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Chapter 26 "Yasha Kingdom"

Vernacular Liaozhai Selected 蒲松齡 6592Words 2023-02-05
There was a man surnamed Xu in Jiaozhou who was sailing across the sea to do business in a distant place. When he encountered a strong wind at sea, the boat was blown to an unknown place.After the wind stopped, Xu opened his eyes and saw a place with rolling mountains and green trees.Xu wanted someone to live there, so he tied the boat, carried grain and dried meat, got off the boat and boarded the coast. As soon as I entered the mountain, I saw many caves densely arranged on the cliffs on both sides, like a beehive, and there were faint voices in the caves.When Xu came to a cave, he stopped and looked inside. There were two yakshas inside, baring two rows of white sword-like sharp teeth, their eyes staring like lanterns, and they were tearing a raw deer with their claws. meat to eat.Xu was scared out of his wits, and hurriedly turned around to escape, but Yasha had seen him, dropped the dead deer, stretched out his claws, and grabbed him into the hole.The two yakshas were talking to each other like birds and beasts, competing to tear off Xu's clothes, as if they wanted to eat him.Xu was terrified, and hurriedly took out the dry food and cooked beef jerky on his back, and gave them to Yasha.After Yasha finished eating, he thought it tasted delicious, so he went to search Xu's bag again.Xu shook his hand, indicating that there were no more.Yasha was furious and arrested him again.Xu pleaded, "Let go of me!"I have a pot on board, and I can make it for you to eat again!Yasha didn't understand what he said and was still angry.Xu gesticulated and said it again, and Yasha seemed to understand a little bit, so he followed him to the boat and took the pot into the cave.Xu brought firewood, lit the fire, and cooked the leftover raw venison meat for them. The two yakshas ate very happily.At night, Yasha blocked the entrance of the cave with stones, as if he was afraid that Xu would escape.Xu curled up and lay down far away from Yasha, trembling all night, fearing that he would eventually die.

After dawn, the two yakshas went out and blocked the entrance of the cave before leaving.After a while, a dead deer was brought to Xu.Xu then peeled off the deerskin, fetched water from the depths of the cave, and boiled several pots.After a while, several yakshas came, gathered together, and devoured the cooked venison in the pot.After eating, they all pointed to the pot, which seemed too small.After three or four days, a Yaksha brought a large cauldron on his back, which seemed to be the kind commonly used by people.Therefore, the Yakshas brought dead wolves, dead deer and other animals one after another, and boiled them in the pot.After cooking, ask Xu to eat together.After a few days like this, the Yashas gradually became familiar with Xu, and they stopped blocking the entrance of the cave when they went out, and treated him like a family.Xu was also gradually able to figure out what they meant based on the sounds made by Yasha, and often imitated their accents and said some Yasha words.The yashas were even more happy, and brought another hag to be Xu's wife.At first Xu was very scared and did not dare to move in front of the dominatrix.Later, the dominatrix took the initiative to make out with him, and Xu and she became husband and wife.The dominatrix was overjoyed, and from then on she often left cooked meat for Xu to eat, just like a loving couple.

One day, the yakshas got up early, each with a string of pearls hanging around their necks, and walked out of the cave in turn, as if they were welcoming some distinguished guests.He asked Xu to cook more meat.Xu asked the hag, and the hag said: Today is Tianshou Festival.Then he went out and said to other yakshas: Xu Lang has no bones!When all the yakshas heard about it, they each took off five beads and handed them to the mother yaksha together.The dominatrix picked another ten from her own neck, making a total of fifty, and strung them up with a rope made of wild hemp skin, and hung them around Xu's neck.Xu looked at these pearls, one was worth a hundred taels of silver.After a while, Yasha went out.After Xu finished cooking the meat, the dominatrix came and told him, "Go and pick up the king of heaven!"

