Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Legendary Stories in the Folk

Liu Bowen seems to be a great fairy among the people.There are countless legends about Liu Bowen.Although these legends are not historical facts, as a historical figure, it happens to be another criticism of Liu Bowen.Hu Shi said that history is a little girl who can be dressed up by others, so let's see how the folks dress up the great fairy Liu Bowen. Regarding Liu Bowen's death, the people always believed that Zhu Yuanzhang forced it.It is said that after Zhu Yuanzhang got Jiangshan under the guidance of Liu Bowen, he had opinions on Liu Bowen.Because Liu Bowen knew five hundred years ago and five hundred years later, the existence of such a person is definitely not a good thing for him and his country.But Liu Bowen was killed for no reason, and he was worried that others would gossip.So Zhu Yuanzhang decided to find fault with Liu Bowen and let him "crime".

At that time, Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang's prince, was only a teenager, and Liu Bowen was his teacher.One day, Zhu Biao pestered Liu Bowen to take him to play outside the palace, and Liu Bowen took him to stroll around the streets and alleys of Nanjing City. When he passed a door, Zhu Biao heard a heart-piercing cry from the door , Looking inside, several big men were killing a pig there. Zhu Biao asked Liu Bowen, "Why did they kill pigs?" Liu Bowen replied: "Kill pigs and eat meat." Zhu Biao asked again: "Should all the pigs be killed?" Liu Bowen replied: "Of course, the big pig will definitely be killed, and the little pig will also be killed when it grows up."

After the two returned to the palace, Zhu Biao reported his academic performance to his father Zhu Yuanzhang, and they talked about killing pigs.When Zhu Yuanzhang heard it, his face changed drastically, and he said angrily: "What big pig (Zhu) and little pig (Zhu), isn't this the opposite? Liu Bowen is so bold, he wants to kill me, he also wants to kill the prince, and usurp my power." Jiang Shan, tomorrow I will make you look good!" When Zhu Yuanzhang was smoking at Qiqiao, his wife, Ms. Ma, happened to pass by. After hearing about it, she immediately sent someone to give Liu Bowen a small bag.After Liu Bowen opened the pocket, he found that there was only one jujube and one peach inside.He pondered for a while, and then yelled: "The big thing is not good. Zao Tao means to run away early. The queen is telling me to run away quickly."

Liu Bowen jumped on a fast horse, galloped day and night, and fled back to Qingtian.But on the way, he was overtaken by people sent by Zhu Yuanzhang.Seeing that there was nowhere to escape, Liu Bowen took out a piece of gold from his bosom, swallowed it and committed suicide. Another legend is that Liu Bowen's death was his own fault, because he leaked the secret of heaven, cut off the dragon's vein, and angered the sky. It is said that Liu Bowen came down from a star in the sky. Before he came down to earth, the god in charge of descending affairs told him that you can do anything in the lower world, but you can’t cut the dragon’s veins, because the dragon’s veins are placed there by God’s power, and the emperor is destined to emerge there. thing.Liu Bowen agreed, but after helping Zhu Yuanzhang seize the world, he was so proud that he forgot about it.

One day, he said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Beichen Ziwei star shines brightly, which is a sign of the prosperity of our Ming Empire, but the Eastern Taibai star sometimes brightens and sometimes darkens, sometimes brighter than Ziwei star, which means that there will be emperors with different surnames appearing in the territory of Daming in the future." possible." Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and said, "Do you have a way to crack it?" Liu Bowen said: "Of course there is. Let me find this place first." Therefore, Liu Bowen was appointed as a special envoy by Zhu Yuanzhang, and visited all the spiritual places in the world to find the possible dragon vein.Liu Bowen dressed himself as a woodcutter, and according to the guidance of astronomical phenomena, he drove all the way to Gansu in the northwest.

After Liu Bowen arrived in Gansu, he found that Qingcheng is a place where tigers occupy dragons and dragons, especially Erlong Mountain, which has a strange shape and overlooks the Yellow River. I also noticed that the mountains were full of purple air, and a giant dragon flickered.He clapped and shouted: "This is the place." After conducting a professional investigation, Liu Bowen concluded that Yuzhong is where the dragon veins are located, that is to say, there will be a real dragon emperor in this place in the future.However, cutting dragon veins is purely a risky and technical job. According to the fantasy feng shui theory, if there is a slight error in cutting dragon veins, real dragon emperors will not appear, but it is hard to guarantee that some evil dragon emperors will not appear. Harming the people, Liu Bowen felt uncomfortable when he thought of the suffering of the people.Therefore, he decided to make this matter more meticulous and careful, without any mistakes.He spent three months walking and inspecting the ninety miles between Erlong Mountain and Xinglong Mountain. Everywhere he went, he measured, calculated, marked, and muttered words. In the past three months, Liu Bowen has not had a peaceful night's sleep. In the end, relying on his profound Feng Shui knowledge and superb skills, he successfully finalized a plan for cutting the dragon's veins.

