In this drama full of mystery, the fate of the three Liu brothers has attracted much attention. They are Liu 17, Liu 18 and Liu 19, who came from humble backgrounds, but they were involved in a thrilling incident. As the plot progresses, viewers can't help but start speculating about their final ending. Is it the gentle Liu 18, or the beastified Liu 19, which is even more deplorable? Let's explore this age-old mystery together.
1. The tragic family relationship of the three brothers
During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in a poor family in Huai'an Mansion, his wife Yueniang gave birth to three male babies with difficulty, namely Liu 17, Liu 18 and Liu 19. The couple originally hoped to have a son to raise their old age under their knees, but who would have thought that it would be the third child. In addition to joy, Yueniang's vitality was greatly damaged, and when she gave birth to her last child, Liu Nineteen, she almost lost her last trace of strength.
The family is poor and hungry, how can Yueniang go to proper prenatal care? The three Liu brothers were destined to have a bad fate at birth. Liu 17 and Liu 18 were barely harmed, but Liu 19 was incomplete, with a hideous face, and was disgusted by his father and abandoned in the barren mountains and mountains. Yueniang said goodbye to Liu Nineteen with tears, and it took several months to recover some strength from the couch.
The stubborn illness of the Liu family is not only poor, but also the father Liu Zhang is a patriarchal and terrible person. He hoped that his third son would be able to make a name for himself, but he was indifferent to his daughters, and when the family was surrounded by walls, he had no mercy for his daughters, and drove them out of the house one by one, relying on relatives and friends to rely on their origins.
Liu Shibai has a gentle character since he was a child and is filial to his parents, but he can't do anything to stop his father's paranoia. He witnessed his sisters leaving home one after another, and he also witnessed his mother's hard work to support the family. The most heartbreaking thing for him is to see his sister being beaten with his own eyes, and after being kicked out of the house, his whereabouts are unknown, and there has been no news of him so far.
2. Liu Shijiu's peculiar fate with the python
Liu 19 was born with a crippled face and was abandoned by his father in a barren mountain in the west of Huai'an City. Because of the harsh environment and the infestation of wild beasts, this mountain is known as the "Evil Ghost Peak". The young Liu Shijiu was alone there, crying for help and no one paid attention to it, so he had to fend for himself.
Just as Liu Shijiu was dying, a giant python appeared in front of him. Legend has it that this python has been entrenched in the mountains for hundreds of years, guarding the entire demon peak like a watchman. It may have been alarmed by Liu Nineteen's cry, or it smelled the breath of dying and came to forage for food, but there is no way to know.
However, what is surprising is that this ferocious python did not hurt Liu Jiujiu in the slightest, but licked his whole body with his tongue, licked away the dirt, and warmed his cold body with his hot body. After that, it carefully wrapped Liu Shijiu in his body and lay in the same nest with his newborn snake babies.
In this way, Liu Shijiu depended on a nest of snakes and spent one difficult day and night after another. Together, they ate wild boars and hares, drank water from streams, and traveled freely through the mountains and forests. Liu Shijiu even learned snake language and talked to pythons, as if he was no different from people.
Time flies, and the spring and snow have changed for more than ten years. One person and one snake, from weak and petite to strong and powerful physique. It's just that Liu Shijiu's face is becoming more and more hideous and terrifying, covered with dense dark red scales, his eyes are clear, his fangs are exposed, and he exudes a fishy smell. He is vigorous and cunning, agile as a snake, but his bones are strong and powerful, and he has undoubtedly become a beast, turning into a "human snake".
But despite this, Liu Shijiu's mind did not wither. He was still in awe of the python that had raised him, and often followed her instructions to hunt for food. At the same time, he has not forgotten his humanity, often wailing at the moon at night, tears streaming from his eyes, praying that one day he can regain his former human form.
3. Corruption in the county government is deeply rooted
Huai'an Mansion, the hometown of the three Liu brothers, has never been a wealthy county. However, in the Kaiyuan period, the scene of Huai'an Mansion plummeted, and the people were displaced and destitute. Within the county government, there are even more disasters, and corruption is habitual.
At that time, Liu Renshu of Huai'an Zhixian County was originally an honest and honest official, and he wrote to the court several times to avenge the grievances of the people. Unexpectedly, he was demoted to Gantang County, far away from Beijing, and could not directly attack the greedy people. The newly appointed Li Liang, the magistrate of Gantang County, is not only addicted to gambling, but also presses his parents and children to make money for money, and he is even more incompetent and difficult to govern one party.
As a result, corrupt officials who blindly played tricks took advantage of the situation to enter, and Gantang County was full of corruption crimes inside and out. The same is true of the prison wards, where the prisoners are given the privilege of gambling comfortably in prison and even meeting unscrupulous people.
What is even more terrifying is that in order to collect money, the prisoners actually colluded with a gang of bandits and indulged them in evil. This gang of bandits not only robbed the rich and helped the poor, but also kidnapped business travelers and extorted money. When he was in trouble, he threw the corpses of these merchants into the mountains and wilderness, and there was no news from him since.
The prison and the bandits colluded with each other, exchanged heavy money for "cooperation", firmly grasped the black and white with both hands, and ran rampant and domineering in the county, doing many evils. The prison gets the money, and the bandits get the convenience, so that they can escape the law without fear and do all the bad things.
