Qing Dynasty Jiaqing period, Jiangnan Cai Xiaoshan went to Beijing to participate in martial arts examination, but because of corruption and fall.

Although Cai Xiaoshan was full of resentment, he had no choice but to return to his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River. However, once he crossed the Yangtze River, he felt that he had no face to move forward. Coupled with resentment in his heart, he simply gathered a group of heroes and found a dangerous area in the mountains to start robbing the rich and helping the poor.

A few years later, Cai Xiaoshan's mountain was already famous. The local organization had besieged and attacked several times, but they were all defeated. The governor was furious and ordered the prefect, Lord Yang, to take the lead and summon the sergeants of the four counties to attack.

Cai Xiaoshan knew that he was defeated, so he didn't let everyone resist needlessly. The army came from the west, and fled to the east, and scattered like birds and beasts. Governor Yang led the sergeants all the way to the vicinity of Chestnut Mountain 30 miles away, but there was still no trace of Cai Xiaoshan, so he couldn't help but be furious. At this time, Master Yang advised Governor Yang and said, "Chestnut Mountain used to be a place where grass bandits were entrenched, and Cai Xiaoshan is very likely to escape into Chestnut Mountain." Governor Yang felt that Master Yang was right, so he took everyone straight to Chestnut Mountain.

On the fourth watch, in the depths of Chestnut Mountain, a burst of fire soared into the sky. The soldiers behind them did not know the reason, and their hearts could not help but be agitated. But soon news came from the front that Cai Xiaoshan was indeed hiding in a hut in Chestnut Mountain.

At dawn, the fire was extinguished, and Governor Yang sent his cronies to the hut to clean up the bones of Cai Xiaoshan, but accidentally found two corpses of a man and a woman. Governor Yang was first shocked, then overjoyed, and shouted to the back: "Cai Xiaoshan and his wife Yizhai have been burned to death by the fire. Everyone can go back and celebrate the reward now!"

Everyone cheered and praised the prefect for his wisdom and martial arts. The smoke of the burglar was extinguished like this.

In the spring of the next year, an eloquent storyteller came to the city. Chivalry, koan, romance, anecdotes, ghosts… He would come when he opened his mouth. As long as you gave him money, he would not stop talking, and he was called "Pouring the Basket."

On this day, he talked about a big case before with great fanfare. Cai Xiaoshan's golden cicada escaped its shell, and Governor Yang's mansion cheated the world, attracting many onlookers.

On that day, Cai Xiaoshan knew that he was outnumbered and had already made plans to break up and flee for his life. He was known as "Cai Heihu" on weekdays, but because his thick black beard was particularly eye-catching, he also shaved off his hair that day. Not counting that, he took out a set of uniforms from the bottom of the bed and put them on. When the four counties of the mountain arrived together, he did not flee.

Prefect Yang chased him all the way, intending to catch Cai Xiaoshan, but he did not know that Cai Xiaoshan had followed him as an officer and soldier from a distance. When Prefect Yang listened to his master's suggestion and rushed into Li Shan, there was still no trace of Cai Xiaoshan, and he felt that he couldn't explain it to the head, so he panicked.

At this time, Governor Yang saw a slight candlelight peeking out of a hut in the depths of Chestnut Mountain, so he asked Master who lived in the mountain. Master replied, "Chestnut Mountain is now the season when wild chestnuts are ripe, and 80% of the people living here are beggars from other places. They built a hut here and lived there, specializing in picking wild chestnuts to eat."

Prefect Yang rolled his eyes and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, isn't Cai Xiaoshan who is hiding in the hut now?"

Master immediately nodded and said, "Good eyesight, Lord! I heard that Cai Xiaoshan is very strong in martial arts, what should we do?"

Prefect Yang said, "Block the doors and windows first, then attack with fire and burn him to death."

Just like that, the people in the hut were burned alive.

When he said this, an audience stood up and retorted, "Nonsense, after the fire was extinguished, the bones of a man and a woman were clearly picked up in the hut."