Xu followed the Yashas to a big hole.The hole is several acres in size, and there is a huge rock in the middle, which is smooth and smooth, like a table.There are some stone seats around the boulder. The top one is covered with leopard skin, and the rest are covered with deer skin. There are about twenty or thirty yakshas sitting on it.After a while, I only heard the strong wind whistling, flying sand and rocks.The Yakshas rushed out to meet them.Xu saw a huge monster approaching, which also looked like a yaksha.The monster went straight into the hole, squatted high on the leopard seat and looked down.All the yakshas went into the cave together, and stood in two rows, east and west, with their heads raised, arms folded into a cross, and saluted to the big yaksha.Da Yasha nodded his head and asked: Are these the ones on Womei Mountain?All the yakshas agreed wildly.Da Yasha saw Xu and asked: Where did this come from?The dominatrix replied: He is my husband.Everyone praised Xu's cooking to Oyasha.Immediately, two or three Yakshas ran to fetch some cooked meat, and presented them on the stone table.Oyasha tore his claws, ate a full meal, praised the deliciousness, and ordered that he should be served cooked meat on time from now on.He looked at Xu again and said, "Why are your bony protrusions so short?"The yakshas replied: He has just arrived and is not ready yet.Oyasha took off the string of pearls from his own neck, took off ten pearls and gave them to Xu.These beads are larger than the tip of a finger and round like projectiles.The dominatrix hurriedly picked it up, dressed Xu and hung it around his neck.Xu also imitated Yasha's appearance, crossed his arms, and said Yasha's words to express his gratitude.Yasha then left, riding the strong wind, as fast as flying, and disappeared in a moment.All the yakshas ate his remaining cooked meat and dispersed.

After another four years, the dominatrix suddenly gave birth.Two boys and one girl were born in one birth, all of them were human, not like their mother.The Yashas liked the three children very much.Often tease them together. One day, all the yakshas went out to hunt, and only Xu was left sitting in the cave.Suddenly a dominatrix came from another cave and wanted to have an affair with Xu.Xu refused.The dominatrix got angry and threw him to the ground.It happened that Xu's wife came in from the outside. Seeing this, she rushed forward angrily, began to fight, and bit off her ear.After a while, the dominatrix's husband also came, and Xu's wife released her and let her go.From then on, Xu's wife guarded her husband every day and never left for a moment.Three years later, the children were able to walk.Xu taught them to speak human language, and gradually became able to babble and speak, and became a little popular.Although he is still a child, climbing a mountain is like walking on flat ground; he is attached to Xu Mouyi, and he has a very father-son bond.

One day, the dominatrix went out with a son and daughter, and did not come back for a long time.Just when the north wind was blowing, Xu remembered his hometown sadly.Then he led another son to the coast, and seeing that the original boat was still there, he discussed with his son to go back to his hometown.The son wanted to tell his mother, but Xu stopped him.The father and son boarded the boat and sailed with the wind. It took only one day and one night to reach Jiaozhou.After arriving home, Xu learned that his wife had remarried and left.He took out two pearls and sold them for tens of thousands of taels of silver, and his family became very rich.The son was named Xu Biao. When he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he could lift objects weighing hundreds of catties.The commander of the garrison in Jiaozhou was very surprised when he saw him, so he made him the general manager of Qian.Just in time for the frontier rebellion.Xu Biao was invincible in combat and made many contributions. He was promoted to lieutenant general at the age of eighteen.

At this time, a merchant was crossing the sea by boat, but also encountered a strong wind and was blown to Womei Mountain.As soon as I landed, I saw a young man walking.The young man was shocked when he saw the businessman, knowing that he was from the Central Plains, he asked about his hometown, and the businessman told him.The young man pulled him into a cave in a deep valley, and the outside of the cave was covered with thorn bushes, and told him not to go out.Not long after the boy left, he brought venison for the merchant to eat, and said to himself: My father is also from Jiaozhou.The businessman asked for his name, and when he knew the surname was Xu, he knew him, so he said, "Your father is an old friend of mine."His son is now a lieutenant general.The young man didn't know what vice general meant, but the businessman said, "This is a Chinese official name."The boy asked again: What is an official?The businessman replied: "The official is to go out and ride in a beautiful chariot and horse, and go home to live in a high hall; when you shout softly from above, hundreds of people respond with thunder; other people dare not look directly, so they can only stand sideways. This is an official!"The young man was very envious.The businessman asked him again: Since your father is in Jiaozhou, why did you stay here for so long?The young man talked about the past in detail.The businessman advised him to return to his hometown, and the young man said: I often think the same way.But my mother is not Chinese, and her language and appearance are different from those there.Moreover, once it fails to go, the consciousness of the same kind will be destroyed.So he hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.After speaking, the young man left, and when he was leaving the cave, he said to the merchant: "When the north wind blows, I will take you back. Please take a letter to my father and brother."

