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Chapter 6 Introduction (1) ([-])
Wickram was methodical in his trial of cases.A woman poisons her middle-aged husband for falling in love with a young man.Generally speaking, it would not be too much to pull such a woman to feed the dogs, and it would completely ruin her reputation.But Wickram was unexpected - he ordered the prisoner's nose to be cut off.This punishment not only severely punishes criminals, but also deters others from committing similar crimes again.Sometimes, treachery and impudence are inseparable. For this kind of people, Wickram often parades the prisoners and makes them ride upside down on a small paper-painted donkey decorated with ears of wheat. body.After these things, the women of Ujjain have become very honest, although sometimes men make such excessive mistakes.

Every day, Wickram sat on the throne to interrogate the prisoners.He was always watching the answers, gestures, and facial expressions of prisoners, litigants, and witnesses.As I said before, he especially distrusted women, as if they were the source of evil.No matter how difficult the case is, as long as he handles it, it will never be easy to judge.He often asks suddenly: "Who is she?" The defendant is often at a loss and panicked.Sometimes, Wickram will be able to see the truth of the matter.Generally speaking, unless it is the kind of woman who is very good at concealing, it is absolutely impossible to hide it from him.Even if this happens, Wickram can deal with them.

When dealing with money disputes, the king strictly followed the established legal regulations and asked people in the legal profession. He never judged right or wrong based on his own subjective assumptions.During the trial, he was always very patient when the plaintiff and the defendant spoke their own difficult dialect, or encountered children or the elderly.He will never let the petitioners be wronged just because they are lowly people.He symbolizes justice.Even a small matter, he is unusually cautious.Because he still remembers a sentence when he was young: small things lose big.He would hand the petition to the clerk who would read it to him; when he had finished reading, the letter would be put away in the inner chamber, and the pleadings would be kept by another scribe.On one occasion a cunning clerk went so far as to cover up a very important case.After a rigorous investigation and the truth was known to the king, he cut off the minister's ear and right hand.It hasn't happened since.

While governing the country, King Vikram would also attack the towns and villages of the enemy country, but the enemy's resistance was always fierce, and sometimes he would suffer defeat.This kind of thing happened once or twice, so his ambition of unifying the world has not been realized for a long time.

One day, he came to a village and heard such a conversation among local villagers.A woman gave a child some cakes, but the child ate only the middle, leaving the sides unmoved.When the child asked the mother again, she said: "It is the same reason that the child eats cakes and Wickram intends to unify the world. They don't know how to take care of the overall situation." The child asked: "Mom, why is this? I do What? What did Wickram do?" She answered, "You threw away the edges of the pie, my child, and ate only the middle. Wickram, too, was ambitious, and before he attacked the town, he Lost the frontiers, just wanting to attack the heart of the country. Who knows that is just a waste of time. In other words, if the townspeople and other rebels rise up against him, he will be hit by the enemy. What he is doing now is just wasting Time and force, just plain stupid."

Wickram was very inspired after hearing this.He hastened to drill the army, starting with the attack on the frontier, so that enemy support from the outer towns could not so easily support the army in the center.Thus, his conquest went well.After a short rest, he used the same method to prepare a stronger army, which was used to control the capitals and provinces of each kingdom when he unified the world.

One day, when Vikram was in the early court, a young businessman named Mar Dave came to Ujjain, and brought a team of camels and elephants into the palace.When the adoration was over, he placed a fruit in the king's hand, which he said he had always carried with him.Then he knelt on the prayer rug and prayed.Not long after, about a quarter of an hour later, he stood up, left without saying anything.At this time, the king thought of what the giant said. This person may be the disguise of a strange person that the giant said.Thinking this way in his heart, he didn't eat the fruit, but said to his steward, take care of this fruit.However, the young merchant went to visit the king every day from then on, and each time he presented the same gift.

One morning, the ministers accompanied him to go out on a tour to see how the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.This time, the young businessman also came.This time, like the first time, he put a fruit in the king's palm.When the king was looking at the fruit, suddenly, a monkey jumped out of their heads among the horses, snatched the fruit, and tore it to pieces.At this time, a bright ruby ​​jumped out from the middle, and the king and ministers were stunned, unable to speak a word.

Wickram said to the young merchant, "Why did you give me such an expensive gift?" At this moment he was really a little sure of his guess.

"Oh, my venerable majesty," Mal Dave replied with a solemn expression: "In the ritual of the Indian sacred scriptures, it was written: 'After meeting the princes, moral education teachers, judges, young girls and the parents of your fiancée, Time, please be sure not to meet empty-handed.'”

