This Yuan Banxian was like a god in Lin'an City because of his knowledge of divinations, and he was honest and upright. He was a well-known figure, and he claimed to be a descendant of Yuan Shoucheng. The most familiar legend about Yuan Shoucheng among the people was the story of the bet between Yuan Shoucheng and the Dragon King of Jinghe River.
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According to legend, in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, there was a fortune teller in Chang'an City named Yuan Shoucheng.
The uncle of Mr. Tai Zheng, Yuan Tiangang. The fisherman Zhang Shao, who lived by the Jing River outside Chang'an City, honored Yuan Shoucheng with a golden carp every day, and Yuan Shoucheng would guide them when and where to lower their nets for fishing.
They succeeded and captured many aquatic tribesmen in the Jinghe River. Somehow, this matter reached the ears of the Dragon King of the Jinghe River. In anger, he transformed into a scholar in white and sneaked into Chang'an to look for trouble with Yuan Shoucheng.
Yuan Shoucheng was selling divination on the bustling street of Ximen in Chang'an, and his business was very prosperous. The Dragon King of Jinghe went to the divination stall and wanted to have a fit on the spot, but was shocked by Mr. Yuan Shoucheng's strange and extraordinary appearance, so he stopped his contempt and went to the divination stall.
Yuan Shoucheng asked about the last hexagram.
The gentleman asked, "What do you want me to ask?"
The Dragon King said: "Please tell me what will happen in the sky."
The teacher immediately passed on a lesson and concluded: "The clouds obscure the top of the mountain, and the fog covers the forest tops. If you can catch the rain, it will be in the Ming Dynasty."
The Dragon King said: "When will it rain tomorrow? How big will the rain be?"
The master said: "Tomorrow there will be clouds at chen hour, thunder at si hour, rain at noon, and enough rain at noon hour. A total of three feet, three inches and forty-eight points of water will be obtained."
The Dragon King laughed and said, "You can't make a fool of yourself with this statement. If it rains tomorrow, according to the number of hours you decide, I will give you fifty taels of tuition money as a thank you. If there is no rain, or the number does not match the number of hours, I will tell you the truth.
Destroy your facade, tear down your signboard, and drive out of Chang'an immediately. Don't confuse the public here!" The gentleman replied happily: "This is definitely your choice. Please, please, I'll see you tomorrow after the rain."
The Dragon King of Jinghe River considers himself the Dragon God Si Yu, so how could the mortal Yuan Shoucheng know when it rains before he does? He must have won this bet. Who would have thought that as soon as he returned to the Jinghe Water Mansion, something would happen in the sky?
It was ordered to rain in Chang'an tomorrow. The timing and amount of rain were exactly as Yuan Shoucheng said. Although the Dragon King was shocked and sighed that there could be such a capable person in this world, he had a very strong temperament and would not give in easily.
, the competitive spirit made him dizzy, and he even decided to privately change the timing of rainfall and deduct the amount of rainfall.
The next day, the Dragon King made clouds at Si hour, thundered at noon, rain fell at noon, and stopped at Shen hour. A total of three feet and forty points of rain fell. After changing an hour, it rained three inches and eight points.
After the rain, the Dragon King turned into a human form and went straight to Yuan Shoucheng's hexagram stall. He smashed the hexagram stall to pieces in one breath and ordered Yuan Shoucheng to get out of Chang'an City immediately.
But Yuan Shoucheng just watched the Dragon King smash it quietly, and finally sneered and said: "My little Gua stall is not worth anything. I'm afraid someone has committed a capital crime without knowing it. I recognize you. You are not a scholar in white. You are that
Dragon King of Jinghe River, you changed the time privately, deducted the rainfall, violated the rules of heaven, and I may be stabbed tomorrow!"
The Dragon King of Jinghe panicked and regretted his impulsiveness. He quickly knelt down and begged Yuan Shoucheng for help.
Yuan Shoucheng sighed: "It's useless to beg me. Tomorrow at three o'clock at noon, you should be executed by Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng is the prime minister of the dynasty. If you can gain favor from the king of Tang, you still have a way to survive."
After the Jinghe Dragon King thanked Yuan Shoucheng, he hurried to the palace. It didn't wait until King Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty fell into his dream before it sneaked into Li Shimin's dream and shouted: "Your Majesty, save me!"
The king of Tang Dynasty was surprised: "Who are you? Should I save you?"
The Dragon King said: "I am the Dragon King of Jinghe River outside Chang'an City. Your Majesty is a real dragon, and I am a karma dragon. I have violated the laws of heaven and should be beheaded by your majesty's wise minister Wei Zhengchu. Therefore, I come to pray for help from your majesty."
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Seeing its pleading, the King of Tang felt pity for it, so he agreed to it: "Since Wei Zheng is about to kill you, I can save you. You can go without worry."
The Dragon King was relieved, kowtowed his thanks and disappeared.
King Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty woke up from his dream and thought about the Dragon King's entrustment. After much deliberation, he decided to keep Wei Zheng by his side for one day tomorrow and not let him go out of the palace, so that he could save the Dragon King.
The next day, after the King of Tang withdrew from the court, Wei Zheng was left alone. He handed over the golden ring and summoned him into the banquet hall. He first discussed the strategy to stabilize the country, and then discussed the strategy for the country. It was not until the end of the afternoon that Wei Zheng was a little restless, and the King of Tang secretly laughed.
, and ordered the palace servants to take the chessboard and discuss the chessboard with Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng did not dare to respond, so he could only thank him and play chess with the king of Tang.
