The Royal Guards of the Tang Dynasty were divided into personal guards, Xunwei and Yiwei, commonly known as the three guards. During the Kaiyuan period, there was an official surnamed Li in the Imperial Guard. He was honest because of his humble position. People usually called him Li Sanwei. After a long time, he even forgot his original name.
Once, Li Sanwei left Chang'an to work in Qingzhou, and when he was passing through Shaanxi, he met a maid in shabby and shabby clothes in front of Huayue Temple.
The maid said to Sanwei, "My wife wants to see you." After speaking, she turned around and walked straight forward without waiting for Sanwei to ask questions.
Li Sanwei was puzzled and only followed the maid. Not too far away, a young woman walked up to meet her, and the maid called her "Niangzi", and she stepped back after saluting.
Li Sanwei saw that the woman was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and her appearance was outstanding, but her face was very pale and haggard, and her face was sad.
The woman said: "The concubine is not a human being, but the third daughter-in-law of Emperor Huayue. My mother's family is far away in Beihai. Since I got married here, I haven't received a letter from my mother's family for three years. I have been isolated from the news of my mother's family for a long time, and I often abused me." As she spoke, the woman was already in tears, unable to cry.
Li Sanwei was deeply sympathetic, sighing and rubbing his hands back and forth, but he regretted that he was an ordinary person and could not help him.
The woman endured her grief and said, "I heard that you are going to Beihai, and I want to ask you to bring a letter. If it can be delivered, my father will definitely give you a generous reward."
Li Sanwei took the letter and said, She asked, "When I get to Beihai, who will I give the letter to? I don't know where your residence is." The woman replied, "You just need to knock on the second tree by the sea pool, and someone will come out naturally. Reception." After the woman finished speaking, she exhorted her again and again, her words were sincere, and then she resigned.
After Li Sanwei arrived in Beihai, he found the tree and tapped on it with his hand. A red lacquer gate appeared, and a servant walked out in response.
Sanwei handed the letter to him. After a while, the servant came out and told Sanwei: "Your Majesty, please come in." The Dragon King of the North Sea wears a crown and a big red dragon robe, surrounded by thousands of maids, full of royal style!
Beihai Dragon King was very happy to see Sanwei, and said, "I haven't received a letter from my daughter for three years."
After reading the letter hastily, the Dragon King became furious and said, "How dare this servant treat my son like this, I'm mad at me!"
The Dragon King immediately summoned two generals and ordered them to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to attack Huayue in the west on the fifteenth day. The two generals were giants with big noses, and their faces were terrifying, so that Li Sanwei didn't dare to look at them.
After the Dragon King dispatched his troops, he ordered two silks to be taken out and given to Sanwei. Sanwei originally thought that the Dragon King would give him rare treasures, but he only got two ordinary silks.
The Dragon King instructed Sanwei: "These two pieces of silk can be sold for 20,000 yuan. Don't sell them to others easily." I went back to Shaanxi again. On the fifteenth day, when it was getting dark, Li Sanwei saw from a distance that the eastern sky was covered with black clouds, slowly floating westward.
After a while, another cloud blew from the west and joined the black cloud in the east. Immediately, there was lightning and thunder in the sky, and the wind was blowing, and the sound of two soldiers and horses fighting and fighting could be vaguely heard. The two sides fought for a long time. By dawn, the mountains and rivers around Huashan had turned red and charred.
Li Sanwei was shocked and left in a hurry.
Back in Chang'an, Sanwei, according to Dragon King's words, asks for 20,000 pieces of silk. When everyone heard about this, they were very surprised, and then they all laughed at him for asking for a price.
A few days later, a man on a white horse came to buy Li Sanwei's silk. He was very happy. He immediately paid 20,000 yuan and bought the silk. Li Sanwei was also quite surprised. He didn't expect that someone would pay a high price, so he asked him what the purpose of buying this silk was.
The man replied: "You don't know, the youngest daughter of the God of Weichuan is going to get married soon, and these two silks can be used as gifts. Beihai silk is the best silk in the world. Chuan Shen despise!"
Li Sanwei suddenly realized that not just anyone can get Beihai silk.
Later, when Li Sanwei passed by Huayue Temple again, the maid he met last time said, "My wife came to thank her."
Li Sanwei looked up and saw a beautifully decorated car coming slowly. The woman was not haggard at all, surrounded by more than a dozen beautiful maids, her clothes were bright and bright, and her eyes were so eager that Sanwei could hardly recognize her.
The woman gave a deep bow and said, "It was only because you sent a letter to tell my parents that the concubine was able to escape the sea of misery. This kindness will never be forgotten by the concubine. However, my husband is very resentful because you passed the book for me. You. He is now leading five hundred soldiers, lined up in front of Tongguan. If you go, you will definitely suffer disaster."
The woman smiled calmly and said, "Don't be afraid, go back to Chang'an for the time being. Soon, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wants to be lucky to Luoyang. If you follow a drum-carrying vehicle, ghosts and gods are afraid of the drum-car, and you will be safe."
After finishing speaking, the woman, along with the maid and the vehicle, flew away into the clouds.Li Sanwei did not dare to move forward and rushed back to Chang'an overnight.
Later, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was lucky to be in Luoyang. Sanwei bribed the person in charge of the drum car with money, and followed the drum car out of Tongguan, and no accident happened.
References "Guang Yi Ji"
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