Hou Yi shoots the sun

 

Hou Yi shoots the sun

 

Agudengba told his friend Azhuo the story of the marriage between Chang'e and Hou Yi. Chang'e fell in love with Hou Yi, but Hou Yi already had a crush on Luo Shen. Chang'e asked the Emperor of Heaven to help her marry Hou Yi in order to win her love. Chang'e was the niece of the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven could not resist Chang'e's repeated requests and accepted the precious gifts from her. He also thought that if Chang'e and Hou Yi got married, they would have an extra layer of kinship, and Hou Yi would become more like himself. caring person. Thinking of this, the Emperor of Heaven transferred Luo Shen out of the Heavenly Palace with some excuse and asked her to govern Luoshui, and he was not allowed to return to Heaven again. Later, the Emperor of Heaven ordered a banquet and invited Hou Yi to come and drink. He secretly asked people to put a kind of medicine called Wangqingcao in the wine Hou Yi drank. After Hou Yi drank this wine, he forgot all about his previous love with Luo Shen. When Hou Yi was slightly drunk after eating wine, the Emperor of Heaven ordered Chang'e to come out and toast Hou Yi. The Emperor of Heaven pointed at Chang'e and said to Hou Yi: "This is my niece. People say she is beautiful and very skillful in her craftsmanship. She made my crown with her own hands. I want to marry her to you, but I don't know what the general wants." How about it?" Hou Yi drank the Wangqing Wine and was drunk again. He looked at Chang'e and nodded blankly to the Emperor of Heaven. In this way, Chang'e became Hou Yi's wife.

Agudengba smiled and said to Azhuo: With the help of the Emperor of Heaven, Chang'e finally became husband and wife with Houyi. But Chang'e will do whatever it takes to win someone's love. What can be praised about such a woman?

At that time, there were ten suns in the sky, and these ten suns were all sons of the Emperor of Heaven. At first, the ten suns were still very upright, and they took turns coming out one after another every day. The people's production and life are normal. After that, some suns relied on Lao Tzu's power and gradually became arrogant and domineering. Sometimes eight or nine people go out together and do whatever they want. The water in the rivers and lakes dried up, and the Dragon King feared and hated them. The crop seedlings on the ground withered, and the people were furious. But the Emperor of Heaven is their father, so why should people complain when they suffer!

Among these ten suns, only the smallest one is kind-hearted. He often advised Brother Nine Suns to restrain himself and not go out to make trouble together. But his brothers didn't listen, and there was nothing he could do.

The ten suns went out in groups to make trouble, and the people complained. The report from Emperor Yao in the lower realm could not reach the hands of the Emperor of Heaven, so it was suppressed halfway.

Somehow Hou Yi found out about this.

One day, Hou Yi walked out of the Heavenly Palace and went out to do business. He happened to meet a group of Sun Buddies wandering around in a steamer and a chariot, one after another gesticulating and noisy. They sandwiched the Sun Ten in the center. Taiyang Lao Shi lowered his head, as if he was a prisoner. ​

Hou Yi was very sad when he saw these suns running rampant and bringing disaster to the world. He knew that they were the proud sons of the Emperor of Heaven, and that he was just a general under the Emperor of Heaven and had no control over their affairs. But when I look at the suffering suffered by the people, I feel that we cannot ignore it. He also thought that if he came to stop it, it would also involve Chang'e, which would be difficult. No matter how trouble-free it is, the common people have just had a few good days after getting rid of all kinds of ferocious beasts. How can they bear the cruelty of these suns again? He decided to persuade them with kind words.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Hou Yi opened his mouth, he was ridiculed by several suns. Hou Yi patiently continued to persuade them: "I advise you gentlemen to go back and have a rest. You see, the people are about to die from the heat."

Before Hou Yi finished speaking, he heard a burst of curses: "Go away, go away! We are willing to do this, and the cold and heat of the people have nothing to do with you!"

Hou Yi wanted to take out his bow and scare them: "My lords, please go back and stop fighting. I won't be honest if we keep fighting."

"How dare you! Who are you! If you meddle in your own business again, I'll notify my father and I'll beat your muscles and skin you!"

