Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Wu Sheng in the county seat, named Anren, was widowed in his thirties and lived alone in his study.One day, a certain scholar came to visit and talked with him very happily, so he became a bosom friend.A talented servant named Guitou also makes friends with Wu Shengshu Tongbaoer, and the two get along well.After a long time, I realized that the ghost head is not a human being, but a fox demon. Wu Sheng always takes the ghost head with him every time he travels far away. Can't see him.

Once, when Wu Sheng was returning home from the capital, he heard that Wang Zixun had suffered from the misfortune of planting rice seedlings on the way, so he secretly told the book boy: Be careful and be prepared.Guitou smiled and said: "No need, this trip will never fail." When a group of people came to Zhuozhou, they saw a man sitting in a restaurant tied to a horse, wearing luxurious clothes.Wu Sheng passed in front of the store, and the man got up on his horse and followed behind.Talking to each other, the man said to himself: "Shandong native, surnamed Huang, is an official in the Ministry of Households. Now that he is returning home from the east, he has to go with the son. I am very happy. The journey should not be lonely."

The two stayed together all the way, and every time they ate, the man rushed to pay. Wu Sheng was grateful on the surface, but secretly became suspicious.Ask the ghost in private: "Is Mr. Huang reliable?"At dusk, the two came to an inn to stay overnight. There was a beautiful boy in the inn, and it seemed that he was also staying there.

Huang entered the store, bowed his hands to the young man, with a happy expression on his face, and asked, "When did you leave the capital?" The young man replied, "Yesterday." Huang took his hand and said, "Don't leave tonight." , sleep with me." The boy smiled and nodded.Huang turned to Wu Sheng, and introduced: "This Shi Lang is my cousin, a literati. Tonight, the three of us will have a night talk by candlelight, discussing poetry and poetry." While talking, he took out some broken silver and ordered the waiter in the shop to make wine and cook.

After a while, the banquet will be served, and the three will toast and drink together.The young man is handsome and talented, he met Wu Sheng very late, and was extremely speculative.During the banquet, the young man frequently winked at Wu Sheng, implying that he might as well cheat when he ordered to drink, so as to play tricks on Huang and punish him to drink. Whenever Huang was punished, the young man applauded and laughed.Seeing this, Wu Sheng fell in love with him even more.

Then the boy gambled with Huang and invited Wu Sheng to participate, and the three bet each with silver taels.The ghost head secretly ordered Bao'er to lock the doors and windows, and said to Wu Sheng: "If you hear people making noise, just go to bed and ignore it." The big bet is sure to win, and in about one more day, more than 200 taels of silver came into the account.

The teenager ran out of money betting with Huang, and proposed to use the horse as a mortgage.Suddenly there was a rapid knock on the door outside the house, and several officials yelled loudly: "Open the door, open the door." Wu Sheng jumped up, threw the dice into the stove, covered the bed with a quilt, and pretended to be asleep.Faintly heard the voice of the shopkeeper: "Masters, I can't find the key, so I can't open the door." An official said: "No key? Then come hard, brothers, smash the door." Then there was bang bang There were several loud bangs, the latch fell off, and four or five strong men broke into the house aggressively, and the leader said, "Someone reported just now that some people gathered here to gamble. Is there such a thing?"

The young man and Huang shook their heads together, and said: "There is absolutely no such thing." An official sent out his hand to pull up the quilt, pointed at Wu Sheng, and shouted: "How dare you deny it? This man looks like a gambler." Sheng said angrily: "There is no real evidence to catch thieves and stolen goods, so don't wrong good people."

All the officials were unreasonable and wanted to search for Wu Sheng's parcel one after another. Wu Sheng tried his best to resist, but he was alone and unable to resist, when he suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums outside the house, as if an official was passing by, Wu Sheng shouted for help, The "officials" showed fear, and forcibly dragged him into the house, begging: "If you have something to say, don't say it, don't say it."

