Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao looked down on the Central Plains, defeated Yuan Shao, and unified the north by occupying Ye. The idioms and allusions such as "Cao Chong calls an image", "Seven steps into a poem", and "Wen Ji returns to Han" all come from Linzhang.

"Dongfeng is not with Zhou Lang, Tongquechun locks Erqiao deeply", "When he was alive, he smiled and lightened nine tripods, Wei Wuhe mourned Tongquetai", the famous Tongquetai in history still stands in Yecheng, Linzhang County.

After Cao Cao wiped out the Yuan brothers, he stayed overnight in Yecheng. In the middle of the night, he saw a golden light rising from the ground, and he dug up a bronze sparrow the next day.Xun You said that in the past, Shun's mother dreamed of a jade bird in her arms and gave birth to Shun, but now she has a bronze bird, which is also an auspicious sign.Cao Cao was overjoyed, so he decided to build the Tongque Terrace on the Zhangshui River to show his contribution to calm the world.

Tongque Terrace was first built in the 15th year of Jian'an, and it was expanded repeatedly in the Later Zhao, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties.When Tongque Terrace was at its peak, it was ten feet high, and five floors were built on top of it, 27 feet above the ground.On the top of the building, there is another bronze sparrow, one zhang five high, with its wings as if flying, with a lifelike expression.Under the stage, the Zhanghe River was diverted through the Tongque Terrace and flowed into the Xuanwu Pool through the secret passage, which was used to drill the water army, which shows the prosperity of the scene in those days.

However, after Ximenqing entered Linzhang County, he did not go to Tongque Terrace to pay tribute to Cao Cao, but went to another place.

Chapter 269 Ximen Qing's Ancestor

After Ximenqing entered Linzhang County, he didn't stay in the county seat, but headed west to Ye Town.At this time, Ye Town was the historical Ye City, and the Tongque Terrace built by Cao Cao was beside the Zhang River in the north of the city.

After Ximen Qing rushed to Ye Town non-stop, he did not go to the most famous historical site Tongque Terrace in Na Ye Town. Instead, he found a local to ask for directions, then turned southwest and went to Ximen Leopard Temple on the north bank of Huan River.

Ximen Bao was born in the State of Wei during the Warring States period, and Wei Wenhou was the commander of Ye at that time.When governing Ye, Ximen Bao skillfully took advantage of the opportunity of the local gentry and officials such as the elders and witches to "marry He Bo" to punish the local tyrants.This action made the family who left because of "marrying a wife for Hebo" return to their homeland.

At the same time, Ximen Bao personally led people to survey the water source and mobilized the people to dig [-] canals around the Zhang River, making a large area of ​​land a good harvest in drought and flood.

While developing agricultural production, Ximen Leopard also implemented the policy of "containing soldiers in agriculture and storing grain in the people", which soon made the people of Yecheng rich and strong, and became an important town in the northeast of Wei State during the Warring States Period.

Ma Qian of the Taishi Company in the Western Han Dynasty once spoke highly of Ximen Leopard. He said in "Historical Records": "So Ximen Leopard is Ye Ling, famous all over the world, Zeliu's descendants, and endless time. It can be said that he is not a good doctor. !"

Because Ximen Bao governed Ye well and was deeply loved by the local people, later generations built shrines and temples for him as sacrifices.

In the southwest of Yecheng, the Ximen Leopard Temple on the north bank of the Huan River was first built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wei Wendi Cao Pi’s "Shu Zheng Fu" said: "Envy the beautiful traces of Ximen (Leopard), and suddenly look at its spiritual world." It can be seen that it had been built at that time. There is a temple of Ximen Leopard.

During the later Zhao Jianwu years, the Ximen Leopard Temple was repaired.The "Shui Jing Zhu" written by Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote: "Zhangshui is in front of Ximen Leopard Temple in the northeast. .'"

After repairs and beautification step by step by the people of the past dynasties, the statue of the Ximen Leopard in the Ximen Leopard Temple was changed into an emperor's robe and crown.The common people have worshiped Ximen Leopard as a deity, and renamed Ximen Leopard Temple as "Leopard Temple".

