Eight Immortals Tales: Four Folk Stories about Tie Guai Li

Legend 1

At the foot of Shisun Mountain in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, there lived two folk medical practitioners, one named Cai and the other named Senior Two. Both of them were very famous. They were very kind and practiced medicine for the people, and they took nothing from those in need. One day, when they made house calls, they met unexpectedly in Shisun Mountain and walked together. While speaking, I saw a woodcutter holding a lame beggar by the roadside. The old man's legs were festering and the stench was full of maggots, so Dr. Cai He was a senior two. Why is his leg hurt so serious? The woodcutter replied, "My real name is Ye, and I live in Jinbaoshan at the foot of the mountain. I am not related to that old man by blood. I happened to pass by here and found that this old man was suffering. It was very funny, so I helped him rest. " Cai He and two senior doctors took an appreciative look at the woodcutter named Ye, put down the medicine box and took out herbs to treat the lame old man's leg ulcer. Because they didn't mean to hurt the old man when they treated him, the old man angrily took out his iron cane. Instead of leaving angrily, they treated the old man's leg injury more carefully. When Cai Hegao finished treating the injury on his leg, the old man turned away disdainfully. Strangely, when the old man got up, he couldn't see that he was a broken foot. His movements seemed to fly, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye. The three men looked at each other in surprise. Suddenly they heard the old man's voice echoing in the air: "Ha ha ha ... Cai, Gao and Ye smiled at each other and thought," What is this old man talking nonsense about? Each of us has a few acres of land, and we are all so poor, not to mention only nine feet. " At this time, only the doctor named Cai said, "Don't take your nine-foot land, just fight for me, and then my descendants will come back to rebuild the mountain." After that, they left without caring about each other. Of course, the descendants of these three people also left later. Later, Mr. Feng Shui said, "When the old man said the land of nine feet, he meant the treasure land of Feng Shui." Among them, the lame old man should be the first Tie Guai Li immortal who practiced in Shisun Mountain by the Eight Immortals. I wonder if there is a rich family named Cai, Gao and Ye under this stalagmite mountain.

Legend 2

"Tie Guai Li, the leader of the Eight Immortals, whose real name is Li Xuan, cultivated immortality on the earth and gradually gained the truth. One day, his Yuan God went to Huashan, leaving his body alone in the mountains. Li Xuanyuan recovered for several days, but he didn't see the body. He found it and knew that the body was killed by a tiger. As time went on, I suddenly saw a hungry man with an ugly face and a pair of lame legs. Because the main soul died in the top of the skull and all the nerves were destroyed, he was crazy. Li Xuan thought it was starving to death, so he walked into the head of the hungry man, borrowed his body, and held an iron cane in his hand. Everyone suspects that Li Xuan has become an immortal. After that, the lame man with crutches repeatedly cast spells to save people. In Enze Village, everyone knew that the cripple was Li Xuan, so he called it "Tie Guai Li". Before Tie Guai Li became immortal, he had a wife and a son. Tie Guai Li is lame, and his family is surrounded. It was New Year's Eve, but there was no light in his house. His wife cried and said,' My neighbor is celebrating the New Year, and my house is cold. My neighbor's house is lit, but my house is unlit. Tie Guai Li heard, but closed his eyes and said nothing. After a while, he got angry, cut firewood and made a fake man, trying to steal oil. I went to my neighbor's house in the middle of the night, fearing that others would find out, so I took Woodenhead to explore. Neighbors found it, cut it off with a knife, and Woodenhead fell to the ground. Tie Guai Li was surprised, but he retreated and ran away. Since then, Tie Guai Li has devoted himself to seeking immortality, traveled around the world and visited Taoism, and finally achieved immortality. His wife had a hard time raising her son. On the wedding day, his son went to visit, but when he saw that the deep house compound was crowded with people, he heard that Sheng was very happy. His wife is brightly dressed, but she is busy in the yard, waiting for guests. Tie Guai Li looked at it and sighed, so he turned iron into a pen and wrote a poem on the wall, saying,' I stole lamp oil on the night of the thirtieth, and I cut off a wooden head with a steel knife. My children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Who will make horses and cows for them! "The problem is over, and turn round and then walk. When the guest looked at it, he soon saw the poem, surprised and confused, and his face was high. His wife was shocked to learn that her husband had been here and went out to look for him. When she saw his back outside the village, she was slightly stunned, with white hair like a broom and hunchback. If it was Tie Guai Li, she would go after him. Tie Guai Li stopped, suddenly turned and split the land, but when he heard a thunderbolt, the land split and divided into a canyon. His wife is helpless, Voldemort shouted. Suddenly, he saw Tie Guai Li turn into a dragon, and his Lapras left. "

Legend 3

According to legend, when Tie Guai Li, the Eight Immortals, went down to Jiangxi in the late Ming Dynasty, he passed by Fangrong Village in Tengqiao Town. When he saw an old camphor tree in the village, he couldn't help saying, "magic land." So he pressed the cloud head and sat down under the tree. Not far from Guzhang, there is a private school. In the room, an elderly gentleman can be seen teaching more than a dozen disciples to read: "Purple Poem Covenant" and so on. Tie Guai Li couldn't stand the cool breeze and soon fell asleep. Passers-by saw that the old man was ugly, naked and bare-backed, and his rotten lame leg was covered with flies, buzzing and walking away in disgust.

