The first dog butcher was Nie Zheng, whose deeds are shown in Biography of Assassins. Nie Zheng, a native of Shenjing, Jidi (Wei Yi, now southeast of Jiyuan County, Henan Province), came to Qi with his mother and sister because of killing people and avoiding enmity. At that time, Yan Zhongzi had a holiday with Xiangguo Xia of South Korea. He knew that Nie Zheng was a hero, so he paid him a visit with great courtesy and presented him with gold medals to celebrate his mother's birthday. Nie Zheng feels grateful to him, but he is a dutiful son, and his mother is still alive, so he dare not speak out of turn. After the death of his mother, as soon as the mourning period was over, he went straight into Xia Lei's mansion on his own, hit him with one blow, stabbed Xia Lei, and "cut his own face and cut his own throat", disfigured and died. Why are you disfigured? He doesn't want to implicate his sister. This shows the tender side of this heroic assassin. South Korea then violently killed his body in the city, asking for his true identity with a thousand dollars. Nie Zheng's sister knew that it was his brother's doing, so she left for the city of South Korea and wept bitterly. "It was the third person who cried loudly and died in the city (still sobbing) next to the sad death of the government." Nie Zheng is a strange man, and his sister is also a strange man. She didn't choose silence to avoid implicating others, but praised her brother in the name of death. Like her sister, like her brother!
Besides Nie Zheng, there is another mysterious dog slaughter in Biography of Assassin. He is mysterious because he has no name. He has something to do with Jing Ke. Jing Ke traveled all over the world, to Yan, "Gao Jianli, a dog who loves Yan and is good at building", so "Japan and dog slaughter and Gao Jianli drink in Yan market", and the wine is full of sad songs, no one is watching. Jing Ke failed to stab Qin. According to him, "Those who fail to do so must make a contract to repay the prince." I believe this is by no means an excuse for failure, because there has been a successful case of Cao Mo of Lu holding a dagger and holding Qi Huangong to return the land invaded by Lu (see Biography of Assassin for details), so it is not "pity for fencing" as Tao Yuanming said. Gao Jianli approached Qin Shihuang with his superb skill of striking and building after Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms. After Qin Huang Xun blinded his eyes, he enjoyed the music with confidence. As a result, Gao Jianli put lead in the building and hit Qin Huang, but he missed it. The ending was conceivable, and Qin Huang was also "a man who would never be close to a vassal for life". Blind Gao Jianli made a desperate blow with helpless music, which was lamentable and embarrassing. Birds of a feather flock together, people are divided into groups, friends are like Jing Ke, and they are estranged from each other. Dogs kill extraordinary people, but they don't know their names or their fate. It's a great pity. "Huai Nan Zi Tai Xun" has such a record: "Jing Ke stabbed the king of Qin in the west, and Gao Jianli and Song Yi sang on the Yishui for the purpose of striking the building. The listeners were all stunned and planted in the crown." In Tao Yuanming's Ode to Jing Ke, there is also a lament that "Song Yi sings loudly". I wonder if Song Yi is a dog slaughter? Because the dog butchers are unknown, there are different opinions in later generations. Some people regard the dog butchers as a group, while others think that Gao Jianli is the dog butchers, which seems inappropriate.
Another dog slaughter is Fan Kuai. It is recorded in the Biography of Fan Liteng's Irrigation: "Those who wait for Fan Kuai in Wuyang, like others, take killing dogs as their business." As far as I know, people in Pei County still like to eat dog meat. ) In the well-known "The Hongmen Banquet", Fan Kuai stepped forward at the critical moment of "Xiang Zhuang's sword, aiming at repeatedly paying tribute to the public". The lofty sentiments of munching on pig's feet shocked thousands of readers and also touched the pretentious Xiang Yu, who called it a "strong man" and had a sense of appreciate each other. And he accused Xiang Yu of saying ("I died without leaving, so I didn't drink!" And Pei Gong settled in Xianyang first, and the violent division took over, waiting for the king. Your Majesty arrived today, listening to the villain's words, and I have a gap with Pei. I am afraid that the world will be solved, and my heart is suspicious of your Majesty. " ) Being intelligent and sensible, Xiang Yu has nothing to say, which is by no means beyond the words of a humble man. After Liu Bang unified the country, Han Xin, who was the master of Gao Zhen, was moved from the King of Qi to the King of Chu, and then was demoted to the Prince of Huaiyin. As a brother-in-law of Liu Bang, Fan Kuai (who took Lu Xu, the daughter-in-law of Empress Lu, as his wife) was respectful instead of falling when he was down. According to Biography of Huaiyin Hou, every time Han Xin went to Fan Kuai's house, Fan Kuai, who was also a Hou, "bowed down and greeted him, saying,' Your Majesty is willing to be a minister!'" "More shows the noble side of his personality, reflecting the recognition and obedience of a general to a handsome talent.
There is also a butcher in Historical Records. Although it is not clear whether he is a "dog butcher", I would like to classify him as a "dog butcher". This person is Zhu Hai. In Biography of Wei Gongzi, in order to make friends with Hou Ying, Xin Lingjun personally drove to pick him up for a banquet at home. In order to test Gongzi and become a corporal of courtesy, Hou Ying deliberately let Gongzi stay in the market for a long time and visit a friend himself. This friend is Zhu Hai, a "street butcher". Zhu Hai didn't thank Xin Lingjun for asking questions several times, "thinking that small gifts were useless". Later, when he seized the tiger charm, he decided to kill the veteran Jin Bi, making the childe get 80,000 soldiers, solving the siege of Zhao State and achieving the name of the childe, which was a master demeanor!
These people have some things in common: they are brave and strong-willed, they do something wrong, they will do something certain, they follow their own life standards and heroic beliefs, they will go through fire and water for the "righteousness" in their hearts, and they have a shocking artistic charm in their personality and image. In fact, Tai Shigong's praise in "Biography of a Ranger" is very appropriate for them: "His words are true, and his actions are true." Tai Shigong, with his deep life experience, expressed deep sympathy for them, and his sad and generous voice has been in tune for thousands of years. Han Yu said in "Preface to seeing Dong Shaonan off": "In ancient times, Yanzhao was called a man who felt sad. ..... Looking at the tombs of the kings for me, and looking at the city, are there any dog butchers in the past? " Yang Zai, a poet in the Yuan Dynasty, wrote a poem "Send Wang Yuanli to Pingcheng", including: "There are many strange people in Yanzhao, and it is true that there is a legacy. Shooting sculptures is still unique, and killing dogs is also famous. " Huang Zunxian, a patriotic poet in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem "Generosity": "Generosity laments singers, and it is said that there are many Yan Zhao. I'm still frustrated when I come. How about going near? Looking for slaughtered dogs everywhere, I first saw camel. Longquan has a sword under his waist and looks at it. "