Guanqingzhai

The old woman coughed and said: "No, luckily I was saved by a god, ahem, but I was indeed infected with the plague. The gods saw me pitiful and knew that I still had a child, so they specially let me continue my life."

When the scholar heard this, he knelt down on his knees and wept silently.The aunt said: "My child, the gods said that you can only be cured of my disease if you are admitted to the first prize. After meeting the emperor, ask him for a glass of water and wine, and drink it with me. you..."

Xiucai looked up at the door. He wanted to push the door to go in, but at this time the door opened, and the face of his aunt was poked out from the door. Hua Yan looked up, and it was indeed an old woman. Her eyes were not angry. But very calm.

When the scholar saw the old man, he was even more excited. The old man shook his head and said, "Son, don't come here. I'm infected with the plague, so I can't get close to others. You should study hard and get a good reputation!"

The scholar cried and kowtowed and agreed, saying: "Since my aunt is lucky enough to be helped by the gods, my grandson must win fame and get that cup of imperial wine for my aunt."

After finishing speaking, there were three more kowtows, and Hua Yan also kowtowed when she saw this.

The old man looked at Hua Yan and said, "This is...?"

The scholar said: "She is my confidant. I..."

Hua Yan continued, "I've seen my aunt."

The old man smiled and said: "Okay, okay, girl, you are affectionate and righteous, and you are so persistent when Ziming is in trouble. Ziming can't forget about him."

The scholar gratefully held Hua Yan's hand and said: "When I was named on the gold list, I will never forget my aunt's kindness in nurturing and Hua Yan's true love for each other."

Hua Yan was also very excited and couldn't help crying again.

The old man said: "Okay, okay, I'm not in good health and I can't entertain you, so you can just stay for one night and leave tomorrow morning, this place is not suitable for you to live in."

The scholar still wanted to stay, but the old man insisted that they go on their way, lest they catch the plague.

Hua Yan and Xiucai returned to the room, stayed up all night, each had their own decisions in their hearts, and finally said goodbye to their aunt, and the old man stood at the dark door.Seeing the two kneeling and kowtowing, she nodded slightly to say goodbye to them, and then returned to the house.

Hua Yan and Xiucai returned to the village, returned the key to Lai Wu, and told him everything they saw and said. Unexpectedly, Lai Wu's expression changed drastically, and his whole face turned pale as if his blood had been drained suddenly.Asked how he was, he didn't say much, just sent the two of them away and went back.

The two of Hua Yan returned to the capital safely, and they felt that this matter was too strange, but in order to encourage scholars to gain fame, Hua Yan insisted that her aunt got back with the help of the gods.The scholar also used this hope to study hard without distraction, but in Hua Yan's heart, she always felt that this matter was a bit weird.

So I took the opportunity of giving cold clothes to ask Hu Yue, a scholar.

Hu Yue shook his head after listening, but Chu Jue was thoughtful. He poured himself a glass of wine, and just about to speak, Hu Yue said: "Since the gods have guaranteed the ticket, why do you need to think about it, girl? You should wait I'm here to congratulate the girl first." After he finished speaking, he smiled and cupped his hands to congratulate, Hua Yan also bowed his head to return the salute, and during this time, Hu Yue shook his head at Chu Jue.

Chu Jue frowned, he shook his head and drank the wine with a smile.

Hua Yan smiled and said: "If this is the case, then I will definitely come to thank you son again. It is getting late, and the servants will go back first."

Hu Yueqi sent Hua Yan off, and when she came back, she found that Chu Jue hadn't left yet, and Chu Jue said with a matter-of-fact look: "It's late at night, so I'll stay with you for a night."

Hu Yue frowned and said, "Live here again? Hey, you said that you don't want the warm quilt on the high bed, and you don't want to go to the gentle country, but why do you miss my shabby thatched cottage?"

Chu Jue was usually serious, he raised his eyebrows and teased: "If the mountain is not high, it will be famous if there are immortals, but if it is a humble house, if there is joy, it will be spiritual."

Hu Yue smiled and shook her head, "I see, do you think of me as your Yingying Yanyan?"

Chu Jue laughed: "If you are willing to commit yourself to go back with me, you are the main palace."

Hu Yue was stunned for a moment, then he laughed loudly and said: "Then you are out of luck. With someone like me sitting in the main palace, there will be no peace in the harem! Your Yingyingyanyan will all circle around me. "

Chu Jue poured a glass of wine for Hu Yue, and said, "Why didn't you tell her the truth. In fact, she has already caught the plague, and her life will not last long."

Hu Yue was pinched and said by the moonlight: "I am a person who has nothing to do with this world, so I can see all the sentient beings in this world with a smile. Some things, even if I say it, I can't stop it, it's up to her to decide gone."

Chu Jue looked at him, and thoughtfully said: "Can you really have no love or hate? Could it be that I..."

