"Child, do you think your stepfather is crazy?"

The old man said leisurely.

Fu Yunhua hurriedly shook his head: "Don't dare, it's just that I don't understand!" ”

"Son, let me tell you a story. The story takes place in the last years of the Republic of China.

That year, there was a child, just over eighteen, but he was already a second lieutenant platoon commander in a famous group army.

That year, the world was in turmoil, and there were wars everywhere. Because of the turbulence of the situation, the supreme leader of the group army he belonged to secretly fled with his master. Leaderless, their troops retreated on the front line, and finally had to retreat to a thousand-year-old town.

In those days, dreams were the lives of young people. And the dream in his heart that the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband is obscured by the smoke of the battlefield in the context of political struggle. Ideals crumble, and life loses its meaning.

Their army, in that ancient town, abandoned the last dignity and staged scenes of madness. A unit from among the people, under the encirclement and suppression of the opponent, did not want to pick up a gun to resist, but did the business of burning, killing and looting, and the most odious thing is that it also did things to spoil women. Disheartened, one night, he took off his military uniform, threw away his weapon, and left the barracks.

That's not an escape, because at that time, there were simply too many people leaving, military discipline was scattered, and no one cared at all. He wandered aimlessly, and before he knew it, he came to the lake outside the ancient town, and that lake was the West Lake.

When he sat alone by the lake, sighing that time was not waiting, he had no talent, but there was no way to serve the country, and a painted boat with lights floated on the quiet lake. At the same time, from the lake, there was a poignant singing, which was sung by "Mrs. Fuqi Chu Dance Song", when it was sung "Jun Chu Song and Concubine Chu Dance, the pulse looks at each other and the heart is bitter." The song is not over, and the concubine is sobbing and the concubine is broken", the painting boat is already approaching.

At the bow of the boat, there was a woman dressed in light colored tulle, dancing to the song. Behind her is the dark green exquisite lake scenery, the moonlight is also quiet, only her figure is swaying, the color sleeves are flying in the air, the residual shadow of the road, such as the clouds flowing, delicate and light, such as the rhythm of the song.

He has never seen a person who can be so beautiful, and a dance can hook people's souls.

Before this, he had heard that there were many painting boats on the West Lake, and the women on the boats were called Nenniang, also called thin horses, and they were bought and sold by women in Qinglou to make a living. In the early days of the Republic of China, it was still very popular, and even a virtuous monk like Master Hongyi, when he was still called Li Shutong before he was ordained, he also liked to go to the painting boat with his friends to drink and have fun, and recited poems.

However, although he knew that there were some women in the painting boat, the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were not inferior to some celebrities, and they only sang songs and chatted, and did not do some dirty things. But no matter what, in his heart, those women are all dusty women. When his ideals were still firm, his arrogant heart was not looked down upon.

But, that day, his ideals were shaken, and on that day, the woman who appeared in front of him sang and moved his heart, danced and blinded his eyes, and people took away his soul.

And just like that, he stepped onto the woman's boat. He also has talent, the two of them met and talked a lot, while drinking, chatting, from time to time, the woman would sing a song, so happy. In the end, the love went deep and hugged each other.

He was so happy that he even forgot that the spring night was short, but the night was surprisingly long, as if there was never dawn.

It wasn't until he didn't have the strength to get up from the bed, and the woman was always singing and dancing, that he realized that something was wrong, and it was then that he suddenly remembered how there could be such a paradise in an era of war.

However, instead of panicking, he asked the woman, "Are you a ghost?" ”

The woman smiled and said, "Yes, are you scared?" ”

He also smiled: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid I don't know your name if I'm dead." ”

The woman was slightly surprised, but immediately regained her composure, and said with a smile: "When you die, I will tell you!" There have been many men on the painting boat, and they have also said that the peony flower is dead and ghostly, but when they really have to face death, they are not as good as pigs and dogs. I'm really a ghost, aren't you really afraid of death? ”

That time, he laughed wildly: "A life like mine can be exchanged for a few days of your happiness?" ”

That time, the woman replied very seriously: "Plus the few days I have been with you, I won't have to show up for a year."

"One year, it is estimated that after a year, the world will be peaceful, and you don't have to look at the devastated rivers and mountains and sing those poignant songs, I, it's worth it! I would love to know the name of a woman as beautiful as you, so I want to die now. ”

The woman seemed to be moved, silently poured a glass of wine, drank it all, poured another glass, and drank it all.

It wasn't until the third cup that I suddenly heard a voice outside the painting boat: "In order to know the name of a girl, I don't even want my life, was my brain kicked by a donkey?" Don't you just want to know what her name is, do you need to say such meaty words, let me tell you, her name is Chunniang, the spring of spring, oh, by the way, she was the Mrs. Qi who was made an adult in her previous life, if you can see with your own eyes the ghost when she was thrown in the toilet, if you still have the current commotion, Lao Tzu can also be considered to convince you. ”

After speaking, he saw a young man with a little white head walking in outside the boathouse, with a naked upper body and dark skin, wearing a tattered shorts on his lower body, a hemp rope tied around his waist, and a pair of straw sandals on his feet.

After entering the door, he snatched the wine glass directly from the woman's hand, drank it all, and then said to the woman, "I'm sorry, I've ruined your business again." ”

The woman seemed to know him, smiled, poured another wine, and said, "Get used to it! Actually, you've come just in time. ”

Then the young man walked up to him with a wine glass, poured it directly on his face and scolded: "Your mother wants to know that you slept with a ghost girl and died, believe it or not, she couldn't even hold the coffin board after she died?" Believe it or not, if you bury it, you have to cheat the corpse? Bai Chang's body is fleshy, and he can't even hold a little backbone。。。。。。 ”

He also scolded a lot, and the scolding was very ugly, but it woke him up.

Later, the three of them sat together and chatted a lot like friends, and only then did they know that the ** lady was originally a spirit in the mountains, and before she cultivated her human form, she had been saved by Mrs. Qi. But after learning of Mrs. Qi's tragic death, on the one hand, in order to repay her kindness, he couldn't bear to turn her into a lonely ghost, and on the other hand, he sympathized with Mrs. Qi's experience, so he shared his body with her.

Slowly, the two souls merged together and became a spring girl who was neither a demon nor a ghost.

Speaking of the things in the palace back then, Chun Niang said that she hated Liu Bang more than she hated Empress Lu, because Mrs. Qi died unjustly and could not be reincarnated, but after Liu Bang went to the underworld, he did not plead, but said: Time is also fate!

Chun Niang's original form is a demon, especially with Mrs. Qi's soul to nourish, it takes a lot of essence. Maybe it's because of the broken jar, maybe it's out of hatred for men, she uses this way to hurt people. ”

Hearing this, Fu Yunhua understood in his heart that the one in the story was not his father-in-law.