Why does Ximen Bao, the incumbent river god, marry a beautiful young girl every year?

Hebo, the god of Zhanghe River, has a bad temper, so he loves to flood. Only a beautiful young girl can comfort him, or she will get fat.

Water. In order to avoid the flood, I want to marry Hebo and lose my big girl.

Go to the river. This matter is the responsibility of the great wizard (Yu Nian). reality

In fact, it is the great wizard who uses superstition to engage in malpractice and harm others to collect money.

How to play? Ximen Bao deals with a man as he deals with you.

Besides bad habits, witches and local tyrants and evil gentry were punished.

Content expansion: The original story is Ye Ye (now southeast of Cixian County, Hebei Province), which is an important town in the northern border of Wei State. It is very close to Zhangshui, and to the north of Zhangshui is Zhao. Wei Wenhou thought that this place must be guarded by a smart and capable official, so Huang Zhai recommended Ximen Bao.

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Ximen Bao came to Yecheng and saw that the suburban fields were deserted and sparsely populated, the streets in the city were deserted and all walks of life were depressed. Some people he met were also very sad, as if they had something on their minds. What happened here? Ximen Bao felt very strange. Seeing an old man sitting in rags by the roadside, he went over and saluted and asked, "Old man, I think people here are very sad and haggard. What happened here? "

The old man looked up and saw that he was a stranger. He whispered, "Don't the guests know? Our river god here is going to marry again! "

"Does the river god marry a wife?" Ximen Bao was surprised, "this is a rare thing. Can the old man tell me in detail? " "All right. To the north of Yecheng is Zhanghe River, and the river god is the water god of Zhanghe River. The river god likes beautiful girls. He likes the new and hates the old. He wants to marry a girl as his wife every year. If our people choose a girl for him, he will ensure that we have good weather and good harvest.

Otherwise, the river god will lose his temper, either causing floods, flooding houses and crops, or not raining, and this side will not receive a grain. Everyone can't afford to provoke him, so they have to marry him every year. "

Ximen Bao asked, "Is this thing handed down from the old times?"

The old man shook his head and said, "Where! This is only a matter of nearly ten years. That year, there was a great drought here, and all the ways to ask for rain were exhausted. Wan Li is still cloudless in Wan Li, and there is no rain at all. A witch in our city cooked a ghost meal and then said,' This is a river god who wants a wife. If he doesn't give it, there will be floods in autumn! "Ordinary people who are not afraid of floods have to let her do it. "

"Then who will take care of this matter of marrying a woman?"

"Of course, it is the local rich and township officials. They manage it with the witch. Every year, they ask ordinary people to pay several million yuan, then buy a girl with 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, and keep the rest in their pockets. Although they are poor here, they can make a fortune! "

"So most people are afraid to say a word when they look at them?" Ximen Bao is angry.

"oh! If you can't hide, who dares to provoke them! That witch is great! In the first spring every year, she travels around. Seeing that our poor girl is handsome, she pointed with her hand: This girl is quite suitable for being a lady of the river god! Who wants to throw his daughter into the river? I had to lend some money to witches everywhere, so I was exempted. If you are too poor, you have to give your daughter to them. Anyway, what the witch saw was either a broken home or a broken home! "

"They have chosen a girl, how can they give it to the river god?"

"Witches and township officials built a compound by the river, which is a hall tile house, painted new, and all kinds of electrical appliances for big families are readily available. The chosen girl dressed up like a bride and was locked in the yard. Then the witch chose an auspicious day, made a raft out of reeds, sat the girl on it and pushed it into the river. Reed rafts drift with the waves, flowing ten miles and eight miles into the waves. According to them, the river god picked her up. "

"So do you people really believe this?"

"Believe it or not, no one is not to be taunted. Ordinary people have to pay for their wives every year, and some girls are afraid of being selected by witches, so they have to fly away with their families. Look at this city. It's empty and the market is depressed. This is why! "

"If you marry the river god every year, won't he be flooded?"

"There are not many floods for the elderly here, but occasionally there are. I finally took advantage of the river god and married a woman! "

"Where where! This kind of thing that benefits the local people should be borne by us. There is nothing to work hard! " The officials in the town are humble, but they are proud.

Ximen Bao was chatting with the township officials when the crowd outside whispered, "Coming! Coming! " Then the crowd stepped aside and passed by a group of brightly dressed people. In front of them were some local gentry leading the way, followed by witches.