A brief introduction to serial works of Liaozhai;

Yang Yuwei moved to the shore of Surabaya. His study is near the wilderness and there are many ancient tombs outside the wall. Every night, the poplars in the cemetery are blown by the wind, making a choppy sound. One night in the middle of the night, Yang Yuwei was alone under the lamp, and he was very sad. Suddenly, he heard someone chanting a poem outside the wall: "The night wind blows backwards, and the firefly makes the grass touch the curtain again." I repeated it several times, and my voice was sad and sad. Listen carefully, she looks like a woman, and Yang Yuwei is suspicious. The next morning, I went out to look outside the wall. There was no sign of anyone, only a purple belt was abandoned among the thorns. Yang Yuwei picked it up and put it on the windowsill. At night, at the second watch, there came the voice of poetry, just like last night. Yang Yuwei quietly moved a stool to the wall, climbed up and looked out, and the voice of poetry suddenly disappeared. Yang Yuwei realized that she was a ghost, but she admired her in her heart. The next night, he hid in the wall early and waited. At the end of the first watch, I saw a young woman standing out from the weeds, holding a small tree in her hand and reading the two poems sadly with her head down. Yang Yuwei coughed gently, and the woman suddenly disappeared in the weeds. Yang Yuwei continued to wait under the wall. When the woman came out to recite poems again, he continued through the wall: "Who can see the bitterness of love?" When the sleeves are cold. " After a long time, there was silence outside the wall.

Yang Yuwei returned to his study, and just sat down, he saw a beautiful woman coming in from the outside, saluting him and saying, "You used to be an elegant person, but I was too scared to escape." Yang Yuwei was overjoyed and pulled her to sit down. Women are thin and weak, and it seems that they can't even bear the weight of clothes. Yang Yuwei asked, "Where is your hometown? How to live in this place for a long time? " The woman replied, "I come from Longxi and live here with my father." He died of a sudden illness at the age of seventeen, and it has been more than twenty years now. Living underground in the wilderness, I am lonely. Those two poems were written by myself, expressing my deep hatred. I thought for a long time and didn't come up with the next sentence. Thank you for your continuation, I feel happy under Jiuquan! " Yang Yuwei wanted to have sex with her, and the woman frowned and said, "Ghosts in the underworld are no better than the living. Music kills. " I can't bear to hurt a gentleman. "Yang Yuwei had to give up, but he touched a woman's chest with his hand and found that she was still a virgin. Look at the feet under her skirt. The woman bowed her head and said with a smile, "You are too wordy!" Yang Yuwei touched a woman's foot, saw a ray of colored thread tied to a white brocade sock in the moonlight, and then saw a purple belt tied to the other foot. He asked, "Why not tie them all up with a tape? "The woman replied," I don't know where I lost the purple ribbon last night, because I was afraid you were hiding. " Yang Yuwei said, "I'll put it on you." He went to the windowsill, picked up the purple ribbon and handed it to the woman. The woman was surprised to ask where it came from, and Yang Yuwei told the truth. The woman untied the colored thread and still tied it with a belt. After cleaning up, the woman leafed through the books on the table and suddenly saw the words "Lianchang Palace" written by Yuan Zhen. She sighed with emotion: "I loved reading these words when I was alive. Seeing it now is really like dreaming. Yang Yuwei talked with her about poetry and thought she was smart, knowledgeable and lovely. Yang Yuwei and she cut snuff and read under the window at night, as if they had bosom friends.

From then on, as soon as I heard Yang Yuwei singing in a low voice, the woman came in a moment. Yang Yuwei is often taught, "You must keep our communication secret and don't let it out. I was timid since I was a child, afraid that bad people would bully me. " Yang Yuwei agreed. They are like a duck to water, very affectionate. Although I haven't been to bed, my feelings are better than those of husband and wife. Women often copy books for Yang Yuwei under the lamp, and the words written are correct and gentle. He also selected one hundred palace poems, copied them and recited them. Also let Yang Yuwei prepare chess tools, buy pipa, and teach Yang Yuwei to play chess every night. Sometimes women play the pipa by themselves, playing the tune of "zero rain in the banana window", which is sad. Yang Yuwei couldn't bear to listen, and the woman played "The Yingying Voice of Xiao Yuan" again. Yang Yuwei felt relaxed and happy. When two people play under the lamp, they often forget the morning. It was not until she saw the bright color on the window that the woman walked away in a panic.

