Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 48: Fox Village (2)
"It is said that the foxes are all greedy for enjoyment, and they don't care about farming, but prefer the life of human beings. Therefore, they often steal or cast spells to deceive people, which makes people panic here."

Wang Zijin's face turned red when he heard this, there is nothing wrong with what he said, he and Fei Xiao have been together for a long time, this is simply a description of Fei Xiao's image.

It's okay for a Fei Hong, after all, he likes to live in a bustling city, even if he really went to steal, he would probably pick rich people, but that's fine.

But if there is a village where Fei Xiao lives in such a remote place and plays together, it will be a tragedy in the world. It is estimated that the people here will go to raise foxes after they have finished raising foxes, and there will be no extra silver to pay the tax of the court.

Wang Zijin thought of this, looked at the desolate town in front of him, nodded and said: "You are quite right."

Mingyue heard this, and smiled on her face, "To be honest, I smelled foxes on you from a long distance just now, so I asked you about it."

Wang Zijin was taken aback for a moment, looking at his face, could it be that this man has changed from a dog, why is his nose so easy to use?

"Did you just come out of Fox Township?"

"Just now?" Wang Zijin recalled, "I don't know when I came out. I only had a sip of wine when I went in, and I didn't know anything."

"Have you drank yet? So you have a deep friendship with the fox inside!"

Wang Zijin said that he slipped his tongue, hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Don't talk about this, you and I will go into the room and talk about it." After finishing speaking, he took Mingyue to the inn where he lived.

The shopkeeper at the door saw that he had brought back such a flashy and weird Taoist priest, his eyes were glued to the two of them like flies.

"To tell you the truth," the prince said to the Taoist priest after entering and closing the door, "I have a good friend who is trapped in that village, and I am in a hurry to find him right now."

"That's terrible." Mingyue stood up after hearing the teng, "We have to rescue him quickly."

Seeing him, the prince was kind-hearted, so he hurriedly asked, "Why do you want to save him?"

"If an ordinary person stays inside for so long, even if he comes out, he will be a dead body."

Hearing what he said, Wang Zijin felt cold, Feixiao should be fine, right?He is so capable, and Qingling is his friend, so she shouldn't hurt him, right?

But Mingyue continued to say: "Do you know what the biggest killer in this world is?"

"Killer?" Wang Zijin wondered why did he go further and further away?It seems that the spirit is indeed abnormal.

"It's time!" Mingyue continued, "A young man entered Fox Village two days ago, saying that there are beautiful girls and handsome men in it. , the only thing the family has to do is make a coffin for him.”

"Why make a coffin?"

"Because this person is no different from an old man in his eighties."

When the prince heard this, he felt sad. He was not worried that Feixiao would become an old man, but that the two of them would be separated forever and never see each other again.

He hurriedly said: "I'll call Wang Zijin, you can call me Zijin, you and I will go quickly to find the old man who is going to die." After finishing speaking, he opened the door and rushed out.

"Hey, wait for me!" Mingyue hurriedly chased him out with her Taoist robe, and she didn't know why the frail and delicate man suddenly became anxious.

The shopkeeper's boss watched the two leave the inn one after the other like a whirlwind, and slowly shook his head.

It was noon at this time, Wang Zijin thought about Feixiao's smiling face and Mingyue's words, and suddenly felt that it was not too late, fearing that if there was any delay, he would never see Feixiao again.

五

"Qing Ling, you and I shouldn't hide it, who is going to find this place?"

In the village of Luzhuyiyi, Feixiao sat on the ground, talking to Qingling while drinking.

After hearing this, Qing Ling frowned and said, "Fei Xiao, maybe I was wrong at the beginning."

"How do you say that?" After hearing this, Fei Xiao raised her head, her face full of doubts.

Qingling looked at the distant mountains outside the window and said: "You and I practice hard, what do you want in the end? Even if you really become a human, you can't be tolerated by humans."

After hearing this, Fei Xiao remained silent, as if tacitly acquiescing.

