Chapter 15: He played with someone else's woman

He played with someone else's woman.

93 chapters,

A murderer who steals another's wife and harms another's husband, who should be boiled in oil, but the fact is not……

Liu Guozong

This murderer was originally a shepherd boy, later……

Dawei was originally an unknown shepherd boy, after being conscripted. Relying on his bravery in battle and resourcefulness, he became king of Israel. As king, Dawei forgot the people's suffering, forgot his comrades who shared life and death with him. We say this is also understandable. Because Dawei is human; although he became a high official and king of the world, being a high official and king is still human; as long as one is human, one has flaws and weaknesses, is not perfect. Isn't there a saying: "Gold has no pure feet, no person is perfect"? Under heaven, those who forget gratitude, betray righteousness, after gaining wealth and office, turn into ungrateful bastards, there are many! How much more so for King Dawei who became king?

Forgetting gratitude and betraying righteousness are the start of turning bad; whatever has a start will have an end. Good has a good end, bad has a bad end. Under heaven, there is no person or matter without an end, whether you are an official or a civilian; a big boss or small boss, or a worker or a pauper, all will have their own destination and end. King Dawei is no exception.

He was bewitched by a woman who had just taken a bath….

One day, as the sun was about to set westward, after Dawei the king had eaten his fill, drunk his fill, and played his fill, he went on a parade in his palace. The so-called "parade", using the old

In the folks' words, it's just "aimless wandering"; put more elegantly, it's strolling or taking a walk. There's a folk saying: "When well-fed and well-clothed, thoughts turn to lust"; "With nothing to do, one stirs up trouble." Dear friend, when you are full of drink and food, you must never go "aimless wandering". Look, just as Dawei was "aimlessly wandering" in the palace, he saw a young, beautiful woman who had just come out of the bath. His eyes were instantly drawn to her.

"Ah, so beautiful! I've never seen such a beautiful woman before! Whose woman is this? What's her surname and given name?"

At this moment, Dawei was completely captivated by the beauty before him. He threw away the dignity of a king, the model of a minister, the example for the people, and even the basic morality of being human, all to the clouds.

Things often go wrong in the hands of those flatterers……

Those who flatter and fawn had already figured out their master's mind inside out, and hurriedly replied like a farting bug: "This is the daughter of your minister Yilian, the wife of your general Wuliya, named Basiba. Do you want to play with her?" At this time, Dawei didn't care whose daughter or whose wife. Within my sphere of power, yours is mine, and if it's not mine, I'll seize it, grab it, occupy it, and make it mine—whatever I want, whatever I wish, I intend. Who says money is omnipotent? Could it be that this power in my hand is not omnipotent? With power comes everything; this is the logic of those in power. For those in power to have a beautiful woman to play with, that's nothing special.

Thus Dawei easily obtained the beauty he had taken a liking to (should be called a beautiful woman, since she already belonged to another), without lifting a finger. Another's beloved wife became his plaything.

. He played with someone else's woman, and also harmed someone else's man…..

This matter could have been settled. Having "taken care of" someone else's woman, Dawei was still unsatisfied. To permanently keep another's woman, he again devised a plan: he ordered his capable subordinates to find a way to harm the man of Basiba. In folk terms, that's the adulterer harming the husband.

Dawei's heart was ruthless enough. He seized another's wife and still wanted to take that person's life. Once a person turns bad, there's no bottom to their wickedness; they become utterly corrupt, wickedness flowing like water. Those in power who want to kill with a borrowed knife find the knife easy to borrow and the person easy to kill. Soon, the man Wuliya, whose woman Dawei had "abducted", was harmed by the lackeys Dawei sent out.

Such a wicked man should have been fried in oil, but God spared him, and this is because……

For such a bully who relies on power, steals another's wife, breaks another's marriage, and kills a person, this dog official should be fried in oil, the fried corpse used to feed dogs, and the soul sent down to hell.

But Dawei not only did not go to the oil pot, his corpse was not used to feed dogs, his soul did not go to hell; on the contrary, God called him "a person after His own heart" and let his soul ascend to heaven. Why? Because Dawei knew his crime, faced his sin, did not cover up or make excuses, could hate his sin, felt remorse for it, voluntarily confessed, and sincerely repented. Thus Dawei obtained God's forgiveness, and also received forgiveness from his people.

We people are weak, having a good side and also an evil side. We can do good, we can do evil. Under the temptation of money and beauty, we are bound to sin; sometimes we may even commit heinous, unforgivable great sins. Facing our own sin, are we like Dawei, who turned himself in, reformed, and started anew? Or do we refuse to repent, evade responsibility, and even shift blame onto others?

One side is heaven, the other side is hell. Which side do you choose?

At this moment, I recalled the line from Dream of the Red Chamber where Daiyu advises Baoyu: "From now on, you should change!" No matter how great the sin, as long as one turns oneself in, one will still receive forgiveness.