聊斋故事：冤魂

事件介绍

明朝万历年间，广宁一个叫孙林的药材商某日在大街上闲逛，一个看相的一看到他，就说他当晚三更必死，孙林不以为然，还跟看相的大吵了一架。

晚上，孙林将白天遇到的事跟妻子金枝说了，金枝说休听看相的胡言，不过吓你找他看相罢了。夫妻二人也没当回事，就炒了几个小菜，对饮起来。孙林吃着喝着，不禁迷迷糊糊睡去。这时，金枝唤过女儿馨儿，问她可曾听过相面先生说孙林今晚三更必死之事，馨儿说听孙林说起过。

快到三更时，金枝叫醒馨儿，说一定要在三更时加倍小心。刚说完，孙林掩面从屋内跑出，打开大门就跑了出去。金枝和馨儿忙追过去，只听“扑通”一声，孙林已跳进三叉河里去了。三叉河水流湍急，孙林又是旱鸭子，这一去如何能活命？

过了百日，一些媒婆来劝金枝另嫁。金枝刚开始不同意，但经不住媒婆劝说，只好答应。不过，金枝提出了三个条件：

第一，她死的丈夫姓孙，她也得找一个姓孙的；

第二，丈夫生前是个买卖人，她也得找个买卖人；

第三，不往外嫁，招夫养女。

一个月后，媒婆给金枝介绍了一个男人，这人叫孙文，也是经营药材生意的。金枝见孙文长得一表人才，就答应了。

这天晚上，馨儿正在灶间烧火，忽听身后有人轻喊她的名字。馨儿回身一望，冰冷的月光下，只见灶井上站着一个身着白衣、披头散发的人，那人颤抖着声音说：“馨儿，我死得好冤啊！”馨儿定睛一看，顿时吓得目瞪口呆，灶井上站着的竟是死去的父亲。馨儿当时就吓昏了，等她醒来后，揉了揉眼睛仔细一看，灶井上什么都没有。

不久，馨儿嫁给了一个姓钱的秀才。第二年的二月十九日，馨儿去青岩寺拜老母。当她在老母脚下祈祷时，忽听头顶上一个和蔼的声音传来：“馨儿，你父亲死得冤枉，你要为他申冤啊！”馨儿抬头一望，声音似从老母嘴中发出。莫非老母显灵了？馨儿磕头说：“菩萨在上，馨儿谨记就是。”老母说：“天机不可泄露，但我可赐你谜诗一首，你要仔细参详。”馨儿正闭目聆听，忽听膝边一响，她睁眼一看，竟是个黄绸包。里边包着一张纸，上面写了四句话。

到家后，馨儿将寺中所遇说了一遍，钱秀才打开纸一看，上面写着：“大女子，小女子，前人耕来后人饵。要知三更事，掇开火下水。来年二三月，句巳当此解。”钱秀才虽是远近闻名的才子，可对此谜诗还是一筹莫展，于是叮嘱馨儿千万不要说与别人知道。

转眼，又过了一年，广宁新来了个叫包星的知县。这天晚上，包星多喝了几杯，迷迷糊糊听耳边有人轻声道：“要知三更事，掇开火下水。”包星睁眼一看，室内空空如也，哪有半个人影？包星觉得此事定有蹊跷，于是挂出白牌一面，将梦中之联题在上面，后面还加上一句话：“如有能解此语者，赏银十两。”写毕，令人将牌挂在衙门口。

这天，钱秀才会同几个同窗来城内的诗社小叙，听说衙门口悬牌解谜，就一同来观看。钱秀才一看，惊住了，赶忙回家将此事跟馨儿说了。馨儿说定是老母显灵托梦于知县老爷，现在，他们必须向知县老爷禀明事情的缘由。

第二天，夫妻俩赶到县衙，将谜诗一事向包星述说了一遍，接着呈上老母所赐谜诗。包星看后，让馨儿将他的父亲是如何死的叙述一遍。馨儿说罢，包星问：“你说你父亲是掩面从屋内跑出来的，那就是说你没有看清你父亲的脸？”馨儿点头，包星说案子有眉目了，命她和钱秀才暂时回家，两天后再到堂下听审。

两天后，钱秀才和馨儿如约到达县衙，包星令人将孙文和金枝拘到堂前，厉声喝道：“金氏，将你如何勾结奸夫，杀害亲夫之事原原本本地说出来，以免受皮肉之苦。”金枝和孙文大呼冤枉，包星冷冷一笑，吩咐捕快将一个中年人带上堂来，孙文一见，顿时大惊失色。这个中年人竟是说孙林三更必死的相面先生。在人证面前，孙文和金枝只好说出了杀害孙林的经过。

