The story of Jigong fighting crickets.

The story of Jigong fighting crickets.

One day, Jigong was standing under a big willow tree by the West Lake, folding a cattail fan with his hand and looking at the scenery of the West Lake. At the time of Chongyang, the golden wind was refreshing, the lake rippled, the willow branches brushed the face, and the lakes and mountains were beautiful and uncomfortable. Jigong was watching happily when he saw a man coming not far away and stopped not far from the willow tree. Because he didn't look here with his head down, he didn't find Jigong under the willow tree. Ji Gong saw him clearly.

I saw this man in his thirties, dressed as a craftsman, with red eyes and tearful eyes, staring blankly at the lake, as if to dive by himself. When Jigong saw it, he thought, I don't know why this young man wanted to die. I must try to save him. As the saying goes, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda." He made up his mind and walked quickly to the man.

When the man saw someone coming, he quickly lifted his skirt to cover his face. He is about to jump into the lake. Just then, Jigong rushed to the man and grabbed him.

"Cough!" What happened? Do you want to kill yourself? "

Don't pull me, let me die, living is also suffering. "The man said, still struggling to jump into the lake.

"Tell me what the difficulties are, and maybe I can help you." Ji Hong urged while pulling.

The drowning man looked at the monk and saw that although he was in rags, his face was kind, especially his eyes, which gave people hope and strength. The drowning man sighed and said, "master, whether you can save me or not, I will tell you the pain." Even in death, there is a witness. " So he told Ji Gong in detail.

It turns out that this person is surnamed Zhang, called "Carpenter Zhang", and works in a government office in Hangzhou. The son of this family, nicknamed "Hua Hua Tai Sui", is an idle, bullying villain. On this day, Hua Tai-sui was playing cricket outside the drawing room. Carpenter Zhang Qian finished his work, stood behind the crowd and watched, and casually said "Yes". It happened that Hua Tai-sui's beloved "Golden King" (cricket) jumped into the flowers and didn't find it for a long time. Huahua was furious with his traditional age, insisting that his treasure was scared away by a carpenter and asked him to pay him 1200 silver within three days, or he would be killed.

Carpenter Zhang is a poor craftsman. He has a sick mother, a wife and children, and even a full meal. Where did he get this 1200 silver? Today is the deadline. I must come to this lake to die without telling my mother, wife and children.

Duke Ji laughed: "I thought it was a big deal, wasn't it a thousand taels of silver?" I'll just pay him back for you! "Say, pull up the carpenter and go.

Walking, suddenly there were several shouts of "just one area" in the grass by the roadside. Jigong's cat crouched down, touched it in the grass, grabbed a cricket, blew it with its mouth, held it in its hand, looked around as if it were admiring a baby, and its face lit up. Carpenter Zhang also leaned in to have a look. He saw that it was a thin and small cricket. I don't know what tricks the monk is going to play, so I have to follow Jigong helplessly and walk forward again.

Jigong took the carpenter to Sandou Building in the city. This is the most famous playground in Hangzhou. Because it is the location of "cockfighting, bird fighting and cricket fighting", it is called "Sandou Building". See upstairs and downstairs, crowds, very lively. This day is the Double Ninth Festival, and it is the best time for "three strikes". They came to the lobby on the second floor to fight crickets, and saw that Hua Hua Tai sui was using his "silver head king" to compete with the other's "iron shell green" for "first place". One way, one way, one way, one way. I saw the iron shell jump three times and two times, biting the right leg of the king of silver head, and pulling hard, he bit off one leg of the king of silver head.

Huahuaxin stamped her feet with pain. I think, if my golden head king is still here, then the champion will be mine. At the thought of it, he was so angry that he stopped fighting. So Huahua Tai Sui shouted to his family, "Did the carpenter's money come?" Today is the deadline. Beat him alive if you don't pay for it! "

"Stop yelling, here we come!" Ji Gong pushed a carpenter in. Huahua is too old to see a crazy monk coming. Carpenter Zhang hid behind the monk with his head down, then opened his eyes wide and shouted loudly, "My name is Carpenter Zhang. What are you doing?"

"How about I send money for him?" Jigong answered casually.

