Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Water mangosteen, vines, purple flowers, lentils.If human beings eat this grass by mistake, they will be poisoned and die. After death, they will become "water reckless ghosts".According to folklore, this kind of ghost cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation, and must find a substitute for the dead before reincarnating.Therefore, there are especially many water reckless ghosts in the area of ​​Taohua River in central Chu.

Customs in Central Chu: People of the same age are called "Tongnian", and when they visit each other, they call each other "Brother Geng and Brother Geng", and nephews call their elders "Uncle Geng".

A scholar surnamed Zhu came to visit Tongnian. On the way, he was thirsty and saw a tea shed beside the road, and an old woman was giving out tea.So he went to ask for tea, the old lady warmly entertained him, and brought him a cup of herbal tea. Zhu Sheng stretched his nose and sniffed it, and found the tea tasted strange, so he didn't dare to drink it, so he got up and wanted to leave.

The old woman hurriedly stopped him and called out, "Sanniang, bring me a better cup of tea."

After a while, a [-]-year-old girl walked out, holding a teapot in her hand, and poured a cup of tea for Zhu Sheng again. Zhu Sheng saw that the girl was beautiful, with rings on her fingers and jade bracelets on her arms. With a slender figure, he can't help but dream about it.

Picking up the tea and smelling it, the aroma of the tea was even more tangy, and he drank it all in one gulp, saying: "Good tea, let's have another cup."

The girl nodded and poured Zhu Sheng another cup of tea. While the woman was pouring the tea, Zhu Sheng secretly touched her wrist, took off a ring and kept it in his bosom.The woman allowed Zhu Sheng to be frivolous, her face flushed slightly, but she was not angry.

Zhu Sheng couldn't help himself, and asked, "What's the girl's name? Where does she live?"

The girl said: "Young Master, come again at night, I will wait for you here."

Zhu Sheng hurriedly nodded and agreed, and asked the woman for a small handful of tea, but she didn't drink the tea, and left happily.

When I came to Tongnian's house, I suddenly felt dizzy and chest tight, thinking "Is there something weird about the tea?" I couldn't come to a conclusion for a while, so I told Tongnian what happened, and that same year changed color and said: "It's broken, this must be the water mang ghost. I This is how my father was killed, there is no cure, what should we do now?"

Zhu Sheng was terrified, and hurriedly took out the tea leaves to look at them, but where there was no tea, it was clearly water mangcao.He took out the ring again, and described the girl's appearance to Tongnian, who said in a deep voice, "This person must be Kou Sanniang."

Zhu Sheng asked, "How can you be sure that she is Kou Sanniang?"

In the same year, he explained: "The rich man in South Village is surnamed Kou, and his daughter is named Sanniang. She is beautiful and well-known. A few years ago, she accidentally ate water mangcao and died. Needless to say, she must be doing something wrong."

Zhu Sheng scolded: "Damn it, even I have been poisoned now, is there a way to save it?"

That same year looked embarrassed, and said, "There is a way, but this is a folk remedy, which sounds a bit appalling."

"As long as it can save lives, who cares what the prescription is? Say it quickly, say it quickly." Zhu Sheng was a little impatient.

Na Tongnian said: "Brother Zhu was poisoned and framed by Kou Sanniang. We just need to find the pants she was wearing, regardless of underwear and outer pants, and decoct them with water, and the illness will naturally be cured."

Zhu Sheng yelled out, "You want me to drink water from women's pants, bah, it's so dirty, what face will I have in the future?"

"Life and death are big things, but face is small. Brother Zhu is a smart person. How to choose is up to you."

Zhu Sheng's face was pale and frowning, he suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "That's all, just this once, don't make another example."

Na Tongnian said with a smile: "In that case, I'll go to Mr. Kou's house and borrow a pair of trousers for Brother Zhu."

Saving people is like putting out a fire. In the same year, he hurried to Kou's mansion and told Mr. Kou about his intentions. Mr. Kou flatly refused, saying, "My daughter finally found a scapegoat, but you want me to save him? No way."

In the same year, he begged hard, but Master Kou had a firm attitude: If you don't give it, you just don't give it.

In the same year, he had no choice but to return angrily. When Zhu Sheng saw him returning empty-handed, he sighed and said bitterly: "Old man Kou is so heartless. After I die, I will never let his daughter reincarnate."

In the same year, he persuaded: "Stop swearing, save some strength, I will take you home, before you die, you have to see your parents anyway, don't you?"

Zhu Sheng remained silent, and said after a while: "You are right, let's go."

Back home, Zhu Sheng had just stepped into the house with half a foot, and before he saw his mother, he couldn't hold on and died.When the mother heard the news, she wailed loudly, took care of the funeral hastily, and buried her son in peace.

After Zhu Sheng died, he left behind a son. His wife remarried soon after his first birthday, leaving the old lady alone to raise the grandson, maintain the housework, and live a very poor life.

On this day, the old lady was crying at home with her grandson in her arms. Zhu Sheng quietly floated in. The old lady turned pale in shock and asked, "Son, aren't you dead? Why are you back again?"

Zhu Sheng said: "The son heard his mother crying in the underworld. He was very sad and came back to serve you. Although I died, I am not alone. The son has already married, and the new daughter-in-law will soon go home to honor her mother-in-law. Please don't be sad. "

The old lady asked, "Who is the daughter-in-law?"

