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Du Er gambled with people, quarreled with people, and killed people at the gambling table, and was sentenced to death.
After the autumn, Du Erwuhua tied up and fell to his knees on the decapitation table. The executioner was just about to wave the ghost head knife when suddenly, a thief wind blew up on the flat ground, blowing the yellow earth. A grain of fine sand was blown into the executioner's eyes. At the same time, the originally good sunny day suddenly became cloudy, and the sky suddenly darkened.
When the supervisor saw that the situation was not good, he was afraid that someone would take the opportunity to rob the court, so he hurriedly asked Du Er to temporarily take him on death row and choose another date to behead him.
I saw a huge white-eared mouse lying next to him, the size of an adult domestic cat, and an ordinary baby mouse next to him, stealing his meal with relish. Du Er secretly said, "Even rats like you have come to bully me, thinking that I really have no day to turn over?" ”
So he squinted his eyes, silently, and suddenly, he reached out his hand and rushed up. The rat felt bad and withdrew to avoid it. The young rat reacted one step late and was held in Du Er's hand. When the rat saw that the young rat was captured, after running a few steps away, he turned back to stand in place, a pair of rat eyes like black gems, glaring at Du Er, and two rows of cold and shining fangs appeared in his mouth.
Du Er smiled, "I am not afraid of death, and I am afraid that you beast will not succeed!" With a little force in his hand, the baby rat suddenly "squeaked" in pain. The rat looked at the young rat, and then at Du Er, and immediately closed his eyes, and kept crying, as if pleading with him to release his child.
Du Er couldn't help but be shocked, could it be that rats and humans know the same mother-child relationship? Du Ergang wanted to release the baby rat, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his heart: it is often said that rats are born to make holes, and since this rat can enter this prison, there must be a hole opening leading to the outside.
So he opened the grass shop and looked through it carefully, and in an inconspicuous place of grass, there was a rat hole with a large bowl mouth. Du Er ji came to his senses, pointed to the rat hole, and said, "If you want to save your children, start digging your hole now." Before dawn tomorrow morning, I will escape from this hole. If I don't do what I say, I'll..."
Saying, with a force in his hand, the young rat made another tragic sound when he boarded.
The rat realized something, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and looked at the baby rat and burrowed into the hole. Du Er waited left and right, until the sky outside the prison window gradually brightened, and did not see the rats come out, annoyed, subconsciously with a force, the young rats have long lost their breath.
At this moment, a noise was overheard, and Du Er immediately regained his grip on his hand, only to see the rat's claws blurred with flesh and blood, drilling out of the hole. It turned out that the hole in the bowl mouth was already three bowl mouths thick. Du Er was already thin and small, and he just went in. When I got out of the prison, I found that the outside of the cave was originally a remote alley. So, he hurriedly threw the baby rat away and took the opportunity to escape.
Since then, he has been hiding his name, running to a distant relative for more than five years, following others to do low-key business, and even making a lot of silver.
Things are fickle, and in the blink of an eye, the old dynasty is gone. The founding emperor of the new dynasty ascended the throne and pardoned the world, and Du Er went through several turns before he dared to return to his hometown. Du Er relied on money to pave the way, could speak the Tao, and even donated a Qipin County Order, and was sent to Dingping County, a neighboring county in Mianzhou, to take up his post.
After serving in Dingping County for more than two years, Du Erming was diligent in his administration and loved the people, but secretly did all kinds of bad things. In his spare time, he also "went deep into the people" and pretended to comfort the people's sufferings, but in fact he searched for folk treasures and took the opportunity to find flowers and ask for willows.
On this day, Du Er was drinking and listening to music in the back garden, when he saw Master Shi running over breathlessly and saying, "Lord, Lord Shangshu Meng is coming!" ”
Du Er asked in surprise, "What is Lord Meng's business in coming to Dingping?" Master Shi replied, "Lord Meng is passing through this county on an errand." Then, the conversation turned sharply and he smiled, "Lord Meng is a heavy minister of the official department, and the promotion of officials is entirely up to him and the emperor." Lord Du, this is a good thing! ”
After Du Er listened to Master's analysis, he couldn't help but be very surprised, thinking to himself, since Lord Meng was passing through Dingping, he must rest for a few days, and this was a good opportunity to lean on this big tree, as long as he served him well this time, if there were personnel changes in the bureaucracy in the future, he would be able to soar. Du Er immediately ordered Master To go down and start preparing for dusk, when dozens of officers and soldiers slowly arrived at Dingping County in a group of official cars. Du Er had been waiting in front of the county gate for a long time, after performing official ceremonies, after a bit of greeting, Du Er had a banquet at the most luxurious "Xingchun Restaurant" in Dingping County, and Meng Shangshu had three rounds of washing dust and wine for Meng Shangshu, and Meng Shangshu asked with a smile: "Lord Du, less than three years after taking office, I have heard on the road that the people's reputation is excellent, it is really rare!" Du Er was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that the people he had sent to dress up as subordinates must have played a role in putting on a show for themselves. He hurriedly bowed down and said, "The subordinate officer has only done his duty, you are too rewarded!" Meng Shangshu kept waving his hand: "Wherever, when I finish my errands, return to the Holy Capital, meet the emperor, and I will definitely tell the truth!" When Du Er heard this, he was immediately flattered and thanked him one after another.
When the banquet was over, Du Er insisted that Meng Shangshu live in his home in order to show his respect. Meng Shangshu resigned, but had to agree.
Meng Shangshu ignored the flow of water, but also went inside, took a closer look by candlelight, and could not help but be surprised: behind the waterfall was actually a cave more than one person high, and the cave was covered with oilcloths with dozens of locked large boxes. I saw that the rat jumped to a nearby box out of nowhere, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth like a knife, and without much effort, it had already gnawed through the bottom of the box. Just listening to the sound of "whooshing", it actually rolled down a field of silver with white flowers and all kinds of pearls and precious jade...
Meng Shangshu secretly sent people into the cave to count, and was stunned, there were more than one million taels of silver alone.
Early the next morning, when Lord Du Erdu was still dreaming of promoting officials and getting rich, Meng Shangshu had already written a sonata and sent someone to quickly report to the imperial court.
When the emperor heard this, Long Yan was furious and gave him the title of "decisive and exemplary for three days" to make an example! The day after the Holy Will was issued, Du Er, who had committed the most heinous crimes, was beheaded.
Excerpted from The Legends of The Ancients