It is said that the ancestor of the Yuntang Kui family is the prime minister of Qin Shi Huang Kui Lin, the Kui family originated in Yuntang, and later moved, to the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, a person named Kui Shiyuan led his family back to his homeland, and settled down since then.

Kui is a surname that is strictly ranked according to the genealogy, and Yuntang Kui also has its own character generation, starting from Kui Shiyuan, the word order of the Kui family is:

Shiyin was the founder of the country, and the gold collection was permanent. Lieshan becomes Dayi, Wanshengyan praises Chang.

And Kui Laokun, this person, even does not have his name on the genealogy, some people say that he is a continuation of the character, and some people say that he is a divination generation, in short, the Kui family does not seem to want to admit the existence of this person.

The reason why he didn't admit it was because Kui Laokun was born with a "grimace", and when he heard that the mother who delivered him was almost scared to death on the spot.

The Kui family has a special family rule, that is, the midwife must be the Kui family's own person.

But Kui Laokun's father was a jinshi in the Jiajing period, served as a doctor in Fengzheng, and married Zhan Shi's daughter. His wife has lived in Beijing since she was a child, and she also stayed in Beijing after she got married, and she didn't take the Kui family's family rules to heart at all.

So as soon as Kui Laokun was born, not only did he frighten Wen Po, but even his mother was frightened.

"This is a monster, not my son!" Madame Kui called the maid and wanted to throw him away. Kui Fengzheng was born afraid of his wife, and he also hated his son's appearance, so he didn't stop him.

Fortunately, Kui Laokun's grandfather stopped the maid, and he said to his son: "I heard that the ancestors of the Kui family have such a person, if you don't want a son, you don't worship the ancestors, from now on I will take him back to Yuntang and cut you off." ”

In this way, Grandpa Kui brought Kui Lao Kun back to Yuntang, where he raised him as an adult.

Everyone in Yuntang Town knew that there was a person named Kui Laokun, but almost no one had ever seen him. It is said that he was kept by his grandfather in the secret room of the Kui family, and he never went out during the day.

In the evening, especially in the middle of the night, Kui Laokun goes out for activities. His grandfather gave him a leather mask with four holes in it. He always wears a mask and patrols the town of Yuntang.

Kui Lao Kun was not called Lao Kun at first, this is the name he took after he became famous. Because he was not added to the family tree, the people in the town called him by his milk name and called him "Ah Yan", because he was born in the leap month.

From an early age, Ah Yan showed unusual talents, but also unusual shortcomings.

His first talent is the ability to see carefully, for example, in the dark night, he can find an embroidery needle in the grass when he raises his eyes.

Second, he can see through half of the mountain, and he can see the scenery on the other side of the mountain.

The third is to be able to see far, others climb high and look far away, as far as the eye can see, he claims to stand on the Zhongshan Mountain in Nanjing, can see the Long Live Mountain of the Beijing Division.

The fourth is more mysterious, that is, he can see through, he can see through a person's past life, and he can also see through a person's future.

Is such a person a god or not?

However, such people are even more terrifying to say.

As long as you stand with him and be looked at by him, what you think and think, the past and the present life, can be clearly seen by him.

Even if you are far away, he can see your presence and see your thoughts.

As small as a person's good fortune and misfortune, as big as the rise and fall of a country, he already knows it in his heart.

As a result, this has become his biggest shortcoming.

Therefore, when Kui Laokun was seven years old, Yuntang Town could not tolerate him.

There is a Lu Yuanwai in Yuntang Town, and Lu Yuanwai has a daughter who is married to a relative of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet.

At that time, Kui Ah Yan often went out at night, a seven-year-old child, just to breathe in the wind and see the world. It happened that night, Kui Ayan was sitting under the archway on Sifang Street catching crickets, and it happened that a prodigal man in Yuntang Town, named Luo Er, had just come out of the gambling hall.

Luo Er lost money, he originally wanted to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, but found that he didn't even have the money to buy wine. When he passed by the torii, he happened to see Ah Yan squatting there.

Legend has it that Ah Yan is very ugly, and he wears a mask, so he looks very pale at first glance, which is terrifying. However, the people in Yuntang Town have long been accustomed to Ah Yan, so even if they encounter a strange thing in the middle of the night, they will not feel weird.

At that time, there was a saying that "Yuntang people are good at digging water, and they are not afraid of ghosts when they walk at midnight", which refers to the people who dig wells in Yuntang, and they walk at night, and they are never afraid of ghosts.

This is probably the courage they often developed when they met Ah Yan in the middle of the night.

Luo Er saw that it was Ah Yan, so he wanted to go over and tease him to relieve his boredom.

Ah Yan is not good at dealing with questions and answers, and often can't grasp the meaning of the other party, as well as the proportion of words, in today's words, probably some Asperger's syndrome.

Sifang Street is the center of Yuntang Town, there are several arches here, the largest one is written on the book "Four Seasons Xianruo", Yuntang people call it "Four Hours" Archway. At that time, Lu Yuanwai's family happened to buy land next to the archway at four o'clock and built a large palatial house.

Luo Er looked at Lu Yuanwai's mansion, sighed and said, "This mansion, if only it were mine." ”

Ah Yan glanced at it and said, "The severed head house, why do you have it?" ”

He said that Luo Er was stupid in one sentence, at that time, the Lu family was simply a tyrant of Weiyang, no one dared to provoke him, and no one dared to say a word. is such a big family, but it was cursed by Ah Yan and said that it was a "severed head house", which is worth it!

So the next day, Luo Er found the Lu family and secretly told the secret.

Where could the Lu family stand this anger, they immediately reported it to Weiyang Mansion, saying that the Kui family's private property was hidden and harmed Yuntang.

Lu Yuanwai also said hatefully: "Dare to curse Lao Tzu to cut off your head, Lao Tzu will cut off your head first!" ”

The prefect saw that it was the Lu family's business, and he did it very quickly, and soon sent a messenger to take Ah Yan away.

At that time, Yan Songquan leaned towards the opposition, and almost all of the people in the world were his protégés. The law is used in vain, so the prefect quickly decided the case, he said that Ah Yan was a demon, and suggested that he be beheaded to show the public.

But Ah Yan said openly in the lobby: "You can't wait for the day to kill me." ”

When the prefect heard this, he was furious: "I will report you to the Criminal Department next month!" ”

The Ming Dynasty also paid attention to the autumn after the beheading, generally the state government prepared the list of death sentences, reported to the criminal department for review, after the criminal department checked, that the verdict was correct, it would be presented to the emperor, and finally the emperor ticked, called "hook decision", the criminal who was ticked was after the autumn equinox, and the knife was asked.

When Ah Yan was interrogated, Wei Yang's death penalty list had already come out, but the prefect was angry and forced him in.

The list was sent to the Criminal Department according to the rules, but Emperor Jiajing Chongdao thought that he would reduce the killing this year, so none of the condemned prisoners that year ticked the box.

Not only did he not tick the box, but the emperor also thought that the Criminal Department deliberately blocked his path to cultivation, and called Cai Yuncheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to scold him.

"Your uncle! If I can't become an immortal, I'll kill you first! ”