Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Luocheng Liu Zhongkan, with mediocre qualifications, was studying at home this day, and suddenly a strange fragrance came to his nostrils. A beautiful woman walked towards him, followed by several maidservants, all dressed in palace attire.Liu Zhongkan turned pale in shock, and hurriedly knelt down to salute. The beauty helped him up and said, "Your Majesty, you were very arrogant before. Why are you so respectful now?" Don't know each other, when have you ever been rude?"

The beauty smiled and said, "It hasn't been long since we parted. Why have you forgotten all about the past? Wasn't that you who was grinding bricks on the ground in the past?" Liu Zhongkan said blankly, "Grinding bricks? I don't have any impression." The beauty said: "To tell you the truth, the young master is actually the reincarnation of Duke Liu, but I am Cao Pi's concubine, the Zhen family. I feel very sorry that the young master caused a disaster for me and was punished, so I come here to make up for you. Hey, since the farewell to Yaochi In the blink of an eye, hundreds of years have passed, and the young master has lost his spirituality, and he is no longer the genius of the past." While speaking, he took out a pill and said, "This is Tangwo crystal pill. After taking it, young master, it can strengthen the brain and improve intelligence."

Liu Zhongkan swallowed the pill and asked: "Where is Emperor Wei Wen, where is he now?" Haven't heard from him for a long time."

The two talked for a while, and went to bed to rest.Afterwards, the beauty left with a cloud.Since then, Liu Zhongkan has made great progress in writing and thinking, but he misses the beautiful woman every day and is in a daze.There was an old woman in the family who saw this and said to Liu: "Is the young master suffering from lovesickness?" Liu Zhongkan sighed and told the whole story one by one. The old woman said: "This is not difficult. Please write a letter, Mr. I will try to give it to Concubine Zhen for you."

Liu Zhongkan was overjoyed and said: "But she lives in the Heavenly Court, are you really sure to send the letter? If so, I will never forget the great virtue for the rest of my life." Immediately wrote the letter and handed it to the old woman.

In the middle of the night, the old woman went back and said, "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life. When I first arrived at Nantianmen, the guard saw that I was a fox demon and was about to capture me. In a hurry, I took out the letter and said it was Concubine Zhen's confidant, the guard just opened the door and let me in. Concubine Zhen accepted the letter and said to me, "The fate between her and the son is over, please don't think about her anymore. At noon tomorrow, I will send you A bride.'”

At noon the next day, an old lady sent her daughter to her door. The bride was beautiful and called herself "Chen, named Sixiang." Liu Zhongkan couldn't help but asked, "What is your relationship with Concubine Zhen?" Xiangdao: "Hundreds of years ago, I worked as a singer in Tongque Terrace, and later I was transferred to the Prince's Mansion to serve the Concubine Zhen." Liu Zhongkan changed his face and said, "So, you are a female ghost?" Si Xiang said: "No. My mother and I have achieved Taoism and become immortals, and we are listed in the immortals. But because I violated the rules of heaven, I am demoted to the mortal world right now, and I have to practice and practice." Liu Zhongkan breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

On this day, a blind man led a yellow dog and came to beg for food. Liu Zhongkan came out to entertain him personally, and Si Xiang was also helping. The yellow dog suddenly broke free from the rope and kept barking at Si Xiang. He bit Si Xiang's coat with one bite, tore off a piece of cloth, and chewed it into pieces.Liu Zhongkan was furious, so he picked up a wooden stick and drove the yellow dog away, which calmed down the incident.

After a meeting, the blind man left and left. Liu Zhongkan asked his wife, "Aren't you a fairy? Why are you afraid of dogs?" Si Xiang said, "I don't know. This dog is the incarnation of Cao Aman. When Cao Aman was dying, he once He made a will and asked me to share incense and sell shoes to support myself. Since I did not abide by the precepts, I came here to take revenge."

In the blink of an eye, for the past two years, Si Xiang lived in seclusion and rarely interacted with relatives.When the family asked her about her origin, she was also vague.Liu's mother secretly suspected that she was a monster, so she invited Taoist priests to catch the monster and opened an altar in the courtyard.Si Xiang was displeased, and said: "I wanted to stay with my husband and grandpa, but since my mother is suspicious, I can't stay any longer. I'm just a mere Taoist priest, and I want to catch me, but it's wishful thinking." Bunches of hay, thrown under the steps.In an instant, the mansion was filled with smoke, and thunder roared in the sky, which was soul-stirring.Then the smoke dissipated, and Si Xiang was nowhere to be found.Looking at the Taoist again, he was bleeding from seven holes and had been dead for a long time.

(Liu Gonggan, that is, Liu Zhen, one of the seven sons of Jian'an, has outstanding literary talents and is deeply appreciated by Cao Pi. Once, Cao Pi hosted a banquet and invited all the scholars. During the banquet, Mrs. Zhen came out to meet the guests. Dare to look up. Only Liu Zhen's eyes were burning, and he stared at Zhen's unscrupulously. When Cao Cao knew this, he was very angry. He immediately punished Liu Zhen as a coolie and demoted him to the West Stone Factory to grind stone. On this day, Cao Cao went to the Stone Factory During the inspection, all the officials and a group of laborers prostrated themselves on the ground, kneeling and saluting. But Liu Zhen looked calm, did not kneel, and held a brick in his hand, grinding as usual. Cao Cao was furious, walked up to Liu Zhen, Sternly scolded. Liu Zhen didn't change his face, and said: "Wei Wangxiong is well known in the world. As a coolie, Liu Zhen dared to despise the king. But after several years in Wei Wang's mansion, I often heard Wei Wang's teachings, do things with all your strength, and the king will be happy if things are successful. If things fail, the king will also be humiliated. Zhen is now a coolie, specializing in stone materials. Researching stones is loyal to the king of Wei, so Zhen dare not stop working." After hearing this, the king of Wei asked, "How about the stone?" Liu Zhen said, "From the cliff of Jingshan On the top, there are five-color chapters on the outside, which contain the treasures of Bian's family. If you don't polish it, you can't add luster to it, if you carve it, you don't add text.