Once upon a time, there lived a blind kuyshi. He walked among people, playing the kobyz, and earned his living this way.
One day, the musician was playing where a large crowd had gathered. After listening to his kuy, the people left a coin or a small alms and began to disperse. At that moment, a smartly dressed man approached the old man and put his hand inside his shirt. At first, the blind man was confused, but then managed to grab the stranger's hand.
"Good people, I'm being robbed in broad daylight!" the old man cried.
Those around him pounced on the stranger with reproaches:
"You're dressed like a rich man, and yet you're insulting a helpless blind man! Aren't you ashamed?"
But the thief quickly found himself:
"I didn't rob him at all. I wanted to give the old man some alms, but he grabbed my hand."
To sort things out, they took both of them before the judge. The judge listened to the old man and the thief and at first became angry with the accused.
Then the thief, without hesitation, said:
"Sir! My parents are rich. Why should I rob some blind old man? I wanted to give him alms, but he misunderstood me."
"What kind of father raised such a scoundrel?" the judge was indignant.
"Sir, you know him," the thief replied.
"I'll have your father hanged too!" the judge cried.
The thief winked at him and said meaningfully:
"My father has a uneven face, a lumpy back, and his name is 'Thirty Silver Coins.'"
The judge immediately took the hint and became thoughtful. Soon he ordered both the thief and the old man locked up. When it got dark, the judge secretly met with the thief, who counted out thirty silver coins for him. The next morning, the judge turned on the blind kuyshi:
"You old scoundrel! You dare slander an honest man!"
The old man said nothing. He sat down on the ground, began digging with his hands, and seemed to be listening to something.
The judge was surprised:
"What are you doing there?"
The blind man raised his head and said:
"Yesterday, justice was still here. Apparently, it couldn't bear the weight of thirty silver coins and sank into the ground. So I'm searching: either I get justice, or I get those thirty coins."
The judge realized the old man had figured out his actions, and he felt ashamed. He admitted his mistake, punished the thief, generously rewarded the blind kuyshi, gave him a horse, and sent him off with honor.