Early the next morning, Uncle Huang asked Chun Peng to pick up the car and said that he was going to Xuanping City to worship the Buddha and relieve the bad luck in front of him. But before we left, we saw that there was always a figure outside Uncle Huang's villa looking into the courtyard. Chunpeng shouted: "Who?" Then the little brother Zhou Qing ran out and scolded and brought that person back.

The man was an old man of nearly sixty years old. When he was taken to Uncle Huang's living room by his younger brother Zhou Qing. He was so trembling that he didn't know how to greet Uncle Huang. I said to Zhou Qing: "Erqing, what's the matter?" When the old man saw me and asked Erqing, he stepped forward and hugged Uncle Huang's crutches and said, "Uncle Huang, you are Uncle Huang." I've got the right person. Uncle Huang was stunned for a moment, and then motioned for me to pick up the old man. The old man sat on the sofa anxiously and told Uncle Huang and us about the whole story of his coming to find Uncle Huang.

It turned out that the old man's surname was Sun Xiwang. Since both daughters are married to other parties, Sun Xiwang feels that food and clothing are not a problem now. But when everyone is old, they have to save two pension money, right? Therefore, after raising dairy cows could not reach large-scale production and were swallowed up by large factories, he and his wife started the old business they had done when they were young, opening a tofu factory to earn some pocket money for the family. But the thing happened to the tofu residue of the tofu mill.

Since Sun Xiwang's tofu is pure brine tofu, Sun Xiwang's tofu is very popular. is also because Sun Xiwang's tofu sells well, and the leftover tofu residue of his tofu workshop produces more than other tofu shops. There are many professional households raising pigs and cattle in our Ninghe County, so the sales of Sun Xiwang's tofu residue have always been optimistic. But one morning in the spring of the previous year, Sun Xiwang's tofu dregs began to be occupied by a person in his fifties.

That morning, Sun Xiwang had not yet launched the tofu to sell. At this time, a man in his fifties came in from the mouth of the alley, and he came to Sun Xiwang's tofu shop and said, "You have tofu dregs here, right?" Sun Xiwang hurriedly greeted him and said, "Yes, but it's all taken care of by the cattle raiser." The man said, "Give it to me tomorrow, don't sell it to anyone else." Tell you, I'm an old riffraff of our Ninghe. Yellow cripple, that's my brother. Then he turned and went out. Sun Xiwang looked at his back and thought, this yellow cripple is well known. Since he is the brother of the yellow lame, he must not be simple. So the next morning, he drove away the cattle farmer and left the tofu dregs for the man.

It was nearly noon when the man came. He threw Sun Xiwang 200 yuan and said, "It's okay, you still know some rules." This is a fixed price, and you can't sell it to others anymore! If I don't clean you up, I'll be our Ninghe old ruffian. After saying that, he left with the tofu dregs. Sun Xiwang looked at his back and thought: "No matter what way this person comes from, he gives money for tofu dregs." Whatever he says, just give the money. Selling to someone isn't selling! So since then, Sun Xiwang's tofu scum has been pushed away by the person who calls himself an old ruffian.

But last winter, that person didn't push the tofu dregs for a month. Sun Xiwang wanted to find fault again and sell the tofu dregs. But the old woman said that she couldn't sell it, you look at the horizontal flesh on that person's face, and he is the brother of the yellow lame. To offend him, be careful, he burned our tofu shop. So in the spring, Sun Xiwang's nearly four-month-old tofu residue became moldy, and he hired a tractor to pull four or five truckloads to the garbage dump. Sun Xiwang scolded in his heart, but he never saw the old ruffian again.

But a few days ago, that old ruffian came to Sun Xiwang's place to buy tofu dregs. Sun Xiwang said: "I won't sell it to you." Last winter, I left you with a whole winter of tofu dregs, but in the spring I didn't see any trace of you. All my tofu dregs are in the garbage heap. You've blinded me for a thousand dollars. But the man said, "You dare not sell tofu to me?" Are you going to sell it to me? You wait, see how I call Huang Cripple to clean you up. After speaking, he gave Sun Xiwang a head to push the tofu car, and then he said to Sun Xiwang: "Give you a day to think about it, you wait." With that, the old ruffian walked out.

