Mr. Shi Songtao's name is Mao, he is from Huazhou, he is an official to the Taichang Temple, and he is good friends with my late father, Yao Angong. When I was fourteen or fifteen years old, I remember that he talked about an incident with his late father Yao Angong, saying: A certain man once killed a very capable servant. Later, this servant was possessed by an insane maid and argued with a certain public officer: "My selfishness and fraud should be punished by death, but if you kill me, I feel very unjust. You have received a high official and generous salary, and you have received more favors than me, haven't you? You sold your official position, accumulated tens of thousands of money, and the stolen money is more than mine? You have reversed the right and wrong in a certain partner and a certain matter, and you are ignorant of people's lives, aren't you more powerful than me? You can lose the country , why are you blaming me for blaming you? You kill me, and I feel really uneasy." A certain prince got angry and knocked down his maid, and she still kept mumbling. Later, a certain man could not end well. So Shi Songtao sighed: "We will never get to this point. However, like everyone else, we go with the flow and enjoy a salary, but often blame the slaves for not working. Don't they also blame us in their hearts?"
Li in the capital often went to neighboring counties because of selling dates. Once secretly abducted the landlord's young woman. When he got home, his wife had already run away. Li Mou comforted himself and said, "Fortunately, I brought a woman here, otherwise I would become a bachelor." People calculated that when his wife eloped, it was the second day after the young woman and Li left. This is precisely the retribution for Li, but he is kept in the dark and complacent. Soon, the young woman did not want to live in the countryside, and ran away with others. Li Mou was at a loss. Later, the young woman's husband followed him to the capital and wanted to sue Li. Li refused to admit it, because the young woman had left and left no evidence. In the midst of the commotion, I heard that there was a magician in the village who could invite the gods. Everyone said, "Go and ask the gods." The gods wrote a poem: "Mandarin duck dreams are good for two people to have fun, remember if Luo Fu has his own husband. We will meet today. With a smile, he clearly painted the gourd as he did." The husband walked away knowingly. According to people at the border of the two counties, the young woman was also kidnapped by the landlord, and she already had a husband.
An old woman surnamed Man is my brother's nurse. She has a daughter, Sister Li, who is married to a nearby villager's house. One day, Sister Li heard that her mother was ill, and she hurried to visit before she could wait for her husband to come along. It was already night, and the incomplete moon was faintly bright, and I saw a person chasing after him. Sister Li is estimated to be a tyrannical thug, but in the open field, there is nowhere to call for help. So he hid under the poplar tree in the ancient tomb, hid the hairpin and earrings in his arms, untied the ribbon around his neck, put his hair out and stuck out his tongue, stared straight at him, and waited for someone to come. The man was about to approach, but Sister Li invited him to sit instead. The man walked up to Sister Li and saw that it was a hanged ghost. He was shocked and fell to the ground, so Sister Li took the opportunity to escape quickly. When they entered the door, the whole family was shocked and asked slowly. When they learned the truth, they were angry and funny. He was discussing and questioning the neighbors. The next day, it was rumored that a certain young man had met a ghost, and the ghost was still following him, and he was already talking nonsense. Later, he sought medical treatment, asked for medicine, and painted talismans to exorcise ghosts, but none of them were effective. This may be because of the horror, the evil spirits and ghosts took the opportunity to hit him, and it is unknown. Or all illusions, created by the mind, can no longer be known. Or the god of clear censorship killed the wicked and secretly took away his soul, which is unknown. But they can be used as a warning for those wandering children.
