Preface of The Divine Crow Record
In the middle of Japan, it's a good neighbor, but Japan turns its back and doesn't recognize China; armed smuggling, arson, murder, and robbery, all along the coast suffered. The Ming dynasty's resistance to the Japanese pirates is not fully expressed, just talking about Emperor Jiajing; Emperor Jiajing had good generals, Qi Jiguang's name is renowned for thousands of years. The Qi family army was truly remarkable, with strict military discipline; creating the Mandarin Duck Formation battle method, the Japanese pirates feared and abandoned their armor. Let's talk again about the 31st year, the Japanese army invaded again; first in Northeast China, they set up a puppet regime, establishing a country called Kangde. Japan dominated Manchuria for 14 years, controlling railway operating rights; Wanping launched another attack on us, known as the Lugou Bridge Incident. Later, they reached Taiyuan, and the people of Shanxi suffered greatly; the Xi'an Incident was a common understanding, both parties united against the Japanese. Special agents monitored the club, causing the Japanese to be in disarray; reluctantly adopting a last resort, domestically recruiting comfort women. Sakura joined the service corps, coming to China to find Tongguan; serving as a nanny at the Itagaki residence, suffering humiliation and tears. Enduring hardships and humiliation, comfort women met Tongguan in Lingqiu County; with all hopes lost, seeking death, but coincidentally escaping safely.
In Shanxi's Lingqiu small county town, a Japanese army of over 1,000 men; transporting heavy loads to Fanxian, they were ambushed in the Qiaogou gorge. Lin Biao led the 115th division, fighting fiercely against the Japanese army; over 1,000 devils were killed, with only four surviving. To avoid military law and certain death, Chuanji led his troops into the mountains; encountering the Niangzi anti-Japanese team, they were directed to De Gou. De Gou had previously been massacred by the Japanese, leaving only two people alive; the grandfather was killed by the Japanese sword, and the granddaughter took her own life. Chuanji killed a monk and stole his robes, disguising himself as Tang Monk to escape from the mountains; however, he was exposed at the fork in the road and had to change his name to "Crow". The "Crow" wreaked havoc on the "Chou Zhuang", framing the Eighth Route Army for the crime and occupying De Gou again, calling it the "Paradise of Crow". They killed people, ate human flesh, and lost their humanity; they schemed against each other to survive, piling up severed heads as an offering to the wall. They hoped to make a name for themselves through these means. Hiding in De Gou for many years, Chuanji committed many unjust acts and was punished by heaven; he went mad and became foolish. Tengchuan and Gongqi took their own lives. Some say that Chuanji went mad because his daughter was buried alive; others say that Shanben became foolish because Tengchuan beat him to death. As for why Tengchuan and Gongqi died, it is necessary to first tell the story of Mei Zi. Mei Zi survived by becoming a nun, shaving her head on Mount Wutai; she begged for alms and came to De Gou village, where she was raped and thrown off a cliff in an attempt to kill herself. Qingzi comforted and rescued her, leading the resistance against Japan; the villagers recognized their father and, upholding justice, did not hesitate to turn against him.
The river knight died and turned into a crow, coming to settle on the five-platform mountain; guarding his daughter for over ten years, the witch suddenly came to invade. Why did the witch offend the river knight? It started from the virtue ditch; when the river knight hid in the virtue ditch, he occupied the witch's house and provoked the gods. The gods summoned Yang Witch, why did they let him be uneasy? The witch cried injustice had long died, this matter himself knew nothing. After the gods clarified the truth, they came to plead for mercy in front of Yan Wang; releasing the witch back to the mortal world, eliminating the river knight and avenging hatred. The river knight was destroyed and hidden in a box, cherry blossoms revealed their light; finding a substitute body transformed into a divine crow, crossing the spiritual ridge to revisit old home. The evil deeds of the virtue ditch reappeared, making people point and criticize again; exterminating human nature "crow" troops, leaving great shame and humiliation in the world. The divine crow flew to Diaoyu Island again, stirring up trouble that was hard to resolve; the war god Buddha came to conquer, subduing the divine crow and retaking the island.
