Robbing The Birthday Gifts
Chao Gai and his six friends (Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Liu Tang and the Ruan brothers) plan to rob the convoy of birthday gifts for the Imperial Tutor, Cai Jing. They intend to strike at Yellow Soil Ridge near Anle Village. Chao Gai and his companions visit Bai Sheng and stay at his house and enlist his help in the robbery. The seven men (excluding Bai Sheng) disguise themselves as date traders and wait for their targets.
On Bai Sheng's part, he disguises himself as a wine seller and carries two buckets of wine past the ridge. The soldiers escorting the gifts are thirsty and they are strongly attracted to the wine. Yang Zhi, the leader of the escorts, suspects something amiss and he refuses to allow his men to drink the wine. Chao Gai and his friends buy one bucket of wine from Bai Sheng and Bai gives them the one without drugs. The soldiers think that the wine is fine and Yang Zhi reluctantly allows his men to buy the other bucket from Bai Sheng. The other bucket of wine contains drugs that will make the consumer unconscious. Chao Gai and his friends proceed to rob the convoy when Yang Zhi and his men are knocked out. Bai Sheng receives part of the treasure as his reward.
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