"I didn't expect that my little Peixian County would be a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The two heroes are both highly skilled in martial arts and possess unique skills. If it wasn't for today's competition in the arena, how could the county magistrate know that there are such people?" Xiao He continued: "Two heroes, come down. Speak!" Fan Kuai and Zhou Bo jumped off the ring to meet everyone. The county magistrate said: "The two warriors both have unique skills, which opened my eyes. But there is only one prison warden. One must be chosen from the two, and the other can serve as the prison warden's assistant. I don't know who the two are. What do you think?" Fan Kuai said hurriedly: "I am a pig butcher. I don't want to be an errand. Don't take my idea. It was just an uneven road just now!" Xiao He said: "Fan Zhuangshi, I have heard of your name a long time ago. , Your Excellency cherishes talents. Since you have the ability, you should contribute to the country and not act out of loyalty. How are your archery skills? You might as well compete in public, so that you can decide today's Wu Kui." Fan Kuai said: "I can't shoot. I'm willing to admit defeat." Xiao He asked Zhou Bo again. Zhou Bo replied: "You can shoot through the laminated rhinoceros armor within three hundred steps." Everyone was very surprised after hearing this. At this time, Wan Qitu ordered someone to fetch his own bow and arrow, handed it to Zhou Bo, and ordered someone to place a pair of rhinoceros armor three hundred steps away. Zhou Bo said: "My lords, you are showing your shame." Then he raised his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow forward. The arrow was not deflected, hit the heart armor, and penetrated firmly. After the sergeant checked, he loudly reported: "The heart armor has been penetrated!" "The onlookers burst into cheers. The county magistrate was overjoyed, so he invited Zhou and Fan to the county for a banquet to celebrate.
The heroes of Peixian County all came to sit down in the county government hall. After the banquet was arranged, they began to drink freely. Everyone was drinking happily when someone suddenly ran in and reported: "Sir, it's not good! The guy who was knocked down by Fan Yingxiong today gathered a hundred or ten thugs and surrounded the county government office, saying that he would hand over Fan Kuai, otherwise... " Before the reporter could finish speaking, Fan Kuai jumped up and shouted: "What else? Sir, I'll take this thing and tie it to a horse post and give him three hundred lashes!" Zhao Feng stopped. Fan Kuai shouted loudly: "Sir, what's so scary about this kind of thieves who harm the people?" Zhao Feng saw Fan Kuai's impatience and scolded: "How outrageous! The state has national laws and families have family rules. Your Excellencies haven't spoken yet, why do you arrest people?" Xiao He said : "Sir, Gao Guan is a notorious guy. He besieged the Yamen today and threatened you. This is too outrageous. He should be arrested and charged." Fan Kuai said: "Yes, leave this matter to me!" The county magistrate said: "You guys Don't be ridiculous, that kid can't afford to offend me. If it happens to the County Supervisor, you can't afford to be punished?" Fan Kuai asked angrily: "Sir, if you don't take Gao Guan, are you going to hand me over?" The order said: "You are indeed a butcher. Think about it, his uncle is the county supervisor. If he punishes you, how can you afford it?" Seeing that the county magistrate was protecting Gao Guan, Fan Kuai said, "Sir Zhao, this is what I say about you." Or do you want to hand me over?" The county magistrate said: "Listen to me, how could I hand you over to him! However, if you go out with me now and apologize to that kid, he will definitely not Looking for trouble again is called 'forgiving others when they should be spared'. What do you think?"
When Fan Kuai heard that Magistrate Zhao asked him to apologize to Gao Guan, he stood up and scolded the magistrate: "Guan Guan, why should I apologize to him?" When the magistrate saw Fan Kuai scolding him as Guan Guan, the county magistrate scolded Fan Kuai: " Butcher, you just entered the Yamen and you are so arrogant and contemptuous of the county. Do you understand the rules?" Fan Kuai laughed and said: "Bullshit rules! Your rules are for good people, not for evil people and villains who oppress the people. Have you followed the rules? Gao Guan has done so many bad things in the village. You don't use him to eliminate harm for the people, but why are you afraid of him? What a snobbish and useless person!" The county magistrate became angry and scolded Fan Kuai: "Butcher! Isn't this what you are looking for? For the sake of selecting talents for the country, I kicked you out a long time ago, and you dare to act wild in front of this county!" Fan Kuai was so angry that he overturned the table at once, turned around and left, cursing: "Guan Gu, I will do it myself. Come on, who cares about your dog-haired warden! How can a dignified husband work for a dog officer like you?" After saying that, he walked out of the hall angrily.
