During the Ming Dynasty period, there was a beating man named Chang Wu in Wu County, Suzhou. He was over fifty years old, had no children under his knees, and had many illnesses. Fortunately, my nephew worked in the county and asked him to get a job as a fighter. Otherwise, if he had such conditions, it would not be easy for him to have a full meal in these days.
beat is also commonly known as "night patrolman". Usually, two people partner, one holds a gong in his hand and the other holds a gong in his hand. They knock while walking, "tuk---bang bang".
has to be knocked five times a night, every other hour, and the fifth time is the fifth day. At this time, the roosters at home also start to crow, and many people who are rushing early have to get up and wash.
After Chang Wu became a husband, his living habits were different from others. He was reversing day and night. When others got up to work, he had to sleep after breakfast, then he got up until noon to make a meal, and then slept until the evening.
Some people say that when you update the street patrol at night, you often encounter demons. If this continues, these people will suffer from physical losses and will not live long in the end.
Two of them before Chang Wu were beaten, one was named Ma Kui and the other was Hou Hu. Both of them were strong middle-aged men. However, a strange thing happened not long ago. The sound of the gong was sounded until the third anniversary of the day. When everyone woke up, it was already sunny outside. Although it is not a big deal to report an error at
hours, it delays those business dealers, and some people have to complain a few times.
Just as everyone was arguing, the pork-selling Butcher Hu suddenly exclaimed: "Come on, someone is here. Someone is dead!"
When everyone heard the sound, they hurriedly surrounded him. They saw two corpses on the pork stall. Judging from their clothes, they were Ma Kui and Hou Wu.
Chang Kun learned martial arts when he was a child. When he grew up, he worked as a constable in the county government office. It has been seven years since then. He heard of such a strange case and hurriedly brought the yamen runners over.
Two people at the pork stall were beyond recognition. Judging from their figure and clothes, some people concluded that the deceased were indeed Ma Kui and Hou Hu. Chang Kun notified the two relatives to identify them. After careful verification, the two families cried heartbrokenly.
Chang Kun asked around and found out that someone had insomnia that night and said that the gong had not sounded until the third update. Many people got up late in the morning, which also confirmed this, but the two should have been killed from the hour to the hour of Hai and Zi.
After such a thing happened, no one dared to stand up and patrol the night, and County Magistrate Zhang was a little anxious about this. But he had no choice but to do it. After calling Chang Kun, he threw the blame out. If he couldn't find anyone, he would ask him!
Chang Kun thought about it, and suddenly had an idea: "Yes, Uncle Wu drinks all day at home, but he has not married a wife yet, so I can definitely find him."
Thinking of this, he went to the restaurant to buy a pot of good wine. When he arrived at Chang Wu's door, he shouted loudly: "Uncle Wu, I'll come to see you."
Chang Wu saw that no one agreed, so he shook his head, then walked into the house and found that the other party was indeed sleeping soundly, with the wine jars next to him scattered all over the ground.
"Uncle Fifth, wake up!" Chang Kun walked over and shouted a few times without waking up. He saw the other party turning over, and guessed that he was pretending to be asleep, so he smiled and said, "Oh, it's such a puddle of good wine. I'll go back and drink it myself." Chang Wuyi, who pretended to be asleep, heard this and quickly turned over and got up and shouted, "You guy, you can't take the wine back."
Chang Wu brought a bowl, poured it on the other party and said, "Uncle Wu, I'll find a good job for you in the county, and I'll take office today."
"I won't go!" Chang Wu's head was shaking like rattle , and he refused before the other party finished speaking.
"Uncle Wu, don't you want to hear any errands?" Chang Kun asked.
"Every time you come to me with wine, there will be no good thing. Last time it was my leg, I don't want it to become the head on my neck next time." Chang Wu patted his lame legs that day and smiled mockingly.
Chang Kun heard Uncle Wu mention the past, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes. He stood up and patted his sleeves, sighed and said, "Uncle Wu, that incident was my nephew's sorry for you. Today's jar of wine is my filial piety to you, and there is nothing else to ask for."
