There was Liu Xiucai in Huangzhou City, who was greedy by nature and loved money as much as his life. But because he had read poetry and books since he was a child and set up a library to teach, he had a set of skills to impart his studies. Therefore, some rich people often took his skills and invited him to their homes to be a school teacher.

Once, a member surnamed Ma in the suburbs of the city heard about Liu Xiucai's talent and sent someone to invite him to his home, and he came to read Liu Xiucai's articles. Seeing the neatness of the confrontation and the natural use of words, he couldn't help but say yes and praise it. At the moment, Liu Xiucai was left to live at home and teach his only son.

From then on, Ma Yuanwai looked at Liu Xiucai even more differently, and regarded those words that corrupted Liu's character as rumors in the market, and did not take them to heart at all. Not long after, a new house was sold in the neighborhood, and Ma Yuanwai bought it again and let Liu Xiucai live and run the school.

Liu Xiucai came to the new house and looked around. He saw that the building was simple and elegant, and the environment was pleasant. It was indeed a good place to recite poetry, so he was very happy. Immediately, he called someone to move the luggage, tea sets, and four treasures of the study, furnish the bedroom, and organize the study. He was busy until the bright moon hung high, and it was late at night before he finished packing. Liu Xiucai took another look outside the house, feeling very comfortable, and his tiredness disappeared. Looking up and seeing the bright moon, he took a walk in front of the door. Recalling that he had been unlucky in his life, and that he had been famous for several country exams. Now he was fortunate to be well received by the outside world, and he continued to subsidize money. Although he could not seek fame, he had more than enough food and clothing. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but dance and be proud.

Just as she sighed, she suddenly saw a beam of golden light flickering in the bushes in front of her, which was very eye-catching. Liu Xiucai felt a little strange, fixed her eyes and looked carefully, but still couldn't guess what it was, so she walked away, trying to find out and figure it out. Who knew that the golden light seemed to have spirituality, as soon as Liu Xiucai approached, it suddenly got hot and went away, jumping and stopping in front. Liu Xiucai was even more surprised and chased after him. After following him to the valley in the wilderness, the light stopped and stopped. Liu Xiucai looked carefully and saw that the light was actually coming from a pile of dead leaves and dead branches. She didn't feel funny in her heart, and regardless of it, she stepped forward and peeled away the pile of floating branches and dead leaves. Looking down, Liu Xiucai was taken aback. There was a coffin hidden inside. Due to age, the wood had begun to decay and turn black.

Liu Xiucai was very shocked, her back felt cold, and she turned around and ran back. After running not far, she suddenly stopped. She thought to herself: Only gold can penetrate wood in the world, and golden light shines everywhere. Could it be that the coffin was filled with gold? I once heard people say that after someone stole the crime, they dressed up as a funeral to hide the stolen goods, wore funeral clothes, carried the coffin and pretended to be buried. Later, the police tracked down and found that there was no dead person in the coffin, but it turned out to be a coffin of gold and silver. Liu Xiucai remembered this legend and thought to herself: Could this coffin in front of me belong to this type too? Otherwise, how could that coffin glow? If so, it should be rich for me. Fortunately, there is no one around, and I can grab it.

The more Liu Xiucai thought about it, the more he felt that there must be a coffin full of gold and silver, and he couldn't help but be ecstatic, his mouth couldn't close with laughter. He forgot to be afraid, turned around and ran back, found a stone, Ding Ding dang, knocked off the iron nails on the coffin, lifted the lid of the coffin, and leaned over to see that there was a corpse lying in the coffin, with a blue face and a swollen abdomen. Liu Xiucai hurriedly searched the coffin, and saw that there was a silver ingot under the corpse, which was white and about two or two pounds. Liu Xiucai reached out and grabbed it, but just as he grabbed it, the corpse suddenly jumped up and tried to grab it. Liu Xiucai quickly put the silver ingot in his arms, turned and ran. When the corpse saw Liu Xiucai running away with silver, he jumped out of the coffin and followed closely behind.

Liu Xiucai was so scared that he ran as fast as he could, and the corpse could not catch up after chasing for a long time. He was so angry that he screamed loudly. Seeing a steep slope in front of him, he jumped and jumped down, blocking Liu Xiucai's way. Liu Xiucai saw the corpse stopped in front and stared at him viciously, thinking that he couldn't run away, so he asked in a trembling voice, "You, what are you doing?"

The corpse said, "Return the silver to me, or you won't be able to go there today."

Liu Xiucai saw that he was just asking for silver, and he had no intention of harming him. He was more courageous and wanted to return silver to him, but he was a little reluctant. He thought to himself: He is dead, what am I afraid of him. I set up a library to teach, and I can't earn that money after a year of hard work. If I return it to him, will the cooked ducks fly away? As the saying goes, horses are not fat, and people are not rich. How can he take away the money he gets? So he said to the corpse, "I said, Brother Rong, you are already dead, and it is useless to take silver. Why don't you give it to me!"

