Zhang Fei originally killed pigs and sold meat. One day of this year, he killed a pig, afraid of a moment of selling, will become stinky and bad, although the old Zhang is a reckless person, but not the kind of unscrupulous and treacherous businessman, thought to put the meat where is good? Thought the well water is cooler, so a fan of pork hanging to the door of the well. In order to prevent others from taking it by the hand, and covered the mouth of the well with a jackstone.
Seeing that "nothing is lost", but feel that there is not much fun, so then they wrote a line on the slate: "Who can open the slate, can take away the good meat a knife!" --This is the first time to eat old Zhang's pork for nothing! Zhang Fei then took another slice of pork and traveled to the countryside to sell it.
At this time, from the south of the main road came a man, pushing a one-wheeled cart, the car is loaded with two bags of mung beans, straight to the well and stopped, want to drink some cool water, a look at the well, but the result is covered by a large stone, which is not angry, thinking: this who's children, so ignorant, why the stone covered the well it?
- It turned out that this dude can't read!
Hey, how can there be fresh pork in this well? It was only then that the big man saw that there were words on the stone, - together or literate! Without saying a word, the hand up knife down, cut off a knife good meat, put it on the car, push up the car, squeak, go straight to the main road and go.
Zhang Fei's wife was doing needlework at the gate, and saw it all in her eyes. She wanted to stop him, but she felt that her husband had left a message on the boulder, and it was not easy for her to speak up, so she greeted him with, "Good man, please leave your name!" "Guan Yu." The big man pointed to his red face, and then pointed to his chest-length beard, and said, "I'm in the grain market on Guanyin Street in Zhuozhou, if you need to find me, you can't go wrong."
After Zhang Fei came back, his wife told him what happened. Hey, Zhang Fei this gas! Called: "White called people take away my cut of meat, but also let me shame, bully too much! I'm not a light of oil, wait for me to go to him to settle the score!"
He dashed into Zhuozhou city, along Guanyin Street, this end to see that end, and really saw a red-faced, long-bearded man with two bags of green beans in front of him. It was him! Zhang Fei stared with wide ringed eyes and spoke out with a sarcastic voice: "Hey, can you eat these green beans?"
--You said there is no such thing as buying something from someone! Which green beans can not eat it, can not eat still sell? The moment you hear it, you know it is looking for trouble. Guan Yu forced down his anger and said, "The green beans I sell are never top quality, so take a closer look yourself!"
Zhang Fei reached into the cloth bag, grabbed a handful of green beans, clenched hard, immediately green beans into bean powder. Pulling it out, he spread his hands and placed it in front of Guan Yu's face, scoffing, "Selling mung bean powder as mung beans, liar!"
Guan Yu heart fire, accusing him of should not break their own green beans, Zhang Fei but refused to recognize, but also non-said Guan Yu selling bean powder, the two you a word I a word, on the quarrel, watching the crowd more and more surrounded, who do not know the two who is true. At this time, Zhang Fei also anxious, grabbed a handful of green beans set Guan Yu face to sprinkle, said: "want face, don't eat my meat; want to eat my meat for nothing, don't want face!"
Guan Yu heard a sudden understanding: dare! This is the owner of that knife of pork. Oh, someone can eat your pork, you are not happy, and ran to fight things. Hmph, our old Guan is not a good bird, think years ago, the county official I dare to kill, but also afraid of you? Followed by two people fought. This is good, the entire Guanyin Street,
From the east to the west, and from the west to the east, the market to beat the east to the west, seven meat and eight pigment. This person said, how no one to persuade the fight to pull the fight? What? This question - like two tigers fighting in the zoo why no one to persuade the fight?
--He ...... he ...... he wants someone to dare it! These two are heavy in body, good at martial arts, and strong, one step a fist, three steps a foot, and soon the whole street is rammed stronger than a stone slab.
Then came a straw shoe seller, loudly persuaded the fight, said: "Stop, you two boys, dare to fight in my head, overthrowing the sky is it?
People watching the scene saw him look white, thin body, wearing clothes tattered, could not help but laugh: "Toad yawn, good breath! If you really want to persuade a fight, do it and go pull them apart."
