During the reign of Di Xin, the king of Shang, there was no way, and the Manchu dynasty complained and complained, and the people lived in misery. But there is a village where the people can live in peace and contentment, because this village has a divine tiger protecting them.
This Divine Tiger was the apprentice of the Tongtian Sect Lord, practicing in Divine Tiger Mountain not far from this village. This tiger is dark and shiny, the king on its head is golden yellow, and its body is huge, which can be the size of two ordinary tigers. The limbs are thick and powerful, and an easy jump is more than ten meters.
Why does the Black Tiger protect the villagers?
There was a small shepherd boy in the village, and once when he was herding sheep at the bottom of the mountain, he saw a black tiger lying dying on the ground. The little shepherd boy was not afraid, and after checking over, he found that there was a deep scar on the tiger's stomach.
The kind little shepherd boy said to the tiger: You are injured, I will help you bandage it, you have to endure, don't bite me. As if he understood, the tiger lay there motionless.
The little shepherd boy carefully bandaged the tiger, and went to the river to fetch water to feed the tiger. Seeing that the tiger was very hungry, the little shepherd boy had a bold idea to feed a sheep from the landlord's family to the tiger. After the tiger slowed down, he limped towards the mountains.
The shepherd boy was also very pleased to see the tiger go away, but how to explain to the landlord's house without a sheep? It's a little regretful to think about it, but things have already happened, and there is no way to escape, so I can only go to the landlord's house to make amends.
The little shepherd boy drove the sheep into the sheepfold and took the initiative to go to the landlord and said: Sir, there is one less sheep today, can you see if I will herd the sheep for you for free in the future to make up for the loss of the sheep? This landlord is actually a good man, never oppresses the people, and even sometimes it is more difficult to see the water at home, and he will give more wages.
The landlord asked him what was going on, and the little shepherd boy told the landlord the ins and outs. What did the landlord hear? You actually saved a tiger? The tiger is a fierce beast, and I am afraid that the village will harm the villagers later. No, while the tiger is injured, tomorrow I will gather the villagers to fight the tiger together to eliminate the future troubles.
In fact, the landlord is right, there is a saying called raising tigers for trouble. But the little shepherd boy begged bitterly and said: Sir, since you have already saved it, don't kill it again, I see that the tiger has no fierce face and is very docile. But the landlord just didn't agree, and the next day he found many young and strong villagers to go up the mountain to look for tigers.
The villagers searched for three days in the mountains, not to mention the tigers, and even the footprints of the tigers were not found. At this time, the landlord felt that the little shepherd boy was lying, and he lost the sheep to make an excuse. The landlord slapped his thigh, yes, how did I let this child deceive? A huge tiger? Hurt? Take my sheep and feed it?
So he called the little shepherd boy to his side again and asked: We looked for three days in the mountains and didn't even see a shadow, you tell the truth, how did the sheep not have it? The little shepherd boy said aggrievedly: I really fed that tiger, and I swore to heaven that I really didn't lie.
The landlord has no way to see it, and he can't hit or scold, anyway, if you herd the sheep for me in the future, I won't give you wages, and it doesn't matter when to make up for the loss of this sheep and when to give you wages.
After more than a year like this, dozens of bandits suddenly came out of nowhere, and ran to the village to rob them indiscriminately. The landlords organized militias to fight the bandits, but the effect was not great, and the landlords and villagers were eventually taken to an open field by the bandits. He wanted to put the landlord to death to intimidate other villagers.
The leader of the bandits came over to the landlord with a large knife, raised the knife high, and was about to slash at the landlord. The other bandits only saw a black thing flying over their heads, and before everyone could react, they threw the bandit leader to the ground.
The tiger claw pressed the head of the mountain thief, turned around and roared at the other mountain thieves, frightening them to retreat one after another. The bandits and villagers had never seen a tiger of this size. The black tiger let go of the bandit leader and signaled them to go quickly and let you go, but if you dare to bully the villagers in the future, you will definitely be allowed to come and go, and the frightened bandits will run away.
The little shepherd boy ran out of the crowd, hugged the black tiger and said, "Thank you for saving our village." The black tiger also patted the little shepherd boy's shoulder with his tiger claw.
The little shepherd boy said to the landlord: Sir, this is the black tiger I saved, I really didn't deceive you. The landlord saw Plopped down on his knees and thanked the Black Tiger Immortal for saving me and saving our village. The black tiger looked at him, signaling that there was no need to be polite about the little things. Then he motioned for the little shepherd boy to ride on his back, jumped high and ran in the direction of the mountain.
In the evening, the black tiger sent the little shepherd boy back to the village, and someone saw him and went up to ask, where did you go with this black tiger? The little shepherd boy replied: "There is a mountain west of our village, and there is a hole in the mountain, where the black tiger lives.