Wickram thought to himself, what about the previous one?Are they all rubies?As he wished to ascertain the matter, the king said to his steward, "Bring here the fruits that I gave you before." Hearing this, the loyal treasurer at once took all the fruits and split them open. , Sure enough, there is a ruby ​​in each fruit, and each one is equal in size and shining brightly.King Wickram was very happy when he saw this.He had a jeweler appraise it for him.The gem dealer said: "These are priceless treasures, all of which are of the highest quality. Only noble people deserve to own them. I can only quote a sentence from a father who is about to die to illustrate the value of these things." Brothers who have come to hurt themselves viciously say: "I will say to God and you and my dear son that I am only gone for a while, and that I shall live in this world!")
After finishing this sentence excitedly, the jeweler said: "King Maha (King Maha: a common name for a king), whoever owns these jewels, he owns everything; Noble virtue is with us all the time and it is the best weapon to win the world.Listen my venerable king,all jewels are rare treasures in color,texture and luster.Let me say this,every one Jewelry is worth hundreds of billions of Suva Mas (units of gold dollars), you may still not understand. Let’s put it this way, the value of each gemstone can buy one-seventh of the land in the world.”

Hearing what the jeweler said, the king was very happy. Although the result may not be able to achieve these, he was still very happy, praised the jeweler, and then sent him away.Then he immediately invited the young merchant into the palace, and said to him, "My whole kingdom is worth less than one ruby; tell me, who gave me so many rubies?"

Mal Dave replied: "Oh, my dear Majesty, it is not appropriate to say this in public. The things that can be said in public are prayers, drugs, curses, trivial matters, family affairs, forbidden things. I will tell you the right and wrong of food and neighbors in private. When six people know something, it cannot be said to be a secret; if four people know it, it may still spread; if only two of us know , the founding god of the Brahmans could not have known about this, so of course it would be impossible for any news to come out.”

Hearing what he said, King Wickram called Mal Dave aside and said to him: "My child, you have given me so many jewels, and I have not repaid you. I am very sorry. Tell me, you want What do you want?"

The young businessman said: "My lord, my name is not Mal Dave, I am Shanda Hill (the name means "quiet temper"), a devout believer, and I will Come to a large cemetery on the banks of the Godavari River to perform my curses and spells. Having performed such spells, I have the eight powers of nature. This is what I ask you in return, and then, I will be with you You and your son stay one night. Remember, you must come, and my spell will definitely work."

Hearing this, Wickram almost jumped up from the throne, but he was a king after all, he still tried his best to control his emotions, and said slowly: "Okay, we will go, tell me Exact date!"

"Come with me," said the jeweler, "and you may take your arms, but not your retinue, on the second week of the month of Bihadra (August. In the Hindu lunar year, this month has only two weeks). No. 14 days, that is, come on Monday night." The king said: "I will follow your wishes, and I will come to the appointment on time." Shanda Hill made an appointment with the king in this way, left the palace, and he returned to his house .After that, he started building the temple and got all the necessities ready to start his ritual in the cemetery.

The heroic Wickram went back to the palace, and thought for a long time according to his previous experience, to see if there was any other meaning in this adventure.He laughed at himself, how could he be afraid of such a small matter, but he was still unwilling to tell even his most trusted minister about it.

When that evening, just after night fell, the valiant king and his son walked towards the cemetery, they wrapped the turbans around their necks, and carried a sharp knife under their armpits, to prevent any enemy, beast or demon from coming out of the dark. Get out and attack yourself.Through the side door, they walked along the path to the cemetery by the river.

Night came, and it was dark.It was raining in winter, and they had to step up and move forward quickly.The dark brown clouds pressed down on the earth, and the dark clouds were as ugly as beasts.The moon seemed to rise at any moment from the dark horizon in the distance.These two gentlemen on foot tiptoed forward with difficulty, one foot deep and the other shallow, their toes protruding like ivory protruding from the muddy water waves.A heavy rain came, and the big raindrops fell on the trees; a gust of wind blew past, and they sighed deeply.In the distance of the gloomy and dark muddy path, there is a faint ray of light, looming.The faint light, like the light splashed by rubbing a gold coin on a touchstone, has been leading them to the cemetery.

Wickram came to the cemetery where the corpses were buried by the river, hesitated for a moment, and rubbed the dirt on his shoes.Seeing that their son didn't give up at all, they stepped on the bones, covered their mouths with scarves, and strode forward.

(End of this chapter)