Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Wang Lan in Lijin County died of a sudden illness, and her soul came to the underworld. King Yan inspected the book of life and death, and found that Wang Lanyang's life was not over.

The little ghost didn't dare to be negligent, but when he returned to the underworld, Wang Lan's body was already rotten. The ghost soldier was worried that the king of Hades would blame him, so he discussed with Wang Lan, "It's hard work for a human being to be a ghost, and happiness for a ghost to become a fairy. I let my husband be a ghost fairy and live happily Happy, why be a human?" Wang Lan thought to herself, "With the body gone, it's impossible to be a human, and it's okay to be a ghost." So she nodded.

The ghost soldier said: "Not far from here, there is a fox demon who has cultivated a golden elixir. I will steal the golden elixir and give it to my husband to take. From then on, my soul will not disperse, and I will live forever. Traveling across the world, walking through walls, stepping on water Feihua, do whatever you want, omnipotent, would you like it, sir?"

Wang Lan was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes."

The ghost soldier led the way, and came to a house, a high-rise elegant room, and there was no one there.Under the moonlight, a fox looked up at the sky, exhaled slowly, and a golden pill flew out of its mouth, rising into the air, spinning continuously, absorbing the essence of the moon.Then the fox inhaled, and the golden elixir was swallowed again. Breathing back and forth like this, the golden elixir rose and fell, flying up and down.

The ghost pawn waited on the sidelines, looking for an opportunity, when the fox spit out the golden pill, he quickly stepped forward, grabbed it in his hand, ordered Wang Lan to open his mouth, and stuffed the golden pill into his belly.

The golden elixir was taken away, the fox was shocked and angry, but he thought he was no match for the ghost soldier, so he left angrily.

Wang Lan also parted from the ghost soldier and returned home.When his wife and family met, they scattered and fled in fright. Wang Lan told the truth, and everyone gradually gathered together, and they were no longer afraid.

Afterwards, Wang Lan stayed at home, eating and living as usual.A friend named Zhang came to visit after hearing the news. After some pleasantries, Wang Lan said to Zhang Sheng: "Brother Zhang and I have always been poor. Now I have a magic power. If I travel around, I will be able to get rich easily. , would you like to go out with me?"

Zhang Shengwei agreed.Wang Lan said again: "I am now a ghost fairy with extraordinary supernatural powers. I can heal diseases without medicine, and I can know the past and the future, but human beings and ghosts are different. If I show up rashly, I'm afraid that ordinary people will be frightened. I want to borrow Brother Zhang Can you use it with your body?"

Zhang Sheng said: "You mean to say ghost possessed? Is there any harm?"

Wang Land said: "Don't worry, it will definitely not harm your health."

Zhang Sheng turned his head and thought for a while, then agreed.

The two went on a long trip, and came to the border of Shanxi that day, and heard people say: There is a rich man here, and his beloved daughter suddenly fell into a strange disease and fell into a coma.Specially posted a list to seek medical treatment everywhere, and made a promise that anyone who could cure her daughter's strange disease would give a thousand gold as a gift.

Wang Lan quietly said to Zhang Sheng: "I am good at curing all diseases, and I can visit the rich man's house."

Zhang Sheng nodded, came to the rich man's mansion, entered the boudoir, and saw the rich man's daughter passed out on the bed, unknown to her personnel, and touched her hands, but there was no response.

Wang Lan whispered: "This girl's soul has been hooked, I'll go find it right away, you adapt accordingly." After speaking, a breeze blew in the room, Zhang Sheng knew Du Ming and Wang Lan had left, and said to the rich man : "Although Ling Qianjin's condition is critical, there is still hope."

The rich man asked, "What medicinal materials should I use? I will order my servants to prepare it."

Zhang Sheng said with a smile: "There is no need for medicine. Lingqianjin is not sick, but her soul is separated from her body. I have secretly sent my men to look for it, and wait for a while. How about we go to the hall to have a cup of tea?" The rich man dared not refuse. He led Zhang Sheng to the hall to rest and served tea.

An hour later, Wang Lan successfully retrieved the woman's soul, stuffed it into her body, and reported it to Zhang Sheng.Hearing this, Zhang Sheng stood up and said to the rich man, "Ling Qianjin has recovered from her condition, please follow me into the house to check."

When he came to the house, the girl was still asleep, and the rich man asked, "Didn't you say that my daughter recovered from her illness? Why is she still unconscious?"

