have become a ghost." Gao Yucheng said: "Strange! It only lasted half a day!" He took out the dry food from his pocket, but it had turned into ashes. They were all surprised.

The wife said: "After you left, I dreamed of two people wearing soap clothes and shining belts, like tax collectors. They came to the house aggressively and looked around, asking where you were. . I scolded them and said: He has already gone out. Since you are official officials, how can you break into the woman's room casually? The two went out and said as they walked: Weird things showed that Gao Yucheng was already in hell. Then he left."

Gao Yucheng finally realized: what he met was a fairy, and what his wife dreamed about was a ghost. Gao Yucheng lived to the age of eighty and died without illness.

Gao Yucheng did good deeds and saved a beggar. He did not think he was dirty and annoying, and finally received blessings. Everyone in the world says that immortals are good, but only their fame and fame cannot be forgotten; everyone in the world says that immortals are good, but that they cannot forget their lovely wives. If you want to become an immortal, you have to work hard and put aside worldly things. How many people can achieve your wish?