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This book is written in vernacular, and the language is concise and easy to understand. This book tells the story of the snake demon Bai Suzhen, who in order to repay scholar Xu Xian for saving his life, made a clever plan to get acquainted with Xu Xian and pledged herself to him. After the marriage, monk Fahai of Jinshan Temple told Xu Xian that Bai Suzhen was a snake demon, but Xu Xian was doubtful. Later, Xu Xian followed Fahai's method and made Bai Suzhen drink wine with realgar on the Dragon Boat Festival. Bai Suzhen had to show her original shape, but frightened Xu Xian to death. Bai Suzhen went to heaven to steal the fairy grass and revive Xu Xian. Fahai deceived Xu Xian into Jinshan Temple and placed him under house arrest. Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing fought with Fahai and flooded Jinshan Temple, but they harmed other living beings. Because Bai Suzhen violated the laws of nature, she was taken into an alms bowl by Fahai after giving birth to a child and suppressed under the Leifeng Pagoda. Many years later, Bai Suzhen's son won the first prize and rescued his mother.