Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled over a large territory. He had six sons who were stationed in six important towns in the country. The king had a minister named Luo Huqiu, who was a dangerous and cunning man. He took advantage of the king's trust, secretly amassed power, and then set up a rebellion, killed the king, and killed all five princes one by one, and then took the whole country's army to kill the sixth prince, the city where the little prince was stationed.

One day, the little prince was dealing with government affairs when a ghost suddenly reported to him, "Your father and five older brothers have all been killed by Minister Luo Houqiu. Now Luo Houqiu is coming here with the army."

When the little prince heard this, he was startled and quickly got up to go home.

His wife saw that he looked very sad and different from usual, and asked, "What's the matter with you? What happened?"

The little prince said impatiently, "Don't talk too much about men!"

His wife said, "Prince! We are husband and wife, life and death together. Why didn't you tell me what was dangerous and urgent for you?"

The little prince said, "Just now a ghost came to inform me that Luo Hu was seeking rebellion. Father and five brothers have been killed, and now the army is coming here. I don't know what to do, so I am sad."

The husband and wife discussed that with the strength of the city, they would definitely not be able to resist the army of Luohu, so it was better to take thirty-six measures. So the couple took their son and fled to another country. They only prepared seven days of dry food, thinking it was almost enough, but they didn't expect that due to panic, they took the wrong way and walked in the mountains for ten days, but they had not yet reached their destination. By this time the food had been exhausted, and the three of them were tired and hungry, and they were about to die of drowsiness and starvation.

The prince thought to himself, "The three of us have fallen into a desperate situation today, what should we do?

Instead of three people dying here, it's better to kill one, so that the other two can live on that person's flesh. "So he drew his sword and wanted to kill his wife.

The son saw his father drawing his sword to kill his mother, and quickly knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Dad! Please don't kill my mother. Kill me! I will replace my mother with my body."

Hearing this, the prince came back to kill his son.

The son said again, "Dad, don't kill me. If I die, my meat will soon rot and stink, so you won't be able to eat for a few days, so you may not be able to get through this difficult time. It's better to cut some meat every day, so it can last for a few days."

The prince listened to his son's words and did as he was told.

In this way, the three of them struggled to move forward, and when they were hungry, they cut meat from their son's body to eat. After walking for several days, they did not see any human smoke, and the meat on their son's body was almost cut, leaving only the last three pieces.

The son was dying and could no longer walk. He said to his parents, "Each of you cut a piece of meat, and there is still a piece left for me to eat. Go on your own!" The parents were helpless and did as their son said, leaving their son behind and moving on.

At this time, the Heavenly Emperor Shi suddenly felt his palace shake, and he pinched his fingers. It turned out that the child's merits moved the sky, so this sign appeared. So he turned into a hungry wolf, came to the child, and said to him, "Please give me the piece of meat on your body! I'm about to starve to death."

The child thought, "I only have this piece of meat left. If I don't eat it, I will die, but if I eat it, I will inevitably die.

Why don't you give him alms? "So he agreed.

At this time, Tian Di Shi changed into an adult again and asked the child, "You cut off all the meat on your body and gave it to your parents to eat. Don't you feel regret after suffering so much?"

The child said, "I have no regrets."

Heaven Emperor Shi said, "Although you say you don't regret it, your body is bleeding all over, and you don't have a piece of good meat all over your body. Do you really not regret it in your heart?"

The boy said, "I don't regret it at all. I swear to God, if I have no regrets, let my body be at peace; if I have any regrets, let me die immediately."

As soon as his voice fell, all the flesh on his body suddenly grew out, and his body was calm as before, not even a single scar.

The Heavenly Emperor Shi helped them meet their father and son and helped them reach their destination.

When the king of that country learned of the child's behavior, he was very moved and said with a sigh, "This is really something I have never heard of. This child is really a filial son." He lent the prince a large army.

The prince led the army back to his country and recovered the country.

Later, under the blessing of the Emperor Shi, the country grew stronger and stronger, and the prince and his son also became the ruling king one after another.