Text/Murong Zijun
Three dreams
In the Song Dynasty, there was a xiucai called sentence spinning, who participated in scientific examinations, repeatedly failed the examination, and felt that his surname was wrong, so he changed the sentence spinning to jufang, and the pronunciation was the same.
This year, Jubo went to participate in the provincial examination, and this time he was full of confidence, and the night before the exam, he dreamed of an old man, who looked like a god, and said to Jubo: "You will get it every time you go."
Waking up from the dream, Ju Fang was very happy, thinking that "Shunde" meant to pass the exam immediately, so after the exam was over, he was also full of expectations, who knew that when he waited to see the list, he did not pass the exam.
Four years later, Ju Fang came to Yangzhou To take the exam, and the night before the exam, he had the same dream again, and when he woke up in the morning, he thought to himself: "Ju is Ju, I have changed my surname, and I will definitely be able to pass the exam this time."
Therefore, he was full of expectations, after the exam, he felt that he had done well in the exam, who knew that when he waited to see the list, he was actually called Luosun Shan, who was half angry, thinking that the gods in the dream were playing tricks on him.
Not long after this incident, Ju Fang dreamed of the god man and said to him: You can't pass the exam until you are forty-eight years old, and you will fail the exam again in these years. When Jubo woke up from his dream, he was discouraged and calculated that his age was exactly thirty-eight.
God, he still had to wait ten years, so he didn't dare to take the exam again, so he returned to his hometown of Hunan Dao County. Soon after he returned, a rich local merchant surnamed Yao hired him to go to his home to be a teacher for his son, and the rich businessman's son was still taking the Xiucai examination.
In the blink of an eye, another seven or eight years had passed, and the court had issued an edict for the imperial examination, and at this time, JuFang was already forty-five years old, so he thought that he was difficult to pass the examination, so he did not register.
Yao Fushang strongly advised Jufang to take the exam, but Jufang refused, asking him why, and embarrassed to tell the dream, afraid that people would laugh at him.
Yao Fushang said a little angrily: The reason why I hired you to be Mr. My Son is because you have many scientific expeditions, that is, I expect you to take my son to the exam together, so that he will not be afraid of the stage, I have spent a lot of money on you, you must go.
But JuBo still did not agree happily, really did not want to be hit again, if his own students were admitted, he once again fell behind, in front of others can not lift their heads.
Who knew that this rich merchant Yao secretly let his son Dai Jufang report the application for the exam, and Jufang had no way, so he agreed to it.
The following year, he and the rich merchant's son registered for the examination again, and when the roster of candidates was handed over to the Ministry of Etiquette the following year, Jubo found that his age was written as forty years old, in fact, he was exactly forty-eight years old this year, and it was estimated that his students had reported the wrong thing.
Ju Fang was secretly happy, anyway, the god man told him that he could pass the examination at the age of forty-eight, and the age of the roster made him eight years younger, and he would become an official in the future, and he would do more years, saving the emperor from seeing him forty-eight years old before he was admitted, and he did not want to see him. This is really the gods helping me! But he never understood what it meant to "get every week."
When the ranking list of the examination room was announced, the left side of Jufang's name was a candidate surnamed Feng, and on the right was a candidate surnamed Zhou, which understood the meaning of "every state is obtained".
After the exam, Ju Bo patiently waited for the list to be issued, and sure enough, he passed the exam, and his students also passed the exam, and both teachers and students were very happy.
After twelve years and three dreams, it was fulfilled, and the doubts of the past are now so clear that it is really incredible to think.
Little Lotus
During the Song Dynasty, there was a Xiucai named Dong Jia, who lived in the west of the city, and he looked good, and he was a gentleman, and the Yushu Linfeng. This day is the Lantern Festival, he came to the bell tower alone to watch the lanterns, there are many people watching the lights, how can not squeeze in front, so simply retreat to the back of the crowd.
Originally wanted to leave, suddenly a woman was squeezed in front of him, the woman instinctively said sorry, who knew that the two looked at each other, it turned out that Dong Xiucai knew this woman, the woman was Xiaolian, the daughter of the Liu family in the east of the city. Because she had gone to the Wang family the year before to drink with her brother, although the two families lived far away, they were in the same city.
