In the early morning of March 20, 1939, someone suddenly let out a scream in front of the Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou...
The monks who came looking for the sound were also shocked to see the scene in front of them!
Only to see that outside the door of Hanshan Temple, a stiff and cold corpse appeared!
And the scream just now came from a pilgrim who came to offer incense in the early morning...
The news of the discovery of the "nameless male corpse" outside the gate of Hanshan Temple quickly spread throughout the city, and soon, a Japanese army detachment arrived at the scene...
In 1937, the Japanese army captured the city of Nanjing. At this time, the garrison in Suzhou was commanded by the Japanese Army's Ōsa Matsui Ishigen.
Matsui Ishigen sent someone to bring back the body and quickly perform a forensic autopsy...
Because, in his heart, a criminal conspiracy against Hanshan Temple was brewing!
At this point, the appearance of a "dead man's case" is not a good thing...
The evil conspiracy brewing in Matsui Ishigen's heart is aimed at a "treasure" treasured in Hanshan Temple.
It turned out that the Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City had already been famous, and the reason why it was so famous was all due to a Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji's "Fengqiao Night Berth".
The moon is falling and the sky is full of frost, Jiang Feng fishing fire to sleep. Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, Midnight bell to the passenger ship. —— Tang Dynasty . Zhang Ji
In the thirty-second year of Guangxu, the Qing Dynasty scholar Yu Fan carved this poem on a stone stele and stood in the Hanshan Temple.
Since then, this "Fengqiao Night Berth" stone stele of Hanshan Temple has become a treasure in the temple, which has been admired by countless literati and scholars.
After occupying Suzhou, Matsui Ishigen had already peeped at the stone monument for a long time in his heart!
Because the Japanese emperor was particularly fond of "Maple Bridge Night Berth", he had long been fascinated by this stone monument.
How could Matsui Ishigen, who intended to flatter the Emperor, let go of this good opportunity...
So, in December 1937, Matsui Ishigen couldn't wait to come to Hanshan Temple and take a photo in front of this stone stele.
And his ultimate goal is to find a way to smuggle the stele back to Japan and dedicate it to the emperor...
Matsui Ishigen was brewing a plan for smuggling, and at the same time pretending to be holding the "East Asia Construction Expo",
A notice was published in the Japanese-controlled Suzhou New Daily about "borrowing the poetry tablet".
However, at this juncture, the "nameless male corpse" case suddenly occurred at Hanshan Temple, which made the whole city talk about it...
Matsui Ishigen also heard this somewhat strange discussion, but it made him a little overwhelmed!
It turned out that the "Maple Bridge Night Berth" stone stele about Hanshan Temple had a legend of a "death curse"...
According to legend, Tang Wuzong was very fond of "Fengqiao Night Berth", In his mausoleum, a stone stele inscribed with poems was also specially buried, and a decree was issued: "Poetry tablets can only be appreciated by the Fallen, and future generations must not be with the Fallen Qifu, If there are unscrupulous thieves who are good at carving poetry tablets, they will be punished by heaven and will never be restored! ”
In fact, there were two stone tablets of Hanshan Temple on "Fengqiao Night Berth": they were inscribed by Wang Jue of the Song Dynasty and Wen Zhengming of the Ming Dynasty, but they were destroyed in the war and disappeared...
The piece that the Japanese want to steal today is the third stone tablet in the temple.
At this moment, the forensic doctor in charge of the autopsy reported a more shocking message to Matsui Ishigen:
A mysterious note was retrieved from the pocket of the corpse's clothes, which read, "Death to those who carve the monument and blaspheme it!" I have forgotten my ancestral precepts, and I have suffered a terrible incident! ”
This is obviously a curse!
At the same time, the traitors who are familiar with Chinese history also revealed some details to Matsui Ishigen, which made him suddenly feel cold in his back!
The people who wrote the three stone tablets in Hanshan Temple all had "strange and terrifying" encounters!
Wang Jue of the Song Dynasty, Wen Zhengming of the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Fan of the Qing Dynasty all suffered sudden misfortune shortly after writing the stone tablets, and even lost their lives!
Matsui Ishigen couldn't sit still when he heard the news, although he didn't want to believe these rumors.
But there is still some faintness, whether the "death curse" is true or not, this time it really scares the Japanese...
In the end, the stone stele of Hanshan Temple was saved, and the Japanese retreated in frustration...
So, in retrospect, there are many doubts about this matter, what is the truth?
The reason why the stone stele was saved was that the mysterious person who died outside the door of Hanshan Temple was indispensable!
However, he was not victimized by the "curse of death", but a hero who was heroic and righteous and generous to death!
This person's name was Qian Rongchu, and he was originally a famous stone carving master in Suzhou.
One night, the Qian family received an old monk from Hanshan Temple, he hurried to visit late at night, and when he saw Qian Rongchu, he took out 20 gold bars and put them on the table...
It turned out that the old monk was the Jingru Master of Hanshan Temple, and he learned that the Japanese would soon smuggle the stone stele of the temple's most precious treasure, "Maple Bridge Night Berth".
In order to preserve the national treasure, this starry night arrived hoping that Qian Rongchu could imitate a fake monument in the shortest possible time to deceive the Japanese!
Qian Rongchu also had patriotic enthusiasm flowing in his body, and when he saw the situation, he agreed without saying anything, and he did not receive anything!
However, just when Qian Rongchu was about to complete the imitation carving of the stone stele, the matter was detected by a traitor.
Seeing that the bag adjustment plan is about to be exposed, the National Gem Monument will suffer from the loss...
The heroic and fearless Qian Rongchu thought of the legend of the "death curse" in his heart!
In the end, without stopping, he left the bloody note in his pocket and resolutely came to the door of Hanshan Temple to commit suicide!
It can be said that Mr. Qian paid for the safety of the "Fengqiao Night Berth" stone monument at the cost of his own life!
In that era of great noise, I believe that there are many patriots like Qian Rongchu who sacrificed their precious lives to protect the treasure and pay tribute to them!
The people will always remember you! ...