"Look at you, you bear. You can't squeeze a penny or two out of a broken bone. What is it that you give me 1000 silver? "

"Don't worry, I have something here. I caught it from the earthen temple in Nanfeng. Do you think it's worth a thousand taels of silver? " Ji Hong said, and stretched out his left palm and hit Hua Hua Tai of Sui Dynasty. Huahua Tai sui saw a dull cricket crouching in the monk's hand and shouted angrily, "What a bald donkey! You dare to make fun of my tai sui master and want to give me 1200 taels of silver with this skill. I am so angry! Come on, give me this bald donkey! "

The family swarmed and was about to hit someone. Jigong said with a smile, "You don't know Jin Xiangyu, but my cricket is called King Zhenshan. Nothing with golden head, silver head, iron shell and green is its opponent. Look-"he said, poking the cricket with a broken cattail leaf fan and just listening. Huahua Tai Sui saw this and knew that this cricket was not an ordinary product. She immediately smiled and said, "Master, you can beat today's champion, Zhang Carpenter's 1,200 silver. I don't want it! "

"Well, it's a deal. What you said is groundless. How about writing it down?"

"Yes, but what should I do?"

"I can't fight, but I will die for carpenter Zhang."

"Well, that's it!" Huahua Tai sui ordered his family to bring pen and paper, and both sides wrote down the written evidence.

People put today's champion "Iron Shell Green" and Jigong's "Town king of the hill" into the basin together. King Zhenshan stayed by the basin, motionless, stirring only two beards. TieKeQing see each other thin and small, thinking that he can be bullied, then run to Wang Zhenshan. King Zhenshan didn't wait for Iron Shell Green to stand firm, so he rushed forward and took the opportunity to bite Iron Shell Green's stomach. After kicking, he lifted the iron shell on his back. True mountain king or hold on, iron shell green kicking around, slowly stopped. There was a cheer on the fighting field. Jigong put away Zhenshan Wang, handed the written evidence to carpenter Zhang, and said to Huahua at a traditional age, "Sorry, 1200 is even!" Say that finish and left.

Huahua's eyes were red when she saw Jigong leaving. He quickly grabbed Jigong and said, "Master, sell me this cricket. I am willing to pay another 1,200 pieces of silver! "

After hearing this, Jigong laughed: "I am a monk, what's the use?" When you see love, I will give it to you! "

Hua Hua Tai sui thanked Ji Gong for his kindness and went back to the house with cricket in her arms. When I get home, the more I think about it, the happier I am. I quickly ordered my family to weave a gold cage so that I could put the true mountain king in the cage to show my preciousness. When the cage was woven and put in, King Zhenshan kicked his feet, jumped out of the greenhouse and got into the flowers.

Huahua was so anxious that she clapped her hands and stamped her feet and let her family catch him. When the family went to catch it, it was gone.

I was in a hurry when I suddenly heard Wang Zhenshan shouting under the living room wall. Huahuataisui asked his family to pour water into the cracks in the wall and poured more than a dozen barrels. Wang Zhenshan refused to come out. He was so angry that Huahua Tai Sui ordered his family to tear down the wall of the living room, but he still disappeared.

Suddenly, I heard King Zhenshan calling under the cornerstone of the flower room. Huahua was cruel and ordered his family to tear down the drawing room and turn over the bricks, but he still didn't catch Zhenshan Wang.

Wang Zhenshan was angry, and there was a cry from under the moon-watching pavilion. Huahua Tai Sui quickly ordered his family to tear down the moon-watching pavilion.

Just after the pavilion was demolished, there was crying under the floor of the study in the back, so the study was demolished;

Tear down the study and bedroom ......

Cricket was broken where it was called. After three days and nights of tossing, there is still no sign of King Zhenshan.

Huahua, with her head down and her eyes red and swollen, was lying on a cane chair ready to sleep when she suddenly heard someone singing outside:

Strange, strange, strange,

What is urgent is that the crickets are gone;

Take the trouble to find bugs.

Tear down the wall and dig the foundation.

Digged three feet underground without leaving a trace,

See if it can still go to heaven?

Nothing can be seen in the sky or on the ground.

Too old to lie and be cheated!

After listening to the song, Hua Hua Tai sui suddenly understood: this is Ji Gong's punishment for treating him as a hooligan. He immediately felt cold and his hands were cold, and he lay there rolling his eyes. ...