Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

During the Qing Dynasty, near Wangxian Bridge in Hangzhou (Wangxian Bridge existed not only in Hangzhou, but also in Chengdu, Shanghai, Jintan, and Chaozhou in Jiangsu Province), there lived a scholar named Zhou who specialized in Confucianism. Advocating the Confucian thoughts of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trust, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, and brotherhood", people are loyal, kind and filial.

As the saying goes: "A good man has no good wife!" Zhou Shengzheng responded to this sentence.

He was such a well-known good man, but he married a wicked woman as his wife.

His wife has a strong character and is disobedient and unfilial. After entering the house, she had a tit-for-tat confrontation with Zhou Sheng's mother, her mother-in-law. They contradicted her many times, even verbally abused her, and even exchanged fists.

Every time during the holidays, not only would I not honor my mother-in-law, but I would wear sackcloth and show filial piety, pretend to be gods and ghosts at home, and kneel down before the statue in the nave, as if my mother-in-law was offering sacrifices there, while muttering vicious words. Curse my mother-in-law to die early.

Zhou Sheng was very filial to his mother. When he saw his wife mistreating his mother, he would naturally get angry and scold his wife to stop her behavior.

It's just that he is a weak scholar, with a gentle and cowardly personality, a thin body, and no strength in his hands. He is not as sharp as his wife's teeth and sharp mouth. He can't scold or win, and he can't win.

With no choice but to pray before the City God every day, he wrote a document accusing his wife of his evil deeds and burned it to the City God, hoping that the god would punish his wife and keep his mother safe.

Who knew that the City God didn't react at all, just like a stone thrown into the sea.

Zhou Sheng believed that where sincerity comes, metal and stone will open. In order that his mother would no longer be tortured by an evil wife, he kept praying and burning documents. Even after nine times in a row, the city god still did not appear.

He was a little dissatisfied with the City God. When he wrote the document again, his words became more intense, and his tone even blamed the gods for their ineffectiveness.

That night, after Zhou Sheng went to bed and fell asleep, he had a dream.

In his dream, he saw a policeman who came over and said to him: "The City God wants to summon you! He specially sent me to summon you!"

So Zhou Sheng followed the guard. When he arrived at the City God's Temple, he walked in and knelt down in front of the City God.

The City God said to him: "As the City God here, how could I not know about your wife's disobedience and unfilial piety? I sent you here today just to solve the problem for you."

I have specifically checked your horoscope. You can only have one wife in this life, and there is no second wife. However, you are destined to have two sons in your life, and they can only be born to this wife.

You are a filial son, how can you have no offspring? So I will be lenient to your wife for the time being and will not punish her. I hope she can change her ways and treat your mother well.

This is all my painstaking efforts. It’s okay if you don’t appreciate it. Why bother making a fuss and writing documents to blame the gods? ! "

Zhou Sheng said unconvinced: "It's not that I'm disrespectful to the City God, but I feel sorry for my mother! My wife is so vicious, and my mother is bullied by her all day long, how can I bear it?

What's more, she and I have severed all ties and there is no relationship left as husband and wife, so how can I possibly have a son with her? "

The City God asked him: "Who was the matchmaker for you before you got married?"

Zhou Sheng answered truthfully: "It was Fan and Chen who worked together as matchmakers."

The City God immediately ordered the officers to bring the two men to the City God Temple.

After Fan and Chen were brought, the City God scolded them: "You didn't check out the bad behavior of a certain girl, so you acted as a matchmaker for her and married such a filial son. This is not a good match at all!"

Now this girl is disobedient and unfilial to her mother-in-law, and is being sued. Ultimately, the responsibility for this matter lies with you, and it was caused by your negligence. "

The City God ordered his servants to pin the two men to the ground and beat them with a board as a punishment.

The two were dissatisfied and argued: "We are not to blame for this matter! We are not guilty. Before the woman got married, she stayed in the boudoir all day long. We don't know whether she is virtuous or not! Please have mercy on me, Lord City God!"

Zhou Sheng quickly interceded with the two of them.

He said to the City God: "The two of them also have good intentions. They just want to be a good matchmaker and achieve a marriage. They are not the kind of people who tell lies just for money. This has nothing to do with them! I also Don't blame them.

In Xiaosheng's humble opinion, although my wife is fierce, she is not to the extent of disrespecting ghosts and gods, not chanting sutras or worshiping Buddha, and she is not extremely vicious.

I just ask the Lord of the City to bring my wife here and give her a punishment and warning. Maybe this will change her from being disobedient to filial. Maybe she will no longer embarrass my mother and can get along well with me. "

City God nodded and said: "What you said makes sense! But you are all loyal and kind-hearted people, so I use a kind face to meet you.

However, your wife has a fierce personality. If I don't change my appearance, I won't be able to show my majesty and make her feel in awe.

I'll change my appearance right away, don't be afraid. "

After saying that, the City God chose a ferocious-looking blue-faced ghost messenger and ordered him to take the biggest shackles and go capture Zhou Sheng's wife.

As for the City God himself, he swung his sleeves over his face, and his appearance immediately changed: his face turned into indigo, his hair turned into red, and his eyes opened bulgingly.

Then he summoned the government servants on both sides, holding knives and saws with various weapons in their hands. They all looked very ferocious and ferocious. They also placed the oil pan, meat grinder, guillotine and other torture instruments neatly in a conspicuous place in the hall.

After a while, the blue-faced ghost arrived holding Zhou Sheng's wife.

At this moment, Zhou's wife came to the City God's Temple and saw that the instruments of torture no longer looked as ferocious as before, but they were trembling with fear and knelt in front of the steps in panic.

The City God sternly rebuked her for her crimes and took out a book recording her merits and demerits to show her.

Then without letting her argue, he ordered Yasha to pull her down, skin her and put her into a pan.

Zhou's wife was so frightened that she confessed her crime in a wailing voice, begged the City God to spare her life, and said she would never dare to do so again.

Zhou Sheng and the two matchmakers all interceded for her.

The city god's original intention was just to scare her, but now that he had achieved his goal, he walked down the slope and said to me: "Because your husband is filial, doesn't care about past grudges, and pleads for you, let me spare you for once! I hope you will be well." Cherish it, abandon evil and do good! If you do it again, I will show no mercy and use this punishment directly on you!"

Everyone agreed reluctantly.

The city god then ordered the servants to take everyone back home.

The next morning, after Zhou Sheng and his wife woke up, they asked each other and confirmed that they had the same dream.

From then on, Zhou Sheng's wife always treated her mother-in-law kindly, and the relationship between husband and wife became increasingly harmonious.

Later, Zhou Sheng and his wife indeed gave birth to two sons!