Jianwei County (In 130 BC, Emperor Wu of Han opened up " Southwest Yi " and set up Jianwei County. During the Qi Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, Jianwei County was abolished, but when Sui and Tang , Jianwei County was temporarily restored. The Jianwei County mentioned in this article belongs to Tang Dynasty ) There is a Taoist temple more than ten miles east of .
This Taoist temple is very strange. It is located in a cave under the rock, similar to a hanging temple. The entire Taoist temple is in a stone cave, and a lot of it sticks out from the cave, just to protect against rain.
There is a Taoist priest named Yan in the Taoist temple. He rarely goes out every day and only practices in the hall.
In the Taoist temple hall, there is a box made of stone (box, box), square and more than three feet long. On the stone chamber, there are also carved birds, animals, flowers and plants. The textures of these birds, animals, flowers and plants are very delicate, and even a thin feather, animal beard, and flower stamens can be seen very clearly. Many people think that this stone hut was naturally formed between heaven and earth after seeing such a magical technique.
There is also a nose on the stone box (the ring on the box is convenient for opening the box, usually called the nose), but the lid of this stone box is tightly covered with tight stitching and there is no gap at all.
However, there is a legend among the locals: it is said that there is a Taoist priest who has attained enlightenment and became an immortal, named Yin Xi. Yin Xi successfully practiced Taoism. Before Feitian became an immortal, he left this stone letter to his disciples. He also warned his disciples, saying, "This stone letter is full of runes that harm people. I will collect it and put it here just to help everyone avoid disasters. You must not open it, otherwise there will be a big disaster!"
After learning about it, the locals respected Yin Xi very much and felt that he had saved everyone.
Da Li (766 to 779 AD), Cui Shusheng from Qinghe County was promoted to the prefect of Jianwei (in fact, the prefect was the previous name, and it was changed to the governor in the Tang Dynasty). Cui Taishou has always been upright and strong, so he has a sense of majesty.
After coming to Jianwei County, Prefect Cui soon heard about Shi Han. He asked some people and roughly understood this matter. However, he didn't believe it, and said to the people around him: "What is the reason for becoming an immortal or not? The runes of disasters are just a fool! I must check this matter clearly!"
After finishing the matter at hand, Taishou Cui went to the Taoist temple and asked Taoist Yan to open the stone chamber.
Taoist Yan refused and said what Yin Xi had before he ascended.
Premier Cui must open the Shihan. Taoist Yan suddenly said seriously: "I know you are the Taishou Cui, and I will not hide it from it. Yin Zhenren had warned before that opening the Shihan will bring disaster. Moreover, Zhenren Yin also said specially, hoping that the Cui Taishou that later did not violate the warning of the immortal official!"
Premier Cui was very angry and thought that this was a Taoist deceiving him. He shouted: "Your so-called Zhenren Yin, even if you exist, have been dead for more than a thousand years. How could he leave Shihan? Even if he stayed, I don't believe that there would be disasters when opening it!" Taoist Yan, Taoist Yan, was admonished with great sincerity, but Taishou Cui didn't listen at all.
Premier Cui called someone, pulled the nose above Shi Han, and prepared to open the Shi Han. However, the man tried his best to open the Shi Han.
Premier Cui thought this person dared not use force, so he personally pulled Shi Han's nose, but it was true that he couldn't pull it open. So he called seven or eight people and tried hard together, but everyone still couldn't open the stone chamber.
Taoist Yan kept watching, his face was not good-looking, worried that Shi Han would be really opened and implicated himself. He felt a little relieved when he saw that everyone couldn't open it.
However, Cui Taishou did not give up. He asked someone to get thirty-six cows, and then tied one to Shi Han's nose and the other to the back of the herd of cows with a thick and long rope. At the order of the prefect Cui, thirty-six cows ran forward frantically under the man's whip.
At the beginning, Shi Han was still not opened. After a long time, Shi Han was pulled away with the efforts of thirty-six heads.
When everyone saw that there were indeed runes in the stone box, and there were many, at least thirty or forty. These runes are written in yellow silk, while the symbols are written in cinnabar pen.Although it has been covered with dust for thousands of years, these runes look brand new and just like they were just painted.
Cui Taishou opened the rune scroll and read it one by one, but couldn't understand it. After reading it, he said to Taoist Yan, "I'm a little sorry for speaking. At first I thought there were treasures in this stone chamber, so I must open it. Now, since there are only runes here, it's useless to me, so I'll give it back to you. Then cover the lid of the stone chamber and pretend that I've never opened it."
waved his hand, and Taishou Cui called dozens of people and asked them to cover the lid of the stone chamber again. So, the stone Han became the same as before, tightly fitting, as if it was a whole stone.
After the stone chamber was re-covered, Cui Taishou left.
After returning to the government office, Taishou Cui forgot about this. However, at night, he died suddenly and lost his breath.
After a night, his subordinates asked him about it and found out that he was dead. However, although Cui Taishou was out of breath, there seemed to be some heat in his chest, so they did not dare to tell the news that Cui Taishou was dead, let alone bury him. They took turns to guard the body of Prefect Cui.
Two more days passed, and Taishou Cui suddenly woke up. He opened his eyes wide and scared the officials around him.
Everyone asked several times, and came over to touch Cui Taishou, felt the temperature of his body, and was relieved when they were sure that he had survived and was not a ghost.
Everyone gathered around and asked Taishou Cui what happened to him in the past three days, what was going on, and why he was able to recover from the dead.
Taishou Cui thought for a while and said, "Oh, it's all my fault that I'm too stupid. I don't believe in the affairs of gods. The experience of these three days made me completely believe it. That day, I forced myself to open the stone chamber left by Zhenren Yin, thinking about finding some treasures, but after opening it, there was nothing but runes inside. I thought this matter was over, but I didn't expect that an official from the underworld would soon find me!"
"The official from the underworld? Wouldn't that mean that you died and entered the underworld?" Everyone asked curiously.
"Yes, it was the night three days ago. I just opened the stone house that day. The man, wearing purple clothes, came to my bedroom and told me that he was an official from the underworld. He came to me with orders and said that I could not go, otherwise it would be even worse. I was very scared when I heard this and wanted to refuse, but my body was out of control and followed the man obediently."
" Where to go ? Are you going to the underworld? "
" That's right, I followed him out of the city, walked dozens of miles, came to the underworld, and when I arrived at the underworld, I recognized that the man was Mr. Lu who had just died. Mr. Lu asked me why he opened the stone house, and said that my approach angered the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven has reduced my fortune and longevity a lot! "When the officials around
heard it, they all felt terrible, and at the same time they felt that Priest Cui was pitiful.
"Soon, a minor official came and told me that I should have a lifespan of seventeen years, and I could be promoted five times, and I reached the second rank of officialdom. However, because I forced the runes, many suppressed ghosts escaped and caused a big disaster. Therefore, I could not be promoted anymore, and my lifespan was reduced by fifteen years! Alas, I could only live for two years!"
Two years later, Cui Taishou died in office.