The dragon-killing plan was very elaborate and complicated: he first ordered the local officials to send troops to set up camp at the seven places he had marked, and each place must be guarded by 28 people in turn, arranged in groups of seven according to the formation of the Big Dipper, four The handles of the bucket point to the four directions of southeast, northwest, respectively, and the soldiers on duty hold weapons in their hands and are not allowed to leave day and night.And Liu Bowen himself is in command of Qingcheng. He knows that Erlong Mountain is the head of the dragon's veins, and Xinglong Mountain is the dragon's tail. However, as long as the soldiers dipped their weapons into the dragon's blood, sprinkled it into the air, and evaporated, the dragon's life would be over.

This matter is easy to say, but it is a dragon. It is actually very difficult to behead its head without letting others move around. Liu Bowen counted for many days and finally chose a night with no moon and very few stars. On this night, he saw Ziwei Star and Taibai Star competing for brilliance, like two evenly matched wrestlers. I am up and down, I am up and you are down and fighting.Liu Bowen said: "This is a great opportunity to cut the dragon's veins, don't miss it." Give an order, the soldiers who have been on standby for many days cut open a section of mountain range between Erlong Mountain and Xinglong Mountain. According to Liu Bowen, there is the main artery on the dragon's neck. The color faded, the grass and trees wept, and after a while, the mountain torrents broke out, and it rained heavily in the old world.It was not until the next day that the sun flashed in the sky.

Liu Bowen saw the scene and his heart was broken.Many soldiers died under flying sand and rocks and mudslides. He counted them, and it happened to be forty-nine. The living soldiers were terrified.Liu Bowen wiped some tears and said, "The matter is not over yet." What happened next was this: he ordered people to dig a pit on the top of Erlong Mountain, put wooden dragon heads, dragon slaying charms, weapons and other things into the pit, covered it with fried loess, and piled it up into a mountain. In the next three months, Liu Bowen looked around to see if there was any undried dragon blood, and he saw several places.He said to those soldiers: "As long as the dragon's blood is not dry, we can't leave." The soldiers had to dip their weapons in their hands to collect the blood day and night. This work lasted for three years. After three years, the dragon's blood disappeared and Liu Bowen returned to Nanjing. The city returned to life.

But when he was about to accept Zhu Yuanzhang's heavy reward on the second day after his return, he fell ill in bed and died soon.Later generations said that his death was due to cutting off the dragon's veins. These are legends, of course, but the following story may be fact. It is said that before Liu Bowen died, his two sons, out of filial piety, found a treasured land with excellent geomantic omen as their father’s tomb, and revealed the information to Liu Bowen that they would be buried in a grand manner after death, so that everyone on the moon could see it See my father's grave.Liu Bowen sternly refused. He explained: "The word 'tomb' is grass on top and soil on the bottom, so that it can absorb sunlight and rain. If you build so many extra houses outside the tomb to cover the sun, how can grass grow?" It is not a tomb without evergreen grass. Cangjie created characters, which is very particular. Later generations waste huge sums of money and build their tombs in order to gain fame and fame. This is a violation of the ancients. It depends on serving the people wholeheartedly throughout your life, not on carefully decorating the tombs and erecting archways. Does anyone know where the tombs of Zhang Liang and Zhuge Liang are? But everyone knows Zhang Liang and Zhuge Liang.”

