滕有楊某，從白蓮教黨，得左道之術。徐鴻儒誅後，楊幸漏脫，遂挾術以遨。家中田園樓閣，頗稱富有。至泗上某紳家，幻法為戲，婦女出窺。楊睨其女美，歸謀攝取之。其繼室朱氏，亦風韻，飾以華妝，偽作仙姬；又授木鳥，教之作用；乃自樓頭推墮之。朱覺身輕如葉，飄飄然凌雲而行。無何，至一處，雲止不前，知已至矣。是夜，月明清潔，俯視甚了。取木鳥投之。鳥振翼飛去，直達女室。女見彩禽翔入，喚婢撲之；鳥已沖簾出。女追之，鳥墮地作鼓翼聲；近逼之，撲入裙底，展轉間，負女飛騰，直沖霄漢。婢大號。朱在雲中言曰：「下界人勿須驚怖，我月府姮娥也。渠是王母第九女，偶謫塵世。王母日切懷念，暫招去一相會聚，即送還耳。」遂與結襟而行。方及泗水之界，適有放飛爆者，斜觸鳥翼；鳥驚墮，牽朱亦墮，落一秀才家。秀才邢子儀，家赤貧而性方鯁。曾有鄰婦夜奔，拒不納。婦啣憤去，譖諸其夫，誣以挑引。夫固無賴，晨夕登門詬辱之。邢因貨產僦居別村。有相者顧某善決人福壽，邢踵門叩之。顧望見笑曰：「君富足千鐘，何著敗絮見人？豈謂某無瞳耶？」邢嗤妄之。顧細審曰：「是矣。固雖蕭索，然金穴不遠矣。」邢又妄之。顧曰：「不惟暴富，且得麗人。」邢終不以為信。顧推之出，曰：「且去且去，驗後方索謝耳。」是夜，獨坐月下，忽二女自天降；視之，皆麗姝。詫為妖，詰問之，初不肯言。邢將號召鄉里，朱懼，始以實告，且囑勿洩，願終從焉。邢思世家女不與妖人婦等，遂遣人告其家。其父母自女飛升，零涕惶惑；忽得報書，驚喜過望，立刻命輿馬星馳而去。報邢百金，攜女歸。邢得豔妻，方憂四壁，得金甚慰。往謝顧。顧又審曰：「尚未尚未。泰運已交，百金何足言！」遂不受謝。先是，紳歸，請于上官捕楊。楊預遁，不知所之，遂籍其家，發牒追朱。朱懼，牽邢飲泣。邢亦計窘，始賂承牒者，賃車騎攜朱詣紳，哀求解脫。紳感其義，為竭力營謀，得贖免；留夫妻於別館，懽如戚好。紳女幼受劉聘；劉，顯秩也，聞女寄邢家信宿，以為辱，反婚書，與女絕姻。紳將議姻他族；女告父母，誓從邢。邢聞之喜；朱亦喜，自願下之。紳憂邢無家，時楊居宅從官貨，因代購之。夫妻遂歸，出曩金，粗治器具，蓄婢僕，旬日耗費已盡。但冀女來，當復得其資助。一夕，朱謂邢曰：「孽夫楊某，曾以千金埋樓下，惟妾知之。適視其處，磚石依然，或窖藏無恙。」往共發之，果得金。因信顧術之神，厚報之。後女于歸，妝貲豐盛，不數年，富甲一郡矣。
滕有個姓楊的人，參加了白蓮教，學會了邪術。徐鴻儒被誅殺後，楊某僥倖逃脫，便靠著法術四處遊蕩。他家裡有田地園林、樓臺房屋，頗為富有。他來到泗水邊一位鄉紳家，用幻術表演，家裡的婦女出來觀看。楊某偷偷看見鄉紳的女兒長得美，回去便謀劃用法術把她擄來。他的繼室朱氏也頗有姿色，他給她穿戴上華麗的服飾，裝扮成仙女，又交給她一隻木鳥，教她怎樣使用，隨後把她從樓上推下。朱氏覺得身體輕得像葉子，飄飄然駕著雲飛行。不久，到了一處地方，雲停住不再前進，她知道已經到了。那天夜裡，月光明亮清澈，向下看，什麼都看得清楚。她取出木鳥，投了下去。木鳥振翅飛走，徑直進入女子的房間。女子見一隻彩色的鳥飛進來，叫婢女去捕捉，鳥卻已經衝出簾子。女子追過去，鳥落在地上，拍打翅膀發出聲響。女子走近它，它突然鑽進裙子底下，轉眼便揹著女子飛起來，直衝天空。婢女大聲呼喊。朱氏在雲中說：「下界的人不必驚慌害怕，我是月府的姮娥。她是王母的第九個女兒，偶然被貶到人間。王母每天都十分想念她，暫時召她去團聚一下，很快就送回來。」於是把自己的衣襟和女子的衣襟繫在一起，帶著她飛走。剛到泗水境內，恰好有人燃放飛爆，斜著撞到木鳥的翅膀。木鳥受驚墜落，牽著朱氏也落了下去，兩人落在一戶秀才家。秀才名叫邢子儀，家裡一貧如洗，性情卻正直剛強。曾有個鄰家的婦人夜裡來投奔他，他拒絕接納。婦人懷恨離去，向丈夫說他的壞話，誣稱他挑逗勾引自己。她丈夫本來就是無賴，早晚到邢子儀門前辱罵。邢子儀因此賣掉產業，搬到別的村子租房居住。有個姓顧的相士，善於判斷人的福分和壽數，邢子儀便登門請教。顧某遠遠看見他，笑著說：「你有享用千鍾糧食的財力，怎麼穿著破棉衣來見人？難道以為我沒有眼睛嗎？」邢子儀嗤笑，覺得他胡說。顧某仔細端詳後說：「沒錯。眼下雖然窮困，但離得到大筆財富已經不遠了。」邢子儀仍覺得是胡說。顧某說：「不但會突然富裕起來，還會得到一位美人。」邢子儀始終不信。顧某把他推出門，說：「先去吧，先去吧，等應驗以後，我再向你要謝禮。」那天夜裡，邢子儀獨自坐在月下，忽然有兩個女子從天而降。他一看，都是美人，驚訝地以為是妖怪，便追問她們。起初，她們不肯說。邢子儀準備喊來鄉鄰，朱氏害怕了，這才說出實情，又囑咐他不要洩露，願意永遠跟隨他。邢子儀想，那位世家女子和妖人的妻子情形不同，便派人通知她家。她的父母自從女兒飛上天后，一直流淚，驚慌不知所措。忽然接到訊息，驚喜萬分，立即備下轎馬，飛快趕來。他們給邢子儀一百兩銀子作為酬謝，帶著女兒回去。邢子儀得了一位美貌妻子，正愁家徒四壁，得到銀子，心裡十分寬慰。他去向顧某致謝。顧某又仔細看了看，說：「還沒到，還沒到。你的好運已經開始了，一百兩銀子算得了什麼！」便不肯接受謝禮。先前，鄉紳回去後，請求上級官府捉拿楊某。楊某事先逃走，不知去了哪裡，官府便查抄他的家產，又發文追捕朱氏。朱氏害怕，拉著邢子儀低聲哭泣。邢子儀也一籌莫展，先賄賂了送公文的人，再僱來車馬，帶著朱氏去見鄉紳，哀求他幫助脫罪。鄉紳被他的情義感動，竭力替他們奔走謀劃，使朱氏得以交錢贖罪，免受刑罰。他又把夫妻兩人留在別館，親熱得像親戚一樣。鄉紳的女兒從小便接受了劉家的聘禮。劉家有顯貴的官職，聽說女子在邢家住了兩夜，覺得有辱門庭，便退回婚書，斷絕婚約。鄉紳準備另選人家議親，女兒卻告訴父母，發誓要嫁給邢子儀。邢子儀聽說後很高興，朱氏也很高興，自願讓那女子做正妻，自己居於她之下。鄉紳擔憂邢子儀沒有自己的房屋，當時楊某的住宅正由官府出售，便替他買了下來。夫妻兩人於是搬回去，拿出先前的銀子，簡單置辦傢俱用具，買了婢僕，十來天就把銀子花光了。他們只盼女子嫁來後，還能再得到她的資助。一天晚上，朱氏對邢子儀說：「我那作孽的丈夫楊某，曾把一千兩銀子埋在樓下，只有我知道。我剛才看了那個地方，磚石還和原來一樣，埋藏的銀子或許還在。」兩人一同去挖，果然得到了銀子。邢子儀這才相信顧某相術的神妙，送了豐厚的謝禮。後來，女子嫁來，帶著豐厚的嫁妝，沒過幾年，邢子儀就成了全郡最富的人。
