During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a scholar named Liu Mingqi in Liugezhuang, Xingtai, Hebei Province, who passed the imperial examination before he arrived. The spring of the following year was approaching, and he wanted to go to Beijing to take the exam. However, his family was poor and had no money. His parents spared their face and asked all their relatives and friends.

He scraped together things here and there to get enough expenses. He packed his bags, said goodbye to his parents, and went to Beijing.

It is more than a thousand miles away from the capital and takes ten days to walk. In order to save money, Liu only eats one meal a day and finds the cheapest hotel for accommodation. A few days later, he arrived in the city of Zhengding Prefecture. The shops in the city are adjacent to each other. People come and go, and he sees the way.

There is a divination booth on the side, and a signboard stands next to the table. The upper part reads: Fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, yin and yang and eight trigrams are drawn in the middle. The lower part reads: Can predict good and bad fortune. An old Taoist priest with a silver beard sits beside the table, holding a fly whisk, closing his eyes and relaxing.

He thought: I went to Beijing to take the exam, and I didn't know the good or bad luck, so why not ask for it by divination? Then I stepped forward and asked, "How much is the hexagram worth of divination?" The old Taoist opened his eyes slightly, looked at the person who came, and said, "It's a divination.

Ten pieces of paper, and you won’t get a penny by drawing lots.” He heard that there was no fee for drawing lots, so he randomly drew them from the tube, drew a lot and read it, and signed it with four words: humiliation of the crotch. This was a lot, and he knew that Han Xin had not come forward at that time.

At that time, he was teased by scoundrels and humiliated by being drilled into his crotch. Feeling unlucky, he threw the lot in the tube, turned around and left in frustration.

Before walking a few steps, he heard the Taoist saying: "Master, don't be discouraged. After the humiliation of the crotch, things will be better than ever." Liu turned around, smiled bitterly, bowed his hands, and said, "Thank you, Master, for your kind words. I hope this can happen." He was unhappy.

And go.

Liu Xuxing went out of the city. Not far from the city, he heard the ringing of the carriage bell behind him. He ran to the side of the road and looked at it. He saw a carriage passing by. On both sides of the carriage, several servants and maids were escorting them on horseback.

The head of the group was a young lady. The young lady looked towards the road and met her eyes. The young lady seemed embarrassed and shrank her head back to the room. In an instant, another young lady looked out of the room and looked at her. Then she lowered the curtains. She was puzzled.

What do you mean, young lady?

It was almost dusk. Liu walked about two miles and saw that the road was rugged. There was no village in front of him and no store in the back. He passed by his place of residence and regretted his greedy behavior. At this moment, he heard a loud shout and more than ten people jumped out of the dead grass on both sides of the road.

People blocked the way. The leader held a steel knife and shouted loudly: "If you want to pass by here, leave money to buy the road!" He was shocked. When he saw the robbers, he was horrified. He raised his eyes and looked at them carefully. Ah! How strange! Under the dusk,

I saw that the leader of the bandits was a pretty woman. However, under the bright steel sword, the robbers, regardless of gender, were all robbing money. If you protect the money and life, you will be killed by the knife. She knelt down and begged, trembling: "I am going to the capital.

I am rushing to take the exam, and I don’t have a huge amount of money to pay for it. Please spare my life!” The female bandit leader shouted: “Don’t pretend to be poor, let’s search him!” Several gangsters came forward to search him, and robbed him of the only money he had.

He begged: "Please be merciful to the heroine, can you leave a few days of room and board expenses? Xiaosheng is very grateful!" Unexpectedly, the female bandit leader nodded her approval, abandoned the land for a few pennies, and ordered: "Pick it up quickly."

, Get out!" He quickly picked up the copper plate and ran away with his head in his arms, trying to escape for his life.

Liu escaped dozens of steps, and suddenly heard the female bandit leader behind him shouting: "Stop! Why don't you ride a horse when you go to Beijing to take the exam?" Liu stopped and replied, "My family is poor, how can I ride on a horse?" The female bandit leader said: "Please.

