During the Qing Dynasty, there was a woodcutter named Ling Zhongtian in Jinling . His life was relatively simple. He went to the mountains to cut firewood every morning and took it to the market to buy and sell in the afternoon. He spent most of his time away from home and was only at home at night. .
Ling Zhongtian’s wife Du Xiaoyue is a well-known local beauty. The villagers say that Ling Zhongtian’s ability to marry Du Xiaoyue is definitely a blessing earned in eight lifetimes. After marriage, Du Xiaoyue is diligent and frugal in running the house and takes care of everything in the house. Ling Zhongtian is well organized and rarely worries Ling Zhongtian.
Ling Zhongtian could not be more satisfied with Du Xiaoyue. He even thought that Du Xiaoyue was the best woman in the world, so he focused on chopping firewood with ease. However, the good times did not last long. Ling Zhongtian accidentally discovered Du Xiaoyue's... A strange thing.
Du Xiaoyue got a painting from somewhere. There were two old locust trees and a fair-skinned man in the painting. Du Xiaoyue stared at the painting all day long when he had nothing to do. He couldn't see enough during the day, and he would still crawl in the middle of the night. Get up and take another look.
Once Du Xiaoyue was looking at the painting, Ling Zhongtian snatched the painting away and placed his unshaven face in front of Du Xiaoyue, asking Du Xiaoyue to look hard enough.
Du Xiaoyue was angered by Ling Zhongtian's move. She actually snatched the painting away from Ling Zhongtian and found a place to hide it. Ling Zhongtian searched for it again but couldn't find it.
After all, it was just a painting. Ling Zhongtian couldn’t care less about Du Xiaoyue. He continued to go to the mountain to chop firewood every day. A month passed like this. Ling Zhongtian encountered heavy rain on the way up the mountain to chop firewood. He hurriedly took the Carrying the chopped firewood down the mountain, the rain came and went away quickly. The rain had just stopped when Ling Zhongtian arrived at the door of his house.
Ling Zhongtian pushed the door and found that it was locked from the inside. He shouted a few times at the top of his lungs, preparing to call Du Xiaoyue out to open the door, but he shouted several times in succession and there was no response from the room.
Ling Zhongtian felt that something was fishy. He put down the firewood and climbed into the yard from the wall. He secretly took a look inside the house through the window gap and found that Du Xiaoyue and a strange man were getting dressed in a hurry. Du Xiaoyue got dressed and asked The man hid under the bed and handed him a sharp knife, telling him to kill Ling Zhongtian at any time.
When Ling Zhongtian saw this situation, he secretly thought it was not good. He hurriedly went to the kitchen, picked up a kitchen knife, hid it behind his back, and opened the door.
Du Xiaoyue was obviously a little surprised that Ling Zhongtian came home suddenly, while Ling Zhongtian looked at Du Xiaoyue with an angry look and asked Du Xiaoyue why he locked the door during the day. Du Xiaoyue confused Ling Zhongtian, and Ling Zhongtian was caught The cuckold was so angry that his face turned red.
At this moment, the man in the room rushed out. He stabbed Ling Zhongtian with a sharp knife. Ling Zhongtian couldn't dodge, so he had to fight the man head-on. Ling Zhongtian, a martial artist, was certainly better than The fair-skinned man was much more powerful, and soon he fell behind.
Ling Zhongtian was so angry that he let the couple's blood splatter on the spot. Afterwards, he only knew that he had violated the law and committed a crime, so he went to the government to surrender, and Ling Zhongtian was imprisoned in the cell.
A few days later, someone suddenly came to the door of Ling Zhongtian's house. It was Du Xiaoyue. She found that Ling Zhongtian was not at home, and there were two dead foxes lying in the yard. After asking the neighbors, she found out that Ling Zhongtian was in the cell. He quickly found Ling Zhongtian and asked him what was going on.
Du Xiaoyue was bored at home a few months ago, so she went back to her parents' house to live for a while. She left in a hurry without telling Ling Zhongtian, and she never did anything to feel sorry for Ling Zhongtian.
In order to uncover the mystery, Du Xiaoyue asked someone to invite a Taoist priest . The Taoist priest only glanced at the fox twice and understood the cause of the matter.
It turns out that after Du Xiaoyue returned to her natal home, two foxes came to the house, one male and one female. The female fox became Du Xiaoyue and lived with Ling Zhongtian, while the male fox lived in the painting. The female fox missed the male fox day and night. They would stare at the paintings all day long, and they even slept in the same bed when Ling Zhongtian was not at home.
Ling Zhongtian mistook the female fox for the real Du Xiaoyue, and thought that Du Xiaoyue had stolen men outside, so he accidentally killed them all.
After the truth came to light, Ling Zhongtian was released.
Du Xiaoyue was suspected by Ling Zhongtian because she had been away from home for two months. She couldn't stand Ling Zhongtian's suspicion for a while, so she drove back to her parents' home. Ling Zhongtian followed Du Xiaoyue back to her parents' home, and finally gave Du Xiaoyue to her parents after some hard talk. After being coaxed to change their minds, nothing strange happened between the two ever again, and they lived happily ever after.
