There is a man named Zhang in Henan, whose ancestral home is Shandong. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was great chaos in Shandong, and his wife was snatched away by Qing soldiers. Zhang lived in Henan all year round, and later settled down in Henan, married a wife, and gave birth to a son named Zhang Ne. Soon, his wife died, and Zhang married another wife and gave birth to a son named Zhang Cheng. The stepmother Niu has a fierce temperament and often hates Zhang Ne. Treat him like an ox or a horse and feed him poor food. He also asked Zhang Ne to go up the mountain to cut firewood, and ordered him to cut a load of firewood every day. If he didn't cut enough, he would be whipped and insulted. Zhang Ne could hardly bear it. Niu treated his biological son Zhang Cheng like a treasure, secretly feeding him sweet food and letting him study in school. Later, Zhang Cheng gradually grew up and became loyal and filial. He couldn't bear that his brother was working so hard, so he secretly persuaded his mother, but Niu didn't listen.
One day, Zhang Ne went into the mountain to chop firewood. Before he finished chopping, it suddenly started raining heavily, so he had to hide under a rock. The rain stopped and it got dark. He was so hungry that he had to carry firewood home. When Niu saw that there was not enough firewood to chop, he became angry and refused to eat. Zhang Ne was so hungry that he had to go into the house and lie down. Zhang Cheng came back from school and saw his brother's depressed look, so he asked, "Are you sick?" Zhang Ne said, "Hungry." Zhang Cheng asked him the reason, and Zhang Ne told the truth. Zhang Cheng went out sadly. After a while, Zhang Cheng came with a cake in his arms for his brother to eat. When his brother asked him where the cake came from, he said, "I stole the flour from home and asked my neighbor to make it. Just eat it and don't tell anyone." Zhang Ne ate the cake and told his brother, "Don't do this again!" If the matter is revealed, my brother will be hurt. Besides, even if he is hungry for one meal a day, he will not starve to death. "Zhang Cheng said, "My brother is already weak, so how can he collect more firewood?"
The next day, after dinner, Zhang Cheng secretly went up the mountain to where his brother was cutting firewood. When his brother saw him, he asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?" Zhang Cheng replied, "Help your brother chop wood." Zhang Ne asked, "Who asked you to come!" He said, "I came here myself." The elder brother said, "Don't tell me that my brother can't chop wood. Even if he can chop wood, he can't do it." He urged him to go back quickly. Zhang Cheng refused to listen. He used his hands and feet to pull the firewood and said, "I will bring an ax tomorrow." His brother went to stop him. Seeing that his fingers were bleeding and his shoes were worn out, he said heartbrokenly, "If you don't go back quickly, I will Just cut his neck with an ax and commit suicide!" Zhang Cheng then went back. His brother sent him halfway before going back. Zhang Ne returned home after chopping firewood and went to school again. He told his younger brother's teacher, "My brother is young. You must keep a close eye on him and don't let him go out. There are many tigers and wolves in the mountains." The teacher said, "I don't know where he went this morning. Go, I've already beaten him." Zhang Ne returned home and said to Zhang Cheng, "If you don't listen to me, will you be beaten?" Zhang Cheng said with a smile, "No." The next day, Zhang Cheng held it in his arms. The ax goes up the mountain again. The elder brother said in horror: "I told you time and time again not to come, why are you here again?" Zhang Cheng said nothing and hurriedly chopped firewood, sweating all over his face without stopping. After having chopped enough for one bundle, he went back without saying goodbye to his brother. The teacher beat him again. Zhang Cheng told the teacher the truth. The teacher praised Zhang Cheng's character and did not ban him. His brother tried to dissuade him many times, but he never listened.
