Legend has it that a long, long time ago, there was a king of a small kingdom named King Liang, who had an only daughter named Jiunu. King Liang regarded her as the pearl of his palm.

King Liang loves nine daughters and loves bees even more. He raised 4936 nests of bees in the Hundred Gardens, and these bees were not raised to collect flowers and make nectar, but to fight for war. These bees are usually similar to ordinary bees, but once they come out of battle, they suddenly change their appearance: two tentacles become two whips, which can whip a dead person; The two eyes became two lanterns, which illuminated the eyes of a man so that he could not open them; The two wings become two iron fans, which can knock down trees. The most powerful thing is the bee's hook, which is long and large, and can not only wear armor, but also catch enemy horses in the air.

These bees are also human, and when King Liang beats the drum three times, they come out of the nest; When the bell rings three times, they enter the nest. When the battle started, these 36 swarms of bees were arranged into a "four-sided nine-ring array", the front formation was swept with whips, the rear formation was illuminated by lights, the left formation was blown by the wind, and the right formation was fished with hooks. Whenever a foreign enemy invaded, King Liang commanded the bees to help in the battle, just like commanding thousands of troops and horses, and won every battle.

Bees are the lifeblood of King Liang. Usually, King Liang does everything by the temperament of the nine women, but she is not allowed to touch the beekeeping place in this hundred gardens. The ninth girl knew King Liang's temper, and she didn't dare to say anything if she wanted to go and see it.

In the spring of one year, King Liang took his wife to the mountains to visit the spring. He called the ninth daughter to him and said, "Father and your mother are going to visit the mountains and springs, and your daughter should study poetry at home with peace of mind, and don't be greedy for fun." The Nine Girls nodded. King Liang told again: "My daughter must not go to the place where the hundred gardens keep bees to play!"

The Ninth Girl nodded again. King Liang was not at ease, so he summoned the maids of the nine maids to the palace and told him again and again, so that he could set off with confidence.

The next day, the nine maidens were tired of studying, and the maids accompanied her to the Hundred Gardens for a walk. The nine girls had a good time, and they went to the beekeeping place to have a look. She thought that there must be a wonder in the world, otherwise, why wouldn't my father let me go and play? When the maids stopped her, she became angry and scolded, "I open my mouth to ask for a day, and my father must allow me half of it, let alone this little beekeeping place?" Whoever wants to talk more, my aunt and grandmother will tear their mouth!" When the nine maidens came to the hive, they wanted to release bees for amusement, but the maids stepped forward to stop them, and the nine maidens knocked their heads with jade drumsticks and said, "I will break your heads!" The nine maidens drank the maids and beat the jade drum with a bang. Hearing the sound of drums, thirty-six nests of bees flew out together. The formation of the "Quartet Nine Ring Array" suddenly covers the sky and the sun, flying sand and stones. The ninth girl was stunned, and she went into the embroidery building with her head in her arms and didn't dare to come out again. Besides, the thirty-six nests of bees flew back and forth in the air for a day and a night, and neither saw the invading enemy nor heard the bell of the return to the nest, so they flew to the old nest of the fairy mountain in the East China Sea and never flew back again.

King Liang returned from a trip to the mountains and found that the nine girls had let go of the bees, and he was so angry that he fainted. King Liang woke up, passed down the holy decree, and tied the nine daughters to the execution ground. The generals came to bail out, but King Liang did not allow this; The civil officials came to intercede, but the beam workers did not give face. King Liang said: "No matter how good the daughter is, she is not a sheji, although the bee is small, she can protect the country." As a result, the nine girls were beheaded.

King Liang beheaded nine daughters, blaming himself for being too pampered to his daughter, harming his daughter and misleading the country. In order to alleviate the pain in his heart, King Liang took out a lot of gold and silver treasures to accompany the burial of the nine daughters, he was afraid that bad people would rob the tombs, so he made nine coffins of the same size at the same time, and built nine tombs of the same size.

There is a mountain about ten miles north of Zilaiqiao Town, which is called Zhai Mountain. The mountain is not high, but the mountain is connected with the gang, the gang is connected with the mountain, the mountains and mountains depend on each other, the ridge is embraced, the terrain is very dangerous, it has always been the place valued by the soldiers: at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chu Huai Wang Xiongxin came here when he took refuge; At the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the Wagangzhai rebel army attacked Yangzhou, it was stationed here; Yang Liulang, a famous general in the Song Dynasty, suppressed bandits here, and Meng Liang and Jiao Zan trained here when the army was defeated; The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising, Hong Xiuquan's two fierce generals Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang led the Taiping Army's elite troops of more than 10,000 people to the north, and they were stationed here. At that time, Lin Fengxiang's Miao Xin led people to collect grain and grass here. One day, Miao Xin led his men to Zhaishan (called Maocaoling at that time) and admired the topography of Zhaishan very much. At that time, he said to his subordinates: "If the Northern Expedition is successful and the country is captured, I will lead people to occupy the mountain here as the king." Although this was General Miao's temperament for a while, he later responded to the second half of his words, leaving a magical legend.

However, it is said that the Northern Expeditionary Army left Taipingan (Zilaiqiao Town, Mingguang City) all the way to attack the city and capture the town, kill the general and capture the enemy, and move forward bravely, and it did not take half a year to capture Xuzhou. By this time, the Northern Expeditionary Army had grown to more than 50,000 people. In Xuzhou, he met with the allied army and the Twist army and fought side by side, but due to the recklessness of the Twist Army and the more mixed towns, there were soon contradictions within the Northern Expeditionary Army, and they became increasingly intense, resulting in the Northern Expeditionary Army being wiped out by the Qing soldiers in Xuzhou, and General Miao led a group of men and horses to fight out of the encirclement. When crossing Fengyang, he encountered Huaiyong Chu Shengjun and was killed to lose his armor, General Miao also lost a hand, thanks to the thousand-mile horse under the crotch, the master rushed out of the enemy formation, ran all the way to the east, bypassing Baiyun Mountain, General Miao saw that there were only seven or eight guards around him, and he was seriously injured, burst into tears, and sighed to the sky: "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has exhausted its qi, how can it be a secret life for the general of the Heavenly Kingdom." After he finished drawing his sword, he was going to kill himself. The guards around him hurriedly snatched the sword from General Miao's hand and said: "General Miao doesn't have to be like this, didn't the general say half a year ago that after the defeat of the army, he will occupy the mountain and become the king of the mountain?" Let's talk about husband and Miss He, as well as Yangzhou. When Miao Xinjing mentioned this, he thought to himself! I don't know how Mrs. and Miss are doing for more than half a year? It's better to go to the thatched ridge for the time being.

