Gao Mengshuo recounted that during his tenure as the Administrator of Chengdu, he once encountered a most peculiar case.

A certain merchant, while lodging in Chengdu, had taken a widow from Mount Qingcheng as his wife.

Later, the merchant returned to his hometown on business, only coming back to Chengdu a year later.

The couple was reunited, their affection deep and lingering.

After one night together, the merchant immediately passed away.

His friends grew suspicious and reported the matter to the magistrate's office.

The county magistrate also suspected the widow of infidelity, conspiring with a lover to murder her husband.

The widow was seized and interrogated under duress, but she steadfastly maintained her innocence.

Lacking concrete evidence, the case languished, and the widow remained imprisoned for a long time without release.

One day, someone in Gao Mengshuo’s residence fell ill, and an old traditional Chinese physician was invited to examine them.

During casual conversation, Gao brought up the matter.

The physician asked, "Does the widow have a pointed mouth?" Gao Mengshuo was intrigued, "Why this specific question?" The old physician hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Near Mount Qingcheng, there are several villages where many women consort with snakes.

If they bear a daughter, the child will have a pointed mouth.

These women possess an unusual physique; a strange tongue grows within their private parts.

Every time they make love with a man, at the peak of their ecstasy, this strange tongue will extend and pierce the man’s organ.

Once struck, the man immediately suffers impotence and dies." Gao Mengshuo listened, half-believing, half-doubting.

The physician continued, "The witches in this region are skilled at preparing aphrodisiacs that can incite passion in women.

You could have the widow ingest this medicine; if nothing unusual occurs, the strange tongue will surely emerge.

As for whether what this old man says is true or false, a single test will reveal it." Gao Mengshuo nodded in agreement and summoned a witch to administer the drug.

According to the witch's report, after the widow swallowed the powder, a strange tongue indeed emerged from within her private parts.

Gao, having ascertained the truth, immediately ordered the widow’s release without charge.