One day, the Zhang Ne brothers and some other people went to the mountains to chop wood. Suddenly a tiger came and everyone fell on the ground in fear. The tiger snatched Zhang Cheng away. The tiger was walking slowly with the man in its mouth and was caught up by Zhang Ne. He struck hard with his ax and hit the tiger in the crotch. The tiger ran wildly in pain. Zhang Ne could no longer catch up and returned crying. Everyone comforted him, but he cried even more sadly and said, "My brother is different from other people's brothers. Besides, he died for me. Why am I still alive?" Then he chopped off his neck with an axe. When everyone rushed to save him, the ax had already cut into his flesh more than an inch, and blood gushed out, causing him to faint. Everyone was so frightened that they tore their clothes to wrap Zhang Ne's wounds and helped him home together. Hou Niushi cried and cursed: "You killed my son, do you want to make a shallow cut on the neck to stop it?" Zhang Ne*** said: "Mom, don't worry! My brother is dead, I will never do it. Live!" They put him on the bed. The wound was so painful that he couldn't sleep. He just sat against the wall and cried day and night. His father was afraid that he would die too, so he often went to the bedside to feed him some food. Niu always cursed him when he saw him. Zhang Ne stopped eating and died three days later.
There was a wizard in the village called "Wu Chang". Zhang Ne's soul met him on the road, told him about his suffering, and asked where his brother was. The wizard said he didn't see it, but took Zhang Ne away instead.
When I came to a city, I saw a man in black clothes coming out of the city. The wizard intercepted him and inquired about Zhang Cheng on behalf of Zhang Ne. The man in black took out the document from his bag and looked at it. There were more than a hundred names of men and women on it, but there was no one named Zhang. The wizard suspected that in other documents, the man in black said: "This road is under my control, how could there be a mistake?" Zhang Ne didn't believe that Zhang Cheng was alive, so he insisted that the wizard go into the city with him. New ghosts and old ghosts come and go in the city, and there are also old acquaintances. Ask them, but no one knows the whereabouts of Zhang Cheng. Suddenly all the ghosts shouted: "The Bodhisattva is here!" Zhang Ne looked up and saw a tall man in the clouds, with rays of light all over his body, and suddenly the world became bright. The wizard congratulated Zhang Ne and said, "Da Lang is so lucky! The Bodhisattva only comes to the underworld once every few decades to save the evil spirits from suffering. Today you just happened to meet him!" Then he pulled Zhang Ne to kneel down together. All the ghosts shouted, clasped their hands together and recited prayers of mercy and relief, and the sound of joy shook the heaven and the earth. The Bodhisattva spread the wine and nectar with willow branches, and the water droplets were as fine as dust and mist. After a while, the clouds and light disappeared, and the Bodhisattva did not know where he had gone. Zhang Ne felt like there was nectar on his neck, and the ax wound no longer hurt. The wizard still led him home together. He saw the gate of the village and then left.
Zhang Ne died for two days, suddenly woke up again, told what he had seen and encountered, and said that Zhang Cheng was not dead. The stepmother thought he was making up lies and insulted him instead. Zhang Ne was full of grievances and could not defend himself. After feeling that the scars were all healed, he stood up, knelt down to his father and said, "I will go through the clouds and into the sea to find my brother. If I don't see my brother, I will never come back in my life. May my father still think that his son is dead." ” Old man Zhang took him to a place where no one was around and cried for a while, but did not dare to keep him.
After Zhang Ne ran away from home, he searched the streets and alleys for his brother's whereabouts. I ran out of money on the way, so I had to grab a meal and leave. A year later, I came to Jinling. One day, Zhang Ne was walking on the road with his ragged clothes and stooped body. He accidentally saw a dozen people riding horses approaching, and he hurried to the roadside to hide. One of them looked like an official, about forty years old. He was a strong soldier with a tall horse, shouting in front and behind him. A young man accompanying him was riding a pony and kept looking at Zhang Ne. Zhang Ne didn't dare to look up because he was the son of a wealthy family. The young man reined in his horse, suddenly jumped off, and shouted, "Isn't this my brother?" Zhang Ne looked up and took a closer look, and it turned out to be Zhang Cheng! He held his brother's hand and cried loudly. Zhang Cheng also cried and said, "How did my brother end up in this situation?" Zhang Ne told the reason, and Zhang Cheng became even more sad. The riders all came down to ask the reason and informed the officials. The official ordered a horse to be set aside for Zhang Na to ride on, and they returned to his home together. Only then did Zhang Ne ask Zhang Cheng in detail what happened next.
