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Chapter 249 Folklore ([-])

"The old god liked the sincerity and kindness of the mouse very much, and said to him: 'Since you are serving in my mountain, you must change your original form, so as not to be laughed at by other brothers. You should be hungry after you have been in the water for a long time, so go Pick two peaches from the orchard in the back mountain to satisfy your hunger.'”

"The mouse led the way to the back mountain. There are many fruit trees on the mountain. There is a big peach tree in the middle, which has already produced many fruits. The mouse slowly climbed to the top of the tree, picked up two red-topped ones and ate them. Just about to come down, Suddenly felt itching in both ribs, so he scratched left and right with his front paws. Unexpectedly, the scratching became more and more itchy. Thinking of climbing down the tree to ask the old fairy, he suddenly stretched out his two wings from the itchy place, one by one was very brisk, and all his strength seemed to be concentrated on the wings. The mouse was very clever, and realized that the old fairy changed his shape for him. I couldn't help being overjoyed, and tried to spread my wings, and sure enough, with the help of air, I flew down to the ground lightly, and flew into the cave to meet the old god. When the old god saw the mouse turned into a flying insect, he laughed and changed it for him. It's called a bat."

Bai Tang waited for the old Confucian scholar to stop drinking bean juice to moisten his mouth, and asked, "Would that old fairy be called Yun Zhongzi?"

The old Confucian scholar gave a thumbs up of his left hand: "This girl is so knowledgeable that you are right. The old fairy is indeed Yun Zhongzi, the Immortal of Fortune in Yuzhu Cave in Zhongnan Mountain. Miss, has she heard of this legend? "

Bai Tang thought "hehe" in his heart, and said: "I haven't heard of it, it's just a wild guess."

Thinking in his heart that Yun Zhongzi had a criminal record, he used two apricots to transform a little doll like Lei Zhenzi into a blue-faced and long-toothed Lei Gong, and used two peaches to transform a mouse into a bat. .

The young merchant again urged the old Confucian scholar to continue talking.

"From then on, the bat followed the old god to listen to Taoism and learn it piously. After six or seven hundred years, it can also speak human words and change into various flying insects and beasts, but it cannot be transformed into a human being. One day, the old god took it Call it to the cave and tell it that the opportunity has come. Because it has contributed to the Guankou people, you can get their incense for 700 years, and you can turn into a human body early in the future. The people in Guankou set up a temple for the bats to worship the meaning of merit and virtue, and at the same time, it has a good cause and good results. The people in Guankou got the instructions from the land, and as expected, every family actively participated in building a temple for the bats. Although the place is small, the system But it is also solemn, and the people built this temple according to the order of the land. They respect the bat very much and call it the God of Fortune. Because blessing has the same pronunciation as bat, it can not only show respect, but also hope for its eternal blessing. Later, within a thousand miles of Guankou, whenever there was a festive event or every new year’s festival, every family would hang a picture of five bats or nine bats on a scroll, taking the meaning of accepting many blessings.”

Bai Tang noticed that among the listeners, there was an old man with a white beard, holding a drum board in his hand, listening to the story told by the old Confucian scholar with a smile on his face, as if he knew all the content of the story long ago.

"Although bats are small animals, they are quite spiritual. Those who worship them devoutly can show them some retribution. Therefore, the incense in the temple is becoming more and more prosperous. Bats have been incensed by the world for a long time, and they can change into human forms. It shows up in the world. Even so, it is still conscientious and cautious, and dare not leave the temple easily, lest it will provoke right and wrong and be condemned by the heavens. Who knows that the doom is doomed, and those who should suffer, there is no reason to be spared. Suddenly thousands of years Immediately, a dragon moved from the water-filled river. One day, the dragon turned into a human body and passed through the Bat Temple to have a look. Seeing a huge bird in the temple, he didn't know its origin, so he misunderstood it. The roc bird on the top of the Tathagata of the West hurried forward to salute. After asking the people, he realized that it was a bat transformed from a mouse, and he was so angry that he was half dead. This dragon is narrow-minded and ruthless. I am a dignified dragon who lives the same life as heaven and earth, and has cultivated the supreme Taoism. Except for the Erlang God who can control him and the few immortals and Buddhas he admires, when have he ever said a soft word to those irrelevant low-down little gods? Unexpectedly, he suffered a disadvantage. In front of the little beast, the nameless fire was raging, and he took out a three-pointed two-edged knife and was about to chop this bat temple."

Bai Tang noticed that the old man frowned slightly, as if he was very dissatisfied with Jiaolong's behavior.

"The three-pointed, two-edged knife was made by Jiaolong using the scales of his own male eyebrows. Once the knife was out of the sheath, there were thousands of cold lights coming straight to the face. It was invincible. It blasted the Bat Temple into rubble in just one blow. The bat It was a very conservative thing, and knowing that the incense will be full, sooner or later you have to go back to the mountain, just take advantage of the end to go back and pay the order to the master. But the dragon is too deceitful, and after demolishing the temple, he still wants to kill the bats to save his face Although bats have practiced for thousands of years, they are really not good at fighting. After a few rounds, they were killed by Jiaolong. A bit of true spirit escaped from their bodies and returned to Yun Zhongzi's cave. Jiaolong did not let go of the bat, and blocked it with a single knife. Bats are true spirits. At this critical moment, Erlang Zhenjun appeared and rescued the bats."

