Ghost Story of Liaozhai

On the auspicious day, Feng Sheng cleaned the house and looked forward to it until midnight, but there was still no sign of the bride.Feng Sheng was in despair, when he suddenly heard commotion outside the door, he hurriedly put on his shoes and went out to check, only to see the bridal sedan chair parked in the courtyard, two maids helped the bride out, and sent her to the wedding room.The dowry is very simple, only a big clay urn, nothing else.

Feng Sheng was happy to have a married couple, and he was not unhappy because the fourteenth mother was a different kind. He asked his wife in private: "The county monarch is only a female ghost, why does the whole lady's family obey her?" He was appointed as the patrol envoy of the five capitals, and all the ghost foxes with a radius of a hundred miles were dispatched by him, but he was busy with official duties and seldom went home."

Feng Sheng never forgot the Junjun's kindness, and the next day, the husband and wife went to the old lady's grave to pay homage.When he came back, he saw two servant girls holding silk as congratulations and putting it on the table, they left without saying hello to Feng Sheng.Feng Sheng was puzzled, and asked his wife, "What's the matter?" Fourteenth Niang went into the room to inspect the congratulatory gift, and said, "This is from the county lord."

Mr. Chu in the county seat has a prominent position, and his father works in the General Administration Department.Mr. Chu and Feng Sheng are classmates, and they have a very close friendship.Hearing that Feng Sheng married his wife, he immediately went to the hall to congratulate him. After a few days, he invited Feng Sheng to the mansion for a banquet.When Fourteenth Niang heard about this, she said to Feng Sheng: "The last time Mr. Chu came, I observed him secretly. This man's eyes are like an ape and his nose is like an eagle. You can't live with him for a long time. It's better to cut off contact with him." Feng Sheng Nono agreed.

The next day, Mr. Chu came to the door, accused him of the crime of breaking the appointment, and presented a new article, asking Feng Sheng for advice.When Feng Sheng reviewed it, he laughed at it wantonly, and Mr. Chu was ashamed and broke up unhappy.Feng Sheng told his wife about this, and the fourteenth mother changed her face tragically when she heard the words, and said: "Mr. Chu is a jackal, you can't joke with him. If you don't listen to the advice, you will be in trouble sooner or later." focus on.After that, he and Mr. Chu made fun of each other, and the previous suspicions were cleared up.

There will be a courtyard test, Mr. Chu is the first, and Feng Sheng is the second.Complacent, Mr. Chu invited Feng Sheng to the meeting for a drink, but Feng Sheng refused to go. Mr. Chu invited him again and again, so Feng Sheng had no choice but to go.When I arrived at the mansion, I saw guests gathered. It turned out that today is the birthday of Mr. Chu.During the banquet, Mr. Chu took out the test papers for everyone to watch, and everyone praised them one after another.

Young Master Chu suddenly walked up to Feng Sheng and said, "As the saying goes: 'There is no paper in the field. Slightly better than the ear." (The eight-legged essay is divided into eight parts: breaking the topic, inheriting the topic, starting the lecture, starting, starting the section, middle section, back section, and closing the section.)

Before he finished speaking, the audience cheered.Feng Sheng was so drunk that he couldn't bear it any longer, he laughed and said: "Brother Chu is really stubborn, you think you got No. 1 because of your strength? It's just your relationship."Mr. Chu was ashamed and angry at the same time, and he was angry about it.The guests gradually dispersed, and Feng Sheng also slipped away.After waking up, she regretted it a lot, and discussed the matter with her wife. The Fourteenth Niang was unhappy when she heard the words, and said: "My husband is frivolous, and I don't know how to repent at all. I don't know that if you treat a gentleman lightly, you will lose your virtue; if you treat a villain, you will lose your virtue." It is easy to lead to the disaster of killing yourself. My husband's disaster is not far away, I can't bear to see you wandering, so we will part."

Feng Sheng cried: "My lady, don't go, I know I'm wrong." The fourteenth lady said: "It's not difficult for me to stay. But we have to make three rules: from now on, it is better to close the door and break up with each other, and to abstain from drinking. Feng Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, it's all up to you."

