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相传在清朝初年,淮安府招贤镇有一强盗费德恭,系飞天豹门徒,武艺高强,持有宝剑一口,削铁如泥;药箭二十四枝,百发百中,中则必死;并善使连环棍。他抢家劫舍,尤贪女色,独霸一方。正当八蜡庙庙会之期,费德恭与米龙、豆虎同往游玩,见美少女张兰英,强抢回寨,逼迫其成亲。张兰英不允,即被用乱棒打死。事前还有武举人梁大刚之女,不肯依从费德恭,全家二十四口人均被其所杀。施公早令黄天霸等在外侦查,又亲眼看见费德恭抢劫民女,急忙报知知府施士伦。施公命褚彪、关泰、王殿臣、贺仁杰、朱光祖、金大力、黄天霸夫妇等前往擒拿。由褚彪定下计策,令黄天霸的妻子张桂兰扮作民女,与褚彪父女相称,贺仁杰化装为褚彪之孙,同往八蜡庙进香,故意被费德恭抢去成亲,张桂兰乘机盗取费德恭的宝剑与药箭,与贺仁杰一同杀出,会同外面埋伏的褚彪、黄天霸等里应外合,将费德恭擒获。
The Ba Zha Temple
According to legend there was a bandit, Fei Degong, who was the disciple of theflying leopard" in Zhao Xian town at the beginning of Qing Dynasty.He was not only a martial art master and crack marksman, who owned a sharp precious sword together with twenty-four poisoned arrows, but also a highly lenherous local bully who plundered the residents.When visiting the fair of Ba Zha temple, Fei Degong, together with Mi Long and Dou Hu, came ac,ross a pretty girl, Zhang Lanying.Attracted by her beauty, they abducted her to their fortified mountain village and forced her to marry Fei Delong.The poor girl was beaten to death for her resistance.Before this tragedy, the daughter of the candidate for the imperial examination of martial art was also murdered, along with her family of twenty-four, by Fei Degong, because she turned down his courting.Prior to that, Shi Gong ordered Huang Tianba and others to investigate Fei Delong.When they witnessed him fondling female civilians, they rushed to report the case to the Prefect, Shi Shilun.At thP.same time, he ordered Chu Biao, Guan Tai,Wang Dianchen, He Renjie, Zhu Guangzu, Jin Dali, Huang Tianba and Huang Tianba' s wife to arrest Fei Degong.Chu Biao made a plan.Huang Tianba' s wife, Zhang Guilan, disguised herself as Chu' s daughter in plain clothes while He Renjie disguised himself as his grandson.According to the plan, they headed for the temple fair to burn joss sticks and de,liberately let Fei Degong kidnap Zhang Guilan who then seized the chance to steal Fei Degong' s sword and arrows.Together with He Renjie, thP.y broke through the fortified mountain village from the inside and collaborated with Chu Biao and Huang Tianba who ambushed outside the village.With their joint efforts, Fei Degong was finally captured.