Tang Zhiyu of the system government reviewed a murder case, which has been finalized. That night, he was sitting alone in the house lighting the lamp, and suddenly he heard a faint cry, as if it was getting closer to the window. Tang Zhifu asked the little maid to go out and have a look. The little maid went out, screamed and fell to the ground. Tang Zhifu opened the curtain and saw a ghost covered in blood kneeling under the steps. Tang Zhifu shouted and asked, and the ghost kowtowed: "The person who killed me was A, but the county magistrate misjudged it was B. This revenge can't be avenged, and death can't be disgraceful." Tang Zhifu said, "I see." Guili went. The next day, the Tang Dynasty House personally arraigned the trial, and the witnesses provided the deceased's clothes, shoes and other items, which were consistent with what they saw last night. Tang Zhifu believed it even more, and changed the sentence to be the murderer according to what the ghost said. The original trial judge defended in every possible way, insisting that Nanshan could be moved, but the case could not be changed. Tang Shifu's assistant suspected that there were other reasons and asked Tang Shifu tactfully. Tang Shifu said something about the ghost, and the assistant couldn't come up with any idea. One night, the assistant came to see Tang Zhifu and asked, "Where did the ghost come from?" Tang Zhifu said, "He came under the steps by himself." The assistant asked, "Where did the ghost go?" Tang Zhifu said: "He went over the wall suddenly." The assistant said: "All ghosts have only a figure but no flesh. When they leave, they should disappear suddenly, and should not go over the wall." Although the roof tiles were not broken, because of the recent rain, there were vague mud footprints on several roofs, and the mud footprints went down to the outer wall. The assistant pointed to the muddy footprints and said, "This must have been done by bribing a skilled thief." He suppressed the matter and did not pursue it any further.
There is a broken temple in the south of Jingcheng, and no one lives nearby. There is only one monk and two disciples who manage the temple and cook the incense, but the two disciples are as stupid as the mediocre people in the village. Very cunning. He secretly bought turpentine, crushed it into powder, started it with a paper roll at night, and threw it into the air, so the fire was shining everywhere, and everyone who saw the fire came to ask questions, but the master and the apprentice slept soundly behind the door, saying they didnt know. They secretly bought Buddhist clothes for singing and dressed up as Bodhisattvas and Arhats, standing on the ridge of the roof on the moonlit night, or hiding under the tree at the temple gate. People who have seen it come to ask if they have seen it, and they say they have not seen it. When someone told them what they had seen, the three masters and disciples put their hands together and said, "Buddha is in the west, what is he doing here in this ruined temple? The official is investigating the White Lotus Sect. We have no grudges and no grudges against you, so why did you spread rumors to harm me?" It was the true Buddha who appeared, so more and more people gave alms. The temple is increasingly dilapidated, and the monks refuse to repair it. They said, "The people here like to follow the wind, and if they do more renovations, these people will have more excuses." After more than ten years, the three masters and apprentices gradually became rich by alms. Unexpectedly, robbers were recruited, the three master and apprentice were killed, and all the money was stolen. The government inspected the remaining boxes and found pine resin, costumes and other items, and then discovered the conspiracy of the monks. This happened during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty. My great ancestor, Duke Houzhai, said, "These monks are honest, and their deceptive techniques are clever enough. But they hurt themselves by cheating money. If you say they are stupid, that's fine."
There is a scholar who favors a prostitute and loves each other like a couple. The prostitutes are sick and dying, and have a mournful nostalgia for the scholar. His breath was gone, he was still holding the scholar's wrist, and he let go before breaking it. Later, I saw him in my sleep, I saw him in the shadow of the moonlight, and gradually I saw him during the day, often seven or eight feet apart. Ask him not to speak, tell him not to move forward, and retreat when approaching him. Because of this, he became a heart disease, and drawing a talisman to ask God for treatment was ineffective. His father asked him to live in a monastery for the time being, hoping that ghosts would not dare to enter the Buddha land. Once there, you still see it, the same as before. An old monk said, "All kinds of demonic obstacles arise from the mind. Is it really this boy? Is it caused by the mind; isn't it this boy? Another old monk said, "Master is teaching the superior Dharma to inferior people. He doesn't have control over his willpower. How can his heart be empty? It's just like talking about illnesses and not prescribing medicines." So he said to the scholar: " Evil thoughts are intertwined and knotted together, like the roots of grass. It should be like a thing in a hole, use a wedge to pass it out; when the wedge fills the hole, the thing will come out naturally. You should think: After this boy died, his body gradually gradually Stiff and cold, gradually swelled, gradually stinky, gradually rotten, gradually wriggled by corpses, gradually