At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a Gong Sheng in Henan. His father died young, and his mother was the only relative in the family.

After graduating from private school, he went on to learn to write and draw with others. After a few years, he became proficient in all kinds of fonts, sketching, watercolor and ink paintings. The best thing is figure painting. The door gods he paints are majestic, and the ladies he paints are lifelike. He drew beautiful portraits of all kinds of women in "Strange Stories from Liaozhai" according to the description of Pu Songling, one more slim and cute than the other. He often thought of these beautiful women: "No matter if you are a ghost girl or a fox spirit, I dare to ask for it, but I am afraid that I will not be able to touch you!" In the countryside, Gong Sheng's calligraphy and paintings come in handy. Especially before the Spring Festival, all kinds of Spring Festival couplets, door gods, and New Year paintings are in short supply.

Geng Shennian's Laba, Gong Sheng went to the market to sell calligraphy and painting and closed the stall late. It was dark before halfway home, and there was a village in front of him to rest. Gong Sheng asked the villagers for help and asked for a night's sleep, and then rushed home tomorrow. But the villagers all shook their heads: "The house at home is broken, and there is really no way to keep guests." What should I do? I can't sleep on the street at all.

At this time, an old man said: "There are three old tile houses at the east end of the village, which is a closed school. In the past year, the guests who passed by to stay overnight only saw that they could not come in or out, and I don't know how many people were missing! If you have the courage, go and stay overnight." Gong Sheng thought: "As the saying goes, I am afraid of ghosts when I am near, but I am afraid of water when I am far away from home. What am I afraid of when I am far away from home? There is also a saying that if I don't do anything wrong, I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. I have never done anything bad." Seeing that he was firm in his mind, the old man brought him a quilt, an oil lamp, and sent him to the school to rest. Gong Sheng said that he was not afraid, but he was still a little scared in his heart, so he turned on the lamp to read at night to see what tricks he had.

At midnight, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door. Gong Sheng leaned against the crack of the door and saw a pair of young women looking inside the house. Under the moonlight, one green and one red skirt was clear. Suddenly, the green-clothed woman knocked on the door and shouted, "Gong Sheng, open the door quickly, this girl is looking for you." Gong Sheng responded: "Who is your woman, so indiscreet, men and women meet in the middle of the night, what kind of style do you have!" The woman said: "Can't you open it? If you don't open it, I can come in by myself." Hearing a "whoosh", she was already standing in front of Gong Sheng. Angry, she said, "Today is your death date, my girl has already enjoyed the hearts of ninety-nine scholars and scholars, and if she eats one of you, she can become immortal." Come and dig up Gong Sheng's heart and soul.

Seeing that the person who came was not kind, Gong Sheng knelt on the ground with a "plop" and cried, "Please spare my sister's life, it's not that I'm timid and afraid of death. There is still an 80-year-old old mother in my family. If I die, my mother will starve to death. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seventh-level budur, and I have two lives!" After hearing this, the woman felt a pang in her heart: "I was separated from my parents at a young age, and I didn't have the opportunity to be filial at all!" Gong Sheng saw that the woman was a little hesitant, and he must have been moved with pity, so he continued to plead: "Otherwise, after I send my mother to death, I am willing to come and die."

The woman was so moved that she burst into tears, there are still such filial piety people in this world! A rare good man!! She was determined to risk her life to save him, so she stepped forward to help Gong Sheng up and said, "The little girl is not talented, and there is no skill in saving you. You can go to an orphan temple in the west of the village tomorrow and find a white-bearded Taoist, who can show you a way out. Remember to bring some wine and meat, and he will be fine." Say the woman and go with the wind.

The next day Gong Sheng bought a pot of Baijiu and half a catty of roast beef, and when he entered the temple, he saw a ragged Taoist priest sitting in the courtyard in the sun. Gong Sheng stepped forward to salute and said, "Please save the late life, elder!" Then he told the story of the demon encounter last night, and the Taoist wondered, "How can I save you?"

