There was a layman Yang in Nanhai County. No one knew his specific name. He called himself a layman, so everyone called him that.
This layman Yang wandered around and had no ability to make a living, so he relied on people to support him. But layman Yang himself enjoyed it, and often said to people: "I have magical powers, which you worldly people cannot understand."
Later, layman Yang traveled around Nanhai County The county seat is located Panyu County (Guangzhou City) . It happens that Nanhai The prefect is a Taoist person, and he likes to make friends with strange people on weekdays. When he heard that layman Yang had arrived in the city, he prepared generous gifts and invited him to live in the mansion. When layman Yang saw someone entertaining him, he naturally agreed happily.
The prefect of Nanhai was very courteous to layman Yang. Every time he entertained guests, he would let layman sit at the head of the table. Yang Jushi was also very conceited, and he treated the prefect very carelessly. He bossed around the people in his house and ordered them around at will. As time passed, the prefect became somewhat dissatisfied.
Once, layman Yang got drunk and went crazy. He actually pointed at the prefect's nose and scolded him. The prefect could not tolerate him now.
A few days later, when the prefect entertained guests again, he no longer invited layman Yang.
There were still a few hangers-on at the time, but they were not invited. These people felt very humiliated, so they gathered together to complain.
Several of them encouraged layman Yang and said, "Didn't Mr. Yang always say that he possesses magical powers? We have always admired him, but we have never had the opportunity to witness his magical skills. Today, the prefect is hosting a banquet for guests, but he did not invite us to participate. He even refused to invite a strange person like Mr., which is really too neglectful. First of all, Why don't you use magic to disrupt the prefect's banquet, which will calm your nerves and give us some insights?"
Yang Jushi laughed and said, "This is just a small trick. Please wait and see. I've summoned the prefect's singer to sing and dance for us." Everyone else clapped their hands and applauded.
Layman Yang asked everyone to prepare wine and food, sit around the banquet, and ordered the children to clean the west wing, and then closed the door tightly.
After a while, the door of the west wing opened, and three or four beauties walked out, gorgeously dressed and carrying various musical instruments, and walked straight into the crowd. Master Yang pointed at the singers and laughed and said, "How are you guys doing? How is Mr. Yang's magic?" The guests were all shocked and praised Master Yang for his superb magic.
The singers sang and danced, and the guests were in high spirits and drank until midnight. Then layman Yang said to the singers, "You can go back." Then the singers said goodbye and walked back to the west wing. I came over for a while and opened it to look again. The room was empty.
The guests looked at each other and were amazed, but they also doubted whether it was a ghost or something like a monster, but layman Yang smiled and said nothing.
The next day, I heard the official in the mansion say: "Last night the prefect entertained guests, and when the musicians were about to enter the venue to perform, a strong wind suddenly arose. The musicians fainted and fell to the ground, and the instruments used by the musicians were blown away by the wind. It was not until midnight that the musicians woke up. The prefect asked the musicians, and they all said they didn't know what was going on."
After hearing what the official said, the guests confirmed that the musicians last night were really captured by layman Yang. Shocked, he told the prefect about the incident.
The prefect of Nanhai was filled with emotion and wonder, so he prepared a generous gift and sent Yang Jushi away politely, no longer daring to keep him in the county. This happened within a year of the founding of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty. (Published by " Xuan Shi Ji ")
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