The businessman hid in the cave for nearly half a year.From time to time, he peeped out from the thorn bushes at the entrance of the cave, and saw that there were always yakshas coming and going in the mountain, which scared him so much that he dared not move.One day, the north wind suddenly picked up, and there was a rustling sound of wind blowing leaves in the mountains.The young man came suddenly and led him to flee in a hurry.While fleeing, he told him: Don't forget what I entrusted to you!The businessman agreed.So, with the help of the boy, the businessman finally escaped back.As soon as he arrived in Jiaozhou, the businessman immediately went to the deputy general's mansion and told Xu Biao what he had seen and heard in detail.Xu Biao was sad and happy when he heard this, so he went to look for his mother, brother and sister.My father was worried about the rough sea and the treacherous journey to Yasha country again, so he tried his best to dissuade him from going.Xu Biao beat his chest and cried bitterly, he had to go.My father couldn't dissuade me, so I had to let him.

Xu Biao told the commander-in-chief of Jiaozhou, picked two healthy and brave soldiers, and took a boat to the sea.It was facing a headwind, and the boat was going very hard.After tossing and tossing in the sea for half a month, when I looked around, I saw the sea was vast and boundless, and I could no longer tell east, west, north, south.Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, the waves were raging, and the boat was capsized all of a sudden.Xu Biao fell into the water, drifted with the waves for a long time, and was dragged ashore by a monster.The monster took him to a place where there were houses.After Xu Biao woke up, he looked around and saw a monster like Yasha standing beside him, so he asked in Yasha language.Yasha asked him in surprise, and Xu Biao told him where he was going.Yasha said happily: Womeishan is my hometown.I offended you so much just now.You have traveled eight thousand miles away from Womei Mountain. This road is to the Poison Dragon Kingdom, not to Womei Mountain.So I found a boat to take Xu Biao to Womei Mountain.Yasha pushed the boat in the sea, as fast as an arrow, and had traveled more than a thousand miles in an instant.After a night, I came to the north bank of Womei Mountain.Xu Biao saw a young man on the shore looking at the boundless sea.Xu Biao knew that there were no human beings in the deep mountains, so he suspected that the boy was his younger brother.When I got closer, I saw that it was really good. The two brothers held hands and cried bitterly.Xu Biao asked about his mother and younger sister, and the teenager replied that they were all safe and healthy.Xu Biao wanted to go look for them with his younger brother, but his younger brother stopped him and hurried away by himself.Xu Biao turned around to thank Yasha who sent him here, but saw that Yasha had left at some point.After a while, the mother and younger sister came and cried when they saw Xu Biao.Xu Biao told his mother that he wanted to take them back, but his mother said: I'm afraid they will be bullied after I go there!Xu Biao said: My son is very prosperous and rich in China, and others dare not bully my mother.So, the mother and son decided to return.However, due to the headwind, it was difficult to sail.When he was hesitating, he suddenly saw the cloth sails on the boat fluttering to the south, and the north wind blew up.Xu Biao was overjoyed.Said: God help me too!The four of them boarded the boat one by one.The north wind was very strong, and it took only three days to reach the shore of Jiaozhou.As soon as the four of them landed, the people who saw them thought they were monsters and ran away in fright.Xu Biao took off his clothes and let the three of them put them on separately.When she got home, the dominatrix saw Xu and cursed furiously, hating that he didn't discuss with her when he came back.Xu quickly apologized.Everyone in the family came to see the mistress, all trembling with fright.Xu Biao persuaded his mother to learn to speak Chinese, and let her wear brocade clothes and eat fat meat, so the dominatrix was happy.

