Chapter 41: Painted Skin
Scholar Wang of Taiyuan got up early for a walk and met a girl on the road. She was walking in a hurry with a package in her arms. He looked closely and saw that the girl was only twenty-eight years old and very handsome. He approached her and struck up a conversation, "It's early in the morning. The girl is walking alone. This is
Where are you going?”
The girl said: "You are just a passer-by, and you can't solve other people's problems. Why are you here?"
Wang Shusheng said: "Girl, if you have any worries, you might as well tell them and listen. If you need help, I will never refuse."
The girl said sadly: "My parents were greedy for money and sold me into a wealthy family as a concubine. My wife was jealous and couldn't get along with her. She beat her and insulted her sooner or later. I had enough torture and ran away secretly."
Wang Shusheng asked: "Where are you planning to escape to?"
The girl said: "Who is willing to take me in as a refugee? We are all at home."
Wang Shusheng said: "My home is not far away. If you don't mind, girl, you can stay as long as you want."
The girl was overjoyed and followed the scholar back home. She entered a house and saw no one around. She asked, "Isn't the young man living alone in his house?"
Wang Shusheng said: "I also have a wife named Chen, who is a virtuous person. This is my study, the environment is elegant, the girl can just rest peacefully, no one will come to disturb her."
The girl said: "This place is very nice, but I don't like meeting strangers. I hope the young master will keep my secret."
Scholar Wang agreed immediately, and the woman smiled slightly, then took off her clothes and belt, and a man and a woman were in love, no need to elaborate.
Scholar Wang was lucky enough to have a romantic relationship and secretly boasted to his wife, "Wife, let me tell you something. I have secretly hidden a beauty in my study. You must not be angry."
Mrs. Chen frowned and said, "Where did this beauty come from? Don't be a dowry girl from a wealthy family. Send her away quickly to avoid getting into trouble."
Wang Shusheng shook his head and smiled, but did not agree.
At noon that day, Shusheng Wang was strolling on the street and met a Taoist priest. When the Taoist priest saw the scholar, he changed his color in astonishment and asked, "Sir, have you gotten into trouble with something unclean?"
Wang Shusheng said: "No."
The Taoist priest said: "Why not? I see that the evil spirit is lingering around the young master. He must have encountered a ghost."
Wang Shusheng said angrily: "You, a Taoist priest, are full of nonsense. Why do you harm others for no reason?"
The Taoist priest shook his head and said: "The day of death is approaching, and it is ridiculous and ridiculous that you still persist in not realizing it." After saying this, he went to look after himself.
Because the Taoist priest spoke strangely, Wang Shusheng secretly became suspicious and thought, "Could it be that the beautiful woman I brought back is actually a monster? Impossible, how could such a beauty be a monster? Most likely, the Taoist priest is pretending to be a ghost to defraud money."
I returned home sadly and went to the study, only to find that the door was closed in broad daylight. I was shocked. I hurriedly tiptoed to the window and took a peek. I saw a ferocious female ghost sitting on the edge of the bed, with a pale green face and fangs.
It was as sharp as a knife, and its face was very scary. Looking at the bed, I didn't know when there was a piece of human skin spread out. The female ghost took a colored pen and lightly painted on the human skin. After a while, she threw the pen on the ground and picked it up.
With human skin draped over her body, she instantly transformed into a peerless beauty.
When Wang Shusheng discovered the secret of the female ghost, he was so frightened and trembled that he was afraid of making any noise and exposing his whereabouts. He lay on the ground, slowly crawled outside the house, and ran wildly to find a Taoist priest for help. When he came to a wilderness, he saw the Taoist priest sitting there.
He rested on the stone and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, repeating the words "Taoist Master, help me, Taoist Master, help me."
The Taoist priest sighed and said: "You get up first and listen to me: although this female ghost is vicious, she is still a living being in the world. She took great pains to find a substitute in human skin, and I can't bear to harm her life. In this way, I will give you the dust in my hand."
I give it to you and hang it outside your bedroom when you get home. It will definitely keep you safe. If you want to find me in the future, you can come to Qingdi Temple."
Scholar Wang thanked him repeatedly, went back to sleep in his wife's room, and hung the fly whisk on the door wall. At one o'clock in the morning, the female ghost came to provoke him. Seeing that the fly whisk was intimidated, she gritted her teeth and left in hatred. Scholar Wang patted his chest and felt relieved.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of footsteps, and the female ghost left and came back, cursing: "The Taoist priest scared me, how could I throw away the food in my mouth?" She grabbed the fly whisk and tore it to pieces in two or two blows. She kicked the door.
He came in, pushed Scholar Wang down on the bed, ripped open his chest, dug out his heart, chewed it whole, and then walked away with a loud laugh.