After Liu Bowen's death, his tomb was built on top of a green hill, unremarkable. The legend of Liu Bowen after his death mainly has two things.The first thing is this: In the fourth year of Shunzhi (1647), a Baylor of the Qing Empire returned to Beijing triumphantly after winning a battle in the south. When he passed by Qingtian, Zhejiang, he heard that Liu Bowen was a fairy, and he thought there must be something different in his tomb. Because of this extraordinary place, Liu Bowen's grave was dug up.Baylor found that Liu Bowen's tomb was just an empty coffin, and inside the coffin was a stone tablet with words: Shunzhi three and a half years, Tianxi and the second spring, the world is still undecided, how to open my grave!Below this paragraph is a line of small characters: Baylor, Baylor, invincible under heaven.Born in the north, died in Zhejiang and Zhi. After reading these words, the Baylor yelled, spat out a mouthful of blood, and died when he entered Zhili. The second legend goes like this: At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Guangxu, accompanied by local officials and ministers, went down the Longmen Gate. While admiring the stone statues, they talked about the superb carving skills of their predecessors.When the fun was in full swing, Emperor Guangxu suddenly saw a willow tree floating in the Yihe River, and a big red rooster stood on the tree.The rooster was extraordinary: about the size of a calf, and covered in fire, it was dazzling.When Emperor Guangxu saw this rooster that was not in the world, he wondered: "The rooster can't swim, how dare it stand in the water?" But he was good at associating, talking about the chicken on the willow tree, the willow chicken, "Oh!" He suddenly realized, Said, "Isn't this Liu Ji, the military adviser of the previous dynasty?" So he cleared his throat and said to the rooster, "Liu Ji, Liu Ji, your master didn't grant you, but came to me to ask for it. I said You old ghost who has lived for thousands of years, you should stay away." This legend happened to be the cause and effect of the legend about Baylor's death above, so Guangxu did not seal Liu Bowen, probably because he had a grudge against Liu Bowen who killed his predecessor. The legend about Liu Bowen's death and after death is very fantastic. As Guangxu said, Liu Bowen is indeed an old ghost who has never died for a thousand years among the people. There are three miraculous figures in Chinese history, Zhang Liang in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period, and Liu Bowen in the early Ming Dynasty.Many people want to compare the three. In fact, due to historical reasons, the three are not comparable at all.However, the folks firmly believe that those who come first must be stronger than those who come later. For example, Zhuge Liang is stronger than Liu Bowen, so there is a legend about Liu Bowen and Zhuge Liang's duel. The legend goes like this: One day, Liu Bowen had a dream. He dreamed that he left the room and walked into a deep mountain and old forest alone.This is a primeval forest, the mountain road is extremely rough, the forest is getting denser and denser, the soil under the feet is like volcanic ash, soft, and the forest exudes a suffocating air.Liu Bowen was very scared, looked around, and suddenly found an ancient temple not far away.Without thinking, he ran over. That ancient temple is indeed very old, the door has been rotten, and the words on the plaque on the temple gate have been mottled and blurred, but Liu Bowen still understood those four words: Zhuge Wuhou. Liu Bowen was startled, isn't Zhuge Wuhou the same as Zhuge Liang? But at that time, because he was too afraid of the darkness of the forest, he didn't think much about it. When he entered the temple gate, he saw a clay statue on the opposite side, which he didn't recognize. The golden knife drowns here. Liu Bowen didn't understand what the bullshit couplet meant. Because of the fright, Liu Bowen wanted to urinate, so he found a secluded place and urinated.Liu Bowen was originally a polite scholar, and it was the first time he had urinated in the temple, so he quickly bowed deeply to the god in the temple.When I looked down, I found that there was a woodcut tablet under the statue, with seven words on it: Zhuge Liang in three parts of the world. Liu Bowen laughed loudly and said: "You Zhuge Liang are really shameless. You are so boastful that you can't even succeed in the Northern Expedition to Wei, and you exhausted yourself to death in the end. You are ashamed to say that the world is divided into three parts, but I did not say that I ruled the world." Woolen cloth!" After finishing speaking, he took the wooden card in his hand, and suddenly a small card fell out from under the wooden card, and there were also seven characters on it: Liu Bowen, who dominates the world. Liu Bowen was taken aback, and said in his heart: "Zhuge Liang is really a man of God! He knew that I ruled the world more than a thousand years ago." He went to look at the couplet again, "Jin Ming when the local dog gallops the horse", which is Refers to time.This year is the year of Dingyou, and you are the rooster; the earthly branch on September 9 is Xu, and the zodiac of Xu is the dog; when galloping a horse, it