The straw shoe seller really jumped to the street, one hand clutched Guan Yu's arm, one hand clutched Zhang Fei's arm, toward the two sides of a point, and toward the bottom of a press, the two immediately became wedged into the earth in the pegs, not the slightest bit can not move. Good God's power ah! This is what is often referred to as a dragon divided into two tigers.
People shouted. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also admire from the heart. When asked, they realized that the original name of the straw shoe seller was Liu Bei, and they had heard of it long ago. As the saying goes: a good man loves a good man. Happen to meet face to face, how willing to gently miss? Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both said they wanted to make friends with Liu Bei. Liu Bei, seeing that they were both heroes, also expressed great admiration and hoped to become brothers.
Zhang Fei, who is a fastidious person, said, "If we don't fight, let's do it, and we'll make friends here immediately." Hands cupped some soil, piled up in the street; and picked a few thin wood sticks inserted, right as incense, and then hard to pull Liu Bei, Guan Yu kneeled down and kowtowed, even if the worship into a brother - the local people called this their first righteousness.
As the saying goes: "rice noodles husband and wife, wine and meat friends." Liu, Guan, Zhang Ping Shui met, all of a sudden played so hot, in fact, can not get out of this meat and wine two words, are the same to eat and drink, can be cheap from. At that time, Zhang Fei is the richest, selling meat, naturally, often to treat; Guan Gong selling food, not worry about money, door to door is not empty-handed, this wine will be wrapped up by him;
Liu Bei selling straw shoes, this small, less earning, making ends meet is still difficult, each time always only bring Zhang mouth to the feast. Zhang Fei, Guan Yu to see his old is not a penny, slowly can not stand. They discussed in private: how to go on like this? That is, there are mountains of gold and silver, will not also be his Liu Bei ate empty? Finally agreed on a way, decided to get rid of him as a liability.
This day, Zhang Fei specially arranged a feast in the back garden, first and Guan Yu sat down on both sides, but the upper head is empty, deliberately left Liu Bei. Wine and food just on all, Liu Bei carrying a string of straw shoes came (in fact, he is not always empty-handed, sometimes also send a few pairs of straw shoes to the two brothers it). He was not at all polite and said, "It's better to come early than late, so I won't let the two brothers down!"
Sitting on his butt on the empty seat. Guan Zhang two people look, heart secretly happy, this time you are not dead! It turned out that there laid a reed mat, under the cover of the mat is a well, according to him to fall is, unexpectedly Liu Bei but sat peacefully, as usual, eating and drinking. Zhang Fei stunned stunned half a day, pretending to leave the table spit mouth, around to behind Liu Bei, secretly open a little reed mat, only to see the well cloudy smoke,
- not good! There was a five-clawed golden dragon with shining scales holding Liu Bei. He almost screamed out, and hastily covered the mat, and then turned back to the seat and informed Guan Yu with his ear. Guan Yu understood that Liu Bei is only a hero in the moment, in the future will be rich and powerful, follow him to have a day of fame and fortune, so he looked at him differently,
Said: "Brother Liu, I think that at first my brother and sister three people on the street to worship, it is not too hasty. Now, is in the third brother's home, the three sacrificial gifts are well prepared, it seems that we should re-sacrifice heaven and earth, to a big ceremony of worship. I don't know what elder brother thinks?"
Liu Bei can not wait to rely on so two rich friends, good often along with the white food, then agreed to the next full mouth. Zhang Fei also quickly comprehended Guan Yu's meaning, and loudly agreed: "Second brother is right, we have to renew our oath to heaven, live together **** die, never change our hearts!" And so, they came to a second tie of righteousness.
Liu Bei, who had been eating Guan Zhang's white food for a long time, finally felt some uneasiness in his heart. He and his wife to discuss, to invite the two sworn brothers to the home to eat a meal as well. His wife felt difficult, said: "People come and go is a human nature, is to spend all the money to invite them once, I have nothing to say. It's just that we still have a lot of money to spend on our family.
