Chapter 18 "Blue Phoenix"

The Geng family in Taiyuan, Shanxi was originally a family of officials and eunuchs, with a spacious and grand house.Later, the family declined, and most of the continuous buildings and tile houses were empty, so many strange things happened.The door of the house always opened and closed by itself, and family members often woke up in the middle of the night screaming.The owner of the Geng family was very worried about this, so he moved to live in the villa, leaving only an old man watching the door.Since then, the house has become more desolate and desolate, and sometimes the sound of talking, laughing, singing and playing musical instruments can be heard inside.

Geng Qubing, the nephew of the owner of the Geng family, has a wild and unruly personality.He told the old man at the door to run and tell him if he heard or saw anything.At night, the old man saw the lights flickering upstairs, so he went to tell him.Geng Sheng wanted to see what was causing the trouble, but the old man dissuaded him and refused to listen.Geng Sheng was very familiar with the doors of the houses in the courtyard, so he pulled out the basil and walked into the courtyard along the winding path.He went up to the building and saw nothing strange.Walking through the building and going back, I heard a slight voice.Taking a peek, I saw two huge candles burning, illuminating the surroundings as brightly as day.An old man wearing a Confucian crown is sitting facing south, and an old woman is sitting opposite him. Both of them are over forty years old.Facing the east sat a young man in his twenties; on the right sat a girl who was just fifteen or sixteen years old.The table was full of wine and food.The four of them were sitting around talking and laughing.

Geng Sheng walked into the room suddenly, and shouted with a smile: "An unexpected guest has arrived!"The people inside were terrified and ran away.Only the old man came out and shouted: "Who broke into the inner room of the house?"Geng Sheng said: This is the inner room of my house, but it was taken by you.Wouldn't it be a bit too stingy to drink fine wine by yourself without inviting the host?The old man looked at him carefully and said: You are not the owner of this place.Geng Sheng said: I am Geng Qubing, the master's nephew.The old man saluted and said: I have admired your name for a long time!I have long admired my name!Make a bow and ask Geng Sheng to sit down, and ask his family to replace the food and wine.Geng Sheng refused to let him change, so the old man poured wine for Geng Sheng.Geng Sheng said: We are old friends, there is no need to avoid the people at the banquet just now, and invite them to have a drink together.The old man shouted: Xiaoer!After a while, a young man came in from the outside.The old man said to Geng Sheng: This is my son.Xiao'er bowed his hands and sat down.Geng Sheng roughly asked about their family names, and the old man said: My name is Yijun, and my surname is Hu.Geng Sheng has always been forthright, chatting and laughing happily.Xiaoer is also very detached, different from ordinary people.The two chatted with each other, congenial, very happy.Geng Sheng was twenty-one years old, two years older than Xiao'er, so he was called his younger brother.Hu Sou said: I heard that your grandfather once compiled a "Tu Shan Wai Zhuan", do you know it?Geng Sheng replied: I know.Hu Sou said: I am a descendant of the Tu Shan clan.I still remember the genealogical lineages from the Tang Dynasty onwards, but those of more than five generations have been lost.Hope you can give me some advice.Geng Sheng roughly described Tu Shannv's credit for marrying Dayu and helping him control the water, and the beautiful words and witty words in his speech were like a spring.Hu Sou was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Xiao'er: "Today I am fortunate to hear something that I have never heard before."The young master is not an outsider, please invite your mother and Qingfeng to listen together, so that they can know the merits of our ancestors.Xiao'er walked into the curtain.

After a while, the old woman came out with the girl.Geng Sheng took a closer look, the girl's frail figure showed every kind of coquettishness, and her beautiful eyes revealed a look of intelligence. There is no more beautiful woman than her in the world.Husou pointed to the woman and said: This is my old wife, and then pointed to the girl and said: This is Qingfeng, my niece. thing.After Geng Sheng narrated, he drank again, fixed his eyes on Qingfeng, and didn't even move his eyes.Qingfeng noticed it and lowered her head.Geng Sheng stepped on Qingfeng's feet in secret, Qingfeng stepped back quickly, and there was no anger on his face.Geng Sheng's mind was shaken, and he couldn't control himself. He clapped the table and said loudly: If he gets a wife like Qingfeng, he will not change the king of the south!Seeing that Geng Sheng was getting more and more drunk, the woman hurriedly got up together with Qingfeng, opened the curtain and left.Geng Sheng was very disappointed, so he said goodbye to Hu Sou and came out.But I always miss Qingfeng in my heart, and I can't forget it all the time.At night, Geng Sheng went upstairs again, and the scent of orchid musk still lingered inside.I waited intently all night, and there was always silence.He went home to discuss with his wife and wanted to move the family upstairs, hoping to meet Qingfeng again.His wife disagreed, so Geng Sheng went there by himself and lived downstairs to study.