After a while, the private school was dissolved. When a group of children saw Tie Guai Li like this, most of them were scared away. Only a few brave people shouted around Tie Guai Li, "beggars, rotten legs." After screaming a few times, Tie Guai Li gave a long yawn with a thunderous voice, scaring away several children. Finally, only a teenage boy stood in front of him. Tie Guai Li saw a silly child standing in front of him and asked, "What's your name? Did you wake me up just now? " Children are not timid when they ask themselves and answer themselves. He didn't answer his question first, but asked him, "Who are you and how do you sleep here?" When Tie Guai Li saw the child ask him, he smiled again: "Who am I? You can't guess, but I can guess your name. Do you believe it? " "I don't believe you can guess my name. You are lying. " The child quickly waved his hand to answer. Tie Guai Li said, "Don't you believe it? Then we bet. " The child said, "Take a gamble. If you can't guess, just ride it for me. " Tie Guai Li said, "Well, if I can guess your name, how about licking this rotten leg for me?" The child nodded and answered, "OK!" Because he thought, this kidnapper must be a foreigner, how could he know my last name? The child was afraid that he would default and hooked him. "Whoever cheats is a puppy." In fact, he didn't know that the kidnapper sitting in front of him was a fairy. Tie Guai Li knew that Qin Wang would become a local official in his hometown. Tie Guai Li pointed to the child and said, "Your name is Qin Wang. Are you ten years old this year? " Qin Wang's eyes suddenly widened. Gee, how does he really know his name? Oh, this is a loser. I have to lick his scary rotten leg. You can swear to pull the hook in advance. Qin Wang is a boy who keeps his word and doesn't want to break the contract. He leans down to lick Tie Guai Li's rotten leg. Tie Guai Li smiled happily, held Qin Wang's little head and said, "You are an honest boy." Qin Wang wants to lick Tie Guai Li's leg once or twice and make a bet. Who knows, the taste he licks is sweet, like honey and sugar, so the more he licks, the better he tastes. He licks up the purulent blood under Tie Guai Li's whole leg. "Well, thank you, Qin Wang. I will see you soon. " Say that finish, Tie Guai Li got up and limped away.

At first, Qin Wang studied in a private school, and his grades were not good. Among a dozen students, he is the second from the bottom. But after licking Tie Guai Li's rotten leg, he made great progress in his study. Within half a year, he changed from the penultimate in time order to the first. Mr. Wang was very surprised. One day, he left Qin Wang behind and asked him what had happened. So Qin Wang told him the story of an old man being kidnapped. Finally, he said, "I licked the kidnapper's rotten leg, and I have a very good memory. I remember all the books my husband taught me." "Oh," the gentleman asked again, "what kind of person did you meet?" Qin Wang also gave the teacher a description one by one. Mr. Wang is an old man and naturally sees many legends about immortals. He thinks that Qin Wang must have met a fairy, but this secret must not be revealed. He didn't ask again about it, and he didn't tell anyone. He just teaches Qin Wang harder than before. He thinks that Qin Wang must be a promising person in the future.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Qin Wang is fifteen years old. This autumn exam, won the second place in one fell swoop, and was appointed as the magistrate of Chongqing, Sichuan Province by the court. Glory village. At the beginning of the second year, Qin Wang took office.

Pakistan (Chongqing) is known as the land of abundance, with fertile land and rich people. After Qin Wang took office, he was ambitious. He wants to use his youth to do something good for the people. Unexpectedly, the Chongqing government, which has always enjoyed favorable weather and bumper crops, suffered from drought for three consecutive years after Qin Wang took office. This place in Chongqing is full of hungry prisoners, and the people are miserable again. In this regard, some hooligans and local ruffians took the opportunity to make trouble, took advantage of the fire and looted the whole of Chongqing. There is no way, Qin Wang had to lead the civil and military officials to build altars and shrines and pray for rain.

A month later, a tall earthen altar was built. According to the instructions of the wizard and Taoist priest, Qin Wang fasted and bathed for 7749 days, and then went to the altar to beg for rain. A day or two passed, and the sky was still cloudless in Wan Li. Angry and hungry people, incited by some people, say that Qin Wang is a monster. What evil things he did in his last life have brought disaster to Chongqing since he took office. Therefore, when Qin Wang went to the altar to pray this time, he took several bundles of dry wood and piled them under the altar. When he begged not to rain, he was going to burn Qin Wang alive to ease his hatred. Qin Wang stood on the altar, looking at the dry wood everywhere under the altar, and he understood it. He knew that if it really didn't rain, his life would be over. He can't help but sigh, knowing that he has nothing to do with the drought, how can he explain it to the people and how can the people trust him? Alas, today has reached the point where heaven never shuts one door but the earth never shuts another. Thinking like this, he unconsciously blamed the old man who was trafficked as a child. He thought that if he hadn't met him, gambled on licking his legs and made himself smart and studious, he wouldn't have been an official in Jinshi, and it wouldn't have been his turn to encounter such trouble. He began to hate the abducted old man.