The local people only promised and did not dare to make a sound, lest they cause trouble and trouble from their mouths. Even some scholars had to grovel and pay bribes to the county officials to save their lives. Corruption has enveloped the land of Huai'an like a plague, and disasters are everywhere.
It was precisely because of this rampant corruption that led to the tragedy of the three Liu brothers. One father, Liu Zhang, is just a small official, unable to resist the will to go to the polluted pool; Moreover, Liu 18 had to be involved in the murder case of Gantangyi, and was forced to become a marionette. As for the beastly Liu Shijiu, he is also a member of the county, which can be regarded as another by-product of corruption. All in all, the birthplace of all these banes is the greedy Gantang County Yanei.
Fourth, the brotherly wall is constantly worn
The family turned against each other, and the brotherhood has been exhausted, which is the most suffocating thing about the three Liu brothers.
Liu 17 and Liu 18 have been like brothers since childhood, but who expected that they would later turn against each other and see each other. They used to be close friends who talked about everything, but now they have to fight for the rights and interests of the family ancestral hall, and it is difficult to distinguish between them.
Liu Qiqi is gentle by nature and doesn't want to go to court, but he has no choice but to socialize. He was originally honest and kind, and he wanted to follow the rules and seek the ideal of a comfortable life without worrying about food and clothing. But once he intervened in the struggle for power in the ancestral hall, he could not extricate himself and was forced to continue to be involved in the fierce struggle of centrifugal division. Gradually, Liu Qiqi gradually got used to the life of internal friction, learned intrigue and conspiracy, and finally became a tit-for-tat opponent with his younger brother.
In contrast, Liu Eighteen didn't have so many worries. He is sharp-natured, pragmatic, pragmatic, and eager for power. He firmly believes that only by controlling the ancestral hall industry alone can he truly realize his family's long-cherished wish of prosperity. At the same time, he was also deeply dissatisfied with his brother Liu Qiqi - he felt that his brother's straw bales were weak, lacked decisiveness, and made it difficult to command the overall situation.
As a result, the contradiction between the two brothers intensified. Blindly being harmonious cannot be solved, and you can only rely on infighting to distinguish the superiority. The two brothers openly cried out for battle at the venue, and for months in a row, they clashed fiercely over the ancestral hall. For a time, there was chaos inside and outside the ancestral hall, the struggle for rights affected the normal operation, and the family business plummeted.
To make matters worse, even the beastly Liu 19 was involved in this dispute. He was already wild and untamable, and after this incident, he was on the verge of breaking out, and he completely went berserk. Liu Nineteen was somehow deeply wary of Liu Eighteen, treating him as an enemy, but he was slightly affectionate to Liu Seventeen. He sometimes helped Liu Qiqi, and sometimes made trouble behind his back, making the two sides more-for-tat and chaotic.
Until the end, the internal friction of the ancestral hall was unstoppable and went to the point of no return. Not only did Liu 17 and Liu 18 become enemies, but even Liu 19, a different brother who had never met, was also involved in the whirlpool of disputes. The ancestral hall family business was almost bankrupt, and the three brothers committed suicide together, and for a time they were all over the house, and the corpses were all over the field. That's what people finally remember and reflect on the whole thing.
5. The finale was miserable
In the end, the ending of the three Liu brothers was unbearable, which can be called the anger of people and gods.
First, Liu Qiqi suffered an ominous end. When he realized that he was going to compete with his younger brother Liu Eighteen, he made up his mind to bring down the other party's power in one fell swoop. But who expected, he was plotted by someone in the old mansion in Fucheng, was bitten by a poisonous snake, and was dying. It is impossible to see who the murderer is. Some people say that Liu 18's henchmen did it, and some people suspect that Liu 19 is responsible. But in any case, this gentle eldest brother finally died in Huangquan, which is really embarrassing.
Then, Liu 18 also fell into a situation from which he could never recover. He had already overthrown his brother and monopolized the power of the ancestral hall. But at this moment, a shocking murder broke out inside the ancestral hall - a murder occurred in Gantangyi, and a merchant was killed. What's worse is that the corpse appeared in the ancestral compound.
This murder case involved a lot of things, and even affected the court elites, becoming a wildfire. Soon, Yushitai intervened in the investigation and persevered to find out the truth. In the end, irrefutable evidence pointed to Liu 18, who was accused of colluding with bandits to commit rebellion, and the crime was not exculpable. Although he tried his best to plead, he was powerless to return to heaven after all, and was severely convicted by Zhulian's whole family, and the law was corrected on the spot.
Poor Liu 19 was not spared. This beastified monster was wandering in the mountains and wilderness when he was captured, doing evil. When it was abandoned in the mountains, it was rescued by a python. Now it is treated like a brute, locked in a cage to be tortured. In the end, it was chained and escorted back to Beijing by the imperial court, and it must have been unable to escape death.
In general, the fate of the three Liu brothers can be described as ups and downs, and there is nothing to look forward to. Brothers are on the wall, the family is dead, corpses are everywhere, and there are thousands of hatreds. Their ending was not only a tragedy, but also a thunderclap in the entire Tang Dynasty and the opposition, which shocked countless people in the world. Therefore, this incident was compiled into the "Tang Dynasty Legends" to show that brotherly harmony in the world is the common sense of human beings, and do not go down such a wrong path.