In April of the first year of Dade, Taizu died at the age of twenty-seven. The crown prince was two years old at the time, unfortunately disappeared, so it is rumored that he is located in the younger brother of Taizu Chengwang, and he is the emperor of Cheng. After Emperor Cheng ascended the throne, he imitated Taizu to govern with virtue, and the country gradually rejuvenated, the military was strong, the four borders were stable, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. However, ten years later, Emperor Cheng gradually indulged in pleasure, courtiers formed parties to seize power, bandits were rampant, and the people fell into a dire situation. From time to time, the people of Qingzhou raised their flags to make a rebellion, and the encirclement and suppression of the military horses in Benzhou failed, so it alarmed the imperial court. After the court meeting, Emperor Cheng sent Wang Jin, a light car general, to lead 5,000 troops to suppress it, and this story began here.

However, it was said that Wang Jin was the founder of the country, one of the eighteen generals under the account of Taizu, and the official worshiped the general of the light car to lead the governor of Xuzhou, and gave the title of Marquis of Dongping, sitting in Xuzhou. This time, when he received the holy decree to go on the expedition, he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately picked up his military horses and went to Qingzhou. There was a moment of restlessness on the ground in Shandong, and heroes from all walks of life threw themselves into the righteous army, some of them were enthusiastic, and some of them wanted to be rich and noble, which was incalculable. And the Qingzhou Mansion was repeatedly defeated, lost troops and generals, and began to recruit people, widely spread civil engineering, and built Qingzhou City to be strong and abnormal. The nearby state capitals also began to strengthen the army and guard, and built checkpoints and garrisons on the border. The poor people in the villages around Fucheng naturally served for those white-faced buns and hundreds of dollars, so for half a month, many families only left the old and weak women and children to take care of the fields, and the young and middle-aged naturally summoned their efforts for the government, so my opportunity came.

I was born in Bohai County, Binzhou, where my ancestors fled and lived. My father was in the cart business, so the family didn't even have half an acre of land. Life was naturally hard, my mother was frugal and frugal, and the money she saved was only enough for my eldest brother to go to private school, so I had to hang out with those bare-ass boys in the village every day. My eldest brother is 13 years old this year, more than a year older than me, although the family is doted on him, he is very caring for me, so the brother has a good relationship. The eldest brother has a good brain, and he began to learn to write at the age of eight, and now he is decent, and the neighbors in the neighborhood say that he can already take the Xiucai exam. However, due to the breakdown of my mother's loom and the recent rise in grain and oil prices, my father's income was unsustainable and he owed a lot of money, so for a few months, the whole family was in trouble for the two dollars, and for another half a month, if they failed to come up with the money, they would lose the opportunity to be promoted by the township, and they could not participate in the township test, and the next opportunity would be three years later. So the eldest brother comforted his parents and said that it would be okay to wait for three years. Looking at the lost eyes of the sensible child, the father, who had already been requisitioned for the government's 200 yuan, could only do nothing, and the mother decided to go to the state city construction site to do some rough work in order to get the other 120 yuan. But even so, they can only pay off the debts of their neighbors, after all, their children have to take the township test, and the eldest brother's tariff is hopeless at the moment. Therefore, the eldest brother decided not to go to the academy for the time being, and also to go to the state city to make some money. Although he was usually very kind to me and was willing to teach me some books, he never let me play with him. According to him, there are many things that I can't understand and understand, so I just want to stay at home honestly. So this time he wouldn't let me go with me, so I ran out in anger and went to find my own brother.

I have a few sworn friends, all of whom rolled out bare-assed, one is the second son of the He Laosi family who sells tea at the head of the village, and the other is the fourth child of the Wu Laosan family who drives the car like my father in the east of the village. There is also a stupid son of the Li Zheng family, we all call him Ma Dahan, mainly because he has a problem with his brain, he is stupid in everything he does, and he doesn't know how to be flexible. So I ran to Lizheng's house early in the morning after everyone in the family went out, and pulled Ma Dahan out, it turned out that his father also ran out to make a lot of money. Ma Dahan asked me what I was going to do, and I told him that we should also go and make a lot of money! As a result, he believed and followed me all the way. So I went to He Laosi's house again, his house got up early, and Old He was still making tea, and when he saw us coming, he bombarded us and didn't let us mix with his son. So I disdainfully went around to the back door, and sure enough, the little second son crawled out of the window and ran with us. In the end, I went to find the fourth baby, and his father's car was also requisitioned by the government, so we dragged him out to make a lot of money.

