Xu Chengcheng also began to tell his own story: "I'm going to tell it, this is also a very true story, it also happened in Shandong, I still listened to an old Taoist priest of Shandong Taoist Temple tell me." ”

He said, during the reign of Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Chaotian, a native of Laiwu, Shandong, studied hard for many years, and finally passed the Jinshi examination, and the imperial court arranged for him to be an official in Fenzhou, Shanxi. One day, he was sitting alone in the middle of the house when he heard the sound of laughter in the courtyard getting closer and closer. He looked up and saw four women, one in his forties, one about thirty years old, the other about twenty-four or five years old, and finally a girl with no hair tied up. Liu Chaotian felt very strange, he didn't know what was going on, he knew better than anyone else what was in his mansion. But he didn't know any of these four women. While he was wondering, all four of them stood at the table, looking at each other and smiling. Liu Chaotian knew that there were many fox spirits living in this vicinity, so he ignored them. After a while, the youngest girl who had not yet tied her hair took out a red gauze scarf and threw it in Liu Chaotian's face jokingly. Liu Chaotian picked it up and threw it under the window, still ignoring them. The four women, seeing that he was so bored and uninteresting, all laughed and left. ”

Then one day, the eldest woman came to Liu Chaotian's room and said to him, "My sister has a fate with you, please don't dislike her." Liu Chaotian didn't take it seriously at all, and agreed casually without raising his head, "Okay, I know, if you still have something, just say it quickly, if it's okay, don't affect my reading." The eldest woman didn't speak to him, turned and left. In the blink of an eye, she led a maid to hug the girl, asked the girl to sit side by side with Liu Chaotian, and said, "You two are really a good couple, let's get married tonight." Wait for Liu Gongzi well, I'll go. Liu Chaotian thought it was a joke made by the fox demon, but he didn't know that the other party was not joking with him, what he said was true, but since he took it seriously. He was embarrassed to say things like joking for a while, so he began to look at the girl carefully, it was extremely gorgeous, Liu Chaotian felt that he was very blessed, so he had a good time with this girl. When asked where the woman came from, the girl said, "I am not a man, but I am a man." I am the daughter of a former governor, who died of being bewitched by a fox and buried in the garden. The foxes saved me with a spell, so I floated like a fox. Official, you can understand, the slave family is a human and a fox, I hope you don't be afraid! After Liu Chaotian heard this, he touched the back of her body with his hand. The woman noticed it, smirked and said, "Official, don't you think I have a tail?" If you really want to know, then wait a minute! Then she turned around and said, "Please touch it!" From then on, the girl stayed and never left, and every move was with the little maid. Everyone in the family treated her as a little lady. The maids and ladies came to worship, and she gave many rewards. Although that girl is a fox demon, she is very compatible with humans, and there is no sense of alienation. The fox is one of the most humane animals, and that's true! ”

In this way, a long time passed, once Liu Chaotian celebrated his birthday, went to Liu's mansion, and there were many people who came to Liu Chaotian to celebrate his birthday, and a total of more than 30 tables of banquets were arranged, and naturally a lot of chefs were also needed, otherwise it would not be enough to reach the rows of flowing seats, and there was a steady stream of guests, so there must be chefs who kept fiddling with the food in the kitchen, but only one or two chefs came as agreed in advance. Liu Chaotian was very angry. After the woman found out, she said to Liu Chaotian: "Don't worry! Since the cook is not enough, it is better to send away the two who came, as long as you believe in the slave family, I will definitely arrange the banquet to be bright and extraordinary, don't look at me Although I am not very capable, it is not difficult to run more than 30 tables. Official, you must believe in the slave family, this is the moment for the slave family to share the worries of the husband. ”

After hearing this, Liu Chaotian turned his worries into joy, and followed the advice of his fox wife, so he hurriedly sent someone to move fish, meat, vegetables, seasonings and other items to the inner courtyard. The family didn't see anyone in the kitchen, but they heard the jingling of knives and spoons inside. A table was placed inside the door, and the servant placed the tray on it, and in a blink of an eye, the dishes were full. Not only did Liu Chaotian be shocked, but even the family members and servants in Liu's Mansion were also shocked, more than a dozen servants came and went non-stop, still inexhaustible, not only that, the guests who came to visit were full of praise for the food and delicacies in Liu's Mansion, many people said that this was the best banquet they had ever eaten, and the pomp was naturally enough. Finally, when the servant came to ask for the soup cake, he heard the woman say, "The master did not ask for the soup cake beforehand, how can he take it out immediately in a hurry?" Then he said, "It doesn't matter, borrow it first!" After a short time, the woman called the servant to fetch the cakes. When everyone saw it, more than 30 bowls of soup cakes were steaming hot on the table. After the guests left, the woman said to Liu Chaotian: "Take out the money and repay the money for the soup cakes of a certain family." Liu Chaotian hurriedly sent someone to send the soup cake money. The family lost the soup cake, and when it was strange, the person who delivered the money arrived, and the mystery was solved. It turned out that the fox wife at home cast a spell to change her shape, and the things were still those things. ”