原来，孙文和金枝早已有情，两人为做长久夫妻，就萌生了杀害孙林的恶念。孙文知道，孙林每日必从一个相面先生摊前经过，于是买通了相面先生。当天晚上，孙文潜入孙林家将其杀害后，扔进了灶间的井中，并在上面盖上大石，然后掩面冲出门，跳入三叉河。案情大白，包星将二人押入大牢。

之后，众人皆问包星是如何神速破案的，包星笑着说：“是老母赐给馨儿的那首谜诗告诉我的。‘大女子，小女子’，女之子，乃外孙，分明是孙林、孙文。‘前人耕来后人饵’，是说孙文白得孙林的老婆，享用他的家业。‘要知三更事，掇开火下水’，灶者火也，水在火下，家灶必砌井上，馨儿看见站在灶井上的孙林的鬼魂，因而，孙林的尸首必在灶井之内。‘来年二三月，句巳当此解’，‘句巳’二字，合起来是个包字，是说我包星今年二三月到此为官，为孙林申冤昭雪。我料定，那相面先生定是受孙文指使，于是这两天，我在城中各处微服私访，果然找到了那个相面先生。”

在孙家的灶井内挖出孙林的尸首后，包星百思不得其解，谜诗果真是老母所赐吗？馨儿在灶台上看到的鬼魂真是孙林吗？那个在耳边告诉他“要知三更事，掇开火下水”的又是谁呢？

这天晚上，包星正在案头批阅公文，发现案头上多了一封书信，打开一看，只见上面写着：“欣闻孙案已破，不胜感激。我是梁上君子，最拿手的就是易容的功夫，孙掌柜被害那晚，我去孙家行窃，恰巧目睹了孙掌柜被害的一幕，深为孙掌柜鸣不平。可我是县上通缉的惯犯，不能公开露面揭露孙掌柜被害的真相，于是潜入孙家厨房假扮了孙掌柜的鬼魂，又在馨儿进香时潜在老母身后。因我知道大人是爱民如子的好官，今年二三月将来此任职，故将一首谜诗扔在了馨儿的脚下。在大人到任后，我在大人酒意朦胧之时在大人耳边说出了谜诗中的‘要知三更事，掇开火下水’这句话，意在唤起大人的注意。大人果真断案如神，将孙掌柜被害一案弄了个水落石出。”

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聊斋故事：冤魂（英译版）

Ming Wanli years, Guangning a medicine dealer named Sun Lin one day wandering on the street, a look at him, said that he would die in the third watch that night, Sun Lin did not agree, but also with the look at a big fight.

In the evening, Sun Lin will meet the day with his wife Jinzhi said, Jinzhi said don't listen to the nonsense of looking at the picture, but scare you to look for him to look at the picture. The husband and wife didn't take it seriously. They fried a few side dishes and drank them. Sun Lin ate and drank and fell asleep in a daze. At this time, gold branch called daughter Xiner, asked her can have heard Mr Sun Lin said tonight three more death, Xiner said hear Sun Lin said.

Almost to the third watch, gold branch wake up Xiner, said must be more careful in the third watch. As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Lin covered his face and ran out of the house. He opened the door and ran out. Jinzhi and XinEr busy chase the past, only listen to "thump"a sound, Sun Lin has jumped into the three-way river. The water in the San Cha River was swift, and Sun Lin was a landlubber. How could he survive this trip?

After 100 days, some matchmakers came to persuade Jinzhi to marry another. Jinzhi just did not agree at first, but couldn't stand the matchmaker persuasion, had to agree. However, Jin Zhi put forward three conditions:

First, her dead husband's surname was Sun, so she had to find someone with the surname Sun.

Second, her husband was a trader before his death, so she had to find one.

Third, do not marry outside, recruit husband and daughter.

A month later, the matchmaker introduced a man to Jinzhi. This man was called Sun Wen, who was also in the business of medicinal materials. Jinzhi saw SunWen grow a talent, agreed.

That night, Xin 'er was burning a fire in the kitchen when she heard someone calling her name softly behind her. Xiner turned around and looked, under the cold moonlight, I saw a stove well standing in a white, disheveled person, that person trembling voice said:"Xiner, I died a good injustice ah!" Xiner fixed his eyes and immediately stunned. Standing on the stove well was actually his dead father. Xin 'er fainted from fear. When she woke up, she rubbed her eyes and took a closer look. There was nothing on the stove well.

Soon, Xiner married a scholar surnamed Qian. On February 19 of the following year, Xiner went to Qingyan Temple to worship his mother. When she prayed at the feet of her mother, suddenly heard a kind voice above her head:"Xin son, your father died unjustly, you have to avenge him ah!" Xin 'er raised her head and looked up. Her voice seemed to come from her mother's mouth. Could it be that Mother had revealed her spirit? Xiner kowtowed and said,"Bodhisattva on, Xiner remember is." Mother said:"Tianji can not be revealed, but I can give you a mystery poem, you should carefully refer to." Xin 'er was listening with her eyes closed when she suddenly heard a sound beside her knee. She opened her eyes and saw that it was actually a yellow silk bag. Inside was a piece of paper with four sentences written on it.

