Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Laiwu Liu Dongjiu is the official Fenzhou.Sitting alone in the mansion, I heard the laughter outside the pavilion approaching, entered the room to check, and saw four women: about forty, one about thirty, one twenty-four five, and the last one with drooping hair, twelve or thirteen years old, the four girls stood side by side, looking at each other. And laugh.

Liu Dongjiu knew that there were many fox monsters in the government, so he didn't take it to heart.After a while, the girl with long hair took out a red scarf from her bosom, and threw it at Mr. Liu's face.Liu Dongjiu picked it up and threw it to the window, but still ignored it.The four girls left with a smile.

One day, an older woman came and said to Liu Gong: "My sister is destined to be with you, please don't dislike her." Liu Dongjiu was vague and perfunctory.The woman then went.In a short time, the woman led a maidservant, and surrounded the young girl, who sat side by side with Mr. Liu, and said, "A good couple, let's have a feast tonight. Serve Liu Lang well, I'm going."

Mr. Liu looked at the young girl, and found that she was glamorous, so he fell in love with her.Asked her whereabouts, the girl said: "I am tainted with fox spirit. I don't look like a human being, but I am actually a human being. The concubine is the daughter of an ex-official. She was bewitched by a fox demon and died in the garden. I was resurrected, and I floated like a fox." Hearing this, Liu Gong searched for the girl's buttocks with his hands.

The girl noticed it, and said with a smile, "You think fox demons have tails?" Turning around, she said, "Touch slowly, until you feel it, it's up to you." Since then, the girl has never left.As long as they walk and sit, they are inseparable from the maid.The family respects her very much and serves her as a little lady.Whenever the maids and servants pay homage to them, they are rewarded a lot.

Soon after Liugong's birthday, there were many guests, and more than [-] tables were set up, requiring many chefs.Only one or two of the chefs hired in advance came, and Mr. Liu was very angry. The girl knew about this and said, "Don't worry. There are not enough chefs, so the future ones will be dismissed together. Although the concubine is short, buy three. Ten tables of banquets is not too difficult." Liu Gongxi ordered all the fish, meat, ginger and osmanthus to be moved to the inner courtyard, but the family members heard the sound of knives being cut on the chopping board.There is a wooden table inside the door, and the servant puts the dishes on it, and when he turns around, the dishes are full.More than ten people shuttled back and forth, sending food and wine into the hall like flowing water, coming and going, inexhaustible.

Finally, the person who passed the dishes came to ask for soup cakes, and the girl said in the room, "The master didn't give orders, so where to prepare them in a hurry?" Then she said, "Don't worry, let me borrow them." Soup cakes, depending on it, more than thirty bowls, and put a few on it, steaming.

The guests dispersed, and the girl said to Liu Gong: "You can pay a certain soup cake with gold and silver." Liu Dongjiu sent his servants to a certain mansion, and his family lost the soup cake. untie.

One night, the husband and wife had a night of drinking, and Liu Gong missed the fine wine in his hometown.The girl said: "It's not difficult, I'll get it for you." Then she went out, and after a while she returned, she said, "There is a whole jar outside the door, enough to drink for three or four days."<.A few days later, the eldest lady sent two servants to visit. On the way, one servant said: "Mrs. Wenhu rewards you generously. If you go here, you can get a reward and buy a leather jacket." Said: "The family is coming, I hate the servant's rudeness, and I need to be punished a little." Tomorrow, the second servant just entered the city with a severe headache.Liu Dongjiu said with a smile: "There is no need for treatment, once the time is up, it will recover on its own."

Everyone suspected that they had offended the young lady, and the servant thought to himself: It's just a newcomer, and the salute has not been untied, what's wrong?There is no place to complain, but to kneel down and beg for forgiveness. The girl said through the bead curtain: "You can just call me madam, why do you add the word fox?" The servant Nai Wu kept kowtow.The girl said again: "Since you want to get the fur, why do you speak rudely?" After a while, she said: "I'm cured." He took out a package and said, "This is a lamb fur coat. Take it away." The servant unwrapped the package and inspected it, and found five taels of silver, which was just enough to buy a sheepskin fur coat.