"It turned out that the dragon was not angry at the people's reverence for bats, but neglected himself. In a rage, he mobilized the water in the river to flood those people who had 'no vision'. This method completely annoyed Zhenjun Erlang. Even under the rule of Zhenjun Erlang, the dragon actually flooded the houses, and Zhenjun Erlang killed it for a justifiable reason. Although this dragon was heroic in killing bats, it was not only the opponent of Zhenjun Erlang, but it was beheaded by Zhenjun. The three-pointed two-edged knife that took a lot of energy to refine was also confiscated by Zhenjun and became the weapon of Zhenjun."

"After the true spirit of the bat returned to the mountain, the old god had already waited for it in front of the mountain. It turned out that the old god had already counted the catastrophe of the bat, and waited for the true spirit of the bat to come back and send it to reincarnation. Therefore, one of the eight immortals It’s finally born, let’s guess, who is the god who reincarnated from this bat?” The old Confucian scholar threw a riddle to everyone.

Everyone guessed one after another, some guessed that it was Tieguai Li, some guessed Uncle Cao, some guessed Lu Dongbin, some guessed Han Zhongli, and some guessed Han Xiangzi and Lan Caihe, and so on.But the old man holding the tube said: "Don't make wild guesses. Lu Dongbin was Donghua Shangxian in his previous life, and Tieguai Li was the Great Master of Xuandu in his previous life. How can he be a little beast who can't stand on the stage? That bat It is actually Zhang Guolao's previous life."

The old Confucian scholar nodded again and again: "What this old man said is that the family that the bat was reincarnated in is the family surnamed Zhang. The Zhang family was originally a family of good deeds, and there should be immortals reincarnated to benefit their descendants."

The old man holding the board stood up, took out a peach from his bosom and put it in front of the old Confucian scholar: "The story that the old man told is very touching. I can't repay you. Let me give you a peach as a thank you."

After speaking, the old man took the donkey tied to the side and walked slowly onto the rope bridge.

The pink and tender peach looked very delicious, the old Confucian scholar couldn't help but took a bite, the peach juice fell into his stomach down his throat, and immediately felt a ball of warm flames rising from his stomach and swimming all over his body. The old illness seems to be cured, and the bones of the body are much more relaxed.

"Hair!" Someone pointed at the top of the old Confucian scholar's head, and when everyone looked over, they saw that the old Confucian scholar's white hair had turned completely black, and the wrinkles on his face had flattened a lot.

"The old man who gave the peaches couldn't be a fairy?" the young businessman called out.

"It must be, it must be!" The old Confucian scholar repeated, he felt more deeply than others.

Everyone hurriedly looked over the bridge, but they knew that the old man was walking slowly, but now he had disappeared.Those who had such a good thing ran to the other bank and came back, repeatedly saying that there was no old man on the other bank, and the people on the other bank said that they had never seen the old man come ashore.All of a sudden, everyone confirmed the old man's status as a fairy.

The old Confucian scholar said: "Leading a donkey and holding a fishing drum in his hand, isn't that the image of Zhang Guolao in the legend?"

"That's right!" Everyone echoed, they all met the gods, and they would have something to brag about to others in the future.

"The old man told the legend of Zhang Guolao's previous life well, and attracted Zhang Guolao to give the fairy fruit. The old man is blessed!" The young merchant said enviously.Everyone thought it was very reasonable when they heard it, thinking that if they tell stories themselves in the future, will they attract the gods again?Then, the legend of Zhang Guolao incarnate as a bat, and Yang Erlang killing Jiao to control the flood spread in the Guankou area.

Baitang took out a few copper coins and put them on the table, and was about to get up, when suddenly the young merchant yelled again: "Look at the sky, there are fairy marks again!"

Everyone looked up together, and saw the colorful lights blooming in the blue sky, which looked extremely beautiful.But Baitang knew that those rays of light looked beautiful, but they were very dangerous. They were the rays of light from the fighting skills of gods, and when mortals touched a little bit, they would instantly disappear.

But it turned out that it was Yang Jian, Yao Tiangou and Chen Xiang who fought for the Lotus Lantern.It turned out that Yang Jian and Chen Xiang both sensed the lotus lantern. Before Baitang put the lotus lantern in the system backpack, they couldn't sense the lotus lantern, so they could only use their strength to sense it.As soon as Baitang took out the lamp, they sensed it, and rushed to Guankou.Guankou is Yang Jian's home court, and he got the Lotus Lantern first, Chen Xiang went up to grab it, and the group had a great time playing.Fortunately, Yang Jian cared about the people under his rule, and brought everyone into the air to fight, without harming the lives and properties of ordinary people.

Bai Tang could clearly see how much Yang Jian was letting go, but Chen Xiang and his group had problems with their brains and eyes. They couldn't see that Master Yang was bearing the burden of humiliation, and they were ruthless in attacking him. If it wasn't for Master Yang's profound skills, he wouldn't have died How many times?In other words, it was clearly your mother who violated the rules of heaven, but you dealt with your uncle, the law enforcer, so confidently.Disrespecting elders is a major disadvantage, and disobedience to laws and regulations is a major crime.If everyone disobeyed the rules of heaven just like you and your mother, wouldn't the heavens and the world be messed up that day?

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