Zhang Xiao shot a phoenix.

A long time ago, there was a rich man named Zhang Million in Bashan. The son's name is Zhang Youen. Father and son are very capable, which is a good way to save money, but they are very kind and kind to the villagers, so they are respected by the villagers.

Song Renzong four years, Zhang Youen married a wife, maiden name is Fan, is also the daughter of a large family. She is virtuous and capable. After a son, named Zhang Xiao. Zhang Xiao is smart, gentle, considerate and very smart. Deeply loved by parents, the family lived happily. As the saying goes, there are unexpected events in the sky, and people are doomed. Less than two years old, Fan unfortunately died of serious illness, leaving his youngest son without maternal love. Zhang Youen is very sad, very sad. He pleaded with heaven, "My family has been loyal for generations. Why is heaven blind and I am the master? "

Now, how can you live without your husband and young son? "After half a year, the villagers saw Zhang Youen dragging his son to live a hard life, middle-aged widowed, and his heart was miserable. For the sake of his son, they suggested that he take another wife. You En thinks that his youngest son, Zhang Xiao, has no mother's pain, so he listened to the villagers' advice. After reconciliation, she married a girl from a big Wang family in Yaochangyu. After Wang passed the door, he worked hard to manage the family, respected his in-laws and cared for them. The Zhang family was happy again.

The following year, Wang gave birth to a son and named him. When Zhang Li was seven, Zhang Xiao was ten. A school auditorium opened in Daping, five miles from home. Both Zhang Xiao and Zhang Li went to school. Because of the high mountains and dangerous roads, children can only go to school and go home once a month to get rice, rice and vegetables. Living in the school auditorium, with Jenny's careful care, you can rest assured at home. One day, a letter suddenly came from home, saying that Zhang Xiao's mother was very ill and asked his brother to go back and visit. Zhang Xiao thought that his younger brother was still young, just beginning to understand, and his studies could not be delayed, so he let his younger brother stay at school and go home to visit his mother alone. Zhang Xiao went home to visit his mother. Every day, he served soup and medicine, served tea and water, and was as filial as his own son. No matter how filial Zhang Xiao is, she can't alleviate her mother's illness, which is getting worse every day. Zhang Xiao was very sad, so he prayed to heaven: Please open his eyes and bless his mother to recover soon. That night, Zhang Xiao had a dream that an old man with a white beard said to him, "Zhang Xiao, you have lost a mother. You can't lose a second mother." If you want to save your mother, you must use your filial piety Zhang Xiao replied, "I am willing to use my heart as medicine to treat my mother." . At dawn the next day, Zhang Xiao said to his father, "Dad, in order to save his mother's life, my son has sworn to heaven that he will use his heart as medicine." "Then he cut open his chest, took out his heart and gave it to his father, and fell to the ground. Just then, the Jade Emperor ordered a bodhisattva, and a gust of wind swept away Zhang Xiao, leaving no bones. Zhang Youen's heart is like a knife. For the sake of his wife, he endured grief and boiled his heart into soup and gave it to the king. At that time, he felt refreshed and refreshed, and his illness was swept away. Wang asked what a panacea it was, but it had an immediate effect. With a kind cry, his son Zhang Xiao made a wish to save his mother's life and cut his liver to save his mother. Hearing this, Wang ran out of the house crying to see the body. Where else? The couple wept bitterly. Just then, they saw Zhang Xiao come in from the outside. When Zhang Youen saw Zhang Xiao, it was like seeing a pearl in the dark. He grabbed his son and the three of them cried bitterly. Whether it's sad or happy, it's all sweet.

Besides, Zhang Li is studying at school, and my brother goes home to visit his mother. Why didn't he go back to the school auditorium for days? Is it because his mother is seriously ill? He was always worried, so he asked for leave to visit.

When I got home, I was very happy to see my mother recovered from illness and the family reunited. One day later, the two brothers returned to the school library to study.