Ms. Chen was hiding under the bed, wailing loudly when she saw her husband dying tragically beside her. Scholar Wang still had one breath left and said intermittently: "Go...go to the Qingdi Temple to find...the Taoist Priest, hurry...go quickly."
The wife did not dare to disobey, so she hurriedly called her brother Chen Erlang and told him to rush to the Qingdi Temple quickly and ask the Taoist priest to come out to deal with the female ghost.
In the Qingdi Temple, the Taoist priest met Chen Erlang and learned that the female ghost had killed people. He was furious and cursed: "What a female ghost, I won't kill you, but you will do evil rampantly. Huh, we are incompatible with each other."
He hurried to the palace, but the female ghost had disappeared. He looked around and saw black smoke due to the south. Knowing that this was where the female ghost was hiding, he said: "Don't worry, the evil ghost has not gone far. Mr. Chen, who is to the south?"
Homestead?”
Chen Erlang said: "This is my home."
The Taoist priest said: "The female ghost is at your home right now. You should go back quietly to check and see if anyone has visited recently. Come and report as soon as possible."
Chen Erlang took the order and left, and soon came back and replied, "The Taoist priest guessed it right. This morning, an old woman came to apply for a servant in my house. Apart from this, there is no other stranger."
The Taoist priest said: "This old woman is a female ghost. Let's go and subdue her." Carrying a mahogany sword, he broke into the courtyard of the Chen Mansion and shouted: "Evil ghost, you broke my whisk, please pay for it quickly."
Hearing this, the female ghost knew that she was no match for the Taoist priest, so she ran out of the house. The Taoist priest quickly caught up with him. He swung his sword and cut off the female ghost's head with one strike. The female ghost screamed and turned into thick smoke, which filled the air.
He took off the gourd from his waist, pulled out the cork and smoked, like a whale sucking water, and put all the smoke into the bottle.
When the smoke dissipated, the female ghost died completely, with no bones left, leaving only a piece of fresh human skin, with facial features, eyes, limbs, and everything lifelike. The Taoist priest rolled up the human skin, folded it like a scroll painting, put it in his bag, and left
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Mrs. Chen held on to the Taoist priest's clothes and begged, "Please, Taoist Master, please be merciful and save my husband."
The Taoist priest sighed and said: "I am a poor Taoist with low magic power and cannot bring the dead back to life. I will show you a path: not far from here in the bustling city, there is a beggar who is crazy and crazy. He often sleeps in the dung pile. This man has occult skills and may have a way to save him.
Mr. Wang, but he has a weird temper. If you humiliate your wife with your words, please be sure to bear the humiliation and never get angry. After saying this, my wife can take care of herself." After finishing his words, he drifted away.
When Mrs. Chen came to the downtown area, she saw a wretched beggar with a runny nose and a stinking smell. She knew she had found the right person. She hurriedly approached and knelt down on the ground, begging: "Senior, please help me."
The beggar reached out and touched Chen's face and said with a smile: "Do you like me, beauty?" Chen did not dare to struggle, but kept kowtowing. The beggar ignored him and said with a smile: "If your husband dies, then he will die."
, just find someone else, wouldn’t it be wonderful to have everyone at your disposal, so why bother to save your husband?”
Chen was silent, but her tears fell involuntarily. The beggar remained indifferent and said, "Hey, how do you save a dead person? Do you think I am the Lord of Hell?" He smashed the stick in his hand angrily and hit Chen on the back.
Mrs. Chen endured the pain and did not dare to complain. The beggar spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm. The smell was astounding to his nostrils and ordered: "Swallow it."
Mrs. Chen's face was red and uncomfortable, but remembering the Taoist priest's instructions, she had to suppress her nausea, closed her eyes and swallowed the thick phlegm. She felt a ball of cotton clogging her chest, which made her very uncomfortable.
The Taoist priest laughed loudly, turned and left, saying as he walked: "Beauty likes me, beauty likes me."
Mrs. Chen hurriedly chased after him and came to a ruined temple. The beggar suddenly disappeared out of thin air. She searched back and forth but could not find a trace. Mrs. Chen was so anxious that she wanted to cry. She was ashamed and ashamed to be insulted for no reason. She silently returned home and hugged him.
The husband's corpse was stuffed back into his stomach one by one, and he cried while stuffing it.
After crying, my throat became dry, as if I was vomiting. Suddenly, an object jumped out of my throat, and it happened to penetrate into Shusheng Wang's abdominal cavity. It pulsed suddenly and steamed with heat. I looked carefully and found that it was a heart.
Mrs. Chen was overjoyed and hurriedly found pieces of cloth and tied her husband's body tightly to prevent his heart from beating out of his chest. Gradually, the heat filled Shusheng Wang's wound and the body regained its body temperature. His breathing was weak and he could breathe air. After a night
Chapter completed!