On the way, the second son asked me, how do you make a lot of money? I said: Now that the adults in Liujia Village next door are gone, there are only a few bad boys left, so it's better to ...... The four babies were surprised: The eldest brother didn't want to take the opportunity to clean them up! That Liu Yuanwai has already given us more than a dozen boards last time, so if we play again this time...... I'm not going to do it, you can go yourself! As he spoke, he pulled the little second son to run. So I grabbed him, knocked him on the head and said, "You are stupid! Do you still use a few of our brothers to clean them up? The little second son asked puzzledly: Does the eldest brother have any good tricks? I sneered and said: The one surnamed Liu offended us last time, and if you don't give him something powerful now, you won't know what our brothers are capable of! Ma Dahan said: No, it's ...... Stealing his wife's clothes again, right? So do it...... Not good...... He said with his head bowed. I patted him on the head and said, "This time is different!" It will definitely not be exposed, and there will be a lot of money to make if it is done well! Xiao Erzi exclaimed: You don't want to steal his money, do you? Siwazi said: I wanted to steal him for a long time, my father said that the surname Liu is rich and unkind, and he likes to cheat them out of the money for work, but unfortunately, we don't have that kind of ability! Ma Dahan said: Stealing ...... It's not good to steal! I glared at him and said, "Who said I stole his money?" Aren't there always horses tied to his backyard? Siwazi said: Yes! Last time I went to their house with my dad to deliver the goods, I saw it! There are six or seven horses, that height, that tail! As he spoke, he made a comparison, but Ma Dahan said: If you steal a horse, you will be caught! My dad said...... Say that the law of our great new dynasty says, steal ...... Horse and cattle thieves will be imprisoned for ten years!

The little second son blinked his eyes and said: "Big brother doesn't want to ...... I said, "Yes!" It's still your kid's light, now let's ambush to the back wall of his house, and then throw the fresh grass on the mountain into it to feed them, there will always be someone who breaks free of the rope, as long as one runs, the surname Liu will definitely find those boys to settle accounts first, let's just watch the excitement! Xiao Erzi said: Also, those boys were almost sent to the government last time because they stole a horse from his family, and now if they commit it again, this time it will be ...... Hey! Saying that, the four children also smiled and said: We can also drive that horse to the City God Temple where they are staying, then it will be foolproof! Ma Dahan panicked: No! It was wrong to steal their horses, and now it's ...... If the government asks, how can it ...... What to do? I said: Da Han said it makes sense, so I thought of a foolproof strategy, now we are divided into two ways, the four children are familiar with horses, you are like this, go to Liu Yuanwai's house to release horses, I and Da Han Xiaozi to find their in-laws Liu Yuanwai trouble, and then we try to pretend to be loud, let them think that we are all over there, and ask later, naturally our buddies have something to say! Little Erzi said: Big brother's clever plan! Let's go! Ma Dahan took my hand and said: Big brother...... It's better not to go, big brother! So...... That's not right...... I glared at him again and said, "If you don't teach them a lesson, when will you wait?" Let's go! Saying that, I and the little second son took him and walked together, and the four children themselves also took the road to Liujia Village, and we met in the broken house in Liujia Village after we discussed it, so we were all full of hearts, but we still sang and acted.

But they said that we children were there to plot some tricks, but one of them heard it clearly. The man wore a hat and led a horse, and rested behind the big stone monument at the entrance of the village, and we happened not to see him. When he heard our plan, he smiled slightly, and then he bit the grass roots and continued to nap, the sun shining overhead, and the head of the gun in his arms was reflected brightly, reflecting on his red face. So he rested for a quarter of an hour, then got up and led his horse and ran down the avenue.

