During the Qianyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Ouyang Jun, a native of Luoyang, was handsome and elegant, and was a rich scholar. His uncle, from Weinan, was prone to going to Beijing to take the exam because Weinan was close to the capital Chang'an, so he was in the official career. Before the spring exam next year, he wanted to go to his uncle's house to study.

When autumn began, Ouyang Jun bid farewell to his parents and went to Weinan. His uncle made a living by selling groceries. He lived in the backyard of the grocery store. The backyard was quiet and undisturbed, making it easy to study. There was a wooden door facing east in the backyard, leading to a hutong. There was a wasteland at the end of the hutong. Ouyang Jun was tired of studying every day, so he went out to the wooden door to relax. There was a neighbor, a deep courtyard, and the back door was opposite to the wooden door. Ouyang Jun didn't know which family there was in the deep house, and he didn't see anyone coming and going, so he didn't intend to ask his uncle to explain it.

One evening, Ouyang Jun read the Book of Songs in his study, reading: "The peach is young and beautiful, and the beauty is bright. His son is young and beautiful. His peach is young and beautiful, and there is something wrong with him. His son is young and beautiful. His son is young and beautiful. His son is young and beautiful. His family is young and beautiful. He is young and happy. He is young and happy. He is happy. He is surprised and hurriedly got up and went out of the house to look at him. He saw a woman standing tall outside the window. He looked at him carefully. The woman was wearing a rose purple fairy skirt with elegant makeup, green hair, red lips and white teeth, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, colorful and radiant. She is not very good.

All, who are out of the world, beautiful and enchanting, come with a cool and cool pride. Ouyang Jun was shocked by the beauty, and after a while he bowed, he said, "I heard that the lady has read poetry and books. The young student admired her so much that she dared to ask her name, where is her noble place?" The beautiful woman replied, "I dare not speak well, but only knows it. The girl's surname is Jiang's name Ruolan, and lives in the shabby house opposite the door of the Guisan House, which is a neighbor. Just now, he heard the sound of the young master reading, and followed it in an impromptu manner. I saw laughter and laughed, disturbing the young master's elegant mood. Please forgive me." Ouyang Jun said, "If the lady doesn't mind, please go into the shabby room and talk, can you?"

When Jiang Ruolan entered the study, she suddenly felt that the brightness of the pony. The two talked, Ouyang Jun knew that his daughter was a talented girl, and she was familiar with the Four Books, Five Classics and Six Arts. She admired her daughter's literary talent and even more of her humble demeanor. The two then talked about the skills of writing articles and writing poems, and the level and tone of the creation of poetry until late at night, the beautiful woman returned.

Since then, Ruolan often went to the study at night, talked about writing essays with Ouyang, and wrote poems and lyrics. The two of them became more and more deeply. Ouyang fell in love and wanted to marry him as his wife, so he mustered the courage to say to Ruolan: "Tomorrow, I will ask a matchmaker to propose marriage and ask your two elders to agree to him." Ruolan said shyly, "I dare not rush to the top. I am suffering from a strange disease and cannot serve the young master for life. Please choose a partner to marry him." After an unexpected answer, Ouyang was very surprised and asked, "Why are you suffering from a strange disease? I am willing to provide you with a medical treatment." Ruolan said, "I cannot tell you that if I marry him, I will harm you for the rest of my life!"

One day and night, when the two were flipping through the books, Ouyang accidentally touched Ruolan's hand and felt that his hand was as cold as an ice popsicle. Ouyang asked in surprise: "Why is the lady's hand so cold?" Ruolan was stunned and said, "I have said that I have a strange disease, so this is the case." Ouyang said, "I will ask the Xinglin master to treat it tomorrow, can I ask him to treat it?" Ruolan shook and asked again. Why did Ouyang ask again, Ruolan smiled bitterly and said, "This is a secret that cannot be vented."

The next night, Ruolan was coming, Ouyang Qiao waited for him, but he did not show up for several days. If he didn't see him for a day, it would be like three autumns. Ouyang Sizhi was very anxious and had a courage to knock on the door. But no one in the door responded to him. Jiang's courtyard wall was high, and he did not dare to climb and look inward, for fear that he would lose his elegance and be suspected of being a thief. After a few days, Ruolan still did not show up. Ouyang felt very strange and suspected Ruolan was sick and was bedridden and did not come out. Ouyang wanted to explain his doubts, so he told his uncle about the details and asked why. When he heard about it, his uncle became shocked and said, "The Jiang house has been no one for many years. The former Jiang family has indeed had a thousand gold gold, and it is named Ruolan, but it has long died. Nephew, you have met a ghost!" Ouyang was stunned when he heard about it, and he woke up for a while and asked him the reason. My uncle told him in detail:

The original owner of Jiang's house was named Xuan, who was a general of the court. He retired and returned to his hometown. He had a daughter named Ruolan. He was fond of learning since childhood and read ten thousand volumes. He was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He was a hundred miles away and everyone knew his talents. However, when he was in a hairpin, he unfortunately suffered from tuberculosis, and his sarcasm was not cured for a long time. He died of hemoptysis, and his beauty was weak and his fragrance died.

Ruolan Fangling died early, and when the Tianbao Rebellion happened, Jiang Xuan buried her daughter Cao. At this time, the Anshi rebels attacked Chang'an, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled, and the world was in chaos. Jiang Xuan had a cousin named Gong who lived in Hangzhou as the chief of the Shishi. In order to avoid the war, Jiang Xuan left an old housekeeper to guard the house and fled to Hangzhou. Unfortunately, he met the rebels on the way. Jiang Xuan fought hard, but eventually died because he was outnumbered and the whole family died.

