Zhi Wei Story: Demon God

Li Jiazhuang had newly moved a young man surnamed Han, who was less than thirty years old, alone, and had several carriages with his luggage and property. After he settled down, he stayed at home for many days, and one day he posted a notice to recruit a young maid.

The local Li Er was a poor boy, his parents died since childhood, and he ate the last meal without eating, so he came to apply. The host is very easy-going, high commission, work is not tired, in addition to simple cleaning, is to go out to buy some ready-made wine, Li Er is very satisfied with this job. Han Sheng asked him to live here, but warned him not to mess around.

This has been going on for more than a month. One night, Li Er was still asleep. The door of the inner room opened, and out of the inside came a beautiful woman, holding a piece of champa in her hand, walking to Li Er's bed, the handkerchief flicked lightly on his face, and said: "Long night, can I accompany you?" Li Er was a simple country boy who had never seen such a scene before, and was stunned and unable to speak. The woman said a lot of seductive words, and Li Er just lay still.

The woman snorted, turned to leave, and turned back and said, "It's a pity to see that you are young and handsome, but you do such an inferior job for people." I have two ingots here, you can use it! After saying that, he took out two pieces of silver and held them in his hand and waited for Li Er to take them. Li Er still did not speak or move. The woman was really bored and finally left.

After a while, an old woman hunched over came out of the room. He walked over with a hunched figure, dressed in white, with a hairpin made of white bone pinned to his head. When I came to Li Er's bed, I saw that I couldn't see my nose on my face, only two big eyes, and with a thud, the big eyes turned into countless small eyes and fell down in a flurry. Li Er had often slept in the Desert Cemetery Temple since he was a child, and although he saw this strange old woman, although she was afraid, she was more calm than seeing the beautiful woman. The old woman saw that she could not frighten him, wandered for a while, and disappeared.

The next day, Li Er got up early and went to the master bedroom to tell him about the ghost he encountered last night. However, he saw that Han Sheng had not yet gotten up and was lying on the bed with a melancholy look. Seeing Li Er come in, Han Sheng beckoned him to come to his side. Then he said, "I'm dying, tell you the truth." My ancestors worshipped a demon god, so they got rich. But every year there are living sacrifices, and if they don't harm people, they will have a person in their own family. Therefore, my family is getting less and less, and in my generation, I am left alone. It's easy to cause suspicion when it hurts too much in one place, so I move often. Last night, the demon god didn't kill you, and I was going to die soon. ”

Li Er was shocked and said, "Then why don't you stop offering?" Han Sheng smiled bitterly, got up and took out a woodcut deity, as if it were a vicious old woman. He said, "My ancestors dripped blood on this idol, and the bloodline of our family was connected with the demon god, and it was impossible to break free." ”

Although Li Er understood that Han Sheng had hired himself with the intention of harming people, but no one cared about him since he was a child, Han Sheng had been very good to him during this time, and he was very sad to hear here. His mind flashed and he said, "There is a Taoist temple in our mountain, and the old Taoist priest there is very powerful, I accompany you to beg him, maybe there is any way!" Han Sheng's eyes lit up and he picked up his spirits to clean up. Left and right were also dead fish nets broken, simply burned the wooden statue, and then the two set off for the mountain.

The road was not far, and the two found the Taoist temple in the evening of the same day. Outside the main hall, a small Daoist priest was sweeping the floor, saw the two of them, looked up, and then waved their hands one after another to let them leave. Han Sheng stepped forward to explain his intentions, and the little Daoist seemed to be a mute, just waving his hand and not answering. A voice came from the main hall: "Let them in!" The two men entered the main hall, and an old Taoist monk was meditating. Listening to the two people talk about what happened, the old Daoist didn't say much, just let them live first.

At night, Han Sheng couldn't sleep because of something in his heart. Suddenly he heard a sound outside the door, and he peeked out through the crack in the window and saw several figures coming into the courtyard, still holding ropes and other things in their hands. Han Sheng didn't have time to analyze what had happened, pushed Li Er awake, and jumped out of the back window. The people in the courtyard heard the movement and stopped hiding, clamoring and chasing after them. The leader was the old Taoist monk, holding a sharp sword.

The two ran to the mountain gate in a panic, and met the little Daoist priest head-on, and the little Daoist waved to them, and the two ran forward with the Xiao Daoist. Coming to the front of a room, the priest opened the door and motioned for them to go in and hide. As soon as Han Sheng and Li Er entered, the little Daoist locked the door outside. I saw that this house had no windows, and there was a dharma altar set up inside.

A moment later, the old Daoist priest chased after several people, opened the door, and came in to catch the two directly. They put Han Sheng on the altar, and the old Daoist stabbed Han Sheng in the chest with a sword. Then let people let go of Li Er and slowly said to him, "The demon gods of the Han Sheng family used to have to disturb people's minds in order to harm people, but you are fortunately simple in nature and have not been poisoned." However, the demon god was about to attach itself to Han Sheng and merge with him, and then it would take people's lives without scruples. I killed him now, but I was forced to do so, and besides, he killed many people, and now the result is also self-inflicted. Now, after his family was broken, the demon god would also be destroyed. ”

The next day, Li Er went down the mountain and inherited Han Sheng's family property.