It turned out that the tiger picked up Zhang Cheng and dumped him on the roadside at some point. Zhang Cheng lay on the roadside all night. Zhang Bie just happened to be driving from Kyoto and passed by here. Seeing Zhang Cheng's elegant appearance, he touched him lovingly. Zhang Cheng gradually woke up and told him where he lived in his hometown, but it was already far away. Zhang Biejia took him home and applied medicine to his wound. It took a few days for him to heal. Zhang Biejia had no son, so he recognized him as his son. Just now Zhang Cheng came back from a trip with Zhang Biejia. Zhang Cheng told his brother everything. Just after he finished speaking, Zhang Bie came in. Zhang Ne thanked him profusely. Zhang Cheng went inside and brought out new clothes for his brother to put on; he also bought some food and drinks to talk about after leaving. Zhang Biejia asked: "How many people does your family have in Henan?" Zhang Ne said: "No. My father was from Shandong when he was a child and lived in Henan." Zhang Biejia said: "I am also from Shandong. Where is your hometown governed? Zhang Ne replied: "I once heard my father say that it is under the jurisdiction of Dongchang Prefecture." Zhang Biejia said in surprise: "We are fellow villagers! Why did we live in Henan?" Zhang Ne said: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Qing soldiers entered the country and robbed them. My ex-mother left. My father suffered a war and his family property was wiped out. He first started doing business in the west, and after getting familiar with it, he settled there. "Zhang Biejia asked in surprise, "What's your father's name?" Zhang Ne. After accusing him, Zhang Biejia was dumbfounded. He lowered his head and thought about something again, and hurriedly walked into the inner room. After a while, the wife came out, and the Zhang Ne brothers kowtowed together. After the farewell, Mrs. Tai asked Zhang Ne, "Are you Zhang Bingzhi's grandson?" Zhang Ne said, "Yes." Mrs. Tai cried and said to Zhang Biejia, "This is your brother!" The two Zhang Ne brothers didn't know. What's going on. Mrs. Tai said: "I lived with your father for three years and lived in the north. I stayed with Heigushan for half a year and gave birth to your brother. Another half a year later, Heigushan died. Your brother was appointed as a post under the banner. Stop driving.
Now that he has been relieved of his duties, he often misses his hometown, so he breaks away from his banner status and resumes his original clan. I sent people to Shandong many times to inquire about your father's whereabouts, but there was no information at all. How did you know that your father had moved westward? So he said to Biejia: "You treat your younger brother as your son. It's really a sin!" Zhang Biejia said: "I asked Zhang Cheng before, but Zhang Cheng never said he was from Shandong. It must be because he was too young to remember." ” They were arranged in order of age: Biejia was forty-one years old and was the elder brother; Zhang Cheng was sixteen years old and the youngest; Zhang Ne was twenty-two years old and was the second oldest. Biejia was very happy to have his two younger brothers. He lived with them in the same room, explained the reasons for their separation, and discussed returning to his hometown. The lady was afraid that she would not be accommodated. Zhang Biejia said: "If we can stay together, stay together. If we can't stay together, stay together. How can there be a person in the world who doesn't have a father?" So he sold the house, packed his luggage, and settled down.
Back to In their hometown, Zhang Ne and Zhang Cheng first went home to report to their father. Since my father Zhang Ne left, his wife Niu also died, leaving me alone and sighing to myself. Suddenly seeing Zhang Ne coming back, I was overjoyed and in a trance; when I saw Zhang Cheng again, I was so happy that I couldn't speak and just shed tears. The two brothers told them again that mother and son were coming. Old man Zhang was stunned and could not cry or laugh. He just stood blankly. In a few moments, don't drive in and pay your respects to your father. Mrs. Tai hugged old man Zhang and cried loudly. Seeing the maids and servants standing inside and outside the house, old man Zhang didn't know what to do. Zhang Cheng didn't see his mother. When he asked, he found out that she was dead. He cried so hard that he fainted, and it took him a meal to wake up. Zhang Biejia spent money to build pavilions. I hired a teacher to teach my two younger brothers how to read. The horses in the trough were cheering and the people in the room were noisy. It turned out to be a large family.
