Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Xincheng Geng Shiba was sick in bed, knowing that his fate was not long, and said to his wife, "You and I are going to say goodbye forever. After I die, are you going to be a widow or remarry?"

The wife was silent.

Geng Shiba said: "Say it, why don't you talk? It's good to be a widow, and it's human nature to remarry. No matter what, I'll give you a letter."

The wife said: "The family is so poor that there is not even a stone of rice. When the husband is here, he can't eat enough. How can I be a widow?"

Hearing this, Geng Shiba grabbed his wife's arm and said bitterly, "You are so cruel." As soon as he finished speaking, he died.After his death, his hands still tightly clasped his wife's arm, which made her yell in fright. The family members came after hearing the news, and it took a lot of effort to break it apart.

Geng Shiba didn't know he was dead, and his soul floated out of the door. He saw more than a dozen small cars parked by the roadside, and ten men and women were imprisoned in each car.

The coachman saw Geng Shiba, pointed to a small car, and said, "Get up quickly." Geng Shiba didn't dare to disobey, and got into the small car in a daze. Seeing his name written on the note, he couldn't help but be full of doubts.

The wheels rolled, and in a blink of an eye they came to a place, and someone said: "This is a place of homesickness." The coachman whispered, "I killed three today."

Geng Shiba was horrified, he listened intently to the coachman's talk, and realized that what they were talking about was a worldly affair, and then he realized, "Could it be that I have become a ghost?" Thinking of his own death, leaving his mother alone, and his wife remarrying, he couldn't help feeling sad cry.

The carriage continued to move forward, and stopped at a high platform. The platform was several feet high, and there were many tourists, all of them were unkempt and wearing shackles.Someone said: "This is Wangxiang Terrace."

The coachman drove the crowd to the ground, and a group of ghosts scrambled for each other, clamoring and clamoring, and climbed up the high platform one after another. The coachman was annoyed, picked up his whip and whipped it violently, saying: "Stop all of them, Wangxiang Terrace is not someone All are eligible to go up. Anyone who has committed many crimes in his life is prohibited from going on stage." Pointing at Geng Shiba, he said coldly: "You, you can go up."

Using both hands and feet, Geng Shiba climbed up to the top of the stage in one breath. He raised his eyes and had a panoramic view of his hometown.A person beside him asked, "Brother, are men still crying? Do you have something on your mind that you can't let go of?"

Geng Shiba sighed, "I'm worried that my wife will remarry and my mother will be left alone."

The man let out a hey voice: "What's the point of worrying? Since you miss your mother, then go home and visit her. I'll show you a clear way, just because you don't have the guts."

Geng Shiba proudly said: "Who says I have no courage?"

The man said with a smile: "Okay, there is something. To be honest, the carpenter in Xiadonghai, surnamed Zhang Wu, is a ghost just like you. But I don't want to die, and I am going to run away. Do you dare to run away with me? "

Geng Shiba said: "How to escape? What if the ghost messenger finds out?"

The carpenter smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm responsible for everything. Brother, there are so many people in chaos right now, it's a good time to escape. I'll count one, two, three. Let's jump off the Wangxiang Terrace together and run home, how about it?"

Geng Shiba hesitated, "The Wangxiang Terrace is too high, what if I get hurt?"

The carpenter scolded: "Hey, I want to go home, but I'm afraid of falling. Why are you so pussy? I'll jump first. If you don't dare to jump because you are afraid of death, you will do as you please." As he spoke, he jumped, his body steady landing.

Geng Shibayi gritted his teeth and jumped off. Fortunately, the ground was soft and he was not injured.

The two of them took a step forward and ran desperately. Geng Shiba remembered that his name was still posted on the carriage, so he took advantage of the driver's unpreparedness, quietly returned to the carriage, wet his hands with saliva, and secretly wiped off the name.The carpenter painted the gourd in the same way, and did it again.

The two ran back home, panting with exhaustion, with dry mouth and tongue. Geng Shiba walked into the bedroom and saw his dead body lying motionless on the bed. , bring water quickly."

The family members were very scared, so they brought clean water as promised, Geng Shiba gulped and drank a whole bucket of water, then strode out the door, kowtowed and bowed to the open space outside, busy work After a while, he reluctantly returned to the room.

The mother bravely touched his forehead, the tentacles were warm, she was surprised and happy, and shouted: "Eighteen, you are not dead?"

Geng Shiba smiled and said: "I died once, but the child was reluctant to part with his mother, so he came back to life again." Then he talked and gestured, and told the whole story one by one.

Mother asked: "What did you go out for just now?"

Geng Shiba said, "Go and say goodbye to brother carpenter."

Mother asked again, "Why did you drink so much water?"

Geng Shiba said: "I drank half of it, and the carpenter brother drank the other half."

The mother suddenly realized, and hurriedly ordered the servants to prepare soup and rice. Geng Shiba drank a few mouthfuls of soup, took a few mouthfuls of rice, and rested for a few days.