Miao Xin led the remaining guards to the thatched ridge north of the Zilai Bridge, chose a high ridge that was easy to defend and difficult to attack for a lifetime, cut down trees and built a village, and called the king of the tree flag, and at the same time sent two of his subordinates to Yangzhou to pick up his wife and young lady disguised as small businessmen. When the two guards entered the city of Yangzhou, Yangzhou had been conquered by the Qing army in the first two days, and the whereabouts of the lady and the young lady were gone. The two guards inquired in Yangzhou for two days without any news, so they had to return to the village to resume their lives. On this day, the two guards came to Lai'an City, the sky was in the middle of the day, the stomach was empty, thirsty and hungry, they found a small hotel, and asked Xiao Er to serve ten steamed buns and two bowls of clear soup. was eating when he suddenly heard a bunch of people outside the window applauding like thunder, cheering continuously. The two guards stood up curiously to take a look, it turned out to be a showman, who made a good swordsmanship, kicking, playing, jumping, and extraordinary. When the woman turned her face, the two guards almost choked to death from the steamed bun in their mouths, and said in unison, "Miss." "It's really a place to break through the iron shoe blockade, and it takes no effort to get there. This woman who sells art is none other than Miao Xiuying, the daughter of Miao Xin, who is looking for. The two guards didn't care much, jumped out of the window, separated the crowd, and said "Miss Xiuying", the sword-dancing woman stopped, and saw that it was the two guards beside her father, and before the words came out, two lines of tears poured out like a spring. The two guards took Miao Xiuying into the tavern and asked for a few steamed buns and a bowl of soup. The young lady was really hungry, so she grabbed the steamed bun and devoured it in a small bite. After the meal was full, the two guards came out this time to take the wife and the young lady to the cottage and the battle of Xuzhou and Fengyang, and the general only brought out seven or eight guards to break out of the encirclement and came to the thatched ridge to occupy the mountain as the king, and said in one breath. Miss Miao saw that her father was anxious, and she couldn't drink water, so she went to the cottage with two guards.

It turned out that a few days ago, the Qing army besieged Yangzhou, the Taiping army defending the city fought bloodily, but the Qing army was many, the number of people was huge, Yangzhou City was conquered, most of the Taiping army was killed, the Taiping army family was concentrated in a big temple, the leader of the Qing army said, the Taiping army can no longer bubble, the Northern Expeditionary Army has been wiped out in Xuzhou, and there is no one left to become a ghost. When Mrs. Miao heard this, she hit her head on the stone pillar, and her brain suddenly splashed out, and she died of anger. Miss Miao endured her grief, took advantage of the night to perform light skills, jumped over the wall to escape, and went all the way north to inquire about her father's whereabouts.

A few hours later, Miss Miao and two guards arrived at the cottage. Father and daughter hugged each other and cried. After crying, Miss Miao told her father that her mother committed suicide when the Qing army attacked the city and escaped by herself. General Miao wet his clothes with tears and beat his chest.

General Miao's family of three, divided into Xuzhou, Yangzhou two cities, do not want the two cities to start a war together, are the Taiping army defeated, General Miao lost a left arm, Mrs. Miao hit the pillar and died, Miss Miao is safe and sound, a few days of exile and reunited with her father, compared to other soldiers in the Taiping Army, it is a blessing in misfortune. The cottage slaughtered chickens and sheep to celebrate the meeting of General Miao's father and daughter. Since then, there has been an additional female owner with strong martial arts in the cottage.

This Miao Xiuying is nineteen years old, smart, beautiful, and courageous. Since childhood, he has learned literature and martial arts with his father, and he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and his light skills are even more amazing. Miao Xin has a daughter as a helper, which is even more powerful. They kill the rich and help the poor, punish the evil and promote the good, they are deeply loved by the people, the bloody men of the surrounding ten towns and eight miles have come to take refuge, but the mountain is not big, the village is also small, most of the far and near dozens of miles are poor mountain people, although there is a big road, but for the mountain road, most of the people who come and go through the border are also woodcutters, digging medicine mountain people, the traders do not dare to fight this at all, so the cottage is not rich, can not leave many soldiers. General Miao only selected fifteen people to be stationed in the cottage, followed by the left and right, and persuaded the rest to return to the village. In order to enable these people to learn some martial arts, one is to strengthen their bodies, and the other is to ensure the safety of the village and not be bullied by thieves, Miao Xiuying went to the villages every once in a while to instruct young people to dance with knives and guns.

