roccoschili Chapter 171 Wu Zixu’s Whip
Chapter 171 Wu Zixu’s Whip
A long time ago, in Tongcheng, Anhui Province (now a county-level city under Anqing City, Anhui Province), there was a pair of good friends, one with the surname of Zhang and the other with the surname of Xu.
The two people's family backgrounds are about the same, and they can barely make ends meet. The two of them were not good at studying and had no hope of achieving academic success. They also had little land at home and could not make a living by farming.
After thinking about it, the only way to make a fortune is by doing business.
The two discussed for a long time to see what kind of business they should do to make money.
Suffering from insufficient capital, the two finally decided that they could only go to Jiangxi first and sell some mountain products such as bamboo shoots. They would then consider other things after they made money and the business grew.
So, the two raised some capital and set off together to collect mountain goods in Jiangxi.
Unexpectedly, when the two were passing through Guangxin (now Guangxin District, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province), Xu fell ill for no apparent reason and became bedridden in the inn.
Zhang invited a doctor to treat him, but it had no effect. Not long after, he passed away.
The innkeeper is also a very kind person. He knows that it is not easy for them to go out, and now they have encountered such an unreasonable disaster, so he does not bother Zhang at all.
He was also allowed to park Xu's body in the room upstairs. I just asked him to find a way as soon as possible to collect Xu's body and transport it away.
As for whether to transport it back to his hometown in Tongcheng or find a cemetery nearby for burial, the shopkeeper doesn't care, as long as it doesn't stay in the inn for a long time.
Zhang couldn't just leave him alone. Although it was a bad start when he went out to do business this time, he could only bury Xu first and then make long-term plans.
So, Zhang went to the market to find a coffin shop and bought a coffin for Xu.
I found a coffin shop and haggled with the shopkeeper. Finally, I negotiated a price with the shopkeeper, which was two thousand copper coins.
Zhang was about to give money to the shopkeeper. When the transaction was completed, an old man who had been sitting next to the counter and watching their bargaining stood up and stopped Zhang.
Zhang didn't know what he was going to do.
The old man said unreasonably: "You can't buy a coffin for two thousand coins! It must cost four thousand coins!"
Zhang asked in confusion: "I just made an agreement with the shopkeeper, it's two thousand cash, how can you just raise the price!"
The old man said arrogantly: "That's right. What you and the shopkeeper talked about was two thousand cash, but I also want two thousand cash! Otherwise, you can't even think of carrying the coffin away!"
Zhang asked the shopkeeper what to do?
The shopkeeper seemed to be very afraid of the old man. He looked helplessly at Zhang and spread his hands, not daring to say anything against him.
Zhang walked out of the coffin shop angrily and went back to the inn angrily.
That night, Zhang had finished dinner downstairs in the inn. As soon as he walked upstairs, Xu's body, which had been parked in the room, suddenly stood up and threw himself at Zhang with outstretched arms.
Zhang was shocked, thinking that Xu had faked the corpse, and hurriedly ran downstairs to hide.
Fortunately, the zombie didn't chase me downstairs.
But Zhang was so frightened that he no longer dared to go upstairs to sleep. He asked the innkeeper for another room and slept downstairs.
The next morning, Zhang was inevitably anxious thinking that Xu had not been able to bury her and that she was in a foreign country.
As soon as we finished breakfast, we quickly went to the coffin shop to buy a coffin.
I originally planned to buy the coffin early in the morning while the old man who was causing trouble was not around.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the door, I saw the old man who made trouble yesterday sitting next to the counter early.
Zhang was worried that he would interfere again, causing him to fail to sell coffins. Without waiting for the shopkeeper to speak, he stepped forward and said, "Shopkeeper, I'll add one thousand cash for a total of three thousand cash. How about that?"
Before the owner of the coffin shop could say a word, the old man scolded: "Although I am not the owner of this shop, I want to tell you that on this street, my nickname is 'Sitting Mountain Tiger'! You If you don’t give me two thousand cash, which is the same as the owner’s, don’t even think about taking the coffin away!”
Zhang's family was originally poor, and he didn't bring much money with him when he came out. I wanted to do some business and make money, but my friend died in a foreign land!
