Folk tale "Mulberry Tree Flowing Water Crow Cries"

In the last year of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne and sent troops everywhere to arrest Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu was alone, walking on the road, he was hungry and dizzy, and his limbs were weak. Seeing a mulberry tree by the side of the road, he leaned over and sat down to lean on the trunk and take a nap. After a while, he suddenly heard a crow in the tree, so he raised his head and opened his eyes to see that the old crow was eating mulberry fruit. His heart fluttered: Can this wild fruit be eaten? So he picked up the mulberry fruit that had fallen on the ground and tasted it, and it felt fragrant and sweet. Then he picked up all the mulberries on the ground and ate them. The crow seemed to know that he was hungry, and his wings fluttered, and a large piece fell on the ground, and after a while Liu Xiu was full.

Before leaving, he said gratefully to the big mulberry tree and the old crow: "If I Can restore the Han family and mountains, I will definitely crown you as the head of the tree and the king of the birds." ”

Later, Liu Xiu really became emperor. Where else did he think of the mulberry trees and crows that had saved his life? But he made Tsubaki the King of Trees and Phoenix the King of Birds. When the big mulberry tree knew, his feet exploded, and the crows cursed endlessly.

Once, Liu Xiu went out of the palace to hunt and went to this big mulberry tree again. He saw that there were many holes in the big mulberry tree, and the black water flowed straight out, and the crow stood in the tree and cursed him. Only then did he remember what had happened. I regretted it, but it was too late. What the emperor has sealed cannot be changed. After returning to the palace, Liu Xiu had to draw out the Longquan Sword and cut off the head of the Tsubaki tree at once. By the time he looked for the phoenix again, the phoenix had already escaped without a trace.

Now, most of the mulberry trees that people see have holes in their stomachs and flow black water outwards. That is, it was liu xiuqi. The crow barked when it saw people, and it was cursing Liu Xiu. As soon as the tree arrived in autumn; as soon as the leaves fell, it was as if they had been cut down, that is, they were cut by Liu Xiu with the Longquan sword. As for the phoenix, people can no longer see it now, and it was scared away by Liu Xiu.