During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, our herbs here have been famous all over the country, and a Shanxi pharmacist came to our area and established a lot of medicine collection points to sell mountain herbs to the whole country.

Because the herbs here have excellent effects, and there are many herbs, which are unique to us and cannot be found elsewhere, this Shanxi pharmacist made a fortune in a few years.

At that time, businessmen, once they had money, often wanted to donate their fame, get over the addiction of being an official, and glorify their ancestors. It just so happened that at that time, Emperor Qianlong liked to listen to the newspapers "auspicious" from all over the world, what is "auspicious"? It is to say that some rare natural phenomena are a sign of "national peace and security" or "prosperity and prosperity".

For example, a thousand-year-old tree that has died suddenly sprouts new branches; Or find a ginseng, this ginseng is not only very similar to a baby, but also similar in size, etc., these can be reported to Emperor Qianlong as "auspicious", and the relevant personnel will be rewarded.

This Shanxi pharmacist is very smart, and he feels that if he can find similar rare and exotic objects, and as an "auspicious rui", he will definitely be able to soar.

But what exactly do you give?

As a pharmacist, of course, he knows the most about medicines, but for herbal medicines, it is difficult for ordinary people to see the way, so the effect is definitely not good just by offering some special herbs.

Just when the medicine merchant was racking his brains and struggling with what kind of items to offer, an old medicine farmer surnamed Wang did the medicine merchant a great favor.

This old medicine farmer was over 70 years old at the time, his beard and hair were all white, but he still had dexterous legs and feet, and he was agile, and he could still go to the mountains to collect medicine, and everyone called him Lao Wangtou.

Lao Wang Tou began to go into the mountains to collect medicine at the age of twelve or thirteen, for decades, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, he rarely rested at home, for him, this mountain within a radius of hundreds of miles, is his home, and in this area, no one is more familiar with this mountain than Lao Wang Tou.

Lao Wangtou has a characteristic of collecting herbs - only collecting local unique herbs, these herbs are extremely expensive and extremely rare, and others want to find but can't find them, but for Lao Wangtou, this qiē does not seem to be very difficult.

From the very beginning, he felt that this old king was unusual, so he thought that the old king was close to the old king's head, he was very respectful to the old king, and opened a high price, so that the old king gave him a check on the medicinal materials, and also spent money to buy a beautiful widow in her forties to take care of the old man's daily life.

In addition, the pharmacist often drank and chatted with Lao Wangtou, and sometimes, the two would talk all night.

Although his life is better than that of ordinary medicine pickers, but on the whole, he is still quite poor, because the people who come to collect medicine always keep the price very low, although the medicine he picks can be sold for a large price, but the money in his hands is pitiful.

But this pharmacist was so kind to him and willing to spend so much money on him, which made the old king very grateful.

But this medicine merchant knows better than anyone else, just from the perspective of the medicinal materials produced, you can know that this mountain is really too special, in this kind of mountain, there are likely to be rare birds and beasts, or rare products that ordinary people can't imagine, and with the old king's familiarity with this mountain, he must know many of the secrets, and these secrets are impossible for ordinary people to understand, otherwise, why can the old king dig up those unique herbs, but others cannot. And for such a person, the value is immeasurable.

This is also the reason why the pharmacists are trying to win over the old king.

One night, the pharmacist prepared another sumptuous banquet and invited the old king to come over and drink. During the banquet, after a few glasses of wine, the pharmacist couldn't help but sigh, and the old king hurriedly asked the pharmacist what difficulties he encountered and why he was so depressed.

As soon as the old king asked, the pharmacist did not hide it, so he said to the old king that he was born in a scholarly family, and his father was an official, and at the age of forty-five, he gave birth to such a precious son, so he was regarded as a pearl in his palm since he was a child, and invited him to the best private school, hoping that he could get ahead and shine in the court, but unfortunately, when he was just twelve years old, his father died of a serious illness.

Since then, his family has been in decline, so he can only give up studying and go to the pharmacy as an apprentice, because he is literate and hyphenated, plus he is smart, diligent and hardworking, and very able to endure hardships, so when he was eighteen years old, he opened his own small pharmacy, and later the business became bigger and bigger, and he also made some high-ranking officials and nobles, so that some of the medicines in the palace were directly purchased by him.

But no matter how rich he was, as a businessman, he still felt inferior in front of those officials, especially whenever he went to his father's grave, he was even more heartbroken, because he felt that he had failed his father's expectations.

And just in time for Emperor Qianlong's birthday, he wanted to take this opportunity to offer some rare treasures as auspicious to win the favor of Emperor Qianlong, so that he could make a name for himself, and also fulfilled his father's last wish.