And say that from the southeast of the cottage seven or eight miles away from the Yuejia Lane (now Lai'an County Yangying Township Yuexiang Village) there is a Huatuo Temple is a larger temple around dozens of miles, covers an area of nearly ten acres, there are halls, dozens of meditation rooms, the original temple has the abbot, the law number is Ming, proficient in traditional Chinese medicine, there are all kinds of Chinese herbal medicine in the mountains. The abbot of Dingming often helps the surrounding mountain people to treat diseases and relieve suffering, but he never collects money, and the common people call the temple Huatuo Temple. The surrounding mountain people and pilgrims from near and far are also never stingy with the temple. Therefore, the bells are melodious all year round, and the incense is vigorous. But one year, out of nowhere, a wandering monk came from nowhere, claiming to be a monk in the world. This monk is tall and big, a good martial arts, the abbot cherishes his talents, and leaves the monk to protect the temple. Unexpectedly, this Jishi monk is a wicked person who does not abide by the precepts and is lustful and does all kinds of evil. Less than a month after entering the temple, he killed the abbot, drove away several masters in the temple, and sought the position of abbot. Since then, many Buddhist monks are not accustomed to the frivolity and lust of the monks of the world, greedy for wine and labor, one by one to leave the temple, the remaining dozen monks are mostly six unclean mixed masters, all day long with the monks of the world to drink five shouts and six, rampant in the township, whose big girl, little daughter-in-law if there are three points of beauty, by this evil monk fancies, who is unlucky.

Recently, the monk Jishi heard that Maocaoling was defeated by the Taiping army, and Miao Xin's father and daughter occupied the mountain and set up a village, eliminating evil and promoting good, killing the rich and helping the poor, and was deeply supported by the people, and he was displeased, but he knew that Miao Xin was a strong martial artist, led soldiers, fought battles, and saw the world. The monks of Jishi did not dare to act rashly, and they also avoided this place when they did evil.

Besides, this Miao Xin also heard from the surrounding people that there is a group of monks in Huatuo Temple who do all kinds of evil and bully men and women. But since he was in the main cottage of Thatched Ridge, these monks have some scruples, and they don't come to this area to harass them on weekdays. Therefore, Miao Xin didn't pay much attention to it, but the well water did not interfere with the river water, and they did their own things.

But in recent days, the monk Jishi has been hearing that Miao Xin has a daughter named Miao Xiuying, who has the appearance of a sinking fish and a wild goose. The life doctrine of this Jishi monk is "I would rather die with flowers than be a ghost". I heard that Miao Xiuying was as beautiful as a fairy, and she couldn't hold back the evil fire, and she couldn't wait to put Miao Xiuying into the account immediately. Since ancient times, there is a knife on the head of the word "color", and the monk of Jishi is lustful, and evil is born from the side of the gall.

One day, the monk Jishi took more than a dozen of his subordinates, with a ghost in their hearts, to visit the cottage, wanting to see Miss Miao's face first, and then waiting for the opportunity to start. Miao Xin saw that the monk came to worship the mountain, and guessed that this monk was a weasel to give a New Year's greeting to the chickens - not well-intentioned. But out of courtesy, he still received him according to the rules of the rivers and lakes. Because of the monk's ill intentions, he didn't see Miao Xiuying after three cups of tea after entering the village, thinking that Miao Xiuying didn't want to see him in the room. deliberately said: "Miao Zhaiyan, it has been nearly two years since the mountain was occupied, why do you still live in a thatched house?" Miao Xin said: "The cottage is small and poor, not as good as your Huatuo Temple, and you have wronged the master." The monk looked around and said: "Where, where, I am a monk, the four seas are my home, the temple is big, the temple is small, the temple is small, you are in tatters here, the top can't shelter from the rain, the wall can't shelter from the wind, don't you suffer your flower-like girl?" Saying that, the monk was startled, and suddenly went straight in: "Master Miao Village, I heard that the young lady is as beautiful as a fairy, can you call out and let the poor monk see her face." Miao Xinyi was so angry when he heard this, this hateful thing was too frivolous, but he still held back the anger in his heart, and said angrily: "I went out." The monk Jishi said with a hippie smile: "Really? You didn't mean to avoid me, did you?" As he spoke, he got up and went into the rooms on both sides. Miao Xin couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted with a knife on the side of the table: "Bold bald donkey, deliberately came to the cottage to make trouble and provoke, I want to see what you are capable of today." The words fell, whistling with the wind, and slashed at the monk. The monk walked with a cat's step, jumped and said: "Master Miao Village, I will lend you another arm, you can't help me, don't look for death." After speaking, a small monk next to him handed over a lancet, and the two sides retreated outside the house, opening up the formation. After more than 20 rounds of fighting, the Miao Zhai master finally lost his strength due to the weakness of one arm, and he only had the strength to parry, and he had no power to fight back. Nearly ten soldiers looked bad, each picked up the guy and rushed up, more than a dozen little monks also raised their knives to resist, the two sides scuffled, and the victory or defeat was a foregone conclusion in less than an hour. Miao Xin was seriously wounded, and when he had his last breath left, he told someone to quickly flee down the mountain into the village and tell the young lady about the situation. Except for one soldier who fled down the mountain, all the rest were killed by the monks. The monk saw that the young lady was really not in the cottage, so he lit a fire and led people down the mountain. A group of little monks laughed while talking and just came to the bottom of the mountain, and met Miao Xiuying who was rushing back. Miao Xiuying saw the monk without saying a word, drew his sword and cut it. When the monk Jishi saw that Miao Xiuying really looked like a fairy, his face showed a lewd smile, and he wanted to speak, but Miao Xiuying made seven or eight moves in the blink of an eye with a Longquan sword. Miao Xiuying was furious, revengeful, a three-foot Longquan sword was like a dragon going out to sea, stabbing at the monk, the monk didn't have time to attack at all, just parryed, retreated while fighting, and was only listening to the sound of "click", the monk of Jishi fell to the ground with his bald head, and the headless corpse fell like a wall with a "tom", and his life was whimpered. A group of young monks fled in all directions when they saw it. Miao Xiuying's eyes were red, how could she let one slip away, and after a while, more than a dozen little monks who were eating moved one by one.

