Under normal circumstances, the souls of those who age and die due to disasters and diseases all exist. Only those who are killed by lightning have their souls burned by heavenly fire and become a low-level negative substance called 魙. Where does the 魙 go? There are also arrangements somewhere.
Since Xin Taitu poisoned too many cows, and cows are herbivores, the only way to alleviate his sin was to have him turn into a god of grass and trees after his death, so as to produce more grass leaves to feed the cows. Now his body has been burned to ashes, naturally blown away by the wind. Once mixed with rainwater, it falls into mud and becomes fertilizer for cultivating vegetation.
Xin Taitu, who was relegated to the God of Plants and Trees, was assigned by the Yin Secretary to manage the grass and trees in Neishan Village. Generally, cows did not eat many leaves, but mostly bamboo leaves. Neishan Village has a large bamboo garden, so as a bamboo, it is often attached to a bamboo pole, and is also called a bamboo god.
The Bamboo God plays around every day. That day, when he saw Craftsman Liu, he recalled that he was imprisoned because of his reporting on him in his previous life. He then became resentful and wanted to seek revenge. Finally, he had the opportunity. Craftsman Liu went to the bamboo garden to cut bamboo. Fall down a row.
Just when the 13th bamboo was about to fall, the Bamboo God quickly went over to confuse Craftsman Liu, intending to make the bamboo fall and hurt his waist.
At this moment, Craftsman Liu was really confused. After cutting off the root of the big bamboo, he hunched over and walked in the direction of the falling bamboo. He was only one second away from being hit.
At this critical moment, something seemed to push him, and he turned away. Nanzhu fell down with a "whoosh", only an inch away from his waist. How dangerous it is, he doesn't understand it at all.
But when the bamboo fell to the ground, Craftsman Liu woke up. Looking at the big bamboo lying next to him, he knew that it almost hit his waist, and a line of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Seeing this, Bamboo God was very angry. Not only did he not take revenge on Craftsman Liu, but more importantly, he found that his conspiracy was blocked. Who's stopping it? It's the mountain god.
At that time, the mountain god was playing chess with the village earth god in the clouds. When a captured chess piece was removed, it accidentally jumped out of the air and fell into the bamboo garden below.
He jumped down to look for it and saw the Bamboo God looking at Craftsman Liu with a stern look on his face. He knew something must be wrong. Sure enough, Craftsman Liu was fascinated, so he went over and gave him a push, and he survived. Immediately, he stepped over and reached out to hold the Bamboo God's chin, saying, "You are such a little monster, why do you bully a mortal?" The Bamboo God did not tell about the past life disputes between himself and Craftsman Liu, but only said: Why are you helping him? Yin and Yang are separated, and he has nothing to do with you.
The Mountain God pushed the Bamboo God and said, I want to accumulate some virtue and help a bunch of mortals. What can you do to me? The Bamboo God pondered for a while and teased: Oh, by the way, Craftsman Liu goes up the mountain to worship you every year, so you protect him, right?
So what? So what if it’s not? If you still talk, I will ask the land gods to come and deal with you and drive you out of the bamboo garden. The mountain god said unceremoniously.
The Bamboo God did not dare to speak. The Mountain God lowered his head to pick up a chess piece and jumped up into the clouds. The God of the Earth got impatient, tapped the chessboard and said: Quick, place a chess piece.
The Bamboo God failed to harm Craftsman Liu, so he came to the door of Craftsman Liu's house and complained angrily to the door god. Generally speaking, the door god will not let outside ghosts and gods approach the threshold, but he is kind to the bamboo god because they are all gods of the woody tribe. In the past, doors were all made of wood. The door god is naturally attached to wood, and the bamboo god became the door god. His allies.
