What is the full translation of "Outsmarting Birthdays"?

"Outsmarting the Birth Plan" translated into vernacular:

It was June, the weather was hot, and the soldiers carrying the Birth Plan were walking on the rugged path, all out of breath. , dripping with sweat and miserable. When some walked slowly, Yang Zhi beat them with a cane and ordered: "Go quickly!" They arrived at Huangnigang. There were pine forests on both sides of the path. The soldiers couldn't walk anymore, so they put down their burdens and lay down to rest in the shade of the trees. Yang Zhi shouted: "What kind of place is this? If you dare to enjoy the coolness here, get up and leave quickly!" All the soldiers cried out: "If you chop us into eight pieces, we can't walk anymore."

Two Marquis Yu and Lao Duguan walked up slowly, panting. When the old capital officer saw Yang Zhi beating the soldiers, he advised: "Yang Tiha, it's really too hot to walk. Don't blame them." Yang Zhi said: "This is Huangnigang, where strong men are haunted. Why?" You dare to stop here!" Yang Zhi ignored the soldier's plea and raised the cane and said, "If you don't leave, I will give you twenty sticks!" Just as he was about to knock it down, he suddenly saw someone looking in the pine forest, so he hurriedly put it down. Teng Tiao picked up the plain knife, chased into the pine forest and shouted: "You are so bold, you dare to come and see my goods!"

Yang Zhi looked closer and saw seven Jiangzhou vehicles lined up in the forest. In the car, Chao Gai and seven others pretended to be cart pushers to enjoy the cool air. Yang Zhi asked: "What do you do?" Chao Gai said: "We sell dates to Tokyo." Yang Zhi felt relieved. Bai Sheng picked up a load of wine barrels and walked up the hill. As he walked, he sang: "The red sun is scorching like fire, and the fields and rice are half withered. The farmer's heart is like soup, and the king and grandson upstairs are shaking their fans." He walked to the edge of the pine forest. Come on, put down your wine basket and enjoy the cool weather.

When the soldiers saw that Bai Sheng was a wine seller, they said: "We are hot and thirsty, why not buy some wine to eat and relieve the heat." After hearing the reprimand, Yang Zhi said: "You villagers What does a bird know? It has no idea of ??the dangers on the road, and how many heroes have been drunk by the medicine."

Chao Gai and his seven men came out and said, "We are very thirsty. Please sell us a barrel of wine." Bai Sheng. Said: "Okay, five guan coins per bucket. But there is no bowl, so just use two wine ladles to scoop it up and drink it!" Everyone ate dates and drank wine. Wu Yong scooped half a ladle of wine, said he was going to get some dates, and went into the pine forest.

Wu Yong went to the woods, poured out the wine, took out the paper bag from his pocket, poured the Mongolian sweat medicine into the gourd, and walked out of the pine forest.

Chao Gai saw Wu Yong coming out and said, "I've drank all the wine in one barrel." Wu Yong took the wine ladle to another barrel of wine, scooped out a ladle and said, "I'll drink another one." Ladle." Bai Sheng snatched the wine ladle from Wu Rong's hand, stirred it twice in the barrel, and said, "You are a respectable guest, but you are not a gentleman."

All soldiers. Seeing the date sellers drinking wine, they all said: "Let's buy a bucket too! It's really too hot and thirsty." The old governor also said: "There is no place to ask for water in Gangzi, so we let everyone buy it and drink it." Come on!" When Yang Zhi saw that the jujube seller was fine, he said, "Since the boss has said it, let's go buy some wine!"

The soldiers pooled their money to buy wine. , but Bai Sheng said: "I won't sell it. There is Mongolian sweat medicine in this wine." All the soldiers laughed and said: "That's a joke, why should we take it seriously." Wu Yong pushed Bai Sheng away and said, "Everyone is out. Do something good!" He said and gave the wine barrel to the soldier.

Wu Yong took some more dates and said, "Here you drink." The soldiers thanked him and took turns drinking from ladles. Even Lao Duguan, Yuhou and Yang Zhi drank. In an instant, Yang Zhi and the other fifteen people were all top-heavy and fell down one after another.

Chao Gai and other seven people immediately pushed the cart out of the pine forest, poured the dates on the ground, loaded eleven loads of gold, silver and jewelry into the cart and pushed away.

Yang Zhi drank less and woke up first. He got up and saw that the others were lying on the ground unable to move, and there was no treasure. He pointed and cursed: "It's all you who don't listen to me. He was plotted against, and his birth plan was lost, which affected the Sa family." He picked up the sword, sighed, and went down to the hill.

Everyone woke up, and the old man said: "The birthday card has been lost, and Yang Zhi has left. What should we do?" Someone said: "It is said that Yang Zhi colluded with the strong men to use the Mongolian sweat medicine. We went crazy and took away all the gold, silver and jewelry." Everyone immediately packed up and went back to report.

Besides, when Yang Zhi walked into a forest, suddenly a shirtless monk with flowers tattooed on his back shouted to him: "Where did you come from, you bastard?" Yang Zhi asked: "You are Where's the monk?" The monk didn't reply. He picked up his Zen staff and struck him. Yang Zhi raised his sword to greet him. The two started fighting in the woods.

The monk showed his weakness and jumped out of the circle, shouting: "Wait a minute! Who are you, this green-faced man?" Yang Zhidao: "I am the green-faced beast Yang Zhi." The monk said: "I am the flower monk Lu Zhishen."

Yang Zhi said with a smile: "Aren't you at Xiangguo Temple? How did you get here?" Lu Zhishen said: "Because I rescued Lin Chong, Gao Qiu did not allow Xiangguo Temple to take me in. I want to settle down at Baozhu Temple on Erlong Mountain. , the leader of the village, Deng Long, refused. After I defeated him, he ran up the mountain and held the pass, but I couldn't attack it." Yang Zhi led Lu Zhishen to stay in the hotel owned by Gui Cao. Cao Zheng and Yang Zhi knew each other. When they heard that they were going to Erlong Mountain, they said, "I have a plan. I wonder if you two like it or not?" Yang Zhidao said, "I would like to hear a good plan." Cao Zheng said this again, The two decided to follow their plan.

The next day, Cao Zheng and Yang Zhi, who was dressed as a countryman, tied Lu Zhishen with a slip-knot rope and escorted him to the Erlong Mountain Pass. Cao Zheng said to Deng Long: "This fat monk said that he would invite Liang Shanbo to conquer Erlong Mountain and wipe out the nearby villages. I got him drunk and tied him up and presented it to the king." Deng Long was overjoyed and turned on the switch to let them go up the mountain.

Cao Zheng and others went up the mountain and secretly pulled the knot of the rope that tied Lu Zhishen. Lu Zhishen released his arm, took the Zen staff in Yang Zhi's hand, swung the staff and beat Deng Long to death. All the minions knelt down and surrendered. Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi became the owners of the village from then on.

"Outsmarting the Birthday Plan" is the second half of the sixteenth chapter of "Water Margin" by Shi Naian, a novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. "Outsmarting the Birthday Plan" describes how Yang Zhi escorted the Birthday Plan to Tokyo and was captured by Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others on the way (Huangnigang). And "Outsmarting the Birthday Plan" is the collective action of the revolting peasants. , is the beginning of the gathering of heroes in Liangshanbo.

The story takes place in Huangnigang, 16 miles southeast of Yuncheng County, Heze City, Shandong Province.

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