Chapter 166 193. Stealer of robber's property

Once upon a time, there were six terrible robbers who were very rampant, killing people and looting everywhere.They lived in a house on a hill, one of which was full of looted gold and silver.When they went out, they hid the portkey under a large rock. One day, a farmer and his son went up the mountain to cut firewood, when they saw the robbers going out, they hid quickly.In this way, they knew where the robbers hid the keys.When the robbers were gone, they took the key from under the stone, entered the house, stuffed their pockets with money, locked the door, put the key back where it was, and went home happily.

The next day, the father and son came to steal the robber's money again.In this way, they stole for three days in a row.On the third day, as soon as the farmer's son opened the door, he fell into a trap full of mud which the robbers had set in the threshold.The father tried everything, but still failed to save his son.He was afraid that the robbers would find his son and recognize him when they came back, so he cut off his son's head and took him away. When the robbers returned, they found a body in the trap, but it was not known who it was because it had no head.So they hung the body on a dead tree on the top of the mountain, and sent a robber to watch in the dark to see who would come to mourn the dead.The father wanted to recover his son's body very much, so he asked the witch for advice.The witch taught him a way.

In the middle of the night, he climbed to the tree where the dead body was hung and hid.Another of his sons hid on the other side of the mountain and beat two planks against each other, imitating the sound of rams clashing their horns.The robber who was in charge of guarding the corpse had not eaten all day, and when he heard the sound, he wanted to see if he could catch the two rams and roast them.When he went to catch the sheep, the child's father hurried forward to untie the rope, and carried the body home. When the robbers learned of this, they determined to take revenge on the dead man's accomplice at all costs, but they did not know who his accomplice was.After some time, one day the robbers went to the village on business and heard that a local man had recently become rich; this man was none other than the dead man's father.The robbers immediately asked a carpenter to make them six large wooden barrels with covers.Then, fully armed, they climbed into the barrel one by one.The robbers asked the carpenter to store the six large barrels in the house of the newly rich man on the grounds that there was no place in the house until the owner of the barrels came to pick up the goods.As a result, the rich man agreed and put the barrel in the wine cellar.At night, a maid went to the wine cellar to get wine before going to bed, and suddenly heard someone talking in the barrel.One of them said: "Hey, it's about time to kill the master?" Hearing this, the maid was so frightened that she ran up to wake the master and told him what she had heard.The owner hurriedly sent someone to report to the police.The police rushed down the wine cellar to apprehend the band of robbers, capturing several and killing several.This is what happens to robbers.But the person who steals the robber's property is still rich and lives in peace.

(Campidano region)