In Yunyang County on the edge of the Yangtze River in eastern Sichuan, there is a Zhang Fei Tomb and Zhang Fei Temple. People
can see it when passing by Yunyang by boat. It is a magnificent and majestic temple. ancient building.
Everyone who has read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" knows that Zhang Fei died in Langzhong County in northern Sichuan and was killed by his generals
Fan Jiang and Zhang Da. How could he bury his grave? Where is Yunyang, thousands of miles away?
It is said that after the bad news came that Guan Yu defeated Maicheng and was killed by Wu, Zhang Fei, who was stationed in Langzhong, was furious and immediately He wanted to raise an army to attack Wu and vowed to avenge his second brother.
Before the army set off, Zhang Fei ordered his last generals Fan Jiang and Zhang Da to prepare a white flag and white
A within three days. Fan and Zhang were ordered to prepare, but due to time constraints, if they could not complete the task, they would be killed. So the two conspired to kill Zhang Fei when he was drunk and asleep at night, cut off Zhang Fei's head, and went to Soochow to offer his services for reward.
Unexpectedly, when they were passing through Yunyang, they got some bad news:
In order to fight against Cao Cao, Soochow has stopped fighting against Shu and sent envoys Zhuge Jin
came to Shu to seek peace. Fan and Zhang were like a bucket of cold water poured over their heads, their dream of surrendering to the enemy and getting promoted was extinguished in an instant. They did not dare to go to Soochow again, and quietly threw Zhang Fei's head into the Yangtze River in despair and looked for another way out.
There was an old fisherman on the edge of the Yangtze River, fishing on the river every day. On this day, he found two unknown people sneaking to the riverside, and saw a flash in front of his eyes. The black baggage was thrown into the river, and the two of them He sneaked away again. The old fisherman is a kind-hearted fisherman. After seeing this, he felt a knot in his heart. He thought: Could these two people be robbers? Could it be that they stole other people's things and were traced, and threw the stolen goods into the river? I might as well fish it up and see if they threw it. What is it.
After a while, it was estimated that the two of them had gone far away, so the old fisherman rowed a boat to fish.
The river was deep and the water was tight. After fishing for a long time, the net was still empty and nothing was caught.
The old fisherman is very strong. If he doesn’t catch something, he will do it. Once he catches it, he must catch it. If he can’t catch it, he will never be willing to do so.
So he continued to cast the net, and until late in the afternoon, he suddenly felt that the net was heavy, as if he had caught something. He quickly pulled it up and took a look. This sight
frightened him. It turned out to be a human head with a full beard and angry eyes, staring
at him. The old fisherman was so frightened that he lost two of his three souls. He let go, threw his head into the river, and rowed away in a hurry.
However, when the old fisherman returned home, he always felt uneasy. The round eyes of the deceased
stared at him, leaving a deep impression on him. He thought: The deceased's eyes were wide with anger. Maybe he was innocently killed by robbers and died with eyes closed. Why don't I go pick up the head and report it to the government so that the deceased can be redressed and let the dead be redressed? If the murderer doesn't escape in vain, it can be regarded as a good deed.
The old fisherman rowed into the river again, fished out the dead man's head again, and sent it to the government.
However, no cases of murder and beheading have been found in Yunyang County and neighboring counties, and no one has come to report the case and complain about injustice. Some days later, the news came that Zhang Fei had been killed by Fan and Zhang.
People had verified that the head was Zhang Fei's head.
The people of Yunyang have long known that Zhang Fei is a good general of Shu. He assists Liu Bei and is loyal to Geng.
He has made great contributions to Shu. So he gave his head a grand burial and buried it at the foot of Feifeng Mountain next to the county city, with Pipa Mountain in the back and facing Tongluo Ferry, so that people could see it. arrive. The people also raised funds to build a majestic and magnificent temple called Zhang Fei Temple in front of Zhang Fei's tomb.