Xue Rengui has had his own temporary residence in Anshi City since he was promoted by Li Shimin, and he has nothing to do at night, and he has played a little trick with his cute pet in the hall.

Xue Rengui slapped his face: "Xiaohong, quickly pick up the frisbee that a certain threw back!" ”

However, the cute pet crouched motionless on the ground, and after one look at him, he turned his head and pretended to be blind.

"Xiaohong, you're a spirit fox, why can't you even learn this simple trick?" Xue Rengui expressed his dissatisfaction slightly, but at this time, a house slave who was rewarded by the emperor ran over and said, "Ah Lang, there is a guest visiting!" ”

"Oh, who is it?"

"Listen to the sound like a eunuch!"

Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Please!" ”

After a while, a white, fat and beardless man walked in under the guidance of a domestic slave, although this person was dressed in regular clothes, Xue Rengui still recognized him at a glance as the eunuch beside Li Shimin.

Xue Rengui bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "Unexpectedly, my father-in-law came to visit late at night, and it was really a disappointment!" ”

The eunuch smiled all over his face: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, General Xue is a popular person in front of the saint, a certain old slave next to the saint, how dare he accept the general's gift?" ”

Xue Rengui said: "Father-in-law came here to convey His Majesty's will?" ”

The eunuch shook his head and smiled: "No, I came here this time to make my own opinion!" As he spoke, he glanced at the red fox lying in the hall, and couldn't help but show a hint of joy in his eyes, and then said: "A certain general is a native of Hedong, and a certain is a fellow villager, so a certain person came to be close to the general!" ”

Listening to the eunuch's words, Xue Rengui's heart was full of doubts, and he said in his heart, what about fellow villagers, this is not the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, what is the relationship between you eunuch and me, a foreign minister? But after all, the other party was a person close to the emperor, and he didn't dare to ignore it, so he invited him to sit down and talk to him.

During the conversation, the eunuch praised Xue Rengui's bravery, and also mentioned Li Shimin's love for Xue Rengui many times, and finally talked about Xue Rengui's family situation in the name of his fellow villagers. After a long time, he smiled and said: "The general has been in the army for three years, and now he can finally return to his hometown, his wife must have been looking forward to you at home for a long time, you should also miss her very much, right?" ”

Xue Rengui's wife, Liu, was originally the daughter of a rich family, regardless of Xue Rengui's poverty and her parents' opposition to marrying Xue Rengui, so Xue Rengui loved and respected her, and when she was mentioned, Xue Rengui couldn't help but be slightly hot: "How can you not want to?" ”

The eunuch smiled: "I can't imagine that the general has such tenderness, precious, precious!" General, you and the saint are really models of monarchs and ministers, and the feelings are also the same, the general can know that the saint is the same as you, and he also misses his concubine day and night! ”

In the dead of night, Xue Rengui had some difficulty sleeping, and the red fox in his arms was trembling.

"Xiaohong, did you understand what the father-in-law said before?" Saying this, Xue Rengui found that the red fox in his arms was trembling even more fiercely, he couldn't help but sigh lightly, and continued: "Actually, I know that this is what Your Majesty meant, he wanted to give Concubine Hui a fox fur, so he set his eyes on your fur, Your Majesty because he cherished his feathers, so he sent a eunuch to euphemistically explain!" A certain heart is really in a dilemma, to send you out, is to send you to death, a certain really can't bear it, but don't send it, Your Majesty has the grace of knowing something, and this is the crime of deceiving the king! ”

But at this time, where could Zhou Hongxian listen to Xue Rengui's words, he only had an infinite loop of words in his heart: "Don't kill me!" Don't kill me! Don't kill me! ”

In a blink of an eye, the window was already slightly white, it seemed that the dawn was coming, Zhou Hong had not slept all night, and he was a little desperate in his heart, he knew that as long as he waited until dawn, Xue Rengui should dedicate himself to Li Shimin.

At this time, Xue Rengui suddenly turned over and sat up from the couch, he quickly put on his robe, stuffed Zhou Hongxian into his robe, and then went out to fight his horse.

Zhou Hongxian wanted to cry and scold in his heart: "Old Xue, if you want to show loyalty to the emperor, you don't have to be in such a hurry, it's not dawn this day!" ”

But at sunrise, Xue Rengui came to the city gate with a horse, and the city gate had just opened.

The Tang soldiers guarding the door naturally recognized Xue Rengui, who was now famous, and when they saw that it was him, they all said with admiration: "General Xue, you left the city so early?" ”

Xue Rengui said: "I want to try to ride His Majesty's newly given treasure horse, but the streets in Anshi City are too narrow, so I can only run out of the city!" ”

The soldiers looked at the horses under him with envy and said, "What a good horse, and the reward of Your Majesty is truly extraordinary!" General Xue, if only we could make immortal achievements like you! ”

Xue Rengui bowed in the direction of Li Shimin's palace and said, "If you have this ambition, you must work hard to make meritorious contributions to Your Majesty as soon as possible!" Then he rode out of the city.