Miao Xiuying ran to the cottage, everything was late, the cottage was in flames, her father and nearly ten soldiers fell in a pool of blood, Miao Xiuying was in great pain, and wanted to cry without tears. She hated herself, because her father had been uneasy when she was about to go out, and told her to come down the mountain, she said: "I talked about it yesterday, but today I will teach other people's swordsmanship, why don't you go?" Miao Xiuying saw that her father's face was wrong, thinking that she was not feeling well, and asked again and again, Miao Xin said to her daughter: "I had a nightmare last night, a group of wolves came out of nowhere, and they bit people when they saw them, and the people in the cottage were bitten to death one by one, I fought hard to kill, and a group of wolves rushed to me together, and I woke up suddenly, it turned out to be a dream, and I couldn't sleep after waking up from the dream, and I always felt that something big was going to happen." Miao Xiuying smiled and said, "Hi! It turned out to be a dream, it's okay, I'll go early and come back early. So Miao Xiuying only took four or five people down the mountain, and the rest stayed in the village. I never thought that this time was when I said goodbye to my father, and my father died so miserably. The more Miao Xiuying thought about it, the more angry she became, the more angry she became, she knelt in front of her father's corpse, looked up to the sky and sighed: "God! Why do you allow the wicked to run rampant, and the good not to die well?" After saying that, he crossed the sword, and blood gushed out and fell on his father.

The surrounding mountain people under the leadership of four or five village soldiers, holding forks and flat poles, ran to the cottage from all directions, but it was too late, the main Miao village was killed, Miss Miao killed herself, and the other brothers who stayed in the cottage were also martyred.

An old man among the villagers looked around and said, "This mountain is treacherous, Miss Miao's body should not be buried here, it should be buried in Dongfang Meishan, which is not far from here." Everyone agreed. So the old man chose a crested land in Meishan and buried Miss Miao.

The next day, some people went to the grave to worship, and saw that the tomb looked like a hill. After many years, in order to commemorate this heroine who eliminated evil and reassured the people, and was chivalrous and brave, people spontaneously donated money to set up a tablet in front of Miao Xiuying's grave, engraved "Miao's Tomb of Chivalrous Woman Xiuying", there are stone tables, stone benches, stone incense burners in front of the tomb, and more than a dozen round stones of similar size, people say that it is "monk's head".

30, the legend of Liu Huang folk tales

In ancient times, there was a descendant near Luoyang, whose surname was Liu Danting. He loves flowers since he was a child, and he has a habit of planting flowers, especially peonies, and has planted many flowers and peonies in the front and back of the hospital. However, because he planted his flowers well, he was often attacked by urchins. He was very angry, and every time anyone caught by him was punished with a night's labor, or a few strokes of the board. Therefore, the local urchin nicknamed him "Bad Liu". This gradually spread, and over time it replaced his name and became a "daimyō".

Speaking of "Liu", the flower planting skills are indeed extraordinary, he planted more than 100 peonies, and there are many varieties of flowers and colors. One year, he cultivated a golden-colored peony, whose flower color crossed the "Yao Huang", and the neighbors were amazed, and the rich and noble people sought gold and silver. At that time, yellow peonies were very scarce, so he propagated them in large quantities, and they became fashionable for a while. Later, people named this flower "Liu Huang", and this name was recorded in the book and handed down.

31, Zhaojun out of the plug 2 folk tales

1. Self-recommendation

Just after lunch, a piece of news suddenly circulated in the palace like wings, saying that the emperor would choose one of the palace maids to be the princess of the Huns. This astonishing news made the silent palace very lively, and the little palace maids gathered together in groups of three or five, and there were many discussions, but although there were many people talking, no one was willing to sign up, because everyone knew that the Huns were far away from the competition, although they were freer than the palace, but they were uprooted from their homeland and it was a bitter cold place. However, there was a palace maid who quietly left the crowd, and she found the chief eunuch on duty and said that she was willing to answer the call. The eunuch on duty was taken aback and stared at the palace maid in front of him in surprise. This palace maid is the princess of the harem, but it is a pity that she missed her holy face because of Mao Yanshou's bending pen. "You? Would you like to? The Xiongnu is a bitter cold place, and no one wants to go to it at all. Zhaojun, if you stay in the harem, you may still have the opportunity to meet the saint, but if you go like this, you will never have a chance. The prince looked at Zhaojun in front of him lovingly and advised. Wang Yan raised her head: "Princess, I have made up my mind, rather than staying in the harem for life, it is better to marry the Huns, and also contribute to the stability of the country. The prince looked at Zhaojun's firm attitude, and couldn't help but nod in admiration, Zhaojun has also helped him a lot in the past few years, and he also deeply loves this smart and beautiful little palace maid, but unfortunately he didn't dare to offend Mao Yanshou, who was deeply favored by the queen, otherwise he would have wanted to help Zhaojun see the holy face. He pondered for a while, and felt that what Zhaojun said was reasonable, now he has no chance to help Zhaojun, from his observation of Zhaojun, this little palace maid is very assertive, maybe marrying the Huns, she will really have her own world, if so, it is really much better than nesting in this lonely harem forever. The prince thought about it, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, it's you." ”

2. Shude

Out of Chang'an, all the way west, not long after arriving outside the Saiwai. Zhaojun lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, but saw that due to years of conquest, the land here was already barren, and some hungry people in the distance helped the old and the young to stagger. Among these hungry people, the swagger of Zhaojun and his party was very eye-catching, many people stopped to watch, and some ragged people couldn't help but point at the team in surprise. Suddenly, Zhaojun saw an old man prostrate on the ground, his body shaking. She hurriedly called the guard next to the car: "Go, see what's going on with the old man over there?" Come back and report me. When the guards heard this, they hurriedly rode away, and after a while they came back and reported to Zhaojun, saying, "Princess, she is a hungry people, and she has fainted from hunger and cold. Zhaojun waved his hand, signaled to stop the car, and asked the palace maid to come over and help him get out of the car. After getting out of the car, Zhaojun realized that it was a biting cold wind outside the car, she wrapped her body tightly and walked quickly towards the old man who fell to the ground. The maid and the guards were taken aback at what they saw and hurriedly followed, not knowing what she was going to do.

