During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a family surnamed He who lived in poverty. Little Sun, a woman named Qin, had just learned to speak and always pointed to a water tank and said, “Someone, someone.” At first, the whole family didn’t pay much attention, but over time, they became less calm. Grandma said, ‘Children can see things that adults can’t see. Is there something hidden under the water tank?’ Unable to sit still with the old man, could it be that there are people buried under the water tank? If there are people buried underground and life is uncomfortable, why not move the water tank and dig to see if anyone is there.
Just do it as you say. I scooped up the water from the water tank with the old man, moved the tank with my wife, and started digging in the kitchen with tools. He opened his arms and dug until he was sweating profusely, digging three feet underground without anything. He didn’t want to dig anymore and was about to finish work when Ziqin ran over and pointed to the pit, saying, “Someone, there’s someone down there.” He asked the old man, “Where is the person?” Ziqin kept saying, “Down there, down there.” With the old man’s hair on end, they quickly dug down and finally dug less than three inches. When they encountered a hard object, they picked it up and saw that it was a piece of silver. When Ziqin saw the silver, she danced and said, “Man, son of man.” The old man suddenly realized that the person in Ziqin’s mouth was actually silver. The dialect of this place is similar in pronunciation to Yin, and with Ziqin’s unclear speech, Yin sounds like a human. The old man asked, “My dear granddaughter, how much silver is there below?” Ziqin said a lot.
I was overjoyed with the old man and quickly dug down. As expected, I found a pile of silver, big and small, worth thousands of yuan. I weighed it with the old man’s son and it turned out to be over 5000 taels, making the whole family so happy that their mouths couldn’t even close. With this huge sum of money, I renovated my house with the old man, purchased a large amount of fertile land, and transformed into a wealthy family, living a prosperous life. Two years later, a wandering Taoist came and warmly entertained him with wine and meat with the old man. During the drinking room, he talked to the old man about his experience of getting rich and asked the Taoist if these silver coins were his fortune? Because he suddenly went from poverty to wealth, he was not at ease at all, always worried that the wealth that did not belong to him would eventually fly away.
After listening, the wandering Taoist became interested and asked the old man to call out Sun Nv Qin to take a look. After a while, Ziqin was brought out by her grandmother. The Taoist looked at her carefully for a while and said in silence, “Oh, it’s really strange. These treasures turned out to be her hit treasures.” When asked about the reason with the old man, the Taoist said, “I don’t know why, so please make a quiet room for me to investigate at the Yin Si.” The old man instructed his wife to clean up the west wing, lay grass mats, light a stick of incense, and close the door. The Taoist sat cross legged, closed his eyes, and his soul wandered away.
As the incense stick was about to end, the Taoist opened his eyes, walked out, and chuckled, saying, “I have investigated it clearly, and there was a twist in the middle.” He sat down and took a sip of water before speaking.
Originally, Ziqin’s previous life was a clean official who accumulated many Yin virtues. Yan Wangye sentenced him to be reborn as a daughter of a wealthy family, living a life of worry free living and wealth. However, halfway through, the little devil who guided him to reincarnate had malicious intentions and pushed him to the He family to give birth.
So, why does the little devil have malicious intentions? Speaking is long, we can only pick the main ones to say. Before his death, the little devil was a sorcerer who used spells to harm people everywhere. He was caught by the authorities, who interrogated him and beheaded him for public display. After the sorcerer’s death, he stayed in the underworld as a servant. This official is Ziqin’s past life. Unfortunately, the little devil who guided him to reincarnate turned out to be the sorcerer who held a grudge against him and reincarnated him into a poor family as revenge. Later, the Yin Si learned the truth and beat the little ghost to a hundred lashes before rushing to the mortal world to reincarnate. In order to repair Ziqin, the God of Treasury hid the silver underground in the water tank for her to see, so that she could live a prosperous life.
I see. After listening to the old man, I couldn’t help but marvel at the injustice in the underworld. The Taoist smiled and said, “The underworld is different from the mortal world. Although injustices in the underworld may occur from time to time, they will eventually be corrected.” He nodded to the old man and asked, “Master, since my little granddaughter has a considerable background, how should I marry her? I also ask for your guidance to avoid marrying the wrong family in the future.
In the blink of an eye, more than a decade had passed, and Ziqin was so beautiful that she couldn’t even look up to her parents telling her about their marriage. The old man remembered the words of the wandering Taoist, who would lend a helping hand to any down and out scholar he encountered. This year, Ziqin turned sixteen years old. Suddenly one day, while sitting idle under the big willow tree in front of the door, I saw a scholar walking and falling down. I quickly carried him home and called for a doctor to treat him. Originally, this person’s surname was Dong. He went to the capital city to take an exam, but his money was stolen on the way. He had to endure hunger and pass out on the way.
During the period of recuperation at home, the scholar surnamed Dong never forgot to read, reciting day and night, which alarmed Ziqin. Ziqin sneaked her eyes and saw that he was a talented person. She secretly expressed her feelings and found her mother to confide in her. Her mother had also heard the words of the wandering Taoist priest and thought to herself, should her daughter’s marriage be with this person? I told the whole family. The old man went to test the surname Dong and found out that he was not yet married due to his average family background. He then betrothed Ziqin to him and provided financial support for his exams.
The person surnamed Dong passed the imperial examination and reported to his parents when he returned. He then married Ziqin and was accompanied by an old man for five thousand taels of silver. After marriage, the person surnamed Dong took Ziqin to work. Later, the person surnamed Dong rose step by step, and Ziqin was appointed as the wife of the imperial decree. One year, Ziqin took her maid to a temple to burn incense. She saw a beggar begging on the roadside and felt sorry for him. She ordered the maid to give him a hundred wen as a gift. Unexpectedly, the maid threw the coins into the beggar’s bowl and they disappeared completely. Ziqin felt strange and asked the maid to take out a hundred wen coins and throw them into the beggar’s bowl, but they all disappeared.
More and more people were watching, expressing their surprise. At this moment, a Taoist passed by and learned of such a strange incident. He pinched his fingers and understood it in his heart. Then he said to Ziqin, “Madam, this person cannot receive your favor, so please do not give him money.” It turned out that this person was the little devil who guided Ziqin to reincarnate and was punished, becoming a beggar.