Qingling said slowly again: "Even if a village is built in such a far away place, and I want to live like a human being, I still can't integrate into the life of a human being." When it comes to us, even if human beings kill each other for profit, they will end up putting two animal hairs on the corpse, saying it was done by a fox."

Fei Xiao took another sip of wine, but remained silent.

"Now there are rumors that people from the government are going to send officers and soldiers to arrest us." Qingling laughed, "Because the local officials here said that the failure to pay the tribute is also the reason for the fox."

"They haven't found it yet?"

"It should be soon." Qing Ling also took a sip from the wine glass, and continued, "It's just a few days."

Fei Xiao raised her eyelids when she heard this, "The best way is to take advantage of these few days and leave here quickly. It's not good for either party to suffer casualties."

Qing Ling chuckled, "I've already done this, most of the residents here have left, only some immobile flower demons are still there."

"Then why did you call me here?" Fei Xiao asked.

Qing Ling's brown eyes rolled, and she said slowly: "Don't you think two soldiers should be left behind?"

Fei Xiao began to pull a smile from the corner of her mouth, "Yes, yes, those officers and soldiers have nothing to gain, so they must continue to pursue, it is better to confuse their sight."

"Fei Xiao, I have to trouble you again." Qing Ling said and looked out of the sky, only to see a ray of the setting sun like blood, dyeing the sky's clouds red, the battle is imminent, how long can this kind of peace last?
"Does that person live here?"

"That's right, that person is from Wujiang Township."

Only then did Wang Zijin know that this town was called Wujiang Town.

Mingyue led him all the way, and finally came to a tile-roofed house. In the yard of that house, there was a black coffin impressively.

"It's here." Mingyue said and walked in.

The family was very happy to see the Taoist priest, and they all asked him to cleanse the dying man.

Originally, the two of them were still scratching their heads about how to meet the dying person, but they never thought it would be so easy.

"Okay, okay." Mingyue flicked her fly whisk, made a gesture, and nodded in agreement.

When Wang Zijin saw his pretentious appearance, he couldn't help but think of someone, and couldn't help but feel sad. Fei Xiao is also so deceitful, I don't know how he is now?

The two walked into the dark inner room, and when they entered the room, they smelled a decaying air, and saw an old man with white eyebrows and beard lying on the couch.

The old man was as thin as a stick, his complexion was gray, it was obvious that he had few days left to live.

"Old man! Old man!" Seeing him, Wang Zijin hurried over to shake the old man awake.

"No, don't call me an old man, I'm only twenty-two now..." The old man said softly, but he only breathed out but not breathed in.

"We are here to ask for advice." Wang Zijin hastily saluted him, "One of my best friends is trapped in a green bamboo village. I hope you can give me some advice."

"That's right, I also had something taken away by them." Mingyue behind said hastily.

"You guys, go to Qianshan Town..." The old man on the bed stretched out his thin hand and pointed to the door.

"And then?" the prince asked hastily after hearing this, and finally had a clue about the village.

"Child..." The old man spit out a few more words slowly, "Pay attention, kid..."

"Child?" Wang Zijin and Mingyue looked at each other, but they didn't understand the meaning of the words. When they were about to ask again, they saw that the old man had already fallen into a semi-comatose state, and muttered something in his mouth: "The moon in the water, the moon in the mirror." Flowers, don't think about it, worry about your years."

Is it like a poem?

The prince came in and silently exited the door. It was getting late at this time, and the setting sun was like a burning flame, burning half of the sky red, and his mood was as anxious as a fire.

Suddenly, Mingyue's peaceful chanting sound came from the small room. As a Taoist priest, it was strange that he could recite Buddhist scriptures.The voice is melodious and vigorous, and it seems to be able to penetrate directly into the heart, bringing a trace of silence.

Hearing the voice of the chanting, Wang Zijin lost his mind for a moment, and suddenly said: "Fei Xiao, you haven't heard this scripture for a long time."

