Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

Chapter 103

During the Qing Dynasty, most residents of Huaer City outside Chongwenmen in the capital were engaged in making Tongcaohua (flowers made of Tongcao. A kind of handicraft).

There was a little girl who, even though she was young, had to make flowers to survive in order to support her old father.

Soon, her old father became seriously ill and bedridden. In order to take care of her father, the little girl often stayed in bed and forgot about food and clothing. In front of her father, she always forced a smile to comfort her, but secretly she worried about him alone.

Once, an old woman from a neighbor's house summoned a group of women from all over the house to go to Yaji Mountain (located in Liujiadian Town, Pinggu District, Beijing. There is a famous Taoist temple "Bixia Yuanjun Temple" on the mountain) to offer incense.

When the little girl saw it, she stepped forward and asked, "I wonder if going to the mountain to offer incense can cure my father's illness?"

The old woman said: "If you are sincere, your prayers will come true! As long as you pray sincerely, it will definitely come true!"

The little girl asked again: "How far is the total distance from here to the mountain where you are going?"

The old woman said: "About a hundred miles."

The little girl then asked, "How many steps does it take to walk one mile?"

The old woman said: "About two hundred and fifty steps."

The little girl took the old woman's words to heart.

The old woman asked the little girl strangely: "Why are you asking all this?"

The little girl said: "I also want to go to the mountains with you to burn incense. But my father is ill in bed and cannot live without people for a moment. I can only pray for him at home! To show my piety, I want to I’ll ask you how far you have to walk, and I’m going to finish it at home in one step or another!”

From then on, every night after the little girl put her old father to bed, she would take a stick of incense and kowtow around her yard, praying silently in her heart and remembering the number of steps she had taken.

The little girl felt that she could not go to the mountain to offer incense, but in order to save her old father, she had to walk so many miles piously even at home!

In this way, the little girl burned incense and worshiped at home day after day, and she persisted for more than half a month.

It is said that Yaji Mountain is dedicated to Bixia Yuanjun. According to tradition, from January to April every year, the princes and nobles of the capital come here to offer incense.

When the cock crows, the first incense offered in the temple is called the first incense.

This kind of incense is usually purchased by rich and powerful families. Ordinary people do not have this qualification, and no one dares to overstep it.

On this day, a eunuch named Zhang came to offer incense.

Who knows, as soon as he entered the main hall door, he found that there was already incense inserted in the incense burner on the desk.

Zhang was very angry and asked the temple owner. He had clearly made an appointment to come and offer incense today, so why did he agree to it with someone else?

The temple owner didn't know why, so he was scolded for no reason. He said aggrievedly: "Sir, please calm down! I don't know why. The door of the temple has not been opened. I don't know where the incense in the incense burner comes from. !”

Zhang thought for a moment, and since he was here to offer incense and pay homage, it would be inappropriate to make a fuss, so he calmly said: "In that case, let's forget about it! I'll come back to offer incense tomorrow morning. But you must wait." I'm coming here, don't let anyone else go in first!"

The temple owner quickly agreed.

Early the next morning, just after the fourth watch and before dawn, Zhang had already arrived.

But when he walked into the hall, incense was already burning in the incense burner.

There is also a woman kneeling on the ground in front of the statue.

Hearing the sound of someone coming in, he slipped away and disappeared.

Zhang was furious and blamed the temple owner for letting people in again to burn incense.

The temple owner was not only aggrieved this time, but also felt strange. He said with some horror: "Sir, you have also seen that before we came in, the door of this hall was always closed. Because I promised to let you come and burn incense." , how dare you let other people come in first? The woman you saw just now may be some kind of monster!"

Zhang reprimanded him and said: "How can there be demons and ghosts that dare to appear openly before someone as sacred as Bixia Yuanjun? This matter is very strange, and there must be some inside story!"

So, Zhang came to the second Ershan Gate, where all the pilgrims gathered, waiting for the first incense to be burned before entering the temple to worship.

Zhang told them what happened in the main hall, and described in detail the appearance and clothing of the kneeling woman, and asked everyone if they knew this person, and how dared to get ahead of him and sneak into the main hall to burn incense!

An old woman next to her listened carefully for a long time, then stepped forward and said to Zhang: "My lord, I see clearly that based on your description, this is not a monster, but a girl from my neighbor's house."

So the old woman told the story of the little girl, describing in detail how she could not leave home and had to pray at home to save her father.

After Zhang heard about it, he was very moved. He praised: "She is a filial daughter! What she did moved people and gods!"

After Zhang finished his pilgrimage, he rode to the girl's home, gave her generous gifts, and adopted the girl as his adopted daughter.

Soon after, the girl's father also recovered from his illness.

From then on, the girl's family gradually no longer had to worry about food and clothing because of the support of the eunuch Zhang.

Later, the little girl grew up, married into a wealthy family named Zhang in Daxing, and became the wife of a wealthy businessman.