Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

Once upon a time, there lived a scholar named Qiu in Nanchang County, Jiangnan Province (now Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province). He behaved bohemianly, unkemptly, and loved to watch the excitement.

Because he has some talent and good eloquence, he likes to complain when something doesn't go his way. He is simply a litigator!

It was very hot at noon this summer.

After Qiu Xiucai finished lunch, he couldn't stand the stuffy heat at home, so he went out to find a shaded place to cool off.

After walking not far, he saw a tall banyan tree.

His heart moved, and he remembered that there was an earth temple under the big banyan tree.

And the earth temple was completely covered by the huge shade of the banyan tree, so it must be very cool in the temple.

Qiu Xiucai ran into the Earth Temple excitedly, taking three steps and two steps at a time. As expected, the cool breeze blows in the temple, making it a great place to take a nap and cool off!

He looked around to see where he could lie down and sleep.

This earth temple is used by nearby villagers to pray for wind and rain. It is a bit incense, but usually no one comes here at all.

Qiu Xiucai took a look and found that you could sleep on the confession table in front of the Tudigong statue in the entire temple.

So, he swaggered over, took off the dilapidated incense burner on the confession table, pulled off a piece of flags, dusted off the dust on the confession table, threw away the used flags, and lay down on the confession table. Get ready for bed.

After all the trouble just now, Qiu Xiucai was sweating profusely and felt very uncomfortable.

Thinking that this earth temple is a secluded place, few people will come here. Simply, he took off all his clothes, balled them up, put them under his head as a pillow, and slept naked.

When he woke up this time, the sun was setting and it was approaching dusk.

Qiu Xiucai stretched out comfortably before sitting up, putting on his clothes, and Shi Shiran went home.

Who knows, after he returned home, he suddenly felt weak in his limbs, and he didn't even bother to eat dinner, so he went to bed.

In the middle of the night, Qiu Xiucai started to have a fever and talked nonsense. No one knew what he was talking about.

His wife was frightened and called a doctor overnight to treat him.

The doctor came to see her and said, "It doesn't matter, it's just a cold. It's just a cold." You don’t need to drink any medicine, just make some brown sugar ginger tea.

His wife quickly complied. However, as several days passed, his condition did not improve at all.

The scholar's wife guessed that there must be something fishy. After careful questioning, I learned that Qiu Xiucai was taking a nap in the Tutu Temple.

The scholar's wife felt that Qiu Xiucai took off his clothes and slept naked in front of the Tu Tu Temple, which was a treasonous act!

If you offend the gods and offend the earth god, what's the point? !

The scholar's wife quickly prepared good wine, food, incense, candles, and paper, and went to the Tu Tu Temple to pay homage to Tu Tu Gong and plead guilty for Qiu Xiucai.

Sure enough, everything was as expected by the scholar's wife. After such sacrifices, Qiu Xiucai recovered from his illness.

The scholar's wife was overjoyed. She felt that Qiu Xiucai himself should go to the Tu Tu Temple to offer sacrifices and thank Tu Tu Gong for his magnanimity.

Qiu Xiucai himself was a headstrong and arbitrary person. When his wife asked him to go to the Tutu Temple to thank the gods, he couldn't help but be furious.

He thought, this landowner is so disgusting! I just took a nap in his temple for a while, and then he made me sick, and also asked me to offer good wine and food, burn incense and burn paper. How can he protect the people and protect me as a god? !

Not only did he not go to the Tutu Temple to make an offering, but he wrote a piece of paper and went to the Chenghuang Temple, which was the superior of the Tutu God. He offered incense to him and made him sick! If things go on like this, they will be no different from monsters!

After burning the paper for more than ten days, there was no movement or any response!

Qiu Xiucai wrote another piece of paper and burned it to the City God, urging him to intervene.

This time, the petition also blamed the City God and his officials for protecting each other, but turning a blind eye to the mistakes of his subordinates, allowing his subordinates to take bribes, pervert the law, and act recklessly. He was not worthy of enjoying the blood and food offered by people!

This time the paper really worked!

That night, Qiu Xiucai had a dream. In his dream, he discovered that an approval document had been posted in the Chenghuang Temple, which read: "The public deceives people about drinking and eating, and violates the official motto, so he will be dismissed from his position. Qiu is disrespectful to ghosts and gods, does good things, and is prone to litigation. Create a new county responsible for thirty boards!”

