In Handan, there was a Qinglou woman named Lan Rui, and she had a sister named Yu Rui, who had a lifelong relationship with a scholar named Ge Ling. However, the sisters are both prostitutes, and if they want to marry, they have to give the old bustard a sum of money. And because his sister is very beautiful, the old duck wants a lot of money, and Ge Ling can't come up with so much money.
Lan Rui was often able to receive officials and nobles, who gave her a lot of money, and Lan Rui saved up the rest except for the old duck, and secretly sent someone to give it to Ge Ling, so that he could redeem his sister as soon as possible and marry as soon as possible.
Later, Lan Rui fell ill and died, and no one gave Ge Ling any more money. Ge Ling's money was not enough to redeem Yu Rui, so he did not dare to mention this matter to the old bustard. Yurui rarely receives customers, let alone money, and is also very sad. Ge Ling had no choice but to die of heart, no longer thinking about mentioning relatives, borrowing wine all day long to pour sorrow, sometimes drinking is a night, drunk as mud.
Soon, Ge Ling spent all the money Lan Rui gave him, he had no money to drink, he didn't even have money to eat, he was angry and anxious, and he felt sorry for Lan Rui's sisters, and soon committed suicide for love.
After Ge Ling's death, he came to the Underworld, and when Prince Yan saw Ge Ling, he felt that he was very obsessed and pitiful, so he let him reincarnate. Immediately, the ghost pawn next to him took Ge Ling to a place.
Here, the stone paving the floor road, the vine roses as a shack, and there is a large cauld in it, and a lot of soup is placed in the pot. Hundreds of men and women were here, scrambling to grab pots and pans and spoons, and then scoop the soup into the pot to drink. Ge Ling also felt thirsty, took the spoon and wanted to scoop the soup.
Suddenly, a woman came out from behind the shack, and Ge Ling took a closer look, and it was Lan Rui. Lan Rui also found Ge Ling and asked him why he was here. Ge Ling said that he could not marry Yurui, gave up on himself, got drunk every day, and committed suicide for love. Lan Rui was a little angry: You actually committed suicide for love, so what should my sister do? Can she live alone without you? As she spoke, Lan Rui cried.
After Ge Ling comforted her, he felt thirsty and couldn't help but want to scoop the soup again. Lan Rui shook his hand at him and stopped Ge Ling. Ge Ling was curious and asked her why she didn't let herself drink the soup.
After a long while, the people who drank the soup were gone, and Lan Rui whispered: Have you forgotten? This is Meng Po soup! Today Meng Po went to give Mrs. Kou a birthday, and there was no time to supervise the reincarnated people drinking soup, so let me supervise for the time being. If you drink Meng Po soup, even if it is only a drop, you will forget the previous things. Now, in the absence of Meng Po, you should not drink, hurry up and run, and return to the human world to continue with my sister.
Ge Ling was a little embarrassed, and said: After reincarnation, I am afraid it will be difficult to fulfill the agreement, what does it mean for me to live? Sister you teach me. Lan Rui told him not to worry, he would find a way.
Lan Rui took Geling to the back of the shack, only to see rows of large stone urns under the corner. Lan Rui pointed to Ge Ling one by one and said: You may not know, not only does the underworld have Meng Po soup, but also this puzzle soup, which will be very smart and talented when drunk; this is a long-lived soup, which can live to be eighty years old and ninety years old or even a hundred years old; this is a harmonious soup, which gives people harmony after drinking, and everyone likes you.
Ge Ling couldn't help but ask again: Then what kind of soup do you officials of the underworld drink? Lan Rui smiled and said: The soup we drank was a chaotic soup fried with a fountain of scorched fire and tears.
Lan Rui took Geling to the last urn, took a bowl, and then let Ge Ling drink the soup in the urn.
Gerling asked him: What kind of soup is this? Why don't you let me drink the soup in front? Lan Rui smiled again and said: You already have talent, longevity, and harmony, so you don't have to drink it, this is Yuanbao soup, you don't want to live, you just want to die for love, it's because you lack Yuanqi. Life is the most precious treasure, and yuan qi is the most important life, you have suffered a lot before, lack of vitality in the body, and do not attach importance to life, so you have to drink this soup.
Ge Ling took the bowl, saw that the soup was a little dirty, took a sip, and felt that it was difficult to swallow.
Lan Rui persuaded him and said: This soup looks dirty, and it really doesn't fit into your literati's belly. However, this thing is not a common thing, it is very rare, many people in the world will indulge themselves, lose their bodies, and even commit suicide because they do not drink Yuanbao soup because they can't think of anything. You hurry up and drink it, and after drinking it, you can live a more exciting life.
In desperation, Ge Ling reluctantly drank a bowl and almost threw up.
At this time, Lan Rui filled another bowl of soup, handed it to Ge Ling, and said with a smile: Persuade Jun to make a cup of soup, and go out of the yin guan for no reason. This is to put "persuade the jun to make a cup of wine, the west out of the Yang Guan no reason" stamped two words, the wine changed to soup, yang changed to sound, the same is a farewell, used here very cleverly. When Ge Ling heard this, he laughed out loud, knowing that his sister was well-intentioned, so he frowned again and drank a bowl of Yuanbao soup.
Lan Rui also said: This Yuanbao soup does not only mean that people should cherish their own lives, do not consume energy and damage yuan qi, but also have a great effect. Without this soup, you can't marry my sister, let alone live a good life. Ge Ling asked her what it was and what it was, and Lan Rui pretended to be mysterious and shook her head.
After drinking, Lan Rui said "It's okay", and then took Ge Ling out of the shack and showed him the way to reincarnation. Ge Ling walked along the road for a long time, and finally unconscious.
Ge Ling had been dead for two days, he had no father and no mother, no brothers and sisters, no relatives or friends, and after his death, he lay in bed, only a kind old woman guarding the body for him. This woman was a neighbor of Geling, who lived alone and often received Geling.
The old woman was watching, when suddenly the body moved, and then Ge Ling jumped up, saying that his stomach hurt, and then got out of bed and slashed his throat a few times, vomiting a lot, it was like a waterfall, a thousand miles. What he spat out, crystal clear, seemed to be mercury, and when he entered the ground, it was gone.
Seeing that the old woman was stunned, Ge Ling had to explain that he was not dead, but he was temporarily out of breath, and now he was back to breath, so he was resurrected.
The old woman congratulated him and was about to leave, but Ge Ling suddenly understood something, and he stopped the old woman and asked her to borrow a shovel. The old woman was puzzled, but she went home and brought it. So Ge Ling didn't say a word and dug up the place where he had just vomited. Digging less than three feet deep, only to see a lot of gold and silver below, are in the shape of a yuan treasure, each large fifty-two, small also twelve, the old woman looked even more magical.
It turned out that the Yuanbao soup that Lan Rui let Ge Ling drink was the soup that could spit out the Yuanbao, and as for the explanations of "precious life" and "no loss of Yuanqi", it was just to educate Ge Ling, hoping that he could live well and not die without moving.
Thinking of this, Ge Ling was greatly moved, and looked at Yuanbao and cried. He gave the old woman a few gold dollars, and the money was enough for the old woman to live a good life.
Ge Ling quickly took the money to go to the Qinglou, only to learn that Yurui learned that he had died and had been on hunger strike for two days, and vowed to go underground with her sister and Lang Jun. After seeing Ge Ling coming, Yurui happily ate. Ge Ling told him again about meeting his sister Lan Rui after his death.
Later, the two buried their sister thickly, held a wedding, and finally became a family. Their descendants cleaned Lan Rui's grave every year.