An old Chinese fairy - the god of marriage

Tang Dynasty, A people named Gu Wei, once, he went to Songcheng for a travel, accommodation in the South store.

One night, Gu Wei is strolling in the streets, under the moonlight to see the old one sat on the floor, while reading a big, thick book, and his body was lying a series filled with red rope in the big bag.

Gu Wei is very curious and asked him: "Grandpa, What were you reading?!"

The old man replied: "This is a marriage between men and women record books in the world.”

After listening Gu Wei felt more curious, and asked: "Then you bag of the red rope, what is it to do with?"

Old with a smile to Gu Wei said: "These red string is used to line a couple feet, whether enemy or both men and women are far apart, I just use the red string tied to their feet, they will be good and became a couple”

Wei  listening, nature can't believe that and think it's a joke, but this eccentric old he is still full of curiosity, when he wanted to ask him some question, the elderly have to stand up with his books and bags, went to the rice market, Gu Wei also follow him.

To the rice market, they saw a blind old woman holding a little girl came the old man said to Gu Wei: "This blind woman holds the hands of the daughter will be  your future wife."

Gu Wei is very angry listening to that old joke that he deliberately opened, through whom the slaves to kill the little girl to see him in the future will not become his wife.

Slaves ran up after knife stab the girl, they immediately ran away. When Gu Wei   go find that old accounts at the time, but have not seen him reappear.

Time flies, an instant 14 years later, when Gu Wei solid objects have been found satisfactory girlfriend and are ready to be married. The other is the apple of the intercourse with prefectural governor, who had been pretty, but a scar between the eyebrows. Wei-solid feel very strange, so asked his father, said: "why her brow has a scar on it?"

After listening to it with prefectural governor, said: "It is outrageous to say, 14 years ago in Song Cheng, Chen nanny one day hold his walk from the rice market, there is a fanatics, even unprovoked knife stabbed her Fortunately, there is no danger, leaving scars that Tao is really great fortune of misfortune in it! "

Gu Wei listened, stunned a moment 14 years ago, that period of past quickly came to his mind. He thought: Is he is the servant of the assassination of his lives little girl? So it will be very intense questioning, said: "That nanny is not a blind woman blind?"

Wang Tai-law's face was interested to see, and the question was odd that she asked him, said: "Yes, it is a blind woman, but how do you know?"

Wei Gu confirmed after this event, really was very impressed, for a time hard-put to, and after a while to calm down, then 14 years ago in Song Cheng, faced god of marriage is that the overall out.

Wang Tai heard, felt surprised. Wei Gu Then understood that the god of marriage, then, is not a joke, their marriage really is a God to decide. Therefore, the two couples is more treasure in the marriage, living loving life. Soon this spread Song Cheng, local people there to commemorate the god of marriage; he gave the South store to "shop engagement."

As the story spread, so we believe: men and women combined to tie red string by the god of marriage, to match, so, later generations took a matchmaker called "the god of marriage".