God won't close one door, but he will open another. Just as Qin Wang was puzzled, he suddenly saw a dark cloud floating in the sky. Close at hand, within reach. Qin Wang is discouraged again. What's the use of this little genting? Chongqing is thousands of miles away. Just when he was discouraged and lamented, the dark clouds disappeared and an old man stood in front of him. Ah, if it isn't the old man I met when I was a child. I saw that the clothes worn by the old man had not changed. He was about to speak when the old man spoke first: "Qin Wang, why don't you recognize me?" Qin Wang sighed and said, "It's all your fault. Otherwise, I wouldn't have such a big trouble farming at home." There is a complaint in the tone. Tie Guai Li knew what happened in Qin Wang, but he had to tell him himself, so he asked, "Tell me what difficulties you met, and maybe I can help you, ah, haha!"

Now, Qin Wang had no choice but to tell him or not, so he told the story of the three-year drought in Chongqing since he took office, and the people wanted to burn him. That's it. Close your eyes and lament again. Who knows, Tie Guai Li laughed and said, "Qin Wang, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Where is the difficulty? Is it not drought? I will give you enough rain for the next seven days and eight nights. Why worry so much? " Qin Wang glanced at the old man and thought, Who are you to say such a big thing? Begging for rain is as easy as guessing my name. So he said, "Xianchang, who are you? Can you really help me?"

Tie Guai Li had already seen through his mind, so he said, "Qin Wang, don't you believe that I can give orders? Then let's make another bet. What conditions? I won. You licked my leg. How's it going? If you lose, I will send you a horse. " When he was talking, I saw Tie Guai Li take out a broken bowl from his waist and give it to Qin Wang to hold. He murmured "water", and a bowl of water came out of nowhere, and then he said "clouds are rising". Suddenly, dark clouds suddenly appeared and the wind was blowing hard. Tie Guai Li also told Qin Wang to spill the water in the bowl into the air and said, "Let's go". Suddenly, the rain poured down. Seeing that it really began to rain, Qin Wang danced with joy and quickly knelt down to kowtow to Tie Guai Li: "Thank you for saving CoCo Lee. May I ask your name and where you live? " "Ha ha ha, Qin Wang, don't ask this, just lick my leg." How dare Qin Wang break the contract? He knelt down and licked his smelly and rotten leg. After licking, Tie Guai Li got up and said goodbye: "Qin Wang, I have to go. The weather in Chongqing will be good in the next three years. " Say that finish, cloud disappeared, leaving only a bunch of laughter.

It rained for three days and nights, bringing the arid Chongqing back to life. In the next three years, the weather in Pakistan (Chongqing) is really good, the crops are bumper and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Three years later, when Qin Wang asked for leave to visit relatives in his hometown, the people of Chongqing gave him many things to express their gratitude for Qin Wang's rain and dew, including a precious white plum tree, which was given to Qin Wang's hometown, Fangrong Village. When Qin Wang returned to his hometown, he used this plum tree as a beam and built an official hall. This official hall is still on the side of Kameyama Mountain and is well preserved.

Legend four

It is said that there is a wandering doctor in the Jianghu who is good at applying herbs externally to treat minor injuries such as bruises, bites and sores. It is to make trouble with herbs, apply them to wounds and wrap them in cloth. Its effect is average, but it is very troublesome, but he has a kind heart and good medical ethics. As long as he comes to the door, regardless of his position, he will be treated with care. If the patient is poor and has no money to pay for medicine, he won't accept anything. When Tie Guai Li learned about this, he was determined to support the travel doctor, so he became a beggar to deliberately test the travel doctor. Tie Guai Li came to the door of the visiting doctor, asked him to treat his lame leg, and announced that he had no money to pay for medical treatment. Visiting doctors saw that Tie Guai Li was really pitiful. Without saying anything, they took pains to treat his leg and change his medicine every day. Behold, the legs are getting worse and worse, and Tie Guai Li can't help swearing. The tourist doctor felt guilty and asked him to stay in a hotel and buy dog meat for his health. After eating dog meat, Tie Guai Li called his medicine fake. He poured the travelling doctor's medicine into the broth and stirred it. Then he boiled the medicine into a paste and randomly put it on the dog skin on the wall. Only Tie Guai Li touched a little on the dog skin with his hand, and then applied it to his lame leg. Worried that Tie Guai Li was scalded, the visiting doctor quickly uncovered the medicine cover, only to find that his leg had fully recovered. Just as the traveling doctors were speechless, Tie Guai Li disappeared invisibly. The wandering doctor realized that the fairy had pushed him. Later, he used Professor Li's method to treat people's injuries, which was very effective. This may be the origin of the "dog skin plaster", but some wandering doctors in the rivers and lakes are unscrupulous, ignorant of their conscience and bent on cheating, which destroys the original artistic conception of the "dog skin plaster" and makes people equate it with cheating in the rivers and lakes.

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