During the Ming Dynasty, there was a merchant named Song Qing in Anqing Mansion. His family was well-off, but his character was in stark contrast to his wealth. He is treacherous and cunning, often oppresses the weak, and even usurps other people's wives, so that he is a rich and unkind rich man, even if he is rich, he has no good reputation.
However, Song Qing was not satisfied with this. He decided to make a fortune again by opening a gambling house. After some hard work and collusion, he opened a large gambling house and made a huge profit from it.
So, he decided to use the money to build a luxurious mansion. This mansion occupies a vast area, with dozens of houses in the front yard and back yard, which is enough to show his wealth.
Song Qing also planned to marry a few concubines in this mansion for his own enjoyment.
However, Song Qing, who was living in the new house, discovered a strange phenomenon. Every night, there are some weird noises coming from the house, which makes it impossible for him and his family to sleep. At first, Song Qing thought that there were mice in the house, so he raised a lot of cats. However, the cats could not stand the sound and fled their homes one after another.
As the days passed, Song Qing and his family were exhausted by this sound. There are often some strange smells in their meals, and the items in the house are often windless and automatic, and even some items are thrown down from time to time. Song Qing was very troubled, so he decided to ask a Taoist priest to help take a look.
The Taoist priest came to Song Qing's door, and as soon as he saw this mansion, he said to Song Qing that there were ghosts in the house.
Hearing the news, Song Qing was immediately frightened, and hurriedly promised a lot of money to ask the Taoist priest to catch ghosts. The Taoist priest set up an altar in Song Qing's courtyard, but after a busy work, the Taoist priest said that the ghost's Taoism was quite profound, and his mana was limited, so he told Song Qing that he couldn't catch the ghost and left.
Song Qing had no choice but to stay hard, hoping that it would be better for a long time.
Late one night, when he was busy in his study, a cold wind suddenly blew, and when he looked up, he saw a blue-faced, fanged demon standing in front of him, stretching out its dark claws to pounce on him.
Song Qing was so frightened that he fled from the room in a panic, but when he asked the rest of the family, he found that no one had ever seen such a terrifying ghost.
The next day, as the family sat around the table to prepare for dinner, they were surprised to find a lot of feces mixed in the rice bowl. After such a fright and toss, Song Qing no longer dared to live in this mansion, he hurriedly moved out with his family, and this mansion was abandoned.
After Song Qing moved, his life seemed to have returned to peace.
However, because he was frightened by the ghost before, Song Qing began to bully the people around him even more, using various means to loot a large amount of money. And the house where he used to live, due to rumors of haunting, no one has dared to buy it, and everyone usually tries to avoid approaching it.
One day, a poor scholar named Sun Anting decided to go to Beijing to take the exam. When he passed through Anqing, he could not continue to the capital because he had already used up all the coils on the road.
Sun Anting, who was penniless, was forced to settle down here temporarily. At first, he chose to spend the night in a temple, but it didn't take long for the monks in the temple to kick him out because they saw that he had no money.
In desperation, Sun Anting began to write some calligraphy and paintings for passers-by on the street to barely earn some money to make a living. I hope to make a little money in this way, and then rush to the capital.
On this day, Sun Anting was writing at a stall on the street, and happened to meet Song Qing who was passing by. Song Qing saw Sun Anting's face, so he pretended to be friendly and stepped forward to ask about his situation. Sun Anting told him what happened to him.
After listening to Sun Anting's story, Song Qing had a plan, he told Sun Anting that he had a long-abandoned mansion that he could let Sun Anting live in.
Hearing the news, Sun Anting felt extremely happy, he expressed his deep gratitude to Song Qing, and then followed him to the mansion. The mansion was already dilapidated, but Song Qing still asked people to decorate it a little, and then eagerly urged Sun Anting to move in quickly.
Sun Anting has been wandering lately, often living a life of overnight stays in the wilderness, and now he is naturally very happy to see someone generously give up a house for him to live in.
He hurriedly moved his things to the house, and soon settled down.