Fourteen Niang is industrious and thrifty, she weaves and embroiders every day to subsidize her family.Although I often go back to my natal family to visit relatives, I never stay overnight.He also issued gold and silver to make money by doing business, and every profit was invested in Waon.Close the doors and windows during the day, and order the old servant to refuse any guests who come to visit.

One day, Mr. Chu sent a letter, inviting Feng Sheng to have a gathering, but Fourteen Niang didn't even look at it, and directly burned it.The next day, Feng Sheng went out of the city to express his condolences, and unexpectedly met Mr. Chu at the deceased's house. Mr. Chu invited him again, but Feng Sheng declined with excuses.Mr. Chu refused to let go, and ordered the groom to pull the reins by force, but Feng Sheng couldn't help it, so he had to come to sit for a while.

In the mansion, Mr. Chu set up a banquet and ordered his concubine to play the zither for fun. Feng Sheng has always been wild and unrestrained.At this moment, the good wine is in front of him, and he immediately drinks it non-stop, expressing his enthusiasm, and forgetting the words of Fourteen Niang.After drinking a few jugs of wine, Feng Sheng lay drunk at the banquet.

Ruan Shi, the wife of Mr. Chu, has a fierce and jealous personality. The day before yesterday, a certain maid entered the study and fooled around with Chu Sheng.Mr. Chu had long held a grudge against Feng Sheng, and with a roll of his eyes, he came up with a poisonous plan: planting a frame for blame.

Taking advantage of Feng Sheng's sound sleep, the husband and wife carried the maid's body to the bed, helped Feng Sheng into the bedroom, and then closed the doors and windows.Feng Sheng woke up from the table and looked around for pillows and quilts. In a daze, he felt that there was something fettered on his feet. He touched it with his hand and found it was a woman.I thought: Brother Chu is really kind, he is afraid that I will be lonely, so he specially sent a maid to sleep with me.He kicked the woman with his feet, and saw that she was motionless, like a zombie.

Feng Sheng was terrified, and went out to call. All the servants came after hearing the news, lit up the lamps to check, and suddenly saw the dead body on the ground, everyone was shocked.They all said, "Mr. Feng killed someone." Feng Sheng yelled that he was wronged, and soon after Mr. Chu came out for an autopsy, he falsely accused Feng Sheng of failed rape, murder and death, and ordered his subordinates to take him to Guangping mansion to see the official.

After a day, the news reached Fourteen Niang's ears. The girl burst into tears and sighed, "I knew there would be a disaster today." Every day, I went to the county government to visit Feng Sheng.Feng Sheng was taken to the court for interrogation, met the governor, appealed unreasonably, was tortured all over, and his flesh and blood were lost.Fourteen Niang went to visit, and Feng Sheng was filled with grief and indignation, but he had nowhere to explain.Fourteen Niang knew that Xianggong had been falsely accused, and the trap was extremely deep, so she advised him to plead guilty temporarily and avoid punishment.Feng Sheng wept and agreed.

Every time Fourteen Niang went to the prison, although she was within close proximity, no one could notice.After returning home, he sighed with emotion, dismissed the maid, and asked a matchmaker to buy a girl from a good family, named Lu'er, 15 years old, with a beautiful face, the master and servant ate and slept together, and had a deep relationship.

Feng Sheng was sentenced to death for the crime and was sentenced to hang. The old servant went to interrogate, and when he learned of this, he broke down in tears, but Fourteen Niang faced it calmly and didn't mind.In the blink of an eye, it was Qiu Hou, and there was not much time before Feng Sheng was asked to kill her. Only then did Fourteen Niang start to worry, walking around, leaving early and returning late, running back and forth.Every time in a place where there is no one, I am sad alone, so that I can't sleep or eat.

In the afternoon of one day, the maidservant came suddenly, and the fourteenth lady stood up to greet her. After the two talked, the fourteenth lady smiled all over her face, she changed her previous worries, and took care of the housework as usual.The next day, the old servant went to visit him in prison, and Feng Sheng said, "Tell my wife for me, and I will say goodbye forever." The fourteenth lady was not sad when she heard the words, and took it lightly, and the family members secretly said: "The mistress is too heartless." gone."