Zhu Sheng said: "The Kou family sees death and does not save it, and the child is resentful. After I died, I searched for Kou Sanniang everywhere, but I didn't know her whereabouts. Fortunately, an Uncle Geng pointed the way and told me where Kou Sanniang was. It turned out that she had rushed to Ren Shilang's family was reincarnated. The child rushed to Ren's house and took her back by force. Now she has become my wife and we get along well with the child."

While talking, a woman walked into the room gracefully, dressed very beautifully, when she saw Zhu's mother, she knelt down to salute, Zhu Sheng introduced, "She is Kou Sanniang."

Seeing Sanniang's demeanor, the old lady was not afraid even though she was a ghost, and said with a smile, "Okay, the new daughter-in-law is dignified and decent, very good." She took off a jade pendant, gave it to Sanniang, and said, "This jade pendant It is an ancestral item of the Zhu family, passed down from mother-in-law to daughter-in-law, from generation to generation, Sanniang, since you have married my son as wife, you will take care of the jade pendant from now on."

Kou Sanniang happily thanked her, and took the jade pendant away, Zhu Sheng said: "Sanniang, since you have entered my Zhu family, you will take care of all the housework from now on. What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you do it?" live?"

Kou Sanniang was not angry either, she voluntarily went to do the laundry and cooking. She is a young lady, she had never done rough work, and she was not used to it at first, but she has a gentle temperament, a clever mind, a quick learner, and gradually got used to housework. The more work the better, the old lady saw it and nodded secretly.Seeing that his daughter-in-law is docile and obedient, Zhu Sheng is also very satisfied in his heart. He is not a person who holds grudges, and he no longer cares about Sanniang killing him, and gradually forgave her.

Sanniang misses her parents, so she asks the old lady to bring a message to her natal family. Soon Mr. and Mrs. Kou come to visit.Kou's mother was very upset when she saw that Zhu Sheng's family was poor. Sanniang persuaded, "My daughter has become a ghost, why do you dislike a poor and rich family? Zhu Lang's mother and son treat me with deep affection, and my daughter has decided to live here."

Mother Kou asked, "Who was that old woman who sold tea with you back then?"

Sanniang said: "Her surname is Ni, she is old and decrepit, and she can't confuse passers-by, so she asked her daughter for help. Now she has been reborn in a family that sells wine." She smiled and said to Zhu Sheng: "My husband has already done it. The son-in-law of the Kou family has met his father-in-law and mother-in-law, so why don’t he pay him a visit?”

Zhu Sheng realized that he was impolite, and hurriedly bowed down to Master Kou and his wife.

Master Kou waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Boy, remember, treat my daughter well in the future and don't bully her. Also, I've been here for so long, why don't you buy me a cup of tea?"

Zhu Sheng felt embarrassed, hurriedly poured water and made tea, and kept apologizing.

After drinking tea and having a light meal, Mr. Kou took his leave and left. After returning home, he sent two maids to serve his daughter and a lot of gold, silver and cloth, and built a new house for Zhu Sheng.

Since then, the life of the family has improved greatly. Kou Sanniang also went home from time to time to visit relatives. Sometimes her parents stayed with her for a few days longer. Sanniang always said, "There is no one in the house, so I should send my daughter back as soon as possible."

On this day, someone in the village was poisoned by Shuimang and suddenly came back from the dead.Everyone scrambled to tell the story, and decided that something was wrong. Zhu Sheng explained to his mother, "I brought him back to life. He was killed by Li Jiu, the water mang ghost. My son drove Li Jiu away and saved his life."

The old lady said, "Why do you always think about others instead of finding a substitute for yourself?"

Zhu Sheng said solemnly: "The water mang monster kills people and kills people. I hate this kind of evil spirits the most. I wish to drive them away one by one. How can I be willing to degenerate myself and do such unreasonable things! Besides, the child serves his mother, and the whole family The old and the young are happy and happy, and I don’t want to be reincarnated.” From then on, whenever someone was poisoned by Shuimang, Zhu Sheng would rescue them one by one.

After more than ten years, Zhu's mother died, Zhu Sheng finished the funeral, and when his son grew up, he married a daughter-in-law for him.The new daughter-in-law is none other than Ren Shilang's granddaughter. At first, Mr. Ren's concubine gave birth to a girl who died a few months later. Later, Mr. Ren heard that Sanniang was reborn in his own mansion and was captured by Zhu Sheng. Is my daughter the reincarnation of Sanniang?" So he drove to Zhu's mansion, recognized Sanniang as his righteous daughter, Zhusheng as his son-in-law, and the two families became relatives and communicated with each other.

A few years later, Zhu Sheng said to his son, "Because of my contribution to the people, the Jade Emperor appointed me as 'Sidu Mulong Lord'. I will take office immediately, so I come to say goodbye to you." The iron hoofs were chaotic, and a large cart was slowly stopped by four heavenly horses covered with scales.

Zhu Sheng and San Niang came out dressed up and got into the carriage together, only to hear a roar, clouds and smoke were transpiring in the courtyard, the carriage flew away, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

On the same day, Sanniang also went back to the Kou Mansion to bid farewell to her parents. She said exactly the same words as Zhu Sheng, and her mother cried to keep her. Sanniang said: "Zhu Lang has left first." She went out and fled away.

Zhusheng's son was named Osprey, and his character was Lichen. He became a fairy since his father, and with the consent of the Kou family, Sanniang's bones were buried together with Zhusheng.