roccoschili Chapter 179 Python Revenge
Chapter 179 Python Revenge
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a young man named Shen Changgu in Linping County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was handsome and elegant. He is smart, studious, talented, and famous far and wide.
In the rural examination in Wuwu year, when he was less than twenty years old, he passed the examination.
One day, Shen Changgu took his family out for an outing and met a monk on the road.
The monk stared at his face for a long time, looking worried, shaking his head and sighing.
The monk pondered for a moment, took out three pills from the bag he carried with him, and wanted to give them to Shen Changgu.
Shen Changgu felt very strange and hurriedly declined: "Master and I met by chance, how dare I accept the gift from the master easily? Besides, I am not sick, why did the master give me pills?"
The monk forced the pills to Shen Changgu and said: "I see that the donor's hall is dark, and there will be a disaster soon! The donor keeps these pills. If you feel unwell, take them immediately. Maybe it can alleviate the donor's pain a little." At that time, I will come to visit the donor again."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Changgu left without waiting for anything else.
Shen Changgu never believed in things like karma, divination, and fortune-telling, so he didn't take the monk's words to heart at all.
After everyone had fun, they returned home together.
When Shen Changgu was changing clothes and preparing to take a bath, the three pills accidentally slipped out of his sleeves.
He picked up the pills from the floor and threw them in the bookcase without intending to take them.
Not long after, Shen Changgu suddenly fell ill, and he was very ill. He immediately lay in bed and could not get up.
At this moment, Shen Changgu suddenly started talking nonsense.
However, what surprised his family was that what he spoke was not the usual Hangzhou accent, but a Sichuan accent.
Just listen to him say: "I am the python from Mount Emei. I have been looking for you for two thousand years! Today I finally found you!"
After saying that, Shen Changgu pinched his neck tightly with his own hands, and pinched tighter and tighter, until he was about to choke himself to death.
When the family members saw it, they wanted to step forward to stop it, but they were unable to do so.
Suddenly, someone remembered the words and pills given by the monk they met on the road when they were out for fun that day.
So, he hurriedly went to the bookcase to look for the pills discarded by Shen Changgu.
Unfortunately, I rummaged through the entire bookcase and found only one.
My family doesn’t care whether taking just one pill is effective or not, it’s better than nothing. He quickly took it over and asked Shen Changgu to swallow it with water.
After taking the pill, Shen Changgu woke up immediately.
But in his mind, he vaguely remembered his past lives in the past dynasties.
It turns out that Shen Changgu first lived in the era of Wang Mang (a politician, reformer during the Western Han Dynasty, and emperor of the New Dynasty). At that time, his surname was Zhang and his first name was Jing.
In order to avoid the chaos caused by Wang Mang's rebellion, Zhang Jing lived in seclusion in Mount Emei to practice Taoism and immortality.
At that time, he had a like-minded man named Yan Chang, who practiced, farmed and lived with him.
Later, Liu Xin, who originally helped Wang Mang usurp the Han Dynasty (an ancient scholar and astronomer during the Western Han Dynasty. Later changed his name to Liu Xiu. Later generations commented that he was the greatest man after Confucius), fell into the political whirlpool and wanted to escape. He came out and planned to raise troops to respond to the Han army and kill Wang Mang.
But the matter was revealed, and Liu Xin had no choice but to commit suicide. Wang Jun, the general who rebelled with him, could only flee for his life.
In the end, he had nowhere to escape, so he had to flee to Mount Emei and became his disciples, Zhang Jing and Yan Chang.
There is a cave somewhere in Mount Emei. There is a big python in the cave, with a body as thick as a wheel.
Every time this big python comes out of the cave, it will be accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder, which will damage the crops in the mountain.
Zhang Jing hated this python very much and wanted to get rid of this scourge.
He came up with a way: he ordered Wang Jun to sharpen a bamboo and stick it on the ground outside the cave where the python passed by, and then coated the bamboo tip with poison.
The boa constrictor was unprepared and was stabbed to death by a bamboo when it swam out of the cave.
In fact, the big python has been practicing for many years and is about to turn into a dragon. Therefore, every time it comes out of the cave, it will naturally be accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder. It does not intend to show its power, damage crops or harm people.
The boa constrictor practiced hard for many years, but was killed by Zhang Jing and Wang Jun on the eve of its transformation into a dragon. Naturally, it held a grudge and always wanted to seek revenge on the person who murdered it.
A few years later, when Wang Jun heard that Wang Mang had died, he came out to assist Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty in reviving the Han Dynasty.
When Emperor Guangwu was hiring people, Wang Jun was the hero of Wang Mang's murder, so he naturally wanted to be re-employed, and was immediately worshiped as a general of valiant cavalry.
When Wang Jun became an official, he did not forget the master he worshiped when he was in trouble, so he recommended Zhang Jing and Yan Chang to Emperor Guangwu.
Emperor Guangwu had just restored the Han Dynasty, and there were many wastes waiting to be revitalized. He was thirsty for talents, and of course he would not refuse anyone who came.
So Wang Jun sent people to Mount Emei to greet the two masters.
However, Yan Chang wanted to cultivate immortality and had no interest in becoming an official in the court, so he declined Emperor Guangwu's kindness and stayed in the mountain.
Zhang Jing alone was taken to Luoyang, the capital.
Emperor Guangwu saw that he was full of knowledge and had extraordinary conversation, so he also worshiped him as a conquering general.
The big boa constrictor saw that the mastermind and principal culprit who had harmed him had become the generals of the imperial court, so he could not take revenge. Although I feel unwilling to do so, I can only hold back my hatred for the time being and wait for the opportunity.
Later, in Zhang Jing's second life, he was reincarnated as an eminent monk in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the boa constrictor could not take revenge;
Later, in Zhang Jing's third life, he was reincarnated as a general of the Yuan Dynasty, and made great military exploits, but the boa constrictor still could not take revenge.
Only in this life, Zhang Jing was reincarnated as a civil servant, so when the big python saw the opportunity, he came to take revenge. It has to fulfill its wish before it can be willing to do so.
The ins and outs of these things all came to Shen Changgu's mind, and they came out of his mouth involuntarily.
The family members asked again: "Who was the monk I met on the road when I went out that day?"
Shen Changgu replied: "That's Mr. Yan Chang. He didn't go down the mountain with me back then. He declined the invitation from Emperor Guangwu and had already ascended the immortal path and became a god. He practiced with me, and he has a lot of incense. It’s fate, so I came to save you.”
After saying this, Shen Changgu knew that he was doomed, so he took a bath and changed his clothes calmly, dressed neatly and passed away.
On the day of mourning, the monk came.
He knelt down in front of Shen Changgu's soul, cried and worshiped.
Then he comforted Shen Changgu's family and said, "Don't be sad, don't be sad! After Taoist Shen resolves this case, he will return to the path of immortality!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the monk disappeared.