Wu Sheng snorted coldly, packed the package calmly, and handed it to the store manager for safekeeping. Only when the government was far away did the crooks dare to go out and leave in despair.Huang and the boy pretended to be pleasantly surprised, and each looked for a place to sleep.Huang suggested that the teenager should sleep with Wu Sheng.Wu Sheng pressed the money bag under the pillow, spread out the quilt, and went to bed to rest.The young man also got into the bed, threw his naked body into Wu Sheng's arms, and said softly: "I admire you for being upright, and I would like to make out with you." Take the initiative to dedicate yourself, and you will do whatever you want at the moment, and have fun with it.

The young man flattered him, but unexpectedly Wu Sheng was originally a great man with outstanding abilities. After some fighting, he gradually became unable to do what he wanted. .

At dawn the next day, the young man was too tired to get out of bed. He sighed and said, "I'm sick by accident. You two should go first. You don't have to wait for me." You need to see a doctor, and use the money to buy medicine.” On the way, I chatted with the ghost, and then I learned that the official guard of honor last night was all pretended by him.

Along the way, Huang flattered and flattered him, and treated Wu Sheng with extreme respect.I went to the store in the evening, the room is very narrow, there is only one bed, but the place is small, but it is warm and clean.Wu Sheng disliked the fact that the wooden bed was too narrow, so Huang said: "It's a bit crowded for two people to sleep, but it's more than enough for my son to sleep alone, so what's the matter?" , so that you can chat with fox friends.

Sitting down for a long time, but no ghost came.Suddenly he heard the sound of fingers knocking on the small door in the wall, Wu Sheng opened the door to check, and saw a girl with colorful makeup outside the house, walked into the bedroom gracefully, put the door latch behind her back, and smiled at herself, the girl was as beautiful as a fairy, Wu When Sheng saw it, he couldn't help but be moved.Asked: "Who is the girl?" The girl said: "I am the daughter-in-law of the store manager."

Wu Sheng felt so itchy that he stretched out his hands to untie the girl's clothes, the two were lingering and joyful.Afterwards, the girl burst into tears, and Wu Sheng asked: "Why is the beauty crying?" The girl said: "The concubine fell in love with the young master at first sight, and couldn't bear to deceive each other. The shopkeeper will come to catch the thief and take the opportunity to blackmail. This strategy has been used many times, and it has been tried and tested, but tonight, for some reason, the shopkeeper has not come here?" Speaking of this, his voice choked, and he begged: "The concubine is not here. She is a girl from a good family. She was threatened by the shopkeeper and cheated people of money, which is not what she wanted. Please save me from the sea of ​​misery, my lord."

When Wu Sheng heard this, he was terrified and terrified. For a while, he had no good plan, and said, "Go back first, let me slowly figure out a way." The woman didn't listen, but just bowed her head and wept.Suddenly, I heard Huang and the shopkeeper pounding on the door vigorously, and the sound was loud. Huang shouted outside the door: "I thought Brother Wu was a gentleman, so I served you all the way. Who knew that you had evil intentions and seduced my brothers and sisters. Hmph , I'm not done with you."

Wu Sheng was terrified, and urged the girl: "Go quickly, go quickly." There was also a knocking sound outside the small door, Wu Sheng was sweating profusely, and the girl was crying non-stop.He also heard someone from outside the house trying to persuade a fight, but the shop owner ignored him and pushed the door even more urgently. The person who persuaded the fight said, "Major, what do you want to do? If you want to kill someone, we must not stand idly by. If one of the two escapes, there will be no proof of death." , What do you say when you ask for a crime? If you want to go to the government to sue, the so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, and your daughter-in-law steals others, don’t you have a bright face? In the case of framing, who can guarantee that the girl will not confess?"

The shop owner was speechless and speechless.Wu Sheng was even more grateful and admired, thinking: "I don't know who is the man who persuaded the fight? This person is very eloquent, very remarkable." Looking through the window, he couldn't help laughing. It turned out that the one who persuaded the fight was not someone else, but a ghost The head, at the moment pretending to be a scholar, is also gentle.