smashed his internal organs, his flesh and blood were messed up, showing various colors. His face gradually changed, gradually changed color, and gradually became like the evil spirit Rakshasa, Such a terrifying thought has arisen. Think again: If this boy is still there, he will grow up day by day, gradually become stronger and stronger, no longer charming and unrestrained, and gradually have a sparse beard, and gradually the long beard on his cheek grows as if it can thorn. People's halberd, gradually dark skin, gradually gray hair, gradually snow-like temples, gradually bald head, missing teeth, gradually stooped, sickly cough, snot and tears, drooling, dirty and unapproachable, then The thought of abandonment is born. Think again: This boy died first, so I miss him; if I die first, he looks good, there must be someone tempted, seduced by interests, coerced by power, he may not be able to maintain integrity like a widow Once I left and slept with others, when I was alive, all the obscene words and obscene gestures towards me all came back to this person, and let him entertain at will; , like a cloud that dissipates, leaving no trace, then the idea of anger arises. Think again: If this boy is alive, or relying on favor, arrogant and self-willed, it will make me intolerable, and occasionally offend, turn my face and curse; The money is not rich, and he does not meet his requirements, and he suddenly has dissent and looks cold; If the heart rises and falls, then the heart will have no extra space. If there is no extra space in the heart, then all the roots of love and desire will have nowhere to hold, and all demonic obstacles will retreat on their own without getting rid of them." The scholar followed his teachings. Do, for a few days, sometimes see, sometimes not. After a few days, the trace disappeared. When he recovered and went to visit, the two monks did not exist in the temple. Some say that the incarnation of the ancient Buddha appeared, and some say that monks live in the ten directions, coming and going like clouds, occasionally meeting by chance, and soon wandering elsewhere.
Mrs. Xiantai's nurse, Mrs. Liao, said: In Ma Luopo, Cangzhou, there is a woman who sells noodles for her business, and uses the noodles she earns to support her mother-in-law. Because the family was poor and could not afford to raise donkeys, he often grinded the noodles by himself, until the fourth watch every night. After her mother-in-law died, the woman went to the grave. On the way back, she met two young girls. The girl smiled and said to her, "We have lived with you for more than 20 years, do you know us?" The second daughter said, "Please don't be surprised, sister-in-law. My sisters are both fox fairies. I was moved by my sister-in-law's filial piety and helped my sister-in-law grind the mill every night. After doing my filial piety to my mother-in-law, my sisters will also enter the fairy world. Now I come to say goodbye and thank you for your support." After saying that, he disappeared like a gust of wind and disappeared in an instant. After the young woman went home to grind the mill, she felt that it was much heavier, she could hardly push it, and it no longer ran as smoothly as before.
Urumqi, translated into Chinese, means good paddock. When I was in this place, there was a pen post called Urumqi. When I counted the name, it was more than 20 years before the pacification of the Western Regions. He said that when he was first born, his father dreamed that his grandfather said that your son should be called Urumqi, and drew these words with his finger to show his father. His father woke up without words. But what happened in the dream is vivid in my mind, so I got this name. Unexpectedly, he arrived in Urumqi today, do you want to stay here forever? Urumqi was later promoted to the house owner, and he died in the official position. Since he came here from the army to his death, he has never left here. Fate is doomed, can you not believe it?
Urumqi also said that there was a cook named Bara. When he joined the army, he fought with all his strength every time he encountered an enemy. During one fight, a rhythmic arrow pierced his left cheek, an arrow passed behind his right ear, and he slashed an enemy so hard that they both fell together. Later, Urumqi went to Gumudi to do business and dreamed that Bala came to see him. He was neatly dressed, and he didn't look like a lowly handyman. In his dream, Urumqi forgot that he was dead, and asked him where he had been and where he was going now. Bala said: "I was ordered to go out to work and pass by, and I met the master by chance to reminisce about old feelings." When asked how he became an official, he said that God values loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness. Those who sacrifice their lives for the country, even if they are servants and slaves , If he did not commit bad deeds during his lifetime, he will be given an errand in the underworld; those who have done bad deeds during his lifetime can also pay for his sins and be reincarnated in the human world. I am now the commander of the Bokoda Mountain God, and my rank is equivalent to the Cavalry School. When asked where he was going, he said to Changji. When I asked him what he was going to do, he said he had the paperwork, but he didn't know what was written in it. Urumqi woke up suddenly, and the voice seemed to be still in his ears. At this time, it was in June of the thirty-third year of Qianlong's reign. On August 16, the Changji Incident occurred. Urumqi said that the ghosts dared not divulge the news in advance.
