Yanshang tested the grandfather of the old squire and found that this young hunter did not know about the Jin merchants' offering of foxes, but it is no wonder that more than a hundred years have passed since the Qianlong Dynasty reached their time, and it is difficult for these illiterate people to know this kind of thing.

Since he didn't know, it would be easy to do, and he could boldly lower the price, so the salt merchant only gave the old squire's grandfather five thousand taels of silver, and bought the red fox.

But 5,000 taels of silver is already an astronomical amount for ordinary people, and they can't earn so much money in a few lifetimes. This made the old squire's grandfather almost faint with excitement.

The salt merchant was also secretly happy, because he knew that the Jin merchant spent a full 50,000 taels of silver in order to buy the blood-colored fox, and he only used one-tenth of the price, but what the salt merchant didn't know was that the so-called 50,000 taels was just a smoke bomb put by the Jin merchant himself, so as to hide people's eyes and ears, so that people did not know the true source of the blood-colored fox.

But in short, the business went smoothly, and everyone was happy.

With this money, the grandfather of the old squire moved from the mountains to the provincial town and opened a pharmacy. Then he let his three sons start studying, and later, two of them took the test and became officials. In this way, since then, their family has changed its court, from a poor hunter who has been hunting for generations, to a family of eunuchs.

The old Taoist priest once told the feng shui master in detail about this matter, and not only that, but the two also discussed this mysterious blood-colored fox in detail. And both of them also read the county chronicles, which can be regarded as doing serious research.

Both of them felt that there were too many mysteries surrounding this kind of blood fox, and the feng shui master was very puzzled by the capture of the fox alone - from the experience of the old squire's grandfather, it can be seen how difficult it is to catch the blood fox, it can be said that it is racking their brains, painstaking, after so many days of hard squatting, and using bait and iron cage. But why did the old king of the medicine farmer seem to have caught it lightly, which makes people feel very relaxed.

What's more, the old Wang Tou is just a medicine collector, and he is still an old man in his seventies, he actually caught the blood fox single-handedly and easily, from which it can be inferred that the method used by the old Wang Tou must be very different from that of the old squire's grandfather.

So what kind of method did the old king use? Also, why did the old king disappear mysteriously after that? For these, Feng Shui masters are puzzled.

Feng Shui masters know that the only one who can solve these mysteries may be the old Taoist.

Because the feng shui master knows better than anyone that the old Taoist priest is not an ordinary person, he has unfathomable feng shui techniques, and has a deep study of many secret techniques, such as the use of herbs and feng shui, which can make corpses incorruptible for thousands of years. In addition, he has a lot of experience and knowledge, so the old Taoist priest is the most qualified person to solve these mysteries.

Sure enough, the old Taoist priest did put forward a unique insight into this kind of mystery.

The old Taoist priest told the feng shui master that in this mountain, there is a special herb, and after eating this herb, the human body will emit a corpse odor - it can make the body of the living emit the smell of corpse, which is indeed a very strange herb.

This kind of corpse smell can be smelled by ordinary people, but it is not easy to notice that it is a corpse odor, but for some animals who like to eat carrion, they will feel that this corpse odor is very strong.

But this herb is a kind of chronic poison, after taking this herb for three or four days, the internal organs begin to rot slowly, and within half a month, the whole person will finally rot into a black mud, very miserable.

Since the old king has been collecting herbs for decades, he must know all kinds of herbs in the mountains very well, so it is very likely that he also knows this herb, so in order to catch the blood-colored fox in order to repay the kindness of the Jin merchants, he took this herb, so that his body can emit the smell of corpses, so as to attract this blood-colored fox to come.

In addition, many experienced herb pickers are good at using net pockets, because some precious herbs will grow on the rock wall more than ten feet above the ground, and when collecting the herbs on these rock walls, the herb pickers will often set up net pockets below, in case they fall, they can use the net pocket to stall it, which can play a great role in buffering.

In addition, when these medicine pickers were collecting medicine in the mountains, when the rations they brought were eaten, they would also use these nets to catch some birds or other small animals to eat.

Based on these, it can be inferred that the old king probably used the smell of corpses to lure the blood fox out, and then caught it with a net.

But even if the old king figured out the smell of the corpse and lured the blood fox out, there was no need to eat that deadly poison, he just found the corpse of an animal, wouldn't it smell like it? Why do you have to put your life on the line and eat that poison?

There's a reason for that.

