Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Yin Shangshu in Licheng, Shandong, was a poor young man with courage.In the county seat, there is a mansion of a family, covering an area of ​​tens of acres, with continuous buildings, and strange things often happen. For this reason, people go to the empty buildings and gradually become deserted.After a long time, weeds grew everywhere, and no one dared to enter even in broad daylight.

One time, Mr. Yin was having a banquet with his friends, and some people joked, "Whoever has the guts to stay in a desolate house overnight, we will give him this banquet." Mr. Yin jumped up and shouted: What's so difficult, I'll go!" After speaking, he brought a table of banquets and moved into the old house.

All the friends walked to the gate and said with a smile: "Brother Yin, we are waiting outside. If you encounter ghosts, you can call for help."

Mr. Yin said: "If there is a ghost fox, it's time to capture it as a witness." As he spoke, he walked into the courtyard, only to see lush grass and weeds. It is dim, and the portal can be discerned vaguely.

Mr. Yin groped all the way, broke into the back building, saw the clean and lovely platform, sat down to rest immediately.Looking west at the bright moon, there is only a ray of afterglow left.Sitting for a long time, not to mention the slightest abnormality, I snickered in my heart, "What kind of bullshit fox monster rumors are all lies." He lay on the ground with a rock, lying down and watching the morning glory and the weaver girl.

At the end of the day, Mr. Yin was tired and sleepy, suddenly heard the sound of footsteps coming from downstairs, Wan Lai heard it clearly in the silence, and uploaded it all the way along the stone steps.

Mr. Yin was overjoyed, "The lord is finally here." Peeping while sleeping, he saw a woman in Tsing Yi, carrying a lotus lantern, suddenly saw the young master, backed away in shock, and whispered, "There is someone alive."

Someone at the foot of the stone steps asked, "Who is it?"

The woman replied, "I don't know."

In Er, an old man stepped onto the platform, stared at Mr. Yin's face, and said with a smile: "This is Mr. Yin, who will be the Minister in 20 years. Right now he is sleeping soundly, let's just do business. Mr. Yin has a suave personality, so maybe he won't blame you. .”

He waved and led all the guests into the building, and opened the doors one by one.After a while, guests gathered and shuttled back and forth, the upstairs was brightly lit, as bright as day, Mr. Yin turned around in his sleep, coughed lightly, and slowly stood up.

Hearing the sound, the old man came out to check, and saw that the young master was awake, he quickly knelt down on the ground and said, "I don't want to disturb the nobleman when I get married tonight, young master, please don't blame me."

Mr. Yin stretched out his hand to support the old man, and said with a smile: "I didn't know there was a happy event in your house, and I didn't have time to prepare the congratulatory gift in a hurry, ashamed, ashamed."

The old man said: "The honored guest is here, and the little old man is very flattered. If you don't mind, please come in and have a few glasses of water and wine, so that you will be radiant."

Young Master Yin was overjoyed, and walked into the hall side by side with the old man.Looking around, I saw that the interior of the house was luxuriously furnished and fragrant, and a woman in her forties stepped forward to salute.The old man said: "This is the clumsy thorn." The young master nodded and returned the gift.

Not long after, the drums and music played together, and a servant called out: "The groom is here."

The old man went out to meet him, guided by gauze lanterns outside, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy came slowly, he was handsome and handsome, he was actually a rare handsome man.

When the young man entered the house, the old man pointed at Mr. Yin and ordered the young man to salute.The young man opened his eyes and looked around. Seeing that the young master had an extraordinary bearing, he thought he was a guest of honor, so he greeted him politely.

Soon, there was a banquet in the hall, and many maids and girls in Fendai gauze were serving wine and serving dishes, busy inside and out.The mellow wine and fragrant meat on the table, the jade bowls and gold cups, and the utensils for entertaining guests are all top-notch treasures.