Both the dominatrix and her daughter like to wear men's clothes, like Manchu people.After a few months, I gradually became able to speak Chinese.The skin of younger brothers and sisters gradually became fairer.The younger brother is Xu Bao, and the younger sister is Ye'er. Both of them are brave and powerful.Xu Biao was ashamed that he could not read and write, so he asked his younger brother to read.Xu Bao is very intelligent, and he can understand it at a glance through history books.But he didn't want to be a literati who could only read, so Xu Biao still let him practice drawing a hard bow and riding a strong horse. As a result, he passed the Wu Jinshi examination and married the daughter of a guerrilla officer as his wife.Because of Ye'er's strange appearance, no one dared to propose marriage to her.It happened that one of Xu Biao's subordinates, surnamed Yuan, lost his wife, so Xu Biao forced his sister to marry him.Ye'er can open a hundred stone bows, shoot birds with arrows from a distance of more than a hundred steps, and hit a hundred shots with a hundred hits.Yuan Shoubei always takes his wife with him every time he goes out on an expedition.Later, he was promoted to General Tongzhi, and most of the credit for his achievements came from his wife.When Xu Bao was thirty-four years old, he became an admiral of a province.The mother used to follow him to the south, and every time she faced a strong enemy, the mother always took off her armor, went into battle shirtless, and supported her son with a sharp knife.Anyone who fought against her was defeated.Later, when the emperor wanted to confer the title of baron on her, Xu Bao hurriedly refused, explaining that she was his mother, so the emperor changed her title to a lady.

