Chinese Traditional Story: Evil Must Be Punished

Hello everyone, the story I'm going to share today is Evil Must Be Punished. This story took place during the Qing Dynasty. A tragic thing happened to a family who lived in a small village near Uruqi in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. At that time, bandits were everywhere. They roamed the county as well, killing and robbing people, even eating them. Jimuza County had its own troops, which patrolled the countryside. One day, the soldiers went to the mountains to hunt. They saw a house with its gate and windows tightly shut. There were more than ten horses with saddles in the yard. They thought that a group of bandits must be inside the house, so they quietly surrounded it. Sure enough, the bandits were inside the house. As soon as they noticed the soldiers outside, they quickly escaped through the back door. When the soldiers entered the house, they saw the huge mess the robbers had made. Human bones littered the floor. All the robbers were gone. Suddenly, they heard a sound of weeping. They followed the sound to a back room where a 13-year-old boy was hanging from the window frame. He had no clothes on. When the soldiers took him down, he said, The bandits came four days ago. My father and my brother tried to fight them off but failed. Everyone in my family was caught. The bandits took two of them away each day, washed them in the stream, and then killed them and ate them. Today was my turn to be eaten. They had just washed me and hung me up. When it was time to kill me, the one in charge said to wait. Instead, they planned to bring me with them and eat me later. Then you came, and they all ran away. Thank you for saving my life. When the boy finished talking, he burst into tears and could not stop crying. The soldiers took pity on the boy and took him back to their camp. He stayed there and helped by doing some small chores. After a while, he told them that his father hid many valuables in a cellar under the house. The soldiers went back to the house and looked for the cellar. They soon found it. And when they opened it, they were shocked to see piles of silverware, jewelry, and fine silk clothing. After they asked the boy several questions, they realized that his father and brother were bandits. When people traveled along the road close to their house, they laid in wait for them and then killed them. They would take bodies to a remote place on a mountain and chop them into pieces when they threw into deep valley. Next, the boy's father and brother loaded their victims' valuables on their horses and brought them to the house. They hid everything in a cellar and waited a year. Then they took the silverware and other items to the market and sold them. The family quietly did something so evil for many years. However, one day, another group of bandits attacked them, and the entire family was killed. Only this boy survived. The boy told others all the evil things his family had done. One day, when he was looking after sheep, he accidentally fell off the cliff and died. No one in his family was left alive. When the villagers talked about what happened, they said the boy escaped retribution, not because he was so young. Instead, the gods let him live long enough to tell everyone why his whole family was killed. This tragedy reminded them that evil must be punished sooner or later. No one can escape retribution. Just like the Chinese old people sing, when parents do good, their children and grandchildren are blessed. When parents do evil, their children and grandchildren will suffer. Thank you very much for listening to the story. More Tattoo Stories will be ready for you if you just subscribe it. Thank you again.