In the Ming Dynasty, there was a county magistrate named Liang Shanbo in Yinzhou (now Ningbo, Zhejiang). He is an honest official, handling cases impartially and harming others and himself. At that time, there were no robbers, thieves and murders in Yinxian, and the people could live and work in peace and contentment. Everyone is full of praise for magistrate Liang. Call him Sai Bao Gong and Liang Qingtian.
I was an official for three years at that time. Because of Liang Shanbo's good official voice, when his three-year term ended, the emperor wanted to promote him to another position. When the local people learned the news, they didn't want to leave Liang Shanbo. Many people knelt at the entrance of the county yamen and begged them to stay. Seeing that people were so enthusiastic, Liang Shanbo wrote a letter to the emperor, unwilling to be promoted. After the emperor agreed, Liang Shanbo stayed in Yinxian.
When Liang Shanbo came to Yinxian to take office, his wife had passed away, and he had no children under his knee. In Yinxian, there is no second wife. People advised him to take another wife so that he could take over the incense in the future. Liang Shanbo smiled and said, "Don't people in Yinxian respect me as their parents? Why should I marry a second wife? "
He devoted himself to serving the people, was re-elected for three times in Yinxian County, and served as the magistrate for nine years. In the last year, he caught a cold, but he couldn't get sick and left this world.
After the death of Liang Shanbo, the people in Yinxian County were very sad. The local elders chose a grave for him. People choose Qiaohu Town (now Gao Qiao Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City) because of its beautiful scenery. In addition, it is an amphibious artery, which is convenient for future generations to look at, so they built Liang Shanbo's tomb there!
When the ground was broken, people found a grave below. The front of the stone tablet is engraved with seven Chinese characters "Zhu Yingtai's Female Tomb", and the back is engraved with an epitaph, to the effect that it is a woman of Chen in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. She robbed the rich and helped the poor, killed corrupt officials, and was killed by Ma Wencai and his son. It turns out that Ma Wencai is the son of a corrupt official, Ma Taishou, who has been practicing martial arts since childhood. In order to help the poor, Zhu Yingtai stole money three times. Ma Wencai ambushed him for the third time, but he was unfortunately arrested. Ma Wencai is a playboy. He thinks he has some martial arts skills. He wants to molest Zhu Yingtai. Zhu Yingtai got up and kicked Ma Wencai in the heart, and Ma Wencai vomited blood and died. Ma Taishou was furious and ordered the soldiers to dismember Zhu Yingtai, blood-stained the stone steps, and abandon the corpse in the wilderness. The poor collected Zhu Yingtai's body, pooled their money to buy a coffin for her burial, and then carved a stone as a souvenir. Because Zhu Yingtai bled for the people, her name was written in red on the tombstone in front as a memorial. Later, Zhu Yingtai's grave gradually sank into the ground.
This is a woman's grave. How can I open it? If you don't demolish it, can you choose another tomb base for Liang Shanbo? It is difficult to find a good tomb base for a while. At that time, an old man suggested: Since Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai are both good people who work for us poor people, and they are both single, why don't we build a big grave for them? Everyone agreed with the old man's suggestion, so everyone began to bury Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai thousands of years ago in a grave. A big stone tablet was erected in front of the grave and two lines were chiseled. Zhu Yingtai's name is written in red paint, which shows that she is a woman who bled for the people. Liang Shanbo's name is written in black paint, which shows that he is an honest official of Baolong School.
People also raised funds to build Liang Shanbo Temple nearby to commemorate Liang Shanbo, an honest official in Yin County. After several legends, it has evolved again and again, producing many beautiful and touching stories of butterfly lovers.