In the Tang Dynasty, there was a scholar Cui who lived in Boling and wanted to go to Yongleli in Chang 'an. His ancestors left some industries in Weinan (now Shaanxi Province).

During the reign of Zhenyuan (the year of Tang Dezong), during the Qingming Festival, he rode back to Weinan with his children and servants, and went to the north of Zhaoying. He saw a large barren grave ahead, but it was getting late, so he tied his horse to a tree beside the ancient road to rest.

Suddenly, a woman appeared more than 1 paces away from Cui Shusheng.

I saw her wearing thick makeup and gorgeous clothes, but she waddled through the weeds and the pine and cypress in the graveyard, as if she had lost her way.

So Cui Shusheng approached slowly. When the woman saw the strange man, she tried to cover her face with her sleeves, but her feet were unstable and she almost fell down. So she avoided it several times.

Cui Shusheng had to let the little boy go there and lead her out of the Woods, only to find that she was a peerless beauty of sixteen or seventeen.

Let the child ask her again, "Why don't you have anyone with you at this late hour? Make yourself miserable wandering around the deserted grave? "

The beautiful woman just bowed her head and left without saying a word.

Cue Shu-sheng asked another servant to ride his horse to chase her, and asked the servant to give her the horse. The beauty looked back at Cui Shu-sheng as if she had accepted his help.

Cui Sheng couldn't forget her beauty, so she followed her slowly on foot.

When the beauty got on the horse, the servant led the horse ahead.

Just a few hundred paces away, several female slaves came, panting heavily, and stumbled over to the woman and said, "Where did you come from?" We haven't found you in so many places? "

So she walked a dozen paces around the horse and saw an older handmaid standing there waiting for them.

Cui Sheng also came near, and the female servant in Tsing Yi thanked him and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lang, for your mercy. I let my little lady get lost and let my horse and servant come here. Seeing that it is getting late, why don't you come to our villa and have a rest?"

Cui Sheng asked, "Why does this little lady wander around in this forest alone in panic?"

The female servant in Tsing Yi replied, "She is too happy because of drinking."

so he led the birth and went out one or two miles north along a road.

I saw a forest in front of me, showing a gorgeous house with fragrant peaches and plums, followed by seven or eight Qingyi handmaids, so I took the beautiful woman in.

After a while, the female servant in Tsing Yi came out and gave the order of the hostess: I, a little niece, was afraid of getting drunk at the banquet, so I secretly ran away from the banquet. Later, I got lost. Fortunately, I gave birth to her and lent her servants and horses. Otherwise, I met a vicious wolf and a fox after dark. Wouldn't that be an accident? Now I'll put her in the room to freshen up. Cui Sheng, please go and have a rest first, and then invite you in later.

Later, many female servants in Tsing Yi came out to greet Cui Sheng, making out like relatives.

Soon, Cui Sheng was invited into the house.

After the guest and the host are seated, the hostess then orders snacks, and after eating, they are given a banquet.

The hostess said cheerfully to Cui Sheng, "Wang is my niece. She has an unparalleled appearance and a clever personality. It can be said that there is no other one in the world. She wants to serve you. What do you think?"

Cui Sheng had this intention for a long time, and he was a bold and straightforward person. He immediately accepted the engagement and got up to thank humbly.

instead, the master ordered the niece to come out, which was really like a fairy.

Cui Sheng lived in this villa for three days, eating, drinking and having fun.

Wang often calls his mistress Aunt Yu, who likes to gamble with Cui Sheng.

She likes Cui Sheng's oral fat zygote (an ancient box containing lipstick). Aunt Yu used Yuhuan as a bargaining chip when she lost.

Later, Cui Sheng lost many times. Half of the six or seven boxes he bought in Chang 'an were lost to Aunt Yu, and Cui Sheng also won two Yuhuans.

On this day, all of a sudden, the whole Zhuangzi family panicked, and some shouted, "Here comes a thief!"

The beautiful woman quickly pushed Cui Sheng out the back door.

After a few steps, when he turned around, his wife and the large house were gone!

in a trance, I found myself in a big cave!

I saw that some yuán flowers (purple wildflowers) had withered, and only the night breeze blew between the pines and cypresses, and I was just wet with dew at night in the weeds!

when I looked down, I saw two jade rings I won not long ago still hanging on my belt!

Going back along the way he followed the beauty, a few steps away, he saw the boy servant digging another grave with a spade, and the coffin had been dug.

He hurried over to look at it, and found the inscription on the tombstone: This is the tomb of Aunt Yu, the daughter of Zhao in the later Zhou Dynasty. Her favorite niece was Wang's, but she died first, and then they were buried together. The coffin was still intact.

So he opened the coffin, and there were six or seven jade rings in one of the boxes. Cui Sheng picked up the contrast on the belt, which was exactly the same!

The other box contains several zygotes, which Cui Sheng lost to Aunt Yu!

Cui Sheng asked the servant, and the servant replied: Last night, I saw you go into the pine and cypress forest by yourself, and we couldn't find it anywhere, so we found this grave to dig the grave. It was really good! "

It turned out that Aunt Yu called Cui Sheng's servant a thief. Cui Sheng felt deeply for a while and asked the servant to bury the grave again as before.

adapted from "Natural History"

Postscript: This is a typical narrative form of folk strange novels. Have you been to that mansion in a dream or really?

Xanadu, beauty, pleasure, but they are all dreamland, and only Yuhuan stayed?

folk stories, after-dinner entertainment!