Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

It is said that once upon a time, there was a scholar in Hangzhou named Tang Shikun, who was in his thirties and taught in a wealthy family named Fan.

One night, the students and disciples all scattered back. This season is in winter. The huge library is empty except for Tang Xiucai. The north wind is blowing outside, which makes the room feel particularly cold.

Tang Xiucai was afraid of the cold, and seeing the howling cold wind, he closed all the doors and windows of the library room tightly.

At midnight, there was still a light on in the library room, and Tang Xiucai was reading under the light alone.

Suddenly, the window that had been closed tightly opened without warning.

Tang Xiucai thought it was blown by the wind and was about to get up and close the window again. Who knew, he put down the book and looked up, only to see a person jumping in from the window. When he looked carefully, he found that the person had no head!

Tang Xiucai was horrified, and before he could scream in surprise, six more people jumped in from the window, following behind the five-headed man.

None of these have heads. Their heads are hung on their waists with straps. They look weird and scary!

After the seven people jumped in, they immediately surrounded Tang Xiucai and sprinkled the blood on Tang Xiucai's body.

Tang Xiucai's body became bloody, and he felt sticky, cold and wet, which was very uncomfortable.

Tang Xiucai was frightened and frightened. He was so frightened by them that he felt at a loss as if he was demented and could not say a word!

At this moment, the book boy from the library came over with a toilet bucket. Seeing this, the group of people immediately dispersed and jumped out of the window, and disappeared in an instant.

Tang Xiucai was so relieved that he fainted and fell to the ground unconscious.

The boy didn't know what to do, so he hurried to report to his master.

The master of the Fan family hurried over and asked people to help Tang Xiucai up, and gave him several cans of ginger juice. Tang Xiucai woke up and turned around.

The host asked him if he had fainted due to an emergency.

Tang Xiucai told everyone the strange things that had just happened.

Tang Xiucai said that the library was haunted and he did not dare to stay any longer. So he asked his master not to teach here anymore, but to go home.

The owner of the Fan family tried to persuade Tang Xiucai to no avail, so he had no choice but to agree to Tang Xiucai's farewell. He asked his servants to prepare a sedan chair (a small sedan carried by two people, similar to the sliding pole in Sichuan today. But it had a roof to protect it from wind and rain) to send him back.

After a lot of trouble, by this time, the bearers carried Tang Xiucai out, and the sky was already bright.

Tang Xiucai's family lived at the foot of Chenghuang Mountain. When the carriage was about to reach the bottom of the mountain, Tang Xiucai suddenly stopped the bearer and said that there was no need to send him home, but that he should turn around and go back to the Fan family's library for privacy.

The bearer didn't know why, but he had to obey his instructions, so he had to carry the sedan chair back to Fan's house.

In fact, when Jianyu just arrived at the foot of the mountain, Tang Xiucai saw from a distance those seven headless ghosts sitting on the road ahead, seemingly waiting for him there.

He was frightened and did not dare to go any further, so he asked the bearer to turn back.

When the master of the Fan family saw that Tang Xiucai had left and returned, he had no choice but to let him teach in the library.

Tang Xiucai was frightened and fell seriously ill. His body became very hot, as if he had been roasted by fire.

The master of the Fan family is a kind man and has always been virtuous. Seeing that Tang Xiucai couldn't afford to fall ill, he didn't fire him. He also invited a doctor to treat him. He also called Tang Xiucai's wife to Fan's house to serve him.

However, Tang Xiucai's condition was too serious, and several doctors were unable to do anything.

Three days later, Tang Xiucai died of anger.

What makes people feel strange is that after Tang Xiucai died, when Tang's wife was in grief, it didn't take long for him to wake up faintly.

He said to his wife: "I have decided to pass away! Don't be surprised, I died, why can I still wake up?"

It was because of my hard pleas that I was too hasty to leave the Yang world, so the Yin Division was merciful and gave me the opportunity to return to the human world to say goodbye to you and explain my affairs! "

Then, he told his wife the wonderful experience he had after he died.

A few days ago, Tang Xiucai was seriously ill and bedridden. In a daze, he saw four people in Tsing Yi coming to the bed. They pulled him up from the bed and left.

Tang Xiucai hurriedly asked: "Who are you? Where are you taking me?"

The man in green said: "We are all police officers. Now someone has reported you and wants to take your life! We have been ordered to come and arrest you!"

Tang Xiucai was led on the road by them. The road was filled with yellow sand and the sky was dark. He knew very well in his heart that he was taken to the underworld by the man in Tsing Yi.

After being frightened, he asked the man in green: "What crime have I committed? You want to bring me from the world of heaven to the underworld!"

The man in Tsing Yi said to him: "Sir, don't you know what's going on in your mind? If you really can't, just look at your appearance and you will know!"

Tang Xiucai said: "People cannot see their own appearance. How can I see it?"

One of the four men in Tsing Yi carried a small mirror with him, took it out and handed it to Tang Xiucai and said, "Sir, take a look at it yourself!"

Tang Xiucai took a look in the mirror and saw that the person in the mirror was tall and tall, with a fierce appearance and a beard seven or eight inches long under his chin, instead of the thin appearance of the frail scholar he originally was!

Tang Xiucai didn't know why this happened.

The man in Tsing Yi explained to him: "The mirror we are showing you is not an ordinary mirror, but a karmic mirror that reflects the good and evil karma of all living beings! It can show your past and present lives."

Tang Xiucai suddenly realized this.

So he carefully observed what appeared in the mirror of karma.

