There is a famous myth about Yu marrying a Tushan girl in ancient mythology, which is recorded in Zhao Ye's "Wu Chu Chunqiu" volume 6 "Yue Wang Wuyu Biography" in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

This myth says that Yu went to Tushan, saw a nine-tailed white fox, and heard the nine-tailed white fox song sung by Tushan people, and felt that his marriage should be here, so he married Tushan girl.

The mythical nine-tailed white fox is changed by Tu Shan's girl, and the nine-tailed white fox is Tu Shan's spirit animal. If you marry Tushan Nu, you can be happy and prosperous. Therefore, when Yu saw Tu Shanhu, he actually saw Tu Shannu, so he decided to marry her.

The fox fairy is a common character in Chinese legends. According to the official saying, foxes and raccoon dogs are two kinds of animals, but people are used to it, collectively referred to as foxes, and only foxes have fairy energy, and raccoon dogs seem to be just vulgar things The fox king, which appears in the famous book "Journey to the West".

The nine-tailed fox first appeared in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Classic of Nanshan" records: "The mountain of Qingqiu, there are beasts, its shape is like a fox and nine tails, its sound is like a baby, it can eat people, and the eater is not Gu." "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Overseas East Longitude" also said: "Qingqiu Country is in the north, and its fox is four-legged and nine-tailed. ”

The fox, in traditional Chinese culture, has always been an image of both good and evil. The nine-tailed fox in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is a demon beast that can "eat people". In the later stone carvings and brick paintings of the Han Dynasty, there are often nine-tailed foxes, white rabbits, toads, and three-legged black birds listed next to the West Queen Mother's throne to show auspiciousness, and the nine-tailed fox symbolizes the reproduction of descendants. The legend of "cannibalism" gradually faded, and the theory of "Weirui" gradually appeared. But in the same Eastern Han Dynasty's "Shuowen Jie Zi", the fox is "a beast, and the ghost takes advantage of it". It can be seen that the fox has aura, which was recognized thousands of years ago. Later, in the Tang and Song dynasties, foxes have been set up to worship in temples, and they are very popular.

The most famous image of Daji in the nine-tailed fox appeared at that time, and in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" and "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang", the stories of fox fairies and fox demons are even more numerous. "Enchanting", "evil", "fairy", "mysterious" and "cunning" can be said to be the most obvious feelings of Chinese when they think of "fox".

Ren Yonghai originally wanted to shoot the white-tailed fox that suddenly rushed out of the grave, but when he saw this giant dog at this moment, he also knew that the earth spear could not help it, but he was still fully guarded and put on a full posture.

At this time, the old man who had spoken earlier had already come up from the darkness. The old man wore a hat on his head, a very ordinary long shirt on his body, black cloth shoes on his feet, a cane in one hand, and a colorful glass lamp in the other.

I watched the old man approach and asked, "Are you a villager here?" ”

"Huh?" The old man took off his hat and walked towards me, looked at me, and said, "Yes, I am from here. ”

"Who are you?"

"We are ......" I was about to explain our origins, when suddenly I felt that the old man in front of me was a little familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere.

I suddenly thought about it, this person seems to be the storyteller we met when we first arrived at the stilted building of Shuizhai. Dunzhu said that he was a person from the water village, and he often walked around several nearby villages, and lived by telling stories and preaching.

"Have the old man ever been to the water village?"

"Huh?" The old man twitched his nose and smiled, "It seems to be an acquaintance?" My eyes are not good, but I have heard your voice. ”

Only then did I notice that the old man had a pair of black tricks, but there was no sparkle in his pupils, and he thought he was blind.

"There was a one-sided relationship. I heard your old book in Shuizhai, and I went to the restaurant on stilts. ”

At that time, I was about to ask Dunzhu to introduce him, but later because he was busy telling stories and had no chance, I didn't expect to meet him in a mad village hundreds of miles away.

"There are really a lot of people here, and there are also girls' families. It's dark and the night is cold, what have you been doing in this wild place? He laughed, and the giant dog sprang up at once, and it was pressed against me, showing its sharp teeth.

Because it had just eaten the carcass of an animal, its mouth was covered with blood, and its teeth were stained with a lot of flesh. I almost fainted from the smell of fish.

"What do you want to do!" As soon as the rest of the people saw the fierce dog coming towards me, they immediately raised their weapons. I said in my heart that it was okay, but your tension immediately froze.

I cleared my throat and told me everything I had encountered in the Crazy Village, especially the leakage of the corpse poison from the tomb. The blind old man listened silently, as if he was thinking about something, and finally he whistled and said, "Yu'er, go back to the house, these are guests." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the dog flicked his tail and turned away, and I was relieved.

"It's getting late, everyone has something to say about going into the house." The old man hung the glass cup on his cane and led a few of us towards the stilted building on the edge of the cliff.

Ren Yonghai asked me if I wanted to leave one or two people on guard outside. I said that there should be no need for this, "If he wanted to disadvantage us just now, if he gave an order, that dog could at least carry two people in a row, why did he lead us into the house?" ”

Ciwang said that the heart of defense is indispensable, and it is better to be careful.

I pointed to the fainted Qiangba and said, "Forget it, Qiangba has fainted, if something really happens, we can still leave him and run away." The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, isn't it just a broken bamboo building, and what monsters can be hidden. ”

I walked to the place where the giant dog pounced, trying to see the true face of the white-tailed fox, but there was only a pile of rotten fur on the ground, and I could not see the original appearance of the beast for a long time. Before the beast could attack me, it became a meal in the belly of the others, and he died a miserable death. I sighed, turned around and led the group into the stilted building.

