There is a He Ji grain and oil shop in Qingshi Town, and the shopkeeper is called He Defa. He was originally just a young man, and he was favored by the daughter of the old shopkeeper, so he joined the owner and became the shopkeeper of the grain and oil store. He Defa is shrewd and capable, and knows the way of business. And his wife Hu is a diligent and thrifty housekeeper, and her small life is prosperous.
More than ten years have passed, and He Defa is nearly forty years old. But Hu never gave birth to a son and a half daughter. As the saying goes, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is greater. He Defa discussed with the Hu family about marrying a concubine, and the Hu family also skillfully agreed. So, He Defa bought a girl named Xi Niang from Yichun Yuan and came back to be a concubine, and since then, he has been snubbing the Hu family every night.
After three months, Xi Niang became pregnant, which made He Defa very happy, and he took care of Xi Niang even more. On this day, He Defa took two men to the countryside to buy grain. At the gate of the city, he met a young Taoist priest who turned into a passerby, so he took a few pennies and gave it to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest didn't thank him, he only stared at He Defa's face for a long time before saying, "This donor, your Yin Tang is black and rough in character, have you encountered something ominous recently?"He Defa was stunned for a moment, and then smiled happily: "The Taoist chief said that he laughed." ”
He never believed in any ghosts and gods, so he thought that this Taoist priest was just trying to take the opportunity to extort money. Because he was in a hurry, he didn't want to care, so he took out a few more money and gave it to the Taoist priest. Who knew that the Taoist priest insisted on not accepting it, and returned the money he had just received to Hu Defa.
The Taoist priest said, "If you receive money from those who are in great trouble, you will be punished by heaven." Since the donor does not believe in the words of the poor, please take care. Poor Dao lives in the City God Temple in the west of the city, and within three days, if something strange happens in your family, you can come to the City God Temple to find me. Although He Defa felt that this Taoist priest was quite strange, he didn't take it to heart.
By the time He Defa finished his work, it was already completely dark, and he was worried about his mother, so he and his two buddies rushed back to the city overnight. Passing by a deserted cemetery on the way, He Defa suddenly heard a few dull thunders, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. He followed the prestige, only to see a man in yellow with a sword running back and forth in the cemetery. By the moonlight, He Defa saw that the person was the Taoist priest he had seen during the day, and the Taoist priest was chanting words loudly, as if he was driving something, but there was nothing in the cemetery.
Just when He Defa and the two guys saw the creepy, the Taoist priest gradually became agitated and shouted, "Hurry." Raising the long sword in his hand, he shook it in the wind, and the long sword suddenly glowed blue. With a flick, he cut a wooden tablet in two. He Defa and the two men were so frightened that they hurriedly fled from the cemetery.
Back at home, He Defa came to the mother's room and told her about this strange thing. Unexpectedly, Xi Niang only listened to half of it, and suddenly fainted with a roll of her eyes. He Defa hurriedly called someone to invite Du Baozhai, a famous doctor in the town. After a while, Du Baozhai hurried over, but after checking for a long time, he couldn't diagnose what the disease was.
In the next few days, Xi Niang sometimes said that her chest was tight, sometimes she had a headache, and she often fainted for no reason. He Defa invited several Lang Zhong to come for diagnosis and treatment, but none of them could prescribe the right medicine. After a long time, He Defa found that Xi Niang's case was a little strange: as soon as he got close to Xi Niang, Xi Niang felt unwell;And as soon as he walked away, Xi Niang immediately returned to normal. Strange things, but this is not the only thing. For several nights in a row, Hu dreamed of a red-haired fox walking leisurely in her backyard, and she couldn't get rid of it. When I woke up the next day, there were fewer chickens and ducks in the backyard. The doors and windows were intact, and there were fresh blood stains on the ground. He Defa panicked at this time, remembered the words of the Taoist priest, and went straight to the City God Temple.
The Temple is a long-abandoned and dilapidated temple that has long been uninhabited. He Defa hurried outside the temple and heard the ringing of bells, chanting and some other sounds coming from inside. He De was in a daze, pushed open the door and saw that there was only a Taoist priest in the temple who was meditating with his eyes closed on the **.
He Defa felt very curious, so he asked the Taoist priest what was going on with his voice just nowThe Taoist priest had an unfathomable expression, and did not answer, but only asked He Defa why he came. He Defa told what happened at home, and the Taoist priest's face changed slightly, and he asked He Defa to take off his coat. He Defa was inexplicable, took off his coat, and saw a yellow rune paper pasted on the inside of his coat, which was filled with strange words written in cinnabar. The Taoist priest took the talisman paper, looked at it carefully and put it in his sleeve, and explained: "This exorcism talisman was secretly attached to your back when we last met. But when the goblin smells the smell of this rune paper, he will be irritable, it seems that the poor road is not bad, your little girl is the fox spirit. ”
Hu Defa was skeptical. The Taoist priest said: "If Lord He doesn't believe it, he will wait in the backyard with Poor Dao tonight, and everything will be revealed without three watches." He Defa returned home, scared and confused, so he invited his good friend, Meng Gao, the head catcher of Qingshi Town, to discuss. Meng Gao also felt very strange when he heard this, and decided to stay that night to see what was going on.
At the second watch, the Taoist priest really came to the appointment, handed each of them a talisman paper, and instructed: "No matter what strange things you see, don't make a sound." After a while, I saw the fine girl tiptoe to the backyard, looked around, and then went into the chicken coop for a long time.
He Defa and Meng Gao, who were hiding in the shadows, clearly saw that the corners of Xi Niang's mouth were bloody, and she had a cruel smile on her face, which looked extremely terrifying under the cold moonlight. After Xi Niang left, the Taoist priest said with a solemn face: "This fox spirit has been practicing Taoism for at least eight hundred years, and only because she is pregnant will she come out at night to find blood food to replenish her vitality. With my skills, I don't know if I can eradicate this fox demon. Later, when I go into the house to catch demons, there will be a vicious fight, and you two can only watch from a distance, and don't come in, so as not to be injured by mistake. ”
He Defa and Meng Gao were frightened and hurriedly agreed. Only then did the Taoist priest pull out his long sword, kick open the door of the fine girl's room, and strode in. It was pitch black in the room, and He Defa and Meng Gao were standing in the distance, unable to see what was going on in the house at all. First they heard the whirring of the wind, then the sound of tables and chairs toppling, shouting and porcelain smashing. After a while, the noise gradually subsided.
A woman cried in a low voice: "The Taoist chief spares his life." The chief shouted, "You demon doesn't know how many lives you have killed before you can cultivate into human form." I can't spare you today. A rumbling thunder sounded, the lights in the room turned on, and I saw that the tables and chairs in the room were toppled, but the fine lady was gone. The Taoist priest walked out of the house with a red-haired fox still dripping blood in his left hand and a candle in his right hand.
He greeted He Defa: "Poor Dao is going back to the mountain to refine the pill, and he is leaving." He Defa hurriedly ordered someone to take two letters of silver, but the Taoist priest was not recommended, and laughed: "It is my Maoshan ** responsibility to kill demons, and I never charge commissions to people." With that, he drifted away.