After Chang Kun finished speaking, he got up and walked to the door, but he heard the fifth uncle behind him shouting: "It's even better to fight, but I have to choose a partner. "
Chang Kun heard the other party call him and felt that there was a chance, but when the other party finished speaking, he said frowningly: "Uncle Wu, who is not good to choose? It's just called this Widow Wang. Since ancient times, there is no more reason for women to fight. "
" matches men and women, and they are not tired of working. If she doesn't agree, she will be exempted from talking about this matter. "Chang Wu seemed to be determined. If you want to invite him to be a husband, you must find Widow Wang to partner with him.
Chang Wu watched his nephew leave, and then hummed: " I used to be close to him and I will be instructed to punish him. I should not be punished for the punishment..."
Chang Kun heard the sound from behind, and his feet suddenly paused, and tears flashed in his eyes.
Since ancient times, Jibians have been high-risk occupations, so they are young and strong men, and there is no precedent for women. Chang Kun originally thought that Widow Wang would refuse, but the other party said that his partner was Chang Wushi, but he agreed without thinking, which surprised him a little.
"It seems that Uncle Wu is very charming, and even a woman like Widow Wang can take it. "After Chang Kun finished the matter, he muttered happily and rushed back to report.
Chang Wu learned that Widow Wang agreed to partner with him, so he hurriedly cleaned up his outfit and waited for darkness to take office.
Before darkness, the yamen runners sent a jacket and Tonggong , and Chang Wu carried a lantern to find Widow Wang. He usually didn't dare to walk over like this, but now it's different. Not only are there fewer people on the street, even if they are seen, he can still say righteously to them: "We are partners! "
Chang Wu knocked on the door a few times, and Widow Wang walked out. Maybe it was the first day she took office, so she specially picked a festive dress, and put powder on her body , and her face was also red.
Chang Wu wanted to reach out to touch it, but the other party reached out to open it and said coquettishly: "Damn, why do you choose me to do this chore? "
" Hehe, you have money to make money, you don't have to climb windows at night, this job is suitable for us. "Chang Wu smiled happily.
" But didn't you hear what they said? The street is not peaceful at night. Do you think we will..." Widow Wang said with some concern.
"With me here, the King of Hell will also give him three points of face. Those little ghosts dare not be arrogant! "Chang Wu patted his chest and said proudly.
Wife Wang looked at the other party a few times and quickly became bolder. When she was about to lock the door, she remembered something and asked casually: "Lao Wu, have you eaten it tonight? I have two steamed buns here. "
Chang Wu probably heard it awkwardly and smiled and said, "I haven't eaten it, I just love your steamed buns." "
" Okay, I'll take it with you, and you'll eat when you're hungry at night. "Widow Wang entered the house and handed the two steamed buns left during the day to the other party.
Chang Wu took the steamed bun and was stunned for a long time. He smiled bitterly and said, "If I had known that it was these two cold steamed buns, I would not eat them." "
Widow Wang then reacted and cursed with a blushing face: "If you don't eat it, you won't give it to you in the future. "
Time flies and it is Xu hour. The two of them are walking on the street talking and laughing. Chang Wu raised the gong, and Widow Wang held the gong and knocked it hard, and only a "dong" sound was heard.
"The sky is dry, be careful of the candle. "Chang Wu shouted at the top of his voice, and the sound of the gong was slow and fast. He called three times in a row, and the update ended. After the first update was played, the two of them would go to the watchtower to rest for a while, and then go out to patrol the night after the second update. Perhaps because of taking office on the first day, both of them were excited. After the first update, they did not fall asleep.
It was not until the second update that the two began to feel tired. Chang Wu asked the other party to go to bed quickly and just keep the drip.
This type of drip is a water-filled timer, which divides 100 portions a day and night, and each portion is one moment. When it comes to the "update", they will have to patrol the night.
Widow Wang fell asleep in front of the drip, thinking about what happened in the past, and unconsciously fell into memories.
Back then, he was the guard beside the emperor and was appointed by the court to conquer the West. The battles along the way were unstoppable. On the eve of the decisive battle, his nephew Chang Kun found him and said, "Uncle Wu, a group of bandits came to the village. They killed people when they see them and robbed things when they see them. They didn't even let go of women or children."
Chang Wu heard this news and was furious. He wanted to lead the army to suppress the bandits, but was strongly opposed by Deputy General Du Feng and Military Advisor Dou Jie.
The battle is imminent. As the head coach, how could Chang Wu change the army's combat plan without authorization? However, Wuxian was the place where he was born and raised, and all the fellow villagers were his relatives. How could he watch the fellow villagers be killed by bandits?