Hu Yue drank a cup first and said: "Fortunately, I have no love or hatred, so I want to see the joys and sorrows in this world, and the warmth and warmth of human relationships. It is also a kind of enlightenment. Brother Xian should be happy for me."

He poured himself a glass of wine and said, "Besides, the disease on her body is not an ordinary plague, it won't spread to people, it just... will attract something."

Chu Jue wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything. He filled a glass for Hu Yue, but he didn't drink it himself. He looked at the moon and said, "There must be a follow-up to this matter."

Hu Yue drank the cup, he held the cup up to the moon, and said: "And it won't be too long..."

Winter is tough, but spring is never too late. In the last season of winter, Hua Yan once again came to "Guan Qing Zhai"

At this time, her expression was extremely haggard, and her eyes had lost the clearness of the past. She could hardly walk, coughing and sighing unceasingly.

From a distance, it looks like a falling plum blossom, which is distressing.

Hu Yue and Chu Jue were still drinking and painting in the courtyard. They were taken aback when they saw Hua Yan coming, and then Hu Yue's amorous but unwavering eyes became more colorful. He looked at Hua Yan, still deeply She bowed her hand, but Hua Yan didn't have the strength to return the salute, she just lowered her head, and Hu Yue immediately helped her sit down.

Hua Yan looked at the yard, she said: "The green willows are only half yellow and half-yellow, spring is coming..."

As she spoke, she coughed, and Hu Yue reached out and patted her on the back three times. Chu Jue leaned forward, but was blocked by Hu Yue's hand.

Hua Yan stopped coughing, and her pale face began to blush a little. She took a deep breath and said, "Hey, it's much more comfortable... It's better to be here with the young master to make my family feel at ease."

Hu Yue remained silent, he sat in front of Hua Yan and poured her a glass of wine.Hua Yan said: "The slave family is here to tell the young master what happened to us afterwards, and I also ask the young master to give the slave family an answer."

She spoke very calmly, but her brows were always furrowed. It seemed that although she was smiling, she kept holding the cup with her hands.

Hu Yue said softly: "Girl...please tell me."

Hua Yan said: "Afterwards, my husband studied hard day and night, and I took out all my savings to help him, and he really lived up to my expectations and won the first prize in the exam. Today, the Holy Majesty personally received him and gave him royal wine. but……"

Later, the scholar, who is now the number one scholar, took Hua Yan back to the old house again, and the place became even more dilapidated. Although they could live in the inn housed by the government, and local officials would clean up the dust for them, this place is still popular. Liang lamented.

Xiucai was thinking about his aunt, so he went straight to the main house without pretending to stay, and the people in the government followed him. Xiucai was holding the number one scholar red bestowed by the emperor in his hand. Frightened, only he and Hua Yan rushed into the back room, he knocked on the door and said, "Auntie, grandson's name is on the gold list!"

After finishing speaking, he knelt down holding the imperial wine, and everyone saw that the champion knelt, and they also knelt down.But there was no movement at the door.

Xiucai looked at the door, he stood up and pushed open the door, the room was empty.And it doesn't look like there is any trace of human habitation at all, there are cobweb dust everywhere.

Xiucai was anxious. He stepped into the room and called out to his aunt again, but there was still no response.

No one dared to enter the house with Xiucai, only Hua Yan followed. She searched the house with Xiucai, but she didn't expect to find scattered bones in the house. Hua Yan was startled and screamed, and everyone rushed in.

In the corner of the room was a large pile of bones, and next to the bones was a dead cat.The dead cat's face was surprisingly big, as if it was the size of a real person. When Xiucai and Hua Yan saw the cat's face, they were so frightened that they couldn't speak. It's just that this face looks so weird at this moment.Hua Yan covered her mouth and kept trembling. Xiucai was even more shocked. She backed up a few steps and was supported by the magistrate.

One of the officials hurriedly called Wu Zuo to come over. Wu Zuo checked, and he said: "Report, the villain has checked. This bone is an old woman. And the marks on this bone seem to be bitten by beasts." .However, the woman's death was not caused by animals. Like..."

The county magistrate glanced at the scholar and urged, "What exactly did you die from?"

Wu Zuo replied: "Seeing that there are many injuries on the bones, the fatal wound is on the head. From what the villain saw, she was beaten to death."

The scholar stepped back, and a pot of imperial wine was also spilled on the ground. He wept silently, and could no longer hold back his tears.

The county magistrate saw the man in the crowd who kept retreating at a glance, and he ordered someone to take him down.That man was Lai Wu, he trembled and looked at the skeleton, and at the scholar who was already the number one scholar, feeling even more uneasy.He kept muttering: "Retribution, retribution is coming...Human-faced cat!"

