Chapter 72 1. Some unknown legends and the history of the incident

There is a Mr. Lin who teaches in Liushujian, Fushi County, Yan'an Prefecture. The place where he teaches is sixty miles away from his home. One day when he came home from class, it rained heavily, so he ran to an ancient temple by the road to hide from the rain, sat cross-legged under the incense table, and while preparing the lesson plans in his mind, he became confused.While half asleep and half awake, I suddenly heard the noise of people in the two corridors, as if they were preparing to welcome someone, and the ostentation was quite grand. A man in scarlet clothes flaunted around, like a boss.After a while, someone flew to report: "The evil star has descended!" The man in scarlet staggered out of the door to meet him.

Mr. Lin also huddled in the crowd to watch the excitement.I saw a group of people carrying sedan chairs to the front of the temple, and a hideous, red-bearded, blue-faced guy with huge fangs and fangs stepped out of the sedan chair, strode into the hall, and slapped the table and shouted: "Bring the food quickly, don't miss it!" It's my business!" The man in scarlet robes entertained him warmly, blindly flattering him.After the meal, the man in scarlet robes avoided the table and stood arched and said: "Today, the Xingjun descended to the realm. Although he obeyed the decree of God, it would be a calamity for thousands of people, but he was in Dongyue. Pete is very shallow." After speaking, he stood aside respectfully.Mr. Xing was about to be furious, but seeing his sincerity, he nodded slightly, and then strode out, only to see a bright light penetrating into Mr. Lin's village.

Mr. Lin was quite surprised, and secretly asked the waiter of the Scarlet Clothes.The waiter said: "This is your student!" Lin immediately woke up, realizing that it was a big dream.Go out and look at the plaque, which reads "Dongyue". When he got home, he saw a box of wedding eggs on the table. His wife told him that the neighbor Zhang's sister-in-law had raised a fat boy yesterday. This is the thirty-fourth year of Wanli. Five years later, the Zhang family entrusted the child to study under Mr. Lin, and named him "Xianzhong".This child doesn't like reading. After studying for more than a year, he didn't learn a few words.Sneaking around all day long, fighting and fighting, and doing things that heroes loved to do when they were young.

When Mr. Lin told this story, he was already Mr. Lin after the change of dynasty.Although the matter involves "strangeness, power, chaos, and gods", it should be "no words", but we can tentatively assume that it is because of the long history that the old man's memories are mixed with some hysterical elements-Mr. Yu Youren, a veteran of the Republic of China , After getting older, I also have this problem. I insist on saying that I have participated in major events that I have not participated in, but the basic facts can still be referred to. When the kid grew up, he first became a petty thief and stole dogs, and later he turned his back on his ways and became a fast hand in the county—a bit like today's security team.Later, he joined the army of Yansui Town, and occasionally violated the military law. Fortunately, the chief general Chen Hongfan interceded for him, so he was spared. Therefore, he was very grateful and carved Chen Hongfan's image in nanmu.

In the third year of Chongzhen, Wang Jiayin rebelled, Zhang Xianzhong occupied Mizhi Eighteen Villages, and called himself "Eight Great Kings".He is thin, tall, yellow-faced, scheming and wise, vigorous and decisive, brave and good at fighting, so he is called "Yellow Tiger" in the army. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong was recruited by the governor Hong Chengchou for a time, and then he rebelled. He followed most of the peasant army in northern Shaanxi from Qin to Jin. After that, he partnered with Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng for a long time. He was the one who quarreled, and he was the one who burned the imperial tomb in Fengyang...

On Fengyang Road, he was the most noisy one. Li Zicheng only burned Longxing Temple, and he simply dug up the ancestor's grave, so that later Chongzhen issued a secret edict to Yang Sichang, saying that Zhang Xianzhong "had shocked the ancestor's mausoleum", and other people can forgive him, but this guy "crime" In the Unforgivable"——Although he was recruited in the end, the treatment was always worse than others. In addition, he also became addicted to the emperor, calling himself the "Emperor of the Ancient Yuan Zhenlong"-according to this calculation, he became emperor earlier than Li Zicheng, so he had reason to look down on Lao Chuang and call the country name of Lao Chuang's family "" "Dashun" was used as the title of the year.

It is said that there is also a peasant army who "cuts pregnant women and injects babies into lances". Although they did not name their troops, judging from the inheritance of the Chuang and Xian families in the future, this atrocity may not be counted as "Chuang". There were rumors that Zhang Xianzhong had captured twelve young eunuchs who were good at playing and singing, and Li Zicheng asked him for it, but he refused, and the two had a long quarrel because of this. This buddy is absolutely unambiguous when his own people fight, and he is willing to help the other party when they are in trouble, and when they are all developed, they tear each other down.There are even more incredible things...

What is he trying to do? This question, not to mention that no one could have guessed it in that era, even today, it is difficult for us to figure it out. After experiencing what he did in Sichuan, two Western missionaries analyzed from a foreigner's materialist point of view that he might have some brain problems.