Qiyang County There is a scholar Fan Zhengping. His family has some wealth. Besides reading and writing, he loves traveling around.
Early that morning, he rode a fast horse and went out alone to climb a mountain to enjoy the scenery. After walking for most of a day, he reached the top of the mountain. The flowers were red and the willows were green, and the scenery was so pleasant that he couldn't forget to leave.
He was so happy that he forgot about the time. It was not until the sun set that he slapped his forehead: "Oh! It's getting late, we have to go back quickly!"
So he led the horse to find the mountain trail and drove down the mountain. When he reached the foot of the mountain, it was completely dark. Fortunately, the moon was bright in the sky, so he could see the road clearly.
"It's so interesting to travel at night with the bright moon as your companion!"
Fan Zhengping was mounting his horse and walking slowly, and when he reached a dense forest, he suddenly saw several tile-roofed houses with lanterns hanging at the door, signboards and a woman standing there. It turned out to be a small shop.
The woman saw Fan Zhengping and waved to her: "The guest riding on horseback has a long way to go, so it's better to have a meal and rest in the inn before leaving!"
The woman's voice was like the call of an oriole, very gentle and sweet. Fan Zhengping happened to be hungry and sleepy at this time, so he dismounted and came to the door of the inn.
When he saw the woman's appearance clearly, he was surprised. The woman has smooth cheeks, sparkling eyes, willow eyebrows and apricot mouth. She is actually very beautiful.
Fan Zhengping also went to the Land of Smoke and Willows when he was young, and saw many top courtesans, but compared with the woman in front of him, they were just as vulgar and vulgar, and there was no difference between them.
Finally regaining his thoughts, Fan Zhengping said cautiously: "Sir, I am a scholar who went for an outing in the mountains. I missed the time just because I was greedy for the scenery. Now I am hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"
The woman covered her mouth and smiled: "Yes, please come in!"
Entered the room and saw four square tables, but they were empty at this time.
At this time, a big black dog suddenly ran in from the kitchen. It didn't even bark when it saw Fan Zhengping, and circled around the woman's calves.
"Don't be surprised, Sir, this is a native dog raised by a small shop to guard the house."
Fan Zhengping asked curiously: "Are you the only one here?"
The woman said: "The little girl Hu originally opened a shop with her husband. Her husband went out a few months ago and heard from people traveling with him that he fell off a cliff and died. There is no body left..."
After that, he lowered his head to wipe his tears.
Fan Zhengping felt pity in his heart when he saw such a beautiful woman staying alone in an empty room.
Then he ordered three plates of side dishes. Mrs. Hu went into the kitchen to get busy, and soon brought out several plates of fragrant dishes.
Fan Zhengping was already a little hungry, but when he smelled the fragrance, his appetite increased. He ate two large bowls of rice before wiping his mouth with satisfaction.
Mrs. Hu put away the dishes and chopsticks, and then said: "While traveling at night is inconvenient, why don't you, sir, rest in the guest room of the shop for one night before leaving?"
"That's fine, I'm tired, so I'll rest for one night."
Mrs. Hu was delighted and led Fan Zhengping to a guest room in the backyard to rest.
Fan Zhengping turned on the lamp and lay on the bed. Hu's beautiful face and delicate body appeared in his mind. His lower abdomen seemed to be burning, and he could not fall asleep due to tossing and turning.
When he was in a state of impatience, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open. Fan Zhengping hurriedly got up and lit the lamp to see, but it was Mrs. Hu who entered the door.
"Shopkeeper... what are you..."
The woman's eyes were as charming as silk, and she blushed: "It's been a long night, and I'm alone in the empty room, and I want to find the young master as a companion..."
Fan Zhengping was overjoyed when he heard this, and he understood in his heart. He hurriedly closed the door and blew out the lamp, holding Mrs. Hu in his arms.
At this moment, a man's voice suddenly came from outside the hospital: "Madam! I'm back! Madam, where are you!"
Fan Zhengping was startled: "Who is shouting?"
Mrs. Hu also looked panicked: "The voice is my husband! Why is he back!"
"What! This!"
Fan Zhengping panicked and hurriedly let go of Mr. Hu, but at this time, the door of the room had been kicked open by a man.
