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A long time ago, there was an old king who was seriously ill. When he realized that he didn't have much time left, he said to the people around him: "Send faithful John to come in and see me."
Faithful John was a servant. The old king called him this because he had served the king for a long time and was very loyal and reliable. He was also the most beloved by the old king.
When John came to the bedside, the king said: "My faithful John, I know that I can't survive. What I can't worry about now is my son. He is still young and needs the help of good teachers and friends. Apart from you, I have nothing to help."
A friend who has been entrusted to me. If you don’t swear to teach him what he should know and be his godfather, I can’t rest in peace.”
After hearing these words, John said: "I will never leave him. I will help him faithfully, even if it costs me my life."
The king said happily: "I feel relieved now. After I die, you lead him to see all the rooms and warehouses in the palace, including all the treasures in the house. But be careful, there is one house that he cannot enter.
It's the room with the portrait of the Princess of the Golden House hanging on it. If he goes in and looks at it, he will fall deeply in love with her and will be put in eternal danger. You must take this responsibility."
When Faithful John asked the old king to swear again, the old king lay peacefully on the pillow and died.
After the old king was buried, faithful John told the young king all the old king's instructions and his vows before his death, and said: "I will faithfully carry out my promise, and I will treat you like my father.
The same loyalty, even if it means sacrificing his own life."
The young king cried and said: "I will never forget your loyalty."
After the funeral, faithful John said to his young master: "Now you should take a look at the property you inherited. I will take you to your father's palace to see it." Then he guided the young master to the palace.
He visited all the places up and down and saw all the wealth and luxurious rooms. Only the room with the pictures hanging there was not opened. Because the pictures hanging there can be seen as soon as the door is opened.
You see. The portrait is so beautiful that when you look at it, you will feel like you are about to come out. There is nothing in the world that is more lovely and beautiful than the woman in the painting.
The young king noticed that Faithful John always walked directly past this house without opening the door, so he asked: "Why don't you open this house?"
He replied: "There's something in there that will scare you."
But the king said: "I have seen the entire palace, and I also want to know what is inside."
After saying that, he walked up and tried to open the door, but loyal John pulled his back and said: "I swore before your father died that I would not let you enter this house under any circumstances, otherwise
Both you and I will be in trouble."
The young king said stubbornly: "For me, the biggest misfortune is that I can't go in and take a look. As long as I don't go in and take a look, I will have no peace day and night, so I won't leave until you open it."
Faithful John saw that the young king refused to leave no matter how much he tried to persuade him. He had an ominous premonition in his heart. He sighed heavily, found a key from a large bunch of keys, and opened the door of the house. The door.
As soon as it was opened, John walked in first and stood between the king and the portrait, hoping to block the portrait from the king. However, the young king stood on tiptoes and looked over his shoulder, and immediately saw the princess.
The portrait of the girl in gold and silver. Seeing the beautiful and charming appearance of the girl in gold and silver, he was so excited that he immediately fell to the floor and fainted.
Faithful John quickly picked him up and carried him to his own bed, thinking in his mind: "Oh! Misfortune has befallen us, God! What can we do?"
After hard work, the king was finally rescued, but the first thing he said was: "Who is the girl in the beautiful portrait?"
Faithful John replied: "That is the portrait of the King's daughter in the Golden House."
The king continued to ask: "I love her so much that even if all the leaves on the tree become my tongue, I can't express my love for her. I want to find her! Even if I risk my life, I have to find her."
!You are my loyal friend, you must help me."
John thought for a long time about how to help the young king and fulfill his wish, and finally he said to the king: "According to legend, all the utensils around her were made of gold: tables, stools, cups, saucers and everything in the house.
Everything is made of gold, and she is constantly looking for new treasures. You have hoarded a lot of gold now, find some craftsmen to make the gold into various containers and rare animals, and then we go with these treasures
Try your luck."
So, the king ordered to find all the skilled goldsmiths, who worked day and night to make various handicrafts with gold, and finally made the gold into the most beautiful treasures. Faithful John loaded them all on a big ship, and he and
The kings all put on merchant's clothes so that others would not be able to recognize them.
After everything was ready, they set sail and set sail. After sailing day and night, they finally found the territory under the jurisdiction of King Jinwu. After the ship docked, faithful John asked the king to stay on the ship and wait for his return. He said: "Maybe
I may bring the Princess of the Golden House, so you must tidy up the ship and arrange the gold treasures, and the whole ship must be decorated with them." Then he took one of each gold article and put it in the basket.
, went ashore and walked towards the palace.
When he came to the castle courtyard, he saw a beautiful girl standing by a well. She was carrying two golden buckets to fetch water from the well. When the girl turned around with the shining golden buckets, she
She also saw this stranger, and she asked him who he was. He stepped forward and said, "I am a businessman." After that, he opened the basket and asked her to look at the contents.
When the girl saw it, she exclaimed in amazement: "Oh! What a beautiful thing!" She put down the bucket, looked at each piece of goldware, and then said: "The king's daughter likes these things best, and she should be allowed to see them.
Look, she will buy them all." Then she took him by the hand and led him into the palace, for she was a maid to the king's daughter. She explained the situation to the guards, and they let him go.
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After seeing the samples he brought, the princess said excitedly: "They are so beautiful. I want to buy them all."