Suddenly, passers-by rushed to send messages: Mr. Chu's father was dismissed for investigation, and the imperial envoy was ordered to reiterate Feng Sheng's case.The old servant couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the news, so he hurriedly told the mistress that the Fourteenth Niang was also happy when she heard the news, and sent someone to visit her. Feng Sheng had already been released from prison.Soon after, Mr. Chu was arrested and tried, and confessed one by one, but Feng Sheng was released without charge.

After returning home, the husband and wife met again, and reunited after the catastrophe. Relatively awkward, Feng Sheng asked: "I have been wronged, how does the emperor know about it?" Fourteenth Niang pointed at the maidservant and smiled: "It's all due to her."

At the beginning, Fourteen Niang dismissed the maidservant, but in fact she ordered her to go to Beijing to file a lawsuit to appeal for Feng Sheng's grievance.When the maid came to the capital, the palace was guarded by gods, and she was originally a fox demon, so she was not allowed to enter.Wandering in the ditch, several months passed in a blink of an eye.Worried about making a mistake, the maid was about to return, when she happened to hear that the emperor was going to tour Datong, so she went here in advance and became a prostitute.Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty had a good sex, and went to the brothel to be romantic, and the maid did her best, and was deeply favored by the emperor.The emperor was clever, and he could tell at a glance that the maid was not like a man in the world, so he asked about the origin, but the maid just cried and didn't speak.

The emperor asked: "What is the beauty's grievance?" Foreign land. Please make decisions for me, the emperor." Hearing the words, the emperor was very sympathetic, and rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold. I will return you justice. When this matter is settled, I will share the wealth with you." The maid said: "I only want the reunion of father and daughter, and I dare not ask for wealth." The emperor nodded and left.

When Feng Sheng heard what had happened, he knelt down to thank him, with tears streaming down his face.Soon after, Fourteen Niang said to Feng Sheng: "If it wasn't for love, how could there be so many troubles? When the husband was arrested, the concubines ran among relatives, and no one was willing to help. It was so sad that I couldn't bear to mention it. .Now I see through the world of mortals, and I have found another good match for my husband, so we parted."

When Feng Sheng heard this, he wept sadly, and said: "If my lady has the heart to leave, then I have no choice but to kneel down." Sure enough, he knelt down and tried to persuade him to stay.Seeing this, Fourteen Niang sighed and had to give up.At night, Lu'er was arranged to be in bed, but Feng Sheng refused.When I woke up in the morning, I saw Fourteen Niang's face decline, and after more than a month, she became more and more old. After half a year, Fourteen Niang's skin was dry, dark and ugly.

Fourteenth Niang bid farewell again, and said: "My husband has his own wife, why do you keep me, an old lady, by your side?" Feng Sheng didn't listen, but just wept.One month later, the fourteenth mother suddenly contracted an illness, she would not eat or drink, and was bedridden. Feng Sheng sought medical advice, but nothing worked.Take care of the funeral for his wife.A few days later, the maid also left.

Feng Sheng was lonely and helpless, so he hired Lu'er as his wife and gave birth to a son a year later. However, the harvest was poor and life was difficult.The husband and wife have nothing to do and are relatively sad.Feng Sheng suddenly remembered: the wawon in the corner, I used to see Fourteen Niang throwing money into it, I don't know if it is still there.When I approached the corner, I saw debris piled up underground, bean pots and salt jars lined up, and I don't know where the earthen jars are placed.I searched one by one, and finally found it. When I inserted it with chopsticks, it was hard to touch. When I smashed it hard, the money flowed out, countless.

From then on, Feng Sheng's family was well-off. Later, when the old servant went to Taihua Mountain, he ran into Fourteen Niang, who rode a green mule, and the servant girl rode an inferior horse, and followed him around.Fourteen Niang asked: "Is my husband safe? Go back and tell him that I have already been listed in the immortal register, so I don't need to miss you anymore." After speaking, he disappeared.