Guan Yu, the word cloud is long, a native of Xie Liang (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) in Hedong County in the Han Dynasty, a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and is prominent in the world because of his name of martyrdom and righteousness.

Since the death of Guan Gong, all dynasties have been vigorously sacrificed and praised by the imperial court.

When it comes to the Qing Dynasty, it is the name of the god of "Loyalty, Righteousness, Martial Spirit, Benevolence, Bravery, and Might", and worships the Emperor Dongyue, and worships its incense in the temple of the emperor all over the country.

In addition to the temples dedicated to Emperor Guan in various places, some businesses that often walk around the rivers and lakes, such as opera troupes, have to offer incense to Emperor Guan Sheng every morning and evening.

The troupe uses this to advertise that it is also adhering to the legacy of Emperor Guan's righteousness when he walks the rivers and lakes, so as not to be bullied by peers or competitors.

This person must always have a spiritual sustenance in life.

Therefore, many people in the troupe regard Emperor Guan Sheng, who is worshiped every morning and evening, as a spiritual idol.

Once someone in the troupe has an argument with other members of the same troupe, both parties will often go together to "throw a cocoon" in front of the throne of Emperor Guan Sheng to listen to the god's decision.

The "cocoon" used in this "throwing cocoon" is two half-crescent-shaped wooden blocks of general size.

One side of the block is round and bulging outward, while the other side is flat.

During divination, the person who throws the "cocoon" must kneel in front of the idol, hold the smooth side of the two "cocoons" together, hold it in his hand and hold it high above his head, and then say his name and his request aloud.

After the prayer is completed, the thrower easily opens his hands and allows the two "stickers" to fall freely to the ground, and finally obtains the metaphor of the gods by observing the form of each of the two "calluses" falling on the ground.

If the side of the double "cocoon" that falls on the ground facing upwards is "one flat and one convex", this is called "holy cocoon" or "letter cocoon", which means that the person who "throws the cocoon" has been approved by the gods and can do it with confidence.

If the two planes are upward, it is called "smile", which represents...... The voice of the person who prayed was so small that the gods did not hear or understood the meaning of the person who prayed for it, so they repeated the prayer aloud and then "tossed" it again.

The two convex faces upwards are called "angry cocoons" or "yin cocoons", which simply means that the gods do not approve of or do not allow those who "throw cocoons" to do this.

When Yang Congxun's master Qingyangzi traveled to the rivers and lakes, he once heard a story about 'Emperor Guan's angry hosta matchmaker'.

This story tells that during the Qianlong Dynasty, there was a very famous Wei family class in Yuhang County, especially the popular Tsing Yi surnamed Wei in the class (who specializes in playing the role of a young woman) is even more famous, and it is a veritable pillar of the Wei family class.

As soon as 'Wei Qingyi' appeared on stage, the audience was immediately blocked.

As soon as he finished singing, the audience was even more colorful, and the applause lasted for a long time.

There is a saying that 'there are many people who are popular', this 'Wei Qingyi' has a graceful figure on the stage, and his singing voice is elegant and melodious......

Anyway, on that day, 'Wei Qingyi' sang and left the stage, took off his head and face costume, leaned lazily on the recliner, and waited for the backstage to serve a maid like him to fetch water and adjust the pancreas for himself, so as to wash off the layer of fat powder and oil paint on his face.

Just when 'Wei Qingyi' was lying down and closing his eyes to recuperate, the backstage door curtain was lifted, and the old head of the Wei family's class walked in with a smile on his face holding a sandalwood box about the size of a palm.

As soon as he saw that 'Wei Qingyi' was resting, the old class master immediately laughed and groaned a few times and said a few hard words, and then lifted the lid of the sandalwood box in his hand and placed it on the desk in front of 'Wei Qingyi'.

"This hairpin was sent by Zhou Fu, the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion, I heard that it was carved from a whole piece of emerald, and now it was bought by the eldest young master of the Zhou Mansion with one hundred taels of silver, and sent it to you to play with at hand."

Although 'Wei Qingyi' is a man's body, he doesn't need things like hairpins and faces at all.

As soon as I heard the old class master say that this jasper hairpin can be worth a hundred taels of silver, 'Wei Qingyi' was also taken aback, and said that a hundred taels of silver is not a small money, and the ordinary hosta is only three or four taels of silver, how can this thing be so expensive?

Under the divine envoy, 'Wei Qingyi' reached into the sandalwood box, took out the hosta inside, and took it in his hand to look at it carefully.

At this moment, the door curtain was lifted again, and it turned out to be the maid who usually served the Tsing Yi with a basin of warm water and a piece of fragrant pancreas and walked in.

Seeing this, Wei Qingyi confessed to the class master, put the hosta in his hand back into the wooden box, and then sat in front of the desk and waited for the maid to serve him to wash his face.

It's also a good thing, before washing his face and resting that day, 'Wei Qingyi' had already sung four folds of "Fan Screen" in a row, and he felt very tired for a while.

So after washing off the oil paint on his face, he ordered the maid to go to the door to answer the door, and not to let any idlers come to disturb him, saying that he would take a rest on the chaise longue for a while.

However, when Wei Qingyi woke up, he found that the sandalwood box that had been closed by his own hands was wide open.

The hosta, which was worth a hundred taels, was lying quietly at the bottom of the box at the moment...... It's broken in two!

Seeing that this valuable hosta was broken before it could be put down in his hand, Wei Qingyi suddenly became anxious, re-patted the desk with his hand one after another, and repeatedly beckoned the waiting subordinates to come in.

When I learned that Wei Qingyi's hosta was actually broken in the box, the people who rushed to hear the news were you look at me and I look at you, and the old head coughed at the end.

"Wei Daban, during the time you are resting, the old man has been taking people to check the utensils box outside the backstage.

Fluttershy is the only one who comes in with a cup of tea, fearing that you will wake up thirsty, but Fluttershy puts it down and turns to come out. ”

After that, the old class master wanted to speak and looked at Wei Qingyi: "No other people have come in besides, do you think it will be a ......?"

In fact, the meaning of the old class master's words is obvious, Miss Fluttershy will come out of your room with a turn, even if you want to open the box and break the hairpin, this time is not enough.

But no one else has ever gone in again, so could it be that you, Wei Qingyi, broke the hairpin by mistake when he was playing with the hosta?

As soon as he heard the meaning of the old master's words, he actually suspected that he was a thief and shouted to catch a thief, Wei Qingyi didn't do it now, and immediately swore that this hosta was definitely not broken by himself.

In order to clarify his intentions, he Wei Qingyi wants to go to the shrine of Emperor Guan to "throw a cocoon" to listen to the judgment, and ask the whole opera troupe from the old master to everyone to be a witness!

Seeing that the matter was so big, the old squad master and others had no way to persuade them, so they had to follow Wei Qingyi to the shrine of Emperor Guan.

After the old class leader and Fluttershy knelt in front of the Guandi Shrine to tell what had happened, Wei Qingyi walked up to the shrine and knelt on his knees with a "plop" and held the cup in both hands.

"Disciple Wei Jinming, today I dare to ask Emperor Guan to give a witness to the villain, if the hosta is broken by the villain, please punish the emperor with anger.

But if this has nothing to do with the villain, please give a holy cocoon! ”

After that, Wei Qingyi let go of the cocoon cups, and everyone present stretched their necks to look at the cocoon cups on the ground, only to see that the pair of cocoon cups rolled twice on the ground and then stopped......

It's all convex and up, angry!!