In the Heian era of Japan, in the Yoshibeko Night County, there was a rich peasant named Zhuang Taifu.
Zhuang Taifu has only one son, Shotaro, but he is a playboy and does not listen to his father's advice at all. Zhuang Taifu and his wife are very worried about this and secretly discussing finding a good woman for their son as their wife, which should make their son happy.
happened to be a matchmaker coming to propose marriage and said, "The Lord of the Kasuya God in the Yoshibetsu Shrine has a daughter who is naturally beautiful, filial to her parents, and is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She will definitely be a good wife in the future."
Zhuang Taifu was overjoyed after hearing this and happily agreed. A few days later, he prepared all the betrothal gifts to Xiangyang's house, chose auspicious day to prepare for the wedding.
Xiangyang decided to pray to God for his daughter's happiness. He summoned the witches, burned the imperial soup, offered offerings, and prepared to perform the "Singing the Cauldron God's Affairs". The so-called "King of the Cauldron" is a Japanese way of asking questions about good and bad fortune. The witch named "Azengnu" is usually responsible for raising a fire next to the cauldron, so that water vapor always appears in the cauldron. Then, the diviner chants what he prayed silently in his heart, the priest recites the blessings in front of the cauldron, and the witch shakes the brown rice in the cauldron. When the water in the cauldron is rolling, if the brown rice makes a sound like a demon moaning or a cow, it is a good omen. However, this time, after the boiling water in Xiangyang's family's "Singing the Cauldron" was boiling, there was no sound in the cauldron.
Xiangyang felt a little uneasy, but he was very satisfied with the marriage, and the betrothal gift had been received, so he no longer hesitated. As soon as the auspicious day comes, he married his daughter Isoray as promised.
Ishiliang is very virtuous. He wakes up early and goes to bed late every day to do housework, strives to serve his parents-in-law, and is considerate to his husband. Shotaro was very satisfied with his wife and they got along very well.
However, the country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change. After her newlyweds, the romantic Shotaro, who was by nature, had a passionate fight with a prostitute named Asui, and even redeemed her for her and bought a house nearby to hide her charm. Isoray begged her husband to change his mind, but Shotaro still did the same thing, and later he simply stopped going home.
When Zhuang Taifu and his wife learned about it, they scolded Shotaro severely, locked him up at home, and cut off his financial resources.
On that day, Shotaro took advantage of his parents' absence and said to Iso Ryo, "I am ashamed of you to me, so I plan to be a new person. However, Ah Xiu has no relatives. If I abandon her, she will definitely return to her old career. That would be pitiful. I plan to send her to Kyoto and help her find something to do. But I am penniless now. Can you raise my travel expenses for me?"
Iso Ryo agreed happily when he saw that Shotaro was so earnest. She secretly sold her clothes, asked her parents for some money on the excuse, and then gave it to Shotaro. Unexpectedly, after Shotaro got the money, he quietly left home and ran away with Ah Xiu. Izuliang became ill and couldn't afford to get sick. After multiple treatments, there was no effect. Iriya's illness was getting worse day by day, and his life was on the verge of death.
At this time, Shotaro took A Xiu to the Nakamura of the Nakamura, found A Xiu's cousin Hiroyuki, and asked him to take them in. Yan Liu agreed and rented a dilapidated house next door for them to settle down.
A few days later, A Xiu suddenly fell ill. At first, he thought he was suffering from a cold, but later he became crazy like a ghost. Seven days later, Ah Xiu finally died of serious illness.
Shotaro was deeply saddened. He cremated Ah Xiu's body and buried it in the grave.
Shotaro misses Asui and goes to the tomb to worship every evening. On that day, when Shotaro was worshiping, he found that a new tomb was added beside Asui's grave, and a woman was worshiping.