Take my horse and ride it." After saying this, he ordered his men to lead a horse from the bushes to the front, and handed the reins into his hands. Eh? How strange! There is no such act of banditry in the world. However, he was confused and did not dare to accept it. Female robbery

The bandit shouted loudly: "Hold the horses and go quickly!" Liu Zhanjing climbed on the horse. The female bandit leader stepped forward and hit the horse's crotch with the back of her knife, causing the horse to gallop away.

After walking about five miles, night fell and Liu saw a tall courtyard in front of him. A red light hung high outside the door. Under the light, there was a plaque on the door with two words: Li Mansion. There were four servants standing at the door. He led his horse forward.

, with a smile on his face, he bowed to the family members and asked if they could stay overnight. The family members looked embarrassed and politely refused, saying: "We don't dare to make the decision on this matter. If the master knows that I am staying with an outsider, I might not be able to spare him." Liu Nanse.

, about to leave. But he saw the door open and two ladies stepping out. He looked carefully and saw that the two ladies were just in the car. He knew that the ladies had returned. He wanted to ask for them, but he was too shy to ask and stood there in embarrassment.

The two ladies, one in a red shirt and the other in a yellow shirt, saw Liu in such embarrassment and both pursed their lips and snickered. Just then, the servant Ding who was talking to Liu said to the lady in the red shirt, "Miss, this young man misses the dormitory, can you let him stay for the night?"

one night?"

The surname of this wealthy family is Li, the lady in red shirt is the daughter of the Li family, and the lady in yellow shirt is his cousin. But the cousin first said: "Cousin, you can take in outsiders at will, if their origin is unknown, how can you allow it?" Liu heard that he felt difficult.

She was embarrassed and wanted to lead the horse away, but Miss Li stopped and said, "Master, wait a minute." Then she smiled and said to her cousin, "This master is asking for a place to stay, and we should do our best to help him." But the cousin said, "There is a hotel in front of you.

Young master, why don't you go and ask for a place to stay?" Liu Yiyi said, "Miss, I went to Beijing to take the exam. I just met the robbers and was robbed. I am short of money, so I asked for a place to stay." My cousin wanted to say more, but Li

The young lady then gently pulled her cousin's lapel and whispered a few words. The two ladies pursed their lips and smiled. Miss Li called the servant close to her and whispered instructions in his ear. The servant nodded frequently. After the explanation, the two ladies turned around and went away.

The servant said to Liu, "My master has allowed the young master to stay overnight. Please lead your horse into the house and follow me there." The servant led the way with a lantern. Liu saw that there were many houses and courtyards in the mansion, so he followed closely.

Entering the backyard, he saw a stone hut at the back door. The servant stopped, opened the door and looked inside, and then made an invitation gesture to Liu. Liu saw that the house was small, with the door only three feet high, so he bent down and got in. Although the house was not big, there was only one person living in it.

That was enough. However, there was nothing in the house, and he couldn't help but wonder, how could anyone live here? The servant recognized his thoughts and said, "Don't be anxious, sir. This house is called the guard room. No one has cleaned it for many days. I will let someone take it out immediately."

Bedding. I wonder if the young master has eaten it?" He said: "Dinner has not yet been served." The servant said: "I will go to the kitchen to get it, please wait." The servant came back shortly after leaving and brought two large basins of leftovers.

I was already hungry, so after devouring it, I left a few beards outside the door of the hut.

Someone had already brought the bedding and straw mat, and spread the bedding on top of the straw mat. After settling in, the servants left. After running around for a day, Liu was extremely tired, so he got into the house, lay down, and slept soundly until dawn.

The next morning, Liu woke up and saw a big yellow dog lying next to him. He was startled and hurriedly got up and got out of the door. The dog also got out and ate the leftover food in the basin outside the door. When he was confused, he heard footsteps approaching.

, there was a handsome woman approaching, he looked at her carefully and turned pale with fright. This woman was the leader of the bandit that he encountered yesterday night. He was trembling and panicked. The woman came up and said, "Master, don't be alarmed. I have no idea."

Malice." After saying that, he took ten taels of silver and handed it into his hands, saying that this was to help him, hoping that he would be named on the gold medal list. Liu Ru entered the clouds and refused in panic, not daring to accept it. The woman advised: "This is what I want, if you can

If you don't accept it, you will fail me." The woman stuffed the silver into his arms and left with a smile.

