Uncle Li talked very much, and he opened the Longmen Array with Yang Yi and Wei Ergou with great interest, and talked about Zhong Kui's origin.

In Uncle Li's chatter, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou were patient, and finally knew the origin of Zhong Kui, who had been talking about it all along, but had never really understood.

It is said that this Zhong Kui is a person in the Tang Dynasty Dezong, who looks very powerful, with a leopard head and eyes, and an artist's beard. Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, where the appearance of the scholars was the first, is placed now, unless he is a local tyrant, otherwise I am afraid that he is also a very unpopular master.

Of course, when the Jade Emperor closes a door for someone, he will surely open a skylight for him. Although this Zhong Kui's appearance is very stumbling, he is talented and talented, and he is also outstanding in martial arts. If this person is talented, he always thinks that he can make meritorious contributions, glorify his ancestors, Zhong Kui is no exception, and he wonders if he has to take the civil service examination and mix an official and a half-job, so it is said that this year coincides with the autumn imperial examination, Zhong Kui said goodbye to his relatives and friends, and went to Beijing to take the exam alone with great ambition.

Wait for Zhong Kui to come to Chang'an. Seeing the towers and platforms of the capital, the carriages and horses diverged, a prosperous and lively scene, he was very happy, and walked around the street.

When I raised my eyes and looked into the distance, I saw a word measuring hexagram stall in front of me, so I walked to the stall and said: "Sir, I am a person who is rushing to take the exam, you give me a good fortune and calculate the future." As he spoke, he wrote the word "Kui".

Mr. Nazi looked at the word "Kui" carefully, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Xianggong's scientific research article will definitely take the lead. But you're out of luck. At that time, not only will the name fall to Sun Mountain, but also the fierce and auspicious ......"

After a pause, Mr. Tsui continued: "The Kui character is nine and the first, and now the time sequence is September, and you will definitely be at the top of the list when you come to take the exam." But this initial word has been thrown aside, and I am afraid that a great disaster will come in ten days. It is prudent to look at the public. ”

After hearing this, Zhong Kui thought to himself that her husband was alive, as long as he behaved properly and behaved appropriately, how could there be a catastrophe? Therefore, he did not go to his heart, but paid the money and walked away.

A few days later, Zhong Kui entered the examination room to take the exam. Because I said before that Zhong Kui is a university scholar who reads poetry and books, he is talented, and that knowledge is definitely a desirable level that relies on horses and waits, so after reading the exam questions, he smiled slightly, grabbed the pen and "brushed the brush", which was done in one go.

After writing the article, Zhong Kui looked at it himself, and couldn't help but take a sip of himself, dear, you are so talented, and then happily handed it over.

It was also a coincidence that the chief examiner that day was Han Yu, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the deputy chief examiner was Lu Zhen, a university scholar. These two brothers are all outstanding people in this way, understand, and when they looked at Zhong Kui's volume, it was a beautiful word, and every sentence was brilliant, and they couldn't help but light up, and said in unison: "I grass, a genius, this article is written about flowers, and it can be another unborn talent after Li Taibai and Du Zimei" couldn't help but move the mind of selecting talents for the country, and immediately pointed Zhong Kui to the first place.

was so highly regarded by the chief examiner, Tang Dezong also knew that there was such a number one person as Zhong Kui, and listened to Han Yuyu say that this new champion Zhong Kui was so talented, so he personally summoned Zhong Kui on the Golden Palace during the palace examination.

Seeing Zhong Kui at this time, Tang Dezong's head buzzed at that time, and his heart said that you dare to come out for the exam if you look like this, you will take the exam, you kicked your nose in the face, ran to the Jinluan Palace to scare me, you were scared of your period, if you don't come next month, I will cut off your head.

Because of his dislike for Zhong Kui's ugly appearance and displeasure in his heart, Tang Dezong and Han Yu didn't speak so well: "I said that who is who, since I was in Taizong, I have opened a branch and taken scholars all in my body and words, how can such an ugly person be judged as the champion of the golden branch?"

Han Yu saw that Tang Dezong was not very good at speaking, so he hurriedly knelt down and said: "The advantages and disadvantages of people are not good. Didn't the Holy Lord hear that Yan Ying was three feet away and was Qi Xiang, and Zhou Chang stuttered and could assist Han Confucius. Judging people by their appearance, losing their sons, and hoping that Your Majesty will think twice. ”

Tang Dezong pondered for a moment and said: "Although Han Aiqing's words are reasonable, but when I was Emperor Taizong, there were eighteen scholars who went to Yingzhou to talk about the beauty.

The prime minister on the side, Lu Qi, was narrow-minded and jealous, and after listening to the emperor's words, he could not only please the emperor, but also expel Zhong Kui, who was talented and endangered his position, from the temple, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The champion of the golden branch must be cultivated both inside and outside. There are 300 candidates for this subject, so why not choose another one. ”、

Zhong Kui listened to it for a long time, and saw that Tang Dezong was so confused, and the traitor Lu Qi added oil and vinegar, it was simply that the uncle could not bear the aunt, so he couldn't help but be angry, pointed at Lu Qi and scolded: "If you are so faint in the court, won't you miss the country?" After that, he swung his fist and hit Lu Qi.

Seeing this, Dezong was furious and said: "Dare to make a big fuss about the Golden Palace, left and right Jinwu, and still don't take it down quickly?"

Looking at those Jinwu generals who were not moving forward, Zhong Kui sneered, looked at the dim-witted emperor on the dragon chair, and looked at the princes of Gon who only knew sycophancy and did not dare to speak outright, he suddenly felt disheartened, snatched the sword from the waist of the general standing in the palace like lightning, and sighed loudly: "It is difficult for a frustrated cat to learn from a tiger, and a defeated parrot is not as good as a chicken." After that, he killed himself and died, and his blood was splashed in the Golden Palace.

After Zhong Kui's death, a wisp of yin soul was depressed because of the resentment in his chest, and he refused to be reincarnated after arriving in the underworld.

King Qin Guang listened to Zhong Kui's complaint, and also knew that he was unjustly killed, and saw that Zhong Kui was extraordinary, upright, and he was short of manpower here, so he was very grateful to Tang Dezong for sending charcoal in the snow, so King Qin Guang said to Zhong Kui: "That little Zhong, you see that you are dead, isn't it, don't worry about those things, so, didn't you become the champion in the yang world, what does that thing mean, why don't I make you the ghost marshal in the underworld, as long as you find that those evil ghosts are traitors and commit illegal things, You can cut them first and then play, you look at the power to fight more, do you think about it? ”

Zhong Kui lowered his head and thought for a while, in this way, he could not only be immortal, but also crisscross the two worlds of yin and yang, protect the territory and the people, and also show his ambitions, so he agreed.

Since then, there has been an additional grandfather Zhong Kui in the underworld and the yang world who specializes in eating ghosts and catching ghosts, and has been worshiped and respected by the people of the yang world for thousands of years.

In addition, Tang Dezong was completely frightened because he dreamed every night and saw Zhong Kui glaring at him angrily with evil ghosts, so he ordered Zhong Kui to be buried as the champion official, and named Zhong Kui as the exorcist god to get rid of the evil demons in the world, and soon died of depression, which can be regarded as returning Zhong Kui's favor.