Legend has it that as early as the end of the Western Han Dynasty, in the case of the early death of the Han Emperor and the fall of imperial power, Wang Mang took the opportunity to steal power. However, there was a person surnamed Liu who became his biggest threat, and this person was Liu Xiu, the son of the face. In order to consolidate the new dynasty, Wang Mang had to get rid of Liu Xiu. He sent troops to hunt down and kill Liu Xiu.
At that time, Liu Xiu and few soldiers could dodge the attack of Wang Mang, the emperor of the new dynasty, and fight back again and again, making the already unfutable family even worse. Soon, Liu Xiu became a loner. On this day, Liu Xiu fled for his life as usual, Liu Xiu was hungry and hungry, just saw a densely growing tree, the tree was full of red and black fruits, Liu Xiu also did not think much, picked a lot to eat, this fruit is sour and sweet. Soon I was full of food. After eating and drinking, Liu Xiu heard the sound of the pursuing soldiers behind him again, so he hurriedly continued to flee for his life.
Seeing that the pursuing soldiers were about to be chased, Liu Xiu saw an old farmer cultivating the land, so he asked the old farmer for help. The old farmer did not think of anything else, so he found a piece of Lou root grass from the renovated field next to him for Liu Xiu to hold in his mouth, lying in the middle of the plough ditch, and the old farmer turned over the soil and covered him. At this time, the pursuing soldiers had arrived, so they asked the old farmer if he had seen a man running over. The old farmer said he hadn't seen it. At this time, the magpies next to them shouted "Run far, run away", and when the officers and men were ready to chase, the "looking in the ditch" (the scientific name of the bird is not clear) next to them shouted "plough ditch to find, plough ditch to find", so the officers and soldiers began to rush to the plough ditch with a rush, and did not find Liu Xiu's figure for half a day. At this time, another bird shouted "burn with fire, burn with fire" over there, and the officers and men were busy for half a day without finding Liu Xiu, and they did not believe in these bird languages, so they continued to chase forward.
When Liu Xiu heard the officers and men walking away, he came out of the soil. After thanking the old farmer, he set off on the road. Soon after, he found the remnants of the previous forces, regrouped his forces, and launched another attack on Wang Mang, and after decades of great war, Liu Xiu successfully defeated Wang Mang and became the first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After becoming emperor, he remembered some of the things that happened to him when he fled, and he rewarded him with great merit. Since I didn't remember it at the time it wasn't very clear. Liu Xiu mistakenly thought of the Tsubaki tree as a mulberry tree. He named the tree "King of the Trees". When Mulberry heard the news, he exploded his belly. When it was in the plough ditch, Liu Xiu was angry. For the magpie who helped himself, Liu Xiu sealed the title of an auspicious bird. Liu Xiu told him not to build a nest in a high place, but only to build a nest in a plough ditch in the field, and the "three nine birds" were not allowed to go out of the nest for three days and not to enter the nest for three or nine days. This is why magpies are a symbol of good deeds later, bird nests appear in the plough ditches of wheat fields in the fields, and birds are frozen and fall from trees during the coldest time of winter.
This little story is my bedtime story when I was a child, some details may not be remembered too clearly, welcome friends to add in the comment area.
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