六七十年代，著名影星孙道临的夫人王文娟主演的越剧“追鱼”曾风靡了大半个中国。古时候就有许多关于“鲤鱼精”的传说，不过，那些精彩的故事，也只是在书本里读过，电影里看过，并没人亲历过。而九十年代的一个初冬之季，就在我居住的那个城市，却发生了一则活生生的“鲤鱼精”的故事。
事情是这样的，中国一直流传着“冬鲤夏鲫”之说，意思是说冬天多吃鲤鱼，夏天多吃鲫鱼对人体是大有裨益的。我朋友王刚一日从菜市场购得两条各约一公斤重的红黑二色鲤鱼，回来后，便放了大半盆水，把两条鲜活的鲤鱼养了起来，准备第二天新女婿上门时宰了它们，烹成佳肴。
当天晚上，王刚看电视很迟才睡，朦胧中他仿佛听到雄鸡报晓和婴儿啼哭的声音。现在城市住房都很紧缺，几个人住在屋子里已是拥挤不堪，哪有空房和闲情去饲养鸡鸭呢？而近日他也没听说哪家有新生儿诞生，可哪来孩啼之音呢？王刚越想越不对劲，却也分辨不出何处传来的雄鸡报晓和婴儿啼哭之声，最后，他肯定自己是睡梦中产生的错觉。
第二天，新女婿拥着貌若鲜花的女儿双双回娘家，一阵寒喧之后，王刚便进了厨房，准备先把鲤鱼杀了洗干净。
当王刚伸手抓那条红色的鲤鱼时，只见它一个鲤鱼打挺，跃出水面，落到地上，它昂起头，张开嘴，凌空发出了“喔`喔`喔”的雄鸡啼鸣之声；紧接着那条黑色的鲤鱼也跃出水面，发出了“哇`哇`哇哇”的婴儿啼哭之声。这一奇事使家人惊叹不已，还引来了左邻右舍前来观看。
当众人围着两条鲤鱼观望之时。两条鲤鱼好像有意要
民间驱鬼故事
表演给大家看一样：它们交替啼鸣着，此起彼落，引得众人啧啧称奇。人群中有人说这是佛家中的轮回现象，有人说是生物遗传变异，更多的人却说这是两条鲤鱼精。众说纷纭，王刚也不知道孰是孰非。不过，他是不敢再宰杀它们，而是小心翼翼地端着水盆，把它们放生到数里以外的长江去了。
Introduce:669 time, the Shaoxing opera that the madam Wang Wenjuan of famed star Sun Daolin acts the leading role " chase after a fish " Ceng Feng noed largely therein country. Have in ancient time a lot of about " carp essence " fabulous, nevertheless, those brilliant old practices, just also had read in book, had looked in the film, and nobody close all previous passes. And a Chu Dongzhi season of 90 time, with respect to that city that lives in me, happened however first animated " carp essence " story. The thing is such, china is circulating all the time " crucian carp of wintry carp summer " say, means says to eat a carp more in the winter, summer has crucian carp fish more have profit greatly to human body. What my friend king just bought one day so that two make an appointment with a kilogram to weigh each from market is red black 2 kinds of carps, after coming back, put most basin water, raised two fresh carps rise, when new husband comes, preparation slaughtered them the following day, boil becomes cate. That day in the evening, wang Gang sees TV late just sleep, hazy in he ases if hear a cock to herald the break of day the sound with infantile cry. Urban housing is very in short supply now, a few people live in the house already was close-packed, available room and which idle affection go raising gallinaceous duck? And he also did not hear where home has a new life recently be born, can which come the sound of child caw? Wang Gang wants to exceed incorrect interest more, the cock that also does not differentiate to give where to be transmitted however heralds the break of day and the sound of infantile cry, finally, he himself is the illusion of the generation in sleep for certain. The following day, if the daughter in pairs of the flower returns a married woman's parents' home,new husband is having appearance, after an exchange of conventional greetings, wang Gang took a kitchen, preparation killed the carp first wash clean. Stretch his hand when Wang Gang when catching that gules carp, see its carp is hit only quite, jump a surface, fall to the ground, it holds a head high, open the mouth, be high up in the air was given out " ` ` " the sound that cock caw cries; The carp of that back-to-back black also jumps a surface, gave out " ` ` wow wow " the sound of infantile cry. This one miracle makes family exclaim unceasingly, still drew Zun Lin right before abandoning, will watch. When everybody round when two carps are wait-and-see. Two carps seem to want to perform of purpose like looking to everybody: They are alternant caw is crying, this those falls, bring so that everybody click of the tongue says to surprise. The som