The poem says:

There are four demons among the mountain bandits,

All of them are pests.

Disobedient old bandit hemp donkey,

Not to fight with the hemp donkey.

In the past one or two years, there has been an active Xiaoliuzi in the area of Shanbei Village, that is, a small gang. This small Liuzi gang is not very numerous, only four people. These four people often come out at night to commit crimes, so the four of them are called the four ghosts of Shanbei in the underworld in the area of Shanbei Village. They are: the white-faced ghost Chen Pi, the long-haired ghost Liu Mad, the free ghost Pang Xu, and the night wandering ghost Zhu Kui.

The four ghosts of Shanbei, Chen Pi, Liu Mad, Pang Xu, and Zhu Kui, are all twenty-seven or eighteen years old, but their reputation is far less than the reputation of Ma Laitang, a dragon donkey in Shanbei in the past. Moreover, the courage of the four ghosts in Shanbei is far less bold than when the dragon Ma Laitang in Shanbei did the underworld. Therefore, the business done by the four ghosts in Shanbei Village is far less big than the business done by Ma Laitang, a dragon donkey in Shanbei, when he was doing underworld. The four ghosts of Shanbei often come out to commit crimes at night, and they only do some indiscriminate business such as stealing chickens and dogs, carrying pigs and sheep, leading donkeys and stealing horses, such as picking up trains, priing warehouses, robbing passing merchants, etc., the four ghosts in Shanbei dare not do.

After Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang was released from prison after completing his sentence, he started trading on the underworld in the area of Shanbei Village again, and Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang re-erected the banner of "Shanbei One Dragon".

After that, the underworld in the area of Shanbei Village belonged to the sphere of influence of Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang. The other people on the underworld, who were taken by Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang, did not dare to do business in the Shanbei area anymore.

However, the four ghosts of Shanbei, Chen Pi, Liu Mad, Pang Xu, and Zhu Kui did not buy the account of Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang, and the four of them were still active in the area of Shanbei Village.

On this day, Ma Lai Tang, a hemp donkey, took the blue crab monster Du Cup and the red beard monster Jia Yu, and met the four ghosts Chen Pi, Liu Mad, Pang Xu, and Zhu Kui at the foot of Tianzhu Mountain.

Ma Lai Tang raised his hand and blocked the way of the four ghosts.

Ma Donkey Ma Laitang looked at the four ghosts in front of him and said, "Four, if I guess correctly, the four of you are the four ghosts of Shanbei Chen Pi, Liu Mad, Pang Xu, and Zhu Kui?"

The four ghosts lined up, and said with an angry face: "Yes, the four of us are the four ghosts of Shanbei." But I don't know, who are you, and who are the two around you?"

Ma Donkey Ma Laitang snorted arrogantly at the four ghosts: "Hmph, if you four want to ask me who I am, then you four can listen." My surname is Ma, my name is Ma Lai Tang, and the villagers of Shanbei Village love me and give me a nice nickname, and they all call me Ma Donkey. I am Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang, Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang is me. - If you want to ask these two people around me, both of them are my friends, the two of them are in Shanbei Village's underworld report Shanbei Two Monsters, one of them is the blue crab monster Du Cup, and the other is the red beard monster Jia Yu. - I said the four ghosts, what I said, did the four of you understand what I said?"

When the four ghosts heard this, they all let out a sneer. The four ghosts laughed, and then they sneered at Ma Laitang, the donkey, and said, "Haha, who are we to think of you? It turned out to be three old monsters in Shanbei Village." Haha, then may I ask the three old monsters, do you three come out today, do you have nothing to do? Or do you want to go to the mountains to pick some mountain goods and go home to cook and eat?"

Ma Donkey Ma Laitang heard the words of the four ghosts, all of them were some disrespectful remarks, and he was very unhappy in his heart. Ma Lai Tang really wanted to step forward immediately, and kicked all the four ghosts to the ground with a leg of a crutch. However, Ma Donkey Ma Laitang still suppressed his anger, and said to the four ghosts: "Four ghosts, you four, don't you want to know what our three old monsters are doing today?—— that's good, then I'll tell you now that our three old monsters came out today, neither came out for a walk, nor did they want to go up the mountain to pick mountain goods, our old brother came out today, just to find you four ghosts in the north of the mountain!"

"Looking for our Shanbei Four Ghosts?!" After hearing this, the Shanbei Four Ghosts looked at me, I looked at you, and then laughed at Ma Lai Tang together: "Haha, but I don't know, you three old monsters, what's the matter with our Shanbei Four Ghosts......?"