After some thought, he handed over the military power to the deputy general and military advisor, took off his armor and his nephew and returned to Wuxian to resist the bandits.
Chang Wu was brave and good at fighting. He returned to Wu County to lead the villagers to resist the bandits, and the bandits were quickly killed and abandoned. They fought and retreated, and also captured the villagers as hostages, threatening Chang Wu and others not to approach.
Chang Wu immediately ordered everyone to stand on time. He put down his weapons and talked to the bandits. As long as the other party lets go of innocent people, he promises to let them live.
After the bandits let the people go, they left behind a beautiful woman, who was Widow Wang. It turned out that the bandit leader took a fancy to her and wanted to catch her back and be the wife of the village.
"Save me..." Widow Wang looked at everyone with anticipation. She hoped that everyone could save her. She would rather die than be taken away by these bandits.
are those who survived the disaster. They are not enough to escape, so how can they care about a woman?
Watching Widow Wang was taken away by the bandits, Chang Wu wanted to ride a horse to chase her, but the people around him advised: "General, she is just a widow with a dead man, so don't take risks."
"No, what about widows? As long as they are the people of the Ming Dynasty, I can't let the bandits take her away!" After Chang Wu said that, he rode his horse alone to catch up.
The bandits saw that only one of them was catching up, so the two sides fought. In that battle, Chang Wu killed the sky and the earth, the sun and the moon were gone, and finally rescued Widow Wang.
Just when Chang Wu took the other party to return to the city, the bandit leader who pretended to be dead took out his crossbow and shot a poisonous arrow, sneaking into Chang Wu's right leg.
Chang Wu endured the severe pain and chased after him. The remaining bandits fled in a hurry. When Chang Kun led his men to arrive, Chang Wu was already unconscious.
When he woke up, although Chang Wu's leg was saved, he could no longer walk as vigorously as before and limp when walking.
The final decisive battle between the army and the enemy was also successfully won. Just when everyone was rewarded, Chang Wu was impeached by Deputy Commander Du Feng for resigning without permission, and finally waited for an imperial edict to be dismissed.
However, Chang Wu ruined his glory and wealth in order to save the people of Wu County. He is a hero of Wu County. Even if the court does not have a reward, he should be treated by Wu County.
But this is not the case. When County Magistrate Zhang learned that Chang Wu was dismissed from office by the emperor, there was no arrangement. Even those who survived by chance at the hands of bandits laughed at Chang Wu as a cripple general.
When Chang Wu was a general, those people wanted to marry their daughter to him, but now they are too late to avoid it. No one wants to marry their daughter to a lame man with no future.
The only person has never disliked Chang Wu. This person is Widow Wang who was saved by Chang Wu's desperate attempt. In her heart, although Chang Wu is a cripple, she is also a great hero in her heart.
Over the years, Chang Wu has been afraid of implicating the other party, so the two met at night. When the night was two o'clock, he climbed into the window and entered the house of Widow Wang, and then waited until the fourth o'clock before climbing back to the window.
Now they have become partners, and they no longer have to sneak in when they are together at night. Chang Wu looked at the sleeping Widow Wang and felt that he was already very content now.
At this moment, something came from outside the watchtower. Chang Wu hurriedly ran out and saw a beggar lying in the corner of the wall, huddled and was sleeping soundly.
"Oh, it's all the world!" Chang Wu sighed, took out two steamed buns from his arms and put them in the beggar's bowl, and then turned back to the watchtower.
"General, it's the third day, don't beat the gong!" The beggar suddenly opened his eyes and shouted at Chang Wu's back.
Chang paused at five steps. When he looked back, the beggar had already walked away with two steamed buns. He squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, feeling that the beggar's voice sounded a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
"Wake up, it's the third day." Time flies quickly, Chang Wu wakes up Widow Wang, and the two of them are ready to patrol the night.
Walk Wang was walking on the cold street. When Widow Wang picked up the gong and was about to beat the gong, he saw Chang Wu beside him whispering: "We won't beat the gong at the third update tonight, come with me."
Wild Wang was a little confused. Why didn't he beat the gong at the third update tonight? Since they don’t beat the gong, why are they patrolling the night with the gong?
Chang Wu ignored it and took the other party to Chen Yuanwai's gate, and found a corner to squat.
After a while, the door of the Chen Mansion opened, and several people wearing night clothes rushed out of it. They held a knife in their hands and ran towards a place with great momentum.
