On the fifteenth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, half a month, looking at the sun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A full moon hung early in the eastern sky. The sunny days baked her a little yellow, and under the cluster of floating clouds like silk, she rose, rising higher and brighter, and gradually the golden faded away, like a silver basin. The stars are sparse and dark, one in the east and one in the west, as if they are inadvertently splashed droplets of water in a silver basin, cluttered on the deep blue sky.

The mountains and rivers and trees are shrouded in a layer of mist, bright and dark, and the layers are distinct. Many places of the already barren mountain road have been nowhere to be found, so there is an old man Sun as a guide, and a group of four of us, plus his big yellow dog, finally got out of the thorns and barren grass, and stood at the door of Hu Jiachong's big courtyard with a slight breath.

No matter how bright the moonlight is, it is also moonlight, the scenery is hazy and blurred, the desolate compound is like covered with a light veil, there are glowing fireflies and insects flowing in the courtyard, and the night owl screams that suddenly arise from time to time in the deep backyard are particularly harsh, and the gloomy makes people feel cold all over the body.

The big yellow dog, with its tongue hanging and wheezing, stood up in its ears and walked restlessly by the doorway, barking quietly into the courtyard from time to time. Old man Sun couldn't hold back, turned his head and said to the drunkard: "There is wordiness in this courtyard (note, as the saying goes, referring to unclean things, evil things)"

Needless to say, anyone can feel it. There is a lot of resentment in this hospital, and it is strange that there is no name. I pointed to the collapsed main house and said, "That's it, it almost cost me back in there, everyone has to be careful." ”。

Old man Sun turned on the flashlight and shone it and said, "This place is famous, so you have to be careful." ”

Picking up the smiling, he walked into the courtyard nonchalantly, took off the back basket and put it at his feet, sat on the grass, took out the dry tobacco, rolled up a small trumpet barrel by himself, and smoked it in his mouth, and the spicy smell of smoke spread.

This guy learned to smoke, and from time to time he would roll a horn and blow a few puffs, and he didn't know who gave him the tobacco leaves.

Old man Sun looked at the collapsed ruins and said, "I didn't expect these main houses to really fall." Back then, this compound was the biggest and best we had here, and I had been here many times, and twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and things look like people......"

The drunkard took out the small wine jug, raised his head and took a few sips, his eyes wandered around, and he sang loudly behind the old man Sun: "The mountains are empty, the fields are empty, the land is empty, the father is empty, the mother is empty, the husband and wife are empty, the gold and silver are empty, the house is empty, the fame and fortune are empty, the children are empty, come and go empty-handed, and life is empty...... Alas, Mr. Hu was indeed a lot of fame back then, I watched him play Mulian play, the fork was accurate and ruthless, and now I think about it like yesterday. It's a pity that such a character disappeared so inexplicably that he couldn't even find a corpse, leaving this compound empty to become a nest of snakes and rats rampant with demons, and I was really scared when I thought about it. Old man Hu, if you know everything, help us catch the demon fox and avenge you. ”

Before the words fell, a whirlwind rose in the flat ground, and the trees swayed and the artemisia grass swayed, and a chill swept through the skin. I took out a talisman and burned it in the wind at the gate of the courtyard.

The abandoned courtyard of Hujiachong was our first stop in search of the demon fox, and the encounter that night is still fresh in my memory. In the past two days, I thought about it repeatedly, I passed all the way from the reservoir to Maoerling, and finally arrived at Hujiachong, all of which were caused by the temptation of the demon fox, and I had a hunch that we would gain something in this weird yard, so I decided to come to Hujiachong first and start looking for the demon fox from here.

It was completely different from the tired, hungry and injured I had two days ago, and this time we came prepared.