Gong Sheng immediately took out the wine and meat, but when Daoist saw the wine and meat, he immediately smiled happily. Immediately hand Gong Sheng a cigarette bag, let him take it with him when he walks, and hang it on the door when he sleeps to keep you safe. Gong Sheng did not dare to stay for a long time, thanked the Taoist priest, tied the cigarette bag to the bag, and strode away from the place of right and wrong. After walking less than three miles, he suddenly saw a whirlwind rising behind him, and when he took a closer look, he saw the woman in green was standing in the middle of the whirlwind, her blue silk messy, her face full of scratches, and she was very pitiful.

Gong Sheng asked, "How does my sister look like this?" The woman said with tears in her eyes, "Put away the demon bag on your bag, and we will talk nearby." Gong Sheng immediately took off the cigarette bag, and the woman came forward and told her about her life experience and the ins and outs. She said, "My family surname is Hua, and my father is a famous Langzhong. He holds various ancestral recipes and has saved countless patients who are close to death. The villagers call him "Hua Tuo in this world." When I was sixteen years old, the year before last, I suddenly couldn't afford to contract the disease, and my life was at stake. My father used all his strength to solve the problem, but he still had no way to return to the sky. After I died, my father was devastated, so he bought me a granite coffin, covered me with all kinds of precious Chinese herbs, and put my favorite gold and silver jewelry under the pillow, and buried me under the pear tree of Nanjing University. Who knew that this pear tree had cultivated into an essence for many years, and I was taken captive under her door, forced to be a maid, and served her day and night. This pear tree spirit has a human-eating nature, and has dug up the hearts and livers of ninety-nine literati, and the last one is your turn. After I let you go yesterday, my girl became angry and beat me all over the body. She drove me out of the house, threatening that no matter where you went, she would not be able to escape her palms and would eat you sooner or later. Gong Sheng was horrified when he heard this, and thanked the woman again and again for saving her life. Then he invited, "My sister is already homeless, so you might as well follow me. There are still coarse meals."

When they came home, the mother was very happy to see her son bring a girl like flowers and jade. The woman in green said, "The pear tree spirit will definitely come tonight, you close the door to the house, hang the demon bag on the nose of the door, and let it take the bait." Sure enough, in the middle of the night, the monster floated. Just as he was about to push the door forward, he looked up and saw the cigarette bag. However, Gong Sheng was impatient and careless, and forgot to open the demon bag. The goblin was so arrogant that he wanted to tear the cigarette bag, but only heard a "squeak" sound, and the goblin was put into the bag.

The woman in green asked Gong Sheng to put the blood of the goblin in the bag on the fire and roast it into a blood cake to eat, so that it would be silenced forever. After getting rid of the monster, the whole family was very happy, and Gong Sheng bought wine and food to celebrate. After dinner, the woman was about to leave, but her mother and Gong Sheng repeatedly asked her to stay, but the woman refused and still went back to live in the wilderness. She said, "Humans and ghosts can't sleep together, otherwise they will hurt you." In this way, when they come and go during the day and night, the woman's feelings with Gong Sheng deepened. Gong Sheng courted the woman many times, but the woman politely declined.

So sincere, one day the woman finally spat out her words: "After I died, my soul was amputated by the Pear Tree Spirit before I could report to the Netherworld of Yin Cao, so my name was not on the roster of Lord Yama, and I actually became a wandering soul. Because I have a lot of antiseptic Chinese herbs under me, my body is still intact. This way I have a chance to return to the sun." The woman gasped excitedly and said: "Take someone to the foot of the South Three Li Mountain in Huacun tomorrow, and you will see a big pear tree with a soil wall under it. After digging it up, you can see my sarcophagus. At this time, a golden silk bird will fly over and stand at the head of the sarcophagus and scream three times. You open the coffin, and I can go home with you."

The next day, Gong Sheng brought a few friends to the pear tree, dug the grave with a spade, and saw the granite sarcophagus. After a while, a golden bird landed on the sarcophagus, and the bird called to open the sarcophagus. A beautiful woman rose up, picked up the burden under the pillow, and followed Gong Sheng home. On the same day, he worshipped heaven and earth and his mother, and then entered the flower candle bridal chamber. The glue-like love brought pairs of children, and the whole family enjoyed the joy of "the old man is happy, the husband and wife are in love, and the three generations live together."