During the Tang Dynasty, a strange thing happened in Chang'an, the capital.

On this day, the sky was still bright. As soon as the gate of Chang'an City opened, a man was walking in the street when he suddenly felt his butt being pushed. He turned around and saw a big furry guy with his mouth arching against him. He took a closer look and saw the word "Wang" on the guy's forehead – wasn't that a tiger? This colorful tiger walked forward with the flow of people, and people just walked, but didn't notice it.

The man was scared and sweated, and immediately shouted: "Tiger -"

The sound was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the streets were in chaos. People tried their best to escape, and the shops along the street closed their doors one after another. The tiger, however, was unhurried and walked slowly forward. Finally, it got tired and saw a door open, so it went in.

The news spread, and the entire capital was fried. It was a place with a dense flow of people at the feet of the Son of Heaven. If the tiger launched his power, wouldn't it be a bloody storm?

Some people said that the tiger might have come down from nearby Zhongnan Mountain. Some people said that the reason why the tiger didn't eat people was not because of how docile it was, but because it was full, but it would always be hungry, and I'm afraid someone would suffer. Others said that the tiger came down from the sky to warn people, it seems that something big is going to happen in the capital recently.

The news quickly reached Jing Zhaoyin and Wu Zhang. Jing Zhaoyin was equivalent to the mayor of Chang'an, and this matter was under his control. Wu Zhang hurriedly found the head of the catcher, Zhang Tao, and asked him and the catchers to find the tiger as soon as possible, and capture it in one fell swoop before it hurt anyone.

As soon as Zhang Tao discussed with the brothers, he said, "We have no experience catching tigers, so why don't we find a few hunters and ask them for help."

In this way, Zhang Tao and a few hunters brought bows and arrows for catching tigers, ropes, and sharpened the knives quickly, and came to the high gate where the tiger was hiding. Just as they were about to break in, Zhang Tao saw the plaque on the gate. He broke out in a cold sweat and immediately lowered his voice and shouted, "Return!"

The others were unsure, so they stepped back and asked, "Boss, what's the matter?"

Zhang Tao pointed to the plaque and said, "Look what this place is."

I saw four big characters written on the plaque: Yuan's Ancestral Hall. The catchers were startled and thought to themselves: This tiger really knows how to find a place, and he actually hid here.

It turns out that in the current dynasty, the emperor is not terrible, but the real fear is Prime Minister Yuan Zai. Yuan Zai not only holds the power of soldiers and horses, but many ministers inside and outside the capital are his cronies. It can be said that the power is all over the court, and even the emperor has to give him three points. This ancestral hall of the Yuan family is the ancestral hall of the Yuan Zai family. Don't look at it as just an ancestral hall, it was built by the emperor himself, and the plaque is also the emperor's handwritten imperial script. This place is comparable to the forbidden area of the Imperial Palace. Yuan Zai only comes once a year to worship his ancestors, and no one dares to take half a step in normal times.

After Zhang Tao discussed with everyone, he couldn't start now. If something really happened, not only them, but also adults would have to eat and walk around.

When Zhang Tao went back to report, Wu Zhang was also in a difficult situation. The Yuan family's ancestral hall could not be entered casually, but there were tigers living in it.

Wu Zhang did not dare to act rashly, and the matter dragged on just like that.

Just as everyone had guessed, the tiger didn't eat people at first because it had food in its stomach and wasn't hungry. After two days, the tiger came out. A couple happened to be passing by on the street.

This time, people in the capital did not dare to go out, and even if they went out, they had to form a gang of more than a dozen people, holding sticks to defend themselves. After Wu Zhang found out, he immediately ordered Zhang Tao to guard around the Yuan Consortium Ancestral Hall before receiving the Imperial Decree, and as soon as the tiger came out, he would immediately beat it to death.

Zhang Tao and the others guarded the Yuan family's ancestral hall for a few days, but the tiger did not come out; when they relaxed a little, the tiger came out again, and ended up injuring two more lives.

Wu Zhang felt a lot of pressure when four people were injured in the capital, but he still didn't dare enter the Yuan Consortium Ancestral Hall, so he ordered everyone to step up their defense. But there were times when he was tired of defending, and when there were fewer people defending, the tiger came out.

That tiger was cunning by nature, and it used the Yuan Consortium Ancestral Hall as a safe haven, and it didn't go anywhere except here.

During this period, Wu Zhang even played two more memorials, but there was no reply. He wanted to go to Yuan Mansion in person and report this matter to Prime Minister Yuan Zai, but before entering the mansion, he was blocked.

Such a big matter, doesn't Prime Minister Yuan Zai know? All the ministers' memorials in the dynasty had to go through him, how could he not know?

It turned out that Yuan Zai had seen it when Wu Zhang wrote the first memorial. Knowing that a tiger had entered his ancestral hall, he wanted to order someone to catch the tiger, but his advisor said, "My lord, I can't catch it. This tiger came just in time!"