Early the day before yesterday, I took a bus from Yangdong Station to catch back, and arrived at the three-arch bridge at ten o'clock. Ride a bicycle stored at the animal husbandry station and get home just in time for lunch. In the afternoon, I found the captain Liu Laoman to ask for leave for pick-up, and asked the team to arrange another person to herd cattle in the next few days. In the evening, I went to the secret cave of Jianshui Chong to find Rhubarb and Xiaohuang, and pounced. After all, they are not domestic, they don't just rush to this nest, they find me easily, I have to rely on luck to find them, I hope they feel my breath and come to me at night. Unfortunately, they didn't show up that night, and I was not reconciled, and yesterday morning I went to the stream again, and thankfully, I finally caught them. After breakfast, I set off with Lai and Yanying, first arrived at the three-arch bridge, and led out the ghost animal toad in Mr. Wu's temple, and arrived at the county seat at more than four o'clock in the afternoon.

The fat man slept more and woke up less in the hospital, Aunt Hu was anxious, I comforted her for a while, called the drunken maniac, and immediately set off and rushed to the old man Sun's house in the victory brigade.

These guys we brought with us are really not suitable for staying in the hospital, not to mention that today is the 15th day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and the folk have always burned incense on the 15th day of the new year to worship the Buddha and worship the ghosts and gods, and there are many taboos, for those who are engaged in our industry, this is a special day.

The sun in the sky is yang and the moon is yin; During the day, the day is yang and the night is yin, and the time when yin and yang alternate in midnight is the most, extremely yin; Between January, the head of the moon is yang, the end of the moon is yin, the first quarter of the moon rises early, which is yang, and the second quarter of the moon rises late, which is yin. On the first day of the new year, the moon and the ecliptic longitude of the sun are equal, called the new day, the moon is between the sun and the earth, and the sun rises and sets almost at the same time, so there is no moon at night, which is the beginning of January. On the 15th, the moon, sun, and earth are almost in a straight line, and they naturally look the roundest. It is the end of the month and the half of the moon, the alternation of yin and yang, the beginning of the profit and loss, the most yin and yang. It is the time when the evil things are most active. For example, foxes and rats worship the moon, only at this night.

Tonight is the fifteenth day of June, the demon fox will definitely come out, it will never give up the opportunity to cultivate once a month, but the location will be extremely hidden, and the time will be relatively short, but in any case, this is the best time to find and capture it, and it must not be missed.

Old man Sun received us warmly, and it was a little strange why we each carried a basket on our backs. I told him it was a rock eagle, a toad, and two weasels. Although he was surprised when he heard this, he didn't ask much, but just sat on the threshold and teased the big yellow dog.

Don't talk or laugh, just look at the surface, the current pick-up is quite normal. Guan Boniang is not there, his mother has taken on the responsibility of taking care of him, he will let him change his clothes when they are dirty and help him wash them, and when his hair grows, he will ask someone to help him shave, but his beard is a little long, he usually does not shave, and as his hair grows, he will only shave once when he shaves his head. At this time, his beard is a little long, and it looks inevitable that it will be messy, with his giggle when he teases the dog, he lives like a little trick of three or five years old, how can he look like an adult who is forty or fifty years old? How could Old Man Sun not be surprised?

I smiled and said to Old Man Sun: "His name is Pick Up, don't pay attention to him, he has a problem here." I pointed to my head, and Old Man Sun said, "No wonder I think something is wrong with him, I see." ”

I nodded, and introduced the drunkard to him, the two of them were close in age, and they were both craftsmen with a skill, and a few words of cold noise eliminated the strangeness, and soon we chatted together.

We brought our own food and drinks, Old Man Sun quickly got it with his hands and feet, rested after eating and drinking, and a few people brought the prepared food and some other things, and took advantage of the moonlight to go to Hujiachong, hoping to find the demon fox in the middle of the night tonight and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

The little whirlwind came in a hurry, and I calmed down, called the old man Sun and the drunkard who were about to go inside, and said, "You two wait a minute, don't rush in, let the rhubarb go to explore the road first." ”

The drunkard hummed and stopped, Old Man Sun didn't understand the meaning of "rhubarb", and thought I was talking about his big yellow dog, so he turned around and said: "This yellow dog is awake (dialect, flexible and sober, intelligent), it should be let in first......

The drunkard interrupted him and said, "It's not that this dirt dog of yours, look at it, he is the real rhubarb." ”

Old man Sun sighed and stood there looking at me. At this time, I had finished smoking, and was looking around, I walked up to him, put down the back basket, and uncovered the cover covering the mouth of the basket, and the big yellow and small yellow squeaked on me. The big yellow dog on the side seemed to be startled, and with a loud roar, he retreated to the front of Old Man Sun, roaring and staring nervously at this side.