According to the plan, the four children picked up some fresh grass along the road and put it in the basket. He walked cautiously along the path, and happened to see the gang of bad boys stealing melons and fruits in the fields near Liu Yuanwai's house, thinking that the eldest brother's plan was really wonderful, this time they couldn't eat and walked around! Thinking of this, he immediately slipped to the back wall of Liu Yuanwai's house, looking at the embroidery building of the inner house in the distance, their family originally had an eldest sister married to a member of Liujia Village, and now there is a ten-year-old young lady living in the embroidery building, and she only cares about playing in the front yard every day, and has never been to the backyard. Therefore, no one found the four children, so he cautiously came to the back of the wall near the horse-tethering pile, and heard the sound of horses on the opposite side, so he mixed the fresh grass with the green millet seeds collected from Liu Yuanwai's field and threw them into it, and threw them all the way to the back door, and then made a trap there, and waited quietly for the horses to get off the rope.

But I ran away with my two brothers to Liu's house. Their house is also a large mansion, and the yard is more than a foot high, so we prepared ropes and sticks and made soft ladders. I asked Ma Dahan to keep watch outside, and Xiao Erzi and I climbed over the backyard wall. The second son walked in front, and I followed behind. He suddenly turned around and whispered to me: "Big brother, last time I stole the pears in their backyard, that Liu Yuanwai didn't blame us, if we don't make things bigger this time, I'm afraid the four babies will not be able to talk there!" I thought for a moment and said: Do you see that embroidery building? Xiao Erzi said: My mother said that if I steal other people's women's clothes again, I will discount my legs! Let's change it! I said: No, I noticed it last time, there was a little girl watching from the second floor, thinking it was a maid or a young lady...... Xiao Erzi said: Big brother, you don't want to pick flowers! Brother, I don't have that guts! I poked him in the waist and said, "What are you kid thinking about?" What kind of flowers to pick? There are so many flowers in his garden, how can he care if there are a few missing? I mean, go play with their young lady! And then it went and that, and so and that...... The little second son can listen to the gods: Big brother, I just found out that your brain is really good! Such a great idea can be thought of! Is that! I patted my chest and said, "Why don't you be a big brother?" As we were talking, a pair of big eyes suddenly stared at us, and then a small hand grabbed my arm and said, "Are you thieves?"

Xiao Erzi was stunned and was about to run, but I grabbed him. Then I looked back and saw a cute little girl with a red rope tied to her head. She was about ten years old, wearing small colored clothes, and the fabric seemed to be woven of yarn, probably a young lady. I immediately covered her little mouth and said, "Shhh My brother is not a thief, he is here to play with you! With that, I let go of my hand, took the slingshot from my bosom, and shook it in front of her eyes. When she saw her little face, she became happy, grabbed it in her hand, touched it for a long time, tilted her head and said: How to play? I whispered: I can't play here, I get to the grove at the head of the village, there are birds to hunt there, you can touch the eggs, and you can also touch the small fish on the other side of the river! When she heard this, her eyes brightened as I expected, and she pulled me by the placket and said, "Take me with you!" I want to catch small fish too! The little second son immediately said: My brother is very good at catching fish! You'll see later! With that, we immediately coaxed and tricked the little girl out of Liufu. Ma Dahan ran over when he saw that we had succeeded, and was surprised to see that we had brought a little girl, but I immediately pulled him aside and explained the plan. So the three of us gathered around the little girl and went to play with her in the grove at the head of the village.

The words are divided into two ends, the four children here waited for half an hour, and finally there was a mares, who couldn't stand the temptation of those green grains, and the other horses were stronger than it, every time they were in the same groove, they all fell behind, and at this moment, they didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, but also when I succeeded in my treacherous plan, the guy who walked the horse in the morning only tied a knot, and the mare easily threw off the rope, so he followed the grass seed all the way to the door. The four children in the back looked at the truth, and immediately pulled the trap, and the wicker was pulled up and hit the horse's left eye. The horses were frightened, and immediately burst into joy, and ran out along the dirt road. Seeing that the plan succeeded, the four children immediately unloaded the trap and ran away with the basket on their backs.