Half an hour later, on the slope of the hill dozens of miles outside the city of Anshi, Xue Rengui put the red fox on the ground and said: "Your Majesty has the grace of knowing something, if you continue to stay by someone's side, it will be disloyal to you, and you will be ashamed!" But a certain person also told you that he would treat you well for the rest of his life, but now this is no longer possible, but killing you is too untrustworthy, how can the husband be like this? So after thinking about it, I still decided to release you, and from now on, your life and death will have nothing to do with so-and-so! ”

Seeing that the red fox was still looking at him blankly, Xue Rengui raised his horsewhip and threw a deep trace on the ground in front of him, and shouted: "Hurry up, before so-and-so changes his mind!" ”

The red fox was so frightened that he jumped down the hill and disappeared, Xue Rengui stood in place, a little stunned, and only got on his horse and left after a long time.

But after a while, the red fox came out from under the hillside again, it looked at Xue Rengui's back, and said: "Old Xue, although I am very annoyed to be treated as a pet by you, but you can be regarded as saving my life, once from the mouth of the evil wolf, once from Li Shimin's hands, I will always remember this kindness!" ”

With that, the red fox ran towards the north, and soon disappeared into the vast wilderness.

It is said that after Xue Rengui released the red fox, he felt that he had committed deception, so he went directly to Li Shimin's palace to take the blame, Li Shimin heard the reason, first showed a slight anger, then sighed, and smiled left and right: "Xue Qing is still so committed to a beast, it can be seen that his faithfulness is my loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty!" After that, he personally helped Xue Rengui up, and he still treated him as before.

On the other hand, Zhou Hong has now experienced several times of getting lost, and finally returned to Taibai Mountain after a long absence. When he could see Tianchi Waterfall from afar, his heart didn't know how excited he was, and at this moment, he actually had a feeling of returning to his hometown.

"After being away for so long, Fox Lao shouldn't blame me, right? I don't know if I can remedy it, I just hope that the old fox's alcohol addiction hasn't quit yet! Zhou Hongxian thought nervously, and couldn't help but touch the cloth bag hanging under his neck, which contained his daughter Hong, who he found and brought back on his return trip.

Then he comforted himself again: "Fortunately, the cloth bag that Elder Fox gave me can't be seen by ordinary people, otherwise if it is taken by Xue Rengui, I really can't explain it!" ”

In this way, with complex and contradictory feelings, Zhou Hongxian was getting closer and closer to Tianchi Waterfall, but just as he was about to pass through the woods in front of the waterfall, he saw a person standing next to the waterfall, and he immediately subconsciously stopped.

That person was not a fox elder, because he was gorgeously dressed and looked young and handsome, only in his thirties, Zhou Hongxian took a closer look and was surprised to find that the person was actually the fox king, and the fox old at this time still looked like a white fox.

The fox king had an impatient expression on his face and said: "Gorou, don't be delusional, the emperor ordered you to think about it here for a thousand years, and it has only been less than seventy years, so you let me help you get out, if you let the emperor know, I can't afford it!" ”

The white fox's voice was no longer old, and he said earnestly: "Big brother, you can help me!" I went to the world for nothing else, just to find Xiao Pian, if she really waited for a thousand years, she didn't know how many lives and lifetimes of reincarnation, at that time the cause and effect between me and her had long been broken, and I would never find her again! ”

The fox king said angrily: "You have already survived the catastrophe and have the qualifications to ascend to the immortals, but you wanted to go to the world back then, and it is really a joke, you are a fox demon who was actually fascinated by humans, and committed a heinous crime, don't you know how to reflect until now?" ”

The white fox smiled bitterly: "Big brother, you are wrong, I didn't make a mistake because of her, but there is another secret, but I can't tell you this!" ”

The fox king flicked his sleeves: "If you don't say it, I don't bother to ask, anyway, that's it, I won't agree to your request, I'll go!" With that, the fox king turned into a blue light and flew away.

After the fox king left, the white fox bowed down, and suddenly it resumed its old voice and said, "Little fox, since you are back, why do you want to eavesdrop on us?" ”

Zhou Hongxian hurriedly appeared and said, "Old Fox, I didn't mean it, I just happened to come back and bumped into it!" ”

The white fox sneered: "I know, that's why I cut off the perception of the fox king, so that he can't find you, otherwise you are already a dead fox!" ”

Zhou Hongxian was frightened into a cold sweat and said, "Thank you, Fox Lao!" At this time, Zhou Hongxian had 10,000 whys in his heart, such as why the old fox's voice was so young just now, and why the old fox called the old fox the eldest brother, obviously he was much older than the fox king, but he didn't dare to ask anything.

