Folktale The wife cried and mourned, and tears fell on the deceased husband, who came to the door three years later to take revenge
During the Xianping period, there was a scholar named Wan Yunyang in Fengqiu County, although he studied hard for more than ten years, he failed to gain fame and became a scholar's dream.
Later, the family found him a daughter-in-law, the daughter of a farmer in a neighboring village. Although her wife is not a peerless beauty, she is gentle and virtuous, filial to her elders, and is deeply loved by all fathers and mothers. Only Wan Yunyang was very dissatisfied with this, because he read some scriptures and developed the problem of having a high eye and a low hand, and always felt that his wife was not worthy of him, and often embarrassed her. What's worse is that he often doesn't come home at night, indulging in a life of looking for flowers and willows.
A year later, Wan Yunyang contracted flower willow disease and died soon after. Wan Jia felt that this was not a decent thing to do, and did not disclose the reason to the public. The wife knew that this was Wan Yunyang's own benefit. Despite this, there is always some run-in between husband and wife, coupled with the kindness of her in-laws to her, she chooses to be silent.
There is a local custom that the deceased should be stored in the courtyard of their home for three days to say their final goodbyes to their relatives. The wife wholeheartedly helped her in-laws arrange the funeral, and she also took the initiative to keep vigil at night, which touched all fathers and mothers.
The night before preparing for the burial, his wife stood next to Wan Yunyang's corpse, gently touched his face, and tears fell unconsciously. Although his wife did not love him, she never hurt him. In a year's time, she originally thought that she could impress her husband, but unfortunately love cannot be forced.
These tears contain the unwillingness and grievances of his wife. However, she didn't notice that as soon as the tears fell on her deceased husband, they disappeared as if they had been absorbed by the corpse.
The next day, the burial ceremony officially began. Eight strong men carried the coffin to the selected cemetery and successfully buried Wang Yunyang. However, after the funeral, the eight strong men who carried the coffin whispered, saying that the coffin was too heavy, and fortunately the cemetery was not far away, otherwise it would not be able to carry it.
This was heard by his wife, but she didn't understand the rules in this regard, so she didn't care.
Later, Wan Father and Wan Mu felt that their daughter-in-law was pitiful, and they were widowed after a year of marriage, so they wanted her to remarry. But the daughter-in-law is a filial person, and she doesn't want to remarry anything, so she has to serve the second elder well, and the matter will be over.
Three years have passed, and it is time for Wan Yunyang's death day. The wife packed her things and came to Wan Yunyang's tomb with her in-laws. However, to everyone's surprise, in the past three years, there has not been even a single weed on Wan Yunyang's grave.
On the way home, the three of them came across an old road that traveled in the clouds. The old man has white hair and bright eyes. After seeing the three of them, he frowned and stepped forward to talk to the three of them. Lao Dao told them that their Yin Hall was black, and there was a black gas in the middle of their eyebrows, and there might be a great disaster.
When his wife heard this, she was taken aback and hurriedly asked for a solution. Lao Dao pinched his fingers and calculated for a long time, but he didn't figure out what the reason was, so he planned to go home with the three of them and help them solve it. After hearing this, the three of them thanked Liangliang.
Late at night, Wan Father and Wan Mu and daughter-in-law hid in the house together according to Lao Dao's instructions, not daring to go out, while Lao Dao prepared a spell in the next room. As soon as the hour arrived, a small sound suddenly came from outside the door, which frightened the three of them.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the door open, and a figure appeared. When his wife looked at it, it was Wan Yunyang, who had been dead for three years. The parents also recognized their son, and they didn't care about anything else, so they hurried to greet them. Who knew that Wan Yunyang waved his hand, and he actually flew his parents away, and pounced towards his wife, still muttering in his mouth: "I blame you, I blame you!."”
said that it was too late, and then it was fast, Lao Dao arrived, took out a talisman and shot it at Wan Yunyang. Wan Yunyang sensed the danger, turned over in the air, and dodged the spell. Subsequently, Lao Dao also put two talismans on the door of the gatehouse to prevent him from escaping.
When Wan Father and Wan Mu finally calmed down, Lao Dao had already fought with Wan Yunyang trembling. Wan Yunyang's skills are nimble and have a slight upper hand. Lao Dao found that the charm could not help him, so he pulled out a peachwood dagger and aimed it at his heart. Although Wan Yunyang managed to dodge the fatal blow, the dagger stabbed him in the thigh.
Wan Yunyang, who fell in pain, let out a piercing cry. Seeing that the time was ripe, Lao Dao quickly pasted a talisman on Wan Yunyang's forehead to calm it down. Lao Dao raised his dagger, ready to put an end to Wan Yunyang's ghost, but was stopped by the three of them. In the process of inquiry, Lao Dao finally revealed the mystery.
It turned out that on the night before Wan Yunyang's burial, his wife's tears dripped on his corpse, causing Wan Yunyang's soul to be unable to sublimate and was trapped in the corpse and tortured. For three years, he absorbed yin qi in the cemetery to cause his soul to leave his body, but he still could not be reincarnated. Coupled with the three years of suffering, he became resentful of his wife, so he came back to seek revenge.
After hearing all this, the three of them suddenly realized, and his wife was even more remorseful. Lao Tao comforted her that the living cannot be resurrected, and grief is inevitable. Subsequently, Lao Dao led everyone to Wan Yunyang's grave, and after digging up the grave, he was surprised to find that three years had passed, and Wan Yunyang's body had not decomposed.
Lao Dao placed three talismans next to the corpse, squatted in front of Wan Yunyang, overtook him, and sent his ghost back to the corpse. In the end, under the persuasion of Lao Dao, the three burned Wan Yunyang's body and reburied the ashes.
The next night, Wan Yunyang told his wife and parents through a dream that Lao Dao had helped him dissipate his grievances, and when the body was burned, the tears remaining on the corpse had dried up, and he could finally be reincarnated. At the time of parting, he hugged his wife deeply and sincerely apologized.
Since then, nothing strange has happened to the Wan family, and the wife has remarried, but she still insists on taking care of her in-laws until her death.
Editor's note: The dead are gone, but the living are gone. People cannot live in the past for a long time, they must look to the future and embrace the unknown. This is what the deceased most expect to see, and it is also the ending they most desire.
Disclaimer: This story is a fictional folklore, inspired by folklore, strange tales, myths, stories and legends, etc., aiming to inherit, expand and develop China's folk cultural heritage, and do not link it with feudal superstition!