I don’t know what year it was in the Ming Dynasty . There was a scholar in Huzhou . His surname was Mei, his name was Yu Yu, and his courtesy name was Luoxue. His father died young when he was young, and his family was poor. But he was smart, talented, and willing to work hard. He was less than 20 years old. At the age of 18, he passed the examination as a scholar and entered a government school to study.
He was admitted as a scholar at a young age. He is outstanding in all his poems and articles. He has a bright future. In addition, he is as handsome as Pan An and is suave and unmarried. He has attracted the admiration of many boudoir girls, officials and gentry. Rich people all want to recruit him as their son-in-law.
This year, Mei Luoxue rented in the home of a member of the Suzhou named Liu. There was a garden behind the house with a pleasant scenery. He would go there for a walk whenever he had something to do.
After the spring rain that day, the clouds opened and the sun rose, everything seemed to be washing. Mei Luoxue was tired from reading, so she opened the door to the backyard and went to the garden to relax.
The courtyard is filled with mountains and rivers, many rockeries, and rugged rocks. After turning a few corners, I saw apricot flowers blooming in the northeast. At first glance, it looked like it was covered with a piece of pink snow. Below was a pond, and on the bridge There is a small pavilion.
Mei Luoxue was just about to go over and sit for a while when suddenly there was a sound of wind chimes. Following the sound, she saw a larger yard outside the low wall, with staggered pavilions and shadows of trees. There were two crabapples dancing in the wind. In the cloud window and foggy pavilion, outstanding works are looking down at you.
He crossed the low wall and wandered in between. Suddenly he heard Wu Nong's soft words from upstairs, his voice was like water and song, and he hurried forward to listen carefully.
I just heard the voice of Yan Yuying upstairs saying, "Even if he meets a duckweed in his life, he is afraid that he will not recognize you when he meets you." There is infinite sorrow in the voice, which makes people unable to bear to listen carefully.
Mei Luoxue is also wandering around the world now. When she heard these two lines of poetry, she was particularly touched and she let out a long sigh unconsciously. He couldn't help but be curious, what kind of woman lived up there?
Not long after, the wind moved the curtains open, and a woman came out from upstairs, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance.
I saw this woman standing tall and graceful, bright and charming, but her brows were furrowed, and there were tears in her clear eyes, just like pear blossoms in the rain, which was so intoxicating.
Mei Luoxue's soul was taken away when she saw such a beautiful and charming woman. She stared at it greedily for a long time. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she shouted to the woman: "May I ask if the lady is Sister Yuelan from the Su family?"
Woman When she heard someone calling her Yue Lan, she immediately looked around and saw Mei Luoxue downstairs. She nodded and said, "Yes, may I ask sir?"
Mei Luoxue was very excited and said quickly: "This is Mei Yu Yumei Luoxue. Why are you here?"
The woman originally lived in Sujia Lane. She was the sister of Mei Luoxue's cousin's wife, whose nickname was Yuelan. After getting married, she traveled far away with her husband. The year before last, her husband got seriously ill and passed away soon, so she returned home with her husband's soul.
Yuelan has known Mei Luoxue since she was a child. They haven't seen each other for six years. She immediately went downstairs, opened the courtyard door, and invited Mei Luoxue into the room to talk.
Mei Luo Zhou County, because there are few people there and no one can rely on, so I rented here."
Yue Lan was already in tears as she told about her miserable situation. Mei Luoxue quickly stood up and wiped her tears.
Yue Lan's face suddenly changed, and she said angrily: "We just met, and you didn't even say a word of comfort. How dare you act so frivolously on me?"
Only then did Mei Luoxue realize that she had been rude, and apologized quickly, but Yue Lan Tears turn into laughter. Only then did Mei Luoxue realize that Yue Lan was joking with him.
Yue Lan asked Mei Luoxue how her sister and her cousin were doing recently and why he was here. Mei Yinxue talked about her current situation, and then said: "What are your plans for the future, sister?"
After hearing this, Yuelan lowered her head and stopped talking.
The maid brought tea. The two drank tea and started talking about other things. Before they knew it, the sun was going to set.
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That night, Yuelan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. She fell asleep until midnight and dreamed of Mei Luoxue. Mei Luoxue here also didn't sleep all night. As long as he closed his eyes, Yue Lan's beautiful figure would immediately appear in front of his eyes.
It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning the next day that Yue Lan started to dress up. She sat alone at the table, holding her chin in her hand and looking out the window, looking thoughtful and thoughtful.
