When the rich man knew about this, he naturally couldn't avoid a severe beating. The child was beaten and bruised all over his body, but he still had to work hard. Don't look at Old Man Shi's young age at that time, but he was used to seeing the hot and cold world, and his mind was heavier than that of the fourteen or fifteen-year-old young master of ordinary rich and noble families, and he had more eyes and eyes. After being beaten and pondered, this thing is a little bit wrong, his head home is a few times, when he drove the sheep into the pen and counted again, at that time there was a lot, to go on a business trip must be a matter of the night, he remembered the sound in the sheepfold in the middle of the night, could it be that someone stole the sheep? But the rich man's house is deep in the courtyard, not to mention the use of people, and even there are no less than ten dogs guarding the house, so why didn't he hear a little movement. Old man Shi was puzzled and was a little more careful, the sheep were safe and sound during the day, but there was a sheep that was not very gregarious, where did it go, other sheep avoided it, and the eyes of it were not right. Old man Shi had something in his heart, and he didn't think much about it, just thinking that there was something wrong with this sheep. In the blink of an eye, it was dark, and Old Man Shi counted it, and there were many sheep. He was afraid that he would be dazzled, so he counted several times along the way, and it was still right. When the sheep were driven home, the rich man was not idle, and led a few people to count them together, and there were still a lot of them. Old man Shi has a number in his heart, it depends on the night, he knows that the rich man is ruthless, he can say it and do it, he is afraid that he will lose his job, and he doesn't even dare to sleep at night, so after dinner, he found a hidden place near the sheepfold and squatted down, and he didn't dare to come out, just waiting to see what was strange for a while.

In the blink of an eye, in the second half of the night, the sheepfold was still quiet, and the old man Shi wondered in his heart, could it be that he had guessed wrong? In the middle of spring, the weather is warmer, but in the second half of the night is still a bit of a cold wind, for a long time, the child can not stay, is about to go back and take out the bed of broken quilts to cover the body, suddenly heard a commotion of the sheep, Shi old man was shocked, knew that something was going to happen again, quickly squatted down again, poked his head, by the faint light, to the circle to take a closer look.

But when they saw the flock of sheep in the sheepfold, the sheep seemed to be frightened, and kept scurrying around in the pen, only one sheep was calm, and the child's eyes were sharp, and he recognized at a glance that it was the sheep that did not fit in during the day. But although the sheep didn't move much, its whole body trembled like a swing, as if it had some strange disease. The sheep trembled for a while, and then rubbed its belly on the ground for a while, and rubbed it around, and a hole was made in its belly, but it did not bleed, but flowed out some fishy and unpleasant liquid. Old man Shi was so dizzy that he didn't dare to move, so he had to cover his nose and barely support himself. The sheep rubbed its belly and bulged out of its body, and a leg came out of the wound. That leg is not a leg of mutton, Old Man Shi often goes up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and pick wild fruits, and he knows a lot of all kinds of beasts, so he doesn't need to look closely to know that it is a fox leg! The child's face was like earth, and he forced himself to look at it again with fear. The fox's leg stretched out of the belly of the sheep, rested for a while, scratched and scratched violently on his body, the crack became bigger and bigger, and in a moment's effort, a fiery red fox actually came out. The fox was larger than the average wild fox, the size of a domestic dog from head to tail, and its whole body was bright red like fire, shining red in the night. The fox came out, and the sheep became a sheepskin, which was piled up on one side. As soon as the fox got out of it, he walked back and forth in the sheepfold for a few steps, as if he looked tired, and the sheep did not move at this time, and their whole bodies trembled and gathered together, and they did not dare to cry loudly, but only made a low cry in their throats, as if they were pleading. The fox, with his eyes full of light, roamed back and forth among the flock, as if choosing his prey, and finally chose one of the fattest rams, and slapped it on the forehead a few times, and the sheep sifted through the chaff all over his body, and did not dare to resist at all, and walked out of the flock tremblingly. The fox jumped on the sheep's back and bit the long hair on the ram's neck, and a furry tail kept flapping on the sheep's rump. The sheep was driven by the fox's tail as if it had lost its soul, and walked step by step out of the enclosure. Old man Shi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he had heard of the fox stealing chickens, and this was the method used, but no one could have imagined that it could steal a live sheep like this! The child was shocked for a while, and suddenly thought that it was still not right, even if the sheep could listen to it, but the sheepfold could be locked, and the rich man was afraid that someone would steal the sheep, so he changed a new copper lock, how could these two animals escape?

Old man Shi was suspecting that the fox had driven the sheep to the fence, which was more than one person high, and was surrounded by poplar wood the thickness of a child's arm, which was unusually strong and locked, and it was reasonable that these two things could not get out. But the fox was not in a hurry, jumped off the back of the sheep, and lay on the ground, his head lying down, as if he was worshipping something. Old man Shi heard from older people that foxes who have Taoism will worship the moon, in order to absorb the qi of extreme yin and refine it into Neidan, but today is obviously a cloudy day, what is it worshipping?

The child was suspicious, and suddenly felt that his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly looked up, only to see that the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed at some point, revealing a moon like a jade plate. Old man Shi was shocked, knowing that this fox had an extraordinary origin, not only knowing that meat and dung were livestock, and he couldn't help but feel a little timid in his heart. The fox didn't know what evil magic it used, and worshipped the ice tray like the moon, as if he was proud, but he still refused to stop, but sped up and bowed a few more times. Old man Shi didn't know what he meant, and was suspicious, when he suddenly heard a soft click, and the copper lock was opened by it like this.

The fox broke the lock, jumped back on the sheep's back, and swaggered out the door. Strange to say, the rich man's dog also saw it, but none of them squeaked, but avoided it and walked away with his tail between his legs. The fox reached the gate in a blink of an eye, jumped off the sheep's back, and bowed to the gate again. This worship is different from the last two times, once you worship, there will be a yin wind in the courtyard, and Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong posted on the gate will be crooked, and the door will slowly open a crack. This is called worshipping the door god, at that time pay attention to all things have spirits, the sea has the sea god, the road has the road god, that is, the bed tent pillow at home also has the god, this kind of god is the most famous is the door god, specializing in watching the home and protecting the courtyard, blocking the demons and evil spirits, but there are exceptions, the door god also has a time when the door god is not spiritual, but when the moon is full and extremely yin, if the demons want to break into the house, they will use their own yin to worship the door god, it is said that if the evil spirit is strong enough, you can open the door.

The fox bowed for a while, and saw that the gate was about to be opened. Old man Shi let out a cold sweat, he knew that it was safest to catch the fox at this time, and it was easy to wash away his grievances when he saw it with his own eyes. Second, as soon as the fox comes out of the gate, it will inevitably drive the sheep into the field, and it will not be so easy to catch it when the time comes. The child wants to shout, but he is afraid that the fox will not be good for him, this thing is evil, and it is not difficult to be afraid of harming people. Moreover, all over the world, it is said that foxes eat chickens and rats, but they have never seen anyone who can eat sheep.

The fox opened the gate and drove the sheep out of the village. Old man Shi chased out of the door, hesitating for a while, now in the second half of the night, this fox is full of weirdness, I am afraid that I will be harmed by it if I am not careful. The child thought for a while, and his heart suddenly turned, and even if he didn't chase him out, he would have to beat himself to death if he turned around and saw that he had lost his sheep again. It's better to take a risk and find out! Thinking of this, the child turned his heart sideways, followed the path of the fox's escape, and chased all the way!