Li Jing performs rain

Li Jing was the founding Duke of Wei of the Tang Dynasty and was the most powerful minister in the world. However, his origin was very low. As to how he became the Duke of Wei later, there is a rather strange legend.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the lord of Sui once had a dream that the capital city was flooded and all the people in the city were drowned by the water. After the flood, a tree grew at the top of the city, and then a fruit was born on the tree.

When he saw the flooding of the city, the lord of Sui thought that someone with the surname Li, whose name was related to water, would take over the throne. At that time, it happened that one of his subordinates had a son named Li Hong from a family with the surname Li. The Sui lord became suspicious and killed the Li family's son. The story slowly spread and alerted another Li man, Li Jing. Li Jing was a man of blood, resourceful, and skilled in the art of war and all kinds of martial arts, so he was a generalist who could write and fight. He lost his parents in childhood and has been raised by his uncle Han Zhu. Han Zhu is a brave general who can conquer and fight well, he often talks with Li Jing about military matters, and Li Jing can always put forward their insightful ideas. Han Fuhu often exclaims: "can talk about Sun Tzu and Wu Qi art of war, the world today, in addition to Li Jing, I'm afraid I can not find a second person!"

When Li Jing saw that the Sui master was so harsh in his laws, he thought that the Sui dynasty would not last long. Knowing that the Sui lord was dreaming of a son and a flood, he was convinced that the one who would take over the world in the future would definitely be a man named Li, and then he thought of himself, so he often had the ambition of a swan.

Once, he passed by Mount Hua for business, and heard that the Great King of the Western Mount Hua was very spiritual. So he prepared incense and candles for the temple to worship, begging the Great King of the Western Mountains to give him a fortune telling. But even throw two trigrams, the trigrams are standing and do not fall, do not know what trigrams.

Li Jing saw this, anger from the heart, standing up in front of the idol, sternly slapped the table to the Great King of the Western Mountains and said: "I Li Jing if I do not have a very lucky, then what is the use of the gods born to me? I have heard that the Great King of the Western Mountains is divine and holy, but why do I twice ask for divination, but the yin and yang are not distinguished? Now I ask the last trigram, if it does not work again, I Li Jing can only behead you and burn this temple." After saying this, he threw another trigram. This time, the two pieces of trigrams are on the ground for a long time to rotate before stopping. Li Jing forwards to fix his eyes to see a Yang trigram. He thought: Yang trigram is for the king's trigram image, is very auspicious. So he collected the trigrams and said goodbye and went away.

Another time, he went to visit a friend in Weicheng and stayed in a hostel in the countryside south of Weicheng. One day after he got up, nothing to do, so he rode alone to go outside to play. It was late spring and early summer, and the farmers were working hard in the fields, but the soil was very dry and hard because of the long drought. Li Jing was a little tired of walking and felt quite thirsty, so he went to a farmer to beg for tea to drink. The farmer saw that he was a passer-by, did not dare to treat him, and made a bowl of good tea to quench Li Jing's thirst. Li Jing drank the tea and rushed to say thank you. Then, still on the horse forward. Suddenly saw a hare popping out of the cliff in front of him. Li Jing put his horse in pursuit. The rabbit was very smart, running east and west, so Li Jing could not catch it.

Besides, Li Jing only cared about a strong chase, and has long been unaware of how far they have gone. By the time you realize it, it was dusk, and the rabbit was gone. Just when he was thinking about finding a resting place, back to the horse on seeing deep into the woods, their tall buildings. So he spurred his horse forward and went there to put up for the night.

When he got there, it turned out to be a big compound. At this time it was already the light of day, and the door of the mansion has been closed tightly. Li Jing dismounted and snapped the door ring. After a long time, a white-headed old man came out and opened the door, asking who he was looking for. Li Jing then told him that he wanted to borrow a room.

The old man said, "The men of this house are out, only the old lady is at home, wait for me to go in and report, if the lady is willing to agree, you can stay here."

Li Jing tied his horse to the tree in front of the door and stood outside the door with his hands arched.