One day, Xue Sheng visited and met Yang Yuwei who slept during the day. Seeing the pipa and chess in the room, I knew that these things were not Yang Yuwei's forte. Looking through his books again, I found that some copied palace characters were correct and beautiful, and my heart became more and more suspicious. After Yang Yuwei woke up, Xue Sheng asked, "Where did these games come from?" Yang Yuwei replied, "I want to learn." He asked where the poem volume came from. Yang Yuwei pretended to borrow it from a friend. Xuesheng enjoys it. Seeing that the last line of the poem was small print, he smiled and said, "This is a woman's nickname. How can you deceive me like this? " Yang Yuwei was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. Xue Sheng pressed hard, but Yang Yuwei remained silent. Xue Sheng rolled up his poems and threatened to take them away. Yang was even more embarrassed and had to tell the truth. Xue Sheng asked to meet this woman. Yang Yuwei told him the woman's instructions, but Xue Sheng admired her more. Yang Yuwei had to agree. In the evening, the woman came. Yang Yuwei conveyed Xue Sheng's intention to meet her. The woman said angrily, "What did I tell you? You talk to people endlessly! " Yang Yuwei explained the situation at that time. The woman said, "Your fate is over!" Yang Yuwei tried every means to comfort and explain that the woman was still unhappy after all, and got up to say goodbye. "I'll leave for a while."

The next day, Xue Sheng came, and Yang Yuwei told him that the woman didn't want to see him. Xue Sheng suspected that he was shirking, so he took two classmates in the evening and stayed there, deliberately disturbing Yang Yuwei and making a noise all night. Yang was so angry that he rolled his eyes, but he was helpless. For several nights, they didn't see the shadow of the woman, so they all had the idea of going back and stopped making noise. Suddenly, I heard the voice of poetry from outside. When everyone listened quietly, I felt that the voice was very sad. Xue Sheng is listening attentively. Among his classmates, Wang, a martial arts major, raised a big stone and threw it. He shouted, "it's boring to pretend not to see guests." What a good poem is choking! " The voice of poetry suddenly disappeared. Everyone complained about Wang Sheng, and Yang Yuwei was even angrier and looked pale. The speech is also ugly. The next day, all the students left Yang Yuwei lived alone in an empty room, expecting the woman to come again, but there was no one there.

Two days later, the woman suddenly came and cried, "You recruited a few evil guests and almost scared me to death!" " "Yang Yuwei repeatedly apologize. The woman rushed out and said, "I told you it was over. Bye!" "Yang Yuwei tried to keep her, but the woman was gone. More than a month passed, and the woman didn't come once. Yang Yuwei misses him every day. He is all skin and bones, but he can't get it back.

One night, Yang Yuwei was drinking alone when the woman suddenly opened the curtain and came in. Yang Yuwei said happily, "Have you forgiven me?" The woman shed tears and remained silent. Yang Yuwei asked what happened, but the woman stopped talking and said, "I left in a fit of pique, and now I am in a hurry to ask for help. What a pity! " Yang Yuwei asked again and again, and the woman said, "A dirty ghost came out of nowhere and forced me to be his concubine." I feel that I am a descendant of an innocent family. How can I give in to the despicable ghost? But I am such a weak woman, how can I resist him? If you think we have deep feelings, like husband and wife, you won't let go, will you? "Do fear great anger, bitterly want to kill the ghost. But I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it The woman said, "Go to bed early at night, and I will invite you in my dream. "So they made up again and talked until dawn. When the woman left, she told Yang Yuwei not to sleep during the day. When they met in the evening, Yang Yuwei agreed.

