Squire Liu replied: "A pair of bandit chiefs and their gang came to Mount Taohua recently, and have been marauding through the district. They helped themselves to a 'betrothal gift' of 20 taels of gold and a bolt of red brocade, and one of them is coming back tonight to claim my daughter's hand in marriage. The girl is distraught and the whole family is in turmoil."
劉太公道：此間桃花山，最近來了兩個大王，到處打家劫舍，還撇下二十兩金子、一匹紅錦為定禮，今夜將來莊逼我女兒成婚，小女哭得昏天黑地，全家也六神無主了。