Author or source: Pu Songling's ancient prose "Painted Skin" Original: Wang Sheng of Taiyuan left early, met a girl, ran alone, it was difficult to step on, and it was also beautiful. My heart fell in love and asked, "Why walk alone at night? The woman said, "People who walk around the streets can't solve their worries, so why ask more questions? "."Sheng said, "What are you worried about? Or you can work hard. " The woman said gloomily, "My parents are greedy, so I'll marry Zhumen. I am so jealous that I insult it at night, far away. " Q: "Why? Holmium: There is no place for the dead. " Life says, "I'm not far away, but I'm bored." Women like it. From generation to generation, carry things, guide together, and return together. The servant girl asked, "Why don't you have a family?" Answer the cloud: "Jair. The woman said, "This place is very nice. If you pity my concubine, you must keep a secret. " Give birth to a promise. Is to sleep with you Hide in the secret room for a few days and don't let anyone know. I have a wife, Chen, who is suspected to be everyone's concubine. I advised her to send her, but she wouldn't listen. It is also a shame to meet a Taoist once in a while. Q: "What's the matter? Answer: "Nothing." "You are haunted by evil spirits," said the Taoist. Why don't you say nothing? " Life is white. The Taoist priest went and said, "Confused! The world is doomed to perish without realizing it! " Born with different opinions, she is quite suspicious of women. Instead, I think that beauty is not a demon, and Italian Taoist priests use nightmares to hunt food. There is nothing to do. You can't enter the house door, but if you doubt what you have done, the door of the room is closed. Peeking through the window, I saw a hideous ghost with a green face and teeth like a saw, spreading out human skin on the couch and drawing it with colored strokes. When he threw the pen away, his skin was raised like a vibrating dress and put on his body, turning into a woman. Seeing this, the beast fell out in great fear. I don't know where to go. When you are in the wild, you kneel for help, please send it away. The Taoist priest said, "This thing is both good and bitter. If you can find a substitute, you can't bear to hurt your life. " It was a fly that gave birth to a child and hung up the bedroom door. Break-up date at Di Qing Temple. When I was born, I was afraid to go into lent. I slept in the back room, hanging. At one o'clock, I heard something outside the door and didn't dare to peek, so my wife peeked. But when I saw the woman coming, I looked at the strokes and dared not enter. I stood up and gnashed my teeth, but I walked for a long time. When I was young, I came back and scolded, "Taoist priest scared me. In the end, I would rather spit in my mouth!" " "Take it to smash, into the bad bedroom door, go to bed, break your belly, and leave with your heart. Wife number. The maid entered the candle, her life was dead and her blood was in chaos. Chen dare not cry. Tomorrow, I will send my brother Jiro to tell the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest said angrily, "I pity it, but the devil dares!" " "That is, from my brother. This woman lost her position. Then he looked up and said, "fortunately, it's not far." Q: "Who is the South Yard?" Jiro said, "I have given up." "Now you're here," said the Taoist. Jiro was shocked and thought,No. The Taoist asked, "Has anyone who doesn't know been here alone?" Answer: "I went to Di Qing Temple very early, but I don't know whether it is good or not. I'll ask angelica. " After a while, I went back and said, "If there is, I will come in the morning and want to work for my servant's house, but I stopped it." "It's a thing," said the Taoist. Keep pace with the times. Wood blade stood up and shouted, "evil spirits! Give me a stroke! " Colorless indoors, trying to escape when going out, the Taoist struck it with a blow. A servant, whose skin was scraped off, became a ghost and lay like a pig. Wood blade is the leader of Taoist priests. Bodies turned into smoke and piled up everywhere. The Taoist priest took out a gourd, pulled it out and put it in the smoke. His mouth was like inhaling, and the smoke cleared in an instant. The Taoist stuffed his mouth into the bag. * * * Look at people's skin, make eyes, hands and feet, all equipped. The Taoist priest rolled it up like a scroll painting and wrapped it up, but he didn't want to leave. Chen bowed to the door and cried for the method of rebirth. Taoist Xie can't be sad in Chen Yi, and he can't get more than he bargained for. The Taoist priest mused, "I am too shallow to die." I mean, one person can do it. "ask:" who? Holmium: There are crazy people lying in the dirt trying to knock on the door in the market. Don't be angry if you insult your wife. "Jiro also learned that he was a different Taoist and went with his sister-in-law. Seeing a beggar jumping on the road, your nose is three feet, so you can't get close. Chen walked forward on his knees. The beggar smiled and said, "Do beautiful people love me?" Chen told the reason. He smiled again and said, "What's the point of living if one does his best?"