It turned out that Gao Guan was knocked out of the ring by Fan Kuai today. He felt that he had lost face, so he gathered a hundred or so thugs, taking advantage of the large number of people, to come to settle the score with Fan Kuai. At that time, Fan Kuai ran out of the gate and saw Gao Guan riding a horse, holding a machete and showing off his power. Fan Kuai scolded: "Gao Guan, it's not that grandpa is afraid of you, it's just because the dog officer protects the weak. If you recognize the promotion today, give way!" Otherwise, I will force you to return to the West with your life!" Gao Guan laughed and said, "If you want to go there today, I'm afraid the guy in my hand won't agree." Fan Kuai was furious, and just as he was about to take action, the county magistrate drove him away. He came out and shouted: "Butcher! If you dare to act wild in front of the county government office, I will have someone bring you to trial immediately!" Xiao He also dissuaded Fan Kuai from taking action. Fan Kuai was so angry that he looked up to the sky and shouted: "When a man is angry with someone, he can't beat or kill him. I'm so angry!" After saying that, he strode away, but there were tall people on both sides of the wall in front of the Yamen, so Fan Kuai stood up. Showing off his power, Shi Nu walked to the door, put his hands on the wall and pushed hard. The door was knocked down, and Fan Kuai walked away on the broken wall. Seeing that Fan Kuai was going crazy, Gao Guan did not dare to intercept him anymore and let him go. Seeing Fan Kuai like this, Zhao Feng was shocked and frightened, so he hurriedly came forward to greet Gao Guan, and then said in a low voice: "Master Gao, please dismount and go to the county to talk about it?" Seeing Fan Kuai leave, Gao Guan became even more arrogant, so he stopped his horse. He walked up to Zhou Bo, squinted his eyes and said, "I'm going to take advantage of you today. You treat me like a high official. We'll see. Humph!" The county magistrate quickly said to Zhou Bo, "Why don't you thank Gao?" Young Master! If it weren't for his concession, you would be here today!" Zhou Bo's heart trembled. He felt confused and didn't know what to say. He just moved his lips. Zhao Feng pointed at Zhou Bo's weird noise and said, "You are just not smart. What else can you do?" After that, he followed Gao Guan's horse around. Gao Guan turned around and said to the county magistrate: "Whoever dares to go against me, I will kick him out of Peixian County! Humph!" After saying that, he glared at Zhou Bo hatefully, and then walked away shouting.
Zhao Feng watched Gao Guan go away, then turned back and said coldly to everyone: "From now on, you must keep to yourselves. You must not think too highly of yourself and become arrogant, and don't cause trouble again!" After saying this, he waved his sleeves. Entered the Yamen. Wan Qitu and Wei Cai also walked in. Xiao He, Cao Shen and others felt puzzled, so they stood there silently without saying a word. At this time, Xiao He also understood in his heart that the county magistrate must be jealous because Zhang Cang recommended him. Wasn't he just telling him this? After being silent for a long time, he said helplessly: "I'm going to the county tomorrow. I hope everyone can take care of themselves!" Xiao He said with tears in his eyes.
The next day, Xiao He handed over all the affairs of the county. It was already afternoon. Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Cao Shang, Ren Ao, Peng Zu, Liu Ji and other county heroes came to see him off, and then surrounded Xiao He and walked out of the county office. At this time, several attendants led a emaciated horse and carried it on its back. He writes some ancient books, but nothing else. Xiao He sighed and said: "Oh, 'Forget it! Since no one in the country understands me, why should I miss my hometown? No one can support me in promoting good governance. I will follow the example of the sage Peng Xian and jump into the river.'" Everyone listened. He was shocked. Cao Shen asked hurriedly: "Master Xiao, why do you say such things?" It turned out that Xiao He was reciting the last few lines of Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" poem, which was illegal at the time. The reason why Xiao He recited it was to express his ambition and not to regard them as outsiders. He smiled bitterly and said: "You are too worried. Qu Yuan ended his life in despair because he felt that the Chu country was completely hopeless!" How could I, Xiao He? Just wait slowly..." After saying that, he came to Shili Changting. Everyone bid farewell to Xiao He. After Xiao He drank the farewell wine, he said goodbye to everyone one by one, and then went to the county.
At this time, the sun was about to set. The heroes of Peixian County waved goodbye to Xiao He in the pavilion. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on everyone's faces, making them look so pale and feeble. After Xiao He went to the county, Cao Shen served as the county magistrate of Pei County. Zhou Bo served as the prison warden. Liu Ji served as the city gate captain. He had the same rank as Cao Shang. Cao Shang was Cao Shen's cousin. Liu Ji often took advantage of the officialdom to take care of Xia Houying in prison.
