In the evening, the setting sun is like blood.
Kuang Guangbu went straight to Horseshoe Lake in the south. As he walked on the lakeside, his pace slowed down and he turned to face the house in the distance. He said to himself: Wife and children, I, Kuang, am useless and I’m sorry for you. Today will be my death anniversary next year...
At this point, he covered his face and cried.
What Kuang Guangbu said was heard by the Lake God in Horseshoe Lake. He quickly jumped out of the lake and saw that Kuang Guangbu was choosing a place to throw himself into the lake. He quickly came to the east side of the lake and pushed down a big man carrying firewood who was sitting and resting. Temporarily drive away its soul and attach your own soul. In this way, the big man carrying firewood became possessed by the lake god, but he looked like a big man carrying firewood.
At this moment, the lake god possessed him and said, I must save him. As fast as lightning, he rushed towards Kuang Guangbu, who had already chosen a jumping position and was about to jump into the lake, and grabbed him.
Kuang Guangbu tried to break away but failed, and asked loudly and angrily, "Where are you from?" What are you pulling me for? It is difficult for me to live, so is it also difficult to seek death?
Possessed by the Lake God, he replied: Isn’t there no food in your house? Come with me and I'll give you a bag of rice.
Kuang Guangbu was already worried about his family's livelihood, but after hearing what he said, he gave up the idea of seeking death. Before he even started, he was pulled by the spirit of the lake and flew to the door of the mansion at the foot of the mountain in front of him. He was told to wait here, but he just stood still.
Seeing this strange man barging into the mansion alone, he took out a bulging cloth bag in less than a cup of tea and put it firmly on Kuang Guangbu's shoulder.
The lake god possessed him and said, "This is a bag of rice. You should carry it home quickly."
Kuang Guangbu asked in fear, how should I thank you? May I have your name?
The possessed spirit of the lake god said, "You're welcome!" Don't ask me about it either.
Kuang Guangbu didn't know that the one who helped him was possessed by the lake god. What he saw was a man. Because the sky was getting dark, he could no longer see his face clearly. But he was very grateful, and then he put down the bag of rice on his shoulders and bowed respectfully to the man in front of him.
The possessor of the Lake God urged, "Go quickly, go quickly, who wants you to worship me?"
Kuang Guangbu stopped bowing, got up, put the bag of rice on his shoulders, and walked happily home.
When the lake god possessed him and returned to Horseshoe Lake, he met the passing god.
The passing god recognized him, smiled and said, "God of Horseshoe Lake, didn't you just go to the gate of the Liu family's mansion and rob a bag of rice?"
The possessed spirit of the lake god admitted frankly, yes! If you spied on me, you can't tell me.
The passerby said, "Who reported you?" I'm just asking you, why do you want to help that honest and humble Kuang Guangbu?
The possessor of the lake god replied, "You don't know something. If I don't help him, he will throw himself into the lake and pollute my good water."
The passing god said, forget it! If he commits suicide by throwing himself into the lake, then there will be one more dead soul in the lake, and won’t the underworld waters under the control of your God of Horseshoe Lake become even more prosperous with ghosts? It seems you are not telling the truth.
The lake god possessed him and said, "Then I will tell you the truth." In my past life, I was the kitchen god of the Kuang family. His grandparents were very kind to me. They placed offerings in front of my shrine and made devout wishes, asking me to bless their descendants with abundant wealth and long-term blessings. To be honest, as a little Kitchen God at that time, I really didn’t have the ability to make their descendants rich and blessed, so I felt deeply ashamed. In this life, I have become a lake god, and I still remember the merits of my ancestor Kuang Guangbu. This evening I saw him crying on the shore of my lake about the hardships of life, and was about to commit suicide by throwing himself into the lake. Can I not save him?
The passing god cupped his hands and said, I admire you, you still know how to repay the kindness!
The possessor of the lake god said, "I won't bother you anymore. My soul must leave the possession as soon as possible, and return this human body to the firewood-carrying man who is still wandering by the lake, so that his soul can return to its place."
This morning, the huge Liujiazhuang was abuzz with excitement. It turned out that Chief Yahu of Puqi County led a team of arresters riding tall horses to ride the dust and enter the villa. They searched every house.
What to check? The people in the village are still in the dark for the time being. Then a strange phenomenon was discovered. The house of squire Liu Binggong on the village was not searched.