When Liu Gong asked about the news at home, the servant said: "There is nothing else, just a jar of fine wine has disappeared."When the family members heard the words, they respected the little lady more and more like a god, calling her "Holy Immortal".

Mr. Liu painted a portrait of the girl. At that time, Zhang Daoyi was a school envoy and he was a fellow villager with Mr. Liu. He heard that the girl was strange, so he came to visit her and begged in every possible way. He wanted to see the girl.The girl refused.Liu Gongshi took the portrait, and Zhang Daoyi forcibly took it away. After returning home, he hung it on the wall and prayed day and night: "With your beauty, who can you be? Are you willing to patronize me?" The girl said to Liu Gong in the mansion: "Mr. Zhang is rude, and he should be punished."

One day, Zhang Daoyi was praying again, and he seemed to feel that someone had hit his forehead with a ruler, and the pain was unbearable.Frightened in his heart, he rolled up the portrait and sent his servants to return it to the original owner.Mr. Liu asked why, but the servant concealed the truth and just lied casually. Mr. Liu said with a smile, "Does your master still have pain in his head?" The servant knew that he couldn't hide it, so he told the truth.

Wuhe, the son-in-law Qi Sheng came to visit and asked to meet the young lady, the girl refused, Qi Sheng insisted again and again, Liu Gong said: "The son-in-law is not an outsider, why refuse?" He has too much appetite for a person, I thought to myself that I can't be satisfied, it's better not to meet."

Liu Gongdao: "If you don't see him, your son-in-law will not look good."

The girl sighed, "Okay, call him to see me in ten days."

When the appointed date came, Qi Sheng entered the room, bowed across the curtain, and extended his greetings.Seeing the graceful appearance of the girl, I dare not look closely.Immediately leave, a few steps away, still can't help looking back.The girl said: "The son-in-law has turned his head!" After saying that, she laughed loudly, and the laughter was as loud as an eagle's cry.

When Qi Sheng heard it, his legs were weak, he was shaking like a soul, he calmed down after a long time, and said to himself: "When I hear laughter, it's like hearing a thunderbolt, and I don't feel that I own it."

After a while, the maid gave Qi Sheng 20 taels of gold according to the young girl's order. Qi Sheng accepted it and said to the maid, "Sheng Xianri lives with the old man. Don't you know that I'm a prodigal and not used to using small money?" Wen Yan said: "Why don't I know? It's just that I've run out of pockets. The last time I went to Bianliang with my companions, the city was occupied by He Bo, and all the gold and silver in the treasury were flooded. Although I scooped up a little in the water, my son-in-law was greedy. Can it be filled? Besides, he is not blessed, even if he can give generously, he cannot afford it."

Girls can predict everything, and when they encounter difficulties, they can discuss with them and solve them all.One day, the husband and wife sat side by side, and the girl looked up to the sky in shock and said: "The catastrophe is coming, what can I do!" Liu Gong asked the family members about their safety, and the girl said: "Everyone is fine, but the life of the second son is in danger. The place will soon be For the battlefield, you should apply for a job and go away to avoid disaster."

Mr. Liu obeyed the advice and begged his superiors, and he was allowed to transport food to Yunnan and Guizhou. It was a long journey, and everyone who heard it was worried. Only the young girl congratulated him.Wuhe, Jiang Guan rebelled, and Fenzhou became a den of bandits.Liu Gong's second son came from Shandong, and happened to be killed in an accident.The city fell and all the bureaucrats were robbed. Only Liu Gong went out and was spared.

The robbery subsided, and Liu Gong returned to Fenzhou. Soon after, he was involved in a major case and was implicated and punished. His family was in decline, and he was poor and unable to support himself.Those in power took advantage of the fire to rob and blackmail in every possible way, and Mr. Liu was worried and wanted to die.The girl said: "Don't worry, the three thousand pieces of gold under the bed can be used in an emergency." Liu Gong was overjoyed and asked, "Where did you steal it?" The girl said: "There is no owner in the world, and it is inexhaustible. Is there any need to steal it? "Liu Gong used this trick to get away and return to his hometown, and the girl followed all the way.

A few years later, the girl left suddenly, leaving behind a package, opened it, and inside was a small white flag, about two inches long, which was used for funerals, and everyone thought it was ominous.Soon after, Liu Gong passed away as expected.