In late spring, the grass grows and the birds fly.

On the coast of the East China Sea, Jimo City, Qi State is full of willows and fragrant flowers.

There were endless pedestrians on the road, and there was a peaceful scene of peace and prosperity. However, not far outside the city, there were deserted graves covered with artemisia everywhere.

Fifteen years ago, the Yan general Le Yi attacked Qi and conquered more than 70 cities in a row. King Min was killed, and Qi was in danger.

At this critical moment, Tian Dan stood up and called on Qi Min to resist Yan, defending to the death in Jimo City, and Le Yi failed to defeat the city for a year.

Tian Shan sent people to Yan to make a move to dissuade him, and pretended to call Le Yi the name of attacking Qi, but actually wanted to be king. The King of Yan was indeed trapped and sent a cavalry to replace Le Yi, and Le Yi defected to Zhao State.

Seeing that the time for counterattack was ripe, Tian Dan gathered more than a thousand cows, with sharp blades tied to the horns, reeds tied to the tail, and wearing colorful dragon-patterned coats, and attacked Yan camp late at night.

The Yan army saw the swords on countless corners in the fire and the monsters rushing straight towards them. They were panicked and fled, trampled on each other, and the cavalry was killed in chaos.

Tian Dan led his army to pursue the victory and lost more than 70 cities. Then, he returned to Linzi to officially ascend the throne as King Xiang of Qi. Tian Dan was granted the title of Anping Jun.

During this battle, although Qi was restored, there were ten households in Jimo City, and almost every household was mourning.

Therefore, there are countless tombs outside Jimo City, and there are many charity houses in the city and villages, most of which are orphans from the Battle of Jimo.

The King of Qi provided relief to these orphans, and did not forget the righteousness of Jimo people's help in the war and restore the country.

Fifty miles east of Jimo City, there is Yitianjia Village, with villagers Duotian and Jiang.

Although there are a few idle scoundrels in the village, they rarely steal, rape, cheat, and cheat, which can be called the simple customs of the people and the kindness of people.

On this day, there were waves of shouting and crying from the oil shop of Jiang Zhanguin in Tianjia Village, which seemed particularly harsh.

"You little thief, you dare to be stubborn after stealing money. I won't beat you to death." Shopkeeper Jiang dragged a girl of seven or eight years old, scolding and pulling her out, holding a broom in his hand and falling onto the girl like raindrops.

"Ah..., ah..." The little girl was so scared that she tightened into a ball, her whole body was trembling, and she kept crying while using her arm to block the falling broom.

"Shopkeeper Jiang, please stop beating. Xiaohong will definitely not steal money. I begg you not to beat him..." A young woman in her thirties next to her hugged Manager Huang's hand holding the broom, begging constantly, crying with tears on her face, like pear blossoms and rain.

"It wasn't this little thief who stole it. Will the money turn into a stone by itself? You think I'm a fool!"

Manager Jiang said angrily, "Widow Tian, ​​I pity you orphans and widows, so I took care of you in my store to do work. Who knew you were so ungrateful. As the saying goes, rabbits don't eat grass by their nests, you actually stole money from me. Today, I will take you to see the official!"

"Shopkeeper Jiang, this money is definitely not robbed by Xiaohong. The child is still young, so you can spare her. If you take her to see the official, I don't know what to scare the child. I beg you..., I kowtow to you..." The young woman choked and finally knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowing her like pounding garlic.

"Hurry up and don't act like this!" Manager Jiang was impatient and grabbed the young woman's arm and was about to pull her up.

The neighbors were alarmed by the noise and surrounded them to see what was going on.

When the shopkeeper Jiang saw everyone gathering around, he became even more excited and said to everyone, "Dear fellow villagers, come and give me a judge. I kindly keep the widow in my store, hoping to help them. Who knows that they have revenge and actually steal money from my store by thieves. Should I send them to the office?"

"Xiaohong didn't steal money. Manager Jiang, you can't say that!" Widow Tian quickly spoke out to defend herself when she saw so many neighbors present.

The onlookers couldn't help but talk.

Where there are people, there will be right and wrong, and there will be public opinion. Originally, if you do good deeds to help the old man cross the road, and in the end, it will become you peeping at a girl to take a bath, and this is the reason why three people become tigers.

Look, as soon as the villagers talked about it, things went in an uncontrollable direction.

"No, Widow Tian and his daughter are just off their own life, so how could they be thieves?"

"I think Manager Jiang is probably wronged by a good person this time."

"Knowing people, but not their hearts, maybe Widow Tian has the intention to see money!"

"I don't think it's because Manager Jiang wants to eat Widow Tian's tofu. He didn't get enough of it. He became annoyed and he will rely on others to steal money!" Several rascals and dilapidated houses in the village also surrounded him, and the more he said it, the more outrageous the people next to him chuckled.

Seeing that it was not a problem, Manager Jiang hurriedly stopped everyone, "I say that everyone, everyone will be a witness here. I will take Widow Tian to the city to see the officials. Whether the money is stolen will be made public." As he said that, he wanted to separate everyone and take Widow Tian and his daughter away.

Widow Tian knelt on the ground and hugged Manager Jiang's leg tightly, "Shopkeeper Jiang, you see that the child is so scared. If you take her to the court, you still don't know what it will be scared! You have a lot of lord, so let her go. Isn't it okay to deduct the money you lost from the monthly money of our mothers?"

Manager Jiang was also in a difficult situation at this time. If he agreed to Widow Tian, ​​he would stop here. It would be like he wanted to take advantage of Widow Tian and steal money.

Manager Jiang felt ruthless and pulled Widow Tian’s hand away, "You have no ghost in your heart, why don’t you dare to see an official? I think you are guilty!" As he said that, he was about to take a broom to greet Widow Tian.

At this time, two swordsmen carrying long swords were also crowded among the onlookers. When the young swordsmen saw that Manager Jiang was about to hit someone again, they frowned and were about to stop him.

When I stopped, why did two swordsmen suddenly come out? They can't be so-called! What are they doing here?
Chapter completed!