At night, just as Geng Sheng was leaning on the table, a ghost came in with disheveled hair, his face was as black as pitch, and he stared at Geng Sheng.Geng Sheng smiled, dipped his fingers in ink to blacken his face, and stared at the ghost with burning eyes, the ghost walked away in shame.The next night, it was very late at night, and Geng Sheng blew out the candle and was about to go to sleep, when he suddenly heard the latch of the door at the back of the building slamming.Geng Sheng hurriedly got up and went over to check it out. It turned out that the door was half open.After a while, the sound of small footsteps was heard, and someone came out of the house with a lighted candle.At first glance, it was Qingfeng.Seeing Geng Sheng suddenly, Qingfeng backed away in fright, and hurried back to close the two doors.Geng Sheng knelt down straight, and said to Qingfeng inside the door: "Xiaosheng came here at the risk of danger, and it is indeed for your sake."Fortunately, there is no one else here. If you can give me a handshake, I will not regret my death.Qingfeng said through the door from a distance: You have a deep affection for me, how can I not know it!It's just that my uncle is very strict, so I dare not agree to your request.Geng Sheng begged bitterly and said: I don't dare to have the extravagant hope of shaking hands with you now, I just want to see you once and that's enough.Qingfeng seemed to agree, opened the door and came out, grabbed Geng Sheng's arm and pulled him up.

Geng Sheng was overjoyed, and the two went downstairs hand in hand.Geng Sheng picked up Qingfeng and put it on his lap.Qingfeng said: Fortunately, there is fate. After tonight, even lovesickness will be useless.Geng Sheng asked: Why?Qingfeng replied: Uncle was afraid that you were too crazy, so he turned into a ghost to scare you, but you didn't move at all.Now he has found another place to live, and the whole family has moved to the new house.I'll stay with the guard and go tomorrow.After finishing speaking, I wanted to leave, and said: I am afraid that uncle will come back.Geng bluntly refused to let her go, wanting to make out with her.When they were at a stalemate, Hu Sou came in without making a sound.Qingfeng was ashamed and frightened, feeling ashamed, she leaned on the bed with her head down, clutching her belt in her hands and not speaking.Husou said angrily: "You bitch has humiliated my family, if you don't leave quickly, I'll beat you with a whip!"Qingfeng hurried away with her head down, and Hu Sou followed.Geng Sheng followed behind, hearing Hu Sou's incessant scolding, and Qing Feng's soft sobbing.Geng Sheng's heart was cut like a knife, and he said loudly: Xiaosheng is guilty, what does it have to do with Qingfeng?If you spare Qingfeng and let you chop with a knife and axe, Xiaosheng is willing to bear it by himself!After a long time, there was no movement at all, and Geng Sheng went back to sleep.

Since then, there have been no strange sounds in the house.When Geng Sheng's uncle heard about it, he thought Geng Sheng was unusual and was willing to sell the house to him, regardless of the price.Geng Sheng was very happy, so he moved his family here.After living here for more than a year, Geng Sheng felt very comfortable, but he never forgot about Qingfeng. It just so happened that when Geng Sheng returned from visiting the grave on Ching Ming Festival, he saw two little foxes being chased by a big dog.One got into the weeds and fled; the other panicked and ran along the road. When it saw Geng Sheng, it wailed reluctantly and bowed its head and ears meekly, as if begging him for help.Geng Sheng took pity on it, so he unbuttoned his clothes, picked it up, and carried him home.After closing the door and putting it on the bed, it turned out to be Qingfeng.Geng Sheng was overjoyed and hurried to condolences to her.Qingfeng said: Just now I was playing outside with the maid, and I encountered such a catastrophe.If it wasn't for the help of my husband, I would definitely die in the belly of a dog.I hope you don't hate me for not being human.Geng Sheng said: I miss you every day, it really haunts my dreams.Seeing you now is like a treasure, how can I hate it!Qingfeng said: This is also the number of days. If it is not because of this catastrophe, how can I follow you?And that's how lucky it is!The maid must think that I am dead, so that I can be with you for the rest of my life.Geng Sheng was very happy, so he tidied up another room for Qingfeng to live in.