Shotaro stepped forward and asked the woman who she was here to worship. The woman replied, "This is the grave of my master. My master lost his territory because he was framed by a villain, so he had to live a poor life in this remote village. My master passed away a few days ago. My wife was too sad and seriously ill, so she asked me to come to visit her grave.My wife is so pitiful. She was a famous beauty, but now she is in a lonely and helpless state! "
Shotaro heard this and felt lustful, so he asked the woman to take him to visit the hostess. The two walked for a long time and finally came to a dim forest. There was a small thatched hut in the forest, and the dim lights were emitted from the house.
The woman led Shotaro into the house. There was a screen inside the house, and the hostess was behind the screen.
Shotaro stepped forward and said, "I heard that the wife had just suffered the misfortune of losing her husband, and she became sick. I am also a newly lost beloved wife, and I can be said to be sympathetic to each other, so I took the liberty to come and express my condolences. "
The hostess pulled the screen a little widened and said, "Husband, I have been missing for a long time. I am lucky to meet here now. I should let you taste the taste of evil retribution! "Shotaro was shocked and looked closely. The woman was actually Iorira who was abandoned in her hometown! She saw that her face was pale and her gloomy eyes were staring at her, her green and thin hands were bloodless. Shotaro screamed and fell backwards.
When she woke up, Shotaro opened her eyes and looked carefully. The thatched house just now turned out to be a Sanweitang in the wilderness, with black Buddha statues inside. Shotaro stumbled back home and told Hikaru what he had experienced.
Hanji said: "You are probably entangled by the fox fairy. "So, he took Shotaro to find an Onmyoji from his neighboring village for help.
Onmyoji had seen the hexagram, frowned, and said, "You are a disaster star illuminating your life, and there are many dangers. Your wife Izura died 20 days ago, but the resentment was hard to go away. She first took Ah Xiu's life and then came to take the life of you, the unfaithful person. After death, people will stay in the sun for 49 days, and Iriya's ghost will last for 29 days. During this period, you must close your door and thank the guests and close all doors and windows, otherwise your life will be difficult to protect. "After saying that, Onmyoji wrote runes on Shotaro's back and hands and feet with a pen, and then painted many cinnabar talismans and reminded him, "Press these amulets on each door and window, pray to the gods and Buddhas, and never be careless. "
After Shotaro returned home, he immediately pasted the cinnabar talismans on the doors and windows, and then locked himself in the house to avoid disasters. At the third o'clock that night, a terrible voice came from outside the house: "It's so hateful! Magic talismans are pasted everywhere! "After a while, the voice disappeared. Shotaro was so scared that he finally waited until dawn that he hurriedly found Yoshiro and told him about what happened last night. Yoshiro heard it, he was also scared.
The next night, Yoshiro did not dare to sleep, and waited until the third update. A strong wind blew in the pine forest, and the wind was fierce. A red light flashed on the window paper of Shotaro's room, and a shrill voice sounded again: "Damn it, it's actually posted here too! "Shotaro and Hikaru were so scared that their hair stood upside down and almost fainted.
After more than twenty days, they lived like years. Although Irora's ghost came every night, he could not enter the house due to the obstruction of the amulet. He could only parade around the house or climb onto the roof and shouted miserably.
Finally, he could survive the 29th night. After this night, he could escape the disaster. Therefore, Shotaro was particularly cautious and careful. At about the fifth update, there was already a hazy light outside. Shotaro felt relieved and thought he had escaped the disaster. He hurriedly called Hikaru and said, "Hide the disaster for 29 days behind closed doors, and finally got through it. Brother, get up quickly, I will tell you about the painful experience of this month. "Yan Liu heard this and got up and went to open the door. Who knew that as soon as the door opened, he heard a scream under the eaves next door.
Yan Liu hurriedly ran out of the door with an axe. He looked up and saw that it was dawn. In fact, it was bright and the moon was bright. The clear light reflected on the window paper, and it looked like it was dawn. The door of the Shotaro room was open, but there was no figure inside!
Yan Liu came to the place where the screams were just now. He found that next to the open door, blood stains dripped from the wall to the ground, but there were no corpses, and there was a man's bun hanging under the eaves!
■Wang Xinxi
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