But in the second year of Jiayou in the Northern Song Dynasty, Ma Yi, the magistrate of Ye County at that time, jumped out to be troublesome, and changed the imperial robe and crown of the Ximen Leopard statue to the ancient county magistrate's attire.At the same time, he renamed the "Leopard Temple" as "Ximen Doctor Temple".

Ximen Qing was eager to visit the Ximen Leopard Temple first, not to visit the historical sites, but to worship the ancestors and get a glimpse of Ximen Leopard's glory.

The prefect with the surname of Ximen is located in Linzhang County, and it is called Wei Juntang, which is also called Linzhang Hall after Yiwang Litang.

Before crossing, Ximen Jun's ancestors moved out from this Linzhang County to spread their branches and leaves. Speaking of which, his roots are in Linzhang, Xiangzhou.

The Ximen family in Yanggu County also happened to move from Linzhang County, Xiangzhou, Hebei to Yanggu, Shandong. It is possible that Ximen Jun and Ximen Qing really have the same origin.

Although Ximen Qing is not sure whether his family is really the descendant of Ximen Leopard, but since Ximen Qing intends to do something, he recognizes Ximen Leopard as his ancestor, uses tiger skin as a banner, and first covers himself with a halo, and then What's the matter?

In this era of ignorance and superstition, most of the people are illiterate.Ximen Qing and Ximen Leopard recognized their relatives, and promoting a historical figure who had already become a god as his ancestor would be of great benefit to coercing the people to follow him in the future.

Genealogy or something, forge it yourself!Ximen Qing didn't feel any guilt about this.

This time I came to worship the Ximen Leopard Temple, Ximen Qing firstly put some incense sticks on the "old ancestor", and secondly came to see if it is possible to spend some more money to change the costume of the Ximen Leopard statue from the ancient county magistrate's attire back to Become an emperor's robe and crown.

Back then, Ma Yi, the magistrate of Ye County, must have had some conflicts with the local prominent Ximen family. In order to suppress the prestige of the Ximen family, he went out of his way to change the costumes of the gods in the temple and change the name of the temple for no reason. move.

What Ximen Qing wants to do now is to correct the mistakes made by that idiot Ma Yi back then.

Ximen Qing and others went outside the Ximen Leopard Temple and left the attendants and horses outside. Ximen Qing entered the Ximen Leopard Temple together with Jiao Ting and Qiao Yun.

After the three of them offered incense to Ximen Bao, the leopard god, Ximen Qing casually mentioned to Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun that Ximen Bao was his ancestor.

After hearing this, Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun believed it to be true, and added a mysterious light to the eyes of the official Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing saw the expressions of the two of them, and he was very happy. This trick is really useful for the ancients!

Ximen Qing donated a large amount of money to the temple in the temple, and asked him to make another plaque for the Ximen Leopard Temple and hang it on it.

Ximenqing also told Miaozhu that the sage Ximenbao has long been a god in history, and the common people are used to worshiping him as a god.It is better to restore the costume of this statue to the appearance of the emperor's robe and crown, so as to comfort the hearts of the people.This is a good thing that is in line with the hearts of the people. Wangmiao wishes to preside over this matter, and the silver taels needed are directly asked for by himself.After the matter is completed, I will donate a large sum of incense money to the temple.

The temple owner was originally counting on this Ximen Leopard Temple to beg for a bowl of food. Seeing that Ximen Qing spent a lot of money at this time, he wanted to do construction work here to improve this temple, how could he disagree?

What's more, Ximen Qing gave him money to do this, and Miao Zhu could get a lot of benefits from it, so Miao Zhu accepted the matter with a smile on his face.He made a three-chapter agreement with Ximen Qing, but he was afraid that Ximen Qing would renege on his promise.

After discussing with Miao Zhu, Ximen Qing left the Ximen Leopard Temple, took Jiao Ting and the others to the south, and went directly to Xiangzhou Fucheng.