After more than two years, Geng Sheng was studying one night when Xiao Er suddenly came in.Geng Sheng put down the scroll and asked him in surprise what he was doing here.Xiao'er knelt on the ground and said sadly: My father will be in trouble, and you can't save him.He wanted to come to beg you in person, but he was afraid that you would not want to see him, so he let me come.Geng Sheng asked: What's the matter?Xiaoer said: Do you know Mo Sanlang?Geng Sheng said: He is the son of my classmate Xueyou.Xiaoer said: Tomorrow he will pass by your door.If he is carrying a fox he has hunted, I hope you will bring it over and keep it.Geng Sheng said: The humiliation downstairs that year still haunts me, and I don't want to ask about his affairs.If you have to do me a favor, I have to ask Qingfeng to ask for it!Xiao'er wept and said: "Sister Feng has died in the wilderness for three years!"Geng flicked his clothes with his sleeve angrily, and said: If this is the case, then the resentment is even deeper!After finishing speaking, he picked up the scroll and read aloud, and ignored him again.Xiao'er got up from the ground, wept bitterly, covered his face with his sleeve and walked away.Geng Sheng went to Qingfeng and told her about it.Qingfeng was shocked and said: Can you save him?Geng Sheng said: "To save him is to save him for sure; the reason why he didn't agree just now is to take revenge on his previous arrogance."Only then did Qingfeng happily say: I lost my parents when I was young, and grew up relying on my uncle.Although he was punished in the past, according to the family rules, it should be like that.Geng Sheng said: This is indeed the case, but it makes people have to worry about it.If you really died that time, I would never save him.Qingfeng smiled and said: Your heart is really cruel!

The next day, Mo Sanlang really came. He was riding a horse with a gold belt on his chest, wearing a bow cover embroidered with tigers, and he had many attendants and was very powerful.Geng Sheng went out to meet him, and saw that he had hunted a lot of animals.Among them was a black fox whose fur was stained red by the blood from the wound; when I touched it with my hand, it was still mild.Geng Sheng assumed that his fur coat was torn, and asked for the fox's skin to mend it.Mo Sanlang untied it generously as a gift.Geng Sheng handed the fox to Qingfeng, and then went to drink with the guests.After the guests left, Qingfeng held the fox in her arms, and it took three days for it to wake up, and turned back into Husou again.Hu Sou looked up and saw Qingfeng, and suspected that it was not in the human world.Qingfeng told him the whole story.Hu Sou then bowed down to Geng Sheng, with a face ashamed, he apologized for his past mistakes, then he looked at Qingfeng happily and said: I said that you never died, and today I really proved it.Qingfeng said to Geng Sheng: If you love and pity me, please lend me the building to live in, so that I can show some filial piety to the old man.Geng Sheng agreed to her request.Hu Sou said his thanks and said goodbye with shame on his face.

