Ghost Story of Liaozhai

My friend Bi Yi'an is suave, unrestrained and unrestrained.

He has been obese all his life, with a knotted beard and good talent.This day, Bi Sheng went to his uncle's house to escape and rest upstairs.It is rumored that there are often fox demons haunting the upstairs. He has enjoyed reading "The Legend of the Blue Phoenix" all his life, and yearns for it, but unfortunately he has never had the chance to read it personally.So I meditate upstairs, hoping to meet the fox girl.

Then when I got home, it was late, it was summer, and the weather was hot, so I opened the windows and went to sleep.In his sleep, he seemed to feel his body shaking, and when he woke up with a start, he stared intently, only to see a woman in front of her, about forty years old, still charming.Bi Sheng asked who she was, and the woman said with a smile, "I am a fox demon. I am grateful for the miss of you." I don’t have the good fortune to serve your son. My daughter is only fifteen years old, if you don’t mind, let her serve you tomorrow night.” After saying that, he left.

In the evening of the next day, I burned incense in the house and waited. The woman really came with her daughter.The woman said to her daughter: "You are destined to be with Mr. Bi, so I will stay to serve the bed tonight. Remember to return early tomorrow morning, and don't sleep too much." Go to bed with the girl for a lifetime, and love is infinite.Afterwards, the girl laughed and said, "Young master's body is too heavy, it's unbearable." Before dawn, she left.Visited again in the evening and said: "Sisters heard that I found a husband, and they all congratulated you. Please come to the meeting tomorrow, don't forget."

Bi Sheng asked: "Where are you?" , Said: "I kept you waiting for a long time." The two walked hand in hand, and in a blink of an eye they came to a large courtyard and went straight to the hall, only to see the candlelight in the room.As bright as stars.

The master of Er'er came out to welcome him. He was two years old and had a beautiful appearance.The master bowed his bow and congratulated the group, and the group was about to enter the table when the servant girl called out: "Second Lady has arrived." A woman walked into the room, ten or nine years old, and asked the girl with a smile: "My sister must have broken the melon. How is the groom's official skills, are you satisfied?" The girl teased the second sister, rolled her eyes, and hit her on the back with a fan.

Erniang said: "I still remember playing with my younger sister when I was a child. My younger sister was most afraid of others scratching her ribs. She would caress her fingers from a distance, and then she would laugh non-stop. Sometimes she would be angry, and my younger sister would say, 'I wish my second sister Come to marry the prince of the dwarf king." I said: "Second sister also wishes you to marry the bearded son. When you kissed, your beard pierced your mouth." When I saw the groom today, I guessed it right."

The aunt laughed and said, "No wonder the third sister blames you. The groom is right by his side, and he doesn't know how to restrain himself when he speaks." After a while, the banquet began, and everyone talked and laughed happily.All of a sudden, a young girl, holding a cat in her arms, approached gracefully. She was eleven or twelve years old, she was still childish, but she was charming to the bone.The aunt said: "Fourth sister, do you want to see your brother-in-law too? It's a pity that you are too young to prepare a seat for you." She hugged her in her lap and fed her with many fruits.

After a while, the aunt pushed the girl into Erniang's arms, and said: "The fourth sister is so heavy, it makes my waist sore and my legs numb." Erniang said: "The little girl is not young, but the weight is not light. The second sister is very fragile. , Fourth Sister wants to see her brother-in-law, who has a strong physique, let him hug you."

Bi Sheng held the girl in his arms, smelling the fragrance of fat, as light as nothing, and asked: "Can you drink?" The girl nodded and drank the wine in the glass.The aunt said: "Fourth sister is still young, don't drink too much. Otherwise, if you lose your temper after drinking, you may make a joke of your brother-in-law."

The girl smiled slightly and stopped drinking.If you tease the cat with your hands, the cat can't stop tweeting.The aunt said: "Don't throw it away? The kitten is full of fleas and lice, isn't it afraid of infection?" Er Niang said: "I have an idea, let's use the cat to drink and pass the chopsticks for fun. When the cat meows, where are the chopsticks?" hand, punish him to drink." Everyone applauded.

After the game started, whenever Bi Sheng grabbed the chopsticks, the cat would meow non-stop. Bi Sheng drank a lot of alcohol and drank several glasses in a row. Finally, he realized that the reason why the kitten meowed was all caused by the girl secretly, so he couldn't help laughing.Erniang said: "Fourth sister should go back. Always stay in the arms of her brother-in-law and don't leave, be careful that third sister will get angry." The girl then carried the cat and left.