Sun Xiwang looked at his face, and he was scared to death, and when he finished selling the tofu of the day, he thought about how to contact this old ruffian so that he could give him the tofu residue again. After all, he is the brother of the yellow lame, and he can't afford to offend. So Sun Xiwang chased after him according to the path that the person usually carried tofu dregs. But when he chased him to the Donghetao in our county and inquired about preparing to cross the river. I saw a person under the bridge who looked very much like the old ruffian he usually saw. Therefore, Sun Xiwang put on a bicycle to buy tofu, and he came to the bridge to see what was going on. But when he arrived at the Hetao, he saw that it was not the old ruffian. The old ruffian was pushing a wheelbarrow to pick up broken shoes on the garbage in the loop. Sun Xiwang looked angry, angry and ridiculous and said, "Old ruffian, what are you picking it up for?" The old ruffian looked up and saw that it was Sun Xiwang and said, "Burn the stove and burn the fire to warm the swill." This thing is much easier to burn than firewood. "Sun Xiwang is so angry! He thought that this old ruffian had a pig farm or something, but now he is old enough to change his ways. I didn't expect him to be such a thing. Therefore, Sun Xiwang turned around and wanted to leave, and he didn't want to deal with this old ruffian anymore. But the old ruffian didn't do it anymore, he said: "Tofu maker, tell you!" I'm a peaceful old ruffian. You have to keep your tofu scum for me in the future, or I will destroy your whole family." When Sun Xiwang heard this, he said angrily: "Come on, you old ruffian." Are you still blowing? Does the old ruffian pick up broken shoes? I'm ashamed of you. The old ruffian said: "The tofu seller, I call a real person who does not show his face, and he who shows his face is not a real person." If you don't listen to me, you wait for me to tell me about that brother yellow cripple and see how he cleans you up. Sun Xiwang said: "Come on, you." Okay, I don't need you to tell me, I'll find it myself. You damn old man, you've made me miserable. Therefore, Sun Xiwang came to Uncle Huang by himself.

In fact, Sun Xiwang came once the day before yesterday. But he looked at the magnificent and splendid Uncle Huang's villa. He felt stunned in his heart, so he wandered around here for a long time the day before yesterday and went back because of timidity. Yesterday, he came to Uncle Huang again because of his wife's number. But because of timidity, he still didn't dare to enter the hospital. This morning, he made 10,000 ruthless intentions to see Uncle Huang. Therefore, he came to Uncle Huang at dawn, and he planned to wait for Uncle Huang to go out, so he would block the road and shout injustice. Coincidentally, Uncle Huang was going to make a pilgrimage to Xuanping. Therefore, he was also discovered and arrested by his younger brother Zhou Qing.

We couldn't help but laugh when we heard Sun Xiwang's words. After listening to this, Uncle Huang said, "I heard it!" When you say it, you all say that celebrities defend their rights. There are people like me who have borrowed my name to go out and demystify. Song, a few of you will go out later, and you will definitely settle things for this old man. Otherwise, my Uncle Huang wouldn't be able to mix in Ninghe anymore. I said that I often hear people speak ill of me behind my back, and it turns out that this guy is the one who poured it for me. This dead old man can't say which village the old bachelor came out to mingle. A few of you carefully look for me according to the address my brother said, my reputation has been ruined by him. I said, "Uncle, don't you go to Xuanping?" Uncle Huang said: "What are you going to do?" The old brother in front of him is in a hurry, and he can't wait. Then Uncle Huang turned around and said to Sister-in-law Li, who was cooking: "Sister-in-law Li, make some food and let this old brother eat before leaving." ”

After eating, we began to go our separate ways. At noon the next day, Song first inquired about the whereabouts of the so-called old ruffian. So Chun Peng drove up and pulled us up, ready to teach the so-called old ruffian a lesson. Before leaving, Uncle Huang said to us: "You all give me a snack, if you can't kill him, it's fine." Don't get hurt, I'm mad like this. With Uncle Huang's words, several of us know how to deal with this so-called old ruffian.