At night, Husou's family really moved in.Since then, the two families have become as close as father and son, and no longer suspect each other.Geng Sheng lives in the study, and Xiao Er often comes to talk with him.The son born to Geng Sheng's regular wife gradually grew up, so he asked Xiao'er to be his teacher; 【original】 The Geng family in Taiyuan, so everyone, the mansion is Hongkuo.After Ling [ㄌㄧㄥ] Yi [weak power, decline], the buildings stretched across, half deserted.Because of the weirdness, the door of the hall opened and closed by itself, and the family members were horrified at night.Geng suffered from it, moved to the villa, and stayed with the old man.From this, it is even more desolate.Or hear laughter and songs.Geng Youcongzi Qubing, wild and unrestrained, asked Weng to tell what he heard and saw.At night, when I saw the lights on the upstairs going on and off, I went to report my life.If you want to be born, you will be different.Stop it, don't listen.The gate is familiar with it, but the Artemisia canopy is pushed in and twists and turns.Climbing upstairs is no different.Pass through the building and hear people's words.Peeking into it, you can see double burning giant candles, which are as bright as day.An old man with a Confucian crown sits facing the south, and a woman faces each other. They are both over forty years old.There is a young man in the east, about twenty, and a girl on the right, who is only as tall as Ji'er.Wine scorpion [ㄗ'; Lumpy meat] The table is full, and the group sits and laughs.Sheng broke in, laughed and said: "There is an uninvited guest coming alone!"The group ran away in fright.The old man came out and scolded, "Who and why did you enter someone's boudoir?"Sheng said: This is my boudoir, and you occupy it.Is it too stingy to order wine to drink by yourself without inviting the host?The old man examined the truth and said: "It is not the master."Sheng said: I am crazy to give birth to Geng Qubing, my master's follower Zier.The old man paid tribute and said: I have been looking up to the mountain for a long time!When Nai Yi was born, he called his family to change food.Live and stop.The old man is a drinker.Sheng said: "My generation is a family member, and there is no one to avoid the guests. I also pray for drinks."The old man called: Xiaoer!Russian teenagers come in from outside.The old man said: "This porpoise is also."Sit with a bow, and briefly examine the family.The old man said to himself: The surname of Yijun is Hu.Born Suhao, talking and talking, filial children are also suave; while pouring out, elegant and loving.Born twenty-one years old, Chang Xiaoer was two years old, because of his younger brother.The old man said: I heard that the ancestor of the emperor compiled Tushan [Yu's wife] anecdotes, do you know it?Answer: I know it.The old man said: I am also a descendant of the Tushan clan.After the Tang Dynasty, the genealogy can still be remembered; there is no transmission from the Five Dynasties.Fortunately, the young master is also teaching.Briefly describe the achievements of Zuo Yu, the daughter of Tushan, with a lot of whitewashing words, and Miao Xu springs up.The old man was overjoyed, and said to his son, "I am fortunate to have heard something I have never heard of."The son is not someone else, so you can invite grandma and Qingfeng to come and listen to it together, so that you can know my ancestor's virtue.Xiaoer enters the curtain.When I was young, I went out with a girl.Looking at it, she is weak and delicate, with beautiful eyes and wit, and there is no beauty in the world.The old man pointed to the woman and said: This is Lao Jing.He also refers to the girl: this Qingfeng is also my niece.Quite beneficial, I never forget what I hear and see, so I call to listen to it.Live chat and drink, look at the girl, stop watching and not turn.When women feel it, they often bow their heads.Life is hidden and the lotus hook is hidden, and the woman is anxious to restrain her feet, and she is not angry.Sheng was high-spirited and unable to control himself. He clapped the case and said: "It's not easy to get a wife like this, and it's not easy for the king in the south!"Seeing that she was getting drunk and mad, she got up with her daughter and went away in a hurry.If you are disappointed, you will leave the old man.But the heart is lingering, and I can't forget my love for Qingfeng.

