A long time ago, the Buddha was reincarnated as a nine-color deer. The deer is nine colors, and the top corner of the bucket is as white as snow. This deer often eats aquatic plants along the banks of the river. It is accompanied by a crow all the year round and gets along well.
One day, a piece of wood floated from the upper reaches of the Ganges River. A man was holding the wood in the raging torrent and shouted, "Help! Help! Mountain gods, tree gods, gods and dragon kings, help me! "
Jiuse deer saw that the situation was critical and had no time to think about it. He quickly jumped into the middle of the river and reached the man. The man immediately grabbed the horn of Jiuse deer, and Jiuse deer swam to the shore and rescued the man from danger.
When the man reached the shore, he quickly knelt down, banged the head of Jiuse deer and turned around Jiuse deer three times to express his gratitude.
The man said, "I am very grateful to you for saving my life." I'd rather be your slave and get you water plants and supplies. "
"Don't bother," said the nine-color deer. You'd better do your own thing. If you really want to repay the debt, don't tell the world where you live now. Lest the world kill me for my fur and horns. "
Hearing this, the man found his way home.
Soon, the queen once dreamed that a nine-color deer was very beautiful. Wake up and get the fur and horns of this nine-color deer. I pretended to be ill in bed.
When the king heard that the queen was ill in bed, he came to visit and asked why. The queen told the king what she thought truthfully. He said, "Your Majesty, you must find a way to help me find this nine-color deer. I want to make the fur of the nine-color deer into leather clothes, and the antlers as dust. If I don't get what I want, I have no interest in living. It is better to die. "
"Madam, rest assured, as the king of a country, what can't I get? I'll send someone to find it now. "
After the king returned to the palace, he told people to announce to the whole country: if anyone gets a nine-color deer for the king, the king will enfeoffment the whole country and reward him with 100 thousand pieces of gold, silver and jewelry.
People who have been saved by Jiuse deer know this news, and evil thoughts rise in their hearts: "I said Jiuse deer can make a fortune, and now it is true." Whether Jiuse deer is an animal or not, what does life and death have to do with me, or my wealth matters. "I made up my mind, so I unveiled the list and came to the king:" Report to your king: I know where Jiuse deer is. I can take you there. "
The words sound just fell and the man's face was covered with boils.
The king was overjoyed and said to the man, "If I really get the skin and horns of the nine-color deer, I will give you half of the land."
The man said, "King. Although this nine-color deer is an animal, it is very powerful. You have to bring more soldiers and horses to catch. "
Hearing this, the king personally led this large group of people under the guidance of that man to the residence of Jiuse Deer.
The crow knew it was bad when he saw a large group of people coming from a distance. He quickly shouted from the tree, "Get up, Jiuse deer, the king is coming to get you."
But the nine-color deer is too deep to wake it.
The crow crowed a few times, but the deer was still awake. In desperation, the crow flew away from the treetops and pecked the ear of the nine-color deer, trying to wake it up. However, it was too late, and the king's army was surrounded by nine-color deer.
When the nine-color deer looked around, there was no possibility of escape. My heart crossed and I walked towards the king's car. He looked around, bent his bow and arrow to shoot the nine-color deer. The king was very surprised when he saw the nine-color deer coming towards him. Hurriedly stop his men from hurting Jiuse deer: "Jiuse deer is by no means an ordinary animal. Is it a god who came down to earth? "
The deer said to the king, "Your Majesty, don't hurt me. I have always been good to your subjects. "
The king was surprised. "Oh, who is that man?"
Jiuse deer said, "I once saved a man in your country." Having said that, Jiuse Deer knelt down to the king: "Excuse me, Your Majesty, who told me I was here?"
The king pointed to a man standing by the car and said, "It was the man with boils on his face who told me."
Jiuse deer looked up and burst into tears: "Your Majesty, this man almost drowned in this river, and I was desperate to save him. He promised not to tell the world where I lived. Now I bite the hand that feeds me. I brought someone to hurt me. This villain's heart is repeated, and it is better for the wood to rise and fall in the water. "
The king was very ashamed when he heard the words of Jiuse Deer: "My subjects are so ungrateful, which really makes me lose face." That is, I reprimanded this person and ordered the whole country: "Whoever dares to hurt a deer, I will destroy its five families." Then take people back to the palace.
At that time, the deer herds in the whole country were sheltered by the king and gradually grew up. Deer have nothing to do with people and get along well. Since then, the country has been in good weather, the country is rich and the people are safe, the grain is abundant, and the people are free from diseases and disasters. The king also lived a long and healthy life, and later died without a disease.
The Buddha said to his disciples, "Although I was reincarnated as an animal way in my previous life, I did not give up my compassion and successfully transformed people and animals. Disciples, Sun Tuoli is the late ruler, Ananda is the crow, devadatta is the man I saved, and Jiuse Deer is my predecessor. Devadatta has always opposed me, but now he opposes me everywhere. Ananda, if you want to get to the other side smoothly, you must be diligent and humiliated. "