第七十三章 甕中捉鱉(1 / 2)

元朝有位雜劇作家康進之,

曾編過《李逵負荊》這出戲。

演的是北宋末年天下亂,

農民們紛紛鬧起義。

就在山東梁山泊,

有許多英雄好漢來聚義,

為首的大名鼎鼎叫宋江,

正籌劃進一步擴大根據地。

靠水泊有一個村子叫杏花莊,

莊頭上開一個酒店懸酒旗。

開店的老板叫王林,

年紀也有六十幾。

有一個女兒名叫滿堂嬌,

父女倆相依為命過日子。

有一天兩個流氓進店來,

耍無賴就把老漢女兒欺。

這倆賊自稱都是水泊人,

假冒魯智深宋江倆人名。

老王林女兒遭災心悲痛,

正哭時李逵下山到這裏。

老王林一番哭訴激英雄,

黑好漢信以為真生怒氣,

似旋風回到梁山寨,

忠義堂前拿板斧劈,

一斧砍倒杏黃旗,

逼宋江去和王林親對質。

到後來事情真相弄大白,

方知道,罪犯是流氓和地痞。

錯怪了哥哥非小可,

最不該一怒砍倒聚義旗。

好李逵脫去上衣負荊條,

找宋江認錯又賠禮。

宋江說,真正壞人未捉到,

光是賠禮有啥用!

恰巧是王林上山來報告,

說壞蛋又到他店裏。

他女兒也被帶了來,

倆壞蛋已被灌醉在夢裏。

宋江叫李逵快去捉壞蛋,

李逵說,甕中捉鱉很容易。

飛快去抓來壞蛋正了法,

李逵也深深受教育。

“甕中捉鱉”作成語,

常比喻壞人早已被控製,

逃跑已是不可能,

若要捉住很容易。

Catch a Turtle in a Jar

In the Yuan Dynasty(1271—1368A。D。)there was a playwright by the name of Kang Jinzhi。He posed a play titled“Li Kui Apologizes”。It tells the story of the warring Northern Song Dynasty。The peasants had an uprising now and again。It was by the water margin of Liangshan in Shandong Province。Many a hero gathered together。The mander is the famous hero named Song Jiang,who was planning to enlarge his base。Beside the water margin there was a village named“Almond Blossom Village”。In front of the village there opened a restaurant。The proprietor of the restaurant was Wang Lin。He was already in his sixties。He begot a daughter named Man Tangjiao(meaning dear in the whole house)。Father and daughter lived a well-to-do life。