? "! " Chen Gu Mourning. But he said, "What a surprise! People die and beg to live for me. Am I Yamaraja? " Anger hit Chen with a stick, and Chen reluctantly accepted it. People in the city gradually gathered. The beggar vomited and vomited, raised his hand to kiss Chen and said, "Eat!" " Chen Hong surfaced, reluctant to part; Considering the instructions of the Taoist priest, I am strong. When I felt it in my throat, it was as hard as cotton wool, and I giggled and stopped at my chest. The beggar smiled and said, "Beauty loves me!" Since then, this line has been ignored. Finally, enter the temple. Forced to ask for it, I don't know where it is, I searched it back and forth, and I was at a loss and returned with shame. Mourn the tragic death of her husband, regret the shame of eating and spitting, mourn and cry, and hope to die. To bleed and collect the body, the family is looking forward to it, and no one dares to go near it. Chen hugged the body and closed his intestines. He cried. I cried so hard that I wanted to throw up. I felt something in my stomach and rushed out. I didn't dare to look back and fell into my cavity. Seeing it in shock is a human heart, jumping around in the cavity, steaming like smoke. Very different. Anxiously put your hands together, trying to hug and squeeze. If you don't slack off, the gas will come out of the seam, that is, crack the silk and bind it urgently. Touch the body with your hands, warm it gradually, and cover it with a blanket. I woke up in the middle of the night and gasped. Dawn is still alive. Say, "I'm in a trance like a dream, but I have a dull pain in my abdomen." "Depending on the virginity, scabs, such as money, are healing. The waiter said, "Foolish people! Obviously, the devil also thinks it is beautiful. What a fool! Clearly loyal and think it's fake. However, if you fish for your wife's love, she will spit on you and be willing to eat. Heaven is good, stupid fans don't understand. Alas! 」

Wang Sheng of Taiyuan, traveling in the morning, met a girl, carrying a bag, rushing forward alone and trudging. Wang Sheng ran a few steps to catch up with her. It turned out to be a beautiful woman of sixteen or seventeen. I liked it very much, so I asked the woman, "Why did you travel alone before dawn?" The woman said, "You are also a passer-by, and you can't relieve my sorrow. Don't bother to ask me." Wang Sheng said, "What are you worried about? Maybe I can work for you, and I will never refuse. The woman said gloomily, "My parents are greedy for money and sold me to a big family as a concubine. My wife is very jealous and will abuse me sooner or later. I can't bear it, I'm going to run away. " Wang Sheng asked, "Where are you going?" The woman said, "The fugitive has no definite place." Wang Sheng said, "My home is not far, so please condescend to my home. The woman was very happy and listened to Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng took the luggage for the woman and went home with her. The woman looked around and saw that there was no one else in the room. She asked, "Why don't you have any family?" Wang Sheng replied, "This is the study." The woman said, "This place is very nice. If you sympathize with me and want to save my life, you must keep it a secret and don't leak the news. " Wang Sheng promised her. So he had sex with a woman. Hide a woman in a secret room for a few days without anyone knowing. Wang Sheng told his wife the general situation. His wife, Chen, suspected that this woman was a concubine of a large family and suggested sending her away. Wang Sheng wouldn't listen. Wang Sheng happened to go to the market and met a Taoist priest. When the Taoist priest looked back and saw Wang Sheng, he was very surprised and asked Wang Sheng, "What did you meet?" Wang Sheng replied, "No."The Taoist priest said, "There are evil spirits haunting you. Why don't you say no? " Wang Sheng tried to argue again. As soon as the Taoist priest left, he said, "What a fool! There are people who are dying and still not awake. " Wang was somewhat suspicious of this woman because of the Taoist priest's strange words; Instead, I thought, how can a beautiful woman become a monster? I guess Taoist priests used exorcism to cheat food. Before long, I walked to the door of the library and was blocked from the inside. I couldn't get in. Suspected to be the man who blocked the door, I climbed over the broken courtyard wall. It turned out that the door of the room was closed. Wang Sheng crept to the window to peep and saw a hideous ghost with emerald skin and long sharp teeth, like a saw. Spread a piece of human skin on the sofa and draw it with a colored pen in the forehand; After a while, I threw down my pen, raised my skin, and put it on my body like shaking clothes, so the ghost became a woman. Seeing this situation, Wang Sheng was so scared that he lay on the ground like a wild animal and couldn't climb out. I hurried behind the Taoist priest, but I didn't know where he had gone. Looking everywhere, I met a Taoist priest in the wild, kneeling in front of him and begging him to save himself. The Taoist priest said, "Please let me drive him away. This ghost is also very bitter, just to find the body body double; I can't bear to hurt her life. " So I gave the fly to Wang Sheng and asked Wang Sheng to hang it on the bedroom door. When we left, we agreed to meet at Di Qing Temple. Wang Sheng went back, afraid to go into the study, so he slept in the back room and hung flies on the door. About one o'clock, I heard the sound of grinding my teeth outside the door, so I didn't dare to look. Let my wife peek. I saw the woman coming, and I saw the fly afraid to enter the door; Standing there gnashing her teeth, it took a long time to leave. After a while, he came back and scolded: "Taoist priests frighten me, and they always don't want to spit it out after eating!" " "Pick the flies and smash them, smash the bedroom door and go in. He climbed into Wang Sheng's bed, tore open Wang Sheng's stomach, cut out Wang Sheng's heart, and