Chapter 38: Wang Lan
Wang Lan from Lijin County died of a sudden illness. His soul came to the underworld. The King of Hell inspected the book of life and death and found that Wang Lan had not yet expired. The imp had caught the wrong person, so he ordered him to be brought back to life.
The little ghost didn't dare to neglect him, but when he returned to the human world, he saw that Wang Lan's body had rotted. The ghost soldier was worried that the King of Hell would blame him, so he discussed with Wang Lan, "It's hard for people to be ghosts, but they are happy when ghosts become immortals. I will let my husband be a ghost immortal and be free."
If you are happy, why do you need to be a human being?" Wang Lan thought to herself, "With the corpse gone, I can't be a human being, so I might as well become a ghost." So she nodded.
The ghost soldier said: "There is a fox demon not far from here, who has cultivated a golden elixir. I will steal the golden elixir and give it to my husband to take. From then on, my soul will never leave and I will live forever. I will travel across the mortal world, walk through walls, and walk on water."
Feihua, you can do whatever you want, you can do anything, sir, are you willing?"
Wang Lan was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes."
The ghost soldier led the way to a house, a high-rise elegant room, no one was there. Under the moonlight, a fox looked up at the sky, slowly exhaled, and a golden elixir flew out of his mouth, rose into the air, and kept spinning.
, absorbing the essence of the moon. Then when the fox inhales, the golden elixir swallows it again. Breathing back and forth like this, the golden elixir rises and falls, flying up and down.
The ghost soldier watched from the side and saw the opportunity. When the fox spit out the golden elixir, he quickly stepped forward, grabbed it in his hand, and ordered Wang Lan to open his mouth and stuff the golden elixir into his stomach.
The golden elixir was taken away, and the fox was shocked and angry, but he thought he was no match for the ghost soldiers and left angrily.
Wang Lan also separated from the ghost soldiers and returned home. When his wife and family met, they were so frightened that they fled away. Wang Lan told the truth, and everyone gradually gathered together and no longer feared.
After that, Wang Lan stayed at home, eating and living as usual. A friend named Zhang came to visit after hearing the news. After some greetings, Wang Lan said to Zhang Sheng: "Brother Zhang and I have always been poor. Now
I have a special skill. If I travel around, I will definitely get rich easily. Are you willing to go out with me?"
Zhang Shengwei only agreed. Wang Lan added: "I am now a ghost and immortal, with extraordinary magical powers. I can cure diseases without using medicine, and I can know the past and the future. However, there are differences between humans and ghosts. If I show up rashly, I will probably scare ordinary mortals."
I’d like to borrow Brother Zhang’s body, is that okay?”
Zhang Shengdao: "You mean being possessed by a ghost? Is there any harm?"
Wang Landao: "Don't worry, it will definitely not harm your health."
Zhang Sheng turned his head and thought for a while, then agreed.
The two of them went on a long journey. On this day, they came to the border of Shanxi. They heard from the people that there was a rich man here. His beloved daughter suddenly fell into a strange disease and fell into a coma. He specially posted a list to seek medical advice everywhere, promising that she could be cured.
If your daughter has a strange illness, I would like to give her a thousand pieces of gold as a gift.
Wang Lan quietly told Zhang Sheng: "I am good at curing all kinds of diseases. I can visit the rich man's house."
Zhang Sheng nodded, came to the rich man's mansion, and entered the boudoir. He saw the rich man's daughter passed out on the bed. She didn't know who she was. She had her hands touched, but there was no reaction.
Wang Lan whispered: "This girl's soul has been seduced. I will find it right away. You can adapt to the situation." After saying this, a breeze blew in the room. Zhang Sheng knew Du Ming and knew that Wang Lan had left, so he said to the rich man.
: "Although Ling Qianjin's condition is critical, there is still hope."
The rich man asked, "What medicinal materials are going to be used? I will tell my servants to prepare them."
Zhang Sheng smiled and said: "No need for medicine. Ling Qianjin is not ill, but her soul has left her body. I have secretly sent my men to look for it. Please wait for a while. How about we go to the hall to have a cup of tea?" The rich man did not dare to refuse.
He led Zhang Sheng to the hall to rest and presented him with fragrant tea.
An hour later, Wang Lan successfully retrieved the woman's soul, stuffed it into her body, and reported it to Zhang Sheng. Upon hearing this, Zhang Sheng stood up and said to the rich man: "Ling Qianjin's condition has recovered, please follow me into the house to check."
When they came to the house, the girl was still asleep. The rich man asked: "Didn't you say that my daughter has recovered from her illness? Why is she still unconscious?"
