What is the origin of the mysterious organization that has guarded the border for hundreds of years?

Something like this ... if you are willing to gamble, he will give you a knife on credit and ask you for money when the prediction comes true. If the prophecy fails, this knife will be given to you for nothing. Of course, their predictions never fail. Scary? Many people think that this is just an urban legend, but if you look at the manifesto hundreds of years ago, you will find that it has existed for a long time.

The general contents are as follows:

During the Xianfeng period, a foreigner came to Fenghua County in the heart of Zhejiang Province. He carried knives on a boat and put them out for sale in every busy place, but he only sold knives and didn't collect money immediately. He only said that he would collect money when the rice price dropped from 80 to 18. Everyone laughed at the man's stupidity. In the early years of Guangxu, the price of rice really fell to the price he said. Everyone thought what he said was true, but the man no longer knew where he was. Earlier this month, another man came to Fenghua by boat to sell knives. What he said is no different from what the man said before, and he also said that the price of rice will only be more expensive and not cheaper in the future. The villagers are superstitious about him. Fortunately, someone heard about it later and quickly sent a messenger to catch this person, but this person has disappeared. ...

There is also a story about people who pay for knives on credit.

According to the old people, during the worst occupation of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in Northeast China, the Japanese tried their best to hunt down a group of people who borrowed knives, because at that time, it was said everywhere: "If the devils run away, I will collect your money and food again!" As a result, the devils kept going into the village to arrest people, and those who borrowed knives were taken away and executed one by one. Before being taken away, the knife borrower kept saying, "If I leave, I may not come back. At that time, someone will take the food instead of me, and everyone can rest assured to give it to him. "

Then he turned to the devil and said, "Don't touch others, kill me!" "

1945, the Japanese really ran away and the land of China was recovered.

In the later peaceful and prosperous times, the credit knife man appeared more frequently and predicted more accurately. For example, a few decades ago, credit swordsmen predicted that the price of rice in a certain place was above 5 yuan, the price of meat was above 10 yuan, beef was sold at 18 yuan a catty, farming was no longer taxed, and corn was above 1 yuan. "Every household has a play" (TV), and it rained for two months, and so on ... Some people even concluded. ...

To this day, people continue to use the predictions of credit knife holders to analyze the future fortune of the country.

The topic of the knife borrower has been discussed by a small number of people on the Internet.

Some people suspect that they are spies of thieves' gangs and suggest that their families should not have too much contact with them. In the days after their appearance, they must close the doors and windows.

Of course, most people conclude that they are Taoist priests and descendants of Guiguzi. In the name of the credit knife, they predict life and death for the people and predict the rise and fall. Every time the world changes, it appears to warn the world.