The Legend of the White Snake is one of the four major folk legends in the mainland, which was passed down in the Tang Dynasty, and the earliest novel was Feng Menglong's "The White Lady Yongzhen Leifeng Pagoda of the Warning World".
In this story, Xu Xian is not called Xu Xian, but Xu Xuan. There was no bond between Bai Niangzi and Xu Xuan in the past life, nor did he have a vigorous love, let alone a golden mountain for love.
Even Xiao Qing was not a green snake who cultivated with the White Lady.
This story will subvert our previous perception of the white lady, lacking the beautification of film and television, and more realistic cruelty.
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The story takes place during the song Dynasty during Emperor Gaozong's southern crossing and Shaoxing.
In the Heizhu Lane of the Military Bridge in Lin'an Province, Hangzhou, there lived a family of officials and eunuchs named Li Ren. He worked as a solicitor in the South Corridor Cabinet Ziku and managed money and grain at Shao Taiwei.
The wife in the family has a brother Xu Xuan, ranked small B. Xu Xuan's parents died when he was a child, and now his cousin Li Jiangshi is the director of the medicine shop, and he is twenty-two years old this year.
During the Qingming Dynasty, Xu Xuan went to Baoshu Pagoda to burn incense and worship the ancestors. When I returned, I saw yunsheng in the northwest, the fog lock in the southeast, and the sky fell slightly drizzle, gradually getting bigger.
Xu Xuan walked to the boat swinging place, and it just so happened that only Zhang Agong's family was staying on the shore. Got on the boat and rushed home.
Not far away, I heard a woman on the shore shouting, "Boatman, take a boat across the river." ”
Xu Xuan saw a woman on the shore, "Wearing a filial piety bun on her head, some plain combs inserted on the side of the dark clouds, wearing a white juan shirt with a collar and a fine linen skirt underneath." ”
This woman was the White Lady, and this was the first time the two had seen each other.
Next to the woman stood a young man dressed in green, holding a bag in her hand, trying to cross the river by boat.
Zhang Agong docked the boat, and the woman got on the boat with yakuza, saw Xu Xuan, "Raise a little zhu lips, expose two lines of broken jade", and deeply said a blessing.
Xu Xuan hurriedly got up to answer the salute.
The three of them sat still in the boat, and the White Lady secretly looked at Xu Xuan. Although Xu Xuan said that he was an honest person in his life, when he saw such a beautiful woman like a flower and jade, next to him was a handsome-looking lady, he could not help but think about it.
The first thing the White Lady said when she saw Xu Xuan was: "Don't you dare to ask the officials, high surname and respect?" "Just met Xu Xuan's name, the two asked questions and answers, said each other's names, said the residence.
This white lady was married, her husband had unfortunately passed away, and she came here today to visit the grave, and happened to catch the rain and met Xu Xuan, who was on a boat.
The two talked for a while, and the ship came to shore. The White Lady came out in a hurry, forgot to bring money, Xu Xuan helped to pay the boat fare, the White Lady thanked her again and again, and the two separated and left separately.
Xu Xuan happened to pass by the shop of the Li General Shi brothers, and borrowed an umbrella with the old Chen in the shop to go home.
Old Chen instructed Xu Xuan and said, "Little Yiguan, this umbrella has eighty-four bones, a good umbrella with a purple bamboo handle, and some of it has not been broken, don't break it, be careful!" carefully! ”
Xu Xuan took the umbrella, thanked him, got out of the sheep's head, and went to the alleyway of Houshi, when he overheard someone shouting: "Little B official." ”
It turned out to be the white lady who had just boarded the boat. It was raining too much on this day, and the white lady's shoes were wet, so she let Xiaoqing go home to get an umbrella. After waiting for a long time, I still didn't see anyone. Seeing Xu Xuan, he thought of taking an umbrella and taking a ride.
Xu Xuan didn't say a word, so he lent the umbrella to the White Lady and went home along the eaves himself.
The White Lady thanked Xu Xuan and invited him to come to the palace tomorrow to get an umbrella.
After eating that night, Xu Xuan lay on the bed, turning over and over and falling asleep, dreaming of falling in love with the white lady, the friendship was thick, but the golden rooster reported, but it was a dream of Nan Ke.
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The next day, Xu Xuan came to the store, flustered, and did not have any thoughts about doing business. At noon, Xu Xuan found an excuse and went to the alley of the Jianqiao Double Tea House to ask where the White Lady's home was. Asked for half a day, no one knew.
