Folk Tales: Two Legends of Liu Xiu

According to legend, after Wang Mang usurped the throne at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, he hunted down Han clan relatives everywhere. Liu Xiu, a distant clan of Luoyang in the Han Dynasty, set out to crusade against Wang Mang. Due to the disparity between public and private, Wanjun was defeated in Nanyang.

Liu Xiu fled for his life alone, and Wang Mang sent general Qiu Qi to kill him.

Liu Xiu just wanted to run for his life. He didn't drink water or eat rice for three days and nights. One day, Liu Xiu escaped into a big forest and could never get out again. At this time, his stomach was growling. Only hungry eyes are black and legs are weak. I can't walk any further, so I have to lie under a big tree and vent my anger with an open mouth.

Suddenly, a small fruit fell from the tree and fell into Liu Xiu's open mouth. Liu Xiu was so hungry that she chewed. Who knows this little fruit, My Sweetie's, has a sour taste, which quenches both thirst and hunger. It's delicious. Liu Xiu is full of energy. After climbing the tree to eat, he escaped from the big forest.

Later, Liu Xiu led his troops to destroy the new dynasty, killed Wang Mang and established the Eastern Han Dynasty in Luoyang.

This autumn, when Liu Xiufeng was a hero, he didn't forget the place where he fled, so he told the hero the scene at that time. The hero said it was a fruit forest, and Liu Xiu decided to send someone to hang the fruit forest red.

Who knows that the people sent didn't find the fruit forest, but they hung the red in the Toona sinensis forest by mistake. Toona sinensis forest didn't get any credit, smiled happily, jumped up and down, and finally jumped half a cliff. Since then, most of the Chinese toon forests have grown on a semi-cliff. Every autumn, the seeds of the Chinese toon forests are mature. When the wind blows, it seems to be laughing happily. Mulberry heard that Liu Xiu gave red to Toona sinensis, so she was so angry that she couldn't record it. Since then, this mulberry tree has cracked for several years.

Poplar trees are very envious when they see red and green Chinese toon trees hanging in the half cliff. They want to see it, but because it grows under the cliff, they can't see it clearly, so they craned their necks to reach it. Since then, poplars have grown taller and taller, especially those growing under the cliff, and in a few years they have surpassed the cliff.

Late Western Han Dynasty. Wang Mang usurped the throne, and Liu Xiu fought against Wang Mang in Nanyang. Liu Xiubing was defeated in a battle, fled for his life on foot alone, and sent a general to lead a light horse to catch up.

The pursuer was close at hand, and Liu Xiu was in a hurry and had nowhere to hide. He suddenly looked up and saw an old man plowing in front of him. Liu Xiu had a narrow escape. It turns out that the old man is not a plowman. It turned out that the old gentleman found out that Liu Xiu had been killed and decided to rescue Liu Xiu, so he dressed up as an old man to plow the fields.

Liu Xiu ran to the old gentleman in Taishang and bowed to him. He said, "Lao Zhang, I am the victim. I hope you can save my life. I will never forget it. "

The old man stroked his beard and said, "There is nowhere to hide in this empty field. You are lying in this ditch, and the old man buried Liu Xiu as soon as he plowed it. "

At this time, follwed pursuers have arrived, and there is no sign of Liu Xiu searching everywhere. Wang Mang's general went to ask the Grand Master, "Where is the man who escaped just now?" "

"The old man didn't see anyone!" Taishang Laojun said with a smile.

Wang Mang's general shouted, "You must have hidden him. Someone, search this field. "

Strange to say, follwed's pursuers turned over the ground and could not find them. When Wang Mang's generals saw that they couldn't find it, they had a plan and ordered the soldiers to come to a flock of sheep, which trampled back and forth in the field. They had to find Liu Xiu.

A group of sharp-billed magpies saw Liu Xiu's hiding place and flew around in Liu Xiu's hiding place, saying endlessly, here it is! ""here it is! "

A group of ashamed crows are also shouting "Dig!" "Dig!" A group of crows were very angry about this and flew around to disturb magpies and coquettish crows. Wang Mang's pursuers tried their best, but found nothing, so they had to go home in frustration.

After the pursuer left, Liu Xiu stood up from the furrow and said to the old man, "What is that heavy thing that stepped on me just now?"

The old man said, "That's a mule!"

Liu Xiuwen cursed angrily: "Mules are cruel and will be extinct in the future." From then on, mules will never get off ponies again.

Liu Xiu asked again, "When I stepped on myself just now, it was soft. It's heavy, but it doesn't hurt. I wonder what that is? "

"This is a cow," the old man replied.

Liu Xiu said: "Niu Xin is kind and will be pregnant in ten months at most."

Liu Xiu asked again, "What did you jump off me without stepping on me?"

The old man replied, "It's a goat."

Liu Xiu said: "Goats are very kind and should have lambs twice a year." Since then, these sheep have given birth to lambs twice a year.

Liu Xiu thought for a moment and then asked, "Screaming on my head, where is it?" ? Here it is. What's that? "

"It's a magpie!"

Liu Xiu scolded, "These sharp-billed magpies are not good things. They should not drink water after three days and should not enter the nest after three days. " From then on, it was hot in dog days, magpies didn't drink water, and it was cold in March and September, so magpies didn't enter the nest.

Liu Xiu asked Tai Shang Lao Jun again, "What's disturbing the magpie flying over my head?"

That's a flock of crows. Too old gentleman replied with a smile.

Liu Xiu said happily, "The crow saved my life. When I get out of trouble, I must put a silver collar on the crow. " Say that finish, Liu Xiu said goodbye from the old gentleman and walked away.

After Liu Xiu sat in Luoyang, he hung a silver collar regardless of crows and crows. The silver collar hung on the crow, and the crow's mouth turned red after seeing it. Since then, the crow's mouth has turned red, and a white collar has grown on its neck.