Today, tell a story called the Valley of the Fool. This story is based on Chinese historical stories.
After the reign of Qi State, Duke Qi Huan was idle and bored, and hunted every day to kill time.
One day, he led the guards to hunt, and when he met a sika deer, he ordered the guards to hunt together. When he was playing hard, Qi Huan Gong saw a sika deer escape from the encirclement and run into the mountains. This is worth it, Qi Huan Gong is very competitive and wants to kill all the sika deer. So he chased after the sika deer.
Chased into a valley, the sika deer was gone. Qi Huan turned the horse's head around, and wanted to return the same way. Because the chase was too fast, he didn't remember the way, so he circled in place. At this moment, an old man with firewood on his back came on the opposite side. Hey, old man, what kind of valley is this? Qi Huan Gong asked. The old man slowly put down the firewood and said, The Valley of the Fool. Oh, why is it called the Valley of the Fool? Qi Huan Gongjue's name was a bit strange and asked with interest. I've lived here all my life and called this valley after myself. The old man said unhurriedly. Qi Huan Gong looked the old man up and down, he was not stupid in appearance, and asked curiously, looking at your appearance, you are very shrewd, why did you give the name of a fool? When the old man saw his words, he aroused the curiosity of Qi Huan Gong and said, Speaking of this name, there is a origin! Three years ago, I raised a cow and gave birth to a calf. I laboriously raised the calf and brought it to the market to sell it. I bought another foal. I didn't think about it, but there was a famous villain in the township, who led a group of people to my house and wanted to rob my foal, and said, "Your family has a cow, why did you give birth to a foal, it must have been stolen." I won't sue the official, I'm already cheap for you. I'm an old man, and I have no choice but to watch them snatch my foal. The neighbors, knowing that my foal had been snatched by the scoundrels, said I was too stupid, and called me Fool. I see, you old man is stupid enough, how can there be such a cheap thing, let someone else take the foal away. Qi Huan Gong laughed. The old man looked at Qi Huangong, shook his head, didn't say a word, told him the way out of the valley, picked up Chai He, and walked away without looking back.
This story takes advantage of Yugong's experience to satirize and expose the political corruption and lax legal system of Qi. The country of Qi has gone through great governance, and it seems that the world is peaceful, but what happened to the old man shows that in the current dynasty, the officials cheated, the criminal law was chaotic, and the people had nowhere to sue if they were wronged.