(1) Hell's Tanabata
Tanabata.
In the middle of the night, when no one whispers, only frogs chirp and insects chirp.
Burn fine sandalwood, open the green screen, and let the bright moonlight spill into the boudoir.
The woman is dressed in white clothes, white skirts, white shoes and white socks, and even her long ink-colored hair is only tied with a white ribbon, coupled with a snow-white little face without fat powder. If it weren't for the fact that there was a shadow behind her and her breath was warm, she would be directly caught in the soul sending team of the underworld and kept without ghosts noticing.
The woman herself did not realize it, she was very sincere, put her hands together, knelt in front of the incense case, and prayed to the moon:
"The Weaver Girl Fairy is on top, and the little woman is the people of the capital of Nankang Kingdom, the Qingting of the Zhang family, and the twenty-ninth year of the year. The father's official residence is from the Sanpin Taifu Siqing, and the mother is ......"
Speaking of this, the woman paused visibly, and felt sad in her heart.
If she is the biological daughter of the "mother of the house", how can she be allowed to marry that kind of person?
If her biological mother is not a beautiful girl, even if it is a concubine with a slight status, with her title of one of the "Top Ten Famous Flowers in Beijing", why worry about not finding a good mother-in-law who is satisfied?
Thinking of this, Zhang Qingting couldn't help but feel hatred in his heart, tears welling up in his eyelashes, as pitiful as pear blossoms with rain.
"The mother listened to the matchmaker's rhetoric, so she married the slave family to the evil young man in the capital, Pan Yunbao, the son of the Admiral of the Nine Gates! Vertical sleeping flowers and willows, bullying men and women, gambling into sex, fighting and making trouble, everyone in the capital knows, no one knows! The little woman is weak and delicate, if she marries, I am afraid that she will die before three dynasties......"
With the long nails like onion tubes, he took the bitter tears and threw them aside, and it happened that he was in the middle of someone's door.
Sure enough, voyeurism comes at a price, someone thought expressionlessly.
I only heard the beautiful woman continue to say aggrievedly, "The slave family is unbearable, and he is determined to die to protect his innocence!" The special fairy is hopeless in this life, but I hope that I can be matched with a good person in the next life. Even if it is a small household in Pengmen, the jingchai cloth skirt is better than the embroidered shoes wrapped in this splendid bush, and the red clothes are trapped in the pearl forest. β
Zhang Qingting was very proud of his last two sentences. Someone is getting impatient to hear it, verbose! He frowned, saw that the hour had not yet come, and had to continue to wait.
Finally, after the full set of singing and playing was completed, Zhang Qingting was satisfied and moved an embroidered pier to the beam, and there was nothing wrong with checking his body, so he took a bunch of long white silk that had been prepared and threw it on the beam.
One time.
Two clicks.
Three or four times.
Why are these beams so tall?
Zhang Qingting threw her arm so sore that she hadn't thrown it up yet, the boudoir was weak, she was so tired that she was panting, and sat down to rest. Do you want to die differently?
Her gaze first fell on the shiny scissors, but quickly rejected them. If it hurts too much, the way it flows like a river of blood will also stain the clothes and make them unsightly.
So jumping off a building? But there are only two floors here, in case you can't die if you fall, but you just miss an arm and a broken leg, then do you want people to live? If you fall and your brain bursts......
She made a disgusted expression herself, with a look of disgust.
That's right! There is also arsenic in the corner of the wall. Zhang Qingting just wanted to pick it up, but straightened up again. Taking poison will bleed and your face will become black-green and black-green. No, no, no!
Thinking about it, it is more beautiful to commit suicide by hanging a beam.
Try again! If it doesn't work out again, it will be heaven that will not kill me, and I will have nothing to do.
As if knowing her intentions, this time the white silk flew over the beam and hung down in front of her.
Pulling a wishful bow, Zhang Qingting glanced around again, bit his silver teeth, and his heart was horizontal, "The essence is clean and clean!" Don't teach the end of the sludge! β
Put the pink neck on the silk knot and kick the embroidery pier. It just so happened that the bangzi outside knocked three watches.
The hour has come, collect the soul!
The hell messenger ghost who was hidden in the shadows was almost impatient, and immediately appeared, took out the soul hook rope, detained her three souls and seven spirits, tied her neck and went to the underworld.
"You...... Who are you? β
Why does everyone who is dying ask such a question?
