Penglai, Shandong Province, the story of the Eight Immortals, according to the local 80-year-old Ge Chuanbao, Mr. Liu Jianmin finishing, the story of the beginning and end of the following:
Lv Dongbin was originally a scholar, two times to participate in the Imperial Examinations have not been successful, and from then on, he did not study, and relied on the family property left behind by the grandparents, guests to visit friends and friends, play in the mountains and the water, and live a free and easy life.
Before Lu Dongbin became an immortal, he had a friend named Gouxin, whose parents were both dead and whose family was very poor.
Lv Dongbin was very sympathetic to him, and he swore brotherhood, and invited him to live in his house, hoping that he could study hard, so that he could have a future.
One day, Lv Dongbin's family came to a guest surnamed Lin, see Gouxin a talented person, study hard, then said to Lv Dongbin, "I want to betroth my sister to Gouxin, do you think so?" Lv Dongbin was afraid of delaying Gouxin's future, and hastened to push back, but Gouxin was moved by the news, and expressed his consent to the marriage to Lv Dongbin. Lu Dongbin said, "Miss Lin family is beautiful and virtuous, since your brother has decided, I will not stop, but after the marriage, I have to accompany the bride to sleep for three nights." Gouxin heard could not help but stare, but after thinking about it, or gritted his teeth and agreed. Gou dim marriage this day, Lu Dongbin joyful, and Gou dim but no face to see people, simply hide to the side does not show up. In the evening, the bride in the bridal chamber covered with a red veil, leaning on the bed and sitting. At this time, Lu Dongbin came into the house, did not speak, just sit at the table under the lamp, buried in reading. Ms. Zhu waited until midnight, Wenfu still do not go to bed, had to sleep with their own clothes. Woke up in the morning, her husband has long been gone, three nights in a row are like this, can be bitter bad Miss Lin.
Goujin easily passed three days, just into the cave, see the mother is sad tears, quickly went forward to make amends, Ms. Lin just bowed his head and cried and said: "Langjun, why the three nights did not go to bed with the bed, only to the lamp reading, dark and come, dawn and go?" This question, asked Gouxin dazed, half a day, he only came to his senses. Feet a stomp, up to the sky laughing, said: "So it is my brother is afraid that I am greedy for fun, forget to read, with this method to motivate me. Brother can be said to be well-intentioned ah!" Ms. Lin was Gou said out of sight and out of mind, until Gou explained what happened, the two husband and wife only both rejoiced, and said in unison, "Brother Lu this grace, we will certainly repay in the future!"
A couple of years later, Gouxin really did the gold list as a big official, husband and wife and Lu Dongbin family tearful goodbye, to go to the office.
Eight years passed. This summer, the Lu family accidentally lost the fire, a large family property into a pile of ashes. Lu Dongbin had to use the remaining broken tiles and bricks built a thatched roof, and his wife and children in the inside to avoid the wind and rain, the days are very difficult. The couple discussed and decided to seek help from Gou Dim. Lu Dongbin went all the way to Gouxin's house, Gouxin was very sympathetic to Lu Dongbin's family fire, and warmly entertained him, but just did not mention the matter of help. Lu Dongbin stayed in Gouxin's house for more than a month, but Gouxin didn't give him any money, so he thought he was ungrateful and went home.
Lv Dongbin went home and saw that his family had built a new house, which was very strange. He was just about to step into the house, but he saw white paper on both sides of the gate, and knew that someone had died at home. He was shocked, panicked into the house, see the house put a coffin, his wife wearing mourning, is bawling. Lu Dongbin froze for half a day, before gently called out "mother". Mother looked back, terrified, trembling called: "you, are you a man or a ghost?" Lu Dongbin was even more surprised, asked: "Mother, why do you say that? I came back properly, how can I be a ghost?" The lady examined for a long time before she recognized that it was really Lu Dongbin and said, "Scared me to death!"
Originally, shortly after Lu Dongbin left, a group of people came to help him build a house, and left after building the house. The day before yesterday at noon, there was a large group of people carrying a coffin came in, said Lu Dongbin in the Gouxin family died of illness. When Lu Dongbin heard this, he knew it was a trick played by Gou Dim. He approached the coffin, took up a big axe to split the coffin in half, only to see that it was full of gold, silver and jewelry, and there was a letter on it, which read:
Gou Dim is not a heartless man, and sends gold and silver to build a house.
You let my wife stay in the room, I let your wife cry her heart out.
Lv Dongbin read the letter as if waking up from a dream, he laughed bitterly: "Xian Di, you this help, can help me good bitter ah!"
From then on, Lv and Gou's families became closer.
This is what is often referred to as "Gouxin Lv Dongbin, do not know the good people", because "Gouxin" and "dog bite" homophonic, passed around, it became The reason is that "Gouxin" and "dog bite" have the same sound, so it has become "dog bite Lv Dongbin, do not know the good heart".