When Changji built the city wall, he dug the ground to more than five feet and got an embroidered women's shoe with red mouth silk, which was exquisitely made and not completely decayed. My miscellaneous poems in Urumqi said: "Building a city and digging deep soil, evil Xu Xiangxiang shouts ten thousand pestles. Strange things are all eye-catching, half hook crescent mouth flowers invade." This is the chanting of this matter. It has been buried more than five feet into the ground, and it has taken several decades recently. Why is it not bad? Erut women don't bind their feet, why can they be bent like a bow, only three inches? There must be a reason for this, which is unknown now.
Guo Liu is a peasant woman from Huai Town. I don't know if her husband's surname is Guo or her father's surname. Anyway, everyone calls her Guo Liu. During the two or three years of Yongzheng, there was a great famine, and her husband felt that he could not survive, so he went out to various places to make a living. When he was about to leave, he knelt down and kowtowed to his wife and said, "My parents are old and sick, so I will entrust them to you." Guo Liu was beautiful, and young people from the same town saw her starving, so they lured her with money. Ignore the steps, and only feed my in-laws by sewing. Soon, sewing was no longer enough to make a living, so she invited the villagers and said, "My husband entrusted my parents to me, and I can do nothing now. If I don't plan otherwise, I will starve to death. If you can help me, please help me; if you can't help me, I have to sell myself, please don't laugh at me." The villagers were hesitant to say anything, and gradually dispersed. Guo Liu cried and told his in-laws, and then openly fooled around with those prodigal sons. She accumulated money to sell herself, secretly found a woman, and guarded her very strictly, not asking outsiders to meet her. The right said that Guo Liu wanted to use this woman to make a lot of money, but she didn't explain it. After more than three years, her husband returned. Just after the greetings, Guo Liu and her husband went to see her in-laws and said, "My parents are here, I will leave it to you today." Then she brought the woman she had raised to her husband and said, "My body has been defiled, I can't bear to live with you shamelessly anymore. I have married another woman for you, and I will give it to you today." The husband was so shocked that before he could say anything, Guo Liu said that he would go to the kitchen to prepare meals. , committed suicide in the kitchen. When the magistrate came to conduct an autopsy, Guo Liu's eyes were wide open. The county magistrate ruled that Guo Liu should be buried in the ancestral tomb, and could not be buried with her husband in the future. The reason is: "Not to be buried together to show that she has cut off the relationship with her husband; to be buried in the ancestral tomb, it means that she has a close relationship with her parents-in-law." Eyes are still not closed. The parents-in-law wailed, "She was originally a chaste woman, and she went to sell herself because of the two of us. The son can't support his parents, but he asks someone who is separated from him to support him. Besides, as a man, he can't support his parents, but he entrusts him to a young woman. I will understand her painstaking efforts. Whose fault is it that the relationship is cut off? This is my family matter, and the government does not have to be involved!" After speaking, Guo Liu's eyes closed. At that time, there were many discussions among the neighbors, and their views were very different. My ancestor Zhu Yugong said: "Festival is as important as filial piety. But festivals and filial piety cannot be both. The right and wrong of this matter can only be judged by sages and sages. I dare not express any opinions."
A certain censor was executed according to law for committing a serious crime. An officer in charge of hearing the case was sleeping in his clothes during the day and fell asleep unknowingly. In a trance, he saw the censor who had just died, and asked in surprise, "Do you have any grievances?" The censor said, "I live in the censor, accept bribes, sell memorials, and die according to law, what kind of grievances do I have? The man asked again: "If you are not wronged, why did you come to see me?" The censor replied: "Because I feel sorry for you." There are two or three old friends like me, why do you only have regrets for me?" The censor said: "I had a estrangement with you in the past, but it was because of mutual exclusion on the way to fame and fortune, not an undying hatred. When I was on trial, Although Jun didn't ask questions because he avoided suspicion, he had a complacent look on his face. When I decided the case, Jun showed sympathy on the surface and consolation with empty words, but there was a hint of schadenfreude. In fact, others executed me according to the law, and Jun used old grudges to cheer me on. Death. In times of adversity, this is the most heart-wrenching thing, how can I not regret it!" The man uneasily apologized to the censor and asked, "So, do you want to take revenge on me?" The censor replied : "I died of legal sanctions, how can I take revenge on you. You have such intentions, naturally it is not the way to get blessings, and I don't need to take revenge. I just have an injustice in my heart and let you know." After the censor said this , If this person is asleep and awake, when he opens his eyes, he can't see the imperial censor, and the residual tea on the bookcase is not cold yet. Later, when relatives and friends saw that he was in a trance and questioned him secretly, he explained the events in his dream in detail, and sighed and said, "Fortunately, I haven't fallen into the trap yet. . , this is so true. "His relatives and friends told people about this incident, and sighed: "Once the officials in charge of the trial become selfish, even if the criminal should be convicted, he is still not convinced, let alone should not be convicted? "
The editor Cheng Yumen said: "The influence of resentment on people is huge! Before Song Xiaoyan died, he sent it to a friend, saying, "Bone can turn into dust, but the soul will not disappear. In the underground spring, I Waiting for you to meet. I have seen this with my own eyes. When his friend was about to die, he thumped his hand on the bed and said, "Song Gong, please sit down. I have also seen this with my own eyes."
