This story is adapted from folklore.
As we all know, the weakest of the eight immortals is Cao Guo's uncle, but who can think that before Cao Guo's uncle became an immortal, under the banner of "imperial relatives and state relatives", bad things were not done less, how did he become an immortal?
In the folk, there is such a story about Cao Guo's uncle Chengxian.
It is said that Uncle Cao Guo was in the capital as a mighty and domineering man, and the people smelled discolored. His brother is also not a good thing, coveting the beauty of a certain talented wife, killing people and robbing wives, and losing his conscience.
In order to conceal the truth, Cao Guo's uncle did not stop and instructed his men to kill Xiucai's wife and abandon the corpse alley. Who knows that Xiucai's wife should not be killed, and after waking up, she cried out to Bao Gong for injustice, thus exposing the truth.
Bao Zheng was selfless in his iron face, clarified the ins and outs of the matter, sent Cao Guo's uncle's brother to the dragon head for execution, and then put Cao Guo's uncle in prison, ready to be executed at a later time.
In prison, Uncle Cao Guo spent all day worrying, suffering a lot, thinking about the evil deeds he had committed, and finally woke up and decided to cut off the past.
Song Renzong granted amnesty to the world, and Uncle Cao Guo saw the light of day again, and decided to change his former wrongs and learn the Tao into immortals.
But how could it be so easy to become an immortal?
The flowers bloom in two, one on each side.
In order to cater to the heavenly opportunity, Lü Dongbin gathered the Eight Immortals, and at this time, he also went down to look for people who were related. Coming to the bank of the Yellow River, he happened to meet Cao Guo's uncle who had lost his soul, and suddenly his heart moved, pinching his fingers, and understanding that this was the arrangement of the heavens, allowing him to enlighten Cao Guo's uncle in the Immortal Class.
Lü Dongbin had not yet opened his mouth, only to see that Uncle Cao Guo, because he was penniless, took out the gold medal given by the emperor and wrote: "Uncle Guo is everywhere, like a person walking in person" Eight big characters, frightening everyone to fall to their knees, three shouts "long live"!
Looking at Cao Guo's triumphant look, Lü Dongbin couldn't help but frown, thinking in his heart, if he wanted such a person to become an immortal, he had to let him suffer some more.
Lü Dongbin strode over to the meteor and pointed at Uncle Cao Guo and angrily rebuked, "Since you want to seek immortal learning, why don't you think about repentance, and also show the imperial gold medal, and suppress people?" ”
Lü Dongbin's long beard was chest, the fairy wind Dao bone, Cao Guo's uncle's heart was frozen, and he immediately fell to his knees, hurriedly apologized, and threw the gold medal into the river.
Lu Dongbin nodded darkly, thinking that the widow could be taught. So with a wave of dust, Cao Guo's eyes were suddenly blurred, and the wind in his arms was blowing, and when he opened his eyes again, he had already flown across the Yellow River and came to the top of the mountain on the other side.
Uncle Cao Guo's heart rejoiced, and he prostrated his head again and pleaded, saying, "Disciple is bent on seeking the Tao, hoping that the immortals will accept me as an apprentice and teach me the way to become an immortal!" ”
Lü Dongbin smiled and said, "If becoming an immortal is simple, where in the world are mortals, you are not pure, and you can't cultivate immortals!" ”
After saying that, Lu Dongbin waved the dust and disappeared without a trace.
Uncle Cao Guo was dejected and regretful, and today he was separated, and he didn't know when he would be able to marry the Immortals again.
Thinking about it, Uncle Cao Guo turned his heart sideways and swore to the heavens.
"The disciple is bent on seeking immortals to learn the Tao, and even if he is crushed to pieces, he will not change his original intention!"
After saying that, Uncle Cao Guo gave all his valuables to the nearby people, exchanged them for a set of coarse cloth and linen clothes, and headed towards the Xiuxian Holy Land, Zhongnan Mountain.
The immortals were happy and happy, but Xiu Xian asked if it was a difficult thing, Cao Guo's uncle had spent most of his life eating and drinking, where had he suffered. Within a few days of walking, he was tanned and swollen, his feet were ground out of blood bubbles, and he walked with a limp, and the blood was sprinkled all the way, and he was miserable.
On this day, Uncle Cao Guo came to a desolate mountain range, so hungry that he leaned on his chest and back, leaning against a big tree and falling asleep.
Suddenly, someone woke him up, opened his eyes, and saw that it was an old eunuch who knew each other, and with tears in his eyes, he said: "Uncle Guo has suffered, since you left Beijing, Niangniang has been thinking about you every day, tea and dinner are not thinking, you hurry to go back with us." ”
Saying that, as soon as the old eunuch waved his hand, someone immediately carried a palanquin over, and some people held brocade and jade food, and Bi Gongbi stood next to him.
Uncle Cao Guo's heart was overjoyed, and he subconsciously prepared to bathe and change clothes, but his heart was shocked, and he suddenly woke up, remembered the original oath, and bit his teeth and bit the tip of his tongue.
The blood on the tip of the tongue is the most yang thing, although the pain is very painful, but it also allows Uncle Cao Guo to restore his clarity, and then he must look closely, where there are any old eunuchs, a breeze blows, and there is only wild grass swaying around.
Uncle Cao Guo, just now everything was just a fantasy, it was the immortals testing themselves, so they beat their spirits, gritted their teeth and continued to hurry.
Ten days have passed since this walk. Uncle Cao Guo came to a riverside, and he could already see Zhongnan Mountain in the distance. I liked it in my heart, and I picked up the pace at the moment.
At this moment, there was a sudden scream in the river, and when I looked up, I saw a woman holding a rotten log, rising and falling in the river, in constant danger of death.
Uncle Cao Guo didn't have time to think much, and immediately a fierce son jumped into the river, and after several twists and turns, he finally rescued the woman who fell into the water.
The woman was already delicate in appearance, her clothes were wet and more beautiful and moving, she saw That Uncle Cao Guo's face was red, her heart beat like a deer bumping into her arms, and she bowed her head and did not dare to face it.
The woman generously took out a jade plate from her arms, claiming that it was an ancestral treasure, and now Mr. Chengmeng helped him, willing to give him the treasure, if not abandoned, from then on willing to be a concubine to serve around, in order to repay the grace of saving lives.
Uncle Cao Guo listened, was shocked, and repeatedly resigned, refusing the woman's kindness. He was bent on cultivating immortals, and he had already made up his mind to cut off the red dust, how could he indulge in beauty?
The woman's face suddenly changed, and she threw the jade plate in her hand to the ground, and actually turned into two cranes, flapping her wings and singing in the air.
Uncle Cao Guo was surprised, and then he fixed his mind to see where there were any beautiful women in front of him, only Shangxian Lu Dongbin smiled, pulled him to step on the back of the crane, flew up to Zhongnan Mountain, and taught the way of becoming an immortal.
In this way, Uncle Cao Guo went through various tests and finally became one of the Eight Immortals.
The story is over, although it is about the experience of Cao Guo's uncle Chengxian, but it also expounds a truth, if people want to succeed, they must first achieve self-discipline.