Later, the landlord learned about it, so he paid the villagers to build a temple for the black tiger to repay the black tiger for saving his life. The mountain is Shenhu Mountain, the temple is Shenhu Temple, and a black tiger statue is sculpted and written, "Shenhu Mountain Black Tiger Great Immortal" Every month on the fifteenth day everyone goes to the mountain to worship and bless the villagers to live and work in peace. Since that incident, no one has seen the Divine Tiger again.
Once the army of the Shang Dynasty fought with the army of King Wu of Zhou, because King Wu of Zhou's army was relatively brave, the troops of the Shang Dynasty were defeated and retreated one after another, and some generals even led their subordinates to run away when they saw King Wu's army in fear. After this matter was made to Shang Ren King Di Xin, he was furious. So timid, how to be the general of my big business? Come, drag them out and behead them for public display.
At this time, the Shengong leopard beside him rolled his eyes, leaned into Di Xin's ear and said: "Great King, I have a way, there is a mountain three hundred miles to the west, and there is a black tiger on the mountain." This tiger guts can be taken and boiled into soup for the generals to drink. As long as they drink this soup, the generals are like divine help, fighting bravely to kill the enemy.
Di Xin asked Shen Gongbao really had this matter? Then you go and do this. Shen Gongbao said: "Great King, this tiger is not easy to deal with, I need the Great King to lend me something." What is it? But it doesn't hurt to say. Shen Gongbao pointed to the sword on Di Xin's waist and said: It is really the Longwei Imperial Sword worn by the Great King.
Di Xin promised him and handed the sword into Shen Gongbao's hands. In fact, the wound in the abdomen of the black tiger before was injured by Shengong Leopard, and because he was also seriously injured, he did not continue to fight, and this time with the Longwei Imperial Sword, he will definitely be able to kill it. After all, this sword has the aura of an emperor, plus Shengong Leopard's Dao, it is like a tiger with wings.
Shengong Leopard came to Shenhu Mountain, and happened to see the little shepherd boy taking care of the Shenhu Temple, so he stepped forward and asked: Child, is there a black tiger in this mountain? The little shepherd boy raised his head and looked at him and said: Yes, it has always been blessing our village, do you have anything to do with it?
Shengong Leopard was sure that it was here, and did not pay attention to him, walked directly to the statue of the Divine Tiger, recited a few incantations, and pointed his finger "broken". Just look at the explosion of the divine tiger statue, which startled the little shepherd boy. After the statue exploded, a hole was blown open under the stone statue, and a black shadow flew out of the hole.
The black tiger stood beside the little shepherd boy and looked at Shengong Leopard viciously, and Shengong Leopard also pulled out his sword and killed the black tiger, and one person and one tiger fought like this. Because Shengong Leopard was holding the Longwei Imperial Sword, his power increased greatly, and after dozens of rounds, the black tiger gradually gained the upper hand.
Just when the black tiger wanted to jump up, Shengong Leopard stepped forward and kicked the black tiger into the air, falling heavily on the wall and falling. This kick kicked the black tiger not lightly, and he gritted his teeth and stood up. Shengong Leopard took the imperial sword and walked towards him with a smile, and at this time, the little shepherd boy saw that the big thing was not good, and stepped forward and hugged his thigh, letting the black tiger run away.
Shen Gongbao didn't want to do anything to him when he saw this little baby, grabbed his neck and threw it aside. But the little shepherd boy refused to let go, opened his mouth and bit Shengongbao's leg, and he screamed in pain.
Seeing that the little shepherd boy was in the way, in the end, there was no way, and a sword was inserted into the back of the little shepherd boy. The little shepherd boy was still trying to hold him, and said to the black tiger: Quick, run, run, ah, after saying that, he fell to the ground, and the black tiger roared miserably. In order to protect him, the little shepherd boy lost his life and could not let him die in vain, so he gritted his teeth and turned his head and ran out and disappeared into the night.
Shengong Leopard chased the little shepherd boy as soon as he threw him out the door, but after he came out, he found nothing. The black tiger escaped more than 800 miles overnight and came to a big mountain. When the black tiger calmed down, he remembered his past with the little shepherd boy, you saved me twice in this life, I can't repay you, I will continue to practice in this mountain, and I will repay your kindness after you are reincarnated.
More than a thousand years later, the black tiger finally waited for this day, pulled out his two fangs, and turned into a butcher waiting for the little shepherd boy in Zhuo County for many years. There was a small merchant surnamed Liu Mingbei who was selling mats in Zhuo County and met Black Tiger, who was one of the generals of the Five Tigers of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide.
He ground two tiger teeth into powder and injected them into his weapons, creating a divine weapon "Zhangba Snake Spear", with this divine weapon, taking the first rank of general in the million-strong army is like probing for things.
Later, he met the second master Guan, Guan Yu, and Guan Yunchang, who were loyal to the liver and righteousness. The three of them married Taoyuan and became brothers with different surnames in life and death. Zhang Fei scattered his family's wealth to help Liu Bei achieve great deeds in order to repay the kindness of his previous life.
This story is pure fiction!