At night, when you go back, the orchid musk deer will still smell fragrant, and wait for the whole night, silently coughing.Going back to his wife, I want to live with my family, hoping to meet once.If the wife refuses to obey, she will live by herself, and read downstairs.In the night, a ghost came in, his face was as black as lacquer, and his eyes were open.Laughing, dabbing in ink and painting with fingers, staring at each other burningly.The ghost left ashamed.The next night, it was even darker, and I was about to go to bed when I put out the candles.If you are anxious to see the target, the door is half opened.Russia heard the sound of footsteps broken, and there was candlelight coming out of the room.Look at it, then Qingfeng also.Seeing life suddenly, he retreated in horror, and suddenly closed his doors.When he grew up, he gave a speech saying: "Xiaosheng does not avoid danger and evil, and it is because of Qing."Fortunately, there is no one else, so I have to shake hands to laugh, and I will die with no regrets.Nv Yao said: "Girl is affectionate, don't concubines know?"But the uncle and boudoir were strict in training and did not dare to obey orders.Shenggu mourns: I dare not even look at skin-to-skin relatives, but seeing the color is enough.The woman seems to be able to open the gate and go out, grabbing her arm and dragging it.Raised in ecstasy, Xiang Jiang went downstairs and embraced him on his knees.The woman said: "Fortunately, I have a long-term relationship. After this night, lovesickness will be useless."Q: Why?Said: Uncle is afraid of the king's madness, so he turns into a fierce ghost to scare each other, but the king doesn't move.Now I have already lived in another place, and the whole family has moved their belongings to the new house, while the concubine stayed behind and will leave tomorrow.Having said that, I want to go, saying: I am afraid that my uncle will return.Life is forced to stop it, desire and joy.While Fang was discussing, the old man covered up.The woman was so ashamed that she couldn't contain herself, leaned her head on the bed, and said nothing.The old man said angrily: "The lowly servant girl insults my family!"Don't hurry, whip and go from there!The woman bowed her head and hurried away, and the old man also came out.Listen to it at the end, full of criticism.Hearing Qingfeng's weeping, she felt as if she was cutting her heart, and said loudly: "The crime is in Xiaosheng, what can I do to Qingfeng?"If you are a phoenix, sawing a knife and sawing a battle axe, Xiaosheng is willing to accept it!After a long time of silence, life comes to sleep.Since then, there has been no further sound in the first chapter. Uncle Sheng was surprised when he heard about it, and he was willing to sell it to live in, which is not straightforward.He was born happy, and moved with his family.It's very suitable to live for more than a year, but it's not like forgetting the phoenix even for a moment.Will return to the tomb in Qingming, see the little fox two, chased away by dogs.One fled to the wasteland, and the other was on the road in a hurry.Seeing life, Yiyi weeps, and 阘 [should be the 20 radicals,] ear-editing the first, as if begging for help.Feeling pity for him, he opened his skirts and hugged him back home.Close the door and put it on the bed, and there will be Qingfeng.Great joy, condolences.The woman said: "It's suitable to play with the maidservant, it's a big disaster."If you are not a gentleman, you will be buried in the belly of a dog.I hope that there is nothing wrong with seeing and hating.Sheng said: day by day, thinking about it, tied to the dream of the soul.Seeing Qing as if you have obtained a rare treasure, how can you hate it!The woman said: "The number of days is also, not because of subversion, how can we follow?"Fortunately, the servant girl must regard the concubine as dead, and she can make a permanent appointment with the king.If you are happy, you will give up.After more than two years of accumulation, Shengfang read at night, and Xiaoer suddenly entered.The student stopped studying, surprised and questioned.The filial son fell to the ground and said sadly: "The ruler of the family is in trouble, and it is not the ruler who can rescue him."I will be sincere, but I am afraid I will not accept it, so I come here.Q: What's the matter?Said: "Does your master know Mo Sanlang?"Said: This is the son of my Nian family.Xiaoer said: "Tomorrow will pass. If you have a hunting fox with you, I hope you will keep it."Sheng said: "The shame downstairs, I am thinking about it, and I dare not predict it."If you want to be weak, you must come to Qingfeng!Xiaoer said with zero tears: "Sister Feng has been dead for three years!"Sheng Fuyi said: "Since you, then hate grows deep in your ears!"Hold the scroll and sing high, regardless of looking forward.Xiao'er got up, wept uncontrollably, covered his face and left.Born as Qingfeng said, tell me why.The woman turned pale and said, "Is it possible to save it?"Said: If you save it, you will save it; if you make a promise that is not suitable, you will also talk about it in return.Nv Naixi said: "The concubine is young and lonely, and the uncle is established."Although he was convicted in the past, it was Fan Yinger.Sheng said: It is true, but it makes people unable to ignore Jieer.If Qing Guo dies, he will not help each other.The woman smiled and said: "Be patient!"The next day, when Mo Sanlang arrived, he carved a tiger's head [ㄔㄤ'; the cover of the Tibetan bow], and his servants were very impressive.The door of life is against it.I saw a lot of poultry, and I caught a black fox with blood on its fur and leather; if you stroke it, its skin and flesh are still warm.So I asked Qiu to make up for it.Mo generously gave it away.Pay Qingfeng immediately when you are born, and drink with guests.After the guest left, the woman hugged the fox in her arms, died in three days, and turned into an old man again.When you look up and see the phoenix, it is suspicious that it is not human.The woman speaks her feelings.The old man bowed down and thanked him for his mistakes.Xi Gu Nu said: I always said that you would not die, and now it is true.The woman said: "If you miss your concubine, you still beg for a house and a house, so that the concubine can claim the selfishness of repaying the nurturing."Make a promise.The old man shyly thanked him and left.At night, the whole family comes.From this, it is like a father and son in the family, and there is no doubt about it.Born and lived in Zhai, when I was a filial child, we talked about Yan together.The son of the first son grew up, so he was entrusted to him; Gai Xun Xun was good at teaching, and he had a teacher Yan.