Once upon a time, there was a small town by the Zuojiang River. There lived a foreigner in the town named Li Ande. He was mean on weekdays, and when he saw treasure, he would be greedy, so people called him "Li Kude" according to the sound. There was a tenant farmer near the town named Liu Zhihai, who couldn't pay Li Kude's rent for three years. Every time Li Kui came to the door to chase the rent and force the debt, as soon as he heard that he couldn't pay the rent, he took away his things. In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and Liu Zhihai's house has only one cooking pot left. This year, the rent collection period is approaching again, and it seems that it can't be guaranteed. How can the family live without the pot head to cook? Zhihai's wife frowns all day long. Liu Zhihai is a poor farmer who is not poor. He frowned and thought of a way to deal with Li Kui De. He told his wife this way, and her wife turned her worries into joy and said, "Okay, just deal with him like this!"

When the rent collection date arrived, Li Zhihai came over swaggering. As soon as he entered the house, he stared at his beard and shouted loudly: "Liu Zhihai, there is a rent to pay the rent, but he can't pay the rent, and the pot head will be taken away." This time, Liu Zhihai didn't beg for tolerance as he used to. Instead, he smiled, poured tea for a seat, and asked his wife to cook meat and wine. Li Zhihai was so suspicious of Liu Zhihai's tricks that he shouted with a straight face: "Master has no time, quickly bring the grain to the scale!" Liu Zhihai accompanied him with a smiling face and said: "Don't worry, Master Li, this time I promise not to ask you to run errands in vain." After saying that, he handed over a cup of fragrant tea. Li Zhihai reluctantly took the cup and thought: Let's see what tricks he does. As soon as Li Wude finished half a cup of tea, Zhihai's wife brought out the steaming hot and fragrant delicacies. He was secretly surprised when he saw it: Why, the meat is cooked after only half a cup of tea? Could it be that Zhihai has a treasure? During dinner, Li Wude asked Zhihai, "How can these dishes be cooked so quickly?" Zhihai smiled lightly, "My pot..." Speaking of this, he deliberately swallowed the words back. Li Wude felt more and more strange and asked repeatedly. Only then did Zhihai pretend to have to tell him: "My pot is an ancestral treasure pot. What dish do you want to cook, it will be cooked in three or two times. And, without the sauce, it is also delicious." Li Kui was so itchy when he heard that it was cooked by a treasure pot. He thought to himself: If he could get this treasure pot, it would not only be convenient to cook chicken in the morning and evening, but also look richer in front of others. So he proposed to Zhihai to buy this pot. Liu Zhihai dialed his hands and said, "Ancestral treasures cannot be sold."

Li was so greedy that Zhihai refused to sell it, so he was anxious and said, "As long as you sell this treasure pot to me, the lease owed will be written off." Okay, then it's a deal. "Liu Zhihai agreed to sell." Heaven and earth testify that I, Li, will never go back on my word. "Li was so greedy that he sent a supervisor, took out the account book in front of Zhihai's ground, and wiped off the rent he owed for three years. Then he got up and went into the kitchen, mentioned the" treasure pot "and went home happily. As soon as Li was greedy and went out, Liu Zhihai became anxious again. This table of dishes was pre-cooked, not the power of the" treasure pot ". Li was so greedy that he would definitely not need to get this" treasure pot "back. He would come to find trouble, so he discussed with his wife how to deal with it.

Besides, Li Kui went home excitedly. As soon as he entered the door, he shook his shoulders and raised his arms, and said to his wife, "Go and invite relatives and friends for me, and say that I invite them to appreciate a treasure." Seeing that he had brought back the pot head with more than ten patches, his wife asked in surprise, "Just to appreciate this rotten pot?Li Kui shook the pot head in front of his wife's eyes and said, "You really don't know treasures when you see them. Let me tell you, this is a treasure pot!" "Treasure pot?The wife frowned and wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Li Kui: "Don't be wordy, you will know tomorrow!" The wife glanced over and went out, muttering.

