How did Xia Yulai die in Chaoshan?

Xia Yulai is a folk legend in Chaoshan. There are many stories about him, but the good and the bad are mixed and the truth is hard to argue. So Xia Yulai has two images: one is Ren Xia, who is brave and helpful. Although he often has some funny tricks, it is just icing on the cake, adding a bit of amiable color to him, which often makes people smile; Another image is similar to the villain in the play. He relies on the strength of the government and a little cleverness to bully the old and beat the small, and the prank is even more disgusting. In fact, Xia Yulai was originally a character in my hometown Longhuzhai. Until now, there is another alley in Longhuzhai called Xiacuo Lane. As for Xia Yulai, most people think that he is from the Qing Dynasty. However, some people say that he is Xia Maoxue's nephew. Xia Mao is a serious student and a native of Xiacuo Lane, Longhuzhai. Ming Shenzong was a scholar in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1623). According to this statement, Xia Yulai became a member of the Amin dynasty again. However, Xia Yulai is just a scholar. There is no record about him in Chaozhou Prefecture Records and Haiyang County Records, so it is really difficult to judge him rashly before there is direct evidence. There is a saying in Chaozhou that "three generations have no autumn (beard), and one generation has beard", which is the allusion of Xia family. Xia Maoxue's father Xia Hong and grandfather Xia Jianzhong are both famous. In the past, there was a "three generations of Hakka" archway on Taiping Road in Chaozhou and Liyuan Street in Ximatou, which was built for them. However, after III, Xia Yulai was such a sharp and mean litigator. In Chaoshan dialect, it is "hiccup (difficult) to shave your head", so there is this saying. Xiacuo Lane, formerly known as Zhongping Lane, is said to be related to Xia Yulai. Xia Yulai is a famous village, bent on becoming famous, so he recruited a group of children, handed out candy from time to time, and taught them to call the middle alley Xia Cuo Lane. If they don't call it Xiacuo Lane, there will be no candy to eat. Over time, children grow into adults, and Xiacuo Lane is also called smooth. It was not until our generation was sensible that we knew about Xiacuo Lane and didn't know there was a middle lane. The word "Yulai" is similar to the common sound of fox in Chaoshan dialect, so Xia Yulai is also called fox. The most famous story about Xia Yulai is Back Stone Mill. It is said that one day a friend of Xia Yulai borrowed a Xia's hat from his family. His family couldn't read, so he came to Xia Yulai with the owner's iou. Just when Xia came to the door to enjoy the cool, the family shouted, "Hey! Xia Yulai lives here? " Xia Yulai was very angry, but he didn't show any emotion. He pointed to the back door and said, "Go to the back. It's him sitting at the door reading." Then Xia Yulai went back to the house just visible, changed his clothes and took a book to the back door. When the family saw it, they respectfully handed in the iou and said, "Xia Xiucai, my master wants to borrow this." Xia Yulai pretended to be very happy and said, "Oh, your master wants to borrow the mill!" " "In Chaoshan dialect, hat and grinding are homophonic. Xia Yulai wrote home again, and then asked him to carry the stone mill back. As a result, the owner felt sick. After careful questioning, he realized that Xia Yulai had been offended at home and asked him to carry the stone mill back to Xia's home. Xia Yulai replied: Xia Yulai at the front door, Xia Xiucai at the back door, punish you for carrying a stone mill! Another one. It is said that Xia Yulai went to the bookstore one day when he was a child, and accidentally fell down when he entered the door. When the teacher saw it, he made a couplet and asked him to answer, "Today's students are the first." Xia Yulai thought about it and said, "It's easy. Today, I was right about last night. Your students are right to Jenny, your head is right to my feet, you point me at North Korea, and you are right to the sky. What did you say?/Sorry? "The teacher didn't understand for a moment, so he said," Yes. "I didn't know the meaning until I saw it. I blushed at that time and couldn't say a word. The original couplet is: "Today, primary school students started, and last night, their mother's feet were in the air. "If so, I can see it at an early age. (About the protagonist of this story, some people say it's Ji Xiaolan. Xia Yulai's heroic side reached its peak in the new tide drama Xia Yulai starring Zhao Shuguang. Xia Yulai in the play is humorous, and Ren Xia is brave and generous. He is a hero. As long as you look at its theme song, you can know: "I am Xia Yulai, my name is Xia Xiucai ... I dare to hate and love, and I dare to learn from my wisdom ... watch me Xia Yulai, do good deeds and love myself all over the world ..." But in my opinion, the true face of Xia Yulai is closer to the "Xia Yulai Series Stories" told by Yu Xiansheng (but Mr. Chen also made a major mistake in telling stories, that is, he mistook Xia Yulai. As a complicated figure like Xia Yulai, we must not generalize. He plays with people, often on a whim, and of course he hides by his strength. His good deeds are also out of impulse. He is quick-witted and a little clever, but his knowledge seems to be not high, and most of them are limericks. Compared with other legends such as Xu Wenchang and Tang Bohu, it seems stingy. Now Xia's surname has long since declined in Longhu, and there is only one Xia's surname in Xia CuO Lane. The house is shabby, the face is dirty, and there is no smell of scholarly brothers at all. People say this is a crime that Xia Yu was born with.