There are many ghosts in Jiang Bulang's house in Weinan, which often confuse people. Therefore, Jiang Bulang moved to another place to live, leaving a servant to watch the door there, and soon the servant died. Several servants went to see the door and all died. As a result, the house was abandoned. There was a scholar named Tao Wangsan in his hometown. He was always charming and bohemian. He liked to drink in brothels, but he left them as soon as he finished drinking. Friends deliberately called a prostitute to find Tao Sheng, Tao Sheng did not refuse, but also smiled and invited the prostitute into the house. But I haven't touched her all night. Tao Wangsan used to stay at Jiang Bu Lang's house, and a maid ran to Tao Sheng's door at night to seduce him. Tao Sheng resolutely refused and was not confused. Jiang Bulang values Tao Sheng more because of this matter. Tao Sheng's family is very poor, and his wife has just died. There are only a few huts, and the summer heat is unbearable. So I borrowed the deserted house from Jiang Bulang. Jiang Bulang didn't agree because the deserted house was not clean. Tao Sheng wrote an article on "Continued Non-Ghosts", dedicated to Jiang Bulang, and said, "What can ghosts do to me!" Seeing that Tao Sheng was so determined, Jiang Bulang agreed to lend him the house.
Tao wangsan went to clean the house. In the evening, he put the book on the table in his room and went out to get something else. When he turned around and came back, the book was gone. Feeling very strange, I lay in bed and waited quietly for anything strange. After a while, I heard footsteps. Looking sideways, I saw two women coming out of the room and returning the lost books to the table. One is almost 2 years old, and the other is just seventeen or eighteen. Both women are very beautiful. Two people hesitate to go to the front of the bed, smile at one another. Tao Sheng lay still in bed. The older woman put up a foot to carry Tao Sheng's stomach, while the younger woman covered her mouth and snickered. Tao sheng felt that his heart was shaking and he couldn't hold it. He quickly corrected his mind and never cared about them. The older woman came over and stroked Tao Sheng's beard with her left hand, and her right hand patted his cheek and made a small noise. The younger woman smiled more happily. Tao Sheng suddenly jumped up and shouted, "How dare you, little brat!" The two women ran away in a hurry. Tao was afraid of being teased by them again at night and planned to move back, but he thought that he had said to Jiang Bulang, "What is a ghost?" Because if this sentence is moved back like this, it will definitely be a joke. I had to light a lamp to read. Ghosts walked around everywhere in the darkness, and Tao Sheng ignored them. At the end of the night, he lit a lamp to sleep. I just closed my eyelids, and the Lord felt that someone had stabbed his nostrils with a very small thing, which was very itchy and made a big sneeze. There was a faint laugh in the dark. Tao Sheng didn't say anything, and waited for a nap to see what was going on. After a while, I saw the young woman roll into a tiny note with a piece of paper and crept over. Tao Sheng suddenly jumped up and scolded, and the woman drifted away again. Just after sleeping, the girl came to poke him in the ear with a note. Tao Sheng was made unbearable noise all night. It was not until the rooster crowed that it was quiet, and Tao Sheng was able to fall asleep. He didn't see them making trouble all day.
as soon as the sun went down, ghosts appeared vaguely again. Tao Sheng decided to cook at night and prepare to study all night. The older woman came over and bent her arms on the table to watch Tao Sheng read. After a while, I closed Tao Sheng's books. Tao Sheng went to catch her angrily, but she drifted away again. After a while, she came to cover the book again. Tao Sheng had to hold down the book with his hand and read it. The young woman sneaked behind Taosheng again, crossed her hands and covered Taosheng's eyes. Just for a moment, she stood at a distance and smiled. Tao Sheng pointed at them and scolded them: "Little brat! If I catch you, I'll kill you both! " Seeing that they were not afraid, Tao Sheng said jokingly, "I don't understand anything in the room, and pestering me won't do you any good." After hearing this, the two women smiled and turned to the kitchen, chopping wood and washing rice to help Tao Sheng cook. Tao Sheng looked at them and praised them and said, "Isn't it much better for you to do this than to jump around foolishly?" After a while, the rice was cooked, and the two women scrambled to put the spoon, chopsticks and ceramic bowl on the table. Tao Sheng said, "Thank you for your hard work for me. How can I repay your kindness?" The second woman smiled and said, "We mixed arsenic and alcohol in the rice." Tao Sheng said, "I have never had any enmity with you. How can you harm me with poison?" After eating a bowl, they went to fill it, and two women scrambled to fill it for him. Tao Sheng was glad that they did things for themselves in this way and gradually got used to getting along with them.
