Anecdote

In the land of Sanfu, the old custom is still followed. When a woman gets married, she must invite a "Fu Gu" to dress her up.Fugu, the old women in the village, often know some libretto, and walk around the streets and alleys on weekdays, selling rouge and gouache;

In a certain year, the daughter of the Zhu family was married for three days and suddenly became ill and became emaciated.Soon after, he died suddenly, with only a piece of skin left in the body, and the flesh and blood in it seemed to have been eaten up, not a single bit remained.There is also the daughter-in-law of the Liu family who is sick, and the doctors don't know why.She died a few days later, her corpse was in a miserable state, no different from that of Zhu's daughter.After more than a month, a married girl in the north of the city came to the door of her husband's house, but she didn't kick the sedan chair, so she died in the sedan chair.Several cases have been reported to the authorities for a long time, but the real culprit has not yet been found out.

For a while, people were in a state of panic, because they all said that there were ghosts and ghosts, and they liked to eat women.The government can't ban it, only send more people to patrol.

At the end of autumn, the Chen family married a daughter-in-law, who was a charming girl in the east of the city, named Qian.It was night, and Qian was sitting alone in the room, while her husband was outside, and the banquet was not over yet.Qiansi was shy and shy when thinking about weddings and candles in the bridal chamber, and she was afraid that she would be bumped in the sedan chair and her hair would be messy.While the little maid was out of the room to get water, she quietly lifted her hijab and put on her makeup in front of the mirror.Suddenly felt a pain in the back of the head, and fell back, unconscious.Just when her husband returned drunk, he caught a glimpse of a small black shadow flashing through the crack of the door, and then took a closer look, and found Qian's corpse on the ground in the house, no longer a delicate girl, but an ugly old woman.

His neighbor is a wealthy family with only one daughter. He was married in the early years. After hearing about this, he was not frightened.However, the good time is approaching, and I can't push back, so I use thousands of dollars to find capable people and strangers in order to catch evil spirits.A master and apprentice of Yunyou, passing by here occasionally, visited the door and said, "We two can kill evil spirits."

The teacher, named Jing'an, is a handsome and elegant Taoist, with a face like powder, and lips like red vermilion; the apprentice, named Guixi, is dressed as a Taoist boy, and his lips are red and his teeth are white.Seeing this, the rich man didn't believe it, and asked: "What are you two capable of catching demons and ghosts? It's just alchemists who know some alchemy techniques!"

Before Jing'an could speak, Guixi was angry and said angrily: "My teacher is the lower realm of a real immortal. How can the person who deceives the world and steals his name be compared with my teacher?" , I don’t choose what to say, but please forgive me. If the Tao is capable, we will see the difference in the future. Today, evildoers are rampant, and I am afraid that something will happen to the young lady. Why don’t you let the two of us have a try? You can also find another person with Taoism, it’s okay.”

When the wealthy household listened to it, they felt that his speech was decent and his behavior was calm, and he did not seem to be lying.He pondered for a while, and said: "Yes, if the two of you can keep my daughter safe, you will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold."

Ze Jing'an shook his head and said: "If you kill evil spirits, I hope the master will give thousands of gold to poor women and children, and I will not receive a penny."

So the two lived in a rich man's house. In the middle of the night, Jing'an counted his fingers and called Guixi and said: "This monster is good at hiding. If you don't know how to harm people, you may lose it." Guixi frowned and said: " Hearing what the Chen family said, when the new daughter-in-law died suddenly and saw a black shadow flashing out, she must be a demon. In several cases, the dead were all women, or this family's daughter, or that family's daughter-in-law. Could it be that this demon is only Harm the married people and those who are already married?" Jing'an nodded, and replied with a smile: "If you want to kill evil spirits, you should have a marriage to lure them into the bait."

Guixi pondered carefully, and for a moment, her cheeks gradually turned red, and said: "If I wear female makeup and dress up as a young lady..." Hearing this, Jing'an laughed and embraced her: "I will be your husband, and I will marry you at the hall, Flowers and candles in the bridal chamber." Gai, the master and the apprentice, are actually married couples, only outsiders don't notice. "It's okay." Guixi smiled, put his arms around his neck, tiptoed his toes, and kissed his lips.Then Jing'an rubbed his cheeks with his hands, and sipped it in his mouth, like a small tongue, lingering endlessly.

