Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Qi Shusheng of Weihui Mansion, young and elegant, courageous and courageous.A family with a certain surname has a huge mansion. The daytime is hell, and the family members die one after another. As a last resort, they sell the house at a low price.Qi was greedy for cheap, took the opportunity to buy the house and moved in.The house is spacious, and the scholar's house is sparsely populated. The pavilion in the east courtyard has been abandoned for a long time, and weeds are overgrown.

The family woke up in the middle of the night and often heard ghosts screaming from upstairs.Two months later, a maid died for no reason.Not long after, his wife passed by the east courtyard at dusk, contracted a disease after returning, and died within a few days.The family became more and more fearful and tried to persuade Qi to move out, but Qi refused.Since the death of his wife, he is alone and hurts himself.The maids and servants mentioned the haunting from time to time and made a lot of noise.In a rage, Qi hugged a quilt by himself, ran to the deserted building in the east courtyard to rest, lit candles, and waited and watched.

For a long time, for a long time, nothing strange happened, Qi felt sleepy and fell asleep.In his sleep, he suddenly felt that someone was pulling the quilt and repeatedly groping on his body. When he opened his eyes, he saw an old maid in front of him, with unkempt hair, curled ears, and a bloated figure.Qi thought to himself: "This person must be a female ghost." He grabbed her arm, pushed her hard, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, I really don't dare to accept it. If you want to find a man, go somewhere else."

When the female ghost heard the words, she retreated in shame.In a short time, a girl came out from the northwest corner with a beautiful expression.When he came under the light, he scolded: "Where is the madness, dare to come here to rest." Qi smiled and said: "I am the owner of this building, and I am here to find a beautiful woman to collect rent." He jumped up and went naked. Catch girls.

The girl fled in a hurry, Qi was prepared and went to the northwest corner in advance to block the girl's return. Seeing that there was no way to escape, the girl simply sat on the bed and did not leave.

Qi walked up to watch, and the girl was as beautiful as a fairy, so he couldn't help being moved, and without thinking, he hugged her into his arms.The girl smiled and said: "Kangsheng is so rude, aren't you afraid of ghosts? Have fun with the ghost, be careful." Qi ignored her and reached out to untie the girl's clothes, but the girl did not resist.

After the rape, the girl said: "My surname is Zhang, and my name is A Duan. During my lifetime, I married a prodigal son by mistake. My father-in-law was stubborn and cruel, and humiliated me in every possible way. He was resentful and depressed, and died young. I have been buried here for more than 20 years. Next, it’s full of graves.” Qi asked, “Who was that old maid?” Zhang Aduan said, “It’s also a female ghost, who has served concubines for many years. Because there are living people living upstairs, the underground ghosts can’t rest in peace. , so come up and chase them away."

Qi asked, "Since you came here to chase someone away, why did you seduce me instead?" A Duan laughed and said, "She hasn't seen a man in 30 years, so she's naturally hungry. Although it's very pitiful, but she came to seduce the young master, but it's beyond her control All in all: cowardly people will be teased by ghosts; brave people, even if they are evil ghosts, will not dare to deceive each other." During the conversation, the rooster sang, the woman got out of bed, got up and said: "If Don't doubt, we will meet again tomorrow night."

In the evening of the next day, A Duan really came, and the two were lingering. Qi said: "Unfortunately, my ex-wife died of illness, and I miss her often. Can you contact her for me?" A Duan heard the words sadly, and said: "The concubine has been dead for more than 20 years. No one cares about it. The son is so passionate, I will try my best to help. I just heard that my wife is about to be reborn, so I don’t know if she is still in the Yin company?"

One night later, A Duan came to meet and said: "The lady is about to be reborn in a wealthy family. However, she lost her earring and beat her maid to death. The ghost guards, wait for me to find a way to bribe the ghosts, maybe the son and his wife can be reunited."

Qi asked: "Why is the girl idle and ignored?" A Duan said: "As long as ghosts who die in vain don't report to the underworld, Pluto will not know about it."

At the end of the second watch, the old maid really led his wife to come, and the husband and wife reunited, holding hands and weeping.His wife had tears in her eyes, choked up and couldn't speak.A Duan left consciously and said: "You two slowly catch up on the past, and I will come back tomorrow night." Qi asked about the case of the maid's death, and his wife said, "It's okay, the case will be closed soon." The two went to bed and had a good time. as usual.Been used to it ever since.

Five days later, his wife suddenly cried: "Tomorrow, I will go to Shandong to reincarnate, and we will part from now on. How is life better?" When Qi heard this, he couldn't help being sad.A Duan persuaded: "I have a plan, we can get together for a short time." Qi asked: "If you have any good plan, please tell me." A Duan said: "Young master, you can burn ten bundles of paper money under the apricot tree in the south hall. Use this to bribe ghosts. It can delay for several days."

Qi nodded and obeyed. It was night, and his wife said, "Thanks to Duan Niang's help, we can get together for ten more days now." Qi was overjoyed and refused to let the two daughters leave.Seven or eight days later, the time limit was about to expire. The husband and wife were unhappy, so they asked A Duan for advice. A Duan said, "It's hard to think of a solution now. Let's try again, but it's hard to get it done without millions of coins." .”