This made Hou Yi angry. But he still held back his temper and persuaded: "Young gentlemen, don't be too willful! If you don't listen to the advice, I will really shoot."

Taiyang Laoshi also whispered to his brothers: "Let's go back. General Hou Yi's words are reasonable. Besides, if he hadn't shot Sirius to death that time, we wouldn't have survived tomorrow." Not only did the nine brothers not listen to the younger brother, Instead, they stood side by side and shined bright light on the earth. He also gathered some of their heat, decomposed it into a small white dot, and pierced Hou Yi like a silver needle.

When Taiyang Lao Shi saw that his brother did not listen to the advice and was doing whatever he wanted, he quietly slipped away while no one was paying attention.

Hou Yi couldn't bear it any longer. He raised his divine bow, nocked an arrow, pointed it at Boss Taiyang, and shot an arrow with a "whistle". The arrow went straight into Boss Sun's heart without any deviation. In an instant, a ball of fire exploded in the sky, fire flew around, golden feathers scattered, and then a bright red thing fell to the ground. When people came forward to see it, it turned out to be a golden three-legged crow.

At this time, there were eight suns in the sky. They still refused to calm down and continued to cause trouble. Hou Yi thought that if he wanted to eliminate harm for the people, he would not care about many things. Moreover, the disaster had already begun. If he did not do anything, he would not stop. So Then he fired his bow and arrows. He fired eight more arrows in a row, and eight suns fell to the ground in response to the strings. ​

Soon, the ground gradually cooled down, and Emperor Yao and the people in the lower realm knelt on the ground to salute and thank Hou Yi for saving his life. Some people worry: "There is another sun that was not shot to death. Will he come to take revenge?"

Hou Yi explained: "Don't worry, everyone. Taiyang Lao Shi is kind-hearted. He often advises his brothers not to harm the people, and he has also done some useful things. He has contributed to the people, so don't doubt him."

From then on, there was only one sun in the sky. He could not shine on the entire earth at the same time, so he arranged the time: starting from under the fusang tree in the East China Sea every day, after a long day's trek, it would set on the Kunlun Mountains in the west; Under the hibiscus tree, sleep for a while before rising from the east. In this way, day after day, we bring light and warmth to the world. Sun Lao Ten later became the most beloved sun god in the world. ​

Emperor Tian was very angry when he learned that Hou Yi had shot nine of his sons to death. In anger, he drove Hou Yi out of heaven and demoted him to the human world to suffer.

Hou Yi thought, as the emperor of heaven, you should uphold justice, but he didn't expect you to protect his shortcomings like this. Do you really not know that your son is doing evil things outside all day long? Hou Yi was very sad, not only because he was demoted, but also because he never thought that the Emperor of Heaven had such selfish motives.

Agudengba sang a song "Ode to Hou Yi Shooting the Sun":

 

Xihe is the mother of the sun,

After Xihe married the Emperor of Heaven,

He gave birth to ten sons successively.

That is, the ten brothers of the sun.

 

In the east beyond the sea,

There is a pond called Yugu,

Ten brothers often go to Yugu to play.

The water there is boiling.

 

According to the requirements set by the Emperor of Heaven,

Only one person can go to heaven in a day,

The ten brothers found it boring;

They went up to the sky in a swarm.

 

Ten suns appeared in the sky,

The ground is as hot as a steam oven,

All the flowers and plants are dead,

People hid in caves.

 

The Emperor of Heaven asked Hou Yi to handle it.

Just scare them.

Hou Yi was a great archer.

He stretched out his bow and arrows to frighten them.

 

The ten brothers are the children of the Emperor of Heaven,

But he was not afraid of Hou Yi.

In order to help the people, Hou Yi

It shot down nine suns.

 

Hou Yi wanted to shoot the tenth sun,

The villagers quickly persuaded him:

It's impossible without the sun in the sky.

Otherwise the earth would be dark.

 

The Emperor of Heaven lost nine sons,

Angrily, he punished Hou Yi.

Destroy him to the mortal world forever,

Don't care about people's lives.

 

People's hearts can never be underestimated.

The world regards Hou Yi as a hero.

The people regarded the Emperor of Heaven as a tyrant;

Tyrants have been unpopular for generations.