The two foxes lingered at the entrance of the cave for a while, and after a while, a large nest of foxes came out of the hole, detoured to the back of the hill, and carefully absconded all the way.

Although it is hilly, there are still villages located here.

Usually, this big family of foxes, from time to time, would go to a nearby village to bite a few chickens to death, and all of them should be eaten.

In autumn, when the leaves are falling, the foxes leave the hills and head straight to the nearby mountains.

The forest is not a mountainous place, but there are some small hills that are not too high.

Shortly after the foxes had gone, the sound of boiling barking came from a distance, and a group of hunters followed the trail to the area.

"There's a fox den here, yes, a fox nest that hasn't been gone long ago."

The hunters probed the cave, and the hay was still warm.

"Chase!"

The usual falcon was released, and it circled around a few times.

Eagles are predators of the sky, with a wide field of vision, accustomed to hunting for prey, and the shade of trees in autumn is not as lush as in spring and summer, so they are quickly discovered.

The falcon chirped in the sky, circling to guide the hunter to the target.

"The fox has spirituality and knows that we are coming, so he fled to the mountains behind."

"My Ah Huang said, almost twenty foxes. I see, that's about the same amount. ”

A hunter whistled proudly, and a falcon flew down, talons grabbing his shoulder.

"If you let the fox escape into the mountains, it won't be easy to find. Although the Tiger Hill Mountain is small, it is also one or two miles in circumference and three hundred zhang high, and it takes a lot of effort to find it. ”

After some deliberation, the hunters left one person in charge of the people and all kinds of trivial miscellaneous items behind, and the others followed the trail to catch up.

The family followed all the way, already sweating, and never said anything else, just sat on an ox cart, holding a dry towel, and kept wiping the sweat.

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At the entrance to the mountain pass, there is no one in the hut.

This is a familiar place for medicine pickers and hunters who go back and forth into the mountains, and no matter who you are, you can stay overnight here.

The wooden house is very simple, it is safe, can protect from the wind and rain, and the cold is protected, and there is a fireplace and a pile of firewood, and some sun-dried meat is hung in the house, and people who come and go will remember how much to make up.

It is convenient with people to facilitate themselves.

In this area, this is a wordless rule, and it is also a custom.

People who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to draft water, and point to the production in the mountains to supplement their families, there will always be an extra simple awe.

Therefore, this hut has always stood firmly here, and I don't know how many times it has been repaired and rebuilt by many people over the centuries.

The firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea in the house are always used and added, and occasionally some sun-dried animal meat, fungus, mushrooms and other mushrooms are added.

In the spring, summer, autumn and winter of the year, every three days or five days, there will always be people who have no time to rush home to collect medicine and hunters to stay here.

On this day, it was still daytime, the sun was high in the sky, but there were already guests visiting.

"Little fox, what are you hiding? Come with me, or I'll sell you to the hunters." ”

The person who came was a young man with a medicine basket on his back and a medicine hoe.

He leaned his back against the door and shouted into a corner of the room.

"Really not coming out?"

After waiting for a while, the boy seemed to have lost his patience and frowned slightly.

"Hey, there are a dozen hunters over there, there are five eagles flying in the sky, and more than twenty dogs running underground, this Tiger Hill is a little bigger, or they will be able to turn this piece over in two hours. When the time comes, you won't be able to hide. ”

"You know, this eagle's eyes are sharp! Looking down from the sky, it's clear! As for the dog's nose, I don't want to talk about how spiritual it is, and when you go to the village to steal chickens to eat, you are not less chased by dogs. How's that, still refuse to come with me? ”

Still no response.

The boy was impatient, his hands were raised slightly, and a few cold lights flashed, and the simple furniture in the room turned into sawdust, but it did not hurt the walls.

Among the sawdust everywhere, there was a small white fox cub, about the size of a mouse, with half-squinted eyes, panicked and circled in place, in a lovely shape.

"It's such a small one···········"

This young man was Ding Dang, who came after hearing the news, and he disguised himself as a medicine picker along the way, collecting some useful medicinal herbs while following the hunters from a distance.

Even if he is discovered, others will not suspect him when they see that he has collected a basket full of medicinal herbs.

A few steps forward, Ding Dang grabbed the little fox and held it in the palm of his hand.

Suddenly caught, the little white fox seemed to be fried, and opened its mouth to bite one of Ding Dang's fingers.

It's a pity that this little fox's teeth don't seem to be sharp enough to bite at all, and it doesn't even make a mark after biting for a long time.

"This little thing, knowing how to bite at such a young age, must be a non-stop when it grows up."

Tie the limbs of the little fox with the hemp rope he carried, and pay special attention to repeatedly tying a few dead knots so that it could not move or make a sound, Ding Dang buried the fox under the medicine basket with satisfaction, and covered it with a pile of soft herbs.

"Listen, I'm saving your life, if you fall into the hands of so many people outside, those foxes will die in vain."

"What about more than twenty foxes, when I came just now, I saw one caught by a dog and climbed up a tree, if it wasn't for the dog to get rid of it, could it be so stupid?"

"Follow me, don't worry, even if you are discovered, I can still escape with you········"

Regardless of whether the fox could understand it or not, Ding Dang carried the medicine basket on his back, took the medicine hoe, and wiped the herbal juice on his face, arms, and legs, and in an instant, a civilian boy who had to venture into the mountains to collect medicine in order to supplement his family income was freshly baked.

"Figs are twenty dollars a catty, ginkgo nuts are four dollars a catty, and fresh fungus is forty dollars a catty·········· It's not easy to pick herbs! ”

Ding Dang sighed, pushed away the hunter's hut, took another road, and rushed to Fucheng.

This goes back and forth, counting the long way around, how can there be more than 300 miles, and it will take a day and a night to stop and go.

On the way, unsurprisingly, he passed by a hunter with a hound.

The hunter only asked him a few words routinely, and did not suspect him.

In advance, Ding Dang prepared a lot of herbs to repel mosquitoes and snakes, and smeared them with water, and the rich and pungent smell of medicine was enough to deceive the nose of the hunting dog and cover the fox smell.

Herb pickers into the mountains to collect medicine, often will be bitten by mosquitoes, or encounter poisonous insects and poisonous snakes, this method of coating the whole body with herbs can effectively repel mosquitoes and insects, is a common technique of experienced medicine farmers, Ding Dang spent ten taels of silver from the nearby medicine farmers to obtain a full set of formulas, complete with a set, including the body of the medicine hoe and other equipment.