Fortune-telling Story Meeting _ Fortune-telling True Story
This article was published at the story meeting in April 2008 and belongs to the category of anecdotes.
Gossip and anecdote about bedside baby
Author:? You peijian? Period: April 2008.
During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, a novel entertainment mode appeared in Fengcheng area in the south of the Yangtze River: as soon as the guest came and laid down on a big reddish-brown wooden bed, a baby less than three feet tall jumped on the bed, stroking the guest's head with his tender little hand and telling him some interesting stories about the world and officialdom. ?
These babies are called bedside babies. Although they are small and thin, their fingers look like babies, but their eyes and faces are full of vicissitudes. The people they serve are also very strange. Street coolies, field workers and folk amateurs all like to come to this bedside baby massage building. After all, its price is cheap. The boss behind the bedside baby is a miracle. No one knows who it is, and even local officials can't help it. As a result, the name of this bedside baby is even louder. ?
This incident alarmed the court. On this day, Li Sanqiang, the minister of Kangxi's secret order, went down to explore and asked Li Sanqiang to try his best to report to him the origin of these bedside treasures, and he could only make secret inspections without disturbing local officials. These days, Li Sanqiang is losing sleep because someone reported his corruption. Now he is naturally happy to see that the emperor has entrusted him with an important task, and he thinks: As long as I do this thing well as the emperor ordered, won't I make great contributions? This shows that the emperor still trusts me, and I must do it well.
So Li Sanjiang quietly went south and came to Fengcheng. After living in Fengcheng for two days, he dressed up as a fortune teller and entered the bedside baby massage building.
After paying the money at the counter, a clerk in coarse clothes came over and took Li Sanqiang into a small room with a big reddish-brown bed, which almost occupied the whole room. Under Shi Tong's command, Li Sanqiang lay on the big bed, waiting for the baby at the head of the bed to come up and massage him. After a while, a little baby staggered up and down on the bed. Li Sanqiang looked at the man carefully, and found that although his fingers, soles and other bare places were tender and incomparable, his face looked very old. "Is this the legendary bedside baby?" Li Sanjiang is not startled. ?
The baby at the bedside is obviously an old hand at massage. His two baby hands gently caressed the temples on Li Sanqiang's head, while muttering some folk anecdotes. That voice is singing and whispering, which makes people extremely lazy. Li Sanqiang curiously wanted to talk to the baby at the bedside, but the baby at the bedside only talked about anecdotes, and even the officialdom was shady, ignoring Li Sanqiang. Li Sanqiang had to close his eyes and enjoy this gentle touch. An hour later, the baby at the bedside massaged Li Sanqiang, quickly jumped out of bed and disappeared at the door. ?
Li Sanqiang got out of bed and had a good stretch. He found that the fatigue of running around these days was swept away. He marveled to himself, thinking that if you want to do the things that the emperor told you, you must see the boss, otherwise it will be difficult to find out the origin of the baby at the bedside. Li Sanjiang found the waiter just now and explained his purpose. The waiter smiled and said to Li Sanjiang, "Sir, our boss doesn't accept visitors unless you are a special person." ?
"Special person?" San-qiang li paused, then cheerfully took out a silver or two, quietly to the waiter. The waiter took the money, smiled and said, "All right, I'll let you know." After a while, the waiter came back, pointed to a small door in front and said to Li Sanqiang, "Our boss is waiting for you in that room. You can go through that little door. " According to Shi Tong's instructions, Li Sanqiang went through the small black door and came to a small house against the gables. ?
As soon as he entered the hut, he saw a man in a black coat standing with his back to him. ?
"Do you have to see me?" There was a dull sound in the man's throat. ?
"Yes, I want to know how you got this bedside treasure?" After all, Li Sanjiang has seen this scene. He said bluntly, "Because I want to open a similar massage parlor, but don't worry, my place is definitely not here. As long as you tell me the origin of the baby at the bedside, I will give you 1200 gold as a reward. " Li Sanjiang played his wishful thinking very well. As long as the boss tells the origin of the baby at the bedside, he can report it to the emperor, and 1200 gold is just nine Niu Yi hairs to him. ?
"All right, then!" The man turned around and smiled coldly at San-Qiang Li. "Then come with me!" Li Sanqiang followed the men in black into a big cave. In the cave, the lights are brightly lit, and one or two babies pass by the bed from time to time. They are smiling and holding one or two steamed buns and telling some stories happily. ?
