Chapter 1445 The Door God Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong

Yuan Shoucheng accepted the bet from the Dragon King.

The Dragon King left Chang'an excitedly and returned to the Dragon Palace, but he never thought that as soon as he returned to the Dragon Palace, he received an edict from the Jade Emperor, asking him to rain in Chang'an City tomorrow, and Chang'an City in Phuket.

And Shi Yu's time, points, etc. are exactly the same as what Yuan Shoucheng said.

The Dragon King was shocked, and only then did he believe that Yuan Shoucheng was indeed very capable, but he was unwilling to lose the bet.

A military adviser suggested that when the rain is pouring tomorrow, you can deliberately reduce the number of points. In this way, Yuan Shoucheng will lose.

The Dragon King listened to the counselor's words, and when it rained the next day, he deliberately lost points.

After the rain distribution was completed, the Dragon King came to Yuan Shoucheng's booth again and said that Yuan Shoucheng was wrong and would smash his booth.

Yuan Shoucheng said, "It doesn't matter if you smashed my booth, but you are already in a big disaster. You deliberately lacked points and violated the rules of the sky. On the Dragon Slaying Platform, it is inevitable that you will get a knife."

It turned out that Yuan Shoucheng knew that he was the Jinghe Dragon King.

The Dragon King was so frightened that he immediately asked Yuan Shoucheng to save his life.

Yuan Shoucheng said that he could not be saved, and the person who executed him in accordance with the Jade Emperor's golden decree was Wei Zheng, a courtier of the King of Tang. When he arrived at three o'clock tomorrow noon, Wei Zheng would behead him in a dream. Let him go to Li Shimin, the king of Tang, and Li Shimin may be able to save him.

The Dragon King thanked him and left. In the dream of Li Shimin, the king of Tang, that night, he met Li Shimin, explained the reason, and begged Li Shimin to save him.

Li Shiming said that since the person responsible for beheading you is Wei Zheng, then I can naturally save your life.

The Dragon King rejoiced, thanked him and left.

On the second day, Tang King Li Shimin went to court, and Wei Zheng was not seen in the court, so he said: "I had a strange dream at night, dreaming that a person was paying homage, saying that he was the Dragon King of the Jinghe River. Wei Zheng was beheaded, and I came here to ask me to save him, I have promised, why can't I see Wei Zheng before the class today?"

One of His Highness's ministers suggested that if this is the case, His Majesty can recruit Wei Zheng to the court, and he will not let him out of the palace within today, so that the dragon in the dream can be saved.

Li Shimin was overjoyed after hearing this, and hurriedly ordered Wei Zheng to be recruited into the palace.

After Wei Zheng entered the palace, in order not to let Wei Zheng go back, Li Shimin asked Wei Zheng to play chess with him.

But he never thought that at three quarters of noon in the afternoon, Wei Zheng suddenly fell asleep at his desk, beheading the Dragon King of the Jinghe River directly in his dream.

After Wei Zheng woke up, he told Li Shimin about beheading the dragon in his dream.

Li Shimin was shocked after hearing this, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no other way.

However, that night, when Li Shimin was drowsy, he saw the Jinghe Dragon King again. The Jinghe Dragon King held a bloody faucet and shouted, "Return my life."

He also questioned Li Shimin and said that he had already promised to save him, so why did Wei Zheng still behead him? They also have to take Li Shimin to the King of Hell for evaluation.

Li Shimin was shocked, but his jaw was speechless, and he was sweating all over his body.

Later, Guanyin, who had already arrived in Chang'an, suddenly appeared, drove away the Jinghe Dragon King, and rescued Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin woke up, he still had lingering fears, trembling and sleepless all night.

The next day, when the morning court came, all the ministers had arrived, but Li Shimin was too frightened last night, and his body was ill, so he was unable to court early.

Two generals, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong, went to see Li Shimin at the branch palace.

Li Shimin told the two generals that ghosts appeared outside his bedroom door after nightfall, disturbing him so that he could not sleep.

After Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong heard it, they immediately expressed their willingness to guard the palace gate for Li Shimin at night to see what the hell was going on? They founded Jiangshan and killed countless people, so how could they be afraid of ghosts?

That night, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong, who each took on their shawls, neatly arranged their jackets, held a golden melon and axe, stood guard outside the palace gate.

It can be described as wearing a golden helmet with shining light, wearing armor with dragon scales, a mirror for protecting the heart, and auspicious clouds.

The two of them, one with phoenix eyes facing the sky, and the other with the moonlight floating in the sky, stood on the left and right of the palace gate like two door gods.

After one night, there was no sneaky come again, Li Shimin slept soundly all night.

For the next few nights, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong came to guard the gate of the palace every night, and Li Shimin never dreamed of being sneaky again in his dreams.

Afterwards, Li Shimin couldn't bear the hard work of Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong, so he recruited Dan Qing to enter the palace, painted their faces, and put them on both sides of the palace gate.

After this, the night was still peaceful.

When they saw this, the hearts of all the book fans jumped. Only then did they realize that Li Fan was using the work "Journey to the West" to explain why Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong were the door gods? Created such a ridiculous and reasonable story.

It is said that it is absurd because these gods and ghosts are not in line with reality.

And it is reasonable because the work "Journey to the West" is a myth. Since it is a myth, it is naturally reasonable.

The door god is a kind of painting pasted on the door during the Lunar New Year, as the deity guarding the door in folk beliefs.

People put the statue of the door god on the door to exorcise evil spirits, protect the house, keep peace, help utilitarianism, and bring good luck. It is a popular patron saint among the people.

According to traditional customs, on the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste Spring Festival couplets and door gods. This traditional custom can be traced back to two thousand years ago.

The door gods are further divided into exorcism, blessing, generals, civil servants and so on.

Among the generals, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong, the generals of the early Tang Dynasty, are the most famous door gods and one of the people's favorite door gods.

But why did these two generals become door gods? But no one knew why.

We only know that after the Tang Dynasty, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong gradually became the most popular door gods.

Maybe there is a reason, or maybe there is no reason, anyway, as a custom, it has been passed down to today.

Because these folk customs are rarely recorded in historical books, even if there is a reason, it is impossible to know now.

However, now, Li Fan has created such a reason for everyone with the help of "Journey to the West".

Moreover, with the continuous expansion of the influence of "Journey to the West", this reason will certainly spread among the people and become part of the folk customs and culture.

This made a lot of book fans very surprised and excited. They actually witnessed the birth of a new folk custom and cultural saying.

This is an absolute surprise!

As expected of Li Fan's work, surprises always appear so inadvertently.

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Li Fan also knows that fans of the book will be pleasantly surprised by this story. He is satisfied and agrees with the use of this story to explain why Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong are door gods.

Because, the reason why these two people became door gods officially originated from the work "Journey to the West".

Later, in the Qing Dynasty, Chu Renhuo also wrote a similar plot story in his vernacular novel "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties".

Although there is no "Journey to the West" and "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" in this world, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong are still one of the most popular images in folk customs and culture.

As for the reason, it has been impossible to verify, and no one knows.

Of course, this is nothing, and many folk customs images have no way of researching.

But now, Li Fan has brought "Journey to the West" into this world, and Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong have their origins as door gods.

Although this origin is created by modern people, over time, it will naturally gradually melt into a part of folk customs.

In this regard, Li Fan is very sure.

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