The white fox said: "Don't talk too much, the more you know, the more difficult it will be for your life to be saved!" I ask you, did you find the daughter I wanted, Red? ”

Asking for help is so weak, Zhou Hongxian replied obediently: "Found it!" ”

"Hmph, you've been gone for more than half a year, and I've quit my alcohol addiction! I don't need you anymore, so don't follow me anymore! ”

Zhou Hongxian heard where he was willing to do it, but he could only say in a pleading tone: "Old Fox, I'm sorry, it's me who is not doing things well, please give me another chance!" ”

The white fox said: "Your skin is thick enough!" Then you explain why you went for so long and came back? ”

Zhou Hongxian told the fox elder about his experience 1510, this was half an hour, the fox old man listened, but he didn't say a word, and the surroundings were a little scary.

Zhou Hongxian was a little nervous: "Old Fox, every word of mine is true, you can forgive me!" ”

The old fox finally smiled: "Little fox, your creation is really extraordinary!" ”

"Old Fox, how do you say that?"

"If what I expected is correct, the one you met is the true son of heaven in the world, and the other is the stars in the sky, and you have experienced two human tribulations from them, isn't this not a big creation?"

Zhou Hong was stunned now, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that this was indeed the case, the first time Xue Rengui wanted to kill him to take the skin, but he didn't kill him, the second time Li Shimin wanted to kill him to take the skin, and finally he was released by Xue Rengui again, isn't this just two human robberies? Moreover, Li Shimin is the first emperor of the ages, so if he is the true son of heaven, can there be any difference? And in his previous life, he also heard his grandparents tell stories that Xue Rengui was the reincarnation of the White Tiger Star, isn't this also the star descending to earth?

However, so much information fell on Zhou Hongxian's ears, but it can all be ignored, and the most important thing is the word "human robbery". He hurriedly said: "Fox Lao, as you said, I have survived two human tribulations, so there should be no problem with changing into an adult, right?" ”

"Naturally."

Hearing such a clear and unmistakable answer, Zhou Hongxian was excited, it had been eighteen years, and he finally made him wait for this day, and he said impatiently: "Old Fox, you quickly teach me how to become a human!" Isn't it just a matter of going around in circles like you? As he spoke, he spun around on his own, and then found that nothing had changed, and he was a little puzzled, and he turned several times in a row, but he became dizzy and fell directly into the pool under the waterfall.

"Old Fox, help!"

The white fox couldn't help laughing, and then spit out a white light, scooping Zhou Hongxian out of the water, looking at him with fur shrunk all over his body, the white fox couldn't help laughing for a long time.

"The time has come, but it's not so easy for you to become an adult! I miss that you have experienced so many things this time and don't forget to bring back my daughter Hong, so let's go back to the nest where you went to rest first, and then come to Tianchi Waterfall tomorrow, I will arrange everything for you! ”

After listening to the white fox's words, Zhou Hongxian was moved: "Old fox, thank you so much!" With that, he said goodbye to the white fox and left happily.

However, after he left, the white fox's face showed a strange tangled color.

This night, Zhou Hongxian was a little sleepless, and at dawn the next day, he couldn't wait to come to the Tianchi Waterfall, but he found that the white fox's eyes were full of exhaustion, and he seemed to have stayed awake all night like himself.

Seeing him, the white fox nodded: "I have prepared everything, just waiting for you to come!" ”

Zhou Hongxian thought to himself that Fox Lao had stayed awake all night for my business, and he was even more moved in his heart, and said, "Thank you, Fox Lao, then what should I do?" ”

The white fox stretched out his paws and pointed at the pool: "Jump down!" ”

Zhou Hongxian was a little surprised: "Old Fox, you're not joking, are you?" I fell into it once yesterday and almost died! ”

The white fox's voice was very indifferent: "Don't worry, I won't harm you, otherwise I won't save you yesterday, you will know if you jump down!" ”

Zhou Hongxian felt that it made a lot of sense when he heard it, he thought to himself that the fox elder should have laid some spell in the pool water, so he let himself jump, so he didn't think much about it, and jumped into the pool. However, everything was no different from yesterday, and the feeling of suffocation immediately followed, and he choked on a large mouthful of water, and he immediately panicked in his heart, so he paddled desperately upward.

"Old Fox, save me!"

"Stand up on your own, the water is not deep in your position!"

Zhou Hongxian was stunned, and then he suddenly found that his hind legs were actually next to the ground, the touch was much more sensitive than before, and his gaze was also a lot higher than the water, he immediately realized something, so he stretched out his front legs to take a look, and found that there was no hair there, and it completely turned into a pair of human palms.

Zhou Hongxian couldn't help but look up to the sky and shouted: "I have finally become a human!" ”