Just when Li Sanjiang was at a loss, the man in black spoke: "I'm sorry, sir, we have regulations here." If someone must know the origin of the bedside baby, they must tell some anecdotes or official shady stories, otherwise those bedside babies will treat you as an alien and throw you into the pool, making you uncomfortable. " Li Sanqiang thought: I have been familiar with all kinds of books since I was a child, so naturally I have to tell some anecdotes. However, I'm a little embarrassed to say that there is shady officialdom, but in order to complete the task given by the emperor, I'm also throwing caution to the wind. ?
So he nodded to the man in black: "Well, boss, I can do whatever you want." ?
Soon, they entered a hall in the cave. The hall was brightly lit, and a dozen bedside babies were sitting around a huge stone bed. The babies at the bedside are all less than three feet tall, but their hands are as smooth as white jade. ?
"You tell these bedside baby an anecdote first. Wait, I will come to see you again and tell you about the origin of these bedside treasures! " The man in black finished and walked out of the cave. ?
Li Sanqiang smiled at the babies by the bed and told them a strange story about a dwarf looking for a wife. Unexpectedly, the babies at the bedside shouted angrily, "You bad guy, laughing at us as dwarfs!" " I tell you, we are not dwarfs, we are bedside babies! " ?
Li Sanqiang quickly changed into a smiling face: "Don't worry, I'll tell you another joke!" " "Who knows those bedside babies don't buy his account? One of them stared at Li Sanjiang and pointed to a steaming pool behind him. " Tell us your shady business in officialdom, or we'll throw you into the pool! " ?
Li Sanjiang quickly shook his head: "You misunderstood, I am not an official, so I don't know the officialdom shady!" ?
"Not an official, then why did you come here? Let's throw him down. " The baby at the head of the bed who took the lead cried. The babies at the bedside all jumped out of bed and surrounded Li Sanqiang. ?
The cold sweat on Li Sanqiang's forehead came down. He knows that he can't get out without some shady officialdom. Forget it, these bedside treasures are also for entertainment. I might as well make up some stories for them. ?
Strangely, the babies at the bedside had an insight into the god fabricated by Li Sanqiang, and they forced Li Sanqiang to tell him about his corruption. When Li Sanqiang faltered out a sum of money he had embezzled from the victim, the babies beside the bed gave a loud laugh. They heaved Li Sanqiang up and threw him into the steaming pool. ?
Although the water in that pool is very hot, it is very comfortable. Li Sanqiang just thinks that the water in this pool is poisonous, but now he feels a sense of comfort rushing straight at his seven gods and six veins, which makes him feel extremely comfortable. When Li Sanjiang was soaked and got up, he found that the man in black had come in. The man in black handed Li Sanjiang a cup of ginger soup and said to him, "Drink a cup of ginger soup first, and then I will tell you about the origin of these bedside treasures." ?
Li Sanjiang took the ginger soup and gulped it down. Then, he sat down and waited to hear the story of the baby beside the bed told by the man in black. ?
Seeing that Li Sanqiang had finished drinking ginger soup, the man in black said cheerfully to Li Sanqiang, "Li's adult, I don't need to tell you the origin of the baby beside the bed!" " ?
Li Sanjiang was surprised and asked, "Boss, why? How do you know my last name is Li? " ?
"Because you are a bedside baby!" The man in black smiled coldly, pointed to the pool behind him and said, "What you just made is bone shrinking water, and what you drink is water that can be forgotten." In three days, you will shrink into a baby three feet high at the head of the bed. After half an hour, you will forget all the past ...?
After listening to the words of the men in black, Li Sanqiang knelt down in front of the men in black: "The boss forgave me, and the boss forgave me. I'm here on orders from the emperor. You can't do this! " ?
The men in black laughed and shouted at Li Sanqiang: "Li Sanqiang, you see clearly. I am not the boss, my boss is him! " After that, he pointed to a portrait on the stone wall and turned to ignore Li Sanqiang. ?
Li Sanqiang looked up at the portrait trembling. He understood everything when he saw the man in the portrait. Suddenly, he felt sore all over, and then he remembered nothing. Finally, he let out a cry and fell to the ground. ?
At this time, the man in black said to a waiter next to him, "Come, Liu, put this bedside treasure on the board for him. He embezzled money from ordinary people. Let him serve the people in the next life! " ?
It doesn't matter who is in the portrait. However, according to the eunuchs who worked beside Kangxi, some important officials in officialdom disappeared every year. When officials told Kangxi these things, Kangxi always smiled, nodded and walked into the harem.