It turns out that Guitou has already seen Huang's conspiracy, so he disguised himself as a scholar and came to the shop.Carrying good wine with him, he intentionally invited the shopkeeper to drink with Huang. When Wu Sheng was in love with the girl, Huang and the shopkeeper were going to catch Qian and blackmail them, but they were held back by the ghost, and they had no time to get away. Take the rice and let the scholar do it for once.

Later, the two escaped by taking the opportunity, and immediately picked up the wooden sticks and rushed to Wu Sheng's residence.Wu Sheng saw that the shopkeeper's anger had subsided a little, so he threatened: "Old man, I have persuaded your party to testify against you. If you see an official, you will have to eat and walk away. Listen to my advice and go private. "And said to the girl: "You should say something."

The girl cried: "I hate myself for not living up to my expectations. I was forced by the shopkeeper to do many bad things. I would rather die than live." The shopkeeper's face was ashen.The ghost head scolded: "The behavior of the beasts has been exposed. Everyone has seen it with their own eyes. The people and gods are all outraged." Huang and the store manager looked depressed, and they had no choice but to put down their knives and sticks, and knelt down to plead guilty.Wu Sheng was unforgiving, opened the door and went out, yelling and cursing.

The ghost head mediates, and the two parties finally reconcile.But the girl was crying and crying, several servant girls dragged her back, the girl would rather die than return, she fell to the ground and wailed.The ghost head persuaded the shopkeeper: "This is the end of the matter, the raw rice is cooked and cooked, it is better to be a favor and sell the woman to Wu Sheng as a concubine." The shopkeeper bowed his head and said: "The thirty-year-old lady has nothing to say. If you want to marry a girl, you can do it, 100 taels of silver, and even a penny less." Wu Sheng said: "30 taels, do you want to love, don't let me down." The ghost smiled and said: "One person makes a deal, 50 taels, how about it?"

The two nodded.

After the money is delivered, the natural color is clear.Wu Sheng packed up and saluted, and took the girl on the road together.The girl had never ridden a horse before, so she felt quite uncomfortable on the journey.At noon, a group of people were resting by the side of the road. Wu Sheng called the name of the book boy, but the newspaper didn't answer him. He really didn't know where he went.

The sun was setting and there was still no news of the book boy. He asked the fox friend about his whereabouts, and the ghost said, "Don't worry, he will be back soon."Bao'er didn't come back until the moon was in the sky, and asked him where he had been, and replied: "Young master bid 50 taels to buy a concubine, and he was clearly slaughtered. I was very upset, and at noon I talked with the ghost head and decided to take the concubine for you." In one breath, I will help you get back the silver." While speaking, he took out many silver ingots from his pocket and put them on the table.

Wu Sheng asked, "Why did you come back?"

It turned out that the ghost found out that the girl had an older brother who was away from home and hadn't returned home for more than ten years.So he changed into his appearance and asked Bao'er to pretend to be the younger brother of the girl, and the two of them went to the door to find the shopkeeper's important person.The shopkeeper was very frightened and lied that the girl was dead.The two decided to plan, and kept saying that they wanted to report to the officials. The shopkeeper became more and more afraid, and expressed his willingness to pay for it privately. After some bargaining, they finally settled the matter with 40 taels of silver.The two succeeded in their scheme and returned happily.

Bao'er told the whole story, Wu Sheng was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "You have contributed a lot to this matter, and I will reward you for the 40 taels of silver."

After Wu Sheng returned home, he was in harmony with the girl Qin Se, and his family became richer and richer.After questioning the woman carefully, she found out that the beautiful boy Shi was her husband.It turned out that Shi was Jin, who had many party members, and the store manager was also one of his accomplices.This group of people successfully deceived Wang Zixun before, but this time they fell into Wu Sheng's hands, which is also a happy thing.

There is an old saying: A good rider will fall into the horse, a good swimmer will drown in the water, and a good fighter will die in the army. It is true.