Yishi's comment: "I listened to this story from beginning to end and shed tears several times: A teenage boy helped his brother chop wood with an ax. I couldn't help but sigh and said: "Jin Wang Lan, who helped his elder brother: "Book of Jin. Biography of Wang Xiang" records that Wang Xiang was abused by his stepmother when he was young. Wang Lan, his stepmother's brother, helped protect Wang Xiang and came back to life again! "So he shed tears once when the tiger took away Zhang. Sincerely, I exclaimed: "Why is God so stupid!" So I shed tears once. When his brothers suddenly met, I shed tears again for joy. I got another brother unexpectedly, and felt sad again for Zhang Biejia. A tear. A reunion that makes people unexpectedly surprised and happy. I shed tears for no reason. I wonder if there will be anyone in the future who loves to cry like me."
< p>Original textThe Zhang family from Yu was the ancestor of Qi people. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qi Dynasty was in chaos, and his wife was taken away by the Northern soldiers. Zhang often visits Henan, so he goes home to Yan. Marry Yu Yu and have children. No matter what, his wife died, he married a stepmother, and he gave birth to a son. The stepmother Niu was fierce, and every time she was jealous, she would enslave the animals, eat bad grass and implements, and make woodcutter, responsible for a shoulder of firewood every day. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to criticize Chu. The hidden animals are sincerely fed with sweet and crisp food, so that they can be read by the teacher in the private school. He is sincere and loyal, and he is filial to his friends. He can't bear to be with his brother. He tries to persuade his mother secretly, but she doesn't listen.
One day, I entered the mountain woodcutter. Before I finished, there was a strong wind and rain. I took shelter under a rock. The rain stopped and the sun was already dusk. Feeling discouraged, he returned home without pay. If the mother has little experience, she will be angry and refuse to eat; if she is hungry and her heart is burning, she will go into the room and lie down stiffly. When Cheng came from the school, he saw his brother Taran and asked, "Are you sick?" He said, "I'm hungry." When I asked him why, he told me affectionately. I left in awe. When I moved, I came to bait my brother with a cake. My brother asked where he came from. He said, "Yu Tie Mianqian asked the neighbor's wife to do it, but don't say anything about eating." "Eat it slowly." He told his brother, "Don't do it again in the future. It will bring trouble to my brother. If I eat it every day, I will not die from hunger." Cheng said, "My brother is weak, and I can't do more woodcutter!"
The next day, after eating, he will not die from hunger. Later, he secretly went to the mountain to his brother's woodcutter's place. When the brother saw it, he was surprised and asked: "What are you going to do?" The answer was: "I will help the woodcutter." He asked: "Who sent it?" He said: "I am here." The brother said: "No matter if I can't cut wood, even if Maybe he can, but he can't." So he returned quickly. Sincerely refuses to listen and uses his hands and feet to cut firewood to help his brother. He said: "Tomorrow I will come with an axe." When my brother came close to him, I saw that his fingers were broken and his shoes were worn out. He said sadly: "If you don't come back quickly, I will kill myself with an axe." Sincerely, I will return, and I will see you off. Halfway through, Fang returned. After the woodcutter returned, he went to the private school and told his teacher, "My brother is young, so he should be kept in isolation. There are many tigers and wolves in the mountains." The teacher said, "I don't know where I'm going before noon. I'm in the summer of Chu." Gui Cheng said, "Don't listen. I said, I will be beaten." Cheng smiled and said, "Nothing." Tomorrow, I will go again with an ax. The elder brother was shocked and said, "I told you not to come, why should I reply?" He said no, he was in a hurry to mow the firewood, and he was sweating a lot. I made an appointment with him and returned without saying goodbye. The teacher also blamed him and told him the truth. The teacher admired his virtue, so he couldn't stop him. My brother stopped me repeatedly but never listened.
