Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

This strange thing happened during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

One night in a certain month of a certain year, the Urumqi ranch in Xinjiang was hit by a heavy storm. Dozens of horses in the ranch were frightened and ran out of the fence.

The herdsmen rushed out to search for him.

As a result, the horses fled in all directions after being frightened, and the herdsmen could not find any of them.

Seven or eight days later, news came from Hami that dozens of horses in the Urumqi pasture suddenly ran out of the mountains over there.

The reason why we know these horses are from Urumqi Ranch is because the horses have fire marks on their bodies.

The herdsmen were very surprised:

The journey from the Urumqi pasture to the deep mountains of the Hami region is so long that the horses have to walk for at least twenty days.

Only seven or eight days have passed now, less than ten days. Why did these horses run over there?

The herdsmen speculated: Is there an unknown shortcut in that remote mountainous forest and inaccessible place?

After learning the news, General Wen Fuwen, a scholar of Wuyingdian stationed in Xinjiang, sent several sergeants from the garrison with enough dry food and water to explore the road in order to meet strategic needs.

It was a pity that these people had not found any shortcut until they had finished eating their dry food and drinking water, so they could only return to General Wen with nothing.

Although General Wen didn't say anything, after his subordinates spread the news, nearby residents said everything.

Some people say that those sergeants were afraid of hardship, fatigue and the distance, so they stayed nearby and played for a few days. When the dry food was eaten up, they came back to resume their duties and lied that they had gone to explore the road, but there was no so-called close range. road.

Some people also say that because the sergeants were afraid of the hard work of digging mountains and clearing roads and the difficulty of moving the garrison, even if they found a shortcut, they would not tell them about it after they came back.

Some people say that from Hami to Pizhan (today's Shanshan, Xinjiang) and then to Dihua (today's Urumqi, Xinjiang), there were many people along the way, and the villages, towns, inns, and museums were closely connected, just like in the It’s the same as in the mainland, and the roads are very smooth. If you find a shortcut, it must be in the deep mountains and old forests. The road is both dangerous and desolate, making it inconvenient to do anything. So the sergeants didn't want this shortcut.

Others say that if there is a shortcut, then the marching road will be more than half of the way, so the salary of the sergeants, the number of horses lost at the stations along the way, and all the expenses required for the march will be reduced by half accordingly.

This was undoubtedly a great loss to those corrupt officials, so they secretly hindered the sergeants from reporting truthfully to General Wen.

Of course, we don’t know whether these statements are true or false.

However, the reason why the horses in the Urumqi ranch were found in the Hami area only seven or eight days later was not found out in the end.

Others say: The horses in the Urumqi ranch are all military horses. If a horse is lost, it will be punished by military law. The officials who managed the pasture were afraid, so they prepared sacrifices to worship the mountain god and asked the mountain god for help to drive away the lost horses. Therefore, those horses came out quickly, but there was no shortcut!

However, some people immediately questioned this statement.

They think this doesn’t make sense either!

If the mountain gods were really invited to help, then since the mountain gods can drive the horses to Hami, why not just drive the horses back to the Urumqi pasture?