Liu led his horse, panicked and left Li's house, mounted his horse and rushed to the capital. With enough money, he was no longer in embarrassment. He entered the capital and found an inn to stay. He did not think about the strange things he encountered for a while. He ate enough and slept soundly, and his energy doubled.

He passed the examination easily, and on the day of the palace examination, he answered questions fluently in front of the emperor. The emperor was overjoyed and appointed him a Jinshi, a sixth-rank official, and appointed him as the prefect of Zhengding.

Liu Xinzhi knew that without the support of the female bandit leader, Jinbang High School might have died in a foreign land. After he took office, he did not forget his kindness and wanted to know the inside story to clear up his confusion. He personally went to the Li Mansion to meet with Mr. Li and his lady Li Qiao.

, giving rewards to everyone in the Li family. I wanted to give heavy rewards to the female bandit leader and the gatekeeper to clear up the doubts in my heart, but it was difficult to see them.

Liu was strange and asked why Miss Li was so difficult to see. Miss Li looked strange and said coyly: "The gatekeeper has been dismissed because of his involvement in theft. I don't know who the female bandit leader is. The magistrate may have recognized the wrong person." When he returned to his hometown, he was nowhere to be seen.

Old man, his suspicion suddenly arose.

Three days later, Liu was inspecting his hometown outside the city and took a sedan chair to return home in the afternoon. On the way, he saw a woman carrying luggage and walking crying. He took a closer look and saw that she was the leader of the bandits! Huh? He met him unexpectedly and was in a hurry.

The officer took him back for questioning.

He was brought to court for interrogation, and the female bandit leader told the truth:

The female bandit leader's surname was Wang Mei, she was eighteen years old, and she was the personal maid of Miss Li Qiao of the Li Mansion. That day, Wang Mei accompanied Miss Li to the city to visit the Huang Mansion for a wedding visit. When she returned, Li Qiao invited her cousin, Miss Huang Jiao, to go with her.

They were riding in a horse-drawn sedan outside the city. Li Qiao spied Liu walking in the same direction outside the sedan, so she lifted up the curtains and looked outside the sedan to look at him. She called Huang Jiao and said, "My cousin, look at her quickly. There is a scholar coming with you outside the carriage."

Seeing his shabby appearance, he looks like someone who is down and out." Huang Jiao also lifted the curtains and looked out, saying, "Although he looks down and out, his eyes are firm, as if his ambition has not been fulfilled." Li Que said, "I dare to say that.

"If this poor scholar is allowed to sleep in my kennel at night, he will definitely not take it seriously." Huang said: "No, if he finds out about the kennel, he will definitely not sleep in it!" The two ladies argued endlessly, so they made a bet.

The winning or losing of the ten taels of silver bet is determined by high fives.

In order to win this bet, Miss Li Qiao actually sent Wang Mei, a maid on horseback and a sedan, to lead a maid servant.

A few of them pretended to be robbers and robbed Liu of his livelihood, leaving him penniless and sleeping in Li's house.

Wang Mei had no choice but to obey the order and led several maids and servants to ambush in the bushes. When Liu Xing approached, she rushed out with a shout. Liu was robbed and all his belongings were confiscated. He begged the robbers to leave a few copper coins for food. Wang Mei felt compassion and

Several coins were thrown to the ground. When she quickly picked them up and ran for her life, Wang Mei couldn't bear to let her be caught in the trap, so she gave her a horse, hoping that if she rode faster, escaped Li's house, and stayed at the hotel, Miss Li's bet would be in vain.

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Wang Mei knew that there was a kennel at the back door of Li's house, which was jokingly called the guard room by everyone in Li's house. Wang Mei returned late and saw that Liu Zhong had fallen into the trap and slept in the guard room at night. Although she was angry that Miss Li had done something evil for the sake of fun, she had no choice but to do so.

.The next morning, Miss Li won the bet and simply rewarded Wang Mei with the 10 taels of silver she won. In order to recover from the loss of pretending to be a bandit, Wang Mei instead gave the reward to Liu, hoping that Liu would succeed and be on the gold list.

After hearing that Liu Chunwei was promoted to the prefect of Zhengding, Miss Li was afraid of being exposed and suffered retaliation, so she dismissed the gatekeeper Ding and Wang Mei. Wang Mei was from Handan and had no relatives in Zhengding, so she had to walk back to her hometown. Unexpectedly, she met Liu on the way.