I was preparing to go back when I saw The White Lady's family, Xiao Qing, coming from the east.
Xu Xuan said, "Sister, where does your family live?" I'll come and get the umbrella. ”
Xiao Qing took Xu Xuan away for a while and then arrived at the White Lady's residence. Xiao Qing led Xu Xuan into the house, and the White Lady invited Xu Xuan into the house to drink tea.
Xu Xuan hesitated, pushed several times, Xiao Qing invited several times, and Xu Xuan entered the house.
Enter the house and take a look:
"Four dark hammer windows, unveiling the green curtain, one sitting up, a pot of tiger whisker calamus on the table, four pairs of beauties on both sides, a statue of a god hanging in the middle, and a bronze incense burner vase on the table."
The White Lady stood up and said a deep blessing to Xu Xuan. The two drank a few cups of tea and a few more glasses of thin wine.
Xu Xuan offered to resign, but the White Lady lent out the umbrella and asked Xu Xuan to wait. Xu Xuan insisted on returning, and the White Lady had to let Xu Xuan come back tomorrow to get an umbrella, and Xu Xuan had to go home.
The next day, Xu Xuan found an excuse again and came to the white lady's house. When the White Lady saw Xu Xuan's arrival, she prepared some thin wine.
Xu Xuan wanted to take the umbrella and go home, but the White Lady said:
"Both arranged, a little drink."
Xu Xuan had no choice but to sit down and take the wine glass handed by the White Lady.
The white lady "opened the cherry mouth, exposed the teeth of the grenade, and the delicate dripping sound, with a face full of spring wind", complained to Xu Xuan:
"Petty officials are on top, and they must not lie in front of real people." The slave family lost their husbands, presumably they had a marriage relationship with the officials, and they were wrongly loved at first sight. It is you who have the heart, I mean. Annoyed Xiao B officials looking for a media certificate, with you for a hundred years of marriage, not a pair of natural births, but not good. ”
Xu Xuanyi listened to his heart and thought, If I can marry this delicate and beautiful woman, I will not waste this life.
There was only one thing that was difficult to do, xu Xuan had some savings, but he was not enough to marry a wife.
When Lady Bai saw that Xu Xuan was silent and did not answer, she couldn't help but be anxious and asked the reason.
The White Lady told Xu Xuan not to be in a hurry, and asked Xiao Qing to take fifty taels of silver and hand it to Xu Xuan, so that when he was not enough, he would take it again.
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Xu Xuan took the money and took the umbrella back to his brother-in-law's residence. As soon as he arrived at home, he immediately hid the silver.
The next day, Xu Xuanxian returned the umbrella, bought a fat roast goose, fresh fish essence, tender chicken and other fruits with some broken silver, and bought a pot of wine to carry home.
Just when his brother-in-law Li Ren was at home, he saw Xu Xuan invite him to dinner, and he was shocked, "What are you doing today?" I have never seen a wine cup face every day, and I am a monster in this day! ”
Bad money is the cost of money, which means to invite guests and give gifts. It can be seen that this Xu Xuan is usually frugal enough, only eating and drinking, and has not invited his brother-in-law to drink.
The brother-in-law asked the reason, Xu Xuan first thanked his sister and brother-in-law for taking care of him, and then said that he had grown up and wanted his sister and brother-in-law to talk about family affairs.
The brother-in-law and sister listened to it, and each of them pondered in their stomachs: "Xu Xuan, this boy is usually a dime, today he invited guests to drink, do you want me to beg for his wife?" ”
Husband and wife, you look at me, I look at you, there is no reply.
After two or three days, Xu Xuan saw that his sister did not mention it and asked her what was going on. The sister pushed off the brother-in-law's many things, and did not dare to let him be bothered.
Xu Xuan was a little anxious after hearing this, "Sister, why don't you care?" Are you afraid that I will let my brother-in-law pay for it? Xu Xuan got up and returned to the house, took out the silver given by the white lady, and handed it to his sister, "Just let the brother-in-law be the master." ”
The sister quickly agreed, and let Xu Xuan wait.
After Li Caishi returned in the evening, his sister told him about Xu Xuan's marriage and showed him the silver.
Li Zhaoshi took it in his hand, turned it over, saw the font size on it, and shouted: "It's not good, the whole family has to die!" ”
The sister listened, was shocked, and asked what was wrong. It turned out that a few days ago, In the silver vault of Shao Taiwei, fifty large ingots of silver were lost out of thin air.
