Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

According to legend, in Wucheng County of Huzhou (southeast of today's Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province), there was a temple enshrining a god whose name was "Prince Liejie".

What is the origin of this god?

It is said that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people could not bear the cruel and harsh rule of the Mongols and rose up to resist, and rebels surged across the country.

Here in Huzhou, there is a brave young man who is also entangled in the villagers' uprising. Later, when the army of anti-Yuan hero Zhang Shicheng attacked Huzhou, he led his people to defect to the rebel army.

Later, in a fierce battle, he unfortunately died.

In order to commemorate him, the local gentry and people built a golden statue for him and built this temple.

Because of his bravery and steadfastness, he became a hero, and he was still a handsome young man when he died heroically, so he was named "Prince Liejie".

The local people have become the local gods, and the local people will go to worship and offer sacrifices. Therefore, the incense in the temple is strong.

In the forty-second year of Qianlong's reign, a local man named Chen from Wucheng County went to this temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.

I don’t know why, it’s like I encountered a ghost in the temple, and actually hanged myself in the temple!

The abbot of the temple spread the news to Chen's home and asked the Chen family to collect the body.

Chen has an older brother named Chen Zhengzhong, who is upright and a just person.

He thought it was incredible that his younger brother went to the temple to burn incense, but actually hanged himself in the temple!

My younger brother usually abides by the law, never causes trouble, and has never expressed thoughts of committing suicide. How could he be possessed by evil spirits in a temple that enshrines gods? How could he commit suicide?

Chen Zhengzhong felt that his brother was either killed by an adulterer, or there was something wrong with the god enshrined in the temple.

When he went to the temple to collect his brother's body, he found the abbot and monk in the temple to find out.

The abbot and the monk said nonchalantly: "There is indeed something strange in this temple! But your brother provoked the evil god and hanged himself. You can't blame others! Besides, starting this year, two people who came to offer incense have already hanged themselves." As for your brother, he is the third one!"

Chen Zhengzhong was furious after hearing this. The Chen family is originally a wealthy family, how could they tolerate the abbot being so perfunctory!

He originally thought there was something strange in this temple, but now the abbot and the monk actually said that his younger brother had provoked the evil god in the temple!

Since he is an evil god, how can he still stay and be worshiped? !

In a rage, he summoned his servants and servants, armed with hoes, poles and other equipment, and entered the temple and smashed them all up. The statue of "Prince Liejie" was also pulled to the ground. He hit it with a hoe and nails, and soon it turned into powder.

All the villagers came after hearing the news and were shocked when they saw this situation.

Everyone was talking about it. It is believed that Chen Zhengzhong's move violated the gods. Not only will the gods no longer bless the peace of the village, they will definitely bring disaster to others.

So everyone went to the county government to complain. Accusing Chen Zhengzhong of being arrogant and unreasonable and wantonly damaging the golden body of the gods will bring disaster to the people!

The Wucheng County Magistrate accepted the case and summoned Chen Zhengzhong to the county government hall for questioning.

Chen Zhengzhong does not deny what he did, nor does he think he did anything wrong.

He explained the whole story to the county magistrate in detail, and said sternly: "There is no record of this "heroic prince" in the official state and county annals, and there is no record in the unofficial biographies. He is obviously not a true god!"

Even the abbot and monk in this temple said that many people in the temple have been possessed by evil spirits!

Therefore, this must be the same evil god as the five-tong god and ghost! It must be destroyed! Now that I have demolished the temple and destroyed the idols, it is impossible for me to confess my sins!

If the villagers think that I am reckless and worry about angering the gods and bringing disaster to everyone, then I can pay to rebuild the temple or build another golden body!

However, I won’t make that nonsense ‘Prince Liejie’. I will make a statue of Saint Guandiguan for everyone to pray for you!

If the folks agree, I will do it right away! "

The county magistrate thought what he said made sense, and everyone agreed.

So, Chen Zhengzhong did as he said, rebuilt the temple for everyone, and then sculpted the golden body of Emperor Guan!

In the following months, everything was peaceful in the temple, and no one hung himself again.

But just when everyone thought the evil god had been eliminated, something strange suddenly happened!

There was a villager named Sun nearby. His family had a daughter who had just grown up and was of marriageable age. While she was asking a matchmaker to find her husband's family, she suddenly fell ill with a strange disease!

I saw the woman with slanted eyes, raised eyebrows, and crooked mouth. She claimed to be "Prince Liejie" and muttered vaguely: "The evil people demolished the temple and destroyed the golden body. I have no place to live, and I cannot accept offerings. You must offer me good wine and good food!"

Over and over again, these same words were muttered.

If the Sun family was a little slow in serving food and drinks, the woman would slap her face hard and keep wailing and crying.

The woman's father believed that his daughter was possessed by an evil spirit and "Prince Liejie" was possessed. The reason was that Chen Zhengzhong destroyed the golden body of "Prince Liejie".

So Sun's father went to Chen Zhengzhong's home and blamed him.

Chen Zhengzhong was furious.

He took a peach branch and ran straight to the woman surnamed Sun's house. While waving the peach branch, he cursed:

"Every wrongdoer has his fault, and every debtor has his owner! I am the one who demolished your temple and destroyed your statue! If you want revenge, come to me!"

I'm standing here, why don't you come to take revenge? !

Bullying other people's weak women, what kind of thing does a great god do? !

Cheating to eat and drink, what kind of bullshit is that! What bullshit!

In my opinion, you can only be regarded as a shameless villain!

Why don't you run away quickly? !

If you don't leave, I'll beat you to pieces and make you irrecoverable! "

The woman was trembling with fear and said in a frightened voice: "The red-faced villain is here again! I'm leaving! I'm leaving!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the woman's body trembled a few times, and everything returned to normal. Her eyes were no longer slanted, her eyebrows were no longer erect, and her mouth was no longer crooked.

He was conscious, no different from before.

Seeing this, Sun's father couldn't blame Chen Zhengzhong anymore.

Chen Zhengzhong went home peacefully.

Who knows, as soon as he got home, Sun's father came to the door again and said that his daughter's problems were the same as before.

Chen Zhengzhong hurriedly ran to Sun's house again.

As soon as he got there, strangely enough, the woman returned to normal after taking it.

Sun's father felt that the evil god was afraid of Chen Zhengzhong, and only he could control him. He asked him to live in Sun's house and keep his daughter safe.

Chen Zhengzhong stayed.

But whenever he went out occasionally, the woman would fall ill when he took it.

Chen Zhengzhong felt that this was not a long-term solution. He had his own family and could not live in the Sun family for a long time.

So, he discussed it with his grandson's father.

He felt that the reason why the Sun family's daughter behaved like this was because if she had strong yin energy but insufficient yang energy, she would be possessed by evil spirits; while his strong fire energy and sufficient yang energy would scare away the evil spirits.

Therefore, the best way to solve the problem is to give him a daughter immediately and choose a man with strong yang energy to get married!

Sun's father thought it made sense, so he immediately found a young man in the village and got married to his daughter.

Sure enough, from then on, no ghosts came to the Sun family again, and the woman never got sick again!