I didn't want to answer this idiot question, but I was afraid that she would ramble endlessly, so I simply lengthened my tone and sang the famous line: "The king of Hades told people to die in the third watch, how can he keep people until the fifth watch?" Zhang Qingting, your longevity is over, go with me! β
"I ...... Am I dead? How can it be so fast? β
Fast? I've never seen someone like you, dying so grinding! The ghost was too lazy to talk nonsense with her, and dragged people away. Drag down the underworld early, pay the errand early, there are still six souls to collect in this class today, he is very busy, okay?
As soon as I went down to the underworld, I passed the ghost gate, and another ghost in the same class came up to me, "Hey! Brother, back? β
"Hmm."
"Why did you take in a girl today? How did she die? β
"Hang yourself."
"The one I just received is also a girl! Also hanged! β
"Oh."
"Why did this girl you took kill herself?"
"I can't think of it."
"I can't think of this girl I received! Tsk, I'm only eighteen years old, why don't you do it, the scholar hangs himself, and he hangs up as soon as he hangs it! β
"Ahh But I was thinking in my heart, don't be in the same class with him next time, there are so many words!
There was already a long queue at the twists and turns of the bridge, and I was thinking that as soon as I handed over the person to Meng Po, I could go to pick up the next shift, and by the way, I also avoided this long-tongued ghost, but I saw the jailer on duty running out in a panic. Seeing the two of them at a glance, he breathed a big sigh of relief, "Fortunately, I haven't crossed the bridge yet, it's too late, it's still too late!" β
"My lord! What's going on? What's wrong? "The ghost who talks a lot is almost excited.
The jailer glared at him and shouted, "What can it be?" Our prefectural government has always been fair and strict, not a drop of water, and nothing will go wrong! β
The devil believes! The ghost who doesn't talk much secretly slanders himself, and he must not know what went wrong, and he detained the undeserving living soul, and now he has come to make up for it.
The jailer coughed twice, changed his expression, and walked to the two female ghosts behind, "Two girls, today is Qixi Festival, congratulations on your lucky prize that can only be met once in a hundred years in our underworld!" And the prize isβ"
He deliberately sold a pass before saying, "Resurrection from the dead!" β
I thought that the two of them must be grateful and cheered away, but I didn't expect her two to snort at the same time, "Don't!" β
As the saying goes, there is no good thing when it is cheap, and there is no good thing when it is good. This winning from the sky has a mystery nine times out of ten. These two girls are not stupid, they know how to judge the situation and seize the opportunity.
"Why?" The jailer was stunned, how many people's dreams did they come back from the dead, why did they refuse?
"It's boring." Zhang Qingting said.
"It's better to be dead." Another female ghost said.
"Two! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! The ghost almost spared no effort to vigorously sell, "The ants are still stealing life, the two of them are in their prime, and they have a great future in the future, why are they so depressed because of a little setback, let's go back!" β
The more positive the seller, the more sure the buyer is. Whether rich or poor, it is a woman's nature to love bargaining.
"It's okay if you want me to go back." Zhang Qingting made a bid, "Unless you guarantee that I will be rich and glorious in the future, everything will go smoothly!" Marry another wishful man! β
"I'm just like her!" The female ghost next to her came to help.
This...... This is too lion's mouth, right?
The jailer has been in hell for many years, and he has dealt with a lot of all kinds of difficult big ghosts and little ghosts, how can he be at the mercy of the two new little female ghosts? He drew his knife and pen, placing a little on their foreheads, and soon learned the cause of their deaths.
Hehe smiled, "Two girls, you!" He first pointed to Zhang Qingting, "Before you died, you made a wish that you only wish to be worthy of a good person in the next life, even if it is a small household with a jingchai cloth skirt." And you," he said, looking at the other female ghost, "are only willing to marry a rich man in the next life, stretch out your hands for clothes, and open your mouth for food." Now, how about the official fulfill you and let you exchange your souls? β
"Why?" Thinking that his body was going to be occupied by others, Zhang Qingting first disagreed. She glanced at the female ghost next to her, it was dark, who knew if it was ugly or handsome, and she didn't know if it was clean.
Sensing her obviously unkind gaze, the female ghost also retorted unceremoniously, "Who knows if she's sick?" β
You're sick! Zhang Qingting's anger came up, "You woman is so speechless!" β
"Stop dragging the text! I don't understand and I don't like to hear this girl! β
"Humph! Rural village women, don't learn and don't know! β
"You can't do it if you want to! Why don't you make a wish to be like me in the next life? β
"You!" Zhang Qingting was so choked that he couldn't speak. Suddenly evil is born to the side of the guts, it is better to let this woman marry the Pan Yunbao, so that she can't survive and die!
