Cast witch to save the female Ximen leopard, rent (lìn) 浣 (huàn) and meet his wife Baili Xi (xī).
This couplet is about the deeds of two ancient **: Ximen Leopard "Throwing Witches to Save Girls" and Baili Xi "Xiangtang Confessing Wife".
Ximen Leopard was a native of Anyi (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) during the Warring States Period, and was a famous politician and water conservancy expert, famous for his water control.
At that time, the Yellow River flowed through Yecheng (now Linzhang County, Hebei) and often flooded, causing great suffering to the people along the river.
The local underworld forces colluded with each other, bullied and fooled the people, and coaxed that the Yellow River flooded because of the anger of the water god Hebo. As long as the sacrifice is carried out with cattle and sheep wine, and he marries a daughter-in-law every year, Hebo can be appeased and bless the people of one side.
Whenever the day of Hebo's marriage was approaching, the government would send witches to inspect everywhere, and when they saw the common people's beautiful girls, they couldn't help but say that they were forcibly married.
The girl was taken to a small house built by the river, bathed and fasted for five days, and then tied to a bed covered with flowers and bedding and pushed into the river.
The girl was already half frightened to death, and after floating on the water with the bed for a while, she sank.
The common people with daughters at home are very scared, and many of them have left their homes and fled with their families to other places.
Those filthy officials and evil gentry also looted the people on the pretext of marrying Hebo, collecting millions of dollars every year, and only two or three hundred thousand yuan were spent on sacrificing the river god and marrying relatives, and the rest was privately divided between them and the witches and gods.
The people were afraid of both the government and the river gods, and they dared not speak out.
Later, Ximen Leopard was appointed as the commander of Yecheng County. As soon as he arrived, he inspected the people's sufferings in depth, and learned that the most painful thing for the local people was to marry a wife for Hebo.
This bad Xi has been around for a long time, and most of the people are convinced that it cannot be broken by force.
Simon Leopard had a plan in his heart, but he remained silent.
When it was time to marry Uncle He, he asked those people to do what they wanted, and only talked about the day, and he would personally go to the river to send the selected girl.
The day has come for Hebo to welcome his relatives. Simon Leopard rushed to the river with his cronies and soldiers and gave an explanation in advance.
The witch brought a group of **, as well as local gentry and local officials, all of whom were very active and active in marrying Hebo, and waited there early.
There are also two or three thousand people who came to surround the ** lively.
Simon Leopard called the witch to him and said, "The girl you picked is **?."Come and let me see you. ”
The witch waved her hand to the side, and several people carried a little girl with her.
The little girl was so frightened that she couldn't stand.
Ximen Leopard glanced at it and suddenly shouted: "Bold!."How can you fool the gods with such a woman?He immediately ordered a replacement and asked the girl's family to take the girl away.
The witch was about to step forward to stop her, but several of Simon Leopard's cronies stepped forward with their swords and stood in front of her.
The witch took a few steps back, pretended to be a ghost, tinkered a few times, and said, "Hebo has come out, and if he can't marry a girl today, he will inevitably get angry and flood Yecheng."
The people around were also talking, and many people were afraid of offending the river god and were terrified.
Now for a while, where can I find another girl?The witch also took advantage of the situation to encourage everyone and kept arguing.
Simon Leopard saw the moment and said to the witch
It seems that this is the only way, please go and be accommodating with Hebo first, give a few days, find a better girl and send it again. ”
With a wave of his hand, several sturdy soldiers immediately stepped forward to set up the witch and dragged it towards the river.
The witch didn't expect such a hand, she was anxious and afraid, she didn't know what to do, and she was speechless in a trembling voice.
The soldiers carried the witch to the river, swung it back and forth, and threw it into the river as soon as they let go.
The witch struggled a few times in the murky water, and soon sank away.
Simon Leopard stood on the shore, his hands on his waist, looking at the river, looking like he was waiting for news.
After a while, there was no movement, and Ximen Leopard became anxious and said, "This old thing, so grinding, it hasn't come back for a long time." Tell her apprentice to go down and urge. ”
At this time, more than a dozen of the witch's apprentices were squatting in a heap beside them, and no one dared to raise their heads.
Two soldiers came up, picked up an older one, and threw it into the river without saying a word.
The people around me have a secret joy in their hearts, and those who don't understand are afraid, but no one dares to squeak.
After waiting for a while, Simon Leopard stomped his feet and said anxiously, "Go down again." ”
The soldier threw another apprentice into the river. The other apprentices were all trembling with fright, and their cries continued.
threw three apprentices in a row, but there was still no news at all.
Ximen Leopard turned to look at a few squires and said, "The witch and the ** are both women, maybe they can't speak, and they can't speak clearly to Hebo." How many of you are going down and trying it?”
The soldiers came up and brought the three squires back into the river.
Simon Leopard respectfully waited by the river for a long time, but there was still no movement.
He turned around and helplessly spread his hands at everyone, saying, "What should I do if the wizards and squires don't come back?"Send someone from the government to take a look. His eyes were on the officials.
When several officials heard this, their faces changed greatly, and they hurriedly knelt down, kowtowing like pounding garlic, their foreheads hit stones, and blood flowed all over the ground, as if they didn't know the pain.
The rest of the apprentices and squires also knelt on the ground, and had nothing to say, but only kowtowed.
Simon Leopard waved his hand, sighed and said, "Alas!."It seems that everyone is reluctant to go to see Hebo. Then I'll have to wait a little longer. ”
After waiting for a long time, there was still no response.
Simon Leopard looked very tired, called a group of kneeling people to get up, and said half-teasing and half-serious: "It seems that Hebo is also very hospitable, I don't know how long I want to keep them." ”
Then he said to the people who were watching the excitement around: "Everyone disperse, what should you do when you go home?" Only then did the kneeling man settle down.
There was a lively commotion around for a while, and they dispersed.
Ximen Leopard deliberately raised the mulberry again, and said to the squires who had been active in marrying Hebo in the past: "Wait a few days, wait a few days, and if there is no news, then send someone down to inquire about the situation." ”
The officials and squires knew it. Since then, no one dares to mention the matter of marrying a wife for Hebo.
After that, Ximen Bao led the people of Yecheng to dig channels and build water conservancy, so that the former barren beach became 10,000 acres of fertile land, realized the prosperity of the people and the strength of the army, and made Yecheng an important economic and military town in the northeast of Wei State.
Simon Leopard has also become famous for thousands of years.