The next morning, Li Greedy ordered the long and short workers to slaughter pigs and sheep, cut the meat and place it next to the pot, waiting for him to show his skills. Those five relatives and six relatives, pig friends and dog friends, heard that Li Greedy had a treasure pot, and wanted to open their eyes. In the afternoon, the guests arrived one after another, dragging their children and daughters. Seeing that the guests were all here, Li Greedy moved his sleeves for the first time, and poured the meat into the "treasure pot" separately. Each flavor only burned three or two handfuls of fire before the pot was put into a pot. When the banquet was set off, Li Greedy proudly pointed to the blood-red meat pieces in the pot and said: "These dishes are all made by the treasure pot. God-sent delicacies, let's taste them!" Fortunately, the guests celebrated the blessing of heaven and scrambled to stuff the meat into their mouths. However, before they could move their teeth, they all spit it out and looked at each other. Seeing this, Li was greedy, thinking that relatives and friends were deliberately trying to disgrace him, and said to the guests with bulging eyes: "You are all ignorant things." The meat is not hot yet, how can you tell people to eat it! "His wife said, threw away the chopsticks, and nagged away. Li was too greedy to believe it, picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, but who knew he also spit it out.

He knew that he had been fooled by Liu Zhihai, smashed the pot head with an axe, and shouted that he was going to sue Zhihai. In the afternoon, Li Kui came towards Liu Zhihai's house aggressively. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhihai waving a stick engraved with dragon and phoenix and beating his wife violently. While beating, he scolded: "Who told you to remove the black ash from the bottom of the treasure pot? Master Li must not have used it... Damn mother-in-law!" Li Kui heard this, and his anger gradually subsided - he also saw that there was no black ash at the bottom of the pot. At this time, only Zhihai's wife screamed and fell to the ground. Li Zhihai was so greedy that he saw that Zhihai kill someone, and he was afraid that he would be implicated. He came over and hypocritically said, "Zhihai, why do you want to beat the dead for the sake of the pot? Liu Zhihai saw that Li was greedy, and pretended to be angry and said," My treasure pot can't be shaved off the black ash at the bottom of the pot. It won't work if it is shaved clean, but this damn mother-in-law is wrong about Master Li! "You commit murder and kill people, and you will face a lawsuit yourself, without me," I, Li, don't care about these. "

But Liu Zhihai said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I'm just playing." "Playing? Humph, killing people will pay for their lives!" I can also ask her to survive if she dies. "Liu Zhihai showed the stick to Li Zhihai's eyes and said," This is a root treasure stick, called a life and death stick. If you want to die, you have to live. "Really?Li Zhihai stopped, his eyes wide open. But because he had been fooled the last time, he still doubted: "Can you try it for me?" "How difficult is this." Liu Zhihai said, pointed the stick at his wife's forehead and gently tapped it three times, shouting "Get up." His wife immediately got up, rubbed her eyes and said, "This sleep is so sweet!"Treasure stick! Treasure stick!" The fact that he saw it with his own eyes made Li greedy and disbelieving. He thought to himself: If you get this treasure stick, you will have to die if you have to work long or short in the future, and you will be able to live, wouldn't it be beautiful.

So, he proposed to Liu Zhihai to buy this treasure stick again. Liu Zhihai refused to sell anything. Li was so greedy that he said: I'll give you more silver. "Saying that, he took out a handful of silver from his pocket and stuffed it into Liu Zhihai, grabbed the stick and carried it on his shoulder, and swaggered away. Li was so greedy that he went back home and asked his wife to invite relatives and friends to see the treasure stick. Because the treasure pot failed last time and made a fool of himself, this time he wanted to save face. His wife glanced at the stick and said," What kind of ghost stick, you want to scare your relatives and friends again? "Li was so greedy that he pointed the stick at his wife's head and said," If you don't give it to me, go quickly, I'll ask you to taste a few sticks first! " His wife was afraid of being beaten, so she swallowed her anger and ran out.

The next morning, those relatives and friends heard that Li Kui had gotten another treasure stick, and they dragged their children and daughters to see what happened. As soon as the guests stepped on the threshold, Li Kui was like a drunkard, swinging a stick and beating his wife on the head. The wife was crying in pain and jumping around. When the guests saw this, they thought that Li Kui had epilepsy and wanted to pounce to stop him, but they were afraid of the sticks flying up and down from side to side, so they had to be anxious. Here, Li Kui was fighting harder and harder. He knocked his wife down and refused to stop. He only gave up when he was knocked down. The guests cried when they saw that someone had been beaten to death. Li Kui didn't care, but he smiled and said "hahaha": "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I invited you here to show you how this precious stick can bring the dead back to life. "

When the guests heard this, they turned from crying to laughing, and they gathered around to see how Li Kui De used the magic weapon. Li Kui De drew a circle of the stick in the air and muttered, "Priceless treasure, just click three times." Immediately, he pointed the stick at his wife's forehead and tapped three times, shouting "Get up." However, the wife did not get up, but tapped three times with a little force, did not sit up, and beat three more times with force, but still did not work. This time he was flustered. Rub his scalp and turn around. Seeing that the dead could not be revived, the guests burst into tears again. Li Kui knew that he had been fooled by Liu Zhihai again, waving the stick and crying: "Liu Zhihai, this time I must ask you to see your ancestors!" The story of Li greedy beating his wife to death has reached Liu Zhihai's ears. However, he has prepared measures to deal with his wife.

