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Qin Hui's Stink

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By FernandoPublished 2 years ago 3 min read

There is a Yue tomb by the West Lake. There are four iron cast portraits kneeling in front of Yue Fei's tomb, two of which are Qin Hui and Wang Shi, who betrayed Jiang Shan and killed Yue Fei in the past.

Legend has it that during the Ming Dynasty, a newly appointed person named Fu Tai came to Hangzhou, who was also surnamed Qin and was a descendant of Qin Hui. Shortly after taking office in Futai, he took his subordinates on a trip to West Lake. He arrived at the Yue Tomb and saw his ancestor kneeling in front of others. He quickly covered his face with clothes and retreated back.

Futai returned to the yamen, feeling restless and restless, so he called his subordinates to discuss the removal of the iron statue.

The subordinate stroked his beard and thought for a moment, saying, "If we move openly, the people will definitely refuse, and perhaps we will make things worse. I think it's better to have someone throw this pair of iron statues into West Lake in the dark. Even if the iron statue sinks at the bottom of the lake, we can't find it even if we dry the water wheel

Fu Tai said, "Wonderful! Wonderful!" That night, he sent someone to throw the iron statue into West Lake.

Unexpectedly, as soon as dawn broke the next day, a strange thing happened; The water in West Lake has become foul smelling, making people feel dizzy and nauseous.

I don't know who it is, but when I realized that there were two missing iron statues in front of Yue's tomb, I started shouting; Everyone, look, the two iron statues are missing. Someone must have thrown them into West Lake. Otherwise, how could the lake water be so foul

The common people learned about the loss of the iron statue at Yue Tomb, so they all went to the Futai Yamen to report and demand that the bad guys who lost the iron statue be dealt with.

Fu Tai was still sleeping in bed, only to hear the mixed voices outside, so he got up to inquire. The subordinates told the reason. Fu Tai was guilty of being a thief, so he called for rumors to spread that he was sick.

Where are the people willing to leave? The more people gather, the more stone lions in front of the Futai Yamen are almost crushed. I'm afraid something will happen if Futai continues like this, so I'll come out to meet the people with a tough face. He said, "This - these are all rumors. Don't take it lightly

The common people said, "Is it a rumor? You can tell by reading it

As he spoke, the people gathered around him and determined to pull him away. Futai couldn't help but take the eight person sedan chair and head to the West Lake. A few miles away from the lake, he smelled a foul smell and rushed straight towards the sedan door. Fortunately, he couldn't have time to eat that day and finally managed to resist vomiting.

As the sedan chair reached the shore, the platform opened from the seam of the sedan curtain and saw a dense crowd of people in front. He felt a sudden jump in his heart and slowly walked out of the sedan door. He coughed a few times and said, "It's normal for the lake to smell for a while. You don't need to make a big fuss. From my perspective, this has nothing to do with the Iron Statue

At this moment, someone in the crowd roared; Who are you, Qin Hui? You came to protect him

Fu Tai didn't know how to answer for a moment. He calmed down and comforted himself; Don't panic! The iron statue has already sunk at the bottom of the lake, who can still find it? Thinking of this, he said with an air, "Don't act foolishly! If anyone really retrieves the iron statue from the lake, I am willing to resign and apologize

As soon as Fu Tai spoke, the dark lake water suddenly became clear and bottomed out. A pair of iron statues floated up from the bottom of the lake, as if being held by someone, and floated straight towards Futai.

Fu Tai's face turned yellow with fear. Regardless of the situation, he jumped into the sedan and shouted, "Run! Run

The sedan chair was carried to the yamen, and the roof of the sedan chair had already been smashed with many holes by stones. On the back of Futai's head, three large bags of walnuts were also smashed up. That night, Qin Hui's descendants did not dare to wear their official hats, so they hurriedly fled from Hangzhou City.

After the iron statue drifted to the lake, the people salvaged it and then moved it back to kneel in front of Yue's tomb.

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