When he heard that the Bamboo God said that he wanted to take revenge on Craftsman Liu, the door god advised: Why take revenge? If you ask him for a debt, won't that satisfy your resentment? Besides, he found out that you poisoned a farm cow in your past life. You gave him a knife of fresh beef in an attempt to silence him, but in the end he leaked it and made you a lawsuit. It was understandable. It was the Yamen who sent someone to investigate him. He had gone to the family, and he had to tell her. If he didn't tell him, he wouldn't be able to get away with it.
The Bamboo God thought that what the Door God said was reasonable, but he still refused to accept the tone. He said that he must take revenge on Craftsman Liu and at least make him lose some money.
Seeing that the Bamboo God was so stubborn, the door god patiently advised: Why don't you let Craftsman Liu burn some money for you to use? In this way, even if he owes you a beef debt, it can be paid off.
Your suggestion is good. How can I get Craftsman Liu to burn money for me?
Why don't you sneak into his dream tonight and ask for money from him?
What if he doesn't burn money for me?
Just give it a try and then talk about it! My master is loyal and honest. As long as he makes a promise in his dream, he will definitely do it when he wakes up. Besides, burning some money is not a particularly difficult thing to do.
The Bamboo God discussed this matter with the Door God, and that night the Bamboo God entered Craftsman Liu's dream and told him about it.
Craftsman Liu woke up early in the morning and told his lover Ma Daoying about the incident. Ma Daoying urged him to leave the mountain quickly and go to the town to buy a wad of money.
An hour later, Craftsman Liu came back in a daze. According to the instructions of the Bamboo God in his dream, he walked into a corner of the bamboo garden to burn the money. Balls of flames reflected his face red, and wisps of green smoke curled up into the sky. What was left was It's a pile of paper dust.
Seeing that there was no one around, Craftsman Liu said loudly: "Xin Taitu, you have become the Bamboo God now. I congratulate you. I offended you before. Please forgive me. Now you can use the money to burn hell. Come and pick it up!" If you take good care of my bamboo garden, I will burn money for you next time. As he spoke, he knelt down and worshiped devoutly in front of a row of green leaves and lotus bamboos.
The Bamboo God was very happy. He looked at Craftsman Liu and nodded. He only waited for the ashes to cool down before he bowed his head and picked up the money.
After a while, Craftsman Liu stood up and left the bamboo garden solemnly. The Earth God and the Mountain God both jumped down from the clouds and rushed over. When the Mountain God saw the pile of newly transformed money, he was secretly happy, but said calmly: Okay, Bamboo God, how dare you blackmail the mortal Craftsman Liu, don't even think about this money. want. The Earth God came over and gave the Bamboo God a push. He gave the Mountain God a knowing look, and then scolded the Bamboo God: If you do this, the Mountain God and I can take you to the Underworld Officer to be punished.
What do you want? Bamboo God asked dissatisfied.
The money goes to the public. As the mountain god spoke, he motioned to the earth god to join him. In the blink of an eye, the two great gods each picked up half of the money and put it into their pockets. Just as they were about to leave, the Bamboo God shouted: "How cunning. You didn't let me take the money, but you each took the money away." Seeing what he said, the mountain god turned around and threw a piece of money to him; the land god also gave it to him, and the bamboo god was not satisfied with the two pieces of money. , almost all the money gained was lost.
At this time, he chased after him and said to the land god: You gave me too little. The Earth God ignored him, walked out of the bamboo garden, and distributed the handful of ghost coins he had just picked up to the Road God, Pond God, River God and other gods.
The Earth God in turn said to the Bamboo God: Do you think I have embezzled this money? The Bamboo God had nothing to say, so he went to the Mountain God again. The Mountain God also distributed the handful of money he just picked up to the Grass God, Flower God, Tree God, etc. one by one. In the end, he only had two ghost coins in his hand, so he said to the Bamboo God: I didn't get an extra point. Sharing it with everyone is a kind of happiness, do you understand?
The Bamboo God left lonely, and he came to the door of Craftsman Liu's house again to complain to the Door God. The door god said that I know everything that just happened, forget it! The debt Artisan Liu owed you in his previous life has been repaid, so don't pester him again.