The next afternoon, Yang Yuwei drank some wine, went to bed and lay down with his clothes on. Suddenly I saw the woman coming, gave him a sabre and took his hand. When they came to a yard, they closed the door and were talking when they heard someone knocking at the door with a stone. The woman said in surprise, "The enemy is coming!" Yang Yuwei opened the car door and jumped out. I saw a man with a red hat and a hedgehog beard. Yang Yuwei rebuked him angrily, and the ghost service slammed his elbow, glared at him and cursed fiercely. Yang Yuwei was furious and rushed at him with a knife. The ghost service picked up the stone and rained it down. One of them hit Yang Yuwei's wrist, and he couldn't hold the knife any longer. In an emergency, I saw a man hunting with a bow and arrow hanging from his waist. Yang Yuwei looked at it carefully, but it was Wang Sheng who hurriedly called for help. Wang Sheng bent his bow and took an arrow, rushed over and shot an arrow at the ghost service, hitting his thigh; Another arrow killed him. Yang Yuwei likes to thank you. Wang Sheng asked why, and Yang Yuwei said. Wang Sheng was glad that he had offended the woman last time and could atone for it this time, so he and Yang Yuwei went into the woman's room together. The woman was trembling and shy, and stood in the distance without saying a word. Wang Sheng saw a knife on the table, more than a foot long, decorated with gold and jade. He took the knife out of the box and looked at it. It's cold and sunny, so he can see people. Wang Sheng was full of admiration and couldn't put it down. After a few words with Yang Yuwei, Wang Sheng walked out of the room and left. Yang Yuwei also came back alone. After climbing over the wall, he suddenly fell to the ground, so he woke up from his dream and heard the cock crowing in the tree. Yang Yuwei felt his wrist hurt. After dawn, he looked at it and his wrist was swollen.

At noon, Wang Sheng came and said that she had a strange dream at night. Yang Yuwei said, "Didn't you dream of archery?" Wang Sheng was surprised that he knew in advance. Yang Yuwei reached out his wrist and said the reason. Wang Sheng recalled the woman he met in his dream, but he only hated that he didn't really meet her. Consciously contribute to women and ask Yang Yuwei to bend the rules. In the evening, women come to thank humbly. Yang Yuwei attributed it to Wang Sheng, so he talked about Wang Sheng's sincere desire to meet him. The woman said, "I dare not forget his help. But he is a martial artist, and I am really scared! " After a while, he said, "He likes my saber. That knife was bought by my father with 120 silver when he was in Guangdong. I liked it very much, so I came over, wrapped it in gold thread and set it with pearls. I died young and was stabbed to death. My father pitied me. Now I am willing to give up love and give him the knife. Seeing a knife is like seeing yourself. " The next day, Yang Yuwei told Wang Sheng what this woman meant, and Wang Sheng was overjoyed. In the evening, the woman came with a knife and said to Yang Yuwei, "Tell him to be careful, this knife is not made in China!" "Since then, Yang Yuwei has kept in touch with women.

A few months later, the woman suddenly looked at Yang Yuwei with a smile under the light, as if to say something, but she blushed and stopped talking so many times. Yang Yuwei held her in her arms and asked, and the woman said, "Thank you for your long-term love. I accepted the breath of the living, ate fireworks every day, and felt life in my bones." Now I just need a little Xie Jing, and I can be resurrected. "Yang Yuwei smiled and said," you won't, so how can I be stingy? "The woman said," After we get married, you will be seriously ill for more than 20 days, but you can be cured by taking medicine. So they fell in love. After a while, the woman put on her clothes, stood up and said, "I still need some blood." Can you spell the pain and cherish me? "Yang Yuwei took a sharp knife and stabbed her arm. The woman lay on her back in bed, letting blood drip into her navel. She got up and said, "I won't come again." I remember that a hundred days later, when you saw the bluebird singing in the treetops in front of my grave, you quickly dug the grave. " Yang Yuwei promised. When the woman goes out, she says, "Remember, don't forget. Not too early or too late! " Say that finish and left.

More than ten days later, Yang Yuwei was seriously ill and his stomach swelled to death. I asked the doctor to take the medicine and discharged a lot of turbid things. After more than ten days, I got well. Counting one hundred days, Yang Yuwei asked his family to wait at the woman's grave with tools. In the evening, I saw two robins singing on the branch. Yang Yuwei said happily: "Good!" So I scraped off the thorns and dug up the grave, only to find that the coffin had rotted, but the woman's face was still alive. Yang Yuwei touched the woman with a knife. When she felt warm, she covered her with clothes, took her home and put her in a warm place. I felt a sigh of relief in the woman's mouth and fed some soup and porridge. At midnight, the woman woke up. Since then, women often say to Yang Yuwei, "Being dead for more than 20 years is like having a dream!"

In the original book, did Qian En and Yang Yuwei both die in the end?

In Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, they were brought back to life in chains and lived happily with Yang Yuwei.