During the Qing Dynasty, there lived a scholar named Tao Mengjin at the north gate of Changzhou.
Tao Mengjin privately got along with a phantasmaged fox demon, and one day, the fox demon read the article he wrote, not only laughed dumbly, but said: "Looking at your appearance and article, it's hard to believe that it is concentrated on one person." ”
Tao Mengjin asked, "Are you people outside the world still good at making trouble?" ”
The fox demon said: "Although I have never studied it specially, I have often dabbled in it, and I am still slightly better than you." And I wrote an article casually, the article is brilliant, quite literary, not ordinary people can compare.
Tao Mengjin was overjoyed, so he respected the fox demon as a teacher and asked for guidance.
A year later, although Tao Mengjin's article has improved, it is still unbearable to read because of his weak writing.
When it came to the imperial examination, Tao Mengjin begged the fox demon to transform into a human form for his reference, and the fox demon hurriedly excused himself and said: "This matter must not be involved, all the imperial examinations are supervised by the emperor, and the gods are strictly inspected, once it is revealed, it will not be beneficial to you and me." ”
Tao Mengjin said: "Then you ** follow me into the examination room and catch a knife for me, right?" The fox demon still refused repeatedly, but Tao Mengjin refused to give up and pleaded again and again.
In the end, the fox demon had no choice but to agree to Tao Mengjin's request, and converged his body and attached himself to Tao Mengjin and entered the examination room.
Before the exam questions were issued, the fox demon had a prediction, and prepared three essays and one poem, and before the answer sheet was written, he suddenly threw the pen and sighed to Tao Mengjin: "The matter is revealed!" Now it has been discovered by the god of trumpets, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape, I never thought that because of the foolishness of a thought, I lost my life, if you can read my good, I hope to go to the foot of Jiming Mountain to collect my body! ”
Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud cry, and it seemed that he had been caught. Tao Mengjin was sad and withdrew from the examination room with the exam papers.
When Tao Mengjin rushed to the foot of Jiming Mountain, he really found a fox corpse in a different place, so he bought a coffin, buried the fox, and set up a monument, on which was written "Fox Wife Bai".
This incident was recorded in the Qing Dynasty Tang Yongzhong's "Wing Barnyard Compilation". Many people also read it as a myth, and as for the truth or falsehood, it is also the opinion of the benevolent and the wise.
The records of demons and monsters can be said to run through the entire history of human civilization, or even earlier, most people don't believe that these are things in recent decades, and they are still insignificant compared to the history of mankind, so the Tao Mengjin recorded in ancient books may not be so mysterious in ancient times.
The reason why modern people reject some things outside of cognition is positivism, that is, if there are such demons and monsters, how can it not be good? Why didn't I see it? Maybe what the fox demon said in the article can give people some answers!