Later, it was another night, Liu Chaotian was drinking alone in his own mansion, drinking and thinking for a while, remembering that he had not drunk the wine of his hometown for many years, and Liu Chaotian, who had not returned to his hometown for many years, suddenly wanted to drink the bitter wine of his hometown. After telling his fox wife about this, the fox wife said at the time: "What's so difficult about this, it's just a momentary thing for me, my husband wants to drink with the wine and wine of my hometown, you wait here for a while, and the slave family will go back." With that, she turned around and went out to fetch it, and then opened the door, and with a light foot, she went out. It was just a cup of tea, so he came back and said to Liu Chaotian: "Husband, fortunately, I live up to my mission, there is a big jar of hometown wine outside the door, which is enough for you to drink for a few days." Liu Chaotian went out to see that there was indeed a jar of wine, which was really the "urn head spring" of his hometown. Liu Chaotian is very happy, and he drinks three buckets of hometown wine 'Wengtouchun' every day, and Liu Chaotian loves this omnipotent fox wife even more since then. ”

A few days later, Liu Chaotian's wife sent two servants to Fenzhou. On the way, a servant said, "I heard that our master's wife fox has given a lot of money, and if you get the reward money this time, you can buy a leather coat to wear." I'm still willing to do things with Mrs. Fox, at least this lady is not stingy, she gives more money, let's be kind to ourselves! Liu Chaotian's fox wife already knew this in the Fenzhou government office, so she said to Liu Chaotian: "The person sent by the family is almost here. The hateful thing is that this minion who has been assigned to do things this time is so rude, and I will punish him after a while. Husband, don't care, if such a wicked slave is not punished, he doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and there will be no slave family and husband in his eyes. "On the second day, the two servants had just entered the city, and suddenly the servant who had spoken out of his voice yesterday had a splitting headache, screamed again and again, covered his head, and screamed, and with the help and support of another casual companion, he finally came to the state office, but the evil servant still cried out in pain. Everyone wanted to give him medicine to treat this split-like pain, Liu Chaotian was not in a hurry when he saw it, and said with a smile: "No need for treatment, it will naturally be fine when the time comes." Everyone suspected that it was Mrs. Fox who offended Liu Chaotian, and this fox wife would cast a spell to teach this disrespectful slave, and some people also advised the servant to quickly go to Mrs. Fox to apologize and beg for Mrs. Fox's forgiveness. The servant who was rectified thought to himself: I haven't put down anything when I first came, where is the sin? There was nowhere to tell, so I had to kneel down and beg for mercy at Mrs. Fox in the house, begging to be spared. I only heard someone in the curtain say: "If you call Mrs., you call Mrs., why do you add the word 'fox'?" Then the servant suddenly came to his senses, and repeatedly kowtowed and apologized, saying, "Madam, you have a large number of adults, and I am ignorant of the small ones, and I have offended you without choosing a word." Please let go of the slave, in the future, I will definitely control my own stinky mouth, no longer speak lightly to the lady, if not, I am willing to die with a headache, the slave knows that it is wrong, beg the lady to spare the villain! ”

At this moment, I heard it say, "If you want a leather coat, how can you be rude?" Then he said, "Your headache is cured!" As soon as the words fell, the servant's head immediately ceased to hurt, and even said that Madame was really a god, and that Madame's magic was boundless, and then, he hurriedly thanked him and got up to leave, when he suddenly threw out a package from the curtain, and said, "This is a lamb's fur coat, you can take it." Since you sincerely repent, I will spare you, and I will fulfill your wish for leather clothes. The servant untied it and saw that there were five taels of silver in the bag, and he immediately understood in seconds, Mrs. Fox was really atmospheric, and the one-time reward was three months' wages, which was to let him buy leather clothes by himself. Liu Chaotian asked about the situation at home, and the servant replied that everything was safe at home, but one day there was a lack of a jar of treasured wine. Then he counted with the servant the date of the loss, the night on which the woman had taken the wine. This series of things all spread, whether it was Liu Chaotian's family members or servants in the palace, everyone was afraid of the little lady's divine power and called her a "holy immortal". Liu Chaotian also painted a lifelike and exquisite portrait of her. ”

