Liaozhai Ghost Story

Chapter 244 Xiao Xie

Weinan Jiangbulang, who has many ghosts in the house, often comes out to confuse his family. Jiang Bulang was so annoyed that he had no choice but to move his family and left an old servant to guard the house. Soon after, the old servant died for no reason, and several people were replaced in a row, without exception, all of whom were killed. Jiang Blang was so sad that he had to abandon the house.

Tao Wangsan, the county seat, is romantic and loves to visit brothels, but he is self-respecting. He only drinks and does not stay overnight. His friend joked with him and secretly instigated the prostitute to seduce Tao. Tao Wangsan smiled and accepted it. He left the prostitute to spend the night in the house. He read it at night and never violated it.

Tao Wangsan met Jiang Belang. This night, he was a guest at his house. A maidservant took the initiative to seduce him. Tao Wangsan sat and did not disturb. He sent the maidservant in a few words. Jiang Beulang knew this and respected Tao more and more. Tao Wang's three families were poor, and his wife died early. There were only a few broken houses. In midsummer, the house was so hot that he couldn't sleep at night. Tao Wangsan couldn't stand it, so he discussed with Jiang Buro and asked him to rent the barren house to himself.

Jiangbulang politely refused because he was often haunted in the house. Tao Wang asked again and again and wrote another "continuation of ghost theory" to show his determination. Jiang Blang read the article and praised it in his heart. Seeing Tao's resolute attitude, he no longer objected and nodded and agreed.

Tao Wangsan went to the barren house, cleaned the bed, moved in and lived at dusk, and put the books on the table. Suddenly, the books disappeared. Tao Wangsan was surprised. At that moment, he lay on his back in bed, closed his eyes to refresh his mind, and watched the change. After a long time, footsteps sounded on the floor. Tao Wangsan opened his eyes and peeped. He saw two women walking out of the room, holding several books in their hands, which were exactly what they had lost.

Two women put the book on the desktop and returned it to the original owner. One woman is in her twenties, and the other is seventeen or eight years old. They are all beautiful women. The two women looked around the bedside and smiled at each other. Tao Wangsan was silent. The elder stretched out his left foot and gently kicked Tao's stomach. The young man covered his mouth and laughed. Tao Wangsan's heart was shaking and it was difficult to hold on, but this idea was only for a moment, and then he was restrained.

The elder grabbed his beard with his left hand, slapped him in the face with his right hand, and the young man laughed more happily. Tao Wangsan couldn't stand it any longer. He suddenly jumped up and shouted, "How dare you be so presumptuous?" Hearing this, the two women fled in terrified. Tao Wang Sansheng was afraid that the two girls would go and return. He wanted to go home, but he was afraid of being laughed at by others. He said that he did not believe what he said. He pondered for a while and finally decided to stay. A person picks up the lights and reads at night, and the ghosts in the dark are longing for it. Tao Wang San suppresses fear, turns a blind eye and is unmoved.

In the middle of the night, Tao Wang turned off the lights and went to bed. As soon as he closed his eyes, he suddenly felt that someone had poked his nostrils with something. His nose was itchy. He couldn't help sneezing, and only faintly heard a woman's laughter in the dark. Tao Wang closed his eyes and said no, pretended to fall asleep, and waited in secret. Suddenly, a girl held a paper tube in her hand and tiptoed to the bedside. Tao Wang jumped up and scolded loudly. The girl was shocked and retreated. Then Tao Wang San fell into a dream, and the girl ran to poke his ear, disturbing him day and night, which was unbearable.

It was not until the chickens crowed outside the window that the room was silent. Tao Wangsan was extremely tired and slept until dark. During this period, he was safe and there was no trace of the girl. Soon after the sunset, the ghosts in the house reappeared, and the two girls came again. Tao Wangsan was not surprised. He simply made a fire and cooked. He planned to read all night and stayed up all night.

The older girl saw Tao turn over the book and read, smiled, held her chin with her hands, and stood opposite him. Her eyes did not flash, smiling and watching him read. Tao Wangsan snorted and was indifferent. The girl gradually felt bored, so she stretched out her palm and closed the book.

Tao Wang was three kinds of anger and reached out to catch her. The girl's figure was ethereal and disappeared in a blink of an eye. After a long time, the elders came to make trouble again. Tao Wangsan pressed the book hard to prevent her from succeeding.

The young girl quietly sneaked into the back of her head, stretched out her hands, covered Tao's eyes, and then fled far away with a smile on her face. Tao Wangsan scolded, "Little devil, don't let me catch it. Otherwise, I will kill you with a knife. This sentence was fierce. When the girl heard the words, she looked disdainful and didn't pay attention to it at all.

