Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Jingxing, Wendeng County, was a talented young man, and he was very famous at that time.He lives next to Chen Sheng, separated by a short wall.

One evening, Chen Sheng passed by the desolate ruins, and heard a woman crying among the pine trees. When he got closer, he saw that the woman was hanging from the tree with a sash, as if she wanted to commit suicide.Chen Sheng came forward to inquire, and the woman said with tears, "My mother is far away and entrusted me to my cousin to take care of me. Unexpectedly, he is ambitious and has evil intentions. It is better to die than to live alone and suffer alone." After speaking, she continued to cry.Chen Sheng untied the rope and persuaded: "It's a big deal, my cousin can't be tolerant, so go to someone else." The woman said: "I don't know the place, who should I go to?" Chen Sheng recommended himself, "Go to my house, please." Alright." The woman nodded in obedience.When the two returned to the study, Chen Sheng lit a candle and looked at the woman under the light. Seeing her picturesque features and peerless charm, he was overjoyed. He grabbed the woman's arm and forcibly made love with her. The woman sternly refused. Sound transmission next door.Jing Xing came to check upon hearing the sound, and Chen Sheng reluctantly let go of the woman.When the woman saw Jing Xing for the first time, she stared intently, and then she was willing to leave for a long time.The two went out to chase, but the woman had long since disappeared.

Jing Xing returned home, closed the door and wanted to go to bed, and suddenly saw a woman Yingying walking out of the room.Asked the reason in surprise, the woman said: "I have a predestined relationship with the young master. As for Chen Sheng, he is destined to be blessed and cannot be entrusted for life." Jing Xing was overjoyed, and asked his surname, the woman said: "The concubine's ancestors lived in Shandong. .” Chen Sheng teased, the woman accepted it with a smile and was not angry, the two liked each other and went to bed to rest.

There are many friends in Jingxing's study, and the woman always hides in the boudoir and never sees guests.After a few days, Axia said: "There are so many people here, it's quite restrained, I'll leave first and come back at night." Jing Xing asked, "Where is home?" Axia said: "Not far." After finishing speaking , leave early.

It was night, Axia really came, and the two were very much in love. A few days later, Axia said: "Although we are deeply in love, we have no match after all. My father is an official in Xijiang, and tomorrow I will go to my mother's house." Go to visit, report the marriage by the way, and ask him to fulfill it. From then on, we will never be separated." Jing Xing asked: "How long will it be?" Axia said: "Ten days."

Since the woman left, Jing Xing thought about it day and night, thinking, "After marrying Ah Xia, you can't live in the study for a long time. If you move back home, your wife will be jealous again. For the current plan, simply divorce the original spouse and settle everything. "The plan has been decided, go home immediately, humiliate and abuse his wife in every possible way, the wife can't bear the torture, and she wants to die of despair.Jing Xing said coldly: "Be far away from death, don't hurt me. Go back to your mother's house." His wife cried: "I have been married to you for more than ten years, and I have never made any mistakes. Why are you so unfeeling?" press.The wife had no choice but to pack her luggage and go out with tears in her eyes.

Since then, Jing Xing sweeps the house and dusts off, waiting eagerly for the woman's return.Never thought that Axia disappeared from the world, disappeared without a trace, and never heard from her again.After the wife returned to her natal home, she asked a friend to intercede with her husband, asking him to take back the revised book, hoping to reunite after a broken mirror. Jing Xing was hard-hearted, and refused straight away. The wife had no choice but to remarry Xiahou. Families have feuded for generations.When Jing Xing heard that his wife remarried to an enemy, he became more and more angry and harbored a grudge, so he turned all his attention to A-Xia, wishing day and night, missing her beautiful woman, and chatting to comfort himself.

After more than a year, there was still no sign of Axia. Not long after, the county held the Sea God Birthday Party, and women gathered inside and outside the ancestral hall.Jing Xing went to watch the excitement, and saw a girl in the crowd, who looked exactly like Ah Xia.Peeping closer, the girl has already mixed into the crowd, Jing Xing chased all the way to the door, the girl ignored her and drifted away.Jing Xing couldn't catch up, so he returned disappointed.

Half a year later, Jing Xing went out to relax, and saw a girl by the roadside, with beautiful hair in red clothes, holding a black donkey, and an old servant by her side.Look at it, Axia too.Jing Xing stepped forward and asked, "Who is the lady?" The servant said, "The concubine of Mr. Zheng in Nancun." Jing Xing asked, "When did you get married?" The old servant said, "We have been married for more than half a month."

Jing Xing wondered, "Couldn't she be Axia? But how could there be someone with such a similar appearance in the world? Could it be that I made a mistake?" The girl heard the two people answering each other, and glanced back. Marrying a traitor, he couldn't help being filled with anger, and shouted: "Axia, why did you break your promise?" The old servant tried to beat him when he heard his rude words. Breaking promises, you are betraying your heart, how can you see me now?" Jing Xing said angrily: "How dare you beat me up? Tell me, how can I feel sorry for you?" Axia said: "The son is ruthless to his wife, let alone me. ?Your ancestors have accumulated a lot of virtue, and you were destined to be named on the gold list, so you promised yourself with your body. Now you have abandoned your old wife, and your fame has long been dismissed by the Yin company, and the second place in the list is replaced by the scholar Wang Chang. I miss you." Jing Xing bowed his head and listened to the words, wanting to justify himself, but he couldn't say a word.Looking at Axia again, whipping the donkey, running like flying, she has already gone away, I can't help but feel sad and regretful.

In the scientific examination that year, Jing Xing really lost his name to Sun Shan, No. 2 was picked by Wang Chang, and Mr. Zheng also won the election as he wished.Because Jing Xing abandoned his wife indifferently, he got the reputation of being unlucky. He was nearly forty years old and still single. His family was poor and he couldn't eat enough. He often went to relatives and friends' houses to eat.This day, I happened to visit Mr. Zheng, and stayed overnight. Seeing his downcast appearance, Ah Xia couldn't bear it, and asked the gentleman, "The guest in the hall, could it be Mr. Jingqing Yunjing?" Zheng Shusheng said, "That's right, how do you recognize him? "Axia said: "Before I married you, I took refuge in Mr. Jing's house and received a lot of favors from him. Although Mr. Jing's conduct is poor, his ancestral virtues have not been exhausted, and he is an old friend of Mr. Xianggong. I should do my best to help you. him once."

Mr. Zheng nodded in agreement, and gave Jing Xing a few sets of new clothes. Axia ordered the servant girl to donate 20 taels of gold, and said through the window: "This is money from my own private house, and it can be regarded as a repayment of your old friendship. Take it to buy a wedding, find someone Companion. Your son has profound ancestral virtues, and your children and grandchildren will surely prosper. From now on, behave yourself so as not to ruin your life.” Jing Xing accepted the gold and silver, and thanked him again and again.After returning home, he took out more than ten taels of gold and entrusted someone to be a matchmaker, married an ugly wife with a fierce personality, and then gave birth to a son, who was a Jinshi and ranked first.

As for Mr. Zheng, he was an official to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and died of old age. Axia came back from his funeral, and the servants opened the curtain of the car.

well!People are careless, like the new and dislike the old, and in the end, the birds will fly and the eggs will be broken. The retribution of God is not bad.