According to legend, a certain prince was ordered to return from an envoy and stayed in the house where he received guests. At that time, chrysanthemums were in full bloom in the courtyard, and a certain man was wandering under the flowers. He saw a small child vaguely reflected in the sparse bamboo branches, about fourteen or fifteen years old, graceful and graceful, like a woman with heavy makeup. After inquiries, I found out that it was the son of the owner of the house. A man called him to talk and found that he was very clever and dexterous. A certain grandpa gave him a fan, and when he saw his eyes flowing, it meant that he was taking the initiative to come and get close. A certain man also loves his beauty and intelligence, and is reluctant to part with him. He talks softly and reluctantly. It happened that no one was around, so the boy immediately knelt down, pulled a man's sleeve, and said, "If you don't give up, I won't dare to deceive you. My father is in an unjust prison, if I can get your word, He can survive. If you are willing to help, I will spare this body." The boy just took out the paper from his sleeve when a sudden storm blew open all six windows and doors. The scene of their conversation was almost stolen by the attendants. See. Knowing that there was a strange situation, a certain man quickly waved him to leave, saying, "We will discuss it later in the evening." He immediately called someone to drive away. After an investigation, I found out that it was because the local tyrants murdered people, and the crime could not be relieved in a hurry. He bribed the small officials in the government to guide a certain man to stay at his house, and secretly bought a prostitute, pretending to be his son; To be able to come to the front, use Qin Xiaolan's strategy to lure Taokou. Unexpectedly, the ghost showed a mutation. Duke Qiu Wenda once said: "This gentleman is occasional and troubled, and he almost fell into the trap. Scholars must be cautious in their words and deeds. If he had a face like Bao Gong at that time, there would be no chance for him to take advantage of it."
In the last years of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, robbers looted wildly in Mengcun. When the thief saw a beautiful woman, he tied up with her parents. The woman vowed not to be humiliated by the thief, and the thief bound her parents and tortured her with a red-hot iron. The parents cried out in agony and ordered their daughter to be a thief. The woman asks the thief to release her parents before she agrees to the thief. The thief knew that the woman was deceiving himself and must first insult her before releasing her parents. The woman rose up and slammed the thief on the cheek, so she and her parents were killed by the thief and thrown into the wilderness. Afterwards, the thieves fought with officers and soldiers, and the horse walked to the woman's body, backed away and refused to move forward, and fell into the mud and was captured. The soul of this woman was revealed, but unfortunately there was no way to know her name. The people who commented on this matter were very divided. Some believe that a woman who is unmarried at home should obey her parents' orders. Her parents told her to be a thief, but it seems too cruel for her to sit by and watch her parents be tortured in order to fulfill her personal reputation. Some people think that there is a difference between the rational and the foolish of the orders of parents, and that from a thief cannot be compared with whether or not to marry. If parents order their daughters to be prostitutes, should they also obey orders to go into prostitution? The woman does not appear to be guilty of any guilt. Xianyi Yao Angong said: "This matter is the exact opposite of Guo Liu's case, and each has its own reasons, but Yu Xin is always unsure of their facts. It is better that Emperor Jing of the Han said: "If you don't eat horse liver, you don't do it for yourself." I don't know the taste. ,'