However, the surrounding neighbors were very worried when they saw Sun Anting move into this haunted house. They kindly told Sun Anting that this house was a ghost house, and ghosts often haunted it. Hearing these advices, Sun Anting was also a little hesitant, but thinking that he had nowhere else to go, he decided to stay.
At first, there was nothing unusual in the house, and Sun Anting gradually relaxed his heart.
However, as night fell, some strange sounds began to sound in the house. Although these sounds did not affect Sun Anting's sleep, he still felt a little uneasy.
After a few days, the contents of the house began to fall out of nowhere. Sun Anting didn't care too much, he thought it was just his own carelessness, or some small animals were making trouble.
He still reads and lives in the house, living a peaceful life.
However, late one night, when Sun Anting was reading under the lamp, a cool breeze suddenly blew across his cheeks. He looked up and saw a green-faced, fanged demon standing in front of him.
Seeing this ghost, Sun Anting was shocked. But he quickly calmed down and bravely said to the ghost: "I have nothing on me, and it is useless for you to scare me!".”
Hearing him say this, he was not afraid of the ghost at all, and the ghost suddenly seemed a little depressed.
He seemed to understand that he couldn't cause any fear in front of Sun Anting, and after his eyes widened and looked at Sun Anting a few times, he quickly disappeared into the darkness. Sun Anting did not take this matter to heart, he continued to immerse himself in his book, and when sleepiness hit, he closed it and fell into a deep sleep.
On the second day, Sun Anting got up and remembered what happened yesterday, and he smiled and felt a little funny. He didn't take it too seriously, his state of mind was so calm and calm.
However, it wasn't long before the ghost appeared in front of him again while he was reading at night.
This time, the ghost changed to a more ** face, but Sun Anting recognized it at a glance that this was the ghost. A playful smile welled up in his heart, and he knew that the ghost was trying to scare him.
The ghost saw that Sun Anting was indifferent to his ** face, and even laughed, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart. He scolded sharply: "Don't be too rampant!I'll definitely find a way to scare you to death!”
Sun Anting looked at him and laughed softly, "I don't have a ghost in my mind, no matter what method you use, it is impossible to scare me." After hearing his words, the ghost was even more confused, why wasn't he afraid of ghosts?
The ghost became more and more curious, thinking about what Sun Anting was afraid of, so he hid his figure and followed behind Sun Anting. What he didn't know was that this ghost was bent on scaring him, and Sun Anting also had an idea in his heart!
A few days later, in the evening, Sun Anting walked into a lively street market. However, when he passed by a stall and saw someone paying for something, Sun Anting seemed to be frightened, and a sharp cry came out of his mouth.
The evil ghost was overjoyed when he saw this, and this person really had something to fear!
So, late one night, it came to the house with bags of heavy money. After Sun Anting saw the money, he was so frightened that he fled in all directions, and that frightened look made the ghost can't help laughing out loud.
Looking at Sun Anting's panicked appearance, the ghost was overjoyed, so he found more money and appeared in front of Sun Anting again and again to see how he ran around in fear.
As time passed, the ghost no longer had any extra money, but when it saw that Sun Anting had been frightened to the point of exhaustion, it felt extremely satisfied. So, the ghost left the house and never returned.
Sun Anting made a lot of money and returned to his hometown with these gold and silver treasures. He used the money to buy an estate in his hometown and live a carefree life. However, where exactly does all this money come from?
Just when Sun Anting returned with a full load, the people of Anqing Mansion were surprised to find that the Song Qing family was inexplicably bankrupt. Song Qing ran to report to the official with a sad face, saying that his family property had disappeared inexplicably.
The local government sent personnel to investigate, and it turned out that Sun Anting suddenly had so much money out of thin air. However, after an in-depth investigation, there was no evidence that Sun Anting sneaked into Song Qing's house and stole the money.
As a result, the government had no choice but to release Sun Anting home.
Song Qing was confused, he originally wanted to tease Sun Anting, but he was instead commanded by Sun Anting. He was remorseful, but he couldn't get it back. Since then, Song Qing's family has lived in poverty.
He had thought about going out to earn money, but his reputation in the neighborhood was so bad that no one wanted to hire him. Soon after, Song Qing died of depression.
Jing Yue Zhai works Author: A Fei