Chapter 284 Monkism

Huang Shusheng, a son of a family, is quite talented and ambitious. There is a temple outside the village. There is a monk living in the temple, and he has a deep friendship with scholars. Soon after, the monk went out on a cloud tour. After more than ten years, he returned to the temple. At first sight of the scholar, he sighed, "The prince is very talented. I thought you had been developed for a long time. Why are you still a civilian? I think you will be blessed. Do you have 10,000 copper coins around you? I'll try to bribe the Yinsi gods for you to find an official position.

The scholar said, "No." The monk said, "Five thousand copper coins can always be collected. I'll figure out the rest and see you in three days." After the monk left, the scholar sold the property and finally collected 5,000 copper coins. Three days later, the monk came and took a package in his hand, which was full of copper plates, and said, "This is 5,000 copper coins."

There is a well in the scholar's home, which is bottomless. Some people say that this well runs through the rivers and seas. The monk came to the well and said to the scholar, "I'll go back to the temple to do it. Half an hour later, you put all 10,000 copper coins into the well. He waited quietly, waited for a copper coin to rise in the well, and immediately knelt down and bowed. After saying that, he turned around and left.

The scholar didn't know what spell the monk was going to use, and he had no confidence in him. He thought, "It's a pity that the amount of 10,000 copper coins is not small. It's really a pity to throw it into the well for nothing." So he took out a thousand copper coins and put them into the well, and the rest was secretly hidden. Suddenly, huge bubbles kept coming out of the well, with a sonorous sound, and a copper plate rose from the bottom of the well, as big as a wheel, filling the whole surface of the water. The scholar was stunned and immediately knelt down and kowtowed. He took out another 4,000 copper coins and put them into the well, but it was blocked by a huge copper plate, which was difficult to sink.

At dusk, the monk went back and blamed him, "Why didn't you put all the copper money?" The scholar said, "All of them have been voted." The monk said, "Are you still lying? The messenger of the underworld told me that he only received a thousand copper coins. Such a little copper money is only enough to buy a quota. Originally, 10,000 copper coins were enough to buy the title of sergeant. Since you are so stingy, who is to blame for this?

In this year's scientific examination, the scholar was indeed admitted to the deputy Gongsheng. Later, he participated in the imperial examination many times until he died of old age, and he was still Gongsheng.