left. The king's wife wailed. The maid went in to light the candle. Wang Sheng was dead, and her body cavity was full of blood. Chen was so scared that he only shed tears and dared not make any noise. After dawn, Wang told Jiro to run and tell the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest was very angry and said, "I sympathize with her, but the ghost dares to do so." "Just follow Jiro to the Wangs. That woman doesn't know where it is. After a while, the Taoist priest looked up and said, "Fortunately, it didn't take long to escape." He asked, "Whose house is the South Yard? Jiro said, "That's where I live." The Taoist said, "Now you are home. Jiro was surprised and thought there was no one at home. The Taoist priest asked, "Is there someone I don't know coming? Jiro replied, "I went to Di Qing Temple this morning. I really don't know. I'll ask. I went for a while and then came back and said, "There really is such a person. An old woman came in the morning. She wanted to be a servant for our family. My wife raised her and is still in my house. " The Taoist priest said, "This is a ghost." So Jiro and I went to his house. Holding wood blade in his arms, he stood in the middle of the yard and shouted, "Fairy! Pay for my flies! The old woman was in the house, too scared to change her face and went out to hide. Taoist chased the old lady and beat her. The old woman fell down, her skin fell off with a clash, and she became an evil ghost, lying on the ground howling like a pig. Taoist priests cut off the heads of evil spirits with wood blade; Ghosts turned into smoke, whirled around on the ground and became a pile. The Taoist priest took out a gourd, pulled off the plug and put it in the smoke. Like inhaling through the mouth, thick smoke enters the gourd and is sucked up in an instant. The Taoist blocked the mouth of the gourd and put it in the bag. Let's go to see human skin together, no problem. The Taoist priest rolled up the skin like a scroll, put it in a bag, said goodbye and wanted to go. Chen greeted at the door, crying for help. There is no way for a Taoist to refuse. Chen was even sadder and refused to get up. After meditation, the Taoist priest said, "My magic is still shallow, and I really can't come back to life. I mean, a person may be able to do this, and begging him will definitely have an effect. " Chen asked, "Who? The Taoist priest said, "There is a madman in the market. He often lies in the dirt. You try to ask him and beg him. If he insults his wife crazily, she won't be angry. Jiro also knew this man many times, so he bid farewell to the Taoist priest and went to find a madman with his sister-in-law. At the market, I saw a beggar singing wildly in the street, with a nose three feet long and dirty all over. Chen knelt down and walked forward on his knees. The beggar smiled and said, "Do beautiful people love me?" Chen asked the beggar to ask for him. The beggar smiled again and said, "Anyone can be your husband. Why save him? " ? "Chen begged him firmly. He even said, "How strange! When people die, they beg me to save them. Am I messing with the dead? " Chen hit it angrily with a stick. Chen got a good beating. People gradually gathered in the market and surrounded like a human wall. The beggar spat a handful of phlegm on Chen's mouth and said, "Eat." Chen's face flushed, and he looked embarrassed; I remembered the Taoist priest's instructions again and managed to eat it. I felt it enter my throat, as hard as cotton wool. I swallowed it and stopped at my chest. The beggar smiled and said, "Beauty loves me!" So I got up and walked away, never looking back. Chen followed him into the temple, trying to catch up with him and beg him. Since then, he has disappeared. Search carefully back and forth, there is no shadow at all, so I can only go home in shame and anger. When I got home, I was saddened by the tragic death of my husband, and I regretted being humiliated by eating phlegm and spitting. I looked up at the sky and cried, hoping to die at once. Trying to wipe off the blood and collect the body, the family stood by and watched, and no one dared to approach. Chen hugged the body, stuffed his intestines into his stomach, cleaned up and cried until his voice was hoarse and he suddenly wanted to vomit. I feel that the swallowed hard object between my chest and abdomen suddenly rushes out of my mouth, and I can't turn back. It has landed in Wang Sheng's abdominal cavity. Chen was surprised to find that it turned out to be a human heart, still chugging in the abdominal cavity, and the hot air was rising like smoke. Chen felt very strange, so he quickly folded his hands and tried to squeeze the two sides together. If you loosen it a little, hot air will come out of the seam. So he tore the silk and wrapped it tightly around his abdomen. Skillfully touching the body, the body gradually changes from cold to warm. Cover your body with a quilt. I opened the quilt in the middle of the night and saw a breath in my nose. At dawn, Wang Sheng was still alive. Say to people: "The scene is in a trance, like in a dream, and I only feel a dull pain in my stomach." "You see where the tear is, there is a scab like a copper coin, which will soon be good. Yi Shi said, "Stupid man! It is a monster, but you think it is a beauty. Confused and stupid people! This is a statement of loyalty, but it is considered nonsense. However, he will love the beauty of others and possess her, and his wife will eat others' spit and think it is sweet. Heaven pays attention to tit-for-tat, and fools are confused and people don't wake up. Really sad! 」