【Folk Story】 Han Ping's wife and female companions went to the mulberry forest to pick mulberry leaves, and the lustful King Kang took a fancy to her and forced someone to snatch her into the palace. Han Ping was full of grief and indignation, and told everyone about king Kang's cruelty and shamelessness. King Kang became angry and humiliated, and he was charged with insulting the monarch and was arrested and imprisoned for hard labor.
King Kang also used the despicable means of intimidation and seduction to force Han Ping's wife to turn her back on her husband and follow her. However, she was loyal and never agreed, and secretly wrote a letter to her husband who was doing hard work, which read: "In the spring, the rain is drenched, the river is wide and deep, and the sun shines on my heart."
This means that one's sorrows and longings are like the rain of spring, continuously. King Kang's brutality was like water in the milky way of the Queen Mother's mother, tearing the couple apart. But no matter what, his heart is like the sun, bright and upright, and unswerving. When Han Ping read the letter, he was filled with grief and indignation, and his tears rolled down, and he hanged himself with hatred that night.
When King Kang heard that Han Ping had hanged himself, he sneered, "Hmm, cheap this boy!" Then he said to his wife, "Tell you, Han Committed Suicide yesterday in fear of sin." You've forgotten him. Tomorrow I will take you to Qinglingtai to have a good time. Han Ping's wife had long been determined to go to Huangquan together. She endured her grief, pretended to smile, and agreed to travel with King Kang to Qinglingtai.
The next day, King Kang led her around the high Qingling Platform, and shamelessly said, "As long as you follow me, I will guarantee you the glory and wealth that you will never be able to enjoy for the rest of your life." When he finished, he laughed triumphantly again.
Han Ping's wife took advantage of his lack of attention and suddenly jumped over the railing and jumped down. The people on the left and right panicked and rushed to pull her clothes. Who knew that this dress had been soaked with a corrosive potion beforehand, and it would fall into pieces when she grabbed it. By the time the guards hurried to the stage, Han Ping's wife had already lost her breath. The guards found a white ribbon on her body, which read: "I don't want to live for the king, I would rather go to Huangquan with Han Ping." Please give my bones to Han Ping and bury him. ”
King Kang was furious and shouted, "Quick, bury this woman far away, and don't bury her with Han Ping." In this way, Han Ping's wife was buried far away from Han Ping's grave. King Kang felt that he still did not understand the hatred, and said viciously, "Aren't you in love with each other?" If he had the ability, he connected the two tombs and showed them to me. ”
A miracle happened. Overnight, a tall catalpa tree grew on each of the two graves, with its trunks curved and close to each other, its roots intertwined, and its branches and leaves intertwined. In the shade of the verdant trees, a pair of Mandarin ducks gave birth. They are inseparable from each other.
People despised the crimes of King Song Kang and admired Han's indomitable and noble qualities, so they called these two trees "acacia trees".
