The story of Ha Mandin

After Ha Manding returned home

After hearing what the Snake Queen said, Ha Manding felt surprised and incredible. He was extremely envious of the ending of Prince Zhan's reunion with his relatives. , thus touching the scene and feeling sad, arousing a strong sense of homesickness. He resolutely begged the Snake Queen: "Please have mercy on me and send an assistant to help me, so that I can go back to my hometown and reunite with my family."

"Oh, dear Ha Mandin! Don't you Don’t you understand? Once you get home, if you take a bath in the bathhouse, it will kill me. This is a matter of vital importance to my life.”

“I swear to you, after I get home, I will do it for the rest of my life. If I don’t go into the bathhouse, I will only take a bath at home.”

“Even if you swear to me ten thousand times, I won’t believe you because you are a human being. People are the worst at keeping promises. Your ancestor Adam made an oath to God. God trusted him so much that he not only created him, but also ordered the gods to respect him and worship him. But what happened? Become a dishonest person."

Ha Manding was so disappointed after hearing the Snake Queen's answer that he couldn't help but cry bitterly. The snakes on the side felt that he was very pitiful, and they all sympathized with him and wept with him. They all interceded with the Snake Queen on his behalf, saying: "May the Lord be merciful and send any one of us to send him home. As long as He swore a poisonous oath that he would never enter a bathhouse for the rest of his life."

In front of all the snakes, Ha Manding swore a poisonous oath and promised not to bathe in a bathhouse for the rest of his life. As expected, the Snake Queen changed her mind, assigned a snake, and ordered: "You send Ha Manding home."

"As you command." The assigned snake happily agreed, and immediately led Ha Manding home. ·Mandine left the Snake Queen, walked and walked, completed the long journey, and finally emerged from under a dry well and returned him to the ground.

Ha Manding returned to the ground and was ecstatic to see the sun again. He hurried back to the city before dark, came to his door, and knocked on the door.

His mother answered the door and saw her son returning. She couldn't help but screamed, threw herself on him, and cried bitterly. His wife heard her mother-in-law crying and ran out quickly to see her husband coming home. She was so excited that she greeted him, blessed him, and kissed his hand.

Mother and son, husband and wife, reunited after a long separation, and happily walked into the house. As soon as they sat down, Ha Manding hurriedly asked his mother about the time when she and he went up the mountain to collect firewood and left him trapped in the storehouse. news from those partners.

His mother told him: "They all came to see me that day and told me that you were eaten by wolves in the mountains. Now they are all doing business and are bosses, and their lives are quite comfortable. . Our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law’s livelihood depends entirely on their support, which has never stopped for so many years.”

“Mom, you go to them tomorrow and tell them that I am back and invite them to get together. ”

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The next day, Ha Mandin’s mother followed her son’s instructions and went from house to house to invite his former partners and tell them Said: "My son is back. Come to my house to meet and talk with him."

"Okay." They agreed, but each other's faces turned pale with fear. Later, each of them gave Ha Manding's mother a set of gold-embroidered silk clothes and said, "Please bring these sets of clothes to your son! Please tell him that we will definitely visit him at home tomorrow."

"Okay, let's do it like this." Ha Manding's mother said goodbye to them, returned home, gave the clothes they donated to her son, and explained the reason.

When the former woodcutter heard the news that Ha Mandin had returned safely, they were restless and in a dilemma. In desperation, they had no choice but to invite a few respected colleagues in the business field to pay their respects to him. They asked for advice, discussed ways to resolve the difficulties, explained their past interactions with Ha Mandin and the reasons for usurping his rights, and finally said: "What should we do with Ha Mandin now?"

"Each of you should give him half of the property." Colleagues gave them ideas and came up with solutions.

They all agreed with the suggestions of their colleagues, so each of them brought half of his money, invited him to Ha Mandin's home, greeted him affectionately, kissed his hand, handed him the money and said, "Take it." ! This is your share of the windfall we made. Now we all come to apologize to you." Ha Manding took the money and said happily: "What happened in the past. Just let it go, it doesn’t matter. Everything is destined, we can’t escape it.”

