Chapter 210: Guo Sheng
Guo Sheng, a native of Zichuan County, rarely loves reading. Unfortunately, the mountains are remote and there are no famous teachers to teach him. Therefore, he is in his twenties, writing and painting, and makes many mistakes. The Guo family was once infested by fox demons. The eating utensils were often stolen by fox demons, causing headaches. Endless.
That night, Guo Sheng was studying at home and put the article on the table. The fox demon smeared it black and made it a mess. What's more, some places were badly written and full of ink, making it difficult to read. Guo Sheng shook his head and sighed. I transcribed some clean words, and only sixty or seventy poems were left. I felt resentful, but helpless.
Guo Shengping had written more than 20 articles that day. He thought they were good, so he collected them together and prepared to ask famous people for advice. When he got up early the next day, he saw all the articles spread out and thrown on the desk, with ink dripping between the lines of the font, and they were completely destroyed. Finally, I knew it was the fox demon causing trouble again, and I was itching with hatred. It happened that my friend Wang Sheng came to the mountain village for some business and went to visit the Guo family. He saw the text on the table and asked what happened. Guo Sheng complained and denounced the evil behavior of the fox demon. While feeling resentful, he took out the fragments of the scroll and asked Wang Sheng for advice.
Wang Sheng examined and played with it and found that the fox demon's smearing and retention were not random. What was deleted was all nonsense, and what was left was the essence. He said: "The fox demon seems to have done it intentionally. Not only do you not have to worry about it, you can also worship it." As a teacher." A few months later, Guo Sheng re-read the old articles and found that the corrections made by the fox demon were very correct. So he re-wrote two articles and put them on the table to observe the changes. At dawn the next day, he saw that the new works had been smear.
After a year of this, the fox demon no longer painted the article, but only circled it with ink, and the paper was covered with ink dots. Guo Sheng was surprised and showed the article to Wang Sheng. After Wang Sheng finished reading, he said: "Fox Yaozhen is a good teacher, Brother Guo's writing has improved greatly and he can take part in the imperial examination."
In this year's college examination, Guo Sheng was admitted as a scholar. From then on, he was grateful for the kindness of the fox demon and often prepared fat chickens for the fox demon to enjoy. Every time he bought textbooks, he did not make the decision himself and relied on the fox demon to make the decision. He participated twice. In the provincial examinations, he ranked among the best, and passed the examination as a deputy list of meritorious students.
At that time, Mr. Ye was well-known, and his beautiful articles were passed down from family to family. Guo Sheng had a handwritten copy of Selected Works of Ye Gong, which he cherished very much. Unexpectedly, it was stained by the fox demon splashing ink, and a masterpiece he carefully conceived was also destroyed by the fox. Being tainted by demons made me feel unhappy, so I no longer believed in it.
Soon after, Mr. Ye was arrested and imprisoned for reforming his writing style. When Guo Sheng knew this, he couldn't help but admire the fox demon for his foresight. However, every article he wrote took great pains, but in the end, no one was spared, and they were all smeared by the fox demon. .
Guo Sheng was proud of his success in the previous examinations and became increasingly dissatisfied with the fox demon, so he specially found a few articles to try it out. These articles had a lot of ink spots, and they were all masterpieces that the fox demon had selected in the past. , little did he know that he was being smeared again.
Guo Sheng laughed angrily: "Fox demon, fox demon, you are simply unreasonable. You are the one who agrees, and you are the one who disagrees. It's really difficult to serve." From then on, he no longer prepared meals for the fox demon. To prevent the fox demon from retaliating, he locked all the articles and textbooks in the wooden cabinet.
When I woke up in the morning, the wooden cabinet was locked and untouched, but when I opened it, I found four lines of ink on the paper, as thick as a finger; there were five horizontal lines drawn on the first page, and there were also five lines on the second page. Guo Sheng I was full of doubts and didn't understand the meaning, but from that day on, the fox demon disappeared and never appeared again.
Chapter completed!