"No, these people are heading for the county government." Chang Wu looked at the whereabouts of these men in black and felt a little bad.
Wife Wang's heart was thumping when she saw it. What exactly should these men in black do? If they had just ringed the gong, wouldn't these men in black attack them? Thinking of this, she was so scared that she was sweating in a cold sweat!
"I will take the gong to lead them away. Go and find Chang Kun." After Chang Wu gave the order, he took the gong from the other party, held the gong in the other party's hand, and rushed out in one go.
" "Dong--dong, dong, dong, dong, dong! At the fifth hour of the Yin period, go to bed early and get up early. "Chang Wu knocked on the gong at the door of the Chen Mansion and shouted loudly.
After a while, the door of the Chen Mansion was opened and the butler scolded: "It's only the third day, why are you knocking around? "
Chang Wu glanced at the brightly lit Chen Mansion and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry for taking office on the first day! Forgive me! "
Just as Chang Wu turned around, the butler attacked behind his back. However, Chang Wu was prepared for a long time and rolled on the ground and avoided him.
" It is worthy of being a general, he is really a good skill. "The housekeeper sneered, and as soon as he finished speaking, a group of killers rushed out of the mansion and quickly surrounded Chang Wu.
"I recognize you, you were the bandit leader back then. "Chang Wu looked at the butler opposite and said in surprise.
"The general has good eyesight. Now you are about to become a dead person. What's wrong with telling you? I was the one who ransacked Wu County back then. "The housekeeper sneered.
"These people are not bandits at all. Who are they? "Chang Wu saw that these people around him were well-trained and had formations, and they were obviously not bandits.
" Hahaha, of course they were not bandits, but killers I trained. "At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of the mansion.
"Du Feng, it's you! "When Chang Wu saw the other party, he suddenly realized in his eyes. Obviously he had guessed this result.
"General, after leaving for several years, I'm fine! "Du Feng smiled proudly.
"I should have thought it was you. If what I expected was right, you would have arranged those bandits back then. "Chang Wu looked at the other party with a cold eyes.
" That's right, the war was imminent back then, and if you didn't lead you away, they would be wiped out. There was no war to fight at that time, so there was no place for us to use our skills. "Du Feng snorted coldly, he felt that everything he did was taken for granted.
It turned out that the enemy invaded and the court sent a large army to resist. The Chang family army was unstoppable. It would not take long to eliminate the enemy.
But at this time, Du Feng put forward different opinions. Once they completely eliminated the enemy, these soldiers with great power would be suspicious of the court, and it would be difficult to avoid the ending of "the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook".
Chang Wu believed that the Ming Dynasty had suffered tragic wars over the years, and the people were living in dire straits. Only by eliminating these enemies can we truly bring peace to the world.
At that time, Changwu was the head coach, and Du Feng was the head coach. The two had different opinions. So Du Feng and military advisor Dou Jie discussed that they asked their subordinates to pretend to be bandits to capture Wu County in order to attract Chang Wu.
After receiving the news, Chang Wu was worried about the safety of the villagers in Wu County, and he was indeed caught up in their conspiracy. In fact, the reason why Chang Wu left was because he was sure to win the final decisive battle, and he could not let the people of Wu County ignore their lives and death.
"Hmph, for your own glory and wealth, you have spared no effort to make the lives of these innocent people. It's extremely shameful!" Chang Wu scolded angrily.
"I fought bloody battles on the battlefield and protected the Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years. What is the cheap lives of these people?" Du Feng sneered disdainfully.
"You have gotten your wish and become a general, what do you want to do?" Chang Wu asked.
"I deserve the position of the general. Even if it is the position of the emperor, it should be the one who can do it. Why can't I sit there? Hahaha..." Du Feng laughed wildly.
"You villain, you have such ambition, aren't you afraid of being in vain and ruining your reputation in the end?" Chang Wu looked at the other party and scolded.
"As long as you kill you, just rely on the wine bags in the court, how can you be my opponent? When the hour passes, the entire Wu County will be my territory. At that time, we will cooperate inside and outside, and we will go north to capture the capital. Those who block me will die!" Du Feng smiled coldly, then waved his hand and the well-trained killers surrounded him.
"Do you think all this is really under your calculation?" Chang Wu looked at the other person and raised his lips.
