Chapter 16 old man under the moon

During the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Wei Gu. Once, he traveled to Songcheng and stayed in Nandian. One night, when Wei Gu was wandering in the street, he saw an old man sitting on the ground under the moonlight, flipping through a big and thick book, and there was a big cloth bag full of red string on his body. Wei Gu went over to him curiously and asked, "Old man, may I ask what book you are reading?" The old man replied: "This is a book that records the marriages of men and women in the world." Wei Gu became even more curious after hearing this, and asked again: "Then what is the red string in your bag for?"

The old man smiled and said to Wei Gu: "These red strings are used to tie the feet of husband and wife. No matter how much a man and woman are enemies or the distance is far, as long as I tie these red strings to their feet, they will be reconciled." , and become husband and wife." When Wei Gu heard this, he naturally wouldn't believe it, thinking that the old man was joking with him, but he was still full of curiosity about this weird old man. When he wanted to ask him some questions, the old man had already stood up, Taking his book and bag, he walked towards the rice market, and Wei Gu followed him.

When they arrived at Mishi, they saw a blind woman walking towards her with a three-year-old girl in her arms. The old man said to Wei Gu, "The little girl in this blind woman's arms is your future wife." Wei Gu was very angry when he heard this, thinking that the old man was deliberately joking with him, so he asked Jia Nu to kill the little girl to see if he would become his wife in the future. The house slave ran up, stabbed the girl, and ran away immediately.When Wei Gu was going to settle the account with the old man, he was nowhere to be seen. Time flies like an arrow, and fourteen years have passed in a blink of an eye. At this time, Wei Guyi has found a satisfactory object and is about to get married.The other party is the jewel in the palm of Wang Tai, the governor of Xiangzhou. He is very beautiful, but there is always a scar.Wei Gu felt very strange, so he asked his father-in-law, "Why does he have scars on his eyebrows?"

After hearing this, the governor of Xiangzhou said: "It is infuriating to say that fourteen years ago in Songcheng, one day the nanny, Mrs. Chen, was walking by the rice market with him in her arms. There was a madman who stabbed her for no reason. Fortunately, there is no danger to life, and only this scar is left, which is really a blessing in misfortune!" Wei Gu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, the past fourteen years ago quickly came to his mind.He thought: Is he the little girl whom he ordered his servant to assassinate?So he asked nervously, "Is the nanny a blind woman?"

Wang Tai saw his son-in-law's expression was serious, and he asked a strange question, so he asked him back, "Yes, she is a blind woman, but how do you know?" Wei Gu confirmed all these times, he was really surprised, he couldn't answer for a while, and he calmed down after a while, and then he said all about the old man Yuexia who met in Songcheng fourteen years ago. out. Wang Tai was also surprised when he heard this. Only then did Wei Gu understand that what Old Man Yuexia said was not a joke, their marriage was really decided by God. Therefore, the couple cherish this marriage even more and live a loving life.

Soon this incident spread to Songcheng, and the local people changed the South Store into an "Engagement Store" to commemorate the appearance of Old Man Yuexia. Due to the spread of this story, people believe that the marriage between a man and a woman is matched by the old man under the moon who tied a red rope. Therefore, later generations call the matchmaker "the old man under the moon", or "the old man for short".