Tao Wangsan couldn't do it, so he had to be soft and said, "In the room. I don't know much about the art. It's useless for you two to pester me. The two women smiled and turned to the stove, adding rice and firewood, and cooking. Tao Wang Dayue smiled and said, "It's quiet. Isn't it good?"

In Russia, the food was ready. The two women scrambled to put spoons, chopsticks, dishes and other things on the table one by one. Tao Wang said, "I really don't know how to repay the two girls to cook for me." The second woman laughed and said, "There is arsenic and poison in the meal. You are not afraid of death. Just eat it." Tao Wangsan smiled and said, "I have no hatred with you two. If you really want to hurt me, you can only accept your fate." Pick up the bowls and chopsticks and swallow them. The rice in Orr's bowl was run out, and the two women scrambled to serve him and serve him diligently.

Since then, the three of them have been accustomed to it. Tao Wangsan asked the names of the two women. The elder said, "My surname is Qiao, my name is Qiu Rong, her surname is Ruan, and her name is Xiao Xie." Tao Wangsan asked, "Where are you from?" Xiao Xie smiled and said, "Idiot man, you don't want to die. Why do you ask so much? Do you want to marry us?"

Tao Wang said with three positive colors: "The two of you are the best in the world. How can you not be moved? It's just that the ghost enters the body, and there is no doubt that he will die. I really dare not learn it. If you two don't want to go out with me, you can leave at any time; if you are willing to stay, you must keep yourself at ease. If you two have no feelings for me, why should I be cheeky and defile the beauty? If you really love me, you shouldn't be obsessed with ** and kill me. When the two women heard the words, they were moved. Since then, they have restrained their deeds and no longer teased them.

One day, Tao Wangsan copied the book. Before he finished copying it, he went out. When he came back, he saw Xiao Xie lying on the table and copying books for himself. When Xiao Xie first saw Tao, he hurriedly put down the brush and smiled. Tao Wangsan looked closer and saw that Xiao Xie's handwriting was clumsy, but the arrangement was very neat. When he copied it, he was very attentive and smiled, "It seems that the girl is also a scholar. If you love reading, I can teach you. While talking, he held her in his arms and taught calligraphy hand in hand.

It happened that Qiu Rong came in from the outside. He looked unhappy and seemed to be jealous. Xiao Xie smiled and said, "I learned to write from my father when I was a child, but I haven't practiced it for a long time, and my skills are unfamiliar." Qiu Rong was silent. Tao Wangsan knew that she was jealous. He pretended not to notice, waved to her, held her in his arms, handed Qiu Rong a brush, and asked, "Can you write?" Write it down and have a look.

Qiu Rong wrote with a pen and wrote several lines of fonts, which were crooked and difficult to recognize. Tao Wang said with a smile, "It's well written." Qiu Rong was praised by him, his face stretched, and his anger turned into joy. Tao Wangsan took out two pieces of white paper and ordered the two of them to copy the font. He ordered another oil lamp and went to the side table to read. They did their respective duties and did not interfere with each other.

After the two women finished writing the font, they gave it to Tao for comment. Qiu Rong had never gone to school. Her handwriting was like graffiti, which was vague and difficult to recognize. She knew that she was not as good as Xiao Xie. Her face was embarrassed and depressed. Only then was happy that she was happy. Since then, the two women have worshipped Tao as a teacher and served him carefully. They either grabbed his back or massaged him and flattering him.

More than a month after a blink of an eye, Xiao Xie's calligraphy has made great progress, and his font is beautiful. Tao Wangsan occasionally praised her for a few words. Qiu Rong looked ashamed, his eyes were red, and tears fell like rain. Tao Wang comforted him in a hundred ways, and then he burst into laughter.

Tao Wangsan couldn't resist Qiu Rong's request and began to teach her to read. Qiu Rong is intelligent and knows how to learn. He never has to teach twice. He reads with Tao every day and has been learning late at night. Xiao Xie also recommended his younger brother Sanlang to Tao and asked him to teach him knowledge. Sanlang is fifteen or sixteen years old and beautiful. When he became a teacher, he gave him a Jin Ruyi, which was both a gift and a reward.

Tao Wang Sanming Sanlang and Qiu Rong study together, help each other, and the whole hall is full of the sound of reading. A few months later, Sanlang and Qiu Rong made great progress. Both of them learned to write poems, wrote a poem from time to time, and sang to each other. Xiao Xie secretly told Tao not to teach Qiu Rong to read. Tao Wang nodded and agreed. Qiu Rong secretly told Tao not to teach Xiao Xie to read, and Tao Wang also nodded and agreed.