Dong Xiucai was surprised and asked: I heard that your illness is not very serious? And didn't know anyone half a year ago?
Xiao Lian said: I am already well, but My father asked the matchmaker to find me a son of the Sun Fu family, and Sun Fuweng's son is a famous prodigal son, so he was upset in his heart, so he came out alone to worry about it, and he did not expect so many people. If that grandson is half as good as you, I will be satisfied, why is my life so bitter? As he spoke, he wept.
Dong Xiucai was exaggerated by Xiaolian, and although Xiaolian in front of her cried a lot, she looked even more feminine and beautiful. So he warmly invited her to his house to rest, which was crowded and had nothing to do.
Xiao Lian stopped crying and whispered: I actually want to go to my aunt's house to relax, I will go again tomorrow morning.
More than half a year has passed, Xiaolian did not go to her aunt, nor did she say that she would go home, but she also did not hear that Xiaolian's father was looking for her, Dong Xiucai felt unreasonable, but think about it, even if people are looking for someone, they will not shout loudly on the street, not to mention the unmarried woman, maybe she is afraid of losing people.
In this way, the two became husband and wife, Qinse and Ming, and had a very good relationship. But Xiaolian had never been out, perhaps afraid that others would see her, and what was even more incredible was that she usually came out at night to do activities. And one night, Dong Xiucai got up conveniently, suddenly found that Xiaolian was not around, came out to see, But Xiaolian knelt under a tree in the courtyard to worship the moon.
On this day, Dong Xiucai invited his friend Zhang San to come to his house to drink, let Xiaolian come out to pour wine and serve food, Xiaolian was also very enthusiastic, but obviously looked a little nervous, Zhang San felt that Xiaolian was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.
A few days later, Dong Xiucai and Zhang San went to the small hotel to drink, and Zhang San interrogated him: When did you marry the woman? Why do I think she looks so familiar?
Dong Xiucai said in a huff: I bought it with money as a concubine, and you know that my father and mother followed my eldest brother to live in other places, and my life was not taken care of, so I took a concubine first.
Zhang San said: Where did you buy it? Obviously lying, when I was drinking at your house the other day, I found that when the woman passed by the lamp, she seemed to deliberately avoid the light, and I also found that although she looked like a fairy, her eyes were very cold, and there was a strong smell on her body, which I couldn't tell, but I was afraid.
Dong Xiucai listened to it and laughed and said: Oh, she is so terrible, a beautiful woman, actually said to be a monster, don't speculate anymore.
Zhang San said: This woman has not been looking at me squarely, either she is a fox monster and will kill you in the future, or she is running away from marriage, beware of the east window incident in the future, once the woman's family finds out, you will definitely have to eat a lawsuit. I know a great mage named Wang Faqing, who is good at drawing symbols to drive away evil spirits, let's go visit him together, we might as well listen to what he has to say.
Dong Xiucai still didn't want to go, because he knew in his heart that Xiaolian was the daughter of the Liu family, and the two of them had met before, so how could he say that she was a fox monster? Even if her family knew about this, they couldn't blame me, it was she who voluntarily followed me, and I didn't force her, if the Liu family didn't feel ashamed, they would go to tell her well, and let Xiaolian marry in the future.
Zhang San advised him again: As long as you go, then Master Wang will definitely be able to see it, and he can also determine whether the woman is a fox spirit or a ghost, if your Xiaolian is a good family woman, you are also at ease, at most find someone to go to her house to negotiate, you can't hide people for a lifetime, right?
Dong Xiucai felt that Zhang San's words were also reasonable, so he and his friends visited Master Wang. As soon as Master Wang saw Dong Xiucai, he was shocked.
He pulled Dong Xiucai to sit down and said: The demon qi in your body is thick, this must be the fox spirit doing evil around you, but you and this fox spirit are related, so it uses the aura of others to do strange things, she not only harmed you, but also harmed another innocent woman.
