County Magistrate Mei has been in Bao'an County for more than half a year. He is an elegant person, diligent in his spare time, and likes to draw a few plum blossoms with a pen. As the county magistrate, it is reasonable to say that there is nothing that cannot be done in the local area, but there is a wish that has not been fulfilled. It turns out that there is a well-known local plum painter surnamed Tie, and the plum blossoms he wrote are iron bones, and everyone calls him Tie Gu Mei. County Magistrate Mei thought to himself that everyone knew that his surname was Mei and he loved to draw plums, and this Tie Gu Mei would definitely take the initiative to make friends. He did not expect to wait for the left and right, but he could not even see the figure of Tie Gu Mei.

After thinking about it, County Magistrate Mei decided to put down his body and visit the door. When Tiegu Mei saw County Magistrate Mei, he did not deliberately give her a face.

After the small talk, County Magistrate Mei smiled and said, "I've heard for a long time that the old gentleman is superb in painting plums, and the lower official has admired it for a long time. I dare to ask the old gentleman if he can give the lower official a picture, so that the lower official can learn day and night." County Magistrate Mei said one by one "lower official", thinking that he had lowered his posture, but who knew that Tiegumei's opening was hard: "Thank you for your love, but the grass-roots people don't dare to show their ugliness, I'm afraid you will be disappointed." County Magistrate Mei was so choked by this that he rolled his eyes, snapped for a long time, waved his sleeves, and said goodbye.

After returning to the yamen and drinking two cups of tea, County Magistrate Mei's mind turned again, called a domestic servant, handed a few ingots of silver, and said, "Go, buy me a painting at Tiegumei's house, don't ask how much silver, as long as you can get it, it's a great achievement. Be careful, don't play tricks, if you startle Tiegumei, I'll ask you!"

After a long while, the servant came back panting and shouted, "Master, Master, I really have seen a ghost. I obey your words, bow down and say all the good things, but that Iron Bone Plum just doesn't know how to lift it up, doesn't sell it, and even says wildly that his paintings are only given to Mei's confidant. Master, if you hadn't told me not to scare him beforehand, I would have tied him up long ago..." County Magistrate Mei shouted and interrupted him. When he turned around, County Magistrate Mei was even more depressed, it seemed that he and Iron Bone Plum were completely out of luck.

Who knew that a major event suddenly happened that night: Tiegumei's house was robbed! After the thief took advantage of the night to climb over the wall and enter the hospital, he first tied Tiegumei, and then searched for some plum blossom pictures of Tiegumei's house!

After receiving the report, County Magistrate Mei arrived at Tiegu Mei's house early in the morning with the yamen. At this time, an old man living at the entrance of the village provided an important clue to County Magistrate Mei: when he woke up last night, he saw five black shadows running out of the village, which seemed to be heading straight for Hutou Mountain.

County Magistrate Mei nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, yes, I heard that the group of robbers on Hutou Mountain, the five leaders are called the Five Tigers. It seems that this time they personally went out to rob Tiegumei's house."

Tie Gu Mei looked at County Magistrate Mei's serious expression coldly, but in his heart he was sure that he was a thief shouting to catch a thief. Just because five people ran in the direction of Hutou Mountain, could they be concluded to be five tigers? Besides, what's the use of those rude men robbing a few paintings? What's more, after being tied up last night, he clearly heard one of them shout "My lord," although he covered his mouth and kept silent with just one sound, but the truth was obvious.

After half a month, there was no movement at the yamen, and Tie Gumei couldn't hold back anymore. "Brush" wrote the pleading and prepared to report it directly to the Lord of the Dao Platform, asking him to arrest Mei County Magistrate, who was an official during the day and a bandit at night! Just as Tie Gumei was about to leave for the Dao Platform, he received an invitation from Mei County Magistrate, saying that he was invited to watch a big play.

On this day, Tie Gu Mei and a team of heavily armed officers and soldiers lurked in a forest at the foot of Hutou Mountain early, and Mei County Magistrate was also in uniform. At this time, the county magistrate Mei waved his hand, and a few yamen dressed as business people pushed the carts and set off. The wheels squeaked and seemed to be full of goods.

Tie Gumei watched in surprise and faintly understood: The government is going to lure the tiger down the mountain!

I don't know how long it took, everyone was waiting anxiously, and suddenly heard an arrow fly straight into the sky, and the shout of killing immediately sounded from a distance.

At this time, the county magistrate Mei jumped up, and in the past, he looked like a weak scholar, and shouted heroically: "Everyone is waiting, give it to me!"

After listening to the order of Mei County, all the officers and soldiers who were in ambush rushed out like tigers. Tie Gumei had never seen this formation before, but only looked at it with trepidation.

Only when he saw it did he realize that it was no small matter. It was not just their team that was ambushed, but several teams of officers and soldiers rushed out from different hiding places. It turned out that the county magistrate Mei, who seemed to be holding his ground, had actually planned this battle long ago.

The officers and soldiers were powerful, and they introduced the robbers into the ambush ring, so they subdued the robbers in no time. Before this was over, County Magistrate Mei personally escorted the remaining robbers up the mountain. After a fight, he finally captured the robber's nest on Hutou Mountain, and all five evil tigers were captured.

At this time, the county magistrate of Mei sent someone to invite Tiegumei up the mountain, and sent officers and soldiers to search for the plum blossom pictures of Tiegumei that had been stolen.

When County Magistrate Mei tried the five evil tigers on the spot, Tie Gumei fully understood what had happened: it turned out that some time ago, County Magistrate Mei had spent a lot of effort to hunt down these robbers, and the robbers were not damaged. When he was angry, he happened to hear that County Magistrate Mei could not ask for the painting twice, so he came up with a disorderly trick, robbed Tie Gumei, and deliberately pretended to miss his mouth and called "Lord", so Tie Gumei would definitely suspect that County Magistrate Mei had robbed the painting.

The next day at the entrance of the yamen, someone asked to see him, and County Magistrate Mei let him in.

Tie Gu Mei hugged a painting and said loudly, "Lord Mei, I sent the painting to you. I misunderstood you before, but later I found out that although you are the father and mother of a county, you did not use a pretense to rob and steal. What's more, you personally went into battle to catch the robbers, and I admire you very much."

At this time, more and more people gathered in the spacious yamen entrance, and they all echoed in unison, hoping that County Magistrate Mei would accept the painting and achieve this beautiful talk.

Who knew that the county magistrate Mei slowly shook his head and said, "This time, the robbers of Hutou Mountain took advantage of the loophole, because the lower official likes plum blossom pictures, and as the parents of a county, the people are the first. From now on, the lower official will never appreciate or draw plums. Please learn from the parents and villagers."

When everyone heard this, they were all amazed. Tiegumei took a step forward and bowed to the end, saying, "Even if Lord Mei no longer loves Mei, he is still my friend of Tiegumei's plum blossom!"