He deeply felt that his abilities were limited, and there were evil people standing in the way of buying a coffin. He really wanted to cry without tears.
He had no choice but to leave the coffin shop. He had no choice but to wander aimlessly in the wild.
Just when he was helpless, an old man suddenly appeared in front of him.
I saw the old man with a kind face, a long white beard, and a blue robe. He smiled and said to Zhang, "Are you the one who wants to buy a coffin?"
Zhang said quickly: "Yes."
The old man asked again: "Are you angry with Sishanhu?"
Zhang sighed and said melancholy: "Yes! As a foreigner, I am living here, and I can only swallow my anger!"
The old man with a white beard smiled and said, "Don't be afraid of him! I'll help you!"
After saying that, a whip suddenly appeared in his hand, and he handed it to Zhang and said: "This is the whip Wu Zixu used to whip the corpse of King Chu Ping. (It seems that this whip has a great origin. It was actually used by Wu Zixu to "dig up graves and whip corpses" !).
Tonight, if that corpse still rises up to attack you, you can whip it with this whip! In this way, not only can you get the coffin smoothly, but other big problems will also be solved! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the old man with the white beard disappeared.
Zhang felt relieved.
After returning to the inn, Wu Zixu's whip encouraged him and he was no longer afraid of Xu's deception.
After he walked upstairs, Xu's body stood up again and rushed towards Zhang.
According to what the white-bearded old man said, Zhang took out the whip and whipped it at the corpse.
Xu's body fell to the ground.
The next day, Zhang went to the coffin shop to buy a coffin.
As soon as the shop owner saw him, he said happily: "You don't know, right? The mountain tiger died last night, and the evil spirit here who harmed us is gone! You should do as we agreed at the beginning, and the two thousand yuan Just pay the original price to carry the coffin!”
Zhang was very happy to hear this and asked him why.
The shop owner explained: “The old man who calls himself ‘Sitting Tiger’ is named Hong. He has magic skills and can enslave ghosts. He often manipulates dead bodies to attack people.
If someone dies and needs to buy a coffin, he will wait in my shop and demand money arbitrarily and unreasonably. No matter how much my coffin is sold for, he will also take a share of it.
He has been like this for many years, and many people have been affected. He died suddenly last night, and I don’t know what the illness was. "
Zhang told him that he met an old man with a white beard and gave him a whip. He also told him that he used the whip to whip the corpse that was rushing towards him.
Both of them wondered whether the mountain tiger died after being whipped by Zhang's whip?
So, the two of them went to Zuo Shanhu's house to check.
When I got there, I saw that there were indeed traces of whipping on the body of Zuo Shanhu.
The evil spirit was dead, and everyone onlookers applauded.
The owner of the coffin shop happily told everyone about Zhang's whipping.
Someone nearby said, "That old man with a white beard in a blue robe is the God of the Earth here!"
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About Wu Zixu digging graves and whipping corpses
Sima Qian's "Historical Records: Wu Taibo Family" says: "Zixu and Bo Pei whipped the king's corpse to avenge their father."
"Historical Records: Biography of Wu Zixu" says: "When Wu soldiers entered Ying, Wu Zixu asked King Zhao, but when he couldn't get it, he dug up the tomb of King Ping of Chu, found out his body, and whipped him three hundred times, and then he was done!"
Painting a tiger into a cat explains:
In the late Spring and Autumn Period, King Ping of Chu unjustly killed Wu She, a loyal minister of Chu, and his family because he listened to the slanderous minister Fei Wuji.
Wu She's second son, Wu Zixu, managed to escape with the help of Shen Baoxu and others.
Wu Zixu then fled all the way to the Kingdom of Wu, where he helped Prince Guang win the throne and became an important minister of the Kingdom of Wu.
Later, Wu Zixu led the Wu army to avenge his father and brother and captured Ying, the capital of Chu.
However, King Chu Ping had died at this time, and King Chu Zhao, the son of King Chu Ping, had also fled the state of Chu.
In order to vent his personal anger, Wu Zixu ordered his men to dig up the tomb of King Chu Ping and angrily whipped King Chu Ping's body three hundred times to avenge him.