Yi Shi's comment: It is a rare thing in the world that a Yasha is named a wife, but when you think about it carefully, it is not uncommon, every family has a lady Yasha by the bedside. 【original】 Jiaozhou's surname is Xu, and Fanhai's name is Jia.Suddenly it was blown away by the strong wind.Open your eyes to one place, the deep mountains are vast.There are people living in Ji, so they board the cable boat, and they are embarrassed. When you enter, you can see that the two cliffs have cave entrances, which are as dense as a beehive; there are voices hidden inside.When I arrived at the cave, I stopped and took a peek. Among them were two yakshas, ​​teeth and halberds, twin lights in their eyes, and claws to chop a raw deer to eat.The soul was frightened away, and he was eager to run down, but the yaksha had already seen it, and he stopped eating and insisted on entering.The two things talk about each other, like birds and beasts singing, fighting to split Xu's clothes, as if wanting to eat [ㄉㄢ' ㄉㄢ'; same eating].Xu Da was frightened, so he took the embarrassing glutinous rice [ㄅㄟ'; dry food] from the scorpion, and put it in with dried beef.It's beautiful to share.Turn over Xu Lu again, and Xu shakes his hand to show that he has nothing.Yaksha was angry and held on to it again.Xu Aizhi said: Release me.I have a cauldron in my boat for cooking.Yasha didn't understand his words, but was still angry.Xu Zai and sign language, Yasha seems to understand slightly.From the Zhizhou boat, he took tools and put them into the cave, bundled fuel and lit the fire, boiled the remnants of the deer, cooked them and offered them.The joy of eating two things.At night, a huge stone is used to block the gate, as if fearing Xu escape.Xu Qu's body lay far away, deeply afraid.At dawn, the two things come out, and they are cured again.Shaoqing, bring a deer to pay Xu.Xu peeled the leather, poured water into the deep hole, and boiled several kettles.There are countless yakshas here, and they gather together to eat and eat, and they all point to the cauldron, which seems to be too small.After three or four days, a nightshade will carry a large cauldron, which seems to be commonly used by people.So the group of Yaksha each sent a wolf moose.Both familiar, eat with Xu Xu.After staying for several days, Yasha gradually became familiar with Xu, and he was not imprisoned when he went out, and he got together like a family.Xu Jian is able to detect the sound and know the meaning, and he imitates the sound, which is the Yaksha language.Yasha Yiyue brought a female to his wife Xu.Xu Chu was afraid, so he didn't dare to stretch out; the female opened her buttocks to Xu, and Xu Nai made friends.Big female joy.Every time meat bait is left, it is as good as a piano. One day, the yakshas got up early, each hung a string of pearls under their necks, and went out again and again, as if waiting for a distinguished guest.Order Xu Duo to cook the meat.Xu Yi asked her, and she said, "This is Tianshou Festival."When the female comes out, it is said that all the yakshas said: "Xu Lang has no bone protruding son."Everyone picks five of them and pays the female.The female unraveled ten pieces by herself, and got a total of fifty, and used wild ramie as a rope to wear and hang Xu Xiang.Xu Shizhi, one bead can be worth a hundred and ten gold.All of Russia is out.After Xu cooked the meat, the females came and invited them, saying, "I will welcome the king of heaven."To a large hole, several acres wide.There are stones in the middle, which are smooth and flat; there are stone seats all around; the upper one is covered with a leopard leather, and the rest are made of deer.There are twenty or thirty generations of yakshas, ​​sitting in a row.In a short while, the wind and dust raised the air, causing panic.Seeing a gigantic object approaching, it was also like a yaksha, and it rushed into the cave and sat on the owl.The group followed, standing in rows from east to west, looking up at their heads, crossing their arms.Da Yasha nodded his head and asked, "Is this all the people in Womei Mountain?"The group coaxed it.Gu Xu said: Where did this come from?The female and the son-in-law are right.Everyone praised his cooking.That is to say, there are two or three yakshas who rush to fetch cooked meat and serve them on the table.The big yaksha eats his fill, praises it very much, and is obliged to make offerings constantly.And Gu Xuyun: Why is the bone protruding so short?Zhongbai: Unprepared for the first time.Take the string of beads from the item, take off ten pieces and put them on, all of them are as big as the top of a finger and as round as a bullet.The female picks up urgently and wears it on behalf of Xu.Xu Yi crossed his arms and thanked him in a yaksha language.Things are gone, and they walk on the wind, and they are as fast as flying.The crowd began to enjoy the rest of the food and dispersed. After living for more than four years, the female suddenly gave birth, giving birth to two males and one female, all of which are humanoid, not like their mother.All the yakshas are happy with his son, and they fight together.One day, everyone came out to grab food, but Xu sat alone.Suddenly, a female came to the cave and wanted to have sex with Xu, but Xu refused.Yasha was furious, and rushed to Xu [ㄅㄛ; fell] to the ground.Xu's wife came from the outside, fighting each other in rage, and cut off her ear.After a while, the hero also returned, explaining the order to go.Since then, every time the female keeps quiet, her movements and breaths are inseparable.In another three years, all the children can walk.Xu Noir taught people to speak, gradually became able to speak, and among the chirping, he became popular.Even though he is a child, running to the mountains is like walking on a smooth road; near Xu Yiyi, he feels like a father and son.One day, the female, one son and one daughter go out and don't return for half a day.And the north wind blows.Xu Tseran missed his hometown and took his son to the coast. Seeing that the old boat was still there, he planned to return with him.The son wants to tell the mother, so Xu Zhizhi.Father and son boarded the boat and made friends all day and