The corpse said, "Here you are? Hmph! I was lying in the coffin thinking how to plot other people's houses, how to seize other people's fields, and how to give you the money I kept?"

Liu Xiucai said, "You can't use the silver even if you take it to the underworld, how about this, you give me the silver, and I will burn two taels of money for you, so it will be useful to you and me. I see that your coffin is also rotten, and the house in the underworld must be dilapidated. You can use this money to buy a good house in the underworld."

The corpse shook its head again and again and said, "No, no. Even if I want to change it, I have to change my silver for a scale of yin coins. Why do you only give me two taels?"

Liu Xiucai calculated in his heart: According to the current market price, if you exchange it for a scale of Yin coins, this ingot of silver will be spent, and he will have nothing at all. This dead ghost is really greedy for money, and he can't help but say angrily: "You are really a greedy ghost. When you die, you still keep your wealth and refuse to give a penny."

Hearing this, the corpse laughed and said, "I'm a greedy ghost, what are you?"

Liu Xiucai said: "I am also a ghost, more greedy for money than you. Sorry, I want to order this ingot of silver."

Saying that, while the corpse was not paying attention, he got under his armpit and flew away. The corpse saw Liu Xiucai run away and chase after him closely, shouting while chasing, "Give me back my silver, give me back my silver."

Liu Xiucai pretended not to hear or answer, and ran back into the house in one breath, locking the door. After a while, seeing that there was no movement outside, thinking that the body could not be chased, he opened the window to peek out.

But he said that the corpse had chased him outside the door, and that Liu Xiucai had closed the door and could not enter. So he walked around the house and saw that the front and rear doors and windows were tightly closed. He didn't know how to do it when he suddenly saw Liu Xiucai open the window and was overjoyed.

Liu Xiucai was startled when he saw the corpse flying over, and hurriedly closed the window. The corpse was unguarded, and was touched by the window and door, fell down, fell to the ground, and groaned "ouch, ouch." After a while, he got up, so angry that he frowned and stomped his feet and scolded him. Suddenly there was a long whistle, and a loud cry of grief rolled across the sky like a roar of thunder. After the whistle, he saw a strong wind coming, and the doors and windows opened in an uproar, as if someone had opened them for him.

Liu Xiucai saw the door and window open, and the corpse rushed over with murderous intent, profusely sweating and trembling all over. He thought the corpse would never give up, and this time he was dead. He regretted it in his heart, but at this time there was nothing he could do, and it was too late to save him. Also, in a hurry, Liu Xiucai was hiding in no way when he suddenly saw a long sword hanging on the wall, hurriedly grabbed it in his hand, and hid behind the door. The corpse broke into the house at this time and shouted loudly: "If you have the ability, we will fight three hundred times. If you win silver, give it to me, and take my life!"

Liu Xiucai did not reply, but took advantage opportunity of the corpse to turn around and slashed away with a sword. Who knew that the corpse was very supernatural, and felt a sound behind it. She tilted her body, dodged the edge of the sword, raised her ten fingers that were bent like a sickle, and grabbed Liu Xiucai. When Liu Xiucai saw that the sword failed to cut, she was so frightened that she hurriedly retreated, accidentally tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground. The ingot of silver in her arms rolled out and fell to the ground with a "sucking" sound. When the corpse saw the silver, she hurriedly stopped the attack and leaned over to pick it up. Liu Xiucai saw it, and she was secretly happy. Taking the opportunity for the corpse to bend over to pick up the silver, she raised her long sword and slashed at the corpse with all her strength.

Liu Xiucai lit the candle, looked at it, and saw that the corpse was lying on the ground, no longer moving, and there was a large bloody mouth on the back of the neck. So he called the neighbors, dragged the corpse outside the barren dam, brought firewood, poured tung oil, and burned the corpse. Liu Xiucai picked up the ingot of silver, took it in her hand and looked at it again, and sighed in her heart: "If he hadn't been greedy for this ingot of silver, I would have died under his claws. Alas, I recruited the corpse into the house because of my greed for money, and the corpse was burned because of my greed for money. A ghost should not be greedy, let alone a human!"

From then on, Liu Xiucai set up a museum to teach and no longer covet wealth. When there are children from poor and poor families, they are also exempt from tuition fees and do not receive a penny. They often help others with clothes, quilts and firewood, no matter who is in trouble, they try their best to help. During the three years of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, Liu could not resist the repeated persuasion of Ma Yuanwai and participated in the township examination. When the list was released, Liu unexpectedly rose to the top of the high school and ranked second, which was quite popular among the villagers.