Qi burned all the paper money.At night, Ah Duan came and said happily, "I sent someone to intercede with the ghost messenger, but at first I refused. Later, the ghost messenger saw a lot of gold and silver, and finally fell in love. I have promised to find another ghost to take my wife's life."

From then on, the three of them stayed together, even in the daytime, the two daughters did not leave, but asked Qi to close the doors and windows and draw the curtains tightly to prevent the sun from shining.The lights in the house are not extinguished, from morning to night.In the blink of an eye, a year later, Ah Duan suddenly fell ill and was in a trance, as if haunted by evil spirits. His wife said, "This is a ghost disease." Qi was puzzled and asked, "Duanniang is already a ghost, and ghosts can also sick?"

The wife said: "This is wrong. People die as ghosts, and ghosts die as scorpions. Ghosts are afraid of scorpions, just like people are afraid of ghosts." Qi said: "Do you want to ask the witch doctor to take a look?" The wife said: "How can ordinary people Diagnosis and treatment of ghost diseases? Neighbor Mrs. Wang is currently working in the underworld. You can invite her to come. However, Wang’s house is more than ten miles away from here, and my feet are weak, so I can’t walk long distances. Please burn a paper horse for me.”

Wang burned the paper horse according to his words. As soon as the flames started, a maidservant came with a red horse in her hand. His wife got on the horse and disappeared in an instant.After a while, the wife and an old woman rode together and floated there.The old lady entered the house, pressed A Duan's ten fingers to check her pulse, then sat upright, her head shaking, then fell to the ground, then jumped up, and shouted: "I am the king of Montenegro. The lady is not well. Light, fortunately, I met a little god, and my blessings are not shallow. This is the work of evil spirits, it’s okay, it’s okay. But after I recover from my illness, remember to burn a hundred ingots of gold, a hundred copper coins, and a banquet, all of which are indispensable. "

The wives agreed one by one, the old lady fell to the ground again, Er woke up, murmured something, kept yelling at the patient, rested for a long time, then turned around and wanted to leave, the wife sent him out the door, and presented him with a red horse, the old lady readily accepted it, happy Hehe leave.

The wife came into the house to visit Ah Duan, she seemed to be a little more sober than before.The husband and wife rejoiced, and A Duan suddenly said: "I'm afraid my concubine will die soon. As soon as I close my eyes, I see a ghost demanding my life. Alas, this is life." After a night, A Duan's condition worsened and he trembled all over. Holding on to Qi, he buried his head in his arms, as if afraid of being entangled by evil spirits.Once Qi got up, Ah Duan screamed and felt restless.

Six or seven days passed like this, and the husband and wife had nothing to do.It happened that Qi had something to go out and came back after half a day. As soon as he entered the room, he heard his wife crying. When he entered the bed, Duanniang was dead, and her clothes were still there. When he opened it, only a pile of bones remained.Qi was very sad, and buried A Duan in the earth with the gift of a living person, and buried him beside the ancestral grave.

One night, his wife cried in her dream, and said: "Just now, Duanniang had a dream, saying that her husband had become a ghost, and was very angry because his wife changed the spring festival. In a fit of anger, she killed Duanniang and left with her life. Duanniang begged me Give her a water and land dojo." Qi said: "It's easy, I'll go and invite monks."

The wife said: "It's beyond my husband's power to save the ghosts. Let me do it." She got up and left, returned after a while, and said, "I have asked someone to invite monks, but the paper money must be burned in advance for the flowers of the ghosts. Sell ​​it." Qi nodded in obedience, and at sunset, the monks gathered, beating gongs and drums, and chanting Buddhist scriptures, just like in the world of heaven.The wife complained that the gongs and drums were too loud, but Qi didn't hear anything.

After the dojo was over, the wife dreamed that A Duan came, thanked her, and said: "The grievances have been resolved, and I will be reborn as the daughter of the city god soon, please tell the son for me."

The wife lived in the building for three years, and the family was very afraid at first, but as time passed, they gradually got used to it.Sometimes when Qi went out, the family would ask his wife for instructions and report through the window.That night, his wife suddenly cried: "Because the ghost messenger took bribes, the Dongchuang incident was revealed, and Pluto is in a hurry to track it down. I'm afraid you and I will be separated soon."

A few days later, his wife really fell ill, and said: "I love you so much, I hope to die forever, and I don't want to be reincarnated. Is it not God's will to say goodbye now?" Qi looked confused and asked, "Is there any other way?" The wife said: "No." Qi asked, "Are you going to be punished?" His wife said, "It's okay to be punished for a small punishment. Stealing a life is a big crime, but stealing a death is a small crime." After speaking, she stopped moving.After careful inspection, the wife's face was ethereal, and finally disappeared.

Qi misses his dead wife and often lives alone in an empty building, hoping for a miracle to happen.But there was silence in the building, and no strange things happened again, and people's hearts have been peaceful since then.