Who is this Zhong Kui?

According to historical legend: He was a native of Zhongnan County, Yongzhou, in the early Tang Dynasty, born with a leopard's head and ringed eyes, an iron face and a beard, a bright and upright person, and a bold and outstanding.

During the Tang Wude period, Zhong Kui went to the capital to take the exam, but was defeated because of his ugly appearance, and died at the foot of the palace in anger. Emperor Wude was very sad when he heard this, so he gave him a red official robe for burial.

During the Tang Tianbao period, after Emperor Tang Ming lectured on martial arts in Lintong Lishan, he occasionally suffered from spleen disease, which could not be cured for a long time, and it turned out that there were evil ghosts in the palace. One night, Emperor Tang Ming dreamed of a strange looking man, claiming that "the palace test failed to enter the Shi Zhong Kui, specially to protect and eliminate the ghost", so he caught the evil ghost in the palace, and used the two fingers of his right hand to eat the two eyes of the evil ghost alive, and swallowed it into the stomach. Emperor Tang Ming woke up and recovered immediately, so he ordered the great painter Wu Daozi to paint the scene of Zhong Kui catching ghosts in his dream into a picture and hang it in the palace to ward off evil spirits and suppress ghosts.

Since then, Zhong Kui has become famous all over the world.

When he first entered the Netherworld, Emperor Xudu praised Zhong Kui's loyalty and bravery, so he accepted him as a trilogy, and awarded the title of Judge of the Yin and Yang Realms, specializing in chasing down the evil ghosts who escaped from the Yin and Yang Realms and eliminating harm for the people. Later, he was revered by the world as the Heavenly Master or "the Holy Monarch of the Blessed Town", and his official registration was in the capital of Xudu, and he set up his own yamen on Chang'an Street, and was not under the jurisdiction of the Ten Palaces of Yama.

Since Zhong Kui was ordained, his daily official duties have been to tour the two worlds of yin and yang, drive away evil spirits and catch ghosts, and protect the people, which has been more than 200 years in a flash.

On this day, Zhong Kui was riding a donkey around Chang'an Street, leading the donkey from the little ghost, picking the lamp, playing the umbrella, and carrying the fork...... Lively and lively left and right, suddenly saw the Emperor Xudu's attendant Forrest Gump descending from the sky and came to deliver the decree.

When he understood the will, Zhong Kui then instructed all the little ghosts to watch the donkey stand by, and he hurried to the Netherworld Capital with Forrest Gump, and walked into the palace to meet the Emperor of Xudu.

At this time, Emperor Xudu was sitting in the leisurely chair, holding the wine jar in his hand and eating a lot of wine!

Forrest Gump introduced Zhong Kui into the dormitory and then retreated and went out.

Zhong Kui held a large bat folding fan in his hand, strode to the front of the free chair, and saluted with an urn voice: "Subordinates see the emperor." ”

"Hmm, who are you?" asked Emperor Xudu, raising his head slightly, drunken eyes.

"Subordinate Zhong Kui. Zhong Kui said helplessly.

"Oh...... It turned out to be Zhong Kui. Emperor Xudu looked up and down with wide eyes.

"Emperor: This wine has been persuaded many times by his subordinates, and it is better for you to quit early, so as not to delay major events in the future, you see—even his subordinates will not recognize him today. Zhong Kui complained.

"Well, you're right, this wine is a good thing, but I'll have to quit sooner or later, but not now. Emperor Xudu bowed his head and said, "Zhong Kui, what is the matter with me when you come to find the master?"

"Emperor, I'm afraid that you are really drunk again, and you summoned your subordinates to come back, why did you ask about your subordinates instead?"

"Oh...... It turned out that I summoned you back, sir, okay! I just wanted to summon you back to talk and send you back. Emperor Xudu said drunkly, "Since the collapse of the mountain, the escape of the evil spirit, and the edict passed down by the Zixiao Palace, my lord, I have not slept a day peacefully, and my heart is stuffy every day." ”

"Don't worry, the emperor, although the edict passed down from Zixiao Palace says that there are calamities coming in both the mountains and seas and the netherworld, as long as you are upright and obey the edict, there is nothing to worry about. ”

"Well, what you said is also true, but we can only control ourselves, but we can't control others, and sometimes we can't help but worry when things come to an end. ”

"Emperor, what do you mean by that?"

"Do you still remember the battle between King Senluo and Mr. Qingyin Fang under the gate of Zixiao Palace on Luming Island?"

"Yes. ”

"Do you still remember the incident of King Senluo colluding with Botuo of the Southern Wilderness Beiji Kingdom to provoke the Great Sect Master in Cuiyun Palace?"

"Yes. Zhong Kui replied indignantly, "This King Senluo is insidious and cunning, taking advantage of the chaos in the mountains and seas, he secretly did many misdeeds, and his subordinates have long been unpleasant! If the emperor wants to teach him a lesson but is embarrassed to speak, then let his subordinates warn and warn him, it will cause trouble, and it is nothing more than his subordinates, the judge who travels through the two realms, will not do it!"

"Zhong Kui, you must not talk nonsense, when the calamity comes, everyone will suffer their own evils, and God will not help anyone. ”

"Emperor, why do your subordinates become more confused the more they listen to these words?" Zhong Kui, the second monk, scratched his head and said, "His subordinate Zhong Kui is a straight and strong person, and he can't listen to the words of the minus, if the emperor has anything, please just say it." ”

"Alas...... Don't say that you are confused, even if you are confused, even if you say it yourself, don't you just love to talk nonsense, and wherever you talk about it, you will be there?" Emperor Xudu said drunkly, "Recently, King Nasenluo has come out to stir up peace again." ”

"King Senluo came out to stir up peace again, what is the matter?" Zhong Kui's heartstrings tightened.