“Please! Let’s take a walk with you, and then go to the bathhouse.”

"No need. I have sworn that I will never go to a bathhouse to take a bath."

"If that's the case, then come to our house to play and be our guest."

"Okay." Ha Manding happily accepted the invitation of his friends and went to their homes as guests.

The companions regarded Ha Mandin as a distinguished guest, and everyone took turns to entertain him, and everyone had fun together. They were close and happy for seven days before finishing one round. Later, with the money on hand, he became a wealthy businessman with both property and shops. Businessmen in the city came to fawn over him. He told them his experiences and encounters, and everyone was envious of him and elected him as the leader of the business community. From then on, he lived a happy life with no worries about food and clothing.

One day, Ha Manding went out for business and passed by the door of the bathhouse. The owner of the bathhouse saw him and was particularly affectionate. He hurried forward to greet him, hugged him, and said: "Please, please! Come in!" Take a bath in the bathhouse! Let me serve you well and wipe your back." "I'm really sorry, I have sworn not to take a bath in the bathhouse for the rest of my life." He decisively refused the boss. invitation.

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The boss was unhappy, so he made a vow and said: "If you don't take a bath in my bathhouse, I will divorce you." "

After hearing the boss's vow, Ha Manding felt embarrassed and was in a dilemma, and said: "Brother, do you want my son to become an orphan? Is the family ruined?"

The bathhouse owner ignored this and just leaned over to kiss Ha Manding's feet and said, "I invite you to take a bath in the bathhouse out of my deepest respect for you. If So whatever happens, let me bear it alone."

So, several servants in the bathhouse and the owner worked together, pushing and shoving, and forced Ha Manding into the bathhouse to replace him. He took off his clothes and went into the bathroom.

Ha Manding was sitting against the wall and just started to wash his hair when twenty rough men rushed in front of him and shouted at him fiercely: "You audacious villain! How dare you go against the king? , get up! Come with us to see the king."

They shouted, taking custody of Ha Mandin, and at the same time sent people into the palace to report the news.

Soon, a minister of the king, with sixty followers, rode to the bathhouse to see Ha Mandin. The minister greeted and blessed him, saying: "You are very welcome to enter the palace and take a stroll." So, the king's ministers entertained Ha Mandin with a banquet. After the meal, the minister ordered him to be rewarded with two sets of gorgeous clothes, each worth five thousand gold coins. Then talking to Ha Mandin, the minister said: "Young man, let me tell you, our king is the king of Persia, who rules over the vast area of ​​​​seven continents, but unfortunately he is suffering from a terminal illness that cannot be cured and is dying. According to ancient books, , The king's life is in your hands, and only you can cure his illness. It is really a fate for you to come here today. This is God's grace." After the minister finished speaking, he and his confidants came together. Ha Mandin entered the king's chamber.

Ha Manding was a little confused after hearing what the minister said, and followed them with curiosity. After walking through the seven palace gates, he entered the bedroom. The king was seen lying on the bed, his face covered with a veil, moaning. Accompanying him were hundreds of county kings and thousands of chiefs, all sitting on golden chairs, with fully armed guards standing behind them.

Ha Mandin had never seen such a majestic occasion, and the king was frightened by his imposing manner. He anxiously walked to the dragon bed, knelt down, kissed the ground, and prayed for the king with great respect.

Afterwards, the prime minister came to receive him, made him sit on the golden chair on the right side of the king, and prepared a banquet. The princes, ministers, civil and military officials present dined with him. After the banquet, everyone washed their hands and took their places. At this time, the prime minister stood up slowly, and everyone else stood with him solemnly. He approached Ha Mandin and said to him: "Only you can cure the king, so we are all willing to serve you. Whatever you want, we will give it to you, even if you want to share it Half of the country, we will also agree." After saying this, he took Ha Mandin's hand and came to the bed.

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Ha Mandin lifted the king's veil and saw him, with only a gossamer breath left. He couldn't help but feel desperate and thought There was little hope of rescuing the king. The prime minister kissed Ha Mandin's hand again and said: "We asked you to treat the king's illness. We can meet all your requirements immediately. Curing the king's illness is our ultimate goal of coming to you."