Suddenly the maid came to report that Mei Luoxue was here. Yuelan hurried out to greet him. After seeing him, she said excitedly: "Brother really has the letter of Weisheng."
The letter of Weisheng said Spring and Autumn h In tml2, a man named Wei Sheng and a woman agreed to elope. Mei Luoxue immediately understood the meaning of her words and said: "Since I saw my sister yesterday, I haven't slept all night. I only hate Wenjun for not agreeing."
After hearing this, Yue Lan immediately blushed with embarrassment. Mei Luoxue was fascinated by the sight and held her hand.
Yue Lan broke away and said, "Brother, don't do this! What if the maid sees it?"
htm How could a duck that reached her mouth fly away? Mei Luoxue stepped forward and held Yuelan's hand. Yuelan whispered in his ear: "Brother, come back in the evening."
Mei Luoxue heard this and then Let go.
Just after the first watch, Mei Luoxue couldn't wait to come to the small courtyard and found that the courtyard door was ajar, the lights were still on upstairs, and Yuelan's figure was reflected in the window.
Mei Luoxue immediately went upstairs. Yuelan saw him coming and jumped up happily. Mei Luoxue stepped forward and hugged her.
After a while, Yue Lan pushed Mei Luoxue away and said seriously: "My life is not good. My husband left me alone and now I am a lonely bird in front of the wind, wandering and helpless. I saw you yesterday and saw how charming you are. Suave, if you know that you will be able to prosper in the future, If you are willing to spend the rest of your life with me, wait until your mother-in-law dies. If you give up and just want to have a romantic relationship with me, I won't agree."
Mei Luoxue understood that Yuelan didn't want to do this in such an unexplained way. Following him, he wanted a promise from him, so he pulled Yuelan to the window and swore to the bright moon in the sky: "I am sincere to Yuelan, and the bright moon can tell me that I will grow old together with her in this life, and we will never be incompatible with each other for three lives. If I violate my oath, I will be miserable for three generations and never get ahead."
After taking the oath, Yuelan asked him to get up, but he knelt on the ground and refused to get up. He hugged Yuelan and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I feel like It seems like a year has passed. If I wait until your mother-in-law passes away, I'm afraid I will die of lovesickness."
Yuelan pulled him and said with a smile, "Are you so anxious?"
Before Yuelan could finish, Mei said. Luoxue hugged her.
When she got up the next morning, Yue Lan helped him organize his clothes and said, "I am already yours. If you betray me in the future, I will haunt you even if you betray me."
Mei Luoxue hugged her after hearing this. He smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have sworn to the moon."
From then on, the two of them often went back and forth. Later, the landlord found out about them. Not only did he not embarrass them, he also praised them as talented men and beautiful women.
Mei Luoxue's family was poor, and she failed to pass the provincial examination that year. Yuelan tried every means To comfort him, he even sold his jewelry for him to study
html. 1 Later, Mei Luoxue went to take the exam again. Yuelan learned that he didn't have any money, so she sold everything she could at home and gave it all to him in money.
The night before she left, Mei Luoxue took the exam. Luoxue went to Yuelan to say goodbye to her.
Before dawn, Yuelan got up to pack Mei Luoxue's luggage. He looked at Yuelan in front of him and couldn't help but think: "Deliberately adding more lines makes the affectionate. "
Yuelan listened to these two sentences, looked at him blankly for a long time, and then started to cry.
During the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, he often asked the maids in the palace to sew war robes and gave them to the soldiers in front. One of the generals won the battle. There is a poem inside the robe: "Deliberately add more threads, and the feelings will be more delicate." This life has passed, I hope to form a bond in the future. "
The general quickly presented the shirt and the poem to the emperor. The emperor asked which palace maid wrote the poem. One of the palace maids immediately knelt down and begged for her life.
The emperor was not angry, but said to the palace maid, since If you are interested in him, don't wait for the next life. This will establish your fate in this life, so he gave the palace maid to this general.
Mei Luoxue read these two poems casually, doesn't it mean that the two of them are together. I'm afraid they won't be able to get married in this life. Do they have to wait until the next life to get married? He immediately regretted his mistake and hurriedly held her in his arms. Li repeatedly comforted her.
After the exam was released, Mei Luoxue got her wish and passed the exam.
