During the Jiayou period of the Song Dynasty, there was a scholar named Shi Ruosheng in Xiangfu County, whose family was poor since childhood, and there was only one elderly mother in the family.
Shi Ruosheng is not only charitable and charitable on weekdays, but also positive in dealing with life, if he encounters anyone who has troubles, Shi Ruosheng will help enlighten, so he has made many friends.
On this day, Shi Ruosheng was invited by a friend to attend a book club, and along the way he trekked through mountains and rivers, and finally found a place. After arriving at the place, everyone chanted poems together and had a lot of fun.
Happy times are always short-lived, and before you know it, it's late afternoon. The friend stayed with Shi Ruosheng and a few of his friends to stay here for a few days, but Shi Ruosheng and several of them said politely that they would definitely stay longer next time.
The moonlight at night was not bad, and without delaying the road, Shi Ruosheng and several partners in the neighboring village went all the way. When it came to the last village, there was only Shi Ruosheng left, because the village of several of them was in front of Shi Ruosheng.
Passing through the village, you have to cross a river, but today is an annual temple fair, and many boatmen will swing their boats until 11:20 p.m.
Shi Ruosheng waited left and right just did not see the boat owner coming, anxious he could not help but shout to the opposite shore whether there was a boat home, shouted for half a day, Shi Ruosheng finally faintly saw a boat coming.
After the boat came to the river, Shi Ruosheng only felt that this boat was different from the usual one. When the breeze blew, only the bells of the jingle bells were heard, and then an old man's voice came from the boat: "Is the guest officer going to take the boat?" ”
Shi Ruosheng immediately replied, "I want to cross the river by boat, can you give me a ride?" ”
The old man said, "If our ship does not cross back, you should think about it and cross it again." ”
At this time, Shi Ruosheng only wanted to go home, so he said emphatically, "I must cross tonight." ”
After getting on the ship, Shi Ruosheng only felt that this ship was eerie and always felt strange, but he couldn't say where it was. I don't know how long it took, but the boat didn't seem to be able to paddle to the other shore.
Just when Shi Ruosheng was wondering, he suddenly saw a woman not far in front of him throw herself into the river. Shi Ruosheng didn't think about it, jumped from the boat into the river at once, and it took a lot of effort to finally save the woman on the shore.
Seeing that the woman's face was blue, she quietly said to Shi Ruosheng: "Don't turn back on the way home, no one will call back, you just listen to me, I will not harm you." After saying this, the woman ran toward the village in front of her.
Shi Ruosheng walked quickly along the path in the village, and at this time he just wanted to go back quickly. Walking on the road, Shi Ruosheng heard a woman with a crisp voice calling out to him, but when he thought of the words told him by the woman by the river, Shi Ruosheng was frightened and ran away without looking back.
Arriving at a small dirt slope, Shi Ruosheng stumbled and chewed on the ground. At this time, he heard Ah Niu next door asking him why he was here, and when Shi Ruosheng was ready to turn back, he quickly covered his ears and ran away.
When I finally arrived at the door, I only heard my mother shouting: "Ruosheng, how did you come back, I have waited for you here for so long and have not seen you come back." As soon as Shi Ruosheng heard that it was his mother's voice, as soon as he turned his head, he saw a black shadow, and then Shi Ruosheng didn't know anything.
As soon as her mother went out, she saw Shi Ruosheng's baggage thrown on the ground, so she went to find the partners who went with Shi Ruosheng, only to see that several of them said that Shi Ruosheng had returned with them.
The mother searched the whole village and did not find her son, and she could not help but worry about whether something would happen to Shi Ruosheng, and the more she thought about it, the more worried she became, and she couldn't help but cry loudly. At this time, a woman came over and asked the old man if he was looking for a tall man with a bag, and the mother quickly nodded
The woman told Shi Ruosheng's mother what she had encountered last night, and if Shi Ruosheng wanted to come back, she would have to go to the river again tonight, pick him up again with a ghost boat, and find another ghost for the boatman.
After returning home, the mother and the woman found a Taoist priest. The Taoist priest first set up a formation by the river to see if there were ghosts in the river that had not yet come ashore, and after searching for half a day, he finally found a female ghost who had been suppressed in the river for three years. The female ghost did not want to get on the boat because she had died unjustly and was framed by others, and the ghost was trapped at the bottom of the river by the adulterer with a peach stake, and the world's grievances were not over, so she could not be reincarnated by boat.
So the Taoist priest asked a man with good water to tear down several peach stakes at the bottom of the river, and then helped him to complain but finally complained. As soon as the evening came, the Taoist priest waited for the ghost ship to come to the ferry, and when he came, he sent the female ghost to the boat, gave the boatman a pot of good wine, and sent Shi Ruosheng back when he waited for the third change.
After some tossing, Shi Ruosheng finally returned, and several people hugged and cried bitterly, if Shi Ruosheng did not save the woman that day, the woman would not have the opportunity to save Shi Ruosheng in the future.
Under the sun, goodness and justice will shine, what should be good will be discovered, and the evil that should be there will eventually see the light and die. Most of the time, when we are away from home, we really have to be careful at all times, take care of ourselves, and let the family worry less.