But what is the gift of what is considered a treasure? As an emperor, Emperor Qianlong has never seen anything, and it is too difficult to find something that can make this emperor's eyes shine and notice.

After listening to the pharmacist's words, the old king lowered his head and said nothing, and after a long while, he raised his head and slowly said to the pharmacist: "Boss, you are so good to me, I really have nothing to say, I am also a person buried in the soil to my neck, and I am poor, there is really nothing to repay you, but I may be able to help you with the dedication of 'auspiciousness' you said."

When the pharmacist heard the old Wang Tou say this, he fell into his arms, and he couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, but he tried to restrain himself, pretending not to think so, and said: "Oh, what can you help me with, I'm just depressed in my heart, I just want to talk to you, brother, and I will feel better when I talk about it, this thing is not as easy as you think."

Lao Wang didn't refute the medicine merchant in a hurry, but asked the medicine merchant lightly: "If you can get a fox with blood red all over your body, and it is bright red and bright red, without a single miscellaneous hair, do you think it is a rare treasure?" ”

When the medicine merchant heard this, his hands shook excitedly, and the teacup in his hand almost fell off, he could no longer hide his feelings, and said urgently: "Of course then, there is really such a fox?" If you can get it, brother, it's my great benefactor."

The old king still nodded calmly: "Don't worry, such a fox, you can boldly say that only I know and only I can catch it." ”

The pharmacist was so sure of what the old king said, of course he was happy, he wanted to know more about this kind of fox from the old king's mouth, but the old king didn't know why, he just refused to reveal more, and the pharmacist didn't want to ask.

At midnight three or four days later, the pharmacist slept soundly, and suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, and the knock was very urgent, the pharmacist quickly got up and put the lamp in his hand, judging from the familiar coughing sound, it should be the old king's head, the pharmacist opened the door, by the moonlight, and took a closer look, yes, it was really the old king's head.

The old king's head lives in the courtyard next to the medicine merchant, and in the middle of the two courtyards, there is a moon gate connected to it, so the old king's head can come directly to the medicine merchant without going through the guò gate; For ordinary people, if they want to see the pharmacist, they must go through the servants at the gate to report, and there are more than ten servants who take turns to stand guard at the gate alone, and in the courtyard, there are guards who go back and forth to fight and watch at night.

It can also be seen from this that this pharmaceutical company is rich and majestic in the local area.

The old king saw the medicine merchant open the door, and did not say a word, but hurriedly dodged into the house.

Only then did the medicine merchant discover that in the hands of the old king, he was carrying a cloth bag, and this cloth bag seemed to contain a living thing, and it could be seen from the outside that this living thing was moving around in the cloth bag.

The medicine merchant couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy and excitement in his heart—could this be the kind of fox that the old king said?

The old king still didn't say anything, just opened the mouth of the cloth bag, and then took out something, and under the light, the medicine merchant clearly saw that it was a fox.

And this fox, all over his body, was blood-red, and it was even redder and more brilliant than the reddest color he had ever seen.

Such a fox is so amazing, it's like a painting!

The medicine merchant looked at it for a long time, but he didn't come to his senses, he suspected that he was dreaming, and when a gust of wind blew and the door slammed, he was awakened and woke up, and then he found that the old king had left at some point, and the fiery fox had been tied up and placed on his table.

Only then did he vaguely remember that when the old king left just now, it seemed that he had greeted him.

The medicine merchant was very excited, found two or three henchmen, and told him that he must raise this fox well, and this matter must be kept strictly secret, and never let outsiders know, and then wait to send it to the capital and present it to Emperor Qianlong.

The next qiē, the progress was very smooth, the fox was sent to the capital, and dedicated to the Qianlong Emperor, as soon as it appeared, it aroused the admiration of many officials, the Qianlong Emperor also had a great face, and the reward far exceeded the expectations of the pharmacists.

But the strange thing is that on the second day after sending the fox, the old king disappeared, and he couldn't see anyone alive or dead, as if the world had evaporated.

This is the record related to the blood fox in the county annals.

These records, instead of explaining the origin, evolution and so on, add more mystery, and even my cousin has no clue about it.

My cousin couldn't solve the problem, so I had to turn to a feng shui master for help.

Feng Shui master, who has also lived in the mountains for decades, coupled with his profound knowledge, superb feng shui attainments, and rich life experience, has become our highest level of wisdom.

My cousin called Guò and told us in detail about our operation, and the feng shui master was also very surprised after hearing about these strange experiences, and he said that he didn't know what was going on with the monster in the pit, and the spirit fetus, but he knew something about the blood fox.

As for the matter of the blood fox, the first thing is the old Taoist priest who introduced him to his wife, and after his wife was brutalized by the blind man, he also helped him find the blind man to take revenge.