obviously refers to noon, and it is noon now!Look at the next couplet again, leaving the head with a golden knife, "stay" go to "field" and add "gold" next to "dao" is the word "Liu (traditional form of Liu)". "It turns out that Zhuge Liang knew that I would pee (drown) here today!" Thinking of this, Liu Bowen was amazed, so he knelt down and saluted Zhuge Liang.But this kneeling didn't matter, he couldn't feel his legs and couldn't get up.He explored anxiously, only to see four words the size of a fist written on the opposite wall: "Give up your armor and go away".Liu Bowen saw that he was actually wearing armor, so he took off the armor, and his legs listened to his brain again.Only then did he escape from the temple gate, and then he woke up from the dream. This legend portrays Zhuge Liang as a god and degrades Liu Bowen as a mortal.Even so, this legend did not embarrass Liu Bowen too much. The following legend made Liu Bowen extremely humble in front of Zhuge Liang. One day, Liu Bowen went to Zhuge Liang's cemetery to pay homage. When he passed through the tall archway and just climbed the flower stone steps, Liu Bowen saw a huge stele standing in front of him.Liu Bowen said to the people around him: "Zhuge Liang's calligraphy is good, but it's just that his predictive ability is too poor. A three-year-old child knows that as long as he has a tomb, people will come naturally. How can it be said that no one will come. I think It’s better to tear down this huge monument, so as not to make people laugh.” The entourage, like wolves and tigers, picked up tools and rushed to the huge stele, knocking down the stele in two or three hits.Liu Bowen continued to move forward, and after walking a few steps, he saw another huge stone tablet. After experiencing wind and rain, this stone tablet has become pitifully old.Fortunately, there were only five words on it. Uncle Liu meekly read it, and his soul flew away, and he kept shouting: "Sin, sin! I am arrogant, I don't know the heights of heaven and earth, and I have ruined my ancestors by destroying monuments and smashing stones. The crime is serious and deserves death!" Why is Liu Bowen like this? It turns out that the five words on the stele are: Only Bowen arrived. This is the next sentence of the previous stone tablet "I have arrived and no one has arrived".This kind of "big gasp" is annoying, but Liu Bowen is the one who experienced it first-hand, and he is the person involved in the words, so his fear is justified. Liu Bowen knelt down and kowtowed, just like the previous legend. When he was about to stand up, he found that his legs did not obey his command. When he was panicking, he suddenly saw a line of small characters engraved under the round head tablet: Bowen put on his helmet and saluted. Helm up.Liu Bowen quickly took off his helmet and kowtowed. After kowtowing, his legs belonged to him again. Being frightened like this, Liu Bowen was somewhat convinced of Zhuge Liang.On the way back, I deliberately went to Zhuge Liang's ancestral hall to burn incense and kneel down.He saw a bowl of cold water on the table and a pair of boots under the table.He felt that there must be articles here, so he drank the water in one gulp, put on his boots and turned around three times.He chanted casually: "Drinking my teacher's water is clean and not greedy, and wearing my teacher's boots is right." From this, it can be seen that Liu Bowen has regarded Zhuge Liang as his master.Later, he took off his shoes, walked out the door, and looked up inadvertently, and there were two lines of gold characters on the big screen wall facing him: "Wear my boots, drink my water, and encounter disasters when you walk on the sand dunes." Obviously, this was written by Zhuge Liang again. Yes, Liu Bowen firmly believes in this kind of pretending.He thought, this is the teacher reminding me that a disaster is about to happen. It appears that the disaster is at Dune.I heard that there is a town here called Sand Dune Town, why don't I just bypass it.Thinking of this, Liu Bowen led his entourage to deliberately take a detour, seeing the smoke from the cooking in Shaqiu Town from a distance, Liu Bowen couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. But before he breathed it out, Liu Bowen saw himself crossing a dry sandy river bed.And not far away, he saw two groups of children each occupying a sand dune to play military games.Liu Bowen finally set his sights on the low man-made sand dunes, he couldn't help sighing, and said: "It's true, it's a blessing, not a disaster, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided". Great to die with meaning." After finishing speaking, he asked his entourage to take out pen and ink and wrote a short article, which was his feeling at that time: "A high mountain always has a top, but the sky is big but boundless; sitting in a well and looking at the sky is small, climbing high and looking at the sky. It’s not short in the end; it’s good to know the mistakes and correct them, and it’s not shameful to know the shame. It's too late to regret, I hope everyone will pass on my message to warn their descendants." After writing the last word, Liu Bowen threw away the pen, his face turned purple, and his cheeks also swelled up. He opened