The death of Zhong Kui During the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, there was a son named Zhong Kui. He had a leopard head and a tiger's forehead, an iron face, and a face full of curly beards. Although this Zhong Kui is ugly, he is talented and has outstanding martial arts skills. This year coincided with the autumn imperial examination, Zhong Kui bid farewell to his relatives and friends and went to Beijing to take the exam. Zhong Kui came to Chang'an in hustle and bustle. Seeing the towers and towers in the capital, it was a prosperous scene. He was very happy and wandered around the streets. He saw a divination stall in front of him, so he walked to the stall and said, "Sir, I am a candidate who is taking the exam. Please tell me about good or bad luck and calculate the future." As he said that, he wrote the word "kui". Mr. Caizi looked carefully at the word "kui", pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "My husband will definitely be the leader in this scientific examination, but you will not be lucky, and not only will you fail, but you will be in danger at that time." Mr. Caizi paused for a moment and said: "The word "kui" is the first to be separated. It is September. If you come to take the exam, you will definitely be at the top. However, if this first character is put aside, I am afraid that a great disaster will come within ten days. I hope my husband will be cautious." After hearing this, Zhong Kui thought to himself: If a real man is in the world, as long as he acts well, how can a great disaster come? Therefore, he didn't take it to heart, and paid the money and left. A few days later, Zhong Kui entered the examination room to take the exam. Zhong Kui looked at the exam questions and immediately finished writing the article in one go and handed over it. The examiner at that time was the Minister of Personnel Han Yu , and the deputy examiner was the Grand Secretary Lu Zhi . After reading Zhong Kui's paper, the two of them couldn't help but their eyes lit up, and they said in unison: "Wizard! Wizard! Every word in this article is worthy of being after Li Taibai and Du Zimei !" So they pointed Zhong Kui as the first place. Emperor Dezong heard Han Yu's report that the new top scholar Zhong Kui was outstanding in talent, so he summoned Zhong Kui in the Golden Palace. When Dezong saw Zhong Kui's ugly appearance, he immediately felt displeased and said, "Our court recruitment of scholars is all about his own words and judgments. How can such ugly people be the top scholar in the Jin Dynasty?" Han Yu quickly knelt down and said, "The advantages and disadvantages of the book of Xiaohong are not about his appearance. Isn't the Holy Lord not heard that Yan Ying is all over and all the generals, Zhou Chang stutters and can assist the Han Dynasty. Confucius 2 judges people by his appearance. He lost his son Yu. I hope Your Majesty thinks twice." Emperor Dezong pondered for a moment and said, "Although Han Aiqing's words are reasonable, when I was Emperor Taizong, There was once a beautiful talk about the 18th bachelor's degree in Yingzhou . This person is the top scholar, and I am afraid that the world will laugh at me for not knowing talents. "The Prime Minister Lu Qi is a narrow-minded person and jealous of talent. After hearing the emperor's words, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "The top scholar in the Jin Dynasty must be cultivated both inside and outside. There are 300 candidates in the current subject, so how few are there? Why not choose another one?" When Zhong Kui saw this person so confused, he couldn't help but be angry and pointed at Lu Qi and cursed: "How can you lose the country if you are in the court? "Are you so stupid as to be in charge of Lu Qi?" After that, he punched Lu Qi. Seeing this, Dezong was furious and said, "You are brave and dare to make a big fuss in the Golden Palace, take it down quickly!" Zhong Kui was furious and pulled out the sword from the general's waist of the station hall and sighed loudly, "The frustrated cat is hard to learn from the tiger, and the defeated parrot is not as good as a chicken." After that, he committed suicide. When Emperor Dezong was furious, he committed suicide by committing suicide. An accident occurred. In order to win people's hearts, he issued an order to funeral Zhong Kui as the top scholar, and also named Zhong Kui as the exorcist god to eliminate evil demons in the world.
