It is said that during those two Song Dynasties, economic trade was very developed, and in that era, many once poor families relied on such a wave of spring wind to transform themselves out of poverty and became a small "foreign lang".
Of course, such a group of people scattered throughout Kyushu is also a rare existence. In a county town called Anping in the Jiangnan region, there is such a person who has made a fortune because he has caught up with the spring wind. However, unlike others, this member was actually a small rich family before he made his fortune.
This member's nickname was Zhao Dangcheng, because he happened to have the same surname as the current official family (guanjia, referring to the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty), so it was better to speak in Anping County on weekdays.
Fortunately, Zhao Dangcheng himself is not a miserly person, and he does not say anything in his daily life to help the world, but how can he be regarded as a good thing in this life. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Dangcheng said bad things about him in the whole scope of Anping County.
Unfortunately, the years do not matter whether you are a good person or a bad person, this Zhao Dangcheng has accumulated virtue for a lifetime, and in the end he will inevitably die of old age and illness. However, it is also strange to say that this Zhao Dangcheng died a little strangely.
On this morning, Zhao Dangcheng circled around his family's fertile fields as usual, and after determining that the crops were growing well, he bid farewell to the people who helped his family cultivate the fields and let the next people lead the horses into the city. The Zhao family also has some shops in the city, and according to the custom, Zhao Dangcheng also has to go to these shops in the morning to go around, so as not to make mistakes in the busyness of the guys in the store.
When Zhao Dangcheng returned home, sat down in a chair and drank two sips of tea, he called his two sons and daughter-in-law to him. Zhao Dangcheng's wife died early, and the family was not rich at that time, so Zhao Dangcheng did not think about anything about continuing the string. Later, when he made a fortune, his two sons had grown up, and he put down the matter of continuing strings.
Zhao Dangcheng put it down, but the two sons always remembered this matter, thinking that their father had called himself and his daughter-in-law to come to him, and he wanted to talk about the continuation of the string. However, he did not expect that what Zhao Dangcheng and they were talking about was some situation of arranging his own aftermath.
Looking at his two sons, Zhao Dangcheng smiled and touched his beard, and first said to the eldest son: "You are a generous person, the family property is entrusted to you to take care of, and it is also a relief for your father." As long as there are no disasters in the future, we can have children and grandchildren who will be safe and prosperous. But remember to do more good deeds, for the Father does not ask you to become a great good man, but to do good deeds every day. ”
After speaking, Zhao Dangcheng took another sip of tea, and then said to the second son: "You are born smart, not like your eldest brother, and before the examination is successful, you will help your brother take care of the family business." If you win the examination in the future, you must also act in a low-key manner, and you must not learn from those corrupt officials who run amok and overbearing in the fish and meat township. Don't be too far away from your hometown, so that there is a good care between the two of you brothers. ”
After saying something, Zhao Dangcheng stood up and walked to the door to look at the scene inside the courtyard. After about half a day, Zhao Dangcheng said to the two daughters-in-law: "You two were born in a good family, and over the years for your father to see that your son is also Pure Liang." But the days ahead are still long, and it is inevitable that there will be some confusion between the brothers. No matter what happens to the two of you in the future, you must not let the two of you have any contradictions, so as not to make people say that our brothers are opposed to each other because of small mistakes. ”
When this was said, the eldest daughter-in-law suddenly cried, crying while asking Zhao Dangcheng what was wrong. Who ever thought that Zhao Dangcheng was smiling and said, "I should die this afternoon, so I will explain to you in advance what happened." ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Dangcheng also talked about how to handle the funeral after his death, which guests to invite and who to inform. By the time the call was over, halfway through noon. Zhao Dangcheng drove the two sons away, returned to the room, and changed into a set of clean clothes and lay on the soft bed.
Sure enough, the noonday sun was deflected, and when Zhao Dangcheng's two sons went to the room to call him, Zhao Dangcheng was already driving the crane west.
Knowing the date of his own death, it is quite mysterious to be able to accurately reach the situation in the afternoon. But this Zhao Dangcheng itself is not mysterious, if it were not for the fact that he met a young Taoist priest on the street seven days ago, Zhao Dangcheng himself would not have known that his limit was the afternoon of this day.
Of course, this point out that zhao Dangcheng's Daoist priest at the time of his death was certainly not a simple Daoist. Not only is it not simple, but this one is also very large.
Speaking of the name of the Difu, we all know that there are ten halls of Yan Luo in the Difu, and it is even more impossible for us not to have heard of it. That Daoist priest was actually Jiang Xin, the King of Qin Guang, who was in charge of the life and death of these Ten Halls of Yan Luo. As for why jiang xin, the king of Qin Guang, would transform into a Taoist priest and specifically break this Zhao Dangcheng's death date, please look down.
It was noon, and King Qin Guang sat cross-legged under the sun, waiting for Zhao Dangcheng's arrival. Sure enough, when Zhao Dangcheng passed by here and saw him sitting here against the big sun, he quickly took out an oil-paper umbrella and threw it at him to call him shade.
King Qin Guang picked up the umbrella, smiled at Zhao Dangcheng, and then said, "Zhao Yuanwai is related to me. Zhao Dangcheng was not surprised either, and smiled and said to King Qin Guang, "Please also ask the Dao Commander to hang up for me." ”
After seeing Zhao Dangcheng's reaction, King Qin Guang actually laughed out loud. After laughing, he said to Zhao Dangcheng, "I am Jiang Xin, the King of YanLuo, the first hall of the Yin Si Prefecture, and I have long heard that Zhao Yuanwai is a great benevolent person, so I am waiting here." After hearing King Qin Guang's words, Zhao Dangcheng was first stunned, and then he prayed again, saying, "Regardless of whether what the Dao Commander said is true or not, the old man can also be regarded as having a good relationship with the Dao Chief." ”
King Qin Guang touched his chin with a smile, and did not explain much, but scattered his body, leaving only a sentence, which sounded in Zhao Dangcheng's ear: "At this time after seven days, it is the day when the soul of Yuanwailang returns to heaven, at that time I will send someone to send an edict to ask Yuanwailang to be the county town god of this county. ”
Zhao Dangcheng raised his head in shock, and when he saw that there was no shadow in front of him, although he was shocked, he did not show any look on his face, which could be regarded as an adventure.
After these seven days, although Zhao Dangcheng's heart was still a little hesitant, he still changed his clothes and lay down on the soft bed. As soon as he closed his eyes, Zhao Dangcheng saw a red-robed judge standing in front of him, and the judge was holding a scroll of edicts that emitted golden brilliance in his hands.
Although in our current view, what becomes a city god after death is full of idealistic colors, but if it were not for this Zhao Dangcheng always doing good deeds, the people would not have spread the story of Zhao Dangcheng becoming a city god.
Disclaimer: This story is a folk legend, mostly from anecdotes, legends, strange novels, operas, biographies, etc., the author's original intention is to borrow folk tales to promote correct social values, do not produce other emotions or engage in feudal superstitions because of the storyline.
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