The day before the Chinese New Year's Eve of the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, there was a tenant named Wang Gensheng in Wangjiang County, Anqing Province, who had no money to pay the owner's rent because of the drought and the loss of crops, and went to the owner Jia Fugui to intercede, hoping that the Jia Dong family would forgive for a few days.
Jia Fugui is bitter and mean, regards money as fate, is unkind to the rich, blows his beard and stares at his eyes when he hears it, and also explains that he can't pay the rent early, and I tell you not to get out of it! After saying that, he patted his sleeve and drove Wang Gensheng out of the door, and he hurried out to look for flowers and ask Liu.
Wang Gensheng had no choice, he walked home with tears on his face, the more he walked, the more he walked, the more desperate he became, he walked to the crooked neck tree at the mouth of the village, and he pulled out his trouser belt and hung himself!
When it was almost dark, the villagers found that Wang Gensheng, who was hanging on the crooked neck tree, had been out of breath and stiff for a long time.
Wang Gensheng was a bare stick, and there was no family to collect the funeral. According to the decree at that time, the ordinary people were not allowed to move their bodies indiscriminately in such a violent death, and the village had to report to the county yamen to send people for inspection.
An old man in the village came out to take the lead in proposing: the whole village would collect a few dollars and ask a bold person to watch over the corpse.
At this time, Zhang Da Dog, a well-known second-rate son in the village, stood up and said that he was willing to be this errand boy, and he was not afraid of heaven and earth, and he was bold.
That night, Zhang Da dog bought two pounds of beef and three pounds of liquor, moved to a bench, and one person sat next to the hanging corpse of the crooked neck tree, eating meat and drinking wine in a big mouth.
Don't look at Zhang Da Dog is a big thick, ten thick also three points fine, he thought to himself: Wang Gensheng hanging on the tree, if someone comes home in the middle of the night in the dark, touching the corpse scared what to do?
Thinking about it, he snapped his fingers and had it! He found a stick of incense wax and put it on the dead body's hand so that others could see the detour.
Zhang Da Dog praised his wit without hesitation, and then he continued to eat meat and drink wine with confidence, and when he was drunk, he threw himself on the ground and fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, there was a man in front of me. This man may have been addicted to smoking at this time, he took out a cigarette, touched the fact that there was no match on his body, then looked around, saw a little fire in front of him, like a smoker coming towards him, he hurried forward, bowed his head, and said: Hey hey, borrow a fire.
Reach over and light a cigarette, only to find that something is wrong! Not a cigarette! It's incense!
He looked up, startled him and exclaimed, "Ah! Then he turned and ran, still clutching the lit incense wax in his hand!
This man is no one else! It was Jia Fugui, who had made evil remarks to Wang Gen during the day and forced debts! He would return home after the prostitute, borrow a fire to light a cigarette, and look up at Wang Gensheng's frightening appearance of hanging from a tree, but it scared him into losing six souls.
Jia Fugui screamed bitterly, waking up Zhang Da's dog, who was sleeping soundly in Jiuquan's sleep!
Zhang Da Dog looked up and saw a black shadow with incense in his hand running in front of him, and thought: This is strange, you Wang Gensheng hanging from a tree and still running? You're going to run away, how do I explain this wine and meat money to the villagers tomorrow?
Thinking of this, he shouted: You stop me!
Jia Fugui, who was already scared in front of him and didn't run very fast, was almost paralyzed this time. He thought that this drink just now was Wang Gensheng asking for his life!
Zhang Da Dog caught up with Jia Fugui in a few steps, and said to see where you are running! Saying that, he stretched out a large hand and grabbed Jia Fugui violently, and Jia Fugui only had time to say, "It's over!" "Even the eyes are straight and the neck is hard--follow Wang Gensheng to sell salted duck eggs!"
You're done, I'm not done yet! I'll have to hang you back up on the tree as you are before I count!" Zhang Da Dog said in his mouth, carrying Jia Fugui's body on his shoulders, and walked towards the crooked neck tree.
Walking under the crooked neck tree, he stepped on the bench, hung the body on the tree, and as soon as he looked up, he froze:
yes! There's another one here?!
Write at the end:
As the saying goes: I don't do bad things in my life, I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, which means that I am frank and frank, bright and upright, and I have never done anything against my conscience, even if there is a ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night, I will not be afraid.
And where in the world are there any ghosts and gods? Ghosts and gods are in the hearts of men. With a good thought in mind, walking between heaven and earth, every day can be lived with peace of mind. On the contrary, people are watching the heavens, and many unrighteous deeds will kill themselves.