Ancient Zhiwei Stories: Lu Jue,

Lu Jue

My friend Lu Ziyu, a famous person, traveled to Bashu when he was a teenager and stopped at the foot of Wushan Mountain. A guest in the same boat died of illness, and everyone bought him a coffin, packed his luggage, and stayed for five days. Lu Jue was young and active, and he did not want to see the funeral, so he went ashore alone, trying to find a place to stay for a few nights.

After walking for more than two miles, I saw a station and went forward to inquire. The pawn said, "We are called Sanjia Village here, and there is only one post station nearby to live in, and the new counselor general of Kuizhou has just sent someone to inform him that he wants to hunt at night and rest here." You have to think of a way to do it again, and when the counselor is gone, you can stay here casually. Lu Jue couldn't help it, and went west for more than three miles, looking at a broken temple at the foot of the mountain. He walked briskly to the temple, where there was only one monk, in his thirties, strange-looking, and lame. Lu Jue humbly asked to borrow, and the monk agreed.

It was early autumn, the weather was still a little hot, and after the moon rose, the cries of bugs were heard everywhere. Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and the monk opened the door, and a few people dressed in brown said, "On the order of the master, invite the master to go to the mountain tower to admire the moon." The monk agreed, hid the temple door, and followed the men away. When Lu Jue saw the monk, he felt that the other party was very suspicious, so he decided to follow behind to see, if he saw anything strange, he could also use it as a drinking talk.

He followed the monk into the mountains, and after several miles, came to a small building. Behind the small building, facing the cliff, facing the deep pool, the windows and doors are dilapidated, and the danger is within reach. Lu Jue climbed up the big tree next to him and peered inside, two large candles illuminated the building very brightly, and a banquet had been set up inside, several men sat on the left, and a very beautiful woman sat on the right side. Seeing the monk walk in, everyone stood up to greet her, and the woman said, "Why did Master Yuan come so late?" The monk said, "There was a layman who took a stay with me and delayed some time." ”

The woman said, "It's nothing that Master Yuan is late for a while, third sister Li may not be able to come tonight, it's really a bad scenery." The monk asked why, and the woman said, "Third Sister Li did not pay attention to the small section, was slandered, her father was very angry, the third sister was pampered, and after being scolded by her father, she cried for a day, and her eyes were swollen." ”

A white-clad teenager said, "Third Lady Li knows that Master Yuan has arrived, and her eyes will be good immediately." Even if she doesn't come, you happen to be in pairs with your brother. The woman laughed and scolded back: "Little monster, the iron palm on the hoof has not been worn off, dare to rap in front of Sister A." The crowd burst out laughing. The monk said, "I am content to have a beautiful woman present." ”

An old man dressed in black said, "I think back to when we first met, we talked about the scriptures every day. From the geometric time, start talking about these vulgar things, forget it, take advantage of the bright moonlight, let's drink bitterly! ”

While laughing, the brown-robed servant came to report: "Li Sanniang has arrived." A woman ascended the stairs, more gorgeous than the previous one, but with a worried face, there was no time to greet her, so she hurriedly said: "The princes are still talking here, the evil people of Laiyi have arrived here, our inches are in chaos, you must hurry up and think of a way." The crowd was horrified, and only the yellow-clad man said indifferently: "If the panic only leads to the early arrival of disaster." Don't be afraid, I have arranged spies in advance, and there is danger that will come to report. I once met a woman who was menstruating, and I didn't dodge it, I walked past her as usual, and the spell didn't fail. It can be seen that our Daoist techniques have reached a very high level. Don't panic too much. ”

Li Sanniang shook her head and said, "I heard that there are reasons for blessings and misfortunes, and we have been looking for pleasure and pleasure in the past few years. When Master Hu went into hiding, he once admonished, "There must be a scale in pleasure, and there must be a measure in indulgence, and three years later, when the Laiyi murderer arrives, I am afraid that under the nest, I am afraid that there will be no end to the egg." His words often echoed in my ears, but unfortunately I didn't ask in detail at the time. Now, the Laiyi people have indeed arrived, but how is it good? Just saying something big won't help. ”

The monk said, "Master Hu is only five hundred miles away from here, so how about we go to his place to hide?" Everyone nodded their heads, but the yellow-clad man said, "Master Hu has an indifferent disposition, and he only knows how to sit and meditate." We throw away this nest of comfort that has been in business for years, just like throwing away a jewel to pick up dung eggs from dung beetles. Brother Yuan is usually resourceful, but today he made this decision! ”

Everyone was arguing, and overheard the sound of an arrow, and a general came with dozens of soldiers. The soldiers held bows and arrows in their hands and led the hounds. The people in the building panicked and fled in all directions. Lu Jue fell from the tree at once, and it turned out that he was still lying in the broken temple, and the monk did not know where to go. In the early morning, he followed the route in his dream to find the small building, empty and seeing nothing.