Zhaojun walked to the old man's side, leaned down and picked up the old man, and let the old man lean on his lap. This move can scare the palace maids and guards, you must know that the old man is dirty, and Zhaojun is now a princess and the future queen of the Huns. The leading guard was just about to speak, but Zhaojun ordered him, "Hurry up and get some hot water and dry food, the old man needs to eat quickly." Her gaze swept majestically over the faces of the guards and palace maids, and everyone didn't dare to say anything when they saw her with firm eyes, and several palace maids and guards hurriedly ran back to get hot water and dry food. Zhaojun asked a palace maid to help him and feed the old man water and eat in one mouthful. For a long time, the old man's face became ruddy, and he gradually recovered his vitality, he opened his closed eyes, and looked at Zhaojun in front of him in a daze, and stammered speechless.

Zhaojun looked at him with a smile: "Old man, are you awake?" ”

"Could it be, could it be that you are the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva and saved me?" The old man rolled over and knelt on the ground.

A loud voice sounded behind everyone: "Haha, old man, she is not the reincarnation of Guanyin." She is the princess I brought back from Dahan, and she is also the queen of our grassland. Are you satisfied with such a queen? Everyone looked back and saw that the person who spoke was Hu Han Xie Shan Yu. As soon as the old man saw Hu Han Yedanyu's words, tears fell: "Ah? Could it be that it was the princess of Dahan who saved me? How blessed am I? We have such a queen in the grassland, and we can also be prosperous. There were already a lot of people watching on the side, and now when they heard that it was the princess of the Han Dynasty who saved people, the new queen on the grassland, they all shouted excitedly. Hu Han helped Zhaojun back into the car, and Zhaojun ordered the guards to take out some dry food to help the refugees along the way. Within a few days, the new queen of the Han Dynasty was approachable and kind, and the news spread throughout the grassland. Wang Zhaojun's car and his entourage received a grand welcome everywhere they went.

3. Harmonious grassland

Hu Hanye didn't expect that when he returned to Chang'an, he not only hugged the beauty, but also gave him strong wings to unify the grassland. Wang Zhaojun is good at using strategies to help him gather many people who had dissenting intentions for him before, and in addition, she treats the people of the grassland well and often goes out to observe the situation, which also won a lot of reputation for Hu Hanxie. Wang Zhaojun distributed the craftsmen he brought, let them go to the herdsmen, and teach them their own crafts, and soon some herdsmen who had mastered the crafts would be able to teach others. These advanced productive forces have made the power of the Huhan evil stronger and stronger, and the nearby tribes have come to vote.

According to the rules of the grassland, Wang Zhaojun was going to marry Hu Hanxi's eldest son, Carving Tao Mo Gao, but this was regarded as messing around in the etiquette system of the Han Dynasty, which made Zhaojun very difficult to decide, she had read the book for so many years, and she had never had the idea of betraying etiquette, but now she ...... This time gave Zhaojun a lot of trouble, what should she do? A palace maid walked over, she was Wang Zhaojun's closest confidant Xiaocui, and she was also the first one willing to follow Wang Zhaojun to the Xiongnu.

Xiao Cui said softly to Zhaojun: "Sister (since the two came to the Huns, they have always been called sisters), I heard that Wang Huai, who loved my sister back then, is not far from here now, so we simply defected to him, and we don't have to be so wronged by these rules of the Huns." ”

"You mean Wang Huai? He's here? ”

"Yes, sister. He was ordered to come here to protect the territory of the Han Dynasty. Two days ago, I asked someone to bring a message, wanting to meet my sister, but my sister was busy, and I didn't bother to tell my sister. In my opinion, we have been wronged here, and it is better to let Wang Huai help escape from the Xiongnu. As soon as the Huns came out, the sea and the sky were wide, and our sisters were free. ”

"No! I'm not leaving. Xiaocui, do you remember what I said to you when I came? Since we have chosen to come to the Xiongnu, we must treat ourselves as the Huns, and build a bridge of peace between our Han and the Xiongnu, now that the situation has just stabilized, once we leave, our dynasty and the Xiongnu are bound to be in trouble. As you can see, when we came, the people were not alive because of the war, and now how can I bear to push these people who have just settled down into the war again? Zhaojun pondered, answering Xiao Cui's words word by word, her brows furrowed, and she could see that she was making some painful choice. This kind of expression Xiao Cui is too familiar, whenever Zhao Jun wants to make some decisions, it is like this, his brows are furrowed, his expression is serious, Xiao Cui can't help but close his mouth, and just silently look at the determined queen in front of him. After a long time, Zhaojun suddenly stood up suddenly, took off the pipa hanging on the tent, and a song flowed out, first with a mournful tear-jerking, and soon the music turned passionate like the sound of the waves, and finally only listened to the two sounds, and the strings on the pipa were broken in response! Xiao Cui was shocked and shouted: "Sister, who are you?" Zhaojun raised his eyebrows and threw the broken pipa on the ground: "Xiaocui, tell Diao Tao that I have decided to marry him according to the system of the grassland!" As he spoke, two lines of tears rolled down his cheeks. Xiao Cui hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the pipa, lowered her head and had tears in her eyes: "Sister, I know." "You must know that this pipa is given by the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, when the Han Emperor saw Zhaojun before Zhaojun got married, he was really shocked, you must know that there are three thousand fans and beauties in the harem, but there is no one who can compare the beauty of Zhaojun! Although Emperor Han loved Zhaojun in every way, the Son of Heaven had already issued an order, and he had no choice but to let Zhaojun go west. Before leaving, the emperor gave this pipa to Zhaojun, hoping that Zhaojun could always remember the Han Dynasty. Now Zhaojun has broken the pipa strings, which shows that Zhaojun has indeed made extraordinary determination.

As soon as the carving pottery heard Xiaocui come to report, it was full of joy. He had been secretly in love with this beautiful and intelligent stepmother for a long time, and it was really a blessing for him to embrace each other as husband and wife.

