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The man whose luck has turned chances upon Dongting tangerines; The merchant from Persia reveals the secrets of a turtle shell -- Yao Dizhu flees from disgrace only to incur more disgrace; Zhang Yue'e uses a mistake to advance her own interests -- Liu Dongshan brags about his prowess at the city gate; Eighteenth brother leaves his mark in the village tavern -- Cheng Yuanyu pays for a meal at a restaurant; Lady Eleventh explains swordsmanship on Mount Cloud -- Zhang Derong encounters a tiger sent by the gods as a matchmaker; Pei Yueke becomes the lucky mate just in time for the blissful date -- Zhao the Nun drugs a beauty into a stupor; Jia the Scholar takes revenge in a brilliant move -- Emperor Minghuang of Tang, a Daoist devotee, seeks out eminent Daoists; Consort Wu, a Buddhist disciple, witnesses contests of magic power -- General Wu repays the debt of one meal; Chen Dalang reunites with two loved ones -- In the Director's garden, young ladies enjoy a swing-set party; At Pure and Peaceful Temple, husband and wife laugh and cry at their reunion -- Scholar Han takes a wife in a wave of panic; Prefect Wu makes a match for a talented scholar -- An evil boatman commits blackmail with a dead body; A heartless servant wrongfully presses murder charges -- Mr. Tao takes in strangers seeking shelter from the rain; Jiang Zhenqing gains a wife with a jest -- Mr. Zhao spoils his son and dies as a result; Magistrate Zhang sentences an unfilial son to death in an ironclad case -- To steal money, Yu Dajiao does violence to a drunken man; To confront the culprit in court, Yang Hua attaches himself to a woman's body -- With his merciless heart, Squire Wei plots to seize another man's property; Scholar Chen, with his clever plan, wins back his house -- Zhang Liu'er lays one of his many traps; Lu Huiniang severs a bond of marriage -- Prayer services are held at West Hill Temple for a departed soul; A coffin is prepared in the Kaifeng Yamen for a living criminal -- An alchemist turns half a grain of millet into a nine-cycle pill; A rich man squanders thousands of taels of silver to win a beauty's smile -- Li Gongzuo ingeniously reads a dream; Xie Xiao'e cleverly snares pirates -- Li Kerang sends a blank letter; Liu Yuanpu begets two precious sons -- Yuan's face-reading skills impress the high and mighty; Zheng's good deed wins him a hereditary title -- With money, a commoner gains an official post; Out of luck, a prefect becomes a boatman -- The older sister's soul leaves her body to fulfill a wish; The younger sister recovers from illness to renew a bond -- The old demon of Yanguan County indulges in debauchery; The Bodhisattva on Mount Huihai puts the evil spirits to death -- Revenue manager Zhao leaves word for his love a thousand li away; Su Xiaojuan achieves happiness with a single poem -- In a competition for sexual favor, a village woman is murdered; In claiming celestial authority, a judge solves a case -- Gu Axiu donates to a nunnery with joy; Cui Junchen is shown the lotus screen through a clever scheme -- The Master of Golden Light Cave rsecalls the past; The Venerable Elder of Jade Void Cave is enlightened about his previous life -- They remain loyal to each other through their trysts; His success is announced at the jailhouse -- Commissioner Wang rides roughshod over his subordinates; Adjutant Li gets his comeuppance from a reincarnated victim -- Priest He commits fornication via black magic; Registrar Zhou wipes out rebels via fornication -- Mr. Hu corrupts a fellow man in a wife-swapping scheme; A Chan master in meditation explains the principle of retribution -- Squire Zhang, in his noble-mindedness, adopts an orphan; Judge Bao, in his wisdom, recovers a document -- Scholar Wenren shows his prowess at Cuifu Nunnery; The Nun Jingguan goes in glory to Huangsha Lane -- A pauper keeps temporary watch over another man's money; A miser resorts to tricks when buying his nemesis's son -- The Monk of the Eastern Hall invites demonic spirits during a lapse in vigilance; The man in black commits murder in an abduction attempt -- Qutu Zhongren cruelly kills other creatures; The Yunzhou Prefect helps his nephew in the Netherworld -- To stake his claim on the family fortune, a jealous son-in-law plots against the rightful heir; To continue the bloodline, a filial daughter hides her brother -- Heavenly preceptors, with their theatrics, claim to subdue drought demons; A county magistrate, in his sincerity, prays for sweet rain from heaven -- On the Huayin Trail, Li meets one extraordinary man; The Jiangling Commander opens three mysterious envelopes. |