Chapter 53 Mr. Zhang

Mr. Zhang, a native of Shanxi. Because of her daughter's wedding, the whole family went to Jiangnan to buy a dowry. When the ship arrived in Jinshan, Mr. Zhang crossed the river first and told his family to wait on the boat and not to cook fish, because there was a big monster living in the river with a snout. Every time he smelled the smell of meat, he would come out to make waves and swallow the boat and eat people, which had been harmful for a long time.

After Mr. Zhang left, his family forgot to tell him to barbecue in the cabin without permission. Suddenly, the huge waves in the river overturned the boat, and all the wives and daughters sank into the heart of the river. When Mr. Zhang returned, he didn't see his family. He knew that he had been killed and was dying. He immediately went to Jinshan Temple to visit the old monk and inquire about the strange information. He wanted to kill him quickly.

When the old monk heard the words, he said in horrificently, "The monster is fierce. We have been neighbors with it for many years. We have often been persecuted. In order to protect ourselves, we have to worship it as an immortal. After a while, we have to slaughter cattle, kill sheep and pigs. Half of them throw themselves into the heart of the river. Every time we eat, we swallow it in one bite, and then they go away. Who dares to be the enemy? "

Mr. Zhang listened attentively, thought hard, and finally came up with a trick to deal with the monster: he found a group of blacksmiths to make iron halfway up the mountain, weighing more than a hundred catties. He asked the monster's usual river section, commanded several strong men, and worked together to throw the iron block into the heart of the river with big iron pliers. The monster jumped out and swallowed the iron. Block into the belly. After a long time, the waves on the river surged like mountains, and in an instant, the waves were calm. Looking at it, the body of the big monster floated on the water and was already dead.

In the past business trip, when the monks in the temple heard the news, they all clapped their hands and paid for the construction of Zhang Laoxiang's ancestral temple, and hung portraits to pray and worship, which was said to be very effective.