The grand wedding on the grassland was held for three days and three nights, and it was even more lively than when Zhaojun first married Han Xie! The whole grassland was boiling, and people didn't expect that the beautiful princess of the Han Dynasty would be able to abandon the customs of the Han people and follow the system of the grassland, which shocked the whole grassland! Some songs praising Zhaojun quickly spread on the grassland, and suddenly the whole grassland regarded Zhaojun as the sun of peace. This situation was also something that Wang Zhaojun did not expect. A stable and harmonious grassland situation has been formed. Since then, the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty have lived in harmony for decades.

32, the folk tale of the talented Gong Qinggao marrying a girl

During the time of Emperor Qianlong, Chongqing produced a talented man, named Gong Qinggao, who had been promoted and served as a county magistrate, and "Ba County Chronicles" called him "the county's three hundred years of extremely high literary and artistic reputation".

Although Gong Qinggao's family has several acres of fertile land, if he wants to support the life of a large family, he will inevitably have the word "poor". By the time he married a girl in his later years, he couldn't even afford the dowry for his daughter.

Seeing that the wedding date was approaching, his wife was so anxious that tears rolled around, and she said, "Back to the time! Everyone else will come to dig up your ink and sell it for silver. We are so poor that you can put down your stinking shelf and sell some calligraphy and paintings to prepare a few dowries for the girl, so as not to be laughed at. ”

Gong Qinggao sighed: "Alas! I'm not at the point where I can make a living selling calligraphy and paintings. Besides, your future son-in-law, in my opinion, no matter how much dowry and money you give him, it will not be able to guarantee that he will not go hungry for the rest of his life. Of course, which one of them is Lao Tzu's daughter! Madame, rest assured, I have prepared a few for her, no more, no less, enough for her to eat for a lifetime. However, the wedding date was near, and his wife did not see him bring a few dowries for his daughter.

Gong Qinggao's mother-in-law's surname is Liu, and she can be regarded as a wealthy household in this place, with hundreds of stone rents and valley land. The in-laws are also a scholar, and they know Gong Qinggao's family background, so they are very considerate and do not have too many requirements. On the day of the kiss, the happy event was very lively, with eight sedan chairs, phoenix crowns, and a wind and a curtain to take Gong Qinggao's girl over the door.

The people in the neighborhood of Sixiang heard that Master Gong sent his daughter, and they came from far away to see the excitement. They wanted to see what gold and silver treasures the master had given to the girl to marry. However, when they looked, there were only four lifting boxes in front of the sedan chair, and they saw that the first lifting box was a simple cage tent quilt. When everyone saw it, some shook their heads, some pouted. The second box is a bundle of linen and a bag of cotton, everyone

Don't know what to do? Especially when they saw the third box, which contained a hoe and a four-book book, everyone couldn't help laughing. There is only the fourth box, which is full of Gong Qinggao's calligraphy and paintings, although everyone feels that it is a precious thing, but thinking that these things cannot be eaten as food, nor can they be used as clothes, they let out a sigh.

Gong Qinggao's son-in-law saw these things to dowry, and he held back the fire in his belly before he worshiped the new girl. As soon as he entered the cave room, he threw the hemp, hoes, and books on the ground, and he was so angry that he wanted to take the calligraphy and painting and burn it. Suddenly, the new girl was so angry that she burst into tears. This incident alarmed the old man, and the old man rushed to the cave room to take a look, and was so angry that he scolded his son, saying, "Bastard thing! You doll knows a fart! To marry this hemp and cotton is to make you a guest to spin linen and take care of the housework; Marrying this hoe and four books is to make your doll based on cultivation and reading. Hum! These calligraphy and paintings are hard to find in the world. Your doll has no eyes! This is the Yilu that your father-in-law gave you two of. Immediately he called for a large brown box to be brought, and called the bride to put the calligraphy and paintings in the box, saying, "Woman! You have to keep this thing well, don't forget your father's kindness, and don't let my ruined son lose this thing. ”

Gong Qinggao's girl knew books and etiquette, and when she saw that her father-in-law understood her father's good intentions very well, she held back her tears and collected her calligraphy and paintings. Because her husband didn't pay attention to these things at all, the calligraphy and paintings were preserved.

Within a few years, Gong Qinggao's in-laws passed away. The son-in-law is in charge, and the family situation is not as good as a year. Only a few years later, the hundreds of handfuls of Shiren Valley's land were sold by his son-in-law, so that the family could not scoop water into the pot. At this time, Gong Qinggao also passed away. His son-in-law had reached the point where he had no way to borrow, and all day long, he sighed and said, "This is what to do? ”

Gong Qinggao's girl said: "I have a way, and the land you sold can also help you buy it back, but there is one condition, this family will be in charge of me." "She's a man in charge, and she is originally a crazy pimple treasure who wears trousers - she can't open it. At the moment, the family is not opening the pot, and he is worried that there will be no one to be the family. He complied with his wife's terms. Ask her if there is any way to buy back the sold land? She told him to go upstairs and bring the brown box downstairs. When I opened it, it turned out to be the calligraphy and painting that the old man gave to the cousin to marry. He sighed: "Alas! If my father-in-law had married you some gold and silver back then, it would have been of some use to take it out now, but now that my father-in-law is dead, after all these years, what use do he have for these things! "Humph! If you really wanted to marry the gold and silver back then, I'm afraid you would have spent it a long time ago, have you forgotten what your father-in-law said when he was alive, this is the Yilu that my father-in-law gave us? Gong Qinggao's girl took out a painting, handed it to her man, and said, "You take it to Chongqing City to sell, the price should be higher, and after selling the silver, let the family eat first." Her man walked away in disbelief. On the fourth day he returned gladly with the money.