Faithful John said: "I am just a servant of a wealthy merchant. What I brought is nothing compared to what he put on the boat. He also has the most exquisite and expensive gold crafts you have ever seen!"
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After hearing this, the princess asked him to take all the things ashore, but he said: "If you want to take them, it will take many days to unload them, because there are too many, even if you put them in the largest room here,
It won’t go down.”
As soon as he said this, the princess's curiosity and desire grew stronger, and she couldn't help but said: "Take me to your ship. I want to see your master's goods for myself."
Faithful John was very happy and led her to the shore. When the king saw her, he felt that his heart was going to jump out of his throat, and he couldn't help but rushed to meet her. As soon as the princess got on the boat, he led her into the cabin.
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Faithful John came to the stern to find the helmsman and ordered him to set sail immediately. "Full the sails!" he shouted, "let the ship move forward on the waves like a bird flying in the air."
The king showed the gold products on the ship to the princess one by one, including all kinds of plates, cups, basins, rare birds and animals, etc. The princess admired every piece of art treasure with great joy, and she was not satisfied at all.
The ship was spotted leaving the shore and setting sail.
A few hours passed. After reading everything, she politely thanked the businessman and said that she should go home. But when she walked out of the cabin and came to the bow, she found that the ship had already left.
At this moment, the ship was sailing rapidly on the vast sea with its sails fully set. The princess was so frightened that she screamed: "Oh God! I was deceived, abducted, and fell into the hands of a mobile trader. I would rather
Die."
But the king took her hand and said: "I am not a businessman, I am a king, born in the royal family like you. I brought you out by deceiving you in this way because I love you very, very much. When
The first time I saw your portrait, I couldn't help but fainted on the ground." After hearing this, Princess Jinwu felt relieved.
After talking and understanding, she soon fell in love with him and was willing to marry him as his wife.
But just as they were sailing on the vast sea, something like this happened. On this day, faithful John was sitting on the bow of the boat playing his flute, and suddenly saw three ravens flying towards him in the sky.
He kept chirping in his mouth. John knew the language of birds, so he immediately stopped playing and listened attentively to the conversation between the ravens.
The first raven said: "He has gone! He has won the love of the Princess of the Golden House, let him go!"
The second raven said, "No! If he goes, he still won't get the princess."
The third raven said: "When he goes, he will definitely marry her. Just look at how affectionate they are side by side on the boat!"
Then the first raven spoke again: "What's the use of that to him? Just watch if you don't believe it. When they land on the shore, there will be a red-brown horse running towards him. Seeing that horse, he will definitely
He can ride on it. As long as he gets on the horse, the horse will jump into the air with him, and he will never want to see his lover again."
The second raven continued: "Exactly so! Exactly so! But what can be done?"
The first raven said: "Yes, yes! If someone sits on that horse, pulls out the dagger inserted in the saddle and stabs the horse to death, the young king can be saved. But who knows? Even if someone knows, who will
Tell him? Because if he tells the king this and saves the king's life, his legs from toes to knees will turn to stone."
The second raven said, "That's it, that's it! But I know something else! Even though the horse is dead, the king can't get a bride. For when they go into the palace together, they will see
There is a wedding dress on the couch. The dress looks like it is made of gold and silver, but it is actually made of sulfur and lime. As long as he puts on that dress, the dress will burn him to death.
It burns all the way to the bone marrow."
The third raven said: "Oh my! Is it hopeless?"
The second raven said: "Oh! Yes, yes! If someone had rushed forward, grabbed the clothes and thrown them into the brazier, the young king would have been saved. But what's the use? If anyone knew
, and told this man that if he saved the king in this way, his body would turn into stone from his knees to his chest. Who would do this?"
The third raven added: "And, and! I know even more! Even if the dress is burned, the king still cannot marry the bride. Because after the wedding ceremony, when the ball begins,
As long as the young queen goes up to dance, she will immediately fall to the ground, her face as pale as a dead person. However, if someone comes forward to help her up at this time and sucks three drops of blood from her right breast, she will not die.
.But if anyone knows this and tells this method to someone, and that person saves the bride by this method, his body will turn into stone from the tips of his toes to the top of his head."
Then the raven flapped its wings and flew away.
Faithful John had understood everything, and he began to feel worried, but he did not tell his master what he heard. Because he knew that if he told him, he would definitely sacrifice his life to save himself. Finally, he said to himself
He said softly: "I must faithfully carry out my promise, even if it costs my own life to save my master."
After they landed, the raven's prophecy came true. A handsome reddish-brown horse suddenly jumped out of the shore. The king shouted: "Look, he will definitely send us to the palace."
Go and mount your horse.
It was too late, but soon, faithful John got on the horse before him, drew his dagger and killed the horse. The other servants of the king were jealous of him, so they all shouted: "He killed
The horse that takes the king back to the palace is so outrageous!"
But the king said: "Let him do it, he is my faithful John, who knows that he does not do it for good results?"
When they arrived at the palace, they saw a set of beautiful dresses lying on a chair in a room. The dresses shone with gold and silver. The young king stepped forward to pick them up, but faithful John took them away.
They grabbed them and threw them into the fire and burned them.
The other servants muttered, "Look, now he's burned the wedding dress again."
But the king still said: "Who knows why he did this?"