day by day, Tao Sheng got to know them better and dragged them to sit together and talk. Tao Shenghua asked their names, and the older woman said, "My name is Qiao Qiurong. Her name is Ruan Xiao Xie. " Tao Sheng asked their origin again. Xiao Xie smiled and said, "What a scholar! Don't even dare to offer yourself to us. Who wants you to ask us where we came from? Do you want to marry us? " After hearing this, Tao Sheng said seriously, "How can I not be emotional in the face of you two beautiful women?" But the yin in you is too heavy, and strangers will definitely die if they are contaminated. If you don't want to live with me, just go. If you like living with me, just stay. If you don't love me, why should I defile you two beauties? If you like me, why kill me, a crazy scholar? " The two women were deeply moved after hearing this. From then on, they didn't play tricks on Tao Sheng much, but some of them would put their hands into Tao Sheng's arms and sometimes take off his pants to the ground, so Tao Sheng wouldn't blame them.
One day, Tao Sheng went out without finishing copying the book. When he came back, he saw Xiao Xie lying on the table, copying for him with a pen. Seeing Tao Sheng come in, he threw the pen aside and looked at Tao Sheng with a shy smile. Tao Sheng took a closer look. Although the handwriting was not very good, the line spacing was neat. Tao Sheng praised and said, "I didn't expect you to be an elegant person! I can teach you if you like. " I held Xiao Xie in my arms and taught her to write hand in hand. Qiu Rong just came in from the outside. When she saw the scene, her face suddenly changed, like jealousy. Xiao Xie said with a smile, "I learned to write with my father when I was a child, but I haven't written for a long time now. Today, writing is like dreaming." Qiu Rong didn't answer. Tao Sheng knew she was jealous, but pretended not to know, so he went over and picked her up, and gave her a pen and said, "Let me see if you can write." Holding her wrist with her hand taught her to write a few lines and stood up and said, "Miss Qiu is really good at writing!" " Qiu Rong was happy. Tao Sheng then folded two pieces of paper and wrote them, telling them to copy them and lit another lamp to read. I am secretly glad that both women have their own things to do and don't bother themselves anymore. When the two women finished copying, they stood at the desk and listened to Tao Sheng's comments. Qiu Rong has never read a book, but she just scribbles and her handwriting can't be recognized. Tao Sheng finished marking them with a pen. Qiu Rong looked and knew that her handwriting was not as good as Xiao Xie's, revealing a look of shame. Tao Sheng praised and comforted her, and her face turned from cloudy to sunny. From then on, the two women treated Tao Sheng as a teacher, scratching him while sitting, and massaging him while lying down. Not only did they dare not play tricks on him, but they also tried to please him. A month later, Xiao Xie's handwriting was very correct and beautiful. Tao Sheng praised her once. Qiu Rong felt ashamed when she heard it, and her face was covered with tears. Tao Sheng tried every means to comfort and clean her up before she stopped. Tao Sheng changed to teach her to read, and Qiu Rong had a strong comprehension ability. She said it once and remembered it immediately, and didn't ask it again. Qiu Rong often stays up all night playing games and reading with Tao Sheng. Xiao Xie also called his younger brother Saburo to worship Tao Sheng as a teacher. Saburo was fifteen or sixteen years old and handsome in appearance. I sent a Jin Ruyi to Tao Sheng as a gift. Tao Sheng asked him and Qiu Rong * * * to read a course. From then on, the room was full of reading sounds, and Tao Sheng set up a ghost school here to teach kids to read. Jiang Bulang was very happy when he learned about it, and he often paid him a salary. After a few months, Saburo and Qiu Rong can write poems and often sing to each other. Xiao Xie secretly told Tao Sheng not to teach Qiu Rong attentively, and Tao pretended to agree for fear that she would be unhappy. Qiu Rong also secretly told Tao Sheng not to teach Xiao Xie seriously, and Tao Sheng also pretended to agree. One day, Tao Sheng was going to catch the exam, and Qiu Rong and Xiao Xie saw him off in tears. Saburo (Xiao Xie's younger brother) said, "You can stay sick