night.At home, his wife has already married.Two pearls were produced, which sold for a surplus of gold, and the family was quite rich.The son was named Biao.Fourteen or fifteen years old, able to lift a hundred weights, rough and aggressive.Jiaoshuai was surprised when he saw it, thinking that Mr. Qian.The value is chaotic, and the direction is active. Eighteen is the lieutenant general. At that time, a merchant flooded the sea, and was also blown to Womei by the wind.When Fang landed on the shore, he saw a young man and was shocked.Knowing that he was a Chinese, he asked Curie, and the business told him.The young man dragged himself into a small stone cave in the valley, and there were bushes of thorns outside the cave; he was told not to come out.When going to move, bring venison to eat business.Said to himself: Father also makes friends with others.The merchant asked about it, and he knew it as Xu, and the merchant tasted it among the guests.Because he said: I am also an old friend.Now his son is the lieutenant general.The young man didn't know his name.Shang said: This is the official name of China.Ask again: Why are you an official?Said: When you go out, you will ride a horse, and when you enter, you will go to the high hall; when you go up, you will go down to Bainuo; those who see it will look sideways, and stand sideways: this is called an official.The young man really Xin [ㄒㄧㄣ; envy] moves.Shang said: Since the emperor is paying attention, how long will it be flooded here?The young man confessed his love.Shang advised Nanxuan.Said: I also often make this thought.But the mother is not Chinese, so her speech and appearance are very different;Nai Chu said: "When the north wind blows, I will see you off."I was bothered by my father and brother, and sent a question.For half a year in Shangfu Cave.From time to time, peeping out from the thorns, I saw that there were nightshades going back and forth in the mountains; I was so afraid that I didn't dare to move less. One day, when the north wind blows, the boy suddenly arrives, leading him to flee in a hurry.The exhortation said: Don't forget what you said.Business should.Put the meat on the table again, and the merchant will return.Arrived at Jiaojiao, arrived at the vice president's mansion, and prepared what I saw.Biao heard it and was sad, and wanted to find it.My father was worried that the waves of the sea would be dangerous and difficult to commit crimes, so he tried his best to stop them.Biao caressed and cried bitterly, but his father couldn't stop.But he told him to hand over the commander and took two soldiers to the sea.Against the wind and against the boat, it takes half a month to swing in the sea.Looking around is boundless, and it is confusing at hand, and it is impossible to distinguish the north from the south.Suddenly the waves surged to meet Han, and the boat capsized.Biao fell into the sea, chasing the waves.After a long time, he was dragged away by something; to one place, there was a house.Biao regards it as a nightshade.Biao is the Yaksha language.When Yasha was alarmed, Biao told him where he was going.Yasha said happily: "My eyebrows, my hometown."Offensive!You are eight thousand miles away from your old way.This is going to be the poisonous dragon country, and it is not the way to crouching eyebrows.Nai found a boat to send Biao off.Yaksha pushed through the water like an arrow, and traveled thousands of miles in a flash. After one night, he had reached the north bank.See a young man, looking forward to the stream.Biao knows that there are no human beings in the mountain, so he is suspected to be his brother; if he is close, he is Guo's brother.Crying because of holding hands.Then I asked my mother and sister, and Yun Jian'an.Biao wanted to go with him, but his younger brother stopped him, so he went in a hurry.Thank Yaksha back, then go.Not long after, both mother and sister arrived, crying when they saw Biao.Biao told his intention.Mother said: I am afraid that I will be bullied by others.Biao said: "My son is very honored and honored in China, and people dare not bully him."The final plan has been decided, and it is difficult to suffer against the wind.While mother and son were hesitating, they suddenly saw the cloth sail moving south, and its sound rustled.Biaoxi said: "God help me!"Boarding the boat one after another, the waves are like arrows; when they arrive at the shore in three days, everyone who sees them will run.Biao took off his robe and trousers to the three of them.When they got home, the dominatrix saw Weng scolding and hated him for not planning.Thank you so much.When the family members visited the mistress, they all trembled.It is a great relief for Biao to persuade his mother to learn to write in Chinese, dress in brocade, and hate sorghum meat.Both mother and daughter are dressed as boys, which is full of class.A few months to distinguish the language.The younger siblings are also getting fairer. The younger brother is called Leopard, and the younger sister is called Ye'er, both of whom are powerful.Biao is ashamed that he doesn't know the book, so he teaches his younger brother to read.The leopard is the most intelligent, and the history has passed.And he doesn't want to practice Confucianism; he still uses strong crossbows, gallops angry horses, and becomes a military scholar.Hire a guerrilla girl.Ye'er marries with a different species and has nothing to do with her.Under the monogram, Yuan Shoubei lost his spouse and forced his wife.At night, he opened a hundred stone bows, and shot birds with more than a hundred steps, without falling in vain.Yuan every Zheng, Noir and his wife.Qi Xun has served as a general of Tongzhi, and Qi Xun came from a boudoir.Leopard is thirty-four years old and printed.The mother tried to follow the southern expedition, and every time she faced a huge enemy, she would hold on to her armor and hold her sharp edge to support her son.Edict the baron.Leopard made a speech on behalf of his mother and sealed his wife. Yi Shi said: Mrs. Yasha is also rare to hear, but it is not uncommon to think about it carefully: every family has a Yasha beside the bed.
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