his mouth, and with a "wow", a column of blood spurted out, and he died. This legend tells us that Zhuge Liang did not meet his own death, but he was full. He traveled to Liu Bowen's era more than a thousand years later, and predicted Liu Bowen's death. Regarding the legend of Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen, I am afraid that only the following legend elevates Liu Bowen a bit. The beginning of this legend is like this: Liu Bowen has always been jealous of Zhuge Liang, just like Zhou Yu was jealous of Zhuge Liang back then.Therefore, he calculated Zhuge Liang's grave with a strange spell, and then dug up Zhuge Liang's grave.Zhuge Liang's tomb is empty, only a stone tablet with words on it: I can be counted as the descendant of Bowen, but who can you count as the descendant? Liu Bowen took a breath and said, "This old man Zhuge has a lot of tricks. However, you can only figure out me, and I use "Song of Shaobing" to figure out the world's major events in the future. In this regard, you are not as good as me." After Liu Bowen said this, there was a cry in the tomb, which showed that Zhuge Liang gave up and cried bitterly. The legends of Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang are numerous among the people.The legend of the two began when Zhu Yuanzhang invited Liu Bowen. After many years of fighting and killing, Zhu Yuanzhang finally had his own territory, and became a prince, with many soldiers and generals, so he wanted to find a military adviser.Someone told him that there was Liu Bowen in Qingtian County, Chuzhou. He was not only a genius, but also a wizard. He could know the past five hundred years and the future five hundred years. Zhu Yuanzhang then sent people to invite him again and again, but all failed.According to the person sent to invite him back, Liu Bowen did not come out of the mountain after he died, saying that he was waiting for the right man.The irritable generals under Zhu Yuanzhang were furious, slapped the table and shouted: "Just come and let the army go to invite him. If he doesn't come, he will be executed on the spot." Zhu Yuanzhang stopped the group of warriors, Said: "We are going to use people, not waste people. I have a way. Isn't he waiting for the right man? I will play him a play of the right man descending to earth." The play was staged soon.One day, Liu Bowen left Qingtian for Hangzhou, and heard someone talking about a strange person.This Yiren is a salt dealer who values ​​love and righteousness, regards money as dung, and is good at martial arts performances.Liu Bowen was very interested in such a person, so he wanted to meet him.After inquiring about the place where this person often rested, he rushed to that place.Halfway there, he saw a man lying on the ground sleeping. This person's sleeping posture is very interesting: the head is resting on a pole, the hands are spread out, and the feet are crossed.The whole body and the shoulder pole just form a word "heaven".Liu Bowen's heart moved, this person's posture is really blessed.However, sleeping on the ground is easy to catch cold.Thinking of this, he went up to push the man, who was sleeping soundly, was pushed by Liu Bowen, turned over, turned sideways, hooked his feet, lowered his head, and fell asleep again.When he turned sideways, the shoulder pole was turned imperceptibly to his waist.When Liu Bowen saw this, he was horrified: "Ah! Isn't this a character for 'zi'? The word 'son of heaven' can appear when sleeping, this person is not a creature in the pool!" Woke up.The two chatted, and Liu Bowen found that this person was the salt dealer he was looking for. Liu Bowen was even more surprised, and said: "You are absolutely extraordinary, please report your name." This person revealed his identity: "I am Zhu Yuanzhang who has invited you many times." Liu Bowen laughed, knowing that he had been fooled.However, since Zhu Yuanzhang came to invite him in person, he really had no reason to refuse, and since then he has embarked on the road of revolution with Zhu Yuanzhang. Real history has already told us that Zhu Yuanzhang never invited Liu Bowen himself.And the real history also tells us that the game between Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen in the later period always ended in Liu Bowen's helpless failure.But among the people, Zhu Yuanzhang was always helpless in front of Liu Bowen's wisdom. The legend of "Zhu Yuanzhang tried Liu Bowen three times" is a typical example. This legend started like this. One day, Zhu Yuanzhang played chess with Liu Bowen. When he was about to lose, he turned his eyes and asked Liu Bowen: "I heard that you have a good memory. of?" Liu Bowen told him that there was such a thing.When I went to Beijing to rush for the exam, I met a book seller in Dadu. The book seller had an astronomical book in his hand. After reading it once, he could memorize it by heart. Zhu Yuanzhang left the chessboard, took out a copy of Sima Qian's "Historical Records" from the shelf, and asked Liu Bowen if he could recite it.Liu Bowen replied: "I have read it since I was a child, of course I can recite it." After finishing speaking, he looked around Zhu Yuanzhang's bookshelf and said, "These books are all in my stomach." Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Liu Bowen was suspected of bragging, so he took out a book from the bookshelf and asked Liu Bowen to recite it. Liu Bowen looked at the title of the book and opened his mouth to recite it. Word for word.Zhu Yuanzhang was amazed. When the two returned to the chessboard, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen again: "I heard that your master's couplets are also very good. I have an upper couplet." Without hesitation, Liu Bowen responded to the second couplet: "Because of the fire, there are many evenings and nights." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to a picture of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" on the wall, and said in the upper couplet: "Thousands of miles are the most important, heavy mountains and heavy waters Chongqing government." Liu Bowen Looking at the chessboard, he immediately wrote the second couplet: "The sun and the moon are bright, the virtues are bright and the righteous are the wise king." Zhu Yuanzhang then issued the first couplet: "The sky is the chessboard, and the stars are the sons. Who can play?" Liu Bowen responded: " The earth makes the pipa, the road makes the strings, who dares to play it?" Zhu Yuanzhang was elated when he heard such praise.Liu Bowen asked to go out for convenience. When he came back, he saw a bowl next to the chessboard covered with a cloth.This is the biscuit Zhu Yuanzhang took a bite of after he went out.Zhu Yuanzhang asked him: "Do you know what is in this bowl?" This is not a problem that can be solved by talent and learning, but almost witchcraft.Liu Bowen pinched his fingers and said: "A round sun, a full moon, and a golden dragon bites a hole." Zhu Yuanzhang praised him: "That's right. It is said that Jiang Ziya can calculate the eight hundred years of the Zhou Dynasty. Sir, can you calculate my Ming dynasty?" How many years has it been in the world?" Liu Bowen pondered for a while, then replied: "Eight hundred is too little, and three hundred is too much." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand.Liu Bowen explained: "The longevity and ephemerality of the country are determined by the hearts of the people. As long as you put the people first, establish laws and follow them from generation to generation, why worry about the great Ming Dynasty not being passed down from generation to generation? That's why we say 'eight hundred are too few'." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.He didn't ask "three hundred is too much". Later, the Ming Empire lasted for 276 years, and the folks believed that Liu Bowen had already figured out the fate of Ming Dynasty. The most exciting legend of Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen should be the legend of Liu Bowen escaping from Zhu Yuanzhang's clutches. It is said that one spring, Zhu Yuanzhang took all the civil and military officials to play along the Yangtze River outside Nanjing.He saw the dragon-like Yangtze River rolling eastward, and saw the Yanziji standing on the bank of the river like steel cast iron. Suddenly, he became very poetic and blurted out: "The Yanziji is a weight." Then he got stuck. up.He looked around and suddenly saw everyone sniggering.The generals were all talking in low voices: "This is not a poem, it's not even a doggerel." When Zhu Yuanzhang was embarrassed, Liu Bowen stood up and said: "Comparing Yanziji to a weight, this is actually a very good poem. I can Let’s go on. So what if the Yanziji is a weight, and the Changhong is a pole. The crescent moon in the sky is a hook, how many are my mountains and rivers?” As soon as Liu Bowen finished singing, all the officials shouted "good".Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hold back anymore. He thought that these civil and military officials didn't value him at all, and his authority was not strong, so he decided to kill them all.Killing them one by one is too troublesome, so let's just do a bunch of them. A few days later, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of the Qinggong Tower, declaring to the public that the Qinggong Tower was an entertainment club for him and his heroes to drink and have fun.When the Qinggong Building was completed, he invited all the meritorious officials to go upstairs.Just before this, Liu Bowen watched the sky at night and found out that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to burn the Qinggong Building, using those heroes as barbecues.The day before going to Qinggong Tower, Liu Bowen rode a horse galloping on the street. He had never behaved like this before. Just when everyone was wondering, Liu Bowen suddenly became unstable and fell off his horse.After being carried home, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the imperial doctor to check, and the imperial doctor said that Liu Bowen had to rest in bed for at least three days.Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself, then kill you in a few days and let you live a few more days. That night, Liu Bowen reluctantly escaped from Nanjing City.And just as he predicted, the next day, when everyone was drinking happily, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly went downstairs and ordered someone to light a fire.Those heroes were burned to death like rabbits. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Liu Bowen had escaped, he was so frightened that he couldn't sleep for several nights.Because of Liu Bowen's ingenious calculations, if this skill is used on Zhu Yuanzhang, it will be a great misfortune. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yuanzhang took his most capable guards to various places for private visits many times, with the purpose of finding Liu Bowen. He looked for Liu Bowen to find a needle in a haystack, but Liu Bowen knew his whereabouts well.Once, Zhu Yuanzhang went to a northern city to look for Liu Bowen. He encountered heavy rain on the mountain road, so he hurriedly hid under a tree. Shaking down.At this moment, a young man in coir raincoat and bamboo hat, with an umbrella in his hand, came towards him.Walking up to him and saluting Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang felt guilty and asked, "Do you know me?" The young man shook his head and said, "I don't know. All I know is that someone here needs an umbrella, so I brought it here." Zhu Yuanzhang asked strangely: "How do you know?" The young man didn't answer, but just said: "My house is nearby, let's change clothes at home." Although Zhu Yuanzhang was muttering in his heart, it was really not safe under the tree, so he had to follow the young man.When he arrived at the young man's house, Zhu Yuanzhang changed his clothes, ate a good meal, and fell asleep because he was tired from the journey. The next morning, the sun was shining brightly. Zhu Yuanzhang went out and saw a rainbow across the sky. His poetic nature broke out again. It's gone, which means he's stuck again. Just as he was racking his brains to think of two sentences, the young man came over and continued: "Because the Jade Emperor's Luan came out, a colorful bridge was erected over thousands of miles." Zhu Yuanzhang was quite surprised this time.These two poems not only answered well, but also pointed out that Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor.Zhu Yuanzhang has a weird appearance and doesn't have the temperament of an emperor at all. If he is placed in the crowd, he can only win in the ugly contest.He examined the young man carefully, and asked coldly: "How do you know?" The young man looked blank: "What do I know?" Zhu Yuanzhang felt relieved when he saw the honesty written on the young man's face.Later, when I returned to Nanjing, I thought this young man was talented and kind to me, so I called him to see him.Speaking of that incident, the young man said another thing, which horrified Zhu Yuanzhang. What the young man said was this: He was originally a scholar, but he always failed in the imperial examinations. One day, a Taoist priest came to his house, and the Taoist priest stayed for half a year. Serve the Taoist priests attentively.Before he left, the Taoist priest gave him two kits, one big and one small, and a set of clothes, and told him to open the big kit on a certain day of the year, which contained his secrets on how to be an official. Clothes will be used to change into official uniforms in the future, so they must be well preserved.That little kit must also be kept properly, it will definitely be useful. Although the young man didn't believe in the words of the priest, he still kept the things.The day when Zhu Yuanzhang worried about being struck by lightning under the big tree was the day when the Taoist said he opened the big bag.There was a note in the kit, asking him to wear a coir raincoat, bamboo hat, and umbrella to find someone somewhere, and Zhu Yuanzhang would know the rest. Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly asked for big and small kits, opened the big one first, and found that the handwriting was Liu Bowen's, and he couldn't help feeling scared.I worked so hard to find Liu Bowen, but I didn't expect that Liu Bowen knew his whereabouts well. If Liu Bowen wanted to kill himself, it would be really easy.After thinking for a long time, he said to the young man: "I'll make you an official to express my gratitude to you." The young man thanked En, and Zhu Yuanzhang curiously opened the little kit, and there was a note in it, which read: "Thank you, Long Live, for making XX an official of XX." The official title was exactly the same as the one he had given to the young man just now. Zhu Yuanzhang sighed a few times, and never visited privately again, because he knew that this was the most unrealistic thing in the world. In his later years, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of Liu Bowen.He summoned the young man from many years ago and asked him if he had seen the Taoist priest again.The middle-aged young man said that he had seen him in Sichuan, and he was renovating a dilapidated Zhuge Liang Temple, saying he was building a home for himself. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the reconstruction of Zhuge Liang temples in various places, and built a temple for Liu Bowen next to the Zhuge Liang temple.When the Zhuge Liang Temple was being built in a certain place, a technician was going to overturn the stele in front of the Zhuge Liang Temple and replace it. After removing the stele, he found a cowhide scroll inside.On the picture scroll is a person with a feather fan and a scarf. Although this person is wearing Han Dynasty costumes, his face is exactly that of Liu Bowen. Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang understand that Liu Bowen was the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, and this was the reason why Liu Bowen said he would build a home for himself when he built the Zhuge Liang Temple in Sichuan.Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that only Zhuge Liang Temple should be built, and there is no need to build Liu Bowen Temple. This legend is also based on reality: Confucius Temple is not uncommon now, but Liu Bowen Temple has never been seen. There are also many folk legends about Liu Bowen saving people, and these legends strongly reflect Liu Bowen's wit.There is a legend called "Dumb Hall". It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen to build Nanjing City. When the construction was about to be completed, Zhu Yuanzhang, accompanied by Liu Bowen, came down to inspect.When I came to the imperial palace, I saw how grand the palace was built, and said with emotion: "At the beginning of the revolution, I just wanted to rob houses and hope to have meat for every meal. Unexpectedly, the time will turn around, and the fakes will become real, and I will become the emperor, haha." Liu Bowen didn't want to spoil Zhu Yuanzhang's interest, so he agreed.Zhu Yuanzhang walked for a while, and suddenly thought, I am now the emperor, the son of the real dragon, with a golden mouth, how can I talk nonsense like a famous man, if others listen to it, what is my majesty, decency, and demeanor? where? Thinking of this, he hurriedly looked around, and suddenly saw a craftsman working on a beam. He was shocked and thought, if someone really listened to me, he must be killed.He said to Liu Bowen: "This kid is there quietly. He is not a thief or something!" How do you know?" Liu Bowen said: "I am the head here, and any craftsman knows how many hairs there are on his body." Zhu Yuanzhang was at a loss.While he was not paying attention, Liu Bowen gestured to the craftsman, pointed to his mouth, and shook his head, signaling the craftsman to pretend to be dumb.The craftsman was very clever, so he nodded. Liu Bowen gestured to the craftsman again in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, asking him to come down.The craftsman jumped down, knelt down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, said "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"After kowtowing, he pointed to Liu Bowen's hat and then to his own head.Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand what this meant, so he asked Liu Bowen. Liu Bowen replied: "Your Majesty, the mute is asking for a title." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "What reward does a 'no-talking king' need?" But go to a higher place, I think you, the emperor, should not let him down." Zhu Yuanzhang first thought that his hooligan words would not be spread, and then thought that Liu Bowen's words were also reasonable.So he said happily: "Then make him a 'King of No Mouth'." The craftsman was very happy when he heard it, but he pretended not to hear it.Liu Bowen gestured to him, which meant that the emperor named you "King of No Mouth".The craftsman hurriedly showed a happy look, kowtowed several times to Zhu Yuanzhang, got up and ran away.Another legend with Liu Bowen's characteristics is that he rescued Xu Da.朱元璋做了皇帝后，要刘伯温和徐达到今天北京城以北围城设防，防御蒙古，保护家园。 刘、徐二人领了圣旨，马不停蹄地奔赴北部边塞，到达一处高地，两人骑马登高了望，寻找筑城的最佳地点。徐达在高处望下去，不禁赞叹道：“好地方，好战场啊。” 刘伯温没有说话，调转马头回营了。第二天，两人又来到同一个地方，徐达又赞叹：“真是好地方！”刘伯温还是个闷葫芦，看了一会儿，就回营了。第三天，两人还是来到那个地方，徐达这次大声地喊起来：“先生，这真是个好地方啊！”刘伯温仍然一声不吭，这让徐达疑惑不解，于是问刘伯温：“为何先生您一句话都不讲？” 刘伯温淡淡地说了一句：“为何？为了大明江山，还为了你。”徐达更是大迷惑了，刘伯温开始指点起江山来：“徐元帅请看，北边燕山连绵，南边渤海漫天，在此筑起雄关，那就是铁桶江山，苍蝇都飞不进来。”徐达说：“是啊，我也说这是个好地方，但不知先生您想修建个什么样的城池？”刘伯温侃侃而谈：“它一定是当今天下边塞中的第一大城，要城连城、城套城、楼对楼、楼望楼，此城只在天上有，人间不得闻。”徐达拍手称快，但他疑惑未解，问刘伯温：“先生此举是为了大明江山，那'为了我'是什么意思？”刘伯温就指着那片无边际的空地说：“这里不但是个好战场，还是个好居处。土地是那么肥沃，气候是那么温和，简直是北方小江南。” 徐达听明白了，这是想让他搬家到这里。但当时，他还没有这样的想法。两人画了工程图，招人开始了筑城，两年后，顺利完工。他们带着实景图回到南京，见朱元璋。 朱元璋对这座城池非常满意，于是给起名为“山海关”。这件事不久，有一天，徐达正在家里吃肉，刘伯温来拜访。徐达急忙迎接，刘伯温不落座，就说，自己该走了。 徐达以为刘伯温还要出差，但刘伯温告诉他，自己要去云游四海了。徐达又是大惑不解，说：“我们千辛万苦帮皇上创建了这份家业，如今正是享福的时候，您怎么就走了呢？”刘伯温说：“此时不走，恐怕再也走不了了。”徐达惊骇地张大嘴巴，刘伯温语重心长地对他说：“皇上是个只能共患难不能共富贵的人，你以后一定要小心。”徐达知道刘伯温能掐会算，他这样说，必然有他的道理，一想到刘伯温的话将成事实，就惊慌起来。他说：“先生你让我多加小心，我该怎么小心啊？”刘伯温伸出右手的拇指和食指，说：“八个字——尽忠为国，紧跟万岁。”徐达如坠五里雾中，刘伯温早已飘出他的家门，不见了。刘伯温走后不久，徐达突然接到圣旨，要他第二天到新建的庆功楼上与皇上开怀畅饮。徐达心中一动，问传圣旨的人，皇上都请了谁。传旨的太监告诉他，一席全是功勋，没有别人。徐达大叫一声：“难道皇上这是要连窝端了我们吗？” 他急得像热锅上的蚂蚁，在房间里转悠。突然想到了刘伯温留下的那八个字，心里就有了主意。 第二天，所有功臣都上了庆功楼，朱元璋让大家尽情畅饮，不必拘泥君臣之礼。这些功臣们本来都是土匪出身，看到酒肉就如饿狼，又听皇上说可以尽情，所以全都敞开怀，大喝大吃起来。 朱元璋却一口酒都不喝，当他看到群臣都喝得神魂颠倒后，突然捂着肚子说：“啊呀，我的肠炎犯了，要赶紧回宫吃药，你们继续喝。”说完，转身就下了楼。徐达从桌子后跳了出来，跟着朱元璋下了楼。徐达只喝了一点，这场饭局，他心惊胆战，时刻注意着朱元璋的一举一动。朱元璋到了楼下，回头一望，看到徐达跟了出来，不禁恼火，命令徐达：“你给我进去。”徐达知道，庆功楼现在已成地狱，他既然出来了，无论如何都不会再回去。他跪下说：“皇上，我要紧跟您左右。”朱元璋气愤道：“我不用你，赶紧给我回去。”徐达抓住朱元璋的小腿，说：“皇上，我怕您回宫有个什么闪失，所以必须要保护您回宫。”朱元璋踢了他一脚，但徐达抱住不放，还大声哭了起来。朱元璋有点慌了，他担心徐达的哭声引起楼上那群人的注意，心里又想，反正留你一个也可以，杀起来比较容易。就这样，他同意了徐达和他一起回宫的建议。两人回到宫中还未坐稳，就有人来报告说：“不好啦，庆功楼着火啦。”朱元璋假装惊慌，说：“快去救火！”又问，“有活着的人没有？”报告的人回答：“全成烤鸭啦。”朱元璋挤出几滴眼泪，说：“可怜了我一帮功臣啊。”徐达当时已汗流浃背。回到家中，让家人收拾了金银珠宝，连夜逃到山海关，从此在那里过上了幸福安定的生活。这就是刘伯温八字救徐达的传说。我们都知道，民间的刘伯温的故事都是假的，与正史不符，但民间却认为，这就是真的。他们塑造出了一个神乎其神、大慈大悲的刘伯温，和正史那个刘伯温一比，大部分的人都喜欢民间的刘伯温，于是，他们更希望，刘伯温永远在民间。 (End of the book)