Zhang Sheng said: "Don't worry, Ling Qianjin has been in a coma for too long. Although the soul has returned to its place, the blood has not yet flowed smoothly. Just massage gently with your hands, and within a while, Ling Ai will wake up."

The rich man massaged his daughter's palm according to his words, and after a while, he heard a moan, and the girl opened her eyes.The rich man wept with joy and hurriedly asked his daughter what had happened. The girl recalled: "I was playing in the back garden, and suddenly a boy appeared out of nowhere, riding a fine horse, holding a slingshot, and followed by many men. Don't dare to get along with strangers, and was about to go back to the house. Unexpectedly, the young man was very rude. He blocked his daughter's way with his horse. Without any explanation, he stuffed the slingshot into my hand and said, "Little girl, how about I teach you how to shoot a slingshot?" I shook my head and said, "I don't know you, so I don't want to play with you." The young man was annoyed, grabbed me, put me on the saddle, and said with a smile, "Master, if you invite you to play a slingshot, that's because I think highly of you. What shame?' Said, galloping on horseback, took my daughter to a deep mountain. The daughter struggled hard, but the boy got angry and pushed me to the ground. I wanted to go home, but I didn’t know the way. At this time, a young scholar appeared out of thin air, grabbed his daughter's arm, ran all the way, and returned home in a blink of an eye, feeling in a trance like a nightmare."

When the rich man heard it, he thought it was miraculous and unbelievable, so he couldn't help believing Zhang Sheng's words. He hurriedly presented a thousand taels of gold as a gift, and set up a banquet to thank him.

After the banquet, Zhang Sheng took his leave.This day, I came to a suburb, met a fellow villager, his name was He Cai, he was both a drunkard and a gambler, he didn't do his job properly, and soon lost his family fortune, now he is as poor as a beggar.He secretly heard that Zhang Sheng knew different skills and earned a lot of money, so he came here to join him.

Wang Lan whispered to Zhang Sheng, "He Cai's character is not good, so don't be close friends. Give him a few hundred taels of silver and send him away."

Zhang Sheng nodded in agreement, and said to He Cai: "Brother He, I know the purpose of your trip is to ask for treasure. But you eat, drink, gamble, and your daily expenses are a bottomless pit, no amount of money can fill it up. If you are willing to reform, I will give you 100 taels of gold. Otherwise, you go."

He Cai hurriedly said: "Willing to change, willing to change."

Hearing this, Zhang Sheng took out 100 taels of gold and gave it to He Cai.

He Cai got such a huge sum of money and left happily. After that, he spent all his money and money like water.When the county government servant heard the news, he thought, "This He Cai used to be very poor, but now he is rich. Most likely he was stolen." So he was arrested and imprisoned, where he was tortured.He Caicheng had been fooling around for a long time, his body had been hollowed out long ago, he was beaten to death after being punished several times in a row.

After He Cai's death, his soul never forgets Zhang Sheng, he searches everywhere, and finally finds the fellow in an abandoned beacon tower. Since He Cai has become a ghost, he can naturally see Wang Lan.

One person and two ghosts were sitting together drinking, He Cai was so drunk that he was yelling and going crazy with alcohol, when Lord Yu Shi passed by, he heard the sound, and thought, "The beacon tower is a military important place, who is making the noise here?" He ordered left and right to go to check, arrested Zhang Sheng and detained him. After some interrogation, Zhang Sheng confessed truthfully.

The imperial censor was furious, thinking, "Human beings and ghosts have different paths. It's out of place for Zhang Sheng to be called a brother and brother with an evil ghost. Wait for me to report to God and see how God punishes me."

So he burned the ultimatum and reported it to the gods.When I fell asleep in the evening, there was a golden armored fairy who came down to the earth and dreamed, and said to the censor, "Wang Lan died innocently. At this moment, he has become a ghost fairy. He has miraculous medical skills, skillful hands, and a kind heart. The etiquette is wrong, and Zhang Sheng is not at fault as a human being, so he should be pardoned. As for He Cai, his behavior is evil, and I have already sent him to Tiewei Mountain to do coolies, so you don't need to worry about it."

The censor kept it in mind one by one, Er Er woke up from the dream, and immediately released Zhang Sheng without charge.

When Zhang Sheng returned home, he still had 900 taels of gold left on his body, adding two to five, keeping half of it for himself, and giving the other half to Wang Lan's wife and children.From then on, Zhang and Wang's family lived a prosperous life, and their descendants and grandchildren were all rich and powerful.