On this day, Tao Wangsan was about to participate in the imperial examination, and the two women said goodbye with tears. Sanlang said, "In this exam, the teacher had better pretending to be sick and not participate in it. Otherwise, I'm afraid it's unfavorable. Tao Wangsan thought, "Is it the man's job to pretend to be sick and not go to the exam?" So he didn't listen to Sanlang's advice and insisted on going.

At the beginning, Tao Wangsan offended the powerful people in his county because of his poetry and satirical current affairs. The powerful people have always held a grudge, secretly bribed the examiner, slandered Tao for his words and deeds, and sent him to prison. Tao was in a shack, his money was cut off, he was short of clothes and food, and he knew that his life would not be long. When he was sad, suddenly a person floated in, but it was Qiu Rong.

Qiu Rong sent food to Tao and said, "Sanlang said that your trip was not good, and it was really right. He came with me and has now gone to the county government to complain about injustice. Don't worry. After saying that, he left, and his figure was ethereal. He only heard his voice and did not see his person.

The next day, when the governor went out, Sanlang blocked the road and shouted injustice. The governor promised to accept the case. Qiu Rong informed Tao about the matter, said a few words, got up and left, and went to the county government to inquire about the news. For three consecutive days, he did not return.

Tao Wangsan is sad and hungry, and his days are like years. Suddenly, Xiao Xie came and was heartbroken. He said, "After Qiu Rong went back, he passed by the City God Temple and was captured by the black judge in the temple and forced her to be a concubine. Qiu Rong refused, and now he has been sentenced to prison and is not free. I ran a hundred miles and hurried to summon. Inadvertently, I was stabbed on the sole of my foot by a thorn and hurt my bone marrow. I'm afraid I can't come again in the future. While talking, he kept massaging his feet, and the soles of his feet were bloody. Xiao Xie rubs. After rubbing for a while, he took out three taels of silver and gave it to Tao. He limped and left. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared.

The governor interrogated Sanlang. Seeing that he had nothing to do with Tao, he ran to complain about injustice for no reason. He was doubtful and was preparing to blame Sanlang. Sanlang dropped the paper and destroyed it. The governor was surprised. He picked up the paper and looked at it. The words were generous and sad. He was more and more amazed. He immediately interrogated Tao and asked, "Who is Sanlang?" Tao Wang said, "I don't know." The governor nodded and interrogated the case carefully. When he learned that Tao had been framed, he was about to be released.

Tao Wangsan returned to his residence, and there was no one in the bedroom. In the middle of the night, Xiao Xie just came and said miserably, "When Sanlang complained for you, he was captured by the gods in the government and escorted to the Yin Division. Because of his righteousness, Pluto has reincarnated him and reincarnated to a rich family. Qiu Rong was sentenced to prison. I wrote a letter of paper to sue the city. The judge knew about this and detained the paper without permission. What should I do now?

Tao Wang San was furious and scolded, "What a nigger judge, how dare you be so rampant! Tomorrow, I will go to the City God Temple to smash the statue of the judge and trample it into mud. By the way, ask Chenghuang to argue and ask him why he allowed his men to do evil without restraint? Has the City God been in a dream all the time? Humph, that's not the reason."

The two sat opposite each other and were angry. Unconsciously, it was the fourth update. Qiu Rong suddenly floated in. The two were surprised and asked the reason. Qiu Rong cried, "I have suffered all kinds of hardships for my son. The judge forced me with a knife and stick every day. Tonight, he suddenly let me come back and said to me, 'I have no other meaning. I'm all sincere to the girl. Since the girl doesn't want to, I dare not defile her. Go away. After the girl went back, she pleaded with Tao Sheng for me and said that I knew I was wrong. Please let me go and don't complain.'"

When Tao Wangsan heard the words, he couldn't help but be happy. He wanted to sleep with the two women and said, "I would like to die for a beautiful woman today." The two women shook their heads and said, "I have always been enlightened by the prince and learned a lot of truths. My two sons are sincere and will never be greedy for love and kill you." Tao Wangsan was moved and held the two women in his arms and loved them freely. The two women are no longer jealous because they have experienced difficulties together.

On this day, Tao Wangsan met a taxi by the roadside and said to himself, "There is a ghost in you." Tao Wang saw that the Taoist priest's words were strange and knew that he had met a master, so he stopped hiding it and told the whole story one by one. The Taoist priest praised: "The two women are kind-hearted and can't live up to each other." He wrote down two spiritual charms, gave them to Tao, and said, "Go back and give the spiritual charm to the female ghost. Let's see who is lucky: If you hear someone crying outside the door, quickly swallow the spiritual charm. Those who go out first can be resurrected."

