Anecdote

One year, there was a severe drought in Huyan, the vegetation withered, and the fields were thin and stalked.The thieves and bandits rose again, looting, burning and killing, and the officials could not stop them.Therefore, there are many exiles, and they all leave their hometowns, just like wild geese going south.

There is Liu Zhang, whose husband died early, and fled to Chenzhou with a young son Liu Yun.At that time, starvation was everywhere, and there were no bark and grass roots on the roadside, so I didn't know what to feed my children.What's more, there is no millet in the local area and they cannibalize people, which is called "bad meat".Liu Zhang is a weak girl who has been running around for several days and is already weak and emaciated, and it is difficult to walk.When I met Ersan, a strong man, I was overjoyed to see that his meat was tender, and there was even a young son beside him.

He wanted to escape, but his hands and feet were powerless, and he looked up at the sky and shouted: "God has no eyes, what is my son's crime? He wants to fall into the belly of the bandits!" Not long after, the bandits tied him up and killed him, and took his son to the market.Poor Mrs. Liu and Zhang died. The youngest son was only four years old, ignorant and ignorant, but he kept crying and was sent to the chopping board.

After chopping and sharing the food, suddenly a mouse came out from the kitchen, as big as a cat, bit off the cook's palm, and then dragged the child into the hole.Then the kitchen worker screamed in pain, and everyone in the house knew it, but they dug the ground three feet and found no rat hole, thinking that he was unconscious.Since they lost the new and bought bad meat, they chased it away.

But the mouse spirit stole Liu Yun out, and in an instant it arrived in the mountain, where it built a mouse's lair, extending in all directions, beyond the reach of ordinary people.And Liu Yun didn't drink a drop of water all day, and his crying became weaker.Seeing this, the rat came out, and after a while, dragged back a young deer to feed Liu Yun with blood.So he won't die, Liu Yun drank blood and chewed meat, and gradually he was not afraid, because the rat's den was big enough to shelter, so he lived here to avoid disaster.

I didn't realize that after many years, when Liu Yun was seven or eight years old, he didn't eat raw meat like a savage, but made fire with wood and stone, cooked it, and ate it with rats.Rats don't hurt them either, their whereabouts are unpredictable, and they often return in the middle of the night, very tame, lying next to Liu Yun's pillow.It is really a rare thing for Gai Shangtian to pity the young son and have no one to rely on, so he asks the rat spirit to save him.

One night, the mouse suddenly came back in a panic, and said, "I have been practicing for decades. Today, by chance, I saved your life, and it will be a calamity. I am afraid that you will be involved. Therefore, you don't have to search for it if you run away. If there is a destiny, I will marry you as my wife in ten years." After finishing speaking, she disappeared suddenly, and only Yu Liu Yun was weeping and lost.

There are no mice, and the wild fruits, grasses and vegetables in the caves, and the deer and rabbits are gradually disappearing.Liu Yun pondered for a while, and then went out to ask for food.At the time of Dading in Chenzhou, Shi Gong went back to his hometown. When passing through the mountains, the soldiers saw a little boy fighting with the deer. They were shocked, killed the deer and caught the boy, and came to report to Shi Gong.Although he lived in the mountains and was taken care of by the mouse, Liu Yun was born with red lips and white teeth. He didn't look like a hungry person, but he looked like a child of a good family.When Shi Gong saw it, he suddenly felt pity, and because he was forty-six, married several wives and concubines, and still had no children, he adopted Liu Yun as his adopted son.

At the beginning, Liu Yun wanted to escape when he refused, but the guards were so strict that there was nothing he could do.He also felt that Shi Gong was kind and kind, so he gradually stopped his thoughts and went south with his chariots and horses.Nanle is a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, beautiful flowers and trees, which is quite different from Chenzhou.As the son of an eunuch, Liu Yun usually has rich clothes and fine food, and there are more than ten servants on the left and right, but he is still humble and dare not do whatever he wants.He said that he didn't know where the dead mother's bones were, and wanted to build a tomb for her to comfort the spirit of heaven.

Shi Gong liked that his character was pure and good, and he followed his words and deeds, and he was taught by his teacher so that he could understand the meaning of the book and take the exam in the future.By the fifteenth or sixteenth year, Liu Yun was already a handsome gentleman. How could he see his sallow and emaciated face when he fled?However, thinking about the rat in his heart, he was even more suspicious of the promise of marriage, and when asked about marriage matters from far and near, they all declined. "You are not my own son, although you are brought up by me, the matter of marriage is all according to your will." Shi Gong has always been open-minded, seeing Liu Yun frowning all day long, so he said this.

Liu Yun was so grateful for his kindness that he couldn't sleep at night, so he prayed to God, saying: "My righteous father is also a good man. If God knows, he should bestow his sons and make the family prosperous."

In the following year, Shi's wife didn't think about eating, and she was haggard, so she asked for a doctor, who said, "My lady is three months pregnant."His wife conceived in October, and gave birth to a son and a daughter, all of whom are beautiful and intelligent.Seeing this, Liu Yun was also very happy. Zhidao is that his adoptive father has accumulated good deeds for a long time, so he is blessed.More than a month later, Liu Yun entered the examination and won the exam. He should be the county magistrate of Chenzhou.Shi Gong was even more joyful. It was night with a big banquet and many guests gathered.

Unconsciously, Liu Yun was drunk, went into the room to rest, and suddenly heard a sound behind her.Looking back at it, I saw that the double doors were open, and a man in white stood outside the door, smiling but not smiling.Because of his drunken eyes, Liu Yun couldn't recognize his face, but felt a little familiar, and asked, "Who are you? If you are lost, call a servant to take you out."

Hearing the words, the white-clothed man stepped forward a few steps, embraced Liu Yun into the inner room, and said with a smile, "Have you completely forgotten the ten-year period? I had a word that day, and I have passed through countless calamities. Now I will marry you as my wife."

Knowing that this person is a mouse spirit, Liu Yun calmed down a little, and then frowned: "I, I thought you were joking..." It's ridiculous to have one person and one mouse.

Before he finished speaking, the man in white bowed his head, pressed him on the couch, kissed his lips and smacked his tongue, making him very affectionate.Liu Yun couldn't speak, only sobbed a few times.

The next day, Liu Yun woke up and went to Shi Gong's study with the mouse to explain the past one by one.Shi Gong was shocked for a long time, then Fang sighed and said: "Since you have this strange fate, go on your own, and I will not care about it."

Liu Yun wept and thanked her. A few days later, she went to pay her respects at the grave of her deceased mother.Then go to Chenzhou to take office, and live in a small house outside the city with the mouse, just like an ordinary couple.Every spring and summer, I return to Nanle, and they all regard Shigong as a father and his wife as a mother.

Later, Duke Shi had two sons and three daughters, all of whom achieved success, did good deeds and accumulated virtue, and had many descendants.