The children's district post is the children who collect firewood and herd cattle in Liuzhou. While he was grazing and firewood, two robbers of the earth kidnapped him, tied his hands behind his back, gagged him with a cloth, and took him to the market more than forty miles away for sale. The postman pretended to cry and acted like a child with fear and trembling. When the two thieves saw this, they despised him and thought the child was easy to deal with. Two people face to face drinking, drunk. One of them went to talk about business, and the other lay down to sleep and stuck the knife in the road. The postman secretly waited for the agent, and when he saw that he was asleep, he leaned the rope that bound his hand against the blade, rubbed it up and down hard, cut the rope, and then killed the robber in his sleep with a knife. Not far away, he was captured by robbers who came back from business talks. He was so surprised that he wanted to kill District Post. The postman quickly said, "Two masters * * have a servant, which is better than one master monopolizing a servant? He treats me badly, but if you can really save my life and treat me well, you can do whatever you want. " The robber thought for a long time and said, "It is better to sell the child than to kill him;" Instead of selling him and splitting the money, I'd rather have it alone. Fortunately, the child killed him, which is very good. " So he buried the body of his partner and sent it to the house where the thief was hiding in the market. Just in case, he tied up the district mail more firmly. In the middle of the night, Qu Ji turned his body and burned the rope that tied his hand near the fire. Even if his hand was burned, he was not afraid. Then he took the knife and killed the robber. After that, he cried and shouted, which alarmed the whole market. The district post said, "I am a child of the district family and should not be a slave." Two robbers kidnapped me, but fortunately I killed them all, hoping to tell the government about it. " The beadle in charge of the bazaar reported the matter to the state official, and the state official reported it to the superior government. The government official summoned the district post. At first glance, he didn't expect to be a young and honest child. Yan Zheng, the secretary of the secretariat, thought the child was great and wanted to keep him as a petty official, but the district refused. So he gave him some clothes and sent officials to escort him home. From then on, those who robbed, kidnapped and robbed houses in the village were too scared to face up when they walked by the door of the district. They all said, "This child is two years younger than Qin Wuyang, but he killed two robbers of the earth. How can you provoke it? "
translation:
District of Liuzhou Children Send Firewood Cowherd Children. While He Was Grazing, While The Firewood, two tyrannical bandit will he kidnapped, his hands tied behind a cloth tied up, shut his mouth, with more than 4 miles to the market to sell. District send pretended to cry, make children often trembling. Two thieves see this shape will despise him, to think that this kid a good deal. Two people face a drink, drunk. One of them to talk business, another lie down to sleep, a knife in the road. District sent secretly observe, see he is asleep, then tied hand rope on the blade, with upper and lower friction, cut the cord, and then took the knife to kill the dream bandit. Escape is not far, also be business back bandits captured. He be startled at, to kill zone to send. District sent hastily said:" two masters have a servant, which is comparable to a master exclusive a servant? He treated me well, but if you can save my life, and be good to me, how do you deal with." The robber thought for a long time, said:" instead of killing the child, not to sell him; and sell him, two cents, I'm a person alone. Fortunately the child killed him, very good." He buried the bodies with associates, district sent to the field of ruins on the ho family harboring a thief. As a precaution, he will send more strong binding area. At midnight, the rotation of the body area to send, near the fire will burn the rope tied hands, even if the hands were burned also not afraid. Take a knife and killed them. Then cried, the whole market people are alarmed. District Post said: "I am the area 's people's children, should not do. Two robbers kidnapped me, I fortunately killed them all, hope to put the matter told the official." Pipe market. Then report it to the governor, state officials and report to the higher authorities, government officers summoned the area to send, a surprise to see, is a young and honest child. Provincial governor Yan Zheng to think that this kid is great, want to keep him as a servant, area to send to. And give him some clothes, school officials to escort him home. Since then, the village that robbery kidnapping raid homes and plunder houses people from the area door passed too scared to face. Saying: "this child is two year s younger than Qin Yang also, killed two of violent gangster. How can you have? "