滕有杨某，从白莲教党，得左道之术。徐鸿儒诛后，杨幸漏脱，遂挟术以遨。家中田园楼阁，颇称富有。至泗上某绅家，幻法为戏，妇女出窥。杨睨其女美，归谋摄取之。其继室朱氏，亦风韵，饰以华妆，伪作仙姬；又授木鸟，教之作用；乃自楼头推堕之。朱觉身轻如叶，飘飘然凌云而行。无何，至一处，云止不前，知已至矣。是夜，月明清洁，俯视甚了。取木鸟投之。鸟振翼飞去，直达女室。女见彩禽翔入，唤婢扑之；鸟已冲帘出。女追之，鸟堕地作鼓翼声；近逼之，扑入裙底，展转间，负女飞腾，直冲霄汉。婢大号。朱在云中言曰：「下界人勿须惊怖，我月府姮娥也。渠是王母第九女，偶谪尘世。王母日切怀念，暂招去一相会聚，即送还耳。」遂与结襟而行。方及泗水之界，适有放飞爆者，斜触鸟翼；鸟惊堕，牵朱亦堕，落一秀才家。秀才邢子仪，家赤贫而性方鲠。曾有邻妇夜奔，拒不纳。妇啣愤去，谮诸其夫，诬以挑引。夫固无赖，晨夕登门诟辱之。邢因货产僦居别村。有相者顾某善决人福寿，邢踵门叩之。顾望见笑曰：「君富足千钟，何着败絮见人？岂谓某无瞳耶？」邢嗤妄之。顾细审曰：「是矣。固虽萧索，然金穴不远矣。」邢又妄之。顾曰：「不惟暴富，且得丽人。」邢终不以为信。顾推之出，曰：「且去且去，验后方索谢耳。」是夜，独坐月下，忽二女自天降；视之，皆丽姝。诧为妖，诘问之，初不肯言。邢将号召乡里，朱惧，始以实告，且嘱勿泄，愿终从焉。邢思世家女不与妖人妇等，遂遣人告其家。其父母自女飞升，零涕惶惑；忽得报书，惊喜过望，立刻命舆马星驰而去。报邢百金，携女归。邢得艳妻，方忧四壁，得金甚慰。往谢顾。顾又审曰：「尚未尚未。泰运已交，百金何足言！」遂不受谢。先是，绅归，请于上官捕杨。杨预遁，不知所之，遂籍其家，发牒追朱。朱惧，牵邢饮泣。邢亦计窘，始赂承牒者，赁车骑携朱诣绅，哀求解脱。绅感其义，为竭力营谋，得赎免；留夫妻于别馆，懽如戚好。绅女幼受刘聘；刘，显秩也，闻女寄邢家信宿，以为辱，反婚书，与女绝姻。绅将议姻他族；女告父母，誓从邢。邢闻之喜；朱亦喜，自愿下之。绅忧邢无家，时杨居宅从官货，因代购之。夫妻遂归，出曩金，粗治器具，蓄婢仆，旬日耗费已尽。但冀女来，当复得其资助。一夕，朱谓邢曰：「孽夫杨某，曾以千金埋楼下，惟妾知之。适视其处，砖石依然，或窖藏无恙。」往共发之，果得金。因信顾术之神，厚报之。后女于归，妆赀丰盛，不数年，富甲一郡矣。
滕有个姓杨的人，参加了白莲教，学会了邪术。徐鸿儒被诛杀后，杨某侥幸逃脱，便靠着法术四处游荡。他家里有田地园林、楼台房屋，颇为富有。他来到泗水边一位乡绅家，用幻术表演，家里的妇女出来观看。杨某偷偷看见乡绅的女儿长得美，回去便谋划用法术把她掳来。他的继室朱氏也颇有姿色，他给她穿戴上华丽的服饰，装扮成仙女，又交给她一只木鸟，教她怎样使用，随后把她从楼上推下。朱氏觉得身体轻得像叶子，飘飘然驾着云飞行。不久，到了一处地方，云停住不再前进，她知道已经到了。那天夜里，月光明亮清澈，向下看，什么都看得清楚。她取出木鸟，投了下去。木鸟振翅飞走，径直进入女子的房间。女子见一只彩色的鸟飞进来，叫婢女去捕捉，鸟却已经冲出帘子。女子追过去，鸟落在地上，拍打翅膀发出声响。女子走近它，它突然钻进裙子底下，转眼便背着女子飞起来，直冲天空。婢女大声呼喊。朱氏在云中说：“下界的人不必惊慌害怕，我是月府的姮娥。她是王母的第九个女儿，偶然被贬到人间。王母每天都十分想念她，暂时召她去团聚一下，很快就送回来。”于是把自己的衣襟和女子的衣襟系在一起，带着她飞走。刚到泗水境内，恰好有人燃放飞爆，斜着撞到木鸟的翅膀。木鸟受惊坠落，牵着朱氏也落了下去，两人落在一户秀才家。秀才名叫邢子仪，家里一贫如洗，性情却正直刚强。曾有个邻家的妇人夜里来投奔他，他拒绝接纳。妇人怀恨离去，向丈夫说他的坏话，诬称他挑逗勾引自己。她丈夫本来就是无赖，早晚到邢子仪门前辱骂。邢子仪因此卖掉产业，搬到别的村子租房居住。有个姓顾的相士，善于判断人的福分和寿数，邢子仪便登门请教。顾某远远看见他，笑着说：“你有享用千钟粮食的财力，怎么穿着破棉衣来见人？难道以为我没有眼睛吗？”邢子仪嗤笑，觉得他胡说。顾某仔细端详后说：“没错。眼下虽然穷困，但离得到大笔财富已经不远了。”邢子仪仍觉得是胡说。顾某说：“不但会突然富裕起来，还会得到一位美人。”邢子仪始终不信。顾某把他推出门，说：“先去吧，先去吧，等应验以后，我再向你要谢礼。”那天夜里，邢子仪独自坐在月下，忽然有两个女子从天而降。他一看，都是美人，惊讶地以为是妖怪，便追问她们。起初，她们不肯说。邢子仪准备喊来乡邻，朱氏害怕了，这才说出实情，又嘱咐他不要泄露，愿意永远跟随他。邢子仪想，那位世家女子和妖人的妻子情形不同，便派人通知她家。她的父母自从女儿飞上天后，一直流泪，惊慌不知所措。忽然接到消息，惊喜万分，立即备下轿马，飞快赶来。他们给邢子仪一百两银子作为酬谢，带着女儿回去。