It has 5 or 6 miles from Yangsin village to the city, an old man and his son opened a shop in the roadside, Accommodation for guests.
One evening, four merchants want to stay overnight in the shop, but the guest room was full. Considered has not been possible to seek other lodge for the night, they request the shop owner to try to find solution. In the mean time, old man's daughter-in-law just died, the corpse also stopped in a hut which goes to shop hundred step, the son of owner goes out to purchase the coffin not yet come back. Only then this hut, four people also only can accept.
The hut is low, inside the hut, a short candle shinning on the table the flame drags with the wind. Behind the table there surrounded with curtain, the mourning garment is covering the dead. Compartmented inside has the connected beds, the exhausted passenger without any observe direct fell down to sleep, only the guests sleep in the innermost has not fallen asleep. Suddenly heard the sound of wood squeeze, he quickly opened his eyes to check, all around quiet dark, in front of bier candle fire bright dazzling. The female corpse opened the quilt to sit in the sides of the bed, a while got out of bed, was trying to find out slowly marches into the bedroom. Her complexion shows pale gold, the forehead is tying up the white handkerchief. The body closed the sleeping mat, flushes air one by one toward the companion lips. The guest was afraid extremely, secretly covered the forehead with the quilt, closely shut the breath. Soon, the female corpse has come, flushes air the same. Wait a moment, also heard the sound of wood squeeze;
He was careful to probe peeping, body of a woman lying on as ever。He trembled in fear, but did not dare to make a little movement, only secretly steps on three companions with the foot, but a response also does not have. Consider a long time, the guest feel there is no other way besides escape. Just had a movement, the sound of wood squeeze comes again. He was more afraid, and quickly retracted his head inside quilt. Thought the female corpse has come, blew several times then go back slowly. The sound disappeared gradually. He touch the belts under their quilts with quiets, puts on fast, ran barefoot. The female corpse also followed up, when leaves the curtains, the visitor already ran out of the door. Female corpse hot pursuit of the guests.
The guests running and howling, but the villagers did not hear. He wants to buckle shop owner's gate, but fears without enough time, so he ran strongly along the direction main road, to the eastern suburbs, saw the temple, heard the sound of wooden fish, he hurried to knock doors . Buddhist monk never came knocking at the door so early so anxious, hesitated not to open the door. Soon, the female corpse has come to have less than a meter away. Guests are very dangerous. Outside there the gate has a big Chinese white poplars, its waistline about five feet, the guests ran quickly to there as barrier. Corpse left then the human is right, corpse right then the human is left. A while, each one thoroughly tired. The corpse suddenly stood stopped, the guest was breathless and sweats pour off also stopped. Female corpse soared, his arms stretched out across the tree to pounce. Guests dumbfound the ground. Corpse catching nothing holds the tree and stiffness. The Buddhist monk has listened for a long time behind the door, until has been silent, only then lights a lamp. Saw the guests lying on the ground, his face looking gloomy but still some breath, after carried enters in the temple, at dawn the guest revives. Drank a soup, the guest told the experience to the monk. By now the morning bell has knocked, the monk saw has lain stiffly female corpse between tree's, in great surprise, very quick to report the county magistrate. Magistrate in person to inspect, request his subordinate Unplug the corpse hands but can not open it. Detailed look and found four fingers roll like a hook, insert inside the wood, ask more people to help then pulls out. Ask official to check the shop owner, discovered their makes a mess, the corpse disappear and the passenger dead. After hears the official runner to report, old man was followed to lift the female corpse.
The guests wailers to say to the county magistrate that, “Comes out is four, now goes back only me, how I should with the native place confession?” Magistrate gave him a document; appoint some runners to send him to return home.
