It is said that there was a man named Shi Zanchen in Susong (now Anqing City, Anhui Province), and his family was very wealthy. There are several brothers, each with a fortune of tens of thousands.

There is a local folk custom in Susong, that is, wealthy families will prepare an extra home-cooked meal every day and put it in the hall outside for those who pass by to eat, and no matter who comes, they can eat it. This custom is called being "sat".

One day, a man named Xu, who was tall and thin with a thin and thin beard, also came to Shi Zanchen for dinner.

After eating, he gently twirled his beard, pointed to the green mountains outside the door, and said to everyone in the Shi family: "Have you ever seen a mountain and jumped?"

Everyone replied: "Never seen it before."

Xu said: "Then I'll let you guys see it! It means I don't eat your food in vain!"

After he finished speaking, he flicked the green mountain three times with his fingers, and the mountain jumped three times.

When everyone saw him, they were surprised and thought he was very capable, so they respectfully called him sir.

Mr. Xu said to Shi Zanchen: "I know that your brothers' families are already very wealthy. Do you want to have more wealth?"

Shi Zanchen said: "Of course I have! Is there anyone who would dislike having too much money?"

Mr. Xu said: "I have a way to increase your wealth tenfold!"

Shi Zanchen and several others were overjoyed and hurriedly asked what the solution was!

Mr. Xu confidently said: "That's alchemy! You can make more than ten times the profit!"

The brothers of the Shi family were moved by his sweet words and prepared to make elixirs.

So, the brothers prepared an alchemy furnace for Mr. Xu, and each of them took out several thousand taels of silver as the principal, hoping that after the alchemy was successful, they would receive ten times the amount of silver.

The daughter-in-law of the second brother of the Shi family is very scheming, has always been cunning, and loves petty gains. She secretly mixed part of the copper with the silver, hiding it from Mr. Xu, and used it as the principal of her family.

When everything was ready, Mr. Xu lit the charcoal fire in the alchemy furnace and started to make alchemy.

Unexpectedly, not long after, there was thunder and wind in the sky, surrounding the roof and breaking several tiles.

Seeing this, Mr. Xu cursed loudly: "This must be someone among you who has evil intentions and adulterated the money. This made the ghosts and gods angry and wanted to punish you!"

All the Shi family brothers were shocked and asked who had done this outrageous thing!

The second daughter-in-law was also frightened and had no choice but to tell the truth.

At this point, everyone in the Shi family is convinced of Mr. Xu and respects him even more!

The second son of the Shi family scolded his wife and quickly went to get some money to make up for it.

Mr. Xu finally calmed down and continued to make elixirs.

I saw him holding a copper plate in his hand, raising it in the air, and shouting: "Here comes Dan!"

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound from the copper plate, and a silver coin fell into the air.

Mr. Xu kept shouting continuously, and the sound in the copper plate continued. Large ingots and small ingots of silver kept falling neatly from the air and falling onto the plate.

The Shi family was surprised and happy, thinking that Mr. Xu had succeeded in making the elixir. They got rich.

Mr. Xu said disapprovingly: "What kind of getting rich is this? It's just a small test! If you want to make a big fortune, you have to spend a lot of money to refine the great elixir!"

However, if you want to refine the great elixir, you have to go deep into the mountains and forests, where there are few people and no interference from the outside world. That way you can get tens of millions of taels of silver.

If you want to make a fortune, you must go with me to the Lushan Mountains in Jiangxi to refine the Great Pill! I don’t know if you have this wish? "

The Shi brothers were overjoyed and said, "Who wouldn't want to have the opportunity to make a fortune?"

So, everyone went home to move their money. They prepared a total of tens of thousands of taels of silver, loaded it on their own big ship, and headed for Lushan Mountain along Poyang Lake under the leadership of Mr. Xu.

On this day, before the boat was halfway through the journey, Mr. Xu suddenly ordered the Shi brothers to dock the boat and stay overnight. He was going to visit a friend nearby.

The Shi brothers did not doubt that he was there and hurriedly let the boat dock. They also told Mr. Xu that he could go visit friends in peace and there was no need to rush. They would wait patiently here.

Mr. Xu said nothing more, waved his hand and left ashore.

Unexpectedly, at night, Mr. Xu led dozens of robbers, holding torches and weapons, and brazenly came to rob the money.

Mr. Xu also plausibly said: "Don't be afraid, everyone! Although I am a bandit leader, I also know that 'thieves also have their own ways'!

I am a robber with a conscience! I remember that you are very kind to me, and you are also very pious in supporting me. I only care about wealth and not life! As long as you keep your money, I will let you go home unscathed! "

Although the Shi family is rich, they also have servants accompanying them. But facing dozens of vicious robbers, how could you dare to resist? !

The richer the person, the more he cherishes his life! The Shi brothers are no exception.

So the Shi brothers dutifully went ashore and left the boat and the tens of thousands of taels of silver to Mr. Xu. All of them went home depressed.

Although they suffered heavy losses, it didn't hurt the already wealthy Shi family at all. In addition, they were also afraid that Mr. Xu would come to retaliate, so they suffered a dumb loss and did not report it to the official.

This matter will be over.

Ten years later, suddenly one day, a subordinate official in the Yamen of Anqing Mansion (today's Anqing City, Anhui Province) sent someone to call Shi Zanchen.

Shi Zanchen felt very unhappy, but did not want to offend the people in the yamen, so he politely refused: "I have no contact with your yamen. I am also a law-abiding person. If it is not something that must be done, I will not go." Come on!"

The officer knew that the Shi family was a wealthy family and that Shi Zanchen had indeed committed no crime, so he explained to him: "A thief named Xu has been imprisoned in the prison recently. He asked you to meet him by name. We adults are thinking of him." He will be executed soon, so in order to fulfill his wish, I was sent to call you."

Shi Zanchen was too embarrassed to shirk anymore. Although he was reluctant, he had no choice but to go.

When we got there, we saw Mr. Xu.

Mr. Xu said to him: "My doom is over and my death has come! I invite you to come and meet me because I have one thing to ask for: I hope you remember that we had a friendship and can collect my body after my death!" "

Shi Zanchen was loyal and kind-hearted, otherwise he would not have abandoned the "Yan Si" at home and attracted the thief Mr. Xu, so he agreed.

Seeing that he agreed, Mr. Xu took off the four gold bracelets on his hands and gave them to him as burial expenses. Then he said to him: "My deadline is before July [-]st. You can come and give me a gift." Procedure!"

Shi Zanchen also agreed.

On that day, Shi Zanchen went to Shicao's execution ground and saw Mr. Xu, with his hands tied behind his back and a beheading mark stuck on his back, kneeling on the ground, waiting to be executed.

Suddenly, a child emerged from Shi Zanchen's crotch and said in Mr. Xu's voice: "Come and see and kill me! Come and see and kill me!"

Moments later, Mr. Xu was beheaded.

When the head fell to the ground, the child was gone!

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