roccoschili Chapter 240 The Legend of Wutai
Chapter 240 The Legend of Wutai
The current Zhaoqing City in Guangdong Province belonged to the Zhaoqing Prefecture of East Guangdong Province during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Earlier, it was called Duanzhou. It is said that in the Song Dynasty, it was the place governed by Lord Bao Zheng.
It is said that behind the lobby of the official office of Zhaoqing Prefecture, there is a pavilion, and a little further back, there is a black well with an iron plate covering the top of the well. That's where people from the government office must pass when coming in and out.
According to legend, Master Bao kept the monsters he caught in this well, so they used iron plates to suppress them.
There is a folk saying among the local people: "If you take in the dew and let the horse go, it will become a lake!"
The meaning of this folk song is: The monsters in Zhaoqing Mansion are tamed by Mr. Bao; if you meet a person named Lu who becomes the prefect, the monster will be released; and if you meet a person named Ma who becomes the prefect, there will be Well water will overflow in large quantities and flood into a lake.
However, in the thousands of years since Bao Gong, Zhaoqing Mansion has not had anyone with the surname Lu or Ma as the prefect, so it has always been peaceful.
Besides, there is a tall building to the east of the government office, which is called "Wotai".
There is a local folk legend: When Bao Gong caught demons and ghosts and wanted to be interrogated, they were all held here in "Wutai".
The four sides of Wutai are built with bricks and stones, and they are sealed tightly. It is said that once it is opened, ghosts will cause trouble.
Later, whenever a new governor of Zhaoqing Prefecture took office, he would definitely prepare sheep, pigs, incense, candles and other items to offer sacrifices here at Wutai, but no one dared to open the wall and go to Wutai.
The previous governor's surname was An, and there was a chef named Guan in the government office. One day, after getting drunk, he climbed to the top of the building by accident.
After going up there, he was restless, so he opened the tiles and peeked underneath.
I saw three mounds in the middle of the Wutai, arranged in a Z-shaped pattern, looking like three small grave mounds. There is a small tree in the middle of the word "pin" with green branches and leaves. There is nothing else.
When the chef Guan Mou stared down and looked down, suddenly, a burst of black air rose from the ground and rushed to Guan Mou, causing Guan Mou to fall from the roof to the ground.
The people below saw it and immediately went to help him up.
Guan was so frightened that he was shaking and sweating profusely.
Others asked him what he saw that made him so panicked.
Guan could only tell what he saw.
No one thought there was anything particularly strange.
Unexpectedly, at night that day, Guan seemed to have gone crazy. After shouting and yelling, he actually died!
Everyone in the official office felt that something was really fishy about Wutai.
One day later, the prefect An also suddenly contracted madness. He whipped his wife indiscriminately until she lost her breath.
Immediately afterwards, Taishou An took another knife and killed his concubine without warning.
Therefore, Taishou An was dismissed from his post and investigated.
After that, there were rotations of prefects.
After serving two terms, Mr. Yuan Mei's younger brother, Mr. Yuan Xiangting, went to Zhaoqing Mansion to serve as the prefect.
Once, he told his brother Yuan Mei about "Wutai" in a letter at home.
After Mr. Yuan Mei saw the letter, he was furious and immediately wrote back to his brother: "Is this just a legend? It's too ridiculous! If such a thing really happened, then the god of that building has no legal basis. It must not have been left by Gong Bao back then! Why did my brother dismantle it and burn it?"
After receiving the letter, Yuan Xiangting followed his brother's advice and immediately sent people to dismantle the "Wutai" and set it on fire.