Why did the notorious bully Cao Can national wine become a member of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea?
Cao Guojiu, whose real name is Cao Shu, is called "Uncle Prince" because he is the younger brother of Ci Shengguang who contributed to the Empress Dowager in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is a vicious, bullying, bullying and bullying stick, but his evil is not from his own initiative, but has become an accomplice to evil.
Cao Shu has a younger brother. Let's call him my second uncle for the time being. The most outrageous thing my second uncle did was to rob his wife. That year, a scholar from other places came to Beijing with his beautiful wife to catch the exam. Because of his lust for his wife's beauty, the second uncle sent someone to kill the scholar and then took the woman away.
I don't know where Bao Zheng heard about it and decided to follow it to the end. When Cao Guojiu learned about this, he told his younger brother, my second uncle, to get rid of the scholar's wife and put him to death to avoid future troubles.
My second uncle threw the scholar's wife into the well. But the scholar's wife narrowly escaped from the well and ran into Cao Guojiu's motorcade on the way to escape. As a result, the scholar's wife was whipped by Cao Guojiu's men until she fainted.
The wife of the Awakening Scholar escaped twice, and finally she went to Fu Bao's home. Bao Zheng seriously tried the case and took Cao Guojiu and my second uncle into custody.
The Queen Mother was anxious for Bao Zheng to kill Cao Guojiu, so Song Renzong granted amnesty to the whole country. Finally, Cao Guojiu was saved.
Cao Guojiu was determined to repent, and since then he has become a monk and fled, determined to be in the mountains and forests, not asking about the world of mortals. One day, Han Zhongli and Lv Dongbin passed by and met Cao Guojiu, a sage-like, and there was such a dialogue between them.
Lu: What did you fix? Cao: I studied Tao. Lu: Where is Dao? Cao: Tao is in heaven. Lu: Where is the sky? Cao Guojiu pointed to the heart. Lv Dongbin was satisfied: You have thoroughly understood the true meaning of Tao. Join the cultivation alliance! The two were awarded the "True Secret Order", and Cao Guojiu worked hard day and night, and finally became a substitute for the Eight Immortals.
So why did the Eight Immortals of Taoism choose a Cao Guojiu who almost made a big mistake? In fact, the myth of the Eight Immortals crossing the ocean is so popular among the people because it has a strong local flavor: Tie Guai Li is a heavy drinker, Lv Dongbin is frivolous, and Han Zhong goes into battle shirtless.
The turning point of Cao Guojiu's life is a confirmation of the golden rule of "the prodigal son never changes his gold".