Chongzhen Ding Chou (10th year, 1637), in Xiejie outside Xuanwu Gate in Beijing, a farmer raised a group of white chickens. One of the chickens was different, with a snow-white body and bright and clean feathers. The beak is blood red and bright, the claws are strong and powerful, red and sharp, the comb is bright red, it is majestic and majestic, and even its crow is different from the crow of ordinary roosters. The chicken grew bigger and bigger, and finally weighed more than 40 kilograms and was more than one meter tall. It became a legend for a while, and people from all over the country came to enjoy it.
One day, a Xiaolian named Ying Tingji from Cixi came to Beijing on business. This man had read more than ten thousand volumes, was well-informed, and knew many strange things. I heard that there was such a giant chicken. Out of curiosity, I came to this farmer's house to watch it. Xiaolian observed for a long time, his brows became more and more wrinkled, his face became more and more serious, suddenly he was so sad that he looked up to the sky and cried loudly. He sighed to the crowd and said: This is not a rooster, this is a rooster. Wherever the rooster appears, the country will be destroyed. . If the rooster does not crow, rogues will have no generals, and if there are no chickens to stand, nothing will be accomplished. Today they have it all. Pity me, the Ming Dynasty, which has been more than two hundred years old, will be destroyed at the hands of these rogue bandits."
According to " Shanhaijing" The grebe is an ominous giant bird with a white body and a red beak. It looks like a wild goose. When the grebe appears and gathers, the country will perish.
"History of the Ming Dynasty*Five Elements"
In the spring of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was in trouble both internally and externally. The bandits in the Central Plains are raging, the Liao affairs outside the customs are corrupt, and the security of the capital is deteriorating day by day. The Five City Soldiers and Horses Division is responsible for the daytime patrol, and the patrol battalion chief is patrolling at night. One night, the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion were stationed in the west of Qipan Street. An old man with a white beard came and told the officers and soldiers watching the night: At midnight, a woman in white mourning clothes will appear, crying and wailing, trying to pass from west to east from here, you guys must not let her go. In the past, if she passed, a big disaster would befall her. Remember, you must stop her and don't let her go no matter how much she cries. The night watch officers and soldiers all thought that the old man was unusual. , I am the land god here. Seeing that a disaster is coming, I came here to inform you to guard the capital. The officers and soldiers agreed to do so.
At midnight, a woman, Bai Qinsu, came crying and begging that someone in her family had died. I went back to visit and asked to come over. The officers and soldiers on the night watch were secretly surprised, and they were strictly guarded and refused to let them go. The woman had no choice but to leave after leaving the five drums. The officers and soldiers were so tired that some of the guards fell asleep. Everyone was fast asleep. I saw the women in white clothes walking back from the patrol, quickly passing by the security guards, turning eastward, and suddenly turned around and kicked the sleeping officers and soldiers with their feet, making a shrill sound. The smile was not a smile, but it was eerie: Little girl, I am the god of mourning. God ordered me to punish this place. How dare you listen to the old man and stop me from going there? When the disaster comes, you will be the first to suffer. After saying this, the woman in white said. They disappeared. The soldiers who were guarding the city were very frightened and their livers and gallbladders trembled. They dispersed in a hurry. It was almost dawn at this time. The officers and soldiers ran home to inform their families to avoid the disaster. Before they could finish speaking to their families, they fell to the ground and died. . Starting from this day, a great plague broke out in the capital, and the number of dead was not counted.
On July 29th, Prince Consort Gong Yonggu asked for a thousand taels of imperial silver to purchase medicines. After rescuing the sick, another 20,000 taels were given, and the Wucheng Military and Horse Division was ordered to bury the corpses.
Weiye of the Qing Dynasty* "Sui Kou Chronicles"
Hongwu Xinhai (the fourth year of Hongwu, 1371) Xiuning County, Huizhou, I don't know where to start. Huge butterflies, as big as banana fans, flew all over the sky and flew into the homes of ordinary people. Not long after, they suddenly turned into strange birds and scattered among the treetops in the countryside. No matter how hard they were driven away, they would not leave. The villagers were frightened. , every family set up incense tables and paper candles to pray to the god of disaster. After a long time, the strange birds slowly flew away. This year, there was a flood in Huizhou.
Also in this year, in Wushan in the southeast of West Lake in Hangzhou, there is Sanmao Temple to the south of Wushan, which worships the three true kings (Da Maojun Mao Ying, Zhong Mao Jun Mao Gu, Xiao Mao Jun Mao Zhong). One day, dark clouds rolled and strong winds Whistling, there was a thunderbolt in mid-air, and among the lightning and flint, the mountain thunder struck down a huge white centipede, more than a foot long and two inches wide, with the three characters "Qin Baiqi" written in red regular script on its abdomen.
press, Baiqi , a famous general of Qin State during the Warring States Period, was unjustly stabbed to death in the fifteenth year of King Zhao of Qin (257 BC).
Ming Dynasty Zhu Guozhen* "Yongzhuan Sketch"