"What do you want to know...... Just come with me, master. Emperor Xudu put the wine jar, slowly got off the free chair, and staggered towards the offering hall.

Zhong Kui was confused, he didn't know what he meant, he half-hugged and half-supported Emperor Xudu, and cautiously followed.

Walking through a corridor of mansha, they both came to the offering hall.

I saw that the offering hall was empty and silent, the candlelight was swaying all around, the cigarette smoke was thick, and there was a three-foot-high shrine in the middle, and a golden bead was enshrined in the shrine, which emitted wisps of golden light from time to time, which was the spiritual element of the Buddha Nona.

Emperor Xudu walked to the shrine, picked up three sticks of incense and lit it, and offered incense.

Seeing the grand event of the emperor, Zhong Kui also respectfully burned three incense sticks and offered them.

After offering the incense, Zhong Kui couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Emperor, why do you want to worship this gold bead, where does this gold bead come from?"

"Master, I brought you here just to tell you about this matter......

Emperor Xudu said a word, so he first recounted Fei Tianjun's abduction of the Lingyuan of the Buddha of Nona, and the pursuit and killing of Tan Wenji, as well as the recommendation of the great god Zongbu to come to the Netherworld, and then he also recounted the matter of his own skillful seizure and worship of the Yuanling of the Buddha of Nona, the preparation of intervening with King Senluo, and the meeting of each other to discuss and decide at the debriefing meeting.

During the narration, because Emperor Xudu was slurred, Zhong Kui asked several times, and then gradually figured out the ins and outs of the general matter.

When Emperor Xudu finished speaking, Zhong Kui was so angry that he jumped up a foot high towards the crown, his beard stood upside down, his eyes breathed fire, and he shouted: "Wow, yes, yes...... There is such an evil thing, it really infuriates me Zhong Kui!"

"Rest the rage...... Zhong Kui was angry. Emperor Xudu saw that Zhong Kui's performance was as he expected, so he no longer pretended to be drunk, and persuaded again and again.

Zhong Kui crushed the bat folding fan in his hand and said: "How can I, Zhong Kui, calm down my anger?! That Fei Tianjun is just a deputy envoy of the Haotian Plague Department, and he actually dares to refine the spirit of this Buddha, such an evil person should be punished! But that great god of Zongbu actually suppressed Tan Wenji, who came to rescue the Yuan Ling of the Buddha of Nona, and introduced that Fei Tianjun to the Netherworld Mansion to help him escape from punishment, how could this be done by the righteous god of the mountains and seas! What is even more hateful is that the king of Na Sen Luo actually arranged for his ears and eyes to monitor the emperor, and he is ready to meddle in this matter! This pile, every pile, is all against the heavens and the way! I Zhong Kui has a lot of Danxin to learn, how can I not be angry?!"

Zhong Kui breathed angrily...... Master, I know that you are uneven, but it is useless for you to be angry at this time, these things are all made happens, and the most important thing is to quickly think of a way to save the spirit of the Buddha. ”

"The Emperor is right, how can we save the spirit of the Buddha Nona?" Zhong Kui asked irritably.

"I'm anxious about this matter: if I don't hand over the Spirit Yuan of the Buddha of Nona, not to mention that I can't explain it to the Great God of Zongbu, even at the debriefing meeting of the Winter Solstice, I will not be able to escape the pass of King Senluo (since King Senluo is involved in this matter, he naturally wants to protect Fei Tianjun in order to achieve his own ulterior purpose);

"The emperor is so in such a dilemma, why don't you send the spirit of the Buddha to the West Heavenly Spirit Mountain, and hand it over to the Muni Buddha for protection, wouldn't it be reassuring?"

"No, no...... Don't ...... Master, I also thought of this method, but then I thought about it carefully: whether it is to send the Spirit Yuan of the Buddha to the Western Heavenly Spirit Mountain, or to other places in the Three Realms, it will involve the great god Zongbu, although there are many sages who can suppress the great god of Zongbu within the Three Realms, if he finally counts this account on the head of the Netherworld, it will be very bad. The great god Zongbu charged the Heavenly Monarch as his subordinate, and secretly guaranteed this matter, and did not bring a letter of recommendation, it is estimated that he deliberately embarrassed the Netherworld, but we cannot disobey, and if we disobey, it will anger the dignity of the great god Zongbu. If the great god Zongbu is angry and comes to Xingshi to ask for guilt, the Netherworld Mansion can't afford it, my lord, I am entrusted by the Great Sect Master to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the Netherworld, so naturally I don't want to see this kind of thing happen. ”

When Zhong Kui heard this, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he hit his head with a big folding fan and said, "In this way, this matter is really extremely difficult to do!"

"I just thought of a way when I was preparing the notice of the Winter Solstice Conference, and this solution can only be done by you, Zhong Kui. ”

"Only I, Zhong Kui, can be?" Zhong Kui said with a shocked face, "Emperor: I, Zhong Kui, am just a small traveling judge of the Yin and Yang Realms, where can I have such great ability?"

"Looking at the entire Netherworld, only you Zhong Kui is anxious and righteous, upright, and can't tolerate half a grain of sand in your eyes, so this matter should be done by you. ”

"Okay! Since the emperor values me Zhong Kui so much, then my Zhong Kuishi died as a confidant, and he was ordered to do this!

"I want you to take the gold bead to a man and seek refuge from him. "Emperor Xudu is confident.