But he didn't get an answer for a long time, and when he raised his head again, there was only his own shadow in the courtyard, where was there a second person?
He suddenly felt sad and sad for a moment, only the sound of chanting floated in the air: everything moves, and so does life.The wheels of suffering are endless, and there is no rest in circulation.All the three realms are impermanent, and there is happiness in all existence and non-existence.There is the nature of the Tao, and everything is empty.

六

That night, the two of them didn't dare to delay, bought two horses and set off. The town of Qianshan was called Qianshan, but it was a small town near the Xiangshui River.

The two rushed on the road overnight, but they arrived two days later.

"Do you really not remember at all how you got in and how you got out?" Along the way, Mingyue kept asking, and Wang Zijin's answer was always forgotten, but he was still relentless, Wang Zijin felt a headache when he saw his yellow Taoist robe.

Finally Mingyue pulled the reins and said, "Qianshan Town is here."

Wang Zijin saw a small town amidst the lush greenery in front of him, with stone houses built inside. Compared with Wujiang Town, it was more refined.

People in the town come and go, very leisurely, not far away is the Xiang River flowing slowly.

Wang Zijin stepped on the stone road of the small town, he couldn't help but be puzzled, seeing the traffic on the rice paddies, chickens and dogs hearing each other, a peaceful scene, I don't know what is the purpose of the old man guiding the two of them here?
"Let's go to rest first, let's talk about it tomorrow."

There was not even an inn in that small town, so the two had to find a dilapidated house to stay temporarily.

Due to the exhaustion of the journey, there was no dream that night.

"Zi Jin, Zi Jin, get up!" Wang Zijin heard someone calling him in a daze, was it Fei Hong?

He opened his eyes happily, but he saw that the person in front of him had a square face, wide mouth and nose, but it was the bright moon, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed.

"Let's go and see what's weird about this town." Mingyue straightened her Taoist robes and set off.

The two walked on the street, and saw that the people in that town were very leisurely, hawkers, grilled fish, there were men and women, and there were even white-haired old people, a thriving scene.

Wang Zijin and Mingyue walked for a long time before seeing a boy in a green jacket with two pigtails, holding a fruit, sitting on the threshold.

"What do you mean by that child?" Wang Zijin asked Mingyue when he saw the child.

"I don't know." Mingyue also glanced at the child, no different from ordinary children.

Just like this, I wandered slowly until dark, and walked all over the town, but still got nothing.

"Let's take a look around this small town tomorrow." Mingyue sighed.

"Alright..." Wang Zijin was extremely disappointed, thinking that there was a mystery hidden in this small town, but it turned out to be nothing more than ordinary.

In the remaining few days, the two of them even turned up the turf in Qianshan Town, but they still didn't get anything.

"Go back and ask that old man again, I hope he hasn't died yet." Mingyue shook her head helplessly and sighed.

Wang Zijin followed and nodded, that's all.

The two led the horse dejectedly, and on the way back, Wang Zijin looked back at the small town and at the Xiangshui River. A small stone pier opposite the small town was where they tied the boat when they landed. place.

At this moment, he saw the child in green clothes playing with a colored ball in the middle of the street.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he remembered the last words of the old man, and murmured: "The moon in the water, the flowers in the mirror, don't think about it, worry about your years."

"What are you doing? Why don't you hurry up?" Mingyue urged him upon seeing this.

"No, that's not right..." Wang Zijin looked around the town again. There is also a population of No. [-] in this town. How come there is only such a child in the past few days?
"What's wrong?" Mingyue asked.

"There are no children here!" Wang Zijin recalled the Green Bamboo Village that day, and there was no child at all.

"Isn't there one?" Mingyue pointed at the boy after listening.

"There is only one child!" Wang Zijin said hurriedly, "The Fox Township I have been to has no children at all."

Mingyue seemed to be enlightened after hearing this, "Fairies who can transform into humans have at least a hundred years of practice, so how can they have children? They also like to transform into handsome men and beautiful women when they transform into humans."