邢子仪得了一位美貌妻子，正愁家徒四壁，得到银子，心里十分宽慰。他去向顾某致谢。顾某又仔细看了看，说：“还没到，还没到。你的好运已经开始了，一百两银子算得了什么！”便不肯接受谢礼。先前，乡绅回去后，请求上级官府捉拿杨某。杨某事先逃走，不知去了哪里，官府便查抄他的家产，又发文追捕朱氏。朱氏害怕，拉着邢子仪低声哭泣。邢子仪也一筹莫展，先贿赂了送公文的人，再雇来车马，带着朱氏去见乡绅，哀求他帮助脱罪。乡绅被他的情义感动，竭力替他们奔走谋划，使朱氏得以交钱赎罪，免受刑罚。他又把夫妻两人留在别馆，亲热得像亲戚一样。乡绅的女儿从小便接受了刘家的聘礼。刘家有显贵的官职，听说女子在邢家住了两夜，觉得有辱门庭，便退回婚书，断绝婚约。乡绅准备另选人家议亲，女儿却告诉父母，发誓要嫁给邢子仪。邢子仪听说后很高兴，朱氏也很高兴，自愿让那女子做正妻，自己居于她之下。乡绅担忧邢子仪没有自己的房屋，当时杨某的住宅正由官府出售，便替他买了下来。夫妻两人于是搬回去，拿出先前的银子，简单置办家具用具，买了婢仆，十来天就把银子花光了。他们只盼女子嫁来后，还能再得到她的资助。一天晚上，朱氏对邢子仪说：“我那作孽的丈夫杨某，曾把一千两银子埋在楼下，只有我知道。我刚才看了那个地方，砖石还和原来一样，埋藏的银子或许还在。”两人一同去挖，果然得到了银子。邢子仪这才相信顾某相术的神妙，送了丰厚的谢礼。后来，女子嫁来，带着丰厚的嫁妆，没过几年，邢子仪就成了全郡最富的人。
In Teng there was a man named Yang who had joined the White Lotus sect and learned its black arts. After Xu Hongru was executed, Yang was lucky enough to slip through the net, and he went roaming about, living by his arts. At home he had fields and gardens and towered halls, and was reckoned quite rich. He came to the house of a certain gentleman on the Si River and put on a show of magic, and the women of the house came out to peep. Yang eyed the gentleman’s daughter, saw that she was beautiful, and went home to plot how to spirit her away. His second wife, Mrs. Zhu, was also attractive. He dressed her in splendid finery to pass as an immortal maiden. He also gave her a wooden bird and taught her how to work it. Then he pushed her off the top of a tower. Zhu felt her body grow light as a leaf, and she went floating along above the clouds. Before long she came to a place where the cloud stopped and went no further, and she knew she had arrived. That night the moon was bright and clear, and looking down she could see everything plainly. She took the wooden bird and threw it down. The bird beat its wings and flew off, straight into the girl’s room. Seeing a bright-feathered bird fly in, the girl called her maid to catch it, but the bird had already darted out through the curtain. The girl chased it. The bird dropped to the ground, beating its wings noisily. When she closed in on it, it dived under her skirt, and in a twist it had her on its back and was soaring up, straight into the sky. The maid screamed. From the clouds Zhu spoke: “People of the world below, do not be afraid. I am Chang’e of the Moon Palace. She is the ninth daughter of the Queen Mother, banished for a time to