There is an old man in Yangxin County who is from Caidian Village. This village is five or six miles away from the county seat. The old man and his son opened a hotel on the roadside for business travelers to stay and rest. There were several cart drivers who were smuggling goods

There is an old man in Yangxin County who is from Caidian Village. This village is five or six miles away from the county seat. The old man and his son opened a hotel on the roadside for business travelers to stay and rest.

There are several drivers who sell goods back and forth on this road. They are frequent customers of the old man's inn. One evening at dusk, the four coachmen came to the inn to stay together, but by this time the inn was already full. The four people had no other choice, so they repeatedly asked the owner to find a way to arrange for them to stay. The old man thought for a while and thought of a place to stay, but he was afraid that the guests would not like it.

The guests said: "Now as long as you have a place to live, you can't pick and choose." At that time, the old man's daughter-in-law had just died, and the body was being parked in a house. His son went out to buy wood to make a coffin and has not come back yet. The old man thought that the house that served as a mourning hall was very quiet, so he led his guests through the streets and walked there.

Entering the house, a dim oil lamp was lit on the table. Behind the table was a curtain that separated the funeral bed, and a quilt covered the deceased. Looking at the bedroom inside, there happens to be a large bunk bed connected together. Several people were tired from the journey and were very sleepy. As soon as they lay down, they started snoring.

Only one guest was still asleep. Suddenly he heard a "chacha" sound coming from the coffin bed. He hurriedly opened his eyes. At this time, the lights in front of the coffin bed were very bright, illuminating the surroundings clearly.

I saw the female corpse lifted the quilt covering her body and sat up. After a while, she got off the coffin and slowly walked into the bedroom. The female corpse had a pale yellow complexion and a piece of silk tied on her forehead.

She walked to the bed, leaned down, and blew on the three sleeping guests. The guest who was not asleep was very panicked. He was afraid that the female corpse would blow on him, so he secretly covered his head with a quilt and held his breath to listen carefully to the movements of the female corpse.

Not long after, the female corpse came over and blew on him like other guests. After a while, the guest felt that the female body had left the room. After a while, he heard the sound of the quilt.

He quietly put his head out and took a look, only to see the female corpse lying stiffly on the bier just like before. He was scared to death and did not dare to make a sound, so he secretly kicked the traveling companions with his feet, but they were motionless. He thought about it over and over, but there was nothing he could do, so he thought it would be better to put on his clothes and escape.

Just when he sat up and was about to put on clothes, the "chacha" sound sounded again. He was so frightened that he quickly lay down and hid his head in the quilt. He felt the female corpse coming to him again and Youxu blew on him several times before leaving. After a while, I heard another sound coming from the coffin bed, and I knew that the female body was lying back on the coffin bed again.

So, he slowly stretched out his hand from the quilt, found the pants, put them on hurriedly, and rushed out barefoot. The female corpse also sat up, as if she wanted to chase him. When she first reached the curtain beside the coffin, the guest had already unlatched the door, opened it and escaped. The female corpse was chasing closely behind.

The guests ran and screamed, but no one in the village was awakened. He originally wanted to knock on the shop owner's door, but he was afraid that he would be overtaken by the female corpse if he ran too slowly.

So, he ran desperately along the avenue towards the county seat. He ran to the eastern suburbs of the county town and saw a temple. Hearing the sound of banging wooden fish, he quickly went to beat the temple door.

The Taoist priest in the temple was very surprised by his behavior and did not want to open the door and let him in. At this moment, the female corpse had already chased to the front of the temple, just a foot away behind the guest. He was scared and anxious, but there happened to be a four or five-foot-thick poplar tree outside the temple, so the guests used the tree as cover.

If the female corpse pounces on the right, he will hide on the left; if the female corpse pounces on the left, he will hide on the right. The female corpse became furious, but gradually both parties became exhausted. The female corpse stopped suddenly.

The guest was covered in sweat and panting, hiding behind a tree. Suddenly, the female corpse rushed forward again, stretched out her two arms, and reached out from both sides of the tree trunk to grab him.

The guest fell to the ground in fright. The female corpse couldn't catch him at once, and gradually became stiff while hugging the tree trunk.

The Taoist priest in the temple had been eavesdropping on the movements outside. When he heard that there was no sound, he slowly walked out.When he saw his guest lying on the ground, he shined a candle light and saw that he looked like a dead person, but there was still a trace of breath moving in his heart.

So the Taoist carried the guest into the temple. After a night, the guest woke up. The Taoist gave him some hot soup and asked him what happened. The guest told him exactly what happened.

At this time, the morning bell had already rang. The Taoist took advantage of the hazy sky at dawn to check the poplar tree, and sure enough he saw a female zombie. The Taoist was horrified and quickly reported to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate came to inspect it in person. He asked people to pull the female corpse's hands from the tree, but the female corpse's hands were held tightly and could not be broken apart. A closer look revealed that the fingers of the female corpse's hands were bent like hooks, and the nails were deep-rooted. Deeply embedded in the tree trunk.

The magistrate sent several people to pull out the body together, and finally the woman's body was pulled out from the tree. The holes made by the female corpse's fingers on the tree were like holes made with a chisel.

The county magistrate sent officers to the old man's house to inquire about the situation. The place was in chaos because the female body disappeared and the guest died violently. The officer explained the reason to the old man, and the old man followed the officer to claim the female body.

The guest cried and said to the magistrate: "The four of us came out together, and now I am the only one left. And how can the villagers believe this kind of thing!" The magistrate then wrote him a certification document and said I gave him money and let him go back.