The whereabouts of the thief have not been found so far, and now Lieutenant Shao has posted a list of arrested criminals, which says the number and number of silver:
"Whoever catches a thief with silver will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver; if he knows it, and if he conceals a thief, the whole family will be sent to charge the army from afar except for the righteous offender."
Li Zhaoshi said: "It is precisely 'the fire is around, and you can't take care of your relatives, you can pull it out yourself.'" It was hard to explain the fact that he was exposed day by day. Whether he steals or borrows, he would rather suffer him than bother me. As long as the silver is handed over, the family's disaster can be saved. ”
My sister listened and was stunned. Before he could react, Li Zhaoshi had already taken the silver and went to Shao Taiwei's mansion.
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After Lieutenant Shao listened, he quickly ordered The Servant to arrest Xu Xuan. Xu Xuan hurriedly explained things such as borrowing an umbrella to ask for an umbrella, and everything was in great detail. Lieutenant Shao asked Ya Gong to suppress Xu Xuan and go to arrest the White Lady.
When the people walked to the door, they saw that the two gates in the middle were in tatters, the door was full of garbage, and a bamboo was placed horizontally at the door.
When I asked the neighbors, everyone said that there was no white lady living here, but there was a Mao inspection five or six years ago, and the whole family died of illness.
Moreover, in the blue sky and daylight, there are often ghosts who come out to buy things, and no one dares to live here.
The crowd moved the bamboo poles away from the doorway, and suddenly a gust of wind rolled up, and a fishy breath accompanied the wind. The timid did not dare to open the door, and one of the bold wang er opened the door, and the crowd rushed up.
The tables and chairs and benches in the room are complete, and Wang Er took the lead and went upstairs together. The dust upstairs was three inches thick, and I pushed open the door and saw only a bed.
There was a white mosquito net hanging from the bed and a large box. A beautiful woman dressed in white sat on the bed.
The crowd did not dare to come forward when they saw it, and Wang Er shouted loudly, "I don't know if the lady is a ghost or a god?" I am waiting for you to be ordered to go and testify with Xu Xuan. ”
The lady did not speak, and Wang Er picked up the large knife in his hand and threw it on the bed. Just listening to a big thunderbolt on a sunny day, the crowd closed their eyes in fright. When I opened my eyes again, the person on the bed was gone, and only a pile of silver was left.
It was exactly forty-nine ingots, and the people brought the silver back, and the matter was settled.
It was only Xu Xuan who, in accordance with the "undeserved deeds", was tortured with a cane, exempted from the tattoo, and assigned to work in the Suzhou Prison Camp.
"What should not be done" is an ancient crime, which refers to doing something that is not forbidden by the law and should not be done according to "reason".
Li Zhaoshi was a little weak in his heart because he came forward to issue Xu Xuan, and rewarded Shao Taiwei with fifty taels of silver, and gave it to Xu Xuan. He also personally repaired two letters, one to Abbot Fan and one to the owner of the inn, hoping to take care of Xu Xuanyi.
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Xu Xuan's side arrived in Suzhou, and he first took the letter to see Dean Fan and Master Wang. The master of the king made money, and Xu Xuan did not have to go to jail.
Unconsciously, Xu Xuan lived above the second half of the year. One day, I overheard someone looking for Xu Xuan in front of the door. Xu Xuan hurriedly walked out and went to the door to see that it was the long-lost White Lady and Xiao Qing.
Xu Xuanlian shouted, "Death to the wrongdoers! How much suffering have I suffered from being burdened by you? What are you doing when you have been wronged and now you have fallen into such a situation? ”
The White Lady cried out one after another and wanted to enter the door to xu Xuan to explain clearly. Xu Xuan said that she was a monster and would not let her get started.
The White Lady cried out to the king's master:
"Clothes have sewn, there are shadows on the sun, how can I be a monster?" Everything was done by my husband, and I was a victim. Today, it is relatively small official to explain clearly, and I am willing to leave. ”
The master of the king could not bear it, and let the two of them enter the courtyard.
On that day, the White Lady heard that Xu Xuan had been arrested for silver, and was afraid that Xu Xuan would confess her and be arrested to see the officials. She quickly let people fill the door with garbage, and begged the neighbors to help her tell her lies, and she took advantage of the chaos to escape to her aunt's house and hide.