The meaning of this batch of articles is: The landowner has defrauded people of their food and wine, soiled his duties as an official, and ordered his dismissal and severe punishment! Qiu Xiucai was disrespectful to ghosts and gods, was nosy, and was always willing to file lawsuits. He was sent to Xinjian County (now Le'an County, Jiangxi Province, and later merged into Nanchang City to build Xinjian District) to fight for thirty boards!

Qiu Xiucai woke up from his dream and cursed the city god in his heart for taking revenge! Isn’t it just to urge you to investigate the Tu Gong? What am I guilty of? Why are you hitting me? !

Then I thought again: I am in Nanchang County and not under the jurisdiction of Xinjian County. Even if I'm wrong, it's not Xinjian County's turn to punish me, right? ! The City God must have said this on purpose to scare me!

Thinking about it this way, I felt relieved and didn't take him seriously. I believe that things in dreams may not come true.

A few days later, it rained and thundered. The thunder and lightning split open the Tu Tu Temple and destroyed the statue of Tu Tu Gong.

Only then did Qiu Xiucai become frightened. He hid at home for many days, not daring to go out.

More than a month later, the Tutu Temple was renovated and a new statue of the god was rebuilt inside.

On the day of the opening of the temple, Miao Zhu invited the grandfather of the governor of Jiangxi to attend the ceremony and asked him to offer incense.

How could the officials nearby let go of this gathering of people who were close to the governor? They flocked to the place first.

These officials included dozens of people, large and small, including the Nanchang County Magistrate and the Xinjian County Magistrate.

Who would have known that when the governor's grandfather was about to step into the temple gate, a thug rushed to him with a sharp ax in his hand, raised the ax and struck him straight on the head!

It may be that the governor's enemies have learned the news in advance and ambushed here in advance, waiting for the opportunity.

The governor's grandfather, although he was old, was as agile as a young man. However, the incident happened suddenly, and he was hit in the forehead by an ax because he could not avoid it!

The officials wanted to come here to flatter him, but who knew that the murder happened right under their noses? They were all shocked and hurriedly gathered together to discuss how to arrest the murderer as soon as possible!

Besides, Qiu Xiucai is a person who loves to watch the excitement. He has been hiding at home for a long time and has not dared to go out because he is afraid of the punishment from the City God.

How could I control my curiosity when I heard such a strange thing from my family?

He couldn't care much anymore and hurriedly ran to the Tutu Temple to see the strange things.

At this time, there was already a sea of ​​people in front of the Tutu Temple, and it was so crowded.

Qiu Xiucai, who had just arrived, couldn't see anything, so he squeezed in the crowd.

At this time, Xinxin County Magistrate, who was leading a group of government officials to maintain order, saw Qiu Xiucai looking surprised and squeezing among the crowd. He didn't know whether he wanted to go in to watch the fun or to escape, so he pointed at him and shouted loudly. He shouted: "Who are you? Are you an accomplice of the murderer?"

Qiu Xiucai felt a little panicked when he asked him so suddenly. He stuttered and didn't say a word for a long time.

The county magistrate of Xinjian was furious when he saw this. He also saw that although he was wearing a long robe, he was not wearing it. He immediately called for the officials to arrest him.

Without saying a word, he ordered him to be pushed to the ground and beaten thirty times in front of the people on the street.

Qiu Xiucai just cried out in pain, how could he say anything?

It wasn't until he finished playing thirty boards that he cried out: "Sir! I hit the wrong niche! The niche is not the murderer's accomplice, he just wants to go in and see the fun!"

Xiaosheng's surname is Qiu, and he is a scholar in this county! Your Excellency, it is clear that Qiu Sinong (equivalent to the current Minister of Finance) of the imperial court and I are from the same family! "

Only then did the Xinjian County Magistrate realize that something had happened, and he quickly went up to help Qiu Xiucai, dusted him off, and apologized constantly.

Qiu Xiucai didn't blame him. He knew in his heart that this dream had come true, and the City God was going to punish him. How could he, a mortal, escape from it? !

However, Xinxin County Magistrate blamed himself very much and still felt sorry. When he learned that Qiu Xiucai was idle at home, he recommended him to teach in Fengcheng County (now Yichun City, Jiangxi Province).