"Kaifeng has a Bao Qingtian, the iron mask selflessly defends the loyal traitor, the jianghu Haojie comes to help, the dynasty and Mahan are around...", this is a well-known film and television golden song, in these few lyrics, the name "Bao Qingtian" needless to say, he is the famous Bao Zhengbao Lord, in addition to Bao Zheng, also mentioned the names of two other people, namely "Dynasty" and "Mahan".
When it comes to Dynasty and Mahan, everyone will naturally think of Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, yes, Dynasty Mahan and Zhang Long Zhao Hu, the four of them together formed the "Four Famous Catches" under Lord Bao of Kaifeng Province, so what is the origin of the four of them? Why did they defect to Bao Zheng?
The acquaintance of Bao Zheng and Wang Chao Mahan and Zhang Long Zhao Hu still has some feelings of "no fight and no deal", what is this?
It is said that when Bao Zheng was trying a murderer named Zhao Da in Dingyuan County, he caused Zhao Da Dangtang to die due to the execution, although Zhao Da's death was more than enough, but this was after all a taboo of his superiors, so Bao Zheng was dismissed from his post.
After Bao Zheng finished explaining the county affairs, he left Dingyuan County with his housekeeper Bao Xing. Bao Zheng was out of the way, and he didn't know what to do for a while, he was riding on a horse listlessly sighing secretly, suddenly, from the woods on the mountain, a group of people rushed down, these people, led by a big man with half an empty arm, involuntarily said, immediately dragged Bao Zheng and Bao Xing off the horse and tied up the mountain. This big man who was tied up was no one else, he was None other than Mahan.
Ma Han tied Bao Zheng and Bao Xing to the mountain, and there were two leaders on the mountain at this time, they were Wang Chao and Zhang Long, and Wang Chao, Ma Han, and Zhang Long tied Bao Zheng and Bao Xing to the pillar outside the palace, and before they could ask, just at this time, the fourth leader, Zhao Hu, appeared.
Zhao Hu ran to the mountain with a few people in a panic, and breathlessly said to the three of them: "No, Yamashita met a powerful character, his ability is ten times stronger than the younger brother, the younger brother was hit by him as soon as he made a shot, which brother will meet him?" When Dynasty Mahan and Zhang Longzhao Hu all went down the mountain to meet that person, Dynasty laughed as soon as he saw that person, because he knew that person, and that person was Nanxia Zhan zhao.
Zhan Zhao went up the mountain with Wang Chao and the others, and when Zhan Zhao saw Bao Zheng tied to the pillar, he couldn't help but be surprised, because he and Bao Zheng had long known each other, and he had also rescued Bao Zheng's life. When Dynasty Mahan and Zhang Longzhao Hu learned that the person they had captured was actually Lord Bao of Dingyuan County, he immediately loosened his restraints and prostrated his head to make amends.
Bao Zheng did not blame the Dynasty, but could not help but sigh a little: "I see that the four are Haojie, why do they want to do this kind of work?" So Dynasty Mahan and Zhang Longzhao Hu told Bao Zheng their story. Originally, this mountain was called Tulonggang, which used to be the dwelling place of mountain thieves, and later Zhang Long and Zhao Hu mistakenly surrendered to Pang Taishi, only to find that Pang Taishi was treacherous, so they left Pang Mansion, and when they passed through this Tulonggang, they beat away the mountain thieves and began to settle here.
Later, the Dynasty and Mahan took a martial examination, and as a result, they were expelled by Pang Taishi, so they left in anger, it is strange to say that the Dynasty Mahan also passed through Tulonggang, so the four of them were like-minded, and they married brothers with different surnames, the largest of the dynasty, the second oldest of Mahan, the third of Zhang Long, and the youngest of Zhao Hu.
Although Bao Zheng's journey was not smooth, but the Dynasty MaHan and Zhang Long Zhao Hu met the nobles, their nobles were Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng's ups and downs were only temporary, and the Dynasty Mahan and Zhang Long Zhao Hu also had the intention of serving the imperial court and contributing to the country, so this also had the story of the "four famous catches" in Kaifeng Province that we were familiar with later.