The White Lady thought that if she put the silver on the bed, the government would release the people, and she thought that Xu Xuan would eat the lawsuit and be assigned here.
After the White Lady heard that Xu Xuan had been assigned here, she brought a boat with her to come here, just to make the words clear and not let Xu Xuan misunderstand again.
Now that the words have been made clear, the White Lady is leaving. The master and his wife hurriedly persuaded, but the white lady did not allow it. The two persuaded the White Lady several more times, and the White Lady stayed.
After a few days, the two were scheduled to marry on November 11, and the white lady took out the silver two and prepared a wedding feast. The two of them married in the chapel, and after the banquet was dispersed, they entered the happy room together.
"The White Lady let out a charming voice, upside down the phoenix, a hundred beautiful and thousands of delicate, happy xu Xuan like a fairy, only hate to see each other late." I don't feel that the golden rooster sings three times, and the east is gradually white. ”
So after another half a year, just in time for February and a half, men and women went to the Reclining Buddha Temple. Xu Xuan also went to see the hilarity.
As soon as I entered the temple gate, I saw a Yunyou Daoist priest shouting xu Xuan over, "I see that you have a black qi on your head, it must be entangled with a demon, I will give you two charms, one three more burning, one in your hair." ”
Xu Xuan thought to himself, "I also have eight or nine doubts that the woman is a monster, and it seems that she is really a monster." ”
On the third day of the night, Xu Xuan quietly got up, put one charm in his hair, and the other was preparing to burn, when he saw the white lady standing behind him.
The White Lady snatched the charm and burned it, but when the charm was burned, there was still no movement. Xu Xuan immediately said, "It is the Yunyou Daoist of the Reclining Buddha Temple, who said that you are a monster." ”
The next day, when the couple came to the temple together, they saw a group of people surrounding the Taoist priest and asking for the water.
The White Lady suddenly stepped forward and shouted, "Stinky old Daoist!" He actually said in front of my husband that I was a monster, and asked him to catch me with the rune paper! ”
The Daoist priest replied, "What I am cultivating is the Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Fa, and any demon that eats my rune will immediately appear in its original form." ”
The White Lady said, "Everyone is here, you take the water, I will eat it for you!" ”
The Taoist priest gave a charm, and the white lady ate for half a day without moving, and everyone talked about it, scolding the Daoist priest for being half speechless and full of panic.
The White Lady spoke again, "When I was a child, I also learned some tricks, and let me see this Daoist envoy." After saying that, I saw the white lady chanting a mantra in her mouth, but the Dao Commander seemed to be tied up by someone, and the whole person shrank into a ball and hung in mid-air.
Xu Xuan was stunned!
The White Lady hated and hated, "If it weren't for everyone's face, I would have wanted you to hang for a year." ”
The White Lady let out a sigh and put the Daoist priest down, who only hated that Her Father Niang had given birth to two pairs of wings, and flew away.
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After another two months, a friend invited Xu Xuan to go to Chengtian Temple, but the White Lady did not want him to go, and Xu Xuan wanted to go to a heart. The White Lady gave him a new dress before letting him go.
Xu Xuan was walking halfway when he heard someone say that last night, in the Zhou pawn storehouse, he lost four or five thousand gold beads and soft objects, reported it to the officials, and was arresting the thief.
Xu Xuan listened and didn't care. I turned around and was preparing to go back to see my mother earlier. But I saw a group of people dressed as public people on the opposite side, with signs hanging around their waists.
One of them saw Xu Xuan's clothes, felt familiar, and pretended to borrow a fan from him to look at. This look, the discovery is what Zhou Pawn lost. He immediately twisted Xu Xuan into the official palace.
Xu Xuan shouted that he had been wronged, saying that he was dressed by his own mother, and he did not know where the clothes came from. Ya Gong escorted Xu Xuan to the wang master's house to find the White Lady.
Who knows, the White Lady has long left. According to The Wang master, the White Lady saw that Xu Xuan had not returned home, so she took Xiao Qing with her to find Xiao Qing. This time, I didn't come back.
Everyone searched inside and out, and they didn't see the White Lady. The county magistrate could only take Xu Xuan into custody first.
The pawn of Zhou Zhou came to report that the lost things had all returned, but the clothes on Xu Xuan's body were missing.