"I just heard a sound in this room. Madam, are you in there?"
The man lit up the lamp and saw a man and a woman in the room. The woman was naturally his wife, but the man didn't know her. He thought he was an overnight guest. It was just midnight. How could his wife appear in the guest room?
At this time, Hu stood aside with his face covered, and Fan Zhengping covered his face with long sleeves and did not dare to speak.
The man was furious and yelled: "Okay! I've only been away for a few months, and you actually went to the men's room to spend the night! Let's see if I don't beat you to death!"
The man was furious, furious, clenched his fists, and was about to beat Mr. Hu violently.
Although Fan Zhengping was scared, he was worried that Hu would be injured, so he hurriedly said: "You have been gone for several months and there is no news. I heard that you fell off a cliff and died. No wonder she was not chaste!"
When the man heard this, he stopped raising his fist in half.
Mrs. Hu on the side covered her face and cried, very sad.
"I was indeed injured when I fell off a cliff. I was rescued by a woodcutter. I came back after recovering from my injuries. I died there!"
Fan Zhengping added hurriedly: "Hu and I are not in a relationship, so please don't hit her!"
The man's anger subsided a little, and then he said to Fan Zhengping: "You must make compensation for what happened tonight, otherwise I will report it to the official tomorrow!"
Fan Zhengping hurriedly agreed: "It should be! It should be! I will take it with me. It contains one hundred taels of silver notes and a few taels of broken silver. It will be regarded as compensation to you, but I hope you won’t make any announcement about it.
The man grabbed the banknote handed over by Fan Zhengping, then grabbed Hu's arm and pulled it out: "Quickly go!" "
After the two left, Fan Zhengping hurriedly closed the door and then let out a sigh of relief: "Alas! Bad luck! Stealing the chicken is losing the rice! "
didn't sleep all night. Early the next morning, Fan Zhengping packed up his baggage, mounted his horse, and left in a hurry.
walked for an hour and passed by a market, so he had to dismount and lead him.
People were coming and going, and suddenly an old Taoist walked up to him, grabbed Fan Zhengping and said, "Master, why are you contaminated with some evil spirits?"
Fan Zhengping was unhappy because of what happened last night, so he thought he was a charlatan, and said angrily: "What evil spirits are there? I don't have any money on me, so don't bother me!"
"Master, don't be annoyed!" "You must have encountered something strange last night. The evil spirit on your body has not dissipated. The poor Taoist will not be mistaken."
When Fan Zhengping heard this, he felt that this man had some moral skills. He put away his arrogance and led the old Tao to a secluded place. He sighed: "I stayed in a small shop at the foot of the mountain for the night. Unexpectedly..."
He told the story of what happened last night. After hearing this, the old Taoist smiled and said: "Sir, you were deceived. Got it! "
"What did I get fooled? "
" That woman and man must not be mortals, otherwise your body would not be contaminated by their evil spirits. I guess it is the monsters in the mountains who have become spirits and blackmailed you for your money. "
Fan Zhengping thought carefully and thought, "Yes... why did that woman come into my room in the middle of the night, and why was it such a coincidence that her husband came back in the middle of the night..."
The old Taoist smiled and said, "It was your fate that you met me. Please take me to the shop to see if there is really a monster, so you can catch it on the spot." "
Fan Zhengping also wanted to find out the whole story, nodded in agreement, and took Lao Dao back the same way. The two walked for more than an hour and returned to the place where Fan Zhengping stayed last night.
What was strange was that he clearly remembered that several tile-roofed houses were here, but now there were only green grass and trees, and the small shop disappeared out of thin air.
"Weird! It's really strange! I just left here in the morning. I will never admit my mistake. Where did the shop go?"
The old man stood aside and looked around. Suddenly he saw a tile under his feet covered with a green turn. He smiled and said, "No need to look for it, it's here."
"Huh? Where is it?"
The old man pointed at the tiles and green turn.
Fan Zhengping shook his head: "Master Taoist, don't be kidding. This is clearly just a piece of tile and a piece of green."
The old Taoist stepped on the tile and said, "Don't believe it? I'll tell him to show himself!"
After saying that, he stomped on the tile hard, and it made a creaking sound, but the tile did not break.