Come to the old ruffian's house. He is really as Uncle Huang said. He's just an old bachelor. Two tiled houses that are about to collapse but have not yet collapsed, and a pigsty that is not too big is all he has. But see:

The straw stacks broke the tile houses, and the mud piles and stones cut a circle of walls. The doors and windows are still window paper, and the eaves are bird's nest white soup. It was early summer, and the landscape was completely untouched. The green apricots in the garden are full of true sperm. Three or five birds chirping, it is really a fairy place. Five or six pieces of farm tools reclining, this is a good inheritance of the farmhouse. This house has a hoe bright, once hoeed the field grass before dawn. There are sharp axes, and they are also accompanied by the midwinter dance of mountain beasts. Stupid head, pull out the mountain and cover the world. Shovel, Weiga returned to his hometown. Even the flail was hung high, and he also sweated and harvested. Turn over the plough and plough upside down, and hear the sound of horses and cows. The distant mountains are beautiful. The river is close to the sound of water ducks. The pigs in the pen are fed, and the hens enjoy peace. It is really a place where the people of Taiping live, and the gods are just this glory.

The old ruffian was smoking an old cigarette pouch in the courtyard and looking out behind his village. At this time, Chunpeng stopped the car on the side of the road in front of his house. The old bachelor saw a gold cup parked in front of the door, and then a few well-dressed young men jumped out of the car. Before he could react, we walked into his compound. The old bachelor looked at us stunned. We also looked at the old bachelor's appearance. It's no wonder that Sun Xiwang was stunned of him, this old bachelor has a horizontal face, and he looks like he has a very hateful face. But see:

The face is covered with pimples and meat, like a crab's sternum. Guangfeng has a large forehead and a deep depression, and his height is also 1.6 meters.

Dry tobacco pouches, hands are strong, ugly lips and teeth are sunburned. A pair of strange eyes with three folds, wilting eyes and yellow eyebrows.

The buttocks are as big as a bucket, and the waist is as thin as a willow. Look at the incompetent, why are there ruffians?

When he saw us entering the hospital, he said, "Who are you looking for?" Chunpeng looked at him and said, "Looking for you." At the same time that Chunpeng said that he was looking for you, Chunpeng punched the old bachelor in the face. Then Song, me, Fu Guo, and our little brother Zhou Qing and Shuanghe surrounded us and began to beat this old bachelor in groups. The old bachelor was beaten stupid by us. He didn't care about fighting back, he didn't care about shouting. He shouted, "Stop, why are you beating me?" At this time, Chunpeng jumped up and aimed at his eye socket with a fist: "Why? I'm telling you to go out and it. Then the old man seemed to understand something, and he said, "You are the yellow lame people?" I said, "Do you care who we are?" Beat you up anyway. With that, we rushed up again and surrounded him in the center again. But see:

Several apes beat bears, and many warblers pecked eagles. The source of the fist is galloping. The legs flew, lightning and thunder. One by one, the ape arms roamed lightly. Tiger leaps and flies. Five or six heads shook in unison, and more than a dozen neighbors looked at it from a distance. The old ruffians can only scream, and the little ruffians show their heroic style. It is the mouth that opens, the spirit is dispersed, and the tongue moves right and wrong. Advise the monarch to keep his mouth shut and walk in peace.

Boom! The old bachelor looked very scary. As soon as we stretched out our hands, he didn't even dare to fight back, except for the call of mom, mom. So we beat him several times until we saw that his eyes were black and his nose was bleeding. Before leaving, I pointed at him and said, "Old dog, be careful when you go out to talk in the future!" The old bachelor himself looked at us in a daze as he wiped the blood, and said nothing. At this time, Chunpeng saw that he had arrived home. Recklessly, Chunpeng jumped into the pigsty and grabbed the old single, a little pig, and killed him twice. Precisely:

Since ancient times, the deep disaster is deep, and the greed for wealth and wealth is ignorant of conscience.

