The legendary "folk story" of laughing to death in the monk temple

In the Qing Dynasty, at the foot of Funiu Mountain in Henan, there was a village built along the river with hundreds of families. The village is surrounded by mountains and rivers with beautiful scenery and convenient transportation. It is an important section for ancient businessmen to travel.

This happened in the late Qing Dynasty. Not far behind the village, there is a mountain with a cave on it. The cave is on the edge of the cliff. Because it is steep, it is difficult for even goats to get here, let alone climb it.

However, it is said that when Chai Jin was beaten, someone tied him down with a rope and went to the cave. He described the situation in the cave, saying that it was dark and cold inside, and he saw the water-filled rocks with torches. The place was wide and deep.

Behind the mountain is a big road. You should cross it from south to north. One day, there was a family in the village. Her husband went to the back hill to chop wood. The meal is ready, and her wife is waiting for her husband to come back for dinner. Seeing that it was dark, I didn't see my husband come back. His wife thinks that her husband must have had an accident with firewood. She asked her neighbors for help overnight and went to the back hill with a torch. But it was so dark that the person she was looking for could only shout loudly on the way down the mountain.

A few days later, someone in the village went to the back hill to herd sheep. After bringing the sheep back at night, one was missing. When I went to look for it the next day, there was no sign of the sheep. Even if the wild animals ate it, there would be some traces, none at all, and they just disappeared out of thin air.

In the same village, Wang Xing had a farmer who raised cattle. He was as brave as a king. He knew that a villager went to the back hill to collect firewood and disappeared. A few days ago, the farmer's house was in the back hill, thinking that the sheep must have been eaten by the wolf. After the autumn harvest, his family has three cows, two big cows and a calf, who have been working in the village for more than half a month. It's time to go out and eat some fresh grass and have a rest.

When the neighbors saw that Wang dared to drive the cow to the back hill, they all advised him not to go. He wouldn't listen. He drove the cattle along the road until he reached the foot of Shidong Mountain, where there was an open field with lush grass. He drove the cow off the road, and the cow crossed a small river ditch and grazed in the open field. Wang did not dare to be idle, so he took the dog to pick wild fruits on the slope opposite the cave.

Not long after, Wang Dari heard the calf and cows "Cleisthenes" and "Cleisthenes" barking at each other, followed by dogs, so he didn't take the fruit. Looking back at the cows at the bottom of the ditch, Wang Dari was really scared. He saw the calf slowly flying towards the cave on the cliff, with a bucket with a big mouth and a long core in its mouth. The old cow is still cackling, as if with a whine, barking at the hole.

Seeing all this, Wang stood boldly and said that it was a calf, but it weighed at least 300 kilograms. He shook his head, paused, and suddenly woke up. He quickly climbed down the ditch and rushed back with the cattle. After he came home, he slept in bed for two days without eating or drinking. No one asked or talked to him, and he didn't know what happened to herding cattle in the back hill. His family found that there were fewer cows.

Two days later, Wang boldly recovered. Because of his popularity, his cattle are cultivated by many families, and his salary is very low. No one gives money when it is difficult. I heard that he was frightened by snakes, so many people came to see him. After listening to his words, he was very scared. The news spread, and the people in the village immediately spread, and everyone in the nearby village heard about it.

People in the village naturally think that the woodcutter disappeared a few months ago and must have been eaten by a python.

No one dared to take the road under the cave since it was found that there were pythons eating people in the cave. But from time to time, outsiders came to inquire about the missing people, saying that their home road was outdated and disappeared, so the villagers told them that there was a python eating people and livestock in the cave. After listening to this, the person looking for someone was very scared and left sadly.

The story of pythons eating people spread farther and farther. Later, the local people reported to the government. The government sent someone to know about it. After verification, it is true, but there is no better way. They put up notices everywhere, offering rewards to the warriors who catch or kill pythons. The county government posted a notice for more than three months. No one signed up, and the people were afraid, let alone get rid of the harm.

Besides, since the python in the cave ate both livestock and people, no one dared to walk down the mountain. As long as the wild animals on the mountain are near the mouth of the cave, no one is spared. During the day, passers-by were persuaded by villagers on both sides of the cave. I don't know how many people were sucked into the hole by pythons at night and eaten. Python grows stronger every day. As long as people reach the road under the cave, they are sucked into the cave to eat and eat the road.

The story of pythons eating people circulating in the countryside is becoming more and more fascinating. Some say it's made of snakes, others say dragons descended from the sky, and people with bad conscience ate enough 100 people went to heaven. There are indeed different opinions.