Then untie the account, sleep together under the quilt, and have a cloud and rain.

Then he told the rich man, and he agreed, and chose a good day with his relatives, so that the master and the apprentice pretended to be young ladies and young masters, and attracted evil spirits.

On that day, a lucky girl came to make up for Guixi.Open the dowry, take an ebony comb, and comb Guixi's black hair four or five times, and read some auspicious words, saying, "You will grow old together, and you will have a lot of children and grandchildren."Guixi listened attentively, and felt that her head was getting heavy. It wasn't a golden hairpin and a phoenix crown, but she didn't know what it was.Gradually fascinated and dizzy, she said: "This comb is very good, and it is different from ordinary ones." Fu Gu smiled and replied: "This comb is passed down from the old family. , to offer gold and silver, I do not allow."

Guixi came to a sudden, took the ebony comb in his hand, looked at it carefully, and became more and more happy.Then he frowned and said, "Oh, I have seen countless rare treasures, but I don't know how delicate a small wooden comb is."

Seeing his reluctance to part with her, Fu Gu hesitated again and again, gritted her teeth and said, "If miss cherishes this comb, I would like to give it as a wedding present."

"This, why is this?"

Then he sighed: "I have a daughter, who is about the same age as Miss, but she got sick a few years ago, and she has not been married yet, and has been buried in loess. I also liked this comb when I was alive. I will not allow it if I want it. Who would have expected that destiny is impermanent... Anyway, see Miss Fengguanxiapei, I think of my poor daughter, so I would like to give it to you." After speaking, weeping.

Guixi also sighed and said, "it's such a coincidence!" Then he took the ebony comb, played with it, put it in a small box, and took it with him.Not long after, she dressed up like a fairy, surrounded by pearls and emerald greens, and was helped into a sedan chair by a servant girl.Drums and cannons sounded on both sides, and there was a lot of people all the way, which was very lively.Not long after arriving at the door, Ze Jing'an was wearing a bright red auspicious uniform, kicked lightly, Guixi responded with a smile, and led the red satin out.The two newlyweds entered the hall, worshiped the heaven and the earth, and paid homage to each other.After the ceremony, Guixi was surrounded by two or three servant girls and entered the room, while Jingan was outside, having a drink with the guests.

At night, Guixi sat in the room, took off the red scarf, and put the comb in the palm of his hand.Suddenly dizzy, fell on the couch.Not long after, the ebony comb glowed red, and a black shadow flashed out, trying to bite its throat.A golden light flashed in Zeguixi's arms, and the black shadow wailed several times before fleeing the door.When he bumped into Jing'an, he knocked him down with a wave of his sleeve, and there was blood all over the floor, and the stench was unpleasant.Looking at it, it is the head of an old woman, with an ebony comb as evidence, showing her appearance while the woman is dressing.

"This is Fu Gu. I'm going to make up my face today. I'm afraid I'll cast a sorcerer's spell on my comb. I have a charm on my body, and I feel dizzy and have the effect of fascination." Guixi came out of the room, still feeling dizzy, and needed Jing'an to help her .When the people in the mansion heard the sound, they were shocked when they saw the human head and the wooden comb, and hurriedly reported it to the government.Gai Yimu, who had practiced for many years, fell into an evil spirit by mistake, greatly reduced his morals, and changed his appearance.Therefore, he made a plan to find a woman's flesh and blood to keep his face, took branches to make an ebony comb, coaxed the woman to accept it with evil methods, and waited for an opportunity to swallow human flesh and blood.

It was past three o'clock in the night, and the two of Jing'an stayed at the mansion to rest. "It's a pity that the flowers and candles in the bridal chamber can't be enjoyed to the fullest." Jing'an sighed, and Guixi leaned against the bed curtain, and replied: "I have worshiped the heaven and the earth, how can I live up to the good time?"The relationship between the two became more and more intense, and when the clouds cleared and the rain rested, the rooster crowed.

Since then, no woman has been victimized in Sanfu, and Jing'an's master and apprentice leave without taking any money.But the wealthy family married their daughters well, so they respected them more and more, and they used thousands of dollars to do good deeds, so that their descendants would prosper, which is the merit of doing good deeds and accumulating blessings.