As soon as we entered, we saw a huge dog parked under the eaves, half-lying in the aisle, staring straight at us, its shiny fur flashing ominously in the dim light. A few of us stood at the door, not knowing for a moment whether to advance or retreat.

"What are you doing standing stupidly, don't bite, you just come in." The old man's voice came from inside the room, and I had to step over the giant dog cautiously.

His bamboo building was much more humble than expected, and when he entered the door, he saw only a four-legged table and a small bed in the corner. The old man stood at the table, pointed to the tea on the table, and said, "I have not had a guest for many years, so you have to drink water and pour it yourself, and there is only one cup." ”

After saying that, he sat down on the edge of the bed. His room was only seven or eight square meters, and it was very crowded after a few of us poured in.

"Why hasn't Qiangba woken up yet, can't it be a lost soul?" Ciwang put Qiang Ba Ping on the ground and pinched his man hard.

Jampa gasped and finally opened his eyes. As soon as he saw a few of us, he shouted, "Youkai, there are youkai, youkai the size of an elephant, they scared me to death." ”

I patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "It's okay, it's okay." It's just a dog. ”

He looked around in a panic, and when he saw Yu'er outside the house, who kept looking up, he jumped up and said, "What kind of dog is this, how can there be such a big dog?" ”

"Hehehe, Yu'er is the only seedling from the Crazy Village. If this had been left at the beginning, it would have been the king of dogs! The old man touched his goatee and asked, "Hou Sheng, my old bones have long been cut off from the people outside, what are you doing when you touch the door?" ”

When I saw that the old man was straight to the point, I didn't plan to hide anything. Directly from the encounter with a thousand-year-old corpse in the ancient tomb, to the search all the way to find the Black Cloud Village, including Tenzin going crazy on the way, and other things, it is best to add a sentence and ask him for some advice.

The old man's face sank, and he said, "Since you were able to find this place, you must have done a lot of homework, but you have come to the wrong place. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Do you know why this place is called the Crazy Village?"

A few of us shook our heads.

"Please give me another note."

The old man touched a glass bottle beside the bed, unscrewed the lid, and poured it with his backhand, only to see a round worm falling out of the bottle.

"What is this?"

Before I could ask, I saw him put the poured worm in his palm and opened his mouth, I thought I was going to speak, but I didn't want the old man to tilt his head and swallow the worm. We were all stunned.

"How do you eat bugs?"

The old man didn't answer me, he chewed quickly, his mouth rattling like swallowing broad beans, and he said for a long time: "After many years of habit, only this worm can restrain the poison in the body." ”

"Poison?"

"Yes, poison!"

When I heard his tone, I felt like I was crazy and evil, and I beat a side drum in my heart, and walked forward to probe: "What kind of poison have you been poisoned in?" ”

"An innate curse!" The old man's eyes were glaring, although they were dull, but they revealed a terrifying energy.

I hurriedly asked, "What is this curse you are talking about?" ”

Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly looked like a prickly ball, his expression suddenly became decadent, and while talking to himself, he hit his head with both hands: "It's all fate, no one can escape this fate." ”

We didn't expect the old man to suddenly start such a nerve.

Ren Yonghai was speechless: "Did you eat insects and get food poisoning?" ”

I was afraid that the old man would make a mistake with his head, so I hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed him. The big dog named Yu'er was lying on his stomach in the corridor, and when he saw that something was wrong with his master, he immediately roared. The voice was so fierce that it wanted to burst everyone's eardrums.

It's strange to say, I couldn't pull the old man before, but when Yu'er roared, the old man slowly calmed down. We were so shocked by the master and servant that we couldn't understand why he was out of order. Finally, when the old man calmed down, I didn't dare to provoke him with curses, judging from the old man's expression, there must be a secret in him.

Xu Yaxian was unwilling to give up, she poured a glass of water, and then whispered: "Did you think of something unpleasant." We came to you this time to ask for help. I'll tell you the truth, because of the poison in the ancient tomb, several of us suffered a big loss, and some friends died because of it. If you know something, please give us some pointers. ”

The old man did not answer her question directly, he sat alone on the edge of the bed in a daze, and after a long time he spoke: "I know what you said about the ancient tombs. ”

As soon as I heard this, my spirit immediately came up, and I half-crouched in front of the old man, took his hand, and asked, "What did you say?" Do you know that tomb? What is the origin of that ancient tomb, and what is the poison of the corpse in the ancient tomb? ”

"I don't remember. I don't remember. The old man shook his head and said, "I'm too old to remember anything." He came to our village thirty years ago? Forty years ago? Oops, I don't remember, hey, what's the name of our village? Can't remember. ”

Xu Yaxian and I looked at each other, and couldn't tell whether he really didn't remember or was deliberately stupid. Ren Yonghai leaned over and said, "Looking at his age, maybe he is really demented." ”

"No, when the old man is talking about books, don't mention being more energetic. I slipped three or four paragraphs in one breath without panting. How can I remember nothing when I think of the past?"

"I speculate that he may have been stimulated by something in the past, or he would have been crazy for what he had just said."

Ren Yonghai sighed: "It's hard to find someone." What to do now, just withdraw like that? ”