Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Mu Shusheng, from Changsha, came from a poor family and lacked food and clothing.That night, the scholar was sitting at home alone, when suddenly a woman walked in, dressed in gorgeous clothes, dark and ugly, and said with a smile: "I'm in a daze alone, isn't it cold?" The scholar was shocked and asked: "Who is the girl? "The woman said: "I am a fox fairy. I have a destiny with you, and I am here to meet you." While talking, she came to the bed and stretched out her hand to undress.

Seeing that she was ugly and inhuman, the scholar refused to follow her and yelled loudly.The fox girl took out an ingot, threw it on the table, and said, "If you promise to be happy with me, this ingot will be yours." The scholar was overjoyed, and immediately married him.The bed was simple, without a quilt, and it was icy cold. The fox girl spread the clothes on the bed, and it was as warm as spring in an instant.

At dawn the next day, the fox girl said: "The ingot of silver I gave you, you'd better use it right away, buy some cotton clothes for the bed, it's more than enough. I'll stay with me forever, and you won't have to worry about food and clothing." After finishing speaking, she said goodbye and left .

The scholar told his wife about it, and the wife was very happy. They bought cloth and sewed bedding.That night, the fox girl visited again and saw that the bedroom was completely new. She smiled and said, "Your wife is too hardworking." While speaking, she took out a lot of gold and silver and gave them to the scholar.Since then, the fox girl has visited every night, and every time she leaves, more or less, she will be given money.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the scholar's family is well-off, renovating the house, buying a maid, and living a healthy life.The fox girl saw that he had no worries about food and clothing, so she no longer gave him any silver taels.The scholar was furious, and hated the fox girl more and more. He didn't want to associate with her, so he asked the magician to draw a magic talisman and stick it on the door.

That night, the fox girl arrived as promised, reached out to tear up the talisman, and cursed: "I have never seen such an ungrateful person like you. If you don't like me, just tell me, and I will leave. Duan, I gave you the gold and silver, please return them intact." After finishing speaking, he left angrily.

The scholar didn't want to return the money, so he invited a Taoist priest to perform a ritual to put the fox girl to death. Before the altar was set up, the Taoist priest suddenly screamed and fell unconscious, with blood all over his face. It turned out that one of his ears had been cut off by the fox girl. .Seeing this, the family members were terrified and fled in all directions.The fox girl cast a spell, and the stones flew around in the bedroom, and the doors, windows, and earthen pots were all smashed.

The scholar trembled all over and hid under the bed, not daring to show his face. The fox girl held a pet in her hand, with a cat's head and a dog's tail, and ordered: "Hee hee! The bad guy hides under the bed, bite him." Scholar's toes, chew hard, crisp and sound.The scholar was in unbearable pain, and in an instant his two toes were scrapped, dripping with blood, begging for mercy repeatedly.The fox girl said: "Hand over all the jewels."

The scholar said: "It's all in the corner box. I'm injured and can't move. Please go get it yourself." The fox girl smiled slightly, ordered the pet to stop attacking, and shouted: "Hehe." Let go immediately.

The fox girl came to the corner, rummaged through the boxes, removed the clothes and jewelry, only found 200 taels of silver, felt displeased, and gave the order again, "Hee hee!" Can't help tearing.The scholar's vitals were restrained, and he screamed repeatedly.

The fox girl had an angry look on her face, and said: "You have to return 600 taels of silver within ten days, otherwise, I won't spare you." With a wave of her hand, she took the pet back, tapped her feet on the ground, and disappeared into the air.

After the fox girl left, the scholar pawned the clothes, sold the maid, and finally got together 600 taels of silver.Ten days later, the fox girl came on time, took the silver, and left without saying a word.The scholar's home was empty of belongings, and he was once again impoverished.

Later, the fox girl married Yu Shi from the neighboring village as a concubine.Yu's life was short, and he died within a few years.After her death, the fox girl stopped coming, and the gold and silver in the family also disappeared.