Master Wang pointed to Zhang San, who was sitting there, and said: In the future, you must testify to me, I am afraid that this father and mother of the woman who will be harmed by the fox spirit will not be able to blame me in the future, and I will kill the fox spirit and not the person, and everyone must understand this.
Zhang San and Dong Xiucai were a little frightened when they heard this, so they told Master Wang in detail about his and Xiaolian's private residence.
Master Wang asked: What hobbies does this little lotus usually have?
Dong Xiucai thought for a moment and said: She has a very delicate money bag, it seems to be embroidered, very beautiful, she often wears it around the waist, I always think it is used by her to hold jewelry, and she has never let me see it.
Master Wang immediately drew two Daoist charms with red pen, and then handed them to Dong Xiucai and said: After you go back, when xiaolian is asleep, put these two Daoist charms in the money bag on her head and waist.
Who knew that as soon as Dong Xiucai returned home, Xiao Lian found that his face was not right, so she scolded him: I have a relationship with you, and I have no shame to be married to you, and you actually listened to the instigation of that hateful mage to harm me, why are you so unconscionable?
Dong Xiucai quickly apologized and said that he did not want to do that. In the morning, Xiaolian refused to go to bed, and Dong Xiucai doubted that since he was not a fox spirit, why didn't he dare to go to sleep with confidence?
By the next night, Xiaolian saw that Dong Xiucai had fallen asleep, so she also slept with confidence, because she had no sleep last night, so she slept very soundly.
Dong Xiucai quietly placed the two charms in the place designated by Master Wang and secretly observed them. When it was almost dawn, Xiaolian suddenly sat up, and she pointed at Dong Xiucai's nose and scolded: We were a husband and wife before the sixth life, and only because you were Bo Qinglang abandoned me, so I died early.
Therefore, I swore that I would never be a human being again, so I asked yama to let me be a fox, because foxes are spiritual animals, so I have never forgotten you, and when you reincarnated in the human world in the previous few lifetimes, I was cultivating.
In your life, I just happened to be out of the customs, peeping into your love for Xiaolian, the daughter of the Liu family, so I changed Xiaolian's appearance to seduce you, I didn't expect you to hook up easily, and you don't want to think, that good family girl will be willing to live with you privately?
Originally, I came to help you, I couldn't bear to see you lonely and lonely in the world, and I did my best to be kind and righteous, but unfortunately you are still an ungrateful bo lover, regardless of the love of husband and wife, and even listened to the words of the mage to harm me.
Fortunately, without my spells, it is not shallow, in fact, I already knew that you were carrying those two Dao Charms in your arms, and if you wanted to escape, you would have run away long ago, and you would not give you the opportunity to harm me. Tomorrow the Liu family may come to propose to them, if they don't come, it will be Xiao Lian's death, it depends on your creation.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Lian transformed into a white fox and disappeared in an instant.
Sure enough, at noon the next day, the Liu family sent someone to the house to mention the family affair, and asked Dong Xiucai to send a message to Master Wang, saying that this Master Wang almost killed Xiaolian with magic, and after Xiaolian's illness was cured, he would go to the yamen to file a complaint.
Dong Xiucai hurriedly asked the reason, it turned out that early this morning, Xiaolian, who had been ill for nearly a year, suddenly woke up from her coma and said: I am already Dong Xiucai's wife, hurry up and marry me to him, but the hateful Master Wang almost killed me.
As he spoke, Xiao Lian took out two Taoist charms from the small money bag on his head and waist.
Therefore, the family suspected that the daughter's illness was secretly manipulated by Master Wang, prompting her daughter's soul to live with Wang Xiucai, but now the daughter had to marry Dong Xiucai, otherwise, even Dong Xiucai was accused of going to the official palace.
At this moment, Master Wang and Zhang San also rushed over, and Master Wang asked Zhang San to testify to him, saying that if he did not drive away the fox spirit in time, Xiao Lian's life would be in danger.
After the Liu family knew the ins and outs of the matter, they stopped speaking out, and after Xiaolian's illness was cured, they married her to Dong Xiucai.