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After Liu heard this, he was furious, how could I live and eat with dogs? How could I give up after being humiliated and humiliated? His old mother listened carefully in the back hall and knew the reason. Her relatives walked into the hall, helped Wang Mei up and sighed.

He said, "Miss Wang, please get up. Without your kindness and righteousness, how could my son be here today? I would like to marry you as my daughter-in-law. Is that okay, miss?" Wang Mei nodded and knelt down to worship her mother-in-law in the hall.

Miss Li Qiao and Miss Huang Jiao were escorted to the lobby. Magistrate Liu slapped the wooden door angrily and shouted: "Du! You are so bold and cunning. Not only did you let me stay in the guard room at night, but you also ate and slept with dogs. I suffered this incredible humiliation.

If you dare to send people to block the road and rob you, you will commit a heinous crime. I will not give you mercy!" The two young ladies realized that they were just looking for fun at that time and did not intend to violate the criminal law. They regretted it too late! Li Bian said: "The grass girl was only joking at that time.

"Ear, I didn't intend to make a big mistake, please forgive me." The two girls kowtowed like chickens pecking at broken rice, wailing and begging.

Liu was furious. In order to relieve his anger, he sentenced the two women to walk with the big yellow dog on the street for a day. Still not satisfied, he later sentenced the two women to live with the dog in the guard room for three months and opened the back door to show their anger.

On an auspicious day, Liu and Wang Mei got married. During the joyful wedding banquet, a government official reported that there was a fortune-telling Taoist priest outside Yan's house who wanted to see him. Liu was startled and thought to himself: it must be that day when the fortune-telling Taoist priest came. He went out to greet him, and he saw him.

When they met and exchanged a few words of greetings, the Taoist said: "I heard that Mr. Liu is very happy today. I want to ask for a cup of wedding wine, so I came here to congratulate you." Liu replied: "Thanks to what the master said, I am really very happy today. I am very grateful.

When it's done, please come into the house and drink it."

The Taoist priest was invited to the banquet. During the conversation at the wedding banquet, he learned that the scholar's name was Xiao Hongzi, and he had no fixed place and was at home all over the world. After the wedding banquet, Liu wanted to make another divination. Xiao Hongzi happily took out the lot and said: "Please, sir, draw another lot."

To divination." Then he shook the lot and Liu drew a lot. When he read it, he saw four characters on the sign: "Meeting in the ancient city." Xiao Hongzi explained: "This lot is signed. Guan Gong and Zhang Fei have been separated for many years. Fortunately, they met in the ancient city.

Yes, but although this lot is signed, it hides a bloody disaster, so we must guard against it." Liu was puzzled and asked why. Xiao Hongzi explained: "It is a happy thing for brothers to meet in the ancient city, but Zhang Fei suspects that Guan Gong is deceitful.

, after meeting, he thrust out his spear and stabbed the feathers, and evaded the attack, but missed the stab, which almost led to a bloody disaster. Now, your Excellency, you will parade the two girls through the streets, accompanied by the dog for three months, which is really a good thing. The Li family is the richest man in Zhengding, and his family

The situation is so great, how can we accept this kind of revenge? The situation is unbearable, and we will invite experts to try to make things difficult for us. I am afraid that this will bring about extreme joy and sorrow, so I ask you to show your noble hands to avoid the sin of the two girls. The grievances between the two parties are equal." Liu Sizhi thought for a long time, and felt that

Xiao Hongzi's words made sense, so he said: "Master reminded me that I will release the two girls immediately and no longer hold them accountable."

Three days later, when Liu was reading at night, he was sitting cross-legged on the side of the desk. Suddenly a dagger flew in from the window. With a bang, the dagger brought a note with it and smashed it into the desk. Liu was shocked. He raised his eyes and looked out the window and saw a black shadow passing by.

After passing by, he was busy crouching under the desk and was silent for a long time. Then he took the courage to pull out the dagger and read a note: "You have punished the two girls for their faults. The two girls were naughty and playful, and sleeping in a guard house is better than sleeping on the street. You should not

I don’t care. Now I hear that you have avoided the fault of the two girls. If not, I will definitely take your life!"
Chapter completed!