Strange story in Tang Dynasty: Literati fantasized about chivalry and were cheated out of huge sums of money with fake heads.

Chivalry has always been a desirable role. No matter the ordinary people who are only busy with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, or the literati in Talents, they all have deep feelings for martial arts. Li Bai's Ten Steps to Kill One Man, a Thousand Miles Away, Lu's Flying Eagle in Duling North, and Tan Wan's Borrowing a Guest from Weiqiao West all depict an ideal chivalrous image with vivid pen and ink: powerful fighting capacity and surreal freedom of action, which makes people admire.

However, the ideal is full, the reality is skinny, and there are always some ironic stories besides the surging martial arts ideal.

Reason: Real life is not satisfactory. The poet's chivalrous dream is more or less a compensation for some defects in reality, especially for poets with artistic creativity.

Cui Ya and Hu Zhang in the Tang Dynasty were famous for their poems, such as Thousands of Miles from Home and Twenty Years in Zhang Hu. However, ask her the first few words of this song and see how she tries to suppress her tears. No one knows, don't you? However, their real life is not satisfactory. The failure of Zhang Hu's fame and fortune made him yearn for the freedom and heroism of a chivalrous man, and always imagined himself as a wandering chivalrous man.

The same is true of Cui Ya, whose chivalrous dream is evidenced by specific poems: Taihang Mountain has three feet of snow, and Cui Ya has three feet of iron sleeves. Once you meet a willing heart, go out and say goodbye to your wife and children. Bragging about the three-foot iron sword in the sleeve, silver shining like snow and ice in Taihang Mountain. If someone wants him to become a knight-errant, he will immediately bid farewell to his wife and children and go to the Jianghu to kill the enemy bravely.

However, what about Cui Ya in reality? He seems to get along well. According to Yunxi Friends Association, his wife's surname is Yong, and his father-in-law is a general officer in Yangzhou. He is very dissatisfied with his son-in-law's unprofessional and arrogant behavior. Once he called his daughter over and said rudely, "Dad regrets marrying that boy named Cui Ya, and it's not good for you to remarry now. Why don't you just cut your hair and become a monk, or I'll kill your daughter with a sword. " Hearing this, Cui Ya scared the daylights out of him, but he didn't argue with his father-in-law. Instead, he bowed his head and begged for mercy, but the cruel father-in-law broke up their husband and wife, and there was nothing Cui Ya could do.

Cui Ya and Zhang Hu, two brothers who don't get along very well, often play together, walk in the Jianghu, drink freely and imagine themselves as chivalrous men. "Gui Yuan Cong Tan" said that they traveled a lot in Jianghuai, often drinking, teasing the times, or taking pleasure in drinking, that is, calling themselves chivalrous. Over time, others also regard them as knights. I don't know if they are serious or joking. Anyway, these two can't get away from the position of knights. But it was finally erased. What happened?

Fraud: Chivalrous men in Zhang Hu and Cui Ya are well-known for swindling huge sums of money with fake heads. Over time, chivalrous people will always come to you. Of course, when you are poor, no one comes to you, but when you are rich, someone starts to make suggestions. Therefore, some people who are rich in economy but empty in spirit are often surrounded by strangers.

Zhang Hu later improved his life and accumulated some industries. As a result, one evening, a stout man came to the door, dressed in chivalrous customer service, with a sword tied to his waist and a bloody package in one hand. As soon as he entered the door, he asked, Excuse me, is this Zhang's residence? As soon as he spoke, he brought Zhang Hu a tall knight-errant hat.

Teacher Zhang Hu was so excited that she quickly asked what had happened. The man said: I had an enemy that took me ten years to find, but today I got my revenge. This man's head is in this bag. After that, he suddenly sat down and asked for a drink. Zhang Hu finally met his kind, so he greeted them quickly and entertained them with wine and delicacies. The vengeful chivalrous man reached out for money after eating: about three miles away, there lived one of my benefactors, and I was thinking of repaying him, but I was short of money. Zhang Xia, you are a generous person. Can you lend me 10 million to fulfill this wish? If you need my place in the future, I will go to war and do things like cattle, horses, chickens and dogs to repay you.

This is clearly the rhythm of pleasure, intimacy and hatred. This brother thinks that Zhang Hu is a chivalrous man. If Zhang Hu's performance disappoints him, he will be laughed at by people in the Jianghu. So, Zhang Hu, the knight-errant, lit a candle, searched the house to find out100000 yuan and generously gave it to the knight-errant.

The chivalrous man took the money, wiped his lips and said, I'm going now. Please wait a moment.

As a result, he never came. Zhang Hu waited until dawn, but the man didn't even show up again. With the rise of Asahi, Mr. Zhang Hu's chivalrous feelings gradually cooled down and his legal consciousness began to recover. He suddenly became afraid: Isn't it asking for trouble to leave such a head in my house in broad daylight? So he didn't dare to bury his head. But before it was buried, he couldn't help but open it and have a look. As a result, he was in distress situation. Which head is in the package? It's obviously a tapir. Being cheated once and losing a lot of money, Zhang Hu became disheartened and lost his fighting spirit.

In the whole scam, Zhang Hu got what he deserved. The first thing to blame is his three views, especially his weak legal consciousness. Since you believe it's a human head, report it to the official. Although chivalrous men are admirable, they must abide by the law. If he doesn't obey the law, can he still be called a knight? Besides, the Tang Dynasty was also a dynasty that emphasized the rule of law. Can this person stay at home at will? This cheated100000 yuan can be regarded as the tuition fee paid without respect for the law.

Secondly, Zhang Poet is too lack of awareness of prevention in economy. Since the other party keeps saying that he is a knight-errant, what are the knights talking about? Is it tacky to talk about money? No matter what age, no matter what age, if the other party talks to you about big ambitions and big ideals first, then they will ask you to pay. Nine times out of ten, this is a scam, so you can't believe it.

It's okay to listen to the other person's bluff, but you have to cover your purse tightly. As long as you don't lose money, the other party's bluff is just saliva.