Jiang Ziya had been studying Taoism in Kunlun Mountain for 40 years and had comprehended the Great Way of the Universe. Although he was 72 years old and had snow-white hair and beard, he was hale and hearty. He had a child-like face and had the ability of supernatural powers. He was proficient in the art of war and was full of military strategies for governing the country. Of course, the essence of his thoughts was materialist dialect, but there was no such term at that time. He did not know that he was integrated with materialist dialect.
On this day, the sun rose from the east and thousands of rays of light shone. Jiang Ziya had just finished practicing Taiji Fist when he heard Heavenly Lord Yuanshi say,"Disciple, come here." Honored Lord of the Origin sat cross-legged under the thousand-year-old tree. Jiang Ziya bowed and asked,""Master, what did you teach me?"
"When I observed the world, I realized that Emperor Xin of Shang did not understand materialistic metaphysics. He always made mistakes and caused the decline of the Shang Dynasty. He could no longer convince the masses. All the vassals were eager to seize the world. Once the war broke out, the people of the world suffered. I want to send you down the mountain to end the war in the shortest time possible so that the people of the world would not suffer from the war.”
"Which side will this disciple help to restore peace and prosperity?”
"I only want the result, not the process. As long as you can end the chaos in the world in the shortest time possible, save the world from the suffering of war, and restore peace and prosperity to the world, you can help whichever side you want.”
Jiang Ziya followed his master's order and went down Mount Kunlun. He first came to Zhaoge (Qi County, Henan Province), which he had not seen for a long time. Because he thought that cooking on an existing stove would save time and effort compared to starting a new stove, he wanted to help Shang Emperor Xin correct his mistakes and revitalize the Shang Dynasty. Who knew that Shang Emperor Xin did not take him seriously at all. The corrupt system was deeply rooted, and talents were suppressed and excluded. The situation was difficult, and it was difficult to survive. His talent and ambition could not be displayed at all. Therefore, Jiang Ziya left Zhaoge and came to the Wei River. It was the largest tributary of the Yellow River and originated from Niaoshu Mountain, Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province.），Seeing the beautiful scenery here, he settled down by Weishui River.
This time, Jiang Ziya learned his lesson. Others don't need help, but you insist on helping others. Others don't accept your help, but suspect that you have other intentions. When others came to ask for your help, they would sincerely accept the help and actively cooperate with you, getting twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, Jiang Ziya no longer went to the door to ask for help. Instead, he sat by the Wei River and fished every day. The hook was three feet high and straight, waiting for those who needed help to come to him. Whoever sincerely came to him for help first would help him seize the world and create a peaceful and prosperous world.
There was a woodcutter named Wuji who lived in the mountains beside the Wei River. He carried a load of firewood to sell in Qixia (now Qishan County, Shaanxi Province) every day. When he passed by the Wei River, he saw a white-haired old man fishing. The hook was three feet high in the water, and it was straight. He had never caught a fish. He thought to himself, Is there something wrong with this old man?”
On this day, Wu Ji walked to the bank of the Wei River carrying firewood. Seeing that it was still early, he put down the firewood and greeted Jiang Ziya,""Hey, old man, did you catch any fish?"
Jiang Ziya closed his eyes to rest and replied,"I don't fish. I only fish for princes."”
This sentence made Wuji laugh out loud."Hahaha, Marquess Fishing? Wasn't this crazy? Were there kings in the water? Wang Hou, are you stupid? Hahaha, you're really interesting. Are you crazy?”
Jiang Ziya opened his eyes slightly and looked at Wu Ji. He exclaimed,""Not good, you'll have a bloody disaster today. You'll kill people if you go out. Go home quickly and don't go out for three days.”
Buggy was a hothead and immediately felt uncomfortable."I collect and sell firewood, why would I kill people? This old man is scolding me in a roundabout way." "You're f * cking cursing me? I was just joking with you. Is it worth it for you to curse me like this?" Are you asking for a beating? Let's see if I dare to beat you up." As he said that, he pounced on Jiang Ziya and grabbed his collar, wanting to punch him.
Jiang Ziya said,"Hero, stop." If you don't believe me, let's make a bet. If my words don't come true today, I'll compensate you with 20 seashells. If it comes true, I don't need any compensation from you. I'll win if you don't hit me.”As he spoke, he took out a handful of seashells and showed them to Wu Ji.
Buji thought to himself," I can't sell 10 seashells for a load of firewood. If I win, I'll win 20 seashells. If I lose, I won't lose anything. Where can I find such a good thing?" I'll be careful when I enter the city. I'll definitely win today.”He said,"It's a deal. If I leave, what if you run?"
Jiang Ziya pointed at the thatched cottage not far away and said,""I won't run away. I'll stay there. If you come back from selling firewood, come and find me.”
"Wait for me." Wuji carried the firewood and went into the city.
When Wuji reached the city gate, the rope tying the firewood in front of him suddenly broke. With a whoosh, the carrying pole was thrown backward and hit the head of a person behind him. The person was knocked to the ground. Blood flowed from his head and he twitched a few times before he died. " Uncle!" Wuji hurriedly hugged the man and shouted." Uncle! Uncle!" The man did not respond at all.
The soldiers guarding the gate dispersed the crowd and pulled Wu Ji to the side of the road. They drew a circle on the ground and told Wu Ji to go to jail. At that time, the law enforcers would draw a circle on the ground and the criminals would be imprisoned in the circle.
Buji sat in the circle and cried bitterly. He kept saying,"Mom, I can't go back. What are you going to do?”