There is no mistake in the dripping water in front of the eaves, and the retribution is clear and reflects the ancient and modern.

People who are evil are afraid of the sky are not afraid, and people who are good do not deceive the sky.

The grass is afraid of severe frost and frost is afraid of the sun, and the wicked have their own wicked grinding.

The old ruffian, fake prestige, Uncle Huang is domineering and heroic.

If the world's greedy words are crooked, they will be on par with poor words.

He also said:

Wang Lang was talented in selling hexagrams, and lied that the emperor led strong soldiers.

Once he died, he lamented, and the artifacts in the world were not easy to fight. 1

1 Wang Lang, whose real name is Wang Chang, was born in Xu You Village, Handan County, Zhao State, Jizhou (now Wang Lang Village, Handan City, Hebei Province) during the Western Han Dynasty, he went to private school at the age of five and was smart and studious, his parents died when he was eight years old, and he went to the north with his uncle to do business at the age of ten. When he was an adult, he was proficient in knives, arrows, fists, and sticks, and was proficient in astronomy, calendars, and fortune-telling. Then he took divination as his profession and found that Hebei had the spirit of the Son of Heaven, that is, he falsely claimed that he was Liu Ziyu, the son of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, in order to make a big deal.

Before Wang Mang established the new dynasty, there were people in Chang'an who claimed to be the son of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty "Liu Ziyu", and were killed by Wang Mang. Wang Lang took advantage of this incident to falsely claim that he was the real "Liu Ziyu", and said that his mother was originally the singer of Emperor Cheng, and once when she went down to the palace, she suddenly fell down, and soon a yellow gas passed through the top and bottom, and it took half a day to wake up, so she became pregnant and lived in the hall. Later, his mother gave birth to him. This made Queen Zhao Feiyan, who had never been able to get pregnant, jealous. Therefore, Zhao Feiyan has been thinking about the persecution of their mother and son. His mother had no choice but to use a slave child to get him out of the palace. That's why he was spared.

In 23 AD, Wang Lang was selling hexagrams on the streets of Handan and happened to meet Liu Lin of the Western Han Dynasty. At this time, Wang Mang was newly defeated, and people with lofty ideals and ingenuity all coveted the world's artifacts for a long time. This sect Liu Lin is no exception. He dismounted and asked Wang Lang to give him a face, to see if he had a rich life. Wang Lang knew that he could ride out on horseback in troubled times, and he was either rich or expensive. Therefore, after a period of clever words, Wang Lang said: "The gentleman is no more than the minister, and it still needs three people to plan before it can be done." Liu Lin asked, "When can I become a minister?" Wang Lang said: "There are disputes in the world, and now the first emperor Liu Xuan and the founding emperor Liu Penzi all think that they are the masters of the world. But in a certain opinion, Liu Xuan was originally a scum of the clan raised by the Green Forest Army. Although he overthrew Wang Mang's new policy, he said that the emperor and queen feasted in the harem, and all the generals were not allowed to see it. It can be seen that it has no ambition. And Emperor Liu Penzi was originally a child, and it is not surprising that he was just a puppet blackmailed by the Red Eyebrow Army. When today's Ziqi gathers with Handan, the whole world is Handan. Jun, I am the early plan for the royal family. Liu Lin asked in surprise: "You are also a descendant of the royal family?" Wang Lang said loudly: "I am the real Liu Ziyu." Liu Lin pondered for a long time and said: "I am no more expensive than the minister, and you are the most noble person." So Liu Lin took Wang Lang home. After planning with Li Yu, Zhang Shen and others of the Zhao Guohao family, they jointly supported Wang Lang as the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, that is, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Wang Lang was called the emperor, and he was very respected by the people of Sihan. Therefore, the north of the Zhao State was popular and Shun. At this time, the world is divided. Whoever is wise and skillful is the emperor. Therefore, the first emperor Liu Xuan led Sima Liu Xiu to invade Chang'an, killed Wang Mang, and established himself as Allah under heaven. But because of Liu Xuan's lust, after entering Chang'an, he no longer paid attention to the soldiers, and he drank and accompanied women in Wang Mang's harem. Therefore, Liu Xiu, who was soon Liu Xuan's Sima, actually controlled the troops of Liu Xuan, the first emperor. But at this time, Wang Lang accepted the submission of Liu Jie, the son of the king of Guangyang, another royal family in Hebei, through Liu Lin. Therefore, Wang Langjun's prestige was greatly enhanced. Wang Lang's troops far outnumbered the strength of Liu Xiu's army.

