Huang Xing is a post guard in Xinzheng County, Henan. One night, when he came back from an errand, he was tired of walking, and rested under the woods, and saw a fox pick up a human skeleton and put it on his head, and then bow down to the moon. After a while, it turned into a woman, sixteen or seventeen years old, very beautiful, crying on the official road of Xinzheng, crying and walking as she went.
Huang Xing followed behind her, secretly observing, the fox didn't expect that his secret was seen through by Huang Xing, and he deliberately made a delicate appearance. Huang Xing thought to himself: "This thing is a strange commodity. So he asked her, "Who are you that dare to walk alone in the middle of the night?" The fox girl replied: "The slave family is from Hangzhou, surnamed Hu, named Mei Niang, my father was transferred to Shaanxi as an official, just now I met a robber in the village in front, my parents and brothers died in the hands of the thief, and their property was also robbed by them. Only the slave family is hidden in the deep grass to survive until now. Now I am alone, with nowhere to run, ready to commit suicide by throwing myself into the river, so here I cry. ”
When Huang Xing heard this, he said: "Although my family is poor, fortunately I eat and drink a lot, and my wife is also kind and can tolerate you." Would you like to come to my house and live in peace? The fox girl held back her tears and thanked her, saying, "The old man has pity on me, I am really my reborn parents!" Then he came to Huang Xing's house and told Huang Xing's wife what he had said before. Huang Xing's wife saw that the fox girl was submissive, so she treated her well, but Huang Xing never told the truth.
At that time, there was a Jinshi named Xiao Yu, a native of Fujian, who had recently been awarded the post of judge of Yaozhou, and had passed through Xinzheng in office. He was cousins with Peng Zhihe, the commander of Xinzheng County, so he visited Peng Zhihe by the way, and Peng Zhihe arranged for him to stay in the post station. Huang Xing happened to be on an errand at the post station, and when he saw that Xiao Yu was young, his personality was heroic, and he was not a proper person, and he was carrying a lot of luggage, he said to his wife: "We are going to get out of poverty." In order to make Xiao Yu tempted, he repeatedly asked Mei Niang to go to the well to fetch water, so that Xiao Yu could see her. Xiao Yu really liked Mei Niang's beauty, so he asked to marry her as a concubine. Huang Xing said: "If you must marry my daughter, official, it will definitely not work without ten times the bride price." Xiao Yu was not stingy, poured his resources into it, and then took Mei Niang to the office.
Mei Niang is smart, supple and submissive, from the wife of Taishou, down to the family of all the **, she each gave a green Luo horse, rouge ten posts. And Mei Niang, whether she is older or younger, can get their favor. Therefore, she was praised inside and out, and no one gossiped about her. Sometimes the guests come suddenly, Xiao Yu doesn't have time to arrange, and things like wine and dinner, Mei Niang can take them out at any time to entertain the guests, and the sumptuous or frugal can be disposed of appropriately. In her spare time, Mei Niang personally weaves, cooks cocoons and draws silk, and usually lives in the boudoir and never steps out of the threshold outside. If Xiao Yu has something difficult, every time he consults Mei Niang, Mei Niang can analyze them one by one and analyze the situation well. Xiao Yu was secretly happy to get the help of the virtuous, and among his colleagues, they all believed that Mei Niang was a virtuous woman.
Not long after, the provincial government heard that Xiao Yu was talented, so he recruited and assigned him to various prefectures to urge food. Mei Niang said to Xiao Yu: "You have to work hard in the government and dedicate yourself to your official affairs." I can take on the chores at home. You should take care of your money, in order to repay the court's kindness, in case of emergency, don't be dragged down by family affairs. Xiao Yu nodded in agreement and said goodbye to Mei Niang. So I went all the way and stayed in Chongyang Palace at night. After Taoist priest Yin Yuran saw Xiao Yu, he privately said to Xiao Yu's subordinate Zhou Rong: "Your chief has a very strong demonic spirit, and if you don't treat it, your life will be in danger." Zhou Rong told Xiao Yu this, and Xiao Yu scolded and said, "What a ghost Taoist priest, dare to talk such nonsense!" ”
At the end of the winter of this year, Xiao Yu returned to the state capital after urging food. In the twilight of spring, Xiao Yu fell ill, his face was yellow, his body was emaciated, he did things upside down, and his behavior was hurried and urgent. His colleagues sought medical treatment and gave him medication, but to no avail, and no one knew the cause of his illness. Zhou Rong suddenly remembered Yin Yanran's words, so he told Taishou, who asked Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu said, "There is such a thing." So Taishou said to his fellow acquaintance Liu Shu: "Xiao Jun is sick, everyone says that there is evil, and we can't sit idly by." Liu Shu said, "Why don't you invite Daoist Yin to come and eliminate the evil?" Taishou immediately prepared a letter gift and sent Zhou Rong to Chongyang Palace to invite Yin Yuran.