Let them see it, how can they look up to you in the future? I'm afraid it's not quite right!" Liu Bei felt that she had a point, thought for a moment and said, "No matter, I have my own way to deal with them." Immediately borrowed a few cloth bags, all filled with yellow soil, mouth down, in rows in the house. Then he invited the guests.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei came to Liu Bei's home for the first time, only to see a broken hut, the four walls are empty, people in the room, you can look at the sun in the morning and the night to see the stars, the bed on the straw mat, covered with rotten flotsam, pots, pans and ladles and spoons are notched broken handle, none of them is complete, but there are a lot of cloth bags, all loaded with full, naturally a little skeptical, and then asked what it is something. Liu Bei wanted to muddle through, replied: "Gold."
Guan Yu heart understand, do not want to talk more, and quickly picked up the wine cup, drink while the words diverted elsewhere. Unexpectedly Zhang Fei bi not know the fun, hard to break the sand pot to ask the end: "Big brother, you do not swollen face.
Obviously: you are so poor that it is difficult to catch the next meal, how can there be so much gold?" The past touched, the pocket bang hard, can not help but half-convinced: "Could it really be gold!" Liu Bei difficult to change his mind, had to hum and haha to cope with, while pulling him said: "on the seat to drink, on the seat to drink!"
The more you pull Zhang Fei more refused to go, must get a water fall out not. He suddenly held the bag with both hands, fierce force, flipped a mouth up, hey, the inside is really loaded with all the golden gold, are fifty taels of a big treasure! Zhang Fei rushed to open a few other bags, all the same!
Liu Bei and his wife were stunned: "It's true that the three of us have one heart, and the yellow earth has turned into gold." Guan Yu suddenly realized the great realization and said, "I think this is the heavens signaling! As long as we are always in the same boat, is the world can also be down miles. We should also swear an oath to the heavens."
(In fact, this is just Liu Bei hid from the lady, with mud pinch out the yuan treasure and then painted with gold paint! You see, Guan Zhang, these two big fools, did not take a bite to try the authenticity before believing in it, if there were really so many gold yuanbao, Liu Bei still need to sell straw shoes?!)
Liu Bei lived in the village of Lou Sang, west of the village there is a large peach orchard. It was the time when the peach blossoms were in full bloom, the flowers were red and vibrant, and they took a fancy to the place, so they made their third marriage there and swore an oath of alliance.
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The historical impact of the Peach Orchard
"The Peach Orchard" is how to produce the Three Kingdoms period, the frequent wars, between friends and family, turning against each other abounds. Even those who do not hesitate to pretend to be father and son relationship, can also knife and axe each other. Such as Lu Bu first "big see pro-treat" in Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo into the capital, and "lured cloth order to kill the original. The cloth decapitated the head of the original at Zhuo, Zhuo to cloth for the riding lieutenant, very love letter, sworn to be father and son."
Finally, Lu Bu said, "'There is an edict', so he killed Zhuo, razed three clans. The two brothers, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, were fighting each other for their own interests. At this time, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, these three people from different backgrounds, meet in the chaotic world, can be "like a brother" to get along, is indeed a rare and precious. Like Liu Bei has been reduced to "with his mother peddling and weaving mats for the industry",
but in the end there is "Han Jingdi son of King Sheng of Zhongshan Jing" such a once noble family. This is for the two Han period emphasizes the social environment of the hierarchy of the family, but there is such a move, in any case, is also a bold impact on the tradition. Because Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, although Chen Shou did not record what their origins were, how the two's ancestors could not be compared to Liu Bei.
It is the Ming Dynasty before, where the temple are to Liu Bei as the main body, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, etc. are all sacrificed to the side. But since the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" since the popularity of this situation has changed, the phenomenon of social ties triggered by the Peach Orchard increased,
The past name of Liu Bei temples also changed. Liu Guanzhang "Peach Orchard" story, at the latest in the middle of the Yuan Dynasty is the emergence of, the cited "full phase of the Three Kingdoms" has proved. The story had already been accepted by the folk and widely circulated, and there were even miscellaneous dramas to accelerate its spread.
Source Baidu Encyclopedia-The Peach Orchard and the Three Brothers (a story recorded in Romance of the Three Kingdoms)