Liu Xiu went to Handan to meet Liu Lin. Liu Lin suggested that Liu Xiu burst the embankment and drown Liu Penzi's Red Mei Army in Hebei (in fact, there were only a small number of Red Mei Army), Liu Xiu did not agree, left Handan, and went north to Zhending. This made Wang Lang furious, and he issued a false holy decree: "There are those in the world who have Liu Xiu's head dedicated to me, and 100,000 households will be rewarded"

In the second year of Wang Lang's establishment of power, Liu Xiu received the support of the warlords of Shanggu Taishou Geng Guo and Yuyang Taishou Peng Chong. At this time, Liu Zhi and Geng Chun also led more than 2,000 clan guests to surrender to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu's army increased in strength. Liu Xiucai no longer escaped Wang Lang's pursuit and began to fight back against Wang Lang's regime.

At the beginning of the second year (24 AD), Liu Xiu led his troops to attack Wang Lang's giant deer. It can be attacked for several days. At this time, Geng Chun suggested to Liu Xiu: "Julu is too guarded by Wang Rao Zhiyong and is ready to attack. Why don't my lord attack Handan first, under Handan, Wang Rao will defeat himself without a master. So Liu Xiuliu's general Deng Man attacked Julu, and he personally led the army to attack Handan.

After Liu Xiu and Wang Lang fought several times. Wang Lang was defeated and retreated. Wang Lang sent an envoy to advise the doctor Dewey to ask Guangwu to surrender with a talisman. Dewey falsely claimed that Wang Lang was actually Emperor Cheng's own son. Liu Xiu said: "Even if Emperor Cheng is resurrected, the world will not be able to get it, let alone someone who pretends to be his son Liu Ziyu!" Dewey asked to be made the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. Liu Xiu said again: "Just take care of his life." Dewey said: "Although Handan is small, but try its best to hold on, it can hold on for a considerable time, and you can't surrender at the same time, just to save your life." So he resigned.

Guangwu rushed to attack, more than 20 days, Wang Lang's young master Li Li made a counterattack, opened the city gate to meet the Han soldiers, and then attacked Handan. Wang Lang escaped from Handan by night, and was later killed by Liu Xiu's general Wang Ba. At this point, Wang Lang's Zhao Han regime only lasted for two years before it came to an end. Handan's Son of Heaven is owned by Liu Xiu.

There are often folk legends that say that Wang Mang drove Liu Xiu, and there are many folk tales. Like the horse mentioned in the tomb of the Eight Dragons later in this book, the horse has the meaning of hanging the reins, and the dog has the grace of wet grass. There are also legends such as earthworms, the big belly of spiders, and the origin of white-necked crows. In fact, there is no possibility of Wang Mang driving Liu Xiu in real history. When Liu Xiu rose, Wang Mang's new policy had already been destroyed by the first emperor Liu Xuan. Therefore, it is impossible for Wang Mang to chase Liu Xiu. Moreover, when Wang Mang was in power, his biggest worry came from the Red Eyebrow Army and the Green Forest Army. And the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army was Fan Chong (later returned to Liu Xiu. But he is the same as Li Mi, who surrendered to Li Yuan in the Tang Dynasty. After surrendering, he was not honest, and he rebelled and was killed by Liu Xiu) and the leaders of the Green Forest Army were Wang Kuang and Wang Feng, the predecessors of Emperor Liu Xuan. At that time, Liu Xiu was still a little-known nobody. He didn't fall into Wang Mang's eyes at all. Therefore, the real history should be Wang Lang driving Liu Xiu. And there was indeed a period of time in history when Liu Xiu escaped under the pursuit of Wang Lang.