Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a man named Zhu Weigao in Xiushui County, Zhejiang Province (now the north of Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province), whose courtesy name was Xuanchen. This person passed the examination in the Wuwu year (that is, the third year of Qianlong). Later, he went to the cabinet to write a letter.

Zhu Xuanchen was born into a wealthy family. His father, Zhu, has a very wealthy family. His father has a very good character. He is not the kind of person who is unkind because of his wealth, but he likes to do good deeds and be charitable! His outgoing and enthusiastic character is well known far and wide.

It is said that one day in a certain month of a certain year, a Taoist priest with a long beard came to Zhu's house, knocked on the door and asked to see Zhu.

Zhu received him, but felt very strange in his heart, so he asked him: "Master and I are strangers. What is the purpose of Master coming to my house?"

The long-bearded Taoist priest said: "Pindao and Zhu Donor are indeed strangers to each other. However, I have a friend who lives in Zhu Donor's home now, so I took the liberty to come and visit!"

Zhu felt even more strange. He asked in confusion: "Why did the Master say this? I have never had a Taoist come to my house recently, let alone a Taoist priest living in my house. I don't know who the Master's friends are." Woolen cloth?"

The long-bearded Taoist priest said with certainty: "Pindao is a monk and never lies! My friend does live in the benefactor's house.

He is in the third room of Guanjia's study in your mansion.

If the donor doesn’t believe it, please ask the donor to go to that room with me, and we will know the truth at a glance! "

So Zhu went to check it out with the long-bearded Taoist priest.

When we arrived at the third room of Guanjia's study, there was no Taoist priest, only a portrait of Lu Dongbin hanging on the wall.

The long-bearded Taoist priest pointed at the portrait, smiled and said to Zhu: "Donor, please see: I didn't lie to you, did I? This Taoist priest is my friend, and he is also my senior brother!"

This senior brother of mine loves to joke. It has been a long time since he last stole my gourd, but he didn't want to give it back to me. So I had to come and ask for it! "

As soon as the long-bearded Taoist priest finished speaking, he reached out towards Lu Dongbin's portrait and made a gesture of asking for something.

What surprised Zhu was that he actually discovered that Lu Dongbin in the painting smiled and made an action of throwing the gourd back to the Taoist priest!

Zhu rubbed his eyes and looked at the painting carefully. Sure enough, there was no gourd in Lu Dongbin's hand.

Turning around and looking again, the gourd was already in the hands of the Taoist priest!

Zhu was shocked.

He looked at the long-bearded Taoist priest and asked, "I wonder if the master has other things to do here? If it's just to get this gourd, what should I do?"

The long-bearded Taoist priest said seriously: "Of course the poor Taoist didn't come here to get the gourd for no reason.

Pindao watched the sky at night and calculated with his fingers, he found that there will be a huge epidemic of plague in one prefecture and four counties this summer. By then, the place will be littered with corpses, with no chickens or dogs left.

Therefore, Pindao came to ask for the gourd in order to refine the elixir and save the people here.

Pindao also had something to say: People like the donor, who have money at home and like to do good deeds, can spend a thousand taels of silver to buy Pindao's elixir for later use.

In this way, the donor can not only save himself and his family's lives, but also help the common people. This is a matter of great merit, and future generations will also enjoy blessings. "

After saying that, the Taoist priest took out a few pills from the bag he carried with him and showed them to Zhu.

Zhu felt that the elixir was fragrant and refreshing.

The long-bearded Taoist priest went on to say: "After summer this year, in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, when the moon is bright, the poor Taoist will come to the donor's house again.

The donor only needs to prepare some fruits, moon cakes, etc. to entertain the poor! It's a pity that by that time, the number of people in this place may be reduced by half! "

When Zhu heard these words from the Taoist priest, he was originally a person who accumulated virtue and did good deeds, and he was immediately moved.

He asked the Taoist priest: "Excuse me, Master, can a person like me, who is neither a Taoist priest nor a monk, be able to accumulate great merit as long as he is willing to pay some money?"

The Taoist priest said: "Of course!"

So Zhu immediately asked his boy to get one thousand taels of silver and gave it to the Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest tied the silver around his waist as if it were tied with a piece of cloth. It didn't feel heavy at all.

Then the Taoist priest took out ten pills, handed them to Zhu, bowed his hands, and left!

From then on, Zhu's whole family respected the Taoist priest as a god. They would go to the "Guanjia" study room in the morning and evening to worship in front of Lu Dongbin's portrait.

However, for some reason, there was no local plague in the summer.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sky was not beautiful. Not only was there no moon, but it was also windy and rainy. Therefore, the long-bearded Taoist priest did not come either!

However, Zhu's descendants were rewarded for his good deeds.

His son Zhu Xuanchen had had poor luck in examinations before this. In the first year of Qianlong's reign, he was originally recommended to participate in the "Bo Xue Hong Ci" imperial examination (students did not need to go through layers of selection and participated in the palace examination directly through recommendation), but he did not know why. He was rejected by the Ministry of Personnel and was not allowed to participate in the palace examination.

After that, in the third year of Qianlong's reign, he took the imperial examination and succeeded in one fell swoop!