After hearing this, Ouyang looked sad and his uncle said, "The old butler of the Jiang family is still there, and he lives in a small house outside the courtyard. If you want to know the details of Ruolan, you can visit him."

The next morning, Ouyang visited the old housekeeper, explained his purpose, and explained his reasons, and asked: "Can the old man know what Ruolan has? I want to see him to express my sorrow." The old housekeeper felt his sincerity and stroked his silver beard and said, "If Mr. Ouyang does not dislike me, please follow me to the house to look at him. There is a portrait of Ruolan hanging in the boudoir. Can the portrait be the same as what the young master sees? Let me talk about it after watching it."

The gate of Jiang's house was closed and locked. The old butler held the key to unlock the lock. He pushed open the gate of Jiang's house. Ouyang walked into the house with the old butler and walked around the screen wall. He saw that the weeds were growing in the courtyard, and only the middle corridor could still be used. Although the main hall and the wing room were carved with beams and columns, the patent skin fell off. The drowned nest was under the eaves, the moss marks were green on the steps, and the weeds were in the curtains. It was extremely desolate. When I pushed the door into the room, I saw that the dust of the tables, chairs and benches in the house were as thick as copper plates, and the corners of the wall were surrounded by spider webs. There had been no people in the house for many years.

After walking into Ruolan's boudoir during his lifetime, he saw a portrait hanging on the wall. The portrait was three feet long and half a foot wide. It was beautifully mounted. Although the dust was covered with dust, Ouyang still realized the portrait of Ruolan and held a dusting dust. The portrait was obviously lifelike. The old butler said, "This portrait was made by Zhang Xuan, a famous painter in Chang'an during his lifetime. It was regarded as a treasure." In the boudoir, there were fragrant couches, silk tents, embroidered pillows and flower beds, desks and chairs, four treasures of study, and poetry. Ouyang's sad feelings were hard to express, so he asked, "I will borrow this portrait for the time being and will return it in the future, can I return it?" The old butler replied, "It is okay. I have received Jiang Gong's letter. He said that he will bring his whole family here next month. When the time comes, please return it."

Ouyang hung the portrait in the study, like a orchid, and looked at it from time to time, wanting to comfort the thoughts of missing one's heart, but it added even more sorrow. He often was demented and could not extricate himself from the portrait.

A month later, Jiang Gongguo brought his family to repair the house and cleared the debris. Jiang's house was completely refreshed. One night, Ouyang did not eat the preface and wanted to go to Jiang's house tomorrow morning to return the portrait. When he was reluctant to take off the portrait, he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing behind him. He looked back and was shocked. Seeing Ruolan coming in delicate steps, he smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for many days. How good is your son? Don't be surprised, your background is clear, you have already explained it." Ouyang said, "Although the lady is in a different world, I don't mind, I love it.

It's deep." Ruolan said, "I have said that it's hard for me to be married to my son, so I'm here to express my joy." Ouyang asked, "Miss's words make me confused. Where does the joy come from?" Ruolan said, "I've seen my cousin's uncle have moved into Jiang's house. There is a daughter named Ruolan. When the hairpin has passed, she is my cousin. Her appearance and talent are better than Lan. I am a matchmaker. If Liu Jing has responded, I would like to give her a promise to the young master. When I return the portrait tomorrow, I will definitely see her face. The young master will be happy." After saying that, he was gone without a trace.

Ouyang was half-believing and half-doubted, mixed joy and sorrow, and couldn't sleep all night. The next morning, he walked up to Jiang's house with a portrait. Jiang Gong went out to greet him. Before Ouyang said, he said first, "The person who came is Mr. Ouyang. I have been waiting for a long time. Please go to the humble house to talk to him." Ouyang was confused and entered the house. The guest and host entered the living room to sit down. Ouyang asked, "How did Lord Jiang know that Xiaosheng has come here this morning?" Jiang Gong smiled and said, "Last night, I dreamed of my niece Ruolan. He told me that everything was going on before he was about to leave, and said

The young master was named after returning the portrait this morning, but it was actually a proposal for marriage. I waited for it. As a result." After saying that, he called his daughter out. Ruo Jing walked into the living room. Ouyang was shocked to see that Ruo Jing's appearance was very similar to Ruo Lan, like a twin sister. Ouyang was very happy. Ruo Jing bowed and said, "I have seen Mr. Ouyang." Ouyang asked, "How did you see me?" The girl replied with a shy voice: "My cousin asked a dream, and he became a matchmaker. I have seen the handsome face of the young master in my dream."

When both parties agreed to marry, Ouyang told his uncle. When he saw Ruo Jing, he was also shocked and said, "It is very similar to Ruo Lan's appearance ten years ago. This marriage is a marriage that is determined by heaven."

The marriage event depends on the orders of parents. Ouyang quickly returned to Luoyang and told his parents. When his parents heard about it, they were so happy that they were engaged to the Jiang family. When they chose an auspicious day, Ouyang welcomed Ruoyang and brought the bride to Luoyang to marry. Friends and relatives came to congratulate him, and it was lively until the night.

In the bridal chamber, Ouyang lifted up the bride's scarf and was about to be intimate, a gust of wind suddenly rose inside the room. Ruolan appeared in the bridal chamber and congratulated him, "I wish my son and my cousin a happy wedding. I hope the two of them will fall in love with each other and grow old together." The two hurriedly knelt down and thanked him. Ruolan also said, "I am here to tell you that the City God knows the beauty of my adult life, so I let me return tomorrow. I will no longer wander around and be reincarnated. I will leave." After saying that, I passed away.

Ouyang and Ruojing bowed to the sky, and Ouyang prayed: "I wish Sister Ruolan is healthy in the next life and her talent is better than this life!"

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