When I was a child, the village played movies every three to five minutes, such as "Tunnel Warfare", "Mine Warfare", "The Radio Wave That Never Disappears" and many other movies. With the passage of time and the accumulation of years, some movies have lost track of the contents. Only one puppet show movie, "Chickens In the Middle of the Night", is still hazy and somewhat impressive. The film tells that before liberation, there was a landlord named Zhou Pickpocket, who racked his brains to exploit the long-term workers, and used the middle of the night to learn chicken barking and let the long-term workers work in the fields in advance. After being discovered by the clever little long worker Gao Yubao, Xiao Yubao gave advice to the long-term workers, cleverly on the grounds of catching chicken thieves, and taught Zhou Pickpocket, who was learning to call chickens, a harsh lesson, Zhou Pickpocket knew that the long-term workers were false to catch chicken thieves, teaching themselves to be true, but they could not wash themselves, and could only beat their teeth and swallow into the stomach.
Speaking of learning chicken barking in the middle of the night, the landlord Zhou Peel is not the first person, and he has used it hundreds of years ago. According to historical records: During the Warring States period, the king of the State of Qi, Meng Tianjun, had three thousand guests under his command, and among his guests, there were fish and dragons mixed, and there were many gentlemen on the beams, who stole chickens and dogs; there were also people who killed people and crossed the border. One year, Meng Tianjun led the guests to travel around the Qin Kingdom, and King Qin Zhao, seeing that Meng Tianjun had a list of talents and so many strategists, invited him to stay and be the prime minister. When the qin courtiers saw that Meng Tianjun had power, they were very jealous of him, and they met with King Zhao and gave him a small report: "King, Meng Tianjun has a marquis and a fief in the state of Qi, and he can rest assured that he is an official in the qin state, maybe he came to go undercover." King Qin Zhao, as soon as he heard the words of his subjects, thought of killing Meng Tianjun.
After Meng Tianjun heard the news that King Qin Zhao was going to kill himself, he was sincerely afraid and restless all day. A strategist stood up and said to Meng Tianjun: 'Junwang, why don't we send gifts, activities, maybe things will be settled', Meng Tianjun listened, felt that he could only try this, he gave the high-grade fox fur he carried with him to Qin Zhaowang's favorite concubine, let her dredge up at King Zhao. Not long after, the concubine entrusted someone to bring the words , 'King Qin Zhao authorized Meng To return to the State of Qi, and said that he would set up a banquet for him in two days'.
As soon as Meng Tianjun heard that King Zhao had let him go, he waited for two days, and hurriedly ordered his entourage to quickly pack up his luggage and set off immediately. They hurried out of the capital of the Qin State, non-stop, running wildly, and it was late at night when they came to Hangu Pass. The soldiers guarding the closed door did not allow it, according to the regulations of the Qin State: the switch should be after the chicken called Tianming. Standing in front of the gate of Hangu Pass, Meng Yujun was anxious and came to wander, he knew that King Qin Zhao's life was suspicious, and if King Zhao sent elite soldiers to pursue and kill him, his life would be in danger. At this time, a strategist came over and smiled at Meng Tianjun and said, "King of the County, Hugh should be worried, less afraid, in the next move, we can pass the pass." Only to see this strategist with a cat's waist, stretching his neck, and issuing a 'cluck!' The rooster chirped, and with this rooster cry, the surrounding chickens also cried. Meng Tianjun hurriedly ran to the doorman and said, "Sir, the chicken is barking, open the door!" The guards were also confused, unable to understand why the chicken was calling so early today, and opened the door in a daze, and Meng Yujun and his entourage seemed to have reached the gate with a gust of wind.
Not long after Meng Tianjun left the customs, the elite soldiers sent by King Qin Zhao arrived, but unfortunately, 'the fifteenth day of the first month was half a month late'. A chicken cry saved Meng Tianjun's life and achieved his later hegemonic status.