At this time, Xu Xuan's brother-in-law Li Caishi came to Suzhou for business, went to the Wang master's house to rest, and heard about Xu Xuan's matter. I had to make some money up and down, and ask for affection, which was only from light hair.
In the end, Xu Xuan was given a hundred rods, assigned three hundred and sixty miles, and went to the Zhenjiang Fu prison camp to do hard work.
The brother-in-law had an uncle Li Keyong in Zhenjiang who had a relationship and wrote another letter asking Xu Xuan to turn to him.
Xu Xuan came to Zhenjiang and turned to Li Keyong, Li Keyong's family just opened a medicine shop, Xu Xuan had also been a drug store supervisor before, he was very quick to get started, he was very delicate, and Li Keyong was quite happy in his heart.
One day, Xu Xuan drank too much, afraid of bumping into people, and walked along the eaves. As he was walking, he saw a family upstairs push open the window and splash the ash in the iron outward, just all pouring on Xu Xuan's head.
Xu Xuan looked up and scolded, only to see a woman running down to apologize. The more Xu Xuan looked, the more he felt that the woman's eyes were familiar, and when he fixed his eyes on it, it turned out to be the White Lady.
Xu Xuan's anger rose from his heart, and the nameless fire rose three thousand feet, and he couldn't hold back, so he scolded, "You thief goblin, I am so tired!" Eat two official battles in a row! ”
The White Lady hurriedly coaxed: "One night husband and wife hundred nights, this matter is a long story, you listen to me slowly tell you." ”
It turned out that the clothes were also left to her by the white lady's husband, and that day she heard that Xu Xuan had been arrested, so she asked Xiao Qing to inquire, but she couldn't find out.
The White Lady thought that Xu Xuan had escaped, and was afraid that she would be arrested, so she took a boat to her uncle's house to avoid the wind, and only arrived here yesterday.
The White Lady said a few more words to herself, and Xu Xuan was fascinated by the color and went upstairs with the White Lady to rest.
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The next day, the two took some gifts to meet Li Keyong, but they saw Li Yuanwai looking at the white lady without turning his eyes. It turned out that this Li Ke was old but lustful. Seeing the White Lady, she was only afraid that "the three souls are not possessed, and the seven spirits are in her body."
Li Ke thought to himself how to spend the night with this woman. A frown frowned, counting the heart. June 13 is his birthday, and a plan is made to let this woman have a word.
On the day of her birthday, Li Ke first instructed her confidant to clean her hands, and when the white lady cleaned her hands, he led her to a secluded place behind her. Li Ke drank until he was half drunk, and under the pretext of getting up, he stripped his hands clean.
After a while, the White Lady really wanted to clean her hands, and her henchmen led the White Lady to a secluded room. The old man rubbed his hands and looked at the situation in the crack of the door first, and he was sweating profusely.
The old man did not see a jade-like posture, only a large white snake in the room with a bucket thick, two eyes as big as a lamp, emitting golden light.
Li Ke was half dead in shock, turned around and walked outside, stumbling on his feet and falling. Everyone hurriedly helped him up, and Li Yuan's face was blue and his mouth was white, and he was busy giving him a requiem for the soul to settle down, which was better.
Li Yuanwai only said that he got up early today, and after several days of hard work, he was sick with a head wind, and then he fainted.
Li Yuanwai re-entered the table with the crowd, drank a few drinks, and the banquet dispersed.
Back at home, The White Lady was afraid that Li Ke would tell Xu Xuan about this matter, so she decided to preemptively attack.
The White Lady undressed and sighed. Xu Xuan asked the reason, and the White Lady sighed and said,
"Official, this Li Yuanwai's birthday is fake, but he actually wants to tease me." When he saw me get up and clean my hands, he hid inside, trying to force himself with me... He pulled my dress, I wanted to call someone, but everyone was outside, afraid that I would suffer the loss in the end. He was pushed to the ground by me, afraid of being seen, so he pretended to faint. It's so bullying. ”
After xu Xuan listened, he said, "Neither did he rape you, he is my master's family, and out of helplessness, he can only endure." Don't go to his house in the future. ”
After hearing this, the White Lady was angry, "You don't give me the master, or is it a person?" ”
Xu Xuan said helplessly, "Before I was taken care of by my brother-in-law, I had the opportunity to run to his house." Fortunately, he didn't give up and made me a supervisor. What can I do now? ”
"Stinky man, I've been bullied like this by him, you still want to go to his house as a supervisor?"
