There is no difference between ancient and modern cherry ghosts

Xu Kong in Xu County, Jiangsu Province, is a poor but good wine showman. Although good wine, but the amount of alcohol is not deep, often a few glasses of drunkenness, a drunk will not be unconscious, not only unconscious, sometimes will delay major events.

When Xu Kong did not drink, he was actually a good boy. Not only has a good belly, but also a good heart. His family lived on the edge of the city, just a dilapidated house, and there were no valuable belongings. Rao was so, the road met the old man begging along the street, but he still doubled his money bag that did not have a few sounds, squeezed out some bits and pieces of steel hammers from it, and asked people to go to a meal.

The neighbors knew that he had a good heart, so they were willing to help him. If there is anything that needs to be written, come to him to write. Xu Kong was also willing to wield pen and ink, but the money he earned was naturally spent on wine. So years have passed and there is still no savings.

After some more days, one day Xu Kong was reading at home when he heard someone push the door in. He looked up and saw that it was Mingyue, who lived on the other street. The two had been in love with each other for some time, only because Mingyue knew that he had to work hard, and had never come to him at this hour, and had never come to him in such a panic. At this time, Mingyue's face was sad and she was weeping: "My aunt is going to marry me to Zhang Gongzi in the city, saying that the gift he promised is very rich..."

Xu Kong was horrified and stood up. Thinking that he had no money to take, and that he had no merit and fame, he was absolutely inferior to that boy, and his heart was anxious, and he almost had to shed tears. Mingyue also said, "If you study hard and take a meritorious name, my aunt may agree to you..." So Xu Kong went to Mingyue's house, expressed his intentions with her parents, and promised to take the meritorious name so that he could marry Mingyue.

So the two families took a period of three years, and if Xu Kong could not marry Mingyue as promised after three years, he would marry Mingyue to someone else. It happened that there was an exam the following year, so Xu Kong has been studying behind closed doors since then, and he no longer goes to the liquor store, occasionally drinking to relieve his hunger, and the number of times has gradually decreased.

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When the day of the exam was approaching, the day before he was ready to go to the city to catch the exam, Xu Kong came out of his home and stood at the door of the house with an extremely comfortable lazy waist.

At this time, it was evening, the clouds were full of clouds, the smoke from the cooking of each family was everywhere, and the voices of people were intertwined with the sound of cooking, noisy and boiling, and the incense drifted for ten miles. The naughty boys played together in groups of three or five, and were on their heads, but they were called back to eat by each family, and they made an appointment to go to school together tomorrow, so they dragged on several times before they reluctantly dispersed. Xu Kong looked at this picture of harmony in front of him, and thought that he had eight points of certainty of the knowledge to be tested, and he only felt comfortable in his heart, lovely in the world, and marrying Mingyue was just around the corner.

When Xu Kong was ready to turn around and go back to the house, he didn't know where a burst of wine wafted in, this wine aroma was mellow and lush, and it didn't disperse for a long time, arousing the worms in his stomach. So Xu Kong's steps hesitated repeatedly, tossed and turned several times, and finally walked towards the place where he hid the wine.

Not far in front of Xu Kong's house, there is a cherry tree with lush branches and leaves, which should have a hundred years of history. Fortunately, Xu Kong still had some sense, and he moved the tables and chairs at home to the cherry tree, thinking that in such a crowded place, drinking would not be greedy, so he would not be wrong.

After drinking two cups, Xu Kong's head was already a little dizzy. But he is eating and drinking, how can he stop. Only to see him standing up shakily, to go to the restaurant to buy two small dishes and come back to drink. At this time, when night fell, there were fewer people, and Xu Kong staggered to the restaurant with the steps of the tree shadow.

Shortly after Xu Kong left, a blue face appeared in the corner of the table. I saw that the face was half above the height of the table, and it was topped with blue hair. Those blue eyes swept around, making sure no one was there, and then retracted under the table. At the same time, a large blue hand reached from under the table to the table and took away the wine jar with lightning speed, and after a while, the big blue hand reappeared and placed the wine jar on the table with lightning speed.

When Xu Kong returned, there was no more wine in the wine jar. Strange, he thought, could it be that I had already drunk it before? Because there was no wine, the original plan had to be abandoned. Xu Kong packed up his tables and chairs and entered the house, hastily ate the snacks he bought, went to bed early, and prepared to get up early tomorrow and enter the city.

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Xu is the Lord of Heaven's great mercy, or Xu Kong's kindness gives him a reward, Xu Kong has made great progress all the way, and after a few years, he is already a local petty official, and naturally married Mingyue, and the two of them live in harmony and beauty. Not only that, but he added two more concubines and gave birth to two big fat boys.

It's just that Xu Kong's penchant for drinking has not changed, and now he doesn't have to bury his head in hard reading, and the number of official communications has become more and more, and the number of drinks has naturally increased, often he is drunk and drunk, and he sleeps upside down. Moreover, he thought that he had thoroughly understood the law of the operation of the official field, and felt that it was the way to promote officials and get rich when it came to pleasing the people, and he did not take the political achievements in his eyes, treated the people perfunctorily, and was bent on thinking about how to climb the magnates, and when he met people who were suffering, he was not as kind as before.

Mingyue advised him, "If you go on like this, you will be punished." What do officials do if they do not do good things for the people? Xu Kong was impatient and said, "You are a woman and a Taoist family, where do you know the tricks of being an official?" I am not doing this for the sake of future glory and wealth. So many times, Mingyue knew that she could not persuade him, so she washed her face with tears, thinking that such a life of gold and jade would not last long.

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On this day, Xu Kong set up a banquet in the palace, which was set up in the courtyard where there were several hundred-year-old cherry trees. After three rounds of drinking, the guests gradually dispersed, and only a rich man surnamed Li remained. He wanted to plead with Xu Kong for accommodation in his case of secret child abduction, so that he would not have to suffer from imprisonment, and that he would naturally be offered gold and silver treasures and jade jewelry. After some courtesy, Xu Kong of course agreed to his request, and Li Shi resigned with gratitude.

It's midsummer, the stars are dotted, and the night breeze is breezy. Xu Kong saw that the moon was just right, and at this time, he was still not full of fun, so he asked the attendant to call Mingyue to come and drink with the moon. He sat down again and opened another bottle of aging. But at this time, Xu Kong was already drunk and misty-eyed, unable to distinguish things, and drank a few small cups, only to see a blue-faced, blue-bodied and blue-handed monster appear in front of him, looking at him with big eyes and small eyes.

Xu Kong shook his head and closed his eyes. After a while, he opened his eyes and found that the wine in the bottle was gone. In the midst of doubt, he saw the blue monster again. He reached out and touched it, a soft touch like cotton wool. Xu Kong almost wanted to get up, but his body was weak, his head was dizzy, and he watched as the blue monster got closer and closer, and looked at him with anger.

By the time Mingyue and a group of attendants came to the courtyard, Xu Kong had already faced down and fell to the ground and died.

The Yishi clan said, "Where can a monster like the Cherry Ghost recognize the good or bad of people in the human world?" Both times were just a coincidence, begging for wine. Xu Shi's heart was good, and naturally he had the blessing of good heart, but later he was blindfolded by the rich, even if he had his wife's advice, what was the use. But there are so many corrupt officials under the heavens, where can the cherry ghosts punish them all? ”