The legend of Fan Ge Lao

Fan Lao, whose real name is Fan, was born in 1587 and died in 1644. He was a famous honest official in the Ming Dynasty. The chapter of dreams, no. Witch, neither. Zhigong, a native of Wuqiao, Hebei (formerly under Hejian House). In the forty-first year of Wanli (16 13), he was a scholar, an official of the Ministry of Industry, and a university student in Dongge.

Fan was called Ge Lao because he entered the cabinet. Now, in his hometown of Wuqiao, the old people talk about it after dinner, or call him Fan Gelao.

He is honest, diligent and honest. In order to put an end to bribery, six characters "Don't teach, don't feed" were posted on the door to clarify the mind. People praised him for this, honoring him as "two wrongs" or "two disloyal ministers".

Brother Fan was influenced and educated by a good family since childhood. He is very brave, honest and kind. When I was a child, I took the world as my responsibility, studied hard and thought hard. I thought I could make a difference in the future and do something vigorous for the country and the people, benefiting the country and the people. Therefore, when he was a child, he was diligent and knowledgeable, and everyone in his hometown said that he was the lower bound of Wenquxing.

In his hometown of Wuqiao, there are still many anecdotes and folklore about him. Here, I will tell you a widely circulated story of his youth, and I hope my friends will like it.

According to legend, Fan Ge is the lower bound of Wenquxing, so every night when he goes out, there will be two red lanterns in front to illuminate his way forward. He didn't know what was going on, but he got used to it and got used to it. Therefore, every time Brother Fan goes out at night, he never uses servants to clear the way in front. No matter how far you go, there are always two red lanterns ahead, which will make the future very bright. Whenever he reaches his destination, these two lanterns will disappear automatically, and once he sets foot on the night road, these two red lights will appear immediately.

However, when he went out one night, he found that there was only a red light in front of him. He was puzzled, but he didn't care much.

However, in the next few nights, the light seemed to burn out, and the light became dimmer and dimmer until it finally disappeared without a trace.

No choice but to tread the night and walk home with one foot deep and one foot shallow. He felt very strange and didn't know why.

For several days, there was no light in front of him to guide him. He thought hard, but he couldn't figure out why. At this time, he suddenly remembered an old gentleman in the city who was proficient in divination. So he took some gifts to the old man and told him this strange thing.

The old man closed his eyes slightly, pinched his fingers and calculated. He asked him: "From the perspective of divination, you are guided by a bright lamp, because you are the lower bound of Wenqu Star, and the core monument of life is extraordinary. And you are good at doing good deeds, doing good deeds widely, and touching the gods. You sent fairies to carry lanterns to guide you. Now the light has disappeared because you have done something wrong recently, and the fairy is not happy. First, they took a lamp as a warning. Seeing that you still don't want to repent, you gradually removed another lamp. Think carefully, what have you done to offend the gods! "

When Fan Ge heard this, he frowned and lost in thought, but he racked his brains and didn't come up with an idea.

Fan Ge was helpless and gave the old man a deep gift to make him clear.

The old man muttered, counting his fingers and said, "Have you written a complaint to anyone these days?"

"Well …" Brother Fan thought it over carefully and suddenly realized, saying, "I remember that I once wrote a complaint to a rich man, accusing his neighbor of seizing his land. He said that his neighbors had relatives who supported him to become an official, so he could not be sued by the county government. So he's going to the state capital to sue, and because he can't read, he asked me to come to the door. Because I am warm-hearted, I often write to those illiterate villagers to complain, and I wrote to him without careful investigation. Is that man lying? "

The old man nodded and said, "judging from divination, the man was raking, and the wicked complained first." It is he who really wants to occupy other people's land! "

"I see." Hearing this, Fan Ge secretly bit his teeth and was very angry with the person who complained to the wicked first.

The old man calculated with his finger again and said, "Son, that man will go to the state capital to complain tomorrow. It's not too late for you to return the form paper now. "

Hearing this, Brother Fan thanked the old man and turned to go out to the rich man's house. When he found the rich man, Fan Ge always lied that there were typos on the form paper that needed to be corrected.

The rich man didn't know it was a scam, so he took out the form paper and handed it to Fan Ge. Brother Fan always took the form paper and immediately tore it into pieces, exposing the greed and sinister intentions of the rich man to his face and severely reprimanding him.

The rich man was ashamed and bowed to Fan Ge again and again to make amends, saying that he would never dare to be insatiable again, falsely accusing others and making much ado about nothing.

Brother Fan always saw that he was sincere and repented, so he didn't stop him.

That night, when he went out for a walk at night, two red lights suddenly lit up in front of him.

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Deng Mingyin heard Quxing.

The wrong paper angered God.

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