"If I'm not a supervisor, how do I support my family?"
"Being a supervisor is also a despicable thing, so it is better to open a drug store yourself."
"Easy to say, where is the capital?"
The White Lady said, "You don't have to care, I have silver, you first find a façade to rent." ”
Soon Xu Xuan rented a shop and started a pharmacy business. That Li Ke was afraid in his heart, and did not leave him.
After a few days, a friend invited Xu Xuan to go to the Golden Mountain Temple, but the White Lady had to promise her three things before she could go.
First, do not enter the abbot's door; second, do not talk to the monk; third, go back. When it was too late to return, the White Lady would pick him up.
Xu Xuan agreed, and he and his friends first burned incense, then walked around the temple again, and finally came to the abbot's door. Xu Xuan remembered the instructions of the White Lady and could not enter the abbot's door. Immediately stopped and was not ready to enter.
Friends persuaded that even if they entered, they would go back and say that they did not enter. Therefore, Xu Xuan and his friends went into the room to look around and came out.
And in that room, there was indeed a virtuous monk, with a clear eyebrow and a domed robe, who looked like a real monk.
As soon as he saw Xu Xuan come in, he asked the waiter to call Xu Xuan over. The waiter looked up, and xu Xuan's figure was no longer there.
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It turned out that Xu Xuan had already left the temple gate and waited by the river for the wind and waves to fall, so that he could take a boat back.
I saw that the wind and waves were getting bigger and bigger, and there was a boat in the center of the river that seemed to be coming. Everyone wondered how this small boat could sail so fast.
In the blink of an eye, the ship came to the front. It turned out to be The White Lady and Xiao Qing. Xu Xuan was shocked. Bai Niangzi said to Xu Xuan, "Why don't you go home?" Hurry up and get on board! ”
Xu Xuan was about to board the boat when someone behind him shouted, "What are the karmic animals doing here?" When Xu Xuan looked back, someone said that it was Master Fa hai who had come!
The Zen master said, "Karmic beasts, how dare you be rude and mutilate living beings!" The old monk came for you. ”
The white lady saw the monk and flipped the boat over with Xiao Qing, and the two fell into the water.
Xu Xuan thanked the fahai monk, and returned home with his friends, but bai niangzi and Xiaoqing were not there, and Xu Xuancai believed that the two were goblins.
After not sleeping all night, he got up early the next day, and Xu Xuan went to Li Keyong's house and told the causes and consequences again.
Li Ke said comfortingly: "Before my birthday, when she went to clean her hands, I bumped into her, saw her body, and scared me unconscious, I don't dare to tell you." You moved to me first, and your heart was comforted. ”
After two months, Emperor Xiaozong of Song succeeded to the throne and granted amnesty to the world. Xu Xuan was pardoned and could return to his hometown, which was very happy.
When I arrived at home, I saw my sister and brother-in-law, and before I could tell the story, I heard that two days ago, a woman with a maid came to Li Zhaoshi's house and said that she was Xu Xuan's wife. It is said that Xu Xuan went to the Golden Mountain Temple to burn incense, but never returned.
When he heard that Xu Xuan had returned to Hangzhou, he waited here with Ya Gui for two days.
Xu Xuan knew that the woman and the lady were the White Lady and Xiao Qing, and did not dare to speak up, so he could only swallow this grievance and let the two complain.
When his sister and brother-in-law left, Xu Xuan knelt down toward the White Lady and begged for forgiveness.
"Since I met you, I've had two lawsuits. I fell to Zhenjiang Province, and you came looking for me again. The day before yesterday, the Golden Mountain Temple burned incense, and it was too late for you and Qingqing to come again. When he saw the Zen master, he jumped into the river. I only said that you are dead, and I don't want you to come here first, and I hope that you will beg and pity me! ”
The White Lady said with strange eyes:
"Little B Official, I'm just for your own good, who wants to fall into resentment!" I have lived with you as a husband and wife, shared a lot of love, and now I believe in the gossip of others and teach me that husband and wife are not harmonious. I say to you now, if you listen to my words and rejoice, all things will rest, and if you are born with an outer heart, teach you that the whole city will be filled with blood and water, and everyone will climb the flood waves with their hands and step on the muddy waves, and all will die of death. ”
Shocked, Xu declared war and trembled, and was half speechless.
