Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Shang Sheng, a native of Mount Tai, lives alone in his study.

At the beginning of autumn, there was silence in the middle of the night, the Milky Way hung high, the moon was in the sky, and Shang Sheng was wandering in the shade of flowers, daydreaming endlessly.Suddenly a woman jumped over the wall and said with a smile, "What is the scholar thinking about?"

Shang Sheng opened his eyes and saw that the woman was as beautiful as a fairy, and he was overjoyed. They hugged each other and went to bed. After some sexual intercourse, the woman called herself surnamed Hu, and her name was Third Sister. When asked her origin, the woman smiled and said nothing. The two agreed that they would see each other often in the future. .

Since then, the woman came every night. This night, the two of them huddled together under the lamp. Shang Sheng stared at the woman intently. Third Sister Hu smiled and said, "My lord is staring at this concubine, what exactly do you want?"

Shang Sheng said: "Third sister is as beautiful as red leaves and green peaches, you will never tire of seeing them."

The woman smiled and said: "Young master is so fond of the appearance of the humble concubine Puliu. If you see my fourth sister, I don't know how to be fascinated."

Shang Sheng begged: "Sister, please help me. No matter what, let me meet the Fourth Miss." The Third Sister agreed.

The next night, Third Sister Hu brought her younger sister to come. Fourth Sister Hu was fifteen years old, and she was born with lotus pink dew, apricot blossoms moistening the smoke, smiling sweetly, and extremely charming.Shang Sheng was ecstatic, and asked the two sisters to sit down.The third sister laughed at Yan Yan, but the fourth sister bowed her head and kept silent, pulling the corners of her clothes with her hands from time to time.After sitting for a while, the third sister got up to say goodbye, and the fourth sister wanted to go with her. Shang Sheng was in a hurry and grabbed her clothes tightly, looked at the third sister, and begged: "Good sister, you should say something."

The third sister said with a smile: "Kang Lang is in a hurry, my sister will stay here."

Fourth Sister Hu remained silent, while Third Sister smiled slightly and went away on her own.Only a lonely man and a widow were left in the house, and the two undressed happily, their bodies entangled, and they told each other about their lives.

The fourth sister calls herself a fox demon, and Shang Sheng is greedy for beauty, so she is not surprised. The fourth sister said: "My sister is vicious, and has already killed three people. Any man who is deceived by her will undoubtedly die. The concubine is lucky to be favored by the son. I can't bear to see it." You're dead, don't associate with my sister in the future."

Hearing this, Shang Sheng was frightened and asked, "What should I do?"

The fourth sister said: "Although the concubine is a fox demon, she has also practiced the righteousness of the immortal. I will write a magic talisman for the young master and hang it on the door. It should be able to make my sister retreat."

At dawn, Third Sister Hu really came. When she saw the talisman, she hesitated, and sighed, "Little girl is really heartless. I just found a good husband, but in a blink of an eye, I, the matchmaker, was left behind. You two are destined by destiny. I'm not jealous, I just want a share of the pie, why are you so unfeeling?" Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, he left.

After a few days, the fourth sister went out on business, and asked Shang Sheng to stay at home and not to run around.Shang Sheng agreed with all his heart, but he didn't take it to heart at all.

This day, Shangsheng was on the spur of the moment, went out to look around, and saw a dense forest at the foot of the mountain, and a young woman walked out of the wild, quite charming, Yingying approached him, and said with a smile: "Why should a scholar be obsessed with the sisters of the Hu family all day long? What's the difference between the two of them?" Well, I have no money and no power, how can I compare to me?" He took out a copper coin from his sleeve and handed it to Shang Sheng, and said: "Master, go buy some drinks first, and I will go back to prepare dishes. Let's have a good time tonight. .”

In the evening, the young woman really came and brought a lot of appetizers, roast chicken and ham, everything that one expects to find.The two sat down, and the young woman took out a small knife as thin as a leaf to cut the meat, cut into small pieces and served with wine. The wine was hot, and a man and a woman turned off the lights and went to bed, sleeping opposite each other, in a state of debauchery.

At dawn the next day, the young woman got up to put on her shoes, and suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps, the sisters from the Hu family rushed in angrily.

The sisters of the Hu family scolded: "Sao fox, how dare you sleep with a strange man!" Amidst the scolding, they went out to chase, and it took a while before they returned bitterly.

The fourth sister complained to Shang Sheng: "My son is really not motivated, and he even married a sao fox. Don't touch me in the future." Retired, forgave Shang Sheng, and the two reconciled as before.

One day, a man from Shaanxi visited on a donkey and told Shang Sheng's father, "I'm looking for monsters everywhere, and I dare not slack off day and night. Today I finally found something."

The old man was full of doubts, and asked: "Young master's words are profound, what do you mean?"

The Shaanxi people explained: "The villain likes to travel in the mountains and rivers. He is away from home for nine months a year. My younger brother lives alone in the mansion. He was killed by the fox demon. This feud cannot be shared. It is not enough to pay homage to him without killing the fox demon." The spirit of the dead brother is in the sky. I have traveled thousands of miles to search for the culprits, but I have not been able to find them. It turned out that they fled to the old man’s house. If the fox demon is not eliminated, I don’t know how many more men will be murdered.”

The old man also heard about Shang Sheng's contact with the fox demon, and pondered: "How do you plan to deal with the fox demon?"

The Shaanxi man smiled slightly, took out two porcelain vases from his backpack, and placed them side by side on the ground, chanting words and mantras silently. After a while, four clouds of black mist floated from the living room and got into the vases one after another.

The Shaanxi people were overjoyed, and said: "The whole family of the fox demon has arrived, and none of them has escaped." As he spoke, he took out two pig bladders and sealed the mouth of the bottle.

The sisters of the Hu family were arrested, Shang Sheng couldn't bear it, went into the porcelain vase to eavesdrop, only to hear the fourth sister's voice from inside the vase, saying: "My lord, how can you bear to sit by and do nothing?"

Shang Sheng's blood was pouring into his head, he couldn't control it any more, he stretched out his hand to tear off the cover, but he didn't untie it eagerly, the fourth sister said: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, just put the porcelain bottle down, pierce the pig's bladder with a sharp needle, and I can come out. "

Shang Sheng nodded, brought an embroidery needle as he said, pierced the cover, and saw a trace of white gas overflowing from the bottle, and flew away.

Hearing the movement, the people from Shaanxi came out to check and saw the porcelain bottle toppled over. They were shocked and said, "The fox has escaped! This must be done by you." He shook the bottle and listened, and said, "Fortunately, only one escaped. It seems that this monster has escaped." I shouldn't die, forget it, let her go." Put away the porcelain vase, bid farewell and leave.

Then one day, when Shang Sheng was in the field supervising his servants to cut wheat, he saw his fourth sister sitting under a tree from a distance, and hurried over to say hello, the two of them held hands and talked to each other.The fourth sister said: "It's been more than ten years since we parted last time. Now I have reached the golden core, but I still miss you son. This time I came to see you."

More than 20 years later, Shang Sheng lived alone at home. On this day, Fourth Sister Hu came to visit and said: "Now that I have been listed in the fairyland, I should not miss the world of mortals anymore. But thank you for your affection in the past, and I am here to tell you: My son will die soon." To, but don't be sad, you should deal with the funeral as soon as possible, after the son dies, I will try my best to help you become a ghost fairy, and you will never suffer again." After exhorting, he said goodbye and left.

After more than ten days, Shang Sheng really died.