The two little ones were lying in my arms, stunned by the sparkling bean eyes, staring at Old Man Sun and the big yellow dog, ready to pounce at any time.

They recognize life, and their vigilance is particularly high, Old Man Sun is a living person, not to mention that there is a big dog by his side? I asked Old Man Sun to hold the yellow dogs, pat their little heads and say, "Don't move, we are all in a group, don't fight among ourselves." Then he turned his head and beckoned: "Pick up, let my sister out"

He carried two bamboo baskets, one large and one small, the large basket contained the rock eagle and the small basket contained the toad. The rock eagle is only active during the day, and it can't play much role at night, so taking it with you is just in case. Maoerling is ancient and towering, the terrain is complex, it is easy to get lost, and the eaglet is reassuring, as long as it is daytime, it can guide the direction and bring us out.

I raised my leg and kicked him, he snorted, hit the small bamboo basket, and took out the ghost animal toad, only to hear its "croak" muffled scream, the old man Sun's face changed greatly, and he couldn't help but retreat a few steps. Especially the big yellow dog, who whimpered and lay on the ground, obviously frightened.

I glanced at him and the yellow dog, and knew that he was not only surprised by the size of the toad, but also couldn't stand its barking, so I explained to him: "They are all a little recognized, especially if you are holding the dog, in case you accidentally hurt you, Daddy Sun, you should lead the yellow dog to the back of Chaokuan's father." I forgot to tell you that you'd better plug your ears with something, it would feel better. ”

The drunkard's face was not very good, and he was also a little unbearable. As soon as my voice fell, I saw him reach into his arms and take out a ball of cotton, tear off a piece and hand it to Old Man Sun, and sneered: "This guy has grown up again, and the screams are so loud that people want to vomit blood, plug your ears with this, don't get too close, try to stay away from it, I really can't stand it, just say, don't be strong." ”

Old man Sun's face was extremely unnatural, he hesitated for a moment, led the yellow dog to stand behind the madman in the hotel, and said in an unusual voice: "You are really capable, where did you find this?" Huang Daxian doesn't care, such a big toad, I'm afraid it's going to become an immortal, and I saw that this guy was scared, and he was lying on the ground and trembling. ”

The drunkard smiled: "That matter is a long story, the business is important, let's talk about it another day when we have time." ”

I didn't squeak, I opened the schoolbag I was carrying, took the money sword, and handed it to the drunkard. Then he pulled out the pig-killing knife, and was hesitating whether to hand it over to the old man Sun behind him, but the old man Sun flashed his right hand to me, and the cold flashed, and I saw a shiny snow-white scimitar in his hand, which was estimated to be the "scalpel" of his gelding, and immediately relieved: with an ancestral weapon full of the blood of animals, he really didn't need to use other magic weapons.

I sat down on the ground, stared for a moment, and pressed my hands on the rhubarb and the yellow head. We've worked together a few times, and the little guy knows what I mean, and just sits motionless on the ground, just staring at me with his little tempeh eyes. As my consciousness was released, my mind was focused on them, and I gave them the "order" to find the fox, and I let go of my hands and said "go", and I listened to them "squeak" and swooped past the big yellow dog, and went into the grass and went to the backyard.

There was a terrible scream from the backyard, which pierced my eardrums, and at the same time, the toad in my arms puffed up, and its body swelled suddenly, and with another muffled scream that made my heart and blood surge, it jumped to the ground, and jumped without hesitation, and went straight to the backyard. The big yellow dog barked, and the chains clanged, and as soon as the old man Sun let go, it rushed out like an arrow, and the direction was also the backyard.

"There's definitely something different in the backyard, keep up with them."

What else can I care about at this time? Jumping up and pulling his legs to chase, picking up the lai faster than me, jumping up the steps in three or two steps, leaving us with a back.

The drunkard also reacted very quickly, reaching out to lift the bamboo basket containing the eaglet and following me closely, Old Man Sun was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, shouting, "The dead dog is back!" "Followed.