Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Mao Xiangguo of Ye County had a poor family when he was young.My father herded cattle for others.Zhang, a wealthy family in the county seat, erected a new grave in the south of Dongshan Mountain.When the family passed the cemetery, they suddenly heard the sound of shaking from the tomb: "This is the house of a nobleman. Leave quickly, and don't occupy the treasure land of Fengshui." When Mr. Zhang heard about this, he was dubious and did not move.Then he had frequent dreams, in which someone warned him and said, "Your family's graveyard was originally owned by Mao Xiangguo, why did the magpies occupy the magpie's nest?" In desperation, the tomb was moved elsewhere.

One day, Xiangguo's father went to Dongshan to graze. He passed by the cemetery in the south. It rained heavily and hid in the tomb.Heavy rain poured down, flooded the tomb, and unfortunately the old father drowned.Xiangguo was still young, so his mother went to Zhang's mansion and begged: "Please give me a place, so that I can rest in peace for my deceased husband." Zhang was surprised when he learned that the deceased's surname was Mao, and went to Dongshan to check. Coincidentally, it was the place where the coffin was parked before, and the horror became more and more serious.Thinking of the scene in the dream, she sighed: "There is God's will in the dark, the land here is destined to belong to the Mao family, and now it belongs to the original owner." Mao's wife was overjoyed, chose an auspicious day, buried her husband, and went to Zhangzhou with her son. House thank you.

Zhang was overjoyed to see Mao Xiangguo, so he kept him at home, taught him to read, and treated him as his own.Then he said to Mao's wife: "I plan to marry my eldest daughter to Ling Gongzi as my wife. I don't know what to do?" , how can it be changed? I still agreed." Mao's wife had no choice but to agree.

The eldest daughter hates the poor and loves the rich, and looks down on the Mao family from the bottom of her heart. She is displeased with what she hears and behaves with resentment.If someone mentions marriage, they will not listen.He often told people: "I will never marry a cowherd boy." On the wedding day, the bridegroom came to greet her, and the colorful sedan chair stopped in front of the door. The eldest daughter covered her face with her sleeves and cried against the wall, urging her to put on makeup and give up her life. The family persuaded in every possible way, but they were still unmoved.

Er Er's groom stood up and wanted to walk, playing drums and music, while the eldest daughter was still disheveled and crying non-stop.Zhang asked his son-in-law to wait a moment, and entered the room to persuade his daughter, but the bride just shed tears, no matter what her father explained, she always turned a deaf ear to her.Zhang was angry and persecuted, and the bride cried bitterly, but refused to eat oil and salt.Zhang was helpless, and his family members came forward to say, "The groom is leaving." Zhang hurried out of the house and asked to stay: "The bride is putting on makeup, wait a moment." shuttle.

After a long delay, the eldest daughter refused to change her mind after all. Zhang was helpless and depressed to death.Seeing this, the second daughter was dissatisfied and tried to persuade her. The bride was annoyed and said angrily, "Little girl, are you here to chatter too? Standing up and talking doesn't hurt your back, and you have the ability to marry the cowherd boy yourself." The second daughter said: "My father never betrothed me to Mr. Mao. If my father promised to marry me, I would get on the sedan chair immediately. Why should my sister persuade me?"

Seeing that she spoke frankly, Zhang discussed with his wife in private: it is better to follow the plan and let the second daughter marry in exchange for the big.

The wife asked the second daughter: "Your sister is disobedient and disobedient, and does not obey the orders of her parents. Now let you marry on her behalf, would you like to?" The second daughter said with emotion: "When parents ask their children to marry, even if they marry a beggar, they dare not refuse. What's more, Mr. Mao is a talented person, so will he be poor all his life?" Her parents were overjoyed when they heard this, they immediately made her up, put her in a colorful sedan chair, and the second daughter boarded the car and left in a hurry.

After entering the door, the couple had a sweet relationship, but the bride had always been sick and her hair was thinner than ordinary people. Mao Xiangguo was overjoyed, but he couldn't help but lamented the fly in the ointment.Over time, the rumors of the exchange of sisters gradually spread to the ears, and Mao Xiangguo admired his wife's virtue even more, and regarded his wife as a confidant.

Not long after his marriage, Mao Xiangguo passed the scholar examination and entered the provincial capital to take the rural examination.Passing by Wangsheren shop, the owner of the shop had a dream the night before, and dreamed that a man of God told him: "Sir, if you are in trouble in the future, Mao Jieyuan will come to you tomorrow and will help you out." Squat to watch the passing passengers.When I saw Mao Xiangguo, I was overjoyed, fixed the banquet, entertained him well, and didn't charge money. I just told the dream and asked him for help.

Mao Xiangguo was quite conceited, confident that it would be easy to be named on the gold list, and he immediately agreed, thinking to himself: "If you come to high school in Japan, you must have a prominent position, but your wife has thin hair, and you are afraid of being laughed at. After you become rich, it is better to divorce your wife and remarry."

After the imperial examination, the ranking list was announced, and Mao Xiangguo was defeated by Sun Shan. He was frustrated, shameless to face the shopkeeper, dared not go back to the hostel, and changed his way home.Three years later, when I went to take the exam again, the owner of the shop was still waiting for me by the side of the road. Mao Xiangguo said: "Mr.'s words in the past have not been fulfilled, so I am really sorry to bother you." Thinking, with bad intentions, so the fame and fame were expelled by the Yin company, not because the dream is not working." Mao Xiangguo said in amazement: "How do you know?" The host said: "The last time the son left without saying goodbye, I had another dream, so I know about it." When Mao Xiangguo heard this, he was so remorseful that he froze like a puppet.The host said: "Scholars should love themselves, take the test to get rid of Yuan, between the fingers."

Not long after, Mao Xiangguo took part in the scientific examination, and he really won the first place. His wife's hair became thicker, and her black hair was like a waterfall, making her more charming.The eldest daughter married a rich man from her hometown, and she was very high-spirited and arrogant.The husband is lazy and dissolute, and quickly ruined his fortune, and the family is poor and has nothing to eat.Hearing that her younger sister is prosperous, the eldest daughter feels even more ashamed.Sometimes when you meet your sister, you avoid the road.Not long after, her husband died, and the family was in decline. It was also heard that Mao Xiangguo was admitted to the Jinshi, and the eldest daughter became a nun in a fit of anger.

Afterwards, Mao Shusheng went to the prime minister and returned to his hometown in honor. The eldest daughter sent his disciples to visit and ask for rewards.After entering the mansion, the wife gave some silk and satin with gold and silver hidden inside. The disciple didn't understand, so he took the cloth and went back to the temple to report to the master. The eldest daughter was disappointed and said angrily: "Give me money, and I can still buy rice and firewood; What is the use of these things! Return them intact for me."

The disciple had no choice but to come to the door again. Mao Xiangguo and his wife were puzzled. They opened the silk and satin, and found that none of the gold and silver was lost. 50 taels of gold was given to the disciple, and he said: "Take it back and give it to the venerable teacher. If you give too much, I'm afraid her blessing will be poor and it will be difficult to bear it."

The disciple went back and reported the facts, the eldest daughter sighed silently, remembering what she had done in her life, turning black and white, avoiding evil and pursuing beauty, now that she has ended up like this, is it not her own fault?

Later, the owner of the store was arrested for committing a crime and was imprisoned. Mao Xiangguo tried his best to defend him and pleaded for mercy, and was finally released without charge.