It turns out that Tang Xiucai's previous life name was Wu and Qiang, and he was the magistrate of Lou County (now Kunshan, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province) in the late Ming Dynasty.

The seven five-headed men who jumped out of the library window were the seven robbers of that time.

Their robbery proceeds totaled more than [-] taels of silver. Because the amount was huge and inconvenient to carry, I found a secret place and buried it.

Later, when the government suppressed bandits, none of the seven escaped the net and were all captured.

After the seven people were captured, they discussed in prison that their money had been robbed anyway. If the people were killed, there would be no way to enjoy it, so it was better to use it to buy their lives.

They hoped to use the buried money to bribe the officials who were trying their cases, hoping to avoid the death penalty.

So, the seven people gave the [-] taels of silver to Xu, the Dianshi of Lou County (equivalent to the current police chief), and asked him to go to the county magistrate Wu Qiang (the predecessor of Tang Xiucai) to buy their lives with the silver. .

Xu was greedy for money, so he spent [-] taels of silver on his own, and only used the remaining [-] taels to bribe Magistrate Wu.

Wu Qiang knew that the seven robbers were guilty of serious crimes. If they were not killed, the people would not be outraged. It was difficult to avoid the death penalty! Therefore, he did not accept the bribe and refused his request.

But Xu disagreed. He borrowed the allusion from "Zuo Zhuan": "Kill you, and the general will be gone", and asked Wu Qiang to accept their money first, and then kill them!

Wu Qiang was greedy for a moment and felt that the money would be in vain if he didn't take it. He actually listened to Xu's words and killed the robbers even though he accepted their money!

Tang Xiucai realized at this moment that this was the retribution from his previous life! But now it’s too late to regret even if you want to!

So, he stopped talking and obediently followed the four men in Tsing Yi to a place like a government office.

I saw that the building was as spectacular as a palace, and the lobby was also very grand.

In the middle of the lobby, there was an underworld official wearing a robe. His face looked very kind.

Scholar Tang Shikun knelt down and worshiped at the foot of the stone steps, not daring to say a word.

The seven headless ghosts in the hall all held their heads on their shoulders, as if they were accusing the underworld official.

After they finished speaking, they all looked at Tang Xiucai fiercely. Then he still hung his head on his waist.

Tang Xiucai was so frightened that he quickly appealed to the officials of the underworld for mercy.

The official said: "Actually, I have no prejudice against you. It was these seven headless ghosts who sued you. They want to kill you! You can plead with them yourself. If a reconciliation is reached between you, I will I’ll hold you accountable!”

After Tang Xiucai heard this, he quickly turned to the seven headless ghosts, kowtowed, and begged, "As long as you are willing to forgive me, I will ask the eminent monk to do something to save you and burn more paper money for you!"

The seven headless ghosts were unmoved and refused to forgive Tang Xiucai.

I saw their heads shaking on their waists, looking very vicious and terrifying. The mouth opened, teeth were exposed, and they all rushed over to bite Tang Xiucai.

When the official in the hall saw this, he shouted loudly: "The robbers must not be unreasonable! Just because I asked you to negotiate does not mean that Magistrate Wu murdered your lives!"

The crimes you committed deserved death in the first place, and were not caused by his violation of the law!

His crime is that he secretly collects your money despite knowing that he cannot forgive your death penalty.

But it was Xu who came up with this idea, not Magistrate Wu, so don’t take his life for the time being! "

The seven ghosts took off their heads from their waists, put them on their necks, and cried, "We are asking for debts from him, not for our lives!

As an official of the court, he received a salary from the court, but he embezzled money from thieves. This behavior is also a thief!

As for Xu Dianshi, he would have been eaten by us long ago if he didn't take care of his affairs. Because Magistrate Wu was first reincarnated as a beautiful woman, she married Shangshu Song Muzhong (Song Luo, a famous politician, poet and painter in the Qing Dynasty) as his concubine.

The Minister of Song Dynasty is a noble man with a great reputation, so we dare not approach him. So we had to eat Xu Dianshi.

Magistrate Wu's fortune was good, and he was reborn in the Tang family. The ancestors of the Tang family have always done good deeds and accumulated virtue, so someone in the family will definitely win the prize.

On New Year's Eve this year, his name, Tang Shikun, will be put on the heavenly list by Emperor Wenchang (the god who presides over the literary movement)!

Once his name is on the heavenly list, all evil spirits will not dare to approach him, and we will have no way to find him.

Now that he has been brought to the underworld, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It will not be easy to catch him next time. I hope you will not act like a woman! "

After listening to Qi Gui's appeal, the Yin Division official frowned and said to Tang Xiucai, "Thieves also have their ways! They won't give up, and I can't forgive you anymore!"

What I can help you with is to let you go back to the earth for once and say goodbye to your wife and children, right? "

Scholar Tang Shikun told his wife why he died and came back to life. However, it can only be a short stay, and I have to report to the Yin Division soon.

After saying that, Tang Xiucai stopped talking.

His wife held back her grief and kept burning paper money. A total of tens of millions of paper money was burned, but there was no response, not long after. Tang Xiucai still died without saying a word.

Another branch of the same family as Tang Shikun's scholar, one named Tang Shichang, took the provincial examination and passed the Jinshi in the second year, and later entered Ci Lin Zhengyun.

People all over the world say: If the Tang family accumulates virtue and does good deeds, they will be rewarded in the end! Since Emperor Wenchang has decided to submit the descendants of the Tang family to the heavenly list, he will not change it. When Tang Shikun died, his fellow racer Tang Shichang was replaced by Tang Shichang on the heavenly list!