So someone went to ask the Buddha, what was the reason for it? Why did one cow take the lives of three men in such a short time?
The Buddha answered: The retribution for sins has a cause and cannot be explained by the events of this life. In a past life, there were three merchants who stayed at the home of an old woman during their journey. Seeing that the old woman was helpless and alone, they planned to evade paying for their room and board. They all claimed they had already paid, and no matter how the old woman presented evidence, they insisted they had paid. The old woman was furious and said: I'm so poor, and you still try to deceive me! I swear! If I encounter you in my next life, I will not rest until I have killed you!
That old woman in the past is now the cow in this life, and those three merchants are the three people killed by the cow."
Ming Jing's words fell, and there was silence in the room for a long time.