Liu Yuchong, whose name is unknown, is from Cangzhou. My great ancestor Houzhai Gong often sang with him in poetry. He has a withdrawn temperament and likes to talk about pedantic rules and regulations, but in fact they are pedantic and cannot be implemented. He once invited Dong Tianshi to paint and Houzhai to write poems. Among them, the title of "Reading in the Autumn Forest" reads: "Sitting under the roots of a tree in autumn, alone and without company. I don't know what book I read, but my eyebrows are white. What I hold in my hand may be the "Well Field Book". "Probably to persuade him. After he accidentally got an ancient military book and read it, he claimed to be able to carry 100,000 soldiers. It happened that there were bandits at that time, and he trained his own troops to compete with the bandits. As a result, the village soldiers were defeated, and he was almost captured alive. He also obtained an ancient book on water conservancy, studied it for a year, boasted that a thousand miles of land could become fertile soil, and drew pictures to lobby state officials. The state official was also good, so he asked him to experiment in a village. When the ditch was dug, the flood came and poured in along the ditch, and people almost turned into fish. Since then, he has been depressed and unable to think about it. He often walks alone in the courtyard, shaking his head and saying to himself, "Can the ancients deceive me?" He repeats these six words a thousand times a day. Soon he fell ill and died. Later, on a clear and clear night, it was common to see his soul pacing under the pines and cypresses in front of the tomb, shaking his head. Listening carefully, these six words are still chanting in the mouth. Someone laughed, and his soul suddenly disappeared. Observed the next day, his soul was still shaking its head and pacing like the night before. People who indulge in ancient times are stupid, how can they be so stupid? Duke A Wenqin once taught me: "A stomach full of book knowledge can fail, but no knowledge in the stomach can also fail. Master chess players do not ignore old chess manuals, but do not copy them; famous doctors do not superstitute ancient recipes. But it does not depart from the ancient recipe. Therefore, it is said: "Study it thoroughly, and preserve your own characteristics. He also said: It can teach people to be conventional, but it cannot make people clever. '"
The heinous crimes of Ming Dynasty eunuch Wei Zhongxian were unprecedented. Some people say that he knew that he was going to collapse, so he secretly kept a mule, which could travel 700 miles a day in case of escape. He also secretly domesticated a person who was extremely similar to himself as a stand-in. Later, at the Youjiadian in Fucheng, he really saved his life with a substitute. I think this is pure fabrication. From the point of view of heaven, if there is a spirit in heaven, and God has eyes, he will never forgive him; in terms of human affairs, Wei Zhongxian has been in troubled times for eight years, who in the world does not know him? Even if he hides in the old party's house, his old friends will also dislike his villainy behavior and will capture him and sacrifice him. And if he hides in a remote place, in the eyes of farmers and herdsmen, a eunuch with a distinctive accent, looks and life, will inevitably attract the attention of others. If he had fled far beyond the borders, like Yan Shifan was fornicating with Japan, and Qiu Luan was fornicating with him, but he did not. With the barriers of mountains and deep seas, and the defense of Guansai, he could not escape. In the past, it was said that Emperor Jianwen had escaped, and there were still many things that later generations did not understand. Although Emperor Jianwen said he had no virtuous government, he had not yet spread the word, and people's hearts still turned to him. King Yan relied on force to usurp the throne and slaughter Zhongliang, which is unacceptable to the world, so it makes sense to help Emperor Jianwen escape. Wei Zhongxian's crimes are monstrous and poisonous all over the world, everyone wants to catch him and beat him before they are willing. At that time, there were fifteen years before the demise of the Ming Dynasty. How could he have been able to hide during these long fifteen years? So I don't believe the statement that he escaped without permission. Wang Yuefang, a native of Wen'an, said: "In the early years of Qianlong, the county school suddenly roared with thunder, surrounding the Confucian Temple. The lightning flashed, like streaks of red training around the sky. Lightning entered the temple gate more than ten times and came out again. Qi said, "There must be something abnormal here. , He entered the Confucian Temple in the rain and found a centipede lying on the throne of Confucius. I picked out the big centipede and threw it in front of the steps. After killing it, the sky suddenly cleared up. Check the centipede's back, there are 'Wei Zhongxian, three scarlet characters. "I believe this statement.