Yuan Zai asked, "How do you say that?"

Then the counselor lowered his voice and said, "Besides, this is a good opportunity to test people's hearts. If no one dares enter the ancestral hall to catch the tiger, it means that the whole capital is in awe of the lord, and the lord's prestige has reached its peak."

Yuan Zai thought it was reasonable, so he kept the badge and pretended not to know about it.

Wu Zhang didn't even know how he got in. He asked who he was. The man smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry about who I am.

Wu Zhang was startled and thought to himself: How does he know his own mind? The man said again, "Tigers have been rampant for a long time, and I am here to discuss the plan to catch tigers with you." With that said, the man turned around and closed the door.

That night, a few tiger roars could be heard from the Yuan Consortium Ancestral Hall. The sound was like thunder. When the people nearby heard it, they were so scared that they went straight to the bed.

Then, the roar of the tiger often came from the Yuan family's ancestral hall, which made people feel terrified. How is this still like a capital? Many people have moved out one after another, bringing their families with them, helping the old and the young, as if they were fleeing a famine.

He was very proud that no one dared touch the tiger in the ancestral hall, which meant that everyone in the capital was afraid of him. At this time, the counselor said to him, "My lord, it's time to fight the tiger."

Yuan Zai said, "It was you who didn't tell me to touch that tiger, and now it's you who asked me to beat the tiger. What do you mean?"

The counselor said, "In the past, I did not ask you to move the tiger, but to test people's hearts; now I ask you to fight the tiger, but to win people's hearts!"

Yuan Zai asked, "What do you mean by that?"

The counselor said, "I didn't ask you to fight tigers, but to see your prestige in the capital. Now that the whole capital is afraid of you like a tiger, the next step is to win people's hearts. This tiger has made the capital look like a mess, and the people are looking forward to getting rid of the tigers and living in peace. Isn't that what everyone expects you to do now? When the people of Changan are grateful to you, what else do you want to do?"

When Yuan Zai heard this, he couldn't help but smile proudly and said, "That's right! Today I will lead people to fight tigers, and let everyone take a look. My Yuan Zai hero is no less than he used to be." Yuan Zai also made some preparations to fight tigers.

Yuan Zai stepped into the courtyard of the ancestral hall, but saw the tiger lying on the side. The tiger looked up at Yuan Zai, and Yuan Zai couldn't help but feel a little flustered, he had never really dealt with the tiger. When Yuan Zai was close to the tiger, the tiger made a strange movement and stood up all of a sudden. Yuan Zai was stunned, and at this time, the skin on the tiger suddenly fell off, and a person drilled out from inside, which was the head hunter Zhang Tao.

It was too sudden. Not only was Yuan Zai surprised, but those guards were also a little stunned. Zhang Tao took advantage of everyone's stunned moment to go up and grab Yuan Zai and put the knife on his neck.

Only then Yuan Zai come back to his senses and immediately said, "Bold, how dare you be rude to me!He shouted to those guards again: "What are you still doing, catch the assassin!"

At this time, a group of imperial guards suddenly rushed out of the inner courtyard of the Yuan family's ancestral hall, with more than a hundred people surrounding Yuan Zai and his guards. The leader, wearing the clothes of the imperial palace, said loudly: "By the emperor's secret order, capture the capital's number one tiger, Yuan Zai. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without mercy."

With this shout, the guards looked at each other, not knowing what to do. The leader took out another imperial decree and said, "Those who dare to follow the culprit Yuan Zai, according to the conspiracy theory, don't put down your weapons quickly!"

When the guards saw the imperial decree, they put down their bows and arrows one after another. Yuan Zai knew that this time was over, he was here to catch a tiger, how could he be caught as a tiger?

Then Yuan Zai was thrown into the prison for punishment, and the truth about fighting tigers spread quietly in the capital.

It turned out that it was the current emperor Li Yu who went to the house of Jingzhaoyin Wuzhang that night.

The emperor had long intended to get rid of Yuan Zai, but he was afraid that he would be in a hurry to rebel, so he did not take action. The emperor also heard about the tiger in the capital, and he felt that this was a good opportunity to get rid of Yuan Zai. When the emperor learned that Wu Zhang was blocked from Yuan Mansion, he knew that he was not Yuan Zai's person, so he quietly entered Wu Zhang's house at night and plotted a plan to "catch the tiger" with him. The tiger in the Yuan family's ancestral hall was killed by Zhang Tao and the others that night, and then Zhang Tao put the tiger skin on his body and pretended to be a tiger to lure Yuan Zai, but Yuan Zai really took the bait.

The "tiger" Yuan Zai was finally removed, and the people of Chang'an could finally live in peace. Speaking of which, he had to thank the tiger who had entered the capital by mistake!