Chat Zhai story: Rakshasa Sea City, a beautiful Chinese boy, came to Rakshasa Country but became ugly

There are many themes in the story that are not horror and ghosts, but some ironic content. The story called "Rakshasa Sea Market" that I want to talk to you about this time is such a content.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a merchant's son named Ma Ji, and his father was a good hand in business, so although Ma Ji was not born in the Zhongming Dingshi House, he was still a small rich place on earth. Although the status of merchants in ancient times was low, even farmers were not comparable. For example, Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty affected his career because he was the son of a merchant, but although Ma Ji did not have Li Bai's talent, his appearance was dignified, and he even had the feeling of Jia Baoyu in "Dream of Red Mansions".

His father only has such a son, regarded as a pearl in the palm of his hand, and a middle-aged son, really afraid of melting in his mouth, afraid of losing it in his hand, anyway, he can't spoil it. This kid looks good, dressed up more beautiful than girls, because the family is rich, and he likes opera, and he mixes with those pear garden children who sing all day, often dressed up as Danjiao to perform, although the old father is not used to it, he can only fool around.

The only worry is that his son is not doing his job, but you say that he is angry no, although Ma Ji loves opera, reads and has the ability, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of 14, and he is still famous in the local area. But you say that no matter how motivated you are, you can't see it, he doesn't seem to be keen on fame, plus the background of a businessman, he just enjoys himself. Linger in the pear orchard all day.

After a few more years, Ma Ji's father completely went home to retire, he felt that he was old, and then he could not eat it for a long time to go south and north, and the wealth he accumulated himself was enough, but he understood the truth of sitting on the mountain and eating nothing, and his son had no intention of making a name for himself, if he could not inherit his own inheritance, then he would close his eyes later, what could he do?

So he called Ma Ji to the front and said in a serious voice: "Son, you are also an adult, it is said that you should have married a wife and have children a long time ago, but all this time, I have not asked you to do anything, reading this thing, in the end can not be boiled as noodles to eat, we merchants, do not worry about the matter of fame, in the end should inherit the family business, be a farmer's land, be a businessman should be familiar with their own business, you want to be filial to my father and me, how about taking over the business?" ”

Don't say that although Ma Ji has enjoyed every day over the years, he is not an unscrupulous person, firstly, he feels sorry for him when he sees his father's old age, and secondly, he has been playing at home for a long time, and he also wants to go out to meet the market, so he took over his father's business and slowly learned to do business.

Since Ma Ji participated in business, he also understood his father's hard work and difficulties over the years, but he slowly gained some experience, and after several years of hard work, he really took care of his father's business, and the business became bigger and bigger.

In those years, the shipping of the Ming Dynasty was world-leading, and Zheng He's voyage to the West also opened up more routes and possibilities for the Ming Dynasty. Ma Ji also gradually made his business abroad, often doing business overseas, and each time he gained a lot.

One year, he got a nautical map saying that there was a sea beyond the sea that was rich in goods and treasures, and if he could go once, he would have enough to eat for several lifetimes. The horse ji prepared for a long time and set off. But he never expected that going out this time made him dangerous and eye-opening.

Ma Ji and his group went to sea to find a foreign land rich in treasures, and walked smoothly for three days, who knew that on the fourth day, the sea weather suddenly changed, several of their ships encountered a rare hurricane, and the two ships before and after had disappeared, his ship, drifted at sea for three days and three nights, only to finally see a land, Ma Ji this time thought God bless in his heart, but when he went ashore, something strange happened that shocked him.

In the city here before, there were many people, but all of them were extremely ugly, almost like demons. But what is even more strange is that when these people see the horse, they exclaim and run away, as if they saw a monster. At first, Ma Ji was apprehensive in his heart, but later he realized that the weirdos here were afraid of him, but he became bold.

Enter the village and town, eat and drink at will, everyone does not dare to stop him, slowly some people try to communicate with him, don't look at this is a foreign country, but the language is generally able to communicate.

Ma Ji was compared with paintings, and the people here finally let down their guard, knowing that he was from Middle-earth Daming and was not some man-eating monster. Everyone was enthusiastic. And he found that the people here, who looked close to him, were dressed in rags, as if they were poor, while those who looked ugly were dressed brightly.

When I inquired, I learned that this place was called the Great Rakshasa Kingdom, and people like Ma Ji who looked ugly in this country were not taken seriously, and the emperor was even more disgusted. And these people who look similar to horses are poor because they are ugly.