Wei Zheng was very powerful at chess, but the King of Tang's original intention was to delay the fight until the middle of the game. The King of Tang was already defeated, so he couldn't help but lower his head and fell into a long test. When the King of Tang picked up the piece and put it on the scale, he looked up at Wei Zheng again, but Prime Minister Wei had already fallen down.
At the desk, he was sleeping soundly. The king of Tang Dynasty laughed and said: "Xian Qing is really dedicated to helping the country, and he is tired of building up the country."
The king of Tang Dynasty let him sleep without calling him. Seeing that the three quarters of noon had come, he thought that the Dragon King of Jinghe River must have escaped the disaster.
Suddenly, Wei Zheng was lying at his desk. There were beads of sweat on his forehead, and his expression was slightly anxious. The king of Tang was afraid that he would feel sorry for his virtuous minister because of the hot weather, so he fanned Wei Zheng himself. When the cool breeze came, Wei Zheng stopped sweating and slept soundly.
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Suddenly I heard someone shouting outside the imperial court. King Tang stood up to look, but it was Xu Maogong, Qin Shubao and others. Qin Shubao was holding something in his hand. Seeing King Tang here, he threw the thing on the ground, and the thing rolled to King Tang.
At his feet, there was a bloody dragon head! The dragon head had its beard spread out and its eyes had not yet been closed, staring at King Tang. King Tang backed away in fright and asked: "What is this?" Qin Shubao replied: "
To the south of Qianbu Corridor, on the cross street, this dragon head fell from the clouds, and I dare not not play it!"
Wei Zheng was awakened by the noise, walked to the King of Tang, and fell down in the tunnel: "I deserve to die! I just fainted and didn't know what I was doing. I hope your majesty will forgive me for being arrogant to you."
The king of Tang Dynasty said: "Why are you being so arrogant? Get up now, but look at this dragon's head. What do you think?" Wei Zheng was still lying on the ground and did not get up. He said: "This dragon was killed by me Shicai in his dream!"
The king of the Tang Dynasty was shocked when he heard this: "Xian Qing is sleepy, has not seen his departure, and has no weapons. How can he kill this dragon?"
Wei Zheng replied: "This dragon has violated the laws of heaven and should be killed by me today. Although I am fighting in front of you, Your Majesty Mengli rides on the clouds and chases this dragon with a sword. Who knows that the evil dragon fled in haste?
I couldn't catch up, and I was anxious. Fortunately, Your Majesty fanned me, and with the help of the cool breeze from the three fans, I lifted up my clothes and caught up with the evil dragon. I held the frost blade in my hand and cut off the dragon's head in one fell swoop, and the dragon's head rolled down into the void.
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The king of Tang felt sad and happy for a moment. The happy one was that with the help of such a capable man as Wei Zheng, there was no reason for the country to be unstable. The sad one was that he had promised to save the dragon in his dream, but he did not know that he would be killed. Wei Zheng even borrowed his own
It took the power of three cool breezes to kill the Dragon King. Reluctantly, the King of Tang forced himself to thank Wei Zheng, and everyone dispersed. At the second watch of the night, the King of Tang unexpectedly heard the pitiful sound of wailing outside the palace gate. In fear, the King of Tang was confused.
After falling asleep, who would have thought that the headless Dragon King of Jinghe in his dream, carrying his bloody head, rushed to the King of Tang, grabbed his hand and called him by his name: "Li Shimin! Give me back my life! Give me back my life!"
Thanks to your promise to save me, even if you don’t save me, how can you help Wei Zheng pursue me? Come out quickly! Let me talk to the King of Hell!”
The King of Tang was speechless and sweated all over his body. He could not break free from the Dragon King's entanglement. He shouted out that there was a ghost before he woke up from his dream. For several days in a row, the King of Tang was disturbed by the Dragon King's ghost every night. Symptoms of weak and weak Luoxia pulse.
The King of Tang was seriously ill. Chi Gong, the Duke of E, and Qin Shubao, the Protector of the State, came to visit the palace. They learned that outside the palace door at night, they threw bricks and tiles, and ghosts screamed. The two generals comforted the King of Tang, and Qin Shubao said: "Your Majesty, be at ease, tonight I and Jingde will guard the palace gate to see if there is anything sneaky." The king of Tang Dynasty told him, and they thanked each other and went out.
That night, the two generals each took their robes and dressed neatly, wearing gold helmets and silver armor. They looked majestic and guarded the palace gate with swords and axes. All night, there was no sound at all, so the king of Tang slept peacefully.
Although the two generals were guarding the palace and the palace was quiet for a few days, the king of Tang finally couldn't bear the hard work of the two generals and made it difficult for them to wait night and night, so he looked for the master of painting and painted the true face of Wei Chigong and Qin Shubao draped on his body on the palace gate. From now on, nothing happened at night at the front palace gate. The majestic appearance of the two generals has become the door gods handed down among the people to this day.
Because first the Dragon King of Jinghe begged Tang Taizong not to let Wei Zheng kill him, but when Tang Taizong and Wei Zheng were playing chess, Wei Zheng beheaded the Dragon King of Jinghe in his dream, so later the Dragon King of Jinghe asked Emperor Taizong in a dream, and the result was In the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong was so frightened that he entered the underworld, but he came back to life before his life was over. Later, he started to promote Buddhism, but the Buddhist scriptures were incomplete. Later, there was a story about going to the Tibetan Buddhist scriptures in Tang Dynasty to obtain scriptures. Yuan Shoucheng did not appear later.