During the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty, there was an old man surnamed Liu in Liujia Village, who walked the streets and alleys on weekdays to earn a living by pulling goods for people, and one day he delivered goods to the old patrons of the next village, because of the long distance of goods, when the work was finished, the sky was already dark.
The old patron wanted to keep him for one night, saying that the past year had not been peaceful, and many people in the vicinity had their hearts removed for no reason, and they had not been able to solve the case so far. Hearing that this old man Liu had made a mistake and that there were many people looking for him to work tomorrow, he decided to go home overnight.
Just after driving a donkey cart for five miles, Liu Laohan felt dry and dry, and he thought about asking for water from everyone. Just happened to see a family not far away with lights on, Liu Laohan came forward to knock on the door, and out came a woman who was about forty years old, Liu Laohan held his fist and gave a salute to explain his intentions, the woman threw a wink at Liu Laohan, shook three times and shook back into the house, brought out a bowl of water and handed it to Liu Laohan, casually leaning on the donkey cart and looking at him with a smile.
The woman asked, "Where is the eldest brother going to go so late?" Old Han Liu looked at the woman in front of him and said awkwardly, "Liu Cun." The woman's face changed drastically when she heard it, "Yo, big brother, don't go to Liu Village in the middle of the night." The woman explained that if you want to go to Liu Village, you must pass through the giant mountain two miles away, and there are bandits in the mountains all year round, so it is better to stay here for one night and go again tomorrow morning.
Liu Laohan added, "I agreed with the villagers to pull the goods tomorrow, and besides, I have a lot of inconvenience in staying here." The woman giggled, and jade fingers rubbed her shoulders, "It's no secret, my husband died of illness three years ago, and now he is alone in the empty boudoir, which is very lonely." ”
Hearing that this old man Liu had already guessed the woman's intentions, Justice said awe-inspiringly: "Thank you Lady, farewell." Ignoring the woman leaning on the donkey cart, he raised his whip and drove away, almost pushing the woman to the ground. After the woman stood firm, she stared viciously at the direction in which Old Han Liu was going, and she didn't know what to mutter.
At this time, the five fingers on the road were not seen, Liu Laohan took out a lantern to illuminate the front, and there were many thoughts in his mind, although he had grown up in Liu Village since he was a child, he had also seen some of the world, and he knew that people's hearts were sinister. Fang just looked at the woman scratching her head, if she really stayed at her house, maybe where her husband was hiding, and when the time came, a fairy jumped and fiercely blackmailed a sum of money? Or if the business is not successful, he will be slaughtered again, and the more he gains and losses, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels wise.
Unconsciously came to the foot of the giant mountain, Liu Laohan used a lantern to take a picture, the mountain was pitch black, the surrounding bushes rustled, he gave a cold gag, thinking that it was really going to happen. At this moment, suddenly the wind blew through, and some black things scraped into Liu Laohan's mouth, he coughed twice, spit out something in his mouth and looked at it through the lantern, it was gunpowder.
He couldn't figure it out, wondering why there was such a thing in the wilderness? So he looked around, found a long trace of gunpowder from the ground behind the donkey cart, and then on the donkey cart, he also found a small funnel full of gunpowder, and the gunpowder would be sprinkled out with a light bump, Liu Laohan guessed that it should have been put by the woman when she was leaning on the donkey cart, did she have to ventilate the news to others?
Thinking of this, Liu Laohan was terrified, because there was only one way to enter the mountain, and he would definitely be caught if he went forward. It is impossible to turn around and go back, and it is likely to collide with the gangsters. At a moment of extreme anxiety, he suddenly had a clever move, lit the paper lantern and threw it along the traces of gunpowder, only to see that the gunpowder crawled in the opposite direction like a fire snake, and then took out a knife and stabbed it on the donkey's buttocks, the donkey was in excruciating pain, and ran like crazy to the mountain, and Liu Laohan went into the bushes to hide, not daring to say a word.
After a while, three big men chased after the mountain, and one of them scolded and grinned, "Miscellaneous, how dare you burn my face, see if I don't catch you, so that I can peel your skin." Another said: "It seems that he found us and drove away, it doesn't matter that there are our brothers in the mountains, we are back and forth." After saying that, the three of them ran toward the mountain.
At this time, Liu Laohan was glad that he was witty, and he climbed back to the same road with a rolling belt, and on the way, he saw the woman's residence again, and spat fiercely: "You scum, wait for Lao Tzu to report to the officials to let you look good." After saying that, he ran back to the old patron's house with a cigarette.
After seeing that the old patron would be explained, the old patron took Liu Laohan to report to the officials without saying a word. The county commander was shocked and said, "Are they the ones who killed people who appeared a year ago?" "Hurriedly transferred dozens of servants, guarded the entrance and exit of the giant mountain overnight, and sent people to crouch in the woman's residence, and before dawn they captured all seven of them.
After interrogation, it was learned that several men were outlaws wanted by the government, hiding in the mountains on weekdays, and just happened to meet a woman who had returned to her hometown to visit her relatives a year ago, and they saw that they had taken turns to defile her, and then the woman gave herself up, so she joined them in the same stream, engaged in murderous activities, and sold her heart to rich people with such habits at a high price.
They first seduced the woman, and then broke into the house to kill people. If the seduction did not work, the woman was asked to find a way to leave a mark with gunpowder, and then collectively track down the killer, and there was no failure in the past year. Knowing that Old Han Liu was astute, he lit a lantern to suggest that they had been exposed, and then drove the donkey cart into the mountain, which avoided the disaster.
Later, the outlaws and women were convicted of murder and immediately beheaded, and no one has disappeared since.