this time, otherwise I'm afraid it's not good to travel." Tao Sheng thought it was shameful to pretend to be ill, so he went anyway. Previously, Tao Sheng loved to satirize current events with poems, which offended the powerful people in the city, who always wanted to frame Tao Sheng. This time, I bought off the examiner at the right opportunity, framed Tao Sheng for disorderly conduct, and put him in prison. Tao sheng's travelling expenses are glowing, so he has to ask other prisoners in prison, thinking that there is no possibility of survival. Suddenly, a man floated by. It turned out that Qiu Rong brought him something to eat. As soon as they met, they burst into tears. Qiu Rong cried and said, "Saburo is worried that your trip will be unfavorable, and now it is true. Saburo came with me this time, and he went to the yamen of the college first to complain for you. " Qiu Rong said a few words and left, and no one else could see her. The next day, the Ministry traveled, Saburo blocked the road and called for redress, and the Ministry took the case. Qiu Rong went to prison again to tell Taosheng the news, and then went back to the Ministry to find out the news. Didn't come back for three days in a row. Tao Sheng is sad and hungry, with nothing to rely on, and lives like years. Suddenly, Xiao Xie came, and when he met Tao Sheng, he said sadly, "When Qiu Rong went back, she passed the Chenghuang Temple and was forcibly taken away by the black-faced judge in the west corridor of the temple, forcing her to be a concubine. Qiu Rong refused to give in, and now he has imprisoned her. I ran more than a hundred miles, and I was very tired. When I arrived in the north of the city, I was stabbed in the foot by a thorn, which hurt my bone marrow. I'm afraid I can't come to see you again next time. " Then he put his foot out to Tao Sheng, and all his shoes and socks were dyed red with blood. Xiao Xie took three taels of silver to Tao Sheng, and limped a few steps and disappeared. The Ministry questioned Saburo about his relationship with Tao Sheng, complained on his behalf for no reason, and was going to beat him with a stick. Pushed saburo to the ground, but saburo was gone. The Ministry felt very strange. Look at his complaint carefully, and make it sad. He ordered Ti Taosheng to interrogate him face to face: "Who is Saburo?" Tao Sheng pretended not to know him. Knowing that he was wronged, the Ministry released Tao Sheng. Tao Sheng came home and didn't see anyone all night. After deeper, Xiao Xie came. Sad, he said, "Saburo was sent to the underworld by my official god, and Yan Luowang sent him to a rich family because he was very loyal. Qiu Rong has been detained for a long time. I took a complaint to the city god and was arrested by his black-faced judge. I don't know what to do? " Tao Sheng said angrily, "This black old ghost dares to act like this! Tomorrow I'm going to knock down his statue and trample it into pieces, and then I'm going to criticize the fault of the city god. My officials are so violent, but I still don't know it in my drunken dream? " The two of them are so indignant that they don't feel that the four watches will be exhausted. Autumn let suddenly came back, TaoSheng and Xiao Xie saw pleasantly surprised, quickly asked her how to come back. Qiu Rong said with tears: "I have suffered so much for you this time! The black-faced judge threatened me with a knife and stick every day, and suddenly let me come back tonight, saying, "I didn't mean anything else, originally because I loved you." Since you don't want to, I have never defiled you. Please tell Mr. Tao not to blame. " Tao Sheng smiled a little and wanted to sleep with them. He said, "I am willing to die for you tonight." The second daughter said sadly, "We have always been taught by you, and we know a little sense. How can we have the heart to harm you because we love you?" Two women strongly disagree. However, they put their heads on Tao and shoulders, and their feelings are like husband and wife. Xiaoxie and Qiu Rong also experienced this ordeal because of * * *, and their jealousy disappeared completely. Once Tao Sheng happened to meet a Taoist on the road. The Taoist looked at Tao Sheng and said, "You are haunted." Tao Sheng told the Taoist about himself and his second daughter because of his strange words. The Taoist priest said, "These two female ghosts