When he arrived at Chongyang Palace, Yin Ran said: "He didn't believe my words, so he has today." But Taoists take it as their responsibility to help people, so how can they not take a trip? So he went to Yaozhou with Zhou Rong. Taishou came out to greet him and asked him to heal Xiao Yu's illness.
Yin Ran said to Taishou after retiring from the idle miscellaneous people: "I have long understood this matter, Xiao Yu's family is the old fox Chengjing at the north gate of Xinzheng County, incarnated as a woman, and has confused many people, if it is not removed immediately, its harm is really immeasurable." Taishou asked in astonishment: "Xiao Jun's wife, everyone praises her for being virtuous, why is there such a thing all of a sudden now?" Yin Ran said: "Let's wait for tomorrow, and we can see the difference." So he built an altar in the back hall of the state office.
At noon the next day, Yin Ran held a magic sword and drew a talisman to summon the general. After a while, Deng Zhong, Xin Huan, and Zhang Jie, the three thunder gods, stood solemnly in front of the altar. Yin Ran burned incense and said to the gods: "The state judge Xiao Yu is bewitched by the demon fox, please kill the demon immediately." Then, Yin Ran raised a large pen and wrote a piece of writing and handed it to the gods. That Wendao: Shangqing Heaven crusaded against the Thunder God Mansion and found it: Yin and Yang began to divide, the sky was above, and the earth was below, and the law was laid from then on; The three talents of heaven, earth, and man have been divided, and the materialization of life is also according to its category. Thinking of the vast territory, sighing for the fox charm is increasing. Gather the leaves of the trees for clothing, and put on the skull to change the appearance. The foxtail sends out sparks to make trouble, and the sound of no water under the ice is heard before crossing the river and causing suspicion. Therefore, the Baizhang Zen master realized the Zen of cause and effect, and the monks of Da'an entered and exited the land of Arhats. Yang Zaisi is witty and eloquent, and he cannot escape the ridicule of the two-legged wild fox; Zhang Hua is knowledgeable and can recognize the thousand-year-old spotted fox. What's more, Xiao Yu is a Jinshi from Fujian, a seven-rank official of the imperial court, and the fox girl dares to sacrifice her own body, thus taking away his essence. He took refuge in the post station, and finally became the spouse of the eunuch's family.
Indulge in such fornication without shame, and with greed without stopping. The characteristic of the fox is that the hair is long, and the fox's name is purple and purple, and can these hide your faults? It's a shame to say! The city gods of the state and county are not aware of it, and they are tolerant and tolerant for the time being; The land god of the state government actually let the fox hide, and he must be investigated separately. The Qingqiu nine-tailed fox is the main offender, and must be entered into the black book, sentenced to severe punishment, escorted to the market, and hacked to death with thunder. Let the fox not use the tiger to intimidate people, so that the rabbit can have a warning. Kill the nine-tailed fox, and the catastrophe will not be pardoned, so that the Yaozhou Yamen will be cleaned up immediately, and the root of Xinzhengyi will be cut off forever. Permanently imprisoned in the Ghost Gate, in full accordance with the laws of the Netherworld. Announce to temples all over the world, so that everyone knows.
After a while, black clouds covered the sky like thick ink, heavy rain poured down, and with a thunderclap, Mei Niang had been thundered and died in the market. The officials went to **, it turned out to be a fox, and the skeleton was still worn on the fox's head. The ladies of each family hurriedly took out the things Mei Niang gave them and saw that Lu Luo was a few banana leaves, and the rouge was a few peach petals. They brought these things to Xiao Yu to see, and Xiao Yu dispelled his doubts. Daoist Yin ordered the dead fox to be burned, then buried in a remote place, and suppressed with iron slips on it, so that it would become extinct forever. Then Daoist Yin took out cinnabar, crab roe, and incense ash for Xiao Yu to take, and then drifted back to Chongyang Palace and did not look back.
After Xiao Yu's illness recovered, he told Taishou about marrying Mei Niang, and Taishou sent someone to Xinzheng County to interrogate Huang Xing. Huang Xing has moved elsewhere, his family is very wealthy, and he no longer serves as a post boy at the post station, which is because he received Xiao Yu's dowry. Only then did he tell people a little about marrying a fox girl. The visitor came back and reported the incident in detail to the Taishou. Only then did everyone believe that the fox was good at confusing people, and thought that Yin Ran's spell was indeed magical.