Ma Ji thought to himself: Strange, I have lived to be more than twenty years old, I am called Langjun in my hometown, many girls adore, and the first time I was told that I was ugly, it was really laughing.

At this time, the Raksha State Halberd Lang was the emperor's guard officer, eighty or ninety years old, looking very strange, he had traveled to many countries, the only one who had not been to China, I heard that a Chinese weirdo came, and I was curious to take a look. In the end, it was an old man who had seen the world, and although he was a little surprised to see Ma Ji, he still acted calmly, and he was treated with good wine and food, and made people sing and dance. A woman who dances like Yasha, dancing, music, and singing are all squirting.

The old man asked Ma Ji if there were also songs and dances in your country. Ma Ji said that of course, he would have sung himself, so he immediately performed it. The old man listened intently and said: "Great, I didn't expect your Chinese songs to be so good, you can perform for the emperor, if the emperor is happy, maybe reward you with a lot of gold and silver jewelry?"

However, the old man felt that Ma Ji looked ugly, and it was not good to see that the emperor was afraid of scaring the emperor, and asked him to make up as Zhang Fei, Ma Ji was unwilling at first, and later could only agree. Sure enough, black Zhang Fei who was dressed up as a beard on his face, but everyone thought he was a lot more handsome. Coupled with his good singing, the emperor was very happy. I wanted to keep him as a favorite in the palace.

After a few months, Ma Ji was tired, felt that it was not a thing to go on like this, came out for so long, wanted to go back, plus he made up to make them feel handsome, so everyone talked about his fake face, and finally he found an opportunity to resign, and the emperor rewarded him with a lot of treasure.

Ma Ji thought about the village that had accepted him in the first place, so he went back and sent them a lot of treasures to help them get rid of poverty and become rich. These people were very happy, so they said to go to the sea market to find some jewelry to thank him. Ma Ji is curious, what is a sea market?

The villagers told him that the sea market was where people from all over the world gathered to sell jewelry. The surrounding countries all wanted to go, but because of the high risk of the sea market, they were afraid of accidents, so they let these poor people go. Ma Ji thought of the treasure place he came out to find, maybe this is here. So I planned to follow.

Everyone persuaded him not to stay, and finally waited for the day of the opening of the market and went together. After the ups and downs, Ma Ji finally arrived safely, which was really eye-opening, and the goods placed in the market were all rare treasures and dazzling, which were not seen in the world. Ma Ji was overjoyed.

At this time, everyone began to dodge, and it turned out that the "Toyo III" came. Shizi came over, saw Ma Ji, and said, "This is not a person from a small remote country. Then a man who opened the road in front of the horse asked Ma Ji where he was from the township, and Ma Ji stood by the side of the road and saluted, detailing his place of origin and surname. Shizi was happy: "You from the Daming Kingdom, since you can deign to come here, it shows that our fate is not shallow." So he gave him a horse and asked him to accompany him.

This actually happened another adventure, it turned out that this was the prince of the Dragon Palace, took him to the Dragon Palace, met the Dragon King, and the Dragon King also gave him his daughter and became the son-in-law of the Dragon King. The days go by quickly.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, no matter how good the days are, they can't resist the longing for their hometown, and the dragon girl sees Ma Ji's thoughts, so she plans to send him home, and tells him that she is pregnant, and hopes to name the child, and for three years, she will also wait for him to return. So Ma Ji said: If it is a woman, it is called Dragon Palace, and the male is called Fuhai.

Ma Ji returned to his hometown, his parents were still alive, and his wife had remarried, thinking that he had capsized and died at sea. Seeing his son return, the second elder also cried with joy, saying that he would remarry him, but Ma Ji thought about the dragon girl, of course, he didn't do it. Not long after, the dragon girl actually sent a pair of children to him, and Ma Ji was very happy, but unfortunately he couldn't get together with the dragon girl.

His son and daughter often go to the sea to visit their mother. Later, when his parents returned to heaven, the dragon girl came to pick up Ma Ji and his children. Since then, the ancient kingdom of Rakshasa and the sea market have become legends and have never been seen again.

Pu Songling once commented: Pretend to have a fake face to cater to the world, so the world is no different from the ghost domain. The quirks of upside down beauty and ugliness and meandering are all over the world. I see that this thing still has some truth to this day. What do you think?