One day, while I was cutting wood with several people in the mountains, a tiger came. Everyone fell down in fear. The tiger carried Cheng in its mouth. If a tiger carries a man, he will move slowly, and he will catch up with him too slowly.
Use the force of the ax to hit the hip. The tiger ran wildly in pain and could not be chased away. It cried bitterly and returned. Everyone comforts him, and crying makes him sad. He said: "My brother is not Mrs. You's brother. How can I survive if he dies for me?" Then he killed himself with an axe. The rescuers tried to save him, but only a few inches had penetrated his body. Blood overflowed and he died of dizziness. The crowd was horrified, and their clothes were torn, but they made an appointment with him, and the crowd helped him and returned. The mother cried and scolded, "You killed my son because you wanted to hurt me. You cut your neck to take the blame!" She moaned and said, "Don't worry, mother. If my brother dies, I will not be born again!" She lay on the bed, unable to sleep due to the pain. But day and night I sit by the wall and cry. The father was afraid that he would also die, so he fed him on the couch, and the ox often scolded him. He then refused to eat and died in three days.
There is a shaman in the village who is wandering around. If you meet him on the way, you will complain about your sufferings. Because I asked my brother about it, I couldn't hear the wizard's words. Then he turned around and went away. When I arrived at a city, I saw a man in a soap shirt coming out of the city. The witch asked Zhedai to ask. The man in the soap shirt looked at the ultimatum in his bag and examined it. There were more than a hundred men and women, but no one was guilty of any crime. Wu Suspicion lies in his ultimatum. The man in the soap shirt said: "This road belongs to me, why should I be arrested?" He didn't believe it and forced the witches into the inner city. In the city, new ghosts and old ghosts come and go, looking forward to each other. They also have old ghosts, so they ask about them, but they still don't know anything. Suddenly the Buddha shouted: "The Bodhisattva has arrived!" He looked up and saw a great man in the clouds. His light shone from above to below, and he suddenly felt that the world was bright. Wu He said: "How blessed is the great man! The Bodhisattva has entered the underworld for thousands of years and eradicated all the sufferings. Now is the time to do so." Then he knelt down. All the ghost prisoners signed up one after another, clasped their hands together and chanted the words of mercy and relief, causing the ground to roar. The Bodhisattva sprinkled nectar all over the place with willow branches, which were as fine as dust. The mist gradually converged, and the place was lost. I feel the dew on my neck, and the ax no longer hurts. The witch still guides everyone back home. When he saw the inner door, he said goodbye and left.
After two days of being dead, he suddenly recovered from his illness and described everything he had encountered, saying that he was sincere and immortal. My mother thought it was a false accusation and scolded her instead. He is so depressed that he can't stretch himself, but he feels the scars and scars. He stood up on his own, worshiped his father and said, "I am about to go through the clouds and into the sea to find my brother. If I can't see him, I will never look back for the rest of my life. I hope my father will sacrifice his son for death." Weeping in the air, no one dared to stay. Then go.
Every time I visit my brother in Chongqu, my axes are cut off on the way, so I walk alone. After more than a year, when I arrived at Jinling, there were hundreds of quails hanging on the road. Occasionally, I saw more than ten people riding by, walking to the side of the road. There is a person like an official, who is already forty years old, with strong soldiers and angry horses, galloping back and forth. A young man was riding a small horse and looked at him many times. I don't dare to look up to him as my noble son. The young man stopped his whip and stopped for a while. He suddenly dismounted and shouted, "You are not my brother!" He raised his head and looked at him. He was sincere. The handshake was in great pain, and he lost his voice. Cheng also cried and said: "Brother, why did you fall like this?" He expressed his feelings in a narrated manner, which makes him more sad. The riders came down to ask the reason, and the white officer was the leader. The official ordered him to take off his horse and carry it back to his home with the bridle, and then he interrogated him in detail.