Because the smell of corpses emitted by each animal is different, for this point, people can not distinguish it, we always feel that the smell of corpses is almost the same, but some carnivorous beasts, can be through the smell of corpses, you can distinguish what kind of animal is dead. In other words, just by smelling the stench of corpses, they can tell whether it is a person or a pig.

The same is true of the blood fox, which can smell different corpse odors, and based on its penchant for eating the "old monkeys" holding corpses, it can be inferred that the blood fox's favorite corpse smell is very special - a "mixed" smell that combines the smell of dead monkey corpses and the smell of live monkeys.

It's very similar to the smell of corpses when people take herbs -- both corpses and living people. Because after eating that herb, although the body can emit the smell of corpses, he is still alive after all, so this wonderful effect is produced.

Then why did the old king, unlike the old squire's grandfather, also capture an "old monkey" holding the corpse of a little monkey to lure the blood fox?

This could be for two reasons:

One reason is that Lao Wang is old and frail, and he is not a hunter, so he has no ability to capture that kind of "old man monkey";

The second reason may be that the old king does not know this at all - the blood fox likes to smell and eat the "old monkey" that "holds the corpse of the little monkey" - and the old king does not know this.

Regarding this second possible reason, the old Taoist priest also made a special explanation to the feng shui master.

It is the herb that can make people smell of corpses, very strange, its leaves are thick and rich, very similar to a kind of fruit, and the smell emitted is also very good, fragrant, can stimulate people's appetite, even if you eat enough, smell this herb, you will immediately feel hungry, and want to pick this fruit-like leaf to eat.

So, if someone sees an herb, it's hard not to eat it. And once you finish eating, about an hour or so, your stomach begins to ache faintly, at this time, if you are an experienced herb picker, most of them can understand that they have eaten poisonous herbs, and they will use the herbs they have prepared to detoxify themselves to save themselves.

As long as the antidote herbs are used quickly, they will generally be fine, but after three or four hours, if the antidote herbs are not used, the person will definitely die. Because at this time, the poison has been digested and has completely entered the bloodstream.

Therefore, it is very likely that this situation will occur - one time, in the process of collecting medicine, the old Wang Tou accidentally ate this delicious poisonous herb, and after eating this poisonous herb, he must be able to smell his own body, and there is a corpse smell, because the masters of collecting medicine are very sensitive to smells, because they need to often use their noses to smell the medicine to judge the quality of the medicine.

After eating the herbs, the old king attracted the blood-colored fox, and the medicine pickers were also very observant, not to mention that the old king was not an ordinary herbalist, so the old king would combine these factors and discover this secret - after eating this poisonous herb, it would attract the blood-colored fox.

As for how the old king knew about the bloody fox, it is unknown whether it was the way the old Taoist priest speculated, but the old Taoist priest's speculation is indeed reasonable.

Why did the old king disappear after helping the Shanxi merchant catch the fox?

According to the speculation of the old Taoist, it is likely that when the old king caught the fox and then took the antidote, he found that it was too late. In order not to let others see him die so miserably, he probably secretly found a place, hid, and then waited there tragically alone.

In fact, before the old king caught the fox, he may have already made up his mind to die.

The information provided by the feng shui master is so important to us, we can't imagine that there are so many mysterious stories surrounding this blood-colored fox.

But there are still a lot of secrets that we haven't been able to unravel—like, how did that spirit fetus get here? What is that monster in the pit? Is all this related to the tall blind man?

Although these core issues have not yet been resolved, last night's action was at least successful, and it is really heartening that we have received such important information from Feng Shui masters today.

I can't help but secretly feel sincerely proud of our team, especially my cousin, Xiao Lei, and Hongmei, who can be said to be the core of the team, they are all wise and professional, helping us win in the fight against the blind man, and in danger again and again. It also allowed us to slowly gain the upper hand and take the initiative.

After each operation, my cousin's house became our "headquarters", and we sat down together, carefully studied all kinds of intelligence and information, and formulated the best plan and plan for the next action.

At this time, my cousin has become the absolute core, he is our commander and military advisor, and he can always grasp the crux and essence of the problem from the surface and the inside in complex information.

At this time, my cousin was sitting on the sofa, still frowning and thinking.

Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows and said slowly: "Perhaps, we can start with that blood fox and analyze that monster and a series of related strange phenomena."

Hongmei also nodded in agreement, stroked her shoulder-length hair, revealed a beautiful and delicate face, pursed her lips and said: "My cousin is right, so far, what we know best and have the most information is the blood-colored fox, and we can choose that fox as an entry point."