At that time, Yue Lan's mother-in-law had passed away, and Yue Lan heard the good news. , I felt that Mei Luoxue would come to marry her soon, and I looked forward to it every day.
But after a long time, Mei Luoxue didn't come. Later, I heard that he married a young lady from an official family in Suzhou Prefecture. Of course Yuelan didn't believe it. .
In the spring of the next year, Mei Luoxue left Suzhou to attend the examination in Beijing, and there was no news from that time.
Yue Lan finally fell into despair, and soon became depressed and died within half a year. ml1 Yue Lan was only twenty-three years old when she left. Before she left, she kept shouting Mei Luoxue's name, saying that she would take revenge even if she became a ghost.
Yue Lan gave up her family's valuables in order to pay for Mei Luoxue's provincial examination. Everything was sold, and her dead husband was the only child in the family, so her sister helped with the cooking. Afterwards.
Later, Mei Luoxue passed the imperial examination and the imperial examination, and was quickly assigned to serve in the Ministry of Etiquette. When he returned to his hometown to pick up his family, he thought of Yue Lan, who had been abandoned by him. When he heard the news, he just sighed a few words, and he didn't know if it was true. He still had a little bit of conscience left, but he became dazed from then on. When his family members asked him what was wrong, he would not say anything.
One night, Mei Luoxue was drunk. As soon as she lay down, she saw Yuelan with disheveled hair and pale face. She rushed in from the door with a knife in her hand and stabbed him in the chest with the knife.
He screamed in pain and woke up from his dream.
Everyone in the family was awakened by him and ran over to see him. They saw him covering his chest with his hands, breathing rapidly and sweating profusely.
His family wanted to see a doctor for him, but he said it was useless and told his family the reason for this nightmare.
He said that he was not going to die soon and asked his family to prepare for his funeral.
Within a few days, Mei Luoxue became too sick to get out of bed. Before she died, she read a poem: "I only know that good dreams seek truth, but they turn into nightmares. By now, I know it is too late to turn back, so as to leave evil behind." Mirror gift to fellow users.”.
Wanli In the 46th year of Wanli , in the first Zhejiang Township Examination, Li Xin, a scholar from Jiaxing, took the exam in House No. 17, Taozi.
He has been smart since he was a child, and his articles are outstanding. From the time he gets the test questions to when he lights up the lamp at night, he has already written the draft of the article. I checked and revised the article repeatedly under the oil lamp. The more I read, the more satisfied I became, and eventually I started reading it aloud in a low voice.
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew into the dormitory, and the oil lamp swayed and was almost extinguished.
At this time, a woman opened the curtain and walked in.
The woman looked to be in her twenties. She was dressed in plain clothes and had a light eyebrow. She came to Li Xin and stared at him for a long time with her almond-shaped eyes. Then she shouted loudly: "So you are here, I found you. You've been here for a long time!"
Li Xin was very surprised when he saw the woman coming in. This was the provincial examination room. There were soldiers guarding it outside. How could a woman get in?
Li Xin didn’t understand what was going on. Seeing the beauty of this woman who suddenly appeared, he looked carefully for a moment and then suddenly shouted: "Lan'er, I'm sorry for you, please spare me!"
After that, Li Xin seemed to be in trouble. Like a demon, he dances and jumps around, talking nonsense, but the voice that comes out is a woman's voice.
At dawn, the patrolling soldiers reported the matter of House No. 17 to the patrol officer.
When waiting for the inspector to come, Li Xin saw Li Xin raising his arms in front of him, and the tips of his fingers were painted red. When he saw someone coming, he waved his fists and shouted loudly: "See what you can do." What to do with me What can you do to me!"
The inspector was not surprised when he saw his appearance. There were not many people who went crazy in the provincial examination, and he had long been used to it. He shook his head and took his test paper.
Seeing that his article was really good, the patrol officer really felt sorry for him. Then he sighed and called a few soldiers to carry him out.
As soon as he walked out of the door, Li Xin went crazy again, yelling not to come here, not coming here, and then he clapped his hands and laughed, "Okay, okay!" If someone commits suicide in the dormitory, people have long been accustomed to it and just feel sorry for him.
After returning to his residence, the scholars gathered around to ask about Li Xin's condition. At this time, he was completely normal. He told his friends that he was not crazy about the exam, but had other reasons.
Li Xin said that when the woman came in, she quickly realized that she was not human. How could a woman enter the examination room, and I didn't even know this woman?