the mortal world. The Queen Mother longs for her day after day and has called her up for a short reunion. She will be sent back soon.” Then she tied their clothes together and flew off with her. They had only just reached the border of Sishui when someone happened to set off a rocket, which struck the bird’s wing a glancing blow. The startled bird fell, dragging Zhu down with it, and they landed at a licentiate’s house. The licentiate, Xing Ziyi, was desperately poor and stiffly upright by nature. Once a neighbour’s wife had come to him at night, and he had refused to take her in. She went away nursing her anger and slandered him to her husband, falsely saying he had tried to seduce her. The husband was a scoundrel to begin with, and came to Xing’s door morning and evening to curse and abuse him. So Xing sold his property and rented a place in another village. There was a physiognomist named Gu who was good at telling people’s fortunes and lifespans. Xing went to his door to consult him. Gu saw him coming and laughed. “You have riches enough for a thousand measures of grain. Why come to see people in rags? Do you think I have no eyes?” Xing sneered at this as nonsense. Gu looked him over more closely. “Yes, it’s so. You are badly off, to be sure, but a mine of gold is not far away.” Again Xing called it nonsense. “Not only will you grow rich all at once,” said Gu, “you will also get a beautiful woman.” Xing still would not believe it. Gu pushed him out the door. “Go on, go on. When it comes true, then I’ll ask for my fee.” That night, as Xing sat alone in the moonlight, two women suddenly came down from the sky. He looked: both were beauties. Astonished, he took them for evil spirits and questioned them hard. At first they would not say. Xing was about to call out to the neighbours when Zhu, frightened, told him the truth at last. She begged him to keep it secret and said she wished to stay with him for good. Xing reflected that a daughter of a good family was not in the same case as a sorcerer’s wife, so he sent someone to tell the girl’s family. Ever since their daughter had flown up into the sky, her parents had been in tears and at their wits’ end. When the letter came they were overjoyed beyond all hope, and at once ordered a carriage and horses and raced off. They rewarded