Zhang Sheng said: "Don't worry, Ling Qianjin has been unconscious for too long. Although her soul has returned to its original position, her blood has not yet flowed freely. Just massage it gently with your hands, and Ling Qianjin will wake up within a moment."
The rich man massaged his daughter's palms as he was told. After a while, he heard a cry and the girl opened her eyes. The rich man cried with joy and asked his daughter what happened. The girl recalled: "I was playing in the back garden, and suddenly I didn't know where I came from.
A young man came out, riding a horse, holding a slingshot, and followed by many men. Because of the difference between men and women, the daughter did not dare to get along with strangers. She was about to go back to the house. Unexpectedly, the young man was very rude and blocked the daughter's way.
Without any explanation, he put the slingshot into my hand and said, "Little girl, how about I teach you how to shoot a slingshot?" I shook my head and said, "I don't know you, so I don't want to play with you." The young man was annoyed and threw the slingshot into my hand.
I grabbed it, put it on the saddle, and said with a smile, "Master, I asked you to shoot a slingshot. I am looking down on you. Why are you so embarrassed?" Then he galloped around and took my daughter to a deep mountain. My daughter struggled hard, and the boy
I got angry and pushed me to the ground. I wanted to go home, but I didn’t know the way. Just at this moment, a young scholar appeared out of thin air, grabbed my daughter’s arm, ran all the way, and returned home in the blink of an eye.
I just felt in a trance, like I had a nightmare.”
When the rich man heard this, he thought it was magical and unbelievable. He couldn't help but believe Zhang Sheng's words. He hurriedly presented a thousand taels of gold as a gift and held a banquet to express his thanks.
After finishing the banquet, Zhang Sheng said goodbye and left. On this day, he came to a suburb and met a fellow villager on the road. The man's name was He Cai. He was both a drunkard and a gambler. He did not do his job properly and soon lost all his family wealth. He is now extremely poor.
Just like a beggar. I secretly heard that Zhang Sheng knew magic and made a lot of money, so I came here to join him.
Wang Lan whispered to Zhang Sheng, "He Cai has a bad character and should not be deeply friends with him. Just give him a few hundred taels of silver and send him on his way."
Zhang Sheng nodded in agreement and said to He Cai: "Brother He, I know the purpose of your trip is just to ask for treasure. But you eat, drink, gamble, and spend every day like a bottomless pit. No matter how much money you have, you can't fill it up."
If you are willing to change your ways, I will give you one hundred taels of gold. Otherwise, you can leave."
He Cai hurriedly said: "I am willing to change, I am willing to change."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Sheng took out one hundred taels of gold and gave it to He Cai.
He Cai got such a huge sum of money and left happily. After that, he lived and drank like water and spent money like water. When the county officials heard the news, they thought to themselves, "This He Cai used to be very poor, but now he is rich. Most of it was stolen."
." So He Cai was arrested and imprisoned, and tortured severely. He Cai was fooling around for days, and his body was already hollowed out. After being tortured several times, he was beaten to death.
After He Cai's death, his soul could not forget Zhang Sheng. He searched everywhere and finally found the fellow villager in an abandoned beacon tower. Since He Cai had become a ghost, he could naturally see Wang Lan.
One person and two ghosts were sitting together drinking. He Cai was so drunk that he yelled and became drunk. When the censor passed by, he heard the sound and thought, "The beacon tower is an important military place. Who is making such noise here?"
He ordered his officials to go check it out and arrest Zhang Sheng. After an interrogation, Zhang Sheng confessed truthfully.
The imperial censor was furious and thought, "Humans and ghosts have different paths. It is simply unbecoming for Zhang Sheng to call himself a brother to an evil ghost. Let me report it to God and see how God will punish him."
So he burned the ultimatum and reported it to the gods. When he fell asleep in the evening, a golden-armored immortal descended to earth to entrust him with a dream and told the imperial censor, "Wang Lan died innocently, and now she has become a ghost immortal. She has miraculous medical skills, good hands and benevolent heart, and has done many good deeds. The Jade Emperor himself said
I have appointed him as an envoy of the Qing Dynasty. He must not be disrespectful. Zhang Sheng has no fault as a human being and should be pardoned. As for He Cai, his conduct is evil and he has been sent to Tiewei Mountain to work as a coolie. You don't need to worry about it."
The censor kept it all in mind, and when Er woke up from his dream, he immediately acquitted Zhang Sheng.
When Zhang Sheng returned home, he still had nine hundred taels of gold left on him. He added two to one and made five, keeping half for himself and giving the other half to Wang Lan's wife and children. From then on, Zhang and Wang's family lived a prosperous life, and their descendants were all rich.
Chapter completed!