After arriving home, Xiner will encounter in the temple said again, money scholar opened the paper to see, above read:"Big woman, little woman, previous ploughing later generations bait." You know what's going on in the middle of the night. In February and March of the next year, the sentence should be interpreted." Although money scholar is well-known talent, but this mystery poem or at a loss, so told Xiner never to say with others know.

In the blink of an eye, another year passed, Guangning new magistrate named Bao Xing. That night, bag star drink a few cups, confused listen to ear someone softly way:"To know the third watch thing, pull fire into the water." Bao Xing opened his eyes and saw that the room was empty. Bao Xing felt this matter must have strange, then hang out white card side, will dream of the joint title in the above, still add a sentence behind:"If there can solve this language, reward silver ten taels." After writing, he ordered someone to hang the card at the entrance of the yamen.

On this day, Qian Xiucai and several classmates came to the city's poetry club small narrative, heard that Yamen mouth hanging card solution puzzle, together to watch. Money scholar see, shocked, hurried home will this matter with XinEr said. Xin son agreed is the mother show spirit dream in the magistrate lord, now, they must report to the magistrate lord the reason.

The next day, the couple arrived at the county government, the mystery poem to Bao Xing told again, and then presented the mystery poem given by the mother. Bao Xing saw, let Xiner will his father is how to die narrative again. Xiner said, Bao Xing asked:"You said your father is covered face ran out of the house, that is to say you did not see your father's face?" Xin son nod, package star said the case has a look, life her and money scholar temporarily home, two days later to the court hearing.

Two days later, Qian Xiucai and Xiner arrived at the county government office as scheduled. Bao Xing ordered Sun Wen and Jinzhi detained in front of the hall and shouted loudly:"Jin, how you collude with adulterers, kill your husband things completely say out, in order to avoid the pain of flesh and blood." Golden branch and Sun Wen shouted wronged, Bao Xing cold smile, ordered the constable to bring a middle-aged man to the court, Sun Wen a see, immediately pale. This middle-aged man was actually the physiognomist who said Sun Lin would die in the third watch. In front of the witness, SunWen and JinZhi had to say the killing of SunLin.

The two of them had been killed, and the two of them had been killed. Sun Wen knew that Sun Lin would pass by every day from a Mr. Matsu stall, so he bribed Mr. Matsu. That night, Sun Wen sneaked into the Sun Lin family to kill him, threw him into the well between the kitchen, and covered it with a big stone, then covered his face and rushed out of the door, jumped into the San Cha River. Case is clear, package star two people into prison.

After that, everyone asked Bao Xing how quickly solved the case, Bao Xing said with a smile:"It is the mother gave Xiner that riddle poem told me." Big Girl, Little Girl. The son of a woman is a grandson. He is clearly Sun Lin and Sun Wen. "the predecessors have plowed the descendants to bait"means that sun wen-bai has taken sun lin's wife and enjoyed his family business." if you want to know what happens in the third watch, you can fire the fire into the water."the stove is also a fire. the water is under the fire. the stove must be built on the well. xiner sees sun lin's ghost standing on the well. therefore, sun lin's body must be inside the well." In February and March of the following year, the sentence has to be explained."The word"sentence has "is combined to form a word Bao. It means that I, Bao Xing, came to be an official in February and March of this year to avenge Sun Lin's injustice. I was certain that the prime minister must have been instructed by Sun Wen, so in the past two days, I went to various parts of the city in disguise and found that prime minister."

After digging up Sun Lin's body in Sun's stove well, Bao Xing is puzzled, mystery poem really is given by his mother? Was the ghost that XinEr saw on the stove really Sun Lin? And who was the one who whispered in his ear,"To know what's going on in the middle of the night, put your fire in the water"?

That night, Bao Xing was reviewing official documents on the desk, found more than a letter on the desk, opened a look, saw above write:"Glad to hear Sun case has been broken, very grateful." I am a gentleman on the beam, the best is disguise kung fu, Shopkeeper Sun was killed that night, I went to the Sun family to steal, happened to witness Shopkeeper Sun was killed a scene, deeply for Shopkeeper Sun Ming injustice. But I was wanted on the county recidivist, can't make public appearance to expose the truth of Sun Shopkeeper's murder, so sneak into the sun kitchen pretending to be the ghost of Sun Shopkeeper, and in Xin son incense potential mother behind. Because I know that adult is a good official who loves people like a son, this year will take office here in February and March, so will throw a mystery poem at the feet of Xiner. After your arrival, when you were drunk, I whispered in your ear the phrase "Know what's going on in the third watch, fire and throw it into the water"in order to arouse your attention. Your Excellency really settled the case like a god and brought to the bottom of the case of Shopkeeper Sun's murder."

After seeing it, Bao Xing sighed.

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