"What do you mean?" Du Feng is most familiar with this smile. In the past, whenever the enemy was in the battle, Chang Wu would have such a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Look at it later!" Chang Wu said, pointing behind the other party.
"Kill!" Du Feng looked back and saw Chang Kun rushed over with his county vassal officers and a group of people.
"Damn it, you have planned it!" Du Feng suddenly realized at this time that all this was in the other party's calculation.
"You can live if you commit evil deeds in heaven, but you can't live if you commit evil deeds in man. This is the result of your own fault. No one can save you." Chang Wu shouted loudly, then fought with the killers. Although many people were killed or injured in this battle, Du Feng and others were all caught, and their conspiracy to rebel was also strangled in the cradle.
This time, Chang Wu not only saved the people of the city, but also made great contributions to the court. County Magistrate Zhang specially held a celebration banquet to make the truth of the matter public.
It turned out that after Chang Wu was dismissed from office by the court, he had already seen that there was a conspiracy behind it. When County Magistrate Zhang wanted to speak out to the court, he voluntarily gave up.
Du Feng was his subordinate. With his understanding, the other party will inevitably become a general and will definitely not be satisfied. If he hadn't pretended to give up on himself over the years, the other party would have killed him.
The night before, Chang Wu went to Widow Wang's place as usual, Er Gengtian, but he did not want to witness Ma Kui and Hou Hu being killed, so he followed the Chen Mansion all the way.
The Chen Mansion has been closed for many years, and strangers often come in and out. Chang Kun, who was patrolling the street, had already noticed it. After careful investigation, he finally found some traces of foreigners.
After Ma Kui and Hou Hu were killed, County Magistrate Zhang knew that this matter was extraordinary, so he asked Chang Kun to discuss it with Chang Wu. Then the two of them used the trick, and Chang Wu used his identity as a striking man to attract attention. County Magistrate Zhang and Chang Kun quickly organized troops. As long as they heard the news from Widow Wang, they could beat Du Feng and others in one go.
Just as everyone was having a celebration banquet, a familiar voice came from outside: "The imperial edict is here!"
After the eunuch finished reciting the imperial edict, he looked at Chang Wu and congratulated him: "Congratulations to General, oh, now it should be congratulations to Marquis Chang."
It turned out that after the imperial court knew that Chang Wu and others wiped out the rebels, they soon received the imperial edict for rewards on merit. County Magistrate Zhang was transferred to become the magistrate of Suzhou , and Chang Kun was also transferred to the capital and became the fourth-rank guard with swords in front of the imperial court.
, and Chang Wu was granted the title of marquis. Although there was no general who had real power, he would have no worries about food and clothing in his life. What's more, Wang Widow was also named Lady of the Imperial Palace, and the emperor also personally gave the two marriages.
Just as everyone was happy, Chang Wu saw a beggar turning and leaving in the crowd. He hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Dou, please stay!"
The beggar's steps suddenly stopped, and he slowly turned around to look at Chang Wu who was talking. He knelt on the ground with a "thump" and said with regret: "General, I'm sorry!"
Chang Wu saw his old friend and shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Let the past go through. People are not sages, who can do nothing without mistakes?"
It turned out that the beggar was Dou Jie, the military advisor of the past. He knew about the information and indulged Du Feng to do something wrong. Later, Du Feng had the idea of rebellion with a high position and a powerful position. As a military advisor, he wanted to try his best to dissuade him, but he did not want the other party to kill him to silence him.
After he tried every possible way to escape, he came to Wu County just to inform him and try to stop Du Feng's conspiracy. That day, he saw Chang Wu and Wang's Widow finishing their fight and entered the watchtower, and followed quietly.
After Chang Wu gave him two steamed buns, he choked up and couldn't speak for a moment, so he used the code words he had when he was fighting in the past that these people would take action in the third day.
Chang Wu looked at the beggar and felt very familiar with him. Later, after thinking about it carefully, he guessed the other party's identity. So he took Widow Wang to investigate the truth and indeed found the conspiracy of these people in the Chen Mansion.
He asked Widow Wang to inform Chang Kun, and he came forward to attract the attention of these people to delay time for his own people. Unexpectedly, the other party really fell into the trap. After this incident, Chang Wu and Wang Widow were given marriage by the emperor and they became together openly. They no longer have to care about the eyes of others, and they can enjoy those shameless lives in broad daylight!
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