Yuan Shoucheng accepted the Dragon King's bet.

The Dragon King excitedly left Chang'an and returned to the Dragon Palace, but he never thought that as soon as he returned to the Dragon Palace, he received an edict from the Jade Emperor, asking him to rain in Chang'an City tomorrow and Phuket Chang'an City.

And the time, points, etc., of the rain are exactly the same as what Yuan Shoucheng said.

The dragon king was shocked, and then he believed that Yuan Shoucheng was indeed very capable, but he was unwilling to lose the bet.

A military advisor suggested that when it rained tomorrow, he could deliberately reduce the number of points, so that Yuan Shoucheng would lose.

The dragon king listened to the words of the military advisor, and when it rained on the second day, he deliberately lost points.

After the rain was completed, the dragon king came to Yuan Shoucheng's stall again, saying that Yuan Shoucheng was not accurate and was going to smash his stall.

Yuan Shoucheng said, it doesn't matter if you smash my stall, but you are already in a catastrophe, you deliberately lost points, violated the rules of heaven, and on the dragon platform, it is inevitable to be stabbed.

It turned out that Yuan Shoucheng knew that he was the Dragon King of Jinghe.

When the Dragon King heard this, he immediately trembled with fright and begged Yuan Shoucheng to save his life.

Yuan Shoucheng said that he couldn't save him, and the person who beheaded him by the golden decree of the Jade Emperor was Wei Zheng, a courtier of the Tang King, and when it came at three o'clock at noon tomorrow, Wei Zheng would behead him in a dream. Let him beg Li Shimin, the king of Tang, and Li Shimin may be able to save him.

The dragon king thanked him and left, and that night in the dream of Li Shimin, the king of Tang, met Li Shimin, explained the reason for the matter, and begged Li Shimin to save him.

Li Shiming said that since the person in charge of beheading you is Wei Zheng, then I can naturally save your life.

The dragon king rejoiced, and bowed and departed.

On the second day, Li Shimin, the king of Tang, went to the court, and Wei Zheng was not seen in the court, so he said: "I have a strange dream at night, I dreamed that a person greeted him, claiming to be the Dragon King of Jinghe, who violated the rules of heaven, and was going to be beheaded by Wei Zheng at three o'clock in the afternoon today, and I came to ask me to save him, I have promised, why don't I see Wei Zheng before today's class?"

His Royal Highness had a minister suggest that in this case, His Majesty could summon Wei Zheng to come to the court, and if he was not released from the palace today, he could save the dragon in his dreams.

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered Wei Zheng to recruit people in the palace.

After Wei Zheng entered the palace, Li Shimin asked Wei Zheng to accompany him to play chess in order not to let Wei Zheng go back.

But he never thought that at three o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Zheng suddenly fell asleep at the desk, and directly beheaded the Dragon King of Najing River in his dream.

After Wei Zheng woke up, he told Li Shimin about slaying the dragon in his dream.

Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no other way.

It's just that night, Li Shimin saw the Jinghe Dragon King again in a sleepy mood, and the Jinghe Dragon King held a bloody dragon head and shouted "Give me my life".

He also questioned Li Shimin and said that he had promised to save him, so why did Wei Zheng still behead him?

Li Shimin was shocked, but he couldn't speak, and he only sweated all over his body.

Later, Guanyin, who had already arrived in Chang'an, suddenly appeared, drove away the Dragon King of Jinghe, and saved Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin woke up, he still had palpitations and trembling, and he couldn't sleep all night.

On the second day, when it was time to go to the early court, the ministers had already arrived, but Li Shimin was too frightened last night and was ill and could not go to the early court.

The two generals, Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong, went to the branch palace building to see Li Shimin.

Li Shimin told the two generals that outside the door of his dormitory, ghosts appeared after nightfall, disturbing him from sleeping.

After hearing this, Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong immediately said that they were willing to guard the palace gate for Li Shimin at night to see what kind of ghosts were doing it?

That night, Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong each took a drape, dressed neatly, held a golden gourd and an axe, and guarded outside the palace gate.

It can be said that he is wearing a golden helmet with shimmering light, wearing armor and dragon scales, protecting the heart and treasure mirror, and the lion is tightly locked, and the embroidery is colorful.

One of the two of them is afraid of the stars in the sky, and the other is floating in the moonlight, just like two door gods, standing around the palace gate.

After a night, there was no sneaky return, and Li Shimin slept soundly all night.

In the next few nights, Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong came to guard the palace gate every night, and Li Shimin never dreamed of sneaking in his dreams again.

Then, Li Shimin couldn't bear the hard work of Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong all night, so he recruited a wonderful hand Danqing into the palace, painted the faces of the two, and pasted them on both sides of the palace gate.

After that, the night was still uneventful.

When they saw this, the hearts of a group of book fans jumped, and they realized that Li Fan used the work "Journey to the West" to create such an absurd and reasonable story for why Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong were the door gods.

It is said to be absurd because these myths and ghosts do not conform to reality in the first place.

And it is reasonable because the work "Journey to the West" is a myth, and since it is a myth, it is naturally reasonable.

The door god is a kind of painting that is attached to the door during the Lunar New Year, as a folk belief to guard the door.

People stick the statue of the door god on the door, which is used to drive away evil spirits and avoid ghosts, protect the house, keep peace, help utilitarianism, and descend auspiciousness, etc., and is the guardian saint of the people who are very popular among the people.

According to traditional customs, every year on the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste Spring Festival couplets and door gods, this traditional custom can be traced back to 2,000 years ago.

The door gods are divided into exorcism, blessing, military generals, civil officials and so on.

Among the generals, the early Tang generals Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong are the most famous door gods and one of the people's favorite door gods.

But why did these two generals become the gods of the door? No one knows why.

I only know that after the Tang Dynasty, Yu Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong gradually became the most popular door gods.

Maybe there is some reason, or maybe there is no reason, anyway, it is a custom that has been passed down to this day.

Because of these folk customs, there are few historical records, so even if there is any real reason, it is impossible to know now.

However, now, Li Fan is using "Journey to the West" to create such a reason for everyone.

Moreover, with the continuous expansion of the influence of "Journey to the West", this reason will definitely spread among the people and become a part of the folk customs and culture.

This made a group of book lovers very surprised and excited, they actually witnessed the birth of a new folk customs and cultural sayings.

It was an unexpected surprise!

is worthy of Li Fan's work, surprises will always appear so casually.

Sansheng Village.

Li Fan also knew that book lovers would definitely be pleasantly surprised by this story, and he was satisfied and agreed with using this story to explain why Yu Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong were the door gods.

Because, the reason why these two people became door gods officially originated from the work "Journey to the West".

Later, the Qing Dynasty family Chu Renshu also wrote a similar plot story in his vernacular novel "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties".

Although there is no "Journey to the West" and "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" in this world, Yu Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong are still one of the most popular images in folk customs and culture.

As for the reason, there is no way to verify, and no one knows.

Of course, there is nothing about this, and many images of folk customs are impossible to verify.

But now, Li Fan has brought "Journey to the West" to this world, and Yu Chi Jingde and Qin Qiong, as door gods, have their origins.

Although this origin was created by modern people, it will naturally melt into a part of folk customs over time.

In this regard, Li Fan is very sure.

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