After a moment, two qi, one black and one white, suddenly floated out from the gap between the tiles and the green bricks, and they gathered together and turned into two figures. A man's voice said angrily: "Who disturbed grandpa's dream!"
Fan Zhengping was startled, and when he looked carefully, he saw that it was the beautiful woman and her husband from last night.
"You... you are indeed monsters!"
The old man snorted coldly: "Black dog and white fox, long time no see, I have caught you two again!"
When the woman and the man saw the old man, they hurriedly bowed down and said, "It turns out to be the envoy of the gods! The little demon pays homage!"
Fan Zhengping was confused by the scene in front of him.
The old Taoist said in a cold voice: "That day, because you two turned stones into gold and deceived ordinary people, I accepted most of your magic skills. Why are you now engaging in blackmailing others?"
The woman hurriedly said: "My God, please forgive me! It was the two of us who were greedy for worldly things, and lost the magic skills of turning stones into gold. We have no money to use." Then he opened a shop here and designed to blackmail the customers who were passing by alone..."
"Hmph! I will take away the remaining skills from you two and be punished as mortals for a hundred years!"
The old man shook the whisk, and a few green lights floated out from the two of them, and they fell to the ground as if their limbs had been taken away.
"Where is the one hundred and eighty taels of silver that you blackmailed Fan Zhengping from? Take it out!"
The man hurriedly took out the banknotes and silver from his arms and said, "Here they are, here they are!"
Old man Dao took it and handed it to Fan Zhengping and said: "I got the money back for you. I have deprived the two demons of their magic and can no longer do harm."
Fan Zhengping collected the banknotes and money and was about to ask the old Tao about the whole story, but the old Tao suddenly disappeared.
"This...him?"
Mrs. Hu sighed and said, "Sir, the envoy has left."
"What the hell is going on?"
Mrs. Hu said resentfully: "This is what happened..."
It turned out that Mrs. Hu was a white fox in the mountains who became a spirit, and the man was a black dog in the mountains. They practiced hard for hundreds of years and finally achieved human form ten years ago. After
transformed into a human form, the two became brothers and sisters with different surnames, and escaped into a prosperous place to travel around the world.
But the two of them were quickly fascinated by the colorful world, and they used the Midas touch to turn gold into gold, eating, drinking and having fun all day long.
One day, Emperor Dongyue sent an envoy to find the two of them. He first beat them half to death, and then scolded them: "You two monsters are greedy for the world of mortals. You turn stone into gold to confuse ordinary people. The fake gold will always turn back into stone. When the time comes, a dispute will lead to a murder, and there will be endless troubles! Punishment and cutting Go to the two demons and get 80% of their magic skills, and drive them out of the city to practice quietly!"
In this way, the two men were cut off by the gods and 80% of their magic skills were thrown out of the city. However, they were still lazy and lazy. When they had no money to live, they used bricks and tiles to transform themselves into an inn, and then pretended to lure the man to spend the night to extort money.
Now the two of them were discovered by the angels for their evil deeds, and all their magic skills were cut off. Now they are no different from ordinary people.
After hearing this, Fan Zhengping looked at the two people who were dejected. He was angry and amused, and advised: "You two have finally cultivated human bodies, so why do you want to surrender? It's better to be down-to-earth!"
Hu regretted: "But I don't have any skills, and now I have lost all my skills. How will I live in the future!"
Fan Zhengping thought: "Yesterday The side dishes you cook are very delicious. Why not run a restaurant? I am willing to provide financial assistance, but I will never deceive or extort people again. "
The woman said happily: "It's not a bad idea, so thank you sir! "
Fan Zhengping then took the three of them back to the city, chose a busy place to rent a shop, bought all the pots, pans, and ingredients, and left after giving them some instructions.
Not long after, "Xiankelai Restaurant" in Qiyang County became famous because of its delicious food and beautiful proprietress. It was full of customers every day and made a lot of money every day.
Fan Zhengping also often went to Xiankelai Restaurant to eat, and told Hu and Hanzi to run the restaurant well.
A year later, Fan Zhengping suddenly announced that he was getting married, and everyone spread: "That Mr. Fan married the proprietress of Cyclamen Restaurant. He is a talented and beautiful woman, and they are a perfect match!"