When a few ghosts saw them arguing, they didn't persuade each other, and watched the show on the side with their sleeves in their hands.
"What's wrong with me?" The female ghost is still aggressive.
Zhang Qingting took half a step back, as if he was cowardly, and changed his face in an instant, "This sister, it's the slave family who is in a bad mood for a while, and she said the wrong thing, don't be surprised." β
Seeing that she took the initiative to soften, the female ghost snorted coldly, indicating that she accepted the white flag of the "enemy".
Zhang Qingting sighed faintly, "Sister, I can't hide it, I really envy a little jasper like you." Like me, although I was born in a family of eunuchs, with fine clothes and food, and a group of slaves and maids, I have no freedom between my actions, and it is like being in prison. β
As she spoke, she observed the eyes of the female ghost attentively, and she couldn't see anything in the dark underworld, only a pair of eyes that were as bright as stars and couldn't be hidden. This female ghost wanted to marry a rich family so much, and sure enough, when she heard "the house of the eunuchs, the brocade clothes and jade food, and the group of slaves and maids", her eyes obviously revealed a touch of envy.
"Then you have such good conditions, why can't you think about it, and you want to look for death and life?"
"Alas! It's a long story. Seeing the fish take the bait, Zhang Qingting was happy in her heart, she grew up in the deep house since she was a child, her father had many wives and concubines, and there were many brothers and sisters in the family. She deliberately stopped and waited for someone to ask.
"Such a good marriage, then why don't you want to?"
"Pan Gongzi is a young hero, why is there a lack of pink confidants around him?" Zhang Qingting implicitly pointed out the reason, and commended himself, "I really don't want to destroy his good marriage, so I have to die to reward the celebrity!" β
The female ghost pondered for a long time before she realized, "Ah! Then you have a really good heart! β
"It's just a little silly idea from the slave family, which makes my sister laugh." Humility is a virtue, and you should keep it in mind when you get cheap.
"Well, I don't want to live anyway, so why don't I go back for you! You go to me and live well, my life is better than yours! "The female ghost showed her intentions very directly.
Sure enough, she is a stupid country girl, she is really easy to coax, of course Zhang Qingting doesn't believe that she will really seek death, I'm afraid that she will be reluctant to come out when she enters her own house. She sneered contemptuously, and wanted to make a gesture of Qiao, "I just don't know, since my sister is so good, why does she have to kill herself?" β
The female ghost snorted, stomped her feet and said, "I'm also not going well with my marriage!" There is a talent in our neighboring village, it is said that he is a prodigy who meets once in a hundred years, and everyone says that he will win the champion in a few years! The fortune teller in the village said, I am a prosperous man, and whoever marries me can be promoted and rich, so he came to my house to make a hire. But you know, I don't know a single word, how do I live with him when I get married? Where can I speak? In case he really goes to high school in the future and becomes a big official, I am the one who wears a dragon robe and does not look like a prince. If he learns from Chen Shimei at that time and divorces me, wouldn't I have died unjustly? Therefore, I found a short-term view, so as not to waste people in the future. β
Oh? Zhang Qingting's heart moved when he heard this, this kind of poor student must be a person who is angry and trying to be strong, and he may not be able to soar in the future, if he becomes his bad wife at this time, his husband and wife will be noble in the future, and he is not a stupid woman who can't be on the stage.
A few ghosts winked at each other, and the jailer interjected at the right time, "Two girls, have you agreed to the exchange?" β
The two girls glanced at each other, and at the same time bowed slightly.
"Thank you two for understanding the righteousness!" The jailer turned his head and instructed the two ghosts, "Trouble the two of you to work hard, and then send the two girls back!" β
The ghost didn't say a word, and detained the female ghost's soul and left.
"See you later!" The mouthy ghost also detained Zhang Qingting's soul and went in the direction when he came and went.
Zhang Qingting was rejoicing in her good luck, and suddenly saw the jailer chasing after her again, her face changed, could it be that the other party had changed his hexagram?
"Girl, there's one thing I'll tell you secretly." The jailer raised the book in his hand and pretended to be mysterious, "This girl's life is really good, I will ensure that you will be rich and prosperous in the future!" In the future, when it comes to fulfillment, you can remember to come to the Temple to burn a few more pillars of incense! β
"That's nature. Thank you, sir, for the point. Zhang Qingting was elegant and polite, and his heart was overjoyed.
There is such a good life waiting for her ahead? She can't wait to take the little lotus step, and she wants to hurry up and return to her soul!
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