After several rounds of drinking, the old man ordered his servant girl to invite the young lady to come out to see the guests, only to hear rings ding dong, the bead curtain lifted, and a twenty-eight beautiful lady came in gracefully, with a phoenix hairpin on her head and pearls in her ear, her beauty was peerless, and her body was constantly shining. Distribute bursts of fragrance.

The girl sat down beside her mother, and the old man poured wine with a gold cup, and invited the young master to drink freely.Jin Jue is huge, a glass is full, and can hold several buckets of fine wine.The young master thought to himself, "This golden jue is so precious, it just happened to be hidden away for his companions to watch, so this trip is worthwhile."

So, taking advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, he secretly put Jin Jue into his sleeve, lay down on the table pretending to be drunk, breathing heavily.When all the guests saw this, they all said, "My husband is drunk."

After a while, the banquet ended, the groom got up to say goodbye, and amidst the sound of gongs and drums, all the guests dispersed one after another.The old man ordered the servant girl to clean up the dishes, but only a golden goblet was missing, and he guessed in a low voice, "It must have been stolen by Xianggong Yin."

The old man waved his hands quickly, told all the maids to keep silent, and said: "Don't talk nonsense, lest you wake up the distinguished guests and embarrass them."

Everyone went to cool down the tea, and there was silence all around. Mr. Yin stood up gently, and the surroundings were dark, but the fragrance of fat, powder and meat in the room lingered for a long time.

It was already white in the east of Erer, and it was already dawn. The young master went out calmly and put his hands into his sleeves. The Jin Jue was still there. There was a small crowd outside the door, and a group of friends were waiting hard.Seeing that the son came out safe and sound, they all said: "You must have gone out at night and returned early to deceive us."

Mr. Yin smiled, told the anecdote of the evening one by one, and showed the gold jue to everyone to look at, and asked: "Then how can I explain this thing in my hand?"

All the companions pondered, "The golden prince is precious, but Brother Yin's family is poor. In this way, he really lived in a haunted house for one night." Only then did he believe what the young master said was true.

Later, the son won the Jinshi examination and went to Feiqiu County, Hebei Province to serve as an official.There is a noble family in the land, the owner's surname is Zhu, and they hold a banquet to welcome the son.During the banquet, the host ordered his servants to take gold wine glasses to entertain the guests, but there was no reply for a long time.The master was in a hurry and asked what happened.A servant whispered: "Reporting to the master, one of the eight gold wine glasses is missing."

The master nodded and said: "Don't worry about it beforehand, don't you still have seven wine glasses, bring two up."

Not long after the wine glass arrived, Mr. Yin saw that the wine glass was made of gold, with engravings and carvings, which was exactly the same as the one he stole back from the deserted house in the past, he couldn't help being suspicious, and hurriedly asked why.

The host said: "To tell you the truth, my lord, there are eight golden nobles in my family's collection. They were made by skilled craftsmen when my father was an official in Beijing. They have been passed down from generation to generation. They are considered family treasures, and I have been reluctant to use them. Today, my lord visits the humble house." I took it out specially to meet guests. I didn’t want the servant to be ordered to pick it up in the wooden box. There were only seven of the eight golden goblets left, and one of them disappeared. I thought it was the servant who stole it, but the copper lock on the wooden box It’s untouched, and the box is full of dust, it’s really hard to explain.”

Young Master Yin said with a smile: "It may be that the Jin Jue became a Jing and flew away by himself. Coincidentally, there happens to be a Jin Jue in the lower mansion, which is very similar to the style of your mansion. If you don't refuse, I will give it to you."

After the banquet was over, Mr. Yin returned to the mansion, and ordered his servants to quickly deliver the Jin Jue to Mr. Zhu.Master Zhu examined and played with it, and wondered in his heart, "This golden jue is obviously the one I lost." So he went to Yin's mansion to ask the reason.

Mr. Yin laughed out loud, and told the story of the fox encounter in the deserted house. Master Zhu suddenly realized, "It turns out that everything is caused by the fox demon. Hey, this fox demon is quite capable. It is easy to take pictures from thousands of miles away."