The county magistrate made a decisive decision and detained her, only to find out later that the old woman had been staying in her former residence alone, only her child who was still studying hard in her heart, and she had only raised a cat all along, and lived a life of green lanterns to worship Buddha, not caring about world affairs life, and the cat will eat whatever he eats.Until there was a disaster here, more and more people died, and the dealers were also desolate.One of the hooligans named Lai Wu took the old woman's idea, as long as she died, he would kill the scholar who came to the funeral at that time.Then no one will claim the fields and ancestral houses here, and he can pretend to be them at that time.

He beat the old woman to death with sticks, pretended to be a plague, put her in the hall, locked the door and left, spreading news in the village.Until Xiucai came here, he said that his aunt was not dead, and talked to him.Lai Wuben is a rascal, ignorant and ignorant. Seeing this, he lost his confidence and dared not come to check, so he didn't do it for a long time. Until today, he was mixed in the team welcoming the champion, and he came here to see him. tells.But he kept yelling the words human-faced cat.

Later, according to the local old man, the human-faced cat ate the corpse whose soul was still alive, and the soul of the dead body was attached to the cat. This cat is that person, and it has all the will of that person, but Such a will can only do one thing, either repaying favor or revenge.Reciprocating grievances and enemies, he is called a god by the local people.Some places even have its place of incense.

However, the title of the scholar's gold list contributed to the realization of the last wish of the human-faced cat, so the soul left the body and returned to the void.It is also a crime that the cat is killed because of this.

When Hua Yan said this, she stopped.Hu Yue looked at her and said, "What happened afterwards?"

Hua Yan looked up at him, her eyes flashed green once, and she said: "Actually, my family thinks that cat has no crimes, it is repaying a kindness, you don't know, the old man regards this cat as his only companion The cat will eat whatever she eats. Don't treat it badly, but I didn't expect my aunt to die. The cat has no food, but she is unwilling to leave the old man's house. Guarding the old man's body until the first seven days, when the old man's soul returns, she Let the cat eat her own meat, so that she can continue her life until Ziming comes back, and see him for the last time, so that he can take the exam with peace of mind. And the cat sacrificed all her life because of this, just for the old man's last share of love and wishes..."

After Hua Yan finished speaking, a tear flowed, and the tears fell on the back of her hand. Hu Yue reached out and wiped away the tears in Hua Yan's hands, and said, "So, the old man you see is actually that cat. The body was already devoured by the cat. Right?"

Hua Yan nodded, she looked at Hu Yue, she held Hu Yue's hand, Chu Jue also stood up at this time, Hu Yue shook her head.

Hua Yan's hands trembled a little, and she said, "My lord, really...does there exist a cat with a human face?"

Hu Yue looked at her, but he didn't speak.Hua Yan was a little excited, she shouted again: "Master!"

Hu Yue nodded, and he covered Hua Yan's hand, Hua Yan looked very happy.As if she had got the answer, she stood up slowly and said, "As long as you have it, as long as you have it..."

Hu Yue sent her out of the door. He squinted at the door, and there was a cat parked beside him. of.It hid behind the willow tree, as if peeping at them, and when it saw Hua Yan coming out, it let out a shrill cry.

When Hu Yue saw the cat, she stopped in her tracks.But Hua Yan didn't feel it, she bowed back and gradually sank into the darkness, and then the cat disappeared.

Chu Jue came out, and he said, "The human-faced cat is also known as the God of Three Disasters. It seems that Miss Hua Yan really has a short life."

Chu Jue thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Actually, I know that Zhuangyuan Lang is about to marry the daughter of the grand master of the court. I also received the invitation card, hey, poor girl Hua Yan, the true feelings..."

Hu Yue said: "In the end, I still let her down, possessed by three disasters, and repaid each other... This Hua Yan used her last breath to tell me about this matter, presumably she..."

Chu Jue patted Hu Yue on the shoulder and said, "What will happen to her?"

Hu Yue looked at the dark shadow in the distance, he shook his head and said, "I don't know... She knows it herself."

In the following spring, on an auspicious day, the groom is the number one scholar handpicked by the current emperor, and the bride is the daughter of the grand master of the dynasty.Such a perfect combination of talent and beauty has attracted the attention of countless people.Even the Holy Majesty also gave congratulatory gifts, which made the couple even more favored by the dragon.People say that the groom and official can make a career in the sky by virtue of this marriage.

But they didn't expect that on the night of the wedding, the groom died suddenly. According to the girls and the bridesmaids, they saw a big cat that looked like a woman's face jumping out from the beam of the house. The cat bit off the groom's throat.The bride fainted from fright on the spot, and then she was in a daze, only shouting: "Human face cat."Everyone said that it was a cat monster, and some people said that the groom cheated on a woman, and after the woman died, she turned into a cat demon and took the cheater away.But no one knows what happened to this matter, and no one can guess where the source of this story is.

At the time of the funeral, people found the corpse of a white cat whose face looked very much like Hua Yan, a famous prostitute, in the coffin.There was a sneer on the corner of the cat's mouth. It was laughing at itself, as well as the world.