Suddenly one day, a monk came to the village and said it was a cloud. It's almost lunch time, and he wants to eat some vegetarian food. He has just arrived at the house where the python ate her husband. The wife heard from the monk that she wanted to eat some vegetarian food. Just after lunch, she quickly let the monk into the house, filled him with rice and served it. When the monk saw that only women and children were at home and no men came back, she said: 29

The woman looked sad and was silent for a while. The woman sighed, breathed a sigh of relief and said thoughtfully, "Don't wait for him, he won't come back." 〃

Seeing the woman's sadness, the monk asked the truth. The woman cried and told her husband that all the livestock in the village had been eaten by pythons. The monk was very surprised and sympathetic. After dinner, the monk said, "Take me to see the cave." 〃

The woman took the monk to the mountain pass and pointed to the cave on the cliff and said, "You can't go any further. When you get close to a python, you will suck people away. "

The monk said goodbye to the woman and went to the mountain ridge opposite the cave. He observed the cave for three days and nights. For three days and nights, the monk never ate or drank and never went down the mountain. On the fourth morning, someone in the village saw the monk go down the mountain.

On the sixth day, before dawn, the woman whose husband was eaten by a python went to fetch water from a well not far from home and just got home. She saw someone driving a donkey and carrying two bags full of things on the road. The woman is going to stop him on the road and tell him that there is a python in the back hill that will eat people. When the woman looked intently, it was the monk who had eaten at home a few days ago. She rushed to the front and let the monk cook at home.

Women want to know. A few days ago, she led the way and the monk went to see the cave on the cliff. Now she comes here with a donkey, cooking and chatting with monks. She learned that the monk had observed and found out the law of python activity. Generally, when birds or people pass by on the road and near the cave in the morning and evening, pythons will be sucked away and eaten when they smell the fishy smell, and pythons will not prey at noon. The monk said that his donkey killed the python with explosives in order to get rid of this danger. While eating, my neighbor stopped by and was very happy to hear that the monk was going to fry a python. When he went out, he told the people in the village that everyone in the village was sending messages to each other to see how the monk got the python away.

Monks don't talk much, as if they have been thinking about something. After dinner, he drove the donkey to the back of the mountain. There are three or four hundred people in the village behind him until he can see the cave. I saw the monk tied the bag to the donkey and muttered something to the donkey. When finished, he lit the fuse and shouted. The donkey walked along the road in the direction of the snake cave, and then the monk gave a farewell ceremony to everyone.

People gathered at the mountain pass stared at the cave on the cliff. About half an hour later, I saw a boa constrictor's head sticking out of the hole, suddenly opened its mouth and the nucleus stuck out. It turned several times in the air, and then it didn't move at the edge of the cliff. In an instant, I saw the donkey carrying explosives, braving thick smoke, rising slowly and approaching the python's mouth. The python suddenly took a bite and swallowed it. At this moment.

As soon as they saw it, they all ran to the mouth of the cave and knew that the python had been killed. It must be the body of the killed python that flew to the cliff. Everyone ran to the beach under the hole and gasped, only to see where the blood in the first half of the python was vaguely flowing. At this time, they only heard "Ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ..." A series of laughter, and they turned their heads.

Everyone calmed down and said it was a relief. Thanks to the monk for helping us, they said with one voice that we must invite the monk back to the village, treat him well and collect some money for him. Everyone rushed to the mountain road to invite the monk. Mountain people are good at climbing mountains and soon reach the ridge. I saw the monk lying on the grass on the ridge. Everyone thought he was tired for this, so he lay down for a while. Someone tried to wake him up. There is a monk. 〃

When the elder said this, everyone immediately calmed down. In order not to disturb the monk's dream, they all sat on the mountain ridge and waited for him to wake up, and then invited him back to the village for a good reception. After waiting for an hour, he didn't wake up and said it was time to wake him up. The elder walked up to him, squatted down and shook him gently, but he couldn't wake him up. The elder felt something was wrong and put his hand on his nose. It's not strict, actually, monk. Some also say that monks are immortals, specially sent to kill people on earth. The python died, and he went to heaven, but what he said most was that the monk laughed when he saw that his method was effective and harmed the people. This is a laughing death.

Anyway, the villagers are very sorry for the monk's death. Everyone exchanged money with each other and bought a good cypress coffin. In memory of the monk, a temple was built where he lay before his death. Above the temple gate is inlaid the words "Laughing Monk Temple". Every holiday, people in the village come to burn incense and worship the monk to express their memory of him.