During the Ming Dynasty period, there was a small mountain village in Jiangling , and there was a young hunter named Liu Yang in the village. This man lost his father in his early years and lived with his mother, Zhao. Although his family is not rich, he has no worries about food and clothing. When Liu Yang was 23 years old, under Zhang Luo of his mother Zhao, he married a girl named Taohua. Taohua is not only beautiful, but also diligent and knowledgeable. Liu Yang fell in love at first sight. They respect each other after marriage and have a deep relationship. But there was an unexpected situation in the world, and a sudden accident broke up the two.
That night, Taohua and her mother-in-law were cleaning housework at home, but neighbor A San rushed in in a hurry and shouted as soon as they entered the door: Something happened, Aunt Zhao, Liu Yang had an accident!
Both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were surprised when they heard this and quickly followed Ah San to the entrance of the village. However, they did not see Liu Yang, but saw their companions who went out to hunt with him in the morning. His companions were covered in blood at this moment and fell to the ground dyingly. His body was covered with biting marks, obviously he was attacked by some wild beast.
After inquiry, I learned that Liu Yang and his companions suddenly encountered a large group of snakes while hunting. The snake attacked them indiscriminately. His companions were lucky enough to escape back to the village, but Liu Yang's life and death were still uncertain.
Hearing this news, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fainted on the spot. Afterwards, the villagers organized people to go up the mountain to search and found the place where Liu Yang and his companions were attacked by snakes. There was a mess, leaving behind many snake corpses and a large amount of blood, but Liu Yang disappeared. People searched for three days, but found nothing. In this case, the chance of survival is very small, and everyone loses confidence and gives up on continuing to search.
This incident had a great blow to Zhao and Taohua. The two of them cried all day long, and they were unable to think about food and food, and became tranced and thin. Soon, Taohua's mother came to Zhao's house to pick up her daughter. After all, Taohua is still young and her mother doesn't want her daughter to live a widow all her life, so she plans to introduce her to another partner. There is no doubt that this incident was another handful of salt on Zhao's wound. After her daughter-in-law left, she was finally overwhelmed and fell ill and was bedridden. Fortunately, Taohua values love and friendship. She sneaks back every day to take care of her mother-in-law, saying that it is impossible to remarry. She will be Liu Yang's wife for the rest of her life. Taohua did what she said, and she refused several families to come to propose marriage one after another, which made Zhao very moved, but also felt very guilty. She knew Taohua was a good girl, so she didn't want to delay her. After thinking about it, she still wanted to persuade her daughter-in-law to find a family if she listened to her mother. But just as Zhao was about to persuade her, she discovered something strange.
I don’t know when it started, but my daughter-in-law Taohua seemed to have walked out of the haze of losing her husband, and her whole body became much cheerful, with more smiles on her face, and became more rosy, as if she was more beautiful than before.
Seeing the changes in his daughter-in-law, Zhao's first reaction was that his daughter-in-law had a new love. Although she felt a little uncomfortable, she was also happy for Taohua. However, she did not say it explicitly, but kept hinting that Taohua wanted to meet Taohua's new love. However, Taohua's reaction was a bit strange. She first said something that was not available, and then brought the topic to the dead Liu Yang. He also said that it was his birthday soon, and what gift should he give him. After saying that, she looked at her mother-in-law and quickly changed the topic.
The daughter-in-law's reaction made Zhao suspicious. She always felt that her daughter-in-law had hidden something from her, and she was also very worried about Taohua's mental state. For this reason, one night, Zhao quietly followed her daughter-in-law home, hid outside the door and observed secretly, wanting to see if she could find any clues.
She waited from night until late at night, and no exception occurred. Just as she was about to leave, she found a black shadow slowly walking to Taohua's window. Taohua opened the window, jumped out with a smile, and threw herself into Heiying's arms.
Seeing this, Zhao quietly came over, a ray of moonlight shone on the two of them, and she also saw the appearance of the visitor, which was her dead son, Liu Yang.Liu Yang's face was pale, green scales grew under his skin, his legs turned into a thick snake tail, and he was holding an pheasant in his hand.
was shocked when he saw his son Zhao, and rushed out desperately, shouting Liu Yang's name loudly. After Liu Yang was discovered, he wanted to escape, but after hearing his mother's voice, he stayed there. Finally, the mother and son met and hugged each other cryingly. Liu Yang also told everything
it turned out that when he was killed by a snake, his body was taken away by the leader of the snake clan. He was a snake demon who had been practicing for a hundred years and turned it into a snake-swelling ghost. He hoped that Liu Yang would help him continue to hurt others. Liu Yang was helpless, but he could only listen to the orders of the snake demon, but he cared about his wife very much, so he often secretly flew prey in the middle of the night to send it home.
After Tao Hua discovered it, she not only did not dislike him now, but instead concealed the matter. The couple always had to meet. Tao Hua also wanted to help her husband get rid of the control of the snake demon, but once the snake demon died, Liu Yang would be disheartened. She couldn't make up her mind and didn't want her mother-in-law to see what he is now, so she kept hiding it.
After learning the truth, Zhao was heartbroken and cried endlessly. The incident has come to this point, and the snake demon will immediately lead the snake to attack the village. By then, countless people will die. Liu Yang comforted them and said, quickly finding a powerful Taoist priest to destroy the snake demon and save everyone from Shuihuoyi.
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law disagreed at first, but under Liu Yang's strong persuasion, they agreed. The next morning, they asked a Taoist priest to help. In the evening, Liu Yang appeared and took the Taoist priest to find the snake demon's hiding place. After a fierce fight, the snake demon was finally killed. The Taoist priest cast spell to save Liu Yang's soul and helped him rebirth.
Taoist priest returned home with his soul and met Zhao and Taohua for the last time. The family hugged him tightly and refused to part for a long time. Finally, Liu Yang turned into a little starlight and disappeared into the night sky.
