法苑珠林 74.31

74.31

漢時有王忳字少林。為郿縣令。之縣到釐亭。亭常有鬼。數數殺人。忳宿樓上。夜有女子。稱欲訴冤。無衣自蓋。忳以衣與之。乃進曰。妾本涪令妾也。欲往之官。過此亭宿。亭長殺妾。大小十餘口。埋在樓下。奪取衣裳財物。亭長今為縣門下游徼。忳曰。當為汝報之。勿復妄殺良善耶。鬼投衣而去。忳且收游徼。詰問即服。收同謀十餘人并殺之。掘取諸喪歸其家殯葬。亭永清寧。人謠曰。信哉少林世無偶。飛被走馬與鬼語。飛被走馬。別為他事。今所不錄（右二驗出冤魂志）。

In the Han era, Wang Tun, whose courtesy name was Shaolin, served as the magistrate of Mei County. Traveling to his county post, he reached Li Pavilion. The pavilion regularly had a ghost that repeatedly killed people. Tun lodged in the upper story. In the night, there was a woman who claimed she wished to lodge a grievance, but had no clothes to cover herself. Tun gave her clothes. She then stepped forward and said: ‘I was originally the concubine of the magistrate of Fu. When traveling to the official post, I passed this pavilion to lodge. The pavilion director killed me and more than ten people, young and old, and buried us under the watchtower, seizing our clothes and wealth. The pavilion director is now a patrol officer under the county gate.’ Tun said: ‘I shall avenge you; do not kill innocent good people anymore.’ The ghost cast down the clothes and left. Tun straightaway arrested the patrol officer, and upon interrogation he immediately confessed. Tun arrested his more than ten co-conspirators and had them all executed. He excavated all the remains and returned them to their families for burial. The pavilion became forever peaceful and tranquil. The people had a popular ditty that said: ‘How trustworthy is Shaolin, unmatched in the world! Flying the quilt and galloping the horse, he speaks with ghosts.’ ‘Flying the quilt and galloping the horse’ refers to another matter, not recorded here. (The above two verifications come from the Yuanhun zhi).