Before long, Wang's old illness suddenly recurred, but this time it was fierce. As soon as he is ill, he will soon die. Zhang Xiao told his younger brother to study, and then went home to visit his mother alone. I was extremely anxious to see my mother seriously ill. I only hate that I am too young to help my mother out. I have to wait at my mother's bedside day and night. He just paused, in a daze. Last time the old man with white beard came to tell him that phoenix meat could cure your mother's illness, and then he disappeared again. When I woke up, it was just after the fourth watch. The next day, Zhang Xiao asked his father where there was a phoenix, and the fairy told him that the phoenix meat could cure his mother's illness. When Zhang Youen heard his son ask where there was a phoenix, he said awkwardly, "Son, only Phoenix Mountain has a phoenix. Speaking of this Phoenix Mountain, it is far and dangerous. There is a ballad circulating in the rivers and lakes, dedicated to the steep Phoenix Mountain. The ballad says: "Phoenix Mountain, on the horizon, the dangerous peak is high and high, three feet three feet away from the sky;" "To climb the Phoenix Mountain, you must bring a bow and arrow. It is not safe to keep a sword. If you want to shoot a phoenix bird, you must eat its courage. " Zhang Xiao is not afraid and says; "In order to save my mother, no matter how difficult it is, I will use my life to fight back the Phoenix." Seeing that Zhang Youen couldn't beat his son, he had to prepare dry food for him, bring a bow and arrow, and he set off. Strange to say, after seven or eight hundred miles, Zhang Xiao arrived in five days. At the foot of the mountain, I looked at Phoenix Mountain and even lifted my hat. Really, that mountain peak is inserted into the sky and foggy. Zhang Xiao climbed the Phoenix Mountain happily without fear. Thanks to God's help, Zhang Xiao shot a colorful phoenix effortlessly. Zhang Xiao excitedly carried the phoenix bird down the mountain, but just got down to the mountain pass, but he was caught by the villagers guarding Phoenix Mountain. A rope was tied up and sent to Kaifeng House to sue Bao Gong. Because there was a royal decree in the court at that time: Phoenix is a bird that is forbidden to hunt. This is the king of birds and should be protected by royal laws. According to the law, those who kill a phoenix will be beheaded; The man who killed two phoenixes killed nine families. Zhang Xiao knew that he had violated the king's laws and should be beheaded according to the law. He thought that if he was beheaded, Phoenix would be beaten in vain, and his mother would still be helpless. The more I think about it, the sadder it gets. I was in tears in the lobby, begging Lord Bao to give me half a month's grace, and then I'll come to justice when he sends the chicken home and saves my mother. So I explained in detail why I shot Phoenix to save my mother. Lord Bao was deeply moved by his filial piety, thinking that he had such filial piety at an early age, he immediately allowed him to take Phoenix home to save his mother and let the general and the general accompany him. Wang, his mother, eats phoenix meat and drinks phoenix soup. Sure enough, the medicine was cured and the health was as good as ever. Zhang Xiao was both happy and sad to see his mother recover. In order not to make his parents sad, he kept a secret about the crime of shooting Phoenix, saying only that he killed a beast for the local people in the area of Phoenix Mountain and reported it to the local government for reward. The government sent two military lords together. With great joy, parents held a farewell dinner for their sons Zhang Long and Zhao Hu. I went to the reading room and secretly called out Mr. Wang, saying that I would ask for punishment for my mother's violation of the law, and left a letter for my brother, asking the teacher to give it to my brother three days later and let him go to Phoenix Mountain to collect his body.

After Zhang Xiao left, the more he thought about it, the more sad he became. The next day, he couldn't help telling Zhang Li the truth and showed him the letter. Zhang Li listened and ran, asking for directions. At this time, Taibai Venus came to the fork in the road at the orders of the Jade Emperor. When she saw Zhang Li, she pointed with her hand and said "change"! Zhang Li became like Zhang Xiao. When Zhang Li arrived at the giving ceremony at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain, he heard a soul-chasing cannon and shouted "Put people under the sword"! The thugs raised their knives, and Zhang Li jumped to Zhang Xiao's side. Shouting, "I'm Zhang Xiao, I killed the wrong person." Thugs see two people look exactly alike, can't tell who is the real Zhang Xiao, just report to Bao Ye, Bao Ye can't tell, also can't punish. Master Bao pities his dutiful son, and it's hard to tell the difference when he sees two dutiful sons. This is also the reason why filial piety touches heaven and earth, and this strange phenomenon will appear. I thought of a way to excuse Zhang Xiao, ordered his men to stab a scarecrow to death, told Zhang Xiao to take off his clothes and put them on him, and announced: "God has an imperial decree: twenty-four filial piety, and Zhang Xiao must seal the knife. There is no other way but to replace the real person with a grass man, behead the grass man, save Zhang Xiao's life and send him back to his hometown to continue his studies. "