"That's right." Wang Zijin continued, "The moon in the water and the flowers in the mirror that the old man said probably hinted at our festival."

Mingyue's eyes straightened when she heard this, and she said in a trembling voice, "You mean this, this Qianshan Town is Fox Township?"

"I'm afraid it's all an illusion."

"Illusion?" Mingyue lowered her head and said, "As long as you find the place where the curse is cast, it will naturally be broken."

"But where is the cursed place?" Wang Zijin looked at the people coming and going in this town, not knowing where to find the spell.

"It's right here!" Mingyue suddenly turned over and got off the horse, and grabbed the child in her hand as soon as she stretched out her hand, muttering something.

The child was still crying when he held it in his hand at first, but after he said this, he saw that there was no child in his hand, only a section of bamboo engraved with distorted mantras.

As soon as the bamboo showed its original shape, everything around it suddenly changed. The stone houses on both sides of the road turned into green bamboo houses surrounded by streams.

Seeing this change, Wang Zijin hurriedly got off his horse and said dumbfounded: "God, who would have thought that Qianshan Town is the Fox Township?" Then he turned his head and asked Mingyue, "How do you know where the spell is? ?”

"There is only one child in the village, which is the most distinctive place, so I think that child is the spell, and it is true."

Before the two of them finished speaking, they saw a person coming down from a bamboo building. The person was dressed in white, with long black hair cascading down like a waterfall, and only a white scarf was tied behind his head. Her brows are warm and moist, her skin is crystal clear like white jade, her eyes are like stars, exuding a cold glow, but she has no emotion at all.

The man looked at Wang Zijin and Mingyue, didn't speak, just stood indifferently among the green bamboos, with white clothes fluttering around, like a fairy outside the world.

Looking at this man, Wang Zijin was stunned, his nose was sore, his eyes were moist, after so many days, he finally saw him again.

He calmed down and said in a trembling voice: "Fei Xiao..."

The man still looked indifferent, and asked lightly: "Who are you?"

Seven

Is this a joke?Wang Zijin thought it was absurd, and hurriedly said, "I am Zijin, don't you remember?"

But seeing Fei Xiao frowned, "Who is Zi Jin?"

"Zi Jin, who is Zi Jin?" Wang Zijin repeated his words in a daze, yes?Who is Zijin?Zijin is just a boy who rescued you thousands of years ago, but a nympho scholar who was blessed by you after thousands of years!
But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything, Wang Zijin looked at Feixiao again, looked up to the sky and sighed, only feeling depressed in his heart, and said slowly: "Mingyue, let's go."

This is the fox's village, how could he not know that the same kind is the happiest with the same kind, how could he drag down an unruly person like Fei Xiao because of his own selfishness?
Thinking of this, tears finally couldn't help falling down, he never thought that the final parting would be like this.

Unexpectedly, with a glance in the tears, Mingyue took out a bamboo tube from her sleeve.

"What is this?" Wang Zijin suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Zijin," Mingyue glanced at him guiltily, "I didn't have any magical artifacts stolen at all, I'm really sorry, I lied to you from the beginning."

Wang Zijin looked at Mingyue's plain face and that funny apricot-yellow Taoist robe, and his heart was shocked, "Why did you lie to me?"

"I was entrusted by the local government to exterminate the fox demon." He sighed and said, "These guys are becoming more and more presumptuous now, even doing things like killing people and stealing goods."

"No! You're wrong!" Prince Jin said urgently, "I heard from Qing Ling that many humans have done bad things, and they blamed them on foxes. They have no grievances with humans, so it's understandable to steal two chickens to feed themselves. Why kill someone?"

"It's too late, too late, I don't have time to find out what happened..."

After Mingyue finished speaking, she pulled the bamboo tube in her hand, and a shiny thing shot out from it with a bang. It was getting late at this time, and the thing flew to a high place and exploded, illuminating half of the sky. a firework.

(End of this chapter)