The Ogress Sells Human Flesh on the Mengzhou Road; Captain Wu Meets Zhang Qing at Crossroads Slope

The Ogress Sells Human Flesh on the Mengzhou Road; Captain Wu Meets Zhang Qing at Crossroads Slope There is a poem that says: If a man does good all his life, Heaven will bestow blessings; if he is too hard and forceful, he easily invites disaster.The tongue is soft and never gets hurt; the teeth are hard and easily broken.Peach and apricot trees lose their leaves and fruit in autumn; pines and cypresses grow greener and more vigorous in deep winter.Good deeds bring good rewards, evil deeds bring evil rewards; even if one flees to the edge of the sky, one cannot escape retribution. The story goes that Wu Song said to the four neighbors, “I have taken revenge for my elder brother and committed the crime of murder. That is only proper, and even if I am sentenced to death, I do not regret it. Just now I gave you all a great fright. Whether I live or die on this journey is hard to say. My elder brother’s spirit tablet—burn it now. As for everything left in the house, I will trouble you four neighbors to sell it for me, and the money from the sale can be kept for my......