"Although I am the descendant of the sage Donil, I am very ashamed that I have not inherited any of my father's career because I have only read the Thirty Days Book and have not touched on medicine at all. If I really have If you have good skills, you will be happy to cure the king's illness."

"Don't be too humble! We know that your medical skills are beyond the reach of doctors from all over the world, so curing the king's illness is very important. You are the one.”

“I don’t know what kind of disease the king has, and I don’t know how to prescribe it. How can I treat it?”

“The medicine the king needs to take? , it’s all in your hands.”

“If I really have such medicine, I will dedicate it to the king.”

“You know best the medicine that the king needs to take. . To tell you the truth, the medicine he needs is the Snake Queen. You know where she lives, you have seen her and stayed with her."

Ha Mandin listened. The prime minister said that he just understood the reason. It was all caused by him entering the bathhouse without permission. He regretted it deeply and hated himself for not keeping his oath. With no choice but to deny it, he said: "How could the medicine the king needs to take be the Snake Queen? I have never known her, and I have never heard of this name."

"Don't deny it! We have evidence to prove that you know her. You have lived with her for two years."

"I really don't know her and have never met her. Pass her. This is the first time I know about this strange thing from your mouth."

The prime minister took an ancient book, opened it and read it carefully, and then said: "The Snake Queen will be the same. The man met. After this man stayed in the palace for two years and returned to the ground, if he went to the bathhouse to take a bath, the color of his belly would turn black." After the prime minister finished reading, he said to Ha Mandin: "See for yourself. It’s the color of your belly!”

Ha Manding opened his clothes and saw that his belly was indeed black, but he argued: “My belly was born black.”

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"I have already sent people to spy on people bathing in every bathhouse. If you find anyone with a black belly, come and report it to me immediately. You take a bath When they were young, they noticed that your belly had turned black and they came to report it to me. It took no effort for me to meet you today. The only thing you have to do now is: tell us where you are from. Back to the surface? You just need to point out that place and let you go home. We can catch the snake queen. We have many people here."

After hearing what the prime minister said. After saying this, the princes and generals present rose up and threatened Ha Mandin, forcing him to point out the residence of the Snake Queen. Ha Mandin regretted in every possible way that he should not have entered the bathhouse and felt sorry for himself. He still defended: "I have never seen anything like that, never heard of anything like that." Seeing that the prime minister was too weak, he decided to be tough and torture him. They took off Ha Mandin's clothes and whipped him so hard that he was beaten to death and almost breathless. After the torture was almost over, the prime minister said to him again: "We have evidence in hand that you know the snake queen's residence. Why do you deny it? Tell us the place where you returned to the ground. I will send people to capture her. , I will never harm you.

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Then, the prime minister pretended to be kind, helped him up, and rewarded him with a set of extremely valuable clothes.

Ha Manding couldn’t resist the prime minister’s hard and soft tactics, so he had to Surrendered and said helplessly: “Okay, I’ll show you that place. "

The prime minister was so excited that he immediately ordered his horses to be prepared and led his officials to set off with Ha Manding. Ha Manding led the way on horseback and ran all the way to the foot of the mountain. He jumped off the horse Ha Mandin led them into the cave with a sigh and a sigh.

He said: "This is where I returned to the ground. "

The prime minister sat down on the floor, burned incense and lit a fire, and then muttered a spell. He was not only a Yin-Yang master who was proficient in Feng Shui, but also an excellent magician. Every time he chanted a spell, he would Add some incense. After he finished reciting three mantras, he shouted proudly: "Snake Queen! Come out quickly. ”

Following the roar of the prime minister, a door on the side of the warehouse opened automatically, and then there was a sound like a thunderbolt.

The sound of the mountains collapsing and the ground shaking, stunned a large group of people. , Some people were frightened to death on the spot. Soon, a giant snake as big as an elephant came out of the gate, with many balls of fire shooting out from its eyes and mouth. It carried a red gold plate studded with jewels and jade on its back. The person sitting was the Snake Queen with a human face and a snake body, radiant with golden light.