In the afternoon, Li Zhihai broke into Zhihai's house aggressively. He looked left and right, but saw no shadow of Liu Zhihai and his wife except a girl weaving Zhuang brocade with her face on her back. He was so anxious that he tore his throat and shouted, "Liu Zhihai! Liu Zhihai!" After shouting a few times but not answering, he turned around and saw that the door was closed. It is estimated that Liu Zhihai must be hiding inside, so he kicked the door open. Just as he was about to break in, he stood up to stop the girl: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules. Why are you a guest running around without the permission of the master?" "It's none of your business, I want to settle accounts with Liu Zhihai!" Li was so greedy that he stared at Qing and said. "I am the owner of this house, what matters to you, I can call the shots!" The girl said uncompromisingly. Liu Zhihai came out of the room and said, "Master Li, what are you doing?" "What are you doing?" Li Kui jumped over and grabbed Liu Zhihai's pocket, "You lied to me, the wooden stick said it was a treasure stick, so I beat my wife to death and went to see the official." "Wait a minute." Liu Zhihai shook off Li Kui's hand and said confidently, "My precious stick can only be brought back to life by killing those who are at fault but are willing to repent. And of course it won't work if you kill someone like you."

"This..." Liu Zhihai laughed secretly when he saw this. After a moment, he said, "However, you can still marry the daughter of the Sea Dragon King." Li Zhihai said helplessly, "The Sea Dragon King is at the bottom of the sea, and I am on land. How can I marry his daughter?" Liu Zhihai pointed at the girl and said, "She is the third princess of the Sea Dragon King, do you believe it or not?" Really? Liu Zhihai took out a pink-painted hammer and said, "Yesterday, I took this hammer to the river and knocked it, and this Third Princess suddenly appeared in Jiang Xin. When I went home, she followed me and shouted to marry me. Hey, she said that she also has a sister who wants to come to the world."

Li Greedy, who had been fooled twice, did not believe Liu Zhihai's words as soon as he heard them. He decided to ask the girl about it. So, he went over and asked the girl: "Girl, I heard that you have a sister who also wants to marry into the world. Is this true?The girl nodded and said, "However, she is determined to marry a rich man with a fortune of ten thousand. Li Greedy thought to himself: I, Li, have a fortune of less than ten thousand yuan, and not less than nine thousand yuan. So he recommended himself with a playful smile:" Like my beard, is it worthy of your sister? "" It is worthy. "The girl said seriously:" My sister said that as long as you have ten thousand yuan of wealth, sixty is not too old. " Li Greedy asked him how to get married again, and the girl told him that at noon in three days, she would dress up and wait by the river, and she would have a good idea. After saying this, Li Greedy felt that the opportunity must not be lost. He said goodbye to Liu Zhihai and the girl and went home to prepare.

At noon three days later, the sky was clear, the sun was shining brightly, and magpies were chirping. It was an auspicious day. Li Zhihai wore a dragon-robed vest, shaved his beard, and applied a thick layer of fat powder to his wrinkled old face. He came here early in the morning to wait for him. Soon, Liu Zhihai and the girl came carrying a large tile basin. The girl and Zhihai put the basin into the river, and the girl asked Li Yide to sit in the basin, then handed him the "treasure hammer" and told him to paddle along the basin to the center of the river. Li Zhizhi was so eager to see the beauty of the Dragon Palace immediately. As soon as he sat in the basin, he couldn't wait to beat the basin and paddle to the center of the river. However, after knocking for a while, the dragon girl still didn't come out of the water, so anxious that he asked the girl on the shore loudly: "Third Princess, how did you do this? Why hasn't your sister come yet?" Knock a little louder, she probably hasn't woken up yet. "The girl said.

Li was so greedy that he forgot that he was sitting on the tile basin, gritted his teeth and hitting hard, only to hear a "clang" sound, the tile basin was torn apart, and he fell into the water, crying out for help in a hurry: "Third Princess! Come and save me! Li Zhihai said with a laugh on the shore:" Master Li, she is not the third princess, but my cousin. If you want to marry the dragon girl, go by yourself! "