Xing with a hundred taels of silver and took their daughter home. Xing had gained a lovely wife but was worrying over his bare walls, so the money was a great comfort. He went to thank Gu. Gu looked him over again. “Not yet, not yet. Your luck has turned for the good. What is a hundred taels?” And he would not take a fee. Before this, the gentleman had come home and petitioned the authorities to have Yang arrested. Yang had fled in advance, no one knew where, so his property was confiscated and a warrant issued for Zhu. Zhu was terrified and clung to Xing, weeping. Xing too was at his wits’ end. First he bribed the man who carried the warrant; then he hired a carriage and horses and took Zhu to the gentleman to beg him to get her off. The gentleman was moved by his honourable conduct and did all he could for them, and she was let off on payment of a fine. He kept husband and wife in a guest lodge and treated them as warmly as kin. The gentleman’s daughter had been betrothed as a child into the Liu family. The Lius held high office, and when they heard the girl had stayed two nights at Xing’s house, they took it as a disgrace. They sent back the betrothal papers and broke off the match. The gentleman was about to arrange a marriage with another family, but the girl told her parents she was sworn to marry Xing. Xing was delighted when he heard. Zhu was delighted too, and offered of her own accord to take second place to her. The gentleman was worried that Xing had no home. Yang’s house was just then being sold off by the government, so he bought it for him. Husband and wife moved in. They brought out the money from before, furnished the place roughly and took on maids and servants, and in ten days it was all spent. They only hoped that when the girl came they would get help from her again. One evening Zhu said to Xing, “That wicked husband of mine, Yang, once buried a thousand taels of silver under the tower. Only I know about it. I’ve just looked at the spot. The bricks and stones are as they were. The cache may still be safe.” They went and dug together, and sure enough they found the gold. Now Xing believed in Gu’s uncanny skill, and rewarded him handsomely. Later the girl came to him as his bride with a lavish dowry, and within a few years he was the richest man in the prefecture.