The story takes place during the Zhihe period of the Northern Song Dynasty. Disappearances occurred one after another in Yiyang County, causing panic among the people in the city. There is a Shihua Temple outside Yiyang County. It was built in the early years of the Tang Dynasty.

The story takes place in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Zhihe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, disappearances occurred one after another in Yiyang County, causing panic among the people in the city. There is a Shihua Temple outside Yiyang County. It was built in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, many people come to offer incense. During the Bon Festival every year, a grand temple fair will be held, with lanterns and colorful decorations.

The Buddhist Bon Bon Festival is usually held on July 15th, which is often called the "Ghost Festival". On July 15th of this year, it was raining lightly, and when it was time to light the lanterns, there were only a few vendors closing their stalls on the road. The abbot of Shihua Temple Elder Xingkong sighed and said: "This year is no better than in previous years. The incense fee is less than one-third of last year."

The young novice on the side said: "Master, there is nothing we can do about it. Over the past year, many men and women in the city have disappeared, and there is a lack of labor in the fields. Even if they are willing to pray and fulfill their wishes, it is understandable that they have no money to buy incense." Elder Xingkong nodded thoughtfully, and then he said: When people were about to return to the temple, they saw a few girls coming from a distance.

The girls walked to the temple gate, saluted Elder Xingkong and said, "Master, can you still offer incense now?" In the main hall, they kowtowed to the Buddha statue in a formal manner. After they finished offering incense, several girls were about to turn around and leave. Elder Xingkong said: "This temple has prepared some vegetarian meals. It is better for the female donors to eat vegetarian meals before leaving."

Several girls discussed it and finally agreed to stay and fast. The vegetarian food in the temple was nothing more than rice porridge. After drinking it, several girls fell to the ground one after another. Elder Xingkong laughed secretly from the side and said: "You guys are like fairies descending to earth, how can I let you go? It seems that I, Yun Zhonghe, deserve to be so blessed." After saying this, Elder Xingkong twisted the incense burner on the Buddha table. After the Buddha statue turned, a secret door was revealed on the wall. Elder Xingkong followed the secret door and carried all seven girls into the cellar. Because there were still chores to deal with in the temple, he imprisoned the girl in the cellar and then came out again, preparing to have sex in the dead of night.

It turned out that the real Elder Xingkong had been killed long ago. The elder Xingkong in front of him was transformed by the bully Yun Zhonghe. Yun Zhonghe was a famous flower-picking thief in the world at that time. He was not only strong in martial arts but also good at disguise. He was rounded up several times by the court. Missed. Later, Yun Zhonghe hid in Shihua Temple, killed Elder Xingkong and disguised himself as him, and then took the opportunity to seize female pilgrims. Most of the women who disappeared one after another in the city were killed by Yun Zhonghe.

Yun Zhonghe came to the cellar excitedly. Unexpectedly, the girls had woken up. One of the girls sneered and said, "It's really a fat pig looking for death." Yun Zhonghe didn't understand what was going on. The girl spit out a breath of black air at Yun Zhonghe, and Yun Zhonghe passed out.

It turned out that those girls were not girls from good families, but a few refined spider spirits in the mountains. Most of the men who disappeared one after another were killed by them. These spider spirits were afraid of being struck by lightning, so they came to the temple to offer incense. Unexpectedly, they were imprisoned in the cellar by the fake abbot. After the Spider Spirit woke up, he realized that the abbot was not a good person, so when Yun Zhonghe came down, he sprayed him down with a breath of black air.

Although Yun Zhonghe has great martial arts skills, he is still a mortal and is no match for the spider spirits. After a moment, he was eaten by several spider spirits. After being full, the spider spirit showed its true form and crawled out of the cellar to escape. At this moment, a big rooster flew from outside the temple and swallowed several spiders in one bite.

That big rooster was raised by farmers near the temple. Because he listened to the Buddha's message on weekdays, he also had some magical powers, so he was able to get rid of the spider spirit at once. Since then, there have been no missing persons cases in the area. In order to express their gratitude to the big rooster for eradicating demons for the people, people renamed the mountain Jigong Mountain. The mountain still exists today.

Postscript:

As the saying goes, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and evil people will have their own punishment. Yun Zhonghe was domineering and harmed a good woman, but ended up falling into the hands of the spider spirit, so he deserved it. The spider spirit did not practice well and murdered many men, causing countless families and wives to be separated. In the end, it was swallowed by a big cock, which was considered retribution.

[Solemn statement]

This story is a folk tale, purely a literary creation. The plot and characters are fictitious. It is intended to enrich readers' spare time. Please do not contradict feudal superstition.