It turned out that after Gong Qinggao's death, his calligraphy and paintings became even more rare, and that painting was sold for fifty taels of silver. Connoisseurs also said that he sold it cheaply. From then on, Gong Qinggao's girl was in charge, and only sold a few calligraphy and paintings, and then bought back the land sold by her son-in-law.

She never sold the rest of the calligraphy and paintings, and kept them for posterity. So, she asked the man to make crops, and she made her own hemp spinning thread and taught the baby to read. The family does their duty, only obeys their father's orders, and lives a life based on farming and reading.

33. Female thief folk tales

On a winter day during the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty, on this day, Zhao Lun, the magistrate of the county, was ordered to escort a military salary to the capital. When he arrived at a small town called Linfeng Town, it was already dark, so Zhao Lun and several people who escorted the military pay stayed in a hotel called "Yuelai Inn".

After dinner, the innkeeper came to Zhao Lun's room and said to him with a smile: "Master, we have a few singers here who want to sing and dance for you to relieve your fatigue all the way, please be gracious!" ”

Zhao Lun listened to the innkeeper's words, looked at him, then hesitated for a moment, and said: "I and my subordinates are on official business, and we don't dare to appreciate singing and dancing, so let's be exempt." ”

The reason why Zhao Lun said this was because he was an extremely decent person, and secondly, because he was worried that there would be some mistakes in the military salary he escorted, so he didn't dare to be careless.

However, the innkeeper still said: "Sir, you are probably the first time to come to our small place, we have some customs here that you may not know, let me tell you, we have singers here who specialize in business in the hotel, they often sing songs and dance to the guests who live in the hotel, and the guests who stay in the hotel give them a few dollars, which can be regarded as helping them." If both parties are willing, the guests staying in the hotel can also leave the singer for the night, but if the singer stays overnight, they need to take an extra amount of bedding money, and they also have to give some money according to the appearance of the singer. Speaking of which, it doesn't cost much, even if it costs about 1 tael of silver to keep the singer overnight, sir, do you see if it's ......"

Before the boss finished speaking, Zhao Lun interrupted: "Thank you boss for your kindness, I'm not reluctant to spend that money, it's really official business, I don't dare to have the slightest slackness, singing and dancing are exempt, I'm tired of traveling, I want to rest early, so I won't bother the singers to perform." ”

In fact, Zhao Lun had heard someone say before escorting the military pay to set off that the singers in Linfeng Town did not spend a lot of money on singing, dancing and even staying overnight, but there were many singers here who had contact with local bandits and thieves. Zhao Lun escorted the military salary to Linfeng Town this time, he was very careful, he didn't dare to be careless, and he was extremely vigilant.

The innkeeper saw that Zhao Lun resolutely did not want the singer to come, so he had to say goodbye and go out.

Zhao Lun sat under the lamp, thinking that he had arranged for his subordinates to take care of the military salary, and repeatedly told them to be strictly careful, and felt that they could be safe, so he took a sip of tea, and reclined on the bed with his eyes closed.

At this moment, I suddenly heard laughter outside. Zhao Lun sat up from the bed all of a sudden, put on his shoes, and walked out of the room.

I saw a few singers in the hall of the hotel, who were greased and powdered, holding huqin and yueqin, and they looked at Zhao Lun while talking and laughing. Zhao Lun looked carefully, and saw that there was a singer among them, dressed in black, about 20 years old, with no grease powder on her face, and she didn't hold a huqin, she was in the midst of several singers, and seemed to say something to a few singers, and then stood aside, her eyes looked at the room where Zhao Lun and him lived, intentionally or unintentionally.

Those singers with heavy makeup are enchanting and charming, standing or dancing, advancing or retreating, always paying attention to the expressions and gestures of the singers in black, who seem to be directing them with their eyes.

Zhao Lun was very alert, he knew that the singer in black must be the leader of these singers, but the demeanor and attitude of the singer in black and her eyebrows did not look like a singer at all. Zhao Lun secretly thought: This singer in black must be a bandit and a thief. Zhao Lun knew that the news that he and his subordinates were escorting military salaries to live here might have leaked, and it seemed that someone had already targeted those military salaries, and the situation was not good!

Zhao Lun thought of leaving here at the moment, but in this wilderness Linfeng Town, it was late at night, and there was no way to get out. Zhao Lun was shocked and anxious, and a fine cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Suddenly, Zhao Lun suddenly realized: This woman in black is not an ordinary person, if I sincerely beg her, maybe the military salary will be safe.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lun walked into the hall, walked straight to the black-clothed singer, and said sincerely: "Girl, I want to ask you to sing and dance for me tonight, you let them all go back, is it okay?" ”

The singer in black looked at Zhao Lun and said with a smile: "Of course you can." ”

Then, the singer in black asked the singers to retreat, and she happily followed Zhao Lun to his room.

Zhao Lun asked the innkeeper to put the wine and food on the table, and he drank and chatted with the singer in black. Zhao Lun smiled and asked the singer in black: "Girl, where are you from?" I see that you are dignified and elegant, how can you become a singer? The singer in black smiled bitterly and said: "It's hard to say, I have been poor since I was a child, and I have no other way to live, so I have to be a singer with shame and humiliation." Zhao Lun said: "Actually, to talk about it, there are also admirable people among the singers, like the red breeze in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, like Liang Hongyu in the Southern Song Dynasty. Girl, although you are a singer, don't give up on yourself, as long as you are above board, you can get out of the mud without staining. Zhao Lun's consolation seemed to move the singer in black, she nodded, added wine to Zhao Lun's wine glass, and said, "You said it too well, there are indeed many heroic and generous people among the singers. After saying this, the black peasant singer sang a sad song, and shed tears as she sang.

