Who is so cruel, because the defeat dug up Li Zicheng?

The defeat of Shanhaiguan in Li Zicheng was mostly attributed to the excavation of ancestral graves. There are various legends about this matter, and the quotation here comes from Liu Tingji's book in Garden Magazine in Qing Dynasty. Because it is very different from the self-report of the parties, and it is legendary, it is worth discussing.

In the heyday of Li Zicheng, his younger brother Li changed his name to and still worked in Mizhi County Government. His intention is self-evident. One day, the leader of Mizhi County had just been promoted to the church, and a man came to the county government to complain that the garlic he sold had been robbed and asked the county official to be responsible.

In the process of kneeling, the complainant climbed the big ribbon and pressed his foot hard. Bian Ren thought he had another article, so he took the complainant to the backyard. The garlic seller asked one side of the big ribbon to stand back, then took off his hat and took out a letter from it, saying, I am an imperial eunuch, and the emperor has a secret order to order you to dig the grave of the thief's ancestral home. After reading it, Bian Zhen went to court and asked his men to compensate the garlic merchant for his losses and send him away.

But where is Li Zicheng's ancestral grave? In the next few days, I felt anxious and irritable. Jia Huan, a confidant, asked him quietly, is there anything in your heart? It doesn't hurt to tell the villain. Maybe I can do something for you. He told the story again, saying that it could not be made public because it was a secret order. Besides, we risked our lives to do so. Let Li Zicheng know that we must destroy Jiuzu.

Jia Huan said, you really found that I was right. Let me tell you something. The head of the yamen, whose real name is Li, is a thief's brother. He once secretly became sworn brothers with twenty people, and agreed to be an insider on the day when the thief arrived. I am one of these twenty people. If you want to know the location of his ancestral grave, you can become sworn to Li first, and then you can think of something slowly.

Think about it and the resolution will act accordingly. He called Li to the backyard and asked, "Why did you change your surname to Zhang? Li was about to say something when Jia Huan came out and said, I have told the county magistrate about my brother, so there is no need to hide it. He said: "I want to make friends with you, because the situation in the world is always known and I must protect myself." Li Daxi became sworn to Bian Daidai. "。 Later, Bian Dashi and Li became superiors and subordinates, and became brothers, and their relationship was very close.

One day, he drank a large glass of wine and told Li that he could see Feng Shui, so he could know the future from his ancestral grave. In the name of hunting, Li took Bian Da to the ancestral grave. The big ribbon is jubilant in my heart. A few days later, Li Zicheng's soldiers invaded Tongguan, and Bian Da gave Li 7200 taels of silver to join the army with other sworn brothers. After he and Jia Huan arranged things, they took refuge.

After Li left, Bian Dabai and Jia Huan took their families to Li Zicheng's ancestral grave. But there is a big tree in the cemetery, and wisteria is everywhere. Dig the grave to the coffin, and the vine roots return a thousand times. Cut off the vines with an axe and open the coffin. There is a little white snake, its head horn has become a dragon, and its body has not changed. All the bones are covered with yellow hair and white hair, ranging from three inches to four inches. Everyone knows that Bian Wan and others burned snake bones and destroyed the body. The same is true of the so-called "knocking down bones and raising dust". After the grave was dug, Bian Dashi suddenly found Jia Huan missing, surprised and scared. No.

A few days later, Jia Huan came back and said, "I'm afraid Li will come back halfway and know about us, so I'll chase him and send him to Tongguan." . The big ribbon asked, "What shall we do as usual?" Jia Huan said that this place can't stay long. If you know a thief, you can kill him at any time. You have made great contributions to the court and deserve your command. Why don't you hang your seal and go back to the mountains? The flat man took advice and ran away. Jia Huan is also far from home. The two have lost contact since then.

Soon the dynasty changed, and it was calm after natural and man-made disasters.

The above story is said to come from the mouth of Bian Da's nephew. Li Zicheng's ancestral grave was dug, although there were different digging methods, but it did happen. For a long time, no one thought that Bian had done anything wrong.

The purpose is always the first. Digging a grave is just one of the ways to achieve the goal. This kind of thing that lacks the virtues of eight generations can sometimes be done, and sometimes it can't be done. So far.