Folk story: Yao county magistrate buried his father
In the early years of the Republic of China, there was a county magistrate named Yao Yuan in Shaanxi Province, who accumulated a lot of wealth in a few years by exploiting the people and accepting bribes. That kind of pride above the people really made him realize that being an official is not as good as serving the people for thousands of years. It's just that the boys sent to private schools at home are uncivilized and their studies are in a mess. When they grow up, it is difficult for them to honor their ancestors like themselves, which has become a heart disease for him.
This year, Yao County's father suddenly became seriously ill and stayed in bed for many days, without food or tea. Seeing that his life was running out, Yao county magistrate discussed with several brothers to hire Mr. Feng Shui to choose a treasure to bury his father, so as to bless the younger generation to be versatile.
They sent a servant to invite a gentleman named Dong to the yamen from far away. The Yao family saw him in his sixties and seventies, with a gray hair and a bulging chest, and he looked like a sage like type. Knowing that this man was not an ordinary person, they greeted him respectfully.
Mr. Dong came to the old man's bed and quietly said to the magistrate, "Your father will go to heaven in the middle of the night tonight. It's time to find a place to prepare for the funeral."
"Pray for the wisdom of God to give you a treasure!" County magistrate Yao took the lead, and the whole family got down on their knees.
Mr. Dong stopped the Yao family and asked seriously, "But I don't know what kind of land of geomantic omen your government is looking for?"
The magistrate of Yao county quickly said, "We must bless our children and grandchildren of Yao family to be more officials."
"Well," Mr. Dong thought for a moment and then said, "it's not difficult. My teacher once gave me a peerless secret when he was alive. He could see through a treasure trove of geomantic omen, so that the official number of his family was equivalent to two liters of sesame seeds in a barrel. "
A barrel of two liters of sesame seeds, how much!
Hearing this, the Yao family cried again, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing like garlic.
Yao county magistrate tears came out with joy. He shook her husband's leg and said, "God, come and find us!" "
Mr. Dong just hesitated: "But this secret can only be used once in my life. After using it, all my skills will disappear and I will be blind. This is also God's punishment for revealing secrets. "
"If so," Yao county magistrate said quickly, "I will wait on you and let you enjoy all the splendor. A hundred years later, our Yao family wore hemp and died for you. "
Others have nodded.
Seeing the sincerity of the Yao family, Mr. Dong sighed: "Stop it! In that case, I will help you! "
Say that finish, he took yao county brothers out of the house.
This group of people wandered around the village for half a circle and finally came to a sunny slope in front of the village. The gentleman stopped and looked around carefully. He saw a small river in the west and a mountain in the east. He said a spell, then picked up a stone next to him and threw it at his feet, saying, "This is it!" "
After saying his word, Mr. Dong felt as if he was stung by ten thousand sharp knives, dizzy with pain, covered his eyes with his hand, fell to the ground with a "ouch" and began to roll.
The Yao brothers rushed forward to hug him, only to see him shivering and sweating, and bright red blood was pouring out from his fingers covering his eyes. Everyone tried to move their hands away, trying to let Mr. Wang open his eyes, but his closed eyes could no longer be opened.
County magistrate Yao ordered the second brother to carry her husband, and others helped him home.
At midnight that night, the old Yao family really ascended to heaven.
The next day, the Yao family issued an obituary, and all relatives and friends were present one by one, and everyone gave farewell gifts to the deceased.
On the third day, the helper built a grave on the selected geomantic treasure land, waiting for the big burial.
At the funeral, Mr. Dong, who was sick and blind in bed, said, "When the coffin is carried to the cemetery, it cannot be buried until it is auspicious. Remember, remember! "
The Yao brothers rushed forward and asked, "What do you mean by happy?"
I heard Mr. Wang's low voice, and he sang faintly: "Fish beat drums, and wolves run from the forest;" The head of the pole blooms, and a hundred cars come together. "
I heard the Yao family look at each other, but I was afraid to ask questions.
After three soul-chasing shots, accompanied by the drummer's beating, the Yao family ghostly escorted the coffin to the cemetery.
Walking at the front of the line, Yao county magistrate hummed and thought: Is it possible for fish to play drums? It's hard for wolves to run out of the forest! The pole blooms, it's okay! A hundred cars. What a coincidence. But now, there is no other way but to resign ourselves to fate and be at the mercy of others.
When the team arrived at the destination, the dutiful son knelt in front of the grave, and the coffin carrier carefully placed the coffin at the grave mouth, just waiting for the golden opportunity to come.
Needless to say, Yao County's hometown has been dry and rainy recently. At this time, the hot air is rising, forming a tornado from the river on the west side of the cemetery. A large number of fish in the river were sucked up, drifted eastward and reached the cemetery. The wind suddenly died down, and the fish were falling, beating the drummer's drum. "Knock, knock, knock", isn't this a fish playing drums?
Coincidentally, at this moment, a hunter on Dongshan ran down quickly after a wolf. The wolf may have lost his head in fright. He went straight to the cemetery without east, west, south and north, and staged a "wolf running through the forest".
As for "pole flowers bloom"!