But I said that we played with the little girl for more than half an hour, and the little girl said that she wanted to drink water, so I pointed to the little second son, and the little second son immediately ran behind the big tree, pretending to direct and act: Oh, don't swim the fourth baby, why don't you go and find some water for the little girl to drink? Then he pretended to be the voice of the fourth baby and said: Ah, I know, it's really troublesome! So where do I look for it? The second son then said, "I think I'll go upstream and get some spring water!" The little girl was stunned and said: Who are the four babies? I pointed and said, "The one who swims!" The little girl looked at it, and sure enough, another child was swimming in the water, which was actually Ma Dahan, because they were all naked, only the back of their heads were exposed, and they were in the water, so it was actually difficult to distinguish the authenticity. So Ma Dahan waved his hand and jumped ashore, and the little second son handed him a gourd and said: Go early and return early! Ma Dahan spread his legs and ran away, so I took the little girl to feed the birds. Then, after a while, Ma Dahan ran over and said that he had touched a brightly colored mussel in the river, and the little girl naturally liked it. Then I waited for a while, I said to the little girl: Now that the sun is full, let's go to the land temple over there first, there is a broken house, go and rest there, and wait for the four babies to bring water over, see that we are not there will definitely come to the broken house to find us, and then we will just cook the small fish to eat, do you say okay? She hummed and followed us to the house.

The four children finally found the mare along the road, so they took the grass and led it to another road, and seeing that there was the temple at the end of the city, they pumped its ass with a wicker, and the horse ran over to protect the pain, and the four children happily ran to the nearby manna well, scooped out the spring full of three gourds, and went straight to the broken house, of course, these are all in my plan. So the four children ran to the dilapidated house and set up an ambush, and sure enough, they waited for us in a short time. So he lay down for a while, and after waiting for nearly two moments, he pushed open the door and ran in: Big brother! The water is coming! The little second son said with a stir in his heart: The fourth baby is really back! Ma Dahan kept sighing on the side, and the little girl kept joking with him, and when she saw the four babies coming back, she stretched out her little hand and said: Where is my water! The four children took off the gourd and gave me a look, and I knew that the matter was done, so I beckoned everyone to set up the fire and use a clay pot to cook the small fish.

At this time, Liu Yuanwai found out that his youngest daughter was missing, so he hurriedly sent his family out to find him. Since the ruined temple was a place where the children in the neighborhood often played, they were naturally found quickly. So the guys opened a few big bags on our heads, and the butler tied up a few of us himself. At this moment, the little girl ran over and pulled me by the placket and said, "Big brother, don't be afraid, people will help you intercede with your father!" If you hadn't played with me, you wouldn't have been beaten! Her eyes became sad as she spoke. I suddenly laughed and said, "What's that, let's play with my little sister next time!" She snorted and went over to tell the housekeeper that we were good people, but we looked at each other, thinking that this little girl was really cute, and this friend was settled.

Just when the people of Liufu were about to escort us back, two officials suddenly came outside, they stopped us, and then said that they were ordered by the order of Yamen Xu County to search this dilapidated house, because recently the wealthy Zhang Xie Yuan's family in the county town lost a concubine, and it seems that someone witnessed her haunting this neighborhood, and it seems that she has personal affairs with others. So the officials left us to wait outside, and they went into the house and searched it. In less than a quarter of an hour, they rushed out, and they said, "Who had settled in this house before?" The housekeeper of Liufu replied: I heard that they are all children, you can ask them. The official immediately came to us and asked in a loud voice: Do you know that there are other people here besides you here on weekdays? The little second son shook his head and said I don't know. The official said: Then come back to the yamen with us! The housekeeper asked puzzledly: Our young lady is going too? The official said: Of course even you have to go! But why? Butler Road.

The official suddenly turned around and looked at my face and said: Because Zhang Jieyuan's concubine is now dead in this house, less than half an hour! You're probably the murderers! Yes! I was taken aback and said: Wronged! The official said: If you shout grievances, go and tell Lord Xu, let's go immediately! So a few of us bear children, together with the young lady and housekeeper of Liufu, and a dozen guys, were led by the official to the county seat yamen.

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