Lu Jue was a little frightened, and quickly returned to the station, and the pawn said to him: "The general has left, and he has gained a lot from hunting last night." A bear, a tiger, an ape, two foxes, and several rabbits were hunted. The strangest thing is that he also caught a white horse alive, which is very handsome. Supposedly it should be a wild horse, but it still carries a horseshoe. Lu Jue asked the general's name and origin, and the pawn said that his surname was Qu, a native of Laizhou, Shandong, and a native of Wuju, who had just been promoted to General Of Suining because of his military merits.

Lu Jue understood that the people he saw last night were all beasts in the mountains, and in the future, as long as he finished drinking, he would tell people about it. "Night Tan Follow-up"

Li E

Li E was an old woman, sixty years old, from Wulingchong County. Jian'an (Han Dynasty) died of illness in February of the fourth year and was buried outside the city for fourteen days. Her neighbor Cai Zhong, who knew that the Li family was wealthy, robbed tombs at night and used axes to chop coffins. Just after splitting a little, I heard Li E say in the coffin: "Cai Zhong, don't cut off my head." Cai Zhong was frightened away, captured by the patrol soldiers, and should be beheaded according to the law. Li E's son heard about this and went to the cemetery to open the coffin, and his mother was resurrected.

Wuling Taishou summoned Li E to learn about her resurrection after death. Li E said: "After I died, I was taken to the underworld, and the judge checked the book, and it turned out to be a mistake, so he sent out of the yamen and let himself go home." I seemed to be at a loss, and I happened to meet my relative Liu Bowen and greeted each other. I said, 'Berwen, I was released by the Underworld, but I don't know how to get home, can you think of a way for me?' It has been more than ten days since I died, and I must have been buried, even if the soul returns to the body, it will not be able to get out of the coffin, what should I do? ’

Liu Bowen asked the judge for me, and the judge said: 'Li Hei, a man from the West Gate of Wuling, was also mistakenly recruited here and has been repatriated. Let him be with Li E. Then let Li Hei go to Cai Zhong's home and trick Cai Zhong into opening the coffin and releasing Li E. When I was separated from Liu Bowen, he asked me to bring a letter to his son Liu Tuo. ”

Taishou listened to Li E's story and was not convinced, so he sent someone to Li Hei's house to investigate, and Li Hei was indeed resurrected from the dead, exactly the same as what Li E said. Taishou sighed: "The world is really wonderful, there are so many things we don't understand!" So Cai Zhong's capital punishment was commuted.

Liu Tuo saw that the letter from Li E was indeed his father's handwriting, and the paper was also the object that was buried at the beginning, but no one could read the content of the letter.

Find Fei Changfang (a Han Dynasty warlock) to interpret, the letter reads: I became an official in the underworld, and I traveled with the emperor on the eighth day of August, and at noon that day, you were waiting for me by the south gate of Wuling City.

By the beginning of August, Liu Tuo and his whole family were waiting in the south of the city. At noon, I heard the sound of people walking by in the air, and then someone shouted, "Tor, have you received my letter?" Liu Tuo said, "It was Li E who carried the letter, so I was waiting here." Liu Bowen called out the names of his family members one by one, and his voice was sad and even incoherent. Finally, he said: "Life and death are different, I have not heard from my family for a long time, and my children and grandchildren have grown up a lot." After choking for a long time, a pill fell in the air, and Liu Bowen said: "In the spring of the next year, there will be a great plague here, and you can crush the pill and apply it to the door, which can drive away the plague ghosts." "There was no more sound.

The next year, Wuling City was indeed plagued, and Liu Tuo's family was saved because they had pills. (From "Search for God")