"At that time, there was a person named Zhang Daoyi here, who was the envoy of Fenzhou, and heard about these strange things. went to see Liu Chaotian in the name of his fellow countrymen, and asked to see Liu Chaotian's fox wife. However, for some reason, Mrs. Fox chose to refuse. Liu Chaotian couldn't resist the fox wife, so he took out her portrait and let Zhang Dao take a look, Zhang Daoyi couldn't see it, and immediately liked it, and praised his wife as a celestial man. After Zhang Daoyi returned home, he hung up the portrait and prayed every day: "Oh, beauty, beauty, with your heavenly posture and temperament, who can't you talk to?" I want to keep up with Liu Chaotian, a white-haired, old-fashioned bad old man! What is worse than Liu Chaotian in my Zhang Daoyi, I am really blind to such a beautiful woman, beauty, why don't you come to see me? Let me be so lovesick, my heart is called a bitterness! Liu Chaotian's fox wife felt that she was humiliated, and she was very angry in her heart, so she was in the state capital and suddenly said to Liu Chaotian: "Zhang Gong is rude to me, I have to punish him a little!" Liu Chaotian didn't care, but said to the fox wife: "Just stop at the point, don't go too far." One day, when Zhang Daoyi was praying for the portrait of Mrs. Fox, he felt as if someone had hit him on the forehead with a ring ruler, and his headache seemed to be about to crack, and he was extremely frightened in his heart, so he hurriedly sent someone to return the portrait. Liu Chaotian deliberately asked the reason, but the person who came concealed the truth and did not tell the truth. Liu Chaotian smiled and said, "Isn't your master's forehead painful?" "The people who came couldn't hide it, so they had to tell the truth. These words came into Zhang Daoyi's ears, and he knew that this was a little warning from Liu Chaotian's fox wife to him, Zhang Daoyi accepted the lesson, stopped talking, and did his duty in the future. ”

It didn't take long for Liu Chaotian's son-in-law to come and want to see his fox wife, but the fox wife refused again. Qi Sheng repeatedly asked to see him, and Liu Chaotian said to the fox wife: "Qi Sheng is my son-in-law, and he is not an outsider, why must I not see him?" The woman replied, "When my son-in-law comes to see me, he must give him something." But his wishes are too high, and I don't think I can satisfy him, so I don't want to see him. Rao is like this, the son-in-law who called Qi Sheng still has to see her, and the fox wife can't refuse, so she is allowed to wait for ten days to meet. It's time for the agreed date. Qi Sheng entered the house, bowed through the curtain, and greeted him for a while. Seeing that Mrs. Fox's appearance was faint, he didn't dare to look closely, so he withdrew; After taking a few steps, I couldn't help but look back. I only heard the fox wife say: "The son-in-law has turned back." He laughed and laughed like an owl. When Qi Sheng heard this, his legs were so frightened that he staggered as if he had lost his soul. After going out, I sat for a long time before I calmed down and said, "When I heard the laughter just now, it was like a thunderbolt, and I didn't even feel that my body was my own." Sure enough, the fox fairy can't be offended, and I won't dare to do it again in the future. After a while, a maid was ordered by the woman to give Qi Sheng twenty taels of silver. After Qi Sheng accepted it, he said to the maid: "The holy immortal lives with his father-in-law, don't you know that I have always been profligate and not used to spending a small amount of money? When the fox wife heard this, she said, "I knew he was this kind of person!" I don't know that my purse is empty now; This was before my companion and I went to Kaifeng, and the city was flooded, and all the silver hidden in the warehouse was flooded. How can we satisfy his insatiable demands, each of us has salvaged a little silver? Besides, I can give him more, and his blessings are too small to bear. "Naturally, there is a meaning in this statement, and people understand it."

"Fox wife, there is also a skill, that is, everything can be known in advance, every time Liu Chaotian encounters a difficult problem, he always consults with her and can solve it. One day, she was sitting side by side with Liu Chaotian, and suddenly looked up at the sky and said in shock: "The disaster is coming, what should I do!" Liu Chaotian was surprised and asked his family about the good luck, and the fox wife said: "Everyone else is fine, but the second son is worried." This will soon be a battlefield, and you should ask for an errand to go far away to avoid disaster. Liu Chaotian followed her advice and asked his boss to allow him to take food and pay to the Guizhou area in Yunnan. The trip was a long way, and when others heard about it, they expressed concern to him, but the fox wife congratulated him. Soon, Jiang Pai rebelled, and Fenzhou was occupied by thieves. Liu Chaotian's second son came from Shandong, just in time for this change and was killed. After the fall of Fenzhou, all officials, large and small, were killed. Only Liu Chaotian was spared because he was away on a business trip. After quelling the rebellion, Liu Chaotian returned. Later, he was implicated in a major case and punished, and he was so poor that he couldn't eat. The people in power extorted money in many ways, so Liu Chaotian wanted to die. The woman advised him, "Don't be troubled, for there are three thousand taels of silver under the bed, which you can use to live." Liu Chaotian happily asked, "Where did you steal it from?" The woman replied, "There is no source of things in the world, and there is no need to steal them?" Liu Chaotian relied on the woman's strategy to return to his hometown, and the woman followed. A few years later, the woman suddenly left, leaving behind a paper bag with a few things wrapped in it. Among them was a small banner hanging on the door at the time of the funeral, about two inches long, which everyone thought was a bad omen. Sure enough, Liu Chaotian died of illness soon after. ”

Xu Chengcheng concluded: "Foxes are even more spiritual, as long as they identify a person, they can help him soar and take refuge in disasters." ”