A villager passed by Liu Binggong's mansion and found it quiet there. He had just returned to the door of his house not far ahead, and the police officers who had arrived were about to go in to check.
He stretched out his hand to stop me and said loudly, "Tell me clearly, what are you searching for?" Why didn't Liu Binggong's house be searched?
At this time, Liu Binggong was among the arresters. When he heard this, he immediately stepped out of the queue and jumped onto an inverted stone roller. He was originally tall, but now he looked even taller.
Liu Binggong opened his voice and said in a loud voice, "Folks, let me explain it now. Listen, yesterday evening, a gangster broke into my house and forcibly took away a bag of rice weighing 100 kilograms. The rice bag was printed with " There are three yellow characters in "The fragrance of rice flowers".
Because of this incident, I rushed to the county government early this morning to report the case. The county government sent Chief Hu to lead a team to our village to search every house. If any house was found to have such a bag of rice hidden, I'm sorry. He was bound and sent to an official for questioning and punishment.
Of course, I declare now that if anyone is confused and does such evil things, after I tell him, he has figured it out now and voluntarily withdraws from the bag of rice, even if he surrenders, no further investigation will be carried out, and he will only be punished in our The Liu family worked as a coolie for a month.
He looked at the villagers who were arriving one after another and stood sparsely on the edge of the field, and asked in a more serious tone, "did you hear me clearly?"
The villager stepped aside and said loudly, Oh, it turned out that we were going door-to-door for this matter. Anyway, no one in our family does that kind of bastard thing. If you are the head catcher from the county government, you can just check it!
Several catchers walked into the villager's house one after another, and made trouble inside for a while, but finally came out empty-handed.
An hour later, all the police officers who had been conducting searches gathered at the ancestral house in Liujiazhuang, but found nothing.
Chief Hu looked at Liu Binggong and said helplessly, Mr. Liu, our county government's catcher has also tried his best and checked every house in your village, but found nothing.
Liu Binggong said, don't go back to the county government yet, go to the surrounding villages to check, such as Kuangjiazhuang, Luojiazhuang, and Majiazhuang.
Chief Hu asked awkwardly, how long will it take? It's almost noon now.
Liu Binggong said, you first go to Kuangjiazhuang to investigate. No matter whether the suspect is found or not, I, Liu, will entertain you at noon at Zhonghuopu.
Chief Hu said, OK! The brothers set out for Kuangjiazhuang as Liu Xiangshen said.
I saw a cavalry column leaving Liujiazhuang and galloping towards Kuangjiazhuang, surrounded by mountains and rivers.
It was almost noon, and the threshing floor of Kuangjiazhuang was crowded with people.
Chief Hu was interrogating Kuang Guangbu, who was tied to a stone roller.
Kuang Guangbu's wife, Mai Yuan, and their two sons and one daughter: Kuang Hong, Kuang Shan, and Kuang Hua all knelt on the field, crying and pleading with Chief Hu, but to no avail.
In front of Kuang Guangbu stood a beater with a stick and a whipper on the left and right respectively.
Kuang Guangbu gritted his teeth, drooped his head and said nothing. When Chief Hu blew his beard, stared at him and yelled at him several times, he argued that the bag of "Daohuaxiang" rice was not obtained by robbery.
Chief Hu asked angrily, "That's weird. How did that bag of "Daohuaxiang" rice fly from Mr. Liu's house to your house?"
Kuang Guangbu raised his head and said nothing, with a posture of stubborn resistance.
The stiffness lasted for a long time, and Kuang Guangbu began to collapse inside, so he told the truth that the bag of rice was brought to me by a big man from Mr. Liu's house. Since it was dark last night, I could only vaguely see the tall figure of the big man. What's his name? You are from? Why he wanted to help me, I have no idea.
At this moment, he was thinking to himself: Hum, even if I knew it, I wouldn't say anything even if I were beaten to death. Why? People need to show some conscience. If that man hadn't saved me, I would have jumped into the lake last night and no one would be alive.
When Chief Hu heard what he said, he didn't believe it at all, so he shouted, "I think it was you who robbed Mr. Liu's rice. Do you still want to deny it?"
Kuang Guangbu insisted that it was not me who robbed him.
Chief Hu asked loudly, who is that? We will arrest anyone you confess to.
Kuang Guangbu's face turned pale, but he said nothing.