"What are you in a hurry for? I haven't finished yet. The cottage in Chestnut Hill was originally used by beggars. But where is Chestnut Hill? It used to be the habitat of green forest heroes, and Cai Xiaoshan has been fascinated by it for a long time. Once, when he was free, he went there to play. Chestnut Hill was very big, and he walked around for a long time, so hungry that he was dizzy and could not breathe. Seeing this, a beggar took out wild chestnuts he had picked from the cottage and gave them to Cai Xiaoshan to eat. Cai Xiaoshan was very grateful to the beggar, so he brought them back to counterfeit products and became his entourage, and the cottage was empty. Later, two refugees came from other places, an old couple, homeless, and lived there. So, the two people that the prefect burned to death were the old couple who lived in the hut. They were not Cai Xiaoshan and his wife. Cai Xiaoshan never married a wife... "

The basket was still talking endlessly, when a few yamen suddenly rushed over and brought it back to the governor's office.

It turned out that when the governor listened to the servants' report, he was talking about the case of Cai Xiaoshan. He was confused and shocked, so he sent someone to bring the basket to his eyes and asked him if he was talking about it or if it was really something. The basket replied that it was really something.

The governor thought, "How did you, a storyteller, know about twists and turns?"

"Actually, I'm not a storyteller. I'm Cai Xiaoshan! Everything I say in the storytelling arena is my own personal experience."

The governor looked up and down at the tall man in front of him, and said angrily, "Who is Cai Xiaoshan, and you dare to pretend? If you are really Cai Xiaoshan, will you take the initiative to reveal the truth and let the world know that you were not burned to death, but went unpunished? Doing this will not benefit you at all, just dig your own grave, Cai Xiaoshan will not be so stupid, right?"

Cai Xiaoshan said calmly: "Of course I know that I said and did this, moths to the fire and self-destruction. It stands to reason that Governor Yang has already closed the Cai Xiaoshan case, and I am completely free. But why do I still perform this in front of everyone and take the initiative to come to die? Because the old couple who were burned to death by Governor Yang were my biological parents. What's the point of my living?"

Cai Xiaoshan went on to explain that after he fell off the list, Zhanshan became king, and these things were originally done without his parents' knowledge. Later, he did a few great things, and when his reputation was known, his parents knew about it. They traveled thousands of miles up the mountain to find him, persuaded him to change his ways, and followed them back.

Cai Xiaoshan did not agree at first, saying that he was just robbing the rich to help the poor and doing justice to the sky. Helplessly, his parents forced him to die, and the news that Governor Yang's mansion was coordinating the troops of the four counties and was about to storm the mountain reached his ears at this time, which finally made him give up. How to transfer a lot of money to the mountains? Cai Xiaoshan thought for a long time before he had an idea.

At that time, Chestnut Mountain beggar had just become Cai Xiaoshan's entourage, and Cai Xiaoshan brought his parents to Chestnut Mountain and asked them to stay in the beggar's hut for the time being to hide their eyes and ears. Secretly, he dug a hole in the hut and transferred the money from the mountain into the hole in batches.

As soon as these things were done, Governor Yang led the troops to call. Since Cai Xiaoshan had already made arrangements, he actually managed to escape. God's will was unpredictable, how could he have imagined that Governor Yang would chase after Li Shan, and be so eager to take credit, ruthless, and willing to burn innocent people to pay for his face?

Because his parents died in vain, Cai Xiaoshan had no joy in his escape. Over the past year, he has always remembered his parents' grievances, thought about it, and finally decided to risk his life to get justice for his parents.

After listening to Cai Xiaoshan's words, the governor was astonished.

The next day, under the leadership of Cai Xiaoshan, the governor personally went to Li Mountain to check. The hut had been burned down, and fresh weeds had grown on the scorched earth.

Cai Xiaoshan pointed at the grassland and said, "Those gold and silver jewels are hidden underneath." The governor ordered his men to dig, and as Cai Xiaoshan said, there was countless gold and silver underneath.

The governor sighed and said, "You could have been a carefree rich man, but now you are a prisoner. Are you really willing?"

Cai Xiaoshan said sternly: "As long as the grievances of my parents can be washed away, and a dog official like Governor Yang can obey the law, I have no regrets!"