roccoschili Chapter 224 Everyone saves the beauty
Chapter 224 Everyone saves the beauty
This is a story told by Tian Baiyan (Tian Zhongyi, courtesy name Wuzan, also known as Baiyan, an official and poet in the Qing Dynasty. A native of Dezhou, Shandong) during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
The storyline is this:
It is said that once upon a time, there was a man named Dutong (name of a military attaché. Equivalent to the commander of the current group army.) who led his army to station at the border of Yunnan and Guizhou.
On this day, E Dutong was riding a tall horse and walking in the mountains. Suddenly he saw a Taoist priest in the distance. He pushed a beautiful woman down on the stone by the roadside, tore her clothes open and took out a handful of The sharp dagger wanted to cut open her chest and carve out her heart.
The beautiful woman struggled desperately and begged, shouting for help.
At this critical moment, Edutong hurriedly galloped over, and without any explanation, he blocked the Taoist priest's hand holding the dagger.
There was only a "whoosh" sound, and the beautiful woman turned into a streak of fire and flew away quickly.
The Taoist priest was so angry that he stamped his feet and said loudly: "Master Dutong, you have ruined my important matter!"
Edutong angrily scolded: "You are such an old man, you are going to commit murder in broad daylight! How can I let you succeed when there is injustice in our country! I am saving someone's life, but for you, It also reduces your killing sins, so how come it ruins your big event?!"
The Taoist priest said anxiously: "Lord Dutong, you don't know something. This person looks like a beauty to you, but in fact, she is not a human at all!"
E Dutong said disapprovingly: "Don't defend yourself! I clearly saw a beautiful woman, but how come I am no longer a human being when I come into your mouth?"
The Taoist priest said: "Lord Dutong, think about it, if it was really a person, why would it suddenly turn into a blaze of fire and disappear after you saved it?"
Er Dutong thought for a moment, and it was indeed the case, and said angrily: "I just ignored this matter out of desperation. It seems that I am really not a human being! So, I did something bad with good intentions?"
The Taoist priest said regretfully: "That's right, Lord Dutong! This spirit has charmed and killed more than a hundred people. I finally caught it and was about to kill it to eliminate harm to the people!"
Er Dutong said: "You can just kill it, but why do you have to disembowel it and gouge out its heart? As a cultivator, don't you think that is cruel?"
The Taoist priest explained: "Master Tutong, this is not because I am cruel! This spirit has absorbed the essence of many people, and it has been practicing for a long time and has become psychic. If you cut off its head, it will only be If you kill its physical body, its soul will not disappear. Once it escapes, it can still be resurrected.
Therefore, if you want to truly kill it, you must cut out its heart before killing it. Now that you have rescued it, you have left endless troubles for the world.
It's like pitying the life of a tiger and releasing it into the forest without killing it. Who knows how many elk and other creatures in the swamp forest will die under its sharp teeth! "
With that said, the Taoist priest put the dagger back into its sheath, and with great regret crossed the stream and left without looking back.
The story Tian Baiyan told is probably a fable!
As the saying goes, when a family cries, how can it be better than when one person cries!
If a person in power tolerates and condones corrupt officials and thinks he has accumulated bad virtues, people may praise him for his honesty and kindness, but never think about the fact that poor people are forced to sell their children and wives in order to be able to do so. What's the use of such an elder if we continue to live? !