Today, when the market in Nancun started to open, a flower seller happened to pass by carrying a pole. One end of the tall pole is tied with handmade flowers made of colored paper and silk. Oh, what a "pole flower"!
Four satisfies three. County magistrate Yao turned sorrow into joy, and busy people counted the vehicles around the cemetery.
Just because Yao county magistrate was overbearing, he buried his father today, and none of his men dared to come and help by car. Together with market participants' trolleys, there are 99 vehicles, one less than the 100 vehicle mentioned by the man of god. Seeing that it was getting late, everyone was anxious.
Almost everyone saw a man running out of the South Market. He sells spinning wheels. Today, I used to sell three cars. After I sold two cars, my business was gone. Seeing the sea of people here, I ran all the way. Oh, the spinning wheel on his shoulder is just enough for "one hundred"
"It's time to be buried!" Under the command of the master of ceremonies who presided over the funeral, the coffin slowly fell into the tomb and was buried, and the whole funeral ended successfully.
County magistrate Yao was overjoyed to see Mr. Dong and took good care of him when he got home. Yao's son and brother seem to have changed and become smarter overnight. What the teacher teaches is easy to learn, and the poems he reads are unforgettable.
A few years later, the younger brothers of the Yao family were all learned, especially the three sons of the Yao county magistrate. People say that they are descendants of the top scholar, and they will certainly be a big official next to the emperor in the future, which makes Yao county magistrate very happy, thinking that he is about to make a success, and gradually ignores Mr. Blind.
At first, the Yao family arranged Mr. Dong in a room to support him. He eats three meals, eight dishes and ten bowls a day, improves his food in many ways, and keeps drinking and eating. Later, he was moved to a wing to make do with it. Later, on the grounds that the children were old and the housing was tight, an old man with disabilities and mobility difficulties was thrown into the woodshed, leaving only the servants to leave some leftovers at will once a day and eat whatever they wanted. Now, the bedding and clothes that used to be changed frequently have been neglected for a whole year, and the whole room smells sour. All the Yao people were more suspicious and never dared to go in again. Sometimes, Mr. Wang can't stand it and asks for better living conditions, so he will be insulted by the Yao family. He also had to submit to humiliation, humbled. The blind man ate the last meal, but didn't eat the next one. It's really a pity to see his bones getting worse every day, but it's too late!
This incident was heard by Gao Qiang, a disciple of Mr. Dong Lao who traveled all the year round. He came all the way at once, and when he saw that the kind master was so miserable, he came forward to hug him and burst into tears. The master recognized him as an apprentice and was very sad. After crying for a while, the disciples raised their tears and choked and asked, "Teacher, is there nothing you can do now?"
Mr. Dong touched his lover with a scrawny hand, thinking that it was time to punish the Yao family for ingratitude, he said categorically, "Yes! Until midnight tonight, there will be a lotus in front of the old son's grave. You pick it. I'll have plans. This is just one thing. When picking lotus, something terrible will happen. When you take them off, leave. Don't look back. Don't worry! "
Gao Qiang promised to come down one by one.
At the end of the evening, Gao Qiang left the master and found the grave according to the position the master said. Soon, in the dark night, the tomb revealed wonderful light, colorful and dazzling, and then psychedelic music sounded. An enchanting lotus flower, Ran Ran, rises above the grave, emitting a strange fragrance.
Gao Qiang steadied his mind, stepped forward, grabbed the lotus and picked it up. At this moment, countless grotesque hands stretched out from the roots of the lotus to protect it, followed by a blue-faced and fangs-faced head, all of which gave a terrible cry.
Gao Qiang forgot a lot, exhausted all his strength, uprooted the lotus, turned around and left quickly, only to hear a loud noise behind him, followed by a fire, thinking that all the ghosts must be finished.
Gao Qiang sneaked back to his master's room with flowers in his arms. Under the guidance of the master, he tore off the petals of the lotus, squeezed out the juice and dropped it on the master's eyes. Soon, Mr. Dong's eyes opened and he saw the light again.
Gao Qiang grabbed an iron bar from behind the door, helped the master leave the door of Yao county magistrate and went straight to the grave.
Far away, the master and the apprentice smelled a burnt smell of flesh and blood. When they got there, there was still smoke floating in the flames scattered on the grave. Qi Xin threw the long iron bar out of the middle of the grave with a stone, and then drifted away.
At the same time, the Yao family was in chaos, and everyone was shouting wolf, only headache.
At dawn the next day, they found that the master and the apprentice had disappeared from the woodshed, and they didn't understand what was going on until they reached their father's grave.
The magistrate ordered the Yao family to pull it out, but the iron bar shook gently and the Yao family's head ached. The iron bar shook so badly that Yao's head ached badly. The iron bar has never been pulled out.
Yao county magistrate had to send someone home to get a big iron pot and cover the grave with iron bars.
Shattered glass, soon know that Yao county magistrate abused meritorious service. As long as people pass by the grave, they all throw stones at the grave. Every time they throw one, the Yao family's head hurts badly. Soon, it became a stony mountain, and the magistrate of Yao County died of headache day after day.
Since then, the sons and daughters of the Yao family have become as uncivilized as before. Don't expect any fame, don't expect to be an official.