are really good ghosts. Don't let them down." After that, he drew two symbols and gave them to Tao Sheng, saying, "When you go back, give them to the two women, depending on their blessings. If you hear someone crying for the women outside the door, tell them to swallow the symbols and run out, so that the first one can be resurrected." Tao Sheng thanked the Taoist priest, and when he got back, he gave the operator to Qiu Rong and Xiao Xie, and told them what the Taoist priest said. After more than a month, I heard a woman crying outside the door, and Xiao Xie and Qiu Rong rushed out. Xiao Xie was in such a hurry that he forgot to swallow the symbol and ran out. Seeing a funeral car passing by the door, Qiu Rong ran straight into the coffin and disappeared. Xiao Xie couldn't get in outside and ran back in tears. Tao Sheng went out to have a look, and it turned out to be a wealthy family named Hao who sent a woman to the funeral. Everyone was surprised to see a woman get into the coffin, and they heard a voice in the coffin. Just put down the coffin, opened it and saw that the woman inside woke up. I left the coffin outside Taosheng's door for the time being, and surrounded her to watch over her. When the woman opened her eyes, the first sentence asked where Tao Sheng was. Hao hurriedly asked what was going on, and the woman replied, "I am not your daughter." So tell the truth. Master Hao was not convinced and wanted to carry her back. The woman refused to go back and went straight into Tao Sheng's room. She couldn't get up when she entered the room. Hao had to recognize Tao Sheng as a son-in-law and go back by himself.
Tao Sheng took a closer look at the woman. Although her appearance was different from that of Qiu Rong, she was as beautiful as Qiu Rong. Overjoyed, the two of them told their life stories affectionately. Suddenly, I heard the ghost crying. It turned out that Xiao Xie was crying in a dark corner. I felt sorry for her, so I went to comfort her with a lamp. However, Xiao Xie cried her sleeves wet, and she couldn't persuade her. Xiao Xie didn't leave until dawn. After dawn, the Hao family called the maid and the maid-in-law to send a dowry, so Master Hao and Tao Sheng became Weng Xu. In the evening, when TaoSheng and QiuRong just entered the room, Xiao Xie began to cry again. After six or seven nights, Tao Sheng and Qiu Rong were both very sad and not in the mood to share a room. Tao Sheng was worried but couldn't figure out a way. Qiu Rong said, "That Taoist is really a fairy! If you ask him again, maybe you can get his pity and help. " Tao Sheng thought it was reasonable, so he found the Taoist priest and knelt on the ground and asked him for help again. The Taoist priest strongly said that there was no way. Tao Sheng implored. The Taoist priest said with a smile, "You are such a foolish scholar, you are really annoying! We are also predestined, so I will do my best. " Then he followed Tao Sheng back home, asked for a quiet room, meditated with the door closed, and warned Tao Sheng not to be disturbed. Always don't eat or drink after more than ten days. Peeking under the door secretly, I saw the Taoist priest with his eyes closed as if he were sleeping. One morning, a young girl came in with a curtain. The girl looks bright-eyed and white-toothed, and shines brightly. He smiled and said to Tao Sheng, "After running all night, people are exhausted. I couldn't get rid of you, and I ran a hundred miles away to find a good body, so I came with you. Give her the body when you see the person you mentioned later. " After dusk, Xiao Xie came, and the girl suddenly greeted and hugged Xiao Xie. They became one and fell to the ground. At this time, the Taoist priest came out of the room, gave Tao Sheng a hand and left. Tao Sheng obediently escorted him to the door. When she came back, the girl had awakened. Tao Sheng helped her to the bed, and her breath gradually relaxed. She just rubbed her feet and groaned, saying that her toes and thighs were sore and she couldn't get out of bed for a few days.
Later, Tao Sheng passed the exam and became a Jinshi. There was a scholar named Cai Zijing who was on the same list as Tao Sheng. He just came to see Tao Sheng for something and stayed at Tao Sheng's house for a few days. One day, when Xiao Xie came back from her neighbor's house, Cai Zijing saw her and hurried to catch up with her.