Coincidentally, Uncle Ji Chang was inspecting the people and walked to the city gate. When he heard Wu Ji calling for his mother, he walked over and asked,"What happened?"
Wuji cried as he recounted the entire story of how he killed the man, saying,"I have an 80-year-old mother at home who is waiting for me to sell the firewood and go home. She doesn't know that I have committed a crime today and can't go back. I want to go home and tell my mother to make her life safe before going to jail.”
Ji Chang was a person who valued filial piety. He said,"Yes." He ordered the soldiers to release Bukit and said to Bukit,""Three days later, before sunrise, you will return to serve your sentence in prison.”
Bukit rushed home and told his mother what had happened today. His mother said,"If you go to jail, who will I rely on in the future?”After thinking for a while, he said to Wuji," That fishing old man can tell that you're going to be in trouble today. Go and ask him if he has a way to save you."”
Wu Ji quickly ran down the mountain to look for Jiang Ziya. Jiang Ziya saw Wu Ji running over from afar and thought,""Strange, he should be in jail for killing someone. Why did he come to me? Could it be that he didn't kill anyone and came to ask me for money?”
Just as Jiang Ziya was thinking about it in confusion, Wu Ji ran to Jiang Ziya and knelt down in front of him. He told him the whole story and begged,""Once I go to jail, my mother will starve to death. Uncle, please save us.”
Jiang Ziya stroked his silver beard and pondered for a moment before saying,""Go home and dig a deep pit under your bed. On the third day, lie in the deep pit and let your mother sprinkle rice grains on you.”Wu Ji went back and did as Jiang Ziya said.
On the third day, the sun was already high up in the sky. The guard at the gate still did not see Wu Ji return to prison, so he came to ask Ji Chang,""Should we go to his house to catch him?" Ji Chang's divination was accurate. He said,"Let me read your fortune first."”Ji Chang did a divination and said to the soldier,"Forget it. This person had already fallen off the cliff and died.”
Wu Ji was saved. He admired Jiang Ziya so much that he wanted to be Jiang Ziya's disciple. Jiang Ziya did not want to take him as a disciple, so Wu Ji begged Jiang Ziya to take him as a disciple every day. Jiang Ziya was annoyed, but seeing his sincerity, he accepted him as a disciple. Wu Ji later became a general of Western Zhou.
In the autumn, Ji Chang went to the mountains to investigate the people's situation. He heard a song."The spring water is long and the spring grass is strange. The goldfish has not met the hidden stream. The world does not know Gao Xianzhi, but regards him as an old fishing rock beside the stream.”He felt that the lyrics were very mysterious. The woodcutter who was singing and carrying a load of firewood was none other than Wuji, who had accidentally killed someone at the city gate. Ji Chang thought to himself, My gossip has never been wrong. I predicted that he fell off the cliff to his death. How is he still alive?”He immediately ordered someone to bring Buji over for interrogation. Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Wu Ji could only explain the whole process to Ji Chang.
When Ji Chang heard this, he knew that Wu Ji had met an expert. Ji Chang was ambitious and wanted to replace the Shang Emperor Xin when he saw that the Shang Emperor Xin was not good at governing the country. However, even a centipede would not die. Although the Shang Dynasty had no vitality, the small Xiqi was far from being a match for the Shang Dynasty. Xi Bo Ji Chang had always wanted to find a capable person to assist him and realize his wish to replace Emperor Xin of the Shang Dynasty. Ji Chang felt that the master that Wu Ji met was the capable man that he had been looking forward to day and night. After returning to the city, he immediately sent his son Ji Fa to the bank of Wei River with a generous gift to hire Jiang Ziya. Jiang Ziya closed his eyes and rested." I'm fishing, I'm fishing. I won't go until the big one arrives."”No matter how Ji Fa pleaded, Jiang Ziya ignored him.
Ji Fa went back and told his father, Ji Chang. Ji Chang said,"He wants me to invite him personally." Ji Chang came to the bank of the Wei River with expensive gifts and told Jiang Ziya his intention. Jiang Ziya agreed. Ji Chang invited Jiang Ziya to take a luxurious carriage into the city, but Jiang Ziya refused to take the luxurious carriage. He wanted to take his family's handcart and asked Ji Chang to personally pull him into the city.
Ji Chang thought to himself, In order to realize my dream of ruling the world, it's worth it to suffer this bit of grievance.”After helping Jiang Ziya onto the cart, Ji Chang put the rope on his shoulder and held the handle with both hands. He pulled the cart forward with all his might. He walked 301 steps to the west (301 years after the Western Zhou Dynasty established its capital in Xi'an), but realized that he had made a mistake. He quickly turned his head and walked 507 steps to the east (507 years after the Eastern Zhou Dynasty established its capital in Luoyang). The rope suddenly broke and Ji Chang fell to the ground. Jiang Ziya quickly got out of the car and helped Ji Chang up. Ji Chang said,""I'm fine. Please get in the car, sir. Let's continue our journey and return to the palace early to drink and eat.”Jiang Ziya said,"Forget it. If you pull me 808 steps, I'll protect your country for 808 years."”
Ji Chang was overjoyed when he heard that. He thought," If I pull him a step, he will protect my family for a year. Where can I find such a good thing?"”He quickly invited Jiang Ziya to get on the cart and continued to pull him.
Jiang Ziya smiled." Everything has its destiny. It's destiny. You can't force it."”Without needing Ji Chang to invite him, he boarded the luxurious carriage and waved at Ji Chang.""Get in the car and let's go." Ji Chang didn't have enough. He slowly boarded the luxurious carriage and returned to Qixia City with Jiang Ziya.
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