At the beginning, the tiger headed away with sincerity. I don’t know when it was placed on the side of the road, and it lay down and stopped on the way. Shi Zhangbie came from the capital, passed by, saw his handsome appearance, took pity on him and caressed him, and gradually recovered. If we say that we live in the same place, we are far away from each other. Because of carrying and returning together. Apply medicine to the injured area and it will heal within a few days. Don't drive without a long-term king, it's your son. Gai Shi is from traveling. I sincerely report to my brother. Yanci, don't drive in, thank you endlessly. Cheng enters and comes out holding silk clothes. Brother comes in and sets out wine and wine. Biejia asked: "How many of the nobles are in Henan?" Na said: "No. My father is from Qi, and he lives in Henan." Bijia said: "I am a servant of Qi. Where do you belong in Guili?" The answer is: "I once heard my father say that we are under the jurisdiction of Dongchang." He said in surprise: "I am from the same hometown! Why did you move to Henan?" Na said: "In the Ming Dynasty, the Qing soldiers came in and plundered my ex-mother. My father was killed by the war and was left without a family. Xian Jia was left without a family. On the west road, there was a lot of traffic, so I stopped." He was surprised and asked, "What is the name of your family?" He told him. Don't drive around and look at it with disbelief. If you look suspicious, you will rush in. Nothing, Mrs. Tai came out. ***Luo Bai, already, asked Na, "Are you the grandson of Zhang Bingzhi?" He said, "Yes." The wife cried loudly, and said to Farewell, "This is your younger brother." Brother Na could not understand. Mrs. Tai said: "Three years after my father's death, I fled to the north. I lived in Heigushan for half a year, and gave birth to your brother. Half a year later, Gushan died, and your brother moved to this official position under his supplementary rank. Now I am relieved of my post. Every moment. I went to Xiangjing and returned to my hometown. I sent people to Qi many times but found nothing. How could I know that your father had moved to the west? !" Biejia said: "When I asked about Cheng, sincerity was not enough to speak to others, and I was naive and could not remember my ears." So the order of teeth is: Biejia has forty and one, which is the longest; sincerity and sixteen are the least; and Nai and twenty-two are the ones. Both are equal. The two younger brothers were very happy to meet each other. They slept together in the same place. They fully understood the reasons for their separation and planned their return. The lady is afraid that she will be disgraced. Biejia said: "If you can tolerate it, you will be punished, otherwise you will analyze it. How can there be a country without a father in the world?" So he dressed up his house and set sail for the west.
As soon as I arrived, I rushed to repay my father with sincerity. The father passed away, and the wife also looked for death; she was an old widower, hanging by herself. Suddenly, when he saw the restraint, he was overjoyed and frightened; when he saw the sincerity, he was so happy that he stopped talking and burst into tears.
He also said farewell to his mother and son. When the old man arrived, he wept and was astonished. He could neither be happy nor sad, and Chi Chi stood up. Not long after, don't drive in and pay your respects. The lady turned to the old man and cried. When I saw the maids and servants, they were crowded both inside and outside, sitting and standing without knowing what to do. Since I didn't see my mother, I asked about her and found out that she was dead. She was hoarse and breathless, and she started to wake up after eating. Don't drive out of the house to build a pavilion; extend the master to teach the two younger brothers; the horses are in the trough, and the people are noisy in the room, but everyone is there.
Yishi said: "When I heard about this, I burst into tears and fell down. A boy of more than ten years old, helping his brother with axe, said with emotion: "Goodbye Wang Langu!" So he fell down. When the tiger is about to leave, he can't help shouting: "The way of heaven is like this!" When a brother encounters a sudden encounter, he will also fall; if he adds a brother, he will also be sad. If the disciples are surprised, surprised or happy, then they will shed tears without knowing what to do. I wonder if there will be someone who sheds tears like this in the future?"