The next day, before dawn, Xu Xuan told his brother-in-law about the matter, the brother-in-law did not believe it, Xu Xuan pulled him to the front of the room, licked the window paper with his tongue, Li Xuanshi saw a python with a bucket, sleeping on the bed, stretching his head to cool off in the skylight, and the white light was emitted from the linjia, and the room was illuminated as if it were daytime.
Li Zhaoshi was also startled, and discussed with Xu Xuan to find a snake catcher to catch the White Lady. The snake catcher filled a bottle of Xionghuang potion and went directly to Xu Xuan's house to catch the snake.
Only to see a large python with a bucket open its large rainbow mouth, revealing its snow-white teeth, and rushing towards him. Frightened, the snake catcher fell backwards, and the male yellow wine was also spilled on the ground.
The snake catcher hurriedly got up, only hating Daddy Niang for having two feet less, and ran across the bridge in one breath, bumping into Xu Xuan and Li Zhaoshi.
The snake catcher told them all the truth and returned one or two pieces of silver to them, "If you hadn't given birth to these feet, you wouldn't have lived." After saying that, he ran in a hurry.
Xu Xuan was too scared to go back and ran away overnight. Suddenly remembering the Zen master Fahai of Jinshan Temple, he went to Jinshan Temple to look for him. In the absence of Fahai, the monks in the temple did not know where they were.
Xu Xuan suddenly felt hopeless, looked at the lake in front of him, and wanted to jump down.
Xu Xuan was about to dive into the water when he heard someone behind him shouting, "Why did a man take his own life?" Why don't you ask me something! ”
Xu Xuan looked back and saw that this person was none other than the Fahai Zen Master. Xu Xuan saw Fahai and cried with a headache: "Ask the master to kill his disciple." ”
Fahai asked the reason, took out a bowl from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Xuan. After letting him go home, he must not let the white lady know, quietly cover the bowl as a hood, hold it tightly, and cannot be flustered, and cannot be light-handed.
Xu Xuan quietly returned home, taking advantage of the fact that the White Lady was not paying attention, he lifted the bowl from behind and covered the White Lady's head, using all his strength to suppress it to death.
As the bowl was slowly pressed, the white lady disappeared in the female form, and Xu Xuan did not dare to let go of his hand and held it tightly.
Xu Xuan did not dare to be careless, and he was afraid that the demon would rush out from inside, so he hurriedly asked his brother-in-law to invite Fahai over. Without knowing what incantation was recited in the mouth of the Fa Hai, he saw the white lady shrink into a child's form and kneel on the ground.
Fahai asked, "What kind of monster are you, and how dare you pester?" ”
The White Lady replied:
"Zen master, I am a big python. Because of the wind and rain, I came to the West Lake to settle down and stay with Qingqing. Not wanting to meet Xu Xuan, Chun's heart fluttered, he couldn't hold back, he offended Tiantiao for a while, but he never killed or killed. Hope Zen Master Compassion is one! ”
And that Qingqing is the blue fish that became angry in Tan Nei under the third bridge in the West Lake, and the two demons occasionally meet and accompany each other.
Fa Haikou recited the words and shouted, "Where is the truth revealed!" Come with me to catch the blue fish monster, and the white snake appears, and listen to me fall! ”
In a few moments, the wind was fierce, the wind passed everywhere, only to hear a stinging sound, and a green fish fell in mid-air, more than a foot long, jumped a few times, and shrunk into a foot long small blue fish. The white lady also turned into a small white snake.
Fahai placed two yokai in the bowl, sealed the mouth of the bowl with a robe, took it to the Leifeng Temple, put the bowl on the ground, and let people carry bricks and stones to build a tower.
Later, Xu Xuan was willing to become a monk and worshiped Fahai as a teacher. Subsequently, a seven-story pagoda was built.
For thousands of years, the water of the West Lake does not dry, the Leifeng Pagoda does not fall, and the white snake and the blue fish cannot be born.
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Perhaps in the author's view, the way of the demons, all the monsters, are not good, and they must harm the human world.
The white lady in the story, although somewhat bad, saw the color and became interested, seduced Xu Xuan, and caused him to provoke two lawsuits in a row. But it didn't hurt anyone, so why not spare her?
Xu Xuanyi is a villain, lustful and cowardly, ungrateful, and his wife does not dare to speak out in the bedding, and finally gets the Dao Shengxian instead.
The good and the bad are all due to the different views of the world.
However, there is an eternal truth:
Color is emptiness, emptiness is color,
The empty color should be clear.