Chapter 138 137 Thirteen Robbers

According to legend, there used to be two brothers: one was a rich shoemaker and the other was a poor farmer.One day, the farmer was working in the field and saw thirteen people under an oak tree, each of them was holding a sharp knife, and anyone who saw it would be terrified.The farmer thought: They must be robbers! So he quickly hid himself.He saw the group of people approaching the oak tree, and the leader of the robbers shouted: "Oak tree, open the door!" Sure enough, the oak tree split open, and the robbers got in one by one.The farmer hid in place and continued to observe.After a while, the robbers got out one by one, and the last one came out was the bandit leader. "Oak tree, close the door!" Hearing the order, the crack in the oak tree closed.

After the robbers were gone, the farmer decided to try it himself.He went up to the oak tree and said, "Oak tree, open the door!" The oak tree split open and he got into the tree.There is a ladder in the trunk of the tree, leading to the ground.Descending the ladder he found a cave in the ground; in it were thirteen heaps of gold and silver, each piled from the bottom to the top.Also, there were piles of gold, piles of diamonds, and piles of Napoleon coins.The farmer looked at these piles of glittering gold and silver treasures, really dazzled and feasted his eyes.After looking at it for a while, he began to put gold coins into his coat pocket, and when he was full, he put them into his trouser pockets, then he tied his trouser legs tightly, and put them into his crotch desperately.I couldn't hold it in the end

Only then did he drag his heavy steps, tinkling all the way back home. "What's the matter with you?" asked his wife in amazement, watching him walk.The farmer emptied the gold coins from his pocket and trousers, and told his wife what had happened.He thought it would be better to get a measuring liter to estimate how much money he had, but there was no such thing at home, so he had to go to his brother's house to borrow one.The shoemaker wondered: "What does my brother want to measure? He has always been a poor man. I want to see what he measures." So he glued a fishbone to the bottom of the lift.

After Sheng returned, the shoemaker immediately checked what was stuck on the fishbone.Ah, a gold Napoleon! Imagine the look on his face when he saw a gold coin! He immediately went to his brother: "Tell me, who gave you the money!" The farmer told his brother.The shoemaker said to him, "You have to take me there too! I have sons and daughters, and I need money more than you!" So the two brothers came up to the oak tree with two cattle and four sacks, and said, "Open the door, oak tree!" When they had filled all four sacks, they went away.Back home, the two brothers added two to one and divided the gold, diamonds and Napoleon gold coins equally.Now they both had a lot of gold and silver treasures, and they could live comfortably.Therefore, they agreed: "We are living well now, don't go to that place again, or we will die!"

Although the shoemaker agreed, he always wanted to steal it again by himself without telling his brother, because he was an insatiable fellow.He went there secretly, and waited for the robbers to come out of the oak tree; There were thirteen robbers, but twelve robbers; for the robbers had noticed that someone had come into the cave and stolen their things, and left one robber there to keep watch.The robber sprang out, caught the shoemaker by surprise, killed him like a pig, cut up his body, and tied him to two branches. When the shoemaker's wife saw that her husband was not coming home, she went to the farmer to inquire. "Uncle, it's not good, something happened! Your brother went to the oak tree again, but he hasn't come back yet!"

The farmer waited until dark and came to the oak tree.He saw his brother's body cut into four pieces and tied to a tree branch.He untied the body, put it on the back of the donkey, and carried it home.When the shoemaker's wife and children saw the dead body, they burst into tears.In order for her husband to be buried whole, the shoemaker's wife hired another shoemaker to sew up the broken body. The shoemaker's wife opened a small hotel with the money left by her husband and became the proprietress. Meanwhile the robbers were prowling about the city, seeking out who had taken their treasure.One day, a robber came to the shoemaker who was sewing the body, and asked him, "My friend, can you sew two stitches on this shoe?"

"Don't laugh at me," said the shoemaker, "I can sew a shoemaker who has been dismembered, so can't I sew this shoe?" "Which shoemaker?" "My colleague is the shoemaker who was quartered, the husband of the proprietress of the small hotel." In this way, the robbers knew that the proprietress of the tavern traded with the stolen treasure.They brought a large barrel, and eleven robbers hid in it; and the barrel was placed in a carriage, and the other two robbers drove the carriage into the street.They stopped at the entrance of the small tavern and said, "Well-meaning proprietress, can we leave this bucket here for a while? Can you get us something to eat?"

"You're welcome," the proprietress finished, and went to serve noodles to the two coachmen.At this moment, the landlady's daughter was playing beside the carriage when she heard voices in the barrel.She leaned over and listened with her ears sideways, only to hear someone say, "We're going to send this bitch right away." It's time to go to heaven! The girl was startled, and hurried out to tell her mother. The proprietress made a quick decision, took a pot of boiling water and poured it into a wooden barrel, scalding all the robbers inside to death. Then, she went to entertain the other two robbers. She Two bowls of noodles were brought to them, and two cups of drugged wine were poured out; when the robbers fell asleep, she beheaded them. The landlady said to her daughter, "Now go and call the judge. "

The judge came, and when he learned that the thirteen guys were robbers, he rewarded the proprietress of the inn for killing the people. (Basilicata region)