He said that he seemed to be controlled by the woman. She controlled him to take out a knife and stab himself, and then asked him to take off his belt and hang himself.
Just then, his grandfather and uncle appeared, took the knife away, and pushed the woman out.
Later, his grandfather told him that the woman had an unresolved grudge with him in the past life and would definitely not let him go easily. He told him that at the beginning of the morning tomorrow, Emperor Guan Sheng would pass by during his incense tour. Then he would ask Emperor for help, maybe he could get help. There is a glimmer of hope.
The morning light was dim and the sky was dim. Suddenly the horn sounded loudly in the sky. As expected, auspicious clouds surrounded the distance. A group of golden-armored gods surrounded the royal carriage of Emperor Guan Sheng and came slowly.
He quickly ran out, knelt on the ground and begged. The emperor agreed and immediately ordered him to look through the files to find the reason.
A man who looked like a judge in the temple took out a yellow book and read it repeatedly, and then reported it to the emperor, saying that it happened three lives ago.
The emperor took the yellow book and examined it carefully, then ordered someone to take out the two books of good and evil, read them, and said to Li Xin: "These are all your sins. The oath you swore with your own mouth can be regarded as your own fault. Love deeply. I hate it so much, but It's pitiful.
But she was too obsessed with it. She had already taken revenge in your life, but she still pestered you for two more lives. It was indeed a bit too much. Seeing that you have no sins in this life, you should be respectful during every Spring and Autumn sacrifice. Save your life."
The emperor then took the ink pen, painted all the tips of his ten fingers red, and said: "When you return to the room, point your ten fingers forward and you can drink her away. She must be resentful and waiting outside. You, I will be there for you when the time comes Let's settle the feud of these three lives."
After Li Xin returned to the dormitory, he saw the woman looking for him from dormitory to dormitory. When she saw him, she immediately rushed towards him.
He quickly stretched out his fingers to block. When the woman saw his scarlet fingertips, she was so frightened that she backed away and shouted angrily: "You heartless man! Don't think that I can't do anything to you like this. I will never let you go. It’s yours.”
Li Xin was extremely excited when he saw that the method taught by the emperor was indeed effective. But after walking out of the front door, he saw a dozen men with disheveled hair and green faces and fangs standing on both sides, stabbing him randomly with swords.
At this moment, the judge next to Emperor Guan Sheng suddenly appeared. With a wave of his sleeve, the evil ghost in front of him disappeared.
After listening, the scholars all looked at each other. Some lamented that he had escaped, while others did not believe him. Some asked, what will you do if that woman comes to you again?
When Li Xin was asked this question, he became frightened. He hurried to the market to buy sacrifices and went to Zhaodan Terrace to pray for the protection of Emperor Guan Sheng. Perhaps with the protection of the gods, the woman did not appear again for several days, so Li Xin felt a little relieved.
One night a few days later, Li Xin had a dream about the woman. Only this time, the woman no longer looked as fierce as before, but her eyes became clear and charming.
The woman told Li Xin that her name was Yuelan, and she was destined to be with a scholar named Mei Luoxue for three lifetimes. However, after the scholar passed the examination, he was ungrateful and married a lady from an official family...
After listening to this, Li Xin , also felt unfair for Yue Lan's experience, and scolded Mei Luoxue for being ungrateful. The woman then told Li Xin that he was Mei Luoxue's third incarnation.
Li Xin asked after hearing this: "Are you here to ask for your life from me?"
The woman smiled and said: "Back then, you swore to the moon that you would love me for three lifetimes. You are ungrateful. I have asked for my life. However, after your death, I still had a deep obsession and haunted you for three more lives. Now that the emperor has given me guidance, I have decided to let go of my hatred. I am going to be reincarnated."
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman disappeared.
After waking up, Li Xin sighed for a long time.
After dawn, he immediately bought the sacrificial paper money and rushed to Guandi Temple. This time he prayed for Yuelan, wishing that she would find a good family and be free from disasters in the next life.
Look at the Emperor Guan Sheng, who is overlooking all living beings. He used to be majestic and solemn, but today he looks kind-hearted.
After all this trouble, he would definitely fail the exam. The scholars all felt sorry for him, but he didn't take it seriously.
After that, Li Xin never entered the examination room again. Instead, he opened a private school in his hometown to teach and educate people.Then came the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of war in the Qing Dynasty. Fortunately, he escaped the chaos of war and died in his eighties without any illness.
The story is adapted from "The Collection of Buried Worries".
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