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She shook her head and looked around, her sharp eyes suddenly turning. Staring at Ha Manding, she sighed sadly with tears in her eyes: "Ha Manding! You do not keep your oath, you have caused me so much pain! Didn't you swear not to enter a bathhouse for the rest of your life? Where is your conscience? Oh, forget it, forget it, there's no point in blaming you, anyway, this is what was destined in the previous life. It seems that God has arranged for me to die in your hands. Obviously, he wants to exchange my life for the king's health. "

Ha Manding was speechless after hearing the Snake Queen's accusation. He covered his face with shame and cried bitterly.

The cunning prime minister heard the Snake Queen's words and wanted to reach out to catch him. She. The Snake Queen shouted righteously: "Stop, you annoying guy! If you dare to make a move, I will blow you into ashes. Then she called back to Ha Mandin and said: "Come on, put me on the plate you brought, and then carry me on your back." Anyway, I am destined to die at your hands, and I cannot escape. "

Ha Manding followed the instructions of the Snake Queen, lifted her up, put her on a plate, put it on her head, and then went down the mountain.

On the way back to the city, the snake The queen spoke quietly to Ha Manding. She said: "Ha Manding, although you broke your oath and did such an immoral and bad thing, because this is the arrangement of fate, I cannot completely Blame you. Let me give you a few words of advice. Just listen to me! "

"Snake Queen! Please tell me if you have anything to say. I'm sorry for you, no matter what you ask, I will do it. "

"You take me back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister will ask you to kill me and chop me into three pieces. You must not do it. You will say that you don't know how to kill snakes and let him do it himself. Just kill me. After he cuts me into three pieces, he will hear the king's order to summon him to the palace. Before leaving, he would put me in a copper pot, put the pot on the stove, and then he would say to you: ‘Ha Mandin, come and cook the snake! Remember: after the water boils, you use a spoon to scoop out the foam on the soup and put it in the bottle I gave you. You can drink it after it is cold. I won’t lie to you. After drinking it, it can cure all your diseases. . Then, you boil it again, and after the second foam has formed in the soup, you scoop it into another bottle. Don't move it. Wait for me to come back and drink it. If I drink it, I will be cured of all the problems on my body. disease. ’

He will definitely give you two bottles before he takes action, and you do as he says. When the water boils for the first time, you scoop up the foam in the soup and put it in the first bottle. However, you must not listen to the prime minister and drink it; what you have to do is to continue cooking and wait for the second bottle. When foam bubbles up in the second soup, you scoop it into the second bottle. After it cools, you drink the foam in the second soup.

Do you understand? After you drink this second bottle of foam, your soul will be enlightened and you will suddenly become a self-taught academic master!

When the prime minister comes back and asks you for a second bottle of foam to drink, just give him the contents of the first bottle to drink. You will see clearly that he will never have a good outcome.

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Finally, put the cooked snake meat into a copper plate and send it to the palace to the king. You first give the king a piece of meat to eat, then cover his face with a gauze, and wait until he sleeps until noon, then give him a glass of wine. Ha Mandin, please do as I tell you and don't be careless. This way you will cure the king's disease and get good rewards. "

Ha Manding listened to the instructions of the Snake Queen as he walked, all the way to the city, and came to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The prime minister told Ha Manding: "Follow me. Bar! ”

The two of them entered the mansion, and the rest of the people dispersed.

Ha Manding carefully put down the snake queen on his head, and let out a long breath. Then he immediately ordered him: “Kill the Snake Queen for me! "

"I have never killed a snake, I don't know how to kill it. If you must kill her, do it yourself. ”

The Prime Minister took the Snake Queen out of the plate without hesitation and killed her with a knife. Ha Mandin couldn’t bear to see the Prime Minister’s atrocities and couldn’t help crying. The Prime Minister smiled as if nothing happened. He stood up and cursed: "You coward! Killing a snake, what's there to cry about? "He laughed and chopped the snake queen into three pieces, put it in a copper pot, and just put it on the stove, and when he was about to light the fire, the king's imperial envoy suddenly arrived and said to him:

"The king calls you to the palace immediately to obey his orders. "

"Follow your orders! "The prime minister stood up in a hurry, took out two glass bottles and handed them to Ha Manding, and ordered: "Come and cook the snake meat! After the water is boiled and there is foam in the soup, scoop it out and put it in one of the two glass bottles. After it cools, drink it and all diseases on your body will be cured. Then, you continue to cook it. When foam floats in the soup for the second time, scoop it out and put it in the second glass bottle. Don't move! Wait until I come back to drink. Because I have lower back pain, maybe drinking it will cure it. "

After the prime minister finished speaking, he went into the palace with the imperial envoy.

Ha Manding lit a fire and cooked the snake meat as instructed. He waited carefully until the water boiled and foam floated in the soup. He scooped it out and put it in two bottles. Later, when the snake meat was cooked, he put it on a plate, blew out the fire, and waited for the prime minister to come back.

Soon, the prime minister was anxious. He hurried back home and immediately asked: "What did you do? "

"Do as you are told. ”

“Where’s the foam in the first glass bottle? How did you deal with it? ”

“I drank it all. "

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"I can't see any change in your body? ”

“Alas! Prime Minister, my whole body is on fire, it’s extremely hot. ”

“Give me the second bottle of foam quickly. Maybe it will cure my back pain! "The cunning prime minister concealed his malicious intentions. He poured the first bottle of foam into his mouth as the second bottle of foam without hesitation and swallowed it in one gulp. However, as soon as he finished drinking, the bottle fell When he reached the ground, his body gradually swelled and he became unsteady, staggering and falling to the ground. His end was exactly what happened to a villain who harms others and ultimately harms himself. His fate was just as the ancients said: Lifting a stone. Smashing his own feet.

Ha Manding was stunned by the scene in front of him and did not dare to drink the second bottle of foam for fear of being poisoned. Later, he remembered the snake queen's instructions and thought: "What if." The second bottle of foam was poisonous, and the prime minister would not let me leave it for him to drink. So he murmured to himself: "God bless!" I was determined to drink it. ”

Ha Manding decisively and bravely drank the foam in the second bottle, and a miracle occurred: God caused infinite wisdom to well up in his heart and opened the eyes for him to increase his knowledge. , he suddenly became enlightened, felt relaxed and extremely happy.

He put the snake meat in a copper plate and walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

On the way, he looked up at the sky and saw through the seven layers of the sky at a glance. Everything in the sky was unobstructed; the complex celestial phenomena of the Milky Way universe system, such as the movement of celestial bodies, planets and stars, and other intricate phenomena were listed. before his eyes. He was enlightened by this and immediately became a great scholar proficient in geometry, astrology, astronomy, and mathematics, and thus had a thorough understanding of various principles of eclipses, lunar eclipses, and changes in the universe. Then he looked down at the ground and saw the plants, The mineral deposits buried underground came into his sight, and he was enlightened and suddenly became a master proficient in medical skills, alchemy, gold turning and other spells, and thus had the magic power to turn iron into gold and stone into silver. He came to the palace with great ambition, knelt down in front of the king and kissed the ground, and then reported to him unhurriedly, saying: "Unfortunately, the prime minister died. I hope your majesty will not be sad, and wish your majesty long live." Long live!"

The king was shocked to hear the news of the prime minister's death. He was very sad and couldn't help crying. The princes, generals and ministers who accompanied him also cried sadly because of the death of the prime minister. The king asked about the cause of the prime minister's sudden death and said: "The prime minister was by my side just now. He returned to the prime minister's house to see if the snake meat was cooked so that he could get it for me to eat. Why did he suddenly die? Why is this?" What disaster happened to him?"

Ha Manding recounted exactly what happened when the prime minister went home and drank foam, causing his body to swell and his stomach to swell. After hearing this, the king was worried and sighed: "The prime minister is dead, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry," Ha Manding said, "I can treat your illness, I guarantee you." He recovered after three days."

The king's mood improved and he said happily: "As long as it takes a few years to cure my illness, I don't care."

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