Tao Wangsan took the spiritual charm and gave it to the two women when he went back. After a month, there was indeed a crying woman outside the door. The two women scrambled to go out. Xiao Xie hurriedly forgot to swallow the spiritual charm. Seeing a team of mourners passing by outside the door, Qiu Rong quickly approached first and got into the coffin with a swish. Xiao Xie couldn't get in and cried back.

Tao Wangsan came out to check and inquired. It turned out that it was Hao Shio's funeral for his daughter. Everyone saw Qiu Rong getting into the coffin with their own eyes. They were surprised. There was a sound from the coffin. Miss Hao died and recovered. He asked, "Where's Mr. Tao?" The rich man was puzzled and asked, "Daughter, are you talking in your sleep? Who is Mr. Tao?" Miss Hao said, "I'm not your daughter, I'm Qiu Rong." Seeing that the rich man's face was full of disbelief, he briefly described the corpse and returned the soul. After saying that, he stepped into the house.

The facts were all there, and the rich man couldn't help but believe it. At present, he pushed the boat, accepted Qiu Rong as his righteous daughter, recognized Tao as his son-in-law, and then left. Tao Wangsan stared at Miss Hao and saw that her face was beautiful and beautiful. She was not under Qiu Rong. She couldn't help but be overjoyed. The two of them fell in love with each other and attached to each other. Suddenly, I heard the sound of little Xie Aiai crying in the room. When she turned on the lights, she saw that her clothes were wet and her face was full of tears.

The two of them felt pity, but they didn't know how to comfort them.

Xiao Xie cried until dawn before he left. The next day, the rich man sent a dowry for his daughter, ordered them to get married, got busy with everything, and left. When the two entered the bridal chamber, Xiao Xie touched the scene and couldn't help sobbing. For six or seven days in a row, Xiao Xie cried at night, and the person who heard it was sad.

Tao Wang was helpless. Qiu Rong also frowned and meditated. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind and said, "The Taoist priest in the past was extraordinary. It's better to ask him for help." Tao Wang nodded three times in a row and went to the Taoist priest's residence. He kowtowed and begged. The Taoist priest said, "I can't help it." Tao Wang begged again and again, and the Taoist priest smiled and said, "The scholar is really annoying. Well, it's up to you and me. I'll help you again."

When the two returned home, the Taoist priest entered the bedroom, closed the doors and windows, and said, "At present, I want to find the body for Xiao Xie. Don't disturb me." Tao Wangsan agreed and asked, "How long will it take to find the body?" The Taoist priest said, "It's hard to say. It's less than half a day, and more than a few months." After saying that, close your eyes and don't move.

In the past ten days, Taoist priests did not drink or eat.

At dusk of this day, a girl picked up the curtain and entered. She saw her bright eyes and teeth, shining brightly. She said to Tao, "I've been trekking for days, and I'm extremely tired. Entangled by you, running around for a hundred miles, I finally found a good skin. While talking, Xiao Xie walked into the room, and the girl smiled and said, "You're here. It's good." He opened his arms and hugged Xiao Xie. He only heard a soft sound. The two merged into one, and then the girl fell to the ground and fell into a coma.

The Taoist priest in the bedroom laughed, walked out and said goodbye. After a long time, the girl opened her eyes and said, "I've run hundreds of miles in a row. My feet are so tired." The voice is gentle, not Xiao Xie, who else?

Later, Tao Wangsan took the exam to get fame. There was a man named Cai Zijing, who was a scholar on the same list as him. When he had something to do, he passed by Tao's house and accidentally met Xiao Xie. He was shocked and said to Tao Wangsan, "Madam Zun is so familiar, and she is exactly the same as her sister. However, the sister-in-law passed away three years ago. Two days after she was buried, her body was nowhere to be found. Oh, I didn't expect that there are people who look so similar in the world.

Tao Wangsan smiled and said, "How can you compare with your sister? Since Brother Cai misses his relatives, you and I are very close to each other. You might as well let your wife come out to meet the guests. If it's not too much, Xiao Xie wears mourning clothes and comes out. Cai Zijing shouted in shrill, "It's really my sister!" He must be distracted and asked, "Brother Tao, what's going on?"

Tao Wangsan explained the beginning and end of the matter one by one, and Cai Zijing was overjoyed: "It turned out that it was to borrow the corpse to return the soul. Since my sister is not dead, this is a great happy event. I want to rush back to my parents. He left the table and said goodbye.

A few days later, Cai Fu's family flocked to him. The two families have become relatives and keep going.