Zhao Lun said: "Girl, after listening to your song, I resonate very much in my heart, thinking that my Zhao Lun's life has suffered infinite ups and downs, and I have encountered many dangers and difficulties in this trip, which is really sad to think about." ”

The singer in black asked, "Where are you going?" What's in it? ”

Zhao Lun said without concealment: "I see that the girl is honest, so I will be honest, I am escorting the military salary into Beijing this time, and I brought 89,000 taels of silver." ”

Zhao Lun and the singer in black chatted and chatted, unconsciously it was already the second half of the night, at this time, only listening to the cold wind outside the window, Zhao Lun opened the curtain and looked out the window, only to see the heavy snow and misty, and the light of a light moon in the sky, a white expanse. Zhao Lun turned around and came to the wine table, only to see that the singer in black was only wearing thin cotton clothes to keep out the cold, and she didn't look warm. Zhao Lun hurriedly took the package he was carrying, took out a sheepskin padded jacket from it, and draped it over the black-clothed singer.

Seeing that the remaining lights were about to run out and the fire was not warm, Zhao Lun lit another candle, still just sitting and talking with the singer in black, and he never looked light.

A rooster crows outside, and the singer in black stood up and said, "It's time for me to take my leave." After speaking, he took off Zhao Lun's sheepskin jacket and put it on the bed, and was about to leave. Zhao Lun took out 10 taels of silver and stuffed it into the hands of the singer in black, picked up the sheepskin cotton jacket for the singer in black to wear, and said to her with concern: "It's cold outside, it's very hard for you to come out so early, this sheepskin cotton jacket blocks some wind and cold for you, you can wear it." The singer in black said: "Thank you for your concern for me, I just talked to you all night, and I didn't do anything else, I am ashamed to accept your money, and I dare not ask you for anything else." Zhao Lun said sincerely: "Girl, I value you so much because I think you have a valuable quality. If you think of me as a good friend, you can wear this sheepskin jacket, okay? ”

The singer in black no longer shirked, thanked and left.

The singer in black left, Zhao Lun leaned on the bed nervously, thinking that he didn't know what would happen, worried, although he didn't close his eyes all night, he didn't feel sleepy.

After a long while, someone suddenly knocked on the door, Zhao Lun hurriedly got up and opened the door, only to see the black-clothed singer standing outside the door, Zhao Lun hurriedly let her into the house, closed the door, and asked, "Girl, why are you back again?" The singer in black said, "I miss your true feelings, so I will return to you to say a few more words." To tell you the truth, I'm not a singer, but a female thief with strong martial arts. My father was the biggest bandit leader in the area, and he used me as a bait to loot the belongings of the hotel's guests. However, I tell you the truth, I am a woman of good faith, and I will kill anyone who wants to have sex with me with bad intentions. So, I'm still an innocent girl. Last night I thanked you for having a frank conversation with me as a confidant, and for not being a drunkard, and for giving me a sheepskin jacket full of pity, which warmed me. So, I'm here to repay you with a piece of true affection. You have to continue to brave the wind and cold to hurry, and I will send someone to bring you the sheepskin jacket back to protect you from the wind and cold. Moreover, I have a treasure to send with a sheepskin jacket, please accept it when the time comes. It's just snowing and the trail isn't muddy, so you can walk through the snow and leave early. ”

Zhao Lun listened to the words of the singer in black, he was surprised and delighted, and he knelt down to thank him. The singer in black helped Zhao Lun up, turned around and left.

After a meal, someone came to Zhao Lun's room, brought the sheepskin padded jacket, and took out a small cloth bag and handed it to Zhao Lun, saying: "This is something that my hostess gave you, my hostess has repeatedly instructed you to let you take this small cloth bag on the road, it can play a great role in keeping you safe all the way." When you arrive in Chunhe Town, which is not far from the capital, there will be people from the dart bureau to get this cloth bag, and when the time comes, you can hand over the cloth bag to the people of the dart board, don't forget. ”

Zhao Lun was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out the silver to reward the visitor, who said: "My mistress ordered me not to ask for a penny from you." After saying that, he didn't want any money, and respectfully took his leave.

Zhao Lun opened the small cloth bag and saw that there was a small triangular red flag inside.

Zhao Lun hurriedly ate a little food with his subordinates, then packed up and escorted the military salary on the road.

When he was about to set off, Zhao Lun took out the small triangular red flag in the cloth bag and inserted it on the canopy, and several of his subordinates looked at each other and said in amazement: "My lord, where did you get this treasure?" I heard people in the rivers and lakes say that this is the order flag of the rivers and lakes, and those bandits and thieves have to retreat and give way when they see this small flag. ”

Zhao Lun and others escorted the military pay for more than 20 miles, and more than 20 people on horseback and with knives came to meet them, stopped around the car loaded with military pay, turned around the horse for a week, and saw the small triangular red flag, all of them showed panic on their faces, and hurriedly left.

The wagon carrying the military pay traveled another 20 miles, and so it did again.

Zhao Lun and others escorted the military pay for five or six days, and there were dozens of people riding horses and holding knives, and they all left in a hurry when they saw the small triangular red flag.

When they arrived in Chunhe Town, someone came to greet Zhao Lun and them. As soon as Zhao Lun asked, the person who came said: "I am sent by Weiyuan Dart Bureau, please come to our Dart Bureau to rest, let us entertain a few people, and do our best to be a landlord." After speaking, the person who came took Zhao Lun and escorted them to the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and set up a sumptuous banquet to entertain them.

After eating and drinking, the leader of the dart bureau asked Zhao Lun: "My lord, where did your little flag come from?" Zhao Lun told the story of meeting the black-clothed singer in Linfeng Town, and handed over the triangular red flag to the leader of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, asking him to return the black-clothed singer, and asked the leader of the dart bureau to express his deep gratitude to the black-clothed singer on his behalf. The leader of the dart game said: "A valuable thing like a small red flag like a triangle will not be given away easily unless you have great feelings. It seems that you are really the man that the Woman in Black admires so much. After I get this little red flag, I will immediately go to the woman in black to report my life, and I will pass on your thanks to her. ”

Zhao Lun thanked him repeatedly, then said goodbye, and escorted the military salary straight to the capital not far ahead.