The aunt saw that the life had a huge capacity for drinking, so she took out a lotus leaf, filled it with wine, and persuaded the life to drink freely.Bi Sheng saw that the lotus leaf is not big, and can hold a liter of wine at most, but the more he drank, the more he drank, it could hold a bucket of wine.Not to be outdone, Erniang also started persuading him to drink, saying "I can't drink any more." Erniang took out a rouge box from her bosom, and said with a smile, "Drink less, that's what it means."

Bi Sheng thought to himself: "The rouge box is only the size of a bullet, how much wine can it hold? You can drink it up in one gulp." But he drank hundreds of gulps in a row, but he still couldn't finish it.Sanniang watched from the sidelines, unable to bear it, so she replaced the rouge box with a small lotus cup, and said, "My lord has been fooled, and the second sister is playing tricks on you." It is as big as a washbasin.

Erniang said: "Third sister likes to be troublesome. She has been married to Mr. Bi for three days, and she is so affectionate? She is really extroverted." Bi Sheng picked up the little lotus cup to drink, and his hands were soft.There is little wine in the glass, so I drank it all in one gulp.Look carefully, where is the wine glass, but an embroidered shoe.Erniang snatched the shoes with her hands and scolded: "Cunning girl! When did you steal the second sister's embroidered shoes? No wonder your left foot is cold." She got up and entered the house, and went back to change her shoes.

Sanniang and Bi Sheng got up to say goodbye, and sent him out of the door to let him go home.Bi Sheng suddenly woke up, and it turned out to be Nan Keyi Meng.But the corners of the nose and mouth are sharp, the smell of alcohol is strong, but it is real, and I can't help but feel strange.

At dusk, Sanniang came and said, "I didn't die drunk last night." Bi Sheng said, "I thought it was a dream." Sanniang said: "Sisters are worried that the young master is going crazy, so they asked me to meet each other in a dream, but it was not a dream. "

Sanniang often plays chess with Bi Sheng, who loses nine out of ten bets.Sanniang said with a smile: "I saw that young master likes to play chess, I thought you were proficient in this way. I saw you today, young master's chess skills are mediocre, but that's all."

Bi Sheng said: "If you are not good at chess, please give me some advice." San Niang said: "Go is a science, the most important thing is understanding. How can I help? From now on, my son will study day and night, and maybe there will be improvement." Several months later, Bi Sheng thought he was a great chess player, and after a match with the woman, he was still defeated. San Niang laughed and said, "It still doesn't work."

Unconvinced all his life, he went out of the house to play chess with his neighbors, but he won repeatedly. The neighbors were very strange and asked why.San Niang already knew about the slight leak in the words, and blamed: "No wonder the sisters don't want to associate with Kuangsheng. I told you to keep the secret, why didn't you listen?" She was displeased and wanted to leave.Bisheng hurriedly apologized, and Sanniang's anger subsided a little, and the number of visits gradually decreased since then.

A year later, San Niang came to visit one night, and the two sat opposite each other.Bisheng asked to play chess, but Sanniang ignored him, and asked to sleep, but still ignored.Feeling so sad for a long time, Sanniang said: "Master, I am familiar with Liaozhai. Who is better between me and Qingfeng?" Young Master and Mr. Liao Zhai are very close friends, can I ask him to write a biography for me? Maybe after a thousand years, someone will remember me!"

Bi Sheng said: "I have this intention for a long time, but I just follow the girl's instructions and dare not leak the news, so I keep it secret." San Niang said: "This time, that time. Now I will leave, so there is no need to be jealous." Bi Sheng asked: "Where are you going?" Sanniang said, "My fourth sister and I were promoted to envoys of flowers and birds by the order of the Queen Mother, and we are here to bid farewell to you. In the past, there was an older sister in the fox family who had an affair with the son and uncle. Girl, she is still treated coldly and can no longer marry. Fortunately, my son and I have no offspring, so we will not be affected."

Bi Sheng said: "Young lady is leaving, do you have any words of advice?" San Niang said: "You are arrogant, you are too widowed." Standing up, he took Bi Sheng's arm and said, "Please give me a ride, my lord." Come down, the mistakes will become less and less.)

After walking for a while, the two bid farewell with tears.Sanniang said: "As long as there is love in my heart, it may not be indefinite." After finishing speaking, she disappeared.

On the 21th day of the twelfth lunar month in the [-]st year of Kangxi, he slept with me all his life, and described this experience in detail.I told him: "There is a fox like this, and the pen and ink of Liaozhai are glorious." So I wrote down this story.