As for the Tongque Terrace, Ximenqing is not interested in it now, and there is no Erqiao waiting for Ximenqing's officials there, so what's there to see?When you have free time in the future, it is not too late to visit again.

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By the Huanshui River, a few people dressed as scribes were hugging each other, shivering, calling for mercy.On the ground in front of them, another middle-aged scribe fell on his back, his body was covered in blood, and he was already lifeless.

A young man was crying on the middle-aged scribe, shouting: "Master! Master! Wake up!" Seeing that the scribe hadn't moved a bit, the young man raised his head and stared at the front with tearful eyes filled with hatred.

I saw a big man standing beside the reeds on the river bank. He had a round head, big ears, a straight nose, a square mouth, fine eyebrows and sparse eyes, and a thin waist and broad arms.The big man's coat was half open, revealing a leopard's head stabbed on his chest, and he was holding a gun with a muddy iron pen barrel, the tip of which was still dripping blood.

"Little bastard, what are you looking at?" Seeing the young man's resentful gaze, the big man stepped forward and kicked the young man in the face, knocking him to the ground.

Chapter 2 Seventy

The young man was still struggling, but the two scribes behind him hugged him tightly, preventing him from stepping forward to fight the big man.

"What are you bird people still doing in a daze? Quickly take out all the money you have on your body! Don't make the master mad, and shoot you all to death in this river to feed the fish and turtles!" the big man said. Wielding the pen barrel and gun, he looked at the few scribes viciously.

Those scribes are all in their twenties, and they seldom travel far. How have they seen the ferocity of such heroes? Now, looking at the blood-dripping spear in the big man's hand, all of them turned pale with fright, and hurriedly turned their bodies All the silver and copper coins were taken out and piled tremblingly in front of the big man.

The big man looked at the silver coins on the ground, there were four or fifty taels of broken silver, and there were more than ten copper coins.Although there are not many, it is also reasonable.After all, these people in front of them are just out of the city for an outing, not merchants traveling long distances, and they don't carry too much belongings with them.

The big man kicked the young man again, and said to him: "Go and find all the money on that old dog for the master, and then take off your clothes and wrap up all the money."

The young man was a bit stubborn, sitting on the ground, gritting his teeth and not making a sound, while quietly groping the ground behind him with one hand, looking for a suitable stone.

The two scribes beside the young man were terrified, one of them put his arms around the young man's arms, covered the young man with his body, and whispered in his ear: "National treasure, don't do it rashly, it will kill us."

"Forgive me, the hero! This national treasure boy has been frightened out of his wits, let the villain serve the hero!" Another scribe took off his long gown, cleaned up the silver purses piled up on the ground, and went to the murdered middle-aged man again. Young scribes fumbled.

Looking at the middle-aged scribe who was pierced by a gun in the chest, the young scribe who took off his long gown couldn't help but shed tears.While groping, he whimpered softly: "Master, the student offended..."

The big man looked coldly at the few people kneeling on the ground, without saying a word, wondering what he was thinking.

After a while, the young scribe also searched out the money of the middle-aged scribes on the ground, put it together and wrapped it up, held the cloth shirt wrapped in his hands, raised it above his head respectfully, and dedicated it to the big man with the gun.

The big man took the package and tied it on his back.After tidying up, he suddenly widened his eyes and shouted: "You guys are too slow, are you just entertaining the master? Let the master die!"

The big man stabbed straight with his gun, and immediately knocked over the young scribe who was kneeling in front of him.

"Ah~~" The young scribe screamed, covered his chest with his hands, and fell to the ground unwillingly.

Seeing this, the young scribe who was hugging the young man let go of the young man and stood up, pointing his trembling fingers at the big man and cursing: "You break your promise and get fat, even if it's not as good as a beast!"

The big man laughed evilly, how could he argue with this sour scholar? He stepped on the young scribe who was stabbed to death by himself, drew his gun, and was about to kill the man who scolded him.

At this critical moment, the young man waved his hands wildly and sprinkled a handful of dust on the big man's head, fascinating the big man's eyes. At the same time, a stone thrown by the young man hit the big man's head. Broke the cheek of the big man.