Ma Donkey Ma Laitang listened, the big black donkey's face sank, and he glared angrily at the four ghosts in Shanbei and said, "The four ghosts in Shanbei, you all listen well." Let me tell you, the three of us came out today to find you four ghosts in Shanbei, and I want to tell you something!"

When the four ghosts of Shanbei heard this, they laughed together again: "Haha...... You three old monsters, what kind of do you want to tell us? You have something to say, you have a fart, you have a fart, and the four of us don't have time to chat with you three old monsters here!Haha, hahaha......"

Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang swept the four ghosts in front of him with a contemptuous gaze, and snorted: "Hmph, Fang Cai, you four said that my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang is an old monster. Yes, my donkey Ma Lai Tang is on the underworld in Shanbei Village, and he is indeed an old monster. Four ghosts, let me tell you the truth, my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang has been doing the underworld in Shanbei Village for more than 20 years, and when I was doing the underworld, I am afraid that the four of you still wear live crotch pants? Therefore, my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang is indeed an old man in front of you four ghosts. Besides, when I was a donkey in Ma Laitang eight years ago, I had already reported the number of 'Shanbei Dragon' in the underworld in Shanbei Village. In other words, from then on, the territory around this Shanbei Village belongs to my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang. Just one day six and a half years ago, I beat the one-eyed cannon grass into a waste with an iron rod. The family members of the one-eyed cannon grass were reported to the police, and I was arrested by the police and sentenced to six and a half years in prison. When I wasn't in Shanbei Village, someone was doing underworld trading on my territory, and I didn't see it. However, now that I have been released from prison, my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang has re-erected the banner of 'Shanbei One Dragon' in the area of Shanbei Village, and my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang has started to do business on the underworld in the area of Shanbei Village again. Therefore, I now solemnly tell you the four ghosts of Shanbei that the territory around this Shanbei Village belongs to my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang. The four of you, if you still want to eat together in the area of Shanbei Village, then the four of you can only submit to my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang, or, the four of you will leave Shanbei Village from now on and go to other places to do business, and now, there are only these two roads in front of the four of you, and the four of you can choose one of them. - Hey, I said the four ghosts in Shanbei, what I just said, can the four of you hear it clearly?!"

After hearing this, the four ghosts of Shanbei looked at me, and I looked at you, and then, the four of them all pouted and snorted softly at Ma Lai Tang, the donkey: "Hmph, Ma Donkey, why do we Shanbei Four Ghosts want to be at your mercy? Hmph, Ma Donkey, why do you say that this piece of land under our feet belongs to you?"

Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang looked at the four ghosts, and said arrogantly: "Hmph, if you want to know what my Ma Donkey is, then my Ma Donkey will tell you now, my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang relies on one body's ability." You four ghosts in Shanbei, if you are not convinced, then the four of you will try your martial arts with my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang. If you Shanbei Four Ghosts can beat my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang down, then my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang will immediately leave Shanbei Village with his tail between his legs, and from then on, my Ma Donkey Ma Lai Tang will never step into Shanbei Village for half a step, and the underworld of this Shanbei Village is your Shanbei Four Ghosts. However, if you Shanbei Four Ghosts can't beat me, if I let Ma Donkey Ma Laitang beat all your Shanbei Four Ghosts down, then you Shanbei Four Ghosts will have to submit to me in the future, or, from now on, you will never set foot in Shanbei Village for half a step. - Hey, I said the four ghosts of Shanbei, I don't know if the four of you understand, these words I am telling you now are the rules of our rivers and lakes and underworlds, as the so-called is, the winner is the king, and the loser is the minister!"

The four ghosts in Shanbei relied on their own youth and strength, and they really didn't take the hemp donkey Ma Laitang and the two monsters in front of them seriously. Therefore, the four ghosts of Shanbei all widened their eyes, and shouted at Ma Lai Tang of Ma Donkey: "Ma Donkey, this is what you said, the winner is the king and the loser is the minister, if you lose, then you three old monsters will have to be at the mercy of our Shanbei Four Ghosts—— Ma Donkey, you say, are we trying to fight in a group? Or do we try to fight alone?"

Ma Lai Tang pouted his mouth and said something to the four ghosts in the north of the mountain. The four ghosts of Shanbei heard this, but they all showed smug smiles......